“The process is very challenging, but very rewarding”
“The startup culture is invigorating and energizing”
“Good entrepreneurs are restless, and relentless in their expectations”
“Tackle bigger problems and take more risks”
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“Great Entrepreneurs know when to excercise patience”
“The path to any successful venture will never be clear or straightforward”
ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Recruitment Mailer Makes a Splash
Humor can be an effective tool for capturing the attention of prospective students. Lucky for us, it also evokes the personality that is distinctly Rose. Last year, we incorporated this approach in our new admissions mailer while paying homage to the past. “A Watersports Paradise” harkens back to the popular “Ski Terre Haute” recruitment poster from the late 1970s. The new brochure won a national Circle of Excellence award this June from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), with the judges noting the “tongue-in-cheek content was creative and clever,
same time it communicates the actual message very effectively.”
PUBLICATION CREDITS
Interim Vice President for Communications and Marketing: Paul Shepherd
Vice President for Institutional Advancement: Steven P. Brady Alumni Association President: Kelly (Sullivan) Noel, Class of 2002
Office of Alumni Relations: Brandon Zollner, Executive Director; Katie Hoffmann, Assistant Director; Charlie Ricker, Assistant Director; Holly Kowalski, Administrative Assistant
Office of Communications and Marketing: Bryan Cantwell, Photographer; Hyung-Jung Chang, Graphic Designer; David Essex, Multimedia Producer; Arthur Foulkes, Writer; Shaun Hussey, User Experience Strategist; Dale Long, Executive Editor and Director of Media Relations; Stacey Muncie, Digital Storyteller and Editor; Traci Nelson-Albertson, Creative Director; Alia Shuck, Senior Project Manager; Steve Voltmer, Web Developer; Majel Wells, Office Coordinator; Hayley Williams, Internal Communications Manager
Contributing Writers: Herb Bailey and Steve Kaelble
Cont ributing Designer: Chris Denison
Cover Design: Traci Nelson-Albertson
Contributing Photographers: Cole Dudley, Cooper Lacy, Losant, Mic’s Pic Photo & Digital Solutions, Scale Computing, Michael Schoumacher, So Chatti, TechPoint
Photography Archive Research: Ryan Roberts, User Services, Logan Library
Class Notes/Alumni News Contact: Send alumni news and address updates to alumniaffairs@rose-hulman.edu
Echoes is published by: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 Wabash Ave., Terre Haute, IN 47803
Digital copies of this and past issues are available at www.rose-hulman.edu/echoes
It is the policy of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to admit students on the basis of their academic ability. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation.
Echoes Goes Gold
Echoes earned a Gold first-place award in the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education’s Best of CASE V district publication contest for institutions in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin with 2,999 or fewer full-time students. This is the second straight year that the magazine earned recognition in this contest.
From the
Entrepreneurs dream big. They see opportunities where others do not. They introduce new ideas, products and methods of doing things that literally change the world.
Rose-Hulman has always fostered an entrepreneurial spirit as an organization. We were one of the first institutions to require laptop computers for all students back in the 1990s. The first institution to offer a degree in chemical engineering, today we’re among the first to offer degrees in engineering design, optical engineering, biomathematics and data science.
BY ROB COONS, PR ESIDENT coons@rose-hulman edu
Our students can’t help but absorb the entrepreneurial spirit. From the Kremer and Branam Innovation Centers to Rose-Hulman Ventures, students are constantly designing creative solutions to real-world challenges.
We all know that entrepreneurship means more than starting a business. It’s recognizing a challenge and taking a chance on a new way to tackle it. As this issue of Echoes makes clear, our alumni are doing this routinely and successfully. For instance, Jeff Ready
was recently named one of the top 25 disrupters in technology by CRN and Mike Mussallem made Edwards Lifesciences a world leader in patient-focused medical innovations for treating structural heart disease, critical care and patient monitoring.
Similarly, we must embrace an entrepreneurial approach at Rose-Hulman to meet today’s challenges in higher education.
As STEM programs spring up around the country, the competition we are facing for the world’s best students has increased dramatically. Though one response might be to lower our academic standards and become more like other colleges or universities, this runs counter to our heritage, tradition and basic instinct. Instead, we must stand firm on our commitment to deliver the world’s best science, technology, engineering a nd mathematics (STEM) education, while giving our students a high-touch experience unlike any other.
This is the formula that has made us U.S. News & World Report’s No. 1 undergraduate engineering program for the past 21 years, and the formula that is core to our mission. It’s why we are engaged in the $250 million Mission Driven campaign that will provide us the financial strength to continue improving our facilities and employ the finest faculty and staff, all while making a Rose-Hulman experience more affordable for the best students, regardless of their financial background.
We know remaining a world-class institution requires creative thinking, financial investment and hard work. Like our entrepreneurial alumni, we are always looking for new and better ways to meet tomorrow’s challenges.
Please enjoy this issue of Echoes and celebrate with me the entrepreneurial spirit that continues to make Rose-Hulman a world leader in STEM education.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Feedback
Set ting Course
For Fut ure Dig ital Issues
We asked for your input about Echoes’ first all-digital issue, published this summer (you can view the edition on rosehulman.edu/Echoes), and you certainly delivered. We were delighted with the considerable response, as it was the most feedback received on any issue in history. All feedback will be taken under consideration as the institute examines the best ways to provide Echoes’ content to readers, including the option to receive only a digital version of the magazine. We also continue to evaluate the best online publishing options that make the content easy to read and navigate on electronic devices. Summer Echoes was viewed nearly 3,000 times, with 49% of readers using a desktop computer, 41% a tablet and 10% a mobile device. Your feedback to the summer issue reveals that Echoes is a publication that our alumni and friends enjoy, with content that’s relevant and keeps them connected to Dear Old Rose. As promised, we’re back to a print issue this fall and spring, but are planning another all-digital issue for next summer. In the meantime, keep the feedback coming. We enjoy reading your comments!
Just wanted to show my support for Echoes going green. I enjoy flipping through each printed issue for 30 to 40 minutes, whenever I get it, and feel so guilty tossing it away after reading. The digital issue is a much more pleasurable experience, without the guilt. I hope the rest of the alumni community agrees. – Jon Papp (ME, 2010)
The digital edition looked good and it’s especially enhanced with the video links. That’s the best engagement for me to have links to offer more content. The summer reading books story could have had links to purchase the books on Amazon. Overall, it looks good to me. – Chris York (CS, 1987)
The magazine was presented well, but I had the problem that I usually have with digital format magazines: they are too hard to read, as you have to expand each page to make the print large enough to read. It is a good idea and eco-friendly, but (the summer issue) was hard to navigate and read. – Stephen McLellen (EE, 1969)
I am not really a fan of the digital magazines. However, having spent most of my business career in the business-to-business publishing world, I know why you would like to get out of the paper printing and postage era. Just know that if I’m given the choice, I will choose paper. – Steve Kern (CE, 1963)
I much prefer the paper copy of Echoes I understand people wanting to save the environment, but Echoes is the one print magazine I would like to receive at my house. I love having it sitting around to inspire my kids (as I don’t allow them to have screens). I can respect that other people prefer a digital version, as I feel that way about other alumni magazines and other mailings I receive, but I love to see Echoes printed on our counter and in our living room. It’s so much more convenient to pick up for a momentary read. I dislike reading on screens, personally. I’m glad the fall version will be a paper version. – Sa mi (Dick) DeVries (BSBE/ME, 2008; MSBE, 2010)
I especially congratulate you on your roll-out strategy (for the summer issue), letting everyone know what to expect and when. – Jeff Witten (ME, 1971)
This is a great issue, with a number of interesting stories. Still, I greatly prefer the print medium. E-mags are difficult to view on small screens and are also easily deleted by the target audience. Please consider returning to print.
– Gary Wooddell (CHE, 1976)
I prefer the paper edition of Echoes. I do most of my reading on airplanes or other places where I don’t have an inter net connection, so the paper edition is much more convenient for me. However, I do understand that the cost of the digital edition is much less.
– Brent Waggoner (MSEE, 2003)
– Dal e Long, Executive Editor
I love the electronic format and hope that we will be a llowed to opt-out of the paper version, as it is redundant and (the digital issue) saves Rose $$. – Paul Brandenburg (CS/EE, 1977)
Chauncey Has Quite a Summer
Love the all-digital version of Echoes! Makes it easy to share with others. I’m a bit old school, so I was skeptical, but I’m sold. – Scott Hiller (ME, 1991)
Beautiful! Glad to see we are coming into the digital age.
– Mac Fehsenfeld (CHE, 1952)
Even before starting college, first-year mechanical engineering student Claire Smithers was taking Rose-Hulman to new heights in a skydiving adventure at Go Jump Oceanside in California, with a picture of the institute’s founder, Chauncey Rose, providing good luck. The image won this year’s Flat Chauncey Contest. Chauncey also accompanied Bill Lonnberg and James Gryga (both ME, 1981) as they recreated a 1979 backpacking adventure at Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park, soaked up the sun in Hawaii with Director of Student Academic Success Sarah Forbes, and visited one of the Smithsonian museums with Thomas Foulkes (EE, 2015)
We welcome getting feedback on stories in each issue. Send Elephant Ears items to: dale.long@rose-hulman.edu or Dale Long, executive editor-Echoes, CM 14 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 5500 Wabash Ave., Terre Haute, IN 47803.
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Alumni Accentuate the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Like a glistening flame, the entrepreneurial spirit is ignited by a spark that’s struck at the right time, place and care. It then takes constant attention, additional resources and motivation to turn a creative idea into a successful enterprise. And, it could be extinguished as quickly as the process was started.
The entrepreneurial mindset is thriving within Rose-Hulman alumni, from many different eras, who know quite well the trials and tribulations of starting, building, nurturing and, in some cases, failing in business enterprises throughout the world.
These entrepreneurs know that there’s no magic formula for success in this enterprise. While there may be some special ingredients—passion, creativity, curiosity, persistence and risk-taking (to name just a few provided to Echoes )—there were many other elements that some of our entrepreneurial alumni learned to appreciate along their journeys.
Most entrepreneurial pursuits start with a great out-of-the-box idea.
Data science was a relatively new concept in 2004 when Christopher Piedmonte and others with the startup XSPRADA created the first databases built on data algebra systems. The concept broke down an old well-established paradigm in favor of a new, first-of-its-kind concept.
“We had to prove that IBM, Oracle and the rest of the database industry was wrong on their fundamental concept of what data is and how it should be managed. This required the invention of new mathematics,” says the 1985 electrical engineering graduate.
Piedmonte was XSPRADA’s co-founder, chief executive officer and chief technology officer from 2004 until 2009. This is another entrepreneurial trait—being able to apply your skills to many roles within the company.
Investors took notice of XSPRADA after a prototype demonstrated that its innovative techniques could be practically applied in the real world, and well ahead of any competitor in the marketplace.
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Piedmonte wasn’t done there. In an entrepreneurial career spanning more than 30 years, he has specialized in forming and nurturing technology startups, managing early-stage growth, and performing turnarounds on failing ventures. His latest project is NeoTerra Capital, a Florida-based, special-purpose investment and startup mentoring firm that’s focused on seed-stage technology companies in a variety of industries and markets.
“Building companies is a team sport,” he says. “You need to get the best players you can, make sure they understand the objectives and their role, get them the resources they need to succeed, clear the barriers for them, and if at all possible, stay out of their way.”
LEADING-EDGE SOLUTIONS
Most alumni interviewed for this story agree that being on the cutting edge is a key component to any entrepreneurial enterprise, especially when it involves technology.
While it might be hard to env ision a sector of the economy that internet commerce hasn’t reached, Corbett Kull believes farmland is it, with the potential for a $32 billion market. That’s why he founded Tillable, an online marketplace that brings together people who have farmland to rent with people who want to farm it. The enterprise is believed to be the first two-sided online platform that brings farmers and landowners together.
Successful serial entrepreneurs Dustin Sapp and Michael Hatfield agree wholeheartedly with Kull’s assessment. Sapp is chief operating officer of his fourth technology-based startup, Formstack, while Hatfield is leading the cutting-edge entity Carium after founding Calix and Cyan Optics, which were both acquired by major companies.
“Starting a company is one of the most difficult paths you can choose in your professional life, so make sure you choose that path with your eyes wide open,” Sapp says. “Most entrepreneurs hit the wall and burn themselves out relatively early in their career, often because of the weight they put on their personal success. When you prioritize correctly, succeeding as an entrepreneur has the opportunity to bring honor to the things in life that you value most.”
Hatfield adds, “Know that you’re doing something really exciting and make sure
“Most successful entrepreneurs get ‘lucky.’ However, they create their own luck by timing their business idea correctly. If you’re too early, nobody will need your service yet. If you’re too late, there’s too much competition to succeed.”
- JEREMY CL ARKE (CS, 2009), FOUNDER, WEBMERGE
The website went live in the summer of 2018 and grew to approximately 5,000 users a year later. That combined with the Chicago-based company’s business plan helped bring $8.25 million from investors this year. Kull’s first startup, an internet of things product for farm equipment, 640 Labs, wa s acquired nearly four years ago.
“To successfully start a business, you have to be able to get others to see the potential of your idea,” says Kull, a 1990 electrical engineering alumnus. He was named one of Crain’s Chicago 2019 Tech 50 emerging leaders. “I have had to round out my skills over the last 30 years. I’m much more knowledgeable about marketing, sales and finance than I was even 20 years ago,” he adds. “Entrepreneurs must be prepared to dig in and learn these other areas of running a business. Most of the time, the difficult problems are not technical in nature.”
that it is meaningful—for you and your customers. And, most importantly, make sure you step back and thoroughly enjoy the successes, no matter how insignificant they might seem to others. Enjoy he journey.”
RISKY PROPOSITION
Having a willingness to take risks, many of them calculated, was mentioned prominently by most of the alumni entrepreneurs interviewed. They know that the statistics aren’t in their favor, with estimates that more than 90 percent of startups fail.
After spending 13 years as a managing partner with a medical device firm, 1998 chemical engineering alumnus Jon Speer has been overcoming those odds since 2013 as the founder of Greenlight Guru. The startup offers software solutions for medical device professionals. While the medical device industry offers challenges, the opportunity is equally as grand with a global market estimated between $400 billion and $520 billion. Currently, Greenlight Guru has few competitors in the marketplace.
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Where There’s A Mill, There’s A Way...
In 1819, a young Chauncey Rose started his first business–a sawmill that served western Indiana settlers. Fifty years, and many successful ventures later, he laid the foundation for the private engineering college that would bear his name.
Like all skilled entrepreneurs, Rose had a knack for seeing a need and filling it, including the needs of the less fortunate. In Terre Haute alone, his philanthropic enterprises endowed an orphanage, a charity hospital and a ladies’ aid society—giving back to the community that had given him so much.
Rose-Hulman’s new Sawmill Society gives alumni entrepreneurs a forum for sharing insights, experience and inspiration with each other, while keeping Chauncey Rose’s spirit of giving alive.
Members enjoy networking with other ent repreneurial alumni along with Rose-Hulman students, faculty and staff, and having access to resources through the institute’s network of innovative alumni and campus services like career services and Rose-Hulman Ventures.
Sawmill Society members are entrepreneurs and innovators who have started a company or hold equity in one. These alumni value their RoseHulman experience and want to make an impact on the campus as their entrepreneurial success grows. Members believe in collaboration and find inspiration by networking and sharing experiences with other like-minded innovators in society.
Member Chris Piedmonte, managing director of NeoTerra Capital, says, “Entrepreneurial discovery, invention and commercialization have been the cornerstone of American leadership in technology for the last century. Rose-Hulman must promote and foster these entrepreneurial qualities if we wish to maintain our continued leadership and preserve our country’s legacy and future.”
Learn more about the society at www.rose-hulman.edu/ sawmillsociety, or by contacting Christian Shuck at shuck1@rose-hulman.edu.
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“Entrepreneurs need to be open to failing and when that happens, fail fast,” Speer says. “When you have an idea or vision about a product or service, work diligently toward a minimally viable product and seek honest, objective feedback from real users, not your friends and family.”
He then offers another important nugget of advice: “Be vulnerable enough to trust others along the journey. Realize others can make your vision better. And, when others contribute and have some shared ownership, a small team of people will be able to achieve a higher level of greatness.”
Greenlight Guru is recruiting top talent from both coasts and Indiana, with plans to reach 120 employees next year, and expanding into multiple spaces at The Union 525 tech hub in downtown Indianapolis.
It’s might be hard to conceive that someone who received a bachelor’s degree in 2004 could be designated as a serial entrepreneur—someone who continuously develops new ideas and starts new businesses.
can achieve a higher level of greatness.
Marcie (Kam) Morrison, co-founder and managing member of the family-owned Streamline Designs and DroneRafts (with husband and fellow mechanical engineering alumnus Adam Morrison), asks the interesting question: “Who has ever ran a race w ith only one hurdle to overcome?”
“Good entrepreneurs are restless, relentless in their expectations, and always challenging any excuses. However, truly great entrepreneurs know when to exercise patience.”
- CJ PRZYBYL (OE, 2004), CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, SNAPSHEET
However, that’s exactly the case for optical engineering alumnus CJ Przybyl, who has co-founded multiple startups, including a mobile platform for fast food restaurants, a Bluetooth Low Energy software company for personal body networks and a biofuels cooperative.
His latest big idea is Snapsheet, a pioneer in providing virtual insurance claims solutions. The company received $29 million in funding, which will enable it to accelerate the delivery of its services.
“Risk truly is correlated to reward. There is no safety net in entrepreneurship,” says Przybyl, Snapsheet’s co-founder and chief strategy officer. “The path to any successful venture will never be clear or straightforward. An entrepreneur must adapt quickly and leverage all available resources to face challenges they never envisioned facing.”
The 1999 alumna answers, “When the technology or the market isn’t aware of the need and you have to patiently educate them into the need. This is a hurdle. The business must support a certain level of development or activity and you see past where you are today... and you don’t want to have to dance to the song of the shareholders or investors (is another hurdle). It takes a lot of creativity to figure out how to complete that development and see it through.”
She continues, “It takes a bit of faith to make the jump, be in the air and trust that you’re going to clear the hurdle, not fall on your face, and w in the race. You must consider that the race is decades long and you might be in the air for months.”
Jon Speer (CHE, 1998), founder/vice president with Greenlight Guru, sa ys that when others contribute and have some shared ownership, a small team of people
“It can be really uncomfortable and hard, but learning to be able to know when to just make a decision based on your gut, and then move on, is very challenging.”
– ERICA (SNYDER) BUXTON, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, RAZOR USA
ENTREPRENEURIAL DREAMS ON CAMPUS
The entrepreneurial mindset has been a way of life for several alumni since their days on campus.
Matt Gordon and Jason Gladish found out they shared a common interest in starting a tech enterprise while living in the same campus residence hall. Their career aspirations continued in their classes together over the next three years as computer science majors in the Class of 2005. After going their separate ways following graduation, the duo still kept in touch and came together in 2007 to form a software company, Expected Behavior. This allowed them the opportunity to work together indefinitely, on their own terms and with other friends. While the endeavor helps pay the bills, the duo appreciate the side benefit of working on software products that make life for their customers a little better.
Carrying college friendships into success wit h the software development firm Ex pected Behavior have been (from le ft) Nathan Acuff (CS, 2002), Joel
DocRaptor, an HTML-to-PDF service, is being used to send invoices, financial reports and concert tickets, among other things. Meanwhile, the powerful and affordable application monitoring tool, Instrumental, is being adapted by small
Twelve years after starting, Expected Behavior has kept its core principles: keeping things small (with less than 10 full-time employees) while being flexible, resourceful, diligent, and always keeping the customer’s needs in mind.
Other Rose-Hulman alumni who have contributed to the company’s success have been Chief Financial Officer Nathan Acuff (2002, computer science), and partners Jonathon Fruchte (2005, mechanical engineering) and Joel Meador (2003, computer science).
“We’re small for a reason. Many of us worked for larger companies and clamored for the days, like our days in college, when we liked being around our friends and working together toward a shared goal. It’s been a lot of fun,” Gordon says.
Another set of computer science classmates, Jeff Ready and Scott Loughmiller, started their first enterprise, a web hosting and design firm, in a campus residence hall. They then hit it big California’s Silicon Valley with a junk email filtering company. Now, they’re conquering the cloud computing arena with Scale Computing, which has moved to Indiana. Ready, chief executive officer, was ranked on CRN’s list of Top 100 Executives in technology for 2019.
Communications in entrepreneur-in-residence at the institute’s RoseHulman Ventures. The company became a leading provider of web, tablet and handheld applications for the medical device industry, before being acquired by
Entrepreneurial Mindset Key to Educational Network
Rose-Hulman was a founding member of nationwide network of engineering institutions which have committed to producing students to solve today’s grand challenges and build a better world of tomorrow.
The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) is a partnership of 45 colleges and universities that are working together to bring innovation to engineering education. Rose-Hulman received the network’s Best In Class Award in 2015, and the Kern Family Foundation has supported course and project development across all academic departments for several years.
The entrepreneurial mindset being instilled throughout the network has a simple, three-part definition: curiosity, connections and creating value. When combined with an engineering sk illset, students demonstrate know-why in addition to know-how. This allows maker spaces, labs, extracurricular activities and courses across entire academic programs, to become hubs of transformational experiences. The Kern Family Foundation believes that students with this attitude of innovation have a head start in their careers, and are ready to take on challenges and propose solutions to employers.
“The entrepreneurial mindset is a central attribute in the development of a RoseHulman graduate,” says Rose-Hulman Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Richard Stamper, a 1985 mechanical engineering alumnus.
Other institutions in KEEN include Arizona State University, Clarkson University, Colorado School of Mines, Duke University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Montana State University, Ohio State University, Olin College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Tulane University, Vanderbilt University, Villanova University, Wake Forest University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Alumni Insights
Echoes sought the expertise of several alumni about the lessons learned at different stages in the life cycle of an entrepreneur. After all, they’ve succeeded and, sometimes, failed along their journeys. The list, in alphabetical order, included:
a California-based company in 2004. Then came success with Vontoo (2005-09) and Tinderbox/Octiv (2009-18). Sapp is working his golden touch again with Formstack, an expanding tech company that helps customers manage d ata, build online forms and automate workflow.
Also finding a niche market has been Losant, a startup by former classmates Charlie Key (computer engineering, 2007), Brandon Cannaday (software engineering, 2006) and Michael Kuehl (computer science/ mathematics, 2006). It is bringing together internet of things, artificial intelligence and data science to help businesses and people address tech challenges. The Cincinnatibased company was named the 2018 Most Promising Startup in the city’s tech sector, selected by the Cincinnati Business Courier, and includes AOL co-founder Steve Case among its investors.
THE END GAME
While starting and growing an entrepreneurial company can as exhilarating as riding a roller coaster, walking away from the experience can be excruciating, even if the founder benefitted financially from the experience.
Alumni leading Losant to success in the internet of things, art ificial intelligence and data science areas have been (f rom left) Michael Kuehl (CS/MA, 2006), Brandon Cannaday (S E, 2006) and Charlie Key (CPE, 2007).
A master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University and nearly six years with the global management consultancy McKinsey & C ompany prepared 2000 electrical engineering graduate Wes Bolsen for the turbulent world of entrepreneurship.
“A good product with a bad team is a bad company. Great leaders and entrepreneurs focus as much or more on the people you bring into the company as the technology you are deploying.” – Wes Bolsen (EE, 2000), P resident/CEO, Ladera Tech
“It is hard not to get emotionally attached to a company or product that you started,” admits Erica (Snyder) Buxton, a 2002 chemical engineering alumna who led an educational media and technology company, EQtainment, that pioneered emotional intelligence games and content. She has backed away from the firm’s day-to-day operations to become chief financial officer with Razor USA. “Being able to step back from situations and apply logic helps take some of the emotion out of decisionmaking,” Buxton says.
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He has helped lead private and public companies in the renewable energy, agricultural technology and animal nutrition markets, and now Ladera Tech, as president and chief executive officer. The Colorado-based company is developing new approaches and technologies for the prevention of wildfires.
“You need to be able to handle the massive ups and downs on a sometimes daily and weekly basis,” he notes. “There’s the heartache and trials of getting traction in a new market, and the days when you want to throw in the towel and go get a 9-to-5 job are days that you push through... Being an entrepreneur requires more of my li fe than a lot of people are willing to give. ”
Leveling the Entrepeneurial Playing Field
With a hard-earned and worthy diploma, Rose-Hulman alumni take with them a quiet self-confidence that they can achieve just about anything. And since the late 1990s, alumnae have been using that confidence to break cultural barriers and corporate stereotypes, including hurdles that sometimes face women entrepreneurs.
Whatever your gender, you’re likely to run into obstacles when launching a business, but Virginie Adams of Salesforce says it comes with the territory. The 2012 computer engineering and mathematics graduate, with a master’s degree in engineering management a year later, says, “If you are really pushing yourself, you are guaranteed to run into challenges and obstacles daily.”
To help get herself comfortable with such situations, Adams remembers advice given by mentor John Labayo, her former senior project manager
at Rose-Hulman Ventures: “No one ever knows the answer the first time, until they figure it out.”
Marcie (Kam) Morrison says just earning respect can be an initial challenge for women entrepreneurs. She started Streamline Designs and DroneRafts with her husband Adam, a 2002 graduate, to provide technical expertise and engineering services to the light sport aircraft industry.
“At first, it was building credibility, because we were not a part of the ‘Old Boy’s Network.’ We worked hard and persisted, never coasting and barely resting. At some point, we looked around and realized
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Virginie Adams (BSCPE/MA, 2012; MSENMGT, 2013), left, is managing internal programs at Salesforce a fter helping drive product development for the startup MetaCX. Meanwhile, Marcie (Kam) Morrison (ME, 1999) helped start two family-owned businesses. Streamline Designs and DroneRafts.
that most of the people we started out with had fallen away, and we continued to chug along,” the 1999 graduate says.
A 2002 chemical engineering degree from Rose-Hulman and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School helped Erica (Snyder) Buxton get a foot inside the corporate door. Since then, her creative ideas have paved the way for success as an entrepreneur. Her startup EQtainment initially developed a board game to help build social and emotional skills in children. That blossomed into a whole platform focused on enhancing those skills.
She says, “We set out to execute on that vision and three years later we had a physical product line of toys, 48 episodes of a kids’ show, 17 songs and music videos, a subscription-based customized app for children and parents, and a full elementary school curriculum.”
That kind of evolution brings its own challenges, including knowing when to pivot the business, according to Buxton. She initially was involved in sales to retailers, and now her work is largely business-to-business.
“Each one of those pivots required all of us to step back and truly assess our strengths, the consumer and our product, to determine where our biggest opportunities were—and then go after them,” says Buxton, who recently added a new role as chief financial officer with Razor USA.
GE Healthcare President/CEO for Women’s Health Agnes Berzsenyi says Thomas Edison offered words of wisdom generations ago that ring true today: “Anything that
won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. It s sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.”
Is the entrepreneurial world as open to women leaders as it is to men? Morrison says, “A lot of tech startups dovetail wonderfully with feminine strengths, especially the human livability aspects of technology integration. As tech becomes more and more embedded in everyday life, I think we’ll see the playing field leveling more and more.”
Being a woman as a leader has helped Berzsenyi, who earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1995, pave the way for more diversity. She states, “As a woman working on startups in a larger company, I felt I was able to attract more diverse talent and, therefore, make my team stronger.”
For example, GE Healthcare developed a new mammography system that was designed by women. Berzsenyi says, “Who better to design, engineer and manufacture a mammography system than the women who can use their unique insights as patients?”
Adams remarks that one of her hobbies is to help other women
Erica Buxton talks about her career path, being a leader of an entrepreneurial startup and successfully balancing work and life in a fireside chat interview for the Project Literacy Lab. Watch it at www.rose-hulman.edu/buxtonchat
enter technology fields, founding the Girl Develop It Indianapolis group that’s providing accessible web and software development education for adult women. That experience led to partnering with a fellow female technology entrepreneur in growing an organization called Ladies in SaaS. Morrison’s advice for other women pursuing a similar path is to avoid dwelling on gender challenges and instead work to overcome any you encounter.
“Gender is biological,” the 1999 mechanical engineering alumna says. “There are real differences between men and women. I’m the one who gestated, birthed and nursed our babies. You can stew on differencedriven injustice, try to pretend like there aren’t differences, or just get moving with your business.” n
GE Healthcare President/CEO of Women’s Health Agnes
Be rzsenyi (MSME, 1995) asserts that customers seek so lutions to provide better patient care.
Razor USA leader Erica (Snyder) Buxton (CHE, 2002) says resilience, optimism and focus are key traits of being a successful entrepreneur.
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READY KEEPS PUSHING LIMITS OF COMPUTING
After a decade of leading, influencing and innovating high-tech ventures, 1996 computer science alumnus Jeff Ready was ranked No. 6 among technology disrupters in CRN’s list of the world’s Top 100 leaders in the competitive sphere of information technology.
Ready CEO and Co-Founder Scale Computing
Ready is chief executive officer and co-founder of Scale Computing, an Indianapolisbased company that’s become a market leader in edge computing, virtualization and hyperconverged solutions. The firm has introduced new intelligent edge computing technology to global retailers, and raised a large strategic round in external funding to support research and development of future innovative projects.
Forbes magazine has twice deemed Scale Computing as one of the nation’s “Most Promising Companies” and the global research house GigaOm has recognized Scale Computing for its noteworthy capabilities in edge-core integration, data protection and ease of use.
“We always set out to be as innovative as possible, delivering easy to use, costefficient products and services to the market,” says Ready. “Our innovative Scale Computing HC3 solution continues to disrupt the market, with high-growth and profitability, well beyond legacy systems.”
Ready launched Scale Computing in 2007 after having startup successes in California’s Silicon Valley.
“We’ve been at this for a decade. Our partners and customers like us and the products, which is why we’re seeing such explosive growth moving forward,” he says.
CLARKE
LIKES BUILDING WEB SOLUTIONS
Jeremy Clarke’s entrepreneurial spirit has had the 2009 software engineering and computer science alumnus finding success with his second startup, and already looking forward to his next adventure.
His document automation and generation company, WebMerge, was recently acquired by Formstack, a workplace productivity company that’s transforming how people collect and use information. The acquisition will further enhance Formstack’s document automation product, Formstack Documents. Clarke started WebMerge in 2011 to provide clients with tools to process automated contracts, applications and proposal PDF and Word documents. It now serves more than 3,000 customers in 80 countries and users have processed more than 75 million documents, saving millions of hours on manual document creation. Customers include Salesforce, Zapier and Zoho.
“I found a gap in the market. I knew customers who wanted the solution, and I leveraged that to jumpstart the business,” says Clarke, whose first startup, Vortex Web Solutions, came before he attended Rose-Hulman. “I really enjoy creating something new and building things that people value. It might be cliché, but I’ve always liked the adage ‘Do what you love and you’ll
never work a day in your life.’ While starting a business can be very stressful, with endless hours and a constant hustle, you have to really enjoy what you are building. As long as you are having fun and enjoying what you are building, your mind will help you forget those hardships and focus on the positives.”
He adds, “As an engineer, you get very excited building new things. However, from a business standpoint, you need to make sure you are solving problems that actually exist. You might be able to build a really cool software application or piece of hardware, but if no one needs it, you’ll waste a lot of time and money trying to sell it. Find a problem, then build the solution. Don’t do the reverse.”
Clarke Founder WebMerge
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Windy City Tech Heroes
KULL, OLIVENCIA AMONG CHICAGO’S ‘TECH 50’
Electrical engineering alumni Corbett Kull (1990) and David Olivencia (1994) have been featured among the emerging stars, new faces and behindthe-scenes heroes of Chicago’s growing tech sector as members of Crain’s Chicago 2019 Tech 50 list.
Kull is founder and CEO of Tillable, a first-of-its-kind e-commerce ag-tech startup that’s bringing together those who have farmland to rent with people who want to farm it. The company launched last summer and already has approximately 5,000 users.
This is Kull’s second ag-tech venture. The former Motorola engineer’s 640 Labs enterprise brought big data to the business of farming.
Olivencia has been managing director of cloud computing for Accenture’s Midwest health care and government customers since February 2017. His Journey to Cloud Program brings together cloud services, team members and ecosystem partners to make sure customers benefit from having the right strategies and industry perspective for today’s ever-changing tech climate.
“Cloud [computing] is exciting and transformational, with untold benefits,” says Olivencia. “I believe if your business is not in the cloud, it will be in the ground.”
Prior to Accenture, Olivencia had technology and business strategy leadership positions with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Ford Motor Company, Oracle, Verizon and Softtek.
Staying Ahead of the Game
BUXTON RIDING HIGH AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR RAZOR USA
Erica Buxton (CHE, 2002) continues ascending the corporate ladder with her recent appointment as chief financial officer of Razor USA, a California-based company that specializes in the growing market for scooters and personal transporters.
Buxton is also executive chairman of the board of directors for EQtainment, a media and technology company that’s pioneering emotional intelligence educational games and content. She served as the company’s chief executive officer for nearly four years.
Previously, her skills were utilized in setting strategy for Mattel products, including a $5 billion retail portfolio with Barbie and Hot Wheels, and a fellowship with Unreasonable, an investment fund and global network supporting entrepreneurs who are hoping to change the world.
And, all of this has taken place since 2014!
Buxton says, “While I was studying engineering, I wanted to change people’s lives. I started my career in pharmaceutical research and development at Eli Lilly and Company. Then I went to business school (MBA in 2007 from the Harvard Business School) to broaden my horizons and see where
that would take me. Every step along the way has been stimulating and interesting professionally, and quite satisfying personally.”
From its headquarters in Cerritos, Calif., Razor USA has found success designing and manufacturing electric and kick-propelled scooters, hoverboards and skateboards for riders of all ages.
Buxton joined with another Harvard graduate to create EQtainment in hopes of improving children’s social and emotional skills through entertaining games, books, popular music and the Q Wunder show as vehicles to help children learn important life skills.
Erica (Snyder) Buxton CFO Razor USA
Corbett Kull Founder and CEO Tillable
David Olivencia Managing Director Accenture Midwest
Indy Rolling Out Red Carpet to Welcome Tech Alumni
MIKE LANGELLIER
is president and chief executive officer of TechPoint, Indiana’s statewide technology initiative focused on growing the local tech sector.
Dramatic shifts are occurring in cities across the country, among them cities in which many Rose-Hulman alumni reside. I anticipate that these shifts will, in the medium-term, change the choices you make about where to live as mid-career professionals and new graduates.
According to LinkedIn, Chicago, the Bay Area and Seattle are among the top 10 destinations for Rose-Hulman grads. They are also among the cities the Brookings Institution’s Mark Muro describes as in “livability crises” in the recent Wall Street Journal article “Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Smaller Ones—and Taking Their Jobs With Them.” Professionals are moving to cities like Boise, Las Vegas, Charlotte and Indianapolis. They are trading up for greater discretionary income, more living space, shorter commutes, and better quality of life, even continuing to work, albeit remotely, for their prior employer.
We have experienced this trend at TechPoint, the nonprofit growth accelerator for Indiana’s tech ecosystem. We designed a “Red Carpet Experience” event for 25 professionals with tech industry experience that’s in demand by employers. The plan was to fly them and their significant others to Indianapolis, put them up in hotels, introduce them to such participating employers as Salesforce, Cummins, Eli Lilly, Raytheon, GEICO, Angie’s List, and a bunch of startups. We also would help them experience Indy neighborhoods, schools, and community over the course of two to three days in Oc tober. Expecting 100 and 150 respondents, we were delighted when nearly 400 applications came in, many from “livability crises” states of California, Illinois, New York and Washington.
We’re seeing this shift at the student- and newgraduate level as well. TechPoint’s Xtern program
BY MIKE LANGELLIER
recruits tech-skilled college students from across the country for 170 internships and jobs with more than 60 central Indiana companies. The program includes free housing and an impressive array of after-work professional development and social activities. This summer, we received more than 1,800 applications from 43 home states and 120 universities. More than 1,600 of those students are pursuing careers in software engineering, data science, information technology or cybersecurity.
Most of our Xterns aren’t familiar with Indianapolis’ tech ecosystem. Two years ago, when students arrived, only 19 percent expected to live and work in Indy after graduation, but afterward, 73 percent expected to stay here—a 54 percent swing in sentiment! This summer, 75 percent of the class left likely to return. More dramatic, however, were the 37 percent who entered likely to work in Indy after graduation, up from 19 percent in 2018.
As the shine wears off the traditional tech hubs and new hubs emerge, opinions are changing.
Tech is the fastest-growing major industry sector by far in the Indianapolis region, making this one of the fastest-growing tech hubs in the U.S. From 2010 to 2016, the region’s tech workforce grew 67 percent. Companies added 1,600 new jobs to our tech ecosystem last year, according to CompTIA’s 2019 Cyberstates report. Indianapolis is now Salesforce’s second largest location, with 2,000 employees, and headquarters of their “marketing cloud.” Infosys is adding 3,000 jobs, making this area its largest North American site. Genesys and Angie’s List are also major contributors to the community’s growing tech sector.
Another positive trend is the “tech-ification” of companies in other industries. The article “Tech Jobs Aren’t Just in Tech” by Indeed’s Hiring Lab points to the increase of tech workers hired by companies in industries like finance, energy and retail. We are seeing that in Indiana as well.
If you’re among Rose-Hulman alumni considering a move, come back “home” to Indiana. We’re rolling the red carpet out for you! We’ll likely do another Red Carpet Experience again. If you’re interested, go to TechPoint.org/here.
Off the Beaten Path
Whenever Cole Dudley and his wife, Bethany, w ant to escape the hectic tech lifestyle
w ithin California’s Silicon Valley (he’s vice president o f the online special education service provider P resenceLearning; she works for Apple), they pack t heir bags, jump into their Toyota Land Cruiser and e xplore North America through remote, backcountry d riving trips. These journeys have taken them as far s outh as the Baja Peninsula and as far north as Canada. Sometimes they don’t see another traveler for several d ays. Other times they travel with a convoy of other entrepreneurs, tech professionals and newfound friends.
PHOTOS BY COLE DUDLEY
“In general, the joy comes in the excitement and adventure of the journey, more than the destination. I’d liken it to an elaborate scavenger hunt or puzzle. We’re trying to find old stagecoach roads that only exist on 60-year-old United States Geological Survey maps in order to track down the wreckage of an experimental aircraft. Other times, it’s as simple as trying not to get lost, discovering new campsites where it’s possible no one has ever camped, or encountering broken-down travelers along the way and helping them solve a problem. Really, it comes down to being mesmerized by the sounds, smells and sight of a perfect campfire, your beverage of choice in your hand, surrounded by people you love in a beautiful place with no one else within 100 miles.”
Cole Dudley
The couple hopes to someday drive from the top of North America (Tuktoyaktuk, Canada’s Northwest Territories) to the end of the road in South America (Ushuaia, Argentina).
six motorsports alumni have embraced the spirit of the old adage “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” to take an old sports car, an engine with about 195,000 miles, and other discarded parts to score victories in the 24 Hours of Lemons endurance road racing series.
Along the way the racers have had lots of fun flexing their engineering and driving skills, and maintaining friendships that have endured nearly two decades.
Going by the team name The Rod Throwin’ Fools, former Team Rose Motorsports members Michael Gough, Cooper Lacy, Frank Levinson, Matthew Neisen, Matthew Smith and Alexander Yovanovich—all mechanical engineering alumni—step away from their engineering jobs across the country three or four weekends each year for a unique amateur racing experience that limits total car building expenses to less than $500. Rules prohibit contact between the 80 to 100 cars on the track and races are light-hearted experiences with fun-themed cars decorated as a flying pig, wagon train and a stretch Corvette striving to being recognized with such humorous honors as the I Got Screwed award. The top prize— $400 in nickels—doesn’t cover the race entry fee.
In the case of the Rose-Hulman alumni team, members have modified a 1987 Toyota MR2 with a well-used 3.0-liter V6 engine from a 1998 Lexus ES300 model that was found in a junkyard. The car’s Indiana RH 101 license plate came from one of t he members’ old cars.
“Any form of racing is tough, but there’s no better feeling than performing miracles with a lousy piece equipment for 24 hours and coming out on top,” says Gough, a 2007 alumnus.
Yovanovich, a 2002 graduate, adds, “Subjecting a 32-year-old car to abuse that its creators never intended gives us plenty of opportunities to solve problems together, sometimes with comically improvised solutions at the track, to keep the car in the race.”
STORY BY DALE LONG
After several near victories in their first three years of racing, the team had their first racing triumph late in 2017 at the famed Road Atlanta race track. Their greatest triumph came this spring by outlasting competitors by an impressive 12 laps in one of the series’ true 24-hour races at the Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, S.C.
Deep-Rooted Racing Relationships
The team’s racing heritage goes back to the students’ days as members of Team Rose Motorsports, when they would work together to repair, design and fabricate sports cars for autocross and time trial races at tracks near campus. The racing was affordable, costing $20 for a Saturday afternoon, and the experiences helped relieve the stresses of Rose-Hulman’s rigorous coursework.
Lacy, a 2004 graduate and engineering manager with NTK Precision Axle Corp. in central Indiana, says, “For many of us, Team Rose Motorsports was our first hands-on experience in motorsports.
It was a great way to learn car control and ultimately a great segue into the wheel-to-wheel racing that we’re doing today. Many long days and evenings were spent together in the TRM barn learning to work on or modifying cars. These activities built lifelong friendships that we still enjoy today.”
Lacy, Gough and Yovanovich came up with the idea of rekindling the TRM experiences by building a car in 2014 for the 24 Hours of Lemons series. Smith joined in the fun that first year, while Levinson and Neisen became team members in recent years.
“When the guys let me know what they were planning, I was all-in,” remarks Smith, a 2004 alumnus who is general manager of engineering with JW Hicks Inc. in Knox, Indiana. “For me, it’s not all about racing as much as it is racing with this group of friends. Once I graduated, I did some other racing type of events (autocross and track days), but honestly it wasn’t as fun as when I was with these guys...it has been a fantastic time.”
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The Rod Throwin’ Fools members (from left) Alexander Yovanovich, Frank Levinson, C ooper Lacy, Michael Gough, Matthew Neisen and Matthew Smith celebrate the t eam’s victory in a full start-to-finish 24-hour race at Carolina Motorsports Park in April.
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Working Together to Overcome Obstacles
Like in the past, racing is a team effort, with each member taking turns as driver, mechanic, pit crew member, strategist and providing support throughout each weekend event.
“Half the fun is racing the car, the other half is building it, getting it to the track and pranking each other along the way,” says Gough, a senior engineering project team leader with Caterpillar Inc. in Lafayette, Ind.
Levinson has been an amateur racer for more than 20 years and was involved with another team in the early days of the 24 Hours of Lemons series before joining the Rose-Hulman team.
“In amateur racing, we all do this for fun, which means no one is above doing another job to help the team,” says the 2003 graduate. “Winning is fun, but it’s the shared struggle and overcoming obstacles that stand out for me. The Lemons series helps to make the competition friendly. We all share notes about how to get the most out of the car and go as fast as we can.”
Yovanovich, a senior design engineer with Task Force Tips Inc. in Valparaiso, Ind., adds, “We all turn wrenches when the going gets tough...It’s a thrill to compete as we gradually improve our car, our driving techniques and our pit stop efficiency. We’ve done 20 races so far and it never gets old.”
Matthew Smith drives the team’s 1987 Toyota M R2 down the front straightaway of the track at A utobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois.
The team was leading a race near Chicago before a cut spring sliced through a tire and its’ spare, hampering the final result. The victory on the Road Atlanta track came after they received a spare MR2 radiator from another Toyota team. And, the car made it to the finish line first this spring after experiencing a broken clutch in the early stages of the race.
“We were forced to keep the car in a single gear for the next 14 hours of racing,” says Neisen, a project engineer with Roadtec Inc. in Chattanooga, Tennessee. “Then, shortly before sunrise, an on-track tire failure meant unplanned emergency repairs, while being extremely sleep deprived. Pulling off the win on a day that didn’t go perfectly felt great.”
He adds, “There’s an extra component to our relationships that make on-the-fly problem solving really click within the team. We’ve been friends for a long time, but the great friendships formed at RoseHulman can be hard to maintain after we all follow different career and family paths in different locations. This race team has allowed a group of us to maintain and strengthen those relationships even 15 years later.”
Levinson agrees, stating, “We get to catch up on life, drive a race car as fast as we can, inches from 100 other teams, grind through the lows and ride the good times together. Oh, plus, there’s some slick engineering that we get to do, too.” n
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stage of the team’s fi rst victory at Road Atlanta in December 2017. Meanwhile, the same t rio wait for a pit stop in fireproof suits on a scorching hot day of racing.
Driver and pit crew members Cooper Lacy, Michael Gough and Matthew N eisen (left) refuel
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Pavilion is Newest Campus Addition
The quality of student life on campus took another step forward this fall with the opening of a new glass-enclosed pavilion, with sustainable features, that’s adjacent to a renovated and expanded student union. It’s all possible through the continued support of Linda and Mike Mussallem, a 1974 chemical engineering alumnus who is chairman and chief executive officer of Edwards Lifesciences.
The pavilion has seating for 40 to 50 people and will be able to host events nearly year-round, with sliding glass doors around the perimeter. Audio-visual equipment can be used inside the building for multimedia presentations, including student movie nights and other gatherings. Outdoor grills also are available or use during student events, and the facility has a sustainable green roof.
The Mussallems provided a $1.5 million gift to cover costs for the project. It supplemented a $9 million lead gift for a $25 million expansion of the student union, renamed the Mussallem Union in honor of the couple in May 2018.
Institute Retains Top Engineering Peer Ranking
For the 21st consecutive year, Rose-Hulman has been ranked atop U.S. engineering colleges that are focused on bachelor’s- and master’s-level education, as featured in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Colleges Guide.
The publication asked U.S. college engineering deans and senior faculty to rate programs at accredited undergraduate engineering programs on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished). Rose-Hulman was the only college to earn a 4.6 score this year, after being tied for first atop the rankings the past two years.
WE’RE NO. 1!
THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
WERE TOP-RANKED THIS YEAR:
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Source: U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Colleges Guide
After 35 Years, Ditteon Sets His Eyes on Retirement
Richard Ditteon has been a shining star in Rose-Hulman’s astronomy program ever since he attended the institute in the early 1970s, paving the way for the development of observatories on campus and in Australia, and helping students explore their celestial interests.
The 1974 physics graduate is retiring this fall after 35 years as a member of the faculty. During this time, Ditteon has been the Herman A. Moench Distinguished Professor of Physics and Optical Engineering, the founding director of the Oakley Observatory and director of the Operation Catapult summer STEM program for rising high school seniors.
Ditteon received the Board of Trustees Outstanding Scholar Award for his research activities, many times with undergraduate students, in asteroid and minor planet astrometry and photometry, variable start photometry, and searching for supernovae. He also earned the Honor Alumni award in 2009 and is a charter member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
VENTURES T RANSFORMING OTHERS’ DREAMS INTO REALITY
Entrepreneurs sometimes lack the expertise, know-how and equipment they need to realize their dreams. That’s where Rose-Hulman Ventures —a rapid prototyping and development firm on the south campus—enters the picture.
“Ventures really was an oasis for me,” recalls Gage Wilkinson, who worked at Ventures before graduating in 2016 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
“It was entirely project- and performance-based. I could just set aside the intensity of schoolwork and have some fun.”
One word to describe what happens at Ventures is “variety.” Ventures projects run the gamut from simple to complex, short-term to long, and from light consumer products to life-saving medical devices.
Something all Ventures projects have in common, however, is they are fueled by entrepreneurial spirit.
One recent example was Ventures’ work with So Chatti, an Indianapolis-based gourmet chocolate maker. So Chatti’s founder and president, Matt Rubin, created a dairy-, gluten- and soy-free chocolate after his wife, Sarah, developed a food allergy that kept her from enjoying most ordinary forms of chocolate. Matt and Sarah soon discovered, however, that chocolate packs a bigger taste experience when enjoyed in liquid form.
“People are amazed when they experience chocolate [as a liquid],” Rubin says. “We wanted to sell that experience.”
But making high-quality liquid chocolate easily available to consumers is not easy. Chocolate is finicky, requiring a specific temperature—about 105 degrees—to remain liquid without harming the taste. And delivering gourmet chocolate on tap requires more than just gravity.
STORY BY ARTHUR FOULKES
The Rubins brought their dilemma to Ventures where project managers and interns got busy running tests, making calculations and assembling the devices necessary to deliver an awesome taste experience to chocolate lovers anywhere.
“Their work was very valuable,” Rubin says. “Their team is not afraid to get their hands dirty,” or covered in chocolate, as the case may be.
Many Ventures projects involve complicated software development for sophisticated medical equipment, such as its work for Eclipse Orthopaedics, a Warsaw, Indiana-based medical device startup. Eclipse was founded by Rose-Hulman physics and mechanical engineering alumnus David Rich. His idea was to create a low-wattage X-ray device to help physicians repairing large broken bones, such as the upper arm, the shin bone or the thigh bone. In standard treatment, doctors slide titanium rods down through the marrow of the bone, lining up the broken parts and holding them in place for healing. The rods are then secured in place with surgical screws, a delicate and sometimes
difficult procedure. Rich’s idea is to use a small, hand-held X-ray device to help physicians locate the screw’s exact target, making the procedure safer, easier and faster.
“This is a well-known problem looking for a solution,” Rich says. The team at Ventures helped Rich by writing software that corrects for image distortion, ensuring what the doctor sees on a computer or tablet screen is actually what is happening inside a patient’s arm or leg.
So Chatti and Eclipse are just two of literally dozens of fascinating engineering and computer science challenges tackled by Ventures each year. n
For more about what’s happening at Ventures, visit their website at www.rhventures.org
If you or your company are facing a challenge requiring fresh minds and state-of-the-art facilities, contact Ryan McDonald, director of business development at Ventures at Ryan.McDonald@rhventures.org or (812) 244-4020
Rose-Hulman Ventures helped So Chatti make liquid chocolate a delicious option in homeowners and restaurant guests. (Photo courtesy So Chatti)
Optical Engineering Senior in Spotlight for Headlight Design
Senior Audrey Brand has been recognized among the nation’s top optical engineering students for her innovative vehicle headlight project that demonstrates the potential of using freeform optics to achieve precision light patterns, with fewer parts.
Brand was one of six award winners in the Synopsys Optical Solutions Group’s 2019 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition for excellence in student undergraduate-, graduate- or doctorate-level optical design projects. She is the first Rose-Hulman student to be honored in the contest.
The concept was first developed with physics and optical engineering professor Hossein Alisafaee in a new automotive lighting course taught during the 2018-19 school year. The project also earned the grand prize for Brand and three other Rose-Hulman students at the 2018 E2Festa Global Capstone Design Fair in South Korea.
Water Tower Gets a Facelift and a Backside
One of Rose-Hulman’s most iconic landmarks, the campus water tower, got a facelift this summer. The institute’s logo was painted on the front side, while a new image, featuring our elephant mascot, Rosie, was placed on the back, welcoming visitors coming to campus from a new northeast side entrance. At the same time, construction began on the new 70,000-square-foot academic building that will go between Moench Hall and Myers Hall on the east side of campus. It is expected to be open for the 2021-22 school year.
Miss Homecoming? Catch Up Online
If you were unable to return for Homecoming this year, don’t fret. We have put together a highlight video and a photo gallery with some of the sights and sounds of this year’s festivities at www.rose-hulman.edu/HC2019
It’s not too early to make plans for Homecoming 2020, taking place Oct. 2-4.
Data Science Major Added; Humanities Modifies Name
Rose-Hulman changes its curriculum to keep up with today’s fast-paced world.
The institute has added a secondary academic major in data science to meet the demands in developing new techniques to store, harness and generate meaningful intelligence that power modern science and industry. The new course of study is offered by departments covering computer science, software engineering and mathematics, but it is available to students in all major courses of study offered by the institute.
The interdisciplinary major will provide students with in-depth hands-on experience in data engineering, data analysis, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Meanwhile, “the Arts” has been added to the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts to reflect the nearly 20 courses representing the arts, others taught in creative components within the arts and literary arts, and more courses planned for the near future.
We’re a Green Campus
For the first time, Rose-Hulman has been recognized for its sustainability efforts, being among a select group of North American environmentally responsible colleges and universities featured in The Princeton Review’s 2019 Guide to Green Colleges.
The institute received high marks for its sustainability-focused academic degree offerings, having a campus sustainability committee and greenhouse gas inventory management plan, and for spending 10 percent or more of its food service budget on locally grown or organic food options.
In particular, campus student groups have studied reducing food waste and use of plastic straws in dining halls; a sustainability makerspace area has been established; and the Bon Appetit food service’s farm-to-table, made-from-scratch cooking has a local food sourcing guarantee. Rose-Hulman also has been named a Tree Campus the past two years by the Arbor Day Foundation.
HOMECOMING Brings Back Memories
This year’s Homecoming was attended by more than 1,000 alumni and many more family and friends, along with current students (future alumni). Events included the traditional bonfire, pep rally, football game and class reunions, along with some special new activities that helped create fond memories of their own. A beverage tent featured breweries and wineries with alumni investment or ownership: Brown County Winery, Centerpoint Brewing Company, Huber Winery, Sun King Brewery and Terre Haute Brewing Company.
Recalling Gridiron Glory
Thirty-one years after they played their last game for the Fightin’ Engineers, seniors on the 1988 football team gathered again this fall to recreate their Senior Day photograph–not without a lot of effort. All but one of the original seniors had made plans to return for the Class of 1989 reunion. After contacting the Office of Alumni Relations, they tracked down the missing player, Rusty Rawlings, who had other plans and had not planned to be on hand for the festivities. After some urging, Rusty made it back to Phil Brown Field to make the photograph complete (in the same order from 1988). This senior class had a 25-5 record during its last three seasons.
Homecoming Royalty—50 Years Later
Homecoming always conjures special memories for our alumni. Fifty years ago, Joe Swift (ME, 1969) and his date/now wife Cathy Swift joined friends Betsy and Dave Hohlfeldt in being photographed while watching the Homecoming football game. Cathy was the 1969 Homecoming Queen. The four friends came back to recreate the photo at this year’s football game.
Celebrating Coed Trailblazers
It seems like only yesterday that members of the first incoming class of female students arrived on campus in the fall of 1995. They were trailblazers to coeducation on campus. Now, 20 years after their graduation, they’re still the fun-loving bunch with an unbreakable kinship. They enjoyed the Class of 1999 reunion with other classmates, family and friends.
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Alumni from different eras share their Rose-Hulman experiences in Tent City (left) while current students made their own Homecoming memories in fun and games during the pep rally (right).
Homecoming has become a family affair, with children of alumni getting cool treats while enjoying Rosie’s Kid Zone and other activities.
Students took advantage of the time to meet old and new friends before the
football game.
The grandstand was once again filled with alumni, family members and friends that enjoyed this year’s exciting football game at renovated Phil Brown Field.
The bonfire and fireworks were another signature Homecoming event shared by alumni, family members and current students.
BY PROFESSOR EMERITUS HERB BAILEY
There were fewer solvers of the summer problems than from those published in the spring issue. I was left to wonder: Was this because the summer issue was online or was that Challenge more difficult than the spring problems? I’m hoping we get back to having many solvers of the following problems.
FALL PROBLEM 1
f(x) = 3x-1 and f(f(x) = 0.
Find x.
FALL PROBLEM 2
During spring vacation, it rained on 13 days. When it rained in the morning, the afternoon was sunny. Every rainy afternoon was preceded by a sunny morning. There were 11 sunny mornings and 12 sunny afternoons. How long was the vacation?
FALL BONUS PROBLEM
Let ABC be a triangle, with DA = 6, DB = 5, DC = 3, and BC = 7. Find CA.
SUMMER BONUS SOLUTION
The possible dates were May 15, 16 and 19; June 17 and 18; July 14 and 16; August 14, 15 and 17 Albert knows only the month and Bernard only the day. The ordered statements that are needed, by whom and their implications are as follows:
Albert says, “Bernard does not know the birthday.” Thus, Bernard now knows that the month is July or August. How else could Bernard know the birthday? Why?
Bernard says, “I now know her birthday.” Thus, Albert now knows that her birthday is July 16 or August 15 or August 17. Why?
Albert says, “I now know her birthday.” Thus, it must be July 16. Why?
EDITOR’S NOTE: REMEMBERING A LONG-TIME SOLVER, HAL BROWN
I would like to pass along my condolences to the family of faithful Challenge solver Harold (Hal) Brown, a 1957 chemical engineering alumnus who died Sept. 6, 2019, in Dallas, Texas. He began solving the Challenges when they were first introduced to Echoes. “I always looked at who solved them, and a lot of them were familiar names. So, I gave it a try,” said Brown in a Solver’s Profile published in the Spring 2016 issue. “Sometimes the solutions have come quickly, but most of the time I had to think about it,” he said. (See Brown’s featured obit on Page 28.)
Send your solutions to Herb.Bailey@rose-hulman.edu or to: Herb Bailey, 8571 Robin Run Way, Avon, IN 46123. Alumni should include their class year.
Congratulations to the following solvers of the summer problems:
ALUMNI: J. Tindall, 1961; A. Cleek, 1964; D. Moore, 1964; S. Jordan, 1970; D. Hagar, 1972; B. Copus, 1976; T. Greer, 1978; R. Priem, 1979; J. Suplesky, 1979; R. Joyner, 1980; P. Gunn, 1981; M. Taylor, 1982; K. Shafer, 1983; D. Johnson, 1987; M. Lancaster, 1987; B. Burger, 1991; R. Hochstetler, 1991; R. Campbell, 1993; C. Brown, 1995; J. Przybylinski, 2006; M. Trowbridge, 2008, and M.Yuhas, 2013
FRIENDS: T. Cutaia, J. Ley, B. Perkins, J. Walsh and G. Wight.
Congratulations to the following solvers of the spring problems:
ALUMNI: J. Moser, 1956; H. Brown, 1957; D. Bailey, 1959; J. Kirk, 1960; J. Ray, 1961; A. Cleek, 1964; S. James, 1965; J. Walter, 1969; S. Jordan, 1970; W. Pelz, 1971; D. Hagar, 1972; P. Kimmerle, 1973; R. Kominiarek, 1973; J. Zumar, 1973; T. Rathz, 1974; P. Eck, 1975; M. Bailey, 1976; B. Hunt, 1976; J. Schroeder, 1976; J. Baynes, 1977; T. Greer, 1978; M. Lancaster, 1978; S. Warner, 1978; M. Clouser, 1979; R. Priem, 1979; J. Slupesky, 1979; R. Joyner, 1980; S. Nolan, 1981; P. Gunn, 1981; M. Taylor, 1981; B. Downs, 1983; B. Greene, 1983; J. Marum, 1983; L, Beckman, 1986; B. Wright, 1986; D. Johnson, 1987; C. Abdnour, 1989; R. Hochstetler, 1991; G. Simons, 1993; M. Pilcher, 1998; F. Heyman, 2007; J. Krall, 2007; D. Schluneker, 2008; M. Schoumacher, 2010; D. Straub, 2010 and L. Evans, 2013. FRIENDS: M. Abdnour, T. Cutaia, H. Kominiarek, S. Lam, J. Ley, L. Metcalfe, B. Schoumacher, E. Shumann and J. Walsh.
PROBLEM SOLVING A BAILEY FAMILY AFFAIR
As a kid, Michael Schoumacher could always count on finding a personalized Bailey Challenge in his birthday card each year. That’s because emeritus math professor and author of the legendary Bailey Challenge, Herb Bailey, is Schoumacher’s grandfather.
So, it was natural for Michael to continue solving Bailey Challenge problems as a student. Along the way he found a solving partner, his wife Denise (CHE, 2010), while both were students in Calculus 3. The couple would work together on homework while living in the same residence hall as first-year students.
“We’ve been helping each other solve problems ever since. We find we work better that way,” says the 2010 mechanical engineering alumnus. “Rose-Hulman and Grandpa Bailey taught us that there are always problems to solve...I feel right at home when I see (the Challenges) in Echoes. While the Bailey Challenge problems are much harder than the ones I got growing up, my time at Rose sharpened my skills to solve them.”
They find Bailey’s cleverly worded algebra problems to offer the grandest challenges and greatest joy in solving. Meanwhile, the couple sometimes finds that the geometry problems are the most challenging.
“We’re just happy to get them right!” admits Michael. “The Bailey Challenge helps keep our problem-solving skills sharp, and it’s a favorite part of each magazine. Our whole family works on them together.”
The family of problem solvers also includes Michael’s father, Bob, and uncle, Mark Bailey (CHE, 1976).
Michael and Denise were married in 2012 and live in Columbus, Indiana, where both work at Cummins Engine. They look forward to the day when their 2-year-old daughter, Ellie, begins tackling problems posed by her great-grandfather.
Dale Long, Executive Editor
70s
Marshall H. Goldsmith (ECON/MA, 1970) is being honored Dec. 7 in Las Vegas for his selection as the Top Author of the Year (2019), by the International Association of Top Professionals. He has been a best-selling business author (“MOJO” and “Triggers”) and is ranked among the world’s top executive coaches.
Michael B. Lammey (CE, 1972) is enjoying semi-retirement as a member of the facilities staff for Rose-Hulman’s Sports and Recreation Center.
Gregory A. Sharp (BIOE, 1972) is key account manager of North America automotive and telecommunications products with Jenoptik Optical Systems in Huntsville, Ala. He formerly was a sales manager with Supply Chain Optics.
Mark D. Hollinger (CHE, 1973) has retired after being senior vice president of operations with Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corp. He has moved to the Beaufort, S.C., area.
Gary L. Bullock (EE, 1975) is developing groundbreaking software for the expanding drone industry as chief technology officer and part owner with Pierce
Aerospace, a Carmel, Ind.-based company. He has extensive ex perience working with research and development of unm anned and autonomous systems with the Naval Su rface Warfare Center at Crane, Ind., the U.S. Naval Re search Laboratory in Mississippi, and as a self-employed emer ging technology consultant.
80s
David L. Hannum (ME, 1981) was featured in In dianapolis Business Journal as C. H. Garmong & Son was p rofiled among the publication’s 2019 Fast-Growing Co mpanies in Indianapolis. Hannum is the family co mpany’s chair and chief executive officer.
John P. McHugh (CS/EE, 1982) is general manager and s enior vice president for commercial business with NE TGEAR, overseeing the development and delivery of net working and storage solutions for small business cus tomers. He formerly was the chief marketing officer wit h Brocade, and led commercial networking business unit s at Nortel and Hewlett-Packard.
Ro bert L. Crowell (CE, 1984) is director of development with OwnEnergy, which partners with lan downers to develop renewable energy projects, in cluding midsize wind farms. He has 30 years of te chnical and executive experience in utility and indep endent power industries.
Gregory L. Gibson (CE, 1984) received the Handclasp Award from the Kiwanis Club of Terre Haute for demonstrated excellence in his career and outstanding
community service. He is president with ReTec Corporation, serves on the Indiana Judicial Nomination Commission and is service chair of the Ports of Indiana Commission.
Thomas J. Neufelder (EE, 1984) is the new chief technology officer with MaxQ AI, a medical diagnostic artificial intelligence company. He is responsible for driving engineering, product development, architecture and technology strategy. Previously, Neufelder was senior vice president and innovation leader at Philips Healthcare.
90s
Tim J. Cindric (ME, 1990) once again put Penske Racing in the winner’s circle of the NTT IndyCar racing series, with driver Josef Newgarden coming out on top after 17 races. Cindric is president of Penske Performance Inc. and race strategist for Newgarden. Penske Racing has won four of the past six IndyCar titles.
Paul A. Acevedo (EE, 1991) has been promoted to executive vice president and chief information officer with CSAA Insurance Group, based in Walnut Creek, Calif. He has been a member of the company’s leadership team
Former Student-Athletes Advance to Hall of Fame
Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame membership increased by four this fall with the induction of former student-athletes Tyler S. Goble (ME, 2009), Liz J. (Ridgway) Krasowski (CE, 2009), Michael P. Matsui (CSSE, 2008) and Thomas S. Reives (ME, 2008) Each alumnus also has been successful in their post-athletic careers.
Goble won a school-record 111 wrestling matches, and during the 2009 season was Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Co-Wrestler of the Year and qualified for the NCAA Division III national tournament. He is now a task lead at the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Crane (Ind.) Division and lives in Bloomington, Ind.
Krasowski was an Academic All-American and all-conference honoree in soccer, an All-HCAC basketball player and schoolrecord javelin thrower in track and field. She works in project management with ExxonMobil Corp. in Houston, Texas.
Matsui was a baseball All-American and Mideast Region Pitcher of the Year in 2008 after starring on the mound (21-8 career record, 147 strikeouts) and in the batter’s box (.304 career batting average). He is living in New York City’s Manhattan borough and is a senior staff engineer with Betterment.
Reives was a four-time, two-sport (football/track) Academic All-American, 2008 HCAC Field Athlete of the Year and conference champion in three track events. He is an engineering manager for Eli Lilly and Company’s auto-injector device assembly and packaging business, based in Indianapolis.
GOBLE
MATSUI KRASOWSKI
since 2011. He previously hel d product and marketing lea dership positions at several st artup and established technology companies, including BMC Software, ITM Software, Su n Microsystems and Te rraspring.
James B. Pipp (ME, 1994) is a part of the leadership te am for Cincinnati-based Cornerstone Specialty Wood Pr oducts, manufacturer of ResinDek mezzanine flooring pa nels. He is focused on sales efforts to systems integrators, general contractors and the self-storage market.
J. Scott Bowling (CE, 1995) has been named district Su perintendent of the Year by the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents. He has been leading th e Crawfordsville (Ind.) Community School Corporation si nce 2002.
De nnis N. Burgess (CHE, 1996) is now director of op erations engineering and contract manufacturing with Mamm otome, a Cincinnati, Ohio, company specializing in breast cancer detection devices. He has worked at the co mpany since June 2018 after having management po sitions with Pilot Chemical Company, Clarke Solutions and Ecolab.
Daniel P. Gallagher (ME, 2003) has been promoted to strategic sourcing director with Anthem, Inc. He has worked for the Indianapolis-based company since May 2017.
Timothy M. Swan (ME, 2003) is a business group partner, specializing in technology transactions, with the BakerHostetler law firm in Cincinnati, Ohio. He previously was a partner with the Frost Brown Todd and Sidley Austin firms after earning his law degree from the University of Chicago.
Aaron R. Roberts (CE, 2005) is a senior project manager with RPS North America in the Houston area. He spent five years as a project manager with LJA Engineering in Texas.
Jacob D. Fuerst (CHE, 2006) has started his own forensic and failure analysis consulting engineering practice, Fuerst Metallurgy, based in Huntsville, Ala.
Timothy D. Boyer (CE, 2011) is a warehouse sup ervisor with Rogue Fitness in Columbus, Ohio. He spent more than three years as a weather management program manager with the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Andrew T. Jordan (ME, 2012) has been promoted to supervisor of Mueller Water Products’ research and development laboratory. He has worked with the Decatur, Ill.-based company since 2017.
Emily C. Asman (CHE, 2013) earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas, Aus tin. She is an investment banking associate with Bank of America’s natural resources group in Houston.
Eric A. Davenport (CE, 2013) is a graduate engineer wi th SHE in Milwaukee, Wis. He formerly was a sales eng ineer with William Reid Ltd. in the Milwaukee area.
Jessica L. Toth (BSCE, 2009/MSEMGT, 2012) has been promoted to director of supply chain operations with Athenian Consulting Group. As part of the firm she also is a management consultant for a client’s global programs. Jessica is living in the Raleigh/ Durham, N.C., area.
Scott A. Loughmiller (CS, 1996) has been promoted to chief product of ficer with Scale Computing, an enterprise he co-founded and s erved as vice president of en gineering for since 2007. He has a 20-year career in th e tech sector, serving as a pa rtner with Volt Capital, director of product management wit h Tumbleweed Communications and chief technology of ficer with Corvigo Inc.
00s
William (Chip) E. Bennett (CHE, 2000) has been promoted to assistant director of global commissioning and qualification business operations with Commissioning Agents Inc. (CAI), a global company based in Indianapolis.
Gregory M. Gotwald (CHE, 2001) is included among The Best Lawyers in America 2020 for his specialization of insurance law. He is a partner in the Indianapolis-based Plews Shadley Racher and Braun law firm. He also has been named a Rising Star by Indiana Super Lawyers and an Up and Coming Lawyer Award recipient by Indiana La wyer Leadership in Law.
10s
Brant L. Gurganus (CS, 2010) helped Boy Scouts from throughout the world enjoy festivities at this past summer’s World Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel National Scout Reserve in Glen Jean., W.Va.
Robert J. Williamson (AB/SE, 2010) has returned to his alma mater as a visiting professor of computer science and software engineering. He had been a visiting faculty member at Quest University in Canada after earning a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Toronto in 2017.
Emma E. Barrasso (EP, 2011) is leading strategy and marketing efforts for Owens Corning’s roofing products, based in Toledo, Ohio. She was an intern for the company while earning a master’s degree of business administration from the University of Michigan.
Elizabeth (Liz) A. Evans (BSEE/MA, 2013; MSEMGT, 2015) cleared the 6-foot height to place seventh out of 18 women high jump competitors at the US A Track & Field Outdoor Track and Field Championships this summer.
Peter J. Moorman (BSBE, 2013; MSEMGT, 2014) is the eastern U.S. regional service manager with Pall Corporation, based in Chicago. He spent more than ive years as a service manager and engineer with Beckman Coulter.
Alexander (Alex) J. Mullans (SE/CS, 2013) ha s become a senior product manager with GitHub in Se attle after more than five years with Microsoft.
Heather N. (Finnell) Buker (BSCPE, 2014; MSEMGT, 2015) has been promoted to product man ager with Allgress Inc., where she has worked si nce 2018 in the Denver area.
Nicole T. Gonzalez (ME, 2015) is now a process engineer with Terumo BCT in the Denver area after four ye ars with Eli Lilly and Company.
Celeste L. (Kline) Huster (BE, 2015) is a senior engineer with Metavention Inc. in the Minneapolis area. She formerly worked as a design engineer with Torax Medical Inc.
Sa nders Park (CE, 2016) is a structural design engineer with KL&A Engineers and Builders in Loveland, Colo., after earning a master’s degree in st ructural engineering from Stanford University.
Ryuji Aoki (BE, 2019) has taken his engineering and basketball playing skills to Japan. He has signed to play wit h the Shinshu Brave Warriors, defending champions of Japan’s B-level professional league. Aoki also will work as an engineer in his birth country.
MAJORS KEY
Rosebuds
John A. Ortiz (EE, 1988) welcomed his first grandchild, Eliana Carter Ortiz, on Jan. 29, 2019.
Shane A. Cox (ME, 1991) and wife, Sheridan, had their second daughter, Sloan Elizabeth, on Feb. 21, 2017, in Pendleton, Ind. Shane is a manager of energy assets with Simon Property Group.
Adam P. Jarboe (BSME, 2005/MSEMGT, 2007) and wife, Taylor, had their third child, a daughter, Harriett Rose, on Aug. 19, 2019. The family lives in Newnan, Ga. Adams works in supply chain equipment sourcing with Chick-fil-A.
Thor A. Nearn (ME, 2009) and wife, Megan, had a daughter, Addisyn, April 6, 2019, in La Porte, Ind. Thor is a project engineer with J.W. Hicks Inc.
Elmore First Recipient of Eu ropean Science Honor
Charles (Chad) S. Elmore’s significant scientific contributions have been recognized internationally as the first recipient of the European Isotope Science award, presented this fall by the International Isotope Society’s central European division. The honor recognizes scientists for their work in synthesis and application of isotopes.
Elmore (CHEM, 1991), interim head of early chemical development at AstraZeneca in Sweden, has contributed to the development of synthetic methods, especially involving C-14 labeled carbon monoxide, and applications to drive drug discovery and development. He also is considered a leading expert in radiochemical synthesis.
Earlier this year, Elmore earned Rose-Hulman’s Career Achievement Award for his publication record of more than 70 peer reviewed papers and his recognition as a global leader in science research and development. He has established multiple unique reagents and procedures in isotope science, and has contributed on scientific projects with colleagues at Harvard Medical School, Yale University, National Institute of Mental Health, the CEA French Nuclear Agency, and University of Paris-Saclay.
Amanda A. (Lundahl) Corkill (CHE/BCMB, 2010) and husband, Nicholas (Nick) E. Corkill (CE, 2009), had their second child, Brynlee (Bryn) Carol, April 5, 2019, in Chicago. Amanda is a senior process development engineer with Mars Wrigley Confectionery and Nick is an aviation project manager with Jacobs Engineering.
Kristin E. Greer (AB, 2010) and husband, Mathew Flaker, welcomed a son, Peter Joseph, Oct. 29, 2018. The family lives in Columbus, Ohio. Kristin is a registered nurse in the intensive care unit with Travel Nurse Across America.
Caleb D. Nickels (CE, 2013) and wife, Brooke, welcomed their first child, Emily Grace, on Aug. 14, 2019, in Terre Haute. The family lives in Clinton, Indiana. Caleb is an estimator and heavy lift engineer with Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives.
Fox Rode a Horse to Campus in Bygone Times
Charles R. Fox (CE, 1944) has done a lot of incredible things in his life, including serving on a Navy combat ship in the Korean War, working 40 years as an engineer for Amax Coal Company, working as a consulting engineer, and earning numerous professional and military distinctions.
But riding a horse to Rose Polytechnic Institute during World War II may be among his most memorable feats.
Gasoline was rationed by the U.S. government during the war. Fox needed to fi nd ways to get to campus from his family’s home in nearby Seelyville. He would hitchhike, walk, bicycle AND ride on the family horse, Rex.
The beautiful animal attracted plenty of attention from other students while Fox was in class.
“I’d tie him to a tree [in front of Moench Hall] and he’d be wore out [from giving students rides] by the end of the day,” recalls Fox, who lives in Terre Haute.
Because of the wartime demand for engineers, Rose Poly operated year-round and on weekends to quickly produce qualified graduates. Fox completed his education in less than three years.
A former basketball player, Charles and his wife, Maryella, have traveled overseas with the men’s basketball team on several occasions.
Weddings
Beau P. D’Arcy (ME, 2003) married Danielle Foster on June 19, 2019, amidst a surprise snow storm at a remote mountain lake high in the Canadian Rockies. The couple lives in downtown Chicago. Beau is co-founder and president of Breakwater Chicago, an off-shore floating resort being planned on Lake Michigan.
Mary (Betsy) E. Jones (BE/IS, 2013) married Matthew Georgiou on May 25, 2019, in London, United K ingdom, where they live. Betsy works in pharmacoepidemiology with GlaxoSmithKline.
Gabriel E. Goldsberry (ME, 2015) married Shaney Smith on May 1, 2019, in Avon, Indiana. The couple lives in Columbus, Indiana. Gabriel is a robotics engineer with Faurecia’s clean mobility division.
Steven T. Jugle (BSCHE, 2006; MSCHE, 2007) and Emily C. Asman (CHE, 2013) were married June 15, 2019, at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas. The couple currently resides in Houston, where Steve is a patent attorney at Baker Botts L.L.P. and Emily is an investment banking associate in Bank of America’s natural resources group.
James M. Folberth, (PH/MA, 2013) married Corinne M. Larew (CHEM/ BCMB, 2014) on Sept. 14 in Indianapolis. The ceremony was officiated by Craig J. Larew (ME, 2016). The couple lives near Boulder, Colo., where James works as a government contractor after earning a doctorate in applied mathematics at the University of Colorado. Corinne is a cancer drug researcher.
James A. Broughton (ME, 2017) married Mary (Arwen) A. La Dine (ME, 2017) on June 22, 2019, in Chapel Hill, N.C. The couple lives in Durham, N.C. James is a consulting engineer with Mallet Technology, while Arwen is a mechanical engineer with Nocturnal Product Development.
Clark J. Harris (ME, 2017) married Shannon Reid on July 27, 2019, in Greenwood, Ind. Two of Clark’s groomsmen were James A. Broughton (ME, 2017) and Patrick R. Atkinson (ME, 2017). The couple resides in Indianapolis, where Clark is a utilities engineer with Eli Lilly & Company.
Taylor L. King (EE, 2017) married Wyatt Weisbrodt on July 20, 2019. They reside in Scottsville, Ky. Taylor is a controls engineer with General Motors’ corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green, Ky.
Nathan J. Montgomery (ME, 2015) married Jesica Overstreet on Aug. 17, 2019, in Columbus, Ind., where they live. Nathan is a research and innovation engineer with Valeo North America Inc.
Cameron P. Porter (BE, 2017) married Juliann M. Apple (CE, 2019) on Aug. 24, 2019, in Greenfield, Ind. More than 30 students/alumni attended from 10 states. The couple lives in Terre Haute.
Cameron is a supply engineer with Cook Medical Inc., while Juliann is a project engineer with HWC Engineering.
Kayla N. Gerken (BE, 2019) married Alaric Ashbaugh on June 15, 2019, in Napoleon, Ohio. They now live in Austin, Texas, where Kayla is a part of National Instruments’ Engineering Leadership Program.
THE ROSE RIOTS
THE ROSE
No One was Limits in Humorous Campus Talent Shows Off
Students letting off steam in creative ways is a tried and trusted tradition at Rose-Hulman. Imaginative pranks and running grudge matches between sophomores and freshmen were once a normal part of campus life. Today, some of those traditions, such as “laking” and the homecoming bonfire, remain, but others have faded into history.
One tradition that flourished in the 1960s and ‘70s was an annual convocation/talent show known as the Rose Riots, in which students performed satirical skits or sang songs poking fun at professors, administrators, and fellow students all while basically pushing the envelope of propriety.
STORY BY ARTHUR FOULKES PHOTOS FROM ARCHIVES
ROSE RIOTS
“Say. Look at him! He’s preeeetty,” exclaims a student in a 1968 skit about a new kid visiting the then-all-male campus. Audio of the full skit was provided to Echoes by 1971 computer science alumnus George Mells.
“I found the edgy and often ‘blue’ skits quite funny,” Mells recalls. “It’s probably because the presenters were so risqué that there was not another Riots during my next three years.”
No one was immune from taunting in a Rose Riots skit, including faculty, staff, ROTC commanders, fraternities, individual students and, especially it seems, humanities classes.
John Yarish, a 1970 mechanical engineering graduate, performed in the 1968 show as part of a musical group calling itself The Four Skins. The group sang their own renditions of anti-war/anti-establishment songs by The Fugs, a Greenwich Village band achieving notoriety at the time.
“Our script was basically a rant mocking the traditions in effect at the time, such as beanies, garters,
Yarish recalls. “We had a ball, but not too many in the audience got it.”
Most years, the Rose Riots were organized by the Blue Key Honor Society and, at least in the 1960s, mostly featured acts performed by freshmen, according to several alumni from that era, including 1971 biological engineering graduate Roger Ward. Ward played the part of “Duncan Snowdoch” in one memorable 1968 routine poking fun at legendary Dean of Admissions Duncan Murdoch. Unlike previous shows, the 1968 Riots featured at least one all-faculty performance.
Skits from the popular 1963 Rose Riots included Colonel Dougherty’s Goon Platoon, the Rose Rockettes, and a downhome rendition of Romeo and Juliet written and performed by Kentucky-native Lynn Roberts.
“At our 55th class reunion, some of my classmates were still chuckling over that performance,” says Roberts, a 1963 chemical engineering alumnus.
Another memorable Rose Riots performance was a guitar ballad performed by conjoined twins played by 1978 alumni Randy Parrish and Chris Hebb.
“I don’t know who came up with the idea of being conjoined twins, but we both played my guitar.
Chris strummed and I did the chords on the fret board,” Parrish recalls, noting the most popular acts that year received awards.
“Needless to say, we didn’t win. But it is a great memory for me.” n
Share Your ‘Rose Memories’ with Others
Alumni have cherished memories of campus events, activities and, yes, even hijinks that Rose-Hulman’s archives would like to share with others for posterity, hilarity and general interest. A special “Rose Memories” digital repository has been created for you to share images from your time at Dear Old Rose.
Submit digital images at www.rose-hulman.edu/rosememories.
The goal is to enhance the institute’s archives with the photo memories of such things as campus life, athletics, study abroad and academics—all the things that make Rose such a special place.
One area with a lack of archival images is club activities, especially since the Modulus yearbook hasn’t been published since 2012.
If possible, please identify all of the individuals pictured. Also make sure you have gained permission from people in the photos.
Privacy concerns will be taken into account before any image is made available for public viewing.
Associate Librarian Ryan Roberts will review all submitted images. Alumni also can relive their times on campus by viewing past issues of Rose-Hulman’s student newspaper, yearbook and magazine online at: Rose Thorn Newspaper (1971-current): www.rose-hulman.edu/rosethorn.
(Note: not all years had yearbooks) Technic Magazine (1891-1971): www.rose-hulman.edu/technic.
Colonel Dougherty’s Goon Pla toon (right) put the dis in d iscipline during the 1963 Rose Riots, while Lynn Roberts wears “hil lbilly sandals” to put a downhome spin on “Ro meo and Juliet” in the sam e show.
The Rose Rockettes sho wed their stuff in a sce ne from the 1963 Ros e Riots, captured from the Mo dulus yearbook.
In Memoriam
Bob Steinhauser Was a Teacher’s Teacher, Honored Alumnus
Cherished Department of Mechanical Engineering leader and professor Robert (Bob) Steinhauser, 86, died Sept. 29, 2019, in his hometown of Terre Haute. He was a faculty member at his alma mater for 41 years (1957 until 1998), is the only professor to earn the institute’s outstanding educator award four times, was ME department head fo r most of his faculty tenure, and the Herman A. Moench Distinguished Professor from 1980 until 1989. He also re ceived an honorary degree in 1998 and the Alumni Association’s Honor Alumnus Award in 1987. Professionally, St einhauser lent his engineering expertise to several consulting assignments and participated in engineering-related investigations for insurance underwriters.
Hal Brown Always Scored Points for Dear Old Rose
This holiday season won’t seem the same for many Rose-Hulman officials, who welcomed annual telephone greetings from emeritus trustee Harold (Hal) D. Brown, Jr. (CHE, 1957; HD, 2000) He died Sept. 6, 2019, at age 84 in Dallas, Texas. He was a former basketball player, Dallas Rose Tech Club officer and member of the Commission on the Future of Rose-Hulman. Professionally, Brown held administrative roles with several companies, including Dow Chemical Company, American Magnesium Company, and Dixie Lime and Stone Company, along with helping the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft reformulated gasoline rules and regulations. His family asks that donations on Hal’s behalf be made to the Class of 1957 Scholarship Fund at w ww.rose-hulman.edu/give.
Joseph E. Miller (ME, 1944), 96, died Aug. 16, 2019, in Indianapolis. His career spanned several companies, including NASA, and he contributed to the design of rocket guidance systems, and timing systems within washing machines.
Edward H. Bollinger (CHE, 1949), 92, died Aug. 7, 2019, in Akron, Ohio. He retired after 30 years in research and new product development with BF Goodrich.
Margaret Ying Was Part of Special Campus Family
Part of what makes Rose-Hulman such a special place is the long-held belief that everyone on campus is considered a valued educator. That was particularly true of former librarian Margaret Ying, 85, who died June 3, 2019, in Seattle, Washington. She earned the President’s Outstanding Service Award in 1994. Margaret’s beloved husband, John, was a longtime economics professor. Both cared about students and their faculty and staff colleagues, and hosted many social events in their home. Margaret’s beautiful voice graced church congregations and choirs, and she was a soloist for special events, most recently the 2014 National Taiwanese Conference in Seattle. A memorial service is planned Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. in the Bethany United Church of Christ in Seattle. Memorial gifts may be made to Rose-Hulman’s John T. and Margaret C. Ying Scholarship Fund.
Charles E. McMorris, Jr. (CHE, 1949), 92, died Aug. 10, 2019, in Valparaiso, Ind. He worked 38 years with Inland Steel Company.
Denzil L. Hammond (ME, 1950), 89, died July 6, 2019, in Melbourne, Fla. He retired as superintendent of engine and t ransmission testing with Chr ysler, along with being a colonel and director of research/development with the Air Force Reserves.
David E. Burns (CHE, 1961), 80, died April 17, 2019, in Rockville, Ind. He retired as a quality assurance manager with Lucent Technologies, and enjoyed sailing his 44-foot yacht in the Caribbean Ocean.
Paul J. Nowak (ME, 1968), 73, died Aug. 4, 2019, in Springfield, Mo. He was chair of finance at Drury University after working with NASA, contributing to the historic Apollo 11 mission.
Leo H. Ringwald (CS/MA, 1974), 66, died July 8, 2019, in Naperville, Ill. He was a longtime employee with Nokia/ Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Laboratories.
Bradley P. Cook (ME, 1979), 62, died Aug. 21, 2019, in Terre Haute. He retired after 31 years with Duke Energy Corporation before working anot her five years with Hoosier Energy.
Jack L. Duncan (EE, 1988), 52, died Aug. 14, 2019, in Metamora, Mich. He was a test development engineer during a long career with Ford Motor Company, and an award-winning home brewer of beer.
Reaching for the Top
I was inspired to read recently about a civil engineering major with Type-1 diabetes who climbed four mountains—including the tallest peaks in Africa and Europe— in a single summer.
Matt Robinson’s achievement is just one of the inspiring stories you’ll find anywhere you look on the Rose-Hulman campus. Every student here has a story to tell and a mountain to climb.
The hard work and determination needed to succeed at Rose-Hulman is one reason we continue to be ranked among the best STEM colleges and universities in the U.S. In addition to offering a rigorous curriculum, we strive to give our students the personal attention they need to succeed. That’s why our faculty are not just experts in their fields but also dedicated educators.
None of this is easy or inexpensive. That is why we are so grateful to our alumni and friends who remember Rose-Hulman with financial support. Everyone who contributes is making a real difference in the lives of our students and ensuring the continued success of the institute well into the future.
We are now more than a year into the public phase of our Mission Driven campaign to raise $250 million by the end of 2020. Today, I’m pleased to report we have raised more than $180 million, bri nging us just over 70 percent of the way toward our goal.
Mission Driven comprises three primary goals:
• Fund scholarships to improve affordability, accessibility and student achievement
• Strengthen our endowment to support faculty positions, global study, student competition teams and other programs
• Improve our facilities by constructing new spaces for col laboration, discovery and innovation
Each of these goals is key to the institute remaining a leader in STEM education in the U.S. and around the world.
I hope you join me in supporting this campaign. To learn how you can help, please contact me at brady1@rose-hulman.edu or 812-877-8784. I look forward to working with you as we strive to ensure our students have the support they need to reach the highest peaks.
Steven P. Brady Vice President for Institutional
Advancement
The following pages recognize gifts from donors of $250 or more received from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019. The Rose-Hulman website rose-hulman.edu/honorrollofdonors provides a complete listing of all donors contributing during the 2018-19 fundraising year. Please direct questions or comments to the Office of Institutional Advancement at 812-877-8453 or DevelopmentOffice@rose-hulman.edu.
GIFT RECOGNITION
Chauncey Rose Millennium Society
The following lifetime gift recognition circles are determined by the total of all gifts received, including corporate matching gifts and matching gift expectancies.
Platinum Torchbearer: $10,000,000
Diamond Torchbearer: $5,000,000
Torchbearer: $1,000,000
Chauncey Rose Society
Recognizing cumulative gifts made from the donor’s first gift to Rose-Hulman through June 30, 2019, including corporate matching gifts and matching gift expectancies.
Chieftain: $500,000
Fellow: $250,000
Member: $50,000
1874 Heritage Society
Recognizing alumni, parents and friends who have made a deferred and/or estate gift commitment to Rose-Hulman. Deferred and estate gifts may be made in the form of bequests, testamentary trusts, annuities, charitable trusts, gifts of real estate with life-retained interest, and other life-income agreements.
President’s G.O.L.D. Circle
Recognizing cumulative young alumni giv ing for the first 10 years following graduation, including corporate matching gifts and matching gift expectancies.
Gold: $5,000
Silver: $2,500
Bronze: $1,000
Annual Giving Circles
Recognizing annual gifts from June 30, 2018 to June 30, 2019, including corporate matching gifts and matching gift expectancies.
Herman Moench Circle: $25,000
Hulman Circle: $10,000
Founders Circle: $5,000
Trustees Circle: $2,500
Presidents Circle: $1,000
Deans Circle: $500
Rose and White Circle: $250
Century Circle: $100
Varsity R
This society recognizes annual gifts to the athletic department or recreational programs from June 30, 2018 through June 30, 2019.
1888 Circle
Hall of Fame: $5,000 and above
All-American: $2,500 to $4,999
All-Conference: $1,000 to $2,499
Rosie’s Circle
Gold: $500 to $999
Silver: $250 to $499
Bronze: $100 to $249
Century Circle: $100
A New Addition
Linda and Mike Mussallem have contributed greatly to the quality of campus life through gifts that have expanded the student union, renamed the Mussallem Union (affectionately nicknamed “The Muzz”), to honor the couple’s generosity, and added a new pavilion, which opened for student use this fall. Through their philanthropic gifts, Linda and Mike wished to create campus spaces that promoted a better quality of life, stronger relationships and healthier food options. Sustainability also is a big part of both projects with a living wall in The Muzz’s living room and a living roof on top of the pavilion. Mike is a 1974 chemical engineering alumnus who is chairman and chief executive officer of Irvine, California-based Edwards Lifesciences. Watch a time lapse video of the pavilion’s construction at www.rose-hulman.edu/pavilioninmotion.
The Future is Underway
Construction of the new $29 million, 70,000-square-foot academic building on campus achieved a significant milestone this fall when one of the final steel beams was raised and attached to the project.
An architectural rendering shows how the building will look upon completion for the 2021-22 school year. The building is being supported through a $15 million lead gift from an anonymous donor as part of Rose-Hulman’s Mission Driven campaign.
Innovation Inspiration
Richard Kremer never forgot the caring faculty and staff members whose contributions helped him earn a chemical engineering degree from Rose Polytechnic Institute in 1958. That’s why he and his wife, Shirley, provided a generous financial gift to support the establishment of the Kremer Innovation Center on campus. The 13,800-square-foot building, dedicated last spring, is providing opportunities for students to enhance their hands-on, collaborative educational experiences through fabrication equipment, 3D printers, wind tunnels, a makerspace, and classrooms for the new engineering design program.
Richard Kremer is the founding owner of FutureX Industries Inc., a plastics manufacturing company in Bloomingdale, Ind.
Learn more about the Kremer and Branam Innovation Centers at www.rose-hulman.edu/innovationcenters.
Chauncey Rose Millennium Society
Platinum Torchbearer
$10,000,000 and above
Tony George HD ’03 and Laura George
Mari Hulman George* HD ’98
Mike Hatfield ‘84 HD ‘04 and Deborah Hatfield
Theresa Vonderschmitt
Diamond Torchbearer
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999
Carl Cook HD ’15 and Marcy Cook
Gregg Lowe ’84 HD ’14 and Diana Lowe
Linda Mussallem and Mike Mussallem ’74 HD’99
Niles Noblitt ’73 HD ’96 and Nancy Noblitt
Christa Percopo
Chauncey Rose Society
Chauncey Rose
Chieftains
$500,000 to $999,999
Jerry D. Badger ‘62
Jim Baumgardt ‘70 HD ‘10 and Sharon Baumgardt
Bob ’57 HD ‘01 and Shirley Bright
John Chinn ‘56 and Jane Chinn
Morris Cleverley ‘62 and Jane Cleverley
Bob Compton HD ‘02 and Janice Compton
Andrew B. Conru ‘90
Howard P. Freers ‘48 HD ‘90
Marcella F. Guthrie
Larry and Pat Hatfield
Rex Hauser ‘54 and Marge Hauser
Bob Hillis ’69 HD ’13 and Jenny Hillis
Bill Johnson ‘60 and Ginny Johnson
Edward Kelley ‘64 and Lynn Kelley
Dick Kremer ‘58 and Shirley Kremer
Milton J. Lowenstein ‘48 HD ‘95
Chris Mack ‘82 and Susan Mack
Fred Maienschein ‘45 and Joyce Maienschein
Cindy S. and James Martin
Jeff McCreary ’79 HD ’04 and Syndii McCreary
David* Mitchell ’48 HD ‘83 and Geraldine Mitchell
John and Norma Mutchner
Kathy A and Russell Perry
Gregory N. Ragle
A. Jan et Raines
John Royse HD ‘00 and Peg Royse
Bill Schindel ’69 HD ’01 and DeDe Schindel
Don and Susan Scott
June Swango*
Sally Vance
Clyde F. Willian ‘52 HD ‘95
Chauncey Rose Fellows
$250,000 to $499,999
Donald J. Almquist HD ‘93 and Charline Almquist*
Jeff Belskus HD ‘09 and Debbie Belskus
Mildred L. Benning
Chuck Boesenberg ‘70 and Nancy Boesenberg
Hal Brown, Jr. ‘57 HD ‘00 and Linda Brown
Pat Cahill ‘67 and Mary Cahill
Guille Cox, Jr. HD ‘02 and Cynthia Cox
M ike Evans HD ‘11 and Andrea Terrell
Carol Giacoletto
Max and Jackie Gibson
Jim Gidcumb ’76 and Cathy Gidcumb
Francies B. Keating
Ralph Kirkpatrick ’74 and Joyce Kirkpatrick
Charles F.* Kleptz ‘58 and Arlene Kleptz
Julia Lacy
John Malmquist ‘69 and Susan Malmquist
Anthony Mlinar ‘72
Dennis Paustenbach ‘74 HD ‘07
Robert W. Schwier ‘49
Carter Smith ‘56 HD ‘92 and Phyllis Smith
Lawrence D. Thomas ‘57
Michael D. Thomas ‘64 HD ‘97
Stephen R. White ‘73
Marilyn Winters
Chauncey Rose Members
$50,000 to $249,999
Ron and Gloria Artigue
Christine M. Bach ‘00 and Mike Bach ’99
David Badger ‘53 and Donna* Badger
Steven Bakota ‘93 and Meghan Bakota
Carl H. Bals ‘52
Rob Banerjee ‘78 and Kathleen Banerjee
Larry Berger ‘60 and Jackye Berger
John Bizal ‘57 HD ‘00 and Debbie Bizal
Jean Bloxsome ‘57
Jack Bokros HD ‘86 and Roberta Bokros
Wes Bolsen ‘00 and Rebecca Bolsen
David Boodt ‘81 and Julia Boodt
Al Bosley ‘53 and Betty Bosley
John Boyer ‘65 and Susan Boyer
John Bray ‘67 and Nancy Bray
Judy Brda
B arlow Brooks ‘59 and Ursula Brooks
Tim Brown ‘82 and Eileen Brown
Morgan M. Bruck ‘69 and Nancy Bruck
Tim and Valerie Bruemmer
Ron Brunner ‘52 and Patti Brunner
Jeff Burgan ‘77 and Carol Burgan
Bruce Cahill ‘70 HD ‘12 and Karen Cahill
Dale E. Campau ‘79
Nate Carlson ‘07 and Naphtali Carlson
Scott Carney ‘77 and Judy Carney
Mary Ann Carroll*
Donald D. Carrell ‘57
Dennis Carter ‘73 HD ‘99 and Janice Carter
Rich Christman ‘72 and Patricia Christman
David Chu
Fred Clayton ‘70 and Kathie Clayton
Jim Coles, Sr. ‘69 and Barbara Coles
Bob Connon ‘73 and Dana Connon
Jim and Angela Conwell
Rob and Tammy Coons
Janet and David Cooper
James and Kathleen Cornelius
Bob Crowell ‘84 and Dee Crowell
Joe Sue Denney
Tom Dinkel ‘72 HD ’15 and Susie Dinkel
Ron Dollens HD ‘99 and Susie Dollens
Bill and Trish Eccles
Gary Eck ‘78 and Marlene Eck
Steve Eisenbrown ‘76 and Marcia Jo Eisenbrown
Torchbearer
$1,000,000 to $4,999,999
Gayle Cook
Gana Dunlop
Mac Fehsenfeld ‘52 HD ‘95 and Nancy Fehsenfeld
Bill Fenoglio ’61 HD ’87 and Stephanie Salter
Terry Endress ’83 and Christi Endress
Bob Failing, Jr. ‘52 and Marlene Failing
Jack Farr ’75 HD ’99 and Sonya Farr
Jim Fehsenfeld
Janice Fellows
Jack Fenoglio ‘59 and Margo Fenoglio
Jack Foltz ‘57 HD ’99 and Dorothy Foltz
Marshall Garino ‘61 and Ginny Garino
Paul Georgas, Jr ‘77and Elaine Georgas
Holly and Terence Gerace
J. Darrell Gibson* and Peijun Sun
Steve Gillman ‘79 and Cynthia Gillman
Eugene H. Glass ‘49
Jim Godwin, Jr. ‘61 and Cindy Godwin
Jim and Deb Goecker
Fred Goetsch, Jr. ‘57
Max* Goodwin ’63 and Dorothy Goodwin
Joe Grafe ‘69 and Karen Grafe
Doug and Patti Grim
Bill Grube ‘70 and Janet Grube
Elmer Guerri ‘65 and Deanna Guerri
Pete and Donna Gustafson
Krystyna Hackett ‘55 and Dave Hackett
Linda J. Hahn
Bryan Hales ‘93 and Holly Hales
Joe Haniford ‘80 and Alison Haniford
Kent and Judy Harris
Robert H. Harrison ‘70
Myrna Hart
Shelley Hartsock
Jim Hayhurst ‘64 and Katie Hayhurst
Don Heath ‘52 and Louise Heath
Robert A. Heavin ‘73
Paul G. Heit ‘80
William H Heller ‘83
Martha O’Connor and Greg Henneke ‘75
Marlene Herakovich and Carl Herakovich ‘59
Troy Jr. Hill, ‘61 and Nancy Hill,
Mickey Hines ‘84 and Vicki Hines
Sandra J. Hodge
Dave Hoecker ‘69 and Susan Hoecker
Mike an d Martha Hogan
Dan Hohne ’99 and Nellie Hohne ‘99
Will Holland, Jr. ‘65 HD ‘96 and Jean Holland
Ge orge* Holmes ‘64 and Margaret Holmes
Frank Huff ‘60 and Linda Huff
Julie Humphrey Nimmons
Neil Irwin ‘63 and Michele Irwin
Scott Jaeger ‘89 and Tana Jaeger
Erik Jansen ‘78 HD ‘00
Gretchen and Don Jennermann
Richard Johann*
Michael Johnson ‘64 and Alice Johnson
Bob Johnson ‘52 and Diane Johnson
Betsy Jones
David and Betty Jones
Philip S. Jones ‘56
Warren Jones ‘52 and Janet Jones
Birt Kellam ‘56 and Louisa Kellam
Greg Gibson ‘84 and Amy Gibson
David Hannum ‘81 and Kathy Hannum
Felda Hardymon ‘69 HD ‘13 and Dena Hardymon
Don Ings ’70 HD’99 and Jeanne Ings
Darin Moody ’87 HD ’19 and Alison Bates
Marjorie Pearce
Bud and Annie Perry
Jean E. Raab
John W. Ragle HD ‘89
Glen Raque ‘69 HD ‘99 and Barbara Raque
Don Simpson ‘57 HD ‘94 and Judy Simpson
David Kelton ‘67 and Mary Kelton
Bruce Kopf ‘64 and Susan Kopf
George * Kyle ‘48 and Jean Kyle
Roger LaCosse ‘71 and Linda LaCosse
Cary and Norma Laxer
Elaine Lee
Frank Levinson ’03 and Becky Levinson ‘05
Jim Lowes ‘70 and Janett Lowes
Bob Luoma ‘80 and Emily Luoma
Edward* Mabley ‘47 and Dorothy Mabley
James T. Malone ‘62
Mike Markowski ‘78 and Diane Norman
Kelsey E. Martin
Paul R. Mason ‘56
Fujio Matsuda ‘49 and Amy Matsuda
Ken McCleary ‘83 and Jonnie McCleary
Thomas O. McCormick ‘91
Carla McFarland
William McNiece ‘73
Tom McPherron ‘58 and Sharon McPherron
Laney and Lu Meis
Roberta Meredith
Warren Mickens ‘77 HD ‘99 and Joyce Mickens
Mary Kate Miller
Noel E.* and Mrs. Betty Moore
Nena Moss
Rob Murray ‘64 and Connie Murray
Greg Myers ‘80 and Gertrude Myers
Art Nelson ‘75 and Jo Ann Nelson
Mary Ann Nelson
John M. Nevins ‘48
John T. Newlin ‘43
Bill Nicewanger ‘63
John* and Nancy Nichols
Jim Nordmeyer ‘78 and Jane Nordmeyer
Pat Noyes ‘76 HD ’16 and Cindy Noyes
Beth Oblon ‘84 and Ed Oblon
Bill Olah ‘74 and Janet Olah
Allen and Deborah Olinger
Christopher A. Olinger ‘15
Steve O’Neill ‘63 and Jan O’Neill
Joanne Pease
Bob Pease ‘80 and Terri Pease
Phyllis and Bill Perkins ’60
Jeff and Jen Perry
Dan Price ‘75 and Elise Price
George Rapp HD ‘93 and Peggy Rapp
Jean Reifenberg
Gary Reynolds ‘63 and Beverly Reynolds
Lynn Roberts ‘63 and Linda Roberts
Dave Robinson ‘73 and Hazel Robinson
Gib Robinson ‘63 and Bernie Robinson
John and Elizabeth Robson
Gerald Rose ‘57 and Margaret Rose
Nan Rose
Milt Sanders ‘58 and Valerie Sanders
Bob Schacht ‘72 and Yvonne Schacht
Mike Schipper ‘82 and Joanna Brell
Georgia Schmidt
Rod Schrader ‘84 and Kim Schrader
Rick Schue ‘75 and Margaret Schue
Norm Schuld ‘65 and Dana Schuld
Mark Schulz ‘76 and Hui Suk Schulz
Al Shipp ‘78 and Julie Shipp
Greg Shutske ‘71 and Maria Markovich
Bill and Marjorie Sisson
Mary K. Small
Brodie Smith ‘06 and Kelly Smith
Denny Smith ’71 HD ‘16 and Lynnette Smith
Don Sparks ‘72 and Cindy Sparks
John P. Sparks ‘81
Dave Staggs ‘64 and Anne Staggs
Charlotte Stearley
Douglas Stewart
Betty Stiles
Robert Stone ‘86 and Ruth Stone
Naomi L. Summerlot
Jim Summers ’62 and Isabel Summers
John Swearingen ‘81 and Anne Swearingen
Chick Sweeney ‘72 and Aggie Sweeney
Ronni Templeton
Tom and Carol Templeton
Erin and Douglas Thieme
Tim Tipton ‘78 and Kathy Tipton
Tom Trueb ‘68 and Pamela Trueb
Jim Trueblood ‘77 and Carolyn Trueblood
Gary Tyrrell ‘90 and Helen Tyrrell
Jim Umpleby ‘80 HD ’16 and Katherine Umpleby
Patricia A. Valentine
Lillian D. Van Kempema
Vic* and Bonnie Vickrey
Dave and Joan Voltmer
John Walden ‘62 and Norma Walden
Roger Ward ‘71 and Marilyn Ward
Denny and S uzanne Ware
Mark H. Ware ‘00
Matt Warstler ‘93 and Mitzi Warstler
Scott C. Webb ‘90
Prewitt* Wehle ‘47and Mary Wehle
Bill Weil ‘58 and Marilyn Weil
William M. Welch
Joe Wendel ‘95 and Julie Wendel
Dave Whikehart ‘81 and Janet Whikehart
Linda E. White
Dave Whiteley ‘78 and Donna Whiteley
Bonnie Wilcox
Andy Williams ‘88 and Stacy Strawn Williams
Bert Williams, Jr. ‘67 and Pat Williams
John and Suzanne Willian
Doug Winner ‘74 and Elaine Winner
Marian Woosley
Allen Wright ‘64 and Carla Wright
Elizabeth Wright and Nathan Wright ‘88
Elizabeth Yee
Don Almquist HD ‘93
Mike Ayers ‘71 and Sarah Ayers
Jerry Badger ‘62
Scott Bagwell ‘80 and Kathy Bagwell
Priscilla Baker
Chuck Ballou ‘74 and Luann Ballou
Tim Balz ’17 and Sarah Balz
Dennis Banks ‘70 and Kathy Banks
Dave Baumann ‘77
Jim Baumgardt ‘70 HD ‘10 and Sharon Baumgardt
Mildred Benning
Myer Berman ‘58 and Joan Berman
Bill Bess ‘66 and Sandra Bess
Cameron Betz ‘12
Jerry Bissey ‘72 and Regina Bissey
Wes Bolsen ‘00 and Rebecca Bolsen
John Brabender ‘81 and Marcia Brabender
Bradley Braun ‘01 and Angela Braun
Chip Brewer ‘05
Bob Bright ‘57 HD ‘01 and Shirley Bright
Eric Brodeur ‘93 and Whitney Joondeph
Barlow Brooks ‘59 and Ursula Brooks
Hal Brown ‘57 HD ‘00 and Linda Brown
Tim Brown ‘82 and Eileen Brown
Todd Brown ‘91 and Wendy Brown
Morg Bruck ‘69 and Nancy Bruck
Ron Brunner ‘52 and Patti Brunner
Paul Buechler ‘76 and Jean Buechler
Pete Canalia ‘65 and Claudia Canalia
Scott Carney ‘77 and Judy Carney
Don Carrell ‘57
Mary Ann Carroll*
Jennifer Chagnon ’02 and Armonds Chagnon
Ethel Chiang and Glen Freimuth
John Chinn ‘56 and Jane Chinn
Rich Christman ‘72 and Patricia Christman
Morris Cleverley ‘62 and Jane Cleverley
Denny Colvin ‘74
Bob Connon ‘73 and Dana Connon
Terry Corbin ‘70
Ken Cornelison ‘74 and Jo Cornelison
William and Patricia Correll
Guille Cox HD ‘02 and Cindy Cox
Marilyn Cranin
Tricia Cunnington ‘00
Bill Dalter ‘68
Eric Dany ‘69 and Linda Dany
Rich Daugherty ‘63 and Nancy Daugherty
Darrin Davidson ‘86 and Shelly Davidson
Margaret Davis
Mitch Day ‘87 and Karen Day
Karen DeGrange
JQ Delap ‘70 and Ellen Delap
Mike Ann ‘76 and Lou Ann DeZearn
Martin Dixon ‘75
Heritage Society
Peter Doenges ‘69 and Vicki Doenges
Randy Drew ‘68 and Sandy Drew
Bill Dudley ‘65 and Sally Dudley
Gana Dunlop
Paul Earle ‘70
Gary Eck ‘78 and Marlene Eck
Alan Englehart ‘69 and Becky Englehart
Ashley Erffmeyer ‘08
Mike Evans HD ‘11 and Andrea Terrell
Bob Evans ‘66 and Jeanne Evans
Lon Farr ‘07
Mac Fehsenfeld ‘52 HD ‘95 and Nancy Fehsenfeld
Terry Fenimore ‘65 and Rose Fenimore
Jack Fenoglio ‘59 and Margo Fenoglio
Bill Fenoglio ‘61 HD ‘87 and Stephanie Salter
David Finfrock ‘76
Ray Fischer ‘90
Bill Fleenor ‘70 and Judy Fleenor
Jack Foltz ‘57 HD ‘99 and Dottie Foltz
Kevin Forbes ‘85 and Ruthie Forbes
Michael Foster ‘94 and Laura Foster
Rick Foster ‘70 and Carol Foster
Pete Fowler ‘69 and Joane Fowler
Rob Fransham ‘78 and Vicky Fransham
Lee Friel ‘57
Susan Frischkorn
Marshall Garino ‘61 and Ginny Garino
Larry Geier ‘72 and Kimberly Geier
Baron Gemmer ‘85 and Lydia Gemmer
Paul Georgas ‘77 and Elaine Georgas
Marcella Gercken in honor of Rollin M. Schahfer
John Gersting
Don Gibson ‘83 and Lisa Gibson
Bill Gibson ‘74 and Susan Gibson
Jim Gidcumb ‘76 and Cathy Gidcumb
Edward Gillum
Steve Goble ‘71
Jim Godwin ‘61 and Cindy Godwin
Fred Goetsch ‘57
Ed Goheen ‘60 and Evelyn Goheen
Charles and Ellen Good
Paul Goss ‘64 and Ellen Goss
Bob Grabbe ‘74
Fred Gradous ‘49 and Bernadine Gradous
Joe Grafe ‘69 and Karen Grafe
Chuck Graham ‘76 and Nancy Graham
Jarrod Gray ‘02
Andrew Gray ‘99 and Trish Gray
Harvey Greene ‘57 and Joyce Greene
Michael Griswold
Damon Ground ‘82 and Teri Ground
Tom Gruenholz ‘71 and Glenda Gruenholz
Jim Grundy ‘67 and Diane Grundy
This Society recognizes alumni, parents, and friends who have made a deferred and/or estate gift commitment to Rose-Hulman.
Elmer Guerri ‘65 and Deanna Guerri
Marcella Guthrie
Carolyn Guzik ‘12
Tim Hachfeld ‘08
Lisa Hammill
Denny Hammond ‘50 and Jean Hammond
Felda Hardymon ‘69 HD ‘13 and Dena Hardymon
Kent and Judy Harris
Myrna Hart
Shelley Hartsock
Rex Hauser ‘54 and Marge Hauser
Rich Haut ‘74 and Annette Haut
Carol Hayward
Don Heath ‘52 and Louise Heath
Jim Hegarty ‘76 and Pam Hegarty
Carl Herakovich ‘59 and Marlene Herakovich
James Hicks ‘73 and Jill Hicks
Troy Hill ‘61 and Nancy Hill
Rob Hochstetler ‘91 and Linda Hochstetler
Dave Hoecker ‘69 and Susan Hoecker
Dave Hohlfeldt ‘69 and Betsy Hohlfeldt
Will Holland ‘65 HD ‘96 and Jean Holland
Bill Holmes ‘67 and Shelly Holmes
Alan Hoskin ‘68 and Peg Hoskin
Ronald Hough ‘73 and Bonnie Hough
Frank Huff ‘60 and Linda Huff
Don Ings ‘70 HD ‘99 and Jeanne Ings
Ron Ireland ‘61 and Nancy Ireland
Dave Jaksa ‘68 and Judith Jaksa
Rob Janes ‘68
Don and Gretchen Jennermann
Ron Jennings ‘60 and Joan Jennings
Wilfred Johnson ‘55
Bill Johnson ‘60 and Ginny Johnson
Don Jones ‘80 and Jean Jones
Philip Jones ‘56
John Katzbeck ‘67
Francies Keating
Jeff Keeler ‘66 and Lorna Keeler
Edward Kelley ‘64 and Lynn Kelley
David Kelton ‘67 and Mary Kelton
Norm Klein ‘72 and Teri Klein
Charles Kleptz* ’58 an d Arlene Kleptz
Bruce Kopf ‘64 and Susan Kopf
Doug Krause ‘66 and Leslie Krause
Lloyd Krause ‘40
Roger LaCosse ‘71 and Linda LaCosse
Greg LaPrest ‘13
Cary and Norma Laxer
John Lee ‘45
Nick Leiendecker ‘80 and Marie Leiendecker
Larry Leonard ‘52 and Elaine Leonard
Jo Lesher
Skip Lewandowski ‘82 and Beth Lewandowski
Bill Lindstaedt ‘86
Bill Lipp ‘73 and and Fay Kandarian
Ryan Loftus ‘98 and Mandy Loftus ‘00
Milt Lowenstein ‘48 HD ‘95
Jim Lowes ‘70 and Janett Lowes
Ron Loyd ‘72 and Cora Loyd
Greg Lyons ‘06 and Jesseca Lyons ‘07
Dottie Mabley
Fred Maienschein ‘45 and Joyce Maienschein
John Malmquist ‘69 and Susan Malmquist
Keith Marcum ‘08 and Eliza Marcum ‘08
Paul Mason ‘56
Jeff McBrayer ‘73 and Brenda McBrayer
John McClain ‘81 and Becky McClain
Ken McCleary ‘83 an d Jonnie McCleary
Tom McCormick ‘91
Jeff McCreary ‘79 HD ‘04 and Syndii McCreary
Shirley McDonald
Lantz McElroy ‘88 and Cynthia McElroy
Tim McGrath ‘80 and Robyn McGrath
Walt McIndoo ‘56 and Shirley McIndoo
Michael McPherron ‘79 and Ellen McPherron
Laney and Lu Meis
Karl Menke ‘81 and Stephanie Menke
Brad Miller ‘94 and Angela Miller
J. R. Milne ‘86 and Lisa Milne
John Minor ‘91 and Christine Minor
Jerry Mitchell
Darin Moody ’87 HD ’19 and Alison Bates
Betty Moore
Joe Moser ‘56 and Judy Moser
Nena Moss
Robert Munyon ‘75 and Debra Munyon
Bob Murray ‘64 and Connie Murray
Brent Mutti ‘96 and Inglill Mutti
Art Nelson ‘75 and Jo Ann Nelson
John Nelson ‘77 and Dawn Nelson
Bill Nicewanger ‘63
Niles Noblitt ‘73 HD ‘96 and Nancy Noblitt
M allory and Sonya North
Pat Noyes ‘76 HD ‘16 and Cindy Noyes
Kenneth Oberst ‘72 and Marjorie Oberst
Bill Olah ‘74 and Janet Olah
Steve O’Neill ‘63 and Jan O’Neill
David Orr ‘96 and Kara Orr
Bill and Jill Ovens
Bob Overpeck ‘57 and Marlene Overpeck
Mark Owens ‘72 and Jayne Owens
Norm Owens ‘78 and Aleta Owens
Adam Parin ‘02 and Krista Parin
Jack Parks ‘71 and Marypat Parks
Dennis Paustenbach ‘74 HD ‘07
Wolfgang Pelz ‘71 and Joyce Pelz
Sue Penrose
Christa Percopo
Bill Perkins ‘60 and Phyllis Perkins
Gary Phipps ‘60
Dan Price ‘75 and Elise Price
David Price ‘86
Fred Queary ‘90 and Tina Queary
Jean E. Raab
Gregory Ragle
Jack Ragle HD ‘89
A. Janet Raines
Arthur Rawlings ‘85 and Paula Rawlings
Nina Ray
Ron and Dotty Reehling
Steve Reiss ‘66 and Diane Reiss
Mark Renholzberger ‘82
Steve Reust ‘81 and Janet Reust
Gary Reynolds ‘63 and Beverly Reynolds
Dan Rich ‘92
Lynn Roberts ‘63 and Linda Roberts
Brent Robertson* ’62 and Diane Robertson
Dave Robinson ‘73 and Hazel Robinson
Gib Robinson ‘63 and Bernie Robinson
Keith and Diana Rockey
Doug Roof ‘69 and Karen Roof
Gerald Rose ‘57 and Margaret Rose
Bob Royer ‘49
Bill Royer ‘64
John Royse HD ‘00 and Peg Royse
Paul Rupprecht ‘80 and Cindy Rupprecht
Randy Russell ‘79 and Kristi Russell
Milt Sanders ‘58 and Valerie Sanders
Paul Scheibelhut ‘71 and Cynthia Scheibelhut
Gary and Judy Schomer
Bill Schott ‘74 and Mary Schott
Bob Schwier ‘49
Don and Susan Scott
Joseph Sereno ‘82 and Saundra Sereno
Kirk Shafer ‘83 and Christy Shafer
Louise Shattuck
Don Simpson ‘57 HD ‘94 and Judy Simpson
Mary Small
Brodie Smith ‘06 and Kelly Smith
Carter Smith ‘56 HD ‘92 and Phyllis Smith
Robert and Linda Smith
John Snow ‘68 and Janet Snow
Allen Snyder ‘87 and Lisa Snyder
Allen Snyder ‘05
Pete Soller ‘83 and Rita Soller
Don Sparks ‘72 and Cindy Sparks
Dan Starr ‘75 and Kimberly Starr
Doug Stearley ‘79 and Kristine Stearley
Jeffrey Sterrett ‘83 and Suzie Sterrett
Rick Stiles ‘76 and Dauphine Stiles
Jim Story ‘73 and Cathy Story
Steve Sucher ‘76 and Barb Sucher
Naomi Summerlot
Ray Summerlot ‘74 and Debbie Summerlot
1874 Heritage Society
continued
Jim Summers ‘62 and Isabel Summers
June Swango*
Chick Sweeney ‘72 and Aggie Sweeney
Petras Swissler ‘12
Gary Tate ‘58 and Carolyn Tate
Jim Tatooles ‘55 and Aphrodite Tatooles
John Teskey ‘78 and Ruthann Teskey
Lawrence Thomas ‘57
Gerald Thomas* and Rosemary Thomas
Joe Thurston ‘64 and Lynn Thurston
Joe Tolsma ‘08
Jeffrey Tunis
Gary Tyrrell ‘90 and Helen Tyrrell
Myrna Ulbrich
Ron Vahle ‘56 and Kathleen Vahle
Lillian Van Kempema
John and Lynn VanEtten
Theresa Vonderschmitt
Rob VonStralendorff ‘83 and Andrea VonStralendorff
Joel Waldbieser ‘60 and Patricia Waldbieser
Ken Walter ‘83 and Mary Beth Walter
Dale Wedel ‘86 and Michele Wedel
Phil Weihl ‘77 and Cynthia Weihl
Erica Weiler ‘02
Bill Welch
Tony Wellings ‘68 and Joyce Wellings
Norma Welsh
Richard Werking* ‘53
George West ‘84 and Mary Beth West
John West ‘79
Doug Wheaton ‘74 and Carla Wheaton
Chuck Wickersham ‘73 and Bonnie Wickersham
Matt Wiesenberg ‘78 and Denise Wiesenberg
David Wildemann ‘84 and Sue Wildemann
Tom Wilhoite ‘66 and Kathleen Wilhoite
Julia and Nick Williams
Andy Williams ‘88 and Stacy Strawn Williams
Clyde Willian ‘52 HD ‘95
Jacque Wilson ‘96 and Stacey Stumpf
Larry Wilson ‘59
Marilyn Winters
Dave Wojahn ‘75 and Patricia Wojahn
Bobby Woolf ‘90
Jim Worick ‘49 and Thelma Worick
Xiaofeng Xu ‘95 and Xin Xu
David Zabel ‘86 and Anne Zabel
Roger Zygmunt ‘75
President’s G.O.L.D. Circle
Gold
$5,000 and above
Jake Beaty ‘12
Kyle Beaty ‘10
Abigail Bennett ‘10
Brian Buetow ‘11
Chad Conway ‘12
Julie Fisher ‘12
AJ Jordan ‘12
Caleb Kissel ‘16
Katie Kragh-Buetow ‘10 and Chris Kragh-Buetow ‘09
Liz Krasowski ‘09
Greg Laudick ‘12
Chris Lippelt ‘16
Keenan Long ‘10
Mike McDonald ‘14
Alex Memering ‘15
Alex Mullans ‘13
Kevin Newcomer ‘09
Chris Olinger ‘15
Kyle Overmyer ‘09
Mandie Gehring ‘08 and Ryan Smeltzer ‘10
Derek Stouder ‘09 and Amanda Stouder ‘08
Kristi Telljohann ‘12
Kevin Wells ‘12
Daniel Wismer ‘09
Silver
$2,500 to $4,999
Rob Adams ‘11
Tim Balz ‘17
Charles Bennett ‘09
Greg Blachut ‘11
Josh Burbrink ‘09
Nick Corkill ‘09 and Amanda Corkill ‘10
Andy Corsten ‘11
Alan Crague ‘12
Neil Dorsey ‘13 and Anna Dorsey ‘13
Morgan Dumm ‘12
Tim Ekl ‘11
David Ellestad ‘09
Matt Hein ‘12
Cole Hudson ‘09
Matt Iwema ‘13
Albert Johnson ‘11
Erin Kimble ‘10
Jack Lee and Amber Lee ‘11
Peter Maginot ‘10
Kylie McCollum ‘15
John McLaughlin ‘11
Phillip Meiser ‘09
Garrett Meyer ‘14 and Crystal Meyer ‘15
John Milner ‘15
Matt Moravec ‘13
Jordan Nielson ‘12
Stephen Owen ‘11 and Theresa Owen ‘11
Eli Parker-Reyes ‘12
Melissa Schwenk ‘12
Colin Shipley ‘10
Dan Stanage ‘10
Travis Tatlock ‘14
Jessica Toth ‘09
C.J. Tuskan ‘10
John-Paul Verkamp ‘10
Grant Walthall ‘10
Joe Wanstrath ‘11
Bronze
$1,000 to $2,499
Micah Aldrich ‘12
Alex Alvarez ‘14
Caitlin Anderson ‘13
Joseph Ausserer ‘10
Brace Bade ‘11
David Baty ‘09 and Sarah Baty ‘10
Liz Beller ‘09
Jerry Belton ‘11
Kate Bomar ‘10
Bryce Borchers ‘09
Will Bro ‘11
Jasmine Browne ‘11
Glen Buckner ‘09
Kevin Butler ‘09 and Kate Butler ‘10
Landry Carbo ‘10
Jordan Chipka ‘13
Koby Close ‘17
Jep Cohen ‘12
David Cooper ‘14
Recognizing young alumni 10-year cumulative giving through June 30, 2019.
Pablo Corrales Lucero ‘09
Ame Dale ‘11
Sam Danesis ‘10
CJ Dann ‘11
Rain Dartt ‘15
Ben Decker ‘09
Rick Dempsey ‘12
Roger Dinius ‘09
Stephanie Drenten ‘11
Matthew Drosos ‘11
Justin Druba ‘10
Tyler Duffy ‘16
Emily Eckstein ‘13
Jeremiah Edwards ‘13
Jake Esau ‘09
Eric Fiedeldey ‘12
Emma Fitzpatrick ‘15
Tom Foulkes ‘15
Kris France ‘16
Ted Frater ‘10
Matt Fuson ‘13
Chris Galler ‘11
Scott Gallmeier ‘12
Trey German ‘09
Jonathon Gissentanner ‘13
Aaron Golliver ‘16
Max Grove ‘12
JD Hall ‘12
Nic Hamilton ‘09
Noah Hamner ‘14
Mark Intihar ‘09
Mitchell Ishmael ‘11
Ben Jackson ‘09
Eric Kamer ‘13
Ben Katz ‘18
Alex Kiesel ‘16
Dan Knight ‘10
Anthony Korzeniewski ‘12
Marsha Krisenko ‘10
Casey Langdale ‘15
Mark Lasher ‘17
Alex Leversen ‘16
Steve Lewis ‘09
David Loughry ‘10
Chris Lui ‘16
John MacAslan ‘14
Jarod Markley ‘10
Jessica Maslan ‘11
Brian McHugh ‘14
Ben McNees ‘13
Luke Mehringer ‘12
Nathan Mendel ‘12
Ryan Meyer ‘15
Calvin Mlynarczyk ‘12
Joe Monhaut ‘16
Michael Mrozek ‘09
Greg Neumann ‘10
Geoffrey Ong ‘14
Ryan Parnas ‘10
Cole Pearson ‘11
Andrew Pinkstaff ‘09
Michael Pridal-LoPiccolo ‘11
Kyle Rhodes ‘10
Tom Ringe ‘14
Angelica Rodriguez ‘15
Guillaume Rousson ‘09
Phil Scherer ‘12
Michael Schoumacher ‘10 and Denise Schoumacher ‘10
Jim Sedoff ‘09
Mart Seese ‘11
Jonathan Seger ‘10
Andrew Siegle ‘13
Brenon Smith ‘09
Brian Soller ‘15
Annmarie Stanley ‘11
John Stargel ‘09
Justin Swadling ‘12
Petras Swissler ‘12
Mitchell Thomas ‘09
Adam Traeger ‘09
Kevin Trizna ‘16
Jeff Van Treuren ‘10
Charlie Vana ‘10
Brian Wamsher ‘10
Bob Warden ‘09 and Becca Warden ‘09
Bradley Wehmeier ‘10 and Candice Wehmeier ‘10
Alex Weissenfels ‘15
Alex White ‘14
Alex Wolf ‘11
Annual Giving Circles
Herman Moench Circle
$25,000 and above
Rob Banerjee ‘78 and Kathleen Banerjee
Warren Bowden ‘59*
John Boyer ‘65 and Susan Boyer
Pat Cahill ‘67 and Mary Cahill
Dale Campau ‘79
John Chinn ‘56 and Jane Chinn
Carl Cook HD ‘15 and Marcy Cook
Janet Cooper and David Cooper
Janice Fellows
Jack Fenoglio ‘59 and Margo Fenoglio
Tony George HD ‘03 and Laura George
Mari Hulman George HD ’98*
Carol Giacoletto
Greg Gibson ‘84 HD ‘17 and Amy Gibson
Max Gibson and Jackie Gibson
Joe Grafe ‘69 and Karen Grafe
Shelley Hartsock
Jim Hayhurst ‘64 and Katie Hayhurst
Steve Heck and Julie Heck
Paul Heit ‘80
Bob Hillis ‘69 HD ‘13 and Jenny Hillis
Dave Hoecker ‘69 and Susan Hoecker
Dan Hohne ‘99 and Nellie Hohne ‘99
Don Ings ‘70 HD ‘99 and Jeanne Ings
Bob Johnson ‘52
Edward Kelley ‘64 and Lynn Kelley
David Kelton ‘67 and Mary Kelton
Ralph Kirkpatrick ‘74 and Joyce Kirkpatrick
Dick Kremer ‘58 and Shirley Kremer
George Kyle ‘48* and Jean Kyle
Jim Lowes ‘70 and Janett Lowes
Bob Luoma ‘80 and Emily Luoma
Fujio Matsuda ‘49 HD ‘75 and
Amy Matsuda
Carla McFarland
Linda Mussallem and Mike Mussallem ‘74 HD ‘99
Niles Noblitt ‘73 HD ‘96 and Nancy Noblitt
Pat Noyes ‘76 HD ‘16 and Cindy Noyes
Jeff Perry and Jen Perry
Jack Ragle HD ‘89
Gregory Ragle
Gib Robinson ‘63 and Bernie Robinson
Bob Schwier ‘49
Larry Shore and Christie Shore
Robert Stone ‘86
Lawrence Thomas ‘57
Jim Umpleby ‘80 HD ‘16 and Katherine Umpleby
John Walden ‘62 and Norma Walden
Joe Wendel ‘95 and Julie Wendel
Steve White ‘73
Linda White
Clyde Willian ‘52 HD ‘95
Hulman Circle
$10,000 to $24,999
Jerry Badger ‘62
Brad Bechtel ‘92
Abigail Bennett ‘10
Agnes Berzsenyi ‘95 and Daniel Berzsenyi ‘94
Bob Bright ‘57 HD ‘01 and Shirley Bright
Morg Bruck ‘69 and Nancy Bruck
Ron Brunner ‘52 and Patti Brunner
Bruce Cahill ‘70 HD ‘12 and Karen Cahill
Scott Carney ‘77 and Judy Carney
Sherman Chancellor and Maria Chancellor
Andrew Conru ‘90
Tom Dinkel ‘72 HD ‘15 and Susie Dinkel
Craig Downing and Carla Downing
Steve Eisenbrown ‘76 and Marcia Jo Eisenbrown
Terry Endress ‘83 and Christi Endress
Mac Fehsenfeld ‘52 HD ‘95 and Nancy Fehsenfeld
Bill Fenoglio ‘61 HD ‘87 and Stephanie Salter
Bill Grube ‘70 and Janet Grube
Bryan Hales ‘93 and Holly Hales
Jeff Harrison ‘89 and Celia Harrison
Rex Hauser ‘54 and Marge Hauser
Will Holland ‘65 HD ‘96 and Jean Holland
Dan Hopkins and Christine Hopkins
Chris Inman ‘00
Scott Jaeger ‘89 and Tana Jaeger
Ray Jirousek ‘70 and Peggy Jirousek
Philip Jones ‘56
Gary Kelm ‘73 and Margaret Kelm
Michael Klein and Maureen Klein
Frank Levinson ‘03 and Becky Levinson ‘05
Cliff Lewis ‘69 and Anette Lewis
Chris Mack ‘82 and Susan Mack
Jeff McCreary ‘79 HD ‘04 and Syndii McCreary
Mike McKee ‘84 and JoAnne Mckee
Bill McNiece ‘73
Alex Memering ‘15
Warren Mickens ‘77 HD ‘99 and Joyce Mickens
Jerry Mitchell
Darin Moody ‘87 HD ’19 and Alison Bates
Allen Olinger and Deborah Olinger
Dan Price ‘75 and Elise Price
Lynn Roberts ‘63 and Linda Roberts
John Royse HD ‘00 and Peg Royse
Mike Schipper ‘82 and Joanna Brell
Opening New Doors
Dale Campau, a 1979 chemistry alumnus, wanted to ensure students continue to get hands-on experiences with state-of-the-art laboratory equipment. His name adorns the new Digital Fabrication Laboratory inside the Richard and Shirley Kremer Innovation Center.
Barry Schneider ‘90 and Verna Schneider
Rod Schrader ‘84 and Kim Schrader
Norm Schuld ‘65 and Dana Schuld
Mark Schulz ‘76 and Hui Suk Schulz
Don Scott and Susan Scott
Don Simpson ‘57 HD ‘94 and Judy Simpson
John Swearingen ‘81 and Anne Swearingen
Douglas Thieme and Erin Thieme
Jim Trueblood ‘77 and Carolyn Trueblood
Kevin Turpin ‘83 and Cathy Turpin
Mrs. J. Prewitt Wehle
Andy Williams ‘88 and Stacy Strawn Williams
Doug Winner ‘74 and Elaine Winner
Allen Wright ‘64 and Carla Wright
Founders Circle
$5,000 to $9,999
Christine Bach ‘00 and Mike Bach ‘99
Dave Badger ‘53
Alison Bailey ‘03 and Andrew Medico
Phillip Balsbaugh and Laura Balsbaugh
Michael Bennett ‘73 and Marcha Bennett
Brent Bickel and Lynn Bickel
Chris Biggers ‘05
Al Bosley ‘53 and Betty Bosley
Ben Brian ‘82 HD ‘04 and Gail Brian
Bob Brown and Jo Brown
Tim Bruemmer and Valerie Bruemmer
Doug Byrer ‘85 and Elisa Byrer
Nate Carlson ‘07 and Naphtali Carlson
Jason Carlyle ‘98
Brian Chappell and Catherine Chappell
Paul Chen ‘66
Bert Combs
Beverley Compton and Marian Compton
Rob Coons and Tammy Coons
Dan Costenaro ‘01 and Michelle Costenaro ‘01
Ian Dailey ‘06 and Mary Caruso-Dailey
Wayne Dennison and Angela Dennison
Gary Dougan ‘73 and Jan Dougan
Dave Dumford ‘63 and Susan Dumford
Jim Duzan ‘68 and Joyce Duzan
Paul Eck ‘75 and Teesie Eck
Don Elliott
Matt Ellis ‘05 and Victoria Ellis ‘06
Paul Georgas ‘77 and Elaine Georgas
Jeffrey Gilbertson and Cydney Gilbertson
Steve Gillman ‘79 and Cynthia Gillman
Jim Goecker and Deb Goecker
David Grubb ‘82 and Sharon Grubb
Linda Hahn ‘62
Tomoko Hamada and Richard Draper
Joe Haniford ‘80 and Alison Haniford
William Hansford ‘55
Bob Harrison ‘70
Bill Heller ‘83
Fred Henize and Linda Boatman Henize
Greg Henneke ‘75 and Martha O’Connor
Jed Holt ‘70 and Nettie Holt
LaDonna Howard
Frank Huff ‘60 and Linda Huff
Travis Ihnen ‘99 and Cherie Ihnen
Hank Jackel ‘57* and Marty Jackel*
John Jacobi ‘69 and Jane Jacobi
Pete Lanham ‘57 and Anne Lanham
John Malmquist ‘69 and Susan Malmquist
John McKeon ‘75
Karl Menke ‘81 and Stephanie Menke
Chuck Morgan ‘67* and Roxy Morgan
Scott Mottonen ‘87 and Mary Mottonen
Bob Murray ‘64 and Connie Murray
Kedar Murthy ‘84 and Sai-Krupa Das
Greg Myers ‘80 and Gertrude Myers
Mark Nagy ‘80 and Gulmira Nagy
Dick Neal ‘77 and Linda Neal
Art Nelson ‘75 and Jo Ann Nelson
Ed Oblon ‘84 and Beth Oblon
David Price ‘86
Gary Reynolds ‘63 and Beverly Reynolds
Randy Robertson ‘73 and Maryanne Robertson
Gerald Rose ‘57 and Margaret Rose
Bob Schacht ‘72 and Yvonne Schacht
Rick Schue ‘75 and Margaret Schue
Bob Schukai ‘60 and Nancy Schukai
Alice Schwartz
Al Shipp ‘78 and Julie Shipp
John Sparks ‘81
Dave Staggs ‘64 HD ‘95 and Anne Staggs
Chip Stein ‘87 and Melissa Stein
Naomi Summerlot ‘50
Jim Summers ‘62 and Isabel Summers
Tim Tipton ‘78 and Kathy Tipton
Chris Trapp ‘86 and Christine Trapp
Philip Trubey and Janet McVeigh
Gary Tyrrell ‘90 and Helen Tyrrell
Patricia Van Hoy
Brian Vargas ‘00
Scott Webb ‘90
Tom Wegman ‘67 and Connie Wegman
Steve Whitaker ‘81 and Connie Whitaker
Dave Whiteley ‘78 and Donna Whiteley
Robert Wilder and Robin Wilder
A.J. Wilkerson ‘97 and Tammy Wilkerson
Nathan Wright ‘88 and Elizabeth Wright
Trustees Circle
$2,500 to $4,999
Will Ackerly ‘04
Dana Ackerly and Sophia Ackerly
Rob Adams ‘11
Cecil Ambuehl ‘58 and Kay Ambuehl
Mary Atteberry and Jeff Atteberry
Carl Bals ‘52
donors can be found by visiting the Rose-Hulman website at www.rose-hulman.edu/honorrollofdonors.) A complete listing of all donors can be found by visiting www.rose-hulman.edu/honorrollofdonors.
Annual Giving Circles continued
Bryan Bell ‘89
Steve Blair ‘70 and Jane Blair
Kurt Breischaft ‘91 and Rhonda Breischaft
Don Carrell ‘57
Keith Cavallini ‘96 and Nadia Yacoub
Jennifer Chagnon ‘02 and Armands Chagnon
John Collett ‘88 and Sallee Collett
Dick Conard ‘70 and Joan Conard
Tony Cooprider ‘86 and Karen Cooprider
Bob Crowell ‘84 and Dee Crowell
Lawrence Cuneo
Wes Davis ‘87 and Jennifer Davis
Kent Erb ‘77 and Bobbi Erb
Matt Ervin ‘00 and Ann Ervin ‘01
Dwight Evard and Felicitas Evard
Jack Foltz ‘57 HD ‘99 and Dottie Foltz
Phil Fontana and Traci Fontana
Rick Foster ‘70 and Carol Foster
John Frischkorn ‘65 and Martha Frischkorn
Don Gibson ‘83 and Lisa Gibson
Jim Gidcumb ‘76 and Cathy Gidcumb
Jim Gilman ‘74 HD ‘11 and Jeffri Gilman
Mike Gough ‘07 a nd Jill Gough
Pete Gustafson and Donna Gustafson
Michael Haughney ‘07 and Stacey Haughney
Erik Hayes ‘97 and Mel Hayes
Bob Heavin ‘73
Josh Hertz ‘04 and Mandy Wegner Hertz
Ken Hollingsworth ‘59 and Sue Hollingsworth
Anne Houtman and Will Prouty
James Hughes ‘93 and Joanne Hughes
Neil Irwin ‘63 and Michele Irwin
Dave Jordan ‘71 and Mary Jordan
Steve Jugle ‘07 and Emily Jugle ‘13
Thomas Jugle and Eleanor Jugle
Bob Kemp ‘81 and Marie Kemp
Chris Krapfl ‘99
Roger LaCosse ‘71 and Linda LaCosse
Cary Laxer and Norma Laxer
Jon Lester and Katherine Lester
Milt Lowenstein ‘48 HD ‘95
Christopher Lueking ‘91 and Michelle Lueking
Mike Markowski ‘78 and Diane Norman
Tom McCormick ‘91
Tim McGrath ‘80 and Robyn McGrath
Scott McLaughlin ‘81 and Ellen McLaughlin
Laney Meis and Lu Mei s
Jason Miller ‘98
Rich Miller ‘95
Jim Mitchell ‘67 and Judith Mitchell
Jon Moehlmann ‘70 and Susan Moehlmann
Joe Moser ‘56 and Judy Moser
Alex Mullans ‘13
Eric Nelson ‘02 and Christine Nelson ‘06
Dick Osburn ‘67 and Ruth Osburn
Bob Pease ‘80 and Terri Pease
Jon Pohlman ‘04 and Kate Pohlman
Shelton Poland and Mary Poland
Randy Potts ‘71 and Janet Potts
Douglas Rebidue ‘68
Renee Schwecke ‘98 and Scot Coffey
Chuck Sigman ‘80 and Betsy Sigman
Scott Slisher ‘94 and Michelle Slisher
Bob Smith ‘69 and Vicky Smith
Betty Stiles ‘52
John Stineman ‘64 and Kathy Stineman
Michael Stull and Sandra Stull
Alan Taylor and Mary Taylor
LaMarr Taylor ‘03 and Bruna Taylor
Dave Thomas ‘57 and Carolyn Thomas
Tony Thomas and Anija Mathew
Joe Tomlinson ‘69 and Peggy Tomlinson
Jeff Trang ‘83 and Dianna Trang
Mike Trueblood
Daniel Unger ‘05 and Bridget Unger ‘05
Bill Weil ‘58 and Marilyn Weil
Kevin Wells ‘12
Marty Wessler ‘87 and Leslie Wessler
Patty Wilkinson ‘00 and Todd Wilkinson
Ron Wolenty ‘78 and Barbara Wolenty
Floyd Yager ‘89 and Kristin Yager
Presidents Circle
$1,000 to $2,499
Nick Adams ‘75 and Mary Adams
Todd Adams ‘96 and Jill Adams
Jameel Ahmed and Christine Buckley
Jay Ahrens ‘91
Chris Aimone and Katie Aimone
Matt Albert ‘04 and Jessica Albert ‘04
Bill Allard ‘65
Keith Anderson and Janet Anderson
Kevin Anderson ‘81 and Rebecca Anderson
Trevor Arnold ‘90 and Heidi Pak-Arnold
Allen Arthur and Marilyn Arthur
Kirk Augspurger ‘77 and Natalie Augspurger
Scott Bagwell ‘80 and Kathy Bagwell
Fred Baker ‘90 and Susan Baker
Tim Balz ‘17 and Sarah Balz
Steve Ban ‘62 and Margie Ban
Phil Banet ‘91
Brian Bartels ‘84 and Valarie Bartels
Ryan Barton ‘01 and Kelli Barton
Jim Baumgardt ‘70 HD ‘10 and Sharon Baumgardt
99.8 The percentage of students who receive financial assistance
649 Number of students receiving scholarships through RHIT philanthropy
7,622
The number of alumni, parents and friends who made gifts to Rose-Hulman during the 2018-19 fiscal year
$26,032
Nelson Baxter ‘71 and Donna Baxter
Jake Beaty ‘12
Alan Bechtel ‘64 and Martha Bechtel
John Beitz and Avis Beitz
Morris Belknap ‘69 and Barbara Belknap
Patrick Benedicto and Janet Benedicto
Larry Berger ‘60 and Jackye Berger
Jim Bertoli and Pam Bertoli
Bill Bess ‘66 and Sandra Bess
Greg Blachut ‘11
Chuck Boesenberg ‘70 and Nancy Boesenberg
Rod Bogue ‘62
Jason Bork ‘95 and Pam Bork
Ron Bowman ‘86 and Laurie Joiner
Doug Boyer and Lisa Boyer
Randy Braker ‘81 and Priscilla Braker
Richard Brandt
Jack Braun ‘66 and Elizabeth Braun
Patricia Brinkman
Rick Brinly ‘83 and Ruth Brinly
Will Bro ‘11 and Marissa Bro
Eric Brodeur ‘93 and Whitney Joondeph
Joe Bronnert ‘59
Christopher Brown ‘02
Hal Brown ‘57* and Linda Brown
Tim Brown ‘82 and Eileen Brown
Todd Brown ‘91 and Wendy Brown
Jeff Brugos ‘66 and Karen Trexler
Neil Bryson and Nancee Bryson
Peter Bryson ‘02
Edward Bullerdiek ‘82 and Kimberly Bullerdiek
Dave Burgner ‘72 and Deborah Burgner
Sheila Burke and Joe Alvord
Carol Calabro ‘57
Pete Canalia ‘65 and Claudia Canalia
Ed Canary ‘84 and Evonne Canary
Cash Canfield ‘94 and Melissa Canfield
Doug Carlton ‘84
George Carson and Sylvia Carson
Caroline Carvill
Carl Chapman and Kay Chapman
St eve Charlton ‘64 and Sue Charlton
Tim Cindric ‘90 and Megan Cindric
Al Cleek ‘64 and Mary Ann Cleek
Bill Collins ‘69 and Deanna Collins
Chris Collison ‘82 and Debbie Collison
Dale Conroy ‘92 and Dawn Conroy
Marcelo Copat ‘84 and Giovanna Copat
Terry Corbin ‘70
Phil Cornwell and Rachel Cornwell
Andy Corsten ‘11
Guille Cox HD ‘02 and Cindy Cox
Brad Crisel ‘95
Ryan Crisel ‘02 and Joy Hsu
Ryan Cross ‘02 and Ashley Cross
Hal Cultice ‘48 and Jo Cultice
Tom Curry ‘67 and Carla Curry
Paul Curtin ‘80 and Alison Curtin
Roderick Daebelliehn ‘89 and Jana Daebelliehn
Willie Daffron ‘89 and Monika Daffron
Steve Davidsen ‘75 and Susan Davidsen
Rob Davignon and Lori Davignon
Jon Davis ‘96 and Liza Davis ‘99
Mitch Day ‘87 and Karen Day
Steve Decker ‘77 and Drue Decker
Mike DeVasher and Rebecca DeVasher
Matt DeVries ‘08 and Sami DeVries ‘08
Gerry Dinkel ‘68 and Jean Dinkel
Peter Doenges ‘69 and Vicki Doenges
Hank Doherty ‘79 and Dwan Doherty
Mike Dominik ‘76 and Jeanne Dominik
Matt Donk ‘90 and Kristan Donk
Mike Donogue ‘82 and Mary Lynn Donoghue
Rick Doss ‘84 and Connie Doss
Rob Doti ‘86 and Mary Doti
Dean Dringenburg ‘83 and Kim Dringenburg
Bill Dudley ‘65 and Sally Dudley
J.D. Dufek ‘86
Julie Dugger and Chuck Dugger
Gary Eck ‘78 and Marlene Eck
Jim Eifert and Judy Eifert
Larry Elkin ‘91 and Katherine Elkin
David Ellestad ‘09 and Kristin Ellestad
Charles Ellestad and Jean Ellestad
Lucas Elliott ‘01 and Wendy Elliott
John Elzufon ‘68 and Lena Elzufon
Kuei Engle
Alan Englehart ‘69 and Becky Englehart
Frank Eppert ‘56
George Ernest ‘78 and Dereva Ernest
Ed Evers ‘83 and Jacqueline Evers
Brett Fathauer ‘91 and Lora Fathauer
Mark Federle ‘85 and Michele Federle
Mark Fiedeldey and Jenny Fiedeldey
Tony Figg ‘68 and Jeanie Figg
Jerry Finley ‘71 and Michaelene Finley
Bill Fleenor ‘70 and Judy Fleenor
Gregory Ford ‘92 and Laura Ford
Al Forsaith ‘52 and Nancy Forsaith
Jim Foulkes and Beth Foulkes
Mike Francis ‘65 and Marty Francis
Gordon Francis ‘66 and Jacki Francis
Rob Fransham ‘78 and Vicky Fransham
Jim Freudenberg ‘78 and Anna Stefanopoulou
Jack Gaughan ‘58 and Cynthia Gaughan
Jeff Gauthier ‘08
Jack Gilmour ‘61 and Janice Gilmour
Steve Goble ‘71
Clifford Godiner and Lisa Godiner
Aaron Golliver ‘16
Elliot Goodman ‘07 and Jessica Slack
Stu Gosch ‘80 and Brenda Gosch
Kyle Gossman ‘04 and Stephanie Gossman
Greg Gotwald ‘01 and Lindsay Gotwald
David Gough and Michele Gough
Patrick Grace ‘00 and Kelley Grace
Don Gregory and Judith Gregory
Warren Griffith ‘61 and Deborah Griffith
Sean Griggs ‘88 and Denise Griggs
David Haines and Barbara Haines
Mike Haley ‘69 and Margaret Haley
Beuford Hall ‘55
Bob Hall ‘59 and Sandra Hall
Wes Hamilton ‘96 and Kelly Hamilton
Bill Hamman ‘76 and Kathy Hamman
Tori Hampton ‘06
Paul Hannah ‘67 and Susan Hannah
Pamela Hansen
Don Harrington ‘02 and Mandy Harrington
Kent Harris and Judy Harris
Mike Haughney ‘75 and Theresa Haughney
Dylan Havard ‘05 and Tammy Havard
Don Heath ‘52 and Louise Heath
Matt Hein ‘12
Jennifer Hepp ‘04 and Mark Hepp
Alyssa Hill ‘00 and Chris Hill
Daily Hill ‘79 and Maryann Hill
Adam Hirsch ‘07 and Jen Hirsch ‘07
Da ve Hoggatt ‘81 and Elizabeth Hoggatt
Elaine Holmes
Maggie Holmes
John Hoppe ‘75
Spencer House ‘94 and Jennifer House
Jon Howaniec
Cory Howell ‘05
Greg Howell ‘85
Joan Hubbard
Cole Hudson ‘09
Dave Hussung ‘65 and Beth Hussung
Anthony Iasso and Heather Iasso
Annual Giving Circles
Leadership Starts at Top
Ella Ingram and Jim Luzar
Jeff Iten ‘02 and Rebecca Iten
Jim Jacobi ‘95 and Christine Jacobi
Bob Jeffryes and Cheryl Jeffryes
Nathan Jenniges ‘98 and Sarah Jenniges
Ron Jennings ‘60 and Joan Jennings
James Jiang ‘95 and Tina Peng
Frank Johnson and Ellen Johnson
Warren Jones ‘52 and Janet Jones
Frazer Jones and Bo Luo
Sam Jordan ‘70 and Yoko Jordan
Peder Jungck and Angela Jungck
Allan Junker ‘50
Mark Kadnar and Julie Kadnar
Jason Karlen ‘92 and Kelly Karlen
Ben Katz ‘18
Jeff Keeler ‘66 and Lorna Keeler
Steve Kennedy ‘81 and Laura Kennedy
Ron Kicinski ‘75 and Sharon Kicinski
Gayle King and Helen King
Scott Kirkpatrick and Elaine Kirkpatrick
Marques Kirsch ‘02
Norm Klein ‘72 and Teri Klein
Joe Klida ‘99
Paul Koch ‘77 and Raye Koch
David Kooyman ‘90
Ken Kopecky ‘72 and Susan Kopecky
Bruce Kopf ‘64 and Susan Kopf
John Kovich ‘78 and Faye Kovich
Katie Kragh-Buetow ‘10 and Chris Kragh-Buetow
Liz Krasowski ‘09 and Matthew Krasowski
Bill Krasson ‘81
Marsha Krisenko ‘10
Ed Krome ‘71 and Mary Krome
Ernest Kuehl and Dolores De Meyere
Bob Kylander ‘46
Jim Lane ‘66 and Catherine Lane
Mike Langston ‘70 and Sandra Langston
Kevin Lanke ‘97 and Steph Lanke
Donald Lanning ‘61 and Carolyn Lanning
Philanthropic support for Rose-Hulman starts at the top with President Rob Coons and his wife, Tammy, receiving a plaid jacket and scarf made from the material replicating the tartan from founder Chauncey Rose’s Scottish roots. Coons is celebrating his one-year anniversary in leading the institute and his 30th year at Rose-Hulman.
Greg Laudick ‘12
Jack Lee ‘11 and Amber Lee ‘11
Foo-Hooi Lee ‘94
Nick Leiendecker ‘80 and Marie Leiendecker
Dan Lenz ‘66 and Shirley Lenz
Matt LeVora ‘01 and Jenny LeVora ‘01
Scott Linn ‘82 and Joy Linn
Chris Lippelt ‘16
Alyssa Lobo ‘99 and Colin Lobo
Nathan Lockhart ‘02 and Tracey Lockhart ‘02
Bob Lovell ‘63 and Carolyn Lovell
John Lynn ‘66 and Roxann Lynn
Larry Lynn ‘69 and Carol Lynn
Jim Malone ‘62
Mike Mann ‘77 and Theresa Mann
Owen March ‘56 and Marlene March
Paul Mason ‘56
Tom Mason and Sandy Mason
Ed Masuoka ‘55 and Mitsuko Masuoka
Sean McCue ‘02
Michael McCullough ‘81 and Becky McCullough
Ryan McDonald and Jacqueline McDonald
Wayne McGlone ‘74 and Debbie McGlone
Brad McKain ‘82 and Rita McKain
Philip McKiernan and Holiday McKiernan
Colleen McLaughlin
Foster McMasters ‘70
Roberta Meredith
Bob Metz ‘52 and Carolyn Metz
Brent Mewhinney ‘84 and Rhonda Mewhinney
Garrett Meyer ‘14 and Crystal Meyer ‘15
Tom Michaelis ‘69 and Mary Michaelis
John Milner ‘15
Spencer Minear and Gay Minear
Steve Mitchell ‘68 and Linda Mitchell
David Moeller ‘57 and Pat Moeller
Philip Monhaut ‘78 and Maria Monhaut
Eric Monhaut ‘06
Joe Monhaut ‘16
Tony Montgomery ‘86 and Melissa Montgomery
Jeff Moore ‘83 and Lisa Moore
Jay Moorman ‘94 and Lisa Moorman
Ramana Moorthy ‘84 and Shailaja Valluri
David Morrow ‘87 and Jane Morrow
Everett Moseman ‘50 and Faye Moseman
Bill Mounts ‘93 and Deborah Mounts
Gene Mrava ‘57 and Gina Mrava
Mike Mueller ‘75 and Cheryl Mueller
Brent Mutti ‘96 and Inglill Mutti
Jeff Myers ‘87 and Kelly Myers
Bill Nagel ‘00 and Sara Nagel
Myles Nakamura ‘89 and Kayko Nakamura
Stephen Wlodarski and Tricia Nazar
John Newlin ‘43
John Newlin ‘69 and Kristina Newlin
Brad Newman ‘84 and Sonia Newman
Bill Nicewanger ‘63
Nick Nichelson ‘84 and Rosalie Nichelson
Don Niedringhaus ‘61
Jordan Nielson ‘12
Kelly Noel ‘02 and Hans Noel
Leon Nolting
Jan Nolting Carter
Mike Norris ‘77
Jim O’Donnell ‘59 and Kay O’Donnell
Mike Olson ‘97
Frank Oriold and Faith Oriold
Mark Owens ‘72 and Jayne Owens
Mary Panfil
Adam Parin ‘02 and Krista Parin
Rob Parks ‘89
Jami Patterson
Jerry Payonk ‘84 and Janet Payonk
Richard Payonk ‘86 and Kymberli Payonk
Bill Perkins ‘60 and Phyllis Perkins
Bob Pesavento ‘62 and Susan Pesavento
Thomas Petersen and Maureen Petersen
Gary Phipps ‘60
Mark Pierce ‘75 and Connie Pierce
Kevin Pietrzak ‘86
David Beghtel and Karen Ponder-Beghtel
Frank Popoff HD ‘88 and Jean Popoff
Neil Quellhorst ‘76 and Nancy Quellhorst
David Rader and Concetta DePaolo
Steve Rammelsberg ‘86
Bob Randolph ‘56 and Dot Randolph
Ken Rasche ‘86 and Sandy Rasche
Chip Ray ‘86 and Beth Ray
Steve Reiss ‘66 and Diane Reiss
Bridget Revier ‘04 and Matt Erickson
Randall Rickard and Susan Andrews
Clay Robbins HD ‘06 and Amy Robbins
Ken Roberts ‘88 and Kimberly Roberts
Eric Robinson and Naja Robinson
John Robson and Elizabeth Robson
Tom Roetker ‘80 and Terri Roetker
Rainer Ropers ‘69 and Cynthia Ropers
James Rose ‘01
Ken Roth ‘88 and Crystal Roth
Shane Rowling ‘98 and Aimee Rowling
Bob Royer ‘49
John Rumberg ‘87 and Kelly Rumberg
Mark Salzbrenner ‘77 and Tamara Salzbrenner
Sarah Sanborn ‘04
Milt Sanders ‘58 and Valerie Sanders
Dustin Sapp ‘01 and Shelley Sapp
Becky Schad ‘99 and Ryan Schad
Paul Scheibelhut ‘71 and Cynthia Scheibelhut
Dave Schluneker ‘08
Dave Schmidt and Jennifer Schmidt
Jay Schoonover ‘78
Bob Schukai ‘86 and Linda Rowley
Mike Schwenk ‘73 and Pam Schwenk
Brian Shapiro and Sally Shapiro
Rolan Shomber and Lynn Shomber
Greg Shutske ‘71 and Maria Markovich
Jeff Smirz ‘70 and Lisa Smirz
Greg Smith ‘73 and Ann Smith
Larry Smith ‘75 and Martha Smith
Sherm Smith ‘60 and Ruth Smith
Ted Smith ‘70 and Georgia Hudson-Smith
Rick Solotke ‘06
Lee Sorrell ‘87
Travis Sparks ‘99 and Amy Sparks
Timothy Spurling ‘92 and Amy Spurling
Edward Spyhalski ‘81
Rick Stamper ‘85 and Anne Stamper
Bob Stearley ‘57 and Helen Stearley
Marty Stembel ‘92
Jon Stephens ‘75 and Catherine Stephens
Len Straight ‘75
David Strange ‘81 and Donna Strange
Brian Stuart ‘84 and Mary Stuart
Tom Stuebe ‘67 and Sara Stuebe
James Sullivan ‘84 and Michelle Sullivan
Hugh Sutherland ‘79
Art Sutton ‘56 and Virginia Sutton
David Swain H’01 and Linda Swain
Chick Sweeney ‘72 and Aggie Sweeney
Joe Swift ‘69 and Cathy Swift
Tom Tarzian ‘68 H’99 and Cathy Tarzian
Travis Tatlock ‘14
Chadd Taylor ‘91
Tom Templeton and Carol Templeton
Caleb Tennis ‘01 and Anna Tennis
Amy Timberman and Brian Timberman
David Titzer ‘84 and Deneen Titzer
Andrew Tochterman ‘01 and Sarah Tochterman
Daniel Tong and Sharon Wang
Jessica Toth ‘09
Kevin Trizna ‘16
Corey Trobaugh ‘03 and Anne Trobaugh ‘03
Dan Tryon
Andrew Twarek ‘05 and Aimee Twarek
Joe Tynan ‘66 and Nancy Tynan
Bob Uhlmansiek ‘68 and Nancy Uhlmansiek
Mike Van Stone ‘86 and Teresa Van Stone
Juliana Van Winkle ‘01
Roger VanDerSnick ‘85
Meredith Vannauker ‘84
Edgar Vargas Castaneda ‘07
Maria Vaz and Nuno Vaz
Lee Waite and Gabi Waite
Bob Walker ‘80 and Teresa Walker
Robert Wallien and Lori Wallien
Grant Walthall ‘10
Rick Wamsher ‘74 and Joni Boston
Roger Ward ‘71 and Marilyn Ward
Mark Ware ‘00
Eula Webb
Doug Weiser ‘90 and Lisa Weiser
Bill Welch
Chad Welch ‘97 and Alyson Welch
Alan Welton ‘66
Allan Wenzel ‘68 and Laurie Wenzel
Dennis West ‘84 and Janette West
Chris Wheatley ‘95 and Denise Wheatley
Jack Wickham ‘80 and Beth Wickham
George Williams ‘73 and Burneeta Williams
Julia Williams and Nick Williams
Jason Williford ‘92 and Marcie Williford
Devin Willis ‘82 and Brenda Willis
Mark Willis and Claudia Willis
Patrick Wilson and Lynn Wilson
Brian Winkel and Phyllis Winkel
Daniel Wismer ‘09
Ted Wojtysiak ‘06
Matt Wolfe ‘82 and April Ann Jordan
Mark Wolfe ‘83 and Joanna Wolfe
Daniel Wolodkiewicz ‘82 and Janet Wolodkiewicz
Keith Woodason ‘89 and Caroline Woodason
John Woods ‘73 and Connie Woods
Jeff Woods ‘91 and Amy Woods
Sarah Wruck ‘00
Danlin Xiang ‘97 and Michelle Cheng ‘96
Daniel Yergeau ‘89 and Agus Tirtowidjojo
Mark Yoder and Sarah Yoder
Bob Young ‘56 and Dena Young
Jason Zielke ‘00 and Angelia Zielke
Deans Circle
$500 to $999
Eric Aldridge ‘86 and Liza Aldridge
George Allen ‘67 and Ann Collins
Alex Alvarez ‘14
Bill Anderson ‘69 and Katie Anderson
Claude Anderson and Diane Anderson
John Andersen ‘78 and Carol Andersen
Todd Anderson ‘92 and Carrie Anderson
John Andis ‘68 and Marie Andis
Ron Andrews ‘74 and Jane Andrews
Wes Armstrong ‘06
Larry Arnold ‘64
Joseph Ausserer ‘10 and Anne Ausserer
Matthew Austin and Tracy Austin
David Ayars ‘78 and Patti Ayars
Rae Azorandia ‘03
Bob Baesler and Julie Baesler
Brian Bajgrowicz ‘98 and Theresa Bajgrowicz
Brennan Banion ‘74 and Nanetta Banion
Mike Barbalas ‘77 and Lorina Barbalas
Jim Barr ‘73
Annual Giving Circles continued
Cliff Barrett ‘75 and Sandra Barrett
Jay Barton ‘66 and Dixie Barton
Beth Bateman ‘99 and Avi Silterra
Kyle Beaty ‘10
John Becker ‘89
Lee Beckham ‘86
Mark Beitz ‘84 and Tammie Beitz
Doug Bennett ‘69 and Corinne Bennett
Ralph Bennett ‘52 and Betty Bennett
Ronald Bickel and Noreen Bickel
Brian Blair ‘95 and Jessica Blair
Chris Bock and Margaret Bock
Chris Bodenhorn ‘80 and Lisa Bodenhorn
Larry Bohnert
Bob Bohrman ‘51 and Harriet Bohrman
Don Bonnema and Nancy Bonnema
Janie Boone
Bob Bosshardt ‘53 and Lois Bosshardt
Jack Bott ‘61 and Susan Bott
Matt Boutell and Leah Boutell
John Brabender ‘81 and Marcia Brabender
Patsy Brackin
Nik Bradley ‘66 and Nancy Bradley
David Bramer ‘84 and Margaret Ann Bramer
Paul Brandenburg ‘77 and Margarete Brandenburg
Mark Brandt
John Breen ‘82 and Diane Breen
Dale Bremmer and Sharon Bremmer
Kevin Bridgewater ‘77 and Marcia Bridgewater
Michael Brier ‘91 and Amelia Brier
James Brocke
Jim Brown ‘65 and Linda Brown
Eric Bruno and Carol Bruno
Kurt Bryan and Frances Silta
Doug Bryant ‘73 and Carleen Bryant
Dennis Brylow ‘96 and Petra Brylow
Mark Bulger and Sakiko Bulger
Rob Bunch and Anne Bunch
Jeff Burgan ‘77 and Carol Burgan
Ken Burkhart ‘69 and Arta Burkhart
Bob Burwell ‘79 and Debra Burwell
Scott Burwinkel ‘96
Riley Buttry ‘07 and Laura Buttry
John Butwin ‘81
Tom Butwin ‘71 and Ann Marie Butwin
Bruce Bye and Ilze Bye
Brian Cahill ‘96 and Alina Cahill
Mike Cain ‘85 and Lori Cain
Joseph Carr ‘80 and Karen Carr
Steve Carroll ‘68
Jason Carter ‘99 and Alexis Carter
Mark Caswell ‘01 and Jennifer Caswell
Ray Chalfant ‘42
Bill Chambers ‘53 and Jo Ann Chambers
Greg Chapman ‘85 and Kathy Chapman
John Chase and Kathryn Chase
Glen Freimuth and Ethel Chiang
Rich Christman ‘72 and Patricia Christman
Nick Chute ‘16
Robert Cima and Sarah Cima
Mike Clayton ‘61 and Mary Clayton
Jason Clifford ‘04
Koby Close ‘17
Bruce Cluskey ‘87 and Mary Cluskey
Glenn Coleman ‘68
Jim Coles ‘69 and Barbara Coles
Steve Collier ‘66 and Elizabeth Jones
Bob Coma ‘59 and Sylvia Coma
Bob Combs ‘70 and Raye Combs
Cameron Conn ‘18
Joe Connerley ‘70 and Barbara Connerley
Chad Conway ‘12
David Cooper ‘14
Nick Corkill ‘09 and Amanda Corkill ‘10
Don Corson ‘83 and Katie Corson
Tom Cortes ‘77 and Sharon Cortes
Helping Dreams Come True
Donald Carrell remembers how hard it was to afford Rose Polytechnic Institute’s tuition in the mid-1950s. After concluding a successful career in engineering and management in aerospace and medical industries, he made a significant contribution to the Class of 1957’s scholarship fund, which helps current students to realize their higher education aspirations.
Jim Cox ‘72 and Barbara Cox
Jim Craig ‘79 and Terri Craig
Joann Craig ‘49
Bob Crisp ‘60
Anthony Cutaia and Diane Cutaia
Richard Dalton and Patricia Dalton
Rain Dartt ‘15
Leonard Dattilo ‘96 and Gina Dattilo
Marius Daugvila and Cheryl Daugvila
Heidi Davidson ‘03 and James Davidson
Barry Davignon ‘90 and Joanne Davignon
Nick De La Garza ‘06
Dan Denlinger ‘74 and Becky Denlinger
Rodney Dick ‘88
Dennis Dierckman ‘75 and Joan Dierckman
Dwight Dively ‘80 and Susan Dively
Jeffrey Donnelly and Cheryl Donnelly
Neil Dorsey ‘13 and Anna Dorsey ‘13
David Doti ‘81 and Becky Doti
Brian Dougherty ‘93 and Heidi Dougherty
Richard Dovalovsky* and Gail Dovalovsky
Jeff Dove ‘93 and Juliet Dove
Brian Drake ‘84 and Mary Drake
Ross Dring ‘62 and Pat Dring
Thedora Duncan
Tom Durham and Martha Durham
Paul Earle ‘70
David Eckert and Aileen Eckert
John Eckert
Bob Evans ‘78 an d Janette Evans
Garyne Evans ‘92 and Michele Evans
Bob Failing ‘52 and Marlene Failing
Ed Fain ‘76 and Susan Fain
Ken Miller ‘63* and Sandra Fairchild-Miller
Ed Fancher ‘92 and Tammy Fancher
Fahim Farhat and Rita Makhlouf
Oluwole Faseru and Michelle Faseru
Dave Fassburg ‘59 and Terry Fassburg
John Fell and Cheryl Fell
Elihu Feustel ‘92
Mark Finn and Kaori Finn
James FioRito ‘04
Robert Fischer HD’01
Robert Fischer
Julie Fisher ‘12 and Eric Fisher
Tom Fite ‘64
Walt Flood ‘75
Walt Flood ‘03 and Niki Flood
Dick Foltz ‘66 and Sue Foltz
Ryan Fontana ‘17
James Forbess and Karen Kushner
Eric Forster ‘90 and Joy Forster
Pete Fowler ‘69 and Joane Fowler
Bill Fox ‘78 and Kathy Fox
Charlie Fox ‘44 and Maryella Fox
David Frampton ‘90 and Julie Frampton
Bob Franklin ‘76 and Pamela Franklin
Jim Freers ‘57
David Freshour ‘74 and Nancy Freshour
Bob Froetscher ‘80 and Janet Froetscher
Mark Fuson and Susan Fuson
Meredith Gafford ‘80 and Donna Gafford
Casey Gaines ‘69 and Virginia Gaines
Dan Gallagher ‘03 and Marcy Gallagher ‘05
Joe Gallagher ‘02
Carl Garmong ‘62
Larry Geier ‘72 and Kimberly Geier
Baron Gemmer ‘85 and Lydia Gemmer
Greg Gemmer ‘80 and Lynn Gemmer
Jerry Genovesi ‘84
Jim Geyer and Maria Geyer
Jason Gibbs ‘11
Travis Gibson and Jennifer Gibson
Marc Giroux and Cynthia Giroux
Steven Goetz ‘96 and Riki Banerjee
Joseph Gold ‘03
Daniel Goodwin ‘08 and Keri Goodwin
John Gregor ‘82 and Michelle Gregor
Paul Griffith ‘83 and Tauna Griffith
Phil Griffith ‘05 and Cari Griffith ‘03
Marcia Grimes
Vern Gross ‘61 and Linda Gross
Damon Ground ‘82 and Teri Ground
Jack Gulick ‘87
Paul Haas ‘50 and Donetta Haas
Dave Hackett ‘55 and Krystyna Hackett
Jeremy Haefele ‘07 and Maggie Haefele
Doug Haldeman ‘73 and Diana Haldeman
Gene Hall and Betsey Hall
JD Hall ‘12
Andrew Hammond ‘01
Denny Hammond ‘50* and Jean Hammond
Darrell Hancock ‘85 and Kaz Hancock
Rene Hankins and Aaron Hankins
Jim Hanson and Diane Hanson
Jeff Hanthorn
Todd Harris ‘97 and Kara Harris
Amy Harshbarger
Karl Hauser ‘48
Rich Haut ‘74 and Annette Haut
Peter Hawkins and Renee Hawkins
Kevin Hayes ‘94 and Alethea Hayes
David Haynes and Nancy Haynes
Jim Hegarty ‘76 and Pam Hegarty
Daniel Heineman and Mary Heineman
Gene Helms ‘67 and Marilyn Helms
Daniel Helms ‘02 and Gredel Helms
Greg Hemmer ‘80 and Becky Hemmer
Ed Hemmersbach ‘87 and Pam Hemmersbach
D oug Hileman ‘76
Max Hippensteel ‘58 and Barbra Hippensteel
Troy Hobick and Tami Hobick
Kent Holcomb ‘75 and Deborah Holcomb
Al Holder and Leanne Holder
Margaret Hopkins
Brian Huff ‘00 and Rosemary Huff
Norm Huntley ‘60 and Marilyn Huntley
Justin Hutchings ‘07
Darryl Huyett ‘72 and Clara Huyett
Bob Inman ‘70 and Luann Inman
Ron Ireland ‘61 and Nancy Ireland
Mel Izumi ‘64 and Sandy Izumi
Richard Jacobs and Leslie Jacobs
Dave Jaksa ‘68 and Judith Jaksa
Matt Jensen ‘06 and Sherry Jensen
Sean Jessup ‘08 and Alexis Jessup
Bob Johnson ‘60 and Marge Johnson
Ken Johnson ‘89
Viktoria Johnson
Mark Jones ‘75 and Cathie Jones
John Jordan ‘76
Scott Josif ‘72 and Josie Josif
Galen Kannarr ‘81
James Kaupert ‘09
Brad Kicklighter ‘89 and Judy Kicklighter
Alex Kiesel ‘16
James Kimmerle ‘94 and Kathleen Kimmerle
Kevin Kingery ‘77 and Terry Kingery
John Kinney ‘74 and Marcia Kinney
Mark Kipp ‘83 and Kathy Kipp
Carl Kissell ‘96 and Amy Kissell
Bill Kline and Mary Beth Kline
Steve Kochert ‘80 and Jamie Kochert
Ned Koonmen ‘48 and Joan Koonmen
Jacqueline Kozdras
Pete Kratz ‘76 and Norine Kratz
Bob Krupp ‘77 and Susan Krupp
R. J. Kuhn ‘77 and Marianna Kuhn
Joe Kunkel ‘84 and Nancy Kunkel
Ashvin Lad ‘96
Terry LaGrange ‘83 and Kim LaGrange
Matt Lane ‘06
Michael Lanke and Betty Lanke
Mark Lasher ‘17
Sookeun Lee and Soyoung Ahn
Daniel Lehenbauer ‘00
John Leonard ‘69 and Karen Leonard
Jo Lesher
Alex Leversen ‘16
Paul Lewis and Leigh Lewis
Jim Ley
Wei Li ‘97 and Genfa Wu
Anthony Lin ‘18
Hongwei Liu ‘99 and Ping Min
Glen Livesay and Kay C. Dee
Alex Lo ‘03
Jayme Longo and Pat Longo
Steve Loper ‘92 and Jennifer Loper
Scott Lowe ‘84 and Marie Lowe
Billy MacLeod ‘05
Kris Madsen ‘16
Nick Mahurin ‘89 and Raydel Mahurin
Randy Malone ‘53
Merritt Marbach ‘55
Brenda Mardis
Joe Marietta ‘00 and Andrea Marietta
Jerry Marlow ‘57 and Kay Marlow
Jeff Martin ‘78 and Candace Martin
Mike Martin ‘04 and Jennifer Martin
Steven Marum ‘73 and Susan Marum
Jerry Matthews ‘77 and Sandy Matthews
William Matton and Melissa Matton
Jack Mayo ‘92 and Jennifer Mayo
John McClain ‘81 and Becky McClain
Ken McCleary ‘83 and Jonnie McCleary
Guy McCulloch ‘84
Lantz McElroy ‘88 and Cynthia McElroy
Carlos McGowan ‘00
Jennifer McGowen and John McGowen
John McLaughlin ‘11
Kent McLaughlin ‘77 and Joan Kram
Annual Giving Circles
Ben McNees ‘13
Jesse McQuiston ‘03 and Elizabeth McQuiston
Robert Means and Stacey McKenzie
Gary Meek ‘67 and Karla Meek
Roland Meisner and Susan Meisner
Mark Memering ‘08
Chris Meyer ‘89
Paul Meyers ‘91 and Kathleen Meyers
Greg Michael ‘69 and Barbara Michael
Ron Miller ‘79 and Genie Miller
Tom Miller and Kim Miller
Zack Miller ‘04
Bruce Milner ‘77
John Minor ‘91 and Christine Minor
Cortney Mittelsteadt ‘94 and Michelle Mittelsteadt
Calvin Mlynarczyk ‘12
Noel Moore* and Betty Moore
Todd Moore ‘93 and Tammy Moore
Larry Morgan ‘64 and Leanna Morgan
Andy Morin ‘04 and Sara Morin ‘04
Sally Morrow
John Morse and Jane Morse
Dan Moss ‘72 and Jane Moss
Ed Mottel and Nancy Mottel
Duane Mowrey ‘86
Katherine Mulligan
Jerry Muncie ‘94 and Stacey Muncie
Larry Myers ‘61 and Faye Myers
Cynthia Neelappa
Greg Neumann ‘10 and Meredith Neumann
David Nierman ‘83 and Pamela Nierman
Mary Kulas and Kevin Nordt
Mike Novotney ‘03
Allan Nowakowski and Karon Nowakowski
Randy O’Keefe ‘83
David Orr ‘96 and Kara Orr
John Ortiz ‘88
Lenny Overton ‘74
Douglas Paine and Linda Paine
Ben Paolillo and Julie Paolillo
Mike Patrick ‘75 and Brenda Patrick
Suzanne Paulus
Tom Pechette ‘76 and Sarah Pechette
John Perry and Karen Perry
Nithin Perumal ‘17
Lee Peters ‘67 and Sally Peters
Tom Peterson ‘73
Jim Pettee ‘68 and Denise Pettee
Mike Phifer ‘83 and Catherine Phifer
John Pinkus ‘08
Larry Pitt ‘61 and Janet Pitt
Tony Platz ‘88 and Peggy Platz
Scott Plumlee ‘87
Steve Polus ‘87 and Dawn Polus
Phil Poor ‘92 and Karin Poor
Dennis Porter ‘68 and Virginia Por ter
Paul Price ‘87 and Kelley Price
Anthony Primozich ‘00
Bill Ransbottom ‘75 and Vickie Ransbottom
Mike Redman ‘66 and Penny Redman
Dave Reece ‘62 HD ‘92 and Nancy Reece
Sam Reed ‘81 and JoAn Reed
Duane Reinholt ‘86 and Allyson Reinholt
Brian Reynolds ‘75 and Libia Reynolds
John Rhodehamel ‘56 and Nancy Rhodehamel
Merle Rice ‘63 and Beatrice Rice
Jonathan Rich ‘95 and Alice Rich
Damon Richards ‘84 and Susie Richards
John Rickert
Monte Riggs ‘69 and Lynne Riggs
Dave Rikkers ‘91 and Sandy Rikkers
Tom Ringe ‘14
Dave Ripple ‘69 and Sheri Ripple
Cheryl Robinson
George Rodibaugh ‘73 and Marilyn Rodibaugh
Doug Roof ‘69 and Karen Roof
Brad Rosenberger ‘99
Todd Royer ‘80 and Lisa Eddy
Dan Russell ‘76 and Mary Russell
John Russell ‘68 and Mary Russell
Jud e Ryan and Sabina Ryan
Mike Salay ‘83 and Charlotte Salay
Kent Salitros ‘75 and Peggy Salitros
Joseph Salucci and Lilia Salucci
Mike Savage ‘16
Robert Schafer and Penny Schafer
Fred Schipp ‘83
Michael Schmidt and Jackie Schmidt
Milt Schmidt ‘74
Joel Schneider ‘85
Michael Schoumacher ‘10 and Denise Schoumacher ‘10
Eric Schue ‘07 and Ashtin Schue
Christopher Schultz ‘00 and Katrina Schultz ‘00
John Scroggins and Roberta Scroggins
Anthony Seibert ‘12
Steve Shadix ‘94 and Stacey Shadix
Dick Shallcross ‘70 and Gail Shallcross
Bob Shaw ‘75 and Diane Shaw
Clif Shillcutt ‘88 and Janice Shillcutt
Nathan Shumway ‘13
Nancy Simon
Anthony Skiroock and Lisa Skiroock
David Slavin ‘83
Tom Sliwa ‘85
Mandie Gehring ‘08 and Ryan Smeltzer ‘10
Norm Smiley ‘68 and Gail Smiley
Charlie Smith ‘61 and Sandra Smith
Denny Smith ‘71 HD ‘16 and Lynnette Smith
Gary Smith ‘90
Ginger Smith
Hal Smith ‘68 and Jennifer Smith
Kendal Smith ‘81
Kim Smith ‘05
Randall Smith and Debra Smith
Alan Smock ‘73 and Kay Smock
Troy Snider ‘82
Pete Soller ‘83 and Rita Soller
Jay Sotak and Sarah Sotak
Travis Soyer ‘01 and Megan Soyer
Jim Squire ‘80
Chuck Stein ‘71 and Tresa Stein
Mark Stewart ‘81 and Jennifer Stewart
Helping the Next Generation
Members of the Class of 1957 have established one of the largest class scholarships, awarding more than $102,000 to students. These scholarships are invaluable for our students to attend the college. Several 1957 graduates returned this fall to enjoy Homecoming and the opportunity to reminisce about their days on campus.
Mission Driven Hits Milestone
There were plenty of reasons to celebrate—175 million to be exact— last spring when the Mission Driven Campaign for Rose-Hulman surpassed the $175 million threshold of its $250 million fundraising efforts to support scholarships, increase the institute’s endowment and build new spaces to encourage collaboration, discovery and innovation. Learn more at rosedriven.com
The Shack Lounge
Joe Wendel has honored fellow 1995 classmate Brian Shattuck by underwriting the costs of a student lounge area in the middle of the second floor of the Mussallem Student Union. The space was dedicated earlier this fall.
Sid Stone ‘69
Jim Story ‘73 and Cathy Story
Todd Stout ‘07 and Ashley Stout
Rob Stutz and Stacy Stutz
Sara Suelflow
Tom Suelflow ‘88
Marti Supp ‘55
Kevin Sutterer and Kathy Sutterer
Steve Swanson ‘86
Richard Swartz ‘47 and Joan Swartz
Dan Swartz ‘51 and Joyce Swartz
Nick Switzer ‘06 and Marlo Switzer ‘05
Chris Szaz ‘88 and Traci Szaz
Mark Tebbe ‘88 and Elizabeth Tebbe
Jim Teegarden and Gail Teegarden
John Thaler ‘86 and Lisa Thaler
Michael Thenell and Aimee Thenell
Michael Thomas ‘00
Seib Thomas ‘51 and Dorothy Thomas
Kevin Tierney ‘03
Jim Toone ‘76 and Nancy Toone
Dale Turner ‘76 and Janet Turner
Herb Turner ‘78
John Turner ‘75 and Nancy Turner
Kaname Ueno and Mito Aoki
Bruce Van Kempema ‘72
Charlie Vana ‘10
Dennis VandenBrink ‘78 and Nancy VandenBrink
Stephen Varga ‘93
John-Paul Verkamp ‘10
Igor Vinogradov ‘96
Bob Vogenthaler ‘68 and Patricia Vogenthaler
Frank Volkers ‘94 and Kerry Volkers
Tim Voll ‘88 and Donna Voll
Mike Wadsworth ‘65 and Molly Wadsworth
George Wagner ‘64 and Kay Wagner
Joel Waldbieser ‘60 and Patricia Waldbieser
Tracy Walkup ‘74 and Karen Walkup
David Wasil ‘81 and Barbara Wasil
Mark Weber ‘79 and Jeanne Weber
Dale Wedel ‘86 and Michele Wedel
George Weir and Rosemary Weir
Henry Werling ‘79 and Ellen Werling
Fred Wernicke ‘60 and Carol Wernicke
Fred Wheeler ‘67 and Jan Wheeler
Dave Whikehart ‘81 and Janet Whikehart
Greg Wilke ‘06
Gordon Williams and Lynette Williams
Jim Williams ‘71 and Donna Williams
Greg Williby ‘98 and Elizabeth Williby
Michael Wilson ‘90 and Paula Wilson
David Wohlsdorf and Susan Wohlsdorf Arendt
Jeff Wolfe ‘81
Choi Wong ‘77 and Mee Wong
Jim Wong ‘69 and Liane Wong
Paul Yeager ‘80 and Becky Yeager
Susannah Yoder ‘08
Mary Ellen York
Dan Young ‘01
Matthew Youngs ‘99
Chad Zarse ‘05 and Emily Zarse
Rob Zembrodt ‘97 and Sara Zembrodt ‘99
Tom Zendzian ‘87 and Marlita Zendzian
Roy Zimmerman ‘90 and Nancy Zimmerman
Start Your Engines
Members of the Trueblood and Trobaugh families helped cut the ribbon during Homecoming to open the new engine testing laboratory in the Branam Innovation Center. Thanks to their generosity, along with others’, the lab was moved from the Rotz Laboratory in order to have expanded, improved space and be closer to student competition teams.
Rose and White Circle
$250 to $499
Anthony Aellen and Mary Ann Aellen
Harry Albert
Gerard Alonzo ‘82 and Darlene Alonzo
Al Alvares and Sherry Alvares
Victor Amat and Natalie Amat
Greg Amidon ‘07 and Sarah Amidon
Dave Anderson ‘71 and Kathy Anderson
Dave Anderson ‘07
Phil Lashley and Cynthia Anderson
Russ Archer ‘61 and Janet Archer
Bernard Arroyo and Jenny Arroyo
Bob Atherton ‘50 and Nancy Atherton
Bill Austin ‘75 and Jenny Austin
Tim Ayers ‘86 and Irene Ayers
Brian Babillis ‘92 and Kelly Babillis
Reza Baghai and Maryam Baghai
David Bailey ‘93
John Bailey ‘70 and Sherry Bailey
Craig Baker ‘95 and Melissa Baker
Jim Baker ‘71 and Mary Addison Baker
Phil Baker ‘75 and Lynn Baker
Dennis Banks ‘70 and Kathy Banks
Liewei Bao ‘96
Marvin Barkes ‘63 and Linda Barkes
Jeremy Barton ‘04 and Janine Barton
William Battey
David Baty ‘09 and Sarah Baty ‘10
Tom Bauters
Zach Beam ‘16 and Hayley Beam
Jim Beck ‘61 and Carol Beck
Travis Beltz ‘95 and Gretchen Beltz
Dante Beretta and Jaimie Beretta
Anthony Betti and Mariassunta Betti
Corie Biggs ‘90 and Sherry Biggs
Robert Bischak and Denise Bischak
Dennis Black ‘90 and Barbara Black
Sydney Black ‘19
Tab Boaz ‘79 and Teresa Boaz
Mark Boddy ‘95 and Christina Boddy
Warren Boeker ‘78 and Colette Boeker
Shawn Bohner and Ruth Bohner
Greg Bolt ‘63 and Judith Bolt
Andrew Bomar ‘11 and Kate Bomar ‘10
Don Bonness ‘62 and Susan Bonness
Jack Borst ‘68 and Marge Borst
Gib Bosworth ‘66
Ryan Bouillon ‘08 and Jill Bouillon ‘09
John Bowen ‘02 and Alisa Bowen ‘02
George Bowman ‘80 and Deborah Bowman
Bruce Boyd ‘70 and Karen Boyd
Daniel Brady and Sarah Brady
Chris Bratten ‘03
John Bray ‘67 and Nancy Bray
Ryan Brimberry and Karen Brimberry
Beth Brock ‘96 and Mitch Brock
Leroy Brothers ‘60 and Karen Brothers
David Brown ‘82 and Natalie Brown
Gary Brown ‘77 and Rebecca Brown
Donors making contributions less than $250 are listed online at www.rose-hulman.edu/honorrollofdonors.
Madison Bruner ‘17
Eric Bruno ‘78 and Rebecca Bruno
Chris Budo ‘17
Tony Buechler ‘83
Michael Buell ‘89 and Jennifer Buell
Josh Burbrink ‘09 and Alison Burbrink
Bob Burke and Janet Burke
John Burkey ‘79 and Stacey Burkey
Charles Burkhardt ‘75
Jill Butcher
Kevin Butler ‘09 and Kate Butler ‘10
Todd Butler ‘91 and Vicki Butler
Paul Byram and Betty Byram
Johnny Cadick ‘68 and Sheryl Cadick
Jeff Caldwell ‘74 and Dawn Caldwell
Philip Cammenga and Marie Cammenga
Don Camp ‘55
Jake Campbell and Erin Campbell
Don Carlile ‘73 and Lee Carlile
Bruce Carter ‘90 and Kelley Carter
Amy Cary ‘98 and John Cary
Greg Cassady ‘87
Joel Cesario and Joan Cesario
Bill Chappell ‘82 and Jennifer Chappell
Sandip Chattopadhyay and Rita Chattopadhyay
Miriam Chavez and Rigo Chavez
Allen Cheesman ‘94
Yingjie Chen ‘17
Zhibing Chen ‘99
Tom Chiado and Linda Chiado
Susan Chiang
Alan Chiu and Sally Chiu
Cody Christian ‘08 and Nicole Christian
Kynan Church ‘90
Leonard Clark ‘97 and Jennifer M Clark
Tom Clark ‘58 and Ginger Clark
Chris Cleary ‘83 and Maria Cleary
Brian Coffenberry ‘81 and Laurie Coffenberry
Keith Collier ‘87 and Janine Collier
Lynda Combs
Michael Compton and Grace Munoz-Compton
Shaun Cook and Jennifer Cook
David Cooper ‘10
Eric Cooper ‘90 and Melissa Cooper
Vickie Copeland
David Cornelius ‘06 and Katherine Cornelius ‘05
Whitni Cotton ‘07
Harold Cowan ‘90
John Crane ‘90
David Crawford ‘94 and Lisa Crawford
Bruce Crum ‘75 and JoAnn Crum
Emily Curtis ‘10
Janice Czarnecki
Kristen Dahle ‘99
Michael Dale and Carrie Dale
Philip Dallman
Bill Dalter ‘68
Tim Daniel ‘81 and Gabrielle Halko
Bill Daugherty ‘87 and Lori Daugherty
Rich Daugherty ‘63 and Nancy Daugherty
Tom Daugherty ‘66 and Linda Daugherty
Matt Davis and Sharon Davis
Scott Davis ‘99 and Kristina Davis
De Day ‘03 and Alicia Day ‘03
Mary Day
Sue Dayhuff
Pete Deal ‘76 and Debra Deal
Wil Decker ‘61 and Charlene Decker
Lynn Degler
Karen DeGrange
Michael Deibel and Corinne Deibel
Brian Desharnais ‘95 and Margo Desharnais
Joseph Dillon ‘15
John Dinkel and Rolanda Dinkel
Chuck Divine ‘67 and Carol Divine
Anna D’Lima ‘06
Rick Dorsey ‘78 and Janis Dorsey
Yueheng Dou ‘14
Bruce Dougan ‘76
Bob Downs ‘83 and Tami Downs
Randy Drew ‘68 and Sandy Drew
Matthew Drosos ‘11
Perry Du ‘18
Charity Dudley ‘04 and Edward Dudley
Tyler Duffy ‘16
Khalil Dughaish ‘82 and Laura Dughaish
Jeffrey Dunaway
Lucinda Dunaway
Robin Duncan and Bryan Duncan
Dan Dvorak ‘72 and Wafa Dvorak
Shawn Eads ‘97 and Kristi Eads
Max Eboch ‘13
Nathan Edwards ‘78 and Barbara Edwards
Jeremiah Edwards ‘13
Joe Eichholz
Michelle Einhorn ‘03
Nancy Eisenbrandt
Paul Elliott ‘55 and Nancy Elliott
Chris Emborsky ‘04
Dan English ‘88 and Lisa English
Dave Ernst and Emily Ernst
Eduardo Escardo-Raffo ‘01
Billy Eskind and Jamie Eskind
Tim Eubank ‘85 and Michelle Eubank
Bob Evans ‘66 and Jeanne Evans
Tom Evans ‘65 and Sharyn Evans
Chad Eviston ‘00
Bernadette Ewen and Jeff Ewen
Jerome Fehribach and Patricia Fehribach
Terry Fenimore ‘65 and Rose Fenimore
Jim Ferguson ‘83 and Susan Ferguson
Peter Fine ‘06
Alex Fine ‘07 and Sarah Fine ‘08
Dave Fischer ‘93 and Angel Fischer
Dave Fisher ‘00 and Kristy Fisher
Rich Flora ‘74 and Vicki Flora
Kevin Foor ‘96
Tom Foulkes ‘15
Don Fread ‘74 and Cindy Fread
Annual Giving Circles continued
Tom Freeman ‘85 and Jerri Freeman
John Fruth ‘82 and Joyce Fruth
Sheryl Fulk and David Fulk
Shyam Gajavelli and Uma Vempati
Mark Galambus ‘76 and Sherry Galambus
Ron Galbraith ‘66 and Mary Ann Galbraith
Tom Gallatin ‘61 and Kay Gallatin
Dara Gard and Seth Gard
Douglas Gard ‘95 and Hilary Gard
Bryan Gatewood ‘86
Chris Gehring and Kelly Gehring
James Gettys and Andrea Gettys
Vasanti Gharpuray
Harrison Gillis ‘08
Jonathon Gissentanner ‘13
Joe Gladden ‘61 and Mary Gladden
Robert Glover
Jim Godwin ‘61 and Cindy Godwin
Edward Goldthorpe ‘16
Shana Goodman ‘01 and Byron Goodman
Dorothy Goodwin ‘63
Steve Gootee ‘82
Stephan Gosswiller ‘17
Rebecca Graves
Dom Grazioli and Tina Grazioli
Gary Grebe ‘69 and Elsie Grebe
Mike Green ‘72 and Betty Green
Perry Greenwood ‘13
Cora Griffin Grounds and Caleb Grounds
Chris Gropp ‘13
Elmer Guerri ‘65 and Deanna Guerri
Bud Guiler ‘53 and Carolyn Guiler
Bill Gum and Maria Hincapie
Robert Guratzsch ‘02 and Joana Guratzsch
Tim Hachfeld ‘08
Steve Hall ‘83 and Margaret Hall
Thomas Hall and Julie Kunkel
David Hannum ‘81 and Kathy Hannum
Ned Hannum ‘62 and Mary Lou Hannum
Eric Hannum ‘12
Alan Harder ‘70 and Marsha Harder
Lowell Hardwick ‘65 and Jennifer Hardwick
Daniel Harshbarger ‘95 and Holly Harshbarger
Elija Hart ‘01 and Katie Hart
Larry Hartley ‘61 and Marlene Hartley
Warren Hartmann ‘75 and Linda Hartmann
Mason Hartsock ‘17
Jim Hastings ‘73 and Ginger Hastings
Austin Hayhurst ‘15
Robert Haynes ‘84 and Jacque Haynes
Mark Hays
Victoria Heckenlively ‘18
Daniel Hedman ‘03
Dave Heighway ‘82 and Hila Heighway
Tom Heil and Nancy Heil
Kerchen Heller ‘73
Gary Helmrich ‘85 and Jody Helmrich
Mike Henson ‘82 and Kathleen Henson
Timothy Henthorn and Nancy Henthorn
James Hicks ‘73 and Jill Hicks
Ken Hilk ‘81
Charles Hills ‘69
Larry Himmelblau and Clare Himmelblau
Peter Hinzy ‘92 and Kim Hinzy
Geoff Hobar ‘83 and Ann Hobar
Jerrold Hochstedler and Holly Hochstedler
Karl Hofmann ‘03
Ben Hogan ‘12
Aaron Holder ‘00 and Amanda Holder ‘00
T. J. Holmes ‘01 and Marisol Holmes
David Holscher ‘94 and Joanne Holscher
Bob Hopkins ‘85 and Dianna Hopkins
Thomas Hough ‘88 and Jennifer Hough
Corey House ‘92 and Gretchen House
Karen Householter
Allen Houtz
Aydrian Howard ‘04
John Howlett ‘66 and Rosemary Howlett
Cole Hruskovich ‘17
William Hubbard and Carol Hubbard
Stephen Huddleston
Janfrey Hunter and Cynthia Hunter
Tad Hurst ‘78 and Jane Hurst
Gregory Ilich ‘85 and Connie Ilich
C arole Ingle
Matt Iwema ‘13 and Olivia Iwema
Dan Jackson ‘74 and Becki Jackson
Russell Jackson ‘09 and Michele Mumaw ‘09
Adam Jacob ‘96 and Kelly Jacob
Tom James and Judy James
Jeff Jenkins and Cindy Jenkins
Morris Jenkins
Dick Jensen ‘64 and Lori Grimes Jensen
David Jensen ‘70 and Janeen Jensen
Jeffrey Johann ‘85 and Carie Johann
Harry Johnson ‘52
Dan Johnson ‘87
Elizabeth Johnson
Scott Johnson ‘88 and Katherine Johnson
Andy Jones ‘87 and Gina Jones
Ronald Jones and Susanne Jones
James Jordan ‘06 and Amber Jordan ‘06
Kris Joseph and Stacey Joseph
Vernon Joyner and Katherine Joyner
Thomas Kadela ‘16
Drew Karnick ‘85 and Julie Karnick
Mike Katz and Holly Middlekauff
Kirt Keesling ‘80 and Becky Keesling
Murray Kelley ‘87 and Pamela Kelley
Gary Kelm ‘70
Mike Kempkes ‘82 and Tamison Kempkes
Joe Keyes ‘12 and Kelly Keyes
Rich Killion ‘70 and Ruth Killion
Jong Kim and NaRie Suh
Erin Kimble ‘10
Kenneth Kimmerle and Meredith Kimmerle
Charlie Kindrick ‘73
Bob Kipp ‘87 and Jingjing Liu
Remo Kistner and Heather Kistner
Greg Klem ‘89 and Beth Klem
Arlene Kleptz
Ed Knapp and Kathleen Knapp
Andrew Kneller ‘09
Jonathan Kocher ‘07
Bernard Kohl and Rebecca Kohl
Douglas Korbel and Kristen Korbel
Ed Kostra ‘61 and Gail Kostra
Kyle Kovach ‘13
Toby Kraft ‘70 and Cissy Kraft
Joe Krueger ‘69 and Leath Krueger
Chuck Kruse ‘69 and Patricia Kruse
Steven Kuehnert
Bob Kuenning ‘83 and Terri Kuenning
Matt Kuester ‘00 and Lexy Kuester
Phil Kuhn ‘03
Aidan Kunkle ‘01 and Hser Ner Moo
Adam Kunsemiller ‘02
Ken Kuntz ‘67 and Patricia Kuntz
Ross Kuykendall ‘60 and Nancy Kuykendall
Mark LaFrance ‘82 and Patricia LaFrance
Bryan LaFree and Susan LaFree
Chau Lam and Tam Tran
Mitch Landess ‘94 and Stephanie Landess
Glen Lash ‘72 and Jayne Lash
Dan Laskowski ‘76 and Dorota Laskowski
Charles Latham ‘53
William Latham ‘89
Roger Lautzenheiser and Gretchen Lautzenheiser
David Lawrence ‘00 and Jennifer Lawrence ‘02
Denny Lawson ‘64 and Celia Lawson
Brandon Lawson ‘03
Ron Leach and Shelia Leach
Geno LeBoeuf ‘85 and Teresa LeBoeuf
Bob Leipold ‘80 and Louisa Leipold
Martin Leppert ‘01
Don Lewis ‘55 and Mary Lou Lewis
Dave Lewis ‘77 and Linda Lewis
Robert Lilly
Scott Lindner ‘81 and Julie Lindner
Michael Vastola and Jessica Livingston
Curtis Loesing and Robyn Loesing
Robert Logsdon ‘45
Roger Long ‘65
Matt Longbrake ‘07
Jim Lott ‘55 and Jean Lott
Robert Cohen a nd Etta Lovitt
Geoff Lowe ‘95
Gwynne Lucas
Derek Luebke ‘05 and Loree Luebke ‘04
Don Lundgren ‘66
Dusty Lutz ‘87 and Wendy Lutz
Jeff Malloy and Kristen Malloy
Tim Marling ‘91 and Sandy Marling
Cole Marr ‘06
Jim Martin ‘57 and Joyce Martin
Jason Mathison ‘99
Robert McAnany and Marianne Notley
Jeff McBrayer ‘73 and Brenda McBrayer
Scott McBrayer ‘99
Mark McCandless ‘75 and Nicola McCandless
Andrew McClary and Elizabeth McClary
Hal McGaughey ‘77 and Faye McGaughey
Bill McKee ‘58 and Beverly McKee
Jim McKinney and Melody McKinney
David McKinney ‘00
Bob McKnight ‘64 and Patricia McKnight
Alexander McLennan and Patricia McLennan
Gregory McMahon and Ellen McMahon
Bill McNabb ‘83 and Julie McNabb
Kent McNeely and Diana McNeely
Thad Mead ‘95 and Cathy Mead
Steve Meier ‘74 and Rebecca Meier
Phillip Meiser ‘09
Allen Mejan ‘00 and Lana Mejan
Nathan Mendel ‘12
Kevin Mericle ‘80 and Debbie Mericle
Marvin Mericle and Barbara Mericle
Danielle Merkel and Russ Merkel
Tom Merrill ‘71 and Jane Merrill
Adrian Merrington and Liane Merrington
Chris Meyer ‘04 and Jennifer Meyer
Michael Meyer
Larry Michael ‘66 and Kay Michael
Stanley Mickey ‘73 and Trudy Mickey
Daniel Mikhail ‘18
Glen Miles ‘58
Skip Miller ‘74 and Janice Miller
Brad Miller ‘94 and Angela Miller
Cory Miller ‘02 and Katie Miller ‘04
CJ Miller ‘17
Ken Miller and Irene Miller
Matthew Mills ‘03
Joan Milluzzi and Frank Milluzzi
J. R. Milne ‘86 and Lisa Milne
Scott Minnemann ‘00 and Jennifer Minnemann
Scott Minnich ‘92 and Vuoch Minnich
Gerald Modesitt and Marcia Modesitt
Marc Modisett ‘75
Carl Moffett ‘64 and Judy Moffett
S riram Mohan and Malia Mohan
Mike Moloney and Mary Moloney
Mark Mondry and Pamela Mondry
Scott Monroe ‘95 and Geraldine Monroe
Eric Mooney ‘82 H’03 and Lisa Mooney
Ryan Moore ‘95
Donald Moore and Julia Moore
Steve Moorman ‘74 and Jean Moorman
Evelyn Morehead
Bill Morphew ‘99 and Mary Morphew
Tom Morris ‘68 and Sara Morris
Dusty Morris ‘14
Mike Mueller ‘72
Barbara Mullen and Don Mullen
Jeff Mummert ‘74 and Cindy Mummert
J. B. Muncy ‘94 and Sally Muncy
Diane Munoz
Robert Munyon ‘75 and Debra Munyon
Eric Murray ‘84 and Meg Murray
John Myers ‘71
David Nagel ‘75
Jonathan Nall ‘98 and Dawn Nall ‘99
Ben Navarro and Kelly Navarro
Richard Neal ‘86
James Neal ‘91 and Lucy Neal
TJ Neal
Matt Neisen ‘06 and Danielle Neisen ‘08
Kevin Nelson ‘08
Joseph Nesbitt ‘74 and Jody Nesbitt
Steve Newman and Beverly Newman
Mike Nickelson ‘03 and Eva Nickelson ‘03
Jeremy Nolan ‘96 and Kimberly Nolan
Donna Norris
Ed Nowacki ‘66 and Karen Nowacki
Paul Nystrom ‘74 and Donna Nystrom
Andrew Oakley ‘11
Dave Oberholtzer ‘74
Jen O’Connor and John O’Connor
Larry Oldham ‘67
David Olivencia ‘94 and Yesenia Olivencia
Randy Olson ‘73
Warren Opperman ‘81 and Barb Opperman
Chuck Ormsby ‘92 and Lori Ormsby
Bert Osika ‘85 and Robyn Osika
Bryan Pape ‘06
James Parker and D eborah Parker
Bob Patti ‘85 and Gretchen Patti
Jim Pattison ‘00
Bill Payne ‘58 and Colleen Payne
William Payne and Jennifer Payne
Joseph Payonk
Eleanor Peak
Danny Peelman ‘71 and Connie Peelman
Bob Peterka ‘74
Chuck Petersen ‘69 and Anita Petersen
Jason Phillips ‘96 and Catrina Phillips
Ken Pierce ‘89 and Casey Pierce
Dick Pike ‘61 and Donna Pike
Matt Pink and Jan Pink
Stuart Plumlee ‘87
Todd Pombert ‘98 and Lisa Pombert
James Popenhagen ‘13
Richard Porter and Nancy Porter
Bill Potter ‘78 and Anastasia Potter
Marian Powers
Jon Prevo and Deanna Prevo
Janet Price
Linda Price and Lewie Price
Don Privett ‘72
Robert Purvines ‘07
Yu Qin ‘98
Gary Rader ‘75 and Ann Rader
John Raley and Brenda Raley
Evan Ramey ‘05
Dave Rardon ‘74 and Karen Mahakian
Mike Rarick and Ann Rarick
Nina Ray
Mike Reeves ‘06 and Matthew Jordan
Beth Reifeis
Adam Remaly ‘89 and Stacie Remaly
David Rennels ‘64
Steve Reust ‘81 and Janet Reust
Ken Rich ‘66 and Lauren Rich
Annual Giving Circles continued
Jason Richardson ‘99 and Crystal Richardson
Kurt Riggenbach ‘95 and Karen Riggenbach
Nathan Ritchie ‘56
Andy Roach ‘79 and Lisa Roach
Joel Roberts ‘68 and Connie Roberts
Keith Roberts ‘71
Tom Robison ‘69 and Delores Robison
Ania Rodriguez Gudenus ‘12 and Brian Kronstedt ‘09
Rich Roll ‘81 and Susan Roll
Adam Romeiser
Don Rosenbarger ‘78 and Jane Rosenbarger
Bill Royer ‘64
Don Royer ‘69 and Karen Royer
Matt Rubacha ‘98 and Elizabeth Rubacha
Michael Rubin ‘96 and Marci Van Gilder Rubin
Daryl Rumbley ‘10
Jerry Russell ‘68 and Linda Russell
Jane Sahabu ‘18
Mark Saltsgaver ‘84 and Julia Saltsgaver
Greg Samoluk ‘66 and Constance Samoluk
Keith Samuelson and Martha Samuelson
Keith Sappenfield ‘70 and Teme Sappenfield
Kevin Schaaf ‘01
Phil Scherer ‘12
Ryan Schipper ‘07
Bill Schmalzl and Patricia Schmalzl
Ken Schmidt ‘93
Nic Schmidt ‘07
Erik Schneckloth ‘85 and Beth Schneckloth
Jeff Schoonover and Nina Schoonover
Bill Schott ‘74 and Mary Schott
John Schroeder ‘76 and Kelly Schroeder
Pat Searle ‘78 and Carol Searle
Supporting Our Military
John Swearingen, a 1981 chemical engineering alumnus who had a successful career with Marathon Petroleum, has established the James Swearingen and Henry Yablonski Endowed Scholarship to support students who are military service veterans or dependents of military parents.
Stephen Sedgwick ‘72
Brian Seidl ‘87 and Mary Seidl
John Shambach ‘68 and Nancy Shambach
Thomas Sherman
Yosi Shibberu
Jon Shoemaker ‘78 and Debra Shoemaker
Bill Shriner and Nancy Shriner
Christian Shuck and Alia Shuck
Azad Siahmakoun and Parisa Keywanfard
Jeff Skiver ‘92 and Gail Skiver
Dave Skolnik ‘68 and Carol Skolnik
Shaun Slisher ‘96 and Heather Slisher
Frank Smidler ‘80 and Trudy Smidler
Brenon Smith ‘09
Christopher Smith and Susan Smith
Donna Smith and JT Smith
Rodney Smith ‘73
Emily Smith ‘04 and W il Smith
Supporting Collaboration
The Dr. John T. Ying Endowment for Student and Faculty Collaboration was established by the Ying family and alumni contributors to assist academic projects by students and faculty. On hand this spring to present the first award were Ying’s daughters, Evelyn, Angela and Helga; grandson, Henry John Ying Lewis; and alumnus/trustee Mike Hatfield.
Kim Smith and Kathy Smith
Matt Smith ‘04 and Kristin Wyer Smith
Anthony Smithson ‘02 and Sarah Smithson
Derek Snell ‘98 and Virginia Snell
Joe Snyder ‘62 and Marcia Snyder
Sam Sobczak ‘16
Karl Sorensen ‘99 and Carrie Sorensen
Wayne Sozansky and Nina Sozansky
Andy Spence ‘68 and Patricia Spence
Lauren Sperry
Henry Stadler and Natali Stadler
Mark Stangl ‘97 and Jacqueline Stangl
Keith Stanley and Dorothy Stanley
Eric Stark ‘94 and Diane Stark
Luke Stark ‘05
Charles Statler ‘17
Kevin Steele ‘90 and Suzan Steele
Ron Steinhart ‘90 and Lucy Steinhart
Jeffrey Sterrett ‘83 and Suzie Sterrett
Dave Stoeckel ‘90 and Karen Stoeckel
John Stovall ‘74 and Therese Stovall
Ashley Strange
Richard Streacker ‘58
Andrew Stroh and JoAnna Stroh
Woody Stroupe ‘60 and Patricia Stroupe
Alan Study ‘00 and Ericka Study ‘02
Steve Sucher ‘76 and Barb Sucher
Ray Summerlot ‘74 and Debbie Summerlot
Ming Sun ‘04 and Yingying Qian
Eli Sweeny ‘13
Scott Swenson and Tammy Swenson
Maarij Syed and Samreen Syed
Robert Synko ‘82
Dave Szczepanek ‘69 and Paula Szczepanek
Xiaofeng Tao ‘08
Meg Tarver ‘05 and Zachary Tarver
Greg Tarvin ‘79 and Sara Tarvin
Gary Tate ‘58 and Carolyn Tate
Jackie Taylor
Tom Telford ‘84 and Mary Telford
Scott Terek ‘89
John Teskey ‘78 and Ruthann Teskey
Mike Thoeny ‘89 and Deborah Thoeny
Marsha Thomas
Lonny Thompson
Kelly Thompson-Frater and Robert Frater
Joe Thurston ‘64 and Lynn Thurston
Steve Tiek ‘75 and Cynthia Tiek
Tony Tietz ‘69 and Jane Tietz
Thomas Tomlinson and Bridget Tomlinson
Brian Tovey
Julie Tracy
Patty Trifone
Bob Trotter ‘57 and Janet Trotter
Jim Tucker ‘69 and Flora Tucker
Alan Turner ‘82 and Dawn Turner
Thomas Twarek and Ellen Ball
Brett Updike and Amy Updike
Mark Vaccari ‘08
Stefani Vande Lune ‘06
Brian VanDenburgh and Barbara VanDenburgh
Mark Vasko and Susan Vasko
David Vener and Andrea Stolar
Steve Vestal ‘80 and Julie Vestal
Dave Voltmer and Joan Voltmer
Lynn Vornheder ‘91
John Voyles ‘76 and Vicky Voyles
Paul Wafzig
Zach Wagner ‘09 and Ashley Wagner
Kevin Waldroup ‘03 and Sarah Waldroup
Brian Wamsher ‘10
Brock Weaver
Chuck Webb ‘67 and Eileen Webb
Chris Weddle ‘77 and Susan Weddle
John Weis ‘85
Tad Wells ‘78 and Lori Wells
George Wence ‘53 and Charlotte Wence
Pete Wentzel ‘89
Art Western and Jonnee Western
Gregory Westrup and Linda Westrup
John Weust ‘78 and Molly Weust
Jeff Wheeler ‘87 and Jacqueline Wheeler
Dale White ‘58 and Muriel White
John Whitworth ‘60 and Margaret Whitworth
Matt Wiesenberg ‘78 and D enise Wiesenberg
David Wildemann ‘84 and Sue Wildemann
Tom Wilhoite ‘66 and Kathleen Wilhoite
J. P. Williams ‘99 and Jacque Williams ‘00
Joe Williams ‘55 and Midge Williams
William Williams
Nick Willing ‘79 and Susan Willing
Scott Wilson ‘77 and Carole Wilson
Thomas Windy and Annette Windy
Ron Wine ‘72 and Cheryl Wine
Robert Wise
Ed Witt ‘92 and Pam Witt
Mike Wollowski and Amy Wollowski
Gary Wooddell ‘76 and Marilyn Wooddell
Lincoln Woodrome and Kellie Woodrome
Steve Woolley ‘65
Dennis Worthington ‘86 and Lisa Worthington
Stan Woszczynski ‘80 and Laura Woszczyski
Fred Wright ‘62 and Judy Wright
Phil Wyssling ‘72
Carl Yang ‘95 and Jianying Yang
David Yates ‘84 and Jan Yates
Dave Yeager ‘68 and Loretta Yeager
Antonio Yuk and Mary Beth Yuk
K ris Zadlo ‘89 and Kinga Banas-Zadlo
Mark Zajac and Andrea Zajac
Yue Zhang ‘14
R.D. Zink ‘70 and Marlene Zink
Alan Zuber and Andrea Zuber
Corporate and Foundation Support
Allison Transmission Inc.
American Endowment Foundation
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Structurepoint Inc.
ArcelorMittal USA LLC
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Ashland Inc.
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Bank of America
Bank of America Foundation
Baumgardt Family Foundation
Bemis Company Incorporated
Berry Global Group Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton
Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
C.H. Garmong & Son Inc.
Caterpillar Inc.
CAV Engineering
Centerfield Capital Partners
Christel DeHaan Family Foundation
Clark Dietz Incorporated
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Community Foundation of NC East
Core Minerals Operating Co Inc.
DJ Angus-Scientech Education Foundation
Dayton Foundation Depository Inc.
Dennis Lee Carter & Janice Lea Carter
Family Foundation
Digital Mobile Innovations LLC
Donald W. Scott Foundation
Duane Wilder Foundation Inc.
Duke Energy Foundation
Ellis Law Office
Endress+Hauser
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
First Financial Bank
Ford Motor Company
Furnessville Foundation
General Electric Company
Georgia Power Foundation Inc.
Geraldine C & Emory M Ford Foundation
Goessel Family Foundation Inc.
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Gregory L. Gibson Charitable Foundation Inc.
H & B Services Inc.
Hansen Furnas Foundation Incorporated
Marathon Petroleum Gives Back
Marathon
Recognizing annual gifts from corporations and foundations of $1,000 or more from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.
Hatfield Family Foundation
IFlight Technology Company Limited
ImpactAssets Inc.
Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc.
Indiana Chemical Trust
Indiana Humanities Council
Ingersoll Rand Company
Ingredion Inc.
International Paper Company
John P. and Lawrence J. Giacoletto Foundation
Kao Family Foundation
Kern Family Foundation Inc.
Kiewit Corporation
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Lilly USA, LLC
Lumina Foundation for Education
Mac Fehsenfeld Family Foundation Inc.
Marathon Petroleum Company
M arathon Petroleum Company-MEPAC
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Maxon Foundation
McGregor Student Fund
Metron Inc.
Metron Inc.
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
Minnifield Enterprize Inc.
National Philanthropic Trust
Network for Good NexLAN
North American Lighting
North American Stainless Novelis
Oakley Foundation Inc.
Old National Bancorp
Orange County Community Foundation
Oscar Baur Foundation
Penguin Computing Inc.
Real Time Logic Inc.
Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Rincon Researach Corporation
Roche Diabetes Care Inc.
Rockwell Collins Charitable Corp.
Rolls-Royce Corp.
Schwab Charitable Fund
Shep Poland Realty
Sherwin-Williams Foundation
SIA Foundation, Inc.
Siemens Product Lifecycle Managment
Software Inc.
Skinner Family II LLC
Texas
Theriac
Oakley Observatory Opening Skies
The Hollie and Anna Oakley Foundation, Inc. of Terre Haute and several alumni have supported Rose-Hulman’s astronomy program by establishing
Varsity R Club Patrons
This club recognizes alumni, faculty, staff, parents, and friends who made gifts totaling $250 or more to the Varsity R Club from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.
1888 CIRCLE
Hall of Fame
$5,000 and above
Morg Bruck ‘69 and Nancy Bruck
Jack Fenoglio ‘59 and Margo Fenoglio
Bill Fenoglio ‘61 HD ‘87 and Stephanie Salter
Jeffrey and Cydney Gilbertson
Scott Jaeger ‘89 and Tana Jaeger
Ray Jirousek ‘70 and Peggy Jirousek
Barry Schneider ‘90 and Verna Schneider
Rod Schrader ‘84 and Kim Schrader
Chris Trapp ‘86 and Christine Trapp
Doug Winner ‘74 and Elaine Winner
All-American
$2,500 to $4,999
Bob Heavin ‘73
Jon and Katherine Lester
All-Conference
$1,000 to $2,499
Chris and Katie Aimone
Kirk Augspurger ‘77 and Natalie Augspurger
Patrick Grace ‘00 and Kelley Grace
Mark and Julie Kadnar
Jason Karlen ‘92 and Kelly Karlen
Brent Mewhinney ‘84 and Rhonda Mewhinney
Jeff Myers ‘87 and Kelly Myers
Jordan Nielson ‘12
Mark Salzbrenner ‘77 and Tamara Salzbrenner
Rick Stamper ‘85 and Anne St amper
James Sullivan ‘84 and Michelle Sullivan
Daniel Wolodkiewicz ‘82 and Janet Wolodkiewicz
This group gives alumni, alumni athletes, parents, faculty and staff, and friends of the institute a way to join together in support of current and future Rose-Hulman student-athletes.
1888 Circle
1888 is the first year Rose-Hulman participated in intercollegiate athletics.
Hall of Fame: $5,000 and above
All-American: $2,500 to $4,999
All-Conference: $1,000 to $2,499
Gold
$500 to $999
Jim and Pam Bertoli
Tom Marie ‘71 and Ann Marie
Mike Cain ‘85 and Lori Cain
Tim Cindric ‘90 and Megan Cindric
Cameron Conn ‘18
John Eckert
Fahim Farhat and Rita Makhlouf
Robert Fischer Hd ‘01
Julie Fisher ‘12 and Eric Fisher
John Gregor ‘82 and Michelle Gregor
Todd Harris ‘97 and Kara Harris
Kent and Judy Harris
Erik Hayes ‘97 and Mel Hayes
Neil Irwin ‘63 and Michele Irwin
Matt Jensen ‘06 and Sherry Jensen
Frank and Faith Oriold
Travis Soyer ‘01 and Megan Soyer
Andrew Tochterman ‘01 and Sarah Tochterman
Jeff Trang ‘83 and Dianna Trang
Gordon and Lynette Williams
Rosie Circle
Rosie the Elephant first appeared in 1923, rallying the Fightin’ Engineers to a 19-0 victory over Indiana State University in the homecoming football game.
Gold: $50 0 to $999
Silver: $25 0 to $499
Bronze: $10 0 to $249
ROSIE CIRCLE
Silver
$250 to $499
Reza and Maryam Baghai
Anthony and Mariassunta Betti
Daniel and Sarah Brady
Philip Dallman
De Day ‘03 and Alicia Day ‘03
Craig and Carla Downing
Dave and Emily Ernst
Jonathon Gissentanner ‘13
Elmer Guerri ‘65 and Deanna Guerri
Victoria Heckenlively ‘18
T.J. Holmes ‘01 and Marisol Holmes
Bob Hopkins ‘85 and Dianna Hopkins
Cole Hruskovich ‘17
Stephen Huddleston
Jeff and Cindy Jenkins
Frank and Ellen Johnson
Joe Keyes ‘12 and Kelly Keyes
Bill and Mary Beth Kline
Supporting Athletic Aspirations
Kyle Kovach ‘13
Kevin Lanke ‘97 and Steph Lanke
David Lawrence ‘00 and Jennifer Lawrence ‘02
Robert Lilly
Curtis and Robyn Loesing
Jayme and Pat Longo
Michael Meyer
Andrew Oakley ‘11
Jon and Deanna Prevo
Michael Schoumacher ‘10 and Denise Schoumacher ‘10
Sam Sobczak ‘16
Ashley Strange
Ray Summerlot ‘74 and Debbie Summerlot
Scott and Tammy Swenson
Jeff Wheeler ‘87 and Jacqueline Wheeler
Jack Wickham ‘80 and Beth Wickham
Scott Wilson ‘77 and Carole Wilson
Lincoln and Kellie Woodrome Donors making contributions less than $250 are listed online at www.rose-hulman.edu/honorrollofdonors.
Varsity R Club members are helping student-athletes excel in their respective sports through generous donations that have improved and updated athletic facilities, training equipment and travel support.
The Grass is Greener
Rose-Hulman and its football team stepped up their games this fall with the installation of a new synthetic turf field at Cook Stadium—thanks to the contributions of several alumni members within the Varsity R Club and Athletic Endowment. The improved playing surface will keep the athletic program competitive with its NCAA Division III peers, provide more flexibility for team practices, and could be used for other varsity athletic practices, intramurals and academic activities year-round.
Watch a time lapse video of the football turf’s installation at www.rose-hulman.edu/newturf
Faithful alumni, their families and other loyal supporters were honored at Homecoming for a significant achievement in their philanthropic gifts to Rose-Hulman. Receiving the Chauncey Rose family tartan jacket for donations amounting between $50,000 and $250,000 (front row, from left) David Price (EE, 1986), Karen Grafe, Jane Jacobi, Shiela (Anne) Staggs, Kathy Banerjee and Nellie Hohne (ME, 1999). In the back row (from left) are Leon Joseph (Joe) Grafe (ME, 1969), John Jacobi (EE, 1959), David Staggs (CE, 1964), Clifford Lewis (CHE, 1969), Robbin (Rob) Banerjee (ME, 1978), Danial Hohne (CHE, 1999) and Craig Downing (Interim Dean of Lifelong Learning and Head of the Department of Engineering Management).
Meanwhile, Mary and Pat Cahill (CE, 1967) joined Ralph Kirkpatrick (ME, 1974) in receiving crystal bowls for achieving $250,000 in gifts to the institute.
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The 2019-20 school year was off to the races as President Rob Coons squared off against Rosie, our mascot, in a head-to-head bicycle dash witnessed by cheering fans during halftime at the Fightin’ Engineers’ home-opening football game. The bicycles are part of a new campus bike-share program, provided by the Student Government Association to students, faculty and staff members. Find out who won the race at www.rose-hulman.edu/prezpedal.
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