Southern Alumni December 2013

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A Legacy For Students With Disabilities

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ames Greenwood enrolled at Southern Illinois University in 1961 because it was one of only a few universities that could accommodate his wheelchair. More than 50 years later, he and his wife, Martha, left SIU a $1.3 million gift to support students with disabilities.

The Jim and Martha Greenwood Fund, created through their estate, will provide scholarships for students with disabilities who are studying science and engineering, says SIU Chancellor Rita Cheng. The first scholarships will be awarded in Fall 2014.

“The Greenwoods left a powerful legacy by supporting the institution that welcomed him in the ‘60s, well before the Americans with Disabilities Act required campuses to be accessible,” Cheng notes. “He remained a Saluki throughout his life, and we couldn’t be prouder or more grateful that he and Martha are making it possible for other students with disabilities to attend SIU.” Art Damiano, a close friend who Greenwood appointed as Jim Greenwood trustee to his estate, says, “Life was such a challenge for Jim, but he never complained. He was one of the most positive people you would ever meet. I have the highest esteem and respect for Jim and Martha.”

After graduation, Greenwood was hired by IBM to work in its personnel department, and closed his 29-year career with the company as regional manager for national college recruiting in Atlanta. Along the way he reconnected with Martha, an artist and art teacher, who had been his high school sweetheart.

The Greenwoods enjoyed retirement in Florida until his death in May 2009. Martha died in January 2013.

Jim was a life member of the SIU Alumni Association, once served on the Association Board of Directors, and was active in its Central Florida Chapter. He was also a close friend of former SIU quarterback and athletics director Jim Hart ’67, who played professional football for the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Redskins.

“Jim was a couple of years older than I was, but we both lived at Thompson Point,” Hart recalls. “Like everyone else there, I quickly noticed how friendly he was and that he never let his disability keep him from doing anything – I can’t stress that enough.

“Whether it was attending sporting events or going to Shryock Auditorium, Jim was always there with us. The physical challenges never seemed to impact his college life, and he was one of the most popular students I was ever around.

“It is a wonderful tribute to the Greenwoods that their legacy will, in part, help students have the same wonderful experience at SIU that Jim enjoyed,” Hart says.

You can read a more in-depth version of Rae Goldsmith’s story on Jim Greenwood by visiting www.siuf.org. If you are interested in supporting SIU through gift planning opportunities, please contact the Office of Planned Giving at 618/453-4900, or via email: giftplanning@siu.edu.

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From Jim’s Pizza To Athens, Greece

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hen Thimios Zaharopoulos ‘79, M.A. ‘81, Ph.D. ‘85 emigrated from Greece to Carbondale at age 13, he attended Carbondale Community High School and graduated early because college life at SIU was so attractive to him.

“My uncles were running Jim’s Pizza on the strip, where my family and I worked,” he says. “I started working there at 14 and loved it. Later my relatives opened up El Greco, and my mother prepared some of the foods for the restaurant. But Jim’s was ‘home.’”

After leaving “home,” he completed three degrees from Southern and married Julia Crain ’83, M.S. ’85 from Herrin, Ill., who completed her doctorate at the University of Kansas and most recently served as a principal for the Shawnee Mission (Kan.) School Thimios Zaharopoulos, District. the new president of Thimios has been the the American College special assistant to the presof Greece in Athens, ident at Park University in worked at Jim’s Pizza Kansas City, and has also on Illinois Avenue (inset) while he was in served the institution as the Carbondale. He says founding dean of the the business was like College of Liberal Arts and home to him while he Sciences and as interim was at SIU. provost. Most recently, he has been appointed provost of the American College of Greece in Athens, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, comprehensive, United States-accredited academic institutions.

The American College of Greece is made up of Pierce College, a middle school and high school, and Deree College, a four-year college with several graduate programs. The campus served as the training site for the U.S. Olympic Team before the 2004 Olympic Games.

Both he and his wife are proud to be life members of the SIU Alumni Association. “We wanted to maintain our strong connection to SIU, are both products of the University, and grateful of the opportunities that SIU provided us,” Thimios says. “Julie and I met at SIU, and the University is part of our identity.

“Being members of the SIU Alumni Association maintains that link for us and allows us to keep up with what is going on there. That connection also allows us to give back to an institution that helped us get to where we are today.”

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Staff Writer Gordon Pruett ’79

Art Director Todd Freeman ’89 The Noteworthy Group, Inc. Carbondale, Illinois

Graphic Designer Greg Baker

Photography Athletic Media Services Cheryl Barnett ’04 Daily Egyptian John Scott Cpl. Brandon Suhr Southern Illinoisan University Communications

DEPARTMENTS Enjoy Your Magazine . . . . . . . . . . 2

SIU Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Thanks For Writing . . . . . . . . . . . 3

In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Membership Advantages . . . . . . . . 4

Chancellor’s Scholars . . . . . . . . . . 66

Southern Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . 6

International Salukis . . . . . . . . . . 68

A Greeting From The Chancellor . . . . . 8

Business Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Homecoming Parade Marshal . . . . . . 9

Thanks To Our Members . . . . . . . . 73

Southern Memories . . . . . . . . . . 18

Association News . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Helping Students . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Helping Others . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Homecoming Photos . . . . . . . . . . 24

The Class Of 1963 . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Alumni Travel Interview . . . . . . . . . 25

Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Contributors

Saluki Travels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

For The Benefit Of Birds . . . . . . . . . 85

Kathy Dillard ’90 Caleb Hale ’02 Emily Hunsaker Jaliyah Lemons ’15 Hannah McArthy ’13 Tim Miles ’02 Daniel Moutray ’14 Luke Nozicka Phil Riggs ’14 Zachary Sapienza ’99, M.S. ’05 Greg Scott ’91, M.S. ’99 Tina Shingleton Angela Spicer ‘09 Tom Woolf Athletic Media Services Mississippi Business Journal Missouri Golf Post SIU Foundation Southern Illinoisan University Communications

Alumni Apparel . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Salukis In Business . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Honor Roll Of Donors . . . . . . . . 33-56

Step Back In Time . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Volume 75, No. 4 December 2013

FEATURES Ending The Woody Shuffle On Homecoming Weekend 2013, a not so loved campus tradition came to screeching halt. The “Woody Shuffle” is no more.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s new 125,000-square-foot Student Services Building, a state-of-the-art facility that will serve students, parents, and alumni, is open for business.

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Southern Alumni (ISSN 1526-4238) is published quarterly by the SIU Alumni Association, Colyer Hall, SIU, Carbondale, IL 62901 for members of the SIU Alumni Association.

SIU’s state-of-the-art Student Services Building was dedicated on campus during Homecoming Weekend. Cover photo by Steve Buhman.

Growing up in the Ohio River town of Metropolis, Ill., Robert Swenson ’65 was aware of the river in so many ways – its folklore and history, its smell and immense power, and its economic and cultural influence on the region. But it wasn’t until recently that the SIU alumnus realized that many of the steamboats that plied up and down the Ohio were built in his hometown.

By the fall of 1963, the Beatles had conquered Great Britain with several No. 1 hits, but were still unknown in America. Their constant touring had made them an incredibly tight, but tired, band. A couple of weeks of hard-earned vacation would send George Harrison to southern Illinois to visit his sister in Benton. More than 50 years later, author Jim Kirkpatrick ’75 reflects on that visit.

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A Special Need For Golf Although SIU Alumni Association life member Tim Miles ’02 has always loved to play golf, the sport took a sudden backseat in 2005 when his son, Will, was born with autism. In a surprising and remarkable twist, it has been time spent teaching his son the game that has formed a special bond and produced countless special moments for each of them.

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basis. Still close to the program as a member of the radio broadcast team, I can’t imagine what it’s going to be like next year without her in that office. In addition to everything else she did, Sharon paired with SIU Associate Athletic Director Mark Scally in coordinating the football squad’s road trips. Directing team travel is a thankless job, and that duo has done it well for many years.

The head coaches have changed over those years – Shawn Watson, Jan Quarless, Jerry Kill, and now Dale Lennon – her fourth – and final boss. No two were alike, and in reality some couldn’t have been more different from the other, but Sharon found a way to connect with them all.

“Sharon Lipe has endeared herself to everyone that has been a part of Saluki Football over the past 18 years,” Lennon says.

“Her true job description should have read ‘Do whatever needs to be done. Make everyone feel appreciated. Be unselfish in your sacrifices.’ She has given her all to the program and will always be remembered as someone who embodied Saluki Pride.”

Sharon doesn’t know this story is appearing, as she might have asked me not to place the focus on her. She says it’s been a labor of love and she is blessed, but that the day has arrived to spend more time with her 2-year-old granddaughter, Addison, and be more available to assist her aging parents.

I know former players reading this will long remember her smile, toughness, love, compassion – and the always stocked candy jar on her desk. If you haven’t done so already, take a moment and send “Miss Sharon” a note to let her know what she meant to you. Who knows – you might have just been her ■ favorite!

nother SIU football season is in the books, with coaches already hard at work molding the next Saluki squad.

Although many staff members will remain the same, one smiling face will be missing in 2014.

“Miss Sharon” has retired.

For the past 18 years, Sharon Lipe has served as the office manager for Saluki Football. Her role, however, evolved into confidant, counselor, friend, and pseudo Mother to countless SIU football players who fought to adjust to the demands of playing a sport and earning a college degree. To each and every one of them, she was always “Miss Sharon.”

Her husband Roger, who serves as the team’s chaplain, explains: “She mommas them,” he says. “When Bart Scott was here Sharon would wag her finger and say ‘you better get to class or I’m going to call your Mother!’ Yet when he was long gone from SIU and playing in the NFL for the Baltimore Ravens, he would call and say, ‘Miss Sharon, I need to get a flight from here to here.’ Instead of calling a travel agent, he would call her.”

I sat next to Bart’s mother at the SIU All-Century Football Team banquet in September, and as she was proudly telling me about her son’s new venture as a football commentator for CBS Sports, she suddenly stopped and pointed across the table.

“You know, I can’t tell you what it meant to me knowing that Miss Sharon was watching over Bart when he was here,” Dorita Adams said with a smile. “She’s such a special lady.”

Sharon’s real son Jason ’99, who works nearby at Southeast Missouri State, must feel at times like he has countless siblings. After all, thousands of Salukis from the past two decades love his Mother like their own.

“Every year I’ll have certain guys that are my favorites, but I don’t really have any one favorite,” Lipe told The Southern Illinoisan’s Todd Hefferman. “The key is that they all think they’re my favorite player.”

I worked at SIU Athletics Lipe is lifted on the shoulders of several players after the Senior Day win over Illinois State. She served for 10 years and saw Sharon as football office manager for 18 years. work her magic on a daily

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Board of Directors President Barry Smith ’80, Paducah, Ky. Past-President Ray Serati ’59, Springfield, Ill. President-Elect Michael Kasser ’78, Carbondale, Ill. Vice Presidents Steve Falat ’87, Murphysboro, Ill. Howard Spiegel ’75, Buffalo Grove, Ill. Secretary Dede Ittner ’61, Carbondale, Ill. Treasurer Randy Ragan ’67, M.S. ’68, Springfield, Ill. Executive Committee At-Large Lowell Keel ’66, Tullahoma, Tenn.

Larry Mieldezis ’86, Flowery Branch, Ga. Sandra Smith ’72, Chicago, Ill. Executive Director Michelle Suarez ’85, M.S. Ed. ’04 Members Len Baldyga ’59, Arlington, Va. Barb Brown ’76, M.A. ’77, Ph.D. ’85, Chester, Ill. Steve Brown ’71, Washington, Ill. Treg Brown, M.D., ’88, Carbondale, Ill. Winston Calvert ’02, St. Louis, Mo. Rita Cheng, SIU Carbondale Chancellor Harry Fanning ’83, Wright City, Mo. Britten Follett ’02, Chicago, Ill. Gary Heflin ’89, Chicago, Ill. Dennis Johnson ’74, Murphysboro, Ill. Jeffrey Kutterer ’86, Saint Peters, Mo. Hazel Loucks ’66, Edwardsville, Ill. Don Lowery ’73, ’76, Board of Trustees Adrian Miller, student representative Scott Moller ’85, River Forest, Ill. Mary Kay Moore, SIU Foundation Slade O’Keefe ’91, Naperville, Ill. Charles Neal, M.D. ’87, Ewing, Ill. Allison Niendiek ’08, West Des Moines, Iowa Glenn Poshard ’70, M.S. ’75, Ph.D. ’84, SIU President Laura Soucy ’87, Grayslake, Ill. Bill Szelag ’73, M.S. ’74, Bastrop, Tex. Susanne Taylor ’94, Charlotte, N.C. Blaine Tisdale ’13, student representative Ben Weinberger ’01, Chapel Hill, N.C. Jill Winkelman, student representative Rick Wysocki ’83, ’85, Orland Park, Ill.

he September 2013 Southern Alumni piece about Elena M. Sliepcevich and the SIU Centre created in her honor has elicited positive feedback from our local and distant Health Education graduates. The article was well received with messages about Elena M. Sliepcevich how they enjoyed the story and photos.

Some of our Ph.D. alumni who are professors at other universities have told me that they are including it in their professional preparation courses readings.

Your publication adding to recognition of this special and unique leader in Health Education – as well as on our campus – is sincerely appreciated.

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Takes Pride In The Aviation Program At SIU

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t is always good to see the next issue of Southern Alumni magazine as, since I do not live in Illinois, it is a great vehicle to keep me up with important events at the University. My graduation was in the late 1960s and I can always see the changes on campus through your publication. There are always improvements shown and a mention of exciting plans for the future.

My major was Industrial Engineering, but I also earned an associate’s degree in Aviation Technology. I have noted stories on the airport expansion, the new Transportation Education Center, and over the years have also read how well the Flying Salukis do in the

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National Intercollegiate Flying Association Championships. These stories underscore how the University promotes aviation-related professional training and careers as a curriculum choice for students.

I was involved when the programs were quite small at SIU. Seeing all the changes and upgrades in the aviation program is interesting. Larry Staples and I were two of the first to register for the two-year Aviation Technology course at Southern in 1965 – then part of VTI. Tony DeRosa was department head, and he, Joe Shafer, and other members of the small teaching staff worked with the first class of 20 male students.

Our building was new, the classrooms were new, and our teaching aids and books had never been used. That first year focused on engine-related classes, and the second year had a focus on the airframe components. After completion of those two years, and a passing grade on the FAA exam, we were ready for our license. A lot of time was spent in the classroom and labs to achieve this license, but it was worth it!

Many students also took advantage of the flight training at the Air Institute and Services at Southern Illinois Airport.

Some took flight training leading to a private pilots’ license, while some earned a full flight instructor license so they could teach other students. Back then, flight training was quite affordable.

I met many other students with a common interest and was a member of the Flying Salukis myself. While receiving my A&P and commercial pilot’s license, I graduated from SIU and went to work with a technology company for more than 30 years. I have also been part owner of several airplanes.

I still can remember my years at SIU and still appreciate the work of the faculty and administration at that great University. The aviation program was great at the time I was there – now it has obviously become one of the best in the entire country.

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Southern Exposure SIU Senior Named Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Southern Illinois University Carbondale mechanical engineering student is this year’s Lincoln Academy of Illinois student laureate.

Eileen Schweiss, a senior in mechanical engineering and a member and captain of the SIU cross-country and track teams, was honored during a Nov. 4 ceremony in Springfield.

“Eileen is an outstanding student and deserving of this honor,” SIU Chancellor Rita Cheng says. “She successfully balances the demands of a challenging degree program along with those of being a student-athlete. The fact that she excels in her studies and in competition says a great deal about her commitment and drive to succeed.”

The Lincoln Academy of Illinois presents the award annually to one distinguished senior at each of Illinois’ four-year college and universities, as well as to one student from each of the state’s community colleges.

Schweiss says she was thrilled when she learned the College of Engineering chose to nominate her for the award.

“There are many outstanding students graduating from SIU who are deserving of the honor, so when I found out I was chosen I was ecstatic,” she says. “It takes a lot of hard work to balance a diffi-

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Eileen Schweiss, second from right, receives her Lincoln Academy of Illinois student laureate from Chancellor Rita Cheng, right. With Schweiss and Cheng, from left are SIU Alumni Association life members Ethel Holladay ’73, M.S. ’78, secretary of the Lincoln Academy, and Gayl Pyatt J.D. ’76, a vice regent of the academy.

cult major along with all of my extracurricular activities, and it means a lot to me to be recognized for my achievements.”

Lizette Chevalier, associate dean of the College of Engineering, says the Festus, Mo., native is a dedicated student leader. “Eileen has excelled in two demanding fields –engineering and athletics. In both she has demonstrated a commitment to excellence, leadership and a respect for helping others.”

John Warwick, dean of the college, praises Schweiss for her dedication to fellow students, and notes that “beyond her excellent efforts in both academic and athletic activities, she is also a highly engaged member of our outstanding Engineering Student Council.”

Schweiss says the challenges inherent in being both an engineering student and

college athlete have sharpened her dedication and commitment to success. SIU has been key to her ability to fit both challenges into her life.

“These are two time consuming commitments,” she points out. “It is common for me to miss class due to athletic competitions, and also for me to have classes scheduled at the same time as practice. The athletic department and the engineering faculty have both been supportive and cooperative in giving me the assistance I need to ensure I am successful at both.

“I am often surprised, and always grateful, at how supportive the faculty of SIU ■ is of my endeavors.”

SIU Celebrates Partnership With Northeast Normal University hancellor Rita Cheng declared Friday, Nov. 22, as Northeast Normal University Day at SIU in honor of a 30year partnership between the two institutions. She welcomed NENU President Liu Yichun and a delegation from the Chinese institution at a news conference and reception, noting that the relationship is the University’s longest active international partnership. NENU officials hosted a delegation from SIU in early October.

“We are celebrating 30 years of trust, mutual respect, and friendship,” Cheng says. “We believe this sends an important message to the world about how much we can accomplish together.”

Over the course of the partnership, nearly 100 NENU students have earned SIU degrees in the arts and other fields. An SIU Center that opened at NENU in 2009 helps recruit students from multiple institutions to SIU. And in October, Cheng and Liu signed an agreement that establishes a collaborative undergraduate program in accounting, originally proposed by NENU. “Our partnership has transformed the lives of students at both of our universities, inspiring them to have a positive impact throughout the global society,” Cheng points out. “We look forward to working with our partners from NENU to create even greater opportunities for our students, our universities and our countries.”

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The University received the prestigious “Above and Beyond Award” from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. The award was presented during Military Appreciation Day at the football game between the Salukis and Missouri State University.

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served our country at home and abroad,” says Chancellor Rita Cheng. “We are honored to receive this award and especially pleased that it will be presented on Military Appreciation Day before our many friends and fans.”

The “Above and Beyond Award” recognizes that SIU faculty, staff and administrators “have gone above and beyond what is required by

law to assure that Guard and Reserve service members who are students as well as employees are valued by their fellow employees and the university for the service they render to the security of the nation,” says James Osberg M.A. ’68, Ph. D. ’76, the employer outreach representative for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.

The University has received numerous awards from the Department of Defense to “develop and promote a culture which supports and values the military service of its employees,” notes Osberg, who worked at SIU in a variety of positions for a total of 34 years before retiring in 2003.

“SIU has really done some wonderful things to accommodate the special circumstances that result from activation and training for their employees and students,” he said.

SIU has announced its partnership with “Hope For The Warriors,” a national non-profit organization, to enhance educational support services for post-9/11 student ■ veterans.

Bowman Named Director Of Principal Gifts Derek Bowman is now the Director of Principal Gifts at the SIU Foundation. A native of Louisiana, he worked the last five years at Arkansas State University as a director of development and a major gifts officer for the Red Wolves Foundation at ASU. Bowman officially began working at the Foundation on Oct. 14.

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On The Side Calzolari Named Associate Director Of Simon Institute Delio Calzolari of Chicago has been named associate director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Calzolari holds a law degree cum laude from SIU’s School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has also served as a Navy officer, a manager with Caterpillar, Inc., and as a campaign staffer and advisor.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to support this important part of Senator Simon’s legacy,” Calzolari says.

Calzolari In his new role, he will focus on fundraising, organizing institute workshops and events, and running the day to day operations of the Institute. David Yepsen, director of the Institute, says“we are excited to have someone with Delio’s experience and talents.”

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SIU Proudly Serving Veterans SIU has earned significant national recognition for educational services it provides to veterans.

U.S. News and World Report ranked the University 46th in the nation in its inaugural “Best National Universities for Veterans” listings.

The rankings include numerically ranked schools in the 2014 edition of the “U.S. News Best Colleges” that meet criteria that include: belonging to the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Consortium; certified for the GI Bill, and participating in the “Yellow Ribbon Program.” SIU Carbondale is the only university in Illinois to make the national university list.

In addition, SIU also ranks among the top 10 in the nation when it comes to assisting student military veterans as they return to the classroom. Military Times Edge magazine places SIU eighth in the nation among 86 four-year institutions in its 2014 rankings of the 120 Best Colleges for Vets. The rankings also include two-year schools and online and nontraditional schools. In all, more than 600 institutions responded to the survey.

A complete look at the rankings is available at militarytimes.com/ bestforvets-colleges2014.

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Bennett Receives Distinguished Service Award Tena Bennett, director of the SIU Student Center, is the recipient of the highest honor given by the Association of College Unions International Region 9. She earned the Susan Yung Maul Distinguished Service Award, announced at the organization’s annual conference in Cincinnati. The award recognizes someone from the region for significant contributions to the advancement of ACUI and its goals, for working hard, serving well in his or her position and displaying a positive attitude. All staff and students from the organization’s member institutions are eligible.

Bennett “I am truly grateful to receive the award,” she says.

“To have my colleagues and peers nominate me is humbling, and I look forward to continuing to serve the new region, ACUI, and SIU in the future.”

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A Greeting From The Chancellor Dear Fellow Saluki: The new year is a time to give thanks to all of you who continue to support SIU. This issue of the magazine features the SIU Foundation Honor Roll of Donors – the individuals and organizations that expressed confidence in the University by making a private gift during the last fiscal year. On behalf of our students, faculty and staff, I thank you for your invaluable support.

Every gift has a story behind it. In this issue, you’ll read about a very special gift that illustrates the powerful impact of an individual alumnus. In October, we announced the establishment of the Jim and Martha Greenwood Fund. Jim enrolled at SIU in 1961 because we could accommodate his wheelchair. Two degrees and more than 50 years later, he and his wife, Martha, left the University a $1.3 million gift to provide scholarships to a new generation of SIU students with disabilities.

Giving back as the Greenwoods did is just one of many ways our alumni and friends support SIU throughout the year. Many alumni support externships to give current students experience that will ground them in their professions and make them more competitive in the marketplace. Many return to campus to talk with and mentor students. Many of our alumni hire SIU graduates. And many help us connect with prospective students and others who can benefit from an SIU education or research initiative. Whatever you do, I welcome your support telling our very positive story.

What is the SIU story?

At SIU, we describe ourselves as a top-tier, public institution that has the brains of a nationally-ranked research university and the heart of a small college. We put students first, as demonstrated by the new Student Services Building that graces the cover of this magazine and serves as a beautiful new front door to our campus.

SIU faculty members are advancing knowledge in the classroom as well as through research on everything from sustainability to hearing loss to cyber security. They are leading national professional organizations, receiving national and international recognition for their work, and bringing credit to SIU even as they give students the personal attention they need to be successful during and beyond college.

SIU is a serious institution on the move. It’s a university you can be proud of.

If you haven’t been to campus in awhile, I encourage you to come see how we are changing. We have shed some of the lessflattering images of our past even as we have retained and built upon our historic mission of access and opportunity, innovation in research and creativity, and outstanding teaching that focuses on nurturing student success.

We have also retained our Saluki traditions and our stunning, welcoming campus. In fact, when you visit SIU, it will be like returning to a remodeled house: the infrastructure will be updated and enhanced, but it will still have the comforts of the home you remember so well.

I share this with you because however you support SIU – through your gifts, by engaging with current students or by helping us recruit new ones – we hope you’ll help us tell our evolving SIU story. We hope you’ll say with confidence that SIU is the sort of place that puts big things within reach for all of our students, just as we did for you.

Sincerely,

Rita Cheng Chancellor

Parade Marshal Norwood Serves As SIU Homecoming Parade Marshal T

he grand marshal of Attorney for the Southern the 2013 Southern Illinois University District of Illinois. Bill’s Carbondale Homecoming brother, Richard ’67, and was a man whose strong his wife, Joyce ’88, are also ties to the University go SIU alumni. back more than half a cenBill has devoted counttury. less hours to mentoring Bill Norwood, retired young people and giving United Airlines captain, back to the community and veteran and former longthe University in a number time member of the SIU of ways. He established the Board of Trustees, led the William R. Norwood parade on Oct. 19.

Aviation Scholarship Norwood, a Centralia native Endowment Fund, providand longtime Carbondale ing an annual scholarship to resident now living in an SIU aviation student and Mesa, Ariz., earned his along with Molly, Joyce and bachelor’s degree in chemRichard Norwood, established a scholarship endowistry at SIU in 1959. He was Norwood waves to the crowd during a presentation honoring him at ment to assist students in SIU’s first black quarterhalftime of the Homecoming game. the med-prep program. back, a three-year starter, achieve the rank of captain.

He is a The Norwood Fellowship, an endowand an inductee into the SIU Carbondale founding member of the Organization of ment for the Paul Simon Public Policy Hall of Fame.

Black Airline Pilots and served on the Institute, brings to campus prominent The SIU Alumni Association life SIU Board of Trustees from 1974 to speakers to address public policy and member served in the U.S. Air Force 2001. He earned his MBA at the diversity matters. It was established by from 1959 to 1965, piloting a B-52. He University of Chicago. the late Senator Paul Simon and enhanced then had a 31-year career with United The Norwood family connection to through a generous donation from Airlines, becoming the company’s first African-American pilot and the first to SIU is quite extensive. His wife, Molly, is Donald and Jo Ann Boydston in honor of Bill and Molly Norwood. The endowment a 1961 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in education. She also has more than tripled since that time. holds a master’s degree and speNow retired, Norwood remains active, cialist certificate from Northern serving as vice president of the Phoenix Illinois University and is a former Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc., elementary school teacher who working in his church, traveling, and has served on numerous complaying golf. He also continues to visit missions and boards, including schools and mentor youths. the Governor’s Commission on Of his selection as Homecoming the Status of Women and the Grand Marshal, Norwood says it was “a Illinois Community College humbling honor of which I, along with Board. my wife, am proud. SIU helped my famiTheir son, George, is an SIU ly members get great educations so that Bill and Molly Norwood have given back to SIU in we could take advantage of the available many ways, including scholarships that assist stu- Law School graduate, currently serving as Assistant United States opportunities.”

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Ending The THE Woody Hall HALL Shuffle SHUFFLE

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Student Services Building TO SERVE THE SIU CAMPUS COMMUNITY

by Gene Green

n Homecoming Weekend 2013, a not so beloved campus tradition came to screeching halt. The “Woody Shuffle” is no more. Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s new 129,263-square-foot Student Services Building, a state-ofthe-art facility that will serve students, parents, and alumni, was dedicated in front of a large crowd of alumni and friends on Oct. 19.

The spectacular new building, located at 1263 Lincoln Drive northeast of the Student Center, will remove the infamous “Woody Hall Shuffle” from the student experience. Salukis over the years have struggled to maneuver the confusing complex of offices, stairs, and corridors at Woody Hall while trying to sign required paperwork related to their studies. The building, constructed in 1953 to serve as a women’s dormitory, was converted into a myriad of offices in 1968.

“Construction was right on schedule and progressed well,” says SIU Plant and Services Operations Director Phil Gatton. “There was tremendous teamwork involved in the project.” The cost for design and construction was more than $36 million, with River City Construction of Benton serving as the general contractor and White and Borgognoni Architects of Carbondale the project architect. There were 195,532 construction hours logged by 423 contract employees over 18 months.

Students using the new Student Services Building are welcomed by a four-story atrium entryway lit by a 45-foot, 6inch fixture of color-changing orb pendants.

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Ella Lacey ’64, M.S. ’72, Ph.D. ‘79 (left) and Molly Norwood ’61 talk after the dedication ceremonies.

SIU’s new signature building, paid for entirely with student fees, is showcased via a four-story atrium entryway lit by a 45-foot, 6-inch fixture of color-changing orb pendants. The lobby is decorated with bright, abstract banners that incorporate images of University students and structures.

Currently in the building are the offices of undergraduate admissions,

A large crowd attended the festivities, as the long awaited building was officially opened.

University College, financial aid, and the registrar and bursar. Other offices scheduled to move as the upper floors of the building are completed include the graduate school, transfer student services, university housing and the dean of students. (For a floor-by-floor listing, see sidebar story).

Green concepts incorporated into the building include:

• Daylight harvesting systems that conserve energy by monitoring external light coming into the building and adjusting internal light accordingly.

• Motion-sensor office lighting that saves energy.

• Elevators with regenerative drive systems that capture energy generated by descending elevators for use elsewhere in the building.

• Synthetics slate roofing made up of 80 percent recycled materials; the roof has a life span of 50 years.

• Water-efficient landscaping that does not require an irrigation system.

It all adds up to making the total student experience as great as possible.

“This facility is a one-stop shop for so many of the services our students need on a daily basis,” says Chancellor

Where To Find Services

Here is a look at the floor-by-floor configuration planned for the new Student Services Building, featuring University offices, functions, and support:

First Floor: Career Services Exploratory Student Advisement Undergraduate Admissions Undergraduate Research Second Floor: Bursar’s Office Financial Aid Office Registrar’s Office Student Employment Third Floor: Enrollment Management Graduate School

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The SIU Marching Salukis, under the direction of George Brozak, entertained alumni and friends before the dedication began.

Rita Cheng. “And as we have improved the services for our students, we have improved the aesthetics of the campus.

This building creates a new entryway, with a design that is similar to the architecture of the old part of campus that we all appreciate.”

The project evolved over the last six years, as the SIU Board of Trustees approved preliminary planning at a September 2006 meeting. The Student

Services building was identified as part of the 2001 Land Use Plan which was then integrated into the 2006 Campus Master Plan. The building was constructed in accordance with the Campus Design Guidelines and conforms to the University Standards.

“With 19 departments, the Student Services Building is certainly a multipurpose facility,” Cheng notes. “But it really has a single purpose: providing

outstanding services to students and families.”

To that end, Gatton says students enter the facility through a main entrance featuring storefronts of departments that are actually in their sightline. “There is a help desk, and the person working there is actually able to point to where the student wants to go,” he notes. “The concept resolves many of the issues at the help desk quickly and provides support.”

SIU Director of Admissions Katherine Suski ’88, M.P.A.D. ’04 recently told The Southern Illinoisan that she was counting the days until the new facility opened. She says the design process was helpful, as she has been able to confer with her staff about what needed in the new structure, and it was built for those needs.

Some of those involved in the ribbon-cutting were, from left: Blaine Tisdale (graduate and professional student council president), Katie Sermersheim (interim dean of students), Adrian Miller (undergraduate student president), and Glenn Poshard (SIU President).

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Chancellor’s Remarks At The Dedication …

I would like to give my personal thanks to our architects, White and Borgongnoni; to our contractors; and to Kevin Bame, Phil Gatton, Scott Weber, Brad Dillard and the many other SIU staff who made this building possible. It has been a pleasure to work with such a dedicated team.

I wish I could adequately describe what it has been like to see this building rise since we broke ground 18 months ago. I remember the day we saw the full size of the foundation, the day the framework gave us a 3-D perspective of its scale, the day it was covered by the roof, the day the banners were hung, the day the first office moved in just two weeks ago. The journey has been amazing and rewarding.

None of it would have happened without the many people who brought this building and its surroundings to life. Our contractors and staff were here early in the morning and late into the night, on weekends, when the temperature was zero and when it was 100 degrees.

Every time I walked by or through the building, I could sense the pride and care they were taking to make sure this facility represented their best work and brought credit to the University.

And it does. I’ve said that this building has a “wow” factor. From the day it opened, the first students and families who came for tours were in awe when they entered the front door. They’re impressed that SIU had such a magnificent facility, and even more impressed when they learn that it is environmentally friendly and built to last.

Our staff members have been equally excited to be a part of something so important to SIU. Many have told me that they appreciate not only the beauty of the building, but also its functionality and flexibility. The design and proximity of offices allow staff within and across departments to be more collaborative as they solve problems, brainstorm and explore new ways to serve our students.

In fact, the facility behind me is so much more than a building – more than bricks and mortar, offices and hallways. It’s more than the beautiful fountain and the stunning entryway that causes mouths to drop, more than a place to conduct business as a student at the university, more than a place to come to work each day.

This building is about students, and about SIU’s focus as a student-centered, national research university. When we decided to create a stunning building to bring together key student service offices – from undergraduate admissions to the graduate school, from registration to academic advising to financial aid – we were making a statement that students come first at SIU. And when we placed this building next to the Student Center, we were making a statement that we care about the whole student – the brains as well as the heart.

Our goal was to put an end to the Woody Hall Shuffle with a one-stop student services shop. But our dream was to build something that would send a message to all students that their success matters and that they can accomplish big things at SIU. To our students, our board, our leadership team, our contractors, our staff, and all who made the Student Services Building possible, thank you for helping us demonstrate that big things are, indeed, within reach at SIU.”

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The lobby of the new facility is decorated with bright, abstract banners that incorporate images of SIU students and structures on the campus.

“Although Woody Hall served us well for 30 years, our office was an old cafeteria,” she says. “The new building looks wonderful when prospective students visit campus and provides a great initial impression. It’s probably the first thing they will see when they arrive on campus.”

Gatton agrees, and predicts the facility will bring alumni, new students, and current students together. “These groups all are related, so finding better ways to serve them will make for a stronger campus connection for everyone.”

And for those who have grand memories of Woody Hall, rest assured that the building will still be a part of the campus scene. Although almost 80 percent of the current occupants will relocate in the Student Services Building, Woody Hall will be refurbished to provide office space for other campus units in need of improved facilities.

Approximately $5 million will be spent on infrastructure improvements such as new windows, a new electrical distribution system, new roof, and other upgrades. The project will be done in several phases, one wing at a time, and more information on this project will soon be announced.

The end result of a completed Student Services Building, says Cheng, will be a better student experience. “Our focus is on student success, and creating opportunities for students to excel,” she stresses.

“By offering all of these services in one convenient location, with state-ofthe-art technology and a skilled and dedicated staff, we will minimize disruptions to students’ schedules and minimize their frustrations.”

Southern Memories

by Les O’Dell

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y decision to come to SIU was made in the third grade. I know that it sounds both crazy and impractical, but it is the absolute truth.

I remember sitting in Mrs. Fritz’s class at L.T. Stone Elementary School in Galesburg, Ill. It was 1975. Like my classmates, I had the requisite pencils, notebooks, and a folder to safely store loose papers. I can still see and feel that folder in my memory today. Back then, I would spend what seemed like hours looking at the back of that folder.

The simple pocket folder was not much different than the ones that students on the Carbondale campus use today. It was maroon, said “Southern Illinois University” on the front, and on the reverse was a map of the entire campus. I think a variation of that map is still used today.

The map captured my attention and imagination. Even as a 9-year-old, I could picture myself walking to class in the buildings depicted in the drawing. Years before my classmates would even begin thinking about college, I was able to quickly point to the Communications Building, McAndrew Stadium, Thompson Point, and the Student Center. I could even show anyone who cared the location of Quigley Hall and tell them – if they asked – that it was the general area where (as family lore has it) my grandmother lived as a child and where many of my family had studied.

Even as a child I knew of and about SIU. I knew that my grandmother and grandfather both graduated from the institution in 1929. I heard the stories my father told of being part of the first class in the newly formed School of Agriculture, graduating in 1959. As I continued to approach college age, I remained steadfast in my juvenile dedication to Southern. I could list the names of not only parents and grandparents who were alumni, but also aunts and cousins.

Our family made frequent visits to Carbondale to visit families and, of course, to drive around the campus. Saluki apparel was often under the Christmas tree for me, and I followed SIU athletic teams as much as one could before the days of ESPN and the Internet.

As I approached my junior year of high school, there was no doubt where I was headed, and all of my classmates knew it. I sent entrance examination scores and a college application to only one school: SIU. Then, in the fall of 1984, just as I had imagined years earlier, I found myself among the actual buildings I had studied on the map many years prior.

A farm boy with an interest in communications, I prepared for a career in agricultural broadcasting through an agriculture major, mixed with radio, television, and journalism courses – proudly boasting of my SIU heritage and often reminded (by the stories of some agriculture faculty members who also had taught my father) of my second-generation SIU agriculture stu-

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Les O’Dell says even as a child he knew about the Carbondale campus, and that his family’s legacy with the institution was one of the reasons he wanted to go to SIU.

dent status. I loved being able to experience many of the same people, classes and places that my father recalled so fondly from his time at Southern. I soaked up the stories and the history of both my family’s connections with the University as well as SIU’s history and traditions. I considered it an honor to promote Southern to new and prospective students during my time as an undergraduate and later as both a graduate student and as an SIU staff member.

As often happens to people at that stage of life, I fell in love while in college and later married Christine Davis ’09, another SIU student. And, like many other alumni, we chose to stay in Carbondale and have a family. Our children have grown up with SIU as a constant in their lives. With Saluki games, parades, boat regattas, musical performances and other events always around us, it should have been no surprise that they also chose to enroll at SIU, carrying on a family tradition that now not only spans four generations but includes parents, an uncle, cousins, and more. Our son, Grant, is close to finishing his degree in communication design and, like his dad, recently married a fellow SIU student, too.

When our daughter, Sarah, now a sophomore, declared her major as hospitality and tourism, it struck me that she too is an SIU agriculture student, making her one of, if not the first, third-generation student in the college.

Now she is experiencing many of the same people and classes that I did nearly 30 years ago, walking in the same places that her great-grandparents strolled a century before – often in the same buildings that I used to point to on a map on the back of a pocket folder in a third grade classroom.

■ Les O’Dell ’88, M.S. ’90 is executive director of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. Among his most prized possessions are a piece of floor joist from Old Main, his father’s SIU ring, and his grandparents’ diplomas.

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Helping Students Staff Member Contributes To Student Success On And Off Campus

by Rita Cheng

tains close relationships with instructors and advisers on the military bases.

IU has earned the designation “I work with the bases and as a “Military Friendly School” with the academic departments for the fifth consecutive year. to build a course sequence that’s Victory Media, whose publications going to work for the students,” he include G.I. Jobs magazine, annusays.

“We want them to get ally recognizes the top colleges through their degree programs in and universities for active-duty as short an amount of time as military personnel and student possible because they may get military veterans. deployed. ” Southern’s commitment to After spending six years in the meeting the educational needs of Air Force, Matt also is an important those who sacrifice so much for advocate for our military students. all is longstanding. SIU was He understands their constraints, among the first universities in the as well as the requirements related nation to offer off-campus acadeto education benefits. mic programs to military person“I’ve been on that side of it, nel, starting in 1973 at Scott Air so I know how hard it is to take Force Base. Today, the University classes,” he says. “Before, there serves active-duty personnel at 21 wasn’t any military experience in military bases in 13 states, as well this office, so those students as several other off-campus locawere treated just like on-campus tions. students. The people in the miliMatt Bacon ’07, M.S. ’12 is tary have time constraints; one of the people who facilitates they’re working every day. We those efforts. Matt describes himhave to help them build a class self as “a utility player” on camschedule that works for them.” pus, helping where he is needed. I Matt Bacon describes himself as “a utility player” on camThey also lack the direct consider him to be a key contribpus, helping where he is needed. access to services that are availutor because his skills and versaable on campus. tility make a positive difference in “Since I also work in the registrar’s multiple areas. In our Office of Distance He also visits dozens of classrooms office, I am their direct line to Education and Off Campus Programs, every semester and compiles a list of Enrollment Management’s services,” for example, he works closely with our needed repairs and improvements. I Matt explains.

“If someone on a base has appreciate his attention to detail, academic departments, on-campus a problem or a question for the bursar’s because upgrading the teaching and advisers, and the bases to ensure a seamoffice, financial aid, or with transcripts, I learning environment is a priority for less experience for the men and women can go directly to those offices to get us.

We are currently renovating 61 genin uniform. issues resolved. ” eral-purpose classrooms.

When the A West Frankfort native and two-degree Thanks to Matt and so many other work is completed, 92 percent of our graduate of SIU, Matt joined our staff in dedicated SIU employees, big things are classrooms will be technology-enabled.

2006. He works primarily in the registrar’s within reach for our students – no matIn the Office of Distance Education office, scheduling classrooms, final exams, ter where they are studying. and Off Campus Programs, Matt mainand special events in classrooms.

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A native of Metropolis, Bob Swenson’s diligent research has uncovered a wealth of previously unknown information about steamboats built in southern Illinois.

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rowing up in the Ohio River town of Metropolis, Illinois, Robert Swenson ’65 was aware of the river in so many ways – its folklore and history, its smell and immense power, and its economic and cultural influence on the region. But it wasn’t until recently that he realized that many of the steamboats that plied up and down the Ohio were built in his hometown.

In his youth he was familiar with such businesses as Mound City Marine Ways and Paducah Marine Ways, yet unaware of any similar heritage with Metropolis. So it is ironic that from the 1930s to the 1950s, his family had been in the furniture business in Metropolis, and the beginning of that enterprise was dependent on the locally built steamboats that had their origin in the 1850s.

After 17 years of private practice and teaching in the School of Architecture at Southern for more than 20 years, Swenson retired in May 2012. In addition to his research on the design and development of 19th-century Ohio River steamboats, he has been con-

sulting with the U.S. Forest Service and the SIU Center for Archaeological Investigations on 19th- and early 20th-century buildings in southern Illinois.

He has also been engaged as a consultant and teacher for Cairo YouthBuild, a multi disciplined project, which is a collaboration between SIU’s School of Architecture and the southernmost communities in Illinois. In 2008, for his dedication to Illinois architecture, commerce, and history, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Illinois State Historical Society. He hopes to eventually bring his extensive research on southeastern Illinois’ steamboat heritage to fruition in a book.

According to Swenson, the first boat builders to arrive in Metropolis were ship carpenters or shipwrights in the 1850s and early 1860s. Peter Beaupre, William Harl, Ben Kimball, William Farrow, and his sons were among the first to build boats in Metropolis. One builder who had had previous experience in the

The City of Cairo was partially built in Metropolis and completed in St. Louis in 1864. It was 272 feet long and 41 feet across. Photos courtesy of Cairo Public Library.

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Normal University, who published A History of Southern Illinois in 1912, paid any attention to the men and machines of the steamboat industry of southeastern Illinois.

Swenson has assembled a library of more than 60 volumes on Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri river steamboats. But such steamboat research also requires personal travel to the repositories of this unique material. “I have visited more than 35 different library and museum collections along these rivers from The tugboat, Alf Cutting, bears the name of one of the creators of the steamboat industry that prospered in Cincinnati to New southeastern Illinois.

Orleans, Little Rock, St. Louis, upper Wisconsin, few were more than 330 feet long and building of Civil War ironclads with and North Dakota,” he says. He also credmore than 50 feet wide. Built in the Alf James Eads in St. Louis was Alfred its two volumes – one on packet boats, Cutting yard in Metropolis in 1875, the Cutting. He would join forces with a Mr. the other on towboats – written by forMary Bell was an impressive 327 feet long Wood to form the Cutting & Woods’ mer steamboat pilot Frederick Way Jr. as and a robust 56 feet wide. The boat was “Massac Shipyard.” particularly useful. down bound on a Mardi Gras trip in Thus far Swenson has identified 65 Way’s thousands of photographs and February 1876, stopping in Vicksburg steamboats that were built in Metropolis notes at the Hamilton County/Cincinnati when fire was discovered. Twenty minutes between 1855 and 1915, though in the Public Library have proven invaluable as later the Mary Bell was a mere memory.

1860s several had their hulls constructed well. Swenson’s proposed volume Swenson states, “These were huge in Metropolis before being finished at promised to be lavishly illustrated, as he boats requiring serious engineering. The the James Eads shipyard in Carondelet has scanned more than 1,000 images complexity of some of the boats is interjust south of St Louis. Though Mound using the resources of the Howard esting as well – especially the railroad City was largely a repair facility, 35 Steamboat Museum in Jeffersonville, transfer ferry boats which had railroad steamboats were created there, eight Ind., the Murphy Library at the tracks built onto the deck that could were built in the Golconda-Shawneetown University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, and carry a very heavy steam locomotive and area, and seven were constructed in many other collections. six to 10 railway cars across the river.”

Cairo. Swenson is aware of one small In retirement, the SIU alumnus finds But the biggest surprise and chalsteamboat that was assembled in Joppa, himself busier than ever, but he qualifies lenge for Swenson has been the scarcity a few miles downriver from Metropolis. it as “a good kind of busy. I miss working of available information about an indusAcross the river in Paducah, Kentucky, with architecture and history students, try that prospered for more than a 60111 steamboats were built during the but I continue to work with young peoyear time frame, yet attracted little attensame time frame. There diesel-powered ple in Cairo, and am still engaged in a tion from writers, historians, or journaltowboats were built into the mid-20th limited architectural practice doing herists. Neither local historian O.J. Page, who century. itage preservation consulting, working in 1900 compiled History of Massac One of the surprising discoveries of on this steamboat book, and being County, Illinois, With Life Sketches and Swenson’s research has been the scale of involved in the traditional music scene.”

Portraits, nor George Washington Smith, the boats. Generally, they were from 100 Swenson lives in Carbondale with his professor of history at Southern Illinois feet to more than 250 feet long, though a wife, Karen.

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The Wm. J Lewis was built in Metropolis in 1866 and lost in April 1873 near Grand Tower, Ill.

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Almost perfect weather made for a spectacular Homecoming Weekend, as Salukis of all ages returned to Carbondale. The SIU football team was in a close battle with defending national champion North Dakota State for more than a half before falling to their conference foe in action at Saluki Stadium.

Saluki Travels Why Not Cruise Through Europe With Other Salukis?

Retired SIU Alumni Association Executive Director Ed Buerger ’70 and his wife, Jan ’91, recently traveled through Europe on a cruise offered through Saluki Travels.

Here are some of his thoughts on that experience: Southern Alumni: “What types of international travel have you and your wife previously enjoyed?”

Ed Buerger: “Jan and I have mostly traveled through Europe, visiting places like France, Germany, and Ireland.

We have also been to Malaysia, Taiwan, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, In this photo by Andreas Tille, the Coliseum is shown as nightfall sets. Rome was a highlight for Ed and Jan Buerger (inset), who marveled at what they experienced standing in places like the and Alaska. We love to travel.”

SA: How did your recent trip Coliseum or the Sistine Chapel. compare to those trips?

EB: This was the first cruise we had met there. When the trip started we were fully grasp the reality of it all. been on in the Mediterranean, so we had all just a bunch of people on a cruise – SA: If you could travel anywhere in the the opportunity to visit many new we walked away friends. world, where is the next place you’d go? places, including Rome, which was a SA: What part of the trip was most EB: Definitely a trip to Tahiti, howevhuge attraction for us. memorable to you? er I’d also like to return to the SA: These trips give alumni an EB: For me it was visiting Marseille, Mediterranean, spend more time in opportunity to explore the world with France, a city my father told me stories Rome, and visit the Greek Isles. other SIU graduates. Can you describe about when he was in the Navy during SA: As someone with first-hand what it was like to go on a vacation World War II. He told me a story of when experience, what would you say to a felhalfway around the world with people he took shore leave in Marseille, saying: “In low Saluki who is considering going on you already had a connection with?

Marseille there was a beautiful church on one of the Association’s trips?

EB: On the first night we attended a top of a hill a couple miles away. I walked EB: I’ve been on several cruise lines, reception on the ship, started talking to to that church and back, as it was the only and the trips the Association offers are various people, and found out several thing that hadn’t been destroyed by quite good. If you are looking for firstwent to SIU. The next thing I know, we’ve bombs.” As we pulled up to Marseille on class treatment on a trip with amazing made new friends to sightsee with in our cruise, that same church was the first food at a modest price, there is a lot of some the most historical cities in the thing I saw – still standing and beautiful. value in these cruises. I wasn’t sure how I world.

It was also amazing to experience the was going to feel about cruising on a SA: Will you stay in touch with anyhistory and culture of places we had only smaller ship, but now I think I prefer it. one from this trip? read about. Rome was a major draw for Find out more about Saluki Travels EB: We met many other couples that us, and we spent an extra two nights went to SIU and we still stay in touch there to explore the Vatican and by going to siualumni.com/travel, or turn to the next page to view a list of with them. Since we have returned, we Coliseum. When you stand inside a place upcoming trips.

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Wonders Of The Galapagos Islands Feb. 7-15, 2014 from $3,995 This remote, volcanic archipelago consists of 19 islands and 42 islets located 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. These island’s dramatic landscapes make a safe home for the quirky finches and primeval iguanas that inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and evolution.

Amazon River Expedition Feb. 7-16, 2014 from $3,995 Visiting the mysterious Amazon River Basin, one of the Earth’s most exotic natural realms and our planet’s largest rainforest ecosystem, is an unforgettable experience. While you’re there you will have the opportunity to experience the phenomenal food of Lima, Peru.

Splendors Down Under Feb. 21-Mar. 11, 2014 from $6,499, round trip airfare from select cities included.

Journey to Australia and cruise through a world of exotic wildlife, geological wonders, historic cities, and rugged beauty. New Zealand will captivate you with its charming seaside towns and spectacular landscapes featured in the Lord of The Rings trilogy.

Cruise To The Lesser Antilles Mar. 10-17, 2014 from $3,050 Looking to escape the clutches of winter this year? Sail to the Lesser Antilles, the arc of spectacular volcanic islands in the heart of the Caribbean Sea. Discover historic towns and harbors favored by yachtsmen, unique neighboring cultures, and the warm charm of tropical island life.

Israel: A Journey To The Holy Land Mar. 12-21, 2014 from $4,019 Round trip airfare from O’Hare is included!

Journey to Israel, discovering some of the most significant sites of the ancient world including Bethlehem, Nazareth, Caesarea and the oldest city in the world, the ruins of Jericho. “Float” in the tranquil, healing waters of the Dead Sea and relax for four nights in the holy city of Jerusalem.

Kingdoms Of Indochina Mar. 24-April 11, 2014 from $6,049 Round trip airfare from O’Hare is included!

Begin in Vietnam and explore its complex relationship with the west. From there, a colorful mosaic unfolds.

Learn unique culinary secrets in the ancient town of Hoi An. From contemplating the Fall of Saigon to exploring a once forgotten jungle, each day paints a new picture of the cultures of Indochina.

Hawaii By Land And Sea May 23-June 1, 2014 from $4,437 Round trip airfare from O’Hare is included!

This fabulous travel experience features a seven night cruise to Kauai, Maui and the Big Island. Don’t miss your own corner of paradise when your ships docks for two days on each island. Remember Pearl Harbor and visit the USS Arizona Memorial. On this cruise you’ll enjoy the experiences only guided travel can provide.

Trains, Wineries, And Treasures Of Northern California June 23-July 1, 2014 from $2,819 Round trip airfare from O’Hare is included!

Take in Fisherman’s Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge. Experience the wine train through Napa Valley and some of the world’s finest wine. Marvel at the beauty of Yosemite National Park and glide on the pristine waters of breathtaking Lake Tahoe on a paddle wheeler.

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Purchased at Fenton Music Store in Mt. Vernon, Ill., Harrison’s Rickenbacker guitar shown here is now on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.

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Before He Was Fab: George Harrison’s First American Visit was published in 2000 and is still in print. A second edition is under consideration.

y the fall of 1963, the Beatles had conquered Great Britain with several No. #1 hits, but they were still unknown in America. Their constant touring had made them an incredibly tight, but tired, band. A couple of weeks of hard-earned vacation sent Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to Greece, John Lennon went to Paris, and George Harrison came to southern Illinois. Jim Kirkpatrick ’75 chronicles this September visit made by George and brother Peter Harrison to their sister, Louise Harrison

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Caldwell in Before He Was Fab: George Harrison’s First American Visit (2000).

Recently, Kirkpatrick was in the news for his part in installing a plaque, placed in Benton in league with the Illinois State Historical Society, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the first Beatle to visit America.

Louise had accompanied her husband, Gordon Caldwell, a mechanical engineer from Dundee, Scotland, who had come to Benton in March 1963 to work for Freeman Coal Company’s oper-

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ations office. Despite a certain amount of culture shock, Louise was charmed by the area. “Back in those days everybody, the whole world, was pretty different.

There wasn’t as much hatred and fear and suspicion. People were open with each other, and you could walk into somewhere and be accepted for who you were without everybody wanting to do a background check,” she said in the Daily Egyptian recently.

Seemingly, the genesis of Kirkpatrick’s book comes from two events 30 years apart. As a youngster living in Dowell, Ill., he distinctly remembers the seminal moment he read a curi-

ously titled Southern Illinoisan article, “Her Brother’s a Beatle: Of Benton Woman.” This Jan. 19, 1964, article by Martha Moser profiled Louise Harrison Caldwell and the unconventional style of the Beatles. The article states, “She said another characteristic the men are known for is saying ‘ooo’ between lines and shaking their hair. She said her brother did it once and ‘his hair swirled and the girls screamed.’”

The article also attributes the famous Beatle hairstyle to Harrison. “One day Harrison and his three singing cohorts were swimming in Hamburg, Germany, before an evening singing performance.

This was before they had their ‘Beatlecut’ hairdos. Harrison’s long hair hung over his face when he climbed out of the water. All four liked the shaggy look and went on stage with their hair hanging.”

The other element that prompted Kirkpatrick’s endeavor was the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals announcing in 1995 that demolition was planned for the former home of Louise Harrison Caldwell at 113 McCann in Benton to make way for a parking lot.

Citing a precedent with the home of songwriter Stephen Foster in Bardstown, Ky., Kirkpatrick argues in the preface of his book that like Foster, perhaps

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first Beatle in America, this plaque was installed Sept. 21, 2013 in Benton, Ill. Photo courtesy of Illinois State Historical Society.

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SIU alumnus Jim Kirkpatrick and Louise Harrison at a book signing in 2000.

Harrison had only visited the home of relatives, but his overall impact on culture and music was such that the preservation of the house was warranted.

“The Beatle house” escaped the fate of demolition and for a time became the Hard Day’s Nite Bed and Breakfast, but today it has returned to being a private residence.

William Furry, executive director of the Illinois State Historical Society, offered this assessment of the importance of Harrison’s visit, “The George Harrison – First Beatle in America historical marker in Benton tells a unique story about small-town America, that fate is serendipitous and history happens in unlikely places. And of all the places in the world Mr. Harrison could have gone for his vacation, he chose to spend it with his family in southern Illinois, camping, hiking, making music, and meeting working-class people who had no idea he was destined for greatness. The visit to

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Benton says a great deal about George Harrison and what he valued; what he took home to England was priceless.”

Many Americans believe that the first appearance of a Beatle on stage in the U.S. was the band’s fateful appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, which attracted a record audience of 73 million viewers and ushered in the age of Beatlemania. But, in point of fact, the first Beatle on stage in America was Harrison’s appearance with a southern Illinois band, The Four Vests, at the Eldorado Veterans of Foreign Wars, on Sept. 28. 1963.

Awkwardly introduced as the “Elvis Presley of England,” Harrison preferred to play country numbers, notably “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams, but included some rock ’n roll standards like Carl Perkins’ “Matchbox” and Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven.” In that prophetic Southern Illinoisan article, Louise shared with the reporter that after her brother’s Eldorado VFW performance a man advised

him, “If you had the right handling, you could go places.”

During Harrison’s visit he bought a Rickenbacker 425 guitar at Fenton Music Store in Mt. Vernon and performed on two occasions, once at the Eldorado VFW and again at the Boneyard Boccie Club in Benton. He marveled at elements of American life – roller-skating waitresses, and the giant time and temperature neon signs that one day indicated a blistering, late-summer temperature of 105°.

Before He Was Fab was published by Cache River Press of Vienna, Ill., founded by the late Lonnie Russell, a former SIU professor of physiology. The book is now distributed by Quick Publishing of St. Louis, Mo., and is also available from other online booksellers.

More than 4,500 copies have been sold to a worldwide audience, and a second edition is under consideration.

A lifelong resident of southern Illinois, Kirkpatrick has been a Beatles fan since the early 1960s. “But never in my wildest imagination did I expect that one day I would become friends with a Beatle sibling,” he says. A journalism graduate of SIU, he has worked for several southern Illinois newspapers, including the Du Quoin Evening Call and the Southern Illinoisan.

Since 1985 he has been a legislative assistant, working for Congressmen Ken Gray, Glenn Poshard, and David Phelps, and has been State Representative John Bradley’s district manager since 2003.

His wife, Brenda ’74, is the librarian for the Southern Illinoisan and is a 1974 graduate of Southern. Before He Was Fab is Kirkpatick’s first book.

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have enjoyed serving the last two years as President of the SIU Foundation Board of Directors. As I reflect upon my time as President, I take great pride in devoted alumni and friends who support Southern Illinois University.

In the FY2012 Honor Roll of Donors, I wrote about Chancellor Rita Cheng’s focus on student success. It is obvious to me that many of our alumni recognized that effort to help students succeed. The proof of that recognition can be seen in the number of gifts alumni made this year, especially in support of scholarship initiatives. How has it impacted the University? The University developed an outstanding applicant pool during its fall 2013 enrollment drive. Many of those students arrived on campus this August and the scholarship funds which our donors provided played a significant part in the enrollment success at SIU. In the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2013, the SIU Foundation received $7.9 million in support of the University. Those funds are being used in numerous ways, including first, and foremost, student scholarships and awards. But the funds have also helped SIU students pursue academic excellence; participate in community and public service programs and conduct academic and research initiatives.

The goal of the SIU Foundation is to assist the University in offering premier facilities, engaging mentors and significant student resources. We want to make sure that SIU students have access to opportunities they would be hard-pressed to find elsewhere. And with the assistance of alumni and friends, we are not only contributing to the education of students, but also enhancing their lives.

Please take a few minutes to review the names listed in this year’s honor roll of donors. The generosity of these individuals, companies, organizations and foundations has made a difference in the lives of our students and faculty. This issue also features several stories which exemplify and demonstrate the commitment being given by alumni and friends to make a difference at SIU. Thanks to each and every one of you who made a contribution. When you partner with the SIU Foundation, you are Investing in Saluki Futures.

Mary Kay Moore President SIU Foundation Board of Directors

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HONOR ROLL

2013

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he Honor Roll captures gifts made by individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations

to Southern Illinois University Carbondale through the foundation offices in Carbondale and

Springfield between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.

Our giving societies (Allyn, Parkinson, Shryock, Pulliam, Morris, Old Main and Chancellor’s Circle) list only those donors whose cumulative giving reached a milestone level during the current fiscal year.

Every attempt was made to ensure accuracy in the reporting of donors in this publication as well as to honor the wishes of anonymous donors. However, we wish to apologize for any errors which may have occurred in the omission or inaccurate listing of any name. If an error is discovered, please contact the Executive Director of Advancement Services at 618/453-4915, and we will correct the error.

SIU FOUNDATION SUMMARY OF CONTRIBUTIONS $263,641 $6,154,350

Fiscal Year 2013 Gifts And Pledges Gifts Of Non Cash Items

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SUMMARY OF CONTRIBUTIONS Fiscal Year 2013 Gifts And Pledges Gifts Of Non Cash Items

$1,010,552

$639,205

T O TA L S I U F O U N D AT I O N A S S E T S As of June 30

2013

$158,318,319

2012

$148,503,935

2011

$151,959,549

2010

$126,334,121

2009

$115,362,287

MARKET VALUE OF SIU FOUNDATION ENDOWMENTS As of June 30

2013

$102,454,090

2012

$92,870,083

2011

$95,920,744

2010 2009

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$76,174,251

$64,876,820

2013 HONOR ROLL

OF

DONORS

C H A N C E L L O R ’ S C O U N C I L C U M U L AT I V E L E V E L S The following categories recognize those individuals and businesses that have reached the respective cumulative giving levels during fiscal year 2013 (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013).

CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE $1,000,000

DELYTE W. MORRIS SOCIETY

and above

$250,000–$499,999

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his is our highest giving level within the Chancellor’s Council.

The Circle recognizes those individuals and businesses whose outstanding generosity creates the cornerstone of our great University.

Individuals Gregory N. & Nancy C. Cook

Businesses None

Joan Huffman William N. Huffman Janet K. Jones & Larry R. Jones, MD Jeffrey E. & Tabatha K. Mayer Charles E. Neal, MD John T. & Lora Lee Nugent Jamieson G. & Lynn K. Shotts Donald E. Starzyk Harvey Welch, Jr. & Patricia K. Welch, Ph.D.

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his cumulative gift club honors the eighth president of the University (1948-1970), Delyte W. Morris, who changed Southern into a major institution, the result of his vision and innovation. Both the curriculum and the number of buildings expanded significantly. During his administration, SIU won a separate governing board, as well as national and international fame. The University’s library bears his name.

Businesses AISIN Manufacturing Illinois, LLC Country Financial Daryl W. & Ella L. Reid Trust I.B.E.W. Local Union No. 702 Marion Subaru Montgomery County Cancer Association Paul & Karen Miner Revocable Trust Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Individuals

OLD MAIN SOCIETY $500,000–$999,999

Frank F. Bleyer Glenn W. Poshard, Ph.D. & Jo Poshard Evelyn M. Thomas

HENRY W. SHRYOCK SOCIETY

Businesses Health Improvement Foundation MD Designs by Metal Decor Orthopaedic Institute of Southern Illinois

he fifth University president (1913-1935), Henry Shryock, joined the faculty in 1894 in the English Department. Credited to his administration were further curriculum revision, the rural education program, a significant physical education and athletic program, a new power plant, and the construction of Shryock Auditorium.

ROSCOE E. PULLIAM SOCIETY

Individuals

Alwin C. Carus Irrevocable Mineral Trust St. John's Hospital The Suder Foundation

Auffenberg Chrysler of Herrin Canon U.S.A., Inc. Charles Koch Foundation Coad Chevrolet-Olds-Cadillac, Inc. Dow Chemical Co. Foundation Forbes Financial Group, LLC Holz Tool Supply, Inc. Lomalex Business Enterprises Mitsubishi Motors of North America Printers Row Fine and Rare Books

$50,000–$99,999

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Businesses

Businesses

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he first building on campus was begun in 1870, completed in 1874, and destroyed by fire in 1883.

It was replaced by Old Main, which was built during 1885 at a cost of $152,000. It burned in 1969 and was not replaced, but its memory lives on in Old Main Mall.

Don E. Knapp, MD & Evelyn Schlichting Deb & Eric Suder

Louis C. & Marilyn S. Harding James A. Haworth Caryl & Henry Holz Nancy W. Jackson & John S. Jackson, III Gary L. & Sarah M. Merideth Harvey N. & Collie C. Michaels Barbara A. & Christopher A. Mitchell James R. & Leslie Morgan N. Regina Rabinovich, MD, MPH & Franco M. Piazza, MD, MPH Richard P. Pisoni Susan W. & Jeffrey M. Rashid James A. Rea, DMD & Valrey L. Rea Charles G. Russell, Ph.D. & Marlene T. Russell Michelle M. & Paul J. Schafer Melodi L. & Marshall A. Sheffer Lisa G. & Samuel J. Short Elaine M. Vitello, Ph.D.

$100,000–$249,999

Individuals David F. Anderson Frank W. Bonan, II & Nicole R. Hargett Ellen M. & Richard W. Bradley Susan E. Carr, MD & Dennis P. Carr Charles W. Clark Cathy A. & Michael N. Coad Juanita & Leon Cook John C. & Kay R. Dosier William E. Eaton Donald E. Elmore & Patricia B. Elmore, Ph.D. David K. & Patricia B. Fombelle Kristi L. Fombelle Robert Fombelle Terry J. & Jane E. Grewe Russell L. Halbrook Verna C. Hannah Thomas L. Hanson

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oscoe Pulliam was the first University alumnus to become president (1935-1944) and the first president not to be selected from the faculty. In 1943 limited university status was granted to SIU, and three colleges - Education, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Vocations - were planned. Credited to Pulliam were the alumni office, religious foundations, a student health service, and expanded faculty benefits.

Individuals Lydia A. Arbogast, Ph.D. Carolyn D. & Stephen J. Boyd Gerald K. & Laura F. Eader Cynthia S. & Ray A. Griffith

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DANIEL B. PARKINSON SOCIETY $25,000–$49,999

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aniel Parkinson, Southern’s fourth president (1897-1913), was one of the original faculty members of the University. During his tenure extensive changes in both the curriculum and the facilities were made. In 1907 the Illinois General Assembly approved the bachelor of education degree, the first being granted by Southern Illinois Normal University in 1909. Wheeler Hall, Allyn Hall, and Anthony Hall were built during his administration.

Individuals William D. Borkon, MD & Deborah A. Borkon Glen A. Brandt Kristie & Rick C. Brandt

Charlie B. & Colleen Brown Jonathan W. Burton, DMD & Suzanne R. Burton Christopher B. Chambers, MD & Sarah S. Fowler, MD Clarence C. & Donna M. Copping Kevin Dorsey, MD, Ph.D. & Linda F. Dorsey Larry Elgart Amber J. Barnhart, MD & Stuart Frank, MD J. C. & Carol J. Garavalia Robert E. Gulledge, Jr. & Sherry Gulledge Jeanette M. & John E. Halldorson Nicholas F. & Karen A. Harkovich Robert A. Harper Karen Bedwell Herhahn Bill & Judy M. Hopkins Robert H. & Linda K. Howerton Kenneth R. & Marsha L. Hughes Richard C. & Pamela L. Hughes Carol H. & Kenneth R. Jenkins Angela G. & Larry W. Johnson Kathleen M. Johnson, MD & Leslie E. Johnson, MD Bernard I. & Jane E. Jones Christina L. Kinsman Daniel G. Korte & Laurie K. Landgraf Corene M. & Matthew J. Mavigliano Ronald A. Naversen, Ph.D. Dorisann L. & Stanley E. Newby Roxanna B. Nicholes Gregory L. & Lori O'Hara David R. & Ronda L. Payne Janice Burns & Steve Payne Kurt C. & Ruth A. Reid Phyllis P. & Kyle Robeson Charles E. & Nancy M. Schmidt Constance M. Shanahan, Ph.D. & Michael F. Shanahan Ronald L. & Christine B. Smith Shipra S. Somani Donald J. & Mary H. Stucky Carolyn & Peter Tschomakoff Mary J. & Robert M. Williams Harry D. & Susan J. Wirth Jennifer R. & Timothy M. Wolfe Michael J. & Karen S. Zelten

Businesses Ameren Corporation Charitable Trust Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation BP America, Inc. Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund Eunice Zoole Foundation F-W-S Countertops FDC Foundation Fox's Cleaners & Uniforms Golden Eagle Distributing, LLC Howerton, Dorris & Stone Hughes Law Firm Not In Good Taste, Inc. Schramm-Bacher Jewelers SDCC Properties Manager, LLC Thirteen RF, Inc. Timothy J. Loughran, DDS, P.C. Tru-Bilt Farm & Commercial Building Co.

Katrina P. & Paul A. Renzaglia C. Dale & Donna J. Rice Ruth E. Rogers Cora O. & Dean W. Sedlacek William L. & Linda R. Shea Richard E. & Lisa D. Smith Connie L. Solliday & Michael A. Solliday, Ph.D. Raymond E. Stotler & Barbara J. Crandall-Stotler Ken L. Suchy Diane & Donald C. Summerlin Nobuyuki Tanaka, Ph.D. Susan C. Thrasher Georgette & Michael R. Twomey Marlene M. Verdun Michael G. & Sarah M. Waite Jayleen M. & Ronald L. Waldron Brenda K. & Larry D. Weatherford George C. Williams & Karen Greenberg Sheryl C. Winschel Darlene S. Lutchka, MD & M. Aaron Workman, MD

ROBERT ALLYN SOCIETY $10,000–$24,999

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he University’s first president (1874-1892), Robert Allyn, was inaugurated on July 1, 1874, one day before the first classes began at SIU. During his term, the library was established and a Model School was set up for teacher training.

Individuals Laurie A. Achenbach James Smith & C. Anne Winston Allen Carolyn J. Andersen Michael S. & Phyllis W. Bergant Sean T. & Karyn D. Boston Corey S. Bradford, Sr. & Josette E. Bradford Dean B. & Mary L. Brandenburg Thomas E. Buchheit Cookie & Dean B. Campbell Brian C. & Leslie A. Chapman Redmond R. Clark Estate of Virginia F. Clark Reggie A. & Lori A. Cook Bob D. & Nina D. Dallas Paul & Sara Davidsmeyer William A. Dickman Billy G. Dixon, Ph.D. & Judy M. Dixon Sarah I. & Max C. Doerr Arthur S. Duffy Nancy L. & Dennis A. Fager Carolyn B. Ferdinand Sarah J. Ferry-Thompson Lucille A. & Rudolf A. Frasca Phyllis A. & Robert J. Geary J. Patrick Hart Thomas E. & Lisa A. Holloway Jeffrey L. Horrell Xinyan Huang, MD, Ph.D. Allen Hurt, MD William P. Jansons & Maureen Doheny Jill E. & Michael W. Kasser Marsha J. Kent Gary R. & Mary E. Kinsel Darwin S. Koch Ronda M. Koch John J. & Elsa I. Lambert Daniel Lewis Leviten, MD & Joy S. Leviten Kathleen M. Manfredi & Pat A. Manfredi, Ph.D. William P. McMinn Annette Messina & Joseph A. Messina, III Donald R. & Sherry L. Morgan Susan K. & Richard E. Morris Earl F. & Paula A. O'Malley Gail B. & James H. Patterson Darwin R. Payne Twyla D. Adkisson-Peak & Bobby S. Peak Diane T. & Reggie D. Petty Tod J. Policandriotes Susan S. & Walter R. Rehwaldt

Businesses ADCO Technology Solutions, LLC Aloha Dental, LLC Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP Blacklock Financial Strategies Group of Wells Fargo Advisors Blue Funeral Homes, LLC BRiC Partnership, LLC Capitol Radio Group Carolyn L. Rendleman Trust Celia M. Howard Fellowship Fund Central Hospital for Animals Element 79 Partners, LLC The Golden Needle, Inc. Gold's Gym Herrin Drug IAA Foundation Illinois Tool Works Foundation James K. Richey, DDS JE Dunn Construction Company Jim Koonce Insurance Agency MED-EL Medical Electronics Medicap Pharmacy Mid West Family Broadcasting OMSLife Foundation, Inc. Pheasant Hollow Winery, Inc. Realty Central, Inc. Robert R. McCormick Foundation Southside Lumber, Inc. Walker's Bluff, LLC Womick Law Firm, Chartered

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CHANCELLOR’S COUNCIL ANNUAL DONORS

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he following annual categories of giving within the Chancellor’s Council have been established to recognize those individuals, businesses, and corporations that have chosen to make an annual gift in fiscal year 2013 (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013) of $1,000 or more to the SIU Foundation.

Visionaries $25,000 & above Individuals Lydia A. Arbogast, Ph.D. Mark J. & Susan M. Ashley Barbara J. & George W. Beck Imogene C. Beckemeyer Frank W. Bonan, II & Nicole R. Hargett Donna L. & Hunt Bonan Treg D. Brown, MD & Karla R. Brown, MD Thomas Y. & Chany N. Chung Gregory N. & Nancy C. Cook Francesca M. & Jeffrey S. Cooper Randy A. Daniels & Sallie Manzanet-Daniels J. Michael Davis, MD & Kathleen P. Davis John T. Davis, MD & Kelly A. Davis Cynthia S. & Ray A. Griffith Geoff & Jennifer Isringhausen Susan Isringhausen Preston E. & Melba Jackson Ray P. Knake Don E. Knapp, MD & Evelyn Schlichting Sumera Makhdoom & Zahoor Makhdoom, MD Jeffrey E. & Tabatha K. Mayer Darren S. McGraw Jerome M. Mileur Sherrill J. & Van B. Miller Scott F. & Julie Moller Thomas J. & Janice C. Murray Estate of Wilma Hughes Ochs Carrie L. & William T. Okuno Glenn W. Poshard, Ph.D. & Jo Poshard J. N. Pritzker Dorothy J. Ramp Kurt C. & Ruth A. Reid David F. Rendleman, MD & Mary G. Rendleman Beverly Reynolds Jayne E. & John D. Simmons Glen Smart Allegra Fuller Snyder Donald E. Starzyk Deb & Eric Suder Christi & Greg B. Thompson Charles S. Wilson & Margaret A. Wilson, MD

Estate Gift Paying Dividends For Morris Library longstanding relationship with Open Court Publishing, through the Carus family in LaSalle-Peru, continues to have a significant impact at SIU Carbondale.

One of the initial academic presses in the country, Open Court, which has offices in Chicago and LaSalle, was originally founded in 1887 by Edward Hegeler, who hired Paul Carus as editor-in-chief.

Open Court’s initial quest was to provide a forum to discuss philosophy, science and religion.

The Carus family’s relationship with SIU dates back to the 1960s. Alwin C. Carus, the youngest son of Paul and Mary Carus, became familiar with Morris Library through Paul Schilpp, a philosophy professor at SIU, who knew the family. Carus subsequently met other SIU administrators and faculty, and was convinced that Open Court’s archives would benefit from being stored and cared for at SIU. The documents feature topics of the family’s diverse interests through multiple generations including philosophy, science, religion, engineering and mathematics.

Carus, who died in 2004 at the age of 103, had arranged for Morris Library to be one of the beneficiaries of his estate. The Library began to immediately receive payments from the Alwin C. Carus Irrevocable Mineral Trust, and will continue to do so for the next 13 years.

“Our great uncle believed in persons over institutions.

Our great uncle’s bequests to

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Alwin Carus, pictured at his ranch in North Dakota, was a man with a variety of interests according to those who knew him well.

“Alwin and I had common interests and became good friends,” says Koch, who retired in 2005. “Alwin was an intriguing man with a variety of interests. He was aware of our needs and helped Special Collections significantly.”

Pam Hackbart-Dean, director of Special Collections Research Center, says the trust has generated funds allowing the library to address the Carus family’s wishes.

“We are developing outreach programs with various academic disciplines on campus and K-12 schools in the community,” Hackbart-Dean says. “People can utilize the collection to conduct their own research. We’re excited about the opportunities it presents our library and the university.”

all institutions, academic or otherwise, were made on this basis,” says Win Carus, Alwin’s great nephew. “It was because of David Koch M.A. ’63 (former faculty member and associate dean at SIU) personally and his numerous meetings with our great uncle that the Open Court and Hegeler-Carus archival materials came to Morris Library. He was confident that the materials would be made available to the larger world in useful forms.”

Win says his great uncle viewed Koch as a skilled archivist who would “do the right thing” with the materials.

Koch, who served SIU for 35 years and assumed the leadership role at Special Collections in 1980, recalls establishing a close relationship with Carus.

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Hackbart-Dean says Morris Library has hired a full-time staff member and graduate assistant, whose duties are devoted to caring for the collection. The Library will continue enhancing outreach programs, which includes a K-12 plan to get young people interested in philosophy.

“We have the resources to promote the collection and coordinate efforts with various disciplines that were important to Mr. Carus,” she says. “Travel scholarships are also available so students can come from anywhere in the world to do research in such a rich collection. People come here to conduct their research because SIU has the one of the best American philosophy collections in the country.”

Businesses Alwin C. Carus Irrevocable Mineral Trust Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund The Boeing Company Canon U.S.A., Inc. Caterpillar Foundation Caterpillar, Inc. Centre for Neuro Skills Daryl W. & Ella L. Reid Trust Dorothy J. Ramp Revocable Trust General Motors Corporation Health Improvement Foundation I.B.E.W. Local Union No. 702 Isringhausen Imports Marion Subaru MD Designs by Metal Decor Memorial Medical Center Foundation Mitsubishi Motors of North America Montgomery County Cancer Association Orthopaedic Institute of Southern Illinois Peabody Energy Corporation Peoples National Bank Poshard Foundation for Abused Children PotashCorp Printers Row Fine and Rare Books Ray Knake Consulting Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc. Roger M. & Velda P. Smith Trust Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd, LLC Southern Illinois G.I. Specialists, LLC Southern Illinois Healthcare St. John's Hospital The Suder Foundation Synopsys, Inc. Valent U.S.A.

Innovators $10,000 to $24,999 Individuals David F. Anderson Chris & Patricia L. Auffenberg Jane M. & Ralph E. Becker Bryan E. & Eva J. Black Marilyn A. Black Richard W. & Brigitte A. Blaudow Frank F. Bleyer Lori K. & Robert C. Bleyer Carolyn D. & Stephen J. Boyd Brenda K. & John S. Brewster Frances Brown Thomas E. Buchheit Raymond C. & Myrrl H. Burroughs Merry L. Byerly Joe Campbell Susan E. Carr, MD & Dennis P. Carr Ramona M. & James A. Chamness Estate of Esther L. Cheatle Aveniel A. & John T. Cherry Charles W. Clark Estate of Virginia F. Clark Cathy A. & Michael N. Coad Juanita & Leon Cook Linda R. Cook Thomas M. Corpora & Mary Kay Moore G. David & Kelley R. Delaney Sherry L. Denny

Rick E. & Gale E. Winningham Harry D. & Susan J. Wirth Darlene S. Lutchka, MD & M. Aaron Workman, MD James W. & Laura Wright Jayne A. & Jerry Wright Elvin G. Zook, MD & Sharon K. Zook

Kathy J. & Bruce A. Doerr Arthur S. Duffy Ronald G. & Helen H. Dunn Gerald K. & Laura F. Eader Kay L. & Ronald R. Eckiss Larry Elgart Jeffrey H. & Kelly S. Emme David K. & Patricia B. Fombelle Kristi L. Fombelle Robert Fombelle John M. & Karyn K. Forbes Thomas W. Franks Nancy K. & Randall J. Fricke Phyllis A. & Robert J. Geary Todd A. & Wendy Goodman Robert E. Gulledge, Jr. & Sherry Gulledge Barbara J. Blacklock & John C. Ham Louis C. & Marilyn S. Harding Joan C. Harris & Roy K. Harris, Jr. Monica V. & William F. Hartmann Delney N. & Andrew G. Hilen Mark A. Hinrichs Allen Hurt, MD Carol H. Johnson Janet K. Jones & Larry R. Jones, MD Patsy S. & Richard C. Jones Ann C. & Fotios D. Karayiannis Haley & James G. Karayiannis David G. Karraker Keith & FloAnn Klukis Daniel G. Korte & Laurie K. Landgraf Jeffrey M. & Angela M. Kottkamp Wilma L. Lampman George G. & Patricia Loukas Dale R. & Jean A. Martin David W. & Karen G. Maschhoff Kenneth D. & Julie Maschhoff The Honorable Donald F. McHenry Harvey N. & Collie C. Michaels Michael & Tedra L. Miller Paul E. Miner, Sr. & Karen S. Miner Barbara A. & Christopher A. Mitchell James R. & Leslie Morgan Carolyn S. & Robert L. Morgan Charles E. Neal, MD Mark R. Newman Judi K. & John O'Steen Todd J. Patton Darwin R. Payne M. Hal Pearlman, MD & Susan F. Pearlman, Ph.D. Michael R. & Patty Peters N. Regina Rabinovich, MD, MPH & Franco M. Piazza, MD, MPH Susan W. & Jeffrey M. Rashid Doris L. & Dennis E. Rathjen Michelle M. & Paul J. Schafer Gail A. & L. Dean Short Lisa G. & Samuel J. Short Jane W. & Ronald R. Stockton Bobby Don & Francis Sullenger Donald K. Surgeon Dana A. & William G. Talley Roger B. & Sally A. Tedrick Evelyn M. Thomas Larry Townsend, Ph.D. & Judy C. Drolet Mark L. Ward Romona W. Ward Ronald L. Ward Greg Weeks Harvey Welch, Jr. & Patricia K. Welch, Ph.D. Eileen & H. Wesley Wilkins

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Trilogy Futures, LLC Vogler Motor Company, Inc. Ward Auto Group Weeks Chevrolet GMC Buick Wright Do-It Center

Advocates

Businesses

$5,000 to $9,999

710 Book Store ADCO Technology Solutions, LLC AISIN Manufacturing Illinois, LLC American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Arnold's Market, Inc. Aviation Interviews, LLC The Bank of Carbondale Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation BRiC Partnership, LLC Calico Country Sewing Center Celia M. Howard Fellowship Fund Chamness Brothers Charles Koch Foundation Chrysler Group, LLC Coad Chevrolet-Olds-Cadillac, Inc. Cook Sales, Inc. Country Financial CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois Custom Tours & Travel, Inc. Deloitte Foundation Eunice Zoole Foundation FDC Foundation Forbes Financial Group, LLC Fox's Cleaners & Uniforms Franks, LLC George A. Bates Memorial Foundation The Great Boars of Fire The GROWMARK Foundation Hino Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc. Illinois Broadcasters Foundation John & Judi O'Steen Family Foundation John T. Cherry Foundation, Inc. KPMG Foundation Learfield Communications, Inc. Lomalex Business Enterprises Makiguchi Foundation for Education Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Marion Toyota Scion, Inc. Mary Teubner Memorial Open The Maschhoffs, LLC MED-EL Medical Electronics Memorial Medical Center Moore/Corpora Private Foundation Natalie Goebel Memorial Poker Run Nissan North America, Inc. Not In Good Taste, Inc. Old National Bancorp Old National Bank OMSLife Foundation, Inc. Pheasant Hollow Winery, Inc. Pinch Penny Pub & Copper Dragon River Radio, LLC Robert L. Morgan Builder, Inc. Robert R. McCormick Foundation Ron Ward Chevrolet Short Enterprises, Inc. Sierra Bravo Contractors, LLC SIU Alumni Association SIU Credit Union Thirteen RF, Inc. Timberline Fisheries Corporation Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

Individuals Judy A. Baine Kevin D. & Lyn G. Bame Harold R. Bardo, Jr. & Lana G. Bardo Donald L. Beggs, Ph.D. & Shirley A. Beggs Bill C. Bleyer & Dorothy R. Bleyer, Ph.D. Joseph A. & Stacey L. Bleyer Rachel J. & Robert M. Bodziak Sarah E. Bond, Ph.D. & Jason P. Bond Sean T. & Karyn D. Boston Glen A. Brandt Kristie & Rick C. Brandt Leo J. Brown, II & Norma M. Brown Teresa H. & Tony L. Burdin William J. & Tonia Burke Jonathan W. Burton, DMD & Suzanne R. Burton James L. & Anita A. Bush Matthew C. & Stephanie J. Camarato Michael C. & Nancy B. Carr Alison A. & Steve A. Carter Michael & Sylvia A. Chalem Han Lin & Juh Wah Chen Dinakaran Chidambaram Redmond R. Clark Jacqueline R. Mueller & Scott Coffman George H. Cook, Jr. & Pamela J. Cook Lavida Cruse Dennon W. Davis, MD & Alicia J. Davis Margaret A. & Jeffrey M. Diederich Carolyn F. Donow, Ph.D. & Herbert S. Donow, Ph.D. Brian N. Dorris Douglas N. & Michelle L. Dorris Emma J. Durr & Michael R. Durr, DMD Edward F. Eigenrauch Lawrence A. & Merinda J. Eisenhauer James T. & Karrie S. Ewers Rachel G. Fischoff & Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. Bruce E. & Janet B. Fohr Hazen L. Folse & J. Roland Folse, MD Yong Q. Gao & Kui Zhang Joseph J. Gareis, Jr. & Kathryn J. Simonds Brad & Susan Gesell Stephen D. & Cheryl A. Goepfert Samuel Goldman, Ph.D. Robert L. Gordon, Jr., MD & Kimberly R. Gordon Mark D. Greatting, MD & Starlin A. Haydon-Greatting Russell L. Halbrook Jeanette M. & John E. Halldorson John S. Haller, Jr. & Robin M. Haller Yvonne P. Hammonds Verna C. Hannah Amber B. Hanson & Homer H. Hanson, MD Thomas L. Hanson Nicholas F. & Karen A. Harkovich Kathy Harrison James L. Hayes James R. Hayes

Charles Helleny Dr. Roger D. Herrin, DPM & Cathy J. Ehrhardt Robert H. & Linda K. Howerton Lane Blume-Hudgins & Joseph Hudgins, DDS Joan Huffman William N. Huffman Diane C. & Larry G. Hughes Richard C. & Pamela L. Hughes Kenneth J. & Jacqueline M. Hull Dorothy A. Ittner Richard L. Jantz Carl A. Jennings, Ph.D. & Janet S. Jennings Melissa J. Jensen & Robert A. Jensen, Ph.D. Kimberly G. & Mark A. Kelly George C. Kenney Jerry L. & Kathy King Margaret J. Knapp, MD & Richard L. Knapp Patty L. & Victor S. Koenig Rodney E. Kroenlein Melinda A. & Alfred B. LaBarre Vincent R. & LaDonna S. Luckey Leo K. Ludwig, Jr., MD & Jennifer A. Ludwig Alice Travers & Robert A. Marks Corene M. & Matthew J. Mavigliano Clinton D. & Debra V. McDonnough F. Lynn & Susan F. McPheeters Christoph E. & Edith M. Micha L. Sherwood Minckler, II & Joan Minckler Roger J. Missavage A. Ben & Cyndy Mitchell Diana B. & Alan W. Moreland Beth A. & Daniel T. Mueller Ronald A. Naversen, Ph.D. Dorisann L. & Stanley E. Newby Michael A. Niesel & Heather J. Flowers-Niesel John T. & Lora Lee Nugent Michael V. & Nancy L. Oshel C. Blane & Julie A. Osman Jerri L. & Matthew C. Painter Barbara & Walter Parkes Bernard G. & Norma L. Patterson Linda S. Patton David R. & Ronda L. Payne Willie Pearson, Jr. & Cheryl B. Leggon, Ph.D. Tod J. Policandriotes Charles E. & Erika Priester Sujatha Rao, MD James A. Rea, DMD & Valrey L. Rea Kevin W. Reimer Donald W. Reis, Sr. & Mary A. Reis Katrina P. & Paul A. Renzaglia Judy G. Reynolds James W. Riley, Jr. & Michaele Riley K. Thomas Robbins, MD & Gayle E. Woodson, MD Barrett R. & Marilyn L. Rochman John L. Roseberry Charles G. Russell, Ph.D. & Marlene T. Russell John C. Ryan & Marsha G. Ryan, MD Paul A. & Laura A. Sforza George V. & Diane M. Sheffer Melodi L. & Marshall A. Sheffer Jamieson G. & Lynn K. Shotts Patricia J. Simon

Midwest Charity Horse Show Association Millard Management, LLC Murdale True Value, Inc. National Philanthropic Trust Orthopedic Center of Illinois Oshel Law, P.C. Paul & Karen Miner Revocable Trust PCS Administration (USA), Inc. Poli Sci Technologies Precision Machine & Tool of Southern Illinois Red Letter Communications, Inc. The Roberts Group, Inc. Schramm-Bacher Jewelers SDCC Properties Manager, LLC Shell Oil Company Foundation, Inc. The Southern Illinoisan State Farm Companies Foundation Sujatha Rao, MD, P.C. The Tawani Charitable Foundation, Inc. Verizon Foundation Verizon Wireless Vic Koenig Chevrolet W. J. Burke Electric Company Walker's Bluff, LLC

James E. & Angela B. Simpson Andrea R. & Robert J. Siracusano Ronald L. & Christine B. Smith Howard M. & Karri I. Spiegel Beverly A. Stitt, Ph.D. & Thomas R. Stitt, Ph.D. Stephen W. & Tabitha A. Stone Raymond E. Stotler & Barbara J. Crandall-Stotler Nobuyuki Tanaka, Ph.D. George W. & Susanne M. Taylor Jitendra K. & Nivedita Trivedi Francis H. Tsung, MD & Julie A. Tsung Charles H. Vaught, Jr. & Janet M. Vaught Laurel A. Wendt Donald W. & LaLeeta J. Wilson Catherine K. Hart & Christopher E. Wottowa, MD David A. Yepsen

Businesses AISIN Light Metals, LLC Alto Vineyards, Ltd. Ameren Corporation Charitable Trust Anchor Boat Club Auffenberg Chrysler of Herrin Auffenberg of Carbondale B & L Photo Bank of America Foundation Bank of Springfield Blacklock Financial Strategies Group of Wells Fargo Advisors Blue Sky Vineyards, LLC Brandt Consolidated, Inc. Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund Burroughs Wellcome Fund Capitol Radio Group Carl A. Jennings Rev. Trust Cars, Inc. Cedarhurst Center for the Arts Chase Away OMS Foundation Cubby Bear Lounge, Ltd. Cummins Engine Company, Inc. David F. Anderson State Farm Insurance DMH Medical Staff Dow Chemical Co. Foundation Dr. Roger D. Herrin East Side Lumberyard Supply Co., Inc. Ernst & Young Foundation Eye Care Specialists, LLC F-W-S Countertops General Motors, LLC George N. Mitchell Drilling Co., Inc. Growing Media Hillshire Brands Holz Tool Supply, Inc. Howerton, Dorris & Stone Hughes Law Firm Ike Honda Illinois Tool Works Foundation James A. Rea, DMD Jim Hayes, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Kelly Insurance Agency, Inc. Kemper CPA Group Koerner Distributor, Inc. KWR Oil Legence Bank Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. LLS Trucking, Inc. Medicap Pharmacy Mid West Family Broadcasting

Benefactors $2,500 to $4,999 Individuals Laurie A. Achenbach Mark R. Alexander D. Gordon Allan, MD & Natalie G. Allan Rolf A. Anderson Dwayne O. Andreas Michael D. & Sally W. Andreas Philip M. Anton & Julie A. Partridge Dale A. Arnold Larry D. Bailey & Loleta Thomas-Bailey Phyllis A. & David L. Bandy LaDonna Green Bates & William E. Bates, C.L.U. Vicki L. Beadle & Virgil A. Beadle, Jr. Kenneth W. Bean Dean A. Beck, Jr. & Karen M. Beck Christine A. Bennett & Jeffrey I. Bennett, MD Dale H. Besterfield, Ph.D. & Gloria A. Besterfield Randal Bird Jim & Patricia Black Dale W. Blaise, MD & Kelli J. Blaise Joann E. & K. Rockne Bleyer Steve A. & Toni Bleyer Jeffrey A. & Barbara L. Boehler Gayla R. & William F. Borgognoni Ronald S. Borok Sandra W. Borowiecki & Tomasz W. Borowiecki, MD Ellen M. & Richard W. Bradley Linda C. & William Kent Brandon Mark C. & Toni L. Brines Mark A. Brittingham & Kathleen L. Pine Mary L. & Peter B. Brown Jacqueline N. Buck, Ph.D. & Terence D. Buck Cynthia L. & James D. Bunch Patrick J. Butler, MD & Tari A. Butler Joseph P. Castrejon & Angelique J. Kuehl Thomas F. Catania

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Christopher B. Chambers, MD & Sarah S. Fowler, MD Cynthia M. Mill & Robert G. Chambers Rita H. & Thomas K. Cheng Brad Cole David A. & Jennifer Condon Clarence C. & Donna M. Copping Susan C. & John W. Corker David L. Curl & Margaret A. Rennels, MD Betty B. & Donald R. Darling Cindy L. Davidsmeyer & Mary Mayes Paul & Sara Davidsmeyer Cynthia L. & Dion C. DeLude George H. & Judy A. Dillinger Todd A. & Martha O. Dinkelman John K. Dobbins Byron A. & Rita O'Leary Dodd James N. Duke & Sally J. Carter William E. Eaton Toni S. Eggemeyer Donald E. Elmore & Patricia B. Elmore, Ph.D. Cheryl Endres John O. Faloon, Jr. & Shawn Faloon Carolyn B. Ferdinand Patricia Fewell Kathleen B. Fralish, Ph.D. Paul S. Franczyk & Heather C. Paquette Anne E. & Robert W. Frueh Christopher J. & Ronda D. Gaertner Mary M. & Philip Garcia Judith L. & Robert L. Garrison Mark J. Garwin, JD & Sylvia F. Garwin, MD Haitham Gasim Cindy & Philip S. Gatton David L. & Elizabeth Gibbar Holly A. Leitch & Frederick D. Gillespie Bill G. & A. Lou Gooch Ray & Sharon Goodman Laura K. Grandy Priscilla L. & J. D. Gray Eugene E. & Pamela E. Green Terry J. & Jane E. Grewe Russell A. & Wendy A. Gruber Kim & Scott Gundry Mrs. John Guyon Laura L. Harbaugh Robert A. Harper John E. & Ruth A. Hawkins James A. Haworth Anne M. Hill Conrad C. & Nelda W. Hinckley Angela & Barry D. Hinson Caryl & Henry Holz Bill & Judy M. Hopkins Jeffrey L. Horrell Jerry C. Hostetler, Ph.D. & Sandra J. Hostetler Frank G. Houdek & Susan E. Tulis Xinyan Huang, MD, Ph.D. Kenneth R. & Marsha L. Hughes Candis S. Isberner, Ph.D. & Fred R. Isberner, Ph.D. Nancy W. Jackson & John S. Jackson, III Mary E. Janello William P. Jansons & Maureen Doheny Carol H. & Kenneth R. Jenkins Angela G. & Larry W. Johnson Kathy Jones Peter J. Joslyn Marvin K. & Melanie K. Kaiser

Estate of Norman C. Kaiser Patricia K. & Anastasios D. Karayiannis Jill E. & Michael W. Kasser Keith P. Keller Charles E. Ketring Barbara & The Honorable E. Dan Kimmel Donald W. Kloth, Ph.D. & Linda S. Kloth Darwin S. Koch Ronda M. Koch Gregory D. & Barbara L. Kraus Barbara G. & Morton P. Levine Howard Y. Lo Timothy J. Loughran, DDS George E. Marifian Kurt R. Martin, MD & Lori J. Martin Patrick B. Mathis Lawrence C. Matten, Ph.D. M. Dereth Maxey Kay E. & Scott A. McClatchey Teresa L. & Terry P. McElwee William J. & Gail G. McGraw Paula Melton Annette Messina & Joseph A. Messina, III Fred M. & Nancy L. Moehle Beth L. & Trent A. Mohlenbrock Connie L. & Robert A. Morgan Charles L. & Maureen C. Murphy Ronald Myrick Helen Tenney Naumer Gerald Nehr Sue Burroughs & David A. NewMyer, Ph.D. Roxanna B. Nicholes William J. Niehoff Linda E. North & Thomas H. North, III M. Slade & Annick O'Keefe Earl F. & Paula A. O'Malley Mark F. & Elizabeth R. Olson Zachary T. Ouart Alicia M. & Scott J. Pate Robert L. Paulson John S. Phelps, DDS & Karol Z. Phelps G. Keith Phoenix & Virginia Herrmann Melody C. Pierce, Ph.D. Peter J. Pirmann, DMD & Rebecca M. Pirmann Richard P. Pisoni Michael D. & Rita J. Podolsky John T. Pohlmann, Ph.D. & Mary M. Pohlmann, MD, Ph.D. Michael J. Porcaro & Joanne M. Costin Diane L. Regan & Dennis R. Poshard James R. Pugh Jean E. & Robert Pulliam Janice A. & Robert C. Radtke Arnold E. & Paula Ramage Donald W. Reis, Jr. Michael R. Reis Carolyn L. & Jacob G. Rendleman John S. Rendleman, III & Andrea E. Rendleman Sharon R. Resch, Ph.D. & John C. Resch Gordon K. Rhine, DVM & Sue E. Rhine Kevin J. Richter Jonathan Ries Gail B. & Andrew G. Robinson Gary A. Robinson & Michelle J. Suarez Charles W. Roe, DDS & Mary M. Roe David M. & Mary K. Rosenhauer James M. & Judith G. Rossiter Lauren M. Rowley Scott A. & Kristen L. Salmon Kurt S. Schroeder

City of Sainte Genevieve Cruising for Kids Cancer The Curl Law Firm P.L.C. Dr. Evelyn J. Rex Trust E. T. Simonds Construction Co. Eggemeyer Associates Architects, Inc. Element 79 Partners, LLC Etcetera Flowers, Fine Gifts & Gourmet, LLC Farm Credit Services of Illinois The First Bank & Trust Co. FMR Associates, Inc. Follett Corporation Friends of Autism Golf Committee The Furniture King Garwin Family Foundation Golden Eagle Distributing, LLC The Golden Needle, Inc. Greenridge Landscaping, Inc. Harbaugh's Cafe Honeywell International Charity Matching IAA Foundation The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation Illinois Farm Bureau Illinois Women's Golf Assn.

Iowa Health System JE Dunn Construction Company King Employment and Training L & L Borok Foundation Language Services, LLC Larry G. Hughes, LTD. Leslie P. Williams, CPA Mackie's Pizza, Inc. Marlie Agency, LLC Marsha G. Ryan, M.D., J.D., Ltd. Mathis, Marifian, & Richter, Ltd. National Association of Flight Instructors Neighborhood Co-Op Network For Good Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation Peter C. Rapp Charitable Trust Peter J. Pirmann, DMD, P.C. Pioneer Natural Resources Pisoni Properties Rend Lake Beverages, Inc. Roman Cultural Society of Central Illinois - Special Events Saluki Baseball Alumni Sandberg, Phoenix & Von Gontard, P.C. Schwab Charitable Fund Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation Silkworm, Inc. SIU HealthCare Smith/Stocks-Smith Education & Economic Development Foundation Society for Neuroscience Sound Core Music, Inc. Southeast Missouri State University Southern Illinois Baseball Group Southern Illinois OB-GYN Associates, S.C. Southern Recycling Center Saint Louis Symphony The Tedrick Group Timothy J. Loughran, DDS, P.C. Toomey Enterprises, Inc. Town Square Market Tru-Bilt Farm & Commercial Building Co.

Mark S. Schuver Rick & Diane Schwab Frank G. & Mary F. Schwartz Andrew A. Sharp Kathleen C. Ginther & Edward H. Shay Sherry D. Simmons, MD Edward T. & Margaret R. Simonds Katy Simonds James E. & Marcia B. Sinnott Lawrence J. Smith, MD & Sheila Stocks-Smith Frank L. & Mary F. Snider Christy W. & Matthew S. Solverson Albert & Leyla Somit Dale & Pat Stearns Louise R. & Mark J. Stegman Regina A. Kovach, MD & David E. Steward, MD Kevin J. Stine Donald J. & Mary H. Stucky Duane & Sue E. Stucky Diane & Donald C. Summerlin Martha K. & Raymond W. Swift Phillip K. Sylvester Deborah L. & Gary I. Thomas Allison E. Joseph & Jon Charles Tribble Donald R. & Laurie F. Trowbridge Michael P. Trude Michael L. & Michelle Tucker G. Robert & Joan G. Tyler Elaine M. Vitello, Ph.D. Scott A. Waltemate, DC Thomas B. & Elaine L. Waltrip Laura A. Helsel & John J. Warwick Bradley S. & Lori A. Weiss Joseph M. Weresch, MD David P. & Sandra C. Werlich Bonnie C. & Stephen J. Wheeler Barbara J. & Bradley K. Williams Leslie P. Williams Michael R. Williamson, MD & Susan L. Williamson, MD Sheryl C. Winschel Jennifer R. & Timothy M. Wolfe Jane & John P. Womick Estate of Norma Augustine Wylie Karen M. & Rick C. Wysocki Bradley Z. & Julie Zara Michael J. & Karen S. Zelten

Businesses A & K Specialty Contractors, Inc. Adobe Systems Incorporated Advanced Micro Devices Aloha Dental, LLC Alzheimer's Support Group of Morgan County Andreas Foundation Arthur Agency, Inc. Aspen Court Apartments Associated Pathologists, Ltd. The Bernard and Naomi L. Podolsky Charitable Trust Big Dog, LLC Blue Funeral Homes, LLC Boeing Gift Matching Program BrandMuscle Cachet Club Carbondale Main Street Carle Foundation Carolyn L. Rendleman Trust Central Hospital for Animals Central Illinois Community Blood Center Changing Seasons Landscape Center Co.

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University Mall Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Wabash Valley Service Co. Waltemate Wellness Center Wolf Creek Quarter Horse Ranch Womick Law Firm, Chartered WSIL-TV3 Zara's Collision Center, Inc.

Sponsors $1,000 to $2,499 Individuals Kristie A. & Michael S. Abba Ben A. Absher Charles W. & D. J. Adams Katherine L. Sermersheim, Ph.D. & Nancy J. Aguinaga Alan L. & Joan Ahr Jason J. Aleman, DMD Sarah Jane & William A. Alexander James Smith & C. Anne Winston Allen Regina L. & Ricky T. Allen Dawn M. & Mark A. Amos Cris J. Anderson, MD Herb Anderson Connie & Larry Anderson Marcia A. Anderson, Ph.D. John R. & Marilyn J. Annable Jerry M. Antonini, MD Alysia A. Armstrong Edgar C. & Joan Ashley Michael J. & Tuesday L. Ashner Lynn F. & Bruce L. Attig C. R. & Mary A. Ayers Leonid V. Azaroff & Beth Sulzer-Azaroff Jake & Jennine E. Baggott Robert J. Bahr, Jr. & Rotha A. Bahr Steven G. Bailey & Karen F. Goodhope, MD Dorothy W. & John H. Baker Brooke N. Ballard, MD & Christopher E. Ballard Elizabeth A. Banycky & Harry Banycky, II Richard D. & Rosemary T. Barrett Robert L. Barrick Julie A. Beck Robert E. Beck Catherine A. & Dale M. Becker Bryan L. & Robin Bell Allan G. Bennett, MD & Barbara B. Bennett John R. Bennett, MD & Renee L. Bennett Robert A. & Shirley Z. Benyas Michael S. & Phyllis W. Bergant Gregory R. Bever Dorothy B. Beyler Janet B. & Edward L. Bilderback Roger D. & Leigh A. Billingsley Everett A. & Kathleen M. Blackwell James E. & Vicki S. Blair Monte R. & Jeanie Blue Alice A. Bluhm & William J. Bluhm, Ph.D. Michael R. & Pamella M. Blumhorst Darl L. & Janet S. Bollman Michael W. & Nancy S. Bond Peter B. & Mary E. Bondioli James T. & Kathy K. Booziotis Rebecca S. Borowitz & Greg Borowitz, Jr.

Rendleman Scholarship Supports SIU Pre-Med Students cess in agricultural busit has been more than ness; Amy, a registered 66 years since David nurse, who earned her Rendleman ’51 entered nursing degree at SIU Southern Illinois University Carbondale Edwardsville, and as a pre-med student.

Laurie, a dermatologist And his fondness for the in Lexington, Ky., who University has never received a medical wavered. degree from SIU The Anna native, Carbondale in 1995. who practiced medicine David, who graduatfor 31 years in ed from the University of Carbondale and served Illinois in 1954, served close to 40 years in the two years in the Navy medical field, enrolled at and completed his resiSIU Carbondale in dency at Presbyterian 1947. Shortly afterward, Hospital in Chicago in legendary SIU President 1961. He met Mary, a Delyte Morris assumed Vandalia native, as he the reigns at the was graduating from University. medical school and she “I benefitted from was completing nursing some outstanding David and Mary Rendleman are continuing their commitment to make a dif- training. They lived in ference in the lives of SIU students. instructors in the preChicago, where David med program,” the SIU spent four years in surgiAlumni Association life cal training. While they member says. “And Delyte Williamson, Alexander, or “We have received nice enjoyed what Chicago had to notes from recipients of the Morris was the perfect man Pulaski Counties – with a offer, they chose to return to scholarship,” Mary says. to serve as president because desire to study pre-med at SIU. southern Illinois to raise their “They tell us that attaining he was a great ambassador “Anna is the primary focus children. their education wouldn’t have because I received a wonderand representative for our The couple has been marbeen possible without this ful education there during the University. It was a great ried for 59 years. award. That does make us 1930s. It was during the experience to attend SIU dur“We’ve had some wonderfeel good because it’s the reaDepression. but we had good ing that period of time, with ful years here in Carbondale. It son we continue to support teachers which prepared and the University and City of is a great place to raise a family SIU in this fashion.” enabled me to get into and we love it here,” Mary says.

Carbondale springing to life.”

The Rendleman family Southern, and subsequently, David concurs.

Rendleman, and his wife, has a longstanding relationmed school,” David says. “In Mary, want students to contin“It’s been a great life for us ship with SIU. David’s broththe event we don’t receive an ue to enjoy such experiences. and Carbondale is a wonderer, John, studied pre-law at applicant from Anna pursuing The couple recently conful town,” he says. “The SIU Carbondale before serva pre-med degree, we are tributed $100,000 to the David University has always been a ing as its legal counsel, and F. and Mary G. Rendleman Pre- more than willing to honor a driving economic engine of later serving as Chancellor at student from one of the surMed Scholarship that they this region. As a result, we SIU Edwardsville. SIU has rounding counties.” originally established in 2010. have met some fine people. been responsible for the eduThe Rendlemans are comThe award is presented annuThere are many cultural mitted to making a difference cation of the Rendlemans’ ally to an incoming freshman advantages here and we are three daughters – Jill, who in the lives of SIU students. who is a graduate of Annabig Saluki sports fans. received her master’s from And in the process, they Jonesboro High School - or “Southern Illinois has SIU Carbondale in 1979 and admit it has been a gratifying another neighboring southern been a satisfying place for us has proceeded to attain sucexperience.

Illinois high school in Union, to live.”

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Judy A. & Raymond D. Bothwell Sally H. Brackney Robert M. Braddock Don G. Brady, Ph.D. & Jerrie A. Brady Dean B. & Mary L. Brandenburg Kay M. Brechtelsbauer Betty L. Brennan Gregory J. & Lianne E. Brewer Thomas C. Britton & Molly S. Edwards-Britton Gregory A. & Harjinder M. Broeking Charlie B. & Colleen Brown Chelcee D. & Lance P. Brown Michael A. & Rebecca L. Brown Scott E. Brown & Marlene Knell Brown James R. & Rhonda S. Brumitt Daphene Brush John J. Buckley, Jr. & Sarah A. Buckley Edward M. & Janice L. Buerger Robert H. & Sarah Bunn Wallace S. & Wanda S. Burman David W. & Cassandra L. Burnett Phoebe M. & Richard G. Bursua Betty R. & Kenneth V. Buzbee Barbara E. Cady & Brian T. Cady, MD Fred J. & Patricia L. Calcaterra Debra E. & Thomas E. Caliper Keith L. & Teresa L. Camarato Charles R. & Janice A. Campbell Cookie & Dean B. Campbell Richard L. & Karen J. Campbell Robert F. Campbell Teri Lea Campbell Gerald M. & Jane L. Carney Carol A. & David F. Carpenter Marc Carter Mary S. Chaklos, Ph.D. & Richard J. Chaklos Brian C. & Leslie A. Chapman Bradford E. & Julie A. Choate David E. Christensen, Ph.D. Mark R. Christofersen, MD & Bette B. Christofersen Tracy L. Claeys Betty G. Cleeland Christine M. Lucas, MD & Richard W. Clough, Ph.D. Michael W. Collard, Ph.D. Edward T. & Susan Collins Beverly A. & Hubert J. Collins Deon & Georgia Colp Ellen R. & Richard W. Conley Erik J. Constance, MD Lee Ann & Paul L. Conti Reggie A. & Lori A. Cook Morris D. Cooper, Sr. & Virginia H. Cooper David L. & Helen D. Coracy Anna & William Coracy William C. & Rosemary J. Cornell Carol A. & H. Wayne Corzine Lawrence C. Cotton Bryce L. & Janet K. Cramer Jean E. & William J. Crampon Jane D. Creek & Jefferson L. Creek, Ph.D. Ronald F. & Mary M. Cresto Martha Cropper Chauncey Cross, DDS & Patricia D. Cross Bruce Cumming Barbara J. & John P. Cunningham Robin L. & Richard L. Cunningham Leslie B. & Stanley P. Curtis

Charline D. Ashwell & Dewey W. Gibson Patricia G. & J. P. Gilbert James T. Gildersleeve Evelyn I. & Richard W. Gillespie William S. Gilmore, MD & Petra E. Gilmore Diane & Robert B. Glezen Bonnie & Tommy Glisson Christopher W. & Courtney J. Goble Diane M. & Jeffrey A. Goffinet Frank R. & Jacqueline D. Graham Gary P. & Olga Grammer Virginia L. & Ronald D. Gregory Donald L. Griffin, MD & Vicki J. Griffin Diann D. & James S. Gross Rajinder M. Gulati, MD & Roopa Gulati John E. Gunter, Ph.D. & Deborah G. Gunter Melinda J. & Matthew W. Guthman Dolores D. Gwaltney & Thomas M. Gwaltney, Jr., Ph.D. Debra Y. & Rodney J. Hale William P. Halford Lila M. Hall Robert M. Hall Charles T. Halterman Edward A. & Monica Hamilton James D. & Jan E. Hamilton Mary A. Hamilton & William R. Hamilton, MD Kenneth D. & Geraldine M. Harre Paul A. Harre, Ph.D. & Catherine H. Harre W. Edward Harriss, MD & Bonita B. Harriss J. Patrick Hart Gary G. & Karen A. Hartlieb Theodore F. Harvey, Ph.D. & Mattie J. Harvey Steven R. & Susan E. Hawkins John S. & Maureen P. Heakin James W. & Sheila K. Hedger Anders & Gerd I. Hedman Joseph L. & Nancy M. Heimann Steven J. & Margie Hemmer Pamela S. & Kenneth L. Henderson Kathleen D. & Thomas C. Henderson Adrianne D. & William Henderson Nan K. Hendrickson Carol A. Henry & Paul Henry, Ph.D. Karen Bedwell Herhahn Julia J. Herrick & Thomas B. Herrick, MD Joyce S. Hesketh Eve M. & Thomas D. Hexamer Michael Higgins Rebecca E. & Thomas R. Highland William C. & Mary Ellen Hill Raymond S. Hofman Ethel S. & Richard L. Holladay Thomas E. & Lisa A. Holloway James R. Hooker & Therese M. Trainor Carolyn J. & John W. Hooker Stephen B. & Loretta L. Hopkins Sheh Mei Hores Bruce W. & Marilyn Horrell Bradley Housewright Stephen J. Howe Roger W. Huner, II & Carolyn M. Huner Christina & Philip Hunziker William L. Hutton Ellen Eder Irish & Bruce D. Irish

James C. & Michelle Dailey Bob D. & Nina D. Dallas John R. & Reona J. Daly Patrick D. Daly & Kara L. Jones-Daly Andrew S. & Erin E. Davidson David M. Davis & Jay Fields Denise L. Davis, MD Alan J. Deckard, MD & Michelle M. Deckard William J. Dederick Larry R. & Mary C. DeJarnett Robert E. & Patricia G. Dennis Carol & Richard U. DeSchutter Gregory J. Dillard & Renee D. Ferrell-Dillard Don R. & Pamela K. Dixon Sarah I. & Max C. Doerr Matthew D. Dollins, MD & Julie J. Lund, MD Kevin Dorsey, MD, Ph.D. & Linda F. Dorsey Thomas J. Dorst & Connie Poole John C. & Kay R. Dosier Robert L. & Betty A. Doty Larry A. & Sylvia J. Drake Leo J. Driscoll, Jr. John M. Dunn, Ed.D. & Linda T. Dunn Mark E. Dyslin & Cheryl A. Engelmann Samuel T. Edwards William F. Eichfeld Saadiq F. El-Amin, III & Wendi W. El-Amin, MD Earline M. Elkins Paul E. Elledge & Leasha J. Overturf Charles R. & Michelle L. Ellett W. R. & Vickilyn Elliott Edwina S. Elwell & Jeffery S. Elwell, Ph.D. Carol J. Eovaldi & George A. Eovaldi, Jr. John L. & Linda J. Eyth Bruce E. & Lea Ann Fager Nancy L. & Dennis A. Fager Steven J. & Jolene Falat John C. Farrell Elwanda D. & William A. Fenwick David D. & Ellen M. Ferguson Douglas F. & Teresa Fix Gloria G. Farha Flentje & Jack Focht Britten N. Follett Glenn V. Follis Estate of William Oliver Forbes Michael L. & Sue E. Foster Amber J. Barnhart, MD & Stuart Frank, MD Lucille A. & Rudolf A. Frasca John D. & Karlene Fraser Mary Luh Fraunfelter Todd R. Freeman & Brenda J. Henderson Beverly M. & Douglas A. Fritz Lee M. Fronabarger Helmuth H. Fuchs Beverly A. & Harry J. Gallatin J. C. & Carol J. Garavalia Thomas W. Gardiner & Linda A. Toth, DVM Gayla A. & John P. Gardner Diana L. & William M. Gasa Barbara A. Marder-Gately & Charles M. Gately Michael A. & Kelly Gellinger Charles N. & Mona G. Geyer Leo A. & Nancy Gher

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Lance D. Jack Evelyn W. Jackson, Ph.D. & Michael R. Jackson, Ph.D. Shahrokh Jahanshir & Lavena M. Morgan-Jahanshir, MD William M. & Mary A. Janes Floyd C. Jerkins, Jr. & Jane E. Jerkins Karen E. & David C. Johnson Carole D. & Joe E. Johnson Anne Kelso & Kenneth W. Johnson Kathleen M. Johnson, MD & Leslie E. Johnson, MD Deborah G. & Randy Johnson Bernard I. & Jane E. Jones Hope F. Jones, MD & Jeffrey N. Jones, MD Richard W. Joslin Christopher J. & Stacey L. Julian-Fralish Kiran R. Kareti, MD & Leah N. Kareti Allan L. & Darla S. Karnes Diane L. Keirn Janice H. Kelly Parker Kemp Derek G. Kenneaster, MD Marsha J. Kent Elizabeth F. Kepuraitis F. Dale Budslick Kim & Alan H. Kim, Ph.D. Mary A. & Philip M. Kimmel Walter E. King & Carole J. Ogata-King Gary R. & Mary E. Kinsel Christina L. Kinsman Charlotte J. & Robert L. Kiriakos Kevin G. & Sandra E. Klaine Marvin D. Kleinau, Ph.D. & Marion L. Kleinau Charles D. & Colleen M. Klescewski Jim Klos David R. Knox Edward J. Kohler, Jr. Jacqueline J. & James D. Koonce Dennis J. & Patricia A. Kortkamp Carol A. Burns & Steven E. Kraft John A. & Frances H. Krecek Patricia A. Chalmers & Evan Kroeker Gilbert H. & Jean E. Kroening Karen E. Broquet, MD & Gregory N. Krutsinger J. C. & T. M. Kuo Frank S. & Julia M. Ladner John J. & Elsa I. Lambert David M. Lane, DVM & Kathy J. Lane Carl E. Langenhop John L. Larsen Judy & Hubert M. Lattan Harald Lausen, DO & Jackie Lausen, DC David R. & Karla J. Lee Melissa M. Kolb & Dwight E. Lee, Jr. Hila M. & Joe J. Leenerts Gary L. & Lynn G. LeFevre George & Maria A. Leka Charles W. Leonard, Ph.D. & Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Ph.D. Jeanne Lerch Barbara T. Lesar James H. & May Siang L. Lesar Daniel J. Lewis Helmut Liedloff, Ph.D. Lynn Andersen & Phillip Lindberg Richard W. & Ruby E. Lingle Ralph A. & Virginia R. Litherland James P. & Jane E. Locascio

University Honors Program Students Inspired By Former SIU President former SIU Carbondale president is supporting the University’s initiative to recruit and retain high achieving students.

Albert Somit served as SIU Carbondale President from 1980-1987, a role that is known as the Chancellor today. The Chicago native established the Albert & Leyla Somit University Honors Endowed Scholarship at SIU. An award is presented to four undergraduate students annually in SIU’s Honors Program, a University-wide undergraduate program for top academic achievers.

“I wanted to do someAlbert Somit says it is essential for the University Honors Program to thing useful for SIU,” Somit receive private funding to attract premier students to SIU. says. “I am delighted by the scholarships, it would have Ekklesia Network in quality of students the been much more difficult to Carbondale. “I appreciate Dr. University is attracting and complete my undergraduate Somit saying how proud he is impressed by their achievedegree in a timely manner,” she of my work today, and how ments.” says. “I am grateful to have privileged he was to invest in Somit, now 94 and living in received the Somit Scholarship. my academic life. A student’s California, says it’s essential for It has helped me achieve the highest potential is unleashed the Honors Program to continue success that I enjoy today.” when someone supports and receiving private funding to That same impact is being believes in them. It was a gift to attract premier students who felt by current Somit Scholars. receive that from Dr. Somit.” enhance the institution’s profile.

Bridget Munoz, a senior majorPulley says that gift validatHe says giving back in this fashing in rehabilitation services, ed his academic work and proion allows one to see the impact says Somit’s continued vested vided future motivation. being made on students. interest in SIU students is a “Individuals who had won “I have even had the opporsource of motivation for her. the award before me proceedtunity to meet some of the “It isn’t an easy task to meet ed on to further feats of sucscholarship recipients which is the demands of attaining a colcess that I had yet to even gratifying,” he says. “SIU’s honor lege degree. But it is inspiring imagine,” he says. “My name students are outstanding. It’s that people like Dr. Somit conbecoming a part of that legacy nice to know my gifts are being tinue to support students like opened my eyes to greater invested in quality individuals.” myself through this momenpossibilities.”

One of the recipients who tous journey,” Munoz says. “His One of those previous has been in touch with Somit is devotion to SIU students makes recipients, Amanda Mulch, Lucas Pulley, a 2011 mathematreceived the scholarship in purthis award even more meanics graduate, who says the suit of a microbiology degree ingful.” award was essential to his sucin 1999. Mulch, who proceeded Lori Merrill-Fink, director of cess as an undergraduate and to graduate from SIU’s medical the University Honors Program his endeavors beyond SIU. school in 2003 and practices in since 2006, says Somit’s support “It has been a real pleasure Herrin, appreciates the impact provides funding for activities to correspond with Dr. Somit the award has had on her life. that may not have been possirecently,” says Pulley, executive “Without the assistance of ble otherwise. “We are incredidirector of Southern Illinois

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bly grateful to Dr. Somit.

Private support can present our students with opportunities to present research at a conference or possibly study abroad,” she says.

Merrill-Fink says nearly 18,000 students have gone through the University Honors Program, which was initially established in 1951.

The Program has experienced significant growth in recent years, correlating with improved visibility and accessibility after moving its offices to Morris Library in 2009. UHP courses have been restructured to better serve a student’s goals, including a diploma track that provides a bridge to graduate school.

Other changes include honors housing on campus, a community service requirement for participants, and a call for proposals to faculty who wish to compete for an opportunity to teach honors students.

“The Honors Program has grown from 220 to 600 students during these last three years,” Merrill-Fink says. “It is more present in the University’s marketing and recruiting materials. Our motto is to learn, lead, and serve. We offer an experience that feels more like a private school – but at a state price.”

And Somit is pleased with the program’s progress.

“The quality of applications to a university is enhanced through a strong honors program,” he says. “I’m hopeful that the University continues to secure private funding for this worthwhile program.”

If you would like to join Dr. Albert Somit in supporting the University Honors Program, please visit: http://www.siuf.org/ priorities/honors-program/ and select a fund of your choice.

John R. & Lori D. Longueville Linda L. Lorenz Jacquelynn K. Lott Marjorie L. Brooks & James R. Lovvorn Paul E. & Melanie L. Lusk Judith G. & Robert E. Lyerla Martha J. & William A. Lyons Robert P. Mackey M. George & Janet S. Mandis Kathleen M. Manfredi & Pat A. Manfredi, Ph.D. Daniel R. Mann & Thomas J. Miller Salvatore J. Marino Jeffrey S. Marsh Anthony L. & Nancy Martin Cheryl Martin Marilynn S. & Robert W. Martin Janet M. & Neil A. Mathis Kenneth C. & Marcia F. Matthias David Mattingly Michael W. Maurizio & Sandra J. Maurizio, Ph.D. Larry E. & Rebecca A. Mayer Tom McAfoos Deborah A. McClallen, DVM & Gerald W. McClallen, DO Randall L. McClary, DDS & Sue C. McClary Pam McClelland Teresa J. & Whitney P. McCloud Richard T. McDaniel, DDS Patrick T. McDonald Mary K. & Thomas E. McGinnis Robert J. McGlinn, Ph.D. Brian P. & Dawn McGrath Michael R. & Millie McGrath Kristine B. & Patrick T. McGuire Deborah J. & Gary E. McKibben William P. McMinn Marcia L. Bullard & Thomas J. McNamara LaVern A. McNeese & Wesley G. McNeese, MD Patricia A. McNeil Keith M. McQuarrie Karla G. Mees, Ph.D. & Robert L. Mees, Ph.D. David J. Melby, Ph.D. & Elaine H. Melby Barry M. Melton Dale T. & Carrie Meyer Catherine M. & Timothy S. Mieldezis Gerard L. & Susan C. Miller John W. & Theresa L. Mills Rachel & Richard Mills Elaine M. & Mikell T. Miskell Barbara & Gary D. Misselhorn Ellis L. Mitchell Gabriel & Paulette Mitchell Kelly & Patrick L. Mitchell Carol J. & Samuel C. Mitchell April & Timothy W. Mitchell Dawn M. & John W. Moake Heidi M. & Mario L. Moccia Carolyn F. & Christian H. Moe, Ph.D. Joan Barenfanger, MD & Denis Moja Mary W. Molo, MD & Steven F. Molo Scott D. & Sharon M. Monson Anne E. Gaylord & Donald D. Monty Marguerite M. Moore, Ph.D. & Ralph G. Moore Tracie L. & Stacy N. Moore Donald R. & Sherry L. Morgan Gene & Tanna J. Morgan Susan K. & Richard E. Morris

Shawn D. & Stephen L. Povse Karen L. & Gary L. Powell Michael K. & Sharon S. Purcell Adaire & Mark W. Putnam C. David & Linda Quaglia Jane Hayes Rader Daniel J. Radison Nisha Rahman, MD & Ra'Kerry K. Rahman, MD Jan Rakinic, MD Paul G. & Susan A. Ramirez Ellen M. & Stephen W. Ramp Robert J. Ramsey David M. Randerson Vijayalakshmi Ayyagari & Krishnamurthy A. Rao Judith A. & Jeff L. Ray Craig R. & Roberta M. Reeves Susan S. & Walter R. Rehwaldt Daniel E. Reusch & Dianna L. Reusch, Ph.D. Sandra B. & Kenneth S. Rhoads Daryl A. & Julie A. Rhodes Don S. Rice, Ph.D. & Prudence M. Rice, Ph.D. Gilbert & Mary D. Richards Georgianna J. Richey & James K. Richey, DDS Edmund M. & Kandace D. Riddle Kyle R. & Susan R. Ridout Debbie Ringer Ray R. & Glenda F. Rippelmeyer Nathaliewyn F. Robbins Mark O. Roberts, Jr. & Sula M. Roberts Amanda A. Robertson & Ralph J. Robertson, Jr. Phyllis P. & Kyle Robeson Craig E. Robinson Michael A. & Valerie R. Rolla Ronald R. Romanelli, MD & M. T. Romanelli Michael W. & Cathy J. Rothe Richard O. Rouse, II & Betty J. Rouse Herbert K. Russell, Ph.D. & Thyra K. Russell, Ph.D. Michael F. & Paula S. Ryan Robert S. Ryan Lee Sanders Douglas A. & Rebecca L. Sarcia Debra A. & Paul D. Sarvela Chet R. & Rebekah A. Savage Elizabeth A. & Mark R. Scally Jan M. & Stephen Schauwecker Pamela Y. & Rolf R. Schilling Kathryn M. & Rodney E. Schimpf Charles E. & Nancy M. Schmidt Scott K. Schonewolf, DO Constance L. & Robert G. Schroeck Cynthia A. Scott Cora O. & Dean W. Sedlacek J. Scott & Kathleen M. Sensmeier Mary C. Sexton Marquita J. & William D. Sexton Melinda H. & Christopher S. Shafer Steven W. Shamo, MD & Bonnie L. Shamo Constance M. Shanahan, Ph.D. & Michael F. Shanahan Nathan Shapiro Mark L. & Elizabeth A. Sharf William L. & Linda R. Shea Pamela A. & Ronald T. Sheely Bobby G. & Carol T. Shepard Barbara A. & William L. Shepherd Linda J. & Thomas W. Shields

Janet L. & Mark Moyer August Mrozowski Douglas D. & Carmen M. Mueller Kristine M. & Lynwood K. Mueller Renee J. Mueller, MD & Michael E. Mueller Mary C. Mulcahy Michael C. & Debbie M. Munge Elisabeth A. & Donald E. Murphy Brenda J. & J. Hurley Myers Helen M. Nall & Frank C. Nall, II Grace L. Nanavati & Parashar J. Nanavati, MD Kathryn R. Neely Michael W. Neumeister, MD & Nadine C. Neumeister Kay S. Newell & Brent M. Newell, MD Augusta J. Saulys, MD & Mark Nickerson Peggy A. Nieds & Walter G. Nieds, Jr. Carl W. Nielsen, Jr. & Sara A. Nielsen Elizabeth A. Nietert Christopher H. & Michelle R. Noonan Judith L. Peters, MD, Ph.D. & Dennis H. Noonan Andrew Norman Martha J. & Roger D. Norman David A. Norton Ila J. O'Brien Gregory L. & Lori O'Hara Fritz A. O'Hare Marolyn W. O'Neil Ronald E. & Michelle A. Osman Steven T. Overstreet, DVM & Tracy J. Overstreet Debra L. Klamen, MD & Philip D. Pan, MD Gregory L. & Emily H. Parish Jack Parker Jeffrey D. Parks, MD & Sherrie L. Parks Tilden E. Parks Daniel R. Parmley, DDS & Patricia L. Parmley Rodney E. Parrish Melissa J. & Tim E. Parsons Gail B. & James H. Patterson John & Sharon R. Patterson Gina Paul Rachel V. & Steve L. Paul Connie J. Pavlovich & James J. Pavlovich, MD Michael Pawluk Elaine & Ray B. Payne Janice Burns & Steve Payne William D. Payne, MD & J'Amy Payne Pamela Martin-Pearson & John W. Pearson Julie Pena, MD J. Michael & Nikki L. Perschbacher Timothy L. & Victoria L. Peter Gregory N. & Laura A. Petrowich Diane T. & Reggie D. Petty Jerre C. & Nancy B. Pfaff Gayle & Scott A. Phelps Edwin D. Phillips, Jr. & Susie L. Phillips Janelle Phillips Jerry L. & Kay Lue Phillips Gayla Denney-Phillips & Keith Phillips Gary D. Polston Neil M. Ponder, MD John T. & Sheryll K. Popp Arlene L. & Kenneth R. Posner Myron T. Potter, MD & Rene M. Potter Eugenia T. Poulos, MD & John Poulos, MD

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Nagakazu Shimada, MD Frances M. Shiplett Greg Shivelbine Kathleen C. & Michael L. Shivelbine William S. Shivelbine Tiffanny H. Sievers, JD & Chris Sievers Vicki Simms Timothy L. & Lisa L. Sims Rupali Sinha & Sunil K. Sinha, MD Anthony E. & Amy M. Sloan Amy J. & Barry A. Smith Cynthia L. & Edward E. Smith Connie M. & John J. Smith Kenneth H. & Lana J. Smith Terri J. & Kent C. Smith Anna M. Burke & Lawrence E. Smith Kay F. Smith & Ronald E. Smith, Ph.D. Sean M. & Teresa L. Smoot Carolyn A. Snyder Susan G. & John F. Snyder Connie L. Solliday & Michael A. Solliday, Ph.D. Virginia M. Solverson Shipra S. Somani Annabel L. Sparks Gregory S. & Victoria L. Sprehe Debbie & John Staff Jeff D. Stearns Bernard J. Stecklein John M. Steele Michael C. Stein, Ph.D. Margaret D. & Mark E. Stenftenagel Travis U. Stepps & Kristina A. Therriault-Stepps Myron M. Sternstein, DDS Gregory C. & Lorianne Stettler Barbara A. Stevens Kelly E. & Mona L. Stevens Erin E. Stock, MD John H. & Judith A. Stoddard Andrew E. & Mary Stoker Andrew K. Stone Robert G. Streit, Jr. Jeremy L. Surprenant Katherine D. Swafford, MD Lee Ellen Holland Swayze, Ph.D. & James W. Swayze Lawrence F. Sykes Georganne P. Syler & William L. Syler, Jr. Mary E. & William A. Szelag Debra W. & Ruane P. Tanner Fred A. & Kathryn A. Taylor Nancy S. Taylor Laura Thacker Elinor R. Thaviu Thomas S. Thaviu M. F. & Philip V. Thorne Melissa K. Tiber Emily J. & Eugene F. Timpe Gloria O. & Michael P. Tison Robert H. Tock Peter P. & Susan E. Tong Donald S. Torry & Lisa M. O'Neill-Torry Bruce A. & Susan Townsend Mark R. & Patricia L. Townsend Judy Y. B. Travelstead & Will W. Travelstead, Ph.D. Billy G. & Elizabeth A. Tweedy L. Jean & Rayburn D. Vancil Andrew J. Varney, MD & Carol A. Varney J. M. & Jennifer A. Vaughan

SIU Students Thank Donors On Student Engagement And Philanthropy Day IU Carbondale students participated in a worldwide effort to enhance awareness of philanthropy of universities and colleges.

SIU joined 120 other educational institutions while participating in the inaugural Student Engagement and Philanthropy Day on Feb. 28, organized by CASE Affiliated Student Advancement Programs (ASAP). SIU’s Student Alumni Council (SAC)

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Tuesday Ashner, director of Student, College and Constituent Relations for the SIU Alumni Association.

“SACers were excited to participate in this worldwide initiative.”

Haley Shaw, a senior in advertising and SAC Signature Events Chair, says: “Once we spoke to our fellow students about the impact alumni and friends have at SIU, they realized how important it was to extend our appreciation.”

With a goal of 300 cards to be written during a threehour timeframe at the Student Center and Morris Library, students composed 100 “Thank You” cards at Morris Library in just one hour. The hashtag -#SIUgives - generated additional awareness on twitter.

“The Association appreciates the opportunity to collaborate with the Foundation in assisting students to thank

coordinated this initiative on the SIU campus, hosting tables at the Student Center and Morris Library. SAC members encouraged students to write “Thank You” cards, which the SIU Foundation subsequently mailed to alumni and friends who support the University’s annual fund.

“SAC members were trained to educate students on how they were impacted by donor contributions,” says

An SIU student writes a “Thank You” card to a University donor during Student Engagement and Philanthropy Day.

Marlene M. Verdun Steven J. Verhulst, Ph.D. & Bonnie Verhulst Jack & Rita Victor Dale H. & Sandra F. Vitt Jill Rendleman & Edwin W. Vogler, III Matthew R. Wadiak William J. & Judith A. Wagner Mimi R. Wallace & Julian C. Wallace, MD Jeffrey J. & Kenya M. Ware Ida N. & Robert E. Wargel Robert A. & Bonnie J. Warn John S. Washburn, Ed.D. & Sally J. Washburn Donna G. & Walter L. Wear Marita A. Weaver Roger L. & Ladonna M. Webb Donald E. & Mary A. Welge Robert B. Welker Roy Weshinskey

Randall A. Youngblood Chester R. & Diane M. Zara Christine G. Zeman Yujian Zhao & Chengxiu Zhou Robyn D. & William B. Ziegler Kenneth E. Zirkle

Charlotte West, Ph.D. Janice C. West Mark L. Westphal, MD John F. Wettaw Gail & Linda D. White Professor Wenona Y. Whitfield David E. & Maribeth I. Whitsell Timothy P. Wilkerson Darla D. & Joseph G. Wilks James R. & Pamela Williams Jeffrey A. & Roberta S. Williams Joseph L. Williams, MD Mary J. & Robert M. Williams Marvin L. & Carol L. Wilson William H. Wilson, Jr. & Yvonne L. Wilson William L. & Ronda Q. Wilson Susan C. & Todd A. Winters Philip S. & Diane H. Wolf A. R. & Jack W. Womick Kevin M. & Machelle J. Wright

Businesses 360 Architecture, Inc. A. Cumming & Sons Carpet, Inc. Aegon Transamerica Foundation Allstate Foundation Alpha Services, Inc. Ameren Corporation American Board of Funeral Service Education American Medical Systems Anderson Legislative Consulting, Ltd. Archer Daniels Midland Company Augie's Front Burner

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Students who wrote “Thank You” cards received a water bottle featuring the event hashtag - #SIUgives.

alumni and supporters for their generosity,” says SIU Alumni Association Executive Director Michelle Suarez ’85, M.S. ’04.

SAC plans to continue its participation in the program in 2014.

AXA Foundation B and A Travel Service, Ltd. Bank of America Betty L. Cleeland Trust Body Perfect, LLC Brandon, Schmidt, & Goffinet Budslick Counseling & Psychotherapy Services Cape Medical Weight Loss Carbondale Lions Club Carbondale Veneer Co., Inc. Caring Transitions Charlie B. Brown & Associates, Ltd. Cherry Insurance Services, Inc. Chet R. Zara Revocable Trust Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program The Chicago Community Foundation Christine Bressers Supplemental Needs Trust

Clarida & Ziegler Engineering Co. Coldwell Banker Prime Realty Com-Pac International, Inc. The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository, Inc. Connect SI Foundation, Inc. Covidien/Liebel Flarsheim Imaging Systems Cross Dental Crown Valley Winery, Brewery & Distillery Curry and Associates, LLC Dale Stearns Transport/Sales Daniel R. Parmley, DDS DDAD, LLC Deloitte Services, LP Delta Air Lines Foundation Delta Air Lines, Inc. Denise L. Davis, MD, LLC Design Gallery Douglas D. Mueller, CPA, LLC DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen Edgar C. Ashley Trust Family Drug Fat Patties FB McAfoos & Company First Southern Bank Follett Higher Education Group Fountainbleau of Cape Girardeau, Inc. Frasca International, Inc. G & R Property Management The Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc. Gemini Foundation George J. Priester Partnership Giganti & Giganti Grass Roots BMW Motorcyles Hale's Automotive, Inc. Having A Ball Productions, Inc. Hedman Vineyards HeplerBroom, LLC Herrin Drug Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP Holistic Psychiatry Holland Construction Services, Inc. House of Rentals, LLC Hu-Friedy Manufacturing, Inc. Hudgins Orthodontics IBM International Foundation Independent Charities of America Interzinc Iowa Motor Truck Association James K. Richey, DDS Jerkins Creative Consulting Jim Koonce Insurance Agency John H. & Judith A. Stoddard Trust Kerber, Eck & Braeckel, LLP Kiwanis Club of Carbondale Klos Jewelers Kyle Robeson & Phyllis Robeson Lakeside Veterinary Hospital Legion Riders 32 Lester & Edna Shapiro Family Foundation Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center The Machinery Haulers Association, Inc. Madison County Bar Association Maldaner's Restaurant Marathon Oil Company MEPAC Match Program Marine Bank Martha Cropper Lifetime Trust Mary Lou's Grill, Inc. Mary Luh Fraunfelter Revocable Trust

Maurizio, Campanella & Sharpe, Attorneys at Law Max Karpman Furs & Fashions Michael R. Durr, DMD, P.C. Micron Technology Foundation, Inc. Mid-America Emergency Physicians Miller Bros. Engraving Co., Inc. Misselhorn Insurance Agency, LLC Moller Family Foundation Morgan & Guthman, LLC Natural Health Organic Foods, Inc. Oak Ridge Assoc. Univ.

Orange Krush Foundation Orthopedic Center of Illinois Foundation, NFP Pacific Obstetrics & Gynecology, LLC Pagliai's Pizza of Carbondale, Inc. Parker Kemp Foundation Payne Service Center, Inc. Philip M. Kimmel Land Trust Popular Optical Effects, LLC PPG Industries Foundation Quatro Foods, Inc. Robert Bosch Corporation Rock Island Optimist Club Ronald E. Osman & Associates, Ltd. Saint Louis Science Center Foundation Sam C. Mitchell & Associates Sansloeuf, LLC Security Bank Shawnee Chapter of Colonial Dames XVII Century Shivelbine's Music Store, Inc. SI Elder Law Silicon Valley Community Foundation Skin Solutions Dermatology & Skin Cancer Surgery, P.C. Skinner, Copper & Ehmen Wealth Management, LLC SMC Performance Sony Pictures Entertainment Southern FS, Inc. Southern Gas Company Southern Illinois Rheumatology Southside Lumber, Inc. Springfield Luncheon Optimist Youth Account Staff Carpet & Vinyl The Stage Company, Inc. Standard Investment Company StarView Vineyards, Inc. Taylor Studios, Inc. Thomas and Elinor Thaviu Foundation Tison Financial Group, LLC TS Tech Americas, Inc. Tuthmvr, LLC Union Pacific Corporation United Way of Southern Illinois Universal Glass & Carpet, Inc. University of Illinois Foundation Venegoni Distributing, Inc. Wells Fargo Advisors Wells Fargo Foundation White & Borgognoni Architects, P.C. Williamson County Tourism Bureau WRMJ

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hese special individuals, businesses, and corporations express their support through annual gifts ranging from $500 to $999. Their contributions allow SIUC to grow even stronger as a teaching, research and service institution.

Individuals Jacob E. Abbott Thomas D. & Debra J. Abrahamson Peggy G. Adams Aldon M. Addington & Dona R. Bachman James D. & Lynne A. Adduci Jeffrey D. & Jennifer S. Adkins Carl P. Alexander Everett Y. & Janet M. Allen Alice M. Noble-Allgire & Richard L. Allgire Ashley M. Amin & Devin V. Amin, MD Mark E. Anderson, MD & Donna Shine-Anderson Jane Angelis, Ph.D. & Paul J. Angelis, Ph.D. David L. & Debbie P. Antognoli Dena N. Aouassou Bruce C. Appleby, Ph.D. Barry D. & Judith K. Arnold Stephen L. & Constance A. Ashe Terry E. & Susan P. Asher Tom G. Ashman David C. Ashworth Spencer C. Atkins Peggy A. Bagley James R. Bailey & Donna M. Wilson Joseph J. Baima, Jr., MD & Katherine E. Baima Janet W. Banerjee & Chandra M. Banerjee, Ph.D. Lisa Barr & Roland J. Barr, MD Christopher D. & Tammy J. Barrett William S. Barrett Linda M. & Russell F. Bartmes Teresa A. Basinger Helen & Larry Basler Donald D. Batts & Rachel J. Kinison Batts, Ph.D. Shirley Bearden Diane Beauchamp Clifford R. & Lorraine E. Behnken William E. Behrens, MD & Ann R. Behrens Eric W. & Tiffany Behrmann Carol J. & Ewing B. Belt Kelly S. Bender, Ph.D. & William J. Bender Emmet & Marilyn L. Bennett Ronald L. & Sharon K. Benton Paul D. & Debra Bergkoetter Nancy B. & Dwight A. Berryman David W. & Paula M. Biby Ray T. Birkenkamp, MD & Kristin Birkenkamp Barry W. Birnbaum, Ed.D. Roger E. Bishop, MD & Camille Bishop

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Andrew G. Bjornberg & Colleen Lawler-Bjornberg, MD Felix H. Blackburn Melissa L. & James R. Blair Anna L. & Sidney B. Blessing Michelle L. Boatright Benjamen C. & Tammy M. Boesdorfer Nancy J. Boettger Norma J. & Theodore A. Bookhout Peter E. Borkon William D. Borkon, MD & Deborah A. Borkon David R. & Marilyn S. Bouhl Cortney A. Boyd John C. Boyd, Jr. Corey S. Bradford, Sr. & Josette E. Bradford Cheryl G. Bradley & John G. Bradley, MD Gail M. & James E. Braeutigam Alan M. & Carol E. Brandenburg Chad A. & Charity A. Brandon Christina L. & Steven J. Brannan Erica N. & Michael J. Brenner Rebecca G. Brewer Betsy A. & Robert E. Brewer Scott E. & Julie Bridges Jeri J. Brooks Claudia B. Broom & William L. Broom, III Amy D. & Bobby D. Brothers J. A. & Janet S. Brown Joseph A. Brown Katharin L. & Phillip H. Brown Rachael M. Brown Steven E. Brown & Marilyn A. Kulavic-Brown Anthony J. & Karen A. Brunello Susan C. Visconage-Buerkens & Lyle R. Buerkens H. S. & Warren N. Buescher Brian B. & Cheryl C. Bunfill Michael D. & Susan P. Burke Bruce A. & June J. Burkey Timothy E. Burkhalter David P. Buser, MD & Jolene Y. Buser Robert C. Bussing, MD Aaron D. Byas, Sr. & Nora W. Byas James J. Cali Ann L. & Era E. Callahan Stacy R. Callahan Feng Cao, Ph.D. & Yuqiu Cheng, Ph.D. David W. Carle Douglas B. Carr Gary L. & Treva K. Carr Frank & Susanne Carta Richard J. & Debbie Cashmore Thomas J. & Jean E. Caulfield Janis M. Cellini Robert A. & Janet P. Chamberlin Peter M. Chametzky & Susan Felleman Jodi B. & L. K. Champion Nancy S. & William L. Chen John W. Cherry Myron M. & Patricia Cherry Richard L. Chu Marc L. Chyba Dianne T. & James C. Clark Jane L. Hodgkinson & Patrick F. Cleary Dick B. & Bonnie M. Clough Franklin A. Coble, DVM

Fralish Family Exhibits Longstanding Loyal Support Of SIU s someone who truly appreciates and embraces nature, it isn’t unusual to see Kathie Fralish Ph.D. 77 enjoying walks on the SIU campus she truly loves.

“The SIU campus is beautiful, and that can be attributed to Campus Lake and Thompson Woods to a great extent,” she says. “My visits to campus also remind me that maintaining that beauty isn’t inexpensive.”

Kathie, and her late husband, Jim, made a contribution to a project to restore Thompson Woods, an effort that spanned from 1996-1999.

It is indicative of the couple’s devotion to supporting various aspects of the University and Carbondale communities since moving from Wisconsin to Carbondale in 1969. The move was precipitated by a career opportunity for Jim, who joined SIU’s forestry department, where he taught and conducted research until his retirement in 1996.

In the meantime, Kathie, earned a doctorate in speech pathology and audiology from SIU, with a focus on people who experienced traumatic brain injuries or strokes that affected their ability to communicate. In 1977, with encouragement from SIU faculty members, she founded Center for Comprehensive Services (CCS) in Carbondale, which earned an international reputation as one of the premier state-of-the-art rehabilitation facilities for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and related disabilities.

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Kathie Fralish, pictured in front of the iconic Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland, with SIU students for a forestry class in Ireland last year.

The Fralishes quickly embraced the SIU and southern Illinois communities.

“There are many departments and units within the University that contribute significantly to the benefit of this region. Regardless of your area of interest, you can see SIU’s impact,” she says.

“We knew how important the University is to the area and people who live here, so we chose to support the University in ways that continue to benefit southern Illinois as a region.”

Kathie and Jim’s support spanned various aspects of the University. Saluki sports fans immediately upon their arrival to Carbondale, they purchased season tickets and supported facility enhancements for athletic programs, in addition to educational programming on WSIU radio and television. And through Jim’s devotion to students, they offered funding of pro-

fessional development opportunities.

“Jim’s greatest joy in teaching came from the close relationships he developed with his graduate students.

So it was important that these students receive the financial support of graduate assistantships,” she says.

“This presented them with freedom to pursue their research while assisting Jim, without having to pursue unrelated, part-time employment. Jim also encouraged his students to participate in meetings and conferences, often making presentations of their research. So upon Jim’s death, he ensured continued participation with a Forestry Student Travel Fund through the SIU Foundation.”

Although Kathie retired as President of CCS in 2000, she stays busy as a community volunteer. She is President of the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale, and represents

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the organization on a regional and national level. Kathie lauds SIU Carbondale Chancellor Rita Cheng and BGCC executive director Randy Osborn for a partnership that honors two Youth of the Year Scholarship winners who represent the state of Illinois and the Midwest Region, respectively. And she hopes others join her in supporting the University.

“SIU would not be able to provide the level of education necessary without individual and business support,” she says. “I believe that each of us has an obligation to offer whatever we can, in talent, time, and treasure, to give back to the communities we live in. It is simply the right thing to do.”

Kathie’s son, Chris Julian Fralish ’04, a staff member in SIU’s Counseling Center, and his wife, Stacey Julian-Fralish ’13, are both SIU alumni with master’s degrees in social work.

Michael R. Cochran, MD & Debra L. Cochran Channa L. & Travis J. Cockburn Harold G. Coe Lori D. & Marc L. Cohen Earl T. & Micah A. Colboth Philip Y. Coleman Sandra Colombo Curtis M. Conley David L. & Robin C. Cooper Carla E. Coppi Mark A. Costa Kimberly Coughlin & William Coughlin, MD Roger D. & Valerie L. Cox Jeffrey W. Cozzens, MD & Susan E. Cozzens Oyd J. & Annette F. Craddock Ronald E. & Deborah L. Cremeens Joseph J. & Michelle L. Crifasi Hugh E. Criswell, Ph.D. & Greta M. Lee, Ph.D. John D. Crouch, MD & Joan Lubar Angela E. & David R. Crow Molly A. & Kelly D. Cummins Laurie E. Cunnington, MD & Walter H. Cunnington, III, MD Julie Curry Kimberly L. & Michael F. Dahlen Frank V. & Martha A. Damiano Cindy L. Darnell & Richard H. Darnell, Jr. Diane C. Davis, Ph.D. & Robert L. Davis Barbara L. Day Steven J. DeAngeles, MD & Sallie DeAngeles Raymond Debarros Jane & Harris Deller Frank A. & Lydia DeMonsi Cynthia K. Derby Richard DeSart Becky E. & Joseph B. Dewees Fred J. DiDio, Jr. & Diane V. DiDio Ralph W. Dieckmann April Dill Mary Ellen & Neil L. Dillard Barbara B. & Phillip L. Dillow Kathleen R. & Armond A. Dinverno Bettye V. Doerr & William A. Doerr, Ph.D. R. Matthew Donkin Oliver H. & Candace K. Dorn Lucia S. & William A. Drennan John N. Earll Andrew G. & Janet M. Earnest Colette W. Edmisten Eric G. & Kathryn M. Egan Anna M. & Gary S. Eicholzer Maurice A. & Edith J. Eikleberry Bruce A. Eisenhauer, Jr. & Julie L. Eisenhauer George Elston, Jr. Fredrick M. Endres & Jeannette M. Endres, Ph.D. DuWayne C. Englert, Ph.D. Joan W. Erickson & Lawrence G. Erickson, Ph.D. Nancy E. & Steven P. Esling Paul A. Evans Kathleen G. Fahey Terrence J. & Sandy Farmer Sarah J. Ferry-Thompson

John R. & Linda C. Higgins John P. & Sharon Hileman Bennie H. Hill, Jr. & Lynda D. Hill John V. & Susie M. Hoffman Kenneth A. & Shelley L. Hoffman William J. & Ruth A. Hoffman Hana & Zachary Hoffman Joan C. & Lester W. Holcomb Kathryn L. Hollister William P. Holton Derek J. & Hayley A. Hood Frieda L. Hoover Robert E. & Dolores M. Howe John O. Hudgins, Jr. Catherine M. Field & Everett G. Hughes Barbara J. Hume Richard H. Hunter, Ph.D. & Sheri L. Hunter Charles N. Iknayan, MD & Nancy J. Iknayan Kevin W. Imhoff, DC J. Mike Irons, MD & Rebecca D. Irons Jeffrey K. & Angela L. Irvin David E. Jacobsen Walter B. Jaehnig Judith M. James, Ph.D. Travis D. Janssen Lawrence P. Jennings, MD & Evelyn Jennings Allan J. & Nola S. Jewell Juan A. Jimenez Brent C. Johnson, MD & Kathy A. Majcina, MD Dennis P. Johnson Dennis T. & Sharon H. Johnson Steven L. & Mary A. Johnson Steven A. Joliat & Annette L. Primrose William R. & Linda M. Jones Stephen K. & Joyce E. Jurgens Joseph S. Karmos, Ph.D. & Cheryl A. Presley, Ph.D. Roland R. E. Keim Gary R. & Elizabeth S. Keiser Timothy & Tracey Kelley Terry Kelly Walter C. & Mary E. Kelly Dane A. Kerley Thomas G. Keyser & Constance W. Lindsey Aziz U. Khan, MD & Tarfa Khan Allan J. Killion Susan T. Williams, MD & Jarret Kinder Carol A. King & David G. King, Ph.D. Eric A. & Linda L. King Nancy E. & Richard W. Klassen Leota L. Klingberg Perry A. Knop & Sheila J. Simon Judith P. Knox, MD & Todd W. Knox Ralph C. & Susan R. Komives Diane C. & John A. Koropchak Earl R. & Linda M. Kranawetter Kenneth L. Kraudel, MD & Sherrill L. Kraudel Patricia Krejcik James R. Kresca, MD & Karen S. Kresca Robert C. Krol Jerry E. Kruse, MD & Lois A. Kruse Michael J. Krywanio & Amanda J. Abbott Lea A. & Richard D. Kuehl Todd H. & Kathryn A. Kuethe

Richard J. Fiala Michael A. & Susan C. Fiello Anna B. & Homer L. Forby Joseph Fortney Linda L. Benz-Foskey & Samuel W. Foskey John K. & Janet E. Foster Roberta A. Elliott, Ph.D. & Timothy Francis Charles O. Frank Freemon & Margaret Fritsche Julie D. & Joel C. Fritzler Daniel L. & Sara A. Fultz Catherine N. Gaffigan, MD Todd P. Gallion, MD & Kathleen A. Gallion Carolyn A. & Robert C. Gallo Charles R. & Cynthia Garnati Danny L. & Keri J. Garrett Jerry R. & Cathy C. George Paul J. & Marilyn M. Georgy Katherine S. & Randall S. Germeraad Paul W. & Tamara L. Gerrard Edward Gershburg, Ph.D. & Svetlana Gershburg Robert D. & Tammy L. Gielow M. Frances Giles David L. Gobert, Ph.D. & Sandra S. Gobert Stephen R. Goetter, MD & Jacqueline Goetter Catherine M. & Phillip M. Gonet Connie S. & John M. Gosnell Judith K. & Roger G. Gray G. William Griffel, Jr. & Nancy E. Griffel Lynn E. Patton & Charles W. Gunnarson Terri E. & Thomas E. Gustafson Joseph R. Haake, MD Robert D. & Nancy B. Habbe Clarence E. & Marlene A. Habermann Kathryn & Richard W. Hacker Larry Hackethal Timothy W. Hahn Lloyd M. & Marcia B. Haims Casey A. & Deana L. Hale Dale B. & Karen H. Hales Betty L. Hamilton Margaret E. Hampleman Carrie A. Hancasky Danny A. & Pamela A. Harding Hunter R. & Laura J. Harrigan Catherine S. Harris & Kim S. Harris, Ph.D. James W. & Mary M. Hart Barbara J. & David E. Hartley Timothy Hasara Mickey V. Haslett Mary K. Hauck Karen V. Carlson & James R. Hawker Bonnie Heidinger & Roy C. Heidinger, Ph.D. Andre R. & Annelies E. Heijnen Colleen A. Heimstead Edward J. Helleny Mary K. & William F. Henning Joann P. & Edwin E. Hensley Rose M. Hergenrother Charlene Heskett Barbara E. & Patrick J. Hewson Richard H. & Susan L. Hiatt Alma L. & Herbert W. Hicks Margie A. Higgason

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Kathleen M. & Paul F. Kurgan Cyd & Robert LaBonte Raymond F. & Nancy J. Lambert David A. Lamont Eugene M. & Theresa Lang Daniel E. & Cynthia L. Larson Marianne R. & Stephen J. Lather Bettye L. Lauderdale Raymond Lawler Constance C. Lazaretti Chris Cook-Leitz & Richard Leitz, Ph.D. Bobbe S. & Joseph S. Lenzini George L. & Eleanor Y. Leung Daniel Lewis Leviten, MD & Joy S. Leviten Douglas P. Liberati & Teresa A. Liberati, DVM Thomas J. Liesz & Amy James-Liesz Jamie Holt & Joshua D. Lindvall Dylan R. Lipe Elaine & George F. Little Maynard N. Little Randall E. Little, MD & Beth A. Little William T. Livesay Ralph E. & Shelly Locher Mike & Nina K. Lofton Susan Logue Gail L. & John A. Lorenzini Diane & Larry C. Lovell Randall J. Lubbert Linda & Robert Lucas Wayne F. & Cheryl T. Machnich Dan R. MacLaughlin John C. Magdsick, MD & Michelle M. Magdsick Daniel C. & Abigail E. Mallon John L. Malone, Ph.D. Brent D. Marsden, MD & Nahid E. Marsden, MD Christopher P. Martin Mindy & Ricky Martin Thomas L. & Cheryl S. Martin Judith A. Martinko & John M. Martinko, Ph.D. F. C. Massa, MD & Laurie G. Massa, MD Melanie R. Mueth, MD & Manish Mathur, MD David E. & Marilyn S. Matthews Lana B. Maudlin Shirley W. Maurath Sara Mayo Bryan S. & Angela K. McArthy Suzanne H. McCafferty Penny L. McCarty & William D. McCarty, II Laura E. McCord Terri T. & William V. McGaughey Douglas J. McGrady, MD & Patricia A. McGrady Mary E. & Ronald J. McKay Jody E. & Michael A. McKelvy Glenn A. McKinstry Jennifer A. McNear, MD & Scott T. McNear, DO Dorothy & Harold Meehan Gregory R. & Linda C. Meredith Gary L. & Sarah M. Merideth Francis X. Michl, Jr. & Kimberly A. Michl Donald E. Middleton, Ph.D. & Carolyn Middleton Dorothea A. Bilder & James R. Middleton

Abe Martin Field Renovation Progresses Toward Goal ore than $1.9 million has been raised to help renovate one of SIU’s most historic sports landmarks.

Funds are being raised through gifts and pledges from former baseball players, alumni and friends to enhance Abe Martin Field on campus.

The total estimated project cost is $4.5 million dollars.

The renovation is a partnership between SIU and private donors with an affinity toward Saluki baseball. University leadership has pledged its support of the project by matching each dollar privately gifted

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gram to 738 victories, 10 NCAA Tournaments and three College World Series berths during his 21-year tenure. Abe Martin Field at Richard “Itchy” Jones Stadium will feature a new grandstand, press box and dugouts, in addition to stadium lights, a synthetic grass playing surface, and a security fence around the facility.

Also the clubhouse will be renamed to honor the late Dan Callahan, SIU’s head coach for 16 seasons, who is the second-winningest coach in team history.

“Obviously, this initiative

to the baseball facility project through an internal loan to Saluki Athletics.

This partnership has allowed the athletics department to significantly accelerate the project timeline, due for completion prior to the 2014 season. Chet Savage, Deputy Director of Saluki Athletics, says more than 200 gifts have been received in support of the project, 11 of which are more than $50,000.

The new stadium honors Saluki legend and former head coach Richard “Itchy” Jones ’61, M.S. ’66, who led the pro-

changes the face of Saluki baseball. We are maintaining the nuances and traditional features, but at the same time, upgrading amenities for our student-athletes and fans,” Savage says. “For instance, “The Hill” will continue to be a featured attraction. But we’re improving our seating and other aspects of the facility.

Additionally, it is important to have an artificial surface that could be in use 365 days a year.

“This improves SIU baseball from a recruiting standpoint. We’ll no longer be at a disadvantage in that respect.”

The Abe Martin Field Renovation project, an effort initiated by several loyal SIU baseball alumni, will enhance every aspect of the Saluki baseball team’s homefield.

James P. & Dorothy M. Miles James C. & Sarah F. Milford Carrie E. & Jeffrey L. Miller Thomas O. Miller, DVM & Marjorie A. Miller S. Burkett & Beverly L. Milner Gerald E. & Damaris S. Miltenberger Carl W. Mitchell Erin L. Foley & Robert S. Mocharnuk, MD Patricia S. Eckert & Jerome D. Molumby Jennifer S. Lee, MD & Brian E. Moore, MD Judith L. & Terry A. Moore William F. Moran, III & Christa Moran Beverly S. & Joseph Morber

Mary N. & Matthew J. Nielsen Amy L. & Zachary H. Niemann Patrick A. Noonan Brian K. Norman Gene S. & Pauline Norman Mary Lou & Michael P. Norrington Patsy L. & Robert L. Norris Holly A. Novak, MD Joseph L. Novak, MD & Adeline C. Novak Edgar J. Nowakowski & Janet C. Proctor Susan M. & Patrick J. O'Brien Arthur & Peggy O'Keefe Thomas K. Oates, Ph.D. & Gloria D. Oates James D. & Katherine Okon

Roger D. Morris Charles L. & Phyllis E. Murphy Thomas P. Murphy, DDS Richard D. Murray, Jr. & Yvonne M. Murray Daniel J. Nalin, MD & Ann E. Nalin Claudia E. Nelson Deborah J. Nelson Timothy R. & Jon A. Neubauer Lana Newboles Alva R. Norton-Nichols & George E. Nichols Howard L. & Janet L. Nickason Stacy O. Nicklow & John W. Nicklow, Ph.D. Barbara E. & Jon Nicoson Daotai Nie, MD, Ph.D. & Aiming Wang

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Morry A. Olenick, MD Felicia Olin Daniel V. Overturf John R. Owens, Jr. & Mary H. Owens Bert & Carolyn J. Ozburn Erin L. Palmer David R. & Sybil Parsons Jan T. Pasek Don E. & Karla M. Patton Richard L. Payne & Thomas R. Usselmann Twyla D. Adkisson-Peak & Bobby S. Peak Mark A. Pease Edward D. Pena & Deborah Alsante Brooke Peoples & John Peoples, Jr. Bob L. Perica, JD & Melissa Perica

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Double K Dairy Duffy & Associates, Inc. Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation Eugene M. Lang Foundation Exelon Matching Gifts Program for Education ExxonMobil Foundation Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Fit Club Food Mart Fraternal Order of Police Frieda L. Hoover Revocable Trust Gator Automotive, Inc. Gold's Gym H & H Drilling Company, Inc. Hampton Inn Carbondale Health Care Service Corporation Heartland Credit Union Hickory Ridge Golf Course Husch Blackwell, LLP IBM Employee Services Center Illini Bank Illinois Beef Association, Inc. Illinois CPA Society Illinois Education Association-NEA Illinois National Bank The Illinois Shakespeare Festival of ISU Illinois State Council International Brotherhood of Teamsters Irish Creek Farm JBT Corporation JDM Medical, Inc. Jefferson Jackson Club of Macon County, Inc. Jennifer S. Lee, MD Plastic Surgery Jewish Federation of So. IL, SE MO and W. KY Jos. A. Bank Clothier, Inc. Joseph Fortney Farm Kate B. Daniel Trust Lawler and Lawler, Attorneys at Law LDB Consulting, Inc. Leota L. Klingberg Trust Lila M. Hall Trust Lone Star Steakhouse Loumona June Petroff Trust Lutheran Senior Services Mackey Mitchell Architects, P.C. MacLean-Fogg Company Madison Community Foundation Maroa Library Quilters Mentors 4 Kids Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Midwest Planning Corp.

Monsanto Company Morgan Memorial Homes of Illinois, Inc. Nelson's Catering, Inc. Norman's Carpet One & Interiors Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation, Inc. Old Town Liquors, Inc. OM Consulting, Inc. Panther Creek Country Club, Inc. Pathology Associates of Central Illinois, Ltd. Payne, Gaertner & Associates, LLC The Perica Law Firm, P.C. Pettett Funeral Home, Ltd. Pistakee Bay Charitable Foundation The Piton Foundation

Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc. Pro Com Services of Illinois, Inc. Quality Weight Loss R. Joseph Tamimie, MD Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund Regency Reid Builders, LLC River City Construction RubinBrown, LLP SAI Valuations, LLC The Scholarship Foundation Searby Funeral Homes, Ltd. Sheldon Arts Foundation Simmons Stable SJD Innovative Care Southern Illinois Golf Outings Southern Illinois Irish Festival Springfield Electric Supply Co. Springfield Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. Springfield Vision Care Associates, Ltd. St. Louis Cardinals, LLC St. Louis Classical Guitar Society Staten Family and Cosmetic Dentistry, LLC Stephen R. Baldauff Funeral Home, Inc. Sutton Siding & Remodeling, Inc. Swafford Pediatrics Taylor Higgins Ellis Agency, Inc. Terry Farmer Photography, Inc. Texas Instruments Foundation Thomas A. & Sharon K. Ruder Foundation, Inc. Tickled Pink Boutique & Gift Travis Cockburn and Associates U.S. Marble & Granite United Way of Christian County United Way of South Central Illinois Van Winkle & Van Winkle Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program The Velvet Hammer, Ltd. Voss Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. Vs. Cancer Foundation The Wagner Foundation Wal-Mart Supercenter #3210 Wiley Office Furniture Winning Spirit Racing Camps Young's Security Systems, Inc.

Gale Y. Blakley, MD, MPH Frances Brown Robert C. Bussing, MD Lucy J. Cancienne Jessica N. Deitch Richard J. Durbin Katheryn J. Fifarek Richard H. Fifarek Mabel D. Foreman Kathy Harris Michael Harris Haley Hergenrother Barry D. Hinson Aimee J. Hosemann Gene H. Kelber Micah T. Kelber Sheryl A. Kelber Ronald G. Knowlton Matthew A. Kurgan Michael J. Lawrence Joel K. Lovelace Margaret Matthias Clinton D. McDonnough Peggy McGraw Milanesi Gail G. McGraw William J. McGraw Logan Norman Lucinda S. Oehmke Donald G. Orzeske Nancy H. Pei Lisa Phiffer Sergio Rabinovich, MD Dorothy J. Ramp Lily Rogers Amelia S. Russell Hugh J. Schwartzberg Joanne Schwartzberg Saralee Shapiro Sheldon Shapiro Ann M. Shepherd Benjamin A. Shepherd Sun K. Shin Tess V. Shubert Sheila J. Simon Leona Stern Milton Stern Barbara J. Wolf David A. Yepsen

PAUL & VIRGINIA SOCIETY

GIFTS IN HONOR

he Paul & Virginia Society recognizes those individuals who have included the Southern Illinois University Foundation in their will or have made a planned gift to the institution.

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he following persons were honored by others through a gift to the SIU Foundation.

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Planned gifts can be specified for a favorite college, department, or program, or can be unrestricted.

Howard W. Allen Carlos Anzelmo Michael D. Archer Imogene C. Beckemeyer Edward M. Benyas Harry Berger Karen J. Biggs

Please let us know if you have included us in your estate plans and allow us the opportunity to thank you by listing you as a member of the Paul & Virginia Society.

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Barbara A. Ahlers John S. Aleman, Jr. Peter C. Alexander, JD James Smith & C. Anne Winston Allen Erma Angevine Shirley B. Bailey Steven G. Bailey Lawrence L. Baker, Jr. Betty L. & Rex H. Ball Margaret J. Barr, Ph.D. Robert L. Barrick Kevin M. Barth Martin H. Bass David N. Bateman, Ph.D. Imogene C. Beckemeyer Ralph E. Becker Brent A. & Jeri Mullins Beggs H. L. Bellaver N. Lee Beneze Thea J. Berg Charles H. Bertram Marsha K. & Gary Bertrand Richard W. Best Barry W. Birnbaum, Ed.D. Richard W. Blaudow Lawrence J. Blecka, Ph.D. Leonard G. Boscarine & Linda M. Plein Ramsey Botterman Bessie Brewster John S. Brewster Edward M. & Janice L. Buerger C. Dennis Burd Raymond C. & Myrrl H. Burroughs Brent P. Buzbee Diane R. Calkins Virginia L. Capone Glenn R. Carlson Haline M. Carlton Anne Carman-Stevens William A. Carmody Ramona Caudillo James B. & Rosemary S. Childress Pamela B. Colesworthy Kelli E. Collins Linda J. Corder Mildred F. Corn Margaret A. Costello Jason P. Covington Jon S. Covington Jackie L. & R. Richard Cox George E. Cruft Walter H. Cunnington, Jr. Paulette Curkin Michael R. D'Addio Robert V. Davis Larry R. & Mary C. DeJarnett Timothy J. Dembski Robert H. Dickson, Jr. Ralph W. Dieckmann George H. & Judy A. Dillinger Carolyn F. Donow, Ph.D. & Herbert S. Donow, Ph.D. J. Nick Earll Leo A. & Lois M. Eason James P. Economos, DDS John C. Edgar Edwina S. Elwell & Jeffery S. Elwell, Ph.D. Paul J. Feeney Donna Feldman Shawn Ferguson-Putt

David S. Finley & Nancy J. Logan J. Thomas Fly, Sr. Barbara A. & Patrick J. Forkin Kim O. Fornero Patricia A. Frank Verl E. Free Helmuth H. Fuchs Virginia Furlong Lawrence J. & Kathleen O. Gage Marian George Robert L. Gergen Donald L. Gilleland Linda M. Gosse Gina M. & Frank T. Gramarosso Leland G. Hall Pamela G. Hall Robert H. Hamilton Sharon L. Gearhart-Hans & Gerald A. Hans Neil B. Hansen Amber B. Hanson & Homer H. Hanson, MD Thomas L. Hanson Robert B. Hardcastle Jane L. Hardy Ronald W. Hari Tommy J. Harris, Sr. Darrell W. & Georgia C. Harrison Bret A. Hartung Mickey V. Haslett James M. & Susan L. Hawkinson John S. Heakin Philip J. Hejtmanek Karen Bedwell Herhahn Lois T. Herr & William M. Herr, Ph.D. Nancy A. Herzog Kenneth R. Hetge Anne M. Hill Gary D. Hill William C. Hill Jane L. Hodgkinson Jeff W. Holder Shayne C. Hollandsworth Dorothy E. Holmes Louis P. Hoover Mary K. Houchin Charles F. Howe Stephen J. Howe William M. Hutton Candis S. Isberner, Ph.D. & Fred R. Isberner, Ph.D. Dorothy A. Ittner Britt A. & Marcus S. Jackson Larry G. James Carol H. Johnson Marvin K. & Melanie K. Kaiser Gregory J. Kamrow Elliot S. Kaye James R. Keene Thomas L. Kilpatrick, Ph.D. Robin B. King Edward J. Kionka Marvin D. Kleinau, Ph.D. & Marion L. Kleinau Linda S. Kloth Keith & FloAnn Klukis Sherry L. Knapp-Brown, Ph.D. Darlene & Mark D. Knott Stanley J. & Nancy A. Kopecky R. T. & Kris Kraus John A. Krecek Scott Kruger & Tracy M. Beck Kruger Stanlee J. Kucaba

Kenneth L. Schuttler Judy S. & Stephen L. Scott Evelyn G. & Thomas D. Seeley Barbara A. Shepherd Katy Simonds Ellen Sinclair Robert J. Siracusano Gus E. & Debra A. Smith Phyllis W. Smith, Ph.D. & Jack H. Smith Marita A. Smith Toni L. Smith Carolyn A. Snyder James Daniel Snyder Albert Somit Eugene J. Sparing Yvonne M. Spencer, JD Jacquelyn D. Spinner James W. Starbuck John M. “Jack� Steele Beth E. Steffen & W. P. Steffen, III Rebecca L. Stenhaug C. Richard Stockner Donald A. & Joanna G. Stork James R. H. Stumpf, USAF (Ret.) Beth Sulzer-Azaroff Thomas S. Thaviu Annette T. Thompson Martin B. & Patsy D. Tracy Judy Y. B. Travelstead & Will W. Travelstead, Ph.D. Doris S. Turner Billy G. Tweedy G. Robert & Joan G. Tyler Bryan C. & Toni G. Vagner John J. Vassen Mimi R. Wallace & Julian C. Wallace, MD Robert V. Walsh Marianne Webb Jill Wells Virginia White Douglas L. & Joanne B. Whitley Elena J. Williams Hugh R. Williams David B. Winsor Bonnie L. Wirfs, MD Lynette C. Wolff, Ph.D. Brent E. Wood Trevetta F. Wunderlin & Richard P. Wunderlin, Ph.D. Donna M. Yopp & John H. Yopp, Ph.D.

Ella M. Lacey, Ph.D. David L. Lacy John J. & Elsa I. Lambert Marian L. Lambert Carl E. Langenhop Marianne R. & Stephen J. Lather Elisabeth J. Leighty Jerry W. Leman Constance F. Leonard Robert J. Leonard Helmut Liedloff, Ph.D. John D. Lindner Jacquelynn K. Lott Barbra Luce-Turner Robert Luken Carl W. Lutes Yun Sun Ma Gregory P. Malopy Mr. & Mrs. David Marshaal H. Dan Martin Charles A. Marx, Jr. Shirley W. Maurath Winston S. McAdoo John J. McAleer Allan L. & Wanda A. McCabe F. Lynn & Susan F. McPheeters Gary L. & Sarah M. Merideth Martha F. Milcarek Jerome M. Mileur Karen S. Mitchell Linda L. Mitchell Donald S. Monroe Francis C. Moore Reta C. Moser Woody Mosgers Edward J. Murphy Michael C. Murray, Ph.D. Joyce M. Myers Stephen A. Nauman Jack R. & Robynn Nawrot Teresa L. Nix-Fincher Molly F. & William R. Norwood Ila J. O'Brien G. Jill O'Neal Richard L. O'Neal Kimberly A. Omelson Susan G. Patton Richard A. & Patricia W. Pautler Pamela K. & Philip M. Pfeffer Dianne L. Philibosian, Ph.D. Maria Piscator Jean E. Pulliam Mark F. Raeber Robert J. Ramsey Bill Recktenwald Daryl W. & Ella L. Reid Trust Carolyn Reinbold W. R. Rhine, Ph.D. Robert G. Richter Sheryl Rincker Linda Y. Rindt Judith M. Roales Phyllis P. Robeson Barrett R. Rochman Allan W. Rodgers, Ph.D. John L. Roseberry Kristine L. Rotter Charles G. Russell, Ph.D. Denise J. & T. J. Rutherford Cora S. & Gene D. Sams Vidya Sawhney Frances A. Schrader William A. Schroeder

In Remembrance Thelma L. Bobbitt Virginia F. Clark Joseph W. Elliott Elizabeth F. Goyak Martha L. Greenwood Robert C. Hardwick Mary Latta Marjorie E. Leason Wilma H. Ochs Susanne E. Patton Nedean G. Sparks Cornelia F. Wilber, Ph.D. Ina Belle Zimmerman

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MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES any companies across the nation matched gifts that were made by their employees to SIUC in fiscal year 2013. We value their continued support and take this opportunity to recognize their contributions.

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Adobe Systems Incorporated Advanced Micro Devices Aegon Transamerica Foundation Aetna Foundation, Inc. Allstate Foundation Ally Financial Ameren Corporation Charitable Trust Aon Foundation Apple Matching Gifts Program Aramark Corporation Archer Daniels Midland Company AT&T Foundation AXA Foundation BAE Systems Bank of America Foundation Bechtel Group Foundation Best Buy Children's Foundation BHP Billiton Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Boeing Gift Matching Program Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Cambia Health Foundation Caterpillar Foundation CenterPoint Energy Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program The Clorox Company Foundation Collegiate Church Corp.

ConocoPhillips Country Financial Covidien Deloitte Foundation Delta Air Lines Foundation Dow Chemical Co. Foundation Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation Emerson Ernst & Young Foundation Exelon Matching Gifts Program for Education ExxonMobil Foundation Factory Mutual Global Foundation Follett Corporation General Electric Foundation General Mills Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Google, Inc. Harris Foundation The Hartford Hillshire Brands Home Depot Foundation Hormel Foods Corporation IBM International Foundation Illinois Tool Works Foundation JBT Corporation John Deere Foundation

Johnson Controls Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation KPMG Foundation Laboratory Corporation of America Lincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc. MacLean-Fogg Company Macy's Foundation Madison County Bar Association Markel Service Corp.

Merck Company Foundation Micron Technology Foundation, Inc. Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Monsanto Company Motorola Solutions Foundation Murphy Oil Corporation The Northern Trust Company Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation, Inc. PCS Administration (USA), Inc. Peabody Energy Pella Rolscreen Foundation The Pfizer Foundation Pioneer Natural Resources The Piton Foundation Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc. The Proctor & Gamble Fund Quaker Chemical Corporation Raytheon Charitable Gift Fund Rockwell International Corp. Trust The Scholarship Foundation Shell Oil Company Foundation, Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment The Standard State Farm Companies Foundation Suncor Energy (USA), Inc. SunTrust Foundation Matching Gift Program Texas Instruments Foundation Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' Foundation Tyco Charitable Foundation Tyco Electronics United Technologies Vectren Foundation, Inc. Verizon Foundation VISA International W. K. Kellogg Foundation The Warranty Group, Inc. Wellington Management Company, LLP Wells Fargo Foundation The Williams Companies, Inc.

GIFTS IN MEMORY

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ach year, many contributors to the SIU Foundation remember a friend or loved one through a special gift.

During July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, gifts were made in memory of the individuals listed here.

Becky Bandy Billie L. Bandy Carl E. Bartlett Mary L. Bartlett

Fred J. Impastato Judith A. Jackson Robert W. Jackson Sam Janusweski Thomas B. Jefferson Dana Johnson Harold M. Kaplan Ilyne Karlin Wendell E. Keepper Marilyn J. Kennedy Maxine Kennedy Michael J. Kias James A. Kilker Susan L. King L. B. Kington Elaine F. Krumbein Barrett Krupa Duncan L. Lampman Dorothy J. Lane Donald W. Langa Wilma L. Lassiter Gladys Lawrence Mark Lawrence Walter L. Lawyer Samuel F. Lewis Frances E. Lindsay Lyndell C. Lindsay Imogene S. Lit Carol C. Lohman Betty R. Lorenz Richard A. Luttrell Dennis W. Lynch Mark L. Mahan Evelyn Mansfield Jesse A. Martin David L. Maxwell Shirley J. McGlinn Lydia A. McGraw Catherine F. McHugh Alvin Meier Edwin D. Mellon John A. Miller Stanley T. Miller Jane T. Minckler H. W. Moses, MD Richard H. Moy, MD Raymond C. Mulholland Andrew A. Muncy Cecelia H. Murphy Neva S. Neal-Mundstock Ronald O. Neff Cecelia B. O'Sadnick Cornelius O'Sadnick Evelyn D. Odunsi, MD Marion C. Olsson Phillip H. Olsson Yaakov L. Olswang Melba D. Orland Dorothy M. Osmoe William A. Oswald, Jr. Henry S. Paris James J. Petrongelli Felix Ponder, Jr. Betty J. Quick Wayne S. Ramp Quentin H. Reed, MD Robert Reynolds Dominic Riggio Ninfa Riggio Craig D. Robb, Sr. Richard A. Roberts E. E. Roland Thomas M. Roy, Sr.

Gloria D. Battles Bill Beaver James K. Becker Frank J. Bell Maureen Benton Roland W. Best Martin Billing Lora H. Boehler Laura M. Bolton Claire D. Borkon Eli L. Borkon, MD Robin J. Bothwell Americo F. Bressan Katlyn E. Brewer George C. Brown Herschel E. Brown Jay Brown Katharine A. Brzezinski-Stein Jan E. Bulthaus Jean M. Cadwell John E. Caldwell Daniel J. Callahan Mitchel A. Cancienne Rita M. Carr Jacquelyn A. Champlin Leslie Chase Alvina E. Christy Joseph H. Chu Joyce R. Cochran Betty L. Colwell Roy F. Conant Kathleen Cook Clara H. Cosgrove Cinda S. Coss Amy L. Cousin Timothy J. Davlin James M. Deckard Jewel V. DeWeese Margery M. Doyle Lee S. Drendel Russell R. Dutcher AliAkbar Falahi-Kharaghani Jose Figueroa Romaisa Firdose, MD Carol A. Floreth James L. Foreman Carol J. Gaede Marc S. Garavalia Edward M. Gillituk Gladys B. Gleason Martin H. Gold Patricia Goldsberry Brenda K. Gordon Jarod Gordon Henry Green Alisha D. Grissom Ruth E. Hahn Steven B. Hahn Helen Halliday Anna K. Halterman Shayne Hamm Charles N. Hammond Mary J. Hanes Hank Hannah John W. Hardy Virgil R. Harmon Joseph H. Harris Jean C. Hart John F. Hayward William E. Hergenrother William E. Higgason William N. Huffman Gail R. Hurrelbrink

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Angela B. Rubin Joanne G. Rubin Marion G. Rushing Donald F. Schnepp, II William L. Schwab Emma Schwandner Harlon L. Seats Thomas G. Secoy Sheila A. Seibert Emily Shaw Raymond J. Shea John Y. Simon Paul Simon Hubert C. Smith Joan Smith Rita B. Smith Courtney L. Spoor Floyd G. Staff William D. Staff Lisa A. Stauffer Doris M. Stegemerten James R. Stevenson Kenneth D. Stewart Patti Stofferahn Elizabeth P. Stuart Clara Subick Richard H. Suhs, MD Timothy L. Sullivan Katy Tannahill Marion W. Taylor Patrick A. Teubner Deiko Thevenot Kevin Thien Kyle Thien Marion R. Thompson Herbert C. Tieman Frank G. Trstensky Bonnie J. Van Meter Ed Vancil Emmy T. Vancil William E. Vandament Mary A. Vicari Jack Vollmer Margaret K. Volpe Rex L. Ward Steve Weiner Anna L. Wethington Gregory L. Williams Laura S. Wilson Muriel G. Wolfson Adele Wolpin Wendell D. Woolfolk Thomas O. Yeaman

Supporting Advancement Activities SIU Carbondale and the SIU Foundation retain six percent of all gifts to enhance philanthropic-related initiatives.

SIU FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Mary Kay Moore ’78, M.S. ‘81 Retired CEO & Co-Owner Center for Comprehensive Services Carbondale, IL

President-Elect Greg N. Cook President Cook Portable Warehouses Makanda, IL

Members John G. Benitez, M.D. ‘81 Academic Practice Managing Dir.,/Assoc. Prof.

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Tennessee Poison Center Nashville, TN John S. Brewster, J.D. ‘76 Partner Winters Brewster Crosby & Schafer LLC Herrin, IL Marcia L. Bullard ‘74 Retired CEO, Editor, President Gannett Company Washington, D.C. Rita Cheng Chancellor Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL Larry R. DeJarnett ’62, M.S. ‘63 Managing Director The LAMAR Group Palm Desert, CA

G. David Delaney, ‘83 Executive Vice President and COO PotashCorp Northbrook, IL

Willie Pearson, Jr., Ph.D. ‘84 Professor of Sociology Chr. School of History, Tech & Soc., Georgia Inst. of Technology Atlanta, GA

William F. Hartmann ‘79 Vice President Hilliard & Lyons, Inc. Anna, IL

Pamela K. Pfeffer ‘67 Community Leader Nashville, TN

Kenneth J. Hull ‘58 Retired Chairman and CEO Follett Corporation Downers Grove, IL

Glenn W. Poshard ’70, M.S.Ed. ’75, Ph.D. ‘84 President Southern Illinois University Murphysboro, IL

Marvin K. Kaiser ‘63 Retired Chief Administrative Officer Doe Run Company Mayfield, KY

Susan W. Rashid, ‘87 Chief Administrative Officer Element 79 Partners LLC Evanston, IL

Michael Kasser ‘78 Vice President, CFO, Treasurer Southern Illinois Healthcare Pomona, IL Camelle W. Logan ‘89 President and CEO Teaming Solutions Cordova, TN William R. Lymangood, Jr. ‘72 Executive Director & Wealth Advisor Morgan Stanley, Inc. Naperville, IL Donna Manering, ’74, M.S. ’78, Ph.D. ‘00 SIU Board of Trustees Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL F. Lynn McPheeters ‘64 Retired Vice President/CFO Caterpillar, Inc. Peoria, IL

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Marsha G. Ryan, J.D. ‘87 Physician, Surgeon, Professor of Law Murphysboro, IL Matthew S. Solverson ‘86 Director, Marketing & Business Development General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems Carbondale, IL Howard M. Spiegel ‘75 Account Manager Arrow Semi-Conductor Buffalo Grove, IL Roger B. Tedrick ‘70 Owner Tedrick Insurance Agency Mount Vernon, IL

Saluki Sports Football Salukis Tie For Second In MVC, Miss Playoffs IU made its final case for a playoff berth with a 31-9 road win over Indiana State in the regular-season finale, as the Salukis (7-5, 5-3 MVC) held the Sycamores to 55 yards of total offense – the fourth-lowest total allowed in school history.

The highlight of the game was the return of senior quarterback Kory Faulkner, who played for the first time after a month-long finger injury. He sparked the Saluki offense, playing with a glove to protect the splint on his injured finger. Faulkner completed 65 percent of his passes and threw for 131 yards, with fellow senior John Lantz his favorite target en route to catching eight

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receptions for 99 yards. Southern continued its road dominance and won eight of its last nine conference road games.

Despite winning three of its final four contests and finishing in a tie for second place in the conference, the Salukis were overlooked by the NCAA selection committee for the playoffs. Only two-time defending national champion North Dakota State and fellow conference squad South Dakota State secured bids from the MVC, tabbed by many as the toughest conference in the FCS (1-AA division).

SIU Head Coach Dale Lennon says he and his squad were disappointed to be

The Saluki football team ended the home season by shutting out Illinois State in the second half. SIU won three of its final four games to close the season strong.

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overlooked for post-season action.

“The toughest thing as a coach is when you break the news that we didn’t make it and see the looks on their faces,” he says. “The bottom line was we needed to win more games – I understand that.

That being said, the snub is disappointing since we play in a league where the competition is so tough. Early season polls had six teams ranked in the top 25.

When it came to the end of the season, there was no love for the Missouri Valley since the teams end up beating up one another.

“It came down to some missed opportunities,” he notes. “We had to win that close game against Youngstown, and losing at home against Missouri State was huge. If we win those there is no argument, and you don’t leave it up to the committee.”

Lennon says that even with the stiff schedule, his team had talent and the opportunity to succeed. Southern was indeed close to being an elite program, as losses included a one possession defeat at the University of Illinois, a double-overtime loss to second-ranked Eastern Illinois, and the aforementioned one-point loss to Youngstown State. Key wins came on the road, as the Salukis defeated top-ten ranked South Dakota State and the University of Northern Iowa.

Lennon says this year’s team was one of his favorites, and he looks forward to building on its success next season.

“We have a huge junior class, and that’s where the strength of our team is right now,” he points out. “This is a group to get excited about, as we do have several players coming back with extensive experience who are playmakers. I think what happened to us this season will serve as strong motivation going into the ■ offseason.”

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Saluki Sports Saluki Cross Country Men And Women Capture MVC Titles aluki runners earned two trophies after sweeping the MVC Championships at Drake University in November. It was the first time since 1989 that men and women from the same school swept the league cross country championships. It is also only the second time since 1987 that the same head coach won both titles.

The effort brought the 14th men’s MVC title in SIU history and the second championship in as many years for the squad and Head Coach Matt Sparks, who now owns five MVC men’s titles in his tenure at Southern. That total ties Bill Cornell for the most in school history and ties for the fourth-most in conference history. Including the women’s title, Sparks is now the winningest cross country coach in SIU history with six titles.

After posting five All-MVC runners in 2012, the Saluki men posted yet another solid performance with three all-conference runners and two more in the top-15 that narrowly missed out on the distinction – all contributing to a dominant 59point victory over second-place Loyola.

Zach Dahleen (fourth, 24:30.3), Nick Schrader (fifth, 24:31.3) and Oscar Medina (sixth, 24:35.4) all finished within five seconds of each other in the top-10.

“On the men’s side, it was great to repeat,” says Sparks. “Anytime you can win a conference title, that’s something you have to be excited about. It’s also good to send our seniors out on top.

Zach, Brian (Dixon) and T.J. Heffernan, have been exceptional in their time at SIU.” The Saluki women captured their first MVC title since 1992, and only their second championship ever in an exciting and competitive 5K race. Southern was down by eight points at midway point and made an impressive charge for the

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victory, besting pre-championship favorite Bradley by 20 points.

SIU placed three All-MVC runners on the women’s side. Kristen Levi (third, 17:30.3), Sadie Darnell (fourth, 17:33.4) and Kelley Gallagher (fifth, 17:41.6) each earned all-league honors.

“Track and field head coach Connie Price-Smith and I have been working toward this for the women for more than 12 years now, so this is extremely special,” Sparks notes. “It was a tight race, but we made a lot of strong moves over the last 2K to seal the win.”

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SIU Volleyball Gets To MVC Title Match he SIU volleyball team made it to the MVC Championships in late November before falling in three sets to Wichita State in the title match televised by Fox Sports Midwest. The Salukis fell by scores of 20-25, 17-25, and 18-25.

“We beat Wichita State before and felt great about the way we had been playing the last month,” says SIU head coach Justin Ingram. “Our expectation was to come in and win this thing.”

Jessica Whitehead and Alex Rivera were each named to the MVC All-Tournament team.

Southern concluded its season with an overall record of 20-13 and advanced to the MVC title match for the first time since 2002. The total also marked the first back-to-back 20-win season for the program since 1984 and 1985. The Salukis graduate three seniors and return 12 players to the 2014 team.

“Losing in the title match was tough, but when we look back on everything we accomplished this season we are really proud and have our heads high,” Ingram says.

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Saluki Sports Men’s Basketball Tabbed 8th In Valley Poll T he SIU’s men’s basketball team was picked for eighth-place in the 10team Missouri Valley Conference in a preseason poll. Coming off a Final Four appearance in 2013, Wichita State is tabbed to win the league title in 2013-14.

Southern which finished 14-17 last season in Barry Hinson’s first year as head coach, returns only five lettermen and two starters from that squad. The top returnee, Desmar Jackson averaged 15.1 points and 5.4 rebounds last year for the Salukis and has led the squad in scoring during early action this season.

The Salukis finished 10th last year – precisely where they were picked in the preseason poll. Along with Jackson, Southern returns guards Anthony Beane (who averaged 9.1 points and made the All-Freshman team in 2013), Jalen

Pendleton and Colby Long, and center Davante Drinkard.

“We have a challenging non-conference schedule, and the MVC is strong once again,” Hinson says. “I think we could really be a much better basketball team than we were last year, yet it might not produce more wins. This is a real young team that will hopefully get better as the season progresses.

“If you look at our schedule, we didn’t jump into the wading pool; we jumped into a swimming pool. It’s a little bold for me to do this, but I felt we needed to find out where we are and where we need to be.”

SIU opens home conference play Jan. 2 against Wichita State. To see the full Saluki schedule and results, go to www.siusalukis.com.

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Women’s Hoops Looks To Prove Voters Wrong he rebuilding process of the SIU women’s basketball team continues under new head coach Cindy Stein, as her squad is tabbed to finish 10th in the MVC in a preseason poll. All five starters return from a 5-26 squad last year, with junior forward Cartaesha Macklin back after being SIU’s leading scorer last season and ranking ranked second in the MVC 15.0 points-per-game.

“We don’t like being picked 10th,” Stein says. “The team will work hard to prove that wrong. I don’t want to harp on

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it, but we want the players to understand that it is unacceptable. We’ll be patient, but patient with a fever.

“Our goal is going to be to rebuild things and aim for the top. We have some great athletes, and now we’ve got to make them basketball players.”

The Salukis open MVC play in Carbondale Jan. 2 against Bradley, and will play five of their first seven Valley games at SIU Arena.

For a full schedule and results, go to www.siusalukis.com.

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SIU Tennis Shines At MVC Championships onny Rigby and Michal Kianicka won the 2013 MVC Individual Doubles Championship in men’s tennis, taking the title in action at Drake in November. It was the first time since 1990 that Southern Illinois has won a MVC doubles title. The bested the Wichita State tandem 8-2 to claim the 2013 title.

The Saluki women’s tennis team won both the No. 1 doubles championship and the No. 2 singles championship in the 2013 MVC Individual Championships held in St. Louis. Senior Korey Love and junior Natasha Tomishima won the flight No. 1 doubles championship over Wichita State, 8-5. Anita Lee bested Arial Dechter of Bradley 7-5, 6-4, to take the flight No. 2 singles championship.

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Baseball Alumni Reunion May 2-4 ith the opening of the new Itchy Jones Stadium in 2014, the largest Saluki baseball player reunion ever is expected when SIU hosts the University of Evansville the weekend of May 2-4. Still in the planning stages, there will be several special events throughout the weekend, including the annual golf outing that raises money for Saluki Baseball.

More details will be released when available, but save the date and plan on coming back to see your fellow baseball alumni and the new facility.

The SIU Alumni Association has secured room blocks at a special rate for that weekend at area hotels. Be sure to book early to assure that you get a room. Reserve your hotel room now at: Comfort Inn & Suites (618/529-2720) $89.99 + tax, Hampton Inn (618/549-6900) $99 + tax, Holiday Inn (618/549-2600) $109 + tax, or Super 8 (618/457-8822) $60 and $65 + tax.

The promo code to use whether booking online or via phone is BAT. Please contact SIU Athletics Director of Special Events John Goode with any questions related to the events that weekend. He may be ■ reached at goode.johnb@siu.edu.

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A stroll across a golf course with his son, Will, is a prized moment frozen in time for Tim Miles. The game of golf has helped him deal with the challenges of his son’s autism, and has provided a connection and hope that they each share.

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2009. Will’s birth, however, was traumatic from the start. After “Daddy, I have a question.” hours and hours of labor with no delivery, complications arose “Yes, Will?” with his heart rate, and my wife delivered our son that evening via “How far do you think I hit my driver on average – 72 emergency Caesarean. That was just the beginning. yards, 73 yards, or 74 yards?”

Through the first year of his life, we noticed Will’s development “I dunno, buddy.” felt strange. He wouldn’t make eye contact with us or smile at us, “It’s 74.” or connect in a way our friends’ children were doing with them. He “Okay.” would, instead, stare for long periods of time at the strangest of “Daddy?” things – hinges in his crib, for example. When he played with toys, “Yes, Will?” he often played atypically. Toy cars across our house would be “Do you think I will be very good at avoiding laser beams?” turned upside down. He preferred spinning the wheels over and over and over.

Like most parents I suspect during the first year of a child’s life I didn’t feel right playing much golf. In addition to managing a rapidly growing division of a company, we had few friends and no ’m typing this at 36,000 feet flying across the country to family in Columbia. I’d play in the occasional work-related outing Bandon, Ore., to play two of America’s great courses – but that was about it. I could still shoot in the low 80s. My short Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes – remembering a convergame suffered, sure, but I still got great joy out of frictionless sation I had a couple days ago with my 8-year-old son. I wouldn’t thwacks and sweet sounds of balls in cups. be here if it weren’t for Will, who helped me rediscover why I loved But I was about to learn what bottoming out really meant. the game of golf.

On Oct. 30, 2005, I quit my job (and my job’s health insurance) I say “loved” because a couple years ago, I quit – and I quit in to start my own communications consulting company. On Nov. 21, arguably the most fantastic cathedral in all of golf – 2005, my wife said, “Tim, I think Will has autism.” ending a nearly lifelong love of the game.

Finally having enough of the nagging intuMy cousins first introduced me to the game ition inside her that something was amiss with in 1983. I was a 12-year-old farm boy in east our son’s development, Dee began to Google central Illinois, and my first four holes at Brook Will’s odd behaviors, and what returned to her Hill Golf Course went 12, 22, 12, and 7. As you was, essentially, a checklist for autism specmight suspect, it was that seven that kept me trum disorder. coming back like a hopeless addict for the next According to the Diagnostic and Statistical 21 years. I worked at courses while going to Manual for Mental Disorders, autism is a comSouthern Illinois University, and often played munications disorder characterized by qualitaseven days a week until a sort-of-real job got its tive impairment of social and behavioral pathooks into me at 25. Still, I could play a dozen terns. Persons with autism don’t intuitively times a month and had a single-digit handicap. learn the societal cues and typical responses I played with a regular group at times. I you and I have taken for granted since childplayed alone at times. I swept the dew of early hood. Autistics also frequently struggle with morning and played in dusk so dark, I’d hit and varying degrees of overstimulation to sensory guess, hit and guess. I lived for the frictionless input and are known to display repetitive and thwack of a well-struck shot, and the sweet restrictive behaviors. sounds of balls bottoming out in cups. It was Like perhaps you, when my wife first mencheaper than therapy, though I had no undertioned “autism,” my mind went to Dustin standing of real challenges or needs for therapy The SIU life member says his son’s love Hoffman’s Oscar-winning portrayal of Charlie for golf helped resurrect his own passion and wouldn’t for a few more years.

Babbitt in the film, Rain Man. Babbitt had been for the game.

Eventually, my work would lead to me marinstitutionalized for most of his life because of rying way above myself and moving to his inability to assimilate to typical society.

Columbia, Mo. It was there in 2004 that our first child was born.

Certain stimuli – bright lights, loud noises – would set him off and From day 1, William Reis Miles was a challenge. cause meltdowns. He would repeat certain phrases and obsess over what typical people would consider strange things.

SOMETHING WAS STRANGE What I came to learn is that autism actually characterizes a Most people speak with awe of their children’s births. I do the wide spectrum of behaviors from, yes, Babbit’s institutionalized same about the natural, at-home birth of our daughter, Sarah, in and fairly non-verbal person to brilliant – but quirky – and wildly

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We didn’t (and don’t) want people to feel sorry for us. Will’s an amazing (if quirky) young man, and we celebrate all kinds of things that mark his progress and development. Ours just might be different from yours for your child. Our company, too, took off, and our lives felt whole and happy.

The only thing that felt off was playing golf.

Dee encouraged me to play. She said I was happier when I was playing golf, and I would be for a little while after the occasional round, but the joy was gone.

“I shouldn’t be out here,” I would always be thinking to myself. I shouldn’t be wasting this money and time away from Will and Dee. With all the real challenges our family was facing, Tim and Will practice on a driving range. The younger Miles keeps a sheet of rules in his golf bag – Will’s Rules of whether or not to lay up Golf – that the duo reviews before each round. on #9 at Lake of the much frustration, and it requires so productive members of typical society.

Woods seemed worse than trivial. much energy, and progress is often We suspect now that Albert Einstein, I went from playing, in my 20s, five glacially slow. Oftentimes between couThomas Edison, and Alfred Hitchcock rounds a week to, in my early 30s, five ples, there’s nothing left for each other. had some form of autism. rounds a month, to, in my late 30s, five We made a commitment to each other In the beginning, there were years of rounds a year. In 2011, I played a total 27 that no matter how bad it got or how therapy. We’d be visited by as many as holes of golf, nine at L.A. Nickell in frustrated we were with ourselves or four different therapists a week – speech, Columbia and 18 at St. Andrews in each other or with Will (though obviousoccupational, physical, and behavioral – Scotland (my niece married a Scot). ly he hadn’t done anything wrong), we and we opted not to move closer to famiThere I was, on holy ground in would stay together, and we have. ly. Our friends were encouraging, sure, August 2011, desecrating it. I hit maybe and our families would come to visit, but two pure golf shots in 18 holes at a place THE GOLFING mostly it was Dee and me trying to start I’d dreamed of visiting for more than a a new company and trying to learn quarter-century. Yep, that’s right. It was at DECISION Through the next few years of our everything we could about autism and the home of golf that I decided to give up family’s growth and development, Will how we could provide the best environthe game. I know the courses there are a began to grow miraculously through ment for our young son. few hundred years old, but that still countless hours of help from dedicated You can see why golf took a back seat. might have been a first. doctors and therapists (Willie’s Angels).

According to Autism Speaks, eight out Then, the following spring, a funny Were we different from other families? of 10 marriages end in divorce when thing happened. My son was looking at Sure, maybe, but every family’s different. there’s a child with autism. There’s so my dust-collecting clubs and said,

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“Daddy, I have a question.”

“Yes, Will.”

“Can I try golf?”

“Sure, buddy.”

Will’s different ability (we prefer not to call it a disability) is primarily social, not physical. Due to what we presume was trauma at childbirth, he’s somewhat pigeon-toed, but other than that, he didn’t have anything that would seemingly preclude him from playing and having fun.

As for the disorder affecting his love of the game, consider these autistic traits on the spectrum recently shared on Twitter: Hyper focus, eye for detail, exceptional memory, able to embrace solitude, and unique perspective.

“How can any of those be anything but good for golf?” I thought. So, we tried golf.

HE PLAYED AND PLAYED …

Living in the country on a couple acres at the time, we went out behind the house and built Backyard National Golf Club. I got him a hybrid iron and pitching wedge cut down to his size. We got a flag and chipping target map from the local sporting goods store. I showed him how to grip the club and told him golf could be a game he would play his whole life if he remembered to have fun while he played.

And he played. And I played. And we played. And played. And played.

We’d move that flag all around the back yard. He’d hit big whiffle balls, and I’d hit little ones. He’d hit that hybrid and his wedge, and I’d play around with all my clubs, trying to hit low bouncing 3-irons, banana 7-irons, absurdly high wedges.

And a funny thing was happening. I was rediscovering the joy of golf thanks to our brilliant, beautiful, special boy.

By mid summer, he was ready to try a real course – in our modified fashion.

I wanted to make sure we weren’t interfering with anyone else’s enjoyment of the course, so we set out on a Friday evening when we could pretty much ensure no one would be behind us. I wasn’t sure whether we’d make it one, four, or nine holes, but we were going to

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try, and he carefully understood his rules of golf.

Will’s Rules of Golf are a sheet he keeps in his golf bag that we review before each round. I’m not qualified (or particularly interested) in teaching my son to be a better golfer. I’m his dad. My job is to teach him to be a better human being. Golf ’s always been great for that, don’t you think?

1. Always listen to Daddy for your own fun and safety and the fun and safety of others.

2. Golf is a game. Games are fun. Have fun playing golf.

3. Golf is also hard. You will not hit every shot the way you hope, but you could be home changing your sister’s diaper.

4. Golf starts over after every shot – which is cool – because every shot’s a new chance to be awesome.

5. Always be mindful of others. Show respect. Say, “Yes, sir” or, “No, ma’am.” Say “Thank you.”

6. Fix at least two ball marks on every green.

7. Ask me questions about golf.

Questions are good.

He tees off from 100 yards out on par 4 holes. He tees off from 150 out on par 5s and from the start of the little fairway approach to par 3 greens. He knows if he gets upset or complains or doesn’t listen, it’s a one-hole penalty, which is torture for him.

This boy loves golf. He’s forever cleaning and organizing his clubs and balls, and I’m storing away memories like mad. I will always remember the first shot he got airborne (we actually have it on video). I will forever remember his first par. This year, he made his first two on a par 3. He hit his tee shot about 65 yards and it rolled right by the cup stopping maybe 18 inches behind the cup. He made the putt.

“How many twos have you made so far this year, Daddy?” he asked innocently.

So, as you can see, he’s already learning to talk trash... even if he doesn’t know it yet.

Will I get him proper lessons someday? Sure.

Is he going to turn pro someday? No. Probably not.

Is he some child prodigy? No. He has more bad shots than good ones.

But for a kid we once worried would have no shot, he’s already surpassed all our expectations. He may not be a golf prodigy, but he’s our golf prodigy.

We have yet to tell Will about his different ability or about the many gifts he’s given us – like how to look at the world a little differently, and how to separate the truly important from the merely urgent.

Someday soon, we will.

But for now, walking fairways with him, I realize we’ve just started this round of a lifetime together. As his drives get longer and mine get shorter, we’ll still have each other, and we’ll share the joy of a game I thought was lost to me.

And I as I write this on a plane bound for Bandon, Ore., I miss my son, who, though too young for this trip, has already announced he’d like to go to St. Andrews for his 16th birthday. It sounds like a pretty good present.

But not half as good as the golf gift he’s given me.

Will Miles averages 74 yards with his driver, fixes ball marks, has more twos this year than his dad, and one day he will probably be very good at avoiding laser beams.

Editor’s Note: Tim Miles is the Founder & CEO of The Imagination Advisory Group and produced the Mike Reis audio CD “Goodnight From Carbondale.” The 2002 SIU graduate and his wife, Deidre ’99, are life members of the SIU Alumni Association. Thousands of people read his blog on life and how we live it and work and how we work it.

Check it out at www.TheDailyBlur.com.

Reprinted with permission of The Missouri Golf Post. Photos courtesy of Austin Kolb.

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In Memoriam EBBS, Alice R., “Sally”, ex. ’40 1/27/2013, Arlington, Va. AULD, Charles W., ex. ’42 10/24/2013, Nashville, Ill. CRADDOCK, Lucille E., ’42, M.S. ’60 9/06/2013, Benton, Ill. REID, Dorothy Mundis, ex. ’42 10/11/2013, Gastonia, N.C. DODSON, Dorothy D., ’43 6/23/2013, Glen Carbon, Ill. DUNCAN, Capt. Robert W. USNC (Ret.), ex. ’43 10/12/2013, Marion, Ill. LATIMER, Dorothy S., ’43 5/19/2013, Dallas, Texas BEST, Jean J., ’45 7/20/2013, Glen Carbon, Ill. GREEN, Frances Wisely, ex. ’46 10/19/2013, Murphysboro, Ill. RAGSDALE, Doris H., ’46 8/04/2013, Belleville, Ill. PERDOMO, Dorothy E. Nausley, ’47, M.S.Ed. ’56 8/03/2013, Orlando, Fla.

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LINK, James R., ’57 8/03/2013, Murfreesboro, Tenn.

RULL, Melvin C. “Mel,” ’57 10/21/2013, Joliet, Ill. SHAW, Robert E., ’57 5/13/2013, Frankfort, Ill. SWANSON, James S., ’57 9/29/2013, Petersburg, Ill. ZURHEIDE, Frederick W., ’57, M.S. ’59 8/15/2013, Edwardsville, Ill. EDDLEMAN, E. Jacquie, ’58, M.S. ’61, Ph.D. ’70 8/02/2013, Dongola, Ill. REES, Bernard J., ’58 9/27/2013, Pinckneyville, Ill. STASNEY, Anton J., ’58 8/17/2013, Houston, Texas WHITE, Bobby E., ’58 10/01/2013, Urbandale, Iowa BARRETT, George E., ex. ’59 9/15/2013, Carbondale, Ill. CARNS, PH.D., Donald E., ’59, M.A. ’65 1/07/2013, Henderson, Nev.

Mary Ellen Dillard, SIU Distinguished Service Recipient ary Ellen Dillard ’51, M.S. ’80, who received the Service to Southern Illinois Award from the Association’s Jackson County Chapter in 1994 and the Alumni Achievement Award for Distinguished Service in 2006, passed away in October at the age of 84.

Dillard’s devotion to her alma mater spanned more than 50 years, working closely with the Jackson County Chapter of the SIU Alumni Association and serving as its president from 1997 until 2001.

A lifelong educator, Dillard retired in 1994 after a distinguished career as a teacher, principal, and school district official in the area. For many years during her husband, Neil’s, tenure as mayor of Carbondale, she served as the city’s “First Lady,” was active in countless activities that helped those around her, and was named the “2003 Citizen of the Year” by the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. ■

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PIRRELLO, Marie L.,’47 12/19/2012, Meadowview, Va.

HANELINE JR., Alvah, ’59 2/01/2013, Mineola, Texas

PATTON, Ruth M., ’48, M.S.Ed. ’56 8/17/2013, Marissa, Ill.

HINKLEY JR., Harlan K., ’59 8/12/2013, Freeport, Ill.

WATSON, Joan F., ’48 10/16/2013, Springfield, Ill.

KOSHAREK, Phyllis A., ’59, M.S. ’60 10/16/2013, Marion, Ill.

JOHN, Betty E., ’50 8/31/2013, Mount Carmel, Ill.

TOMLINSON JR., Erle R. “Rip,” ’60, M.S. ’66 10/26/2013, Murphysboro, Ill.

REZNICK, John C., ’63 5/31/2013, Arlington Heights, Ill.

STONE, Charles A., ’66 1/31/2013, Las Vegas, Nev.

SPENCER, Rev. Harold E., ’50 8/08/2013, Chatham, Ill.

WILSON, Joyce J., ’60 12/09/2012, Brighton, Ill.

SARBER, Merlyn L., ’63 12/12/2012, El Paso, Texas

UNGER JR., Albert J., ’66 8/10/2013, Lodi, Wis.

WATKINS, Lucille Bierbaum, ex. ’50 8/17/2013, Litchfield, Ill.

BERRY, Charlotte M., ’61 8/12/2013, Forest, Va.

WILSON JR., Clifford M., ’63 8/07/2013, Springfield, Ill.

KOENIG, Sarah E., ’67 10/05/2013, Moweaqua, Ill.

HUGHEY, Theo B., ’51 8/25/2013, Mount Vernon, Ill.

HARDWICK, Robert C., ’61 9/02/2013, Mattoon, Ill.

BOOTH, Katherine R. “Kay,” ’64 8/24/2013, Carbondale, Ill.

MILLER, Glenn A., Ph.D. ’67 7/20/2013, Springville, Ind.

MIFFLIN, Albert B., ’51, M.S.Ed. ’59 8/12/2013, Carbondale, Ill.

HOFFMAN, H. Roser, ’61 10/01/2013, Springfield, Ill.

CHOATE, Ronald F., ’64, M.A. ’66 8/01/2013, Peoria, Ill.

MOFFATT, Rev. Nancy L. Mueller, ’67 9/04/2013, Eau Claire, Wis.

PYSZKA, Albert J., ’51 7/29/2013, Fairview Heights, Ill.

SEARL, Sanford T., ’61 8/17/2013, Argenta, Ill.

COFFEL, Norma J., ’64 10/06/2013, Christopher, Ill.

POTTS, Dr. Ann H. Shoemaker, ’67 10/02/2013, Boca Raton, Fla.

ALTHOFF, Paul P., ’52 9/17/2013, Waterloo, Ill.

VESTUTO, Anthony A. “Tony,” M.A. ’61 8/13/2013, Bloomington, Ind.

LITTLE JR., Burrell E. “Duke,” ’64, M.S. ’74 9/29/2013, Anna, Ill.

ZINKHON, Charles W., ’67 7/27/2013, Edwardsville, Ill.

CASLETON, George A., ’52 10/15/2013, Sullivan, Ill.

WHEAT, Robert L., ’61 12/05/2012, Palatine, Ill.

WELTY, Richard L., ’64 7/15/2013, San Diego, Calif.

CLAEYS, David A., ’68, M.S.Ed. ’70 9/16/2013, Bettendorf, Iowa

COUTURIAUX, Ann M., ex. ’52 8/11/2013, Evansville, Ind.

BENDER, Lanny D., ’62 10/18/2013, Las Vegas, Nev.

DAWSON, Bobby J. “ Bob,” ’65 10/17/2013, Carterville, Ill.

DEVALK, Wayne O., ’68 9/15/2013, Hartland, Mich.

CROUSE, Dr. James L., ’52 10/29/2013, Carbondale, Ill.

FOX, Gene T., M.S.Ed. ’62 2/03/2013, Greenville, N.C. HOWARD, Dr. Merle R., ’62, M.S. ’67 7/08/2013, Naples, Fla.

KOLAR JR., Joseph R., ’65, M.A. ’68, Ph.D. ’72 8/27/2013, Omaha, Neb.

KOONS, Daniel M., ’68 8/19/2013, Shirley, Ill.

UPCHURCH, Warren D., ’52 7/30/2013, San Antonio, Texas WRIGHT, Donna J., ’52 8/30/2013, Malden, Ill.

LINDNER, Robert C., ’62 9/20/2013, Boise, Idaho

COBB, Tyrus R. “Ty,” ’53 8/26/2013, Eldorado, Ill.

LOONEY, Walter G., M.S.Ed. ’62 9/30/2013, Arnold, Mo.

GIBBS, Ivan I., ’53, M.S.Ed. ’56 10/18/2013, Mt. Vernon, Ill.

MARTINELLI, Joseph P., ’62 9/26/2013, Winthrop Harbor, Ill.

WALDRON, PH.D., Edward E., ’65, M.A. ’67 9/11/2013, Portland, Ore.

MCCULLOUGH, Muriel C., ex. ’53 8/24/2013, Morris, Ill.

SMITH, Darlene M., M.S.Ed. ’62 9/23/2013, Bethalto, Ill.

WELLS, Sally Shauger, ’65 8/11/2013, Scottsdale, Ariz.

WERNER, Charles R. “Speedy,” ’53 8/21/2013, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

BARRA, Elizabeth Cseke, ’63 8/14/2013, Fairview Heights, Ill.

WISELY, Richard M., ex. ’65 10/04/2013, Kerrville, Texas

BROOM, Joan H., ’54 10/09/2013, Carlinville, Ill.

BRAND, Glenn F., ’63 12/04/2012, Red Bud, Ill.

BODE JR., Howard J., ’66 8/03/2013, Bellevue, Wash.

NORRIS, Patrick A. “Pat,” ’54 10/24/2013, Alcoa, Tenn.

DERUITER, Marilyn K., ’63, M.S.Ed. ’64 9/08/2013, Charleston, Ill.

GILLIAM III, James C., ’66 12/28/2012, South Orange, N.J.

PHELPS, Wanda F., ’55 9/07/2013, Tucson, Ariz.

HARDESTY, Joan N., ’63 9/15/2013, Steeleville, Ill.

GRAY, Ralph O., ’66 8/12/2013, Eldorado, Ill.

HIGHSMITH, Chaplain (Col.) Darrell C. USAF (Ret.), ’57 10/22/2013, Dallas, Texas

MONTONE, LTC. Eugene J., USAC (Ret.), ’63 8/27/2013, Melbourne, Fla.

LANDIS JR., Delmer H., ’66, M.S. ’68 8/06/2013, Maineville, Ohio

PARKER, John D., Ph.D. ’65 2/21/2013, Cape Girardeau, Mo. TAPSCOTT, Robert H., ’65 8/12/2013, Petersburg, Ill.

MEDLER, Edward M., M.S. ’68 10/12/2013, Longs, S.C. ROBINSON, David J., ’68 8/12/2013, Naperville, Ill. FINNEY, Jerry G., ’69 8/14/2013, Greencastle, Ind. GROAT, Elaine M., ’69 10/27/2013, Naperville, Ill. WILLIAMSON, Tamara L., ’69 10/13/2013, Jackson, Mo. CRAMER, Dr. Conita K. Markel, ’70, M.S.Ed. ’78 10/27/2013, Fort Worth, Texas GOLDBERG, Bruce L., ’70 5/01/2013, Skokie, Ill. GREENWALD, Kerry M., ’70 10/08/2013, Chadwick, Ill.

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In Memoriam Remembering Chico Vaughn And Joe C. Meriweather W ithin weeks of SIU Athletics starting online balloting to select the Saluki men’s basketball “All-Century Team,” two of the biggest names in the program’s history passed away, Joe C. Meriweather, who scored 1,536 points and grabbed 1,005 rebounds during a remarkable three-year career at SIU, died unexpectedly in Columbus, Ga., at the age of 59. A few weeks later,

Most who follow SIU Basketball would agree that Meriweather is the best big man in the program’s proud history.

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SIU all-time leading scorer Charlie “Chico” Vaughn lost his long battle with cancer at the age of 73.

Meriweather, who lettered at SIU from 1972-75, was the 11th pick overall in the 1975 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets, and played 10 seasons in the league with five different teams. The 6-10 center would become a part of Kansas City’s basketball scene for more than three decades – first as an NBA player and later as a college coach.

He served as the head women’s basketball coach at Park University in the Kansas City area from 1997-2010. Before Park University, the Saluki Hall of Famer coached the Kansas City Mustangs and served as a coach at Bishop Hogan High School and Penn Valley Community College.

At the time of his death, Meriweather served as CEO of 3C’s Fatherhood Educational Partnership, Inc., a Kansas City-based educational program that works to develop young men into responsible fathers.

Vaughn, who lettered at Southern from 1958-62, scored 2,088 points for the Salukis – the most in school history.

He also is still the highest scorer in Illinois High School Association history, as the Tamms, Ill., native scored 3,358 points as a prep star. He was selected 26th overall in the 4th round of the 1962 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks, one of three teams he played for in the league.

He also played in the ABA with the Pittsburgh Pipers.

The 6-4 guard accomplished it all without the aid of the now popular 19foot, three-point goal.

“I would say that 70 percent of my shots would have been three-pointers,” Vaughn once told local writer Jim Muir.

“I had a range of about 30-plus feet, so I was crossing half court looking for a shot. A lot of guys back then shot from that distance – a 19-footer was a layup to us.”

Probably one of the more satisfying accomplishments for Vaughn occurred long after his playing days were over.

More than 30 years after leaving SIU, he returned to Carbondale, and in 1988 earned a bachelor’s degree in recreation. For the next two decades, the Saluki Hall of Famer worked at the Meridian High School as a teaching assistant, where he enjoyed interacting with students and trying to make a dif■ ference in their lives.

Not only is Vaughn the all-time leading scorer at SIU, but he set an Ilinois prep record by scoring more than 3,300 points.

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Chancellor’s Scholars Chancellor’s Scholars Named For 2013 utstanding scholastic achievements and noteworthy efforts outside of the classroom are among the hallmarks of 38 Southern Illinois University Carbondale students who were named Chancellor’s Scholars in 2013.

The Chancellor’s Academic Scholar Award, the most prestigious award given at SIU, is a significant achievement for the students as it covers tuition, fees, room and board for four years.

“We were excited to welcome these accomplished students this fall,” Chancellor Rita Cheng says. “They excel in academics, provide leadership on campus and in our communities, and mentor fellow students. Like our other Chancellor’s Scholars, I am confident these students will be inspiring role models.”

The awards are given on the basis of ACT or SAT scores and the students’ academic credentials submitted at the time of admission along with the personal

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interviews. The Chancellor’s Scholars are considered effective leaders in their classrooms and in their communities.

The award is renewable for four years, contingent upon the students maintaining a 3.0 or higher GPA. Winners of the 2013 scholarships, listed, by hometown, are: Illinois Alhambra – Samantha Green, Highland High School. She plans to major in animal science (pre-veterinary).

Ava – Rachel Edgar, Trico High School. She plans to major in workforce education and development.

Bloomington – Anurag Kurumbail, Normal Community High School. He plans to study philosophy and physics.

Alexandra Walch, University High School. She plans to study therapeutic recreation and sport administration.

Carbondale – Delia Marie Amos,

Carbondale Community High School.

She plans to major in cinema and photography.

Erin Anderson, Carbondale Community High School. She plans to study history.

Carlyle – Nicole Hanke, Carlyle High School. She plans to major in civil engineering.

Tyler Wheelan, Carlyle High School.

He plans to study biological sciences and Spanish.

Chatham – Zoey Koester, Glenwood High School. She plans to study interior design.

Kelsie Lee, Glenwood High School. She plans to study linguistics.

Colfax – Miller Eaton, Ridgeview High. He plans to major in physics.

Danville – Stephanie Venis, Oakwood High School. She plans to major in mechanical engineering.

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Last summer’s Chancellor’s Academic Scholarship Golf Outing was a huge success and raised funds to help attract and retain top students at SIU Carbondale. “These students excel in academics, provide leadership on campus and in our communities, and mentor fellow students,” says Chancellor Rita Cheng.

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Meet A Scholar Patriotism Leads To Student Entrepreneurship

by Gene Green or one 2013 Chancellor’s Scholar, patriotism and entrepreneurship helped shape her life many years before she arrived on the campus at SIU Carbondale.

Emily Waldon was only six-years-old when terrorism changed the nation forever on Sept. 11, 2001.Watching the devastation on television, the Horn Lake, Miss., native felt the need to do something to show that she was proud of her country. “It really hit home for me, even though I was just a six-year-old, I wanted to do something.”

Bryan and Ginger Waldon sat down with their young daughter to talk about what the terrorist event meant. Emily asked if they could build a flagpole and fly an American flag in their front yard.

Her father said they could, as he had some poles left over from a fence business he used to own. Soon the flagpole was installed and they began flying the American flag.

A neighbor noticed and soon asked if he could buy a flagpole. That first sale thrilled Emily, and it wasn’t long before they made another sale to a local service station. The Waldons started advertising the flagpoles with a sign in their front yard, and demand grew steadily. Before long, Emily had a decent business on her hands – she named it “Flagpole Express.”

The poles, manufactured at their home, are 21-foot and 24-foot tall. In addition to American flags, they also sell service flags for police and fireman, military flags for POWs and MIAs, the Mississippi State flag, and custom flags.

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Emily and Bryan Waldon work on a flagpole at their home in Horn Lake, Miss. They started Flagpole Express to show their patriotism following the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

They also produce flagpole supplies like halyards for raising the flags.

Her father says while he has helped her in the business, Emily has been the driving force.

“She evolved from a girl with an idea to an extraordinary woman who knows she can make her way in the business world,” Bryan says. “She was a different kind of kid. As she became older and more mature, we introduced her to Quick Books and different aspects of running a business.”

With the more than $100,000 in profits in the past 11 years, Emily has been able to do many things other high school students would have only dreamed of.

She has invested in horses and a horse trailer, taken her her family to Disney World, visited Ground Zero in New York, and spent time in Europe.

Although the second semester engineering major is currently taking a break

from the business now that she is attending SIU, Emily says Flagpole Express will eventually return.

“After seeing my schedule next semester I don’t think it would be smart for me to add extra to my plate,” she says with a smile. “I won’t be bringing the company to college just yet, but I’m considering starting it back up sometime.

“I’m definitely going to keep with it as long as I possibly can. Maybe I’ll pass it down to my kids. It’s been great growing up with it.”

Her advice to other young entrepreneurs is don’t let people underestimate your capabilities.

“And stick to it,” she says. “There were times when I was growing up that I would rather have been hanging out with my friends, but I knew it was important ■ to keep up with the business.”

– Some quotes in this story originally appeared in the Mississippi Business Journal.

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International Salukis SIU A Favorite Choice For Malaysian Students merican universities are more popular than ever among international students, and Malaysian students have been part of SIU Carbondale’s campus since 1972. But it was a surge in enrollment in the 1980s and 1990s that made SIU a significant destination for many Malaysian students wanting to study in the U.S. Recently, in league with Education USA and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Cheryl Barnett ’04 and Yi Lee J.D. ’08, admissions representatives for SIU, traveled to Malaysia and the Philippines to recruit students to come to Carbondale. They hope to increase the number of Malaysian students at SIU,

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Cheryl Barnett (left) sits with other SIU alumni at a monthly reunion in Malaysia.

which currently stands at 45. They met with a number of SIU alumni, as well as

Intan Mokhtar, managing director for Design Logix in Malaysia, visits with other Southern graduates.

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prospective students, at INTI International University, a private institution about 30 miles from Kuala Lumpur, the capital and largest city in Malaysia.

Barnett says, “SIU trained the Malaysian Air Force in the 80s, and their government sent hundreds of scholarship students to us as well. We ran into so many alumni everywhere, and not only did students have a very positive impression of SIU, but alumni look back so fondly on their times in Carbondale that they still meet and reminisce monthly.

“Yi and I take great pride in recruiting for Southern, and I can’t express how much fun it is to meet a fellow Saluki who graduated 20 or 30 years ago, who still talks about places like the Italian Village and the Student Center and has gone on to become a respected leader in their field.”

Home to 1,400 international students from 100 countries, SIU is a favored destination for students from Malaysia and the Philippines. More than 6,700 Malaysian and 3,100 Filipino students studied in the U.S. last year, and more

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than 50 of those students were at SIU. Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are among the most popular courses of study around the world, making the U.S. a key destination for higher education. SIU offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. programs in not only STEM fields, but many other disciplines.

■ SIU grads Aaron Victor ’07 (left) and Yi Lee answer questions from inquiring students.

Malaysian students have been part of SIU Carbondale’s campus since 1972.

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Business Leaders Association Life Member Named President/CEO For Trade Organization n SIU Alumni Association life member has been appointed president and CEO of an international trade organization representing companies involved in the distribution, rental, and support of equipment used in construction, mining, forestry, power generation, agriculture, and industrial applications.

Associated Equipment Distributors says Brian McGuire ’92 will begin his position Jan. 6, 2014, and will be based at AED’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill. He was most recently the president of the Tooling and Manufacturing Association, headquartered in Park Ridge, Ill. McGuire, 43, has a broad professional background in trade associations with

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an impressive record in public policy advocacy, membership growth, as well as training and educational services for industry. He is the former senior regional manager for Illinois and Wisconsin of the National Association of Manufacturers, which is based in Washington, D.C. Focused on civic duty, the Southern graduate is the top elected officer of his community, serving as Hanover Township Town Supervisor for 99,000 residents and responsible for a treasury of $12 million. McGuire was also a 20year veteran volunteer firefighter who retired as captain in 2008.

McGuire is only the third AED president/CEO in the last six decades.

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Kathy Best Named Seattle Times Editor ongtime Seattle journalist Kathy Best ’79 has been named editor of the Seattle Times. The SIU graduate, who most recently has been one of newspaper’s two managing editors, previously was assistant managing editor at The Baltimore Sun, St. Louis Post–Dispatch, and Seattle Post–Intelligencer.

She joined the Times as managing editor for digital news and innovation, working primarily with the Web staff to create a 24/7 news operation featuring social media, video storytelling and reader interaction. She helped the Times earn two Pulitzer Prizes.

Most of her editing career, however, was firmly planted in local news, including the long stint at the Post-Dispatch where she covered Illinois state government.

When named editor of the Times, she told her staff that with the uncertain future facing the industry, “all of us in this room need to stay laser-focused on our mission: producing useful, meaningful, journalism that readers can’t get anywhere else.”

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HULL, Phyllis A., ’70 8/07/2013, Tunnel Hill, Ill.

MCCORD, Gwen E. “Sof,” ’78 8/06/2013, Urbana, Ill.

COMBS, Brian L., ’91 5/29/2013, Marshall, Ill.

PUTZ JR., Frank L., ’70 8/10/2013, Glen Carbon, Ill.

BROWN JR., John F. “Jack,” M.A. ’79 9/15/2013, Chico, Calif.

BISSELL JR., John J., ’95 1/05/2013, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

ROBERTS, Doris G., M.S.Ed. ’70 8/31/2013, Centralia, Ill.

BUSSE, Darrell K., ’79 8/23/2013, Marengo, Ill.

MCCARTHY, Joseph P., ’95 3/04/2013, Havelock, N.C.

ZEI-JONES, Susan C., ’70 7/01/2013, Oak Park, Ill.

GRABOWSKI, Leonard A., ’79 10/10/2013, Brainerd, Minn.

SUTTON, Lynn E., ’95 12/18/2012, Winfield, Ill.

HAINLINE, Judith I., ’71 9/19/2013, Princeton, Ill.

MAHAN, Joan F. Walsh, ’79 10/02/2013, O’Fallon, Ill.

WOOD, Melissa K., ’95 9/08/2013, Olney, Ill.

MARTY, James J., ’71 8/22/2013, Decatur, Ill.

SHELL, Roland G., ’79 10/15/2013, New Bern, N.C.

NITZSCHE, Christine N., ’96 7/27/2013, Evansville, Ill.

SCHEINER, Linda J., ’71 9/19/2013, Starkville, Miss.

WIERSMA, Glenn R., ’79 9/12/2013, Orange Park, Fla.

WING, MSgt. Kenneth C., USAF (Ret.), ’96 4/06/2013, Greencastle, Pa.

SOBECKI, Dr. James C., S.P. ’71 9/28/2013, Washington, Ind.

HERCHE, Roger D., ’80 8/07/2013, Springfield, Ill.

HAWKINS, Kathy S., ’97 8/01/2013, Charleston, S.C.

BARR, III, Charles D., ’72 7/09/2013, Schaumburg, Ill.

MARESKAS-PALCEK, Denise E., ’80 8/07/2013, Gurnee, Ill.

BANDY, Todd W., ’01 8/25/2013, New Berlin, Ill.

HUNTER JR., Theodore, ’72 7/09/2013, St. Charles, Mo.

SHINE, Frances K., M.S. ’80 9/21/2013, Fort Wayne, Ind.

JANSEN, Kristine L., ’01 10/03/2013, Waterloo, Ill.

JOHNS, Carolyn F., ’72 9/14/2013, Oakville, Mo.

ANDERSON, Alec T., ’81 8/07/2013, Kankakee, Ill.

FONES, Thomas L., ’03 2/26/2013, Oceanside, Calif.

KAY, Jean L., ’72 3/19/2013, Weld, Me.

FESANCO-CORZINE, Cynthia M., ’81 10/12/2013, Phoenix, Ariz.

LEE, Jonathan S., ’06 7/28/2013, Fairfield, Ill.

MALOON, James R., Ph.D. ’72 4/26/2013, Sparks, Nev.

KLINGLER, Craig S., ’81 4/07/2013, Elk Grove Village, Ill.

GREER, Nicholas R. “Nick”, M.P.A.D. ’09 9/16/2013, Carbondale, Ill.

WHITE, Larry A., Ph.D. ’72 11/25/2012, Austin, Texas

MCQUARRIE, Howard R. “Howie,” ’81 8/19/2013, Port Melbourne, Australia

MALONE, Joshua O., ’13 7/25/2013, Enfield, Ill.

BROWN, Mildred W., ’73 7/10/2013, Carbondale, Ill.

SCHULTZ, Jeffrey M., ’81 8/09/2013, Blue Island, Ill.

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CARDINAL, Michael E., ’73, ’75 10/17/2013, Decatur, Ill.

ENSIGN, James L., ’82 8/04/2013, Urbandale, Iowa

EDMISTON, John M., ’73 8/29/2013, Flower Mound, Texas

HOLSTIEN, Elmer, ’82 3/25/2013, Lake Elsinore, Calif.

BECHTLOFFT, George E. Emeritus, Digital Computer Supervisor Computing Affairs 8/30/2013, Du Quoin, Ill.

FERGUSON, Jerry L., Ph.D. ’73 9/11/2013, Brookings, S.D.

KELLY JR., SCPO Raymond F., USN (Ret.) , ’83 10/10/2013, Port Orchard, Wash.

MCNEELY, Susan A., ’73 10/01/2013, Jacksonville, Ill.

KLIFF, Deborah L., ’82 3/19/2013, Highland Park, Ill.

MUNK, Terry J., ’73 9/02/2013, Milford, Conn.

MCDERMOTT, Kimberly A., ’83 9/26/2013, Old Orchard Beach, Me.

DELMASTRO, Raymond J., ’74 5/24/2013, Braidwood, Ill.

PAULSON, Lyle L., ’83 9/23/2013, Alexandria, Va.

DURAN, Patrick L., ’74 1/23/2013, Springfield, Ill.

BALDWIN, Debra L. “Deb,” ’86 7/25/2013, Houston, Texas

LOUGHNANE, John P., ’74 8/10/2013, Rolling Prairie, Ind.

DANKS, Michael J., J.D. ’86 9/27/2013, Evansville, Ind.

ORI-BLASCOE, Marcia, ’74 9/12/2013, Belvidere, Ill.

KEATHLEY, Donald W., ’86 8/17/2013, Russellville, Ark.

THORRY, Rebecca L., ’74 9/17/2013, Jacksonville, Fla.

KLINGBEIL, Lynette, ’86 8/27/2013, Naperville, Ill.

WINTER, Michael A., ’74 7/11/2013, Arlington, Va.

LEE JR., Edward, ’86 9/28/2013, Tacoma, Wash.

KIMMEL, Mary L., ’75 8/05/2013, Benton, Ill.

SHIPPERT, Philip J., ’86 8/27/2013, Grand Rapids, Mich.

VOGEL, CM Sgt. Lawrence R., USAF (Ret.), ’75 2/27/2013, North Charleston, S.C.

HENSLEY, Dennis R., ’87 4/19/2013, St.Louis, Mo.

PAYNE, Joseph E., ’76 8/18/2013, Vandalia, Ill.

LAMPE, Jeffery A., ’87 9/12/2013, Highland, Ill.

ROBINSON JR., Walter G., Ph.D. ’76 7/31/2013, Wentzville, Mo.

FRANCE, Robert M., ’88 8/15/2013, Hillsboro, Ore.

SCHILLING, Walter J., ’76 10/22/2013, Los Altos, Calif.

HORN, Thomas L. “Chic,” ’88 10/02/2013, Carterville, Ill.

HARRIS, Vikki Davis, ’77 10/27/2013, Quincy, Ill.

RODRIGUEZ JR., Robert A., ’88 6/08/2013, Frankfort, Ill.

KANKA, Paul J., ’77 8/29/2013, Highland, Calif.

SULLIVAN, Saide Cancar, ’88 2/08/2013, Victoria, B.C.

SCHNUBNELL, MSgt. Wolfgang X., USAF (Ret.), ’77 6/01/2012, Manchaca, Texas

HOPKINS, Ninette M., ’89 10/10/2013, Belleville, Ill.

SIMS, Daniel W., ’77 9/08/2013, Henderson, Nev.

DAVIS, George O., ’90, M.S.W. ’93 10/23/2013, Murphysboro, Ill.

WISE, Ronald D., ’77 10/03/2013, Harrisburg, Ill.

RAIHA, Arnold F. “Butch,” ’90 9/13/2013, Decatur, Ill.

BURKE, Philip A., ’96, M.M.’98, M.A. ’02, Ph.D. ’05 Assistant Professor Psychology 9/21/2013, Carbondale, Ill. CASON, Andrea J. “Andy” Library Clerk Medical Library 8/21/2013, Springfield, Ill. LIBERTA, Marc R., ’89 Library Specialist Library Affairs 7/30/2013, Marion, Ill. MINER, Betty J. Gee Emerita, Dining Room Supervisor University Housing 9/02/2013, Carbondale, Ill. RAFE, Lucille, ’93 Emerita, Assistant Director Headstart Agency 8/17/2013, Colp, Ill. RIECH, Judith S. Emerita, Office Support Specialist SIUC Healthcare Core 8/29/2013, Springfield, Ill. STUBBLEFIELD, Steven D. Emeritus, Physical Science Tech Assistant Geology 9/17/2013, Herrin, Ill. SWINDELL, Mary L., ’74, M.A.C.C. ’88 Emerita, Business Manager II College of Liberal Arts 10/11/2013, Cobden, Ill. WALKER, Frances L., M.F.A. ’69 Emerita, Procedures and Systems Planner II University Press 8/08/2013, Carbondale, Ill. WILLIAMSON, Lowell R., ’85 Assistant Director Information Technology 8/09/2013, Ava, Ill. ZIMMERMAN, Ina B. Emerita, Food Service Manager Assistant University Housing 8/04/2013, Godfrey, Ill.

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YOU helped 54 students receive more than $20,000 in textbook scholarships last year. Your membership continues to make a difference, and will once again in 2014.

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Association News 3rd Annual ‘Dawg Days Of Summer’ The Randolph County Chapter hosted more than 20 alumni, students, and guests to a picnic at the American Legion Park in Steeleville, Ill. SIU Director of Undergraduate Admissions Katharine Suzki spoke about Southern’s current recruitment efforts, which have led to the largest incoming freshman class in more than two decades. Eric Reickenberg and Barb Brown from the Randolph County Chapter coordinated the picnic, which raised approximately $650 for the chapter’s scholarship fund.

Illinois Tailgate And Reception The SIU Alumni Association hosted approximately 350 alumni and friends to a reception prior to the SIU football game at the University of Illinois. Breakfast was served by alumnus Marty Kramerer ’87 and his company Michael’s Catering. Steve Falat was the official emcee and guest speakers included Chancellor Rita Cheng, Athletic Director Mario Moccia, and SIU AA Executive Director Michelle Suarez. The SIU Marching Band made a surprise appearance and electrified the crowd.

Chicago Foodbank Volunteers The Chicagoland Chapter hosted 15 alumni and friends in a volunteer effort at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. More than 5,300 pounds of bread was boxed, labeled, and sealed for needy families in the Chicagoland area. Vanessa Matheny and Tom Hanna coordinated the effort and attended on behalf of the SIU Alumni Association.

Hale To Direct Association’s Member Services/Marketing Caleb Hale ’02, an editor and reporter for The Southern Illinoisan newspaper, became the Association’s new director of marketing and member services on Nov. 1. He is responsible for growing and maintaining SIU Alumni Association membership, as well as coordinating a strong message about the Association that resonates with students, the community, and SIU’s more than 245,000 alumni worldwide.

“I’m excited to have Caleb direct our member services and marketing unit,” Association Executive Director Michelle Suarez says. “In addition to writing at the newspaper, he was responsible for team building, staff management, marketing, brand expansion, and was the lead in the transformation of the newspaper’s website to a 24/7 interactive platform. I feel his familiarity with the SIU campus makes him a natural fit as we work to expand our reach to alumni.”

Hale was with the Southern since 2001. For six years he covered SIU and higher education, and in 2007 became the newspaper’s first-ever online editor, overseeing a website and digital news operation that has experienced exponential growth under his leadership.

“I’m honored that the SIU Alumni Association asked me to join their team,” Hale says. “There are many reasons for alumni to be excited about SIU, and I’m proud to have a role in helping spread the word and keep alumni and friends connected to our University.”

The Anna native resides in Jonesboro with his wife, Theresa, and children, Liam and Hannah.

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From left, Laura Thomas, Leanne Collings, Laura Soucy, Matt Soucy, and C.W. Thomas at the Illinois pregame tailgate.

Busch Stadium Football Pregame At Paddy O’s The SIU Alumni Association hosted approximately 1,200 alumni, students, and friends to an exclusive reception at Paddy O’s prior to the SIU football game against Southeast Missouri State at Busch Stadium. Steve Falat was the official emcee and guest

speakers included Chancellor Rita Cheng, Athletic Director Mario Moccia, and SIU AA Executive Director Michelle Suarez.

Grey Dawg and the SIU Marching Band pumped up the crowd with SIU’s fight song. Substantial drink and food specials ensured a fun-filled atmosphere. A special thank you to the St. Louis Chapter for assisting with this event.

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Association News Nashville Club Fall Dinner The Nashville Club hosted 36 alumni and friends to a fall dinner at the home of Phil and Pam Pfeffer. Chancellor Rita Cheng was the guest of honor and updated the group on positive changes on campus. The Pfeffers’ provided a feast of BBQ and all the fixins’, while complimentary beer and wine from the southern Illinois region was enjoyed by all. A special thank you to Nashville Club Leader Elle Turner for coordinating the event and to the Pfeffers for hosting the dinner.

4th Annual SIU Day At The Dome

Salukis Largest School Group For Cubs In 2013 On Oct. 3, Southern Illinois University Carbondale was honored by the Chicago Cubs as the largest school group attending a game this year. That occurred on July 13, when almost 500 alumni and friends were part of the 36th annual “SIU Day at Wrigley Field” festivities. Keith O’Connor of the SIU Alumni Association’s Peoria Chapter attended on behalf of the organization and accepted the Louisville Slugger bat noting the accomplishment.

The St. Louis Chapter hosted 50 alumni and friends to a pregame gathering and a football game between the St. Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans. The St. Louis Chapter helped raise more than $600 for their chapter scholarship fund. SIU Alumni Association board member Jeffrey Kutterer attended the event on behalf of the Association, and Anna Vani, Leslie Patterson, and Aimee Snavely helped coordinate the event.

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Helping Others SIU Group Raises Funds, Awareness For Those Impacted By Typhoon In Philippines

by Luke Nozicka n Nov. 8, Super Typhoon Haiyan bashed the Central Philippines, leaving entire villages ravaged and affecting the lives of millions. While the eradication of their native land was thousands of miles away, the Filipino community of southern Illinois quickly began to raise awareness of this devastation.

Raymund Narag, SIU assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice, says this was the strongest typhoon that has ever struck Southeast Asia. “It was like 195 miles per hour in terms of wind speed and basically three times stronger than Hurricane Katrina,” he notes.

Originally from the Philippines, Raymund moved to the United States in 2005 and last year became an assistant professor at SIU. Although he and his wife live in southern Illinois, many of their relatives still reside in the Philippines.

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Grace Pineda, left, and Frances Anterola, a graduate student in the school of medicine, sell baked goods outside of Faner Hall for the victims of a typhoon in the Philippines.

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Narag, his wife, Shella, and other local Filipinos held a bake sale of homemade Filipino delicacies in the Faner

Breezeway in November.

The fundraiser was designed to draw attention to the natural disaster while

Military Saluki Helping People Affected VILLAMOR AIR BASE, the Republic of the Philippines – Many U.S. service members are contributing their unique capabilities in support of the Armed Forces of the Philippines during Operation Damayan to assist people affected by Typhoon Haiyan. A handful of Jimenez, left, speaks to U.S. Navy Lt. Ryan the U.S. serAylsworth inside the 3rd Marine vice memExpeditionary Brigade command operation bers concenter at Villamor Air Base. U.S. Marine Corps tributing

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were born and raised in the Philippines for part of their life, a place they call home.

One such person is Lt. Cmdr. Eduardo Jimenez ’99, the deputy medical planner for 3rd Marine Logistic Group on Okinawa. The SIU graduate is from Pasay City, Manila, the Philippines, where he lived for the first 19 years of his life.

Prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy, Jimenez was a student at the University of the East, in Manila. He continued his studies and earned a degree in human resources from Southern.

“It took me almost ten years to get my degree because I was always on the ships,” he says. “I had to go to classes during weekends or at nights.”

Having the opportunity to be involved in Operation Damayan means a great deal to Jimenez because the typhoon has affected the nation he called home.

“This is the worst typhoon I have ever seen,” he says. “I have never seen this much devastation before. I wish there were more I could do.”

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raising money to help needy families in the Philippines.

The bake sale consisted of banana bread, cupcakes, cookies, coconut macaroons and Filipino bread. As SIU students walked by, they could donate any amount of money for the food on display. “We didn’t want to put prices on them, you know, like $5. We didn’t want to make them pay for it, but instead to donate,” Shella says.

Shella is originally from the south side of the Philippines and says her rela-

tives’ homes have been significantly affected by this catastrophe. “The ones that we see on TV are really bad, but it’s not just that area that was hit. There are other areas that that were covered by the media, and that’s where my family is,” she says Raymund says he hopes people understand these things happen in developing countries, and that all donations are helpful, as the typhoons have impacted everyone. “I believe this is a worldwide phenomenon,” he explains.

“This should bring the world together, because all of us are affected in a way.”

Aldwin Anterola, assistant professor of phytochemistry and plant secondary metabolism, also helped with the effort and was pleased with the initial response. “I am actually happy with the turnout from the bake sale because that shows how supportive the SIU community is.”

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LaMoille – Meredith Stamberger, LaMoille High School. She plans to major in production horticulture.

Macomb – Trebor Mann, Macomb High School. He plans to study physical training.

Marion – Christopher Stanley, Johnston City High School. He plans to major in math education.

New Douglas – Cynthia Sirko, Staunton High School. She plans to major in animal science/pre-veterinary.

Oswego – Carissa Marie Ray, Oswego High School. She plans to study journalism/marketing and advertising.

Palestine – Matthew Schmidlin, Palestine High School. He plans to major in mechanical engineering.

Rockford – Gabrielle Nelson, Jefferson High School. She plans to major in communication disorders and sciences.

Sesser – Cody Lingle, Sesser-Valier High. He intends to major in information systems technologies.

Vandalia – Amanda Jourdan, Vandalia Community High School. She plans to study English.

California San Marcos – Saxon Metzger, Carlsbad Seaside Academy. He plans to

study economics.

Indiana Plainfield – Kori Kirkpatrick, Hoosier Academies High School. She plans to major in zoology at SIU. Mississippi Horn Lake – Emily Waldon, Lewisburg High School. She plans to study civil engineering and Spanish.

Missouri St. Louis – William Tipton, Maplewood Richmond Heights High School. He plans to major in mechanical engineering.

Tennessee Brentwood – Ryan Sabo, Ravenwood High School. He plans to study finance at SIU. Clarksville – Allison Campbell, Clarksville High School. She plans to major in computer engineering.

Wisconsin Plymouth – George Nimmer, Sheboygan Area Lutheran High School.

He plans to study aviation flight/aviation management.

For a complete list of the students’ accomplishments, go to: news.siu.edu/2013/08/081313cjm13097. html.

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Chancellor Scholars – from page 66 Decatur – Gage Barrows, Mt. Zion High School. He plans to study political science/pre-law.

Alan Jacob Ludlow, Mount Zion High School. He plans to major in accounting.

Dorchester – Michael Yvonne Halpin, Gillespie High School. She plans to study animal science, food and nutrition.

Elkville – Kyle Whittington, Elverado High School. He intends to major in physiology.

Flora – Lizabeth Engelmeier, Flora High School. She plans to major in English/creative writing.

Granite City – Kristin Rachele Schellhardt, Granite City High. She plans to study chemistry.

Hardin – Kailyn Baalman, Calhoun High School. She plans to study physiology.

Hoyleton – Annamarie Beckmeyer, Centralia High School. She plans to major in physiology.

Humboldt – Austin Sherman, Mattoon High School. He plans to study crops, soils and environmental management.

Kankakee – Taniah Paden, Kankakee High School. She plans to study premedicine.

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Half Century Club Class Of 1963 Honored At Homecoming

Members of the Class of 1963 who returned to campus Homecoming Weekend were honored at the Half Century Club dinner. Front row, from left: Karen Magee, Mary Haines, Mary Jane Kolar, Rosemarie Fry, Lois Malone, Shirley Gresch, Jean Dunn, and Nancy Ebersoldt. Back row: Edwin Termuede, Robert Spurling, Marvin Kaiser, ,John Lambert, Class of 1963 Chairman James Tarr, Bruce Davis, David Koch, Donald Beggs, Herman Abney, and Neil Ebersoldt.

Class Notes Alumni listed in maroon are SIU Alumni Association members.

1950s Ron Coss ’58 was recently featured in the Santa Fe New Mexican as the father of David Coss, the mayor of Santa Fe. The elder Coss met his wife, Millie Schmitt, while a student at Southern in the late ’40s. Coss

found relief from his respiratory problems as well as employment opportunities in the Land of Enchantment. For several years Coss worked for the New Mexico state legislature, dealing with health and environmental issues. Today, he stays busy tending to his garden using his own water-preservation system “All of my trees are nourished from rainwater, so I never have to use city water,” he says.

1960s Rod O’Kelley ’64 M.S. ’66 has written a book about growing up in Cowden, Ill., Comin’ Up Country. The book retraces the path of O’Kelley’s life from a one-room schoolhouse to universities with classrooms large enough to hold the entire population of Cowden. O’Kelley owns a private cattle and swine research farm and is owner of Boot City, a retail boot and western wear store, and Boot City Opry in Terre Haute.

Lois Zachary’68 M.S.Ed. has published My Mother Has the Finest Eyes, a compelling collection of poetry that records the struggle of

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families, the hidden victims of those who suffer from Alzheimer’s.

1970s It Is Fun Making Money is G.W. King’s ’70 autobiography and travel memoir. He and his wife, Edna, have been married for more than 40 years and have been financially independent for three-quarters of their married lives. The Kings are motivational speakers who have traveled to more than 50 countries. The book offers a unique perspective on the topic of making a living – that it can be fun – and shows readers how they can adopt a positive attitude toward achieving their goals, all while adhering to basic Christian principles.

Details at www.itisfunmakingmoney.com.

Thomas Winski ’71, adjunct professor of journalism and campus security officer at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., was honored with the National Scholastic Press Association Pioneer Award at that organization’s national convention. He has taught journalism for 35 years, and he was one of the founders of the Illinois Journalism Education Association.

Buzz Spector ’72, Chicago native and Dean of College and Graduate School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis, was the Walter Gropius Master Artist for September at the Huntington Museum of Art. An installation of his work was exhibited in November at HMA. Judge Sandra EdwardsStephens ’74 retired from the bench in October 2013. Her election as a Marion County, Fla., judge in 1990 shattered race and gender barriers. She was the first African-American and first female elected county

judge in the 5th Judicial Circuit, which covers five Florida counties. Past Governor Jeb Bush appointed her to the circuit bench 10 years later, and she has been a circuit judge ever since.

The funeral home of Gregg Mason ’76 was featured in a business spotlight in the South Florida Times. Satisfying families during difficult times is the philosophy of the 18-year-old business in Miami Shores, Fla. He was honored in 1995 as “Mortician of the Year” by the First Regional District of the Florida Mortician Association.

A San Antonio-based food stylist, Mary Ellen Rose ’76, recently shed some light on this little known but essential occupation in an online article. A food stylist’s purpose is to optimize the

way food appears for still photographs or video. The stylist works closely with the photographer to ensure that food appears appetizing and realistic for the duration of the shoot, which can last for hours.

Susan Rorison ’77 has joined NewMark Merrill Companies as its new chief operations officer. In her new role, Rorison oversees the firm’s operations including the management, acquisition, and development of its retail portfolio, which includes 79 assets totaling more than 10 million square feet throughout California, Colorado, and Illinois.

Debra Haire-Joshu M.S.Ed. ’78, an internationally known researcher in the field of obesity and diabetes prevention, has been installed as the first Joyce Wood Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. This also marks Washington University in St. Louis’ first endowed profes-

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s associate director of Southern Illinois Research Park and director of business innovation and research for SIU, Lynn Andersen Lindberg ’82 M.B.A. ’84 assists technology businesses create goods and services.

Lindberg says SIU’s Lindberg was recently the Research Park is the focal focus of a newspaper artipoint for outreach. cle by Chancellor Rita Cheng. “The research park is the University’s focal point for outreach to the business community,” Lindberg says.

“People think of us as many things, such as an incubator or as the Small Business Development Center, but the research park is where we bring everything together.”

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Translating research results into national healthcare policy has been an integral part of HaireJoshu’s career.

Marilyn Porter ’79 has been appointed to the College of Saint Benedict Board of Trustees in St. Joseph, Minn.

Porter is the director of engineering and facilities for Metropolitan Council/Metro Transit in Minneapolis.

Rod Wyatt ’79, a Benton native, was recently inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in New Mexico.

Wyatt joins the likes of Neil Armstrong, Gene Kranz, Buzz Aldrin, Nicolau Copernicus, and other space pioneers and visionaries in the hall of fame, according to the New Mexico Museum of Space History.

Wyatt will be inducted along with the rest of the original Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X) Team, the first group ever inducted into the ISHF. He continues to work on unmanned airplanes and space vehicles as an avionics and radio frequency engineer with Boeing.

1980s A longtime assistant public defender and private attorney, Ron Slemer J.D. ’80 has been appointed an associate judge by the nine circuit judges of Illinois’ 3rd Judicial Circuit. Slemer has been an assistant public defender for 25 years and served as a trustee from 1999 until 2011 for Glen Carbon, Ill. He lives in Glen Carbon and practices law in Edwardsville.

Larry Normansell ’81 has received the Cora I. Orr Faculty Service Award from Muskingum University in New Concord,

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Ohio. The award is named in honor of a faculty member and administrator who served the university with devotion and distinction for four decades.

Matthew Goeckner ’82 was chosen as one of five University of Texas Dallas faculty members to receive the 2013 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. He is the head of the Mathematical Sciences Department. The annual award honors excellence in the classroom among universities in Texas.

Keith Starr ’82 has been promoted to senior commercial lender at First Security Bank & Trust in Charles City, Iowa. He is also involved in the development of First Security’s relationship management and business development efforts in the agriculture/commercial lending area. Starr has been with First Security for 12 years, and he has 29 years of experience in the agriculture finance industry. Starr and his wife, Joanne, have three children: Stephen, Robert, and Emily.

Greg Wellman ’83 has been named a senior program manager in the Los Angeles office of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering, and program/construction management organization. Wellman’s initial assignment will be project manager for the transportation infrastructure development plan at Los Angeles International Airport. Wellman has 30 years of experience focused primarily on addressing large, complex aviation challenges.

Aron Aji M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’89 was nominated for the prestigious 2013 PEN Translation

Prize for A Long Day’s Evening, an historical Turkish novel by Bilge Karasu. He has been dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at St. Ambrose in Davenport, Iowa, since 2006. The book is among five that were nominated for the prize. Aji’s nomination follows honors he previously received for translating the works of Karasu, a legendary Turkish novelist who died in 1995.

Wanda Doolen M.S. ’84 has worked for Missouri State Parks since 1978. In 1983, she became the park naturalist at Sam A. Baker State Park, and for the next 20 years, she worked at the park, developing the park’s Interpretation and Nature Education Program, working with schools and youth groups, civic organizations, and park visitors. The Missouri Parks Association recently selected Doolen as its 2013 Outstanding Employee of the Year in the facility management category.

Christopher Koch ’84, Illinois’ state schools superintendent, has been named to two national boards. Koch will serve a two-year term as finance vice chair for the Education Commission of the States and a three-year term as a member of the board of directors for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. The Education Commission of the States works to improve communication among state education chiefs and lawmakers.

Susan Romano ’84, Ph.D. ’06 has been named a fellow in the Society of American Foresters (SAF). The SAF provides informational and net-

working opportunities for professionals in the natural resources field. The recognition is granted by Romano’s peers for “outstanding service to the society and to the profession.

My sustained, lifelong participation in the forestry profession and in the advancement of forestry has provided many valuable experiences with those who have a deep appreciation of the forest at many levels,” she says.

Nancy Parsons M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’87 has been named associate provost for undergraduate and graduate studies at Western Illinois University.

Parsons was named interim associate provost in July 2011. Previously, she served as a health sciences faculty member since 1988 and had served as the department’s internship coordinator since 1990.

Bill Nevin ’86 has become the voice of West Virginia University football. He has been the voice of the university marching band for the past nine years, and he’s been broadcasting university basketball for the past 10. Before joining the West Virginia University in fall 2001, Nevin worked for West Virginia Radio Corporation for 11 years in various news positions.

Mike Phillips ’86, M.S. ’89, Illinois Valley Community College geology instructor, spoke at the 125th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in October in Denver. Phillips presented at

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r. Wesley Robinson-McNeese M.D. ’86, executive assistant to the dean for diversity, multicultural and minority affairs at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and associate professor of internal medicine and medical humanities, recently earned a Healthcare Executive Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Georgetown University and the American Association of Medical Colleges, both in Washington, D.C. The Certificate in Diversity Leadership is Wesley Robinson-McNeese an academic program of diversity education designed to develop the competencies leaders need to drive diversity as a core component of excellence in health care. Dr. McNeese served in Vietnam and later became a paramedic with the U.S. Air Force. A native of East St. Louis, he was editor of The Crusader in his hometown before attending college.

He is a licensed minister in the Church of God and is pastor of the New Mission Church of God in Springfield, Ill.

a special session honoring Dale Ritter, who was one of his geology professors at SIU. The meeting was expected to draw more than 7,000 geologists from across North America and around the world and took place in Denver.

GovDirections, a media publishing firm providing federal, state, and local government spend reports, has announced Jan Suchomski ’86 as Director of Marketing. Within this role, Suchomski will lead the company’s marketing initiatives.

Suchomski brings 25 years of business and marketing experience to GovDirections. She started her career at the Georgia World Congress Center and previously

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served as Director of Marketing at The Frontier Group.

Dudley Barnfield ’87 has joined the Boeing Government Space Systems (GSS) leadership team as director of the GPS programs. He will have oversight for the entire GPS portfolio, which includes the GPS IIF program and alternate architecture initiatives. Barnfield joined Boeing in 1987 and most recently was director of network systems within the Command, Control, and Communications (C3) Solutions business group of Boeing’s Electronic and Information Solutions (E&IS).

In June Georgia College in Milledgeville, Ga., appointed Kelli Brown Ph.D. ‘87 as provost and vice president of academic affairs. Brown has been involved in higher education for the past 26 years, hav-

ing been named an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 20112012 academic year. Most recently, Brown served as interim dean of the College of Health and Human Performance at the University of Florida.

Texas State has named Louis Jimenez ’87 as its registrar. Jimenez will oversee a staff of seven in the registrar’s office at Texas State, serving a student population of nearly 35,000. He comes to Texas State from the University of Alabama, where he served as senior assistant university registrar in Tuscaloosa.

Recently Kirk Smith ’87 was recognized for 25 years of service as a zoning officer with the village of Grayslake, Ill. During that time, 51 subdivisions have been constructed – a total of 5,000 homes – and 166 special-use permits were issued. Smith also ensured $100 million worth of infrastructure was installed per the approved plans.

Brett Wildoner ’87 working as Brett Anthony, an Emmy award-winning, 20-year weathercasting veteran, has joined KJRH-TV as chief meteorologist in Tulsa, Okla.

He’s been forecasting weather around the country for more than 20 years, most of that time spent in Missouri. Anthony has been a contributor to NBC Nightly News and The Today Show. In 2012 he won an Emmy for the severe weather special, Surviving the Storm, and he also has received Associated Press awards.

The Washington, D.C., mayor named the finance director of Phoenix, Jeffrey

DeWitt M.S. ’88, to become the District’s next chief financial officer. DeWitt has served as the chief financial officer for Phoenix, the nation’s sixthlargest city, since 2009.

The U.S. Forest Service welcomed Martie Schramm ’88 as Snoqualmie Ranger District’s new ranger on the Mt. BakerSnoqualmie National Forest in Washington. Previously, she was district ranger on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona. Her office is in North Bend, Wash.

Schramm grew up in Michigan and Pennsylvania, beginning her career with the Forest Service in 1989.

Bryan Brennan ’89 of Springfield, Ill., has joined Prairie Engineers of Illinois as a civil engineering designer.

Brennan has more than 25 years of experience designing infrastructure projects for government agencies, utilities, and private organizations.

1990s CBS affiliate WISH in Indianapolis has named Jeff Mulligan ’90 as its assistant news director. Mulligan joins News Director Steve Bray’s staff from KFVS TV in Cape Girardeau, Mo., where he has been assistant news director.

Previously he worked at WDAF Kansas City, Mo., where he was executive producer after serving as producer of WDAF’s morning and late newscasts.

The subject of a recent article in the New York Times, Indigo Triplett ’90, is the founder and C.E.O.

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College Alumnus of the Year. While at SIU, he ran his business – a television and stereo repair outfit called Johnson Electronics – to support his wife, Cindy, and their infant daughter. He says “juggling a family, a business, and school at the same time was definitely a challenge. From that experience, I have great respect for all returning students! Sometimes I think I am successful today because I was an older, returning student.”

NASA was never aconsideration until one day when he was walking through the basement of the engineering building at SIU. “There Johnson is pictured at the top of was a handmade Launch Pad A, next to the tank used sign, made from a

by Space Shuttle Discovery. cardboard box that said ‘NASA interviews tomorrow.’ That sign led to an interview and a job offer for the Shuttle Human Space Flight program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.” Fresh out of Southern, he was hired as an Instrumentation System Engineer. Since then, Johnson has been involved with 110 successful missions, starting with the post-Challenger return to flight mission in 1988 and including Endeavour’s Intelsat capture, repair and release; and the Hubble repair mission where he was asked to assist on an independent peer review of the Hubble Space Telescope replacement control unit/science data formatter that was installed.

of Careers in Transition, a performance management consulting firm in Tucker, Ga. In looking back she says, “Every job I took seemed to revolve around helping people making career choices; it’s in my DNA.” Jeffrey Gudewicz ’91 has joined Wilson Electronics as director of business development and product line management. Most recently Gudewicz served as senior strategic sales manager at RF Micro Devices, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance semiconductor components that enable worldwide mobility.

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Cmdr. Peter Nilsen ’91 has stepped down from the helm of the USS Cole in August in Norfolk, Va. During Nilsen’s tenure as commanding officer, Cole successfully completed a ninemonth deployment in support of maritime cooperation in the 6th Fleet area of responsibility.

He will be transferring to Navy Air Missile Defense Command in Dahlgren, Va. “It has been an absolute honor and privilege to

have served aboard the Cole,” Nilsen says.

The Second Judicial Circuit judges have chosen Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Tedeschi Ex ’92 J.D. ’03 as the next chief judge. He was elected by fellow circuit judges at the quarterly judges meeting in October.

Teresa Katubig ’93 was recently featured in the St. Louis Business Journal for her resounding success with her workforce management company Extra Help Inc. In 1995, Katubig founded what was a small temporary placement agency in Johnston City, Ill., but has since grown the company to $12 million in revenue by adding fullservice payroll, human resources, and employee benefits management.

Georgia Costello M.S.Ed. ’94, Ph.D. ’07 recently celebrated her fifth year as Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) president. She is the college’s first female president in its 66-year history and is also the first former SWIC student to hold the post. “I really wanted to attend college, and my parents were financially unable to pay for my college tuition,” she says. Her husband, Jerry Costello, served as a U.S. representative in southwestern Illinois for 20 years, before recently retiring.

The city of Topeka, Kan., has appointed Luther Ganieany Jr. ’94 as its chief of prosecution.

Ganieany has worked in Topeka’s prosecution section for 12 years. Prior to that, he worked in the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office and with Topeka’s Legal Aid Society.

He worked in the Manhattan,

Kan. City Attorney’s Office before moving to Topeka.

Perry Jensen ’94 has been named new chief administrator for the Valley Arts and Science Academy in Fresno, Calif. A veteran who served two decades in the U.S. Air Force, Jensen was named the executive director/superintendent. He has taught elementary school and junior high school and was principal of McCabe Junior High School in Mendota, Calif., and vice principal of Valley Community High School in Merced, Calif.

Daughters Kelly West ’94, M.S.Ed.’98 and Jessica Ysursa ’98 followed their mother, Connie Barre M.S.Ed. ’98 into education. When Barre and her two daughters get together, all they talk about is school and kids. Barre practically raised her daughters inside classrooms. At one point in time, Barre, West, and Ysursa were all attending Southern together. Ysursa was earning her bachelor’s degree, while Barre and West were finishing their masters’ degrees.

I-CAR has announced the appointment of Todd Chizmar ’98 of Chrysler Group LLC to its International Board of Directors. Chizmar has been part of the automotive industry for nearly 20 years, the last 14 in technical and management roles at Chrysler. He is currently senior manager, Technical Training for Chrysler, a role in which he is responsible for the planning, development and execution of the company’s global technical training strategy.

Noted friction expert Poh Wah Lee ’99, M.S. ’02, Ph.D. ’13 has been named director of friction materials sciences with Centric Parts. Lee, a preeminent researcher focused on copper-free formulations, will lead the ongoing development of

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2000s Vincent Carilli Ph.D. ’00 has been named vice chancellor for student life at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Carilli previously worked at UT as dean of students from 2000 to 2001 and as associate dean of students from 1998 to 2000. He has also held academic leadership positions at SIU and East Stroudsburg University.

The latest works of painter Chris Kienke M.F.A. ’00 were displayed in the College of Southern Maryland’s Tony Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery between Sept. 6 and Oct. 4.

His current explorations in the studio revolve around a hybrid practice of painting and digital imagery. Kienke’s work has been exhibited in more than 50 shows, with his most recent solo debut in New York City at the Bowery Gallery in June 2011. He lives and works in Savannah, Ga. The School for Professional Studies at Saint Louis University has named Jennifer Roberts ’00, M.A. ’03 ’06 as the new Assistant Chair for its Renaissance Programs in Education. The Renaissance Programs provide three teacher certification options for working adults. She also founded

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and advised the Belleville West Chapter of Girls Learn International, a service learning organization that educates students on girls’ education. Through this organization, Jennifer and her students completed advocacy work and fundraisers in the community to benefit their partner school in Cambodia.

Belinda Scrogham ’00 has been named Executive Recruiting Manager for 361

Services in Denver. 361 Services provides senior-level staffing and recruiting services in accounting, tax, audit, and finance throughout the Denver Metro area. She lives in Denver with husband, Jason, and children, Riley and Addi.

Nearly a year after taking over Yakima (Wash.) Air Terminal as its interim manager, Rob Peterson ’01 M.P.Ad. ’07 has been named airport manager. “He has done a great job” running the airport since the city of Yakima took over operations in February,” city manager Tony O’Rourke says.

He started at the Yakima Air Terminal in 2011, and he previously worked at airports in Denver; Dayton, Ohio; and Fort Worth, Texas.

Pacific Quest, an outdoor therapy program in Hawaii, welcomed in September Jody St. Joseph ’01 as their Adolescent Program Director.

St. Joseph is responsible for supervision of the adolescent program, personnel management, and assistance with out-

reach coordination. St. Joseph’s expertise will be invaluable in overseeing program policies and procedures, curriculum implementation, and providing performance evaluations for the supervisor team.

Angie Eslinger ’02 recently completed the Architect Registration Examination to become a member of Registered Architects in Missouri. She has most recently been a project manager for the Village at Nazareth, a 50-unit independent living apartment building on the Nazareth Living Center Campus in St. Louis.

Steven Bost ’03, J.D. ’05 has partnered with Jackson County attorney Gary Miller J.D. ’76 to form Miller & Bost, Attorneys at Law, LLP, a general law practice. With the partnership, Bost becomes a fourth-generation Murphysboro small-business owner. He served seven years on active duty as a Marine Officer and Judge Advocate in the United States Marine Corps. Miller has practiced law in southern Illinois for more than 35 years, with a similar focus on estate planning, real estate transactions, business formation, and municipal law.

Bost is married to the former Elizabeth Keehn ’04, who will serve as office manager alongside Miller’s spouse, Dorothy Miller.

Adam Meyer ’03 starred in Frank Furino’s Marilyn ... MADNESS & Me, which played at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, Calif. He has appeared in theatrical productions across the U.S. including the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Cortland

Repertory Theatre. TV credits include Untold Stories from the E.R. (TLC) and Ella and Me (Animal Planet).

Leigh Grannan M.S. ’04 is the new clinic director for the Autism Program of Illinois at the Hope Institute in Springfield, Ill. Previously Grannan was a clinical instructor with the Rehabilitation Institute at SIU. In Carbondale she supervised graduate students in providing therapy for children with an autism spectrum disorder, collaborated with Special Education programs and consulted various schools in southern Illinois.

Erin Keyser Horn ’04 recently received a 2012 RONE (Reward of Novel Excellence) Honorable Mention Award for her debut novel, Eyes of Lightning. The award recognizes books from small publishing houses or independent authors. To learn more or to read the first chapter, visit Horn’s Website at www.ErinKeyserHorn.com.

Becky Stanton M.A. ’04 and her husband, Larry, have been appointed missionaries in Liberia, West Africa through American Baptist International Ministries. The Stantons will work in partnership with the Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention and will serve at Ricks Institute.

Larry will serve as maintenance supervisor, overseeing the building and grounds of the campus that serves 625 students and 135 staff. Becky will serve as an English teacher in the elementary division and will conduct weekly Bible classes on the campus.

Troy Mason ’05 has published his first novel, Outlaw, dealing with the outlaw motorcycle culture. “For years I

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Mason retired as a master sergeant after 21 years of military service in 2005. Soon after, he decided to buy a motorcycle because he wasn’t getting his “daily dose of adrenaline like I did in the Marines.” Outlaw is set in Paris, Tenn., where Mason has lived most of his life.

Nicole Jones Reeve ’06 recently received the Distinguished Alumnus Award at the 44th annual commencement ceremony at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Ill. She attended Logan on a softball scholarship and was not only a standout softball player, but also excelled in the classroom. She taught for a year before moving to Minnesota, where she and her husband, Pat, host the popular Outdoor Channel series, Driven TV. Everett Neasman Ph.D. ’07, an assistant professor of English at Jackson State University, was profiled in the Jackson Free Press. Neasman is a distinguished scholar of all things Shakespeare with a list of academic articles and a book to his credit. In the classroom Neasman employs 21st-century teaching mediums to encourage students to discuss the parallels between plays they study and the drama of everyday news.

Bryan Mullins ’09, a former standout for the basketball Salukis, was recently named director of men’s basketball operations at Loyola University in Chicago. Mullins, a Downers Grove native, was a standout for the SIU basketball program, leading his team to a pair of

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NCAA tournament appearances, one NIT berth, and two Missouri Valley Conference championships. He recently spent four seasons playing professionally in France.

Victoria Ruble ’09, M.P.Ad.’11 has been named the new manager of the Greater Kankakee Airport. A native of New Lenox, Ill., Ruble says she sees great potential to expand and be a player in bringing new industry to the area. “I knew I wanted to be in airport management since I was a kid. SIU was the only school I applied to because I wanted to

get into that program,” she says, noting that she does not have a pilot’s license. Her goal was always to be in management, not in the cockpit.

A new gaming store, owned

by Mark Keplinger M.D. ’12 and Joshua Sawlaw M.D. ’09, has opened in Champaign, Ill. It

2010s Senniger Powers LLP in St. Louis has announced that Brett Lohmeier ’11, M.S. ’13, J.D. ’13 has joined the firm as an associate.

Lohmeier’s practice involves intellectual property law, with a focus on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications related to electrical engineering.

carries board games, collectible card games, and role-playing games. Keplinger is originally from Geneseo. He plans to become a family practitioner and is operating the store before beginning a residency.

Sawlaw grew up in Mahomet, lives in Monticello, and is a family practice physician with Kirby Medical Group in Monticello.

SIU Graduate Is An Advocate For People With Disabilities Danielle Austin ’10, ’12, of Carol Stream, Ill., is Ms. Wheelchair Illinois for 2013. Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy when she was 1 year old, the SIU graduate never let the disability stop her from achieving her goals.

Austin participated in the Ms. Wheelchair Illinois competition for the personal learning experience and the larger opportunity to advocate for those with disabilities. “The last thing I thought about was winning,” she says. “I want to share with others that they can be successful in life and become active members in society. They should follow their dreams that anything is possible.”

Once told that college was not an option, she proved the naysayers wrong.

“My biggest accomplishment was graduating from college,” she told the Suburban Life newspaper. She attended Southern and received a bachelor of science in liberal arts, a second degree in rehabilitation services, and a minor in speech communication.

Austin believes that she helps both the disabled and able-bodied communities by speaking about disability awareness. “When I speak to groups that are disabled, I relate to them,” she notes. “They see my success and feel they can have the same success.”

One day she hopes to have a job that allows her to become an advocate for others with disabilities across the United States. “I will continue to speak up for people with disabilities and attend events where I can help others,” she says Austin currently works at Glenbard District 87 and CC5093 as a substitute teacher, and enjoys reading, watching sports, and working out. She describes herself as hard working, driven, and compassionate. She wants to teach everyone about tolerance, acceptance, and what it is like to live with a disability.

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“It’s the glass, stupid,” became Klem’s mantra. aniel Klem Jr. Ph.D. Birds just don’t recognize ’79 is the focus of an clear glass as an obstacle. article in Science News, in Reflections may even lure which his research on the birds toward what appear to interaction of birds and be trees, grass and other glass-covered structures natural shelter that are was featured. An ornitholactually behind them. ogist, Klem has been workTo learn how birds might ing on the issue for about be warned away from glass, four decades. It’s difficult Klem began testing birdto determine just how deterrence markings in his many birds die in window tunnel. He compared a plain collisions, but he is the pane with glass decorated source of the numbers with something – stripes, silstating that in the United houettes of predators, and States, windows kill 100 even blinking lights. million to 1 billion birds a His results helped estabyear. lish what’s now known as the “I blatantly – and opentwo-by-four rule. Most birds ly – tell you they’re estiwon’t fly through a space less mates,” he says. than 4 inches wide between One day in 1974, he sat vertical stripes or 2 inches down on a bench in front high between horizontal of the mirrored-glass stripes.

Neckers Building on In 1978, a prominent Southern Illinois ecologist published a paper University Carbondale’s suggesting that ultraviolet campus. “It only took light, in the form of window about 20 minutes,” he patterns, could warn birds remembers. A mourning of a no-fly zone, while dove crashed into an upper remaining invisible to Daniel Klum in the museum of Muhlenberg College with a variety of story of the building so humans. However, Klem’s window-kills that include juncos and sparrows. hard that feathers scatoptimism soon turned tered, and the bird sour, as “I realized there dropped to die on the ground. At the were drunk on fermented fruit. wasn’t any way for me to test this.” His time, no one knew why birds flew into Klem began to set up experiments. frustration in reaching a resolution with glass.

He propped panes of clear and mirrored safe window glass for birds was reflected After World War II, a construction glass against tree trunks at the edge of in 2003 when a magazine profile deemed boom created more and more picture the woods on his adviser’s property, and him “the Rodney Dangerfield of windows and glass walls. Accounts of built a 12-foot Masonite tunnel, the first ornithology.” birds crashing into windows surged, as ever for testing windows. Birds flew Nonetheless, Klem, in association did speculations of the cause. Perhaps toward a pane of clear glass as readily with colleagues throughout Europe and the birds just didn’t see the glass. as through an empty window frame, the world, continues research in the hope Perhaps they were temporarily blinded showing no sign they could tell glass that someday glass structures won’t pose ■ by the glare of the sun. Perhaps the birds from air. fatal obstacles to the avian world.

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Salukis In Business FredSparks Design: Doing It ‘Their Way’ A photo of the legendary Frank Sinatra dons the hallway wall of FredSparks an industrial design firm in St. Louis. And it symbolizes how its three founders have conducted business since their senior year at SIU Carbondale.

Quite simply, they take pride in doing it “their way.”

Ken Harris ’05, Aaron Brookhart ’05 and Brandon Hefer ’05 entered SIU Carbondale’s industrial design program in 2000. They became good friends while attending the same classes and working on projects together.

“You attend class with the same group of people for three years and it becomes a tight-knit group. There are approximately 20 students in each class, and 60 total on the same academic track,” Ken says. “It’s only natural that you form a tight bond with peers while spending a lot of time together.”

While their classmates pursued job opportunities as graduation approached, Ken, Aaron, and Brandon had other plans.

Aaron and Ken separately had a vision of establishing design firms, and after sharing that with one another, came to the

realization that they should team up, and then recruited Brandon into the mix.

FredSparks was incorporated in 2004, right before the trio’s senior year at SIU Carbondale. The three agreed on the firm’s pen name during a brainstorming session.

“Our perspective was that all potential employers in the job market coveted experience. So we just decided to create our own experience,” Ken says. “We were used to eating Ramen noodles and living on a small budget. So we figured this was the time to try it.”

Brandon Hefer, Aaron Brookhart, and Ken Harris are co-founders of FredSparks agency in St. Louis.

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Salukis In Business Brandon adds: “This was services, and communicaa chance to take a risk with tions. classmates, so there was a “We are renaissance men in sense of comfort. And we that we have a process that were young. There were makes us experts in undersome ups and downs. But standing consumers through we always picked each other ethnographic research, that up during the down times.” when coupled with meaningful The SIU graduates startproduct design innovations and ed their business working then brought together with out of a house that they strategic communication and lived in. Since those early marketing, produces results for days, the trio has assembled our clients” he says.“Our a team of seven professionresponsibility is to always do als with diverse knowledge better for our clients. that offer clients strategic “Sometimes that means product and brand solutions putting ourselves in the conthrough a variety of skills. sumer’s shoes to understand Their client base includes the issue. This includes brands of equal diversity, spending time with the contapping both FredSparks’ sumer in the environment industrial and communicathat they interface with the tion design expertise. product or service. To include FredSparks has formed a niche in designing sporting equipment.

FredSparks designs for a understanding what they do Aaron Brookhart displays one of the firm’s football helmets. broad range of product catewith their products when they gories from industrial aren’t using them. It’s truly equipment to consumer packaged goods, “In college, it’s an area of study that user-environment research.” and for clients ranging from startups to you discover by chance – it’s really a FredSparks positions clients for sucglobal industry leaders. They have parwell-kept secret,” Ken says. “It is a truly cess through strategy, innovation and ticularly formed a niche in designing an intriguing and enjoyable profession. sustainability. The founders credit SIU sporting equipment through partnerBut people just don’t realize that someprofessors for developing their perspecships with companies like Schutt, one has to draw or conceptualize prodtive in these areas. And they give back to Rawlings, Cabela’s, and other brands in ucts before they are built.”

SIU by offering externship and internship the category.

Aaron says that while the SIU graduopportunities for students at their FredSparks’ initial project was to ates have similar skills sets, they compleagency. develop the bulldog faceguard for footment each other.

“There is a level of confidence in hirball, one that led to designing a custom “There are a variety of skills sets ing students and alumni because we have face guard for NFL star running back required to succeed in this profession,” gone through similar experiences and LaDainian Tomlinson. The firm has also he says. “Each of us has core talents, but know the professors at SIU,” Aaron says. designed shoulder pads, football helwe each have unique abilities that we “We talk to professors and ask them for mets, batting helmets, catchers gear, golf bring to each of our clients.” names of students who look promising.” bags, workout gloves, mouth guards, chin “Industrial design encompasses Ken adds: “We learned everything the cups, protective apparel, cutlery, firearms many skills. We know how to communihard way and want to share our experiaccessories, and hunting equipment, cate the design and also understand ences with students so they can graduate amongs other things in the sporting branding,” Brandon says. “So it’s imporan even more powerful Saluki. You form goods category. tant for clients to get us involved early.” a bond with people who share similar Even as their agency has prospered, Ken adds that FredSparks has the experiences. Aaron, Brandon, and I want the three SIU graduates agree that most capacity to offer innovative consulting to good things to happen for these students consumers aren’t aware of industrial assist clients in developing various inibecause we consider them to be part of ■ design efforts. tiatives to include all product categories, our family.”

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The Lady Behind Woody Hall

Woody in 1935.

Although Woody Hall has long been a building familiar to almost all within the SIU community, many might be unfamiliar with the woman for whom the facility is named. Lucy Woody joined the University in 1911 and served as a professor of home economics. She became Southern’s first Dean of Women in the 1920s before retiring in 1949. Carbondale native and SIU Alumni Association board member Dede Ittner ’61 remembers Woody as “an extremely well-organized little lady.”

The 1935 Obelisk noted she “is always ready to help in any student venture, particularly the Homecoming productions, when she plans and executes the costuming in her clothing classes. Perhaps more than any other member of the faculty, she is constantly awake to the interest of students.” Although long retired from SIU, Woody is pictured above in 1965 holding court with some SIU coeds. She passed way in 1975.

A Legacy For Students With Disabilities

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ames Greenwood enrolled at Southern Illinois University in 1961 because it was one of only a few universities that could accommodate his wheelchair. More than 50 years later, he and his wife, Martha, left SIU a $1.3 million gift to support students with disabilities.

The Jim and Martha Greenwood Fund, created through their estate, will provide scholarships for students with disabilities who are studying science and engineering, says SIU Chancellor Rita Cheng. The first scholarships will be awarded in Fall 2014.

“The Greenwoods left a powerful legacy by supporting the institution that welcomed him in the ‘60s, well before the Americans with Disabilities Act required campuses to be accessible,” Cheng notes. “He remained a Saluki throughout his life, and we couldn’t be prouder or more grateful that he and Martha are making it possible for other students with disabilities to attend SIU.” Art Damiano, a close friend who Greenwood appointed as Jim Greenwood trustee to his estate, says, “Life was such a challenge for Jim, but he never complained. He was one of the most positive people you would ever meet. I have the highest esteem and respect for Jim and Martha.”

After graduation, Greenwood was hired by IBM to work in its personnel department, and closed his 29-year career with the company as regional manager for national college recruiting in Atlanta. Along the way he reconnected with Martha, an artist and art teacher, who had been his high school sweetheart.

The Greenwoods enjoyed retirement in Florida until his death in May 2009. Martha died in January 2013.

Jim was a life member of the SIU Alumni Association, once served on the Association Board of Directors, and was active in its Central Florida Chapter. He was also a close friend of former SIU quarterback and athletics director Jim Hart ’67, who played professional football for the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Redskins.

“Jim was a couple of years older than I was, but we both lived at Thompson Point,” Hart recalls. “Like everyone else there, I quickly noticed how friendly he was and that he never let his disability keep him from doing anything – I can’t stress that enough.

“Whether it was attending sporting events or going to Shryock Auditorium, Jim was always there with us. The physical challenges never seemed to impact his college life, and he was one of the most popular students I was ever around.

“It is a wonderful tribute to the Greenwoods that their legacy will, in part, help students have the same wonderful experience at SIU that Jim enjoyed,” Hart says.

You can read a more in-depth version of Rae Goldsmith’s story on Jim Greenwood by visiting www.siuf.org. If you are interested in supporting SIU through gift planning opportunities, please contact the Office of Planned Giving at 618/453-4900, or via email: giftplanning@siu.edu.

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From Jim’s Pizza To Athens, Greece

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hen Thimios Zaharopoulos ‘79, M.A. ‘81, Ph.D. ‘85 emigrated from Greece to Carbondale at age 13, he attended Carbondale Community High School and graduated early because college life at SIU was so attractive to him.

“My uncles were running Jim’s Pizza on the strip, where my family and I worked,” he says. “I started working there at 14 and loved it. Later my relatives opened up El Greco, and my mother prepared some of the foods for the restaurant. But Jim’s was ‘home.’”

After leaving “home,” he completed three degrees from Southern and married Julia Crain ’83, M.S. ’85 from Herrin, Ill., who completed her doctorate at the University of Kansas and most recently served as a principal for the Shawnee Mission (Kan.) School Thimios Zaharopoulos, District. the new president of Thimios has been the the American College special assistant to the presof Greece in Athens, ident at Park University in worked at Jim’s Pizza Kansas City, and has also on Illinois Avenue (inset) while he was in served the institution as the Carbondale. He says founding dean of the the business was like College of Liberal Arts and home to him while he Sciences and as interim was at SIU. provost. Most recently, he has been appointed provost of the American College of Greece in Athens, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, comprehensive, United States-accredited academic institutions.

The American College of Greece is made up of Pierce College, a middle school and high school, and Deree College, a four-year college with several graduate programs. The campus served as the training site for the U.S. Olympic Team before the 2004 Olympic Games.

Both he and his wife are proud to be life members of the SIU Alumni Association. “We wanted to maintain our strong connection to SIU, are both products of the University, and grateful of the opportunities that SIU provided us,” Thimios says. “Julie and I met at SIU, and the University is part of our identity.

“Being members of the SIU Alumni Association maintains that link for us and allows us to keep up with what is going on there. That connection also allows us to give back to an institution that helped us get to where we are today.”

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