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Join your fellow Vandals for four fun-ﬁlled days of Vandal Pride in Boise!

VANDAL POINT OF PRIDE Buildings in Idaho and eastern Oregon will be more energy efficient thanks to a collaborative project led by the University of Idaho/Idaho Urban Research and Design Center in Boise. The center recently received $150,000 from the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance to work with architects, engineers and facility managers to improve energy efficiency in buildings in the Treasure Valley.

September 1-4, 2004 Wednesday, September 1

Ada County Vandal Booster Luncheon, 12 p.m. Idaho Vandal Night with the Boise Hawks, 7 p.m.

Thursday, September 2

Idaho Water Center Preview, 9 a.m.; Program, 10 a.m. Idaho Speaks! Community Forum, 11 a.m. Canyon County Vandal Booster Luncheon, 12 p.m.

Friday, September 3

UI Vandal Basque Block Party, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 4

Vandal Tailgate Party, Julia Davis Park, 3 p.m. University of Idaho vs. Boise State Football Game, 6:05 p.m. Vandal Post-Game Party, Boise Centre on the Grove

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Shop the Vandal Marketplace in Boise for UI apparel and gifts! Visit www.vandalpridedays.com for locations

Visit www.vandalpridedays.com for a complete schedule and ticket information!

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Here We Have Idaho The University of Idaho Magazine FALL 2004 • VOLUME 21, NUMBER 3

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University President Timothy White Director of University Communications and Marketing Bob Hieronymus Alumni Association President Brian Hill University of Idaho Foundation President James Hawkins Editor Jeff Olson Magazine Design Julene Ewert Illustrations Nathan Nielson Julene Ewert Class Notes Editor Annis Shea Writers and Contributors Kathy Barnard Hugh Cooke Ray Doering Leslie Einhaus Donna Emert Marlo Faulkner Tim Helmke Nancy Hilliard Kallee Hone Bill Loftus Karma Metzler Fitzgerald Gail Miller Becky Paull Amy Rysdam Vision and Resources Task Force Photographs as credited

www.uidaho.edu/herewehaveidaho The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/ afﬁrmative action employer and educational institution. © 2004, University of Idaho Here We Have Idaho magazine is published three times a year, in January, April and August. The magazine is free to alumni and friends of the university. ❚ Send address changes to: PO Box 443147, Moscow, ID 83844-3147. ❚ Send information, Class Notes and correspondence regarding alumni activities to: Annis Shea, Alumni Ofﬁce, PO Box 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or e-mail: alumni@uidaho. edu. ❚ Send editorial correspondence to: University Communications and Marketing, PO Box 443221, Moscow, ID 83844-3221; phone (208) 885-6291; fax (208) 885-5841; e-mail: uinews@uidaho.edu.

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An Age of Innocence The Class of 1964

Features 8 Cold World, Hot Science Antarctica provides UI researchers a climate to explore

10 Weapons of Mass Destruction

UI scientist searches for evidence

12 International Law

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Campus News Quest

Blaine County road trip

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Idaho Outlook

Class Notes

To Be Considered

Comes home to Idaho

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43 I was Joe Vandal The original Joe Vandal

Jeannie Marshall Goss, 1963 homecoming queen. Photo: Gem of the Mountains 1963. Photo illustration by Julene Ewert.

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We welcome letters to the editor. Correspondence should include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number. We reserve the right to edit letters for purposes of clarity or space.

Step into the Past

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The old Administration Building historic steps are new again

Original UI Administration Building circa 1899 — burned in 1906.

After UI’s ﬁrst Administration Building was destroyed by ﬁre in 1906, portions of the steps were used as benches, borders and curbs. Some were carted off as souvenirs. In the 1950s, the stairs were reassembled as an alumni service project. Some of the stones were found as far away as Florida and shipped back. The stairs were installed in their present location, southeast of the new Administration Building, and used to link campus and new Greek Row on Nez Perce Drive. During the next 50 years, the stairs slowly slid down the bank and the stone pieces became jumbled and uneven. They were dangerous in dry weather; hazardous in winter conditions. The stairs recently received a renovation, making them safe, accessible and secure. The project allowed for a new forecourt and upper landing, where the historic state seal marker is displayed. The result is a new campus landmark that honors the UI’s traditions and history. The steps have become a favorite campus location for both formal and informal photo opportunities.

here are still several boxes to unpack, but Moscow is beginning to feel like home. My wife Karen and I are meeting members of the university family every day and look forward to our first swing to meet Vandals throughout the state. It is good to be at the University of Idaho. I want to thank you all for the cards, letters and e-mail messages. Karen and I deeply appreciate your outpouring of support. I am feeling well, my energy level is high and I am happy to be “on the job!” I have spent the time since my appointment last April working on the transition and planning for the university’s future. In Idaho and nationally, we must pursue a higher calling for higher education. The times and environment in which we operate continue to change dramatically as a result of the economy and the graying of the baby-boom generation. I am committed to leading the university to adapt and partner to meet the challenges that change presents. We already have begun the process with appointment of the Vision and Resources Task Force. A message from that special group of faculty, staff and students is printed on the last page of this issue of “Here We Have Idaho.” They have spent the summer working on recommendations that will help shape our future as an institution and, in many ways, our future as a state. Their focus has been how best to position the university to be a “leader in instruction, research and outreach programs that is responsive, innovative and sustainable.” No small task. I look forward to seeing their final results and will use them to shape our academic, financial and legislative action plans. Another key to the UI’s future success is continued support from you, our alumni. I am committed to making the UI an institution of which you can continue to be proud. Your success in the workplace, your homes and communities and the level of pride you hold for your alma mater speaks volumes about the education you received here. The University of Idaho has an exciting journey ahead. I look forward to meeting you. Sincerely,

Tim White President

1-4 Vandal Pride Days in Boise 17-18 1954 football team reunion

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4 UI alumni reception at the Society of American Foresters National Convention, Edmonton, Alberta 7-9 Ag Days 8-9 Dads’ Weekend Delta Chi 80th anniversary celebration 21 Sherman J. Bellwood Lecture presented by Helaine Barnett, president, Legal Services Corp. 5-6 Homecoming Sigma Chi 80th Anniversary Celebration Student Alumni Relations Board (SArb) reunion 19-20 Vandaloha – UI football at Hawaii 11 December Commencement For more information on UI alumni chapter events, go to www.supportui.uidaho.edu on the Web.

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Idaho vs. University of Hawaii To join us, go to www.uidaho.edu/vandaloha or call (208) 885-7060 Sign-up deadline is Sept. 30

Having never taken the time before, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed reading the spring edition of “Here We Have Idaho.” Having grown up at mile post 44 before there was a Highway 12, I enjoyed reading about the Kayler Bend Golf Course as it was just a farm when I was growing up. Say “hello” to John for me. Also, your story about the big trees was interesting; having spent a lot of time walking the national forests, I have seen a few. The giant Sequoia was not quite so large 50 years ago when I took dendrology on the campus. I will keep checking your Web site for information on the big trees. Al Pappenhagen Concord, Calif. 2004

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TODAY@IDAHO For more on these stories and for daily UI news, go to www.today.uidaho.edu. Jay D. Kenton is UI’s new vice president for finance and administration. Kenton served at Portland State University for 16 years, the past two as vice president for finance and administration. He also served in the business affairs offices at Oregon Institute of Technology at Klamath Falls and Eastern Oregon State at La Grande, Ore. UI’s 109th commencement ceremony held on May 15 honored 1,878 students who earned their degrees. “We Vandals, even with 30 years between us, have more in common than you think,” said speaker Sharon Allen. She pointed to the quality of education, the lifelong friends, ethical roots, the willingness to take risks, and recognition of the responsibility to give back to society she received at UI. Two UI students were recognized by the Morris K. Udall Foundation this year. Adair Muth, a junior from Missoula, Mont., who is studying natural resources ecology and conservation biology received a $5,000 Udall Scholarship for the second year in a row. Mackenzie Shardlow, a junior studying wildlife and natural resources ecology and conservation biology, received an honorable mention. She is from Post Falls.

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Instruction in Modern Standard Arabic will be available to UI students beginning this fall through a cooperative arrangement with the U.S. Arabic Distance Learning Network. The two-year program combines one year of classroom instruction with a second year of study abroad at the Al Akawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco.

David Atkinson, UI electrical engineer; photos of Phoebe captured by the Cassini spacecraft.

Saturn Sojourn

David Atkinson, a UI electrical engineer, is in another world since the Cassini space mission entered Saturn’s planetary system in May. It’s been a seven-year trip. “The Cassini spacecraft has now entered orbit around Saturn, becoming the first artificial satellite of Saturn,” said Atkinson. Next Jan. 14, the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe will parachute to the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Atkinson chairs a European Space Agency research group that will reconstruct the probe’s descent trajectory from entry to the surface and also is a co-investigator on the German-led Doppler Wind Experiment team that will conduct measurements of Titan’s atmospheric winds. The mission has transmitted images of Saturn and two of its mysterious moons, Phoebe and Titan. Phoebe, the planet’s largest outer moon, is in a backwards orbit and is believed to be a captured asteroid. Titan is the only moon in the solar system with a significant atmosphere. It is primarily nitrogen, similar to Earth’s, but without oxygen and extremely cold. Because of the haze in Titan’s atmosphere, only glimpses of the surface previously have been obtained. Now, Cassini has viewed linear, circular and curvilinear features that suggest some form of geologic activity, a possible large impact crater in the north and regions possibly containing relatively pure water ice.

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We’re in the Rankings

UI continues to earn recognition as a “best buy” university. This spring, Princeton Review listed UI as one of its 77 Best Value Colleges in America. The ranking was based on data about academics, college costs and ﬁnancial aid and from a survey of current students. Consumers Digest also praised UI’s value. In its ﬁrst “Top 50 Best Values for Public Colleges and Universities,” the magazine ranked UI 24th. UI was the only Idaho university to be ranked in the survey. Three years ago, UI was known as a leading “most wired” university. Now, high-tech reputations are built on being wireless, and UI has met the challenge. Intel ranked UI 33rd on its list of the 100 “Most Unwired College Campuses.” An advanced campus network allows UI students, faculty and staff wireless access to the Internet in all academic buildings.

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The crisp white blooms of the syringa against a cloudless Palouse sky – is there any question as to why it was chosen as Idaho’s state ﬂower? Now, the ﬂower has become the symbol of the university’s newest giving society. The Syringa Society recognizes donors with a lifetime giving total of $500,000. The charter members will be inducted on campus Nov. 4 during Leadership Celebration 2004. You can catch a glimpse of these showy blooms from late spring through early summer. There are a number of syringa planted on campus and also in the UI Arboretum and Botanical Garden.

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Poster-Guy Update In 2000, UI initiated a new image campaign with the theme, “From Here You Can Go Anywhere.” A number of UI students, including Whitney Jenkins, a communications major from Troy, were selected to appear in the ads. “People started coming up to me and saying they saw me at the airport in Boise; they saw me at the airport in Seattle and Portland,” said Jenkins. He was confused. He hadn’t gone anywhere. He hadn’t left Moscow. Finally, Whitney learned his photograph was featured on “these huge posters” at Northwest airports. Now, Jenkins is going places. His ﬁrst stop was Virginia Commonwealth University where he

completed a two-year master’s program in advertising. A summer internship at Campbell-Ewald Advertising Agency in Warren, Mich., led to a full-time job. Campbell-Ewald is one of the world’s 10 largest advertising agencies with a client list that includes Chevrolet, Pier 1, the U.S. Postal Service, Michelin Tires and OnStar. Jenkins is an art director and works with a copywriter to develop television, print, radio and billboard ads. It’s all-out competition. “There are 20 other creative teams in the building and we’re all trying to come up with the best proposals,” said UI’s former poster guy. “I get to do a lot of cool stuff, but now, I’m in the background.”

Whitney Jenkins, in front, was featured in UI’s 2000 advertising campaign along with Josh Hoston and Molly Egland.

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Wacka-wacka-WAC Old rivalries are back!

UI Athletics realized a long-time goal in June when the university accepted an invitation to join he Western Athletic Conference. The Vandals join former league rivals Boise State, Nevada, Utah State and New Mexico State when they make the move in 2005-06. Rounding out the WAC will be San Jose State, Fresno State, Louisiana Tech and Hawaii. The WAC is the conference home UI has been seeking. It provides UI with an all-sports, Western-based league afﬁliation. The move makes sense — and cents — for the Vandals as they re-establish annual competitions with old rivals and spend less time on the road and in the air. Since UI’s 1996 move to Division I-A football, the Vandals have been members of the Big West Conference, which dropped football after the 2000 season, and the New Orleans-based Sun Belt Conference.

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Food for Life

A group of fungi discovered in the green needles of western white pines by UI researchers may help plants resist disease and insects. Rebecca Ganley, Steven Brunsfeld and George Newcombe, all College of Natural Resources researchers, are investigating the role played by the fungi they found in white pines. The prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a portion of their work. It suggests that if all woody plants were like western white pines, fungi living harmlessly in their tissues could account for as many as one in every 14 species. The discovery also could help narrow the range of estimates of how many species exist. Estimates now vary from 10 to 100 million, in part because so little is know about groups of organisms such as fungi.

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Most people in pain care only that aspirin works. How it works remains something of a mystery, and an important one for those with arthritis or other diseases. UI chemistry Professor Frank Cheng believes aspirin, or more accurately its metabolite salicylate, reduces inﬂammation by tying up iron in the body. As a chelation compound, the chemical structure of salicylate works like a crab claw, binding iron. Cheng believes that chelated iron is less harmful to the body. Doctors know that iron builds up in some parts of the body affected by rhumatoid arthritis and Parkinson’s disease. His work recently won wide attention in the scientiﬁc community, including an article in New Scientist magazine.

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Ironing out pain

Nearly half of northern Idaho’s senior citizens were at high nutritional risk. Shelly Johnson, UI Extension educator at Coeur d’Alene, led an effort to help them restore healthy eating habits. The consequences of poor nutrition among seniors include weight loss and greater risk of disease, which translate into higher health care costs. Funded through Area Agency on Aging’s Aging and Adult Services, Johnson tapped into the federally funded Extension Nutrition Program to tailor it for seniors. She recently won an award from the American Society on Aging for her work. The program schedules home visits by nutrition advisers. They help seniors learn about the importance of a healthy diet and how to prepare quick, low-cost and nutritious meals. Other lessons include tips on how to make dining alone, a new reality for many seniors, a pleasant experience.

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Cold World, Hot Science Antarctica provides UI researchers a climate to explore

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ere is all you really need to know about Lance Roth. Prior to his interview for this story, the UI graduate student spent three days climbing Mount Stuart in the Washington Cascades – a trip that included sleeping a night on a two-foot ledge in freezing temperatures. Yet, 10 minutes before the 10 a.m. meeting, he was relaxing in the Idaho Commons lobby while he waited for the other interview participants to arrive. It is this “work hard, play hard” attitude that prompted UI geography Professor Von P. Walden to call Roth the “perfect candidate” to spend two months launching weather balloons in the sub-zero temperatures at Antarctica’s Dome Concordia. Walden, who heads up the mission that includes scientists from UI, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and University of Wisconsin, said the location, one of the coldest environments on Earth, is perfect for checking the accuracy of a satellite measuring heat emitted from the Earth’s surface and atmosphere. The UI team is part of a network of researchers working with the three satellites – Terra, Aqua and Aura – which make up part of NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS). Their assignment is to validate data measured by Aqua’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), a spectrometer that gauges infrared radiation from the Earth. Selecting the Antarctic plateau as a heat source may not be as counter intuitive as it appears. As Walden observed, “compared to space, Antarctica is hot.” “We were looking for a uniform surface to validate the measurements we receive from the satellite,” he explained. “Antarctica offers us a frozen ocean that is uniform and ﬂat.” Describing the plateau as “a giant ice cream cake,” Walden said the location provides consistent surface and atmospheric conditions to compare with readings taken by the satellite. Dome Concordia – 75 degrees South, 123 degrees East and 10,000 feet

above sea level – fits the bill by offering “the coldest and driest conditions the satellite will ever see.” All that is needed is someone who is willing to check the surface weather conditions and launch balloons to measure atmospheric conditions every time the satellite passes over. Enter Lance Roth who spent last December and January conducting these tests twice a day in the Antarctic summer. Each day between 2-4 p.m. and 10 p.m.-midnight Roth would perform his duties in temperatures that ranged from a daytime high of –20 degrees Celsius (- 4 Fahrenheit) to an nighttime low of –40 Celsius (-40 Fahrenheit). For the uninitiated, Walden explained that there is a difference between the two temperatures. “At minus 20 you can still take your gloves off to do some work; at minus 40 you only have a minute before your hands freeze.” And so for 83 launches Roth literally would run through his routine – run outside to fill the balloon with helium and attach the radio-sonde that will take the measurements, run into the building where the receiving equipment is housed and activate the equipment, run back to the balloon to activate the radio-sonde, run back to the building to start the receiver and, finally, back out to launch the balloon. “At the beginning, it took me about 40 minutes to complete a launch,” Roth said. “By the end, I had it down to 20 minutes.” While it would have been easier to inflate the balloon inside the building, Roth said the operation had to be performed outside to reduce the risk of scrapes that would cause the balloon to burst. He noted that after a few launches members of an Italian engineering team at the base provided an unheated shipping container to provide protection from the wind. In addition to the work Roth performed, Walden’s group

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made measurements with the Polar Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (PAERI). They operated the PAERI from a tower from which they measured infrared radiation in a manner similar to the AIRS instrument. In his master’s thesis, Roth used the radio-sonde and PAERI data to calculate the amount of heat radiated at the top of the atmosphere. He then compared the calculations to the measurements made by AIRS. Roth concluded the AIRS instrument is working well over Antarctica. France and Italy jointly control Dome Concordia, and the personnel from both countries operate the base. Roth said being in this environment made his time there as much “a cultural experience as a scientific experience.” With few English speakers on the base, Roth had to find other ways to communicate, including drawing pictures for the Italian construction team for a small project. There also were cultural differences to consider, including how work is viewed. “The French and Italian workers place a high value on taking time off,” Roth said. “They couldn’t understand my launching on Saturday and Sunday.” However, one cultural difference received high marks from Roth and Walden. “The teams each brought their own chefs with them,” Walden said. “They couldn’t decide between a French chef and an Italian chef, so they took both. We ate well.” For Roth, this experience is yet another in a growing list of cold weather adventures that includes a month on Mount Logan in the Yukon, spending time on the Juneau ice field, a trip to the base camp at Mount Everest and climbing Mount Aconcagua in the Andes, at 22,840 feet the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere. Perhaps the cold weather is just in his blood. “I don’t know why,” Roth said. “I keep trying to go south to a beach, but I keep ending up in the cold.” I

Opposite page: Dome Concordia is halfway between the Antarctic coast and the South Pole. At an elevation of 10,000 feet, it sits on about 9,500 feet of ice. Lance Roth and French astronomer Eric Fossat prepare to launch a weather balloon. This page, clockwise from top: A summer evening in Antarctica — while the sun doesn’t set, the temperature still dips to a chilly –40 degrees; ﬂying over the Transantarctic Mountains between McMurdo and Dome Concordia; a quick spray of water turns into an outdoor Christmas decoration; free time tent at Dome Concordia — a place to relax out of the cold.

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“At minus 20 you can still take your gloves off to do some work; at minus 40 you only have a minute before your hands freeze.” — Von Walden

A UI scientist searches Iraq for biological and chemical weapons that threaten the world’s health

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

hen University of Idaho microbiologist Scott Minnich volunteered to go to Baghdad to search for biological weapons of mass destruction, he weighed the risks. Safely home again, Minnich thought again about those risks after he saw a newspaper’s Memorial Day photographic tribute to American soldiers killed in Iraq. The photos included two sergeants Minnich knew who were killed on an April 26 mission that his team had been invited to join. Minnich assisted the search as a civilian scientist attached to a coalition inspection force composed almost entirely of military personnel. He knew the drill. Both his and his wife’s fathers were West Point graduates and career military men. The UI scientist is convinced his choice to go was right and he remains an admirer of the military men and women serving in Iraq. After arriving in Baghdad Jan. 2, Minnich spent five months as a civilian scientist attached to a coalition team seeking biological and chemical weapons. He gained a better understanding of the task’s difficulty. Huge factories that could serve dual uses, manufacturing either antibiotics or biological weapons, proved difficult because of their size and complexity.

Piles of trash within and surrounding the factories made the job harder. Some of the debris was left by looters, some by efforts to remove incriminating evidence, Minnich said. Minnich also gained an understanding of the practical side of combat zone microbiology that will help his work. He is one of three UI researchers leading the new Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research. The Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho regional medical education Top: An upgunner in the turret of a Humvee escort vehicle accompanying the Coalition Inspection Force. At right: Scott Minnich at Camp Slayer in Baghdad.

program based at the University of Washington won a $50 million federal grant last fall to create the new center. “The work over there was very much applied, the sampling techniques to detect the signatures of organisms or chemicals. A lot of the methods need improvement in terms of speed and specificity, so I’ve got a number of ideas in terms of how those could be applied, that I think we’ll look at,” Minnich said. “Protection of military forces in those environments is another concern. Are we adequately vaccinated against these agents? It’s a new arena, and a lot of work needs to be done. “I think I got a really good perspective of the magnitude and the difficulty of tracking these WMD products. I think Iraq is our first dry run. Obviously, the first time around you’re going to make a lot of mistakes, and you’re going to learn an incredible amount. All of that is being incorporated into a more efficient and systematic approach if it’s required again,” Minnich added. Domestically, the same lessons will be valuable. Minnich said, “We had our own release of anthrax, and we still are uncertain where that came from. So regardless of where this is going to happen, it’s going to be difficult.” Minnich said he believes the search for biological and chemical weapons was right. “We have every right to be concerned, just to buttress our own security. There is a lot of criticism of the government for going into Iraq all on the major pretext of WMD. “But from my perspective, we cannot afford not to be preemptive in these situations just because of the potential impact on world health in general.” As a microbiologist working on these organisms, Minnich said he knows their history and the impact they have had on human history. Whether it is plague or smallpox, “we can’t wait around,” he said. “To me it’s the great irony. If you look at the hallmarks of medical history, perhaps one of the greatest was the eradication of smallpox with the last case reported in 1977.” Smallpox significantly affected human history and could again if someone were to use it as a weapon, Minnich said. “With the eradication of smallpox, we have essentially created a world population of immunologically naive individuals. If this is released, it could be catastrophic.” And that’s just one disease agent with that potential, he added.

The Perfume Palace in Baghdad, one of Saddam Hussein’s many palaces, became Camp Slayer and occupied by U.S. forces.

“It’s the dual nature of man,” Minnich said, to apply knowledge for both good or evil. “It’s the doubled-edged aspect of technology where you can do incredible good or incredible evil whether working with these organisms or splitting atoms. It’s just the history of man.” And seldom are the evil-doers willing, or able, to tell their tales. Some efforts to track down scientists who might have worked on weapons programs led to dead ends – because the scientists had been executed, Minnich said. Some scientists refused to speak for fear of reprisals or potential charges as war criminals. One of Minnich’s roles was to follow up on previous UN inspections. “It’s just really a difficult job to determine exactly what efforts were there, what Saddam was doing, what Saddam thought he was doing based on information he was getting from the scientific community. I think there was a lot of subterfuge and corruption, and it may take years to sort out,” he said. “I think the public has to appreciate that to a degree,” Minnich said. “It took years to figure out what the Soviet Union was doing. Even though they had signed treaties that ban the use of chemical and biological weapons, they had a pretty significant program. It was only after defectors started to come out that we began to know the scope of it. “In Iraq, it’s going to be too difficult to find the material that is there because it is so easy to hide,” Minnich said. “It’s probably going to have to come from some sort of human intelligence.” While in Iraq, Minnich lived at Camp Slayer, a base of perhaps 1,500 personnel surrounding a lake once enjoyed by the Iraqi elite. “My admiration for the Army noncommissioned officers, privates and specialists grew the longer I stayed,” said Minnich. “The physical risks to these individuals tasked with overseeing our safety were great, and I am not convinced the public is aware of the everyday danger a soldier in Iraq faces. “Regardless of where one stands on the complicated issue of the politics of the situation, recognize that these men and women are putting their lives on the line every day. I experienced numerous mortar and rocket attacks, several resulting in significant casualties. The strength of these men and women was such that I could tap into it to deal with the experience by their example. I will never forget them.” I

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A memorial to two soldiers killed in action April 26 in Baghdad. The soldiers were escorting the inspection team at a paint factory when a explosion occurred.

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Team members process samples of material recovered during an inspection.

INTERNATIONAL LAW

Comes Home to Idaho BY DONNA EMERT

“In no case shall disciplinary punishment be inhuman, brutal, or dangerous to the health of prisoners of war.” — Geneva Convention, Article 89

“Anger is the wind that blows out the light of reason.” — Billboard at Post Falls, May 2004

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he light of reason was momentarily extinguished earlier this year in the Iraqi Abu Ghraib prison. It was sobering to see American service members mistreating prisoners in their custody. War is Hell. Even so, as a society we hold fast to the belief that the vast majority who serve don’t choose to dance with devil. Whatever their scope, these apparent violations of human rights, human dignity and the legal conventions designed to protect them, force us to ask: How does the rule of law apply in times of armed conflict? This is not a new line of inquiry. In March, the UI College of Law’s International Law Symposium, “Post-Conflict Justice: From Malmedy to Halabja,” explored current and past war crimes of many nations, and the complex task of achieving post-conflict justice. The structure and efficacy of recent war crime tribunals in Rwanda and Sierra Leone were examined, along with the post-World War II Malmedy Massacre Trial, and current international efforts to structure tribunals in Iraq. Participants included law scholars, professors and practitioners, and UI law students. The current U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crime issues, Pierre-Richard Prosper, served as keynote speaker. Prosper was instrumental in legally establishing rape as an act of genocide and a crime against humanity. In his opening remarks at the symposium, he defined justice as “Remedying what is wrong by doing right... Justice is fundamental fairness.” He added, “What we need to know is that the rule of law will prevail.” The Idaho connection offered to the symposium acknowledged the thin line that must be tread between justice and retribution. To function, justice must be blind even to indignation. UI College of Law alumnus and benefactor Col. Burton F. Ellis ’33, illustrates this point, providing a cautionary tale for our times. At the height of a distinguished career in law, Ellis served as chief prosecutor at the Malmedy Massacre Trial in 1945. On trial were 74 members of Hitler’s Waffen-SS unit, accused of gunning down American prisoners of war in a field outside the small town of Malmedy, Belgium. Seventythree of the accused were found guilty; the other

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International and Comparative Law Symposium, a product of Miller and former UI College of Law faculty member Rebecca Bratspies. With the support of Provost Brian Pitcher and Dean Burnett, the series debuted in 2003 with a program on transnational environmental harms. Like the post-conflict justice symposium, it brought important global figures to Idaho, where they interacted with law students. “We deliberately construct panels of students, young scholars and established stars in the field,” said Miller. “The format has pedagogical and scholarly value. My goal is to have real dialogue. Each year there is a The current U.S. ambassador-atUI law student Alycia Feindel speaks at the 2004 symposium. large for war crime issues, moment when a student makes a presentation, Pierre-Richard Prosper, served and the world’s leading commentator on the was extradited to France and acquitted there. as keynote speaker. question responds to our student.” All 73 guilty verdicts were later overturned by At the 2004 symposium, that dialogue was U.S. Military Review Boards on the grounds that established between second-year UI law student improper investigation and interrogation techniques had been Alycia Feindel and Ambassador Prosper. used. The fact that issues of process were addressed, despite Feindel and the ambassador “agreed to disagree” on the a wartime setting, is a tribute to the U.S. justice system. It is issue of legally reclassifying the murder of gays as genocide, a equally important to acknowledge that postwar geopolitical position Feindel argued for in the paper she presented at the UI factors contributed to the ultimate release of the German symposium. defendants. “We come from different paradigms,” she acknowledges. Now more than ever, the world shapes us and we shape it. “One thing we do have in common is that he really cares about International law — including human rights law — impacts Idaho. human rights issues. He cares just as much as I do.” Recently, the International Court of Justice, convened at The The result of their dialogue was a world-class internship for Hague, Netherlands, condemned the U.S. for not adequately Feindel. She interned for the ambassador in Washington, D.C. ensuring that foreign nationals arrested here are advised of their this summer and experienced a close-up perspective on how the right to contact their consulate, a charge relevant to documented world responds to and respects international law. cases of Mexican migrants in Idaho. Idaho’s Basque population Said Feindel, “The legitimacy of the rule of law is definitely also recently invoked international law in a resolution approved diminished if the United States, as a dominant world power, fails by the Idaho legislature which urged Basque self determination to follow it.” in Spain. International law can be enabling as well as constraining, *The 2004 International Law Symposium was underwritten by the Idaho especially in non-criminal contexts such as business. By 2000, Humanities Council, the UI Research Office and the UI College of Law. Papers presented there will be published in a special edition of the Michigan State Universitymore than 800 Idaho enterprises had set up shop in the Detroit College of Law Journal of International Law this fall. global marketplace. International law influences how Idaho does business and how research is conducted at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). International environmental law and a growing international Graduate student acquitted on terrorism charges focus on sustainable use also reverberate in Idaho’s diverse A U.S. District Court jury in Boise found UI graduate recreation and resource-based enterprises. student Sami Omar Al-Hussayen not guilty on three charges of The UI College of Law’s new international programming terrorism and two counts of visa fraud on June 10. The jury was acknowledges our shrinking planet, and our membership in the unable to reach a decision on eight other charges. global community. Last fall, Dean Donald Burnett introduced Federal prosecutors later dropped the charges when a visiting international lecture series, “Windows on the World.” Al-Hussayen agreed to end his appeal of a deportation ruling. The college, in conjunction with the University’s Environmental Al-Hussayen then returned to Saudi Arabia to join his wife and Science Program, also is developing a new course offering three sons. in international environmental law. With faculty help, law Federal authorities arrested Al-Hussayen in February 2003 at students organized an International Human Rights Law Moot his home in family housing on the UI campus. The computer Court Team, which argued on issues concerning the rights of science Ph. D. student was charged with using his computer skills indigenous peoples at Washington, D.C., in May. to manage Web sites that promoted terrorism, in addition to visa Student opportunity for writing and scholarship also has fraud and making false statements. taken a global perspective. Second- and third-year law students The case gained national attention and was considered a may work as student editors on the German Law Journal or The test case for provisions of the Patriot Act. On the UI campus, Annual of German & European Law. The latter tome is edited the case instigated a discussion on the War on Terrorism and by UI law Professor Russell Miller, who has led the college’s freedom of speech issues. For many, it generated an opportunity efforts to carve an international law facet into its curriculum. to learn more about the Muslim international students on the New College of Law offerings include the annual UI campus. I

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THE CLASS OF 1964

BY MARLO FAULKNER

HISTORICAL PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE GEM OF THE MOUNTAIN

President Theophilus always worked closely with the students. Here he presides at the Grand Opening of the Dipper in the new Student Union Building.

At left: A page from the 1964 Gem of the Mountain Senior class. Denny Landmark, David Landon, Connie Rae Largent, Berna Deen Lee, Carol Leinum, John Lenon, Cheryl Linn, Arden Literal, C.C. Livingston, Jr., David W. Lockard, Carolyn Loftus, Kathleen A. Logan, Richard Logan, Don Lopez, J. McBratney, E. J. McBride, Larry McBride, C. A. McCabe, Dwayne McCartney, A. J. McConnell, Carol McCrea, C. J. McCullough, Pat McCullough and Barbara McDonald.

printed books. Coaches Staley, Andros, Cipriano and Anderson dominated the athletic scene. There were no women coaches because there were no women’s teams. That was UI in 1960. Then came astronauts, the Bay of Pigs, Castro, the Kennedy assassination, the Civil Rights Act, Vietnam, drugs, miniskirts, sideburns and the Twist. Nehru died. Arrafat assumed leadership of Al Fatah. Che Guevara addressed the U.N. General Assembly. Africa exploded as colonialism waned. Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. During our four years, we learned from reading the Argonaut that former Presidents Truman and Eisenhower would co-chair the Planned Parenthood World Population Council. The pill became widely available to single women, but not at the Campus Inﬁrmary. Malcolm X visited Cassius Clay’s training camp. Mario Savio was arrested at the University of California in Berkeley while addressing students, giving rise to the “Free Speech Movement.” Moscow, Idaho, became 83843 with the Zone Improvement Plan: ZIP codes. New words appeared: WASP, Au Pair, Touch Tone Telephone, discotheque, the Watusi. Peter Sellers debuted as Inspector Clouseau. We went to the Kenworthy Theater to see “Wild Strawberry’s,” “Where the Boys Are,” “Psycho,” “Dr. No,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Zorba the Greek.” Sidney Poitier, the ﬁrst black actor to capture an Oscar, won for “Lilies of the Field.” On television, we witnessed the Kennedy assassination and, stunned to silence and tears, followed the bereaved widow and the world down Pennsylvania Avenue to burial at Arlington. A young Mia Farrow and Ryan O’Neal with Dorothy Malone, captivated audiences in “Peyton Place.” The Beatles, the Supremes, and the Rolling Stones appeared on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” Campus life stopped to watch “Hogan’s Heroes,” “Dr. Kildare,” “Bonanza,” “Gunsmoke” and “Rawhide.” “Mod” fashions began to take over. Mary Quant and Carnaby Street replaced matching sweater sets and plaid skirts. Men

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e came to the University in the fall of 1960. My mother’s words of advice were similar to most freshmen girls of that time and place: “Take advantage of your education. I never had the privilege of going to college. Get a degree, a teaching certiﬁcate for back up, and a husband. You’ll be set for life.” Some of us went through Greek Rush, and others chose independent dormitories. Living off campus was not an option unless you were an “older” man or were married. For women, Dean Marjorie Neeley ruled the roost. Weeknight hours were 10:30-11 for seniors. Weekend curfew was 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and 11 p.m. on Sunday. Women could wear jeans and have their hair up in rollers in the privacy of their living groups, but not on campus except on Saturday mornings before noon. Women wearing pants was out of the question unless the Moscow radio station announced a temperature of 10 above zero or colder. Everyone had short hair. Alcohol was a banned substance across campus. Smoking was allowed in designated areas and was encouraged with free cigarette handouts on a regular basis by UI students paid by distributors. We hung out at the Blue Bucket in the SUB or the Perch. When we turned 20, the legal age for drinking beer, we moved on to Mort’s, Berry’s and the Spruce. We went to Homecoming and Dad’s Day football games. We built parade ﬂoats, gave blood and participated in campus elections. We walked to Pullman, annually, as payoff for losing to Washington State College, while singing songs not found in

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Five freshmen women from the class of 1964 stroll across campus.

Coach Dee Andros leads his team onto the ﬁeld.

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Frosh Dance — the woman on the left is Coeur d’Alene Mayor Sandi (Crimp) Bloem.

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Jeannie Marshall Goss

Julie Austin Stewart

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“Our world was the campus. We never realized we had a care in the world.” – Julie Austin Stewart

Jan Rieman Gisler received the Lindley Award to the outstanding graduate in the Class of 1964.

wore shirts and ties with unbelievable colors and patterns as well as bellbottomed pants. Longer hair was the new look Coca Cola introduced the pop-top can, sending trusted “church keys” to the bottoms of drawers. In the Blue Bucket, we danced in 1960 to “The Theme from ‘A Summer Place.’” We listened to anything by Peter, Paul and Mary, the Four Freshmen, Jonathan Winters, Shelly Berman, Nat Cole, the Kingston Trio and the Smothers Brothers. We bought hit 33 and 45 rpm records: “Baby Love,” by the Supremes, “Hello Dolly,” by Louis Armstrong, who later performed in the new SUB, “Oh, Pretty Woman,” by Roy Orbison, “People,” by Barbra Streisand, “Downtown,” by Petulia Clark and “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” by the Righteous Brothers. The governor of Indiana declared “Louie, Louie,” by the Kingsmen, to be pornographic. Bob Dylan recorded “The Times, They are a Changin’.” We had “These Moments to Remember.” In the real world, Alaska was devastated by a 9.1 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in North America. China detonated its ﬁrst nuclear weapon. Helicopters became a weapon of choice in Southeast Asia. People we knew were in active service or were searching for a way to avoid the draft. At graduation, we could expect to start at $7,000 as a teacher, $8,400 as an engineer, $13,000 as a lawyer, or $20,000 as a stockbroker. Robert Hansberger, president of Boise Cascade, gave us advice on success as we received our diplomas in Memorial Gym. Life was a mix of wonderful and awful. We were learning about the world beyond us. In the class of ’64, Jeannie Marshall, a Delta Gamma sophomore from Idaho Falls, won the Holly Queen Crown. She also was named Homecoming Queen in 1963. During her freshman year, Jeannie had met Bill Goss, a Phi Gamma Delta. They married after graduation and moved to Seattle where Jeannie taught school and put Bill through University of Washington law school. “I’d always wanted to teach,” said Jeannie from her home in Spokane. “I was lucky. I fell into a special education job. I loved every minute of it.” Bill passed the Washington Bar exam and the Gosses moved to Bill’s hometown of Spokane, where he practiced insurance litigation while Jeannie taught and they reared their family. Son, James Marshall was born in 1970; daughter, Julie, in 1974. “When we graduated, we thought of our immediate futures. We didn’t know about drugs. Our class’ ‘drug of choice’ was plain old beer,”

Louis Armstrong performed at the opening concert in the SUB. Basketball third place winners with their trophy, left to right — Lyle Parks, Jim Scheel, Reg Carolan, Ken Maren, Chuck White, Rich Porter and Fred Crowell.

Carvel Whiting

Walt Bithell

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“I would still be that farm boy from Blackfoot had it not been for my university experience.” —Walt Bithell

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Jeannie recalls with laughter in her voice. “We had no idea what was before us.” Bill Goss died in October 2003 of a heart attack. None of us planned for losing a spouse. Julie Austin came to the university from the northern Idaho mining town of Wallace. “I wanted to be a medical technologist. I had worked in Dr. Ravelli’s ofﬁce in Wallace and loved the lab work,” she explains. “I had two goals, a B.S. and an MRS. I earned both.” A young Marine, Raymond Stewart, had been assigned to the University of Idaho ROTC. He and Julie graduated, married and 11 months later, Ray left for Vietnam. “He extended a year, and I went to Hong Kong to be nearer to him and volunteered my time with Project Concern. We dealt with basic health, especially for children.” Ray Stewart was subsequently assigned to embassy duty as a defense/ naval attaché with duty in Washington, D.C., Vietnam and Lebanon. By then, children, Anna and Nicholas, had come along. The entire family was evacuated during the bombing of Beirut. Later adventures included assignments in Bahrain, Oman and Sudan. Now, while daughter Anna’s husband is in Iraq, she is living with her parents in Federal Way, Wash. Ray and Julie are helping rear two new grandchildren, orphans from Bulgaria adopted by Anna and her husband. “I loved being able to live in different cultures,” Julie states of her life. “When I was in college we didn’t have time to watch the news. Our world was the campus. We never realized we had a care in the world.” Carvel Whiting arrived on campus from Salmon as a self-described “nerd.” He came to be an electrical engineer. “My buddies and I lived in Gault and Chrisman Halls. All we did was go to class and study. Our idea of a good time was to mess around in the labs with technology experiments. We had some great times.” Reared in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Carvel left school after two years to serve his duty as a missionary from 1959 to 1961 on the East Coast. “I returned to Idaho a changed man,” he says. “I felt a need to engage with people and to learn from them. I developed a world view and a sense that governments could make a difference.” He returned to Moscow and lived in LDS House. He and Betty Lou Masten of Coeur d’Alene, met, married and began their family of ﬁve while continuing school. Carvel entered into campus politics and was elected ASUI vice-president.

A Red Cross nurse reassures Gay Gregory as the Alpha Phi donates her blood.

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Navy Ball Queen. All contestants class of 1964. Barbara Bartosh, Pat Matheney, Carol Rigsby, Navy Color Girl; Hugh Allen, Pat McCullough and Jan Thompson.

“I recognized the impact I could have by joining people with technology,” he said from his office in Salt Lake City as he prepares to retire as director of Information Systems for Intermountain Health Care. He has spent his professional life in technology and in working with people, including the many foreign students who have been guests of the Whitings, as well as recipients of scholarships and financial aid from the family. “Coming from a sheltered background, I continue to marvel at the diversity of gifts found in unique people.” He and Betty are heading for a new church mission in the Philippines for the next two years. Walt Bithell came to the university from Blackfoot High School with no expectations other than to realize his father’s desire that he become an accountant. “I went to college because my parents expected me to.” Walt and Sherry Benson had dated during high school and were married during their 1961 Christmas vacation. Marriage and school introduced them to the economics of daily living. “I borrowed a truck and trailer and drove a load of potatoes up from Blackfoot, prime commercial potatoes.” Bithell Produce Co. was born, as was the first of four Bithell babies. Living groups at both Idaho and Washington State College jumped on the Bithell bandwagon. Soon, the company needed a warehouse and trucks. Bithell is proud, still, of the award his company received from a Washington State Marketing class for being the best supplier with the best customer service to the campuses. “My life changed again my junior year,” states Walt. “Dr. Graue was intrigued by my produce business. He asked me to join his economics seminar where I was surrounded by very bright people and new ideas and concepts. I realized I had a responsibility not only to my family and school, but to the larger community. I came to see that I could shape my own future. I decided to go to law school.” After graduation of the UI College of Law, he followed his love of the law. Now, with Holland and Hart law firm in Boise, Walt is pleased with his life choices. He has a new grandson, Walter Bithell III. He has explored the world around him and finds Idaho to offer the life he and his family choose. “I have experienced the worst and the best of people in my profession, people I never dreamed existed when I came to college. I would still be that farm boy from Blackfoot had it not

The Vandalbabes — Row one: Bill Mattis, Bill Goss, Tom Ballantye, Dinnen Cleary, Terry Gustavel. Row two: Coach Wayne Anderson, M. E. Ross, Joe Pettit, Fred Crowell, Assistant Coach, Glen Potter. Row three: Wayne Meyer, John Penny, Tom Whitﬁeld, Jim Scheel, Tom Carney, Manager.

been for my university experience.” The president of the University of Idaho was Donald Theophilus. He told us at our Freshmen Convocation in Memorial Gym, “Never forget that some of the most important things you will learn at this university will be outside the classroom.” We took him at his word. We came as innocents, mostly sheltered young students from two-parent, Caucasian, Christian homes in small towns. We learned about and from one another. The world came to us with the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, the Pill and the Civil Rights Act. We have matured and have developed a worldview. We have given back to our communities, and we share a sense of optimism. We have not lost our sense of the possibilities of life. We have held on to our innocence. I

Marlene Finney Faulkner From the writer: Marlo Faulkner ’64. “I came to college thinking I knew a great deal about the world because I had worked in my parents business in Coeur d’Alene: the boat, “Dancewana,” and their resort, Finney’s Lodge. I was an insufferable know-it-all. At the university, I learned how much I didn’t know. I went on to graduate school with the degree and the teaching certificate my mother advised, but not the husband. After working in Florida, I decided, in 1968, it was time to put my education to use. I found a job teaching high school, married a fellow teacher, Mark Faulkner, and settled down to rear two children. Our daughter is with the Gap Corporation in San Francisco and our son, a tank platoon officer in South Korea. I am a writer. We live in the house I grew up in, in Coeur d’Alene, where Mark and I have started a nonprofit opera organization, Opera Plus!” Classmates can contact Marlo at mfaulkner@icehouse.net.

KARMA M. FITZGERALD

BY KARMA METZLER FITZGERALD

wo green University of Idaho motor pool vehicles were coated with the red dust of a dry spring in a lava covered landscape. The SUV and van crawled over a rock-strewn Blaine County, Idaho, road toward a trailhead where a group of UI students would take their ﬁrst steps on land they knew intimately — but only on paper. Professor Lisette Waits’ Wildlife 440 class had studied Pioneer Mountain Ranch, which sprawls just outside of Carey, for a semester. They could tell you about the habitats and the ecosystems, but they couldn’t tell you what it felt like until those green rigs pulled off the road on what was no ordinary ﬁeld trip. “We knew it had a varied landscape,” said Ariana Carlson, a senior who grew up outside of Chicago. “But we hadn’t expected the gradients. It changed a lot of things. It was really beautiful. I didn’t think you could build a landscape like that.” In their Moscow classroom, the students studied Pioneer Mountain Ranch based on information from the owners, Lava Lake Land and Livestock, LLC. Their assignment was to develop proposals for predator and biodiversity surveys across the 730,000-acre operating area and research eco-tourism options for the ranch. While developing the predator and biodiversity surveys were familiar tasks for the students, developing a plan for tourism and marketing was like studying a foreign language. “We had to use a different type of creativity than we normally do,” said Heather Rudolph, a master’s student in biology from Baker City, Ore. “We had to learn a lot about asking for help and working together.” During their April visit to the ranch, the students presented their proposals to Lava Lake personnel and representatives

from The Nature Conservancy. Students working on the ecotourism proposals came up with a wide variety of options, from traditional hunting packages to meditative retreats. Tess O’Sullivan, Lava Lakes’ program manager for science and conservation, thinks the company will take advantage of several of the eco-tourism suggestions in the near future. Over the long term, O’Sullivan said the company likely will implement all or part of each of the proposals. “We hope to continue the partnership,” she said. “There is the potential for the students to do internships here or for a professor to conduct research.” Students said what meant the most about the class was that someone might use the information they generated. “It was a lot of work, but it was extremely rewarding,” said international student Avi Hihinashvili, who is from Israel. “It was great we actually got to work for somebody who would use the work. It was a very educational experience — one of the best since I got here.” According to Waits, this is the third program of this type for her students. Landowners get the student work for free, but are under no obligation to implement student suggestions. I

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UI students used data provided by Lava Lake to develop studies of the diverse ecology of Pioneer Mountain Ranch. The ranch’s landscape includes everything from sagebrush steppe to mountain habitats to support a variety of species ranging from globally rare plants to wolverines, elk and mountain goats. At left: Lava Lakes Program Manager Tess O’Sullivan explains the terrain UI students will see on a hike through Pioneer Mountain Ranch. Above: UI student Ryan Gerstenberger hikes a trail through the ranchland. Participants pose at a higher elevation, left to right, Alan Sands of The Nature Conservancy, David Roon, Vlad Borek, Lisette Waits, Avi Hihinashvili, Amanda Richardson, Ryan Gerstenberger and Melissa Yzquierdo.

UI Alumni in Washington, D.C.

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intergovernmental affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior. A Salmon native, she grew up amid some of the very lands the department helps manage today. Kimball’s position makes her a “daily adviser and assistant” to Interior Secretary Gale Norton on national land-use and other interior issues, such as wildfire management and water. “We have to have a more active management role with our public lands,” Kimball said. Cooperation between local governmental agencies and the federal government is key to solving those issues. “I’m hoping we’ve turned the corner on that,” she said. “When I left Salmon and Moscow, I considered myself an environmentalist. When I got to D.C. and saw what a fight there was between those who use the public lands and those who didn’t want them to be used, I decided it doesn’t have to be an either-or.” Kimball’s journey from English major to government official U.S. Sen. Larry Craig ’69 has served Idaho as a state or may seem circuitous. But she says her liberal arts education, federal legislator for 30 years. He was elected to the U.S. Senate an abiding love of the land, a leadership role in her sorority at in 1990 after five terms in the House of Representatives. Idaho and a stint in former U.S. Sen. James McClure’s office He currently serves on the powerful Senate Appropriations have been “invaluable” in building her career. “It’s being able to Committee, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, understand how complex science issues fit into a bigger cultural the Veteran Affairs Committee and the and political context,” she said. Judiciary Committee. Craig chairs the Senate “Never For much of his career, Ben Goddard ’66 Special Committee on Aging. has helped create that context. Co-owner of underestimate “This is a challenging time for our nation, Goddard Claussen Strategic Advocacy, one of a demanding time for our people,” Craig said. the major public relations firms in the U.S., the of your the Payette native shapes public perceptions He noted that the U.S. currently represents 27 percent of the world economy. “We are of political candidates and issues. at the inextricably connected in the world.” Remember the “Harry and Louise” Raised on the family ranch outside commercials discussing President Clinton’s University of Idaho.” national health care initiative? The spots Midvale, Craig says the foundation for his success was built through participation in featured the couple discussing their concerns — Larry Craig Future Farmers of America and student about the initiative’s impact on average government at the University of Idaho. He Americans. Heralded as groundbreaking in worked for three semesters as a national FFA their approach, the ads are credited with the officer and was UI student body president in 1968, one of the defeat of the initiative. most tumultuous times on campuses throughout the United “Harry and Louise didn’t speak to the American public; States. they spoke for the American public,” said Goddard, who also He said the lessons he learned both inside and outside has worked on campaigns for former President Jimmy Carter the classroom at Idaho — especially those involving human and Idaho Govs. Cecil Andrus and John Evans. “They asked relationships — helped prepare him for the difficult political the same questions people all over the country were asking arena in which he works today. themselves.” “Never underestimate the quality of your education at the Goddard said the idea for the commercials came from his University of Idaho,” says Craig. partner Scott Claussen, a College of Idaho graduate, and his Kit (Caples) Kimball ’72 also said small-town roots memories of his parents discussing issues around the kitchen helped her reach her position as director of external and table.

t is the birthplace of U.S. history. It is where we memorialize those who have led our country and those who have died to protect it. It is a land of hardwood forests, white marble buildings, strong opinions and party politics. Washington D.C. is the power center of arguably the greatest nation on Earth. The greater D.C. area also is home to more than 700 Vandals. They come from small Idaho towns like Salmon and Montpelier and are actively engaged in everything from Senate leadership to scientiﬁc research around “The Beltway.”

U.S. Sen. Larry Craig ’69

Kit (Caples) Kimball ’72

Ben Goddard ’66

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Dorothy and Joe ’42 Zaring

Ron ’65 and Penny (Parberry) ’64 Iverson

Larry Grimes ’67

“Growing up in Idaho really helped us understand that Grimes ’67, a native of Montpelier, earned both a bachelor’s it’s not all about us,” Goddard said. “We talk to real people, and his law degree from UI. He has represented English real voters. My time at the university left me more grounded merchant bankers and served as general counsel to their joint than I might have been had I gone to Stanford or Berkeley. ventures with a number of corporations with a particular In retrospect, what surprised me about the UI was how much emphasis on developing non-conventional financing to facilitate intellectual activity was really going on. There was a very healthy the exportation of high technology goods to developing political discourse on campus.” countries. He has worked in countries all over the world Currently, Goddard is working with former Georgia Sen. including Egypt, Jakarta, Peru, Jordan, Pakistan and Great Sam Nunn and television magnate Ted Turner on a 30-minute Britain. documentary on the risks of nuclear materials in the hands of Today, Grimes spends his days managing the assets of the terrorists and hostile governments. Garson Foundation, a supporter of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Joe Zaring ’42, the seventh child of Pocatello-area wheat Festival. farmers, spent a career as a foreign policy analyst. Now retired, Jazz plays softly throughout Grimes’ spacious home. It plays he and his wife, Dorothy — a Vassar graduate and honorary center stage in his support of UI. UI alumna — both worked for the Central “To me, the jazz festival is the single most Intelligence Agency. important manifestation of the educational and “It was at the Joe served with the infantry in World War cultural aspects of the American art form,” he II. His unit became part of the occupying forces said. “Idaho is the showcase for one reason — it UI that I really in Bavaria and western Austria. Discharged focuses on education.” in Salzburg in 1946, he later became the U.S. Grimes also has been instrumental became of representative in the Allied Denazification in developing a leadership course called the .” Bureau in Vienna. In 1951, he joined the CIA “Conversations with Distinguished Americans” where he worked for the next 30 years, retiring as for young interns working in the nation’s —Joe Zaring national intelligence officer for Western Europe capital. and a member of the National Intelligence “Kids in my class ask me ‘How do you Council. become an international lawyer,’” said Grimes. “I always say, “It was a wonderful way to make a living and to be there with ‘First, go to the University of Idaho.’ Everyone laughs, but it my wife side by side — what could be better?” Zaring said. opens the door. I have been successful because I was always open Although Joe went on to a master’s degree at Harvard and to the opportunity. My advice to these interns and all young wrote a book on European integration while at John Hopkins people is to develop your skills, open yourself up for opportunity School for Advanced International Studies, he credits UI with and don’t say no.” shaping his worldview. Ron ’65 and Penny (Parberry) ’64 Iverson’s willingness to “There were some remarkable young professors and small follow opportunity in the U.S. Air Force took them around classes, and one was exposed to a real exchange of ideas,” he the globe as well. Lt. Gen. Iverson retired in 1997 after 32 years said. “It was at the UI that I really became aware of the world.” of service. His last assignment was 7th Air Force Commander Boyd Martin was Zaring’s professor and mentor. Zaring called in Korea where he also was commander of all U.S. Air Forces him “the internationalist par excellence.” in Korea, deputy commander for all U.S. forces in Korea and “He truly believed that international law and international deputy commander of United Nations Command Korea. cooperation will be the saviors of civilization,” Zaring said. Ron then spent three years with the Defense Security Service International law — especially in the area of non-conventional as deputy director for Industrial Security. He now works on financing — has been the cornerstone of Larry Grimes’ career. national security issues in the information technology sector at A retired partner in one of the largest law firms in the D.C. Northrup Grumman Corp. area, he parlayed his UI degrees into increasingly responsible Commissioned as a distinguished graduate through UI’s positions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ROTC program, Iverson is a decorated command pilot with as well as a seven-year stint as senior chief counsel for more than 3,200 flying hours in various fighter and light Westinghouse Electric’s international enterprise. aircraft. He flew 132 missions throughout the Vietnam War

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from Thailand, including 101 missions over North Vietnam. While Ron served in many command positions in the U. S. and overseas, Penny — a former elementary school teacher in Moscow — made her own contributions at each place they called home. As a commander’s wife, she worked and was an adviser for organizations such as spouses’ groups, Red Cross, Family Support Center and community groups. One of the most interesting and rewarding was the Women’s Welfare Group in the Philippines, which was an assistance program for local women and children. “We helped pay for everything from cleft palate operations for the children to a kindergarten teacher for the community to crutches and other medical care,” she said. “In the military, you have to walk into a room full of strangers and make conversation,” Penny said. “Those are things we learned very early in our days at the sorority.” She was president of the Pi Beta Phi house at UI. Ron agreed. “It is all about friends, the people you meet, the associations you make.” As a team, the Iversons were so successful they earned the General and Mrs. Jerome F. O’Malley Award for outstanding Air Force wing commander and spouse. The couple attribute their success in the military to the training they received from their parents and teachers at Moscow High School and the excellent academic and social environment at UI. “It has been a fun ride,” Ron said. Fun — or at least people having fun — is a part of every day for UI alumnus John Seidensticker ’73. He is senior scientist at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park and a worldrenowned expert on large mammals, especially tigers. He came to UI speciﬁcally to work with then-UI Professor Maurice Hornocker, who was conducting research on the behavior of mountain lions. “While Idaho at the time was a small university, it had some really dynamic and cutting-edge wildlife faculty, like Don Chapman and Hornocker,” Seidensticker said. His research focused on taking Hornocker’s work on the territorial nature of

the big cats to the next level. Working at UI’s Taylor Ranch in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area, he used telemetry to track the animals and refine understanding of what shaped their social organizations, how mountain lions influence and were influenced by their prey populations. “As biologists, we all realized that the data we were collecting were just a snapshot of how an ecosystem works,” Seidensticker said. “But now we have a 40-year series of pictures about how large mammals respond to major perturbations — such as wildfire, the introduction of wolves and the continual change in how people value wild lands.” Soon after earning his Ph.D. in wildlife science at UI, Seidensticker helped start the Smithsonian-Nepal Tiger Ecology project to study tigers in Nepal’s Royal Chitwan National Park. The differences between that work and his work in Idaho were stark. “In the western U.S., you’re dealing with very low population density of people and animals. In Asia, everything is very compact with tigers living right next to people,” he said. “In Idaho, we used small planes to cover 800 square miles of research territory. In Chitwan, we used trained elephants to cover 20 square kilometers. “The big question I’ve been pursuing is understanding the conditions and processes that allow large mammals to persist in human-dominated landscapes.” Seidensticker called working for the Smithsonian “a good deal.” “The only limit is your own ability to figure out what you want to do and how to make it happen.” Seidensticker isn’t the only Vandal who plays a major role in the science community in Washington D.C. Arden Bement ’59 currently serves as acting director of the National Science Foundation and as director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Two years ago, Congress commissioned him with investigating why the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center collapsed so quickly following the attacks on 9-11. Working with more than 100 “highly credible, highly qualified” engineers, contractors and scientists, Bement said the report should be completed by near the end of 2004 and issued to the public early next year. It looks not only at the structural design and fire protection of the building, but also deals with how the emergency was responded to, management of exiting the building, information on stairwells and elevators and “what design code changes would mitigate recurrence of this disaster.”

John Seidensticker ’73

Arden Bement ’59

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More information about each of these distinguished alumni is available at www.uidaho.edu/herewehaveidaho. I

SPORTS VANDAL SPORTS

“I think the main reason I’m a leader is because I do tend to yell, and I’m hard on myself ﬁrst and foremost. I always expect the best out of myself.” — Mandy Becker

Mandy Becker Leads a Vandal Volleyball Revival BY AMY RYSDAM

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

hen you first meet Mandy Becker you might get the notion she is shy. Don’t let the quiet exterior fool you; she’s the most vocal person on the Idaho Vandal volleyball team. “I tend to yell,” Becker says. “At sports, especially volleyball, I tend to speak my mind and say what I want to say.” Becker’s passion for volleyball began in the fifth grade. Her older sister, Melissa, was trying out for the high school volleyball team and decided to show Mandy how to serve. The two practiced in their backyard, using the clothesline as the net. Since then Becker has been playing volleyball year-round. Spectators watching a UI volleyball match for the first time will realize immediately Becker is the leader. She runs the offense. She is the team captain — and she encourages her teammates and tells them if they are playing well or if they need to pick their game up. “I think the main reason I’m a leader is because I do tend to yell and I’m hard on myself first and foremost. I always expect the best out of myself,” Becker says. “People know when I think I’m not playing well.

Becker sees herself as a leader by example. She works hard at everything she does, whether it’s volleyball, school work or painting a sorority house for her summer job. “My parents always taught me if you want to do something you have to work hard for it and do what needs to be done.” Becker says her most memorable match as a Vandal is a 3-0 victory over Cal State Northridge last season at Memorial Gym. “I think us losing to them earlier in the year was a huge turning point for our team,” Becker said. “It was horrible when it happened, but it was something that had to happen in order for us to play better.” The victory over Northridge was at the end of a torrid 12-2 run by the Vandals to close out the season. The strong finish led to an NCAA at-large bid for Idaho. They lost to eventual Final Four contestant Hawaii in the first round. Looking ahead to her senior season, Becker says she has nothing to lose, and she intends to lead her team back to the NCAA tournament and take them as far as she can. “I’ve been playing volleyball for so long, and this is the last time I’m going to play volleyball competitively. I don’t want to regret anything.” Becker is majoring in sociology and will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in December. She plans on becoming a college volleyball coach. The Vandals open the 2004 season Sept. 3 at the Pittsburgh Tournament. The team will try to repeat last year’s success and make a repeat trip to the NCAA Tournament. The 2003 Vandals went 19-11 and finished fifth in the Big West.

VANDAL SPORTS

BY BECKY PAULL

he view from the stadium seats is the same for everybody — a broad perspective of the game but little detail about the players with the broad shoulder pads, three-quarter length pants and helmeted heads protected by facemasks. Occasionally a helmet comes off, and a face is visible. Again, though, the perspective is from afar, and there is little but a sweaty mop of hair and a look of concentration. In the case of Michael Harrington, the jersey number is 7, the mop of brown hair is wavy, and the look in the hazel eyes is of intensity and determination. The position is quarterback. Michael Harrington lives for fall Saturdays. “There are very, very few things in the world I’d rather be doing,” says Harrington, who summers in Moscow with his Vandal teammates as they log the long hours on hot days to give themselves their best shot at success in the fall. In that statement, however, a glimpse of the off-the-ﬁeld Harrington shows through. The part about “very, very few things” includes spending time with his Portland-area family. As the only member of the extended Harrington family not to attend the University of Oregon, the 360 miles between Moscow and home at times might as well be an intergalactic journey. That’s not to say there aren’t plenty of phone calls between the Harringtons in Portland – mom, Valerie, and dad, John; younger

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Michael Harrington— Football and Family

brother, Nick, at Oregon, and older brother, Joey, in Detroit or wherever the NFL Lions are playing or training. Until Harrington, who has two years of eligibility remaining, wraps up his playing career at Idaho, the personal visits will be limited to game weekends and major holidays. That’s what it’s all about to this Central Catholic graduate who is doing all he can to return the Vandals to their glory days. “The new staff has been here, what, ﬁve, six months?” Harrington asked. “We’re already seeing results. “We’re going to win some football games the next two years.” There’s a new energy in the Kibbie Dome, Harrington says. It’s an invigorating atmosphere that further animates the already animated Harrington. Changes are in the making — on the ﬁeld and off. There’s one change he’s more proud of than most — ounce by ounce he’s added 20 pounds to the 190 he carried on his 6-foot-4 frame as a freshman. “210... put that in there, would you?” says a grinning Harrington. Harrington’s playful nature is the side of him the fan who sees him only on fall Saturday afternoons misses. He’s exuberant and endearing; charming and charismatic. He has a boundless energy and enthusiasm for the things he holds dear – football, family and golf. Perhaps it’s that buoyant demeanor that enables him to persevere when things aren’t going right; to always say the right thing when the cameras are focused and the pencils are poised. Perhaps it is what will put him in the same league as the Vandal quarterbacks who have gone before him. “I’ve always tried to lead by example, with my work ethic” he said. “I try to be a good guy, a guy people will work for.” That’s the Harrington behind the mask. I

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“I’ve always tried to lead by example, with my work ethic. I try to be a good guy, a guy people will work for.” — Mike Harrington

VANDAL SPORTS

Vandaloha

Vandal Athletic Center

The spacious 7,000-square-foot weight room

Vandal Athletic Center

UI student-athletes bade farewell in April to the small, dark weight room that had become so much a part of their lives and welcomed the 7,000-square foot Norm and Becky Iverson Speed and Strength Center. Easily the most visible of the ongoing renovation of the Kibbie Dome’s east end, the $3.3 million Speed and Strength Center is an aesthetic addition to the northeast corner of the building. Said UI football Coach Nick Holt at the ribbon-cutting ceremony: “I’ve seen weight rooms all across the country and ours is, without a doubt, one of the best in the nation.”

Katrina Perlman is new tennis coach

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

Followers of Vandal tennis know the name and face of Katrina (Burke) Perlman ’99. Now they know her as the UI men’s and women’s tennis coach. Perlman assumed the role Katrina Perlman as interim coach of the men’s team last December. In that position, she led the team to ﬁfth in the Big West Championships and, at one point, to a ranking of 68th nationally. Perlman graduated from UI in 1999 with a degree in sport science. She had a sterling playing career for the Vandals by earning all-conference recognition in singles and doubles during her senior season. She was on the 1997 team that had the best conference ﬁnish by a UI team when it wound up second at the Big West tournament.

2004 Track and Field Highlights

Ina Reiber and Jereme Richardson were both honored as All-Americans. Reiber finished fourth in the discus at the NCAA National Championships, Richardson finished ninth in the decathlon. Reiber also finished second in the discus at the NCAA West Regional Championships after winning the Big West Championship. Richardson was the Big West Decathlon Champion. Mary Kamau was named the Big West Track Athlete of the Year after winning both the 1,500-meter run and 800-meter run at the Big West Championships. Kamau broke the UI school record in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:17.19. At the Big West Championships, Patrick Ray won the 200-meter dash, Letiwe Marakurwa won the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase and Jan Eitel won the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. Freshman Russ Winger finished second in the shot put and discus. The men’s 4x400meter relay team placed first, freshman Melinda Owen broke the UI school record in the pole vault with a mark of 12-feet, 4-inches and Tassie Souhrada broke the UI high jump record with a mark of 5-feet, 10-inches. The Vandal men finished third in the Big West, and the women finished second.

UI boosters looking for a little sun this winter can follow the Vandals to Hawaii. The football team plays at the University of Hawaii in the regularseason ﬁnale Nov. 20, and the women’s basketball team heads to the Hawaii Tournament the following weekend – Nov. 26-28. There is a pep rally and tailgate party scheduled as part of the Nov. 20 football game. Information on Vandaloha is available on the Web at www.uidaho.edu/vandaloha or calling (208) 885-7060. The sign-up deadline is Sept. 30.

Boosters

The Ada County Vandal Booster Luncheon takes place at noon every Wednesday during football season at the Hoff Building, Crystal Ballroom, Boise. The Canyon County Vandal Booster Luncheon meets at noon every Thursday during football season at Noodles, I-84 and Franklin Road in Nampa. The Coeur d’Alene Vandal Booster luncheon meets at noon every Wednesday at Pizza Shoppee.

Vandal Scholarship Fund Events Aug. 5

President’s and Governor’s Gala, Boise

Aug. 28 Latah County Vandal Boosters’ Cup (ﬁve-man teams) 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. shotgun starts Sept. 18 Vandal Boosters’ UI-WSU Pre-game Scramble 10 a.m. shotgun start Oct. 16 Vandal Boosters’ UI-Louisiana Lafayette Pre-game Scramble 8:30 a.m. shotgun start For more information, call the VSF ofﬁce at (208) 885-0259.

Ida o Outlook Financial and Estate Planning News for Alumni and Friends of the University of Idaho

Greetings, Friends:

W Heidi C. Linehan Associate Director of Gift Planning

Rick Darnell Executive Director Vandal Scholarship Fund

• ENDOWMENTS—the important role endowed scholarship funds play in providing an assured, steady stream of scholarship dollars for the UI’s outstanding student-athletes; • IN THEIR OWN WORDS—articles about just a few of the UI’s superb student-athletes and the impact of the scholarship support they received on their college careers; • WAYS TO GIVE THROUGH YOUR ESTATE PLAN—strategies that you can use to become personally involved in this all-important educational endeavor; • VANDAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND FACTS—Things you may not have known about the VSF, but will ﬁnd intriguing and informative. The announcement of UI’s move to the Western Athletic Conference next year already is generating excitement. “We’re In; Are You?” is the new phrase being used by the Vandal Scholarship Fund to bring even more Vandal supporters into the organization. Planned Giving is in; we’re excited to partner with VSF in this publication. We hope you will be as pleased with this new effort as we are excited about bringing it to you. Let us know what you think—we’d love to hear from you! Sincerely, Ed McBride Director of Gift Planning Heidi Linehan Associate Director of Gift Planning Rick Darnell Executive Director Vandal Scholarship Fund

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Edward J. McBride Director of Gift Planning

elcome to Idaho Outlook! This is a new insert which will become a regular feature of “Here We Have Idaho.” In Idaho Outlook, we will feature stories about University of Idaho students, alumni and friends who have made a difference — a difference in their communities, a difference in their university, a difference in their world. In this inaugural issue, we are highlighting the UI’s athletic program and its connection with planned giving, including pieces on:

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Running for His Life

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

hough the title above may conjure up visions of someone escaping a harrowing experience, just the opposite can be said about Bruce Sweeney, a 1954 UI graduate in marketing. Since his days as a youngster, Bruce has been running, both figuratively and literally, and he continues to do so to this day. Beginning with his school years in Lewiston, Bruce has been a standout track and field athlete. After setting numerous records in high school, he continued his athletic endeavors at the University of Idaho, “specializing” in high and low hurdles, high jump and long jump. He is perhaps most proud of the fact that no one from WSU ever beat him in the hurdles! Upon graduation, Bruce was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force through the ROTC program and went on to become a jet pilot. Despite the rigors of pilot training and regular flight duty, Bruce found time to be a track competitor for the Air Force. He achieved numerous “best marks” and even set some meet records on several occasions. He was a finalist for the U. S. Olympic track team in 1956 in the 400meter hurdle event. Bruce continues to run in fun-runs and other events. He has plans to vie later this year in a low-hurdles competition in Oregon. Says Bruce, “At my age, it gets easier all the time to win a medal because the competition has thinned out!” From 1976 to 2003, he was a regular race starter at the Idaho state high school track meet in Boise, missing only one year in that 28-

Bruce and Marilyn Sweeney

year span. In 1992, he was honored as an on the Board of Directors. inductee into the Idaho Athletic Hall of Bruce and his wife, Marilyn, who Fame for track and ﬁeld. received a UI degree in home economics Music is another big love of Bruce’s. in 1954, have raised three children, Mark He was actively involved in Vandaleers and Emily (Schiller), both UI graduates, during his entire college and Paul, who career and was choir “crossed the line” “We both received an director at his fraternity. to get his degree at He holds the legendary WSU. Their oldest invaluable education at the Vandaleers director, Glen grandchild, Chivonne University of Idaho, and Lockery, in the highest Sweeney, will be esteem and attributes starting her second our years there were among much of his own love year at UI this fall, the most memorable of our of music to Lockery’s and is a member of inﬂuence. lives. We feel it’s only right to Marilyn’s sorority, Politics and public Kappa Kappa give back to the place that’s service also have played Gamma. a role in the Sweeney The Sweeneys meant so much to us.” household. He served operated Sweeney extended terms in both Supply Company in the Idaho House of Lewiston, selling it to Representatives and the state Senate, Pay ‘n Pak in 1973. Bruce continues his retiring in 1998. He has served on association with Craft Wall of Oregon, innumerable local and state commissions, Inc., is a partner in Craftin Management boards and committees, and is a of Lewiston and owner/partner in commissioner on the Idaho State Board a number of multi-unit apartment of Transportation. He a charter member complexes in the Northwest, particularly of the UI Foundation and currently sits those for the elderly and disabled.

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Jan Eitel

Recipient of the Bruce Sweeney Athletic Scholarship

2004

He’s off to a great start! This past track and field season, the recipient of the Bruce Sweeney Athletic Scholarship was Jan Eitel, a UI forest resources student. Jan recently was one of 23 UI student-athletes honored as an Academic All-Conference studentathlete by the Big West Conference. As a runner, Jan competes year round — cross country in the fall, indoor track in the winter and outdoor track in the spring. Jan has been a three-time Big West cross country Athlete of the Week and holds the UI record in the 8K. He was the 2003 West Region steeplechase “I have always tried champion and is the 2004 Big West steeplechase champion, as well as being to show my appreciation both a 2003 and 2004 NCAA national with hard work, both qualifier. In 2003, Jan was the Big West Track Athlete of the Year. academically and “It is a great honor for me to receive athletically, and good races an athletic scholarship,” says Jan. “The Sweeney family and many other people – even if the latter did not worked hard to make it possible to do work out all the time.” what I love to do – running. The UI successfully combines high level sports with a quality education. I am majoring in forest resources and currently attend graduate school at UI, specializing in GIS/remote sensing.” Bruce Sweeney expects the student-athletes who benefit from his family scholarship to do well academically, improve constantly and, most of all, to graduate. Jan has met all of these goals. He is an exceptional student with 3.8 GPA as an undergraduate and 4.0 GPA in graduate school. Four generations of Jan’s family have gone to college, but it was the track program and quality education which brought Jan to the University of Idaho. “I have always tried to show my appreciation with hard work, both academically and athletically, and good races – even if the latter did not work out all the time,” said Jan.

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The Sweeneys have shared a portion of their good fortune with a variety of charitable causes, including the University of Idaho. They have been longtime members of the Vandal Scholarship Fund and the President’s Circle at UI — the annual $1,000+ club. In 1993, they established the Bruce Sweeney Athletic Scholarship Endowment to provide academic support to UI track and ﬁeld athletes. Bruce unabashedly points to the fact that his lifelong friend and UI benefactor, Tom Wright, made a major donation to this endowment, more than doubling the principal. Bruce and Marilyn anticipate further contributions to their athletic endowment so it can continue to grow and be made available to multiple track scholars each year. They take personal interest in following the fortunes of their scholarship recipients. Their advice to each of them has been the same: “Represent the UI well in all you do, keep improving academically and, above all, graduate.” In addition to their ongoing support, the Sweeneys plan to leave a substantial sum to the UI through their estate plan. Lutherhaven, a church camp on northern Idaho’s Lake Coeur d’Alene, and the UI are their two big passions, and their bequest will beneﬁt both entities equally. The Sweeneys are not pre-empting their own children and grandchildren by these bequest intentions. They are, in essence, making the UI and the other charities a part of their family. Bruce says, “One of our goals is to minimize estate taxes. But, even if the estate tax is totally repealed, we will still make substantial provisions for the UI and these other charities.” Adds Marilyn, “We both received an invaluable education at the University of Idaho, and our years there were among the most memorable of our lives. We feel it’s only right to give back to the place that’s meant so much to us.” Elsewhere in this Idaho Outlook are examples of ways you can include the UI in your estate plan. On the back page you will see how to contact us for further information. Please do so—we’d love to hear from you!

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Angela Whyte ’03

“Vandal Boosters, Inc.,

HERE WE HAVE IDAHO

Former Recipient of the Thomas L. Cooper Athletic Scholarship

Angela Whyte, from Edmonton, Alberta, is a member of the 2004 Canadian Olympic Team. Angela concluded her collegiate career at UI with two All-American honors at the 2003 NCAA championships when she ﬁnished third in the heptathlon and seventh in the 100-meter hurdles. During her UI career, she earned ﬁve All-American honors. Angela was recognized as a 2003 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar, 2003 Regional Athlete of the Year and 2003 Big West Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year. She also holds 13 UI awards. “I transferred to UI following my sophomore year,” said Angela. “I chose the University of Idaho because on my recruiting visit I felt comfortable with the university and with the athletic program. I truly appreciate the athletic scholarship. Now I have an undergraduate degree and I am able to train and compete at a high level.” Angela Whyte is driven to succeed in everything she pursues, which now includes the 2004 Olympics in Athens. “I am happy that I chose the major I did; crime and justice studies,” she says. “I can’t say that I have a favorite professor because I learned quite a bit from all of them. My experience at UI is a central part of my success. When I can no longer run on the professional level, I see myself going to law school.”

through its membership program known as the Vandal Scholarship Fund, will provide all of the student-athlete scholarships awarded by the Athletic Department at the University of Idaho.”

oday, 3,000 Vandal boosters support more than 300 University of Idaho student-athletes involved in 16 NCAA Division I sports. UI is required by the NCAA to provide 200 scholarships – that’s an annual cost of more than $2,100,000. The Vandal Scholarship Fund helps meet that commitment through annual gifts and endowed scholarships. Last year, cash donations for the VSF were $1 million. Currently, donors have established approximately 75 endowed scholarships for student athletes. One of the goals of the Vandal Victory Campaign is to create an additional 125 endowed scholarships to fully fund the athletic scholarship commitment through endowments. A named endowment can be created by a gift of $25,000 and can continue to grow through additional gifts. The interest generated from the endowment is used to fund the scholarship. “Endowments are considered the ‘best practice’ in funding athletic

scholarships,” said Rick Darnell, executive director of the Vandal Scholarship Fund. “A growing number of NCAA Division I programs, including Stanford and Rice, now fully fund their annual athletic scholarship programs in this way.” THE LEADERSHIP: Formed in 1947, Vandal Boosters, Inc. is overseen by a 40-member Board of Directors responsible for determining policy to meet the objectives of the annual membership campaign and planning events supporting the UI Athletic Department programs. THE PROGRESS: There are many signs of progress and change for the University of Idaho and the UI Athletic Department: the new Norman L. and Becky Iverson Strength and Conditioning Center in the Vandal Athletic Center, a new president and athletic director, a new football coaching staff, the reintroduction of a women’s swimming program, a new executive director of the

Financial and Estate Planning News for Alumni and Friends of the University of Idaho University of Idaho Endowed

Football

Women’s Basketball

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Golf

Men’s Golf

4.5

Women’s Soccer

Women’s Tennis

Men’s Tennis

4.5

Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country

12.6

Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Women’s Volleyball

Women’s Swimming

2.4

121.4

Total

VSF and a move to the Western Athletic Conference in 2005. The positive attitude and effort by all is making an impact. THE INVESTMENT: Two hundred student-athletes in 16 sports receive scholarships through funds raised by the VSF. Those students are maintaining an average GPA of 3.02, and 91 percent of UI student-athletes graduate after completing their athletic eligibility. This is a leading mark in the Sun Belt and Big West, and would be the best in the WAC. THE GOAL: The University of Idaho is committed to athletics, and the Vandal Scholarship Fund has three goals this year: • To raise $1.25 million in donations • To add 3,000 new members • To establish 125 new VSF endowments.

THE REQUEST: Join the VSF team today – “They’re Worth It!” Create an athletic endowment now, or make a commitment to create an endowment in the future by joining the UI Heritage Society. By joining the Heritage Society, you can make a planned gift for a future Vandal through a bequest in your will, a designation in your revocable living trust, a charitable gift annuity, life insurance designation, a charitable remainder trust or a gift of stocks, real estate or cash. These are just some of the options to consider when creating a Vandal Scholarship Fund Endowment. You can leave a legacy for generations to come.

UI Student-Athletes by College

Education ............................................. 63 Business and Economics...................... 47 Science ..................................................14 Letters, Arts and Social Sciences ....... 158 Engineering ...........................................21 Agricultural and Life Sciences ............. 20 Natural Resources .................................. 8

Comparative Student-Athlete Graduation Rates

NCAA Average

79%

SUN BELT

75%

WAC

81%

BIG WEST

84%

PAC 10

88%

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

91%

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Emily Faurholt

New Vandal Scholarship Recipient

At the beginning of the last season, if you were asked to name the university of the nation’s leading scorer, very few, if any, would have said Idaho. After spending a little time around Emily Faurholt, anyone can see she is committed to doing what is best for the team. Emily set five school records in her first year at the University of Idaho. She holds the record for points in a season — 737, single-season scoring average — 25.4 points per game, free throws made in a season — 172, field goals made in a season — 261 and points in a game — 39. She was voted the Big West Conference Player of the Year and was selected as an Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention. Emily’s hometown is Kennewick, Wash., where her parents still live. “I chose the University of Idaho because of the people here,” said Emily. “The Vandal community seemed like a great place to help me grow as a person, student and an athlete because of the great administration, professors and staff members surrounding us on campus. To receive a Division I-level athletic scholarship is an honor.” Emily’s major is elementary education. She hopes to one day be able to teach young children and watch them grow and learn. “Without our Vandal Boosters, none of this would have been possible,” said Emily. FALL 2004

NCAA Maximum Stanford Scholarship Endowed

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Jack and Julie Hawkins and daughters, Kenna and Megan.

It’s a Vandal Thing

HERE WE HAVE IDAHO

“...Because someone before us was generous enough to give to the University of Idaho, we were able to receive an education that has allowed us to lead successful lives.”

oise residents Jack ’85 and Julie (Holden) ’84 Hawkins were both born Vandals. Jack is a third-generation graduate, the 22nd member of his family to receive a UI degree, and Julie is a second-generation graduate, the seventh member of her family to become a UI alum. Jack received a double degree in finance and marketing. He currently owns KM Construction Lending and is a part owner of Castle Rock Homes, Inc., a home building contractor. Julie earned a degree in accounting and is a certified public accountant and a partner in the Boise accounting firm of Keller, Young & Grover LLP. Julie and Jack’s love for the university and for Vandal athletics came at an early age. Julie’s parents, Bill Holden ’58 and Carol Ormond ’59, are keen sports fans as are Jack’s parents, Jim ’59 and Gail ’59 Hawkins. Jack and Julie each remember listening to Vandal football games as youngsters, then attending many games with their parents during their high school years. Naturally, they learned the Vandal fight song long before they became UI students.

Financial and Estate Planning News for Alumni and Friends of the University of Idaho

Brian Yarno

Current Recipient of the Rimel Family Athletic Scholarship “We have a lot

The Yarno name is well of family tradition known by most Vandals. Brian Yarno’s father, John, here at UI, but my was Idaho’s first, first-team scholarship absolutely All-American and played professionally for the Seattle had an impact on Seahawks. John’s jersey choosing UI. There are number, 56, is one of only four numbers to be retired by many choices in the the Vandals. Brian’s uncle, Pacific Northwest, and George, coached at Idaho under former Coach Chris if it were not for my Tormey. scholarship, I may have “I grew up as a Vandal,” said Brian. “We have a lot stayed in the state of of family tradition here Washington for college.” at UI, but my scholarship endowment absolutely had an impact on choosing UI. There are many choices in the Pacific Northwest, and if it were not for my scholarship, I may have stayed in the state of Washington for college. UI is a great opportunity and a fantastic academic university. I am thankful for receiving my scholarship from the Rimel Family Athletic Endowment.” Brian is majoring in marketing and production operations management with a minor in statistics, and he plans to pursue a career in business. He works hard on and off the field. Not only is Brian proving his mettle in the football arena, he has maintained a very respectable 3.68 GPA. “My dad has always said someday I will play my last game, and I must have a degree. He is right!” said Brian. “I especially appreciate all the folks who help support scholarships. The Vandal Scholarship Fund is very important, and it is a great opportunity to help all of us get an education. I plan to give back!”

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In the 20 years since their graduation, Jack and Julie have remained actively involved with the university. They visit Moscow frequently for football games and meetings, and they are each a past president of the Ada County Vandal Booster Board. In addition, Julie is a past member of the National Vandal Booster Board. Both currently sit on the UI College of Business and Economics (CBE) Advisory Board. They have been donors for many years to the Vandal Scholarship Fund, the Vandal Athletic Center and CBE. When asked why they were leaving a bequest to the UI, their answer came easily. “The university has been an important part of our lives. We were brought up to give back to our community and help others. Because someone before us was generous enough to give to the University of Idaho, we were able to receive an education that has allowed us to lead successful lives. Now, we would like to help continue the strong tradition of academic excellence by including the UI in our estate planning in addition to our yearly support.” The Hawkins chose to incorporate both Vandal Athletics and CBE in their bequest intentions. They share a passion for sports. Each was active in high school athletics, and they enjoy watching and participating in various sports today. Their two daughters are budding athletes; Kenna, age 14, is an ardent basketball player, and 12-year-old Megan plays fast-pitch softball and golf. They, too, enjoy the family’s fall trips to Moscow to watch the Vandals play, and listening on the radio to the football and basketball games. “The amazing thing about the University of Idaho is that no matter where you go or what your age, when you meet fellow alumni of the university you have a common bond,” the couple said. “If you went to the UI, you know what we mean when we say... ‘It’s a Vandal thing!’” If you want to learn more about how you can join the Hawkins and hundreds of others who have included the UI in their estate plans, please call toll-free at 866-671-7041 or e-mail mcbride@uidaho. edu or hlinehan@uidaho.edu.

Ida o Outlook Ways to Give Through Your Estate Plan There are just about as many ways to make a charitable estate gift as there are people to do them. In addition to the customary methods, we at the University of Idaho work together with you to tailor your particular estate gift to ﬁt your objectives while at the same time enhancing the University’s mission.

Type

What is it?

What are the tax beneﬁts?

What are some other beneﬁts?

Bequest in Will or Revocable Living Trust

A gift you make by naming UI in your will for a certain dollar amount, a percentage of your estate or the residuary

Reduces size of taxable estate

Gives you ﬂexibility in providing for family needs ﬁrst You become a member of our Heritage Society

Charitable Gift Annuity

A contract in which the UI Foundation agrees to pay you back a percentage of your gift annually for your lifetime

Immediate income tax deduction for part of gift’s value, capital gains spread out over life expectancy, a portion of the income is tax-exempt

Gives you and/or another beneﬁciary a set income for life

Life Insurance Gift

A gift of an existing or new policy with the UI Foundation named as beneﬁciary and owner

Immediate income tax deduction for gift’s value, plus possible estate tax savings

Provides a way to make a signiﬁcant gift with minimal capital outlay

Retirement Plan Gift

A gift made by naming the UI Foundation as remainder beneﬁciary after your death

Heirs avoid income tax and possibly estate tax

Preserves 100 percent of plan’s value and allows you to leave heirs other, less costly bequests

Retained Life Estate

A donation of your home or farm but with the right to remain there

Immediate income tax deduction for the charitable value of the gift, plus no capital gains tax liability

Allows you to live in your home or farm and still receive charitable deduction; assures immediate passage of title on your death

Charitable Remainder Trusts

Trusts that pay a set or variable income to you or those you name before the UI receives remainder

Income tax savings from deduction, no capital gains tax liability, possible estate tax savings

Provides guaranteed or annual income that could increase if trust value increases

Charitable Lead Trust

A trust that pays the UI an income for a period of years before you or heirs receive the trust remainder

Gift or estate tax savings for value of payments made to a charity

Allows you to pass assets to heirs intact at reduced or even no estate or gift tax

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Edward J. McBride Director of Gift Planning E-mail: mcbride@uidaho.edu

Heidi C. Linehan Associate Director of Gift Planning E-mail: hlinehan@uidaho.edu

Ofﬁce of Development PO Box 443201 Moscow, ID 83844-3201 Phone: (208) 885-7069 Fax: (208) 885-4483

Rick Darnell Executive Director Vandal Scholarship Fund E-mail: rdarnell@uidaho.edu Kibbie Activity Center 235W PO Box 442304 Moscow, ID 83844-2304 Phone: (208) 885-0258

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES

Helene Harley Smith Babcock ’27 celebrated her 100th birthday on March 15. Cards may be sent to Cenoma House, 1930 Heyburn Ave. E., Twin Falls, Idaho 83301.

30s Edwin Oliver Nurmi ’36 of Sandpoint, completed 36 years of wintering in Mesa, Ariz. In Sandpoint, during the summer, he does volunteer work for the local Bonner Soil and Water Conservation District.

Marie Whitesel ’38 was honored in September 2003 with the dedication and planting of a Camperdown Elm on the grounds of the UI Coeur d’Alene campus.

40s Maxine ’44 and C.W. “Bill” Eimers ’48 celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on May 7, 2004. They met at UI in 1940 when they were freshmen.

50s Daniel T. Belton ’58, waited until he retired in 1999 to begin his ﬁrst novel. His new book,

Spreading the Word — Alumni Ambassadors

rian Hill, Tom Birch and Jamie Hansen are sold on Idaho. These Alumni Ambassadors have made it their mission to recruit students for UI in their home states of Minnesota and Texas respectively. Using wit, charm and even a little old-fashioned salesmanship, this trio promotes the virtues of UI to prospective students. What does Idaho have to offer? “Community,” they all agree. Birch tells prospective students UI is “a place to grow up and a place to be on your own, but not that far away.” “I think it gives an excellent education with value which makes it a strong selling point,” adds Hill. The men know their role as salesmen well. Hill visits with students at college fairs in Minnesota. “We use personal experience. We stand in front of the booth rather than behind the booth. We wear Joe Vandal sweat shirts and try to look friendly to attract people.” Hansen recruits at college fairs in Texas. “You’ve got to paint the picture, then they have the feeling of what it’s like. I have a postcard in my briefcase of the Kibbie Dome, and they look at it and say, ‘My God, it’s beautiful.’” Sean Pomella from Richardson, Texas, is one of Hansen’s recruits. “I had an uncle and aunt up in

Arden L. Bement Jr. ’59, formerly director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been named director of the National Science Foundation.

60s Darrell Bolz ’66 was the recipient of a 2003 Hall of Fame award from the Idaho Weed Control Association, a group representing private industry and governmental agencies involved in managing vegetation in Idaho. Sen. Larry Craig ’69 was the recipient of a 2003 Hall of Fame award from the Idaho Weed Control Association, a group representing private industry and governmental agencies involved in managing vegetation in Idaho. Also, a Camperdown elm tree was dedicated to Craig at the

UI Research Park in Post Falls, for his work in securing federal funds to start the park and his help in establishing UI’s Center for Advanced Microelectronics and Biomolecular Research. Lee Kopf ’66 is now a partner in the Seattle-based Clark/Kjos Architects following the merger of the company with Mills, John & Rigdon’s, one of the oldest architectural ﬁrms on the West Coast. Vicki E. Martin ’67 will retire at the end of this school year, having spent time teaching in the Pullman, Wash., School District and serving the past seven years as principal at Franklin Elementary School in Pullman. She also has been honored with the National Distinguished Principals Award. John P. Mundt ’67 was honored in February as the 2004 recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Agriculture in the

Bonners Ferry who told me UI was where I wanted to go,” said Pomella. “Then I went to a college fair. Mr. Hansen made everything sound great. It sounded like it was a semi-small school but still large enough to have a lot of the activities I like. I came to visit here, and this fit perfectly. I liked the weather, and it was such a nice campus.” Lloyd Scott, director of UI New Student Services, has high praise for the efforts of the Alumni Ambassadors. They provide outreach that his office is unable to do. “I do think if we can start to get some students from a particular area, then a lot of what the alumni do will be reinforced by word of mouth from these student populations. Alaska is a state where we’ve spent a lot of time recruiting, and word of UI has spread by students, by parents and by counselors. Our enrollments from Alaska have just taken off in the last five or six years. That’s the sort of success that we’re sowing the seeds for right now.” Scott looks forward to a good partnership with the Alumni Ambassadors. “We’ve had some good interest based on the alumni in their areas. If we keep persevering and get a few more kids to enroll, we think it’s going to be very, very productive out there eventually.” BY GAIL MILLER

Brian Hill, Sean Pomella, Tom Birch and, in front, Jamie Hansen

2004

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“The Underground Asylum,” is a mystery thriller and was published in February.

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To be proﬁled, mail information, including graduation year, to Annis Shea, Alumni Ofﬁce, PO Box 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or e-mail information to alumni@uidaho.edu. Photos can be e-mailed in a jpg format. In the interest of accuracy and privacy, we will list only items submitted by an alumnus or their family.

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES

area of education and advocacy at the ninth annual A. Larry Branen Idaho Ag Summit held in Boise.

Harley G. Shaw ’63 has published his new book, “Stalking the Big Bird: A Tale of Turkeys, Biologists, and Bureaucrats” (The University of Arizona Press, 2004). This book involves great storytelling, wry humor and fresh insights into wildlife management.

70s Frank Blecha ’71, head of Kansas State University’s department of anatomy and physiology, was recently awarded K-State’s 2004 Presidential Award for Outstanding Department Head for his excellence in management and leadership. Gary L. Garnand ’70 was elected chairman of the board of Magic Valley Bank in Twin Falls, at the annual stockholders meeting in April. He is one of the original organizers of Magic Valley Bank, a locally owned community bank, and is the managing partner of Garnand Marketing, LLC. Gary also serves on the College of Business and Economics Advisory Board and is chairman of the Magic Valley Chapter of Vandal Boosters.

Linda Hill Murphy ’75, an art teacher at Lowry, Nev., High School, received the 2004 Paciﬁc Region Art Teacher of the Year award from the National Art Education Association. She was selected from candidates in 11 western states. Previously, she was selected as the 1991 Nevada State Teacher of the Year and received the 2001 Governor’s Award in Art Education. Dr. Kathryn L. Poleson ’70 was named the Washington Academy of General Dentistry 2003 Dentist of the Year for her outstanding contributions to the academy, her dedication to dentistry and work with dental students all over the country.

Art Kjos ’73, a partner in the Seattle-based Clark/Kjos Architects, recently merged his company with Mills, John & Rigdon’s, one of the oldest architectural ﬁrms on the West Coast.

Mark Pynn ’79 was honored in January for his 10 years of service on the Sun Valley Planning and Zoning Commission.

Don Kopczynski ’79 was recently elected vice president of Avista Corp. with responsibilities for the company’s electric and natural gas transmission and distribution operations. Don, a 25-year employee of Avista, previously served as general manager of energy delivery for Avista Utilities.

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Kyle Blake Kennison ’75, was honored by Hermiston, Ore. High School for his service to the school district and the track program. The school’s state-ofthe-art facility was named the Kennison Memorial Track.

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Karen L. Higgins ’72, an executive director with the Department of Defense, was

awarded the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive on Sept. 26, 2003. This award is the highest award a career federal employee can receive and recognizes outstanding leaders who consistently demonstrate strength, integrity, industry and a relentless commitment to public service.

Gerald Rimbey ’78 was promoted to regional manager II with the Nevada Division of State Parks. He will be responsible for ﬁve state parks in southern Nevada including the Las Vegas area. Stephen J. Russell ’74 was appointed president of SEKO Global Logistics Network, the newly formed global freight forwarder and logistics network providing supply chain solutions. Michael F. Shoemaker ’71, farm loan specialist for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Ofﬁce in Boise, is the recipient of the 2003 Service with Integrity Award for his professionalism and honesty. The award is the highest award presented to an Idaho FSA employee who most demonstrates excellence in the performance of their duties. Agnes Sowle ’79, ’82 was elected secretary of the Multnomah Bar Association. She also was a founding member and is a past secretary and president of Oregon Women Lawyers (OWLS). Agnes currently serves as the moderator of “Legal Links,” a public information television program sponsored by the Oregon State Board, and formerly moderated “Ask the Lawyer,” sponsored by OWLS.

Jeannie M. Woods ’70 completed the Management and Leadership in Education (MLE) program in the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Institute for Higher Education during the summer of 2003 and was elected vice president for Professional Development for the Association of Theatre in Higher Education. During the spring 2004 semester, Woods, who is associate dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts and professor of Theatre at Winthrop University, visited 11 countries while teaching theatre for the Semester at Sea Program.

80s Jon Scott Fehrenbacher ’81 was named president of the Steward Mutual Funds Group, a worldwide mutual fund company targeting faith-based institutions, organizations and individual investors, based in Colorado Springs, Colo. His previous position was president/CEO of Crosswalk.com, Inc., based in Washington, D.C. He currently resides in Colorado Springs with his wife, Joni, and three children. Penny Friedlander ’80 was chosen as a magistrate judge for the five-county First Judicial District in northern Idaho. Scott Green ’85, director of audit and compliance for the international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, received the Institute of Internal Auditors 2004 Outstanding Contributor Award. Green was one of only five authors chosen to receive the award this year. The award was presented at the annual conference in Sydney, Australia. William (Bill) Holman ’87 has accepted the position of assistant principal and activities director for Lincoln Middle School in Pullman, Wash. Since August 2002, Bill has been the assistant principal and director of student activities for Moscow School District. He was a high school

CLASS NOTES math and physics teacher at Moscow High School prior to becoming assistant principal. Beth Grubb Luce ’80, the ﬁrst editor of the UI magazine, is currently editing a trade magazine for professional meeting and convention planners in the Northwest. In addition, she is a freelance magazine editor and writer in the Seattle area. Debbie Miller ’82 of Coeur d’Alene is a graphic designer for Tomlinson Black Real Estate. Sally Allen Ness ’80 was promoted to full professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside, in December 2003. Lt. Col. Mike Swanson ’84 completed the AH-64D Longbow Apache Unit Fielding and

Training Program at Ft. Hood, Texas, as the commanding ofﬁcer of 2nd Squadron 6th U.S. Cavalry. He will redeploy with 2nd Squadron to Illesheim, Germany, this summer and prepare for further operations. Thomas Talboy ’86, ’93, former ASUI attorney general, has been awarded a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Nottingham, England. A version of his dissertation, “The Phaidra and Hippolytos Story in Greek and Roman Literature with Special Emphasis on Sophocles’ Phaidra,” has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming volume of Sophoclean fragmentary plays. Talboy is currently living in Monterey, Calif.

90s Paula E. Conley ’94, a seventh grade teacher, was named Coeur d’Alene School District’s 2004 Educator of the Year and Middle School Educator of the Year. Previously, she earned the 2002 University of Idaho Thomas O. Bell Excellence in Elementary Education award and the 2003 Soroptimist Woman of Distinction in Education. Conley will represent the Coeur d’Alene School District in the Idaho Teacher of the Year competition. Patrick Crow ’93 was appointed marketing and training ofﬁcer for Idaho Independent Bank. His responsibilities will include public relations, brand management, advertising compliance, media analysis, sponsorships and sales training.

Jessica Jones-Coggins ’98 received a master’s in Human and Community Resources from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point in May. Her thesis dealt with women in the Hmong population and the loss of socialization within the Hmong family as they adjust to a market economy, in particular, the sewing of their traditional textiles called paj ntaub. Rayna E. Gravatt ’98 began her pediatric medicine residency in Springﬁeld, Ill., through the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Michael Higgins ’97 has been promoted to Nike’s Corporate Governance Department working on the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 project.

Rylee Kate, daughter of Tim and Sarah Howell ’98 Black

Joshua Gordon, son of Gordon ’94 and Teresa Sonnen

Alec Edward, son of Ed and Heather Irby ’93 Sawyer

Lauren Emily, daughter of Brent ’94 and Danielle Carr

Zachary Adam Klein, son of David and Jill Beck ’91 Klein

Alex Ray, son of Kelly ’93 and Trisha Leitch

Alyssa Lenae, born to Derone ’95 and Katie Reajan ’96 Johnson

Rylee Marie, daughter of Robert ’01 and Gina Hulsizer ’01 Strobel

Christopher Samuel, son of Jason Howard ’98 and Kimberly Michelle Sandusky

Owen Spence, son of Jason and Amy Birge ’98 DeWitt

Chelsea Grace, daughter of Clint ’97 and Kim Perry ’97 Marshall

Zoe Esther, daughter of Mike ’97 and Cindy ’97 Wood

Zoe Louise, daughter of Brian ’96 and Amy Thompson ’97 Jones

Lauren Marie, daughter of Michael ’97 and Katie Giesa-Fuess ’96 Kerby

Grant Christian, son of Eugene Randell ’87 and Debra Thomas ’87, ’91 Lybyer

Keely Jean, daughter of Matt ’97 and Leah Jones ’00 Riggs and granddaughter of Dick ’55 and Barbara ’59 Riggs

Kiaira Kathy, daughter of DuWayne ’98 and Shirley Kimball

Landon Connor and Logan Patrick, sons of Rick and Lori Gilge ’94 Shimskey

Ketner, age 3, Maria, 4 months, and Breanna, 4 1/2, children of Scott ’98 and Lisa Jenkins ’97 Mizee

Madeline Claire, daughter of Cary Edward ’98 and Barbara Lynn Grifﬁn and grandchild of Warren ’62 and Marilyn Wilson ’62 Hoit

Teagen Becker, son of Ted ’97 and Danika Galbraith ’97 Severe

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Jordan LeeAnn, daughter of Rick and Angela Hill ’01 Baldwin

2004

FUTURE VANDALS

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES

Joe Lukas ’91 was promoted to assistant general manager of the Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Wash. He previously worked as senior ﬁsheries scientist. He now manages operations of Grant PUD’s hydroelectricity, natural resources, support services, customer service and telecommunications divisions.

John Mock ’95 was awarded the 2003 Outstanding Commissioner for the City of Lewiston. Robert Norwood ’91 received NBBJ’s annual Design Award. The award is given to “the individual or group whose design work has been outstanding or has had an outstanding impact on advancing NBBJ technically over the past year.” He currently works at NBBJ’s Seattle ofﬁce focusing on interior architecture in airports, transportation, corporate commercial, retail, hospitality, civic and healthcare. Leslie Hay Smith ’98 accepted a position with the National Park Service as the inventory and monitoring coordinator ecologist for the Paciﬁc Islands which includes the Hawaiian Islands and Samoa, Marianna Islands, Guam and Saipan. Brad Stith ’98 has been promoted to director of business development for Palace Sports and Entertainment. Eric Swenson ’97, ’03 was elected in March to serve a three-year term as the Montana Association of Business Professionals of America’s representative on the National BPA Classroom Educators Advisory Council.

00s

IN MEMORY

Maxine C. Fisk ’39, Chewelah, Wash., May 26, 2004

Jenny Sue Anchondo ’04 is a news producer and reporter at the NBC afﬁliate, KNDO, in Yakima, Wash.

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Joseph Andreas Gillett ’32, Burley, May 9, 2003

Dennis Christensen ’00, an employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is being deployed to Iraq for one year as a civilian in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Dennis will be acting as a construction representative overseeing all phases of ongoing reconstruction projects in northern Iraq. He volunteered for the assignment and was “eager for the opportunity to help the Iraqi people build a better society.”

Mary Thompson Gartin ’23, Boise, June 7, 2003

Kristy L. Henscheid ’01 is in the third year of her Ph.D. studies in molecular biology at the University of Oregon. She spent December 2003 at sea on the research ship R/V Atlantis, doing deep-sea research during the Extreme 2003 expedition (www. ocean.udel.edu/extreme2003) to the East Paciﬁc Rise, approximately 1,000 miles west of Costa Rica. Kristy even spent one day as a scientist-observer in the submersible Alvin, 2.5 kilometers beneath the ocean surface. Spencer Melville ’02 graduated from the University of Tennessee MBA program in 2003 and was awarded the MBA Leadership Award. He has accepted a position with Knight Transportation in Phoenix, Ariz. Remy Newcombe ’03 joined Blue Water Technologies as chief technical ofﬁcer. She previously worked as a consulting environmental geophysicist in southwestern U. S. and Japan, and as a consulting geotechnical engineer in Idaho.

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Louise “Lou” H. Nagel Greene ’26, Boise, Apr. 19, 2003 Marine Henderson, Lewiston, March 21, 2004

Morris Cameron Greer ’39, Tacoma, Wash., March 5, 2004 V. Kenneth Greggerson ’33, Bainbridge Island, Wash., April 8, 2004 John Francis (Jack) Hayden ’35, Moscow, April 19, 2004

Annabelle Kimbrough ’25, Caldwell, May 13, 2003

J. Herbert “Herb” Heger ’35, Las Cruces, N. M., April 26, 2004

Constance J. (Hill) Leiser ’28, Twin Falls, May 4, 2003

Eileen E. Hollinger ’37, Rupert, Oct. 24, 2002

Velma E. Morgan ’28, Burley, Sept. 23, 2003

Max Hollingsworth ’34, Tampa, Fla., April 26, 2004

Roy Roosevelt Patchen ’27, Post Falls, July 27, 2003

Alvin C. Holmes ’31, Burley, Feb. 16, 2002

Elva Roberge ’28, Banning, Calif., Nov. 14, 2002

Frances Clara Stolle Johns ’38, Boise, March 9, 2004

Irene Roberts ’28, Moscow, Jan. 12, 2002

George William Johnson ’30, Coeur d’Alene, July 20, 2001

Alice B. Scott ’29, Idaho Falls, Apr. 16, 2003

Parris Emmett Kail ’33, Payette, Sept. 16, 2003

Eva B. Scott ’27, Concord, Calif., Dec. 8, 1996

Walter (Walt) Carl Koepp ’38, Cameron, Dec. 6, 2002

Margaret C. Weatherford ’27, Albany, Ore., Dec. 1999

Kenneth Lukens ’39, Oregon City, Ore., Sept. 10, 2002

Leon L. Weeks ’28, Bellevue, Wash., Sept. 9, 2002

Marion Johnson McBirney ’36, Warm Springs, Ga., Feb. 14, 2004

Inez A. Wilcomb ’28, Littleton, Colo., April 14, 2003

30s Elizabeth Alm ’38, Sparks, Nev., Feb. 11, 2004 Harry Haaland Anderson ’37, Payette, May 19, 2004 LaVerna Brindley ’37, Ames, Iowa, Feb. 16, 2004 Ruth Woodward Brown ’39, Moscow, Feb. 1, 2004

MARRIAGES

Juanita M. Bliss ’28, Hermiston, Ore., Oct. 18, 2003

Wilson Woodrow Bundy ’37, Wenatchee, Wash., July 27, 2003

Catherine Marie Attao ’98 to Mark Franklin Toves

Elizabeth Needham to Perry Waddell ’93

Frank P. Burstedt ’36, Challis, May 24, 2004

Stacy Garnand ’01 to Brian Frey ’99

Elizabeth M. Quesnell ’01 to Steven A. Kohtz ’01

Fred W. Campbell ’37, Spokane, Wash., May 6, 2004

Courtney Herring ’03 to Antonio Bonuccelli ’03

Kari Rose ’00 to James Riley ’98

James C. English ’38, Coeur d’Alene, July 30, 2003

Lenne Jaye Higgins ’99 to Daniel L. (Bo) Bonner

Angela Gabrielle Taras to Scott Ramey Heimgartner ’93

Merry M. Fender ’38, Renton, Wash., May 28, 2002

Barbara Lynn Hoit to Cary Edward Grifﬁn ’98

Anna S. Vogt ’99, ’02 to Jacob L. Vowels ’01

E. Maurice Fickes ’35, Meridian, May 4, 2003

Shannon Maureen Murphy ’00 to Jesse Tyson Gray ’01

Karen Wargi to Markus Rissmann ’94

Paul Osburn Filer ’35, Riggins, May 19, 2003

Frances Eleanor McCann ’31, Lewiston, Jan. 1, 2004 James H. Miller ’36, Denver, Colo., Oct. 15, 2002 Clyde A. Montgomery ’38, Twin Falls, May 16, 2003 James H. Nelson ’32, Payette, Sept. 20, 2003 Dorothy H. Nevitt ’39, Forest Hill, Md., May 7, 2003 Margaret Minty Niebrand ’38, Boise, Feb. 24, 2004 Nina Mae Ogden ’38, Pierce, June 23, 2003 Pearl S. Overstreet ’38, Midlothian, Va., April 27, 2003 Harvey L. Price ’39, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 5, 2003 Russell S. Randall ’31, Concord, Calif., March 4, 2004 Dorothy S. Reed ’31, Clearwater, Sept. 17, 2003 Cecilia Stone Rieth ’32, Davenport, Wash., March 23, 2004

CLASS NOTES Zelma J. Rowley ’32, Xenia, Ohio, Feb. 29, 2004 Maurice Lloyd Russell ’35, Solvang, Calif., June 15, 2003 Arthur George Schwartzenhauer ’35, Portland, Ore., July 23, 2003 Ellen Clarice Skaar ’38, Scottsdale, Ariz., July 9, 2003 Robert T. Sproat ’39, Boise, July 29, 2002 Earl R. Stansell ’32, Twin Falls, April 12, 2003 Jessie E. Stewart ’33, Jan. 30, 1999 Melvin F. Stewart ’33, Eugene, Ore., Dec. 8, 2002 Helen T. Stover ’35, Coeur d’Alene, March 10, 2001 Elinor Jacobs Streiff ’33, Lewiston, Oct. 21, 2003 Frank A. Taft ’34, Challis, May 30, 2003 Claude B. Terrell ’36, Benton, Ky., May 23, 2003 Ray Udy ’38, Orem, Utah, May 27, 2003 Edward R. Wahl ’33, San Diego, Calif., July 18, 2002 Beatrice Helen Sheehan Wilkins ’38, Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 9, 2002 Virginia Harris Winter ’35, Arlington, Va., Sept. 14, 2003 Clyde J. Winters ’35, Grass Valley, Calif., June 9, 2003 Howard L. Wiseman ’34, Twin Falls, April 23, 2004 Henry Ziminski ’35, Rhinelander, Wis., March 10, 2003

40s Mildred M. Acuff ’43, Olympia, Wash., June 26, 2003 Alvin Lee Baer ’44, Sioux Falls, S. D., June 1, 2004 Barbara Jean White Benson ’42, Feb. 25, 2004 Mary E. Bothwell ’44, Grants Pass, Ore., April 17, 2003 Douglas William Brown ’41, Boise, Feb. 8, 2004 Robert H. Brown ’41, Twin Falls, Nov. 1, 2002 Marlys G. Chadsey, Lewiston, March 14, 2004 Randolph Clements ’46, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 29, 2004 George John Crea ’41, Lewiston, Sept. 1, 2003 Henry J. Crowley ’47, Ellensburg, Wash., Aug. 12, 2002 LaRaine Easter ’47, Portland, Ore., Sept. 21, 2003 Edna Marie Edelblute ’40, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Oct. 4, 2002 Margaret Kroeger Edlefsen ’40, Seattle, Wash., May 30, 2004 Herbert M. Edwards ’47, Mountain Home, April 6, 2004 Abram Erlick ’49, Jamesburg, N.J., June 2, 2003 Beverly May Evans ’49, Genesee, Nov. 13, 2003 Dr. Reid Faylor ’46, Nampa, April 3, 2002 Grant Wendell Field ’41, Boise, Feb. 23, 2003 J. Tom Firestone ’43, Bothell, Wash., April 18, 2004

Lyle K. Forgey ’41, Spokane, Wash., Aug. 30, 2003

Henry Roy Juran ’42, Salem, Ore., Feb. 17, 2004

James Albert Foster ’42, Monterey, Calif., Aug. 8, 2003

Jack A. Kelly ’42, Boise, Dec. 4, 2002

Gail Lloyd Fransen ’48, Calimesa, Calif., April 30, 2003

Elizabeth Marie “Betty” (Joice) Kliewer ’41, Spokane, Wash., March 22, 2004

Molly (Bradbury) Gagon ’45, Idaho Falls, Feb. 6, 2004 Elizabeth A. Galbreaith ’42, Boise, May 13, 2003

Coney B. Kunze ’49, Lake Forest, Calif., Dec. 2, 2002

June Louise Reed Giles ’49, Pocatello, April 24, 2003 Lawrence A “L.A.” Gillette ’42, Declo, Sept. 18, 2003 Thomas Bradford Glazebrook ’41, Portland, Ore., July 27, 2003 Ruth Gochnour Goode ’47, Boise, March 18, 2004 Alice M. (Robinson) Greene ’40, Spokane, Wash., Dec. 27, 2000 Juyne K. Gunn ’44, Grover Beach, Calif., July 28, 2001

Leonard A. (Len) Kuther ’42, Cottonwood, Aug. 25, 2003 Geraldine Laidlaw ’41, Boise, June 2, 2003 Gwyneth B. LaVoy ’40, Caldwell, June 18, 2003 Frank Robert Loacker ’42, Florence, Ore., Aug. 18, 2003 Gerald H. Lowe ’40, Boise, June 13, 2003 Barbara A. Lowry ’48, Albany, Ore., Aug. 1, 2003

George Edward Haas ’48, Lewiston, March 8, 2004

Conrad L. Luvaas ’43, Moscow, Feb. 7, 2004

Phyllis May Hall ’44, Boise, Feb. 1, 2004 Marne V. Hanks ’40, Palmer, Alaska, March 2, 2003 Leonard I. Heick ’47, Moscow, June 1, 2004 Gertrude Volly Campbell Hill ’42, Ashton, May 26, 2003 Walter J. Ingersoll ’46, Ukiah, Calif., July 23, 2003 William B. Jewell, M.D. ’48, Boise, June 11, 2003 William J. Johnson ’47, Baltimore, Md., Feb. 1, 2003 Joan F. Jones ’43, Mountain Home, May 30, 2003

Kenneth T. Kofmehl ’41, Tippecanoe, Ind., March 9, 2002

Dwight O. Macy ’40, Culver, Ore., Dec. 10, 2002 Howard E. Manson ’44, Los Gatos, Calif., March 24, 2003 Dorothy Anna Bayne Marchi ’43, Spokane, Feb. 17, 2004 Guy C. McGee ’41, Providence, Alaska, Jan. 12, 2003 Helen C. Meyer ’44, San Carlos, Calif., Dec. 26, 2002 James H. Meyer ’47, Davis, Calif., Oct. 12, 2002 Mary Elizabeth Maria Cosho Haymond Meyer ’46, Boise, July 21, 2003

HOMECOMING 2004

2004

TRIED AND TRUE

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FALL

VANDALU

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES

William A. Miller ’47, Seattle, Wash., May 11, 2003

Jean Olmstead Woodbury ’41, Twin Falls, March 18, 2003

Seth LeGrand Jenkins ’53, Ucon, June 24, 2003

Bernard Schmitz ’53, Spokane, Wash., Aug. 1, 2003

Jacqueline Yvonne “Jackie” Minnick ’44, Centralia, Wash., April 5, 2003

50s

James P. Jennings ’51, Lewiston, Oct. 8, 2002

John Joseph Sheridan ’56, Bow, N. H., April 12, 2003

Kathleen M. Behler ’51, Renton, Wash., Aug. 3, 2003

Truman Thurman Johnson ’52, Klamath Falls, Ore., Oct. 27, 2002

Claude D. Smith ’59, Merritt Island, Fla., Oct. 2, 2003

Benjamin Cleveland Mottern ’41, Twin Falls, April 6, 2004 Margaret M. Neuffer ’47, Columbia, Mo., Dec. 21, 2001

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

Corbin L. Neville ’40, Wallace, Wash., Aug. 17, 2003

Judge William Warren Black ’56, Idaho Falls, May 13, 2004 Maureen Louise Abbot Braun ’56, Colfax, Wash., May 20, 04

Paul A. Kenyon ’50, Arizona City, Ariz., July 12, 2003

Edward C. Soderstrom ’55, Spokane, Wash., June 6, 2003

Richard S. Kopp ’59, Sandy, Utah, Feb. 13, 2002

Patricia “Pat” Louise Sproul ’56, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 13, 2003

Richard M. Krajewski ’50, Saint Louis, Mich., Nov. 29, 2002

Wallace B. Stacy ’50, Encinitas, Calif., March 11, 2003

Jeanne T. Nichols ’48, Lewiston, Sept. 6, 2003

Margaret “Sid” (Curtis) Brown ’55, Spokane, Wash., May 22, 2004

John D. Prater ’40, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 14, 2004

David Samuel Bruhn ’59, Buhl, Oct. 25, 2003

Warren J. LaFollette ’50, Lewiston, April 18, 2004

Benne W. “Ben” Studer ’58, Bonners Ferry, May 20, 2004

Benjamin Arthur (Art) Poleson ’46, Lewiston, Oct. 27, 2003

Frank Golder Burford ’53, Kuna, April 13, 2004

Jean M. Thomsen ’59, Fort Collins, Colo., Sept. 12, 2002

John D. Prater ’40, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 14, 2004

David William Charlton ’58, Rawlins, Wyo., April 23, 2004

Nancy Mae Anderson Larson ’56, Coeur d’Alene, March 26, 2004

Eugene C. Prather ’41, Spokane, Wash., April 5, 2004

William J. Cook ’54, Portland, Ore., Oct. 14, 1997

Patrick W. Probst ’40, Spokane, Wash., July 29, 2003

Nike A. Copple ’59, Boise, April 11, 2004

Harriet B. Ravenscroft ’40, Bliss, March 1, 2003

JoAnna “Jody” DeMeyer ’52, Boise, March 22, 2004

Richard Eldon Lint ’51, Sacramento, Calif., March 4, 2004

R. Paul Rigtrup ’49, Phoenix, Ariz., May 13, 2003

Gerald E. Denning ’52, Idaho Falls, May 10, 2004

Mary Patricia (Yenor) Lupo ’52, Post Falls, April 20, 2004

Mary Alice Norris True ’52, Caldwell, April 16, 2004

Verne Russell ’41, Joseph, Ore., Nov. 20, 2002

Donald P. Dillard ’50, Blackfoot, Feb. 5, 2003

Fred C. Magee ’57, Lewiston, June 7, 2003

Augustine (Elsie) Uhlenkott ’51, Cottonwood, Aug. 27, 2002

Adam John “Bud” Schubert III ’47, Gooding, Aug. 21, 2003

Gib Eimers ’50, Lewiston, Sept. 21, 2003

Robert C. Manring ’58, Lewiston, Sept. 28, 2002

Joe F. VanEpps ’59, Cupertino, Calif., Aug. 12, 2003

Wilma Joyce Hartman Shiell ’49, Tucson, Ariz., May 25, 2003

Jack L. Farrell ’50, St. Maries, Aug. 16, 2003

Kenneth W. Marshall ’50, Twin Falls, Oct. 16. 2002

Kenneth George Wiegele ’53, Coeur d’Alene, Feb. 1, 2003

Julia Teresa Titus Sloat ’41, St. George, Utah, April 19, 2003

Willard L. Feely ’56, Westerville, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2000

Mark W. Martin ’52, Logan, Utah, Feb. 4, 2002

Dalbert Lyle Williams ’56, Dalton Garden, Dec. 3, 2002

Courtland B. Smith ’48, Idaho Falls, March 27, 2003

Francis Dale “Frank” Fisher ’53, Spokane, Wash., June 21, 2003

John D. Melear ’53, Sequim, Wash., Nov. 18, 2003

Harold J. Soeters ’46, Santa Rosa, Calif., Jan. 21, 2004

Joe LeRoy Frazier ’59, Jerome, Feb. 15, 2004

Glendon Ted Moon ’56, Boise, March 9, 2004

Robert Harry “Gabby” Williams ’58, Medford, Ore., Sept. 14, 2002

David L. Stidolph ’48, Monterey, Calif., April 17, 2004

Jeannette “Squeak” Frick ’51, Boise, March 10, 2004

Clyle A. “Bud” Novak ’56, Whiteﬁsh, Mont., April 1, 2004

Roy A. Suominen ’42, Park Falls, Wis., Oct. 2, 2002

Clarice E. Glasscock ’51, Twin Falls, May 17, 2004

D. Mike O’Callaghan ’56, Las Vegas, Nev., March 5, 2004

Steele M. Tanner ’48, Spokane, Wash., June 28, 2003

Charles A. Goodall ’57, Sandy, Utah, Dec. 8, 2002

Mary Ellen (Viley) Thomason ’41, Bonners Ferry, July 27, 2003

Robert D. Goodwin ’53, Boise, July 22, 2003

Charles H. Oliver ’53, Snoqualmie, Wash., March 29, 2004

Harold K. Thomson ’43, Emporia, Kan., Feb. 2, 2003

LaVera P. Hanson ’52, Seattle, Wash., May 13, 2004

Blanche Keedick Verheyen ’41, Boise, May 20, 2003

Frank N. Harris ’51, Detroit, Mich., Dec. 8, 2002

George W. Walsh ’47, Glenville, N. Y., March 11, 2003

William Bernard Hassler ’53, Pearl City, Hawaii, Sept. 20, 2002

Russell G. “Russ” Ward ’45, Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 16, 2003

Fred J. Hill ’52, Boise, Aug. 27, 2003

T.T. Wokersien, Gooding, May 7, 2004

Laurence Norman “Norm” Hulett ’58, San Andreas, Calif., March 29, 2004

Mary Daryl LeDuc ’51, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 8, 2004 Katherine Louise Lee ’58, Boise, Feb. 20, 2004

Warren R. Parks ’50, Grangeville, Dec. 22, 2003 Douglas B. Ripley ’56, Danville, Calif., May 9, 2004 Richard B. “Dick” Roche, Sr. ’56, Reno, Nev., Feb. 8, 2004 Floyd Rowbury ’52, Blackfoot, June 24, 2003 Melvin Ray Ruark ’59, Lewiston, April 3, 2004 Elsie Sayer ’59, Feb. 1982

Dean Dickson Thornton ’52, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 25, 2003 Kendall Tilley ’52, Feb. 8, 1992 Morgan W. Tovey Jr. ’50, Portland, Ore., Aug. 9, 2003 Dan B. True ’58, Denver, Colo., April 17, 2003

Myrtle Estill Williamson ’58, Lewiston, Aug. 4, 2002 Clyde J. Winters ’52, Grass Valley, Calif., June 9, 2003 Walter Lee Wolff ’58, Lewiston, Dec. 22, 2003

60s Leo Edwin Ames ’65, Moscow, May 17, 2004 Robert K. Carlton ’69, Ellensburg, Wash., May 22, 2004 Ross E. Christian ’62, Moscow, April 20, 2004 Shirley S. Cowin ’68, Moscow, June 17, 2003 Charles R. “Russ” Crawford ’62, Battle Ground, Wash., May 11, 2003 Kenneth M. Durk ’60, Hillsboro, Ore., Feb. 28, 2004

CLASS NOTES Ruth E. Elliott ’62, Lewiston, Jan. 22, 2004 Frank T. Elam ’60, Boise, May 22, 2003 Sharon Ann English-Falkenstein ’65, Frisco, Texas, May 13, 2003 Susan M. Fink ’68, Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 25, 2003 Robert Stanley Erickson ’66, Boise, Aug. 18, 2003 Forrest Earl Franklin ’61, Lewiston, Oct. 18, 2002 Paul Duane Gallamore ’61, Salmon, March 9, 2004 Robert “Bob” W. Galley ’64, Twin Falls, March 24, 2003

Margaret Grifﬁth ’63, Las Vegas, Nev., July 28, 2003 Dr. William E. Hahn ’61, Aurora, Colo., May 6, 2003 Gary Healea ’63, Lake Oswego, Ore., Aug. 3, 2003 Morris M. Heath ’64, Blythe, Calif., Aug. 23, 2001 Roann S. Herring ’64, Bowie, Ariz., June 8, 2001 Nancy Lillian Hewitt ’63, Boise, April 10, 2004 Sheryl Jean Hoge ’68, San Jose, Calif., Aug. 1, 2003 Warren B. Hoit ’62, Hemet, Calif., April 23, 2002 Norma J. Holmes ’62, San Jose, Calif., June 15, 2003 Gerald Walden Huettig ’65, Hazelton, July 4, 2003 John M. Hutchison ’63, Provo, Utah, June 6, 2003 Lee Johnson Jr. ’62, Kirkland, Wash., Nov. 23, 2002 Ronald J. Kessel ’65, Bellevue, Wash., June 7, 2003 Janiel L. Klindt ’68, Visalia, Mont., Feb. 1, 2004 Susan E. Loughmiller ’68, Elba, April 25, 2003 Richard J. Lyon ’65, Wilder, June 3, 2003 Thomas Otto May ’65, Hayden Lake, Oct. 12, 2002 Max W. McClintick ’68, Boise, Sept. 24, 2003

UI Alumni Hall of Fame

our distinguished UI alumni were honored during spring commencement for their lifelong accomplishments. Since 1962, when the Hall of Fame was established, more than 150 alumni have been inducted. Two inductees, James Hawkins ’59, College of Business, and Reginald Reeves ’52, College of Law, answered the call of public service. Hawkins was the director of the Idaho Department of Commerce and is president of the University of Idaho Foundation. “I think the full satisfaction of doing something, of giving back to your state, back to your university, is public service,” he says. Hawkins said of today’s business graduates: “I believe unequivocally they are better prepared to face the challenges today. We learned more theory than practical application, I think.” Reeves’ upbringing stressed public service. “At an early age at home I was taught that service to others is the rent we pay for the space we occupy.” A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, Reeves has been “paying the rent” by locating food, medicine, books and computers for the needy. He also arranges free ﬂights for cancer patients. He believes that law schools should teach volunteerism. “Too many lawyers and other professionals think only of themselves and do only what is good for them and don’t think of other people.” Robert Cowan ’59, College of Business, has used his business education to excel in accounting, consulting and management. He says his professors didn’t teach business ethics: “I think the general assumption then was that people knew right from wrong and conducted themselves accordingly. If they didn’t they’d have had their hands slapped or worse.” His advice to today’s business graduates is: “If you want to rise to the top of a business or other enterprise you have to realize that you’re in a competitive environment, and you work a little harder.” Albert Franzmann’71, Ph.D., College of Resources, has served in numerous high-level wildlife positions in Alaska. One thing he wishes the public understood better about wildlife management: “When one animal gets stranded it’s headline news. It’s good that people care about that animal, but people need to understand better that the entire population has to be sustained.” —GM

Left to right: James V. Hawkins of Boise is a partner in Highway 12 Ventures and former director of the Idaho Department of Commerce; Reginald Reeves practices law in Idaho Falls and lives in Ketchum; Albert W. Franzmann of Soldotna, Alaska, is a retired wildlife research biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, director of the Kenai Moose Research Center and a professor of wildlife management at the University of Alaska; and Robert G. Cowan of Richland, Wash., owner of a general management ﬁrm providing consulting services to food processors and distributors.

The Alumni Association recognizes and rewards deserving alumni, volunteers and other individuals. For information or to nominate someone for an Alumni Association Award, please contact the UI Alumni Ofﬁce at (208) 885-6154 or alumni@idahovandals.com.

2004

William W. Goss Jr. ’64, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 18, 2003

FALL

Margery E. Hillman Goplerud ’63, Portland, Ore., May 10, 2003

ALUMNI

Harlan E. Vandenbark ’72, Lewiston, March 10, 2004

Melvin D. (Mel) Schafer ’82, Nampa, Sept. 22, 2003

Frank O’Keefe ’64, Salmon, July 31, 2003

John Veien ’75, Moscow, March 29, 2004

William K. Tarbet ’81, Moscow, Oct. 8, 2003

Harold “Hal” Vilhauer ’71, Rigby, Aug. 20, 2003

Cynthia L. Teipner-Thiede ’85, Hailey, Sept. 26, 2003

Evelyn Spear Weiss ’71, Akron, Ohio, April 11, 2002

David Robert Thompson ’89, Tehachapi, Calif., July 20, 2003

Lois Mary (McNall) Westfall ’72, Sandpoint, Aug. 12, 2003

Paul Thomson ’88, Broomﬁeld, Colo., May 19, 2003

George Theodore White Jr. ’76, Boise, Jan. 10, 2002

Mark Allen Turman ’89, Worley, May 18, 2004

Lynne Marie Wild ’72, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 17, 2003

Daniel R. Walker ’80, Seattle, Wash., June 2, 2002

Duff O. Wilson ’74, Bonners Ferry, May 18, 2004

John D. “Jack” Worth ’81, Wilmington, Del., Apr. 30, 2003

Robert Clyde Wright ’73, Stockton, Calif., July 26, 2003

90s

80s

William Eric Burchett ’96, Arlington, Tenn., May 17, 2004

Carolyn Damele Fierce ’80, Reno, Nev., Aug. 30, 2002

Russell “Russ” Edward Cook ’98, Moscow, Aug. 6, 2002

Paul Thomas Gasperi ’89, Kellogg, March 23, 2004

Daniel W. Flodin ’94, Anchorage, Alaska, April 14, 2004

CLASS NOTES

Larry Moe ’69, Hurdsﬁeld, N. D., Sept. 15, 2003

John J. Pacello ’69, Spokane, Wash., June 13, 2003 Gerald James (Jerry) Ryan ’61, Weiser, Jan. 9, 2002 Donald B. Ridener ’60, Payette, Ore., Sept. 20, 2002 Regina Chapman Schooler ’63, Genesee, Aug. 16, 2003 Gene L. Smallwood ’60, Twin Falls, April 24, 2003 Stewart Glenn Sprenger ’67, Beaverton, Ore., Sept. 14, 2003 Jo-Ann “Jo-Jo” Steensma ’61, Moscow, Aug. 1, 2003

Margaret Anne “Peg” (Kelly) Gieser ’74, Spokane, Wash., May 29, 2003 David Bruce Gray ’75, Hayden, Jan. 28, 2003 Carol Mahler Gutierrez ’79, Sandpoint, Aug. 16, 2003 James L. (Jim) Howerton ’71, Moscow, Aug. 18, 2003 Kyle Blake Kennison ’75, Hermiston, Ore., Feb. 4, 2004

Frank R. Studdert ’65, Inverness, Calif., Jan. 4, 2003

Grant Ernest Olson Lundgren ’75, Shelley, Feb. 2, 2004

Edward W. Swett ’69, Chippewa Falls, Wis., April 21, 2003

Alan A. Marriage ’75, Boise, Sept. 23, 2003

Dr. Loren E. Taylor ’62, Lewiston, May 28, 2004

Joan Francis (Garity) McCormick ’74, Sagle, April 19, 2004

Larry M. Tripp ’62, Medical Lake, Wash., Mar. 17, 2003 Mary Ann (Kohl) Turner ’61, Orient, Wash., Oct. 22, 2002 Caroline Steinmann Valentine ’60, Boise, July 3, 2003 Daniel L. Venard ’64, Macomb, Ill., April 2, 2003 Ruland E. Williams ’63, Idaho Falls, Oct. 5, 1998 Dennis Earl “Denny” Woodruff ’66, Kuna, Jan. 31, 2004 Donald “Don” A. Yost ’61, Boise, Dec. 13, 2003

70s Nancy Lynn Bonnett ’77, Olympia, Wash., April 23, 2004 Dr. Kim S. Culp ’72, Temple, Texas, Jan. 14, 2003 Robert Gaylord Eason ’74, Clarkia, April 25, 2004 Jack T. Emerson ’70, ’76, Spirit Lake, Aug. 8, 2003

Thomas K. Goodall ’84, Imbler, Ore., Aug. 3, 2001 Kelly Blake Grimes ’81, Spokane Valley, Wash., May 1, 2003

Paul M. Perdew ’75, Tunkhannock, Penn., July 30, 2003

Ellen Marie Zagata Hall ’86, Twin Falls, Aug. 31, 2003

Nancy Robbins ’74, American Falls, July 16, 2003

David Jon Kalange ’84, McCall, May 23, 2003

Marvin Q. Ross ’75, Boise, Sept. 19, 2002

Vince Markham ’81, Santa Rosa, Calif., Oct. 23, 2003

Galen O. Rowe ’76, Troy, May 8, 2003 Peter D. Ruggiero ’79, Fort Collins, Colo., Dec. 6, 2002 Guy R. Stehly ’76, La Crosse, Wis., Mar. 6, 2003 William A. “Bill” Stookey ’73, Moscow, June 11, 2003

Lonny Aldon Hill ’99, Idaho Falls, Dec. 1, 2002 Bradley A. Jarrett ’92, Moscow, Oct. 4, 2002 Jamie Franklin Morris ’90, Nampa, March 2, 2004 Eric Josef Munch ’95, Aurora, Colo., March 17, 2004

Lance Wayne Wasem ’97, Redmond, Wash., Feb. 22, 2003 Marilyn Beck Weingart ’95, Cataldo, Feb. 3, 2004 David Dean Wilson ’94, Spokane, Wash., Jan. 24, 2004

00s William Tyrol Hirschi ’02, Wisdom, Mont., Sept. 22, 2003

Paula Lee Hoffman Swetik ’74, Deary, Feb. 9, 2004

Kamara Sue “Kami” Schnuerle ’02, Bonners Ferry, Jan. 11, 2003 Kristopher Allan Weed ’03, Boise, Sept. 1, 2003

Dan W. Tschikof ’77, Shelley, Dec. 27, 2002 Gary Lee Uglem ’72, Bagley, Minn., Oct. 22, 2002

Patrick David Hasfurther ’94, Lewiston, Aug. 15, 2003

Patrick Eugene Stowell ’96, Homedale, June 13, 2003

1988 GEM OF THE MOUNTAINS - MOYER

Annie K. (Pedersen) Traub ’62, Potlatch, Aug. 11, 2003

IDAHO

Alice M. Fry ’71, Southwick, July 8, 2003

Carol Congdon Stepp ’62, McCall, Sept. 30, 2003

James J. Tofﬂing ’61, Hubbardston, Mass., April 29, 2003

HERE WE HAVE

Dan R. Frazier ’73, Twin Falls, May 16, 2004

Joan “JoAnn” Hamilton Ligenfelter ’76, ’84, Boise, May 19, 2001

Norah Southon Tisdale ’60, Moscow, Oct. 28, 2002

Roger Franklin Ferguson ’79, Bedford Township, Mich., March 16, 2004

Eric Raymond Wilkinson (student), Pinehurst, Jan. 7, 2003 1986 — for Greeks and GDIs the Perch Grocery store offered services from hair cutting to midnight munchies. Perch owner Madge Brown tends to one of her loyal fans, Victor.

Melanie Woodbury (student), Seattle, Dec. 1, 2002

I Was Joe Vandal

Bill Currie has never been your average Joe

laughs. “They would give me a real hard time. ‘What’s Currie doing in the library? He’s getting As in most subjects and no gentleman C’s. What’s the matter with him?’” Currie shrugged off the jokesters, and studied rigorously. After all, he was Joe the Vandal. He had to make a good impression, especially with the pretty coeds. With valuable professors like Seaman, a memorable mascot gig and SAE friends for life, UI made a lasting impression on him. “UI was a great value to me,” Currie notes. “It is a great place to go to school.” I

2004

n the late ’50s, Bill Currie was one of the University of Idaho’s biggest Vandal fans. His spirit and ingenuity coupled with a healthy dose of admiration for the opposite sex secured his spot, center stage, serving up antics as the ﬁrstever “Joe the Vandal.” “Boy, did I have fun,” Currie recalls. “Being Joe the Vandal was a lot more fun than being a yell leader. They just let me run wild.” Energy and craftiness is an inherited trait in the Currie family. Bill’s mom, who worked in UI’s art department during the late ’50s, created a mask for her son from paper mache. In the 1958 Gem of the Mountains, pgs. 26-27, Currie’s pride for UI is preserved for eternity. Here, he is animated as ever — clad in a cheerleading sweater and donning the homemade mask.

“Boy, did I have fun, being Joe the Vandal was a lot more fun than being a yell leader. They just let me run wild.” —Bill Currie

FALL

BY LESLIE EINHAUS

“I basically ran around and hugged girls on the sidelines,” he says with a big smile. “During half-time, I would have so much fun. It was really a pleasure.” Currie graduated in ’58 and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Being the university mascot was deﬁnitely an outlet for Currie, who didn’t ﬁnd as much success in front of the easel in the art class. “I remember Professor Prichard pulling me aside saying, ‘You can’t draw.’” But… he could draw a crowd. As Joe the Vandal, Currie traveled with the football team to away games. He was a popular part of the Vandal experience. “I did everything I could to draw attention to myself. What can I say… I am just a goofy guy by nature.” It was Professor Francis Seaman who helped him take on a serious persona — as a student. Seaman had his eccentric side, too, wearing a black cape as he traversed the Hello Walk. With Seeman’s academic advising, this not-so-average Joe became more focused on his academic pursuits and less on leisure. “It was because of him that I started studying in the library. It gave me a bad reputation with the SAEs,” he

CONSIDERED TO BE CONSIDERED

A New Era at UI – Aligning Programs and Services with Resources

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

he University of Idaho needs to be a different place if it is to position itself for a healthy future. The Vision and Resources Task Force was formed to lead the dialogue and identify the changes that must be made. Task force members were selected through an open and inclusive process aimed at capturing a diverse range of perspectives and a solid appreciation of the role and fiscal realities of higher education. Twenty-five faculty, staff and students were selected from more than 100 nominations. The charter is to create a new aspirational vision for the university and develop recommendations to guide us into a new era. Task force members were selected not to be representatives for specific programs but to represent the best interests of the UI as a whole. Members have enjoyed full independence and appreciate the support of the university community, including unfettered access to all university data and personnel. Everything was on the table; no program or service offered by the university was excluded in the process. President White has identified this effort as a cornerstone of his new administration. His underlying premise for the Vision and Resources Task Force is clear: the breadth of UI programs and services is becoming incongruent with the resources needed to offer them with quality. Prior accreditation reports have cited concern about our ability to maintain quality programs within the available resources. The focus of the past decade has been growth,

ILLUSTRATION BY JULENE EWERT

Vision and Resources Task Force Members

in terms of academic and research programs, enrollments, endowments, and external funding, and the UI has made remarkable improvements to the campus infrastructure, attracted high-quality faculty and students, and expanded outreach efforts throughout the state. However, the lack of effective strategic planning and budgeting has led to some poor decisions. The time has now come to bring programs and services in line with resources and the aspirational vision. The task force is focusing on institutional strengths and potentials and may have to make difﬁcult choices to achieve the ﬁnal objective. Throughout the summer, the task force has made great efforts to solicit ideas and comments from all stakeholders— students, employees, alumni and others interested in the future of the University of Idaho—in what has sometimes been a controversial and emotional process. Updates on the task force’s progress can be found on www.vrt.uidaho.edu/home. The task force will submit a draft list of recommendations to President White in early September. The University of Idaho has a proud past serving Idaho well with excellent programs, and the recommendations should enable the UI to meet the challenges it faces in the future with the same commitment to excellence. Sincerely, Vision and Resources Task Force I

Suzanne Aaron, Department Manager, Chemistry Kathy Aiken, Professor and Chair, History Lynn Baird, Professor and Head of Library Access Services Monte Boisen, Professor and Chair, Mathematics Kathy Browder, Associate Professor, Physical Education Ron Crawford, Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Environmental Research Institute Jo Ellen Force, Professor and Department Head, Forest Resources Larry Forney, Professor and Chair, Biological Sciences James Foster, Professor, Computer Science Kathe Gabel, Professor, Family and Consumer Science Bill McLaughlin, Professor, Conservation Social Sciences Jerry McMurtry, Associate Professor, Adult Education Jack Miller, Professor, Law Lorri Morgan, graduate student, College of Education Jack Morris, Professor of Business and Associate Dean, College of Business and Economics Jim Murphy, Professor of Music and Director of the Lionel Hampton School of Music Reta Pikowsky, Registrar Francisco Salinas, Director of Multicultural Affairs Dan Schoenberg, Director of Auxiliary Services Steve Shook, Assistant Professor, Forest Products Cherryl Sodorff, Director of Fiscal and Administrative Services, Facilities Management Jean Teasdale, Director of Administrative Services/Fiscal Ofﬁcer, College of Engineering Donn Thill, Professor, Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences Nate Tiegs, student, College of Business and Economics Margrit von Braun, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Dean of the College of Graduate Studies

Northwest History FROM THE UI LIBRARY

Faithful to their Tribe and Friends: Samuel Black’s 1829 Fort Nez Perces Report

Fort Nez Perces was the Hudson’s Bay Company trading post located at the mouth of the Walla Walla River, and Samuel Black was chief trader there from 1826-1830. He was the ﬁrst European to reside permanently among the Nez Perce, Walla Walla, and Cayuse peoples who lived in the area. His report, published for the ﬁrst time, is a detailed look at the countryside and its inhabitants. This 84-page book is illustrated with several photos and paintings, and is a joint publication of the UI Library and the Provincial Archives of Manitoba. $10

These and other titles are available for purchase on the Web: www.lib.uidaho.edu/publications/books.htm. Telephone orders are not accepted. 2004

Using ﬁrst-hand, primary sources, this book attempts to explain what happened in the Clearwater region after the departure of Lewis and Clark. The 288- page book includes many accounts published for the ﬁrst time, as well as 34 maps and photos. Chapters deal with the construction of the Lolo Trail motorway, traditional use of the Lolo and Southern Nez Perce trails, and the 1905 celebration of the Lewis and Clark Centennial. This book is the UI Library’s contribution to the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial. $16.95

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In Nez Perce Country: Accounts of the Bitterroots and the Clearwater After Lewis and Clark

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HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

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