Here We Have Idaho | Spring 2004 by The University of Idaho

GETTING TO KNOW

Timothy P. White UI’s New President

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Here We Have Idaho The University of Idaho Magazine

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University Interim President Gary Michael 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 Tim Helmke Writers and Contributors Kathy Barnard Leslie Einhaus Marlo Faulkner Nancy Hilliard Dan Hunt Jeff Jones Bill Loftus Andrea Clark Mason Sue McMurray Barbara J. Smith Larry Standley and Susan Blough Pamela Yenser

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New President Timothy White selected as UI’s 16th president

Features 10

Winning Their Way to Fame Young UI alumni in the performing and visual arts

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The Business of Golf

UI’s Professional Golf Management Program

Golf Stories

Farming a Different Course

3 4 UI researcher provides a lesson in domestication 7 Portland Vandals 26 UI alumni in the City of Roses 36

20 Huckleberry Pioneer 22

Departments Calendar of Events Campus News Quest Class Notes To Be Considered

32 Vandal Sports 32

UI is back in the swim

Chasing the Olympic dream

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UI’s 16th president, Timothy White with student leaders: ASUI Senator Melina Ronquillo, ASUI Diversity Director Kwapi Vengesayi and ASUI President Isaac Myhrum.

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From the President

e did it. Thanks to the hard work of the Idaho Board of Education and screening committee as well as the input and support of the UI Foundation, students, faculty, staff and alumni, we have hired a strong new leader for our beloved alma mater. Tim White, currently the provost and executive vice president at Oregon State University, is the featured story in this issue of Here We Have Idaho. It is a story of intelligence and integrity, competence and commitment. I am proud and happy to turn the administrative reins over to him and have all confidence he has what it takes to lead the University of Idaho well into the future. My stint as interim president has been an incredible experience. I have appreciated the support of Vandals throughout the country and continue to be impressed with the dedication and perseverance of the management team I’ve had the pleasure to work with these past 10 months. Our collective goal was to address as many lingering challenges as possible before the new president arrives. We have done that. Many of the necessary decisions have been difficult and unpopular, but I can assure Dr. White that the house — financial and otherwise — is in better shape than when I arrived. As much as I would like to say I am headed directly back to the golf course upon the new president’s arrival in July, I have some new work ahead. The long-term adequacy of state and other funding for Idaho higher education in general, and UI in particular, is an issue that needs to be tackled soon. I will continue to be a strong and vocal advocate for that support. I hope you will be, too.

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UI Idaho Falls commencement UI Boise commencement UI Coeur d’Alene commencement Alumni Hall of Fame celebration UI Moscow commencement Silver and Gold award presentation to Rod Gramer ’75 and Chuck Poulton ’39, Portland, Ore. 20 New York City UI Alumni Jazz Celebration 21 Texas UI Alumni Chapter at Texas Rangers baseball

4-5 Vandal vs. Bronco Golf Challenge at McCall/ New Meadows 5 Martin Institute’s summer social in Washington, D.C. 5 Alumni gathering at Colorado Rockies baseball, Denver, Colo. 25-27 Delta Delta Delta 75th Anniversary Celebration

July 26 Buhl Pig Out, Buhl Aug. 5 The Governor’s Gala, Boise Sept. 1-4 Vandal Pride Days in Boise Ada County Vandal Booster luncheon Idaho Vandal Night at the Boise Hawks Corporate breakfast featuring UI President Timothy White Idaho Water Center preview Idaho Speaks Forum featuring a panel of UI water experts UI alumni celebration at the Basque Block downtown President's Circle reception Tailgate parties Football: UI at Boise State UI post-game get-together at Boise Centre on the Grove ○

Plan for Dads’ Weekend - Oct. 8-9 Homecoming - Nov. 6

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For more information on UI alumni chapter events, go to www.supportui.uidaho.edu on the Web.

NEWS CAMPUS NEWS

TODAY@IDAHO For more on these stories and for daily UI news, go to www.today.uidaho.edu UI’s three mule clones, Idaho Gem, Utah Pioneer and Idaho Star were the featured attraction at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting in Seattle in February. The AAAS annual meeting is one of the premier gatherings of scientists from a variety of disciplines from around the globe.

Taking the bus is now an option for UI students, faculty and staff. A three-way partnership involving Valley Transit, the city of Moscow and UI is providing Moscow’s first fixed-route, public transportation service.

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The Argonaut and UI student journalists earned three national awards at the Associated Collegiate Press National College Media convention. The student newspaper took first place in design, second in news story of the year and third in editorial cartoons.

The UI Alumni Association celebrated its annual Silver and Gold Day, April 7, by honoring a family with close ties to UI. An oak tree planted near the Life Sciences Building was dedicated in honor of the late James and Doris Lyle and their daughters Nancy and Carol. From 1946-69, Jim Lyle helped revive and lead UI's alumni organization.

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A popular and effective UI Extension project that helps farmers gain training to improve their finances or pursue new careers earned nearly $900,000 from the federal Department of Labor to fund a two-year extension. Since 2001, 162 participants have enrolled from throughout the state. Most pursued specific training programs to improve their farms’ bottom lines.

Swing Devil Matt Parks takes to the air — over the head of Sarah Harrison — as drummers Brian Smith and Ben Chambers ground the beat. These and 120 other dancers and musicians filled the Hartung with "Swing!" for this year's production of Dancers, Drummers and Dreamers.

Dancers, Drummers and Dreamers It’s become an annual extravaganza at UI. Dancers, Drummers and Dreamers mixes dancers from UI Dance Theatre and musicians from the Lionel Hampton School of Music to blend motion with music. This March, 55 dancers and 75 musicians presented “Swing!” in celebration of the ’30s and ’40s. The students presented two original choreographies by artist-in-residence Frankie Manning, legendary master of the Lindy Hop and other Swing-era dance steps. According to Greg Halloran, Dance Theatre director, “With this many performers, backstage has to be as choreographed as well as out front, or you can find yourself with a tuba on your head.”

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Art AS INFORMATI

The UI’s art and design program is joining with several U.S. and European institutions, to bring some order to the global information society. The group will develop an international set of competencies and guidelines for information design education programs. “Today’s information designers have become key players in helping people decode information that affects their lives,” said Jill Dacey, the project director in UI’s department of art and design. “Being bombarded with verbal and visual information daily, there’s a demand from organizations for experts who can graphically translate complex information.” The relatively new field of study draws from graphic design, image design, typography, communications, psychology, interface design, computer science, marketing, professional writing and linguistics.

One of UI’s big trees — a giant sequoia in the old arboretum.

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Running the University of Idaho wasn’t something Gary Michael had on his list of retirement activities. But when asked to serve as interim president, he agreed — and he refused any salary. To honor Michael for his volunteer leadership, a reception to say “thank you” will take place May 8 at the Boise Centre on the Grove. To attend, call (208) 885-6365 or e-mail uipresrsvp@uidaho.edu. A campus “thank you” event, open to the public, takes place May 15 at the President’s House following UI’s Plenary Commencement ceremony.

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Idaho has 13 national champion trees on the National Registry of Big Trees. They are the biggest trees of their species in the country. Most states, including Idaho, keep records of state champion trees and forward national contenders to the nearly 60-year-old national program. UI Forestry Extension Professor Ron Mahoney directs the Idaho Big Tree Program to record the largest individual tree of each species in the state. The UI campus boasts three state champion trees: a giant sequoia in the old Arboretum, an Austrian pine at the golf course and a white poplar on Sixth Street. The program relies on volunteers to hunt down, measure and nominate state and national champion trees. Champion trees are based on a point system for height, circumference and crown width. “Finding and measuring special trees are good ways to get involved with natural resources,” Mahoney said. “When you look at trees closely, you learn about features that identify individual species, how and where trees grow, and how trees interrelate with plants, animals and other natural resources.” Nomination forms and information for the Idaho Big Tree Program can be found at www.cnr.uidaho.edu/ extforest. Just click on the Big Tree icon to see some of Idaho’s amazing big trees and get information on making your own nominations.

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Two exercise and fitness experts at UI are taking a close look at your workout. Dennis Dolny and Kathy Browder are studying the muscle activation and perceived effort of four different exercises: walking on a treadmill, exercising on an elliptical trainer, riding a legs-only recumbent bike and riding a dual-action — arms and legs — recumbent bicycle. The researchers want to see if one is better than the other in terms of which muscles are used and how much, and how hard the exercisers think they are working. A busy day at the Student Rec Center. UI researchers are studying “We hypothesize that the effectiveness of different exercise work outs. for the same calories burned, a person will use a larger variety of muscles on the dual-action recumbent bike than on the other exercises,” says Browder. “We also hypothesize that the person will perceive the dual-action bike to be easier than the others. In other words, a person will burn the same number of calories but use more muscles and feel like it is easier.” The testing on 15 undergraduate students took place in the human performance laboratory, and used electromyography to measure the level of muscle activation in the body.

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She Shoots! She Scores!

Sophomore Emily Faurholt led the nation in scoring average this season. Her 26.1 points per game average was tops in NCAA Division I women’s basketball. It’s the first time a Vandal has led the nation in scoring. Her singleseason scoring average is a record for Vandal basketball, both women’s and men’s. Faurholt set two other Vandal women’s season records — most points in a game; 39 against Cal State-Fullerton, and most free throws in a season; 154. Faurholt was selected as an Associated Press All-American honorable mention. It’s the first time a UI women’s basketball player has received All-American honors. Vandal Emily Faurholt led the nation in scoring.

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Getting a Good Workout

“Our position is very, very, special. We have seen the birth of a new century, a new millennium and a new era. I hope the young generation can actually sense the depth of the situation.” — Lech Walesa, former president of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize winner, speaking at the March 3 Borah Symposium.

Correction Forrest MacMullen was incorrectly identified in the photograph on page 31 of the Winter 2004 issue of Here We Have Idaho. MacMullen is pictured on the far right in the photograph with Ernest Hemingway.

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Glimmer, Glimmer

Flipping their switches Apoptosis sounds scary. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definition sounds worse: programmed cell death. The cycle of old cells bowing out to make room for new cells that operate more efficiently is a fact of life, and it happens every day in the healthy bodies of higher animals. Although programmed cell death was a phenomenon that was thought to be unique to complex, multi-cellular organisms, studies from microbiologist Ken Baylesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lab indicate that bacteria undergo programmed cell death as well. He is working to understand the bacterial genes that serve as molecular switches that could turn on programmed cell death in bacteria, especially bad actors like staph and anthrax. Bayles believes that finding and studying the genetic switches that control bacterial programmed cell death could shed light on promising new ways to fight disease.

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Got some really tough stains to remove from your duds, say radioactive materials? Heloise may not offer much help on this one. The problem is real and international in scope, and probably as close as the nearest hospital. Doctors use many radioactive materials to practice nuclear medicine. The clothing worn by workers and patients needs to be laundered. UI chemist Chien Wai and colleagues say their basic research into supercritical fluid extraction may find practical use in laundries. Wai said recently in the online journal Nature the process can reduce the amount of water required by 100 times while removing 90 percent of the contamination after just an hour of washing. The process is also important in nuclear installations and other places where employees might encounter radioactive materials.

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Nuclear laundry

Biologist Barrie Robison studies the genetics of domestication in fish. He's been way ahead of a fad that put pet shops in the news earlier this year when GloFish, zebrafish genetically engineered to glow under black light, lit up the aquarium fish market. Researchers at UI and elsewhere employ glowing zebrafish to better understand the genetics of behavior and genetic controls on development. Robison uses the glow of domesticated zebrafish equipped with the GFP, or green fluorescent protein gene, to compare their behavior with zebrafish more recently taken from the wilds. DNA analysis will help pinpoint genetic differences. The work may ultimately help fish hatchery managers minimize the effects of domestication during captive rearing of endangered and threatened fish species.

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Idahoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 16th president is the son of immigrants, and an established leader and experienced educator. BY KATHY BARNARD

White said he was “humbled by the confidence people have placed in me, sobered by the importance of the tasks ahead, and enthused, optimistic and confident that together we can do great things for Idaho and beyond.”

t the February news conference announcing his appointment, University of Idaho President-elect Timothy P. White paused just a moment before recognizing the role his family has played in his success, a moment to collect himself and remember. “I was born in Argentina,” White later explained. “My parents were not from a background that included higher education, although they valued the notion of education highly. My father, in the face of Juan Peron’s tyranny and against the wishes of his family and friends, made the courageous decision to leave Argentina in the early 1950s when I was a young boy. “We emigrated from Argentina to Canada for five years, and then to the San Francisco Bay area, all in search of a proper opportunity for a sustainable livelihood for my family and opportunities for my brother and me. As it turned out, I am the first member of my immediate family to ‘go to college,’ and, as I am proud to say, I will be the last to leave.” Currently the provost and executive vice president at Oregon State University, White, 54, emphasized the value of UI’s research success and land-grant mission. He also said his administration will be “student centered.” The new president already has established himself as a leader in higher education in the West. When the presidency at Oregon State University was vacated, he stepped in on an interim basis even though it meant he would not be able to apply for the permanent position. He led the institution through some of its most dire budget challenges and the

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White listens to and connects with members of the UI community.

development of a new strategic plan. He brought together people from across the campus to develop a plan to fundamentally change the way OSU funds its programs. His colleagues at OSU describe White as an energetic and effective administrator with the ability to listen well and communicate clearly. “Tim is the sort of guy who could tell you they are repossessing your car, and you would still like him,” OSU Foundation President James Rienmuth told the Idaho Statesman. “It’s hard to imagine you could do better than Tim.” The announcement of President White’s appointment culminated a six-month search for the university’s new leader and opens a new chapter in the history of the institution. “We have found an exceptionally strong and dynamic leader in Dr. White,” said Idaho Board of Education President Blake Hall. “The board is confident he will lead the University of Idaho to the next level of excellence.” Hundreds of faculty, staff, students and alumni – and even the marching band – gathered Feb. 18 to greet White, who will serve as UI’s 16th president. They listened as he thanked his parents, his three sons, and his then-pregnant wife Karen for their “sacrifices, love and support.” His fourth son, Logan Robert White, was born Feb. 23 – just five days after his father’s appointment. Sporting a newly purchased Vandal tie, President White said he was “humbled by the confidence people have placed in me, sobered by the importance of the tasks ahead, and enthused, optimistic and confident that together we can do great things for Idaho and beyond.” White officially will begin his tenure as president July 1. I

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A crowd of campus and community members lined up to meet UI’s new president at a public reception.

Winning Their WAY TO

Fame BY MARLO FAULKNER

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WINNING, in the rarified worlds of performing and visual arts, is often a

matter of talent meeting with the serendipity of simple luck, timing and support, as well as inspiration from unexpected sources. It is that combination of talent combined with the support and inspiration of the University of Idaho faculty that has helped bring success and fame to recent arts graduates. Their experience on the Moscow campus is the catalyst that honed their talents and inspired each of them to reach for fame.

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UI’s Rex Rabold Fellowship opened the doors to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for Sarah Rutan, at right, performing in the festival’s 2003 production of “Wild Oats.” She has earned a full professional contract with the festival for the 2004 season. “Working every day with the best in your profession is a unique education,” says Rutan. “I am doing what I love.”

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Left: Opera tenor Michael Sommese ’95 at center stage at La Scala in Milan, Italy, performing in “West Side Story.”

Symphony conducted by Zubin Meta and understudied “View from the Bridge” at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. When the tenor fell ill on Christmas Eve, Sommese stepped up to make his debut on the Met’s main stage. In July 2003, Sommese lived a dream come true when he opened at La Scala in Milan, Italy, singing “Tony” in Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story.” The production then toured to Lebanon, Japan and the Kremlin Palace Theater in Moscow, Russia. Now, he’s preparing to step onto another famous stage. He will sing Mozart’s “Requiem,” conducted by John Rutter, at Carnegie Hall this Memorial Day. “The voice is a wacky thing,” says Sommese. “You have to learn to use it properly. Starting with Idaho, I am constantly fine-tuning it and learning to express it. Charles Walton gave me direction. Idaho allowed me to discover myself, to grow at my own speed. I learned to slow down, to fall down and to rise with direction.” Sarah Rutan, too, has found a professional home on stage. The Rex Rabold Fellowship, available only to University of Idaho drama students, drew her to Moscow. “I want to be a professional actress,” she declares. “I’ve been acting since high school and spent four years with Idaho Repertory Theater. While at Carroll College, I learned about the Rabold Fellowship and transferred to the University of Idaho to qualify.” The fellowship is a collaboration between UI and Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival in memory of Rex Rabold, who did his graduate work in drama at Idaho. He was a member of

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ichael Sommese ’95 performed so often as a child in his hometown of San Jose, Calif., that he felt “burned out” by the time he reached his senior year of high school. “I went to my counselor. When she asked what kind of school I wanted to attend, I knew exactly. Small, I told her. Four seasons. Classic look. A place I could rest from a life of performance and could study and learn about the rest of life.” His counselor, Toni Thunen ’63, knew just where to send him. “Idaho accepted me. The campus overwhelmed me — everything was so green, the sky was so big.” He pledged Kappa Sigma fraternity, across the street from the School of Music. Although he thought he wanted a career in business, music drifting over from the school drew him in. “I’d never learned to read music,” states Sommese. “I always learned by hearing the Above: Two tenors— score. I took Professor Sommese and Placido Dan Bukvich’s music Domingo at a Lyric Opera theory class. He was of Chicago Opening Night strict. He wanted Gala for the 2001 season. commitment to learning and was accommodating to those who chose to learn. He taught me to read music.” Professor Charles Walton heard the young tenor and encouraged Sommese to change his major to voice performance. “Michael made more progress as a voice student than anyone I ever worked with,” says Walton. “He has a naturally beautiful voice — once he overcame his bad singing habits.” Soon after getting his UI degree, the young tenor was accepted into a program at Juilliard taught by opera diva Leontyne Price. That led to the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s “Opera Center” program, aimed at grooming young American singers for international opera careers. The grooming paid off. In 2002, he made his debut with the Chicago

“I owe a lot to Idaho. I learned about dance and realized who I am. ...Idaho needs the arts. I will find my world of dance art and bring it home.”

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the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 1976 until his death in 1990. The Rabold Fellowship includes a $1,000 grant and placement in the — Rose Jaurequi festival’s production. At Moscow, one of Rutan’s professors was Nike Imoru. “She taught me to look at myself as an artist as well as an actor, to approach each role on a neutral plane,” she says. “It’s important to live the role — but also to be able Artist Sergio Robleto holds the oil portrait he painted of dancer Rose to step back and observe Jaurequi, seated at right. The painting reflects Jaurequi as a dancer, The small size of the department yourself.” as well as her athleticism and strength. The portrait now belongs to its subject. “I had to own it,” she says. “He captured me as I am.” allowed for personal instruction “The Rex Rabold time.” Fellowship has opened doors Jaurequi now is in New York for me” says Rutan. “I have earned a full contract with the auditioning in dance. “My dream is to perform with a company Oregon Shakespeare Festival for 2004. Working every day with and to travel with them. Ultimately, I want to teach dance and the best in your profession is a unique education. I am doing to have my own company. I owe a lot to Idaho. I learned about what I love.” dance and realized who I am. The university has a great dance Rosalinda (Rose) Jaurequi arrived in Idaho by way of facility and room to grow. We need a broader range of California already passionate for dance. Born in Long Beach, professional teachers. Idaho needs the arts. I will find my world she began her dance career at the age of 11. of dance art and bring it home.” When her family moved to Post Falls two years later, she Sergio Robleto also is bringing his talent home — home to found Ceci Klein, a classical dance teacher who inspired her to California. A handsome athlete with dark wavy hair and eyes commit to ballet and its demands of work and practice. burning with curiosity matched by a friendly smile and a natural The University of Idaho was affordable, and its classical charm, Robleto transferred from Long Beach City College to ballet, modern and jazz dance programs enticed Jaurequi into a UI to play strong safety on the football team and to get his bachelor’s degree in dance performance and pedagogy. business degree. Absolute commitment to dance came as an undergraduate “I’ve always enjoyed art — visual and performance,” Robleto when she attended a performance of “Ailey II,” the road explains. “Until I came to Idaho, my art was limited to doodles. company of New York City’s Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. The I never had time for it. Life seemed to demand I do something company gave a master class on the UI campus. Jaurequi was else. At Idaho, I declared an art major in painting. I love hooked. working in acrylics on canvas.” “I didn’t want them to leave. The movements were based on Robleto says his professors at Idaho were his mentors and the ‘Horton Technique,’ angular and athletic. They are heroic inspiration; especially Angel Luna, Glenn Grishkoff and Val in nature. My mom looked up the Ailey Company on the Web Carter. and found they were holding auditions. I applied. It was my “Professor Luna gave me the extra boost to commit to art first audition.” Jaurequi was chosen for their summer 2003 and to keep my original marketing major on the side.” workshop in New York City. She returned to Moscow in the fall People are Robleto’s favorite art subjects. The publisher of to finish her academic work and to graduate in December 2003. Rime Magazine saw Robleto’s portrait of the lead actors from “I felt at home in New York City,” she says with the television show, “The Sopranos,” and not only bought the determination. “I was as prepared as anyone in the program. painting, but presented a color layout of seven of Robleto’s Idaho’s program gave me a solid foundation for modern dance.

“The Art Department at Idaho allowed multidisciplines to co-mingle. It wasn’t just about painting canvases, they encouraged me to explore. I focused on ‘real world’ projects not just the abstract.” MAXWELL BALMAIN

— Jeremy Knudsen

Jeremy and Kimberly Rigg Knudsen are pursing their art careers in Seattle. Jeremy remembers a conversation with Art Professor Jill Dacey who told him, “We are looking for people like you; graphic designers.”

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at Ethel Steel House. “He was a senior. I was a freshman. My best friend introduced us,” explains Kimberly, now Mrs. Jeremy Knudsen. “Idaho has a great music department,” she says. “I was a vocal music major with a passion for sports.” She sang with the jazz choirs, the University Chorus and Vandaleers, while minoring in coaching with a specialty in basketball and swimming. “I learned the most about music and its place in the world from Professor Mary Dupree’s class. She brought music history alive.” Since graduation, Kimberly has taken time to learn guitar and to compose music. She is working on an album with UI graduate, percussionist Casey Miller, who plays with various bands in the Seattle area. On the classic venue, she blends her soprano voice with the Seattle Symphony Chorus. “I’m blessed,” she says. “I’m living my passion and my faith through music and sports.” Music, theater, dance, visual and graphic arts: for each of these arts graduates, their campus experience offered exploration of individual talents teamed with personal support and inspiration from faculty. Their degrees from the University of Idaho provided the academic foundation for them to try their luck in the world of the arts. Each has found a unique path to “winning their way to fame.” I

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works in the magazine’s August 2003 issue. The artist-businessman already has marketed a line of T-shirts and plans a new line of clothing using new technologies to present designs of living artists, “...like a moving art gallery worn by people in their daily lives.” “Idaho made it easier to focus my life,” he declares. “It’s an intimate faculty. I love that everyone makes it personal. They inspired me while keeping me accountable.” What’s next in his career? Robleto is preparing his first gallery show in Los Angeles before heading for Mexico to apprentice with a protégé of Ruffino Tomayo, the great Mexican painter. Jeremy Knudsen’s ’99 gallery is the world of computer graphics, blending art and engineering for Microsoft as a product designer. Knudsen explains, “Design is just as much engineering as it is art. If a customer wants to do something, we not only figure out the easiest way for them to do it, but we design the solution in a way that makes it exciting for them to do it.” Born in Yakima, Wash., Knudsen grew up in Spokane and visited his older sister at UI. “I thought the campus was beautiful. I had always liked to draw. I planned to combine art and computer science.” That combination eventually led to Microsoft and a career in product design, a process that bridges the software with the customer. The design allows a person to interact with a computer program; it’s what makes software useable, useful and fun. He now works with Windows Media and helped design one of the components of the next version of Windows: code-

named “Longhorn.” “The art department at Idaho allowed multidisciplines to co-mingle. It wasn’t just about painting canvases,” says Knudsen. “They encouraged me to explore. I focused on ‘real world’ projects not just the abstract. My classes became the portfolio I used for my Microsoft presentation after graduation in 2000.” On campus, Knudsen lived in FarmHouse fraternity. He met music major Kimberly Rigg ’01, who lived across the street

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“Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique.The other 80 percent is philosophy, HUMOR, tragedy, ROMANCE, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, CUSSEDNESS and conversation.”

Course in Manassas, Va. He learned customer service, merchandising and tournaments first hand, and came back to school “pumped.” “It was great to experience the different cultures of the Washington, D.C., area, so unlike Idaho’s,” said Mize. “I gave private lessons to juniors, repaired golf clubs and coordinated small tournaments.” He found the human dynamics the most challenging, like “helping resolve problems among employees — Grantland Rice and golfers.” Riley Tracy from Grangeville recently interned for six months at the Spokane Country Club. He assisted with the he greening of the golf business since the late ’80s has junior golf program, clinics and tournaments, and built produced a multi-billion-dollar bloom: from golfing relationships. “It gave me a taste of the ‘real world’ compared vacations to equipment, fashions, tours, franchises, proto books,” he said. “And, it made me look forward to my next shops, publications, software, trainers — even something called internship and a chance to follow my dreams.” He toys with “Yoga-for-golf.” someday owning his own course or pro shop. The 32,000 golf courses worldwide have grown in number PGM student Stan Buscher of Moscow said he barely played at the rate of about 500 annually, according to Golf Research golf before he entered the Group. They spawn landscape program. “I’m attracted to the architecture, food service, real estate outdoors, and I wanted my development, manufacturing, career to be there. I had marketing and merchandising. They considered golf more of a also attract tourism and economic hobby.” growth. So, he took a couple lessons UI’s 32 Professional Golf and practiced every day, shaving Management students are in the his handicap from 35 to 12. “If I grooming stages to one day manage can do it anyone can,” says aspects of this industry boom. The Buscher, who recently interned first of them will graduate in 2005, at the Hayden Lake Country after five years of studies and 18 Club. He says he would like to months of internships at golf explore owning a driving range, courses or resorts. restaurant and repair shop. “But The Professional Golfers I’ll go where the stepping stones Association of America accredits take me. At this point, I can’t UI’s program, one of 14 in the picture a career without golf.” country and the only one in the Scott Van Engelen, Twin Pacific Northwest. As part of UI’s Falls, couldn’t wait to go to work College of Business and Economics, each day at his internship at the program relies on UI’s 18-hole Bandon Dunes Golf Resort on golf course and year-round golfing the Oregon Coast. within 30 miles of campus. “I could hear the ocean from “The golf industry,” says Dawes the back door of the pro shop, Marlatt, designer and director of Tracey Riley, at right, learned his lessons working in the pro shop where I was mainly a UI’s PGM program, “has had such a at the Spokane Country Club. Professional Golf Management merchandise assistant. I had just surge in public interest, fed by students spend 18 months over five years, interning at golf courses across the country. completed UI’s integrated television coverage of the top business program, which stresses competitors. It’s up to us to help learning cross-functions, and students find their niches and here I was seeing that theory in practice. I was caddy manager, a mentor them toward their goals — whether it’s a particular merchandiser and helped with a junior clinic, among many aspect of the industry or owning their own enterprise.” tasks. I saw IBC wasn’t kidding. PGM takes it a step further Yes, says Marlatt, the students are crack golfers — they are into intense career preparation.” required to have a 12 handicap or better. They must pass the Haley Buchanan, one of two women who have enrolled in Playing Ability Test: 36 consecutive holes of golf with a score of UI’s PGM program, is taking time out for family. “PGA is 151 or better. In addition, PGA of America evaluates their trying to attract more women and recognizes they need knowledge of golf as a business, with its human resources and different kinds of instruction and incentives,” she said. educational aspects. Buchanan interned at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Cole Mize, a sophomore from Laclede, saw a larger-scale Colorado Springs, Colo., with six interns from other states. She operation when he interned at the General’s Ridge Golf

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The Business OF golf “Golf is big business. The men and women who manage 20,000 U.S. golf courses need strong business skills to go along with low handicaps.” —Dawes Marlatt, UI’s Professional Golf Management Program director

said they were amazed to learn that golf-related management can be learned at college rather than by “trial and error.” Player services and greeting took up much of her time, since Broadmoor is host to about 500 tournaments a year. She sold merchandise, tended to meeting management and wedding planning as well. “The experience convinced me I want to be involved in tournament operations or similar planning and organization.” Her peers in PGM say they want the program and the sport to attract more women. “Golf needs women’s perspective and skills. Getting them involved in golf at an early age and offering them scholarships to programs like ours would help,” believes Van Engelen. “The quality of our PGM program is recognized as first class,” says Marlatt. “We need to get the word out — especially to the women interested in the field of golf — so we can grow in numbers and diversity.” For more information on the Professional Golf Management Program, go to www.uidaho.edu/pgm. I

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orrest Tibbitts, the late Methodist preacher from Coeur He passes on the enjoyment. Tibbitts is on the board of the d’Alene, sent his son, Dan, to UI in the 1950s with two Monterey Peninsula Foundation, which owns and produces the gifts: a strong foundation in ethics and an introduction to AT&T National Pro Am tournaments and contributes about $4 the game of golf. million a year to charities. He’s proudest of The First Tee The rest was up to Dan Tibbitts, who today, at the other end Program, whose motto is to “incorporate responsibility, of his career, is a retired stockbroker, realtor courtesy, honesty and integrity into the and civic leader in California’s Monterey daily lives of those who are involved in Peninsula. He also is the membership the great game of golf.” marketer at Tehàma Golf Course in Carmel, “The foundation helps build golf Calif., owned by actor Clint Eastwood. facilities for disadvantaged kids — about Tibbitts’ roots include a bachelor’s degree 144 short-courses for kids as young as in history from UI in 1955 that was strong 10. One in Monterey will have 18 holes in business courses. “Liberal arts set me up and another in Salinas will be a threefor sales,” he said, “which I’ve done all my hole course near a facility for troubled professional life. Joining the Fiji Fraternity youth. The idea is to use golf to teach began my penchant for networking; and life skills through mentoring, teaching ROTC directed me to Korea where my ethics, morality and clean living.” battalion created its own three-hole golf Tibbitts’ advice to college students is course in the sand.” similar: “Become reasonably good Tibbitts went on to a 28-year career as a golfers, because it’s an entrée to stockbroker, to which he added a retirement networking. But adopt an ethical career selling high-end homes in Carmel, approach to your work and life. We see Pebble Beach and Monterey. But, he says, young golfers kicking the ball, taking it’s his involvement in the business of golf liberty with rules and scores, losing that has given him and his wife, Vonda ’55, their tempers and such. It comes back a life above par. at you. “I’m the ‘Chief Schmoozer’ at Teháma “Project a quality persona, do your Golf Club,” he says. “It’s a thrill to meet best for people, learn proper speech, these great people — young CEOs of etiquette and be diligent throughout Dan Tibbitts and Clint Eastwood play the greens. For Tibbitts, golf is all about responsibility, America’s biggest corporations and others your entire career.” courtesy, honesty and integrity. like Neil Armstrong, who recently came to It appears Forrest’s two gifts to his the club. Through golf, I’ve had the pleasure 1950s college-bound son flourished. of being part of their worlds and golfing at the best courses on Earth.”

Jane Luke took golf as a P.E. class at the UI in 1958 and hasn’t stopped playing the game.

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hen he tees off, Sam Froes knows better than most golfers just how much help to Sam Froes expect from his driver. Director of the University of Idaho’s Institute for Materials and Advanced Processes (IMAP) for almost 15 years, Froes is one of the world’s leading experts on the use of titanium in golf clubs. Much of his work focuses on processes like powder metallurgy, in which a finelydistributed, flour-like powder is compacted into useful shapes like golf club heads. “You want to distribute the weight in the most efficient fashion around the periphery of the hitting face so that you get a large sweet spot,” he says in his calm, dignified voice. Sounds simple, but the implications are large. Besides the potential for unfairly tilting the playing field, introducing advanced materials into golf clubs comes with a specific concern. “Do we allow golf courses to become obsolete because of the distance that the pros can hit the ball these days?” Froes asks. “The present-day professional athlete, like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, can reach par-five greens in two shots now with these advanced materials in golf clubs.” Froes believes that the onus of placing limits on the use of advanced materials in sports rests with governing bodies. The United States Golf Association has placed a limit on the amount of bounce — technically called the “coefficient of restitution” — that a club can produce at 0.83. The advantages of titanium extend well beyond golf clubs. Froes’ research includes new markets, such as architecture, oil and gas exploration, hardware and eyeglasses. His most exciting current project is getting titanium into automobiles. Asked about how he’s able to write more than 700 scientific and technical articles while filing more than 60 patents and editing close to 30 books, Froes says simply, “Well, you kind of make time to do these things.” In between work, he makes time for a round of golf about every other week. And, when he tees off at his favorite local course, Circling Raven in Worley, what’s his club of choice? A titanium driver. Of course.

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olf4JL” reads Jane Luke’s vanity license plate. It’s proof that golf is the highlight of the Vandal alumna’s retirement in Palm Springs, Calif., since 1999. There are individual rounds twice a week and team play for competition. Volunteer work on tournaments and golf activities at Mission Lakes Country Club. Luke says more than anything, golf has brought her friends, fun, fitness and fantasy vacations. She took her first lesson through a P.E. class at UI in 1958, and was hooked on the drive to improve. Since then, she has enjoyed the camaraderie of fellow golfers at such places as Hawaii, the Bahamas and other sun cities in the U.S. Even while she was a medical technician for 38 years at Huntington Memorial in If I were a Pasadena, Luke managed time to help rate courses for women’s college kid play. The reward was complimentary course time. In her today, I’d enroll 15 years as a volunteer course in the PGM rater, the nicest she found for women’s play was Torrey Pines, program in a edging the ocean in San Diego. In her competitive years, Luke minute. took top honors in her flight at the Los Angeles City Women’s Golf Championship when she had a handicap of 14. She now plays for enjoyment and has an 18. “If I were a college kid today,” says Luke, “I’d enroll in the PGM program in a minute. As a kid from a wheat farm in Genesee, I still think earning a living outdoors is the best.”

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drive along rural Highway 12 between Lewiston and Orofino yields the sight of the Clearwater River on the left and timber covered hills and occasional rustic dwellings on the right. Hardly a place you would expect to find a golf facility. Yet rounding milepost 34 at Peck, a small sign announces, “Kayler’s Bend Golf Course.” A winding gravel road leads to dairy barns and tool sheds of yesterday servicing a bright new enterprise of today. This ninehole golf course that seems to have appeared overnight and out of nowhere, has a unique story of perseverance and entrepreneurship. James F. (Jeff) Kayler ’77 represents one of the four generations of his family to attend the University of Idaho. All four generations have lived on the same homestead and experienced various forms of farming. The original Kayler farm, homesteaded in 1898, sets in the hills overlooking the town of Peck. Kayler describes his grandparents’ venture as subsistence farming to stay alive early in the century. In the 1950s, the Kaylers expanded their farmland to include acreage along the Clearwater River and relocated their dairy herd to this location. With rising expenses and diminishing return, the dairy changed to a seedling nursery and Christmas tree farm in the 1960s. The business shipped seedling trees and shrubs

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At right: Jeff Kayler tees off on the second hole at Kayler’s Bend—it’s his favorite hole on the course. Far right: Local retirees enjoy an early morning round of golf. Local support for the golf course continues to build.

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throughout the United States and western Canada. In 1997, adverse weather destroyed a seedling crop. The Kaylers took a hard look at the future of their family homestead. Kayler reverted to his passion for golf. “Over the years of planting and harvesting, I noticed a natural lay of the land that invited tees, greens and fairways,” he stated. “I played golf whenever I could in high school and was a walk-on member of the UI golf team. I understood the game, and I felt my instincts were right.” With that resolve, Kayler Bend Golf Course was born. The self-financed golf course was designed and constructed by three generations of the Kayler family, with a little bit of neighborly bartering. A logging company cleared the fairways and greens. Using ingenuity, a ditch witch, a number-two shovel, a backhoe and sweat-labor, more than four miles of underground pipe and wire were installed. The old dairy barn was converted to maintenance and equipment storage. An old tool shed became the clubhouse. A neighbor and golf patron pitched in to lay restroom tiles in return for a few rounds on the links.

year-old course. Not only has the course caught the attention of area golfers, the Idaho state high school golf association has taken notice and tapped Kayler’s Bend and the Orofino Golf Course to cohost the 2004 state tournament. Running a golf course is like The future looks very running any other farm bright for golf on rural Highway 12. The operation. You know your clientele is a diverse group consisting of land, your environment and beginners, intermediates and families. The course your crops and take pride in is designed to be what you do.” —Jeff Kayler forgiving for beginners, yet challenging for low handicap, scratch and pro golfers. Attendance on the course has increased every season with enthusiastic response from area golfers who have become repeat patrons. Kayler’s philosophy is simply stated. “The course could support professionals, but that is not the focus — I want to have a place for the average golfer with an average lifestyle.” I

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Far left: Kayler’s Bend Golf Course is a family affair. Pictured from left, Beverly Benson Kayler ’52; John Kayler ’53; Treva Kayler; and James “Jeff” Kayler ’77. Beverly helped decorate the clubhouse and lounge; John keeps busy with landscaping projects; Treva operates the clubhouse and handles customer service; and Jeff does everything from equipment maintenance to keeping the course manicured. At left: Jeff Kayler sharpens a lawn mower blade in the maintenance building, a former dairy barn.

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A much-needed, yet expensive deck lawn mower was traded for four season passes. Equipment maintenance also is bartered. Steve Ballard, superintendent of the Orofino Golf Course, brings his equipment to Kayler’s spacious shop. With Ballard’s 20 years of experience and expertise in sharpening mowers and repairing equipment, another expensive component of course management is bartered. As Kayler puts it, “We use Steve’s brain and my tools and space. It is a perfect arrangement.” Using experience and common sense, Kayler controls his course expenditures for less than the average facility. “There seems to be a mystique in the industry that golf courses are exclusive and laden with financial backing. I discovered that if you told a company you wanted a price quote for a golf course, the dollar amount often doubled and sometimes tripled. I learned to ask questions in general terms to get a true picture of costs.” Kayler states, “Running a golf course is like running any other farm operation. You know your land, your environment and your crops and take pride in what you do.” His routine uses less manpower, water, fertilizer and herbicides and the results are a three-year old facility that has the maturity of a ten-

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summer, along secret paths on the mountain slopes of Montana and Idaho, the wild Western huckleberry is gathered by hand. Commercial pickers, or “wildcrafters,” and local residents alike keep an eye on the white blossoms and harvest the ripening berries as birds and bears take their share. Indigenous tribes hold ceremonies and festivals for the harvesting and preparing the wild huckleberry.

Above: Danny Barney has conducted research on huckleberries for 15 years at the Sandpoint Research and Extension Center. Left: The deep purple fruit of the Western huckleberry is Idaho’s most passionate commercial prospect of the new century. Right: Tourism is big business in Idaho and the wild huckleberry is becoming one of its most visible souvenirs.

Danny L. Barney is the 21st century steward of the huckleberry. Born in Wallace and raised in the southeastern part of the state, Barney learned to pick the wild berries in the Tetons with his family. He graduated in 1987 with a Ph.D. in pomology from Cornell University. He is now a researcher at the University of Idaho’s Sandpoint Research and Extension Center where his work characteristics. Goals for has earned him recognition as a the commercial market leading specialist on Vaccinium include large-fruited, highmembranaceum. yielding disease-resistant plants Barney is confident his 15 years of research adapted to managed forest stands and and fruit breeding will play an important role in cultivated fields. The goal of cultivating a lowexpanding Idaho’s huckleberry industry. “Wild elevation plant has not posed much of a problem. Although huckleberries are now shipped to the Orient,” says Barney, the black or Western huckleberry (V. membranaceum) is who is developing domestic varieties and cultural practices typically found between 4,000- and 11,000-foot suited for home and commercial production. elevations, some genotypes have adapted to To develop these new varieties, he breeds and lower elevations, even down to sea level. selects for desirable characteristics such as fruit Soon, Barney hopes, it will be possible The deeper color and size, sugar content, pH, flavor and buy huckleberry plants at the nursery level of antioxidants–compounds that may the pigmentation of and harvest the fruit of this labor in prove useful in combating cancer, heart our backyards. the berry, not just on disease and other disorders. The deeper the Within the next couple of years, pigmentation of the berry, not just on the the skin but inside the cultivated huckleberries will go out for skin but inside the fruit, the higher the level testing by growers who have helped fruit, the higher the of antioxidants. fund the project. The best varieties will At his research plots in Sandpoint, Barney level of antioxidants. be given names and released. By 2010, compares plants for their favorable

True Huckleberry The story of the huckleberry intertwines literary and social history. The wild huckleberry is closely related to genus gaylussacia that writer and naturalist Henry Thoreau mentions in a recently discovered manuscript titled “Wild Fruits.” The commonplace nature of this berry gave a proper name to famous literary character Huckleberry Finn. There’s more than one huckleberry. The Eastern species are often called “true huckleberries.” The Western huckleberries were first recorded at the beginning of the 19th century by the Corps of Discovery during its exploration of the mountainous areas of the Inland Northwest. In 2000, Gov. Dirk Kempthorne signed a bill making the huckleberry Idaho’s state fruit.

es in Northern Idaho” Available Parker-Clark, 1990 “Edible Wild Berri Suite 140, Coeur d’Alene, Recipe from K. Wallenhaupt and V. ard, Hubb W. 1000 ty, Coun enai m Koot from UI Cooperative Extension Syste Idaho 83814. Cost: $1

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producers will be supplying these new varieties to the markets. “Breeding,” says Barney, “ is only as good as the parents. If two plants have desirable characteristics, you cross them. During the early stages of domestication, you want a diverse genealogy.” He plans to give the new varieties names that pay homage to the region’s landmarks and the Indian nations that were the first huckleberry stewards. In a sparsely-populated state where timber, wheat, potatoes and higher education are among the largest industries–and where winter sports, white water rafting, hunting and fishing lure visitors by the tens of thousands each year–the Idaho huckleberry industry could mature into an important economic factor. At the Hope Resort in Hope, customers are requesting huckleberry daiquiris. Huckleberry jam, jellies, syrups, chocolates, teas, soaps and shampoos crowd the shelves of gift shops and specialty stands. When UI visitors explore Main Street in Moscow, they may Hucklebuckle order French toast stuffed with ars on page 25 of Danny L. Barney’s following Huckleberry Buckle recipe appe The huckleberry and honey-cream,” available through the University of pamphlet, “Growing Western Huckleberries cheese at the Breakfast Club, Idaho Extension Service or on the Web. enjoy a few huckleberry cremes Mix well and spread the batter into a with their huckleberry-flavored greased 8-inch-square pan. Serves 6 latte at BookPeople and sample Blend and pour over the batter huckleberry mead at the Camas Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. 2 1/2 cups fresh or frozen huckleberries Winery. Cream together 3/4 cup sugar To underscore the economic 1/4 cup butter or margarine value of this resource, Barney Mix until the butter melts 1/2 cup sugar points to the fashionable price tag. 1/2 cup boiling water Add to the creamed mixture A bucket of huckleberries which 1 tablespoon butter or margarine sold for $25 a few years ago now 1 cup sifted flour Pour over the berries. can go for more than $48 a gallon, 1 teaspoon baking powder Bake 45 to 50 minutes. or more when crops are light. And teaspoon salt 1/4 no wonder–huckleberries are the Serve warm with whipped cream or ice milk cup 1/2 caviar of the Inland Northwest. I cream.

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In bloom

Portland alumni know how to grow success in the City of Roses BY LESLIE EINHAUS

t’s not as razzle-dazzle as Las Vegas or Los Angeles. It doesn’t have the grit and verve of New York City, the windy swirls of Chicago or the southern comfort of Texas and its cousin states. Still Portland, Ore., is a dream of a city. It has just the right touch of big city amenities without the big city feel. And for many — 500,000-plus and counting — it’s the perfect place to live, work, relax and recreate. Just 70 miles shy of the Pacific Ocean, Portland is positioned as a postcard worthy attraction. Nearly 4,170 University of Idaho alumni call this metro area home.

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Clients and colleagues can see the majesty of Mount Hood from Pamela Jacklin’s office on SW Fifth Ave. Jacklin ’78 is an attorney at Stoel Rives LLP. After moving to Portland many years ago, Jacklin says she was fascinated and inspired by the Rose City’s residents. “I was convinced that people here made a difference in their communities.” She’s contributed to that sense of goodwill in many ways. Pam and her husband, Leonard Girard, recently were awarded the Judge Mercedes Deiz Award by the Oregon Women Lawyers for promotion of minorities in the law field. Jacklin also is the recipient of the President’s Public Service Award from the Oregon State Bar Association. In 1990, Pam, Leonard and fellow lawyer Ken Lewis, helped establish the “I Have a Dream” Foundation in Oregon. As part of the program, the trio “adopted” four classes of fifth graders at an at-risk neighborhood in Portland. They fund essential supplies and after-school experiences for students from grade school through high school while also providing $1,000 a year to each student in college or post-secondary programs. “These sorts of values came into my life as a child,” she says. “I have benefited from a lot of other people’s goodwill that has really helped me in my life.” UI’s College of Law helped her achieve academic success. While working at Washington State University as the director of affirmative action and the women’s programs, Jacklin decided to enroll at the UI College of Law, despite aspirations to attend school in the East. “I was delighted by my educational experience at UI,” she says, strongly noting enthusiastic law professors such as Dennis Colson and D. Craig Lewis. In addition to her juris doctorate in law from UI, Jacklin attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, Switzerland. The world arrives at her doorstep now. Pam and Leonard are host parents of a high school student from Egypt, Mesh Mesha. She is an American Field Service exchange student studying at Lincoln High School in Portland. “Our first foreign students came to us in 1987, two nurses from the People’s Republic of China,” she says. They’ve also sponsored American minority law students. “We strongly encourage empty nesters to offer their homes as a way of providing greater opportunities for the law school to diversify its student body.” These days, the world is Stan Curtis’s office. Curtis ’73, ’74 is a consultant for the IBM Corp., with major clients in Hong Kong, Munich and Beijing. “When I travel overseas, I miss the outdoors the most,” says Curtis, who often travels to Stanley, Idaho, for rest and relaxation. His family stays at the Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch. In Japan, the rivers are cement-lined. In Germany, wanna-be anglers must pass a fishing certification test before casting the first line. “I value what we have in the Northwest.” Before globe-trotting with IBM, Curtis started Gold Hill Computers with John Teeter ’80 and Jerry Barber ’75. The

The family resides in Vancouver, Wash., just 10 minutes from downtown Portland and 15 minutes from “the middle of nowhere.” The couple agrees, “This is a good place to be.”

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How many people can put angel on their resume? Kirby (Noland) Dyess ’68 can. After a successful career as a corporate vice president at Intel Corp., this UI alumna decided to become an “angel investor,” providing seed money to start-up companies like Blue Water Technology. It’s about investing in the future. “I can always look back and say, ‘I helped that company in the very beginning stages.’ It can be very rewarding work.’” A native of Kellogg, Idaho, she became company, featured in Newsweek and recognized by the Defense one of the first female physics majors to graduate from UI. She Advanced Research Projects Agency, was named after Gold was a scholarly rebel sneaking out of her sorority house — not Hill, Idaho, where Teeter owns a 300-acre homestead that to party, but to study. “I would sneak out of the house became the breeding ground for the Internet company, First president’s window to make it to a required class in Step Research. astronomy.” UI was the center ground for Curtis. As an electrical The after-hours studying paid off in a big way by propelling engineering student, Curtis learned design fundamentals that Dyess into eventual corporate stardom. At Intel Corp., she are still with him today. He gained leadership skills as an ASUI made her mark becoming vice president and director of senator “debating with Eiguren, Wurster and Kempthorne.” He worldwide Human Resources and then corporate vice president also met his wife, Cody, on campus. With such experiences, he and director of operations for Intel Capital, the corporation’s contends, “The university is a world-class opportunity.” investments arm. The university also is a valued family tradition. “My parents She owes a portion of that success to UI. It’s also the place and grandparents went to Idaho.” she met her one true love, Carl ’68. “We actually both worked Last May, Stan attended his son’s at a local grocery store. I was the checker, graduation from UI. Thomas majored in and he was the box boy.” Every moment is a electrical engineering — just like dad. The couple will celebrate 36 years of Stan says, “It was fun to be where it all marriage this year. one for him started.” Visiting with family is essential for health Dave ’82 and Julie ’80 Cowan visit the who has the to and happiness, according to Dyess. She Moscow campus at least once a year. enjoys visiting Portland’s Saturday Market recognize it as such. “There are a lot of good memories there,” with her grandson, Austin. She also enjoys Julie smiles. “I still keep in touch with many returning to a family residence on Lake — Henry Miller of my friends — from weddings and babies to Coeur d’Alene. When she’s not visiting the children growing up.” family and friends, she maintains a two-acre Dave fondly recalls the “Monson era,” when Coach Don garden. “It’s good therapy.” Monson brought home victory after victory during his tenure at When James Asaph arrived in Moscow in the mid ’50s, he UI in the late ’70s-early ’80s. “It was the turn-around of the considered it city living. Big-city living. Fresh from Ketchikan, athletic program. Fraternity pledges stood in line to save seats Alaska, he took up engineering, then switched to pre-med for the basketball games,” he says. studies at UI, eventually specializing in cardiothorasic surgery Vandal fever is very much a part of the Cowan family during his residency at the New York Hospital-Cornell heritage. The Cowan Spectrum is named after Dave’s parents, University Medical College. Bob ’59 and Janice ’57. Janice is a current vice president of the “There was only one school to my knowledge,” he says, “and UI Foundation. The couple, who live in Richland, Wash., also that was the University of Idaho.” served on UI’s Campaign for Idaho. His mother, Lela McGrath ’30, who grew up in Lapwai, had When Dave was planning to attend college, Bob told him an unequalled allegiance to the university. “UI is almost as the importance of going out-of-state. “I remember him telling important as grandchildren in this family,” admits James’s wife, me, ‘It’s part of the experience — to be away from home.’” Mary Ann. Dave and Julie try to stay as close to home as possible now — As a surgeon for the U.S. military in the ’70s, Asaph toured attending their three children’s sporting events year round. many parts of the world — healing wounds and sewing stitches Dave squeezes in football, basketball and baseball games amidst in Vietnam and Germany, for which he received the Legion of his duties as CEO of Mill Machinery, a provider of machinery Merit. and services to the wood panel industry. For many years, Asaph was a cardiothorasic surgeon in The

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Top: Kirby (Noland) Dyess Middle: James Asaph Bottom: Doug Schmick and his business partner Bill McCormick

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Oregon Clinic at Providence Hospital in Portland. He completed a sabbatical as a heart surgeon in Saudi Arabia in 1983. He officially retired in 1999, but continues to conduct medical research one to two days a week and volunteers at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Portland. Last July, he traveled to northern Iraq where he taught and performed chest surgeries at Salahadeen Medical College. In March, James and Mary Ann hosted three Fulbright Scholars from northern Iraq at their home in Portland. The couple has resided in the City of Roses since the mid’70s. There’s very little not to like about the city, he says. Perhaps a few more sunny days, and a little less traffic. It’s fine living and provides many memories — much like his days at UI. “When my mom was a freshman, UI beat WSU in football. When I was a freshman, the team beat WSU again. Unfortunately, my daughter, Ashleigh, didn’t attend. UI could have won another game against WSU!” It has been described by USA Today as a “lively bistro-type place where impeccable fresh fish reigns.” In a survey by Consumer Reports, McCormick and Schmick’s was named the Best Seafood Restaurant in the country. Entrees include blackened thresher shark, calamari steak piccata, seared Alaska razor clams and grilled Idaho red trout. The man behind this menu of scrumptious fresh seafood is Doug Schmick ’70 of McCormick and Schmick Management Group. Doug with his business partner, Bill McCormick, just opened their 45th restaurant in the heart of the Lone Star State. The architecture for each restaurant is uniquely designed to create an inviting, relaxed environment. “There is no corporate blueprint for restaurants.” Schmick says, “Each property, many historic, dictates the layout.” When the Colfax, Wash., native attended UI, business and the service industry took the back seat to literature. “I wanted to write the Great American novel,” he says. “When I read Henry Miller, it opened up a whole new world for me.” His world continued to expand during his college years. While universities and colleges across the country were embroiled in controversy and protest, “Moscow had those ’60s nuances without the radicalism. It was really the best of both worlds.” Doug’s wife, Melanie (Jeffries) ’70 has opened children’s eyes to the history of Portland by way of walking tours. As a member of the Portland Urban Tour Group, she educates school children on the city’s landmarks and its achievements. Doug’s favorite author, Henry Miller, once stated that “Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.” Doug Schmick is aware of the golden moments in life. He learned many lessons after years of bartending. One of the biggest lessons: “There’s more to life than work.” Perhaps it’s time to scribble down some of that sage advice, and experiences from years past... the sure-fire makings of a great American tale. On a Saturday in Portland, you can stroll through the downtown open-air market underneath the Burnside Bridge or tour the Japanese Garden near Washington Park. You also can drive 20 miles east of the hub-bub of the city and journey through Mt. Hood National Forest. Portland is about possibilities. Here, in the City of Roses, the challenge is narrowing down the options, not finding them. I

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES

To be profiled, mail information, including graduation year, to Tim Helmke, Alumni Office, PO Box 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or e-mail information to helmke@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.

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Alessio “Cappy” Caporaso ’37 was the project leader of the first timber survey of the Territory of Alaska, before it became a state, in 1955 to 1959. He continues to have a love for “southeast Alaska, where the mountains meet the sea, the waves crash on the rocks with a smell of ozone and salt. There’s nothing quite like it!”

Howard Foley ’69, a Treasure Valley attorney since the 1970s, was named the Meridian Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year. He has been active in promoting a greater political voice for Meridian, co-chairs the chamber’s governmental affairs committee, was instrumental in creating the new political action committee for the chamber and has been active within the community.

40s Robert S. Vonderharr ’47 was recognized by the Dona Ana County Senior Olympics Committee in Las Cruces, N.M., with a Heritage Award for “outstanding contributions to the growth and success of Senior Olympics in the county.” Dwight R. Smith ’49, ’51 has written a book titled “One Mile at a Time - Cycling Through Loss to Renewal” detailing his 13,784mile solo bicycle journey around the perimeter of the U.S. on an 18-speed touring bike called Old Faithful. Smith embarked on this journey as a means of healing from the loss of his oldest and youngest sons in car accidents, nine years apart, and his wife of 39 years.

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HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

Col. Vaughn E. Denning ’51 recently published his autobiography covering his military career from 1943 to his retirement in 1974. “A Pilot First, Last and Always” contains his experiences flying more than 45 types of military airplanes in numerous roles, being a university student while on active military service, and working at the Pentagon with nuclear weapons and space activities. Copies of the book are available at thunderbirdpress@aol.com.

Ray Murphy ’67, former president and CEO of the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce, has joined RE/MAX Results! in Post Falls as a residential buyer’s specialist. Eugene Novotny ’62 was honored by the Cascade School District with the naming of the high school gymnasium as the Eugene Novotny Gymnasium, where he has coached many of the more than 700 basketball games in his 37 years with the school district.

70s Daniel Ray Faught ’70 retired in June 2003 from the Roseburg, Ore. public schools as a school administrator for 23 years. He served as a teacher, counselor and administrator for 33 years. Beth Grigg ’78 was chosen to participate in the XXIII Class for Leadership Idaho Agriculture, which is designed to enhance the leadership, personal development and awareness of agriculture for each participant. Dennis Griner ’72, ’77 was named Washington Teacher of the Year and is currently a finalist for National Teacher of the Year. Dennis currently teaches at Palouse High School. Michael J. Kirk ’71, a senior producer for “Frontline,” a PBS series, discussed his career as a producer of award-winning television documentaries in an interview with “Dialogue,” a weekly statewide public affairs program produced by Idaho Public Television.

Major Ed Parsons '88, pictured above, and Lt. Col. Tracy Hughes '85 are with the Idaho Air National Guard serving in Qatar. Guard members live in a large tent city that is adorned with state and university flags. UI supplied the Idaho unit with a banner, at the request of Lt. Col. Tom Shuler, and it has accompanied the guard on missions throughout the Middle East.

Ann Marie Molenaar-Schram ’78 was recently named Woman of the Year by the Meridian Chamber of Commerce. Molenaar-Schram founded the annual Festival of Wreaths fundraiser, in which community businesses donate wreaths for a holiday sale, and the funds generated are given to local charities. She owns Molenaar jewelers in Eagle, and is active in the community as a soccer mom, 4-H supporter and school volunteer. John Taylor ’74 has published “Paths to Contemporary French Literature” (Transaction Publishers), a collection of essays. His new collection of stories, “Now the Summer Came to Pass,” has won the Three Oaks Fiction Prize and will be published by Story Line Press this coming fall. The title story is set in both Lewiston and Moscow, and indeed evokes the University of Idaho. Taylor has lived in France since 1977. Blair J. Wilson ’79 was named secretary for the Idaho Cooperative Council, Inc.

80s Timothy D. Arnold ’82 was honored by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc. with a Distinguished Service Award. Harold Frank ’88 has joined the firm of RIDOLFI Inc. as the Alaska operations manager.

Lori J. Hardin ’86 was promoted to commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves. Keiko (Yoshida) Holton ’96 has been promoted to assistant program manager of MultiMission Programs, Government Programs at Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah, Ga. She is responsible for managing multi-mission government aircraft acquisition and supports both military and civilian programs. Lt. Col. Gus Kohntopp ’85 was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service as the chief of A-10 Mission Planning for Operation Iraqi Freedom. As an A-10 fighter pilot, Kohntopp flew 27 combat missions during the war and is assigned to the 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard. Ronald Largent ’85 was named mine manager of the month in October 2003. He is currently vice president and general manager of Operations of AngloGold Corp. in Colorado. Carl Lovell ’85 received the Project Management Institute certification as a project management professional in January 2004. Presently, he holds the position of department manager for Information Technology Project & Scientific Support at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory.

CLASS NOTES

Scott Andrew ’90, ’93 is currently the elected prosecutor for Bingham County. He was awarded the Spirit of Idaho Award by Sen. Mike Crapo last July. He recently was appointed by Gov. Kempthorne to serve on the Idaho Criminal Justice Council. Sam Condie ’94, Ken Crane ’95, and Amanda VanderMeer ’97 were recently chosen to participate in the XXIII Class for Leadership Idaho Agriculture. The program is designed to enhance the leadership, personal development and awareness of agriculture for each participant. Lt. Cmdr. T.J. Fitzgerald ’95 is serving as the engineer officer aboard the USS Newport News whose homeport is Norfolk, Va. His wife, Lori ’95, and two sons are enjoying the new house in Suffolk, Va. Carolyn Hicklin ’97 was promoted to director of Government Services at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories in Pullman, Wash. Carolyn has been with SEL since December 2001. Keith L. Morris ’92, ’94, an assistant professor of creative writing at Clemson University, has written his debut novel, titled “The Greyhound God,” published by the University of Nevada Press. Molly O’Leary ’94, a graduate of the College of Law, was named the Business Woman of the Year for the Boise Area and Southern Idaho chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Julie A. Rediker ’90 earned her GIS Professional Certification

Jane Tallman ’93 has accepted the position of Water Conservation Program director for the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority. Living in Key West, Fla., Jane has been working as a professional engineer for the FKAA since 2002.

FUTURE VANDALS

Jaxon Rex J. Cherry, son of Shane ’98, ’01 and Sarah ’99, ’01 Cherry

Ayla Rose, daughter of Eric ’89 and Fafa ’98 AlidjaniDeBord

Trenton William, born Sept. 25, 2003 to Rob Walker ’99 and Katie (Heffelfinger) Walker ’00

Carter Michael, son of Michael and Susan Vollmer Combs ’94

Kaylee Rose, daughter of Chris ’99 and Stiana Santschi Earnest ’98

Ruby Mai and Sophie Antonia, daughters of Tony ’95 and Julie (Sneddon) Robinson ’94

Zoey Jean, daughter of Jason ’94 and Nancy Shaffer Hart ’95

00s Hazel Barrowman ’01 is associate editor of the Popular Dogs Series of breed-specific dog magazines from the pet publishing company BowTie, Inc. in southern California. Greg Branson ’01 was chosen to participate in the XXIII Class for Leadership Idaho Agriculture. The program is designed to enhance the leadership, personal development and awareness of agriculture for each participant. Navy Ensign Luke A. Cowley ’03 recently received his commission as a naval officer after completing Officer Candidate School at Naval Aviation Schools Command, Pensacola, Florida. Navy Ensign Jason M. Hill ’02, recently graduated from the Navy’s Nuclear Power School at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, Goose Creek, S.C. He is now prepared to operate a reactor on a nuclear powered submarine or aircraft carrier, ensuring the availability of propulsion and power. Navy Lt. j. g. Keith A. Munson ’00 recently returned home from an eight-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom while assigned to the fast combat support ship USS Bridge, homeported in Bremerton, Wash. The USS Bridge is designed to provide fuel, ammunition, provisions, stores, fleet freight, mail and personnel. Brad Poe ’03 is the promotions coordinator for the Spokane Indians baseball team in Spokane, Wash.

Hans Cole and Kaia Elise, children of Kristen ’93 and Colleen Grobstok

Ellie Marie and Madison Faith, daughters of Mike ’99 and Lisa (Kevan) ’99 Tesnohlidek Jack born to Joe and Amy Czarniecki Staufer ’98

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS 2004 NOMINATION PROCESS If you would like more information or wish to nominate someone for an

Alumni Association Award, contact the UI Alumni Office at (208) 885-6154 or alumni@idahovandals.com. Deadline for nominations is Aug. 1, 2004. More information is available under “Alumni Benefits” at the UI Alumni Web site, www.supportui.uidaho.edu.

UI ALUMNI HALL OF FAME Recognizes living UI alumni who have achieved national or international distinction by their accomplishments and leadership. SILVER & GOLD AWARD Recognizes living alumni who have a distinguished record of achievement and service in their specialized area of endeavor, thus bringing honor and recognition to the university. JIM LYLE AWARD Recognizes individual or couple who has shown long-term dedication and service to the university and Alumni Association through volunteerism.

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from the GIS Certification Institute. Julie is currently employed as a senior engineering systems analyst in Houston, Texas.

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Jeff Payne ’84 is a civil engineer with the title of project manager in construction for the Oregon Department of Transportation and recently moved to Eugene from Roseburg, Ore. He is working on a $30 million project for temporary bridges across the Willamette and McKenzie rivers along I-5. His wife, Julie, is a registered nurse who works at Sacred Heart Hospital in the neo-natal unit. They have three children: Courtney, 7; Hannah, 5; and Zachary, 2. They are building a new home and are extremely excited with their new community.

ALUMNI

CLASS NOTES

MARRIAGES Mary “Suzy” Albers to Donal Tunnell ’67 Jennifer Elizabeth Annan to Richard Lenn Vantrease ’98 Natalie Jo Baden ’02 to Nathan Adkins Sara Ruth Bellenger to Robert Henry Creason ’99 Olivia Ann Carter ’03 to Shane Jerdon McGregor ’02 Brook Edwards ’97 to Elias Meyer ’98 Hollan H Hardy ’01 to Mathew McLaughlin ’01 Ryan James Headley ’97 to Julie Berkland Heather Marie Lerandeau to Linc William Way ’00 Christy Losser ’03 to Sam Snow Jessica Lynn Medalen ’02 to David Steven Hardy ’03 Amy M. Nielson ’01 to David S. Lindley ’01 Kelly Anne O’Connor ’92 to Paul Bryant Eric Donald Oscarson ’02 to Jessica Christine Anderson Karrie Marie Proctor to John Ryan Quigley ’00

Ernest W. Hartung

Jenna Rae Rauch ’00 to Terence Ross Haddock ’99

rnest W. Hartung, president of the University of Idaho from 1965 to 1977, died at the age of 86 in September 2003, in Florida. During his tenure, President Hartung implemented a series of progressive measures that profoundly reshaped the collegial and physical environment of the university. One of the first steps he took was to develop the university’s focus on research, making it as significant to faculty appointments as teaching. He also introduced tenure and appointed a committee to study faculty governance. From this committee emerged the Faculty Council. In addition, Hartung strengthened the architecture, mining and education programs, and oversaw the establishment of cooperative programs in medical and veterinary education. Students recognized President Hartung’s genuine affection for them and responded in kind. During his presidency, a student bill of rights was passed, and student participation in decision-making was increased. Perhaps the best example of his popularity with students was the “We Like Ernie” demonstration. Following the appearance of student activist Tom Hayden at the 1969 Borah Symposium, nearly 5,000 UI students gathered in front of Hartung’s home to express support for his administration.

Veronica Lynn Rivers ’00 to Richard Daniel Smith Jennifer J. Wassmuth to Dana August Wenstrom ’03 Christine Sarah Weaver ’01 to Lance Wesley Griff ’03 LeeAnne Katherine Westhoff ’01 to Philip John Sullivan Holly Williams ’92 to Jeffry Doering

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

Keiko Yoshida ’96 to Daniel Holton

On Dec. 15, 1969, UI students rally to wish Pres. Ernest Hartung a merry Christmas. (#3-0758f, Historical Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.)

In addition to expansion of student and faculty participation in governance, the number of buildings on the Moscow campus also expanded during Hartung’s administration. Several major buildings were constructed, including the Kibbie Dome and Theophilus Tower, as well as buildings for the colleges of law, engineering, forestry and agriculture. President Hartung came to the University of Idaho with a distinguished reputation as an outstanding zoologist and administrator at the University of Vermont and the University of Rhode Island. During his presidency, UI endowment funds grew from $1.2 to $5.5 million, and in 1977, Hartung became director of development and executive director of the UI Foundation, serving until 1981, when he returned to the East Coast. In June 1944, Hartung married Mary Dennen of Toledo, Ohio; the couple had three children, John, Denny and Kathy. The couple later divorced, and President Hartung remarried. A campus tribute to Hartung took place April 24. Family, faculty and friends gathered at Hartung Theatre to dedicate a bronze marker with his image and present other tributes in his honor. BY JULIE MONROE

CLASS NOTES

Addison Wiley Dodds ’38, Twin Falls, Dec. 3, 2002

Elmer A. Berglund ’29, Salem, Ore., May 16, 1999

Esther E. Douglas ’39, Olathe, Kan., Nov. 25, 2001

Doris L. Coughlan ’27, Plains, Mont.

Heloise S. Drager ’33, Santa Maria, Calif., Oct. 19, 2002

Bertha Wilhelmina Larson Doremus ’29, Bainbridge Island, Wash., Oct. 14, 2003

Clark H. Fails ’38, Orem, Utah, Oct. 14, 2003

Robert T. Williams ’39, Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 27, 2003 A. Verne Wilson ’34, Portland, Ore., Oct. 31, 2003 Marjorie E. Wilson ’36, Portland, Ore., Jan. 3, 2004 Jack Elison Woods ’37, Sebastopol, Calif., Dec. 19, 2003

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Marion L. Anderson ’48, Pocatello, June 7, 2003 Jean Bistline ’46, Sandpoint, Dec. 20, 2000 John R. Blaine, Boise, July 9, 2003 Robert Howard Brown ’41, Twin Falls, Nov. 1, 2002 James Marshall Bue ’48, Moses Lake, Wash., Oct. 25, 2003

Darwin L. Fleming ’38, St. Maries, Nov. 27, 2003

Frances P. Abrams ’45, Clarkston, Wash., Jan. 11, 2004

Paul M. Byrne ’41, Lewiston, June 11, 2003

Wendell C. Gannon ’38, Buhl, Oct. 23, 2003

Arthur C. Acuff ’42, Olympia, Wash., Sept. 15, 2003

John Carey Cook ’47, Olympia, Wash., Jan. 24, 2004

Dorothy Mae (Grammer) Johnston, Homedale, Oct. 17, 2003

George O. Harvey ’36, Fairfield, Calif., 2003

Mildred S. Acuff ’43, Lacey, Wash.

Ruth Rowell Modie ’29, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 18, 2003

Constance (Connie) J. Hasfurther ’37, Moscow, Nov. 7, 2003

Joseph R. Alley ’48, Spokane Valley, Wash., Aug. 16, 2003

Raymond L. Crowther ’42, Watsonville, Calif., Aug. 31, 2003

Ellwood Roberts Werry ’22, Sandpoint, Aug. 15, 2003

Alvin C. Holmes ’31, Burley

Velda (Bryant) Garlinghouse ’29, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 20, 2003

30s Howard E. Adkins ’34, Twin Falls, June 18, 2003 Mary Axtell Bailey ’34, Bellevue, Wash., Sept. 21, 2003 Clarence E. Bagnall ’38, Ephrata, Wash., Aug. 12, 2003 Beatrice Fisher Banks ’38, San Marino, Calif., May 1, 2003 Mabel Millay Barnhill ’37, Spokane, Wash., Sept. 25, 2003 Helen Dorothy Blair ’36, Boise, Sept. 5, 2003 Robert E. Blair ’34, Liberty Lake, Wash., Sept. 16, 2003 Albert E. Braun ’33, Arnold, Calif., May 22, 2003 William J. Brown ’38, Moscow, July 17, 2003 Loren H. Bruns ’39, La Puente, Calif., Sept. 15, 2003 Hamer H. “Judge” Budge ’36, Scottsdale, Ariz., July 22, 2003 Woodrow Wilson Bundy ’37, East Wenatchee, Wash., July 29, 2003

Charles H. Hughes ’39, Carmichael, Calif., Dec. 6, 2003 James B. Hughes ’38, McMinnville, Ore., Oct. 22, 2003 Donna-May South Larson ’37, Twin Falls, Oct. 10, 2003 Florence Lauritzen ’39, Springville, Utah, Jan. 29, 2004

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLPARK

Arthur Manley ’38, Coeur d’Alene, Jan. 26, 2004 Claude V. Marcus ’34, Boise, May 19, 2003 William T. Martin ’37, Portland, Ore., Dec. 5, 2003 Carl F. Mays ’33, Lake Oswego, Ore., Mar. 29, 2002

Join your friends from UI Alumni Association for a fun-filled day at the ballpark with your family and fellow Vandals.

Keith K. McDaniel ’36, Bellevue, Wash., Nov. 20, 2003

2004 Events

Betty Davis Miller ’34, Covington, Wash., Nov. 8, 2003

May 21st @ Arlington, Texas with the Texas Rangers

Kathryn L. Owen ’36, Moscow, Oct. 31, 2003

June 5th @ Denver, Colorado with the Colorado Rockies

Barbara G. Perkins ’39, Port Angeles, Wash., Oct. 3, 2003 Robert W. Sarles ’38, Crouch, Nov. 20, 2003

Ruth I. Burton ’30, Dallas, Texas, Sept. 11, 2003

Pearle Olive Spalding ’32, American Falls, Dec. 2, 2003

Helen Eddy Charlesworth ’32, Vancouver, Wash., May 31, 2003

Elinor Jacobs Streiff ’33, Lewiston, Oct. 21, 2003

Elmer T. Copin ’35, Puyallup, Wash., Nov. 3, 2003

Wilbur Dale Vincent ’38, Port Charlotte, Fla., Dec. 11, 2003

Lucile Edith Crowley, Deer Park, Wash., Oct. 12, 2003

William L. Watt ’39, Buhl, Jan. 13, 2004

Wendell Leo Dayton ’36, Oxnard, Calif., Oct. 3, 2003

Chud W. Wendle ’31, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 18, 2003

June 19th @ Salt Lake City, Utah with the Salt Lake Stingers June 25th @ Spokane, Washington with the Spokane Indians. Most events include a pre-game gathering or meal with UI alumni and friends. Register in advance; tickets are limited, and deadlines are set for each event. To learn more: UI Alumni Association Ph. 208-885-6154 or Visit our website www.supportui.uidaho.edu/ Tickets generally can be purchased online, in advance, with credit card.

2004

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Pearle O. Spalding Detzel ’32, American Falls, Dec. 2, 2003

SPRING

IN MEMORY

ALUMNI

CLASS NOTES

Marion Duane John “Swede” Davidson ’43, Bonners Ferry, Oct. 3, 2003 Ralph G. Didriksen ’47, Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 23, 2003

Wayne E. Peterson ’46, Boise, Oct. 1, 2003

Barbara G. Berry ’58, Toppenish, Wash., March 10, 1999

Robert H. Pyper ’44, Boise, Dec. 1, 2003

John R. Blaine, Sr. ’51, Boise, July 9, 2003

Harriett B. Ravenscroft ’40, Bliss, Mar. 1, 2003

Julius H. Domowitz ’48, Castleford, Jan. 5, 2004

Betty T. Brockett ’54, Idaho Falls, May 24, 2003

Donald I. Reynolds ’40, Boise, Dec. 28, 2003

Pieternella “Nella” Lanting Byrne ’50, Spokane Valley, Wash., April 25, 2003

Mary Ann Freeland Eakin (attended UI in 1942/1943), Twin Falls, Nov. 2, 2003

Donald E. Roberts ’41, Arlington, Va., Oct. 18, 2003

Mardelle L. Epler ’49, Boise, Nov. 4, 2003

Polly Blanche Harris Robertson ’48, Menlo Park, Calif., Aug. 21, 2003

Genevra Olive (Pond) Gaffney ’40, Boise, Jan. 14, 2004

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

Jean C. Giese ’43, Denton, Texas, Dec. 29, 2003 Betty Lou Green ’49, Seattle, Wash., July 20, 2003 Joe Gardiner Hackney ’46, Twin Falls, Oct. 20, 2003 Phyllis M. Hall ’44, Boise, Feb. 1, 2004 Ella Coleman Richards Jeppesen ’42, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 16, 2004 Marjorie Ann Sorgatz Jones ’40, Montpelier, Nov. 2, 2003 Edith Virginia Keller ’43, Peoria, Ill., Oct 4, 2003

Ivan L. Crockett ’59, San Mateo, Calif., Dec. 24, 2003

Sheldon B. Jones ’55, Twin Falls, Nov. 4, 2003 Dare Kibble ’50, Meridian, Nov. 2, 2003 Verl G. King ’53, Meridian, Dec. 12, 2003 Ralph Dana Kizer Jr ’55, Hayden Lake, Sept. 29, 2003 Oscar B. Klemens ’50, Pocatello, Dec. 13, 2003 Roger M. Krinard ’57, Mountain View, Ark., Aug. 14, 2003

Alan Odenborg of Moscow was the first to correctly identify all the doors featured in the Winter 2004 issue of Here We Have Idaho. Alan earned a UI T-shirt for his keen knowledge of campus entryways. The correct answers are: 1. Administration Building 2. Memorial Gym 3. Lionel Hampton School of Music Building 4. Agricultural Science Building 5. Alumni Office 6. Student Recreation Center 7. Office of the President 8. Life Sciences Building 9. Gauss-Johnson Engineering Lab

James S. Kinney (attended UI in 1941), Twin Falls, Sept. 17, 2003

John R. Small ’43, Bellevue, Wash., Mar 1, 2003

Albert T Larsen ’40, Salem, Ore., Nov. 7, 2003

Mary F. Macey Steile ’43, Twin Falls, Nov. 27, 2003

Leslie Larsen ’49, Kellogg, Wash., Jan. 4, 2004

Joseph P. Spicuzza ’40, Okauchee, Wisc., Jan. 27, 2003

Gwyneth Bales LaVoy ’40, Nampa, June 18, 2003

Robert H. Temple ’43, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 23, 2003

William W. Low ’43, Westvale, N.Y., Dec. 22, 2003

Irene Odberg Weatherford ’47, Gilliam County, Ore., June 23, 2003

Bonnie Lange Nelson ’40, Bellingham, Wash., Oct. 12, 2003

IDAHO

John W. Miller ’40, Melba, Nov. 23, 2003

HERE WE HAVE

Suzanne Walter Chehey ’57, Pollock, Dec. 20, 2003

Vernon R. Hyatt ’50, Coeur d’Alene, Dec. 23, 2003

We have a winner...

Mary A. McGovern ’44, Long Beach, Calif., Aug. 21, 2003

Earl H. Carlson ’51, Burley, Oct. 11, 2003

Sonna Howe ’54, Portland, Ore., Oct. 31, 2003

Irvin Wentworth ’47, Menlo Park, Calif., Dec. 4, 2002

50s Relf (Pat) Abbott ’55, Moses Lake, Wash., Oct. 14, 2002

Jean Nolan ’44, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 15, 2004

Ralph G. Anderson ’51, Provo, Utah, Aug. 3, 2003

Mary Lou (Chiles) O’Meara ’43, Coeur d’Alene, Jan. 10, 2004

Jerry D. Ballard ’58, Idaho Falls, Sept. 1, 2002 Simon K. Benson ’54, Provo, Utah, April 22, 2003

Theodore “Ted” L. Deobald ’50, Richland, Wash., Feb. 2, 2004 Gilbert “Gib” W. Eimers, Jr. ’50, Grangeville, Sept. 21, 2003 Warren J. Felton ’54, New Plymouth, Nov. 13, 2003 Don Kendall Fullmer ’51, Payson, Utah, Jan. 23, 2004 Mary E. Giles ’55, Sonoma, Calif., Sept. 19, 2003 Laurence L. Grover ’51, Scappoose, Ore., Sept. 19, 2003 Crystal May Ottosen Gruell ’56, Lewiston, Jan. 13, 2004 Fred James Hill ’52, Boise, Aug. 27, 2003 George Neal Hill ’51, Bristol, Tenn., Nov. 13, 2003 Patricia Joanne Maher Henriksen, Polson, Mont., Oct. 25, 2003

Jack Selman Lacy ’51, Clarkston, Wash., Nov. 7, 2003 James B. Mackey ’55, Portland, Ore., Jan. 22, 2004 William Stuart Marshall ’56, Tigard, Ore., Aug. 23, 2003 Ladd A. Mitchell ’57, Ephrata, Wash., Nov. 29, 2003 James Alvin Moody ’56, San Diego, Calif., July 1, 2003 Richard A. Nichols ’50, Salem, Ore., Jan. 6, 2004 Margaret Jean Carter O’Connor ’50, Boise, Nov. 27, 2002

George A. Poulos ’52, Boise, Oct. 8, 2003 Sheldon C. Pride ’56, Eatontown, N. J., Dec. 12, 2003 Richard A. Rice ’56, Post Falls, Dec. 6, 2003 Jerry Scheideman ’55, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 6, 2003 Herbert R. Slezak ’54, Park Ridge, Ill., Oct. 4, 2003 Lloyd W. Spicer ’50, Spokane, Wash., Nov. 17, 2003 James A. Tallant ’51, Boise, Jan. 23, 2004 Ann M. Westfall ’54, Burley, Dec. 3, 2003 Peter B. Wilson ’50, Bonners Ferry, Nov. 15, 2003

CLASS NOTES

Darrell Koeppen ’70, Roseburg, Ore., Oct. 11, 2003

Henrik M. Backer ’62, Oslo, Norway, September 2001

Michael L. Kaminiski ’76, Banning, Calif., Nov. 17, 2003

Stephen C. Batt ’63, New Plymouth, June 6, 2003

David Gene Machacek ’75, Buhl, Dec. 28, 2003

Catherine Belser Barnhart (Kit Scates Barnhart) ’61, Coeur d’Alene, Aug. 18, 2003

George I. Remington ’72, Moscow, Oct. 13, 2003

Robert J. Brock ’61, Roseburg, Ore., Dec. 8, 2003 Denise Marie McLain Burns ’68 (aka Delpha Bloom), Santa Cruz, Calif., April 1, 2003

Wayne G. Stollfus ’71, Boise, Dec. 10, 2003 Lance C. Thomas ’73, Boise, Nov. 6, 2003 John M. Tuveson ’70, Novato, Calif., Nov. 9, 2003

Ira T. Burton ’67, Weiser, Oct. 12, 2003

Kevin P. Wilson ’77, Bonners Ferry, Nov. 15, 2003

Janet K. Canfield ’67, Bend, Ore., Nov. 20, 2003

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Charles R. “Russ” Crawford ’62, ’76, Battle Ground, Wash., May 10, 2003

Clyde Addison Best Jr. ’83, Logan, Utah, Sept. 22, 2003

Anna Verner Davis ’61, Polk City, Fla., June 30, 2003 Susan M. Frink ’68, Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 25, 2003 William W. Goss Jr. ’64, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 18, 2003 Gary D. Hart ’63, Spokane, Wash., Nov. 12, 2003 Mariann Himerich ’65, Meridian, Jan. 6, 2004

David Michael Dyer ’80, Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 28, 2004 Tamara Sue Lane ’86, Lewiston, Dec. 2, 2003 Richard F. Luke ’87, Sugar City, Jan. 8, 2004 Daniel MacArthur ’83, Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 27, 2003 Allison McDougall ’81, Pocatello, Nov. 9, 2003

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Alumni Association Steps Up

he UI Alumni Association is giving a boost to the Vandal Scholarship Fund. The association handed over a check for $140,000 in February to fund 15 athletic scholarships for in-state students, or eight scholarships for outof-state students. The Vandal Scholarship Fund provides 181 scholarships to support UI student athletes. In addition, the UI Alumni Association will contribute another $70,000 to the university to help fund other institutional operating needs this spring. “This money is used to help student-athletes succeed on and off the playing fields of competition. Thank you to all alumni and friends of the University of Idaho for your continued support of our alma mater and our students,” said Harold Gibson, executive director of the UI Alumni Association. The funds were the result of alumni participation in business partnerships programs offered by the Alumni Association.

UI Alumni Association Board 2004-2005 Brian Hill President Peter Soeth Vice President Colorado Chapter Jim Dickinson Treasurer Scott Green Past President New York Chapter

Cynthia Jo Baumgartner ’94, Baraboo, Wisc., Jan. 14, 2004

Harold C. Gibson Director of Alumni Relations University of Idaho

Lois A. Abo Honstead ’69, Caldwell, Dec. 9, 2003

Harold “Hal” Brugger ’96, Portland, Ore., Jan. 5, 2004

Kacie Baldwin Western Washington Chapter

Mary F. Larson ’63, Moses Lake, Wash., Dec. 13, 2003

Donald M. Thorp ’91, Ririe, Aug. 16, 2003

Peter Becker Sun Valley Chapter

Wilfrid W. (Bill) Longeteig ’64, Craigmont, Jan. 1, 2004

Marilyn Beck Weingart ’95, Coeur d’Alene, Feb. 5, 2004

Kalista Bernardi Eastern Washington Chapter

Kathleen M. Pollard ’68, Boise, Jan. 31, 2004

Daniel W. Weisz ’94, Spokane, Wash., Dec 2, 2003

Tom Birch Minnesota/Wisconsin Chapter

Dennis E. Woodruff ’66, Boise, Jan. 31, 2004

Priyanka Wickramasinghe ’97, Sri Lanka, Dec. 27, 2002

Donald “Don” A. Yost ’61, Meridian, Dec. 13, 2003

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Dick Bull University of Idaho Retirees Association President

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Justin Alan Becktold ’02, Augusta, Mont., Oct. 23, 2003

Joseph R. Allen ’71, Troy, Mont., April 13, 2003

Ryan Secord Ebert, Coeur d’Alene, Jan. 9, 2004

James H. Blaes ’78, Idaho Falls, June 20, 2003

Melissa Jean Goedde, Coeur d’Alene, Jan. 4, 2004

Susan Burcaw-Moerschbaecher ’72, Bend, Ore., Aug. 2, 2003

Blayne Lynn Hirsche II ’01, Provo, Utah, Oct. 5, 2003

Melvin Hirschi ’67, Lewiston, Dec. 11, 2003

Robert Alan Busch ’74, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 2, 2004

Murray Feldman College of Natural Resources Alumni Association President Lisa Gibb Nation's Capitol Chapter Jamie Hansen Texas Chapter Jim Hawkins UI Foundation President Joya Hill Snake River Chapter

Ken Jones Vandal Scholarship Fund President Ron King Eastern Idaho Chapter Merilee Kohtz Southwest Idaho Chapter Konni Leichner Northern Idaho Chapter P.A. Melnyk Magic Valley Chapter Isaac Myhrum ASUI President Todd Neill Phoenix Chapter Andrea Neilson Latah County Chapter Joe Rimsa Northern California Chapter Kristen Ruffing Ada County Chapter Steve Scott Central Washington Chapter Keeven Shropshire Eastern Idaho Chapter Roxie Simcoe Magic Valley Chapter Gary Steiner College of Agricultural & Life Sciences Alumni & Friends President Carolyn Tesnohlidek Western Treasure Valley Chapter Russ Vansant New York Chapter Brad Walgamott SArb President

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Barbara Timmons Anderson ’62, Carbondale, Colo., Nov. 17, 2003

Margaret Anne “Peg” Gieser ’74, Osburn, May 29, 2003

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UI is Back in the Swim BY ANDREA CLARK MASON

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Nancy Westermeyer Monroe ’75 was a member of UI’s first women’s swim team, and one of the first women student-athletes to receive an athletic scholarship. At right, a photo from her scrapbook. Nancy Call and Monroe learn what their daily workout would include. Below: Nancy, husband Brent ’75 and daughter, Erin, a UI student who is on track to graduate in December.

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ancy Westermeyer Monroe ’75 the prospect of building a team from freestyle, the 100-meter butterfly, the flips through scrapbooks filled scratch, he expounds on the excellent 200-meter individual medley and the with medals, newspaper clippings high school swim programs in Idaho, relays. and pictures. Wearing a black vest with Alaska and Montana, and the potential Monroe claims the education at UI “Idaho” embroidered in white, she smiles for developing a team of academicallywas as wonderful as the swimming. She often as she speaks fondly of her strong student-athletes. obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees swimming career at the University of Originally from Collinsville, Ill., Jager in education and met her husband, Idaho. has been swimming most of his life and Brent ’75. Their daughter, Erin, is a UI “Here is my letter,” she says, pulling calls it “a family sport.” He exudes the student who is on track to graduate in out a typed announcement of her $175 strength and patience of a coach who December. athletic scholarship. In 1974, Monroe holds the promise of being a fine mentor Monroe continues her relationship was a member of the first group of to women who desire to excel with team athletics. She has been a women student-athletes to receive a UI athletically, academically and personally. teacher and coach for athletic scholarship. They each were almost 30 years, encouraged to play more than one sport currently at Mead to get the award. Monroe swam and Middle School in played volleyball. The UI women’s swim team began “Swimming changed in 1972, when Monroe was a freshman. It included four team my life. This is a way members. While Monroe was the only one with previous competitive for me to pay back swimming experience that first year, and to help other Nancy Call and Terry Coon joined in 1973 and brought a strong kids realize those background of experience with them for the second season. dreams and goals.” What were the early days of the —Tom Jager program like? “We provided our own suits and swam in the smaller pool next to the lap Spokane, Wash. pool where the boys practiced,” recalled Monroe, who still Monroe. succumbs to the urge to Vangie Parker was hired to oversee swim laps, speaks of the team. Several years later, Frank being “heartbroken” Burleson, a volunteer assistant coach for Tom Jager, UI’s new swim coach. when she heard the the men’s swim team, volunteered to women’s swim team was help, and he eventually took over the discontinuing in 1985, program. Jager has 14 scholarships with which and so, of course, she supports its Burleson describes Monroe as “a to attract potential swimmers to his reintroduction. hard worker, a leader, and very Division I team before October, when In January, Tom Jager was hired as UI inspirational.” He credits her with the team will begin competing. women’s swim coach to facilitate that jumpstarting the fledgling program. A lot has changed since Nancy reintroduction. Jager won five Olympic Monroe qualified for nationals that first Monroe’s days as a Vandal. No longer do gold medals in sprint freestyle. He also season. In fact, she qualified for women have to play more than one sport held the world record for the 50-meter nationals all four years. In 1973, four to qualify for an athletic scholarship. Nor freestyle for more than a decade. women from Idaho’s team made the trip are they accompanied on trips by women “Swimming changed my life,” he said. to the national championship meet. chaperones. And a lot has changed in “This is a way for me to pay back and to Monroe began swimming at age six in swimsuit technology and design since help other kids realize those dreams and Santa Barbara, Calif., where she was an 1974. goals.” all around medalist, but she excelled in It is a new era for swimming at UI, At a news conference to announce butterfly and freestyle. She continued to and Nancy Monroe’s scrapbook will not the reintroduction of the UI women’s swim all though high school, and at UI, be the last one to chronicle the memories swimming program, Jager stood tall and she swam the 100- and 200-meter of Idaho women swimmers. I straight, and smiled. When faced with

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The 2004 Summer Olympic Games will be held Aug. 13-29 in Athens, Greece. Several University of Idaho alumni have set their sights on the gold medal.

Chasing the

Olympic Dream BY DAN HUNT

Kristin Armstrong

Kristin Armstrong has steered a steady course toward competing in the Olympics’ cycling events.

In 2003 she finished 13th in the individual time trials of the World Championships — a tournament which could be considered a precursor, if not an indication, to future Olympic achievement. “Representing your country in the Olympic Games is a dream come true for any athlete,” Armstrong said.

Lina Yanchulova Since she left Idaho, Lina Yanchulova ’96 has seen the very top of beach volleyball’s competitive world. She has played against the world’s greatest athletes in the pro circuit and at the Olympics. So why does she still long for some 1,500-seat gym in a remote college town? “What was interesting was that feeling of playing in Memorial Gym,” Yanchulova said. “I haven’t been able to duplicate that in all the places I have gone.” Yanchulova played with her sister, Petia, for Bulgaria in the 2000 Sydney Olympics in front of 10,000 fans. No matter. Somehow, Memorial Gym

brought more. “Just the way the stands hang over the court, and the fans are right there,” Lina Yanchulova said. “It was definitely a part of what Moscow, Idaho, was because everywhere else we went I didn’t get that feeling.” The Yanchulovas have climbed into the top-15 of the Beach Volleyball World Tour and now are training for the 2004 Olympics. Their relative success in the 2003-04 season will determine whether they get in. “Worldwide, I think (beach

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omehow, Kristin Armstrong ’95 knew even as a child that she was on a path to the Olympics. “I remember in elementary school one year my teacher had us all play a game which involved guessing what we would all be when we were grown up,” Armstrong said. “Some were doctors, some were firefighters, some were teachers, and I was an Olympian.” This winding track has been anything but predictable. When she was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in 2001, Armstrong shifted from the triathlon to bicycle road racing. Now she is qualifying to represent America in the road race and time trials at the 2004 games. “The closer I get to becoming an Olympian, the more excited I get,” Armstrong said. “I have been waiting for the opportunity all of my life.” As Armstrong points out, she will not fall short of the Olympics for lack of effort. She trains eight months a year and bounces between continents with her TMobile teammates in order to find tournaments. “We all have had role models growing up,” Armstrong said. “I have found that the role models I once had are now becoming very close to me — a few being my teammates.” Despite her relative newness to the sport, Armstrong has enjoyed international success alongside these heroes.

Lina Yanchulova competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and has her sights set on Athens.

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May 6 May 7 May 8 Lina Yanchulova ’96

Kristin Armstrong ’95

“Talking to other players, everybody that has played at Memorial Gym remembers [the crowd noise],” Yanchulova said. “All the opposing teams would say ‘We hated playing in that gym,’ and I’d say ‘Yeah — I loved that.’”

Angela Whyte ’03

coordinator while pursuing a graduate degree in physical education. Last summer, Whyte came within .04 seconds of the 2003 World Championships final. She placed fifth in a semifinal heat that advanced the top four.

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Angela Whyte It’s not as if world class can happen overnight. But somewhere between New Mexico and Idaho, Angela Whyte found a stride. Quick as that, her lofty dream became real. “I never thought it would be coming so soon,” Whyte said. “I was doing well, but it didn’t seem like I was going to be at the world level yet. But then I got here and started working with the Vandals and — shoom — it took off like that.” Whyte is only a year removed from her phenomenal collegiate career at Idaho. She is one of the best female hurdlers on Earth and essentially a lock to compete in the Athens Olympics in the 100-meter hurdles.

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July 23 July 24 Angela Whyte is considered one of the best female hurdlers in the world. If she reaches the Olympics, she’ll represent Canada.

July 26 August 5

Nick Holt Golf Tournament- UI Golf Course Moscow Spring Sports BanquetMoscow Ada County CalcuttaBoise Ada County Golf Scramble- Boise Bob White Memorial Golf TournamentLewiston Country Club, Lewiston Ada County PicnicBoise Burley/Rupert Vandal Golf Scramble- Burley Vandal Bronco Challenge- New Meadows Elmore County Chorizo Challenge- Mountain Home Colfax Vandal Golf Scramble- Colfax, Wash. VSF Vandal Volunteer Social and BBQMoscow Canyon County Scramble - Caldwell Western Treasure Valley Scramble- Payette Buhl Pig Out President’s and Governor’s Gala - Boise 2004

She transferred to Idaho from New Mexico in 2000 and, as befits a hurdler, improved from good to Olympian in a rush, with only expected blips along the way. “It’s a dream, and now it’s looking to become a reality, which is really cool,” said Whyte, who graduated with a criminal justice degree in May 2003 and has since stayed on campus. In addition to her training, she is serving as the athletic department’s tutor

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volleyball) has a lot more of a following,” she said. “We get people e-mailing us from countries we haven’t even been playing in.” There was a time, though, when she won on a much more focused stage. Yanchulova, a four-time Big Sky Champion and a conference MVP, won all 46 of her games at Memorial Gym, delighting madhouse crowds with whirling jump serves and booming spikes.

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The Parents’ Perspective BY LARRY STANDLEY AND SUSAN BLOUGH

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Brian Standley with his parents, Susan Blough and Larry Standley

n the spring of 2000, while our son, Brian Standley, was finishing his senior year at Timberline High School in Boise, our family made a fateful decision to encourage Brian to attend the University of Idaho. Fortuitously, we had met Kathy Belknap from the UI Boise Center the year before, who explained UI was actively recruiting and rewarding top students. Brian began to seriously consider UI, along with several pre-eminent universities outside of Idaho that often succeed in attracting our state’s best science and engineering students. Ultimately, he focused on just Caltech and UI. Having been admitted to both, and with the academic credentials for admission virtually anywhere, he chose to attend UI to pursue a degree in electrical engineering. Brian’s decision stemmed from telephone interviews with several engineering faculty members, from which we gained confidence and trust that the UI could meet the needs of high-caliber students like Brian. In a few weeks, Brian will graduate summa cum laude in electrical engineering, with minors in both physics and math. He was initially attracted to the university by merit scholarships, the generous granting of credit for prior learning for high school advancedplacement courses, and by housing options like the Engineering Hall. Once at UI, Brian found a caring and competent faculty and many studious classmates, all of which validated his choice. Starting with that initial contact with Dr. Belknap, every subsequent interaction with UI faculty, staff and administrators has impressed us. Furthermore, many unique opportunities became available to Brian

that may not have existed elsewhere. As a Micron Scholar at UI, Brian was a summer intern at Micron’s Boise facility these past two summers, from which he gained highly relevant skills and knowledge. In addition, at the end of his third year, Brian was offered and accepted the opportunity to teach the engineering Electromagnetics Lab as a teaching assistant for academic year 2003-2004, which has been a very rewarding and valuable experience. These and many other special experiences distinctly enhanced not only his education but also the strength of his graduate school applications. These opportunities are crucial for students seeking admission to prestigious graduate schools. We are confident that Brian is well prepared to succeed in the pursuit of his Ph.D. beginning this fall on a full fellowship at either Caltech or Princeton. Obviously, we are very pleased with Brian’s education at the University of Idaho. This expression of our gratitude for our son’s great experience at UI is meant as positive feedback and as an explicit thank you to the faculty and staff, and to the generous alumni who help make success stories like this possible. Brian’s story is a clear illustration of the value of UI’s Campaign for Idaho and its mission to recruit and serve high-achieving students. It also illustrates the broader success of the UI made possible by the outstanding efforts of its “extended family” that includes the faculty, staff, administration, alumni and partners in industry. As a tangible expression of his gratitude and further commitment to UI, Brian has already begun to give back as a President’s Circle Young Alumni, which is a sustained form of financial giving to UI that we hope every new graduate will consider. Thank you. Pleased parents Larry Standley and Susan Blough, Boise I

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