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Here We Have Idaho The University of Idaho Magazine SPRING 2005 • VOLUME 22, NUMBER 2

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University President Timothy White Director of University Communications and Marketing Bob Hieronymus Alumni Association President Brian Hill University of Idaho Foundation President Keith Rifﬂe Editor Jeff Olson Magazine Design Julene Ewert

VANDAL POINT OF PRIDE

IDEAS INNOVATION INSPIRATION Gifts change lives forever.

“Being a student athlete at the University of Idaho is a great privilege and opportunity. Thanks to our alumni and supporters of the Vandal Scholarship Fund, we are able to compete in a Division 1-A program while earning a degree from a ﬁrst class institution.”

Writers and Contributors Kathy Barnard Jennifer Karinen Bauer Hugh Cooke Leslie Einhaus Tim Helmke Nancy Hilliard Dan Hunt Ian Klei Bill Loftus Gail Miller Glenn Mosley Sue McMurray Tom Nugent Becky Paull Amy Rysdam Rebecca Self

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Senior, Business and Economics and Vandal football #45 tight end

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Cover Story 18 Traveling Old Rhodes and New UI’s national scholarship winners

Features 8 KUID-TV Celebrates 40 years of broadcasting

10 Michael Kirk On the “Frontline” of broadcast journalism

12 Healthy Research Science and technology take on diseases

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When Manners Matter UI students learn to be polite

22 How Scholarships Help More than 4,500 UI student receive ﬁnancial aid

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24 BLOT A new student-run magazine

30 Reconnecting to UI Become a volunteer

32 Sports Spotlight The best darn sportscasters

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Ludwig Sherman Gerlough ’09 was the University of Idaho’s sixth Rhodes Scholar. The cover photograph, part of the Gerlough Family Papers in the UI Special Collections, is labeled “In Reg Leonard’s room. Dewey, Idaho 1907.” The young men in the photograph are not identiﬁed, however, Gerlough is believed to be in the dark shirt. MG 403, UI Special Collections.

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ASUI President Autumn Hansen

Sociology and Justice Studies major from Coeur d’Alene Camera Tsunami Relief Bracelet for my Grandma Wallet Checkbook Toothbrush Toothpaste Chap Stick About two dozen pens, pencils, highlighters Ginger Altoids tin Franklin Covey Original Planner Scrabble tiles Two folder ﬁles for Alternative Service Break Trip Cell phone and charger One-inch-thick stack of papers on student fees, Vandal Taxi, speeches, presentations, and the ASUI President’s daily to-do list Business folder — the staple for any meeting Face wash — for the really late nights in the ofﬁce Wonder Woman thank you cards Lotion Empty baggy from Valentine’s cookie from friend Webster’s Vest Pocket Dictionary — I’ve had it since the eighth grade — great for both Speed Scrabble games and studying Notebook for Justice Policy Issues Notebook for Psychology of Women Spoon — for breakfast yogurt on the run Envelope of Oral Surgeon contacts — I have to get my wisdom teeth removed this summer Eyeglass case with eyeglasses

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f all the days on the academic calendar, it is difficult to find one more profound than commencement. Transformation of our students through knowledge provides us all great hope for the future. I invite you to join me in offering hearty congratulations to our 2005 graduates as they join the distinguished ranks of University of Idaho alumni. This spring, I addressed the university community to present “A Plan for Renewal of People, Programs and Place.” It is a distinctive plan for the future of our University. The heart of the plan calls for eliminating our recurring and accumulated deficits, and expresses a multiyear commitment to focus on academic excellence and institutional priorities. We will invest in people, programs and place with the goal of positioning the University for optimal impact and relevance for the changing needs and expectations of our diverse and global society. The Plan is a promise to: • The state of Idaho and our constituents and stakeholders that we will excel in the fulfillment of our mission, and that we are thus worthy of enduring public and private support; • Our students — past, present and future — that our efforts and programs will bring pride and value to them, and that those programs be accessible, affordable, engaging, culturally competent and welcoming. • Our faculty and staff that they will be supported and encouraged in their work as together we advance the miss of the University; and • Enrich the learning environment by attracting persons among us that reflect a diverse spectrum of experiences, perspectives, beliefs and cultures. How will we do this? We will permanently reduce our general operating budget in FY2006 by $4.75 million to eliminate our recurring debt. We will institute a general operating budget assessment to raise $2 million each year until the accumulated budget deficit is retired. We will change the method we use to distribute money to units on campus and create a fund for investment in our renewal. Renewal of People — Our top priority is a compensation enhancement program for faculty and staff that improves salaries to more competitive levels so we recruit and retain nothing but first-rate individuals. Renewal of Programs — We must invest

EVENTS COMING EVENTS

29 Engineering Design Expo Apr. 29-May 1 Class of 1945, Class of 1955 and Golden I reunions

April 5 UI Boise Commencement 6 UI Idaho Falls Commencement 9 UI Coeur d’Alene Commencement

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14 UI Moscow Commencement 23 UI Alumni Reception in New York City 24 UI Alumni Reception in Washington, D.C. June 26-July 1 Life on Wheels, RV Conference, UI campus Aug. 22 Fall semester 2005 begins

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Sept. 22-24 Kappa Sigma 100th Anniversary weekend

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

in programs that meet the needs of the 21st century. Five strategic academic themes have been identified that are integral to our vision. • Advancing existing strengths in science, technology, and engineering areas of imaging, power and energy, biosciences, and nanoscience and materials. • Strengthening the arts and sciences to improve scientific discovery, social and cultural enhancement, and progress in the applied professions. • Using ideas, creativity, innovation and engagement to inspire enterprise and technological change. • Sustaining Idaho’s natural resources that contribute to our quality of life and natural resources-based industries. • Understanding sustainable design and life style to address Idaho’s significant population growth. Renewal of Place — Several actions will allow us to better focus on our core mission activities. First, we must integrate and consolidate small programs and units, and reduce course duplication to increase efficient use of faculty, staff and teaching assistants. We also must optimize

opportunities to attract high quality students and garner public and private support for our programs through: • Marketing and strategic communications of faculty and student achievements; • Preparing for a capital campaign; • A more strategic approach to enrollment management; • Implementing a university-wide diversity plan; and • Re-designing and energizing outreach activities. The development of this plan is the result of input from faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends, and reﬂects your ideas, ideals and aspirations. In many cases, your ideas have inspired the innovations for a bright future for the University of Idaho. We will be successful with your continued support and involvement. Sincerely,

Timothy P. White President

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David Chichester, a seasoned financial officer and principal with Tatum Partners, Ltd., will serve as interim vice president for finance and administration. He assumes the duties of Jay Kenton, who left UI for a new post in Oregon. Most recently, Chichester served as CFO of Starbucks Coffee Japan, and was senior vice president of finance for Seattle Starbucks Coffee Co. for three years. He will serve as vice president until the position is filled permanently later this year. A Web site now is available highlighting the initiatives, programs and collective resources associated with diversity on the University of Idaho campus. Just click on the “Diversity” button on the UI home page.

Give Peace a Chance

Since 1961 when the Peace Corps was established, 435 UI alumni have become volunteers. Currently, 24 UI graduates are in the Peace Corps and serve their country and the cause of peace by living and working in the developing world. Brandi Bell ’03 is in Thailand, Nicholas ’02 and Erica ’02 Tweet are in Paraguay, and Maria Perez ’95 is in Macedonia. Other UI alumni are assigned to countries around the world from Mongolia to Vanuatu to the Dominican Republic. The Peace Corps has ranked UI as a Top 25 volunteer-producing university in 2004. UI is ranked 23rd among mediumsized institutions. It is the ﬁrst time UI has earned a spot in the Top 25 ranking. Look for a story on UI Peace Corps volunteers in a future issue of Here We Have Idaho.

One of the world’s largest engineering and project delivery firms, CH2M Hill, will move its Boise operations into the Idaho Water Center in late June, which opens the door for research partnerships with other occupants of the building, including the University of Idaho. Two major credit rating agencies — Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s — recently confirmed their respective bond ratings on UI’s debt of “A1” and “A+,” and issued rating reports categorizing the university’s financial outlook as “stable.”

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The University of Idaho Library is taking part in an innovative pilot program that will provide virtual reference services to individuals seeking government information. The “Ask a Government Information Librarian” service allows users to go online and ask questions or seek information about the state and federal government.

Robert Neuenschwander, manager of the UI Study Abroad program receives the 2005 International Golden Civil Award from the Nepal Civil Forum. The award was presented to Neuenschwander by Parasu Narayan Chaudhary, president of the Royal Council Standing Committee.

Nepal Honors UI

The National Democracy of Nepal and the state of Idaho share more than rugged mountains and roaring rivers. Since 1998, the University of Idaho and Nepal have shared their culture, education and students. Nearly 80 UI students have attended the Study of Ancient and New Nepal Research Institute where they study Nepali culture, volunteer at local organizations, schools and clinics, and intern with businesses and companies. Almost 30 Nepali students have come to UI to experience the American equation of

the student exchange. Last year, the College of Business and Economics began a new program for Nepali students, where they spend their last two years of college at UI to study business and economics. In February, Nepal honored two UI administrators for their contributions to helping the people of Nepal in the area of higher education. Byron Dangerﬁeld, dean of the College of Business and Economics, and Bob Neuenschwander, manager of UI’s Study Abroad program, were among 25 Americans who were awarded 2005 International Golden Civil Awards by the Nepal Civil Forum.

Left: Bill Fagerbakke speaks at the fall sports banquet. Below: Director of Athletics Rob Spear presents Fagerbakke with a commemorative football jersey.

UI student Cindy Darnell’s winning public art to celebrate Buhl’s centennial.

Big Fish in a Small Town

Cindy Darnell is leaving an artistic mark on the town of Buhl. Darnell, an art and design graduate student from Salem, Ill., submitted the winning design for a piece of public art to celebrate Buhl’s centennial in 2006. The student-artist designed a sculpture that features a 30-foot steel trout – appropriate for Buhl, which bills itself as the “Trout Capital of America” because of the area’s thriving aquaculture industry. “Winning was rather overwhelming,” said Darnell, who never has taken on a sculpture of this magnitude. When completed, the project “will weigh more than a car.” Construction of the sculpture begins this summer. Darnell also received a $1,500 award. The work of two other UI MFA art and design students was recognized. Jan Kirchoff-Smith of Portland, Ore., took the $300 second-place prize and Blake Johnson of Ann Arbor, Mich., took third and received $200.

A Starring Role

Not even Bill Fagerbakke could remember what number he wore during his UI football career. A football player turned actor, Fagerbakke was in Moscow for the annual banquet to honor participants in UI’s fall sports programs. Among them, football – the initial reason he enrolled at UI after graduating from Rupert’s Minidoka High School. An injury during his sophomore year cut short his playing career but freed him to pursue the passion for acting. He struggled as young actors do; spent time in New York and Hollywood. His big break came when he was called on to play the not-so-bright assistant coach on the hit comedy “Coach,” which was supposed to ﬁll the half-season that remained of a canceled show. It ran nine years. Reruns continue to this day. He later appeared in HBO’s “Oz.” Lately, he’s gained fame — vocally anyway — as the voice of Patrick Star on the children’s animated hit “SpongeBob SquarePants.” As he visited with UI’s student-athletes, their coaches, parents and friends, he reminisced with a smile about his halcyon days in Moscow. “This is a great place,” he said. “I had a great time here.” And the number on the framed jersey presented to him: #1.

Wildﬁre Protection —Minimize the Risks

Owning a home on a piece of property is the dream of a lot of families. But it’s a dream that can go up in smoke during wildﬁre season. “Protecting and Landscaping Homes in the Wildland/Urban, Interface,” written by Yvonne C. Barkley, Chris Schnepf and Jack Cohen and produced by UI Extension Forestry, can help homeowners in the country or on the edge of town minimize the risks from wildﬁres. The booklet offers new information and expertise from, Cohen, a nationally

recognized ﬁre expert. Photographs and graphics illustrate the extreme danger of wildﬁre and help readers understand how

to protect their homes. Protection tips include greenbelts, recommendations on nonflammable roofing materials, enclosing decks, soffits and overhangs, removing debris from roofs and gutters and thinning native plants on the property. The publication costs $4 and is available by contacting Agricultural Publications, University of Idaho, P.O. Box 442240, Moscow, Idaho, 838442240, telephone (208) 885-7982, or e-mail agpubs@uidaho.edu.

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The University of Idaho has received continued accreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. In general, the accreditation team commends UI for its commitment to students, learning and living facilities, the new core curriculum, access to technology, the dedication of faculty and staff and success with private fund raising. The team’s recommendations for improvement focus on clarifying institutional mission, initiating strategic planning and addressing staffing and financial issues. UI is tackling those issues as part of its Plan for Renewal in People, Programs and Place. Accreditation is the official “stamp of approval” for the overall quality of the institution, and a standard by which universities are eligible for federal funding and other grants.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Weippe is Closest

In your recent Winter 2005 issue, I was confused by one of your statements in the article on the travels of Lewis and Clark. While writing about your technology development program that was implemented in 1999, you stated that Lapwai is the community closest to the Weippe Prairie. I don’t know what you were trying to say, but that is an inaccurate and misleading statement. People from outside the area would think you had to travel to Lapwai to visit the Weippe Prairie. I was raised in Weippe and the last time I looked, Weippe was the community that was closest to the Weippe Prairie, along with numerous others between there and Lapwai. I just wanted to clear that up for you and for myself since it has bothered me for a while. Unfortunately, it seems that since it is a small community virtually in the middle of nowhere, Weippe is oftentimes forgotten. Sincerely, Kathleen Stewart Deary

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Jim Fazio, UI professor and author of “Across the Snowy Ranges,” responds. The concern you have about the days spent in Idaho is simply a matter of interpretation. My use of the 93 days was made in reference to the entire expedition. The main body of the expedition entered on August 26 and spent a total of 93 days in what is now Idaho. You mentioned 107 days, and in later correspondence you used the ﬁgure 105 days. I agree that 105 is the total that some members of the party were in the state. I often use that ﬁgure when giving talks, and qualify it when I do. So, I guess the short answer is that both 93 and 105 are correct and need to be taken in context. Perhaps readers can do their own counting and see what they come up with. Overall, I think the author did an

excellent job of distilling down the activities of many people here on campus who have spent thousands of hours trying to help the state commemorate the expedition and share its story with non-historians. Of course we need to be careful with facts, but in my opinion it is the amazing story of the contribution and success of the expedition, and reasons behind that success, that really matters. That, and the potential for a lasting legacy that hopefully is emerging from the bicentennial commemoration.

UI Student’s Project Becomes Touchstone

Pitman Recognized

I was heartened to see the article on Dean of Students Bruce Pitman in the most recent issue of the UI magazine. The article captured the essence of his goodness as a dean, but only offers us a glimpse into his impact as a person who has profoundly changed the lives of so many faculty, staff and students. Bruce Pitman is a selﬂess person. This is a rare trait in higher education administration. He is a remarkable role model to professionals all over the country not only for his professional wisdom, but for his steadfast belief in the goodness of others. Congratulations to UI for recognizing Bruce Pitman’s strengths. You are well served by him. He will move our University forward with dignity and respect. He is a wonderful asset of our beloved University of Idaho. Jim Bauer Salem, Ore.

Correction

In the Winter 2005 issue, we reported UI enrolled nine new National Merit Scholars last fall, and was the only Idaho institution to enroll new National Merit Scholars. In fact, Idaho State University and BYU-Idaho each enrolled one National Merit Scholar.

Bacteria are our Allies, too

How’s this for a pesticide’s list of health dangers: Toxicity: None. UI microbiologist Don Crawford’s work with a company to produce a biopesticide started a decade ago with product development. Five years ago, Natural Industries saw enough potential to begin seeking its registration as a pesticide from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The product Actinovate SP won approval last May, clearing the way for sales to the greenhouse, nursery, agriculture and turf industries. In January, the EPA approved pesticide registration of another related product. The new product relies on a bacterium, Streptomyces lydicus WYEC108, to control soil-borne plant diseases caused by fungi. Streptomyces bacteria, in general, are sources of some of the most powerful antibiotics. Crawford’s work puts the bacteria in the trenches to take the ﬁght to fungi where they live, on leaves, roots and stems, by manufacturing microdoses of antibiotics when needed to keep invaders at bay.

When New York Times columnist Jane E. Brody wrote earlier this year about public fears about biotech food, she cited a 1997 middle school science fair project by Nathan Zohner of Idaho Falls. Now a UI junior majoring in mechanical engineering, Zohner was ambivalent about the notice. His project also has been cited in a textbook, Scientiﬁc American magazine, newspapers nationwide, the Congressional Record and the Web site, Slashdot. His grand prize project surveyed fellow students about a ban on dihydrogen monoxide. It recounted the chemical’s known dangers, noting it can cause burns as a gas and severe tissue damage in its solid state. He noted DHMO is a major component of acid rain. His survey showed 43 of 50 classmates supported a ban. Six were undecided. One realized that DHMO, better known as H2O, was water. Pundits saw his survey’s results as an example of the public’s gullibility and its ignorance of basic science.

Testing Evolution in Real-Time

UI biologists Darin Rokyta, Brian Caudle and Holly Wichman joined with statistician Paul Joyce to subject one prediction of evolutionary theory to a real-time laboratory test. Using a “wild-caught” virus, the members of UI’s Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST) tested whether the path of short-term evolution is predictable from a purely mathematical theory when specific biological details are ignored. The team found that the domestication of their virus was more complicated than the evolutionary theory predicted; the data suggested the need for a balance between the pure theory and the biological details. The experiment was reported in the journal Nature Genetics. These results contribute significantly to our understanding of the general process of evolution. Evolution can have profound ramifications for medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology. Problems such as drug-resistant diseases and pesticide-resistant insects are the results of evolution, and evolutionary theory can aid in preventing or managing such problems.

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In the Winter 2005 issue of the University of Idaho magazine is an article entitled “Lasting Legacies - Two Centuries After the Corp of Discovery” written by Jeff P. Jones. The ﬁrst sentence states, “On August 12, 1805, Capt. Meriwether Lewis and two of his men crested a ridge just above the headwaters of the Missouri River, becoming the ﬁrst Euro-Americans

on record to enter what is now known as Idaho.” With all due respect to the attempt of Jones to relate historical fact, I feel compelled to point out there was not two members of the Corp of Discovery with Meriwether Lewis but three; George Drouillard, Hugh McNeal and John Shields. I also believe Jones is mistaken on the number of days spent in Idaho. According to my calculation the Corp of Discovery spent a total of 107 days among the Shoshoni and Nez Perce of Idaho. If you ﬁnd any portion of this response in error I would deeply appreciate being corrected and would humbly offer my apologies. On the other hand if you ﬁnd the material factual I would appreciate an acknowledgement. The possible injustice to the rest of your readers I will leave to yourself to ponder. James Richard Fromm via e-mail

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Cecil Bondurant and Walter Johnson making initial adjustments to the cameras for commencement 1966.

Producing a program in the KUID studio. PG 20-149 Historical Photo Collection, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

KUID producers Bill McMillin, Tom Coggins and Michael Kirk, 1976.

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arty Peterson ’68 remembers election night 1966 vividly—he was anchoring the live election coverage on KUID-TV in Moscow. The station then was just about one year old. “We were broadcasting from a local car dealer’s showroom,” Peterson recalls. “We were down about half the time with blown circuit breakers because the showroom circuits couldn’t handle the lights and our cameras. To get the signal up to the transmitter on Moscow Mountain, we did a feed through the local cable TV system from the showroom back to the KUID-TV studio. It was all pretty primitive, but great experience.” Now a special assistant to University of Idaho President Tim White, Peterson still talks passionately about his days as an undergraduate Radio-Television major learning the ropes at KUID-TV/FM. “I can remember dragging cables out of the building to help set up a live baseball game broadcast. We used a single RCA vidicon camera with a telephoto lens to shoot from the front porch of the KUID studio to the baseball ﬁeld about 300 feet away,” he says, with a smile.

Gordon Law and Peter Haggart, 1965. PG 2-185-1, Historical Photo Collection, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

Commencement 1966.

Peterson’s stories are among many told by the students, faculty and television professionals who have edited tape, hosted programs, produced award-winning documentaries, and worked in the remote broadcast truck through the years at Idaho’s ﬁrst public television station. KUID went on the air in 1965, and grew to become a nationally recognized television station, winning dozens of awards including a regional Emmy award for “Skydiving” in 1977 and a national Gabriel Award for “Iran, Religion, and World Conﬂict” in 1980. The birth of KUID-TV was the crowning moment of a broadcast media renaissance at UI in the early- to mid-60s. Students had been taking broadcasting courses on campus since 1945, and many had gone on to successful careers. But the establishment of KUID-FM in 1963 and then KUID-TV in 1965 at the university’s Radio-TV Center took the academic program — and the university — to a new level of excellence. Professor Peter Haggart arrived in 1963 and watched the radio and television stations grow. He says students were integrated fully into station operations from the very beginning. “It was an exciting time to be at the UI,” he remembers. “Students got a good education and some real-time practical experience at KUID-FM and TV.”

The two policymakers most responsible for bringing both “Ballet, Ho!” a 1980 documentary on the Ballet Folk of Moscow. stations to life were Boyd Martin, dean of the College of Letters The station, wrote Lewiston Morning Tribune columnist and Science, and Gordon Law, then head of the Department of Ladd Hamilton in 1978, had “imagination and guts.” Communications. Students never were far out of the mix, whether they were in Law was, in many ways, the godfather of public broadcasting class being taught by KUID personnel or actually working for in Idaho. Haggart says Law was “the driving force… he had the the station. One experience fondly recalled by many students was contacts and political savvy to make a lot of things happen.” working in the station’s remote truck, built by station engineers Law remembers Haggart’s contributions as essential, and says and used for years to produce broadcasts from sporting events, Haggart himself was “quiet, steady, loyal and committed.” county fairs and other venues. KUID- TV quickly became a station “We did everything,” recalled Jeff deeply committed to covering issues of Kimberling, a 1986 graduate and now head of “We did significance to the community and the Sound, Production and Lighting on campus. state, and university officials found that the ran cables, took stats, operated the We ran cables, took stats, “We station extended UI’s outreach mission to cameras, announced the games… it was a lot an even wider audience. operated the cameras, of work and great fun.” Creative, original programming was the Things began to change in the early 1980s. announced the games… State funding problems and controversy hallmark of KUID. Early examples include the statewide airing of a debate between some of the documentaries led to it was a lot of work and over U.S. Senate candidates Frank Church state funding cuts. In 1982, the Idaho State and George Hansen in 1968, the first live Legislature created Idaho Public Television, ” broadcasts of Memorial Gym graduation the statewide television service. IPTV, and —Jeff Kimberling ceremonies, and live coverage of Borah not the university, has operated KUID-TV Symposium forums from the Student Union ever since, but students still take part in Building. public television by producing segments of At its height, KUID-TV employed 22 people producing about “Zoom” and working on IPTV programs such as “Dialogue.” seven hours of programming a week. 2005 marks the 40th anniversary of the day when academics, “The weekly Vandal sports shows, nightly news shows and students and professional broadcasters established KUID-TV. All documentaries on public affairs issues consumed the time of TV those who worked or learned at KUID are invited to the Radiostaff,” Haggart said. “But there were also plenty of documentaries TV Center Sept. 23-24 to celebrate that remarkable achievement. on the arts and culture.” Like Marty Peterson and Jeff Kimberling, they all will have their Among the many programs produced were “Sweet Land of memories to share and stories to tell about working at KUID-TV, Liberty,” a 1976 profile of the Moscow-Pullman gay community; Idaho’s first public television station. I “Cedar Thief!” a 1978 look at timber issues in north Idaho, and

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The Little Station that Could—and Did BY GLENN MOSLEY Director of Broadcasting School of Journalism and Mass Media

Producer Alan Bell (center) and crew shooting “Ballet, Ho!” in 1980.

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Maryann Jorgenson is an audio mixer for CBS, raises Clydesdales, and does cartoon art for various kennel clubs and dog publications, as well as ﬁne art portraits of animals for their owners.

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Richard Glaub is the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs resident director in Uzbekistan, managing programs with political parties and civil society.

Matt Shelley is chief of party for the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) media development program in Prishtina, Kosovo.

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Bill McMillin is a selfemployed video journalist in Seattle, Wash.

Karole (Greenwalt) Honas is a news anchor at KIFI-TV in Idaho Falls. Mark Ibanez is sports director at KTVU-TV in Oakland, Calif. Mike Tracy is communication director for U.S. Senator Larry Craig.

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Gregory J. Williamson, is the morning DJ on “Cool 104.3 FM” in Boise, does voice overs for TV station and voice advertising agencies in Northwest, and has been the Meridian auto race track announcer for 24 years.

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Ben Endow is the director of engineering for USA Broadcasting.

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Russ Leatherman is the founder of Mr. Moviefone and reviews movies for CNN. SPRING 2005

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t’s 4 o’clock on a weekday morning, and documentary filmmaker Michael Kirk ’71 is about to begin another typical day on the job. Armed with a mug of strong coffee and a tall stack of research notes, the award-winning PBS producerwriter-director sits contemplating his computer screen. How to begin? Frowning, he asks himself for at least the thousandth time in his remarkable filmmaking career: What’s the best way to “hook” the TV audience into his story? How can he focus their attention in a few dramatic seconds – while also “setting up” the 90-minute PBS “Frontline” documentary that will follow? Poised above his keyboard, the 57-year-old veteran of more than 100 national television productions takes a long, slow breath. Then he takes the plunge. All at once his fingers are flying over the keys. Audio: While the nation watched the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he was fighting another war Video: U.S. night-bombers thunder down the runway of an aircraft carrier. Audio: A war to control the Pentagon. Taking on the generals, and taking on the press. Confronting the congress and also Colin Powell. Video: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld scowls angrily, chews out reporters at a Pentagon press conference. Audio: Tonight, Frontline and the Washington Post go inside the battle at the Pentagon – inside Rumsfeld’s War!

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BY TOM NUGENT Michael Kirk conducts an interview in Washington, D.C. for an upcoming “Frontline” documentary.

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Alison Kartevold is a freelance TV news reporter/producer, who often appears on MSNBC. Jeff Tucker is the production manager for Idaho Public Television. Mitch Wasson is an engineer at KXLY-TV in Spokane, Wash.

1990

Tim Spaulding is producer/ director for In-Service/Special Projects, STEP Star Network, in Spokane, Wash.

1998

Eric Foster is a producer/ director and camera operator at KTVB-TV in Boise, and does lighting and steadicam for news sets, studio and ﬁeld shoots. Shannon (Paterson) Reagan is a news anchor/reporter at KTRVTV in Boise.

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Katie (Baker) Fixter co-hosts the morning news program at KOIN-TV in Portland, Ore.

Ask nationally renowned documentary-maker Mike Kirk to describe his work, and the Peabody Award-winning journalist responds bluntly. Creating a 90-minute documentary, such as last year’s PBS “Frontline” exposé on the Pentagon, entitled “Rumsfeld’s War,” demands every ounce of energy, persistence and intellectual courage a producer can bring to the table. “Making a documentary like the one I did on Rumsfeld is extremely formidable and trying to understand something as complex as the Pentagon can be daunting, to say the least,” said Kirk. “In many ways, putting a TV documentary together is like knowing you’re gonna have appendicitis for a couple of months, while you’re doing the reporting — and that when the time comes to do the actual writing and editing, you’re gonna have to perform the [appendectomy] operation, yourself. “Getting it right, which means getting it accurate, is extraordinarily difficult — and I guess that’s why I hurl myself at it. It’s also why I get up so early in the morning, and why I work so hard to understand my subjects. “Over the years, I’ve discovered that I can write eight hours’worth of stuff in two hours, if I start at four a.m. For me, the focus is much better at that early hour, and I can often write an entire day’s television [production] — about four or five minutes of the actual documentary — within half an hour. “I’ve also learned that if I try to write that same segment in my office, with the phones ringing and sunlight streaming through the windows, it will probably take me all day!”

The Challenge: Creating “Character-Driven” Narrative

A co-creator of the famed PBS “Frontline” documentary series back in the 1970s, Mike Kirk has produced, written or directed scores of hard-hitting, often controversial documentaries during the past three decades. Among the most memorable of these extended or “longform” news programs were “Waco: The Inside Story,” which won a coveted Peabody Award in 1995; “The Navy Blues,” a 1996 Emmy-winner that looked at problems of sexism in the U.S. Navy, and last year’s “Rumsfeld’s War,” which offered viewers a troubling autopsy of flawed Pentagon decision-making during the run-up to the Iraq War. So how did this high-flying Idaho native and former KUIDTV student intern manage to transform himself over the years into one of America’s most admired documentary filmmakers? Ask Kirk to reflect on his high-octane TV odyssey and he’ll tell you that it all began back in the late 1960’s, after he landed on the UI campus and signed up for Intro to Journalism with legendary Professor Bert Cross. “One of the best things about Bert’s class was the freedom he gave his students,” recalls Kirk. “I remember being amazed

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Lisa Bell is a news anchor/ reporter for WEAR-TV in Pensacola, Fla. Lindsey Roberts is a news anchor/reporter at KIVI-TV in Boise.

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Emily Albrechtsen is the weekend news editor at KGWTV in Portland, Ore. Bonnie Loftus is a news producer at KTVB-TV in Boise.

by the fact that “I feel an enormous sense of you could argue gratitude for the freedom I’ve with him in the classroom, and been given — the freedom he didn’t seem to mind. to be able to take this ‘first cut’ at “He was very writing history, and to tell generous in that way, and so these stories as honestly as I can.” were most of the other journalism — Michael Kirk professors. They let us report stories our way — provided the stories were accurate and well written — and that encouragement inspired a bunch of us to kind of ‘take over’ the student newspaper. The paper we put out was cheeky and uncontrolled. It was a place where we could practice the journalistic ideal of ‘telling the truth to power’ — and it was Cross and his colleagues who gave us the freedom to do it that way, rather than clipping our wings.” After his stint at KUID, Kirk would move on to TV news reporting in Seattle and eventually to Boston, where he now directs the Kirk Documentary Group. Kirk’s high-powered and quick-footed company produces TV specials and documentaries with journalistic partners scattered around the globe. Like dozens of projects before it, the Rumsfeld documentary was an “exercise in storytelling,” says Kirk. “What I’ve learned over the years is that I have to build each documentary around a strong, central character. Then I’ll go ahead and tell the story as much as possible from that central character’s perspective. “For me, it’s always a character-driven narrative, and the narrative keeps telling me what to do next. I never argue with that character, and I always do my best to keep my own politics out of the writing. I think my job on that last documentary was to try and understand Rumsfeld’s perspective on the Iraq War, and to present it as honestly as I could.” According to many American TV critics, Kirk’s “narrative approach” to documentary filmmaking has worked splendidly over the years – while allowing him to produce a series of gripping “docs” that opened new windows on subjects as diverse as pornography in America, sexism in the Navy, and the troubled career of “assisted suicide” doctor Jack Kevorkian. Says the super-intense Kirk, while meditating on his long career as one of America’s most influential TV producers: “I feel an enormous sense of gratitude for the freedom I’ve been given – the freedom to be able to take this ‘first cut’ at writing history, and to tell these stories as honestly as I can. “As far as I’m concerned, that’s a great privilege — and it makes me want to work even harder at producing compelling documentaries.” I

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Jenny Sue Anchondo is a news reporter at KNDU-TV in the Tri-Cities, Wash.

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A microbiology and molecular biology major, Williams intends to pursue graduate studies to earn her doctorate. Her particular interest is how disease organisms develop drug resistance. “I would like to understand how resistance develops in bacteria and educate people about ways to avoid it,” she said. A growing number of UI faculty and students are participating in health-related research, and their accomplishments are gaining international attention. Idaho Agriculture Experiment Station Director Greg Bohach led the team that won the ﬁrst $9.7 million National Institutes of Health grant in 2000 to focus on infectious diseases. The team saw opportunity in a new NIH program to stimulate competitive research. Seizing that chance meant Greg and Carolyn Hovde Bohach, his wife and fellow scientist whose expertise is the study of E. coli, worked the Christmas holiday on the grant with other team members Troy Ott, Ken Bayles and Amy Bryant at the Veterans Administration Boise Medical Center.

Julia Williams began her work in UI research labs as a high school senior. Now a UI junior, she studies how disease organisms develop drug resistance.

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“The competition is national when attracting federal funds and bioscience businesses. Indeed quality matters.” —UI Pres. Timothy White

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Kurt Gustin and Greg Bohach are researchers with the UI Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), funded by a ﬁve-year, $9 million National Institutes of Health grant.

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niversity of Idaho junior Julia Williams became the face of Idaho’s future biotechnology industry for Idaho Statesman readers earlier this year when the newspaper produced its annual guide to Idaho’s high-tech industries. Williams’ photo on the cover more immediately represented university efforts to help faculty and students expand Idaho bioscience capabilities.

Biomedical Research brings UI undergraduates into the Lab

— Mike Laskowski

The Boise gathering impressed Laskowski with the need for action. He saw an impressive array of the state’s leaders, support for science and technology from the governor’s office and legislators, and enthusiastic industry representatives. He also saw that the state’s potential remains mostly a promise. “I’m optimistic, but the state is going to have to step up to the plate to make an investment. The way you do it is to invest in the universities,” Laskowski said. “What the meeting told me was this is a great opportunity, don’t waste it.” Idaho will have to nurture its bioscience industry in its own way and that means agricultural biotechnology, already a strength, will remain a focus. He added that expertise in biological sciences and a growing group of scientists with expertise in biofilms, layered coatings of bacteria, also will Mike Laskowski is the UI-based director of the IDeA Network advance our efforts to fight human diseases such as for Biomedical Research cystic fibrosis. Excellence Laskowski, who directed Idaho’s medical education efforts for more than a decade, led an innovative statewide partnership that brought home more than $26 million in NIH funding since 2001. That total includes last year’s $16.1 million to fund the network of UI, ISU, BSU and seven other education and research institutions statewide. The bioscience engine that could power Idaho’s economy runs lean. Idaho’s universities provide the ideas and the educated workforce that will fuel the industry in the years ahead. Without a significant state investment, Laskowski said, economic opportunity will be lost and, more importantly, our children and grandchildren will be forced to look outside the state for good jobs that could be here. I

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ed Yamamoto spent 10 weeks last summer in the lab of Professor Larry Forney, who introduced him to the “wonderful complexity” of microbial communities, Yamamoto said. The pioneering work by Forney, who is Biological Sciences Department head, attracted international attention last fall after publication of early results of a study of vaginal bacteria. For Yamamoto, a sophomore, working as a Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network Fellow solidified his interest in science as a career. “BRIN has allowed me to experience the scientific method firsthand,” he said. “I like the opportunity to transfer good, solid science to practical uses that can help people,” Yamamoto said. He hopes to win admission to the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho regional medical education program after completing his UI biology degree. His lab experience may shape his future plans and open the door to focusing his medical career on research rather than treatment. His research interests also include the formation of nerve cells and ways that nanotechnology may transform medicine. “It’s been a big jump from high school to doing science that may actually change people’s lives,” Yamamoto said. “I think that’s pretty cool.”

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“The amount of work that was needed to do it was just incredible and the time we were given to do it was very short so by necessity, we worked when we had to to get it done,” he said. Another payoff from Greg Bohach’s research on Staphyloccus aureus, which can cause toxic shock in people and mastitis in dairy cattle, brought tangible economic returns to UI in November. South Korea’s LG Life Sciences licensed a patentpending defanged staph toxin Bohach and UI researchers developed through work funded by United Dairymen of Idaho, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and NIH. The importance of the university in addressing such problems and the economic potential they represent is well known to Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, who champions science and technology as essential elements of the state’s economy. Earlier this year he appointed UI President Tim White to his Science and Technology Advisory Council along with the presidents of Boise State University and Idaho State University. “Creating synergy between scientiﬁc research and economic development is the central focus of our Science and Technology Advisory Council. There is no one better to help lead those

efforts than the heads of our ﬁne state universities,” Kempthorne said. The three university presidents later teamed in Boise to help underscore the importance of university research to the state during an Idaho Bioscience Association dinner that drew 350 legislators, state government and local ofﬁcials, and business representatives. White noted UI faculty members applied for 17 U.S. patents during 2004 and that the Idaho Research Foundation issued 21 licenses to companies to use university-developed technologies. The quality of scientists on the faculty makes the difference, White said. Future support to grow the state’s bioscience industry must follow the same principle. “When we invest in building capacity we must do so with the highest quality people and programs. The competition is national when attracting federal funds and bioscience businesses. Indeed quality matters.” Quality has been a key to UI success in gaining federal grants to support bioscience research. UI Professor Holly Wichman played a key role on a team of researchers that established the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in 2002. A zoologist and expert in evolutionary studies, her work with computer scientists and statisticians promises to reveal how organisms such as viruses and bacteria change ways that can help or hurt us. Her work with the virus phiX shows that evolutionary change is predictable. Mike Laskowski is the UI-based director of the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Network for Biomedical Research Excellence and serves as Idaho Bioscience Association board chairman.

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Above: Sage Clark, at left, is an animal science major from Blackfoot. She also is an undergraduate researcher working with Prof. Troy Ott, right. Here, they are freezing uterine-derived cell lines for later analysis. Right: A bead-head representation of the phi X virus crafted by Prof. Holly Wichman. Her research team studies the virus to show that evolutionary change is predictable.

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When Manners Matter

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n the time spent earning a college Hunter, a 23-year-old graduate student in architecture from education, certain details get overlooked Rigby. “I feel I’ll use it a lot with clients and job interviews. It’s a — that the tines of a fork should always face up lifelong skill.” when the utensil is laid down might be at the top of With napkins properly folded in their laps, they began that list. the first course, cold eggplant salad, with chopsticks. “Never With years of bookwork and lectures filling their heads, can wave or stab your chopsticks in the air,” Lybyer advised those students be blamed for thinking of dining etiquette as locating contemplating work in foreign markets. “And do not sit them up the paper napkin dispenser? in rice. That is a symbol of death in some Asian cultures.” Dine with Style, the first UI-sponsored Etiquette Dinner was The salad dishes were taken away and the next course designed to help students add a final sheen to their education by arrived, breadsticks and vichyssoise — a chilled potato leek teaching table manners over the duration of soup. Students listened to directions on a four-course meal. sipping soup from the side of the spoon “I figure For people likely to have spent the past and looked refined as they followed especially when you are four or more years in jeans and T-shirts, the instructions carefully. event began with a free professional dress Surprised looks greeted the fact that out in the work force, is show. even breadsticks have rules. No dipping, definitely something to Several students confessed that Lybyer told them, and only butter a biteprofessional clothing had ranked near the I feel sized piece at a time. As for the salt and bottom of their hierarchy of needs. “I had pepper, “they are married,” she counseled. I’ll use it a lot with clients “Always pass them together. And taste to buy special clothes for this occasion,” said Lori Jasman, a 21-year-old senior from Sagle your food before seasoning,” she added, and job interviews. It’s a majoring in agriculture. “They told us we “or you may give the appearance of skill.” couldn’t wear jeans. I only own jeans.” overindulgence.” Nathan Larson, a 23-year-old senior in As the main course arrived, glazed kiwi — Amber Hunter computer science, came to the event in a pork tenderloin with grilled sharp blue suit. “These clothes came with vegetable kabobs and couscous, my apartment,” Larson admitted. Lybyer gave directions on cutting one bite at a time After the dress show, students filed into the Clearwaterand wiping with a napkin after every two or three Whitewater Room of the Idaho Commons, where banquet bites. tables were set up for a gourmet meal to be tackled with a total Always try what you are served, she told them. of eight utensils, including chopsticks. Don’t come to an interview hungry. Debra Lybyer, a two-time UI alumna and Don’t order anything messy or on fire. director of Career Development Services The meal ended with berry crepes for dessert, and at Lewis-Clark State College, strolled for those looking at the table as if it were a potential minefield, the room with a microphone, guiding Lybyer issued a final rule, “if you don’t know what do, wait and the 110 students through the meal that watch what others do.” had been put together by several student “That’s a good rule of thumb,” said Robert Carlson, a 19groups. year-old graphic design major from Chicago. “College forges “It takes 10 seconds to make a first impression, but much an appreciation of interacting with people from vastly different longer to overcome one,” Lybyer told the group. backgrounds and interests. When it comes to interacting with Lessons on introducing people and the importance of a people, you need these skills. It’s something I’m going to use on gentle but firm handshake were followed with a reminder to a regular basis.” never talk with food in one’s mouth. “Using utensils as language to communicate, that was The students at the tables came from a variety of fields and interesting,” said Karen Wolf, 47, who is working on a master’s saw the $15 dinner ticket as an investment in their future, which degree and certification in education. “I’m close to graduating could soon include an interview with a prospective employer and I thought it would be a good idea to come. Almost over a meal. Many were planning to attend UI/WSU Career everything I learned was new to me.” Expo of the Palouse the next day. “I felt I might still have things to learn and I did,” said Debra “I figure etiquette, especially when you are out in the work Zambino, a 50-year-old major in textiles from St. Paul, Minn., force, is definitely something to learn and use,” said Amber “think the entire event helped me polish my skills.” I

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UI’S NATIONAL SCHOLARS Travel Old Rhodes and New to Success

Alton Campbell, associate dean of the College of “These scholarships Natural Resources, cultivates an impressive number of Morris K. Udall Foundation scholarships. Ten set you on a UI students have received the $5,000 award in the past seven years. Udall awards recognize excellence in environment fields, health care or tribal policy of accomplishment...” Native Americans. “We try to identify top students as soon as — Melanie Coonts Samuel they walk on campus,” says Campbell. “Then we work with them to build their leadership, service and research skills. We help them see their own potential and provide experiences that eventually build a nationally competitive resume.” Melanie (Coonts) ’02 and Buck Samuel ’02 pursue Two such scholars were Wyatt Hundrup ’97 and Alyssa health research at Washington University. Muth ’98, who met at a Udall conference, married after college, completed graduate degrees and now have jobs with the O’Laughlin in the CNR Policy Analysis Group influenced his Government Accountability Office in Washington, D.C. Both interest in public policy. are analysts for the Natural Resources and Environmental Team. Since moving to Washington, D.C., “the hotbed for policy,” They also have a 1-year-old son, Martin, their sidekick in family, Alyssa has worked on such issues as endangered species, work and travel. uranium enrichment cleanup, and the Clean Water and Safe “I think the Udall scholarships helped open the door to my Drinking Water Act. Wyatt has analyzed such issues as nuclear subsequent Fulbright scholarship, which helped open the door nonproliferation, Mad Cow Disease, and managing air tours to graduate school,” says Alyssa. “You gain momentum that keeps over national parks. He then recommends improvements — “just you going financially and motivated to make a real difference what I set out to do,” he says. in the world. These scholarships opened my eyes to career possibilities and introduced me to a world of dedicated people Journeys into Science like myself who hope to make the world a better place, even if it Tom Bitterwolf, sits on the university selection committee for is only one tiny step at a time.” Rhodes Scholars and credits consistent UI successes with science Alyssa not only had two Udalls, but won a Fulbright to the and engineering scholarships and fellowships to “UI’s heavy Universidad Nacional in Costa Rica from 1998-1999. Upon emphasis on undergraduate research experiences for students.” returning from Costa Rica, the couple entered the public For instance, Melanie Coonts, Buck Samuel and Brandy administration program at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School Wiegers ’02 all had participated in NSF Research Experiences of Citizenship and Public Affairs. for Undergraduates and other funded research while at UI. “My experiences in ecology, conservation and Costa Rica Coonts and Samuel’s golden grants in 2002 launched their strengthened my desire to pursue a career in environmental post-graduate lives. Her Goldwater Scholarship paid for her last policy,” said Alyssa, who earned a Udall Scholarship in 1997; undergraduate years. Wyatt was a 1996 recipient. Wyatt said his work with UI’s Jay “These scholarships set you on a path of future accomplishment and facilitate the transition to the next level as you pursue your career,” said Melanie. “The preparation, support, and individual attention I received at UI were instrumental in helping me become competitive for scholarships on a national level.”

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restigious national and international scholarships transport students to studies at home and abroad. They cover all expenses and provide entry into cultural and intellectual inner sanctums otherwise impenetrable. They are won by ﬁerce competition with the nation’s top one percent of students. UI scholars have won such awards as Rhodes, Jack Kent Cooke, Goldwater, Rotary Ambassadorial and Morris Udall scholarships. Most programs require no payback, but assume that knowledge gained will “pay it forward” to the common good.

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Wyatt ’97 and Alyssa (Muth) ’98 Hundrup are former Udall Scholars at UI, now working with the Government Accountability Ofﬁce in Washington, D.C.

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Ludwig Sherman Gerlough ’09 at Oxford University, 1914. Gerlough Family Papers, MG 403, UI Special Collections.

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Ludwig Sherman Gerlough, 1887-1978, became UI’s sixth Rhodes Scholar in 1911. He came from a humble mining family of six children in Cheyenne, Wyo. The Gerlough family had relocated to Boise to give their children better educations. Ludwig graduated from high school there in 1905 and attended UI, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1909. He then taught math and history, and coached football at Moscow High School until 1911, when he became part of the Rhodes tradition “to seek excellence in qualities of mind and person, which offer the promise of effective service to the world in decades ahead.” He attended Oxford University in England as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a second bachelor’s degree by 1914. He then returned to the U.S., married fellow teacher, Margaret Lauder, and began teaching at San Diego High School. He received a master’s degree from Oxford in 1918. Gerlough taught at Lowell High School, a college prep school in San Francisco, until his retirement. He died at age 91, having passed the torch of scholarship to hundreds of others.

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Wieger’s award paved the way to an NSF Vertical Integration The Rotary Ambassadorial award “provided the extra of Research and Education fellowship of $10,000, which frees edge needed to get into a top 10 institution like Washington her to work with whichever professors she desires since she University” said Samuel. “When I was admitted, I gave up my comes with her own funding. award so another deserving student could have the international She currently works toward a Ph.D. creating a computational travel experience.” model of plant root growth — important They married in 2002 and now live, because that is the plant’s only escape from study and research in biomedical sciences “These UI alumni illustrate dangerous soils into soils full of nutrients at Washington University at St. Louis. They water. She has two more years to are in their third year in the Molecular the of the national and earn her a doctoral degree and complete a Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis dissertation. program. Last spring, Buck won an NSF investment to these Then, Wiegers says, she would like to Graduate Research Fellowship and Melanie scholars personally, in pursue academic administration, promote a Howard Hughes Medical Institute protection, and science and Predoctoral Fellowship in biological broader disciplines and to environmental math education. sciences to continue their work. She studies how West Nile virus attacks generations.” the neural system and recently presented Pathways to Success — Stephan Flores her work at an international virology “These UI alumni illustrate the value meeting. Buck learns how microflora of the national investment to these in the gut interact with each other and scholars personally, in broader disciplines their environment. He was second author on a journal article and to future generations,” says Stephan Flores, who directs featured on the cover of “Proceedings of the National Academy UI’s Honors Program and coordinates national scholarship of Sciences” earlier this year. nominations. “Though academia is likely where we will find ourselves, “The quest for national awards depends on students’ we try to give back to the community and hope eventually to aspirations, on university encouragement, academic advice develop a framework for international dissemination of scientific and directed support for these scholars,” adds Flores. UI advances,” said Buck. faculty members mentor many talented students, provide Wiegers was one of 302 in the nation and one of only 35 recommendations and coach them through the application engineering graduates to receive a Goldwater Award in 2001 processes. — the same year that Coonts, Luke Grauke and Kirsten Johnson Two recent national UI scholars are Adair Muth and Bryan from UI also won Goldwaters. A total of seven UI students have Haney. won these awards in the past five years. Haney, a 2004 Goldwater Scholar and Idaho Rhodes “The Goldwater immediately affected my journey into nominee, is applying to interdisciplinary graduate programs science, providing the finances to complete a double major in in Environmental and Energy Policy Studies at prestigious biological systems engineering and mathematics,” said Wiegers. universities. Muth won two Udall scholarships, which allowed “It opened doors to prestigious academic institutions, and I her to study abroad in Ecuador in 2003–2004 and to finish a chose the Graduate Group of Applied Mathematics at the Spanish degree. She earns a conservation biology degree next University of California, Davis.” year.

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Jessica Lipschultz ’04, a Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Scholar in 2002, is committed to community service. She is a volunteer at Whittier Elementary School in Boise, where twice a week she helps ﬁrst-graders work on their reading skills in an afterschool program.

currently volunteers for AmeriCorps at a Boise shelter for “Just the process of applying for these awards made me focus pregnant and parenting teens. on my career aspirations,” said Haney, who said the people he At the Salvation Army Booth Family Care Center, “I’ve met, the interviews and essays were “invigorating.” learned about significant social issues facing our community John Sturgul, who mentors Rotary International and have experienced the struggles of an at-risk population. I’ve Ambassadorial scholars, says the goal of these philanthropies also discovered a lot about myself in the is to “help students of exceptional promise process. The young women challenge me reach their full potentials.” to find new ways to open up language “I’ve about Mackenzie Struble Miller ’03 won the and examine the richness of human award in 2003-04 and spent a year in Italy. significant social issues experience.” Last year’s UI recipient Aimee Chapman, She says these combined experiences a geography student, now is in Botswana. facing our community helped her find “a calling to dedicate Rotary scholars can study in one of 122 myself to transforming the education countries where Rotary clubs are located. and have experienced system.” In the central Italian city of Perugia, the struggles of an atLipschultz plans to earn a master’s Struble Miller tutored in English and in education at Columbia University worked on a humanitarian project to provide risk population. I’ve also and teach language arts at the secondary free English lessons and translation work. level and at some point return to earn a “Many Americans don’t know the economic discovered a lot about doctorate. problems of Italy, where there is poverty off in the process. the tourist routes.” Back in the states, she gives Italian lessons and translates a book The Road to Rhodes — Jessica Lipschultz into English. UI has been in the national scholars She calls her integration into the daily game since Lawrence Henry Gipson culture and Italian life “eye-opening. You was chosen in 1904 as UI’s first Rhodes experience the problems first-hand and learn broader cultural, Scholar. Only 32 Rhodes awards are given to U.S. students historical and political views of the world. You become less each year to support two years of study in Britain. UI can claim Ameri-centric. The experience helps me process world tensions 20 such “Rhodies” who have gained passage to extraordinary better now.” experiences. Susan Bruns Rowe ’89, UI Rhodes Scholar in 1989, was eager to earn Oxford’s unique philosophy-politics-economics Social Commitment degree and make a difference in the public policy world. She Jessica Lipschultz ’04, who earned a Jack Kent Cooke obtained the degree in 1991 and spent 10 years in corporate Undergraduate Scholar in 2002, personifies the Cooke motto and governmental Idaho, as a lobbyist at Micron Technology, to “Think Big, Work Hard, Achieve” in academics, ethics and as a senior aide to former Gov. Phil Batt, and as an executive character. communications manager for Hewlett-Packard. At UI she had helped establish the Civic Engagement “My Oxford experience left me with a deep desire to develop Program of community service, was a page in the U.S. Senate my abilities fully and to do something meaningful with what I’ve and served as an intern for the Boise Mayor’s Office. She

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John Sturgul, who mentors Rotary International Ambassadorial scholars, and Mackenzie Struble Miller ’03, a 2003 Rotary Scholar.

Jack Grow and Ted Yamamoto were selected in March to receive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships next year. Grow, a junior geology major from Colorado Springs, Colo., plans to pursue a doctorate in geology and focus on structural geology and tectonics. He is UI Geology Club vice president. A sophomore from Caldwell, Yamamoto is pursuing a dual major in biology and English. (See page 15.) The Goldwater scholarships provide students with $7,500 a year to help them pursue advanced degrees and careers in science and engineering. Grow and Yamamoto are among 320 students nationwide chosen to receive the scholarship. In the last six years, nine UI students have earned the Goldwater award.

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Susan Bruns Rowe ‘89 is UI’s most recent Rhodes Scholar. Above: Susan at Oxford University in England in June 1991 with Parag Patil. The two scholars had just ﬁnished exams for their degrees. Above right: Susan now lives in Boise with her husband, Tim, and their two children, Harrison and Anna.

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Above: Financial Aid Director Dan Davenport and UI sophomore Erin Ruhter

OSCOW — When Erin Ruhter’s mother needed emergency surgery a little more than year ago, Erin’s dream of traveling from her Twin Falls home to attend the University of Idaho at Moscow was put on hold. The operation was expensive; resources were tight. She attended, the College of Southern Idaho for a year, but still longed to head north. So, Erin called the UI Financial Aid Ofﬁce. With a creative combination of federal and state grants, work study, and most importantly, scholarship dollars, she was able to transfer to UI. Now, the sophomore who is majoring in social work and psychology, says that package is the “only way” she had to pursue what she’d always hoped for. “I wrote to (Financial Aid Director) Dan Davenport and asked him what I could possibly do to make the transfer happen,” said Ruhter. “They worked every possible angle and came up with enough.”

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One of UI’s newest national scholar programs is the Ronald UI’s first McNair Scholar to graduate is Sonia Ponce ’04, McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Scholars. It helps break Bonners Ferry down barriers and prepare low-income, first generation and underrepresented students project we would truly enjoy, found the for graduate school and research. right professor with related research work, “...education is the only UI’s first McNair Scholar to graduate and conducted the studies, presented thing that can’t be taken is Sonia Ponce ’04, Bonners Ferry, who the results and made an effort to publish earned a bachelor’s in psychology last away from them, and will them.” August, and has applied to Northwest UI’s McNair Director Margrit von medical schools to study human genetics. Braun says there now are 45 such scholars open doors if they are She currently coordinates UI’s College on board, finding pathways to graduate Assistance Migrant Program, the program education. Recruitment is underway for willing to learn with an that recruited her to UI in 2000. another 22 scholars in 2005-06. open heart” “For someone like me, the first in my Ponce urges other students to take family to attend a university, graduate advantage of all possible educational — Sonia Ponce school was an obscure world,” said Ponce. opportunities. “I tell recruits that education “I was intimidated, because I had no idea is the only thing that can’t be taken away how it worked. So, most valuable was the from them, and will open doors if they are simulation of an actual graduate project. We determined a willing to learn with an open mind and heart.” I

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learned.” Now, age 38 and mother of two, Rowe steps away from the work-driven track. She continues school at Boise State University to earn a master’s in creative writing. She’s content to be a parent and student again. “I fulﬁlled the dream of a lifetime to be a Rhodes Scholar and I felt a huge responsibility to make the most of my education. For a while, I pressed full steam ahead on my career. But I began to doubt that my job was making a difference, and I wanted to learn more.” Rowe’s tips to others seeking national awards: have top grades, proven leadership abilities, social conscience, adopt a mentor, and make a strong case why the particular scholarship brings you a unique experience. “If you apply at the last minute or on a whim, you probably won’t be taken seriously,” she adds.

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nce again we are excited to bring you this latest edition of Idaho Outlook. In each issue, our aim is to present articles of interest about ways people — Idaho alumni and supporters who are your friends and colleagues — are making a difference at the University of Idaho. In this issue we’re highlighting a very special form of giving, the Charitable Gift Annuity. In these pages you’ll read: • FAQs & FACTS – answers to some frequently asked questions about charitable gift annuities — what they are, how they work, and what their benefits are; • Profiles on generous donors who have helped themselves and the University of Idaho in attaining their respective financial objectives;

Pi Phi clean-up crew helped spruce up the campus for the coming Mothers’ Day weekend, 1955. Photo courtesy of the Gem of the Mountain.

• Sample charitable gift annuity payouts at selected ages; Edward J. McBride Director of Gift Planning

• A chart reﬂecting the myriad of ways you can support your university while still retaining certain beneﬁts for yourself; • And of course, how you can reach us to get more information.

Heidi C. Linehan Associate Director of Gift Planning

We hope you ﬁnd this issue of Idaho Outlook to be of interest to you. But even more importantly, we would love to hear from you. Let us answer your questions about how you, too, can participate. We would be happy to prepare an illustration of a gift plan that’s tailored to your speciﬁc circumstances. We also would like to send you, free of charge, the booklet “Gift Annuities: How They Work and Why Donors Like Them.” Just call, fax, write or e-mail us. See our contact information on page 32. Thanks for taking the time to check out this issue of Idaho Outlook. Sincerely, Ed McBride Director of Gift Planning

Fireworks and posters at Homecoming rally, 1960, 2-84-32 UI Historical Photograph Collection Special Collections.

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Financial considerations weighed heavily in her decision to Erin works just 10 hours a week at the university through the attend UI. With the help of federal aid programs, the Robert R. work study program. Lee Promise Category B Scholarship, an academic scholarship “Our job is to use every dollar available to us from all for her strong grade point average and a UI Access Scholarship, sources to attract students to the University of Idaho and help Erin was able to make the move. “It’s amazing here,” she said. them succeed,” Davenport said. “Scholarship dollars are key to “I can’t imagine going to school anywhere else, and scholarships accomplishing that.” made that possible.” In general, scholarship awards fall into two major categories Scholarships make an important, positive difference for — those based on academic achievement and those based on students and the University of Idaho. On that, UI officials, financial need. In addition, there are a number of scholarships scholarship donors and scholarship recipients agree. that donors establish for specific populations. For example, The university awards approximately $17 million a year in every graduate of Moscow High School with a 3.0 GPA or scholarships and tuition waivers — approximately $6 million better, receives a Hamilton Scholarship to attend UI. There are coming from endowments established from private donations. scholarships for those who live in Cassia County or nearly every In the 2003-04 school year, 4,500 students received some sort other county in the state, for those who major in everything of scholarship. In addition, 755 of those students brought with from psychology to range science and for student-athletes. them $1.2 million in scholarships “Scholarship donations and from groups outside the endowments are as varied as university, such as local Lions’ the donors who make them,” clubs and Rotary. The remaining said UI Development Director Caroline Nilsson Troy. “The $15.8 million comes from the state, federal sources and private two things most of them have donors, according to Davenport, in common are a deep, abiding who also serves as admissions love of the institution and the director at UI. desire to help others succeed.” Edward G. Elliott ’38 of Scholarships are an important component of the UI’s overall Eagle and his family fit both financial aid program which categories. Last December, they last academic year awarded created the Edward G. and $77 million from all sources, Mary Elliott Access Scholarship including student loans, grants, Endowment with a generous tuition waivers, scholarships, contribution of $200,000. agency scholarships and work Earnings on the endowment study. The average cost of will provide scholarships to attending UI, including fees, deserving undergraduate out-of-state tuition, books, room students from the state based Edward G. ’38 and the late Mary Elliott created a Scholarship endowment at UI to help deserving undergraduate students. and board, and incidental living primarily on financial need expenses, was a little more than in any degree program at the $14,000, Davenport explained. university. The average financial aid package was about $8,900; on average, Ed Elliott and Mary Price grew up in rural Boise in the early approximately 64 percent of each package is in student loans. 1900s. Ed attended UI, fought in World War II, established “We have had very positive scholarship results,” Davenport a business in Burley and grew it into a string of implement said. “We use them to improve the quality of the overall student dealerships throughout southern Idaho. He was involved in politics, the Army National Guard and establishment of the body and to improve access for students who may not be able to attend college without financial help.” Very few students receive Sawtooth Recreation Area. a “full ride.” Rather, Davenport explained, scholarships are used After meeting on a blind date, Mary and Ed married in to leverage other financial aid awards into a package that helps 1942 and raised five children. Three of their children and one each student the most. grandchild graduated from UI. Their scholarship honors the legacy of Ed and his late wife, Mary, recognizing the impact that Scholarships also allow students to focus more on their studies, although according to the most recent Graduating the university had on their lives. When Ed presented a check for his scholarship endowment to UI President Tim White this Senior Survey conducted at UI, 70 percent of the Class of 200304 worked between eight and 12 hours a week their senior year, fall, he noted that he “wanted to make sure that more young in addition to attending school. More than 20 percent said they Idahoans are able to study, make a living and enjoy the state as worked 23 hours or more each week. much as Mary and I did.” I

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or many acquainted with the University of Idaho, the name Samuelson virtually is synonymous with the College of Education. Everett Samuelson, affectionately called Dean Sam by his friends, colleagues and former students, was dean of the college from 1963 to 1983. As only the third dean in the college’s history, he oversaw major achievements during his tenure, including the construction of the College of Education Building, the Industrial Arts Building, Women’s Health Education Building — later to become the P.E. Building — and the UI Swim Center. It also was during his deanship that full-time classroom positions were established in Coeur d’Alene, Boise, Lewiston and Twin Falls to serve students unable to come to Moscow as well as the development of long-term international cooperative programs. After he stepped down as dean, Samuelson continued in a teaching and research role until he fully retired in 1989. Upon his retirement, Dean Sam and his colleagues created The Everett V. Samuelson Educational Leadership Endowment to provide scholarship assistance to students in the doctoral program at the college. The fund has grown to a current balance of

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slightly less than $39,000 and, per its originating document, will begin making distributions when it reaches $100,000. Following his retirement, Dean Sam became active in UIRA—the University of Idaho Retirees Association, serving in a number of capacities including president for a year. He and his wife, Lois, continue to stay involved with UIRA. As Lois says, “We have been in Moscow 42 years and have had strong ties to the University of Idaho, our church and the community in general during that entire time.” The Samuelsons have been financial supporters of the University over the years, contributing to a number of different programs including the Samuelson endowment, several other endowments and the Vandal Scholarship Fund. To assure the continued viability and vitality of the Samuelson endowment after their passing, the Samuelsons have signed a pledge to make sure that the fund reaches the $100,000 minimum. In fulfillment of this promise, they are creating a series of charitable gift annuities—one per year over five years in the amount of $13,500 each. To date they have put three of these in place. During their lifetimes, the Samuelsons receive or earn income from the charitable gift annuities. The payout rates conform to the national standards and a unique feature is each one they

If a charitable gift annuity has appeal for you, please contact us. See page 32 for more information.

Asked why the University of Idaho, Bart’s enthusiastic answer was, “I love the University of Idaho!” Elna chimed in with her own voice of support. gift annuity with highly appreciated McDonald’s stock. They tailored their gift annuity to ﬁt their particular needs: • They opted for a deferred starting date for the payments to commence. In other words, they agreed to wait two years before receiving their ﬁrst payment. This meant that the payout rate was higher by almost a full percentage point than if they’d selected immediate payments.

her demise, even if Bart outlived her. But, by using only one life, the payout rate was higher — 10.4 percent — than for two lives. And, as Bart points out, both his Navy and UI retirement benefits decrease upon his passing, so the gift annuity payments will help fill the gap for Elna if she survives him. • They receive payments of $1,560 each quarter for as long as Elna lives. By combining their philanthropic spirit with a secured income plan, the Bartons have accomplished two primary goals: 1) They funded a significant gift to the University of Idaho; and 2) They provided a stop-gap for Elna’s retirement should she survive Bart. The frosting on the cake: they receive a tax deduction, and a portion of their payments are taxfree. Asked why the University of Idaho, Bart’s enthusiastic answer was, “I love the University of Idaho!” Elna chimed in with her own voice of support.

• The gift annuity is on Elna’s life only. Thus, the payments would stop with

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Dean Sam

lbert “Bart” Barton came to the University of Idaho with the Navy ROTC in 1960 after serving a stint as captain of the Navy destroyer U.S.S. McGowan out of Newport, R.I. At the University, he was executive ofﬁcer and an instructor with the NROTC unit until his retirement from the Navy in 1965, after 23 years of service. Bart immediately went to work for the University as director of staff personnel, a position he held until his “second” retirement in 1981. Even then, he wasn’t ready for the rocking chair! In 1983, Bart and his wife, Elna, became involved in Idaho Roadrunners, Inc., a loose-knit group of folks—mostly retirees—who like to travel, explore and do fun things together. Bart says they schedule about 130 days of travel per year, some day-trips, some overnighters and some for extended excursions. In 1989, Bart assumed the post of ofﬁcial tour director of Idaho Roadrunners with Elna as his trusted aide. While it was not a paid position, other than some “freebies” on trips, it was almost a full-time commitment. Finally, in September of last year, Bart “retired” for the third and last time. Elna Barton has lived in Moscow since 1946, hailing originally from California. She, too, has a history with the University, as she worked in Food Services for some 11 years. The Bartons were married in 1971 and they each have two children. Elna’s daughters, Nancy McGahan and Ginny Berg both live nearby. Bart’s sons, Charles and Gene, are in Bend, Ore., and Seattle, respectively. Bart and Elna have six grandchildren between them and an 11-year-old greatgranddaughter. The Bartons have developed deep loyalties to the University of Idaho, so it is no surprise they wanted to do something extra special for it. Though they received solicitations from numerous charitable organizations, they decided early they would set up a life income plan with the University of Idaho. In January 2003, they funded a $60,000 charitable

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set up pays a slightly higher rate than the previous one because the Samuelsons are a year older. These payments will continue unabated to the surviving spouse for as long as he or she lives. Not only do Dean Sam and Lois enjoy a lifetime income stream, but the return is higher than most commercial investments, they get a charitable tax deduction and a portion of each payment is taxfree. The Samuelsons have two children: daughter Christine Samuelson Slusarenko, a nurse with administrative responsibilities at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, and son Steven, a banker in southern California. Both attended the University of Idaho; Steven graduated in 1976 and Christine, aspiring to be a nurse, ﬁnished her education at Washington State University’s nursing program in Spokane. Both the Samuelson offspring are very supportive of their parents’ decision to further the University of Idaho’s mission in the way they have selected. Lois Samuelson, a fourth-generation teacher herself, taught kindergarten in Kansas and Colorado before moving to Moscow. A kindergarten program was set up in the College of Education under Dean Sam’s tenure, and continues to this day, providing a valuable service not only to the younger set, but also teaching experience for the college students. The Samuelsons are the epitome of support, dedication and loyalty to their university and their community. The capstone of Everett’s career was his term as a dean at the University of Idaho, and both have unselﬁshly and magnanimously given of their time and talents over the years to this place they call home. Well into their retirement, they continue to show their sense of generosity and charity in all they do.

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Q: What exactly is a charitable gift annuity? A: In its simplest form, a charitable gift annuity (CGA) is a contract between individual donors and a charity, commonly referred to as a §501(c)(3) organization such as the University of Idaho Foundation, where the charity agrees to pay a set income to the donors in exchange for a gift.

Q: These seem like pretty generous rates. How can the UI Foundation make enough to cover them? A: Under the formulas used by the ACGA, all other things being equal, at the termination of a CGA there will be half the original gift amount left. This is because the charity may have to use some principle in order to meet the payout obligation to the annuitants. In reality, the UI Foundation has done considerably better over the years than the ACGA projections.

Q: How is this “set income” determined? A: Most charities — including the University of Idaho Foundation — subscribe to rates established by the American Council on Gift Annuities (ACGA). These rates are based primarily upon the ages of the donors and their actuarial life expectancies.

Q: What kind of dollar amounts are needed to set up a CGA? A: The minimum at the University of Idaho is $10,000. There is no legal maximum, although there may be practical reasons for not exceeding a certain limit. The UI Foundation’s largest CGA is $1.7 million.

Q: Can you give an example of these rates? A: The rate for a single person, age 75 is 7.1 percent of the initial value of the gift. Thus, if a 75-year-old were to create a CGA with a gift of $50,000, the annual payout would be $3,550. For a couple ages, say, 82 and 78, the rate is 6.9 percent or $3,450. See the schedule on page 30 for more rates.

Q: What kind of assets can be used for funding a CGA? A: Cash is always welcome! Better yet for many donors are appreciated assets — corporate stock or real estate that has increased in value since acquired. This is because the capital gain can be spread over a period of years instead of being taxed at the time of transfer as would be the case in an outright sale.

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Here are some FAQs — frequently asked questions — about charitable gift annuities:

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Q: This tax deduction — how much is it? A: In tax parlance, it is equal to the present value of the future interest coming to the University of Idaho, using IRS actuarial tables for this calculation. Q: Who can be income beneficiaries? A: Beneficiaries can be one or two living persons, and they do not have to be related. Most often, the annuitants will be a married couple and the payouts will be for as long as either is living. Q: How frequently can I get paid? A: Your payments from the UI Foundation can be received annually, semi-annually or quarterly. Most people opt for quarterly, receiving payments at the end of March, June, September and December each year. Q: Can I set up a CGA for a set number of years instead of my lifetime? A: No, because CGAs are always based on the life expectancy of one or two individuals, not a set number of years. Q: What if I decide later I don’t need the income? A: You can do one of two things: you can gift back the yearly income to the University of Idaho and get a deduction for that annual gift; or you can terminate the CGA and take a tax deduction for the remainder value of the income stream. Q: What happens to the remainder once the annuitants die? A: The remainder is distributed to those programs or areas within the UI specifically designated by you, the donor. In the absence of such a designation, the University will apply the remainder to the area deemed to have the greatest need, the donor’s primary area of interest, or both.

An Adopted Idahoan

“The university community and the community-at-large need the enrichment the Theatre and Film Department provides. I want to help enhance the excellence of the University of Idaho program.”

few words into the conversation and you know you’re not talking to a native Idahoan when you visit with Frances Hirschi. She most deﬁnitely has an accent that can only come from a Texas upbringing — McKinney, Texas, as a matter of fact. She ultimately wound up in Idaho by virtue of her late husband, Melvin’s, assignment to the Navy ROTC unit at the University of Idaho in 1965. Early in life, she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., and the University of Texas at Austin. After their move to Moscow, she ﬁnished her education and graduated from Idaho in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in Education. She subsequently taught at Russell School in Moscow and worked as a secretary at the University of Idaho until her retirement in 1984. During Melvin’s naval career, the Hirschis and their two daughters, Claire and Ann, lived in many interesting places, including virtually all of the United States, two tours of duty in Japan and one in Cuba. Frances served as head-ofhousehold when Melvin was at sea. After his retirement from the Navy, they elected to stay in Moscow, and she now is coming up on 40 years in one place. The Hirschi family has produced several UI graduates. In addition to Frances’ degree, Melvin earned his master’s degree and Ph.D. in Education here, and daughter Claire earned her bachelor’s in Education.

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The late Melvin and Frances Hirschi

Frances long has been a devotee of theatre. From the time they moved to Moscow, she has regularly attended the plays presented by the Theatre and Film Department at the University of Idaho. Drama and musical theatre are her favorite art forms. “The Theatre Arts program enriches the University and surrounding communities,” Frances says. At the “Gala” in June 2004, she was proud to learn that “Idaho Repertory Theatre is second only to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore., as the longest running professional summer theatre company in the Northwest.” She remembers only too well when Moscow almost lost its summer theatre, to ultimately be saved by an outpouring of community ﬁnancial support. In Frances’ words, “The university community and the community-at-large need the enrichment the Theatre and Film Department provides. I want to help enhance the excellence of the University of Idaho program.”

To further this endeavor, Frances has established The Frances W. and Melvin E. Hirschi Excellence in Theatre Endowment. She knew of others in the community she respected who had created UI gift annuities. That gave her the conﬁdence to go ahead. It is her intent and directive that distributed earnings shall be made available to the chair of the Department of Theatre and Film to be used at his or her discretion for the current needs of the department. “Current needs” can include such things as the purchase and maintenance of stage and other theater equipment, program enrichment, travel expenses for students and faculty to attend off-campus events, and other expenses inherent in operating the department. While Frances recognizes that scholarship support is always important and welcomed, she also knows that sometimes the “extras” — those things that can elevate a theatre department from the ordinary to the extraordinary — can be equally important. Continued on page 6

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Q: What are the tax beneﬁts? A: The donor is entitled to a charitable income tax deduction. In addition, a portion of each annual payment is tax-free for the ﬁrst several years. And, if you use appreciated assets for the funding vehicle, a portion of each payment is taxed at the lower capital gains rate.

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• The gift annuity will provide a steady income stream to her for her lifetime; • The remainder will be used to fund the endowment she has created in her and her late husband’s name; • She receives a charitable tax deduction; • The payments to her are partially tax free; • The charitable gift annuity is not subject to estate taxation;

Red Cross Blood Drive, 1951 Committe during “Beat Harvard rally. 2-147-5 UI Historical Photograph Collection Special Collections.

• The Foundation honors her for the full amount of her gift; • The Department of Theatre and Film is greatly enriched by her generosity. In fact, David Lee-Painter, chair of the department says, “This is transformational for our department.”

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Thanks to the generosity and foresight of people like Frances Hirschi, the University of Idaho will continue to excel in all its many avenues of teaching, research and outreach.

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Selected Charitable Gift Annuity Rates Single Life Age 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90+

Rate 5.5% 5.7 6.0 6.5 7.1 8.0 9.5 11.3

Younger 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90

Two Lives Older Age 55+ 61-65 71+ 75-77 78-79 83-84 88 93

Rate 5.0% 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.5 7.2 8.2 9.8

• A charitable income tax deduction for the present value of the gift ultimately coming to the University, determined by reference to IRS actuarial tables and other criteria; • A portion of each payment being treated as a tax-free return of capital; • A generous payout when compared to conventional investment vehicles; • A shielding of this asset from estate taxation. Jack Byrne attributes his decision to make this gift not only to his positive experiences while a student at Idaho, but also as an alumnus. He says that for years he has received Christmas cards from Prof. Marcia Niles, chair of the department of accounting, and that special touch has meant a great deal to him. In addition, when he ﬁrst contacted the University about a gift plan, he was referred to Heidi Linehan, associate director of gift planning, and “she just did the rest.” He has been extremely pleased with the results.

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Frances Hirschi funded a charitable gift annuity to achieve her objectives. These objectives include:

Not only does the charitable gift annuity provide a source of revenue for Jack, it has numerous other major beneﬁts, including:

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rom a childhood herding sheep in Driggs to a career in management consulting on the global stage, E. Jack Byrne gives much of the credit for his accomplishments to the education he received at the University of Idaho. Graduating in 1955 with an accounting E. Jack Byrne, circa 1955 degree, he later began a long career with Arthur Young & Co., now Ernst travels and saw a myriad of management & Young, where he ultimately became practices. a general partner. He says he never lost In 1958, Jack married Mary Jane sight of the important role the University Onderka, a librarian who hailed from played in his life, and always had planned Pittsburgh, Pa. Their daughter, Christina, to do something to give back to his alma has followed in her mother’s footsteps, mater. Says Jack, “The University of Idaho currently serving as a librarian at the provided me the knowledge, attitude and University of Washington. Mrs. Byrne mental toughness to succeed.” died in 2004 and Jack resides in Sequim, In addition Wash. to his academic In June 2004, Jack “The University of Idaho studies, Jack established The E. Jack was active in provided me the knowledge, Byrne Excellence in ROTC while at Accountancy Scholarship the University, attitude and mental Endowment for the benefit serving as cadet of students pursuing the toughness to succeed.” colonel his senior Master of Accountancy year. Accepting a —Jack Byrne degree in the University’s commission upon College of Business and graduation, he Economics. Concurrently served three years with the endowment, Jack funded a in the Army, attaining status as a Ranger charitable gift annuity. and serving a tour of duty in Europe. It During his lifetime, the charitable was upon his discharge from the military gift annuity provides a steady income that he began his professional association stream to Jack, paying in quarterly with Arthur Young. installments. Based upon an initial gift As a management consultant, Jack of $500,000, the payout is 6.6 percent, primarily worked out of Arthur Young’s or $33,000 annually. Upon his passing, New York and Boston offices, but made the remainder will be distributed to frequent trips to such places as Lisbon, the scholarship endowment. By having London, Kuwait, Korea, Bahrain, Borneo, executed both documents at the same Malaysia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, time, he is assured that his directives the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, for the benefit of future generations of Greece, Egypt, Columbia and Brazil. students will be carried out. He experienced many cultures in these

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CLASS NOTES

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

Type

What is it?

What are the tax beneﬁts?

What are some other beneﬁts?

Bequest in Will or Revocable Living Trust

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

Reduces size of taxable estate

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

Charitable Gift Annuity

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

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

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

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

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

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

Retirement Plan Gift

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

Heirs avoid income tax and possibly estate tax

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

Retained Life Estate

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

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

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

Charitable Remainder Trusts

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

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

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

Charitable Lead Trust

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

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

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

Life insurance for your heirs to replace the asset funding your charitable gift

When properly established through a trust, the insurance passes to heirs estate-tax free

Tax savings and cash ﬂow from a life income plan may be enough to pay the premiums

Life Insurance Gift

Wealth Replacement Trust

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Virgil Cross ’30 had his ﬁrst novel and second book, “The McKenna Dynasty, “ published. At 97 years old, according to his agent, he is the oldest ﬁrst-time published novelist in U.S. history. The novel is based on stories collected over Cross’ years as a child and young man in Idaho’s potato country.

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Send for the free booklet “Gift Annuities: How They Work and Why Donors Like Them.” Edward J. McBride Director of Gift Planning E-mail: mcbride@uidaho.edu Cell: (509) 336-9368

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Heidi C. Linehan Associate Director of Gift Planning E-mail: hlinehan@uidaho.edu Cell: (208) 310-6425

Robert Eugene “Bob” Wethern ’42 races Father Time to complete editorship of a “Rivers of Oregon” book series authorized by the Flyﬁshers Club of Oregon and funded by its foundation. At age 84, he has the McKenzie River book in print, currently is focused on the Umpqua River book and assures there’s already a good “incidental catch” of resources for the Rogue and Deschutes River books. Wethern worked on the former Daily Idahonian and the Bremerton Sun before a career with the National Association of Manufacturers and eventual retirement as manager for NAM’s Paciﬁc Northwest region.

50s Po-Ping Wong, DDS, ’55 retired in October 2004 from his family dentistry practice of 39 years in Garden Grove, Calif. He was honored for his exceptional skill and dedication at a dinner gathering of family and friends.

60s Dale L. Riedesel ’64 received the Idaho Excellence in Engineering Award by consensus of the Idaho Society of Professional Engineers. The peer-nominated honor recognizes signiﬁcant engineering accomplishments and professional engineering society contributions. Dale is

the president of Riedesel & Associates, Inc. in Twin Falls. Jamie Hansen ’67 of Addison, Texas was honored by the UI Alumni Association with a “Student Recruitment Legacy Award” during February meetings of the association. Hansen is actively involved in promoting and recruiting future UI students at college fairs near Dallas, Texas, and has been involved in leadership since 2001 with the Alumni Association Board of Directors. Leo Henggeler ’69 has been promoted to regional vice president of Oakwood Apartment Management, a division of Oakwood Worldwide, the world’s leader in corporate housing. He will oversee a portfolio of 9,000 apartments in the Southern California, Washington and Texas markets.

70s Dennis P. Harwick ’71, ’74 was appointed as president of the Captive Insurance Companies Association. This position is CICA’s first full-time officer. CICA represents hundreds of captive insurance companies, risk retention groups and related organizations from more than 30 jurisdictions throughout the world. Rick Waitley ’73 of Association Management Group will serve as executive director for the Idaho Hay and Forage Association. IHFA provides research, education, awareness and promotion of the hay and forage industry in Idaho. R. Kent Schreiber ’73 has retired after 27 years with the federal government, where he worked as an ecologist in both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Michigan and West Virginia, and the U.S. Geological Survey in West Virginia. He also worked for five years at the Oak Ridge National

Laboratory in Tennessee. He retired as the assistant center director for the Leetown Science Center which operates laboratories in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Tennessee.

expansion of Ajilon’s IT project services and new business development in the Bay Area. In this position he will be working with Fortune 100 companies and will partner with Ajilon clients to achieve their business objectives.

Dr. Rick Thurston ’74 was elected president of the 1,800-member Idaho Medical Association. Rick lives in St. Maries with his wife, Karen, and their four children where he practices emergency medicine at Benewah Community Hospital.

Lynn Miller Kelly ’79 was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Grant to study and travel in New Zealand during the summer of 2004. The focus of the program was to study multicultural education as well as the political and social issues that affect the residents of New Zealand. Based on this experience, she has prepared a curriculum project that uses multicultural folk tales, including those of the Paciﬁc Rim nations, to teach literacy.

Guy L. AlLee ’75, ’76, ’79 and his wife of 51 years, Sally G. AlLee ’77 now make their home in Palmer, Alaska, where Guy is serving on the municipal Planning and Zoning Commission in this fast-growing agricultural community. Retired from the U.S. Army as master sergeant in 1974, Guy later took retirement from the state of Idaho and state of Alaska after serving as school guidance counselor. Sally taught reading and English in grades 4-12 for 24 years as well as basic freshman English at the College of Idaho and adult GED preparation classes through the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Both Sally and Guy continue community volunteer work. Chris R. McKelvey ’76 retired after serving 28 years in the U. S. Navy. The culmination of Capt. McKelvey’s military career was his command of the Defense Distribution Depot in Susquehanna, Pa., the largest logistics facility in the Department of Defense. McKelvey recently took a position as senior logistician with Science Applications International Corporation in Camp Hill, Pa. Danny I. Shaw ’76 was hired as a senior account manager for Ajilon Consulting, one of the nation’s leading information technology consulting ﬁrms. He is being charged with the

David C. Moon ’79 started a new publication entitled “The Water Report.” It is a monthly, professional newsletter covering water rights, water quality and practical solutions to water issues in the western United States. David took a sabbatical in Central America from his water law practice in 2001-2002 (see picture) and upon his return to Eugene, Ore., decided to begin his new career as an editor. Charles R. “Chuck” Snyder ’79 was elected superior court judge for Whatcom County in Bellingham, Wash. He ofﬁcially took ofﬁce on Jan 10, 2005. Snyder is best known as the creator of the Whatcom County Teen Court program, that deals with secondtime offenders. At Teen Court, a panel of teenagers listens to each case and imposes a sentence. An evaluation of the new program showed that, when compared with standard diversion, the Teen Court offenders re-offended at a rate of 11 percent as compared to 25 percent.

2005

Creating a charitable gift annuity is a way to meet your philanthropic and income objectives. But, there are numerous additional ways to provide major support to your University, including other life income plans, bequests, gifting your retirement plan and others. Here is a brief listing.

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Ways to Give Through Your Estate Plan

Mike DeLong ’81 was named vice president of Operations for Flooring Sales Group in November 2004. He will oversee all operational aspects of FSG’s retail, commercial and builder businesses. Bruce Fery ’82 is general manager of Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. The property recently received the elite status of being a designated five diamond hotel by AAA. Stanley L. Palmer III ’82 was promoted to associate at the architecture firm of NBBJ in Seattle, Wash. Lt Col. Robert Campbell ’83 retired from the Army in 2003 after 21 years of service. He worked at the Pentagon since 1998. He recently was selected to serve as the director of Future Operations for The Pentagon Force Protection Agency. He resides in northern Virginia with his wife, Vicki, and their children, Zach and Katie. Keith Havens ’87 was appointed executive director of the Lewiston Chamber of Commerce in September 2004. The former radio personality, bank employee, entrepreneur, insurance adjuster and television weathercaster enjoys promoting things. He and the chamber of commerce are a natural fit, he said, and he hopes to keep the job a good long time. Maureen Kopczynski Gaeke ’89, is now the assistant director for External Relations for the School of Restaurant, Hotel and Tourism Management with the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver in Denver, Colo.

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

90s

Eugena (Gena) Lambert ’90 married Darryl J. Aubrey on May 31, 1997 and lives in Sandpoint. She is a certiﬁed veterinary technician at North Idaho Animal Hospital in Sandpoint. Bekki Rosholt Madron ’90 is the ﬁrst woman to be elected president of the Treasure Valley Trial Machine Association. TVTMA is a family motorcycle

club dedicated to Idaho’s trail systems. The club also is dedicated to teaching safety, conservation and courtesy in the sport. Bekki, her husband, Brett Madron ’97, and daughter, Brittaney, are avid dirt bike riders.

James David Bradbury ’91, a partner in the litigation section and a member of the eminent domain industry group of the Jackson Walker LLP firm in Fort Worth, Texas, has been selected by his peers as one of Tarrant County’s Top Attorneys for 2004. Ryan Wood ’93 is a teacher at River City Middle School in Post Falls. Ryan also works part-time as a survival instructor at Fort Sherman Academy. He has written a book, “Growing Up in Pinecreek,” and is in the process of writing his second book, “Brushfits and Other Woodsmen Maneuvers.” Mark George Bensen ’96 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant with the Federal Way, Wash., Police Department. Henri M. LamBeau ’96 lives in the Chicago area with his wife, Cinda K. Lester ’96, and son Cooper, born January 31, 2004. He is employed at a recognized architecture firm in the area that specializes in hospital and fitness facilities across the country.

Control Association Hall of Fame Award. IWCA represents private industry and governmental agencies involved in managing vegetation in Idaho. Waters is responsible for coordinating weed management issues within 15 national parks in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. Mia Bautista ’02, Nez Perce County deputy prosecutor, was awarded the Horatio Alger Alumnus of the Year Award in Williamsburg, Va., on Oct. 10, 2004. She was one of two Minnesota high school seniors in 1994 to receive a Horatio Alger scholarship for college. The alumnus of the year award is a national honor for people who have succeeded despite difﬁcult circumstances and comes with a $10,000 grant.

Janelle Baillie ’01 to Josh Baker

Tiffany R. Lamb ’03 to Adam C. Forsmann ’01

Alyson Bookey ’04 to Billy Heyer ’04 Shannon LeAnn Booth ’03 to Colby Mattila ’02 Tracy Brigham to Mitchell C. Gibbs ’89 Julie D. Browne ’97 to Tim G. Kasper

Erika Lynne Thompson ’97 teaches in the Evergreen public schools and became a National Board Certiﬁed Teacher in November 2004.

Kristen Dieffenbach ’98 to Chris Baker

Amy Torguson ’00 was promoted to ﬁrst lieutenant in the U. S. Army in November 2004. Amy is currently stationed in Iraq. Brenda Waters ’00 was named a recipient of the Idaho Weed

Erin Marie Collins to Blaine Samuel Sellman ’03

Adam Joseph, son on Joseph and Heather Adams ’96 Atalla

Brooke Michelle, daughter of Brian ’93, ’96 and Georganne Stone ’93 Benjamin

Jack Michael and Maggie Elizabeth, children of Mike ’94 and Janel Doan ’96 Bloom

Sean Dexter, son of Bryan and Katie Cooke ’98 Elliott

Marley, daughter of Grant and Kelly Moeller ’92 Hardgrave

Cooper Glenn Lester Lam Beau, son of Henri Lam Beau ’96 and Cinda K. Lester ’96

Kaylee Amelia, daughter of Mark and Amy Michele Ridenour ’96 Little

Ensley McCall, daughter of Van and Jean Masar ’97 States and granddaughter of Joe ’72 and Penny Masar.

Kaytlynn Clare, daughter of Steve ’97 and Jill Gaylord ’96 Thompson

Will Hayden, son of Travis ’97, ’00 and Mandi Johnson ’00 Thompson

Roland Scott, son of Matt ’95 and Heather Scott ’96 Williamson

Ian Elliot, son of David Schlater ’97 and Julene Ewert ’91

Hailey Elizabeth, daughter of Troy ’00 and Amy Jordan ’00 Klemo and granddaughter of Kenneth E. ’70 and Barbara Rice ’70 Jordan

Alexandra Megan and Annika Jean, daughters of Lyle ’92 and Gayle Curtis ’94 Cunningham, granddaughters of David ’72, ’73 and Claudia Hoobing ’72 Curtis, and great-granddaughters of Gene ’49 and Louise Curtis

Shelby Joyce McBride ’98 to Jeff Munnoch

Shelby Anne, daughter of Todd ’89 and Stephanie Wynn ’91 Chipman

Sandra McCollister ’72 to John Gofﬁnet ’77

Taten W.R., son of Shawn “Tater” ’99 and Erlonna Erickson

Stacy D. Mann ’98 to Derrick J. Elegino

Laney V., daughter of Adam C. ’01 and Tiffany R. Lamb ’03 Forsmann

Karile Lynette Newby ’03 to William Matthew Silvers Cindy Louis Simpson ’02 to Patrick James Lamb ’02 Melissa L. Simpson ’02 to Shawn Caleb Cothren Sheilah Jeannine Stone ’96 to Robert Adrian Dorame Kristin Ann Walter to Kiley Eugene Nelson ’96

Brett Michael, Ryan Timothy, and Erin Rae, children of Timothy E. ’90 and K. Shannon Hall ’94 Burnside

Savannah Lee and Emma Jean, daughters of Greg ’99 and Julie Wright Robinson

20s

Staci C. Hansen to Bradley W. Harmon ’01 Brianne Michelle Hart ’02 to Anthony Tremayne Williams ’04

30s

Jenny Enright ’99 to John L. Aldape ’97 Jared Ham ’99 to Cherie Hasenoehrl ’92, ’95

Christina Woolf to Christopher Walker ’03 Elizabeth Ann Zechiel ’02 to Ryan Michael Ostrander

John Michael and Bree Nicole, children of Jason ’95 and Deb Huestis

IN MEMORY Dorothy Elizabeth Burke ’29, Kailua, Hawaii, Jan. 19, 2004 Marion “Peggy” Vorous Gale ’29, Spokane, Wash., Feb. 18, 2005 Louise Martha Grunbaum Kincaid ’27, Seattle, Wash., Dec. 25, 2004 Ethel Larson Reagan ’29, Durham, N.C., Dec. 15, 2004

Alicia Eastwood ’00 to Nate Eimers

Isabella Grace, daughter of Hector and Christine Mundt ’92 Perez

Amie R. Pritchett ’04 is employed with Children’s Hospital of Seattle as a patient care coordinator in the Hematology/Oncology clinic. She is responsible for in-patient and out-patient clinic visits and insurance arrangements.

Kallee Hone ’00, ’03 to Anthony Valentine

Chiara Casati to Matthew Miller ’98

Steven Anderson ’00 has joined the law ofﬁces of Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole in Spokane, Wash.

U. S. Army Second Lt. Blaine Sellman ’03 is stationed at Camp Remagen near Tikrit, Iraq. He is the U.S. Army liaison to the 30th Iraqi Army and Convoy Logistics Expert/Quick Reaction leader with the Mechanized Infantry.

Amanda Badraun ’99, ’03 to Andrew Wright ’03 Erin Joy Boettcher ’01 to John Eric Svancara ’02

FUTURE VANDALS

Kari Miller ’03 has accepted a position with KTFT-TV in Twin Falls as an advertising account executive.

MARRIAGES

Cinda started her own design ﬁrm, 12/12 Architects & Planners. In addition, she teaches architecture, interior design and planning at several local colleges.

00s

Stephanie Genise Young ’02 graduated in January 2005 from the University of Delaware with a Master of Science degree in Exercise Science.

Aleck Alexander ’38, Overland Park, Kan., Jan. 22, 2005 Maxine M. Hofmann Anderson ’35, Medford, Ore., Aug. 19, 2004

Robert Gray Beasley ’33, Idaho Falls, Nov. 19, 2004 Lois Elaine Davies Bennett ’36, Eugene, Ore., Jan. 12, 2005 Arthur Frank Betchart ’39, St. Augustine, Fla., Oct. 22, 2004 Wilbur F. Calnon ’37, Meridian, Nov. 30, 2004 Kenneth J. Carberry ’38, ’39, Emmett, Jan. 29, 2005 Helen Elizabeth Mains Eals ’32, Longview, Wash., Dec. 8, 2004 Weldon C. Flint ’38, Ferndale, Wash., Feb. 7, 2005 Leon Grant Green ’37, ’40, McCammon, Dec. 30, 2004

Gertrude Stringer Gustafsson ’30, Fairﬁeld, Calif., Nov. 8, 2004 Virgil S. Haugse ’33, Palo Alto, Calif., March 21, 2002 Agnes Ramstedt Hawkins ’32, Coeur d’Alene, Oct. 14, 2004 Dwight Lowell Henley ’37, Yakima, Wash., Nov. 20, 2004 Charles Worth Hodgson ’34, Clarkston, Wash., Nov. 1, 2004 Frank L. Howard ’37, Spokane Valley, Wash., Dec. 21, 2004 Kathryn Janet Collins Howells ’33, ’34, Moscow, Feb. 12, 2005 Paul Hughes ’39, St. Maries, Jan. 29, 2005

Dorothy M. Holt Jondrow ’37, Albany, Ore., Feb. 11, 2005 Winifred I. Keyes Mather ’37, Caldwell, Dec. 11, 2004 David Reynold Nelson ’33, Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 1, 2005 Ralph Ware Nelson ’38, Coeur d’Alene, Dec. 29, 2004 Barbara Walker Nock ’37, Miami, Fla., Oct. 17. 2004 Kenneth D. Orr ’34, Converse, Texas, Feb. 8, 2005 Paul Marion Parks ’30, Centennial, Colo., Feb. 10, 2005 Eugene “Gene” Perrine ’35, Monterey, Calif., July 4, 2004

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80s

CLASS NOTES

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ALUMNI CLASS NOTES

Jeanne Coleman Donaldson ’48, Boise, Nov. 8, 2004 Kenneth O. Downing ’43, Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 7, 2004 Louis Alfred Engstrom ’47, Fort Washakie, Wyo., Nov. 14, 2004 LaVerne Sigfred Erickson ’49, Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 15, 2004 Florence H. Flay ’42, Walnut Creek, Calif., Dec. 2, 2004 Peter O. Fountain ’42, Moscow, Nov. 1, 2004 Adolph Dawson Gaertner ’45, Weiser, Dec. 29, 2004 Oris Otto Gibson ’43, Rupert, Nov. 17, 2004

Lillian Margaret Mueller Milliken ’41, Oak Harbor, Wash., Aug. 28, 2004 Velma Maurine Wilkerson Oberbillig ’46, Boise, Oct. 18, 2004 Ellis James “Jim” Odberg Jr. ’45, Clarkston, Wash., Jan. 12, 2005 Ruth Ellen Jackson Parke ’43, Gooding, Jan. 26, 2005 Charles Whitman Peck ’49, Duncanville, Texas, Dec. 21, 2004 Ralph Marshall Pinkerton ’43, Newport Beach, Calif., Dec. 28, 2004 Vern Ravenscroft ’43, Tuttle, Nov. 2, 2004 Charlotte Frances Smithson

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

40s

Mary-Low Fahrenwald Acuff ’41, Asheville, N.C., Feb. 4, 2005 Marie J. Williams Anderson ’43, Bountiful, Utah, Jan. 26, 2005 Dick William Armstrong ’42, Boise, June 9, 2004 Carol Elaine Brandt Baker ’44, Pasco, Wash., Dec. 28, 2004 Dorothy Tilbury Barnes ’48, ’64, Santa Fe, N.M., Dec. 28, 2004 Laura R. Bombino ’42, Coeur d’Alene, Dec. 1, 2004 Margaret R. Payne Brenneman ’49, Hood River, Ore., Jan. 15, 2005 Lane Claude Briggs ’48, Great Falls, Mont., Nov. 22, 2004 Mark Allen Burggraf ’48, Idaho Falls, Oct. 31, 2004 A. Bert Christianson ’47, Cashmere, Wash., June 10, 2004 Alan Y. “Bud” Clarke ’43, Portland, Ore., Nov. 16, 2004 Robert B. Cobb ’40, Phoenix City, Ala., Dec. 7, 2004 Ada Lee Branom Cogley ’42, Seattle, Wash., May 6, 2004 Lucille Cummings ’45, Fresno, Calif., Nov. 24, 2004 Esther L. Stevens Dean ’41, Hoquiam, Wash., Nov. 5, 2004

UI Arboretum

Ernest Edwin “Ned” Gnaedinger ’42, Wallace, Oct. 9, 2004 John Ivan Hall ’47, Boise, Dec. 9, 2004 Hugh A. Harper ’44, Poulsbo, Wash., Jan. 2, 2005 Ray Helbling ’43, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Feb. 11, 2005 Hazel F. Johnson ’43, Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 3, 2004 Maxine Bassett Johnson ’48, Oakland, Calif., Oct. 15, 2004 Kenneth E. Jordan ’45, Moscow, Sept. 20, 2004 James E. Kevan ’48, Twin Falls, Nov. 17, 2004 Joseph Gavin Kruse ’49, Idaho Falls, Dec. 25, 2004 Fred N. Locke ’40, Gooding, Jan. 30, 2005 Vivian Irene Caldwell Maltz ’43, Twin Falls, Dec. 25, 2004 John C. Manning ’42, Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 28, 2005 Hugh Thompson McGee ’47, Boulder, Colo., Dec. 6, 2004

Richardson ’41, Portland, Ore., Dec. 31, 2004 Eli Schwalbe ’47, Greensboro, N.C., Jan. 7, 2005 Donal L. Shook ’41, Lewiston, Nov. 2, 2004 John “Jack” Parish Smith ’41, Twin Falls, Feb. 6, 2005 Richard “Dick” Sobotta ’48, Seattle, Wash., Oct. 13, 2004 Lois L. Barnes Stillinger ’44, Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 13, 2004 Reta May Short Tate ’47, Moscow, Dec. 31, 2004 Frank W. Tipton ’48, ’50, Frederick, Md., Dec. 17, 2004 Marvel Houx Walter ’45, El Cerrito, Calif., Jan. 4, 2005 Otis Gil Wenzel ’49, Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 9, 2005 Betty Mae Callihan Williams ’47, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 15, 2004 Seth Day Woodruff ’43, Carlsbad, Calif., Oct. 4, 2004

50s Roger William Ashby ’51, Ontario, Ore., Jan. 19, 2005 Franklin August Bahr ’56, Cypress, Texas, Feb. 15, 2005 James Walter “Jim” Bieker ’58, Nampa, Oct. 24, 2004 Louis Calvin Bosse Jr. ’56, West Jordan, Utah, Feb. 8, 2005 William J. Brauner ’56, Nampa, Jan. 21, 2005 Harry A. Campbell ’52, ’54, Ephrata, Wash., Sept. 9, 2004 Charlotte Moon Darling ’59, Ponderay, Dec. 19, 2004 Sulakhan Singh Dhillon ’59, Berkeley, Calif., Dec. 26, 2004 Al G. Dieffenbach ’54, Surprise, Ariz., Jan. 10, 2005 James Ivan Eakin ’51, Boise, Nov. 15, 2004 Charles R. Gansel ’56, Cottage Grove, Ore., Nov. 4, 2004 John E. George Jr. ’57, Pullman, Wash., Nov. 21, 2004 Ralph Theodore “Ted” Gwin ’57, Boise, Dec. 23, 2004 Louis Joseph Horvath Jr. ’54, Pinehurst, Jan. 11, 2005 Dorothy Hudson ’50, Coeur d’Alene, Oct. 30, 2004 Walter Lewis Jain ’53, Lewiston, Nov. 11, 2004 Allen D. Johnson ’53, Walnut Creek, Calif., Dec. 18, 2004 Robert James Jonas ’50, ’55, Moscow, Dec. 26, 2004 Patrick D. Kaufman ’59, Boise, Dec. 28, 2004 Betty Anne Biker Lodge ’51, Boise, Jan. 8, 2005 Clair William “Bill” Mackey ’51, Spokane, Wash., Jan. 4, 2005 Beulah L. Callis Martin ’58, Moscow, Nov. 7, 2004 Peter Joseph McConnell ’57, Sarasota, Florida, Dec. 26, 2004 Frances McDonald ’54, ’56, Burley, May 12, 2004 Virginia Rose Moore ’54, Coeur d’Alene, Oct. 23, 2004 Richard E. “Rick” Nelson ’57, Lewiston, Jan. 21, 2005 Robert Fjelde Olson ’51, Beaverton, Ore., Sept. 28, 2004 Jesse Ferrel Osier ’56, Davis, Calif., Feb. 7, 2005 Maynard Robert Parks ’50, Boise, Dec. 13, 2004 Lester Thomas Pedersen ’57, Manchester, Wash., Oct. 30, 2004

Bruce Robert Pickett, Sr. ’54, Yuma, Ariz., Dec. 17, 2004 Edgar Richard “Dick” Pickett ’59, Caldwell, Feb. 11, 2005 John George Saegner ’53, Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 8, 2005 Carl F. Steigers ’54, ’60, Des Moines, Wash., Jan. 21, 2005 Gerald “Jerry” E. Terteling ’57, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 2, 2004 Fred P. Wahlquist ’56, Ogden, Utah, Dec. 9, 2004 John T. Wilkinson ’53, Shelbyville, Ind., Nov. 17, 2004 Robert H. Will ’57, Bend, Ore., Feb. 28, 2004 Burlen F. Wolford ’58, Tacoma, Wash., June 2, 2004

Joseph Madison Johnston ’69, St. Maries, Oct. 11, 2004 James A. Loomis ’67, Bovill, Oct. 13, 2004 Stephen E. McDonald ’62, Granbury, Texas, Sept. 12, 2004 Lyn R. McLaughlin ’68, Lewiston, Feb. 13, 2005 Donald Reed Morton ’60, Denver, Colo., Sept. 19, 2004 Eugene “Gene” Paul Nielsen ’61, Olympia, Wash., Oct. 29, 2004 Robert G. Park ’69, Grand Junction Park, Colo., Oct. 3, 2004 Donald W. “Bill” Potter, Sr. ’63, Everett, Wash., Jan. 1, 2005 Joybelle Sims Scott ’67, Moscow, Nov. 30, 2004 Neil Leslie Shoemaker ’66, Spokane, Wash., Dec. 26, 2004 Lawrence Richard (Dick) Tank ’62, ’68, Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 13, 2004 Ruth Haggerty Tucker ’62, Bremerton, Wash., Nov. 10, 2004 Bertha Doris Marie Pabst Windham ’63, Moscow, Feb. 20, 2005 Harry Lee Woodward ’61, Newport, Wash., Feb. 9, 2005

60s Ralph Cliff Bingham ’62, Farmington Hills, Mich., May 28, 2004 Jack C. Charles ’63, Yakima, Wash., Clayton Charles Cravens ’65, Lewiston, Oct. 16, 2004 Sharon K. Naylor Federer ’63, Twin Falls, Dec. 28, 2004 Mary Edith Gibson ’65, Bonners Ferry, Jan. 11, 2005 Carole Arlene Lipscomb Ish ’60, San Jose, Calif., Jan. 1, 2005

70s

Kirby Merle Power ’74, Hailey, Aug. 16, 2004 Carol Florene Entz Stewart ’75, Moscow, Nov. 6, 2004 Marion Carl Stroebel ’75, Meridian, Jan. 18, 2005

Lea Baechler ’78, Manhattan, N.Y., Oct. 1, 2004 Charles Robert Berry ’72, El Paso, Texas, Dec. 23, 2004 Alan T. Brown ’79, Garden City, Feb. 20, 2005 Stanton W. Caddey ’75, Denver, Colo., Feb. 19, 2005 Elisabeth Marie Charvet ’71, Great Falls, Mont., Nov. 20, 2004 Janis M. Johnson Cochrane ’70, Lewiston, Dec. 24, 2004 Randal W. Day ’72, ’75, Bonners Ferry, Nov. 25, 2004 Nickolas John Dibert ’77, Portland, Ore., Nov. 28, 2004 Toni Lynn Paolini Fanning ’71, Spokane, Wash., Sept. 14, 2004 Americ Higashi ’75, Poulsbo, Wash., Jan. 3, 2005 Marguerite Coleman Judy ’72, Careywood, Feb. 11, 2005 John William Langdon ’74, Craigmont, Dec. 27, 2004 Michael K. Makin ’74, Twin Falls, Jan. 30, 2005 Connie Sue Bradley Mann ’70, Lewisburg, W.Va.., Jan. 17, 2005 Charles “Chuck” F. Meyer ’73, Burley, Nov. 24, 2004

80s Molly Ahlgren ’80, Gavanski Island, Alaska, Nov. 30, 2004 James Ernest Siedelmann ’81, Idaho Falls, Nov. 14, 2004 Nancy Tangen Weller ’89, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 11, 2004 Matthew Brian Williams ’88, Long Beach, Wash., Sept. 24, 2004

90s Dale J. Hasenoehrl ’94, Asotin, Wash., Feb. 25, 2005 J. Stuart Markow ’90, Laramie, Wyo., Nov. 28, 2004 Ethel Katherine Besso Whitehill ’94, Lewiston, Jan. 6, 2005

00s Eric Carl Dvoracek ’00, Las Vegas, Nev., Dec. 8, 2004 Deborah Taylor Sandlund ’01, Grangeville, Feb. 1, 2005

Alumni Association Awards 2005

UI ALUMNI HALL OF FAME

Recognizes UI alumni who have achieved national or international distinction by their accomplishments and leadership. These distinguished UI graduates will be recognized and inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame, during 2005 Commencement weekend on May 12-14 in Moscow. Carl Berry ’62 Allen Derr ’51, ’59 Dale Bosworth ’66 Gerald O. Bierwag ’58

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. Richard Dahl ’73 Ann Marie McGee ’76 Janet Randall ’65 Erling Johannesen ’45 Steve Allred ’64, ’67

JIM LYLE AWARD

Recognizes individual or couple who has shown long-term dedication and service to the university and Alumni Association through volunteerism. Ken Jones ’59, ’69 Janet Schaumburg ’77

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 August 1, 2005. More information is available under Alumni Beneﬁts at the UI Alumni Web site, www.supportui.uidaho.edu.

2005

Ethel Gehrke Pitcher ’38, Sarasota, Fla., Oct. 26, 2004 Ralph Allen Radford ’38, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 25, 2004 Marabel Edmonds Rodell ’37, Coeur d’Alene, Jan. 27, 2005 Stanley S. Spaid ’32, ’34, Portland, Ore., Nov. 14, 2004 Edgar Glenn Stockton ’39, Blacksburg, Va., Nov. 7, 2004 Fred M. Tileston ’39, Boise, Jan. 1, 2005 Grace LaVernon Thomas Tuson ’32, Coeur d’Alene, Dec. 26, 2004 Ellen M. Vogel ’39, Whiting, Ind., Nov. 5, 2004 Eleanora A. Graham Webb ’39, Grangeville, Oct. 16, 2004 Jo Betty Wickes ’37, Shawnee, Kan., Oct. 11, 2004 Lois Marian Thompson Wicks ’32, ’54, Spokane, Wash., Nov. 4, 2004 Lorine M. Bowers Wilkinson ’55, ’59, Louisville, Colo., Jan. 10, 2005 Wilford R. Young ’31, Greenwich, Conn., Feb. 8, 2005

CLASS NOTES

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ALUMNI CLASS NOTES — IN MEMORIAM

Jim Dickinson Vice President

Konni Leichner Northern Idaho Chapter

Andrea Neilson Niehenke Treasurer and Latah County Chapter

Tom Limbaugh Western Treasure Valley Chapter

Brian Hill Past President

John Mundt College of Agricultural & Life Sciences Alumni & Friends President

Harold C. Gibson Director of Alumni Relations Kay Bacharach Nation’s Capitol Chapter Kacie Baldwin Western Washington Chapter Tom Birch Minnesota/Wisconsin Chapter Dick Bull UIRA Representative Joe Cloud Faculty Representative Chip Corsi CFWR Alumni Association President Michael Domke Texas Chapter Jennifer Haemmerle Wood River Valley Chapter

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

Autumn Hansen ASUI President

E. Davis Jessup SArb President Ron King Eastern Idaho Chapter

Todd Neill Arizona Chapter Keith Rifﬂe Foundation President Duane Rimel Vandal Scholarship Fund President Joe Rimsa Northern California Chapter Kristen Rufﬁng Ada County Chapter Steve Scott Central Washington Keeven Shropshire Southeast Idaho Chapter Roxie Simcoe Magic Valley Chapter Russ Vansant New York Chapter Wayne Wohler Colorado Chapter

Sue Brooks — UI Parents’ Association member from Helena, Mont., with Joe Vandal and daughter Sami Brooks, student Alumni Relations Board member at 2004 Moms’ Weekend Breakfast, an event Sami helped organized.

Reconnecting to UI Volunteers Share Their Time, Talents and Treasures BY GAIL MILLER

oyalty, dedication, pride. Those are all emotions alumni have for the University of Idaho and its many programs. Time and distance sometimes can lessen the connection alumni have for their alma mater, but there are ways to reconnect to UI. Just reading this magazine or visiting the UI Web site can make your college days seem closer. Some alumni make a stronger reconnection by becoming a volunteer. The Alumni Ofﬁce, the Vandal Scholarship Fund and the Ofﬁce of Development all have a place for your talents. Harold Gibson, executive director of the Alumni Relations, says his organization has more than 100 opportunities for volunteer involvement. “The three T’s are important: time, talent and treasure. That’s what we need from volunteers,” he said. “As a matter of fact, treasure, the giving part of it, is critically important but doesn’t make one a volunteer. You can make a donation and not volunteer. However, giving of your time or expertise does constitute a volunteer effort. That’s the kind of engagement we want to encourage of people, to volunteer their time and talent.”

Alumni Relations (208) 885-6154, alumni@uidaho.edu, www.supportui.uidaho.edu Vandal Scholarship Fund Rick Darnell, executive director, (208) 885-0258, rdarnell@uidaho.edu Mahmood Sheikh ’01, development coordinator, Boise, (208) 364-4027, sheikh@uidaho.edu Ofﬁce of Development (208) 885-7069 Caroline Nilsson Troy ’84, executive director, (208) 885-7069, cnilsson@uidaho.edu Ric Thomas, associate director, (208) 885-5301, rthomas@uidaho.edu Nancy McDaniel ’73, regional director, Boise, (208) 364-4065, nmcdan@uidaho.edu College of Agricultural and Life Sciences John Hammel, dean, (208) 885-6446, jhammel@uidaho.edu Kay Maurin, development assistant, (208) 885-2664, kmaurin@uidaho.edu College of Business and Economics Chandra Zenner Ford ’88, ’95, director of development, Boise, (208) 364-9908, chandra@uidaho.edu College of Education Kathy Belknap ’79, ’98, director of development, Boise, (208) 364-4087, kbelknap@uidaho.edu College of Engineering Don Evans, director of development, (208) 885-7978, devans@uidaho.edu College of Law Michele Bartlett, director of development, Boise, (208) 364-4044, bartlett@uidaho.edu College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences Sherry George, director of development, (208) 885-5553, sgeorge@uidaho.edu College of Natural Resources Mark Hermanson, director of development, (208) 885-7400, herm@uidaho.edu College of Science Eric Bennett ’97, ’99, assistant director of development, (208) 885-9106, ebennett@uidaho.edu

2005

Marilee Kohtz Canyon County Chapter

Get Involved!

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Peter Soeth President

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UI Alumni Association Board of Directors 2005-2006

Volunteer efforts can be as simple as being a greeter at an event or offering valuable career advice as a mentor to a recent graduate. Gibson urges anyone with an interest in these volunteer roles to contact his office. “We strive to get people involved by connecting them with the university through events, programs and communications. What we have found is the more aware people are of the University, the more involved they become.” Deep in the Kibbie Dome is the office of Rick Darnell who heads up the Vandal Scholarship Fund. As executive director he raises funds for 200 athletic scholarships. “The UI has some of the most academically talented student athletes in the Western-Athletic Conference,” said Darnell. UI student athletes have an overall GPA of 3.13 and 13 of the 16 teams have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above. “The Vandal Scholarship Fund is a great place to invest your time, talents and treasures because the students are worth it,” said Darnell. UI Athletic Department members and Latah County Vandal Boosters joined Vandal Boosters know together in a marketing blitz last fall to distribute team posters and game how to have fun. Their schedule cards to regional businesses. activities range from working with coaches and the team directly, to organizing picnics, fundraising through golf tournaments and auctions, and signing-day parties with the team. Volunteers are organized into 27 regions. Contacting your local chapter is the best way to get involved. If fundraising for the university is your interest, you should contact the Office of Development or the UI Foundation, says Nancy McDaniel, regional director of development in Boise. The best place to start is by contacting the development officer of the college that interests you. Each development officer is knowledgeable about the goals and needs of that college. They organize activities and work closely with college alumni groups. Volunteers also may serve on advisory boards in the various colleges. “For example, if somebody is interested, they should contact the college development office and say, ‘I’ve been Vandal Boosters Bruce and working in education all my life. I really want to help the Colleen Bumgarner and university. How do I do it?’” said McDaniel. The University Jerry Hall take part in a new program to install I offers a number of opportunities to become involved in a Vandal signs on buildings meaningful way. in northern Idaho. The University of Idaho Foundation, Inc., provides another opportunity for alumni and friends to get involved in the University and its fund-raising priorities. The foundation’s membership committee receives nominations each year from volunteers, staff and faculty. Members are voted to serve threeyear terms, contribute $1,000 annually and can be appointed by the foundation president to serve on a variety of committees. Whatever you have to give of your time, talent and treasure, you will be welcomed as a volunteer at the University of Idaho. I

SPORTS VANDAL SPORTS

VANDAL SPORTS

The Best Darn Sports

Otis Livingston

BY DAN HUNT Kelli Johnson

Otis Livingston

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n one season with the Idaho basketball team, Otis Livingston etched his own place in Vandal lore by helping his team to the 1990 Big Sky Championship and the NCAA Tournament. He shattered the school’s single season assist record with 262, which was third in the nation that year. Still, his gaudy assist total seems almost trivial compared to what he has accomplished since. Livingston ’91, has followed a fast and unpredictable road from Moscow, where he earned a telecommunication degree, to New York, where he is the morning sports anchor at WNBC. The show, “Today in New York,” is the highest-rated morning show in the area. “The opportunity to get up and do what I do in front of so many people is great,” Livingston said. “The biggest compliment I get is, ‘You look like you enjoy doing your job.’ And I do.” “His success only tickles me, because

I know he’s only scratched the surface,” said current Vandal head coach Leonard Perry, who played alongside Livingston as an off-guard 15 years ago. “I totally expect him to end up as the president of Disney or something. He is the epitome of what it’s all about.” In midst of the world’s most notorious sports media market, Livingston wakes up at 2:30 a.m. for a show that runs from 5 to 7. The early start allows Livingston, a father of ﬁve who met his wife, Nikki ’94, at a Vandal-sponsored basketball camp in McCall, to spend the daytime with his family. There are a lot of people who don’t have the schedule I have, which is big to me,” said Livingston. I’m getting to watch my family grow up. It’s been a blessing.”

Kelli Johnson

When she was a point guard guiding the Vandal women’s basketball team, it

was hard to imagine Kelli Johnson not succeeding in the post-college world. For her, it may have been even harder to imagine working outside of the sports world. Johnson ’98 now has both. She works at the Washington, D.C.-based Comcast sports network in a position she calls “close to my dream job.” Johnson has covered a National League Championship Series and an AllStar game. Last fall, she was the NFL beat reporter for the Washington Redskins. “I always knew I wanted to do something sports-related. My whole family is sports,” said Johnson, whose father, Gary ’67, played baseball for the Vandals. “It was a chance to still be involved. My job is covering games and going to the best sporting events that people pay to watch.” None of Johnson’s success surprises Julie Holt, who kept Johnson in the starting lineup throughout the four years

J. Schneider always will be associated with Boise State that Holt was the Vandal head coach. University athletics. His Her husband, then assistant football history as a Bronco spans coach Nick Holt, used to remark on the four decades. certainty of her future success. His history as a Vandal, “We knew that,” Julie Holt said. “We’d however, spans ﬁve. laugh and tell her we’ll see you live in 10 Before he began a legacy Paul J. Schneider years. On the air, baby!” as the voice of Johnson “I really liked my time at the Broncos earned a public in 1973, communication the University of Idaho. Schneider ’66 was in Moscow, degree at UI, and his craft on It was a great place developing holds the Vandal Vandal sidelines and in UI career record for classrooms. career three-pointers to go to school. I just had “I did so many things up made �207. a ball. Five of the best at the University of Idaho. “I’m in a man’s learned a lot about all world still, obviously. years of my life.” Iaspects of television and But [her basketball radio broadcasting,” said — Paul J. Schneider career at Idaho] also Schneider, who came to UI gives me a chance to as a history major but earned handle those who a communication degree. “They were don’t think I have the knowledge to work fairly liberal about letting us experience in sports,” Johnson said. “I competed at and in letting us do our own stuff. They the highest level of collegiate sports. I’m let us know that if you just followed still a competitor at heart.” your natural curiosity, you’d do ﬁne in

Paul J. Schneider

Like the untraditional blue turf that swallows the Bronco Stadium ﬂoor, Paul

broadcasting.” His passion for play-by-play sprouted in Moscow and blossomed in Boise, where he established himself, in the eyes of

many, as “Mr. Bronco” by regularly calling football and basketball games. By now, he is a loyal BSU fan, still calling games for the Broncos and forever scrutinizing his own wardrobe for fear that he may accidentally wear silver, gold or black to work one day. “There are still people who think I want the University of Idaho to beat Boise State,” Schneider said. “For selﬁsh reasons, I root for BSU now.” Despite the intense intra-state rivalry, Schneider still recalls his alma mater with regard. “I really liked my time at the University of Idaho,” Schneider said. “It was a great place to go to school. I just had a ball. Five of the best years of my life.” I

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Broadcasters

SPORTS VANDAL SPORTS

Swimmers make most of ﬁrst season

Vandal Scholarship Fund Summer Events April 27 April 29

2005 Vandal Football Schedule Announced

Ryan Lang

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Track Races into the WAC

In Idaho’s first Western Athletic Conference Championship, the UI indoor track and field teams took home three individual titles. Ryan Lang, a senior from Kennewick, Wash., gave the Vandals their first WAC championship as he won the heptathlon. Lang recorded 5,081 points on his way to the victory. Senior Manuela Kurrat completed the multi-event sweep for Idaho as she won the pentathlon. Kurrat finished first in three of the five events. Melinda Owen, a sophomore from Polson, Mont., was the Vandals’ third champion as she won the pole vault with a school record mark of 12 feet, 6 inches. Idaho competed as a WAC affiliate member for the indoor season and officially will join the conference in July.

Vandal football will be on the Palouse for five games when the University of Idaho embarks on its inaugural Western Athletic Conference campaign. The Vandals’ 11-game schedule includes a road trip to Washington State and four WAC games at the Kibbie Dome. Unlike UI’s 2004 schedule which spanned five time zones, all 2005 games will be played in the Mountain and Pacific time zones. While 2005 is UI’s first season in the Western Athletic Conference, the schedule features teams that have been part of UI’s history since 1894. The only newcomer to the schedule is Louisiana Tech.

Spring Sports Banquet, Moscow Silver-Gold football game, 7 p.m., Kibbie Dome April 30 Nick Holt Golf Tournament, UI Golf Course May 6-7 Ada County Golf Tournament, Boise June 3-4 UI vs BSU Golf Challenge, Meadow Creek Resort, New Meadows June 10 Doug Scoville barbecue for Athletic Department, Potlatch June 18 Vandal Coaches Cruise, 7-10 p.m., Seattle, Wash. July 15-16 National Vandal Booster Board meeting, McCall July 22 Canyon County Scramble, Caldwell July 23 Western Treasure Valley Scramble, Payette July 25 Buhl Pig Out, Buhl August 2 Vandal Scholarship Fund Governor’s Gala, Boise August 20 Vandal Community Day with UI student-athletes, Moscow For more information, contact the Vandal Scholarship Fund ofﬁce at (208) 885-0259 or in Boise, (208) 364-4027.

2005 VANDAL FOOTBALL September 1 at Washington State 10 at UNLV 17 at Washington 24 vs. Hawaii — Dads’ Weekend

October 1 vs. Utah State —Homecoming 8 at Nevada 15 bye 22 Fresno State — Ag Days 29 at New Mexico State

November 5 bye 12 vs. Louisiana Tech 19 at Boise State 26 at San Jose State

RETURN OF THE BLOT

New student-run magazine makes its mark

BY LESLIE EINHAUS

ow many student journalists get a chance to create a campus magazine, and in the process, interview The Donald — real estate mogul Donald “You’re Fired”

Trump? Few. Very few. Meet Chris Kornelis, editor of Blot, UI’s newest studentrun magazine. With help from a dedicated and creative staff, Kornelis created Blot from a blank slate. The ﬁrst issue made its debut in December 2004. It’s already getting rave reviews. “Among student magazines, I believe Blot is already one of the best in the nation,” says ASUI Media Adviser Shawn O’Neal, who says the opportunity for UI students to create a magazine like this is rare. “You can survey 1,000 journalists and I would venture to say none of them even had the chance to do what these students are doing,” notes O’Neal. “This is a blessed group.” The Blot crew includes Art Director Jen Camman, Assistant Editor Katie Fritzley, Associate Editor Sean Olson and Copy

Editors Cady McCowin and Abbey Lostrom. A slew of writers and photographs also help produce Blot. The funds to support “the new voice in UI student media” come from the now-defunct yearbook, Gem of the Mountains. The popularity of the yearbook decreased in recent years. It made sense to provide students with a more real-world production experience, says O’Neal. “I don’t know a lot of professional yearbooks out there. But the experience these students are getting with the magazine is truly invaluable,” he adds. Blot derives its name from a previously published UI studentrun magazine circa 1940-50. The name Blot is the only similarity the two magazines share. The new-fangled UI magazine has plenty of panache. Sections include Cahoots with tidbits on Spring break deals and a recipe for veggie stir-fry; Handbill is all about music – reviews and interviews; and Perimeter gives readers a sneak-peek into the campus scene with an assortment of fresh features. The inaugural issue also spotlights Mr. Trump on what he loves and loathes in a job applicant, what he thinks students aren’t learning at higher education institutions, and whether he plans to subscribe to Blot. “There’s really no bigger celebrity than him,” says Kornelis, who tracked down Trump’s publicist via e-mail and scored the interview. “I’m super happy that we got Mr. Trump for our ﬁrst issue.” Blot also has a more serious side. In its debut December issue, writer Frank McGovern tackles student drug informants. “We wanted the magazine to be relevant on a national level,” says Kornelis. Long-term, Kornelis hopes the magazine continues “to get better and better.” In the process of making a magazine, it seems this student editor is getting better and better, too. “I think he’s learned more than anybody in this process,” notes O’Neal. With the goal of working as a contributing writer of Vanity Fair one day, editor Kornelis is well on his way to hearing those famous words: “You’re hired.” The next issue of Blot will be on newsstands in April. Subscriptions are available by phoning (208) 885-7825. I

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BLOT Editor Chris Kornelis

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UI swimmer Raige Lee.

Just like the regular season that preceded it, the 2005 Big West Conference Championship Swim Meet was full of memories and surprises for the Idaho women’s swim team. The Vandals concluded their historic season with an fifth-place finish in a field of seven teams — impressive, considering that before this fall, UI’s swim program had been dormant for 19 years. An undersized Idaho team which featured nine freshmen scored 244 points at the meet at Long Beach, Calif.,’s Belmont Olympic Plaza Feb. 23-26. The Vandals finished comfortably ahead of Cal Poly and Cal State Northridge despite not having any divers. Breaststroker JoJo Miller became the first Vandal to swim in a conference final heat when she shattered the school’s 400-yard individual medley mark. On the final day of the tournament, Sara Peterson also broke a school record in the100-yard freestyle. Her sixth-place finish was the best finish by any Vandal at a Big West Swim Meet.

IDEAS TO BE CONSIDERED

BY REBECCA SELF

The difference lay in finding hard facts and real information on the issues we cared about. As long as we discussed facts and where they’d come from, we didn’t argue. The problem was that they were very hard to find. Students sifted through article after article that described, in horserace style, who was ahead at the polls and pitted so-called conservative and liberal pundits against one another in useless, vitriolic exchanges. When we unearthed facts, historical context and the bigger picture on issues, we found that, like most Americans, we didn’t fall along clearly defined conservative and liberal lines. Each of us, depending on our backgrounds and decision-making criteria, aligned with what we would call conservatives on some issues and liberals on others. There’s a problem with journalism today, but it isn’t the one that’s normally discussed. It’s not that media are liberal or conservative; it’s that that ideological division prevents informed participation in public discourse. The media have reduced public opinion from a valuable and powerful source of political authority to the counting up of uninformed but ideologically polarized opinions. There’s a lesson here for all of us, and

Rebecca L. Self, assistant professor, School of Journalism

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

2005 Events

May 6 @ Arlington, Texas with the Texas Rangers June 24 @ Tri-City, Washington with the Dust Devils June 25 @ Yakima, Washington with the Bears June 30 @ Spokane, Washington with the Spokane Indians August 13 @ Denver, Colorado with the Colorado Rockies 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 Phone (208) 885-6154 or www.supportui.uidaho.edu Tickets generally can be purchased online, in advance, with credit card. 2005

The State of Journalism

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a call to action. What the Mass Media and Public Opinion class discovered is that political and media pundits are so busy accusing each other of being conservative or liberal that journalists, politicians and the public aren’t doing the things we need to do to preserve, protect and promote a vital, thriving democracy. The class learned to separate ideology from information and to consider where our information and opinions come from. With few exceptions, media perpetuate the deep division we all see — in our families and communities, and in our nation-state. And we’re not holding the media accountable. We live in a country founded on the notion that public opinion is a strong, valuable force in our governance. We also live in a nation founded on the belief that no one organization — governmental, religious or corporate — should hold too much power over our lives. In order for those tenets to remain cornerstones in our country, the press must act as the Fourth Estate, bravely questioning those in power and informing the public on issues of importance — from health care reform and education spending to the facts about the war in Iraq. As Bill Moyers recently said, as he ended his 30-plus year career as a journalist, “…news is what powerful people want to keep hidden; everything else is publicity.” No matter where we fall on the ideological spectrum, it’s our duty to stay accurately informed, express ourselves and take a stand for those elements central to a healthy democracy. I

PHOTO LIZ HESS

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uring fall 2004 semester, I taught 54 UI students in a course called Mass Media and Public Opinion. Between the war in Iraq and the presidential election, we had plenty to watch, read and talk about. I was worried class discussion would break down into the mudslinging that passes for political dialogue in our country today. That didn’t happen, even though we came from diverse backgrounds, espoused a wide range of political perspectives and confronted tough material. We watched videos about Afghanistan and Iraq produced by Australians, Americans and Brits and archival footage of Ralph Reed as a college student, long before he co-founded the Christian Coalition and helped change the shape of American culture and politics. We watched an editor of U.S. News and World Report on “Meet the Press.” UI alumnus Mike Kirk’s “Rumsfeld’s War” aired on public television mid-semester and we watched it, too. We read articles and books by military leaders and media scholars. We looked at what information on election issues got into American homes through mainstream media, and what was left out for us to go hunt down elsewhere. We considered why those patterns exist. What strikes me is that we never argued. Why should that be so surprising? It’s surprising because I watched as my neighbors staked out and lined up their Bush/Cheney and Kerry/Edwards signs in rows across our street, like so many small soldiers facing each other in battle. It’s surprising because I watched Bill O’Reilly scream, “Shut up!” on FOX. It’s surprising because the deep division and discord that seem to have taken over our country play out even in my immediate family, and in the families of most of the students in the class. It’s surprising because mass media and public opinion today are marked by name calling and inﬂammatory, polarizing rhetoric. What was the difference between “Crossﬁre” and our class?

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