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— Jessica Helsley of Dietrich, is the 2005-06 recipient of the Wallace P. and Dorothy Monnett Scholarship in the College of Natural Resources. She is a junior majoring in Conservation Social Sciences and plans to pursue a master’s degree in Psychology or Wilderness Therapy. Jessica also is a current recipient of an Access Scholarship, the Jonne Hower Honors Scholarship in CNR, the ASUI Leadership Scholarship and the Dean Vettrus ASUI Scholarship.

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A Vandal leads China’s efforts to save the endangered giant panda

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Changing Soiled Perceptions

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Student researcher Stephanie Jenkins finds a vantage point to view Big Creek at the Taylor Ranch Field Station. Photo by Holly Akenson.

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Here We Have Idaho The University of Idaho Magazine SPRING 2006 • VOLUME 23, NUMBER 2 University President Timothy White Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Strategic Communications Wendy Shattuck Editor Jeff Olson Alumni Association President Peter Soeth University of Idaho Foundation President Keith Riffle Magazine Design Julene Ewert Illustrations Nathan Nielson Class Notes Editor Annis Shea Writers and Contributors Doug Bauer Hugh Cooke Emily Davis Leslie Einhaus Donna Emert Tim Helmke Dan Hunt Joni Kirk Bill Loftus Sue McMurray Gail Miller Becky Paull Cynthia Taggert Kallee Hone Valentine

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Also in this issue is a story that may change the way you think about soil.

Claudia Hemphill Pine is a graduate student in environmental science. She has incorporated history and philosophy in a thoughtful study of what she argues is a misunderstood part of our lives.

Dennis Erickson has returned to the University of Idaho as head football coach. The announcement has created a level of excitement and interest in Vandal football that is wonderful for the University. We have included a special insert in the magazine to highlight Dennis’ history with, and passion for, the University of Idaho. That’s not the only coaching news from the Department of Athletics. George Pfeiffer has been promoted to head men’s basketball coach.

You can find out more about the new coach on page 21.

We will be celebrating commencement at four University of Idaho locations in the next few weeks. Karen and I wish our graduates the very best in all that is next in their lives, and we welcome them into a new life-long relationship with the University of Idaho as alumni. Also, many thanks to our faculty and staff, along with the families and friends of our new graduates, for helping these students achieve such wonderful success.

Letter Policy

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

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Bruce Sykes says he is working to be a sculptor.

The master of fine arts candidate was creating artwork in bronze, but changed his focus when he accidentally came across a less-traditional sculpting medium — cedar wood shims.

Sykes has used more than 1,400 shims in the last year to create his works. The circular sculpture pictured above is composed of 644 stained and natural-colored cedar pieces and aptly titled “644.” The shape of the work is driven in part by the natural curvature that occurs during assembly.

Sykes spent 23 years as a high school art teacher in Pennsylvania, then opted for a career change. “I came to realize that the majority of successful artists I met had MFA degrees,” he said.

In his exploration of degree programs, the University of Idaho provided the most support. Here, he was able to focus on his work and experiment with this unique medium.

Influenced by Byron Clerx , Glen Grishkoff and the current faculty of the art department, he developed this new approach and medium.

Bruce and his partner, LeGene Quesenberry, also are prolific art collectors, and their Pennsylvania home and art collection were featured in American Style magazine in 2003.

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daho’s landscapes – the mountains, lakes, forests, rivers and streams, rangelands, ranches and farms – all shape our quality of life and provide rich environmental, social and economic benefits to the state. These varied landscapes within our borders also provide opportunities for research and study by University of Idaho scientists in a wide variety of disciplines.

It is Idaho’s remote wilderness landscape that, in many ways, remains the most mysterious and intriguing. The College of Natural Resources’ Taylor Ranch Field Station in the middle of the Frank Church – River of No Return Wilderness provides researchers and students an environment minimally impacted by human activity. This issue of Here We Have Idaho allows you to step into that wilderness to join faculty and students as they study this rich environment. The untouched setting is a window into our past, with rich opportunities to develop sustainable and sound natural resource management policies for our future.

The University of Idaho’s worldwide reach and the accomplishments of our alumni are astounding. Zhang Hemin is a wonderful example. Zhang came to our campus from China, and earned a degree in forest resources in 1989. Now, he is at the forefront of China’s efforts to save endangered giant pandas and leads a successful recovery program. You can read more about Zhang in the story titled “It’s More Than Black and White” on page 14.

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TODAY@IDAHO For more on these stories and for daily University of Idaho news, go to www.today.uidaho.edu.

Three new Humanities Fellows have been selected to continue the work of fostering excellence in the understanding of the humanities. They are: Candida Gillis, professor of English; Margaret Salazar, professor of Spanish; and Debbie Storrs, professor of sociology. They will organize faculty seminars, create a presentation series, and invite scholars to visit campus. They have chosen “The Power of Play” as the theme to their activities.

Changes in glaciers in the Central Asia Mountain System may have the most immediate effects on nearly half of the world’s population. Vladimir Aizen, professor of glaciology, said changes in water flow caused by climate change could have dramatic influence on water supplies. He spoke at a media briefing organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science during its annual meeting in St. Louis in February. Rising temperatures are causing dramatic changes in the world’s glaciers, scientists studying ice fields in Greenland, Chile and Asia agreed during the briefing.

A planned touring exhibit, “Jumpin’ with the Big Bands: When Swing was America’s Popular Music,” is the recipient of a $50,000 grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation of Seattle. The exhibit is a joint project of the University of Idaho International Jazz Collections and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture at Spokane, Wash. The exhibit is scheduled to open in early 2008 in Moscow and Spokane, followed by a national tour.

Student actors Nellie Doelman, left, and Jessica Rice, right, in a scene from “Boy Gets Girl”

“Boy gets Girl” gets spotlight

University of Idaho snowboarder Casselle Wood competes in the halfpipe competition at the U.S. Collegiate Ski Association National Championships.

The Alpine Ski team is the oldest continuously operating sports club at the University, according to the team’s coach and faculty adviser, Jerry McMurtry. The snowboard team was established in 1998.

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Singing Vandals Invade Ireland

The Vandaleer Concert Choir will sing its way through Ireland in May. They have 13 performances scheduled at various venues throughout Ireland, including Galway and Dublin. Highlight concerts will take place at Christchurch Cathedral and the St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral Mozartfest.

Alumnus Philip C. Habib ’42 is being honored as part of the Distinguished American Diplomats commemorative stamp series from the U.S. Postal Service.

The stamps honor six individuals for their contributions as trailblazers, shapers of policy, peacemakers and ©2005 USPS USED humanitarians. The stamps WITH PERMIS SION. become available May 30.

ALL R IGHTS RESER VED. Habib executed diplomacy in some of the world’s most dangerous flash points; Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Central America, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1982. He passed away in 1992.

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The student production of “Boy Gets Girl” made it to the big stage. The play was chosen as one of only four university productions from across the nation to be showcased April 1920 as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at Washington, D.C. “It is a privilege for our program to represent the University and the state on the national stage,” said David Lee-Painter, chair of the Department of Theatre and Film. “It is a great testament to the talent of our students and faculty.

This is the highest honor a university theatre production can receive.”

Several other students also traveled to the Kennedy Center as national finalists for scholarship and internship opportunities.

Emily Frederick of Coeur d’Alene competed in makeup design and Angela Bengford was a scenic design finalist. Two students earned trip to the festival by placing first at a regional competition. Angela Renaldo of St. Maries won the regional stage management competition, and Paul Kalina was named outstanding student director.

In addition, playwright David Eames-Harlen’s short play, “By Design,” was selected as the regional winner and the play was included in a workshop at the national conference.

Theatre and Film Professor Dean Panttaja received a nomination for the National Lighting Design Fellowship.

Seven University of Idaho students got a Winter Olympics education as part of their study abroad experience. The students are attending the University of Turin at Torino this spring. The students answered the call for local volunteers to help stage the winter sports extravaganza.

Additionally, Hugh Cooke, associate director of Alumni Relations, worked his fourth Winter Olympics and provided support for NBC broadcast announcers.

Emmy Award-winning sport broadcaster Otis Livingston ’91, the sports anchor for “Today In New York” on WNBC-TV, also contributed to NBC’s coverage of the Torino Winter Games. It was his second Olympic assignment.

Bernie Wilson ’80, a journalism alumnus, was one of a handful of analysts for Yahoo, and wrote a daily piece from the Olympics.

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David McIlroy, a University of Idaho physics professor, has been awarded a three-year, $1.8 million National Science Foundation grant that will benefit elementary school science programs in rural northern Idaho. John Davis of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction is a co-principal investigator on the project. The focus of the grant is to pair University graduate students with elementary school science teachers to improve communication skills of graduate students, as well as to develop inquiry-based physical science classes.

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The men’s and women’s snowboard team each finished in second place overall at the U.S. Collegiate Ski Association national championships in March at Sugarloaf, Maine. In addition, alpine skier Kristin Wick finished in the top 10 in both the slalom and giant slalom races.

The women snowboarders took first place in the team halfpipe competition, holding on to the title they earned two years ago – the last time the halfpipe competition was contested. The men’s snowboarders took home a first place in the team boardercross event.

“We are stoked to be stoked,” said Angie Snell of the women’s team. “We can proudly represent the University of Idaho. Most of us are juniors and already are looking forward to next year.”

Alpine skier Wick of Coeur d’Alene was the first University of Idaho skier to compete at the collegiate national championships in more than a dozen years. She finished seventh in the women’s giant slalom race, eighth in the slalom and sixth overall.

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Snow news is good news

The University of Idaho is the recipient of a $168,944 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct workshops for K-12 teachers this summer at Wallace. The NEH initiative encourages and strengthens the teaching, study and understanding of American history and culture.

The workshop, “Silver Mining in the West: Conflict and Community on the Frontier,” is scheduled for June 19-23 and July 10-14.

“I think we did well to have the Silver Valley considered a ‘landmark’ in the same grouping as the U.S. Capitol, Independence Hall, Mark Twain’s house, Pearl Harbor and others,” said Katherine Aiken, associate dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences.

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The University’s reputation for being in the forefront of information technology recieved a big boost this spring. Thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health, the University has a direct on-ramp to the world’s information highway with new Internet bandwidth that can transmit 270 megabits per second. Previously, international partnerships were not as accessible via the Internet due to large file sizes, which could become corrupted during download because of the length of time needed to fully receive data. Now, with the new high-speed, high-definition bandwidth, Idaho faculty can work with other researchers around the world in real time, instantly sharing their own research, interactively collaborating on projects or using supercomputers remotely for specialized research.

Peace Corps Update

The Peace Corps announced the University of Idaho moved up 10 places to No. 13 on its list of medium-sized schools that produce Peace Corps volunteers. Currently, 31 of our alumni serve in the Peace Corps, and 447 have served since 1961.

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Jennifer S. McFarland with several sixth and seventh grade students in Turgen, Kazakhstan.

A Message from Kazakhstan

My husband, Jon Stouffer ’96, and I are Peace Corps volunteers in Kazakhstan, and work as English teachers in Turgen, a small village of about 12,000 people. Kazakhstan is a former Soviet republic in the heart of Central Asia.

Kazakhstan is diverse. I have met Kazakhs, Turks, Germans, Greeks, Russians, Uyghurs, Koreans, Kurds and many others.

I was unprepared for the realities of Kazakhstan. Buildings are crumbling, the infrastructure is in a state of disrepair, schools are not adequately heated and teachers often go months without being paid. I found these to be insurmountable obstacles.

Then, I began to look around. One way or another, people just find a way to make their lives work. If you do not have water, you build an outhouse and go to the pump down the road. If you do not have a paycheck, you plant a garden and trade for goods and services.

I also look to my students. Like in the States, clever students usually come from families who are involved in their child’s life. Most of them cannot speak English

any better than I can speak Russian, but we communicate. I taught one group part of “Go Vandals Go.” Nothing brings a smile to my face like hearing one of my students sing, “I-D-A-H-O, Idaho! Idaho!

GO! GO! GO!” I hope the future is bright for Kazakhstan. We have developed many positive relationships here; I want some of my students find a way to become true Vandals by attending the University of Idaho and taking the knowledge home to help rebuild their country.

Jennifer S. McFarland ’96 Turgen, Kazakhstan

Credit to Grace Martin

I enjoyed the photo and article “On Campus From the 1950s” in the winter edition of “Here We Have Idaho.” I do want to point out that the Martin Peace Institute was founded by Boyd Martin, along with his wife, Grace. Please don’t overlook the important contribution Mrs. Martin made to the formation of the Institute.

Bobbi Bodine Via e-mail

University of Idaho soil science graduate student Yaniria Sanchez-de Leon knew she had something special when a flash of white appeared when she dug into the rich Palouse soil. With half a worm in hand, she quickly dug to recover the rest of the earthworm from the soil of Washington State University’s Smoot Hill Ecological Reserve.

Her study of earthworms and soil carbon dynamics took a dramatic turn.

She had found the rarest of the rare among earthworms, the native giant Palouse earthworm.

The species reportedly can grow to three feet, although her specimen was about six inches. Still, it dwarfed the hundreds of introduced earthworms she normally found during her study.

Scientists believe the giant Palouse earthworm hadn’t been seen since the late 1980s, when graduate student Paul Johnson and James B. “Ding” Johnson, Plant, Soil and Entomological Science Department head, found several while collecting pill bugs near Moscow Mountain.

Sometimes science is literally about smiles, at least in the case of neurobiologist Mark DeSantis. His frequent walks past class photos of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho Medical Education Program students sparked questions to be explored and then published in the scientific journals Psychology and Psychological Reports. DeSantis, who teaches those medical students, surmised from their photos that the men seemed to smile less than the women.

With the help of summer students Nathan Sierra and Sonia Samuels, those photos and various others of adults taken throughout the 20th century in the U.S. were examined, and the numbers confirmed the pattern.

He next teamed with professors Philip Mohan from psychology and Kirk Steinhorst in statistics to track similar data for babies and young children, as well as adults.

They found that boys and girls tended to smile about the same when photographed, but by the late teenage years the pattern began to shift to the adult pattern.

Reasons for the change in smiling pattern with age when comparing the sexes may be encoded in the functional morphology of the brain, DeSantis suggests. With newer imaging technologies available, future researchers may pinpoint where, when and why smiles start in the brain.

Boosting biodisesel

Biodiesel researchers Jon Van Gerpen and Dev Shrestha say critics of the renewable fuel misfired when they calculated it took more energy to make than it yielded. That study was widely debunked by other researchers in several scientific forums, most recently by Van Gerpen and Shrestha during a national biodiesel conference in San Diego in February.

The critic’s analysis was flawed because it incorrectly accounted for the energy associated with co-products of biodiesel production. It also made several incorrect assumptions about fertilizer use, Van Gerpen said.

As leader of the nation’s largest biodiesel education effort, Van Gerpen said the high-profile debate brought some positives, too.

“We welcome this opportunity to educate a new generation of consumers and re-educate long-standing users about the benefits of this sustainable fuel,” Van Gerpen said.

For the complete research results paper, go to: www.uidaho.edu/bioenergy and click on “Energy Balance.”

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“Through this comparative study, we can gain a better Today, a growing cadre of scientists explore these settings to understanding of how rapidly vegetation will respond to climate address current issues like global climate change, and the health change and fire intensities — what it will mean to streamside of anadromous fishes of the Northwest migrate from saltwater environments and the stream itself,” Braatne said. to freshwater to spawn, and understanding human effects on Some key questions they pose are how animal, insect and ecosystem functions and processes. The wealth of long-term data vegetation composition gathered by researchers differ in relation to stream at Taylor provides size, fire history and fire important baselines for “Immersion in the wilderness environment intensity. They also are current projects that looking at variations in evaluate human-caused deep thoughts on ecological the streamside food webs and natural sources of between burned and interconnections and leads to true variation and change on unburned tributaries. wildlands. that cannot be achieved in front of a computer.

Braatne predicts the The fire-dominated results of this study will landscapes of the Big —Holly Akenson have positive implications Creek Basin provide for how riverbank opportunities to study areas are managed and how wilderness responds protected in the future. Issue to be addressed include improved to wildfires. Professor Jeffrey Braatne is conducting a study in protection policy for the endangered species like bull trout, partnership with Colden Baxter of Idaho State University on Chinook salmon and cutthroat trout who depend on riparian how fire influences streamside vegetation. They are able to draw food webs. on 30 years of Big Creek Basin research conducted by ISU professor G. Wayne Minshall.

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magine yourself as a 19- or 20-year-old who is dropped off by mail plane in the middle of a wilderness setting with no roads going in or out. Did you pack enough food? If not, do you know what plants are safe to eat, how to make fire, how to make a shelter?

If this sounds like elements from the popular television reality show “Survivor,” you are not far off the mark. Except University of Idaho College of Natural Resources students and researchers aren’t here for the money. The life experiences and scientific knowledge they gain from this reality experience represent a million-dollar educational opportunity they can’t get anywhere else.

The Taylor Ranch Field Station, a University of Idaho research facility in the middle of the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness, is a 65-acre “island” of sorts in the center of the largest block of contiguous wilderness in the lower 48 states.

The station provides a seasonal home base to many University students, researchers and collaborators who study natural resources.

There are two ways to get to Taylor; either a 32-mile hike from the Big Creek trailhead or a sometimes white-knuckled small plane flight onto a grass airstrip. When you get there, you enter a gateway to one of the nation’s most intact natural ecosystems.

Though there are probably no, or very few, true wilderness areas left in the world, this unique staging area opens into more than four million acres of wilderness and creates an expanding niche for research on natural environments minimally impacted by human activity.

Historically, studies at Taylor focused on the relationships between wildlife and vegetation, wildlife behavior and population characteristics, patterns of fire and climate, the introduction of endangered species and other wilderness research. Former Professor Maurice Hornocker earned international recognition for his study of cougars at Taylor beginning in the 1960s, and Professor Emeritus James Peek has studied the relationship between vegetation production and the effect of climate at Taylor since 1987.

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Studies like this that strive to preserve and protect ecological to study at Taylor. Undergraduate student researchers also systems reflect some of the University’s current objectives to have opportunities through the DeVlieg Taylor Field Station incorporate sustainability and environmental literacy in teaching, Undergraduate Research Scholar Award. The award funds research, operations and outreach. The Taylor facility provides an students who design their own research projects, and later unparalleled opportunity for Idaho students to carry out these present and publish their results. themes through programs Scientists Jim and offered at CNR. Holly Akenson manage Graduate student Taylor year round “The wilderness setting requires those Breeanne Jackson spent and direct a student conducting research to be last summer at Taylor, internship program. and assisted Braatne and “The opportunity for and if you didn’t have the right Baxter in the wilderness living and working in research. a naturally functioning equipment, there was no hardware store on “I think that wilderness ecosystem freshwater resources, the next block.” — Gary Koehler was what attracted Jim which are already and me to return to depleted in some areas, Taylor nine years ago,” will become an increasing concern all over the world. That’s why said Holly. “Immersion in the wilderness environment inspires I am very excited to be doing research in stream ecology and to deep thoughts on ecological interconnections and leads to true be working in a wilderness setting. It’s important to me to learn discovery that cannot be achieved in front of a computer. Taylor about freshwater systems, and I hope my experiences lead me to Ranch Field Station and its student programs provide that a career in stream conservation and management,” Jackson said. unique intensive backdrop for ecological inquiry.”

She was one of two graduate students who received The history of student involvement at Taylor stretches back to research assistantship awards from The DeVlieg Foundation 1970, when the University acquired the property. Many former

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Bleak Wilderness interns: Neal Richards, Sara Jones and Melissa Lamb.

students say their experiences were life altering and instilled in them valuable skills to carry throughout their personal and professional lives.

Crystal Strobl remembers the time she spent at Taylor.

“I loved being a part of history while learning to cut hay and gather firewood using stock,” she said. “The tree climbing techniques we learned provided extensive possibilities for successful cougar immobilization in my present career.”

Strobl is an Idaho Department of Fish and Game wildlife technician and works on the Hells Canyon Bighorn Sheep Initiative to restore Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep to their native habitat.

Gary Koehler, a wildlife graduate student in the 1980s, recalls how wilderness work taught him the importance of being independent yet collaborative, and that it honed his naturalist and observation skills.

“The experience of working at Taylor while conducting research for my Ph.D. taught me the value and importance of working together with colleagues at the station, whether for safety or requiring the extra hand or opinion about a matter,” said Koehler. “The wilderness setting requires those conducting research to be resourceful and innovative; if you didn’t have the right equipment, there was no hardware store on the next block.”

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Wildlife resources graduate student Kate Lambert removes a bat from a mist net as part of her research project at Taylor Ranch Field Station.

The Taylor story includes the “path crossings” of three individuals: Dave Lewis, Jess Taylor and Maurice Hornocker.

Lewis received a homestead patent on the 65-acre alluvial fan and bottomland and, in 1911, lived permanently on the site. For many years, the site was known Above: Houndsman Wilbur Wiles and Maurice as the Lewis Place.

Hornocker at Taylor in the early 1970s.

“Cougar Dave” was the Gary Koehler, a wildlife graduate student in the 1980s, holds a sedated bobcat. quintessential Idaho frontiersman who made a living off the land by hunting cougars for bounty, trapping, gold prospecting, growing a large garden and hay crop, horse packing and guiding hunters. Dave Lewis may have been Idaho’s first big-game outfitter.

When Jess Taylor purchased the ranch from Lewis in 1934, he had a dream of making the place into a guest ranch, which he accomplished by 1964 when Maurice Hornocker came onto the scene.

During the winter, Hornocker conducted mountain lion research during the winter based at Taylor, and he developed a friendship with Taylor which ultimately led to the sale of the ranch to the University of Idaho in 1970.

Hornocker had a vision of Taylor becoming a premier wilderness research station.

The actions of these three men established the foundation for the opportunities that the University of Idaho has today.

To read more and see historical photos, visit www.cnrhome.uidaho.edu/taylorranch/history.

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Stream and fire ecology Invasive species Endangered species Large mammal population dynamics Predator-prey dynamics Wildlife-habitat interactions Cultural resources Long- and short-term environmental monitoring • Geology • Climate and vegetation To learn more about the areas of research at Taylor, go to www.cnrhome.uidaho.edu/taylorranch/research.

With its expanding facility and close proximity to wilderness, Taylor is becoming a center for scientific activity and partnership building. A future symposium will take stock of research to date and chart a distinctive science and education agenda for the future involving the University and its collaborators around the globe.

The historical legacy of wildland research conducted at Taylor has opened a window to Idaho’s past and has established a benchmark by which to mark future change. The opportunities for groundbreaking research and public-private partnerships are unparalleled in what some might call Idaho’s outdoor laboratory.

The College of Natural Resources has identified a goal of creating programs that address specific natural resource questions pertaining to Idaho, but are relevant to other areas of the world. The College’s vision is to be among the premiere natural resource colleges in the U.S. with broad regional, national and international appeal.

Idaho is the perfect place to carry out this mission through process-based science that will demonstrate, test and implement sound principles that guide natural resource management decisions.

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He explained that while traveling on horseback or afoot, he learned to observe and absorb the environment, skills that are fundamental to his career dealing with animal behavior and community ecology.

Koehler currently works for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in Cle Elum, Wash., and is principal investigator of Project CAT, a cougar research and education effort that involves public school students and the community.

CNR is expanding Taylor’s research facilities to accommodate growing research opportunities and attract world-class scientists to its pristine staging area.

In 2005, the DeVlieg Foundation, in part, funded the construction of a new multipurpose cabin to replace the buildings that were lost in the fire of 2000. The cabin provides lodging for 10 people and expands housing capacity for researchers and classes. Five other buildings, although rustic, provide comfortable and modern amenities. The main classroom contains wireless Internet connection, a laptop, herbarium, laboratory and library. Other cabins are used for lodging, and canvas wall tents are available for visitors who really like to rough it.

Forty Years of Research at Taylor Ranch Field Station

Support Taylor The Friends of Taylor Endowment has been established to support natural ecosystems research and scientific learning opportunities in the Frank Church – River of No Return Wilderness.

To learn more or support the endowment, visit the Web at www. cnrhome.uidaho.edu/taylorranch/ friends or contact Nancy Matthews, College of Natural Resources, PO Box 441142, Moscow, ID 8368441142; phone (208) 885-6442; e-mail matthews@uidaho.edu.

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Graduate student Breeanne Jackson conducts riparian vegetation surveys.

“One of the highlights of my summer was getting the opportunity to trap a wolf pup,” said Lamb. “Jim taught Neal, Sara and me about trapping techniques, monitoring traps, immobilizing an animal safely and how to ear tag a pup. Working with the pup, knowing there were other wolves in the area, was an experience I will never forget. I will always be grateful to Clara and Ralph Bleak for their generosity that allowed me to spend a summer at Taylor Ranch Field Station.”

To read more about internships at Taylor, visit www.cnrhome. uidaho.edu/taylorranch/interns.

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Student intern Sara Jones and Taylor manager Jim Akenson evaluate a wolf pup.

The DeVlieg Cabin provides a beautiful living-learning structure for up to 10 interns, faculty or researchers and expands housing for classes held at Taylor. The cabin replaces the cookhouse and bunkhouse that were lost in the fire of 2000.

The cabin was funded in part by the DeVlieg Foundation.

Janet DeVlieg Pope and her husband, Jim, provided endless and energetic support that ranged from funding and concept design to months of physical labor.

Just inside the door, a plaque summarizing the benefactors’ sentiments reads, “A place where the wilderness is your classroom.”

To view more photos of the DeVlieg Cabin and read accounts of the construction process, visit www.cnrhome.uidaho.edu/taylorranch/cabin. I

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Clara Bleak established the Ralph M. Bleak Memorial Endowment in honor of her late husband to honor the strong interests the couple shared in the field of environmental education. While Ralph was living, the two wanted to establish a scholarship opportunity, and that dream resulted in the Bleak Taylor Ranch Field Station Wilderness Internship.

The scholarship provides sophomore, junior or returning senior-level students the opportunity to be trained in field research and monitoring techniques at the Taylor Ranch Field Station.

Last year’s recipients were Sara Jones, a conservation social sciences senior from Lemoore, Calif.; Neal Richards, a senior from Lakeview, Ore., majoring in rangeland ecology and management, and Melissa Lamb, a junior from Walla Walla, Wash., majoring in ecology and conservation biology. These interns learned wilderness skills and helped with field station maintenance while supervised by Holly and Jim Akenson, scientists and field station managers.

Intern research activities include collecting and analyzing field data for vegetation, wildlife and recreation projects and assisting scientists with research projects. Wilderness skills include mule packing, backcountry camping and orienteering. Other work ranges from cutting firewood with a crosscut saw, haying and transporting gear with pack mules, to maintaining facilities. The interns learn a stipend work at the field station for 10 weeks.

Summer wolf-reproduction surveys also are incorporated into the Bleak Internship.

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Troy Hinck, a recent wildlife resources graduate, watches for elk at Big Creek.

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Breeding and raising captive pandas is a notoriously tough n the remote, cool mountains of Chengdu in the Sichuan project. Historically, captive pandas have been miserable at province of China, the world-famous Wolong Nature Reserve procreating, and half of those pandas that were born have died. nurses a prize collection of captive giant pandas.

Yet every panda born in Wolong since 2000 has survived.

Isolated from the rest of the world, though certainly In 2005, the center produced 16 baby pandas – a record which not ignored by it, the residents at Wolong are aware of the might be broken only by Wolong in coming years. importance of their work – creating, protecting and nurturing Reasons for this success range from the suitability of the members of the world’s most notable endangered species.

Wolong climate, which is a natural home for pandas, to the Zhang Hemin ’89 and his staff work dutifully to raise captive dedication of Hemin and his staff. pandas, constantly refining their work so that more pandas can “Wolong has established itself as the be born and more born can survive. premier breeding facility in the world,” said “Pandas have become the symbol of the “As I am Chinese Marc Brody, founder and president of the plight of endangered species worldwide,” Environmental Fund.

Hemin says. “As I am Chinese and concerned and concerned about U.S.-China It also helps that Hemin and his about wildlife conservation, and the giant pandas are indigenous to China, I think it is wildlife conservation, researchers are willing to learn from resources outside China. most fortunate that I am involved in the work “The mindset of Zhang and all the and the giant pandas of saving this precious animal and its habitat.” colleagues have enabled them to benefit from Hemin, known throughout China as are indigenous to rich experience they’ve had with international “Father of the Giant Panda,” became director influences,” Brody said. “They’ve developed of the Wolong Nature Reserve Administration China, I think it is innovative methods of animal husbandry. In in 2001. doing that they’ve solved some problems that “I have come to love the pandas for a most fortunate that have stood in the way of captive breeding.” variety of reasons. One being their black I am involved in the Hemin’s staff has excelled, in part, by and white color combination, which I taking an up-close approach with its pandas. find interesting and unique,” Hemin said. work of saving this That includes nurturing a twin that was “Giant pandas are cute, appear to be cuddly – although they are not – and are often rather precious animal and ignored by its mother, and “coaching” male pandas into a more virile state. clumsy, which makes them comical to watch. its habitat.”

It is all part of a long, steep road which, They are non-aggressive by nature, a trait that I admire.”

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ideally, will one day lead the panda out of its endangered state. county commissioner of West Yellowstone at the same time,” “Through hard work and cooperative effort, we were able to Machlis said. “It’s a unique experiment in China, which is a measure of the importance of Wolong in China, as well as a overcome many longstanding problems,” Hemin said. “You have to include along with this, the staff members’ deep love for the measure of the Chinese government’s confidence in Zhang’s leadership skills.” giant panda and their sincere desire to help and care for them.”

Perhaps more impressively than this, Wolong has taken an In addition to overseeing the China Conservation and active role as an educator to the general public. Rather than Research Center for the Giant Panda, Hemin is responsible for environmental protection, economic development and various serving simply as a research center, Wolong is the kind of institution where visitors are often treated to a ground-floor administrative tasks for all of Wolong.

Machlis brims with pride when reflecting on his former pupil. lecture by researchers.

This eagerness to share knowledge – “stewardship education,” He remembers an extremely curious student who acquired a as Brody calls it – makes the center more accessible to the public broad-ranging degree, rather than one narrowly focused on a particular field of science. and has opened doors to the rest of the world.

Last winter, an international advisory committee traveled to “I have great confidence in him. The world needs more Zhangs,” Machlis said. “He represents the commitment and work Wolong and toured the reserve. Among that group was Hemin’s former major professor at the University of Idaho, Gary Machlis. of the faculty from when he was here. Zhang took full advantage It was the first meeting for Hemin and Machlis in 15 years. of the community when he was here, and everyone should be proud of him.”

The former student and professor hiked, ate and talked together.

“My education and degree gave me the background and confidence to work in my “It was great fun. I got to hear about all the great things that he had been up to,” chosen field,” Hemin says. “One fun memory “I have great Machlis said. “[Hemin’s work] was important that I have and have shared with many people is the Idaho cheer – ‘I-D-A-H-O, Idaho, because it constituted one element of panda confidence in him. preservation. Obviously, it is not the only Idaho, go, go, go!’ I love it.” I The world needs element of panda preservation – breeding in captivity doesn’t work by itself, you need other more Zhangs.” factors – but it’s a major one.”

Photos, left to right: Professor Gary Machlis and Zhang Still another point of pride was just how — Gary Machlis Hemin with infant pandas; Wolong Nature Reserve useful Hemin’s master’s degree in forest employees with 16 pandas born in October 2005; Hemin resources had become. with two pandas; a giant panda in the wilds of Wolong Hemin has administrative duties that Nature Preserve. could fill a work slate for any park manager.

But, unlike most park managers, Hemin researches at the fore of his scientific field.

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laudia Hemphill Pine believes the Leonardo da Vinci statement, “We know more about the motions of the universe than the soil beneath our feet.”

That’s something she is trying to change. Clean air and clean water are historically championed as prime environmental initiatives.

Now, she is “cleaning up” the philosophy of soil.

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It’s mid-November and Hemphill Pine, a doctoral student in environmental science, is at the University’s experimental farm. Her exuberance to be out working the soil on a chilly November day is catching. Across the frozen field, she sees Douglas Lind, professor of philosophy and her doctoral committee chair, and excitedly calls to him to tell him about her latest discovery – songs about soil.

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disease turns out to be essential “We’ve always had songs about for building resistance to beautiful forests, and lakes, or disease. We need to have some ‘purple mountains majesty.’ But dirt in our lives.” only a soil scientist named Francis “Hemphill Pine’s research Hole cared enough to try to write is intellectually intriguing and songs celebrating soil,” she said. informative – she uncovers how “His appreciation for the subtle environmentally aware someone complexity of soil inspired him, and truly is at heart,” said Lind. “So he manages to bring this out – like much of environmentalism is the way soil has a rainbow of colors, Philosophy Professor Douglas Lind and Claudia Hemphill Pine are superficial. People speak to the but they’re all hidden underground, challenging long-held perceptions about soil. beauty of the forest or the smell so instead we think dirt is ‘just of the ocean breeze, but don’t brown, and dull.’” embrace the soil. They’re careful not to touch the dirt with their Using her background in anthropology and incorporating hands as they walk along in the beautiful forest. It shows their philosophy, she has looked at how western culture came to true colors in how they relate themselves to the earth.” identify soil with things that fade and die. As society became Hemphill Pine is one of the first in the nation to research richer and more urban, soil was identified with people who cultural perception of soil. She asserts it’s important to were rural and of a lower social-economic class. In the U.S., the understand the environment scientifically and culturally. span of 100 years saw a population composed of mostly farmers “If you take a sample of water from the stream and filter become 95 percent urban. out the leaf bits and twigs, insects and impurities, you’re left Hemphill Pine’s sources of information range from the with pure water,” said Hemphill Pine, massaging a clod of soil Hebrew Bible to American public health history.

“As public health became an increasing problem in our densely “Soil is where life begins and ends, where natural populated cities, just about everything from swamp gas to house dust was ecosystems keep going. ‘Save the environment’ doesn’t just accused of being the evil source of disease,” she said. “One of the biggest mean air and water – it means saving all of it. Civilization public health campaign slogans around depends on soil, so we need to adjust our relationship with the turn of the century was ‘Dirt, Disease and Death.’ soil and learn how to keep this natural life cycle going.”

“So dirt became the major symbol of disease. Anyone who was considered — Claudia Hemphill Pine socially inferior – such as immigrants or different ethnic groups – was called until it disintegrates in her hand. “If you take a handful of dirty. Dirtiness was a huge insult. Housecleaning became an soil and remove the rock particles, pollen grains, decomposing obsession. We still see the impacts today. Even outdoors, dirt wood bits, water and microorganisms, you’re left with nothing. is eliminated – backyards are turned into concrete patios or Philosophically, this makes it cognitively unmanageable because covered up with gravel or bark-mulch. Dirt is so intrinsically bad, it bypasses our tendency to want to sort things out into little we don’t even want to see it outdoors.” piles that are all the same.”

Studies by numerous medical researchers, from Oregon Hemphill Pine is taking a hands-on approach to her Health Sciences University to the Royal Free and University philosophy. As a graduate student leader, she is part of College Medical School in London, now find that children campuswide sustainability initiatives such as Soil Stewards, the are more likely to develop asthma and allergies from cleaning organic farming club she helped start. She believes people need chemicals than from household dust and dirt in the yard. to become involved with the soil to change their perceptions In fact, it appears that just being exposed to dirt as a child is about it. essential to developing a healthy immune system. Just as with “Soil is where life begins and ends, where natural ecosystems vaccinations, the minute exposure children get to a wide range of keep going,” she said. “‘Save the environment’ doesn’t just mean environmental organisms through playing in the soil triggers the air and water – it means saving all of it. Civilization depends on development of their antibody levels. soil, so we need to adjust our relationship with soil and learn “From a medical point of view,” said Hemphill Pine, “the how to keep this natural life cycle going.” I dirt that 100 years ago was turned into the popular symbol of all

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Opposite: Just another day at the office — Schrom is general manager of the Corpus Christi Hooks at Corpus Christi, Texas.

hortly after he broke into the big leagues in 1980, Ken Schrom ’78 had a pretty good idea where his career was headed once his playing days were through. The former Vandal pitcher got a jump on professional sports management long before he stepped off the mound for the final time in 1989.

Now, the general manager of the Houston Astros’ Double-A affiliate at Corpus Christi, Texas, Schrom is one of a number of University of Idaho alumni with jobs in the business side of major and minor league sports.

The list is topped by another Vandal baseball icon, Bill Stoneman, who is in his eighth season as general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Stoneman and a trio of former Vandal athletes all work at their respective sports’ highest level. Former Idaho tight end Scott Auker ’86 is a corporate sales executive for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, and Tanya Tesar Longoria ’95, ’97, who ran track at Idaho, is an account executive with the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics.

Another Idaho graduate, Brad Stith ’98, is the director of season sales for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Schrom and Nat Reynolds ’00, assistant general manager of the Boise Hawks, are carving their niche in their sport’s minor leagues.

What advice would Stoneman give his fellow Idaho grads in the business?

“If you can get inside a [professional sports] operation, you’ve taken a huge step,” he said. “Then you’ve got to perform.

“The clock just doesn’t define your day,” Stoneman continued. “You’ve really got to be willing to work extra hard and work long hours, and as you’re working your way up through an organization you’ve got to be ready to really do anything that needs doing.”

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“We go in and talk to prospects and help them organize a campaign utilizing the Carolina Panthers for helping them market their business.”

“I know in athletics you have to move around a little bit before you get the job that you really love.”

—Tanya Tesar Longoria ’95, ’97

—Scott Auker ’86

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“[We do] anything we can do to target an audience that will come to a big game,” she said.

With the Sonics, Longoria realized her lifelong goal of working in athletics at some level.

“That’s my hobby,” she said, “and I wanted to revolve my working world around what I enjoy doing.”

While Longoria is content where she is, she says she might consider a return to college athletics at some point in the future.

“I thought that was a lot of fun,” she said. “But I’m pretty settled here in Seattle, and I know in athletics you have to move around a little bit before you get the job that you really love.”

Selling the Sonics: Tanya Tesar Longoria helps fill the arena by attracting large groups to SuperSonics games.

—Brad Stith ’98

NBA spin: Brad Stith’s resume lists jobs with the Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers, and he’s already has one NBA Championship ring.

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Brad Stith – Finance/International Business, 1998 Director of Season Ticket Sales Portland Trail Blazers Brad Stith never made a shot, threw a pass or pulled down a rebound for the Detroit Pistons. But he’s got an NBA championship ring all the same.

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Tanya Tesar Longoria – Sports Science, 1995; Master’s in Sports Administration, 1997 Senior Group Sales and Events Account Executive Seattle SuperSonics Longoria’s start in sports management began before she ever left Moscow. While earning her master’s degree, she worked in Idaho’s sports marketing department and obtained valuable experience along the way.

“That really carried over to here,” she said, “because we do a lot of the same things.”

Longoria went to work for the Sonics after finishing up at Idaho. Her duties center on “marketing and promoting to big groups.”

Sideline pass: Scott Auker’s job with the Carolina Panthers has its perks – that’s Fox Sports announcer Troy Aikman over Scott’s shoulder.

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Scott Auker – Business/Marketing, 1986 Corporate Sponsor Sales Executive Carolina Panthers After completing his playing career at Idaho, Auker tried his hand at the NFL, and attended training camp with the Green Bay Packers in 1986.

Unfortunately, things didn’t work out.

“I have no regrets,” he says now. “I was an undersized tight end with average speed at that level. The writing was on the wall.”

Although Auker was cut by the Packers, he eventually found his way to the NFL – as a front-office executive. In between, he spent several years as an assistant coach with stops at Washington State, the University of Miami and University of California-Berkeley.

Auker says his days as a player and coach helped him make a smooth transition to his current position, which entails “pretty much anything you can associate with marketing and advertising an NFL team.”

“Not too many people get to see both sides of the business,” added Auker, who picked up his master’s in sports administration during his days at Miami. “You kind of have a better perspective of what each side wants to get out of it.”

Auker spends much of his time meeting and making deals with potential corporate sponsors.

“We go in and talk to prospects and help them organize a campaign utilizing the Carolina Panthers for helping them market their business,” he said.

After completing his education at Idaho, Stith traveled abroad for a spell and then attended graduate school at the University of Oregon, where he earned his MBA in sports management. While at Oregon, Stith “dabbled” on the personnel side of sport, but he was ultimately drawn to the business end.

His first job came with the Pistons, who won it all when he was with the team in 2004.

“That was a great experience,” said Stith, who spent 2-1/2 years in Detroit before he accepted a job with the Trail Blazers.

According to Stith, ticket sales are one of the most vital elements of a successful pro-sports franchise.

“That’s the engine that drives all the revenue streams,” he said.

Stith plans to continue working his way up the corporate ladder, preferably with the Trail Blazers.

“When I was hired here, I was the youngest ticket sales director in the league,” he said. “So from a career standpoint, that puts me in a pretty good position.”

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Bill Stoneman, vice president and general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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Ken Schrom – Education, 1978 Vice President/Sales and Marketing Corpus Christi Hooks – AA affiliate of the Houston Astros After three so-so seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, Schrom was traded to the Minnesota Twins where he enjoyed a breakout year in 1983 by winning 15 games.

He went on to make an All-Star appearance in 1986 and finished his career with a 51-51 record and a 4.81 ERA. During the off-season, Schrom honed his skills on baseball’s business side. He started selling advertising for the El Paso Believing in the product: Nat Reynolds, assistant general manager for the Boise Hawks, enjoys providing Diablos. He eventually purchased part of great entertainment for families and the “true, diehard minor league fan.” the team, and was the team owner through the mid-1980s.

Following his final spring training as a Nat Reynolds – Environmental Science, 2000 player, Schrom worked full time in El Paso, where he became Assistant General Manager friends with members of the ownership group that was creating Boise Hawks – Short-season A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs a franchise in Corpus Christi. They eventually coaxed him into Reynolds took a roundabout path — one that included a stint coming to work for them. Schrom has been there ever since. in the Peace Corps with his wife, Allyson — to get where he is.

“I’ve had some other opportunities, but I really like Corpus The couple returned to the states for the birth of their first Christi,” he said. “We’ve got a brand new ballpark, we drew half son, and Reynolds continued his education at Syracuse, where a million fans our first year, and I don’t see it slowing down any he obtained a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. time soon. We’ve just got a lot of great things ahead of us.”

He took a job doing play-by-play and advertising sales for a Schrom’s responsibilities with the Hooks include “running radio station, but found himself handling too much of the latter. the stadium and making sure we have good people to help run “It wasn’t the most fulfilling thing I was doing,” he said. the stadium.”

Reynolds eventually came into contact with the owners of “There’s a lot more to it than people realize,” Schrom said. the Hawks, who offered him a job doing some play-by-play and “I see Bill Stoneman every off-season at the winter baseball sales as well. Despite his initial dislike of sales and marketing, he meetings, and we always talk about Idaho and baseball. He has discovered he had a talent for the job. really done a great job, but I don’t know that I would trade “I enjoyed what I was doing and what I was selling,” he said. positions with him. This one is not based on winning and “Minor-league baseball is fantastic, because it’s affordable for losing. We just provide a fun, family atmosphere, and people families. I never foresaw it, but I love it.” embrace that. With his job, you’ve got to win. If you don’t, Reynolds said there are several different aspects to working at you’re in trouble.” the minor-league level as compared to the alternative.

“It’s not like major league sports,” he said. “In minor league sports you have to be actually pursuing the fan and going after the business.

“You’re trying to find true, diehard minor league fans, and it’s a smaller niche,” Reynolds added. “With our clientele, a lot of the fans that have been around for a while are families, and as families grow, obligations change.”

Bill Stoneman – Education, 1966 Vice President and General Manager Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Bill Stoneman holds the pinnacle position in professional sports management – general manager, and his resume lists a pinnacle achievement – a World Series championship.

It was a chance meeting with a Montreal Expos executive years after his playing career was through that brought him to baseball’s business side.

“It just kind of happened,” said Stoneman, who has been the Angels GM since 1999. “It wasn’t like I really wanted to be a GM or even work for a baseball team. I enjoyed playing, but once the playing days were over, I really enjoyed being away from it and trying something different.”

That’s not to say he’s unhappy in his current vocation.

“It’s a lot of fun,” Stoneman said. “But we work tirelessly.

This is one of those businesses where if you’re a nine-to-fiver, you won’t last long. If you want a stable family life and all of that, you’d better have a very understanding wife or it’s not going to work because of the hours you have to put in.” I

“This is one of those businesses where if you’re a nine-to-fiver, you won’t last long.”

—Bill Stoneman ’66

George Pfeifer’s role on the University of Idaho basketball staff has taken an upward turn.

The former Vandal assistant basketball coach is now the head coach.

“I’m humbled,” Pfeifer said.

“This is indeed an honor to have George Pfeifer an opportunity to be a part of the rich tradition and history that is associated with this program and this University.

“I’m excited, grateful, confident – all those things. I’m dedicated to putting together all the pieces to make this program exciting and successful.”

Director of Athletics Rob Spear said Pfeifer emerged as a clear choice to replace Leonard Perry.

“We were very thorough with this process,” Spear said. “I talked with NBA head coaches, Division I head coaches and my contacts across the country. The common denominator is George can coach.

“The best analogy I can draw is players always know who the best players are. Coaches are the same. They know who the best coaches are. Everyone I talked to said, ‘Why don’t you look in your own building?’”

Pfeifer’s support comes from throughout the Vandal community. Don Monson, the legendary Idaho coach who put Vandal basketball on the national map with his early 1980s teams, is one of Pfeifer’s many fans.

“George Pfeifer is a highly regarded basketball coach,” Monson said. “He is an excellent tactician and has proven his ability as a successful recruiter – particularly in the Northwest. And, he has the record that demonstrates his ability to build a winning program.”

Down the hall in Vandal Athletics comes support from another within the coaching fraternity.

“I had the opportunity to meet all the candidates,” said recently returned football coach Dennis Erickson. “George is the perfect fit for this job – he knows Idaho, he knows the Northwest and he knows basketball. I welcome him as a colleague.”

In a storied career at Lewis-Clark State College, Pfeifer compiled a 296-208 record – a winning percentage of 58.7 percent. In his final six seasons, he was 140-56, and won back-to-back Frontier Conference titles in 2004 and 2005.

During his tenure, the Warriors qualified for the National NAIA Tournament six times. He is 34-19 in post-season competition.

Pfeifer graduated from LCSC in 1979 with a bachelor of science degree in social science and a minor in physical education and coaching. He earned his master’s degree in educational secondary administration from the University of Idaho in 1989. He and his wife, Susan, have three children – Duncan, Jennifer and Abigail. I

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Dr. Patrice Burgess ’85, ’87 guides the Idaho Medical Association

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daho’s uninsured and mentally ill have a friend in Dr. Patrice Burgess. The energetic family practitioner with two University of Idaho degrees under her belt is the first female president of the Idaho Medical Association. She leads 2,400 medical professionals in their efforts to improve health care in the state.

“It’s certainly easy to recognize the system issues we have in health care and, rather than be frustrated daily, I felt it would be helpful to be at the table and make things better,” Burgess said.

Her Idaho degrees in zoology in 1985 and master’s of natural science in 1987 secured her a spot in the University of Washington School of Medicine. Burgess whetted her appetite for medical politics in the American Medical Association as a third-year resident, then joined the U.S. Air Force.

Her growing passion for medical politics steered her to the Idaho Medical Association soon after she landed in Boise in 1996.

“I told them I wanted to be involved,” she said.

She had a baby and a toddler at home at the time, practiced family medicine and taught medical residents at Family Practice Residency of Idaho. Still, Burgess found time to represent physicians younger than 40 on the IMA board. She also served as a delegate to the AMA. She was the rare face.

“A lot of people who sit at the table aren’t necessarily younger or women or primary care physicians because of time constraints,” she said. “I felt my particular voice was needed for all those groups not represented.”

As IMA president, Burgess, 41, advocates for patients by pressing for better access to mental health care and creative ideas to help the uninsured. She often takes her message to the state Legislature.

“The system’s slow to change, but we’re trying,” she said.

“It’s certainly easy to recognize the system issues we have in health care and, rather than be frustrated daily, I felt it would be helpful to be at the table and make things better.”

— Dr. Patrice Burgess

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Dr. Patrice Burgess at left, with two other Vandals at the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho at Boise, Dr. Tim DeBlieck ’86 and certified physician’s assistant Teresa Graklanoff ’99.

Jerry Cobb has helped turn the Shoshone Medical Center at Kellogg into a national model for health care.

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very time Jerry Cobb passes Shoshone Medical Center’s pleasantly pink façade in Kellogg, a smile lights up his typically serious face.

“You walk in and it’s just a new hospital for a new day,” he says.

Cobb is the brains behind Kellogg’s new pink hospital, where he’s served as a trustee for 20 years. He suggested U.S. Housing and Urban Development guarantee a loan to replace the 50-yearold medical center that sat on a Superfund site. As director of Shoshone County’s health district operations for 32 years, Cobb taught the area how to progress during the cleanup of a century of silver mining contamination.

HUD was skeptical about the loan until Cobb produced documents that proved his town could build without spreading poisoned earth. His innovative approach helped save health care in his county, and Cobb was chosen Trustee of the Year for 2005 in small hospitals by Modern Healthcare magazine.

The Idaho Hospital Association points to Shoshone Medical Center now as a national model. Even better, local residents stopped leaving the area for health care. The new hospital led to new technology, cutting-edge radiology, growing staff morale and community pride.

“We’re seeing tremendous support,” Cobb says.

Cobb’s bachelor’s degree in biological science landed him a job in 1974 with the Panhandle Health District at Kellogg. The area’s Superfund designation in 1986 challenged all his skills.

He was determined to prevent the health threat from ruining his community’s future.

Thanks to Cobb, Kellogg has progressed steadily. He renewed the area’s energy and, with hospital CEO Gary Moore, returned stability to its health care system.

“Jerry’s a very modest guy and won’t take credit for anything,” says Steve Millard, director of the Idaho Hospital Association.

“But he should. He’s done so much for the community.”

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t’s a small step from the University of Idaho at Moscow to Harvard University at Cambridge, Mass., if you understand the physics. Math and physics major Michael Fernald ’06 stepped easily into Harvard’s crimson robes in 2004.

Fernald, 22, is a budding medical physicist. Only 3,000 such specialized scientists exist, according to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Medical physicists find new imaging techniques and new methods to treat cancer with radiation.

“I want to work in a clinical setting rather than in pure research,” Fernald said. “I understand I can’t save everyone, just make them feel better and prolong their lives. It’s kind of tough, but I still want to do it.”

Medical physics secured itself in Fernald’s future nearly two years ago after Harvard Medical School chose him to participate in a summer fellowship program. Fernald worked with a mentor at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital to figure out how to zero in on tumors with radiation.

Tumors move as organs move. Radiation treatments now target the general area of a tumor and kill healthy surrounding tissue.

“The side effects of radiation therapy increase,” Fernald said.

With information collected on the tumor, Fernald calculated the likelihood of its movements, then used math to reshape the radiation beam for a direct hit.

He also helped track tumors through multiple dimensions with a camera.

Fernald discovered physics in high school at Walla Walla, Wash. He was a freshman at Idaho when his older sister, a radiation therapist, told him about the medical physics field.

He’ll accept a bachelor of science degree this spring, then leave the University for graduate school. Fernald hopes to earn his doctorate in medical physics at the University of Wisconsin or the University of Texas, then target his rare skills on patients in the Northwest.

“We’re getting our heroes taken care of and building up trust among the Iraqi people by helping them out when they’re hurt or sick.”

— Cari Matthews ’97 Lt. Cari Matthews is serving as a flight surgeon in Iraq. The medical helicopter she flies in is equipped with 50-caliber machine guns and anti-missel devices.

our mission,” she said.

Matthews was given a flight suit the color of desert sand and a camouflage helmet to pull over her brown hair. She was issued a heavy white helmet for flights, a flak jacket and a 9-mm pistol.

Her squadron is on alert daylight hours, a dangerous time when they’re visible targets. Until a siren sounds and a brass bell rings, Matthews’ station is peaceful. A siren sends three teams of pilots, crew and corpsmen scrambling to helicopters. Matthews flies all urgent missions on Tuesdays and Fridays.

With a chaplain’s blessing, the helicopters take off. Matthews learns in the air how many patients are injured and where, who is on a litter and who can walk. An attack helicopter accompanies the squadron for protection. Medical helicopters are armed with 50-caliber machine guns and anti-missile devices.

“The threat is real,” Matthews said. “Our squadron helicopters have been fired at with missiles, small arms, rocketpropelled grenades, you name it.”

Corpsmen pluck the wounded Marines, soldiers, civilians, allies or enemy combatants from the ground, secure them to litters and begin medical care in the back of the helicopter.

Matthews supervises the process, and joins the corpsmen to take vital signs, assesses the injuries and starts any emergency procedures a patient needs to make it to the U.S. Army hospital in Baghdad or the U.S. Air Force hospital in Balad. She treats patients with gunshot wounds, severe burns, head trauma and

shrapnel wounds, as well as the unexpected casualities of war.

Combat evacuations usually take 45 minutes to two hours.

Some days, Matthews has none. Other days, the siren calls her as many as a dozen times.

For the gravity of her job, Matthews stays surprisingly upbeat.

She married Mark Matthews in February 2005, but they had to delay a honeymoon and first anniversary celebration for more than a year. During that year, she began to grasp the astonishing value to humankind the career she picked provides.

“There is nothing more important than what we’re doing here,” Matthews said. “We’re getting our heroes taken care of and building up trust among the Iraqi people by helping them out when they’re hurt or sick. It projects a more benevolent image of Americans than the typical Iraqi has in mind.”

Her rewards are emotional: Iraqi kids who wave as her aircraft flies over farms; the wounded Marines she treats who are more worried about their buddies than themselves.

Matthews plans to specialize in emergency medicine eventually and dedicate her medical skills to the Public Health Service. But that won’t happen for awhile. Her Navy flight surgeon service ends in 2007, and her service to the Navy lasts until 2014.

“No complaints,” she said. “It’s not completely clear what we’re up to here as a country, but we have definitely made a difference for some people. That’s a great feeling.” I

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banner with two blue stars on a white field hangs in Maria Shaw’s front window. The simple cloth tells the world outside that Cari Matthews ’97 and David Slafsky, two of Shaw’s three children, serve in the American military.

Shaw ’95 lights a candle each time either of them are on a mission in Iraq.

The candle’s flame rarely is out. Slafsky is a scout sniper in the U.S. Marine Corps with two combat tours behind him. Lt. Matthews is a U.S. Navy flight surgeon. She is the first female doctor to fly in to combat zones and offer on-the-spot medical care to injured Marines, soldiers and civilians. She has tallied more than 30 combat support missions since she arrived in Iraq last summer.

In January, “We moved a bunch of victims of suicide bombers whose bodies were riddled with ball bearings,” Matthews shares via e-mail from her station at Al Taqaddum, Iraq. “It makes you really mad to see something that evil.”

Iraq was not on Matthews’ radar screen for the future when she collected her bachelor’s degree from the College of Letters and Sciences. Her nose for adventure led her to Korea to teach English for a year, then eventually to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the nation’s military medical school.

“Clinton was president then and all military medical missions were humanitarian,” Matthews said. “That’s what I always thought I’d be doing.”

Still, military medical school trained her for the battlefield as well as for the hospital room. She learned to treat patients who were nuclear, biologic and chemical weapons casualties in combat zones . She marched, camped in the mud and learned to secure perimeters, fire weapons, decontaminate victims of chemical weapons, and move and treat patients under fire.

Her training took her from Italy with a helicopter squadron to a bush hospital in Kenya she staffed alone.

“I saw everything – AIDS, parasitic worm disease, miliary tuberculosis, crocodile attacks,” she said.

Graduation in 2003 freed Matthews to enter a flight surgery program that included learning to fly.

“There were times when I was flying through some big, fluffy white clouds just putting the wingtip into the mist, then ducking down through a hole in the clouds when I honestly couldn’t believe that was my job!” she said.

Last May, the Navy assigned Matthews to HMM-161, a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron. She knew by then she’d eventually serve in Iraq. She admits she’s ambivalent about the war. But, she has no hesitation about using her medical skills to help anyone hurt by the war.

The squadron is charged with evacuating casualties from combat zones and moving patients where they can receive the best medical care specific to their needs. It is Matthews’ job to keep the squadron healthy. It’s also her job to treat the patients the squadron transports.

“This assignment was a dream come true for me because of

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50s Richard G. Magnuson ’51 received the Professionalism Award from the First Judicial District at the annual Idaho State Bar Resolution meeting in November 2005.

Chan Atchley ’56, ’69, ’70 has published a second book, “We, The Shamans: How to Write an Award Winning Family History.”

It is based upon the process he used when writing “The Soul of the Land,” a compelling creative nonfiction book that won awards at the state and national levels last year. Chan and his wife, Judith, also are founders and co-owners of Aspen’d Publishing, the publisher of his books.

John W. Barrett ’56 has been selected to the 2006 guide of “The Best Lawyers in America.”

Selection is based on peer-review surveys in which 18,500 leading attorneys throughout the country vote on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties.

M. Allyn Dingel Jr. ’58 received the Idaho State Bar annual Distinguished Lawyer of the Year award at the 2004 Idaho State Bar annual meeting. The award is given to an attorney who has distinguished the profession through exemplary conduct and many years of service to the profession and to Idaho citizens.

William L. Stephens ’59 returned to Lewiston for the winter after spending the spring and summer at Elk City. He is retired and owns three acres of land three miles out of Elk City.

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William Alexander Fletcher ’62 has retired as managing director of the B.C. Forensic Commission. Other previously held positions include executive director of Mental Health Services and chairman of the B.C. Mental Health Society.

Dean Lundblad ’62 was selected to be in the Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame, and was honored at the 44th annual North Idaho Sports Banquet on April 8, 2006. In his 19 seasons as a high school coach, Lundblad compiled a 344-150 record and coached in the state title game five times.

John A. Cantele ’63 retired from the Forest Resources Division of International Paper after 28 years and is now serving as the pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in Oxford, Miss.

Helen Method Newton ’63, retired Sandpoint city clerk, was elected in November to a fouryear term on the Sandpoint city council.

John T. Herndon ’66 has joined the firm of Hall, Farley, Oberrecht & Blanton, P.A., as their administrator.

Larry L. Hooker ’67, ’72 was chosen for the 2005 Special Service Award by the Washington Association of Conservation Districts at their annual convention in Yakima, Wash.

The award honors a person who has contributed outstanding accomplishments to the state of Washington’s conservation programs. After 37 years of federal service, Larry retired from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. He was district conservationist in Walla Walla, Wash., for almost 29 years.

Jerry Stroebele ’67 has retired after 41 years of federal service.

He received his Regular Army commission through the University of Idaho Army ROTC program, and served in Alaska and Vietnam. In 1970, he returned to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and then Alaska in 1976. For the past eight years, he served as refuge supervisor for the eight national wildlife refuges in northern Alaska, including the still-untrammeled Arctic

National Wildlife Refuge. Jerry, his wife, Mary, two sons and two daughters now call Alaska home.

Karl Hufnagel ’68, a senior director and vice president of national consulting engineering firm R.W. Beck, Inc., has been named solid waste practice leader in the firm’s Seattle, Wash., office. He is the president and a founder of the Puget Sound Professional Partners Chapter of Engineers Without Borders – USA and a current board member of the Evergreen Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America.

Sandi Gates Clark ’69 and her husband, John Clark, have written a children’s book titled, “The Pink Sneakers Caper.”

The book teaches a lesson of responsibility for one’s actions, and also, that even though cookies are delicious to eat, moderation is very important. It is written on a third- to fourthgrade level, but fascinates kids of all ages. More information on the book may be obtained at www.

ThePinkSneakersCaper.com.

John Overby ’69 has joined the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute as technology incubation manager.

70s Carolyn Burpee ’70 was honored with the 2004-2005 Boise School District Junior High Counselor of the Year award. Carolyn is employed at Boise Hillside Junior High and was honored in June 2005 at a Boise School District awards ceremony.

Ray A. Hussa ’71 donated “Death of a Proud Union; The 1960 Bunker Hill Strike” to the University to aid in Library funding.

James F. McClinton ’71 retired in January 2005 after serving 34 years as a forester with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. In February 2005, he started his forestry consulting business, which ties in nicely with his hunting and fishing activities as well as his desire to continue assisting private landowners apply sound forest management practices. He and his wife, Sara, make frequent trips to Moscow to visit their youngest daughter, a sophomore at the University, attend football games and participate in various Vandal Booster activities.

Jerry Smalley ’71, Columbia Falls, Mont., received a Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks award for “outstanding contributions to the fisheries resource by a non-employee of the Fisheries Division.” Smalley, a retired high school science teacher, is an active volunteer and freelance outdoor writer.

Karen L. Lansing ’72 has been selected by the Idaho Business Review as one of the 2006 “Women of the Year.” Honorees were determined based on their achievement and leadership within their chosen professions, service as a mentor to other women, contribution of time and effort to volunteer activities and leadership within volunteer organizations.

David Nicandri ’72, director of the Washington State Historical Society, has been appointed to the Governor’s Council of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. The U.S. Congress created the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to study and recommend worthy federal activities that honor Abraham Lincoln in 2009, the year of the bicentennial.

Carol C. Cameron ’73 has joined Potlatch Corp. as a paralegal in the legal department in Spokane, Wash.

J. Todd Edmonds ’73 was named vice president and trust officer for the Davidson Trust Company.

Linda Copple Trout ’73 has been chosen by the Idaho Business Review as one of the 2006 “Women of the Year.” Honorees were determined based on their achievement and leadership within their chosen professions, service as a mentor to other women, contribution of time and effort to volunteer activities and leadership within volunteer organizations.

James S. Tansey ’78 is employed as the lead engineer, QA, International Space Station, Pressurized Elements and Payloads for The Boeing Company at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

Barbara J. Fox ’74 has retired from teaching special education after 30 years. Her last position was at Lone Rock School in Stevensville, Mont.

Gary Bertellotti ’80 has accepted the position of regional supervisor in Great Falls with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

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Michael Roach ’74 has accepted the position of vice president and credit administration officer for Farmers & Merchants State

Meg Carlson ’76 has been selected by the Idaho Business Review as one of the 2006 “Women of the Year.” Honorees were determined based on their achievement and leadership within their chosen professions, service as a mentor to other women, contribution of time and effort to volunteer activities and leadership within volunteer organizations.

Gregory Lanting ’76 was elected to the Twin Falls City Council.

He is principal at Filer Middle School. Greg is married to Marcia (Drown) Lanting ’75.

Barry Wood ’76 has been given Idaho’s top judicial award for his work on the bench. The award, named after former Blaine County District Court Judge Douglas C. Kramer, is given to a judge or judicial employee who contributes to improvements in justice in Idaho over an extended period.

Steven R. Fuhriman ’77 was presented with his 30-year service award with Boise Cascade Wood Products in August 2005. He has been in production, supervision and management in several different locations during his career. He would like to hear from old classmates and can be reached via e-mail at SteveFuhrima n@BoiseBuilding.com.

Chris Vance ’77 has been appointed a principal in The Gallatin Group’s Seattle office.

Doug Racine ’79 was promoted to partner of BRS Architects.

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Ed Button ’80, ’89, ’96 has graduated from the Executive Fire Officer Program of the National Fire Academy at Emmitsburg, Md. The four-year fire officer program is the nation’s pre-eminent professional development program for senior fire executives. Ed is assistant fire chief and fire marshal of the Moscow Fire Department.

Dr. Todd Kuiken, ’81 was presented in October 2005 with the DaVinci Award, which recognized his research in prosthetics. His research in prosthetics and engineering led to the development of the first and only thought-controlled “bionic arm.” Kuiken’s vision of using nerve transfers for improved control of prostheses allows for simultaneous operation of multiple joints with more natural, intuitive control and greater ease.

Bobbi K. Dominick ’82 was inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, which includes the best 350 appellate attorneys in the U.S. Raymond Ginnetti ’82 is a captain in the U.S. Navy and director for Operations, Plans and Requirements at the Naval Air Training Command.

Nora J. Carpenter ’83 has been chosen by the Idaho Business Review as one of the 2006 “Women of the Year.” Honorees were determined based on their achievement and leadership within their chosen professions, service as a mentor to other women, contribution of time and effort to volunteer activities and leadership within volunteer organizations.

Nancy Morris ’83 has been appointed the secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission. She is responsible for coordinating the work of the five SEC commissioners.

Jim Hansen ’85 is the executive director of United Vision for Idaho and lives in Boise.

Michael S. Bissell ’86 and Richard D. Campbell ’87 have opened a new law firm, Campbell & Bissell, PLLC, in Spokane, Wash. Bissell represents and advises business owners in all types of matters.

Campbell advises businesses, primarily those in construction, and represents those entities in mediation, arbitration and in court at the trial and appellate levels.

Clay France ’86 accepted a position as director of audit with UBS Investment Bank in New York City. He relocated to Manhattan from Portland, Ore., where he had worked for Moss Adams LLP for the past four years.

Buddy Levy ’86, ’89 has written a book titled “American Legend, The Real-Life Adventures of Davy Crockett,” published

by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. The book chronicles the amazing adventures of an ordinary man whose folksy wisdom, sharp and clever wit and likeability turned him into a successful politician and an enduring symbol of the American frontier.

Mark E. Trail ’86 has been promoted to manager of physics and microwave engineering at Varian Medical Systems in Palo Alto, Calif.

Lisa Grow ’87 has been appointed vice president of deliver engineering and operations for Idaho Power.

She will lead approximately 480 employees.

Steven R. Hagen ’87, ’92 was named to the post of senior director of analytical quality services with Albany Molecular.

He will oversee analytical chemistry efforts, and work with a team of more than 100 analytical chemists.

Scott Linehan ’87 was named the new head coach for the St. Louis Rams in January 2006.

Brian J. Stone ’87 has been hired as vice president and general manager of Alliance Title & Escrow Corp.

Karl Schweier ’88 is the Chemistry Laboratory manager of the BMW plant in Regensburg, Germany. He will move to Germany for three years for this position before returning to the BMW plant in Spartanburg, S.C. Norm Semanko ’88 formally announced his candidacy for Congress to replace the seat being vacated by Butch Otter in 2006. Suzanne Craig, wife of U.S. Senator Larry Craig ’69, serves as Norm Semanko’s campaign chair.

Tom Cable ’89 has been hired as offensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons.

Trina Caudle ’89 is the first woman high school principal in Idaho Falls School District 91 history. She is principal of Skyline High School.

Brad Smalldridge ’89 has accepted a position with Energy Northwest as manager of outage major maintenance. Energy Northwest operates Columbia Generating Station, a commercial nuclear power plant at Richland, Wash.

Hemin Zhang ’89, head of the Wolong research group, has helped produce more panda cubs than ever before, with 16 born and nurtured at his center and another two born in the U.S. His center leads the world in panda research and protection due to Chinese government support and researchers’ efforts.

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Christopher W. Boyd ’90 has left his position as chief of police in Menlo Park, Calif., to become the first chief of police in Citrus Heights, Calif.

Peggy Fiske ’90 was named one of 50 educators nationwide to receive the American Starr of Teaching Award from the U.S. Department of Education.

Chris Gotsch ’90 has been advanced to principal at Travis-Jeffries, PA, in Boise.

In her role as principal, she will continue to provide broad-based auditing and tax-consulting services with a strong emphasis on auditing nonprofit organizations and business-tax preparation.

Jeffrey D. Neumeyer ’90 has been appointed vice president of OfficeMax Inc., formerly Boise Cascade Corporation. Jeff joined the company as an attorney in 1990 and is the head of the company’s litigation team.

Karl S. Beus ’92, employed

by Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP in Cleveland, Ohio, has been selected for inclusion in “The Best Lawyers in America 2006.” Inclusion is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 18,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their areas of practice.

Shelly H. Cozakos ’92 was elected into the partnership of Perkins Coie.

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James Yates ’92 has accepted the position of applications engineer at Blue Water Technologies.

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Michele Bartlett ’93 has been selected by the Idaho Business Review as one of the 2006 “Women of the Year.” Honorees were determined based on their achievement and leadership within their chosen professions, service as a mentor to other women, contribution of time and effort to volunteer activities and leadership within volunteer organizations.

Luisa M. Havens ’93, ’99 became the registrar and director of admissions at Texas A & M Kingsville in January.

Darin Hayes ’93 has joined D.A. Davidson & Co. in Coeur d’Alene as a financial consultant, where he assists investors in reaching their financial goals.

Matthew Jacoby ’93 has been promoted to associate at Bernardo-Wills Architects where he has been employed since April 2004.

Sylvia Medina ’93 has been chosen by the Idaho Business Review as one of the 2006 “Women of the Year.” Honorees were determined based on their achievement and leadership within their chosen professions, service as a mentor to other women, contribution of time and effort to volunteer activities and leadership within volunteer organizations.

Trent Koci ’94 was promoted to partner of BRS Architects.

Stephanie Wright Pickett ’94 has been selected as a partner of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, one of the nation’s premier full-service law firms, in their Seattle office.

She will focus on all aspects of employment law in the public and private sectors.

David Swisher ’94 has been hired

by Tamerlane Ventures, Inc., as a project manager to advance the company’s Pine Point leadzinc project in the Northwest Territories.

Mike Renzelman ’95 was chosen Lewiston School District Teacher of the Year for 2005-2006.

Amtul-Mannan Sheikh Siddiqui ’95 of Vancouver, Wash., has been chosen as the Tri-Cities Suroptimist Club Woman of the Year for her volunteer work over this past year.

Dave Stamey ’95 was promoted in November 2005 to vice president of finance and administration for Centennial Software, a developer of IT asset discovery and security management solutions. He will oversee Centennial’s finance, human resources and administration operations in the U.S. Dan Eckles ’96 is the sports editor of the Daily Sparks Tribune in Sparks, Nev., and sits on the newspaper’s editorial

board. He also coaches girl’s varsity basketball at Spanish Springs High School and eighth graders at Yvonne Shaw Middle School.

John L. Gardner ’96 has been promoted to product sales manager for Valmont Industries, the world leader in mechanized irrigation equipment, headquartered in Omaha, Neb. John has worked for the company for five years as a territory manager. In his new position, John leads the product management team. John resides in Omaha with his wife, Rebecca Lukas ’96, daughter, Lexie, and son, Cameron.

Mike Nelson ’96, ’03 was honored with the prestigious Milken Family Foundation educator award, which carries with it $25,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to a professional development conference in Washington, D.C., in spring 2006. The foundation chooses about two educators from each state from a pool of applicants compiled by departments of education.

Yuehe Lin ’97 and his coauthors received the 2005 award for the best cited paper published in Electrochemistry Communications. Yuehe’s article, “Low-potential stable NADH detection at carbonnanotube-modified glassy carbon electrodes,” published in 2002, has been cited extensively.

The paper elucidates the researchers’ discovery that electrodes based on carbonnanotubes have significantly enhanced sensitivity and stability for detecting nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a molecule that participates in many important biological reactions. This discovery forms the basis for the development of biosensors based on carbon nanotubes. Electrochemistry Communications is ranked second in citation impact in the field of electrochemistry. Yuehe and his family reside in Richland, Wash.

Cari Slafsky Matthews ’97 serves as a flight surgeon in Iraq. She is the first female doctor to do point-of-injury casualty pick ups in a combat zone.

Eric Swenson ’97, ’03 was named Secondary Business Education Teacher of the Year by the Montana Business

and Information Technology Educators, the professional organization for business, marketing and information technology education teachers in Montana. Additionally, he was elected vice president of the Montana Association for Career and Technical Education.

Swenson is in his ninth year as a business education teacher at Denton High School in Denton, Mont.

Carrie Diede ’98 is a recent graduate of the American Music and Dramatic Academy in New York City. She performed in “Bound East for Cardiff” with Ax’e Theater Ensemble, of which she is a founding member. She made her Off-Off Broadway debut with a rave New York Times review in “Miss Nelson Is Missing” and has appeared in short films. She is thrilled to join the national tour of “Oklahoma!” and performed in Spokane, Wash., in mid-April. For tour dates, go to oklahomaontour.com.

Rob Sauer ’98 was honored with the prestigious Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award, which carries with it $25,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to a professional development conference in Washington, D.C., in spring 2006. The foundation chooses about two educators from each state from a pool of applicants compiled by departments of education.

Lana Einhaus ’99 was named Lewiston School District Outstanding Elementary Teacher for 2005-2006.

00s Heather Ruehle Jepsen ’00 is graduating with a master’s in Divinity from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in May. She plans to pursue a career in ordained ministry in the Presbyterian Church.

Paul A. Boice ’01 has returned from serving 18 months in Iraq to resume the practice of law in the Boise offices of Mueleman Mollerup LLP. He will focus his practice in the areas of business law, wills, trusts and probate.

Joseph N. Pirtle ’01, ’04 joined the law firm of Elam & Burke, P.A., in August 2005.

Kim Cole ’02 is still working as the assistant director of New Student Services. She recruits in the Seattle area and southeastern Idaho.

Adam M. Guerin ’02 is in his third year of graduate studies in the Ph.D. program at the University of California, Irvine, in the area of modern French history, with an emphasis on modern French colonial history in North Africa. The grants he received allowed him to spend summer 2005 in Fez, Morocco, and fall semester 2005 at the University of Nantes in France.

He will advance to Ph.D. candidacy in June.

Sarah Rutan ’02 has been invited back to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for her fourth season to play Margot Frank in “The Diary of Anne Frank” and Silvia in “The Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

Brad Poe ’03 has accepted a position with Learfield Sports Marketing to return to the University of Idaho and sell sponsorships for his alma mater.

Jarrod Batchelder ’04 has been hired as an agent at Century 21 Beutler & Associates in Coeur d’Alene. He will specialize in residential, waterfront, golf course properties and 1031/ deferred tax exchanges.

Li Feng ’04 has joined TraskBritt as a patent agent.

Brian Holleran ’04 has joined Oaas Laney LLC, a commercial real estate development firm, as a project manager for projects throughout the Treasure Valley.

Hailie Lewis ’04 has joined Hummel Architects PLLC, a multidisciplinary architecture firm, and will be working on educational projects.

Jessica Lipschultz ’04 is a 2005 Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship recipient attending Stanford University. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a private independent foundation

established to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education.

Tania Vander Meulen ’04 has earned 2005 Idaho NCAA Woman Athlete of the Year honors.

Amie R. Pritchett ’04 has accepted a position as a child life specialist in the emergency department at Children’s Hospital in Seattle.

Valerie Carlson Quay ’04 and Jason Quay ’04 are both employed at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz.

Jason is a test engineer on the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle and Valerie is a cost estimator.

Jesus “Jesse” Moreno ’05 is working as an auditor for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Washington, D.C. The GAO is the “watchdog” agency of the government that ensures that taxpayer funds are being used correctly and not wasted or misappropriated. While in this position, Jesse has had the experience of auditing the IRS and will audit the Securities and Exchange Commission. He has been invited to be a speaker at the Hispanic Youth Symposium in Sun Valley this year.

Tonya M. Moreno ’05 is a tax accountant for Gannett, a fortune 200 company that owns USA Today and several other notable newspapers and broadcast companies. Her responsibilities include federal and state tax compliance and research for subsidiaries filing in all 50 states, as well as accounting for tax related transactions. She is currently working with the tax department to calculate deferred taxes, the effective tax rate and to produce a tax footnote that will all be included in Gannett’s annual report for 2005. This report will be published and used by shareholder’s and investors worldwide to make investment decisions regarding Gannett.

Brady Wilhite ’05 is a credit analyst for First Bank in Lewiston.

MARRIAGES Denise Anne Askelson to Michael Ross Higgins ’98

Annie Newlan ’06 to Steve Kudrna ’04

Carly Marie Bean ’04 to Jason Ryan Huff ’05

Sherrie Ann Papuzynski ’00 to Nathan Wagner

Maggie Bofenkamp ’04 to Shaun Cervenka

Stephanie Pelton ’01 to Michael Zerba ’02

Amy Bonwell ’03 to Austin Beaumont

Heather Ruehle ’00 to Lars Jepsen

Alison R. Breckon ’04 to Dana J. Tompkins

Lindsey Marie Roberts ’04 to Aaron James (A.J.) Koenig ’04

Valerie Carlson ’04 to Jason Quay ’04

Heather Ann Robertson ’05 to Adam Wayne Smith

Amy Chamberlain ’05 to Kevin O’Connell ’02

Erin Rachelle Sweat ’99 to Travis Rust

Jaime Anne Crea ’99 to Shayne Allen Ephraim

Storie Santschi ’00 to Jon Belden ’01

Rachael Dahl ’03 to Aaron Johnson

Rhonda Rochelle Schwandt ’97 to Charley Thompson Jr.

Janice Kim Davidson ’04 to Joshua Paul Berning ’03

Jill Shannon to Nick Carter ’04

Trisha Einspahr ’00 to Matt Nelson ’00 Courtney Michelle Fullmer ’04 to Jesse Travis Jacobs Anna Lisa Hester ’02 to Luke Alan Vannoy ’01, ’02 Jessica Sarah Holloway to Robert F. Sanchez Jr. ’04 Kara Lynn Howard ’04 to Michael Robert Daley ’02 Angela Gail Hutchinson ’00 to John Edward Gordon III Jill Johnson to Scott Korn ’92 Lenaya Lynn Krous to Todd W. Hogan ’95 Kally Jo Lytle ’03 to Mark Roland McFee

Amy Simpson ’96 to Joseph Guimond Rachel Anne Smith ’99 to Stacey Paul Stemach ’99 Elizabeth Stice ’02 to Josh Burkwist ’02, ’04 Christy Suciu to Rick Hoyle ’72 Katrina K. Taylor ’98 to Gary F. Ray Rebecca Ternes ’05 to Thad Berrett ’04 Jennifer A. Tyler ’05 to Nicolas J. Gardner Jennifer Paige Ulrich ’99 to Andrew Ryan Alldredge Traci Dawn Warwick ’02 to Jeffrey Martin Good ’99, ’02

Kelly Mader to Jonathan Parker ’02 Stacy McFall ’98 to Jeff Sitton Megan McLean ’03 to Adam Willingham Halyna Mary Mereszczak to Nathan Robert Smith ’04 Veronica Bree Meyer ’04 to Kelsey James Miller Laura Mitchell ’02 to Brian Hart ’02 Tiffany Moran to Eric Wendt ’97

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FUTURE VANDALS

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Jeremy Matthew, son of Brian D. ’95, ’99 and Jennifer Huettig ’95, ’98 Hardy

Rudy Chris, son of Chris ’99 and Stiana Santschi ’98 Earnest

Cassidy Jean, daughter of George ’89 and Tina Chambers ’00 Houchin

Bryce Daniel, son of Dan ’96 and Christine Eckles

Jenna, daughter of Curt ’87 and Shelley McKie Housley

Izabelle Kathryn, daughter of Kite ’02 and Rae Anne Harrell ’02 Faulkner

Landon Carter, son of Lonnie ’97, ’00 and Alayna Malmberg ’97 Huter

Olivia Lynn and Katherine Benita, daughters of Travis ’93 and Audra Callison ’92 Fulton and granddaughters of Robert ’67 and Judy Callison

Lilah Grace, daughter of Aaron and Rachael Dahl ’03 Johnson

Andrew Gabriel, son of Mark ’99 and Jana Dunphy ’99 Gallina

Macy Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Brian D. ’00 and Kasey Cook ’98 Gilbert

Martha A. Little Kiilsgaard ’47, Spokane, Wash., July 8, 2005

Gloria J. Heisner Whitehead ’44, Casper, Wyo., Nov. 9, 2005

Helen Ruth Pitts Johnson ’28, Ayer, Mass., Dec. 30, 2005

Carmen E. Webb ’37, Ontario, Dec. 9, 2005

Lois M. Beem Williams ’48, Meridian, Oct. 2, 2005

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Cromie L. Wilson ’37, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 15, 2005

Dorothy J. Cunningham Krier ’40, The Dalles, Ore., Oct. 7, 2005

Evelyn Jenkins Anderson ’38, Twin Falls, Dec. 15, 2005

Maxine H. Eastburn Wilson ’38, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 23, 2005

Burton R. Brown ’39, ’41, Spokane, Wash., Nov. 20, 2005

Glade Marvin Lyon ’45, Ashton, Oct. 10, 2005

Celia Mitchell Anderson ’44, Portland, Ore., Sept. 24, 2005

Angus R. McKay ’49, Tigard, Ore., Nov. 9, 2005

Mary E. Kjosness Daly ’33, Spokane, Wash., May 9, 2005

Lavern C. Bell ’42, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 22, 2005

Douglas W. MacLeod ’40, Rome, Fla., Dec. 25, 2005

John B. Dingler ’39, Cambria, Calif., Dec. 5, 2005

Neil F. Bithell ’44, Blackfoot, Nov. 24, 2005

James V. Miller ’48, Mill Creek, Wash., Oct. 25, 2005

Robert E. Dudley ’38, Bellevue, Wash., Aug. 4, 2005

Raymond Hugo Branom ’41, Seattle, Wash., Oct. 7, 2005

Theda Alberta Moser ’41, Boise, Nov. 19, 2005

Verla B. Durant Ennis ’39, Cupertino, Calif., Nov. 19, 2005

Roslyn L. Riddle Brewer ’49, Mesa, Ariz., July 27, 2005

Sarah Walker Fetter ’38, Haverford, Penn., Aug. 8, 2005

Evelyn Mildred Bjorklund Brown ’40, Spokane, Wash., Sept. 22, 2005

Patricia “Patsy” Safranek Munroe ’41, Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 11, 2005

Dorothy Lenfest Gauss ’37, Naples, Fla., Nov. 18, 2005 Carl F. Jockheck ’32, Troy, N.Y., Dec. 27, 2005 Elvera Nelson Klein ’34, Boise, Dec. 2, 2005 William S. Kramer ’38, Kingston, Aug. 4, 2005 Jerry Davidson Lillge ’38, Boise, Oct. 7, 2005

Lindsey Ann and Troy Micheal, daughter and son of Kevin ’90 and Donna Lincoln

Anna Eileen and Grant Patrick, daughter and son of Russell ’00 and Jenny Troutman ’00 Loughmiller

Rory Elizabeth, daughter of Jason ’00 and Kristy Moore ’00 Mayer

Emma Rose, daughter of Jeff and Krystal Olson ’95 McKinley

Derek Joel, son of Scott ’92, ’94 and Holly Mitchell ’94, ’00 McNee

Aidan Kyle, son of Gary and Katrina Taylor ’98 Ray

Jackson Davis, son of Phillip ’95 and Heather Tieman ’98 Erwin Richard Jack, son of Allen and Susan Hillard ’03 Paton Raya Renee, daughter of Valerie Renee Waldron-Moore ’03

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Tyler Jade, son of Paul and Jeni Tesch ’96 Stephens

Jackson Blake and Levi Holt, sons of Jared “Blake” ’02 and Rachel Taylor

Garrett Liam, son of Justin ’97 and Allison Lindholm ’95, ’97 Touchstone

Piper Sequoia, daughter of William ’97 and Sonya Turner

E. Richard “Dick” Larson ’46, Spokane, Wash., Dec. 30, 2005

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Darleen Peach Clintsman ’35, Paradise Valley, Ariz., Nov. 14, 2005

Cooper and Kellar, sons of Henri ’96 and Cinda Lester ’96 LamBeau

J. Berkeley Larsen Jr. ’43, Goshen, Ga., Jan. 11, 2006

Fern Evelyn Spencer Long ’33, Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 5, 2005 Geraldine Anderson McKinley ’35, Vicar’s Landing, Fla., Dec. 15, 2005 Virginia Evans Miles ’32, Milwaukie, Ore., June 21, 2005 Bernice A. Parish ’30, Sebastopol, Calif., Oct. 24, 2005 Louis F. Racine Jr. ’38, Needles, Calif., Aug. 17, 2005 John Marvin Rosa ’38, ’61, Vancouver, Wash., June 24, 2005 Juanita June Bennett Rust ’35, Coeur d’Alene, Oct. 11, 2005 Murva J. Sliman ’37, Gooding, May 27, 2005 Ruth Irene Griggs Sturgill ’37, Boise, Oct. 31, 2005

Reginald R. Myers ’41, Jupiter, Fla., Oct. 23, 2005

Eugene B. Wilson ’40, Tempe, Ariz., Nov. 2, 2005 Clarence F. Wurster ’47, Twin Falls, Oct. 29, 2004

50s Kathleen O. Marlette Alderson ’57, Portland, Ore., Dec. 7, 2005 Earl Emerson Arnold ’50, ’64, Lovelock, Nev., Sept. 25, 2005 Charles W. Behre ’52, Stamford, Conn., Nov. 1, 2005 Charles F. Bonar ’52, Sandpoint, June 4, 2005 Fred Clark Brown ’50, Nampa, Sept. 19, 2005 Dorothy Eileen Altman Carpenter ’54, ’57, Lewiston, Nov. 20, 2005 Samuel S. Cespedes ’53, ’56, San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 27, 2005

Robert W. Burchell ’42, Walnut Creek, Calif., Nov. 16, 2005

Clair G. “Bud” Nogle ’40, Bovill, Dec. 6, 2005

Melvin R. Carlson ’41, Boise, Jan. 8, 2006

Robert Maurice Pace ’47, Bonners Ferry, Dec. 6, 2005

Elizabeth P. Walker Crofts ’43, Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 14, 2005

L.A. Pete Pendrey ’41, Caldwell, Dec. 20, 2005

Albert H. Dodds ’41, Spokane, Wash., Nov. 7, 2005

Madelyn Maberly Player ’46, Rupert, Nov. 3, 2005

Elizabeth Bonnett Dahlstrom ’51, Youngtown, Ariz., Jan. 11, 2006

Milton Frank Eberhard ’42, Scottsdale, Ariz., Oct. 22, 2005

John C. Pointner ’47, Coeur d’Alene, May 30, 2005

Gerald D. Deahl ’53, Minot, N.D., Mar. 25, 2003

Paul E. Fidler ’41, Bayonet Point, Fla., Sept. 28, 2005

Glenn E. Rathbun ’41, Boise, Feb. 17, 2006

Richard B. Dinnison ’51, Madison, Wis., Dec. 18, 2005

Robert Reed Fife ’45, Idaho Falls, Sept. 26, 2005

Iven Y. Rickel ’46, Bayview, Dec. 10, 2004

Lester R. Fulton ’41, Missoula, Mont., Dec. 18, 2005

Irving Jason Shepperd ’41, Kensington, Md., Apr. 7, 2005

Virginia “Ginny” Smith Faisant ’52, Los Altos, Calif., Sept. 8, 2005

Margaret Hargis Hammond ’40, Ashton, Jan. 10, 2006

Wilma French Sherfey ’41, Bend, Ore., Sept. 29, 2005

Keith Hardin ’46, Portland, Ore., Oct. 24, 2005

Grant Bean Siddoway ’48, Teton City, Jan. 23, 2006

Laurel Stowell Hartvigsen ’43, Boise, Sept. 1, 2004

Dora Frances Huettig Stover ’43, Kimberly, Oct. 15, 2005

Stanley Jensen ’49, Blackfoot, Jan. 25, 2006

Byron Lynn Stratton ’47, Seattle, Wash., Oct. 5, 2005

William J. Jones ’48, Lewiston, Feb. 5, 2006

Alan I. Taylor ’42, Winnemucca, Nev., Dec. 18, 2005

Albert H. Kassens ’40, Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 31, 2005

Charles “Chuck” Van Cleef ’40, Madras, Ore., Nov. 17, 2005

Doug Churchill ’52, Redmond, Wash., Nov. 19, 2005 Winston H. Churchill ’51, ’56, Boise, Oct. 14, 2005

Maurice Guerry Jr. ’52, Castleford, Dec. 10, 2005 Virginia Ann Wagner Hogard ’55, Portland, Ore., Dec. 28, 2005 Richard Dee Humphrey ’58, ’59, Chicago, Ill., Mar. 21, 2005 Theodore R. Ingersoll ’52, La Grande, Ore., Nov. 8, 2005 Ralph Little ’53, Caldwell, Jan. 20, 2006 Eugene V. Lofdahl ’55, Warrenton, Va., Sept. 18, 2004

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Zoey and Kiley Frances, daughters of Jason ’94 and Nancy Shaffer ’94 Hart

Payton Madeleine, daughter of Joshua ’03 and Janice Davidson ’04 Berning

Keith Daniels Tovey ’38, Nampa, Jan. 15, 2006

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Mason Ryan, son of William ’04 and Molly Wassard ’04 Allen

Gertrude O. Ripplinger Drake ’29, Victor, Dec. 28, 2005

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Frederick M. Chugg ’67, Silver Lake, Ore., Nov. 15, 2005

G. Gilbert Hafen ’79, Caldwell, Nov. 23, 2005

Monica Marie Elcock Mackay ’57, McCall, Oct. 20, 2005

Franklin H. Greenough ’69, Sequim, Wash., Dec. 7, 2005

Susan J. McDonald ’77, Santa Cruz, Calif., Nov. 23, 2005

Jerald D. “Jack” McCormick ’57, Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 17, 2005

Lynn Gudnerson ’62, Nampa, Dec. 22, 2005

Danny Lynch Mitchell ’71, Roseville, Calif., Nov. 21, 2005

Charles Robert McNutt ’55, New Matinsville, W.V., Oct. 11, 2005

Richard W. Halling ’68, Boise, Dec. 8, 2005

Louis A. Peck Jr. ’70, Boise, Oct. 26, 2005

Libby Rae Hamilton Forsberg ’93, Burlingame, Calif., Jan. 11, 2006

Nancy Holcomb Hegsted ’62, Denver, Colo., Jan. 14, 2006

Burt Willard Pierce ’70, Boise, Feb. 11, 2005

Kathy Ann Hall ’98, Warr Acres, Okla., Dec. 10, 2005

Cecil Albert Kassing ’63, Great Falls, Mont., Jan. 13, 2006

Lois Joy Erwin Riedeman ’70, Twin Falls, Nov. 16, 2005

Denise E. Newton ’93, ’03, Seattle, Wash., Dec. 3, 2005

Judge Faye Collier Kennedy ’67, Seattle, Wash., Sept. 16, 2005

Francis James Singer ’76, Fort Collins, Colo., Sept. 21, 2005

Bonnie Ruth Burns Peters ’95, Spokane, Wash., Nov. 27, 2005

John M. Knudsen ’65, Boise, Dec. 4, 2005

John A. Stark Sr. ’72, Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 22, 2005

Walter Hugh Sullivan ’96, Idaho Falls, Oct. 27, 2005

Shirley Krohn Ladle ’63, Kent, Wash., Oct. 5, 2005

Ronald J. Turner ’74, Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 1, 2005

Tarrie Kay Wagner ’91, Garden City, Mar. 27, 2005

Harry J. Platt ’57, Carson City, Nev., Nov. 8, 2005

Simon Spencer Martin ’68, ’71, Idaho Falls, Jan. 10, 2006

Gary Van Komen ’71, Parma, Nov. 6, 2005

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Rose Ellen Schmid Reitmann ’51, Condon, Ore., Jan. 7, 2006

William T. Martin Jr. ’65, Boise, Dec. 16, 2005

Don Lee Royster ’59, Burley, Dec. 24, 2005

Richard E. McAtee ’65, Idaho Falls, Dec. 16, 2005

Howard A. Waterman ’73, Spokane Valley, Wash., Dec. 14, 2005

Harry Sabin Jr. ’50, Nyssa, Ore., Dec. 25, 2005

Douglas C. McLean ’67, Sagle, Dec. 8, 2005

Margie L. Peer Schilling ’53, Sprague, Wash., Aug. 26, 2005

Robert G. Park ’69, Tampa, Fla., Oct. 3, 2004

Richard A. Schneider ’57, Richland, Wash., Jan. 4, 2006

Charles Elton Schoonover ’62, Sandpoint, Oct. 8, 2004

William “Bill” J. F. Schnurr ’54, Plummer, Sept. 28, 2005

Bruce Gregory Summers ’60, Boise, Dec. 30, 2005

Dewey D. Selle ’52, Yuma, Ariz., May 9, 2005

Edwin “Ed” James Tomich ’62, Sammamish, Wash., Sept. 27, 2005

Joy Anna Rossman O’Donnell ’52, ’74, Sandpoint, Dec. 26, 2005

David O. Skiles ’51, Rifle, Colo., Dec. 28, 2005 Melvin Clarence Stinson ’50, Oakland, Calif., Nov. 6, 2005 Rita Lorang Weston ’58, Auburn, Wash., Dec. 12, 2005 Keith W. Wiedenheft ’54, Boise, Jan. 4, 2006 Donald Wilde ’58, Boise, Oct. 9, 2005

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David Russell Nicholas ’01, Missoula, Mont., March 15, 2005 Katie R. Walsh ’01, Twin Falls, Dec. 3, 2005

Edward J. McBride Director of Gift Planning

Nathan Robert Jensen ’88, Atascadero, Calif., Jan. 6, 2006 Janice Anita Crawford Peters ’82, Glendale, Ore., Nov. 1, 2005

* In our last issue we incorrectly listed Roger “Rod” Mowbray Davidson III ’89 as deceased. The correct individual was Roger “Rod” Mowbray Davidson II ’52.

Heidi C. Linehan Associate Director of Gift Planning

Welcome to Idaho Outlook!

Once again we bring you, in the next eight pages, news about people who have made significant gifts to the University of Idaho, and how they did it.

One of the most universal assets you can use for charitable giving is real estate. Most everyone owns real estate in one or more of its many forms, and each article in this issue focuses on ways people have enriched the University of Idaho through the gift of land. We hope you will find them of interest.

A real estate gift can be made: • As an outright gift; • To fund a life income plan, such as a charitable remainder trust; • Through a retained life estate; • Via a bargain sale; • Through one’s will or estate plan; • With residential property; • With commercial property; • With rental units or apartment houses; • With a condominium unit; • In whole or in part; • To more than one charity; The list goes on...

As you read through these stories, if anything strikes your fancy, get in touch with us. We would be happy to show you the benefits of giving real estate to the University of Idaho to help provide for future students and faculty.

Sincerely,

The University of Idaho first began cooperating in statewide boy’s and girl’s clubs, the forerunners of the state 4-H program, in 1912.

Fitting and showing at the Bonner County fair.

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John Stuart Gladwell ’70, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 2, 2006

Arnold E. Bullock ’64, Oroville, Calif., Jan. 16, 2006

Megan E. Thomas Eckhart ’04, ’05, Boise, Oct. 4, 2005

Joyce A. Grafing-Keim ’82, Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 23, 2005

Robert A. Van Woert ’69, Seattle, Wash., Oct. 9, 2005 Alan N. Williamson ’61, Emmett, Sept. 25, 2005

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Jude Thaddeus Donato ’87, Bremerton, Wash., Jan. 7, 2006

Johnna Morgan Schmidt ’84, Coeur d’Alene, Oct. 18, 2005

John S. Foote ’72, Mesa, Ariz., Jan. 11, 2005

Patricia Amy Carlson Bennett ’62, Coeur d’Alene, Oct. 4, 2005

Song S. Chua ’87, Moscow, Nov. 3, 2005

Glennita Gayle Weaver ’63, Lewiston, Jan. 15, 2006

Seth W. Yerrington ’58, Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 2, 2006

Leslie L. Ankenman ’63, Kuna, Oct. 10, 2005

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Mark I. Good ’72, Florence, Ore., Sept. 4, 2005 Jacob J. “Jack” Graeber ’74, Hidden Valley Lake, Calif., Feb. 7, 2006

University of Idaho Alumni Association 2006-07 Officers President: Jim Dickinson ’77, ’81 Vice President: Andrea Niehenke ’96 Treasure: Tom Limbaugh ’79 Past President: Peter Soeth ’93

Ed McBride Director of Gift Planning

Heidi Linehan Associate Director of Gift Planning

Natural Resources 101 students become “forensic specialists” for a day.

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Joanne Roulston Nixon ’53, Spokane, Wash., Dec. 5, 2005

Janna Mary Iverson Brimmer ’97, ’00, Salmon, Jan. 9, 2006

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Benjamin F. Nicholas ’53, Hanford, Calif., Oct. 4, 2005

Robert “Robb” Richard Brennan Jr. ’94, Coeur d’Alene, Jan. 5, 2006

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Herbert Malcolm Mead ’51, Walnut Creek, Calif., Jan. 19, 2006

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Laura M. Coon Lowry ’50, Craigmont, Nov. 13, 2005

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“The University of Idaho, on behalf of future students and faculty, is indeed grateful for the vision, courage and generosity of Herald and Donna Nokes. This is among the most important and moving gifts to the University, and will benefit all in Idaho for generations in perpetuity.”

—President Tim White

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erald Nokes is a forester at Herald remembers as a small boy heart. Though a medical doctor professing an ambition to become both virtually all his professional life, a doctor and a forest ranger. “My friends he earned his first degree at the University called me ‘the naturalist’ even before my of Idaho — a bachelor’s degree in forest father bought the forest property,” he resources with an emphasis in range said. As he grew and spent summers on management. While the land taking at the University, care of the family’s Q: Can real estate be used to he met and married livestock, he fund a life income plan or other his wife, Donna, solidified his desire special gift arrangement? who was studying to to be involved in A: Certainly. In fact, in this issue of become a teacher. forestry and animal Idaho Outlook you will find articles about After graduating husbandry. gifts of property that fund charitable from Idaho, Herald The early remainder trusts, as well as in the form of worked for the calling he felt as a a retained life estate.

Forest Service and youngster proved on a range inventory prophetic when project in Oregon Herald decided before he and Donna moved back to to use his GI bill to complete medical McCall to manage the family ranch. school at the University of Oregon.

Herald had participated in the Air Force While still in school, Herald received ROTC program while a student at Idaho, a call from a McCall doctor who asked and his farming duties were interrupted him to return to his roots to practice by a call to active duty as a reserve first medicine. A 26-year career as a general lieutenant in the Korean War. Upon his practitioner ensued, with a wide range of return to the States, he and Donna went duties that sometimes included patching back to the McCall ranch, but it wasn’t up University of Idaho forestry summer long before his long-held aspiration of camp students. having a medical practice came back into During his medical career, Herald and focus.

Donna lived on the McCall ranch and

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• The assurance of a seamless transfer of responsibilities for management and operation of the forest; and • A sense of confidence that the College will carry out Herald’s and Donna’s principles and values for managing the forest.

• An income tax deduction based upon the appraised value of both the conservation easement and the land itself with the retained life estate;

The retained life estate can be an ideal way to make a significant gift to the University of Idaho, yet allow the donors to continue to live • The removal of on the property this property and use it just as Q: Not all charities will accept from their estate they did before. gifts of real estate; why does the and thus its One’s home University of Idaho Foundation? exemption from or farm can be A: The Foundation has the staff and estate taxes; resources to accept and manage such gifts. donated via this means. To learn • The opportunity more about how to carry on the you could benefit from a retained life management of the property until it estate gift, see our contact information on passes to the college; page 8 of this Idaho Outlook.

• The right to a continued income stream from sale of selectively harvested timber off the property;

A Sincere Thanks This gift of forestland from Herald and Donna Nokes is so encompassing; it supports research, education and engagement programs of our College of Natural Resources. The Nokes’ vision for the future of the university and the state is equal to their generosity. Generations of students and faculty will benefit from their historical gift.

The Herald Nokes Family Experimental Forest will provide our students and faculty an important environment in which to discover, learn and share new knowledge about forest ecosystems and sustainable management.

It is an important addition to our College’s 8,500-acre experimental forest located on Moscow Mountain, expanding learning opportunities to include a typical central Idaho forest type of ponderosa and lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, western larch and aspen, as well as Douglas-fir and grand fir.

The expanded experimental forest will benefit most of our degree programs. The central Idaho facility will enhance programs in ecology and conservation biology, resource recreation and tourism, wildlife resources, environmental science education, fire ecology and restoration ecology. On behalf of everyone at the College of Natural Resources and the University of Idaho, thank you to Herald and Donna for endowing and entrusting us with one of their family treasures.

Steven Daley Laursen, Dean, College of Natural Resources

Dr. Herald and Donna Nokes celebrating their gift of forest land with the College of Natural Resources Dean Steven Daley Laursen, at right, and Director of Development Mark Hermanson, at left, on Aug. 1, 2005.

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and burdens of ownership just as they had before, with that one exception. Upon their passing, title immediately vests in the University without any probate or other delays.

The advantages to the Nokes in utilizing this type of gift include:

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maintained it with help from her father.

The family enjoyed the forest property with their children and established conscientious management practices.

Herald also attended forestry workshops sponsored by the University’s College of Natural Resources, and was an active tree farmer. He was recognized in 1980 as Tree Farmer of the Year. Herald retired from his medical practice in 1988 and since has been pursuing full time his love of the land and its trees.

It was at a forestry workshop conducted by the College of Natural Resources where then-Dean John Hendee planted a seed in Herald’s mind to consider leaving the forest property to the college to be used as the Herald Nokes Experimental Forest.

The idea simmered on the back burner for years while Herald and Donna continued to build a relationship of trust with the University and College of Natural Resources deans Chuck Hatch, Leonard Johnson, and more recently, current Dean Steven Daley Laursen and Director of Development Mark Hermanson. Director of Gift Planning Ed McBride also was involved in the ongoing dialogue virtually from the very first conversations to the completion of the gift.

“It was a tough decision. I wanted to protect the land and ensure that it would be managed as I tried to manage it for the last 50 years,” Herald commented.

The Nokes decided on a gift option that combines conservation easement with retained life estate. The conservation easement is overseen by the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) and is designed to protect the property from development — a concept very important to the Nokes. The partnership this will ultimately form between IDL and the University is ideal to carry out Herald and Donna’s vision.

The retained life estate is a means whereby the Nokes have deeded over the property to the University, but have retained all the rights of ownership except the right to sell or mortgage it. It is often expressed as their having all the benefits

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HEAD, HEART, HANDS, HEALTH

a Lifelong 4-H’er Who Reflects All Those and More

Mary Lee Wood showing her steer as a Nevada 4-H member.

Mary Lee’s late husband, Doug, also was a farm kid, and he, too, never roamed far from the agricultural lifestyle. With a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Fresno State, he soon was employed as

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“I have been able to transfer the skills I learned through leadership in 4-H to other aspects of my life. I directly attribute the person I have formed into today to the experiences I have had in 4-H.” 4-H scholarship recipient, Kara is pursuing a degree in microbiology.

Northwest field representative for the American Angus Association. The Woods had a choice of places to live and settled in southwest Idaho. In addition to their full-time day jobs, they maintained a small livestock operation, and raised purebred Angus cattle and Suffolk sheep, and bred and showed registered Quarter Horses.

Both Doug and Mary Lee retired in 1999. They already had sold off their livestock and leased out the farm ground, and continued to look for opportunities to downsize. They planned to move to a smaller rural home and offload the management responsibilities of owning a farm. In the course of doing their estate planning, their attorney suggested they consider the University of Idaho as a beneficiary of their estate. That sounded like a good fit for the Woods. Mary Lee said she had an early image of the University from 4-H days and a lengthy, interesting and satisfying career with the Extension Service. In addition, Doug had a collegial relationship with Idaho Ag faculty on a number of events and projects when he was Northwest Angus Association representative.

Mary Lee said “I first heard about the University of Idaho through longtime Professor Edward F. Rinehart when he judged over a period of years at the Nevada Junior Livestock Show. He was my image of what the University of Idaho must be like. He was a great judge and always took the time to know and help exhibitors.” In effect, her connection to the University was established long before she started her career there.

Q: How is the value of donated real estate determined?

A: By an appraisal done by a professional appraiser. This is necessary in order to substantiate the donor’s tax deduction.

The Woods and their Boise attorney, Idaho alum – and avid Vandal – Mel Fisher, worked with the professionals in the Gift Planning Services office to create the Douglas A. and Mary Lee Wood Q: Can I take the full charitable deduction in the year I make the gift?

A: You can take up to 30 percent of your adjusted gross income; if the gift value exceeds that amount, you can carry the unused deduction forward for up to five more tax years, again subject to the 30 percent ceiling.

Charitable Remainder Unitrust (CRT).

They took a unique approach by splitting their farm property near Nampa into two segments: one parcel with a few acres that encompassed the house and outbuildings and the other tract with the rest of the land. They retained ownership of the smaller parcel and placed the farmland in the CRT, with the University of Idaho Foundation as trustee. The plan was flexible: both parcels could be sold to a single purchaser as one, or they could be individually sold to separate buyers. As it turned out, the latter route was taken. By retaining the house and small acreage and then selling it themselves, the Woods had the liquidity to buy a new place.

The remaining farmland — the part that funded the CRT — was sold quickly and the proceeds invested in a balanced portfolio. The Woods arranged their trust so that it pays a percentage of the underlying trust principal, which is revalued at the first of each year, to both of them and then to the survivor. So, as long as either one is living, an income stream from the trust will be available. As it turned out, Doug died of cancer last June, but the payout to Mary Lee did not change.

Mary Lee and Doug Wood

As might be expected, the bulk of the remainder of the trust — that which is left after Mary Lee’s passing — will benefit 4-H programs, especially those administered by the University of Idaho. Doug and Mary Lee also designated a portion to the Foundation for its highest needs. Both funds will be endowed, which means

they will become permanent accounts with the net earnings available for their respective uses.

When asked what motivated them to make the University of Idaho the fortunate beneficiary of their trust, Mary Lee said, “It felt right. Doug and I both benefited from a college education that was funded by scholarships, savings and our ability to pay as you go from working. Today, working [by students] helps, but pays for a smaller portion of the total cost. We saw it as a chance to offer a leg-up to future generations and see funds from the sale of appreciated property put to better and higher use than turning it over to the government.”

She also was complimentary of the University’s personnel, adding, “The University of Idaho professional staff that provided guidance and choices was especially helpful in working through a complex situation that could jointly meet our goals and theirs.”

Mark Alldredge “4-H has taught me the importance and benefits of giving through community service. Communities need the help and care of volunteers, and I think the volunteers are equally rewarded with the feelings of accomplishment and satisfaction.”

4-H scholarship recipient Mark is majoring in mechanical engineering while fulfilling requirements for premedical degree option.

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bleed green. 4-H provided opportunities and opened doors beyond schools and profoundly influenced my life.” So said Mary Lee Wood of Parma when asked why 4-H has been so important to her. She grew up on ranches in Nevada, and was an active 4-H member from her grade-school days clear into her first college year. She says her favorite memory is 4-H camp, which she attended every summer throughout her youth.

Mary Lee graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Fresno State University, now California State University at Fresno, and later earned a master’s in education from Albertson College of Idaho. Mary Lee taught high school home economics and worked for Idaho Power Company before she started a 34-year career with the University of Idaho’s Extension Service. During that tenure, she said she “had many opportunities to be part of and witness the development and personal growth of other youth because of the opportunities and skills they learned in their 4-H experience.”

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“There is nothing more valuable than the gift of education. University of Idaho students are going out in the world and doing amazing things that they wouldn’t have had the ability to do without gracious alumni and friends.” —Bridget Pitman, Spanish and public relations major

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or years, Moscow resident Richard Tavis was a landlord to many University of Idaho students, as well as other tenants in town. After reading William Nickerson’s book, “How I Turned $1,000 Into a Million in Real Estate in My Spare Time,” Richard, along with his wife, Lee Anne, began a systematic plan to invest in rental properties. At one point, they held 11 different properties with 21 rental units.

At the same time, Richard maintained his job with the U.S. Postal Service, and put in some 26 years before his retirement in 1998. Working full-time and managing numerous properties meant for long days and sometimes little sleep, but the hard work paid off. As they traded and upgraded their holdings, they were able to sell the real estate at top prices.

In 1996, Richard approached the University of Idaho’s Gift Planning Services office about funding a charitable remainder trust with one of his holdings.

He had several objectives in mind: • They had lived “in the shadow,” so to speak, of the University for many years, and he was aware of its planned giving program; • He was looking to start off-loading his management responsibilities, yet maintain an income stream; • An outright sale would have meant a massive capital gain tax that could be totally avoided by funding a charitable trust; and • It would provide a steady retirement income for both of them, but most importantly in Richard’s mind, for Lee Anne, should she survive him.

The charitable remainder trust was established with the University of Idaho Foundation and in 1998, the Tavises added another unit to it. In both cases, the properties were placed on the market and sold in short order for the asking price. Still later, in 2003, they created a second charitable remainder trust and funded it with their two remaining properties — a duplex and a stately older home with one apartment. They also sold off other holdings so that, with the 2003

gifts, they had fully divested themselves of all their real estate but their home.

Richard said he was successful in his real-estate ventures primarily because, “I made sure I started out with a positive cash flow, and managed and performed most of the maintenance myself.” He said he has a knack for evaluating a good buy, and also is handy with the tools needed to keep the units in tip-top shape.

Some other features of his investment philosophy: • Buy properties in “coveted” areas — corner lots, large lots, properties near the University, but away from traffic congestion and noise; • Buy when the market is depressed; • Look for units that have been mismanaged and, thus, undervalued; Richard Tavis • Buy direct from the owners whenever possible; and • Work with the same Realtor when her failing health precluded her actual selling and negotiate a reduced participation. Unfortunately, Lee Anne commission. passed away in February 2004. Richard From what many would consider continues to pursue his love of both a challenging and often disquieting square- and round-dancing, and finds the childhood and youth — moving frequently social interaction to be both cathartic and from place to place in California and an important way to break the solitude.

Nevada and ultimately to Hawaii While Richard hasn’t decided for sure — Richard joined just how the ultimate the Air Force even gift — the remainder before he finished of the trust upon Q: Does donated real estate have to high school. his passing — should be sold for the appraised value?

During his four-year be used by the A: Not necessarily, although that is enlistment, he held University, he is always the objective — to sell at or above the top-secret clearance appraisal. The Foundation makes a practice leaning toward of consulting with the donors before any offer in the intelligence a scholarship is acted upon. unit, and spent fund for serious a year in Saudi students who have Arabia. One of his financial need. He assignments led him is acutely aware of to Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, the pressures of poverty and would like and to his future wife, Lee Anne. After to help impoverished students with the his discharge and a number of other same drive and ambition that led to his occupational forays, the Tavises ultimately successes. landed in Moscow with his USPS job, If you would like to learn more about and they put down their roots here. how you can fund a life income plan Richard virtually defied the old adage that with real estate, please see our contact you can’t pull yourself up by your own information on page 8 of this Idaho boot strings.

Outlook. We would be happy to provide Richard and Lee Anne took up square you with an illustration tailored to your dancing in recent years, a pastime she particular circumstances. continued to enjoy as an observer after

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“Education, especially higher he enduring small town virtues After successfully combating prostate education in the useful arts and sciences, of hard work, honesty, inclusive cancer in 1996 and a rare type of sarcoma is now universally regarded as the openness and a shared sense of in 2003, Bill was looking for ways that most powerful engine for individual community that have for generations would provide Marilyn and him a stable advancement, shaped student character at the University lifetime income. regardless of one’s of Idaho, put the school at the top of Bill He also wanted to prior station in life,” Q: How is my income tax and Marilyn Moore’s picks for charitable honor his father, deduction for a real estate gift Bill observed. “Less gifting. who served as chair determined? widely appreciated From sixth grade in Moscow through of civil engineering A: That is based on the appraised value – is that without graduation from the University in 1960, at the University for see the box on appraisals. If it is an outright a robust free Bill experienced those qualities first hand.

16 years until his gift, the deduction is the total value of the enterprise system, “Bill felt his Moscow years played a retirement 40 years realty. If it funds a life income plan, it will be opportunities significant role in his career as a partner ago. Finally, Bill based on a formula used by the IRS. to capitalize on in a leading downtown Seattle law firm,” wanted to nurture learning are fewer observed Marilyn. “When my daughter, the elements that and limited to fewer Jennifer, was looking for a school to have brought his people. Professors like Erwin Graue, a 40complete her undergraduate degree, the family, America and much of the world year legend at the University’s economics helpfulness of the Idaho staff closed advantages that earlier generations could department, conveyed a firm conviction the deal for us.” Jennifer completed her scarcely imagine. that a free economy would produce the degree at Idaho in 1996, and is now an Bill and Marilyn decided a donation greatest advancement for individuals and associate professor in Washington State’s of appreciated lakefront property near nations. We have seen entrepreneurial community college system.

Coeur d’Alene to a University of Idaho leaders at Boeing in Seattle, like Frank Bill was inspired when his favorite charitable remainder trust appeared to be Shrontz and Tex (Dean) Thornton, plow professors, like Boyd Martin in political the right vehicle to achieve these goals. the gains from their endeavors into major science, Fred Winkler in history and Jim “There is enormous satisfaction in contributions to the University, which Martin in agricultural engineering, left providing these gifts during our lifetime they once attended,” Marilyn added. significant portions of their estates to and shaping their ultimate use without Bill concluded, “Marilyn and I are the University. “Even after death, they putting at risk our ability to enjoy the looking at ways that our contribution were giving their remainder of our to the University can help individual all to the students lives together,” the Q: Can the donors have a buyer students expand their skills. We also and University,” couple affirmed. lined up before they transfer title? seek to foster a better understanding of Bill noted with his The charitable A: This is an ideal situation as long as no the indispensable role freedom plays trademark sense of remainder trust binding deals, such as a signed earnest money in the advancement of individuals and humor. monetizes the agreement, have been made. That could have civilizations. For us, this is a very exciting donated asset adverse tax consequences for the donors. undertaking that enriches this phase of with growth from our lives.” its reinvestment Want to learn more? See our contact that goes to the information on page 8 of this Idaho donors during their lifetimes, and to Outlook. We would love to hear from the University and designated charitable you. beneficiaries upon their deaths.

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

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Ida o Outlook Ways to Give Through Your Estate Plan Endowments can be funded in a variety of ways through the University of Idaho Foundation, including life income plans and estate bequests. Here is a brief listing of how you can participate in this vital component of the University of Idaho’s mission.

Charitable Gift Annuity

What are the tax benefits?

What are some other benefits?

A gift you make by naming the University of Idaho in your will for a certain dollar amount, percentage 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.

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

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

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

Life Insurance Gift

A gift of an existing or new policy with the 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 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 annual income that could increase if trust value increases.

Charitable Lead Trusts

Trusts that pay 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 even no estate or gift tax.

Wealth Replacement Trust

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.

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Please let us know if you have remembered the University of Idaho in your estate plans.

Edward J. McBride Director of Gift Planning E-mail: mcbride@uidaho.edu Cell: (509) 336-9368

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Office of Development Gift Planning Services PO Box 443201 Moscow, ID 83844-3201 Phone: (208) 885-7069 Toll Free: (866) 671-7041 Fax: (208) 885-4483 www.uidaho.edu/givetoidaho

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

Kathy Supko ’75

Nate Calvin ’93

Minoru “Min” Hironaka ’52

2006 Alumni Award recipients

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ach year, the University of Idaho Alumni Association honors outstanding individuals for their career accomplishments and contributions to the University.

Here’s a look at three of this year’s recipients.

Kathy Supko ’75 of Boise is the 2006 recipient of the Jim Lyle Award that recognizes those who have shown long-term dedication and service to the University and/or the Alumni Association through acts of volunteerism.

“Ms. Supko is an enthusiastic and dedicated volunteer who provides a powerful model for other alumni,” said Jeanne Christiansen of the College of Education.

Supko established a teacher education scholarship endowment that benefits undergraduate students from Idaho who major in education.

“This gift is a visible symbol of Ms. Supko’s belief in the importance of education and of the need to have educated teachers preparing children for the future,” Christiansen added.

Supko is a current member of the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc., and serves on its board of directors. She also is a current member of the College of Education Advisory Council.

Her community volunteerism extends to St. Alphonsus, Boise Philharmonic, the Boise Art Museum and Boise Chamber of Commerce.

She is the branch office manager for Robert W. Baird and Company, the investment division of Northwestern Mutual Life.

Nate Calvin ’93 is the University of Idaho’s own version of Superman. He is a 2006 Silver and Gold recipient. This Alumni Association award recognizes those alumni who have gone aboveand-beyond in terms of achievement in their area of expertise.

“It’s rare that individuals fresh from college make such a difference to society so quickly,” said former College of Engineering Dean David Thompson.

Calvin, a mechanical design engineer by trade, is all about ingenuity. He developed a flight display system that makes air travel safer for pilots flying from point A to B. Calvin seems to go from one destination to the next with little turbulence. And he makes quite the impression en route: “He is one of the most unique individuals I have known in my 30 years working in higher education,” said Kathy Belknap of the College of Education.

Minoru “Min” Hironaka ’52 enjoys a particular kind of habitat. If you ask any rangeland scientist in the West, they’ll tell you that sagebrush is synonymous with his name. His research findings in studying the sagebrush ecosystem led to the publication of “Sagebrush-grass Habitat Types in Southern Idaho,” which is now deemed a classic in certain scholarly circles.

In a letter of support, James A. Young, a senior range scientist, wrote: “Min Hironaka has touched the lives of many of us on the western range of North America and he has through his students and papers influenced range management in many parts of the world.”

After earning his degree in 1952, Hironaka returned to the University as a faculty replacement for a professor on sabbatical.

The “temporary assignment” lasted more than two decades. He now is retired and lives in Moscow.

Hironaka is one of two Alumni Association’s Hall of Fame inductees for 2006. I

To learn more about the Alumni Awards process, visit www. idahovandals.com. All nominations must be sent in by Aug. 1, 2006.

Further details are available by contacting Hugh Cooke, associate director of Alumni Relations, at (208) 885-5106 or e-mail hcooke@uidaho.edu.

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EVENTS

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COMING EVENTS

FROM THE 1960s

27-30 Vandaleers 75th Anniversary reunion 28 Engineering Design Expo

April

28-29 Sigma Nu reunion 28-30 Class of 1946, 1956 and Golden I reunion

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3 University of Idaho Idaho Falls Commencement 4 University of Idaho Boise Commencement

May

8 University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene Commencement 11 Alumni Hall of Fame Reception 12 Commencement Awards Banquet 13 University of Idaho Moscow Commencement June 12 Summer session begins

Department of Physical Education fencing class for women.

22-July 30 Idaho Repertory Theatre

June — October

July 9-14 RV Life on Wheels Conference 10 Late summer session begins August 3 Governor’s Gala, Boise Sept. 13-16 Ag Days

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Sept. 15-16 Dads’ Weekend Oct. 7 Homecoming

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olf, fencing and bowling were some of the women’s sports played at the University of Idaho during the 1950s and 1960s. Retired Women’s Physical Education Department Chair Edith Betts, now of Salem, Ore., recalls that, “bowling was competitive, but fencing was non-competitive. I think fencing wasn’t considered all that important.”

According to Betts, the prestigious women’s sports were “the field sports – field hockey, basketball and tennis. All those sports we played against WSU and other colleges.”

Women’s sports didn’t have much funding in those earlier days she recalls.

A P.E. class in the SUB, where “bowling was competitive.”

“It was all we could do to keep a teacher who would work after school. There were only five or six of us on staff. I taught golf, badminton, tennis, field hockey and basketball. We had one person who covered dance alone, so the rest of us had to cover everything else.”

Betts notes that the image of women in sports has changed over the years. ”Nowadays, women in sports are looked at as part of the university. The image of women in sports in the 50s depended upon the coach. Since I was the head of the department, they visit me today and they also visit the University.” I

As May graduation approaches, the senior class of 2006 is working together to raise funds to restore the Idaho “I Bench.” The Senior Class plans to bring the bench back to it original condition and move it to a new location near the Old Administration steps.

Parents and alumni are encouraged to give to the project in honor of their graduating seniors. Please visit Give to Idaho on the Web at www.uidaho.edu/givetoidaho. For more information, contact Emily Davis, Student Foundation Director, emilydavis@idahovandals.com.

Class of 2006 Pictured from left to right are five members of the Senior Class Gift Committee: Emily Faurholt, elementary education; Daniel Fields, finance and marketing; Cassie Thiessen, economics; Erin Bulcher, advertising; and Teagan Kroon, music education. Thiessen wear’s a letterman’s jacket belonging to her father, Terry “Fish” Thiessen ’72.

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A women’s P.E. class at the University Golf Course.

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

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