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The First Family

A conversation with Tim and Karen White

The Teaching and Learning Center A perfect forecast for learning

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Life on Wheels

Campus News Letters to the Editor Quest Class Notes

World Peace and Friendship

Sports Briefs

On Campus - the 50s

Coming Events

Banners of Understanding No High Décor, No Frills, No Nothing That’s the Corner Club

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The SUB International Flag Collection

Departments

The simple life in a complex machine

Our alumni and the Peace Corps

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

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Travis Ulrich, a graduate student in entomology from Lewiston, and a Southern Dogface butterﬂy (Zerene cesonia [Stoll]) from the William F. Barr Entomological Museum are featured in the graphically enhanced cover photograph.

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Alumni Association President Peter Soeth

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In his ﬁrst year, President White moved quickly to address several lingering issues. He balanced the University’s budget and addressed a $4.75 million budget shortfall. White also outlined his vision for the future of the University of Idaho in his Plan for Renewal of People, Programs and Place; to become one of the nation’s top ﬂagship, student-centered, research extensive universities. President White is transforming the University, and his leadership has been built around three words: ideas, inspiration and innovation.

Q&A with Tim and Karen White

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How have you adapted to being the University’s ﬁrst family?

Tim, Karen and Logan White

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hen Logan White celebrated his first birthday last February, the day included a visit to his dad’s office in the Administration Building at the University of Idaho. “Daddy” is President Tim White, and Logan is a frequent visitor to the firstfloor corner office marked with an “Office of the President” sign. Tim, Karen and Logan White are in their second year as the University of Idaho’s first family in residence. Three other grown children are out on their own. Their family now also includes almost 13,000 students, more than 3,100 faculty and staff members and 75,000 alumni around the world. Tim and Karen keep an energetic pace to balance the nurturing of both an almost-two-year-old and the university.

Tim: University leadership is intriguing and rewarding, and has, in addition to the serious issues we encounter, many moments of genuine fun. It’s a very engaging existence, and we’re happy to be here. We feel it is a privilege, and we take the challenges and opportunities very seriously. We feel like it’s a great ﬁt for us, and see evidence that we are being helpful to the University, the University community, Idaho and the nation. Karen: We enjoy being right here on campus, and living with the campus community. Logan and I regularly take walks around campus with the stroller. Students, faculty and staff often wave and come up and say hello, and we love that. The University community is a wonderful environment... scholarly, eclectic, somber and celebratory, and predictable and spontaneous in its various moods. The homecoming parade starts in our front yard. Where else do you get serenaded by a marching band in your front yard, or hear sounds of the teams practicing or musicians rehearsing, or a game of Frisbee being played in the arboretum? The sights and the sounds and the activities that happen on campus make this a great place to be a family.

This could be a 24-hour-a-day job. How do you balance work with family?

Tim: It is a 24/7/365 existence. Sometimes you don’t know which hours in the 24 it will be. But, we knew that coming in and have no complaints at all. One way we balance work with family is by incorporating family time while we’re doing University business. For example, during Vandal Pride Week in Boise, Karen, and Logan and I were there, and we had employed help when it was inappropriate for Logan to be at an event. But in between events, we were able to spend time together. By taking that approach, it’s not like you have your job over on one side and then cross a line and have your home life on the other side. It’s much more of an integrated existence.

Are there similarities between nurturing a young child and nurturing a university?

Karen: Yes, in that you become very parental to the students that are here. We hold a genuine concern for their success, health and welfare, and happiness. The students have become a part of the family; we genuinely care about them. We’re actually pretty honored that their parents would allow us to be, in a sense, their surrogate parents for the years they are at the

University of Idaho. Tim: I think part of parenting is creating opportunities, setting boundaries, providing challenges and giving support. Similarly, our leadership role as is to help provide the opportunities for students, faculty and staff to be successful – to support them and challenge them with high expectations, then celebrate together the great successes when they happen.

What have been your biggest surprises about the University of Idaho?

Karen: The closeness that develops here, the bond, the loyalty. We’ve been part of several wonderful universities over the years, but none with a greater level of loyalty that the University of Idaho. Tim: The level of affection that many people have for this university and how quickly the University gets its hooks into people has been a great discovery. It is a transformative institution that creates a wonderful reservoir of affection and commitment among its students. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how broad The and deep it runs in our alums, the political system of the state, the business and culture of the the state, and certainly among our faculty and staff. and the

Tim, how is your health?

It’s just ﬁne. I did hit a speed bump in October [a mild myocardial infarction], but I just saw my cardiologist for my routine check up and he’s as happy as he can be. My work schedule has not changed, my heart function has not changed, and there was no damage – I feel great. Karen: We’ve redoubled our efforts in eating healthy and engaging in exercise, and he’s doing very well indeed. Tim: I genuinely appreciate the concerns and well-wishes of people, but I’m ﬁne and we don’t see anything in the future that will change that, so that’s good news.

What do you do to relax? What are your hobbies and activities away from the job?

Karen: It really is the outdoors and exercising. Tim: I’m pretty serious about my walks. I like to do those on a treadmill or on campus. And, we’ve always loved the outdoors. Logan is almost two, so we plan on doing more camping, bicycling and alpine and cross country skiing when we get the chance. We also have a and little place up on Lake Coeur d’Alene, so at the end of a busy week it’s easy enough to go up and just decompress. It’s a place to reﬂect and think more deeply about issues, which I often do not activities have time for in a tightly scheduled week. So, even though I may be up there chopping wood that happen on or doing something pretty simple, it does give campus make this me a chance to think in a different kind of way. That’s important for leadership, to have that a thinking time and reﬂection time.

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Karen, ﬁll us in on your background as a professor and researcher.

Karen: I have a background in physical therapy, exercise science, nutrition and public health. I practiced physical therapy for many to be a family. years, and taught physical therapy education at You’ve described the University the University of Michigan and the University — Karen White as a transformational place, but of Kansas Medical Center. When I was at Oregon State University, I was an assistant the University is undergoing a professor in the department of exercise and transformation of it’s own right now. sports science. I oversaw our pre-allied health In the last year-and-a-half, our students, faculty and staff have program and counseled students who were preparing to apply to worked with the administration to develop a plan for the future graduate school. My research was looking at ways that physical that brings our vision in line with our resources and the needs of activity could minimize falling in older adults to try to prevent Idaho. We’re now in the investing mode, and exactly what we do hip fractures. Then, Logan was born shortly before we came here will be determined by the creativity and the ideas and innovation and those events made it an easy decision for me to say, “I’m of the faculty. What a wonderful way to build the University. not going to formally work or teach at a university for awhile.” I’m very proud of how we’ve created this renewal. There are so Between Logan’s schedule and Tim’s schedule, my “boys” keep many signs that it is taking place, it’s much more than just talk. me very busy. And, I like the flexibility of being able to attend I could pick a hundred examples, but just one is our freshman the social, cultural and athletic events and travel with Tim. I have class this fall was our largest ever and most academically gifted the best of all worlds. I have the ability, the privilege, to be with in the history of the University. Our recent alumns, along with Logan and also support Tim and what he’s doing. their counterparts of the years past continue to be placed in Tim: I think she is way too modest. She actually has four important poisitions, including state and national leadership in degrees from the University of Michigan – one undergraduate, the public and private sectors. What more do you have to say? two master’s and a Ph.D. She’s a published author and I’m very Students from the University of Idaho have the tools to make a proud of her. She continues to work with her graduate students significant impact. I call it the University of Idaho advantage ... at Oregon State University to help them finish their degrees, the greatness while you’re a student here, and the greatness that and last spring, she went to a national meeting with one of happens once you leave here as an alum – it stays with you. It ties her student’s just to help that student be successful in her first back to the sense of community – there’s something special, it’s a national presentation. I think that’s a barometer of the kind of privilege, it’s a uniqueness to be a University of Idaho graduate. commitment she’s always had with her students. It’s part of our tradition, a point of great pride and it’s really

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KUID broadcast engineer Ken Segota, who began working at the public television station in 1967 while a University of Idaho student, finally earned his degree. As part of the September celebration marking 40 years of public television in Idaho – with KUID alumni, dignitaries and staff, as well as Segota’s wife and son looking on – President Tim White surprised Segota by announcing that he would confer upon him this December the long-awaited degree. KUID-TV engineer and recent graduate Ken Segota with President Tim White. “This is so great,” said Segota. “I’ve needed to have this finalized, and now it’s complete.” Segota was one lab credit shy of obtaining his degree, and had planned to finish the requisite class in the near future. This summer, a team from the School of Journalism and Mass Media pulled his transcripts and requested that a class already taken by Segota substitute for the lab. The Academic Petitions Committee agreed, clearing the way for completion of the degree – a bachelor’s of science in radiotelevision-digital media production. “Over the past 30-some years, Ken has influenced the lives of hundreds of students and viewers across the state through his work as chief engineer at KUIDTV,” said Kenton Bird, director of the School of Journalism and Mass Media. “It’s fitting that we were able to recognize him on this special occasion.”

For more on these stories and for daily U of I news, go to www.today.uidaho.edu. President Tim White is leading a transition team to decant degree programs and departments from the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences to re-establish a professional college for architecture, art, and the emerging ﬁelds of sustainable design, virtual technology, interior design and landscape architecture. In October, the State Board of Education reversed a 2002 decision to reorganize art and architecture programs as part of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. The new art and architecture college will be in place for the 2006-07 academic year. This fall, the University had a record freshman class of 1,715 students, 50 percent of whom were in the top 25 percent of their high school classes. The University’s total fall semester enrollment was 12,476 students statewide. The enrollment census also indicates an 11 percent jump in ﬁrst-generation students; students whose parents never attended college.

Shelter from the storm

Ten students from the Northwest, who were enrolled at colleges affected by Hurrican Katrina, enrolled at the U of I for the fall semster, among them are Johathan Ystad, Seattle, Wash., Xavier University, New Orleans; Brenna Kindrick, Helena, Mont., Tulane University, New Orleans; Dawn Cooper, Gresham, Ore., Tulane University; Valerie Piet, Idaho Falls, Tulane University; Brent Horvath, Blackfoot, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Biloxi, Miss.; Kathryn Gridley, Bonners Ferry, Tulane University; and Amaya Arrieta, Emmett, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans.

The University of Idaho community has raised more than $47,500 in donations for the Hurricane Katrina humanitarian relief effort. U of I chemistry Professor Tom Bitterwolf, a New Orleans native, headed up a drive for clothing and school supplies. The Lionel Hampton School of Music joined with the Washington State University music program to present a beneﬁt concert. Student living groups and organizations also marshaled their efforts to the needs of residents affected by Gulf Coast hurricanes. In the week after Hurricane Katrina, 10 Northwest students displaced by the hurricane enrolled at the University for fall semester. They received scholarships for tuition, fees and housing from the U of I Alumni Association. Brett Horvath, a 28-year-old former Navy man from Biloxi, Miss., had left his home with no roof, siding or windows and with water swirling around and through it. “All I could salvage was my bed, a few clothes and my four-wheeler,” he said. So, he drove 37 hours to Moscow, after learning of the University’s offer from his parents in Blackfoot. “We didn’t take the hurricane warnings very seriously two days before the storm,” said Jonathan Ystad, from Seattle, Wash., who was at Xavier University in New Orleans. “Then, when we heard loud knocking on our doors at the university giving us an hour to evacuate, I quickly went to a friend’s house in Baton Rouge, and found the next plane back to Seattle.” While the rebuilding efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi continue, the future for many of these students remains unclear. But as temporary Vandals, they have not had to let go of their college dreams.

Alternative Spring Break March 12-18

ASUI will help send 50 students, advisers and alumni to the Gulf Coast region to help residents rebuild parts of their homes destroyed by recent hurricanes. There are three ways to help: donating air miles, donating money and participating in the event. If you are interested in further information, or to help support or participate in this activity, contact Steve Janowiak or Tim Helmke at asb@sub.uidaho.edu.

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Sharon Stoll is developing curriculum in moral reasoning and character development for the Atlanta Braves. The curriculum should be ﬁnalized and in use in the Braves’ developmental staff by February 2006. “We are excited about the opportunity to work with the Braves,” said Stoll, director of the Center for Ethical Theory and Honor in Competitive Sports. “Hopefully we can provide some good training for the young men in their program.”

A research team headed up by U of I volcanologist Dennis Geist spent four days studying a recent eruption of Sierra Negra volcano in the Galapagos Islands.

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Changes are occurring in college leadership. College of Education Dean Jeanne Christiansen will step down from her administrative position effective July 2006. Dean Byron Dangerﬁeld will step down from his administrative position in the College of Business and Economics effective August 2006 and will retire in February 2007. College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences Dean Joe Zeller also will step down from his administrative position effective July 2006.

Dennis Geist began studying Sierra Negra volcano in the Galapagos Islands in 1983. In October, the U of I volcanologist stood on the rim of Sierra Negra’s caldera watching a fountain of lava illuminate the night. “It was definitely the experience of a lifetime,” Geist said after monitoring the eruption for four days from Oct. 27 to Oct. 30, when the lava flows stopped. Geist traveled to the island with a team of researchers to collect samples of lava and to ensure that a network of Global Positioning System sensors continued to operate during the eruption. The volcanologists collected white-hot lava from an active flow, then quickly doused it with water to form a glassy shell around the hot lava, sealing gasses within for later study. The work was hot, Geist said. The temperature of the lava was about 1,150 degrees Celsius or 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit. Being there during the action was invaluable, Geist said. “Usually, we can only observe the aftereffects of an eruption. To be able to see the activity of the lava flow and to see it freeze in place as it cooled was tremendous.”

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“Character is who we are at our core. It is not something we are born with, nor does it develop automatically – it must be consciously developed. Every day, people must re-evaluate and renew their character. It isn’t enough to rely on what we’ve done in the past; it isn’t enough to give lip service to what we believe. How we act today, and every day for the rest of our lives, will deﬁne who we are.” Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page, who delivered the distinguished University of Idaho Bellwood Lecture Oct. 20.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mark Felt, 1933

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University of Idaho finance students know how to make money grow. A group of 55 students in the D. A. Davidson & Co. Student Investment Program received a $4,104.37 check from the company. It was the student portion of a 20.86 percent increase in the value of the investment portfolio the students managed last year. This compares with Dow Jones Industrial Average returns of 5.39 percent for the same time period. Over the last 12 years, student investments in the program have garnered a total $32,033 as their share of investment profits. The money is put back into the college’s student programs. Students receive $50,000 to invest in market transactions over the course of a year. The students invest the money, pay execution costs and earn interest on cash and dividends on securities, with their universities receiving half of the profits of any gains greater than five percent. D.A. Davidson & Co. absorbs any loss.

In reading the William Mark Felt story in the fall edition of Here We Have Idaho, I looked at the picture captioned “Mark Felt, sophomore” [page 11] and immediately recognized this as a picture of Albert Fitzpatrick who was a classmate of mine in the School of Agriculture. Just to make sure, Here’s the correct I checked my 1933 picture of William Mark Felt in 1933. Gem annual and noted Felt and Fitzpatrick’s pictures are side by side. No need to say more. Thought you would be interested in this and I was personally pleased that as a 92-year-old, I recognized my classmate after 72 years. Richard W. Schumacher Tucson, Ariz.

The fat forms here

Fueled by iodine

Methanol offers a more economical and stable way to harness the energy of natural gas for motorists. The conversion from natural gas to methanol posed the main problem to meeting that potential. Research by U of I chemist Gus Davico suggests iodine may hold the key to making methanol a successful alternative to petroleum-based fuels. “We found a catalyst that is environmentally friendly; one that catalyzes the reaction at very low temperatures,” said Davico. “It’s quite efﬁcient, and it’s based on iodine.” Shoppers buy iodized table salt to avoid natural dietary deﬁciencies and iodine solution as an antiseptic. The work could help mainstream methanol as a fuel by replacing costly or dangerous catalysts. The previous challenge was to understand how iodine worked as a catalyst, a hurdle the U of I team overcame by building specialized equipment to handle the task. “From a chemistry point of view, this reaction is a milestone,” Davico said.

Animal physiologist Rod Hill studies how intramuscular fat forms. In cattle, such fat and marbling is highly prized. Where fat forms between muscles or just under the skin also can be important in understanding diseases such as diabetes. Hill recently explored the factors that influence the growth of fat or skeletal muscle in a paper with coauthors from U of I, Washington State University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The paper was published in the journal Domestic Animal Endocrinology. Cosmetic considerations aside, understanding the controls on fat or muscle formation can help the livestock industry be more efficient. “If we can understand better how hormones influence muscle and fat cells, we can improve carcass quality,” Hill said. A feeding regimen that encourages cattle to develop well-marbeled muscles can add substantial value. Feeding cattle in a manner that encourages fat to form under the skin, however, generally wastes time and money.

Float the economic boat

Give us your engineers, your architects, your huddled masses of accountants, auditors and consultants yearning to breathe free. Such might be a refrain for Idaho’s hopes to provide good wages by catering to those who work for high paying, environmentally sensitive firms and get a thrill out of the champagne of whitewater rafting and other natural amenities. A team of economists analyzed whether river rafting alone can float central Idaho’s economic boat. The team published its findings in the September issue of the journal “Society and Natural Resources.” The authors included R. Garth Taylor, a U of I agricultural economist at Moscow. A flood tide of professionals or wealthy retirees, and the money in-flows they represent, would improve both the number and quality of Idaho jobs. Factors such as proximity to clients and major airports guide moving decisions, the authors said. “Thus, the region will appeal most to ‘foot-loose’ firms that can use the Internet or other means of communication in lieu of direct contact.”

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A $10.1 million renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow University of Idaho scientists to continue biomedical research focused on infectious diseases. The ﬁve-year grant is devoted to the study of molecular and cellular basis of host-pathogen interactions. The renewal grant will allow the University to expand research programs and recruit top students and researchers. It also provides funds to support microscopy, cell separation and analysis, and molecular biology research infrastructure throughout the Moscow campus. “Our research also provides the state with multiple beneﬁts,” said John Hammel, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences dean. “The research funding contributes to the state’s economy by targeting problems that directly affect human health and the Idaho agricultural industry. The students who work in laboratories funded by NIH provide the state with an educated workforce that will help build new businesses.”

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“This is where our ideas, our innovations and inspirations will be born.” — President Tim White

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Ray Pankopf, director of architecture and engineering services, echoes such a sentiment. “The signiﬁcance of this project is that it completes the vision of one synergistic corridor through campus” that includes the TLC, Idaho Commons, Student Recreation Center and the newly-completed residence halls. “Together, they embody the ‘living-learning’ environment that is the university’s signature.” Hoffman Construction of Idaho managed the U of I project. Other key project leaders included: Design West Architects of Nampa; Opsis of Portland, Ore., and Gordon Walker Architects of Seattle. The team effort already is getting noticed. The TLC was acknowledged recently by Intermountain Contractor magazine as the “2005 Best Renovation/Restoration Project.”

The TLC renovation was supported with state funds through a new bonding system. Raymond and Lois Hanson of Spokane and Kathryn Supko of Boise donated a combined $150,000 toward the TLC project. The late Mary Elizabeth Scott of Peoria, Ariz., is recognized with a named classroom for her gift of $200,000. In such a transformed environment with technological tools at one’s ﬁngertips, it’s all possible. As White said at the TLC dedication, “This is where our ideas, our innovations and inspirations will be born.” Here’s to a new era that welcomes a bright and revitalized classroom experience. I 2006

features more than two dozen multimedia classrooms with 1,723 seats, including 943 auditorium seats. “This represents far more than tons of steel and yards of concrete,” President Tim White said. “It’s the place where our students learn with the best technologies and teachers.” The new classrooms feature power projection screens, audio/video recording devices, wall-mounted cameras, wireless microphones, DVD players, VCRs and wireless networking throughout. “If the Commons is the living room of our campus,” said Hansen at the Sept. 29 building dedication, “we have just very purposefully linked the living room with the learning room. The link made between scholarship, social life and student services provides for an engaging and experiential educational environment.”

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t was called the university’s bomb shelter; a dank cavern; and a place not to visit at night. Snow sifted through the open breezeways sending shivers through the collective student body. That was the University Classroom Center. “It was dark and cold and not at all engaging,” said Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, who took classes in the UCC. “I always thought they didn’t have high expectations for us who studied there.” If the University Classroom Center was the dark storm with torrential downpours, the newly renovated building, the Teaching and Learning Center, is a pastoral retreat with cloudless, sunny skies. “The open, airy and bright atmosphere is both welcoming and revitalizing,” said ASUI President Autumn Hansen. The $12.3 million high-tech facility, which opened this fall,

The simple life in a complex machine BY DONNA EMERT

RV to English Translations: Porpoising: The up and down motion of an RV while traveling. Hula Skirt: A row of short, thick, plastic ﬂagella under the rear bumper that keeps rocks from ﬂying into the windshield of the car behind. Boondocking: Dry camping — without electricity, water or sewer hookups. Dually: Dual axle pickup. Fiver: Fifth-wheel trailer. Toad: AKA “dinghy,” any car, boat, large water toys or combination thereof pulled behind an RV.

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Class A/C RV: Class A rigs are built on a specially designed chassis and are the biggest RVs. Class C motor homes are built on an automotive-manufactured van frame with an attached cab, and generally are smaller.

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fter a long day of porpoising the back roads in a 40-foot rig, tiny bugs exploding on the big view out front and hula skirt swishing obliviously behind, an RVer’s thoughts naturally turn to boondocking with the dually, the fiver and the toad. It’s time to watch the sun dip into the West from a new vantage point, tucked into fresh geography. RVing is the lifestyle of choice for approximately 10 million Americans. Still, life on the road remains a path less taken, and requires some explanation to the initiate. The existence of a colorful, extensive and sometimes technical RV lexicon is testimony to the fact that while RVers love the scaled-back simplicity of the lifestyle, the rigs in which these lives are conducted grow more complex with each year’s incarnation. “If you go buy this rig I just pulled in with, this costs over $200,000,” says Life on Wheels Conference founder Gaylord Maxwell, gesturing toward a shiny new 40-foot Coachman with all the bells and whistles. “And that’s not expensive nowadays. It’s got so much electronic equipment on it, you need to go to school to learn how to operate the thing.” To learn how to choose the right rig, operate the thing effectively, and pick up the many skills a nomadic lifestyle conducted at 50 mph requires, RVers annually turn to the University of Idaho’s Life on Wheels Conference. The conference is the most extensive RV education program in existence, and the first of its kind anywhere. It was established in 1996 by Maxwell, a retired educator and active RV travel-writer and lecturer, in partnership with the U of I Enrichment Program and with support from the RV industry. In its first year, 80 people came from 15 states to attend Maxwell’s single three-session class. Last July, 400 RVers and wannabe RVers from 37 states, including Alaska and Hawaii, three Canadian provinces and Bermuda, traveled to Moscow to attend 182 RV technology, safety and lifestyle classes on the U of I campus. More than 25 percent of those attending the conference do not own an RV, but are researching the option. To meet the needs of some of an estimated 300,000 Americans who will hit the road in an RV for the first time this year, the LOW introduced a two-day conference in Clarkston, Wash., called “Just for Newbies” in 2005, offering focused, hands-on instruction on how to choose an RV, finance it, insure it, maintain it and navigate it. Most LOW students are part or full-time RVers, and perennial conference attendees. As one returning student explained, “You don’t soak it all up in one go.” That is true of U of I alumni and retirees John ’61, ’63 and Janet (Harding) ’57 Laut. They have attended the conference twice. The Lauts pulled their fifth wheel to the conference from their stick house in the Denver suburbs, “Roughly 1,200 miles if we came direct, but like good RVers we take two weeks, and about double that,” says John. They have visited every state in the continental U.S. and nine Canadian provinces, “missing only Nunavut and Newfoundland.” It’s a long ferry ride to Newfoundland and “there are no roads to Nunavut,” he explains.

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Ken ’68, ’74 and Jan ’68, ’74 Sayler attended their ﬁrst LOW conference in July 2005 and each signed up for 18 classes during the week.

Through LOW classes, Laut seeks greater self-sufficiency on the road in his Crossroads Cruiser fifth wheel, and the 2001 Chevy Silverado C2500 HD pickup that pulls it. He has taken courses on the operation and maintenance of his RV’s propane, water and electrical systems, among others. He also has learned when to consult a professional. “My favorite comment from one of the presenters this year was, ‘I can’t teach you how to fix it in an hour and a half, but I can teach you how to tell the technician what’s wrong,’” said Laut. Ken ’68, ’74 and Jan ’68, ’74 Sayler are retired educators. They have been RVing for seven years and attended the conference for

the first time in 2005. Each took 18 classes during the weeklong program. The Saylers drive a 31-foot Minnie Winnie Class C with a 460 Ford engine and are shopping for a Class A rig of similar size. “RVing can be somewhat complex because of the many different systems that you’re dealing with,” said Ken, who took LOW courses in weight safety, RV construction and RV electrical systems. Maintaining these systems is not too difficult if you’re armed with some knowledge, the manuals “and a little patience,” he adds. Life lived at 50 mph in 250 square feet of house also demands rather specific organizational, navigational, domestic, social and interpersonal skills. Direct application of these skills can result in getting supper on the table. To that end, the LOW course “On-the-Road with the Opinionated Cook,” is taught by comedian/camp cook/ genealogical scholar Joan Taylor. There Jan Sayler, Janet Laut, her sister Connie (Harding) Wilson and 45 other students learned how to access helpful RV life Web sites; how to create useful kitchen checklists; that a GPS system can locate a Safeway store; that eggs should be stored pointy-side down; and that, as Taylor daringly acknowledged, the RV oven manual “is like all manuals: It says nothing, in several languages.” LOW classes incorporate lecture, hands-on activities and visual aids like PowerPoint presentations, and its teachers represent a Who’s Who list of RV industry and industry-related professionals. Taylor, for example, writes “The Opinionated Cook” column, which can be found at www.rversonline.org, and also is an experienced RVer, computer geek and former Education Coordinator for the Almaden SeniorNet Computer Learning Center at San Jose, Calif.

“LOW is the only RV education program of its kind in the U.S.,” said Taylor. “The focus is on giving folks a choice of a wide variety of RV tech and lifestyle-related presentations. I think the LOW provides a unique, all-in-one-place experience for RVers — new, old and wannabe — to cram in as much learnin’ as they can in the few days they’re jammed together in the college parking lots without the siren calls of salespeople. LOW is providing the opportunity for RVers to learn from some of the experts, and from each other.” As the nation’s Baby Boomers retire, many will hit the open road and the need for RV education will continue to grow. To meet the demand for RV education, LOW classes also are now available on university campuses in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Arizona. RVers travel in sophisticated machines in pursuit of a less complex lifestyle. They extol the freedom of moving through the landscape, arms-length from their mate, and the simple joy, John Laut notes, of “ﬁnding a road that we’ve never been on.” For information about the Life on Wheels RV Education Conference 2006, contact Conference Coordinator Peggy Waterman toll free at 1-866-5694646 or visit the LOW Web site at www. rvlifeonwheels.com. I

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A number of alumni return to campus to take part in the annual Life On Wheels conference. Connie (Harding) Wilson ’61, at right, from Richland, Wash., visits with her sister and brother-in-law, Janet (Harding) ’57 and John ’61, ’63 Laut. The Lauts have a home in Aurora, Colo., and spend the winter in Mesa, Ariz.

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The north Kibbie Dome lawn and parking lot becomes an RV campground in July to accommodate the conference participants. Roy Boorman, who teaches digital photography at LOW, waves from his RV.

The halls of academia no longer fall silent after the ﬁnal notes of “Pomp and Circumstance” fade in early May. This past summer, from May 16 through Aug. 16, the University of Idaho offered 125 camps, conferences and workshops attracting approximately 5,000 students of the arts, sports, recreation, ecology, engineering, education and other disciplines to campus. The result is fuller utilization of U of I facilities; more employment opportunities for faculty and staff; increased summer revenue for the University; unprecedented opportunities for graduate and undergraduate recruitment; and a ﬂush of summer business into the local economy. “Summer groups bring close to a million dollars to the University annually,” said Cami McClure, director of Conferences, Events, Parking and Information Services. “This number is growing each year.” A survey taken of Goldschmidt Conference participants – an international gathering of geochemists and mineralogist at the U of I in May – showed each participant spent a average of $200 a day during their stay. About 80 percent of summer conference participants are youth, and spend less. Still, kids in the Olympic Development Program, a youth soccer program for young women that brought 1,400 participants to campus for one month last summer, collectively dropped about $1,000 a day at the University Bookstore. (Note to Mom and Dad: That’s well under a buck a day per kid.) As McClure notes, the exposure to prospective students and their families also is a good thing. “In addition to the economic impact, every person we bring to campus becomes an ambassador for the University and Moscow community alike.” For more information on Summer Conferences, contact McClure at: camim@uidaho.edu

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Photos at left. Top left: Amanda Haught of Coeur d’Alene, a graduate student in anthropology and Mark Warner, professor of anthropology, work to assemble a four-gallon Red Wind stoneware crock recovered from a farmstead near Troy. The crock was a common storage vessel in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Top right: Cobalt blue bottles from 1900 to 1920. Bottom left: The soil monolith collection inspired graduate art student Mare Blocker to capture the complexities of the soil cores in pen and ink drawings. Bottom right: Frank Merickel, manager of the William F. Barr Entomological Museum, conducts one of numerous tours for U of I students and the public.

having now – is a database that’s virtually accessible,” Merickel says. “Here, I’ll show you.” In a dusky back room, a computer screen blinks on, making stars of the dust motes in the air. “Without a universal database, it’s like having a library and not knowing what books you have.” Databases worldwide provide a virtual library, but for collectors, the real stuff is more fun. Just around the corner from the entomological museum on the first floor of the Agricultural Science Building is another U of I collection. This one features soil samples hanging on heavy-duty hooks. “This is all part of the the Maynard Fosberg Monolith Collection, ” says Soil Sciences Research Associate Anita Falen, waving at columns lining both sides of the neon-bright halls. “Information, names, data,” she says, “it’s all changed faster than classification cards.” Falen has amassed a dizzying collection of data. “You call each one by name now,” she says, “it means something.” Monoliths are extracted by a team of scientists in the field – literally in the trenches – by backing a three- to six-foot layer of soil with a board and cutting back on either side. The captured soil is stuck with cloth and resin to a board, mummy-wrapped, and borne on stretchers to the lab where a gentle scouring reveals its character. The soil is studied to learn to what degree it is friable or rocky; whether it contains layers of organic material, limestone fossils, insect casts or anthropomorphic objects that turn up in an archeological dig. “The anthropological evidence may depend upon the soil,” says Falen. “Over here, we like to say some life cycles of the insects depend on the soil,” says Fosberg, emeritus professor of soil. “Some of these monoliths were collected with the help of graduate student Jason Jimenez ‘05 out by Dworshak Dam. Tedious work, but practical, too. Matter of fact, it’s too expensive to have every student doing it anymore,” adds Fosberg. Stewardship of the land depends on many factors, and monoliths help answer questions of productivity – fertilizer usage, irrigation and crop rotation, for example. Though monoliths, like bugs, mainly are teaching tools in the Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, collection data or samples from the Moscow campus increasingly are accessed by researchers nationwide. Fosberg started the monolith collection in 1949 when he arrived at the U of I, and it has grown into one of the largest known collections in the U.S. He points out columns with rich, black and crumbling layers of ancient and modern silty material, including Mazama ash from Crater Lake eruptions. “That’s why some weathered ash soils in the Palouse hold more water than a normal soil,” he explains. But storage space is shrinking and many monoliths – some Palouse – are being shipped to museums. At least one will go to the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. “Their new soil exhibit,” he says, “will house 50 monoliths, samples from every state.”

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ou have reached the center of the universe!” says Frank Merickel, also known as the “Keeper of the Bugs,” as he flings open his arms at the doorway to the William F. Barr Entomological Museum. Thanks to 25 years of enthusiasm from the man in the colorful insect-print shirt, the entomological collection is not only a museum and working laboratory, but a learning lab for students and guests. Down narrow aisles, jars of walking sticks or “spiny devils,” camouflaged by sticks and leaves, proliferate under Latin labels — Extatosoma tiaratum or Baculum extradentum. Merickel pops off a lid or two, setting loose some lazy six-inch-long insects up his arm. “The kids love them, and they are so gentle, even the entomophobics in the crowd like to hold them,” he says, brushing them back. “If you’ve come to see bugs, this is only the beginning.” If this is a beginning, it’s a beginning with no end. The universe of insects is too large to imagine – a worldwide population upwards of 30 million species, 25,000 of which are native to Idaho. In this one lab of 100 towering cabinets, there must be two million insects sorted into families, skewered on pins and stacked in files – cryptographic fortunes of family, genus and species. Some of the smallest are never classified at all. “That dot before the classification number – that’s a bug!” Merickel says of one of the smallest insects in the world. “The specimens in the collection are organized phylogenetically, which means from most primitive to most advanced. It’s the same thing with the beetles,” he says, with a grand gesture. “So your horse dies,” says the professor as he pulls out a drawer. “Could be one of these blister beetles in your hay. Or your trees go brown.” Another drawer is opened. “Borer beetle or bark beetle?” Malcolm Furniss, a forest entomologist, has his life’s work on forest insects, especially bark beetles, housed in the WFBM. According to Merickel, “Mal” and James B. “Ding” Johnson, the museum’s curator, literally wrote the book on Idaho’s bark beetles, making their field guide a staple in many a hiker’s backpack. “This is a great place for students, who rely on the collection like a library, looking up bugs and classifying them,” Merickel says. “This museum is near and dear to my heart, but ready for expansion. What we’ve needed all along – what we’re close to

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Above: Becki Saari, a soil science major from Woodbury, Conn., and Maynard Fosberg, emeritus professor of soil science, with a few of the monoliths on display on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of the Agricultural Science Building. Left: Sonya De Lisle, a cultural anthropology major from Oak Harbor, Wash., and Leah Evans-Janke, collections manager at the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, catalogue items in the collection.

The University of Idaho Library Special Collections is the largest U of I collection, with more than two million items. Some special collections include the Ezra Pound Collection, Historical Photo Collection and rare books. In the vault are boxes of letters and memorabilia – some uncataloged – of notable authors, including T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. The William Clagett Collection in the College of Law Library includes 33 boxes of cataloged materials donated seven years ago by Fred and Dorothy Clagett. William Clagett was president of the 1889 Idaho Constitutional Convention, which drafted the Idaho Constitution. The collection includes an “Album of Memory” owned by Mary Clagett, Billy’s wife, with a receipt signed by Samuel Clemens for a horse he sold to Billy for $45. The International Jazz Collection, located off campus at 530 S. Asbury, contains more than 1,000 scores and 10,000 recordings. Director Lewis Ricci invites visitors to call ahead at (208) 885-3870 for a tour. Visitors may review lectures, ﬁlms and original recordings; view costumes and posters, and discover a wealth of recordings and other materials on the diverse musicians who have participated in the annual Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival, continuous at the U of I since 1968.

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Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology www.class.uidaho.edu/labanth/ University of Idaho Arboretum www.uidaho.edu/arboretum/ University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium www.sci.uidaho.edu/biosci/herbarium/ International Jazz Collection www.ijc.uidaho.edu University of Idaho Library Special Collections www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/ The Leila Old Historic Costume Collection Contact: Sandra Evenson (208) 885-7798, sevenson@uidaho.edu Department of Theatre and Film Costume Shop Contact: Kim Monk, (208) 885-6131, kmonk@uidaho.edu Maynard Fosberg Monolith Collection Maynard Fosberg William F. Barr Entomological Museum Contact: Frank Merickel (208) 885-7079, fmericke@uidaho.edu Prichard Art Gallery www.uidaho.edu/galleries/

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—Pam Brunsfeld.

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“Idaho is one of the richest and most varied botanical states in the country. It includes a wide variety of habitats, including grasslands, deserts, major river drainages with welldeveloped riparian, an abundance of forest types, bogs and a well-developed alpine zone. With the largest designated wilderness in the lower 48 states and 62 percent of the state in public lands, Idaho is one of the best-kept secrets in the botanical world.”

Storage space is an issue for collections. A few blocks away in a two-story building on the Moscow-Pullman highway, is the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology. In a large room filled with folding tables, anthropology and archeology students count bones and shards in sifted earth from last summer’s dig. Items will be sorted, labeled and stored upstairs in archival wrapping paper and boxes. Some collections at the lab represent Idaho’s cultural diversity – its Asian, Nez Perce and mining communities. One outstanding collection, the Asian American Comparative Archeological Collection, is overseen by Adjunct Assistant Professor Priscilla Wegars. The collections at the anthropology lab serve as a library. Senior anthropology major John Baker was attracted to public sector archeology several summers ago at two separate digs in Troy, one led by Professor Mark Warner and the other by Professor R. Lee Sappington ’81. Baker, who has a cultural resources management job waiting for him after graduation, lauds the school’s camaraderie and work ethic. “Archeology is a ‘bug,’” he says, rolling up his sleeves. “It’s like a flu. They throw you in, you know, the great teachers, and it’s do or die. You have to be able to hike, carry backpacks, dig – and then when your physical work is done, your academics take over. From my first dig I knew there was an extraordinary amount of cultural stuff and it all had to fit in somewhere.” But where will it all fit? Boxes of brass shell casings, cobaltblue bottles, electric pole insulators, bone-white china, wooden wagon wheels in splinters, rusty farm implements, a pocket watch from a historical park. Laid out garage-sale style, the hodge-podge is sorted, numbered, described and interpreted. Sometimes,” says collections manager Leah Evans-Janke, “we sit and sort for hours, matching color and shape, knowing each puzzle tells a story about the culture.” At the far end of the room sits graduate student Steve Yoder wearing what looks like a two-pronged World War II mask. Jazz riffs escape from his headphones. As he polishes a box of lead bullets, the mask protects him from hazardous lead dust flying off the casings. He doesn’t seem to mind that it makes him look a bit like he belongs in the bug collection. He pauses to dig out the first casing he ever cleaned. “It’s too clean,” he says, satisfied with his lesson. “The collections themselves,” Warner says, “and the process of working with collections, provide training for students who will become archeologists of the next generation. What we do here is to integrate students at different levels of interest and skill. If they find this their calling, then different responsibilities are added on. “It is important archeologists be trained so their participation on digs is conducted in such a way as to preserve history. We conserve archeological collections because they are, in many instances, our only record of the past.” Another large collection that provides useful training to students is the University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium. The herbarium, a plant library, is the official state repository for plant specimens and contains 135,000 vascular plant specimens and 15,000 non-vascular plants. The herbarium came into existence shortly after the creation of the University of Idaho in the late 1800s. The establishment of the Charles Richard Stillinger trust in 1972 has allowed the herbarium to expand and offer learning opportunities to students. Stillinger, an avid botanist and Moscow land owner,

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It is hoped that the root of native hellebore or corn lily, Veratrum californicum, may soon “out” Idaho’s botanical richness and prove to be a cure for several serious health problems. Idaho hellebore was found to contain the steroidal alkaloid, cyclopamine, which holds pharmacologically promising properties. Curiously, according to Director Pam Brunsfeld, the medicinal nature of this plant was accidentally discovered in the ’60s after scientists traced the mysterious birth of one-eyed lambs to a diet of hellebore. Cyclopamine may prevent cardiac infarctions and cardiac arrest by allowing regrowth of micro-tubuels in the heart; it also holds the hope of a cure for pancreatic, prostate and skin cancers. Once again, the question of sustainability arises, as the specter of a possibly depleted resource looms only one step ahead of our Idaho botanists and their research.

Top left: A plant collecting ﬁeld trip to Fern Fall on the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River includes Herbarium Associate Director Matt Parks, students Brandon Jones and Heidi Schmalz, and Herbarium Director Pam Brunsfeld. Top right: Student Lisa Stratford and Herbarium Director Pam Brunsfeld display recently mounted herbarium specimens. Right: Graduate student Brenda Guettler is one of 20 students and professional botanists who work in the Stillinger Herbarium.

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Bob ’90 and Kirstin ’91 Larson have become active art collectors with a desire to help other beginning collectors.

Catching the Collecting Bug Bob ’90 and Kirstin ’91 Larson are art collectors in Kirkland, Wash. Kirstin says the call to collect came over them after they retired from jobs at Microsoft in Boise to start a family five years ago. Collecting began as a hobby when Bob joined the Seattle Arts Council and the Larsons became familiar with the work of artists in the area. Like many collectors, says Kirstin, their start came about when they fell in love with one art object, and one thing led to another. “We were walking along the beach in Carmel on Bob’s 30th birthday when lights from a gallery drew us in. We fell for a Picasso lithograph, but it was sold. The next day, we learned we’d crashed a private party, but the Picasso had come unsold! That was our first.” Because of Bob’s work on the Arts Council, of which he is now chair, the Larsons came to know some of Seattle’s newer artists. “Some didn’t have enough artwork for a show back then,” Kirsten recalls, “but we got some great single pieces at the gallery for $35.” Now, what won’t fit on their walls is stocking their pantry shelves, one frame on top of the other. The Larsons’ collection leans towards the avant garde: Judith Kindler’s words and images and the “gadgety stuff” of Tyson Grumm. “Our favorites are Z. Z. Wei’s swoopy landscapes of the Palouse.” Lately, the Larsons have taken an interest in helping other beginning art collectors. Their company, Find, brings together emerging artists with fledgling collectors willing to learn about and fall in love with art.

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designated 13 of his properties to be sold after his death to establish the trust fund to support the herbarium and other plant-based research on campus. “It’s a wonderful legacy,” says Pam Brunsfeld, Stillinger Herbarium director. Students interested in plants use the herbarium as their library, laboratory and learning center. For example, while graduate student Brenda Guettler uses the dissecting scopes and assorted floras to identify plants, environmental science senior Heidi Schmalz finishes mounting a set of specimens from summer field collections. Brunsfeld hires two or three students each summer to work in the field with her and associate curator Matt Parks. “This opportunity allows students to become familiar with hundreds of species in the field and other skills that will make them competitive in the job market after graduation,” said Brunsfeld. After plants have been collected, pressed and dried, they enter the herbarium and are placed in a freezer for 48 hours. In the herbarium, “insects are public enemy number one.” Plants are then identified and move to the mounting room, where students who have, in Brunsfeld’s words, “caught the botany bug,” bend to the task of mounting new specimens. The process, like that of insect, soil and anthropology labs, is intense and requires music for concentration – new-age, classical and classic rock for starters. Each specimen is then dried for 48 hours between waxed paper, foam and cardboard, then glue-strapped to acid-free paper and affixed by stem and root with upholstery thread. The mounted specimen is stamped with an accession number, entered into the database and finally sorted and filed by family, genus, species, sub-species and variety. “This is the phylogenetic approach,” says Brunsfeld, “a fancy word for the hierarchical evolutionary approach used by herbaria throughout the world.” This year, there are 10 undergraduates, four graduate students and six professional botanists working in the collection. “We’ve cut our backlog of 20,000 samples in half in the last three or four years… but it’s still like trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon.” To control the flood of materials, the lab uses the same spacesaving storage system used by the Library—movable compactor carriages. “Idaho is one of the richest and most varied botanical state in the country,” said Brunsfeld. “It includes a wide variety of habitats, including grasslands, deserts, major river drainages with well-developed riparian, an abundance of forest types, bogs and a well-developed alpine zone. With the largest designated wilderness in the lower 48 states and 62 percent of the state in public lands, Idaho is one of the best-kept secrets in the botanical world.” Finally, the herbarium, like other U of I collections, provides resources for studying ecological and evolutionary trends, genetics, rare and endangered plants, plant-pathogen interactions, floristics and historical changes in vegetation throughout Idaho and the region. The uniqueness of the Palouse and the nature of the land-grant institution put the University of Idaho in a position of responsibility for sustaining, as well as benefiting from, the environment. The University takes its mission seriously – maintaining in the College of Natural Resources, for example, the only known “complete” set of recovery plans in the country for endangered species. Perhaps we are at the center of the universe after all. I

WORLD PEACE and Friendship Our Alumni Expand Their Horizons in the Peace Corps BY JOHN DRAPER

n the surface, Cindy Hinman ’91 didn’t seem to have the resume for a Peace Corps volunteer. She somehow made it through 21 years of life without ever having left the States – not even for Canada. What’s more, she’s allergic to sulfa drugs, which took her out of the running for serving in Peace Corps countries with malaria, which is most. However, the Peace Corps found her an assignment in Lesotho at the highest village in Africa – so high it’s above the snow line. If she was untypical when she left, she was an archetypal Peace Corps alumna when she returned. The Peace Corps changes people, marks them for life. In fact, the returning volunteers just can’t keep from talking about the experience. The word gets out. Perhaps that’s why so many U of I students have followed up graduation with a stint in the Peace Corps.

You might get a clue from shadowing Mike Whiteman, director of International Programs, and watch as he interacts with students. Whiteman entered the Peace Corps in 1974 at a time when Kenya just happened to be in dire need of biology teachers. The Peace Corps seemed like a great way to gain experience and expand this Idaho farm boy’s horizons, which it did – forever. It also made him the unofﬁcial head recruiter for the Peace Corps on campus. “It’s an experience anybody should have,” he says. “I talk to a lot of students about the Peace Corps.” And the stories Peace Corps veterans tell upon their return are so similar, a cynic would say they’ve been scripted. “I tell everyone I can about the Peace Corps,” said Hinman. “I tell them about how the other people on this planet don’t live like we do. I tell them, ‘You can be happy with less.’ A lot less. The people in Lesotho had nothing, but they were the happiest people I’ve ever met. I never heard so much singing – all the time singing: singing in the ﬁelds, singing walking down the road, singing at the market. Those images and sounds are burned into my soul forever.” The Peace Corps sends volunteers like Hinman to developing Jim Iverson ’69 went to Bolivia on his Peace Corps assignment, and thought his degree in plant science could help reach a lofty of goal of feeding the world.

countries to help those countries meet their needs and to promote cross-cultural understanding. Simple goals – arduously achieved. Just the type of thing to attract strong-bodied, idealistic young people such as newly minted college graduates.

Well, not always young people.

Chuck and Eloise Hanner, both 1971 U of I graduates, went to Paraguay in 2000. Eloise says the advantage of volunteering later in life is the ability to use ones accumulated life wisdom. The downside was worrying about your accumulated life’s treasures. “When you’re 22, it’s just me, me, me. You’re not thinking about your parents dying. You don’t have kids. You’re free on an emotional level.” Anyone can apply for Peace Corps duty, but there is a thorough screening process. “I didn’t even make it out of the U.S.,” said William Symms ’69. “They found I had an allergy to bees and wouldn’t send me overseas.” It’s the Peace Corps office in Washington, D.C., that actually places the volunteer in a country. “Less than half the time will the applicant come anywhere close to their location preference,” said Jim Aguirre of the Peace Corps Seattle office. “Our job is to fill the needs that countries bring us.” For five decades, graduates have been accepting the Peace Corps challenge. Each decade has produced inspiring alumni. 2006

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So why so many U of I volunteers?

Chuck and Eloise Hanner both earned their degrees in 1971 and became Peace Corps volunteers in 2000.

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In fact, the Peace Corps recently ranked the University of Idaho 23rd among medium-sized colleges and universities in producing Peace Corps volunteers in 2004. Currently, 25 alumni are serving in developing countries through the Peace Corps. Since the Peace Corps began recruiting at the University in 1961, more than 400 alumni have signed on to promote “world peace and friendship.”

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The ’80s PHOTO BY PAUL T. ERICKSON

Before Jim Iverson received his bachelor’s degree in plant science in 1969, he already had received “The Vision.” He still can remember how one professor instilled in him the stirring notion that plant scientists could feed the world. “The mindset in the ’60s was that we were rapidly running out of food,” said Iverson, a plant geneticist in Caldwell, who develops and sells hybrid popcorn. The Peace Corps seemed the best way to christen that vision. For the ﬁrst 18 months, he even found a way to aim a business assignment vision-ward. To help a Bolivian savings and loan, he rented land from the Catholic parish and grew wheat. With the money he earned from selling the wheat, he bought door prizes to lure in new coop members. During that period, he introduced hearty dwarf wheat to the farmers. While it would have fetched a great price on the market, the farmers pooh-poohed it because it didn’t make good soup or adobe blocks. “Commerce really didn’t click for them,” he says. Over the next year, he helped breed potatoes in Cost Rica. The farmers needed a variety that could withstand a local virus. He left before he found out if his efforts were successful, though. He still doesn’t know if it worked. Overall, he admits the Peace Corps was a far cry from vision fulﬁllment. “Our expectations were so huge, but the farmers were so primitive, still plowing with cows. It’s silly to think that you, as a college kid, are going to go in there and change the traditional ways of these people. But, who knows, maybe I made a beginning.”

Jim Iverson, who helped breed potatoes in Costa Rica as part of his Peace Corps efforts, now is a plant geneticist in Caldwell.

Jim Mahoney earned the University’s very ﬁrst degree in computer education in 1984 and promptly didn’t put it to use. The Peace Corps seemed like an opportunity of a lifetime — income seemed like something that only “old folks” cared about, bills and “obligations” were years away and, besides, computers still would be around, and better, when he returned. So, with a scant three months of Peace Corps Spanish instruction, he was sent to teach in a Honduran technical school. He could ask where the bathroom was, what time it was – but explaining how to run an arc welder or buzz saw was a different matter. The ﬁrst months were rough. Thankfully, the kids were eager to learn, even from a slightly inept instructor. A trade was a ticket, maybe, out of grinding poverty. Only 10 percent of Hondurans graduated from high school. “They weren’t living in caves, but they were very, very poor,” said Mahoney, who is now a librarian at Mark Twain Elementary at Pasco, Wash. In retrospect, he feels the biggest impact he made was showing them Americans could be decent, honorable people – not the demons the Honduran press painted them to be.

Uberuaga has worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 2000. He is currently a subsistence fisheries biologist for the Office of Subsistence Management in Anchorage, Alaska. He remains fond of holding fish in photographs; this one is a 30-pound chinook salmon from a west Cook Inlet stream near his summer cabin site.

Richard Uberuaga served his Peace Corps assignment in Peru and Nicaragua. He extended his Peace Corps tour in Central America to assist in a research project at Lake Nicaragua, where he’s pictured holding a baby bull shark.

At right: Jeff and Cindy Hinman above the snow line in Lesotho. Below: The Peace Corps served up a life lesson for Jeff, which he carries with him as a pastor at Independence, Ore.

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Richard Uberuaga earned a degree in wildlife fisheries in 1973 and signed on with the Peace Corps for far less altruistic reasons than trying to save the world. “I wanted to learn Spanish,” he said. “I was raised by my grandmother who didn’t speak English, but I still never learned Spanish — we didn’t really communicate much. Also, I just wanted out of the U.S. and away from Nixon. By the time I went into the Peace Corps, I was safe from the draft, but I was just fed up.” For the first six months, he worked in a hatchery in Peru trying to help modernize machinery. When the Peace Corps was kicked out of Peru by the government in retaliation for the CIA’s alleged involvement with the assassination of socialist president Salvador Allende, Uberuaga went to Nicaragua to inventory wildlands. By the time his two-year stint was up, he was so energized, he stayed on to research bull sharks in the jungle. He credits the experience with launching his career. “In 1977, there were not many jobs in fisheries,” said Uberuaga, who works for U.S. Fish and Wildlife in Anchorage, Alaska. “Because of my Peace Corps experience, I got preferential treatment.”

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Top photo: Jim Mahoney is a librarian at an elementary school at Pasco, Wash. Bottom photo: Students in a woodworking class taught by Jim Mahoney, who earned a computer education degree.

The ’70s

Cindy and Jeff Hinman married in their senior year in 1990, just before heading to Lesotho, Africa, for the Peace Corps. “It was great for our marriage. You have someone to share with that speaks in your heart language,” says Cindy. “With no TV, you end up entertaining a lot. A lot of other Peace Corps volunteers spent time in our home because we had a flush toilet.” This is not to say that everything was rosy. There’s always some adjustment for volunteers. Cindy, who never had left the U.S. prior to joining the Peace Corps, trained elementary school teachers in English, which she loved because it took her from village to village. Jeff, though, had a different experience. His job didn’t turn out as promised. He was told he would be teaching locals how to grow food at a school farm. It turned out the locals wanted him to tend the farm by himself. “They’re used to aid people coming in and doing everything for them,” he said. What’s more, Jeff’s personal style clashed with the culture, earning him immediate enmity. “The way you’re supposed to handle disputes was to gossip to someone. That person gossiped to someone else, and eventually it got to the person who had offended you. In my first six months there, the person in charge of the school farm wouldn’t show me where the gardening equipment was. Turns out he was selling the tools and pocketing the money. I went into his office and talked to him respectfully but directly. That was very insulting. He was a very big man in the village. Nobody in the town wanted to deal with me for six months.” In hindsight, Jeff admits he was being immature. Job One should have been to get to know the villagers. “It was so hard to get anything done over there. It was always a song and dance. But if I had taken six months to focus on understanding their culture I would have done much better.” A life lesson he carries to this day. Upon returning to the States, he earned his master’s of divinity and he’s been pastoring a church at Independence, Ore., for eight years now. “When I came to the church, I didn’t do anything drastic right away. I just got to know my parishioners.”

2006

The ’90s

BRETT HOLT

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES

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The 2000s

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

As you read this, fully sunk into your armchair, Charlie Ihrke probably is picking up garbage somewhere in Armenia — stonewalled schoolroom, dirt street, bus stop, wherever the sheep path takes him. It’s the little things that make the biggest difference, he says. “Being the only American in a 10-mile radius, I’m under the microscope. I use this to my advantage. By never throwing garbage in the river and talking to people about why it harms the environment, people are shamed into cleaning up.” Charlie, a 2004 U of I graduate, works as an environmental education volunteer in a rural secondary school. To heat their houses in the continual cold, the locals burn wood, which adds to the ongoing deforestation, further rankling the environmentalist in Ihrke. But what can he do? “The people know that if they keep up this harvest, the forests will vanish in 20 years. But gas is too expensive or nonexistent. Electricity is also expensive, and the power grid often fails, leaving people without power for days at a time.” The locals just don’t get this lanky kid and his green ideas. For example, why does he always want to take walks in the woods — for pleasure? “They go hiking with the ﬂock of sheep as work. They don’t want other people to think or say bad things about us, so they will make up stories to keep us away from the nature. The typical scare tactic is to warn us about land mines in the woods. People here just don’t understand Americans’ love for the outdoors.”

Admittedly, the premises upon which the Peace Corps was founded seem ill advised in retrospect. Here’s the proposition. One: recruit primarily new college graduates whom, by deﬁnition, have limited job experience. Two: give them but three months training in such areas as teaching English, community development, malaria eradication, water resources, sanitation and infant health. Three: rely on them to act as “change agents” among local co-workers who are almost always older and more experienced. Somehow, though, it’s worked for many of our alumni. Granted, the more than 400 alumni who have signed up during the University’s 44-year span of producing Peace Corps volunteers may not have turned the world upside-down. But they all would agree they left the Peace Corps as signiﬁcantly changed people. They also did their part, and that’s no little thing. “It may sound like a stretch, but going into the Peace Corps was like a born-again experience for me,” says Iverson of his service in South America. “I was just dropped off in my town. I didn’t know anyone, let alone know the language. Now I feel like I could just about do anything, anywhere. That’s what the Peace Corps does for you.” I

Banners of Understanding BY GAIL MILLER

hen Koi Tirima, a doctoral student in adult education, first came to the University of Idaho from Kenya, she was frightened. She had heard stories of the white supremacist movement in Coeur d’Alene. “I remember the first time walking into the SUB Ballroom and seeing my flag there and somebody knew I existed and knew I was coming. It was an amazing feeling and I was able to relax for the first time after a few weeks of being here.” The Ballroom Flag Collection was assembled 10 years ago with the help of donations by generous staff, faculty and students, according to Glen Kauffman, coordinator of the University’s International Friendship Association. There are 125 flags from various countries. “We were getting so many international students that we thought it would be a visual way to illustrate how many different students we have from different countries,” said Gleanne Wray, former associate director of International Programs. “When we started out, we asked people to sponsor a particular country and there is a plaque in the Ballroom that shows the original people who bought the flags.” In the 1970s, students came from Libya, Saudi Arabia and Iran because they were on oil revenue scholarships. Today, nearly 650 international students represent 90 countries, with many of them coming from Pacific Rim countries such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. There is a policy of not loaning out the flags, but with every policy there are exceptions. The Governor’s office in Boise called and requested to borrow the Japanese flag. They wanted to honor the consul general who was coming on a trade mission. Kauffman’s office sent the flag overnight delivery to Boise in time for his visit. The flag collection has a special meaning for international students, said Kauffman. Many people on campus have traveled and know what it is to be in a foreign place with unfamiliar customs. The flags show internationals “that we do understand.” I

Arden Bement ’59 received the Chairman’s Award from the American National Standards Institute for outstanding accomplishments performed by a group or individual on behalf of ANSI. He was honored during an October 2004 ceremony in Washington, D.C.

60s Gary L. Bennett ’62, ’66 has written a novel titled “The Star Sailors” that currently is available in paperback. He has described the book as “an adult science ﬁction novel about a civilization based on an extrapolation of present scientiﬁc sociological trends.” In 1970, Bennett earned a Ph.D. degree in physics from Washington State University. He worked at NASA’s John H. Glenn Research Center and NASA Headquarters on the Voyager, Galileo and Ulysses missions prior to his retirement in 1994. Gene J. Novotny ’62, ’66 retired this last spring after 40 years of service and leadership with the Cascade School District. He served as a high school principal and district superintendent during his career. Helen Method Newton ’63, retired in August after serving 24 years as Sandpoint’s city clerk, human resources director and administrative assistant to eight administrations. Merlyn W. Clark ’64, a partner in the Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley, LLP commercial litigation section, has been named chairman of the Idaho State Bar’s litigation section. Clark also has been listed in “The Best Lawyers in America.” Selection for this is based on the votes from more than 18,500 leading attorneys throughout the country.

Paul Gravelle ’65, ’78 has been chosen for the 2005 Latah Conservation Stewardship Award. This award honors individuals who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the conservation of natural resources in Latah County.

and contributions by a UGS scientist to the understanding of geology or earth science in Utah. Lund also received a 2005 Western States Seismic Policy Council Award of Excellence for Best Research Project this September in Boise for his research.

William A. “Bill” Jensen ’66 has retired after 35 years as a pilot for United Airlines. He was a captain on the Boeing 777 ﬂying from Seattle to Asia.

Laura Miller ’73 assumed the presidency of the Latah County chapter of AARP in January. Miller retired in 1990 as a teacher at the University of Idaho’s Family and Consumer Sciences Cooperative Extension and has been an active AARP member for 15 years.

Craig L. Meadows ’66, a partner in Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Hawley, LLP of Boise, has been listed in “The Best Lawyers in America.” Selection is based on the votes from more than 18,500 leading attorneys throughout the country.

70s George Steven Marker ’71, ’77 retired from teaching at Sandpoint High School after 34 years in the classroom – all at SHS. Jim Wilund ’72, ’80 has retired after 33 years as a teacher, coach and most recently, principal of Lewiston High School. Darrel W. Aherin ’73 was named the 2005 Trial Lawyer of the Year and recipient of the James J. May Award by the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association. The award is presented to a trial lawyer who exempliﬁes excellence in the practice of law, is active in the community and dedicated to the preservation of the civil justice system. William R. Lund ’73 is a senior scientist for the Utah Geological Survey and received the UGS Crawford Award for 2005. Lund was recognized as the author of UGS Bulletin 134 – Consensus Preferred Recurrence Interval and Vertical Slip-Rate Estimates – Review of Utah PaleoseismicTrenching Data by the Utah Quaternary Fault Parameters Working Group. The Crawford Award recognizes outstanding achievement, accomplishment

Iva M. Deobald ’74 received the National Association of Professional Mortgage Women’s Leadership award at the annual national convention in St. Louis. She was recognized for her public speaking, community service and training of mortgage professionals nationwide. Gary Donnelly ’74, an instructor at Casper College, has been named Wyoming Business Education Teacher of the Year by the Wyoming Business Education Association. This award is based on an individual’s achievements and contributions to business education within the past 10 years. Donnelly is a former business division chair and has taught at Casper College for the past 24 years. Marcus W. Nye ’74, managing partner at Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge & Bailey in Pocatello, has been named Distinguished Lawyer of the Year by the Idaho State Bar. R. James Coleman ’75 has joined the board of directors of Blue Water Technologies, Inc. Coleman has his own consulting engineering ﬁrm, Coleman Engineering, Inc., based in Coeur d’Alene, which centers on strategic planning, business development and project management.

Harry W. Vasquez ’75, director of intelligence integration at the MITRE Corp., received the National Reconnaissance Office Medal of Superior Service. This award was presented to him for his 12 years of outstanding service as the senior program manager for MITRE’s NRO program and for his contributions to the NRO’s mission. MITRE is a not-forprofit company that provides systems engineering, research and development, and information technology support to the government. Meg Carlson ’76 has been named president of Kickstand, a networking group of 650 entrepreneurs and tech executives who have never had a female leader. Mary Christianson ’76 has launched a new marketing communications company, FusionSet, Inc., in Boise. The company will provide marketing planning and implementation, collateral development, publications management, public/media relations, creative development, copywriting and editing, and media planning and buying. William Fay ’76 was named a senior vice president in the Fleishman-Hillard Washington, D.C., office. His duties include providing strategic counsel and helping to manage the agency’s stable of public affairs clients. Terry L. Owen ’76 was appointed as senior vice president, project development, for Apex Silver Mines Limited. He will be responsible for engineering, construction and commissioning of major projects. His immediate responsibility will be to develop the company’s 100 percent-owned San Cristobal operation as one of the largest and most efficient producers of silver, zinc and lead in the world.

2006

50s

WINTER

Charlie Ihrke at the ninth century Tatev Monastery in his village in Armenia. “The monastery overlooks a huge gorge and when you exit the monastery via a secret passageway, you are looking directly down into the river valley. The dramatic landscape is the main reason this place is visited by 20,000 tourist every year,” said Charlie.

Jim D. Pappas ’77, has been appointed to the Ninth Circuit’s Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. The appointment is for a seven-year term. Pappas will continue to serve as a bankruptcy judge for the District of Idaho. James K. Duff ’78 has been hired as president of Empresa Minera Manquiri, S.A., Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp.’s Bolivian subsidiary. He will lead the company’s efforts at the San Bartolome project.

80s Brian Ballard ’80, a specialist in real estate and partner in Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Hawley, LLP, of Boise, has been listed in “The Best Lawyers in America.” Selection is based on the votes of more than 18,500 leading attorneys throughout the country. Steven A. Strottmann ’80 has accepted a position as an agricultural and commercial real estate appraisal reviewer with Wells Fargo Bank at Des Moines, Iowa. Steve is an SRA-designated member of the Appraisal Institute. He currently resides at Omaha, Neb., with his wife, Linnea, and their sons, Erik and Carl, who are future Idaho Hockey Club players.

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

Col. Daniel N. Tarter ’80, U.S. Army, assumed duty as the United States Defense Attaché, Rangoon, Burma, in June.

Tony Bern ’81, ’86 is the executive director for the Lake City Development Corp., a city of Coeur d’Alene urban renewal agency. The agency uses tax-increment ﬁnancing to help development projects pay for infrastructure improvements.

Kelly Odell ’81, a recreational therapist at the Idaho Elks Rehabilitation Hospital who founded a successful sports camp for children with physical disabilities, received the ﬁrst “Sports Hero Award” from the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame and the Coalition for Youth Sports. Candy Wagahoff Dale ’82 was reappointed by Chief Judge Mary Schroeder of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to serve a threeyear term on the advisory board to the circuit. State Senator and Attorney Kate Kelly ’83 has joined the law ﬁrm of Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Hawley, LLP, where she will support the growing environmental practice. Kelly served as deputy attorney general in Idaho from 1993 to 1999, where she was the lead attorney for hazardous waste regulation. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Kelly for “Outstanding Leadership” for her work in air quality protection in 2003 and the governor formally recognized her for her contribution to the Record of Decision for the Coeur d’Alene Basin cleanup in 2002.

Marilyn Dokken Tarter ’83, the community liaison ofﬁcer of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, was awarded the M. Juanita Guess Award for outstanding dedication, energy and imagination in assisting American families serving at an overseas post by the American Foreign Service Association in June. Tarter was honored for her extraordinary efforts in mobilizing community resources to cope with the Asian tsunami disaster and its aftermath. One award recipient is selected annually from a pool of more than 200 community liaison ofﬁces worldwide. Allen Shull ’84 has been promoted from controller of Hyatt Westlake Plaza to controller/CFO of Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa.

Lt. Col. Michael Swanson ’84 is currently deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and he commands an Army Aviation Task Force. Mike is a 21-year veteran of the U. S. Army, and received his Regular Army commission through the University of Idaho Army ROTC program. Heidi Brockett Grevstad ’86 has earned the Legal Nurse Consultant Certified credential. Certification is granted by examination to registered nurses with at least 2,000 hours of current practice as a legal nurse consultant, and a minimum of five years licensure as a registered nurse. Vance Henry ’86 has been named office manager of the Boise office of H.W. Lochner, a transportation consulting firm headquartered in Chicago. Scott Linehan ’87 is the new offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins. Kurt Vantosky ’87 has joined The News Tribune in Tacoma, Was., as vice president of advertising. Natalie Naccarato Hutley ’88 was promoted to principal with WGS, Planned Interiors & Design in Portland, Ore. She will be the principal-in-charge of the WGS projects she has been managing, which range from office buildings to medical projects. Mike Liimakka ’89 has joined Pinnacle Engineers, Inc. as the Subdivision Department head to lead the planning and design efforts in land development projects.

90s Bernard Lo ’90 currently coanchors the “Bloomberg Live!” business news in Hong Kong. “Bloomberg Live!” provides the overnight business news and market movements from Europe and the United States, along with an assessment of how they will affect the local trading.

Lance Bethke ’91 has been appointed to the position of senior commercial loan officer for the Pocatello Branch of D.L. Evans Bank. Walter Dean Carlson ’91, ’95, who was named Boss of the Year in 2003, retired in July after 26 years with North Idaho College. He was hired as an instructor to start the college’s carpentry program in 1979 and became division chairman 16 years later. Brad Flodin ’91 has been promoted to retail banking area president for the Northern Idaho area of Zions Bank. He is responsible for overseeing the branches north of Boise. Jeff Loveng ’91, a longtime Capitol Hill aide, has been named by Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., to be his chief of staff. He will be working out of the Washington, D.C., office. Maj. John P. Nelson ’91 took command of the 7th Maintenance Operations Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, in support of the B-1 bomber. John Carter ’92 has been named vice president and branch manager for Charles Schwab & Co. in Boise. He has been with the firm since 1997 and was previously residing in Denver, Colo. He currently manages a team of financial consultants in the downtown Boise office of Schwab. Holly Williams Doering ’92 published a short story in ZYZZYVA in spring 2004, and currently is employed at Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane, Wash., as a writer/editor. She received her MFA from Eastern Washington University in 2002. Jeff Myhre ’92, Steve Pearson ’92, and Rob Matthews ’94 took their experience and expertise and started Myhre Group Architects in Portland, Ore., in 2000. In four years, these U of I graduates have grown what started as a small three-person firm to a firm with a staff of 65 employees. Myhre Group Architects has established itself as a young, energetic, hardworking firm that produces quality design. They attribute much of their success to the quality education they received at the University of Idaho.

Darin Hayes ’93 has accepted a position as a financial consultant with the Coeur d’Alene branch of D.A. Davidson & Co., the Dugdale Ronnestad Group. Dan Kurtz ’93, has been promoted to associate by Northwest Architectural Company. Kurtz has been a member of NAC’s healthcare team since joining the firm in 2001. His current assignments include a new medical office building on the St. James Healthcare Campus in Butte, Mont., and multiple projects for Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene.

Matt Ottinger ’94 has been promoted to associate with Clark/Kjos Architects. Matt is a skilled project manager and has expertise in construction administration. Patrick Blewett ’96 has been named dean of the Bible College division at Columbia International University. Douglas Marvin ’96, a special agent with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, has transferred from his assignment as the regional security ofﬁcer at the U.S. Embassy in Gaborone, Botswana, to the New Orleans Resident Ofﬁce. Doug can be reached at marvindc@state.gov.

00s Karl ’00 and Nicole “Coco” Gardner ’04 Umiker are excited to be part of a grape-growing renaissance in the LewistonClarkston Valley. Their aim is to grow premium grapes and produce superior wine in their own winery. Steven A. Kohtz ’01 completed his medical degree at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, Calif. He won the family medicine’s departmental award. Steven has started his residency at Kaiser Permente in California.

Thomas Scoﬁeld ’96 was promoted by ZGA Architects and Planners Chartered to associate architect.

Mike Long ’01 graduated in May with a medical degree from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, Calif. He has started a residency in internal medicine at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Wash.

Molly Michaud ’93 has been hired as an account executive for the BLUE541 advertising agency.

Demietris Archer ’98 has joined CSHQA, a Boise-based architecture/engineering ﬁrm as a job captain and will be involved with a variety of the ﬁrm’s commercial projects.

Walt Wilson ’01 has accepted a new position as a section coordinator for sea turtles, sturgeon and sawﬁsh with NOAA/NMFS Southeast in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Richard W. Mollerup ’93 has been recognized for his accomplishments in the ﬁeld of real estate law by becoming a partner in the newly named law ﬁrm of Meuleman Mollerup LLP.

Everett James Burger ’98 works as a systems analyst for Rockwood Clinic in Spokane, Wash. He has two girls, Alexandra and Ashleigh. His wife, Jen, works as a physician assistant.

Katie Shamberg ’03 has been hired by BLUE541 advertising agency as a graphic and Web designer.

Michael Arnzen ’94 is happy to announce that his second novel, “Play Dead,” has been published in hardcover by Raw Dog Screaming Press. The ﬁrst draft of this noir thriller served as Arnzen’s master’s thesis in English at the U of I. Arnzen’s short story collection, “100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories,” was a ﬁnalist for the Bram Stoker Award. Arnzen is currently an associate professor of English at Seton Hill University where he teaches in the country’s only graduate program in Writing Popular Fiction. Ethan C. Bishop ’94 was promoted to major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is serving with the 3rd Battalion 5th Marines and currently is assigned to the Air Force Institute of Technology while he works towards a master’s degree in environmental engineering and science. Will Hart ’94 has rejoined the staff of Idaho Sen. Larry Craig to serve as his regional director for southwest Idaho.

Joni Smith Kirk ’98 was hired as the media relations officer for the University of Idaho. Kasey Garrett ’99 has been named branch manager of the Nampa office of Rain for Rent after having worked as a sales representative for the company since 2002. His new position will require him to manage sales and operations in Idaho. Rain for Rent is a nationwide company; a major supplier of rental tanks, pumps, pipe and filtration equipment. Kasey resides in Wilder with his wife, Keri, and daughter, Kambell. Amber McLellan ’99 completed her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Portland State University in July.

MARRIAGES Tiffany Braun to Eliot Bailey ’02 Cyndi Dawson ’98 to Adam Hankins ’00 Jill Serina Embry to John Paul Pentzer ’03 Tiffany Friesen to Trevor Parke ’03 Annette Julene Henke ’03 to Shitij Tejpal ’02 Amy Hill ’03 to Richard Schade Melissa Jean Hodge ’01, ’05 to Donald Charles Case III ’04 Phuong Huynh to Ben Colborn ’98 Ann Kero ’03 to Jeb Moyer ’03 Charissa Chiemi Lee ’02 to Richard E. Wagner II Tara Lunde ’02 to Jeremy Entringer Tifﬁny Mackey ’03 to Nick Fisher ’04 Kelly Ann McDowell ’03 to Sean C. Morgan Jennifer Meeker ’01 to James Cueva ’03

Jim Franklin ’04 completed a month-long fellowship with the Kinship Conservation Institute in Bozeman, Mont. He was awarded one of 18 fellowships through a competitive application process. Franklin looked at the economic and environmental beneﬁts of installing ozonated water puriﬁers in international eco-tourist locations.

Karile Lynnette Newby ’03 to William Matthew Silvers ’04

Sean Prentiss ’05 received one of three honorable mentions in the personal/journalistic essay category from the Atlantic Monthly College Student Writing Awards Competition this past spring. His nonﬁction essay “Pantheon of Loss” deals with his experiences as a high school wrestler and the dangerous emotional stresses inherent in the sport.

Angela Rudeen ’04 to Marc Mortenson

Amber Dawn Osborne ’99 to Jons Carl Brotnov Cynthia Popich ’02 to Aaron T. Maki ’02 Elizabeth Rawlings to Patrick Meehan Hogan ’96 Alison Rude to Scott Wise ’99

Storie Michelle Santschi ’00 to Jon David Belden ’01 Ashley R. Seger to Ryan P. Downes ’04 Linda Thompson ’04 to Steven McLeish Holly Christina Williams ’92 to Jeff Doering

2006

Julia P. Betz ’77 is the administrator of Cornerstone Christian Counseling, a nonproﬁt counseling center at Tucson, Ariz. For the last 18 years, she was the executive director of the Powell Museum in Page, Ariz. Prior to that, she was editor for eight years of the Lake Powell Chronicle, Page’s awardwinning weekly newspaper. She continues to freelance write for Lake Powell Magazine and other publications.

CLASS NOTES

WINTER

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES

CLASS NOTES — IN MEMORIAM J. Austin Beard ’40, McAllen, Texas, July 16, 2005

Phyllis E. Blakemore Nicholson ’43, Lewiston, April 26, 2005

Keith R. Bowman ’51, Marietta, Ohio, May 11, 2005

Eugene Lofdahl ’55, Warrenton, Va., Sept. 18, 2004

Helen Dittman Beirne ’44, Anchorage, Alaska, Sept. 19, 2005

John Campbell Pointner ’47, Coeur d’Alene, May 30, 2005

Clinton I. Chase ’50, Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 12, 2005

Elbert Thomas Long Jr. ’51, Lewiston, July 11, 2005

Kenneth M. Bezold ’41, ’53, Twin Falls, June 9, 2005 Lois I. Stevens Bruce ’49, Boise, Sept. 16, 2005 Ainsley Laura Ann, daughter of Brian ’95 and Allison Brigham

Ashleigh Marie, daughter of Everett James ’98 and Jennifer Renae Burger

Frank Morrison, son of Tom ’95 and Raina Cuthbert

Tanner Brett, son of Chris ’96 and Sandy Larsen

Brianna Kay and Sean Alan, daughter and son of Alan and Kari Mills ’99 Ladd

William Chisholm ’40, Coeur d’Alene, July 12, 2005 Murray W. “Jack” Christian ’42, Seattle, Wash., Aug. 31, 2005 Clairdon E. Cunningham ’41, Cool, Calif., Aug. 29, 2005 Elizabeth “Betty” Chester DesAulniers ’44, ’78, Boise, July 25, 2005

Zachary Richard, son of Douglas ’96 and Amy Marvin

Colin Michael, son of Brian and Lexie Browning ’92 McKevitt

Samuel Martin, son of David and Kelly Stephens ’96 Sasso

Holden Nicholas, son of Ryan ’00 and Carissa Primmer ’00 Schienle

Conner Benjamin, son of Steve ’98 and Sarah Kincheloe’98 Smith

Dylen Lee, son of Richard E. Wagner II and Charissa Chiemi Lee ’02 Wagner

Natalie Rowan, daughter of Steve ’93 and Wendy Wahl ’94 Zerza

Patrick Charles, son of John ’91 and Mary Nelson

Maxwell Franklin, son of Scott Bell ’99 and Jennifer Boyd ’94 and grandson of Jim and Jeannene ’68 Boyd and John and Arlene ’70 Bell

Jacob Rohrig, son of David ’96 and Kara Rohrig Thomas, son of Steve ’97 and Darcie Nagle ’97 Birch. From back, left to right are Steve, Tom Birch ’69, Marjorie Birch ’42, and front row is Darcie and Thomas.

Michael and Sarah, children of John ’92 and Marcie Carter

HERE WE HAVE

IDAHO

IN MEMORY

Homer E. Davies ’39, McCall, June 25, 2005

William D. Marshall ’39, Carmel Valley, Calif., May 27, 2005

Gilbert A. Snow ’39, Orem, Utah, Sept. 20, 2005

John L. Harrison ’29, Coeur d’Alene, April 27, 2005

Twila Kinghorn Ferrin ’37, Provo, Utah, July 29, 2005

Carl J. Straight ’34, Lompoc, Calif., June 15, 2005

Vivian Lemon ’25, ’27, Moscow, Sept. 7, 2005

Valetta L’Herisson Bey McGill ’32, Boise, Aug. 22, 2005

Lona J. Goodell Finney ’39, Florence, Mont., May 9, 2005

Malcolm E. Woodbury ’39, Orangevale, Calif., Aug. 30, 2005

William Floyd Neale ’27, Pocatello, July 2, 2005

Arnold S. Miller ’39, Spokane, Wash., Aug. 9, 2005

Ray L. Hilding ’35, Pendleton, Ore., Sept. 22, 2005

Frederick William Mueller Jr. ’38, Coeur d’Alene, July 15, 2005

30s

Harold J. Jacobs ’32, Moscow, May 5, 2005

Madeleine Louise Williamson Parker ’34, Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 4, 2005

* In our last issue we incorrectly listed Edward Harry Johnson ’39 as deceased. The correct individual was Edward Hays Johnson ’63.

Rachel “Rae” Mitchell Anderson ’39, Wendell, July 24, 2005

Winston I. Jones ’36, Twin Falls, June 1, 2005

Alberta Edwards Belknap ’32, Boise, Aug. 29, 2005

Virgil L. Lessels ’36, Green Valley, Ariz., May 8, 2005

Ronald Woodrow “Woody” Pierce Sr. ’38, Twin Falls, Aug. 21, 2005

Helen Havenor Butler ’39, Bliss, Sept. 12, 2005

William J. Lucas ’39, Littleton, Colo., May 19, 2005

Jean Illingsworth Racine ’39, Pocatello, Dec. 20, 2003

40s Merlyn W. Anderson ’42, Portland, Ore., June 29, 2005 Virginia Catherine Aylor ’41, Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 14, 2005

Bernard N. Schmidt ’49, Boise, July 14, 2005 H. Eugene “Gene” Slade ’43, Moscow, July 18, 2005 Howard LeRoy Sluder ’49, ’50, San Angelo, Texas, Aug. 29, 2005 Robert W. Smith ’42, La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 1, 2005

Alfred Gustav Flechtner ’40, Yelm, Wash., Sept. 8, 2005

Seth T. Tweedy ’49, Union Gap, Wash., Sept. 5, 2005

James Guy Sr. ’49, Nampa, July 31, 2005

Michael J. Weyer ’42, Hayden, June 27, 2005

Donald A. Hamilton ’48, Nezperce, Aug. 30, 2005

John William Wolfe ’40, McMinnville, Ore., June 17, 2005

Joella Gage Heikel ’46, Aberdeen, Wash., May 5, 2005

H. Ralph Woodward ’40, Provo, Utah, Sept. 6, 2005

Marjorie G. Miller Hinkly ’40, Fresno, Calif., Aug. 28, 2005

50s

Adele Cravens Holman ’45, Grangeville, Aug. 8, 2005

Alfred Bert Anderson Jr. ’50, ’51, Arcadia, Calif., Nov. 28, 2004

Margaret Bacon Jones ’44, Palm Springs, Calif., Apr. 13, 2005

Dan E. Anderson ’52, Malad City, Aug. 3, 2005

Richard “Dick” Ligenfelter ’46, Boise, July 6, 2005

Roland Rees “Bud” Ashworth ’57, Liberty Lake, Wash., June 9, 2005

Donna A. Burditt MacKey ’43, Paciﬁca, Calif., Sept. 5, 2005

Emma Mae Matsen ’32, Boise, June 13, 2005

Lyle B. Rogers ’46, Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 1, 2005

Ruth Smith ’47, Rexburg, May 5, 2005

Hardy Clayton Lyons ’49, Sandpoint, Aug. 21, 2005

John F. Douglas ’37, Lakewood, Colo., June 18, 2004

Clarence H. Rieman ’43, Lewiston, Aug. 19, 2005

James D. Evans ’42, Eugene, Ore., June 22, 2005

Floris C. Block Rose ’39, Paciﬁc Grove, Calif., Sept. 13, 2005

20s

Louis F. Racine Jr. ’40, Boise, Aug. 17, 2005

Leroy A. Beyers ’58, ’63, Moscow, June 27, 2005 Vaun D. Bolingbroke ’52, Fort Morgan, Colo., Oct. 10, 2004

Roger “Rod” Mowbray Davidson ’52, Boise, Aug. 4, 2005 Werner A. Erickson ’50, Pocatello, May 26, 2005 Richard Dave Eskelin ’59, Boise, Aug. 3, 2005 Patricia Ann Farmer ’56, Julian, Calif., May 21, 2005 Luther Aaron Fitch ’56, Hermiston, Ore., Aug. 17, 2005 Edward Mathis Frandsen ’50, ’66, Yuma, Ariz., May 10, 2005 Keith T. Gates ’50, Elk Grove, Calif., May 14, 2005 Carl L. Gergens ’56, Twin Falls, May 10, 2005 Patricia Parks Grim ’54, Lewiston, July 23, 2005 Clair Gordon Grindstaff ’52, Maplewood, N. J., June 7, 2005

Julian Edward Lundgren ’53, Lewiston, Sept. 4, 2005 John Witt McGough ’50, Spokane, Wash., May 31, 2005 Robert “Bob” A. Melgard ’58, Spokane, Wash., June 5, 2005 Charles Eldred Orem ’58, Star, July 13, 2005 Carl Jerome Pharris ’50, Boise, Aug. 11, 2005 Joseph Samuel Savage ’52, Kimberly, Sept. 24, 2004 Richard “Dick” Henry Sayer ’58, Idaho Falls, June 13, 2005 William L. Schauer ’58, Auburn, Wash., July 25, 2005 Richard Hallam Sheppard ’51, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., July 5, 2005 Whitney J. Smith ’55, Port St. Lucie, Fla., Sept. 1, 2005

Carl F. Hamilton ’52, Mountain Home, Aug. 22, 2005

Mary “Jean” Easton Sullivan ’53, Harpursville, N. Y., March 26, 2005

Terrance William Hanson ’54, ’61, Stockton, Calif., July 8, 2005

Warren T. Sutton ’53, Idaho Falls, June 15, 2005

Charles Franklin Hudson Jr. ’53, Moscow, Sept. 22, 2005

Wayne Joe Thomas ’58, ’60, Kenmore, Wash., Aug. 26, 2005

Harold R. Hurst ’54, Heyburn, Sept. 18, 2005

Robert C. Waddel ’51, ’56, Boise, Aug. 22, 2005

Frederick Burnell “Burnie” Hyland ’51, Murrysville, Penn., Sept. 5, 2005

Richard “Dick” Dean Wisdom ’58, Salem, Ore., June 5, 2005

Kenneth Henry “Stub” Jenkins ’57, Boise, Aug. 8, 2005 Mary Jean Burke Keever ’56, Nampa, Aug. 4, 2005 Edward Plato Leavitt ’52, Banks, Ore., March 30, 2005

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Cactus League Spring Training Baseball Games

FUN IN THE SUN

March 16-18 in sunny Arizona Enjoy a day of sunshine at the ballpark and visit with other U of I alumni. We have group seats to watch Cactus League baseball action with our Vandal friends. Details and game speciﬁcs available from alumni@uidaho.edu 2006

Trevor, son of Travis ’98 and Cara Seibel ’98 Anderson

Kambell Lee, daughter of Kasey ’99 and Keri Garrett

James W. “Bill” Chaney ’49, Walnut Creek, Calif., Aug. 14, 2005

Mary Condie Porter ’47, Preston, July 7, 2005

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FUTURE VANDALS

William V. Caswell III ’75, Hesperia, Calif., Aug. 1, 2005

Alumni Association Award Winners 2006

Donald W. Duggan ’60, Chesterton, Ind., Aug. 10, 2005

Eugene William Egge ’70, Coeur d’Alene, July 13, 2005

University of Idaho Alumni Hall of Fame

Ayodhya Gupta ’64, Somerset, N. J., Aug. 14, 2005

Karl W. Henningsen ’70, Payette, July 17, 2005

J. William “Bill” Hart ’64, ’66, Buhl, May 9, 2005

Ronald Linehan ’74, Banks, Sept. 23, 2005

Rosie Marie Goicoechea Hoyle ’61, Meridian, Aug. 17, 2005

Sharon D. Garmon Klein McPherson ’74, Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 16, 2005

John Thornton ’70, ’73 Minoru “Min” Hironaka ’52

Edward Hays Johnson ’63, Gresham, Ore., Feb. 2, 2005

Silver & Gold Award

Recognizes living alumni who have a distinguished record of achievement and/or service in their specialized area of endeavor, thus bringing honor and recognition to the university.

Donald L. Jones ’61, Nampa, May 18, 2005 Leonard L. Josephson ’67, Boise, Jan. 31, 2005

Jim Lyle Award

Clinton Roy Lively ’63, San Diego, Calif., Aug. 21, 2005

Patricia “Trish” L. Barton St. Clair ’70, ’72, Idaho Falls, Sept. 12, 2005

Marjorie McBride ’61, Idaho Falls, May 20, 2005

Frank Ellis Walker ’78, Mount Vernon, Wash., Aug. 16, 2005

Joseph “Joe” McCown ’62, ’64, Austin, Texas, July 27, 2005

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Terry Armstrong ’64, ’69 Kathy Supko ’75

Stewart A. Morris ’67, ’68, Boise, Sept. 14, 2005 Virgil Edgar Personette ’60, Fircrest, Wash., June 9, 2005 George E. Pynchon ’60, ’65, Fallbrook, Calif., July 20, 2005 Edward Lee Schmith ’60, ’63, Lewiston, July 8, 2005

Tee time!

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March 31, 2006 Coeur d’Alene Resort

The Coeur d’Alene Resort and Golf Course, and the U of I Alumni Association proudly present the “Seventh Annual Exclusive Vandal Golf Day” at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. This day includes a private gathering of U of I alumni, friends and boosters who

will play the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course and enjoy Vandal Fun at discounted prices. Register online at https:// marketplace.uidaho.edu (under Alumni and Friends) before March 10, 2006.

For information and details from U of I Alumni Ofﬁce, contact (208) 885-6154 or e-mail: alumni@uidaho.edu

Mary Ann Dalton Shepard ’63, Worthington, Ohio, July 25, 2005 James Canﬁeld Small ’66, Bellingham, Wash., Aug. 15, 2005

Betty L. Chesterﬁeld McKay ’75, Boise, June 27, 2005 James R. Reed ’79, ’95, Meridian, Aug. 18, 2005

Roger “Rod” Mowbray Davidson ’89, Boise, Aug. 4, 2005

Andrew Joseph Becker ’03, Emmett, Aug. 12, 2005

Scott Eugene Todd ’74, Coeur d’Alene, May 23, 2005

Kevin M. Casey ’02, Colton, Wash., July 26, 2005

Michael George Walker ’64, St. Helens, Ore., July 8, 2005

Tyler J. Harris ’00, Stanley, Aug. 16, 2005

William Joseph Becker ’72, ’92, Idaho Falls, Aug. 12, 2005

• The generous philanthropy of Richard Stewart and his late wife, Carol;

Jill A. Rogliano ’81, Woodinville, Wash., Aug. 22, 2005

John A. Swayne ’69, Oroﬁno, June 28, 2055

• Longtime faculty members James and Beulah Martin, whose endowments have enriched — and will continue to enrich — the student experience here at the U of I;

• The signiﬁcant gifts, while living as well as through a bequest, from Herb and Beulah Edwards for the Idaho 4-H Program;

David Rowland Leisy ’83, Henderson, Nev., July 29, 2005

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On the course, the U of I Professional Golf Management Program.

• Students Chelan Pedrow and Phil Kaufman who have been the recipients of endowed scholarships;

Mark Bryan Hendrickson ’84, Idaho Falls, May 20, 2005

Jeanette Elaine Bauman ’04, Oakridge, Ore., July 1, 2005

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Edward J. McBride Director of Gift Planning

George Thomas Dirkes ’86, Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 17, 2005

Bob F. Storey ’66, Lynden, Wash., June 19, 2005

John James Wick Jr. ’61, Kennewick, Wash., May 22, 2005

he holidays are behind us. Winter is upon us. Though it’s sometimes cold and blustery this time of year here in Moscow, it also can be a beautiful time. As you receive this issue of Idaho Outlook, we’ll be heading into our spring semester. Beginnings always are exciting and promising times, and we look forward to the return of the students from the Christmas break and another busy term. In this edition of Idaho Outlook, our Heritage Society is highlighted — those generous and visionary people who have provided for the University of Idaho through their estate plan. In addition to a complete listing of all Heritage Society members, including Heritage Emeriti — those members who have passed on, you will ﬁnd compelling stories about:

Roosevelt Owens Jr. ’71, Houston, Texas, May 13, 2005

Patricia Albrethsen Kime ’62, Tucson, Ariz., July 18, 2005

Recognizes living individual or couple who has shown longterm dedication and service to the university and/or Alumni Association through volunteerism.

Greetings, Friends!

Diana Turk Morton ’76, ’88, Mount Vernon, Wash., July 5, 2005

Nate Calvin ’93 Matthew Espe ’80 Jess Walters ’60, ’63 C. Scott Green ’84 Keith Rifﬂe ’62, ’63

Faye Collier Kennedy ’67, Everett, Wash., Sept. 16, 2005

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

Heidi C. Linehan Associate Director of Gift Planning

• The impact of the gift from Betty Peterson for the Professional Golf Management Program in our College of Business and Economics.

The wild times of 1952.

Every gift in whatever amount is important to the University of Idaho. Not only can an estate gift provide a permanent source of income for scholarships, faculty support, technical enhancements and a host of other beneﬁts, but it reﬂects the thoughtfulness and vision of those who made it. As always, we’d love to hear from you. See our contact information on page 8. Sincerely,

Ed McBride Director of Gift Planning

James Allen Benson ’74, Wendell, July 21, 2005

Idaho 4-H Program

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Recognizes living alumni who have achieved national or international distinction by their accomplishments and leadership.

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William C. Dresser ’63, Gig Harbor, Wash., Aug. 4, 2005

Heidi Linehan Associate Director of Gift Planning

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ontributions received by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are more than gifts; they are investments for the future Herbert Edwards, ca. 1947 — investments that create legacies and guarantee the accessibility of a quality education for students from diverse backgrounds. Many potential students whose families are simply unable to bear the cost of an education are helped through scholarships. Other gifts to the college help in the development of new, state-of-the-art programs and facilities for use by the students and faculty, as well as people throughout Idaho. Herbert Edwards was a career County Extension agent with the University of Idaho. He and his wife, Beulah, created the Herbert and Beulah Edwards Idaho State 4-H Endowment and made regular, signiﬁcant contributions to it. At Herb’s death in 2004, an estate gift was added to the endowment. The Edwards’ 4-H gift is an outstanding example of a contribution that has substantial impact on U of I programs and the entire state of Idaho. This gift supports 4-H programs throughout Idaho for tens of thousands of youths each year. Many of these programs are award-winning and nationally recognized. The Edwards endowment supports college scholarships for outstanding 4-H members, 4-H summer camps and after-school programs, as well as youth leadership and development programs in Idaho. Thanks to the care and forethought of the Edwards family, the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the Idaho 4-H program will continue to offer high-quality, innovative programs and activities for the young people of Idaho now and in the future. Without such charitable gifts, these 4-H programs simply would not be possible. The faculty, staff and students of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are grateful to the individuals and families who support the college’s mission and vision through their gifts — investments for the future. Through the legacies created by supporters, the college is able to accomplish its goals and continue to strive to meet the ever-changing needs of the state, nation and the world. To the late Herbert and Beulah Edwards — and the many past, present and future families whose support is so important to us — we say “thank you” for truly making a difference.

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Phil Kaufman

Phil Kaufman: Student, Musician, Leader, Scholarship Recipient When Phil Kaufman came to the University of Idaho to study agricultural systems management, he joined two older brothers, Joe and Steve, who also were students in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. With three siblings who were ﬁrst generation college students in school together, scholarships were very important to the family. “It was a strain on my parents to have all three of us in college at the same time,” said Phil. “If it had not been for scholarships, we would not have been able to attend.” Phil and his brothers grew up on a family farm with an agricultural background that ran ﬁve generations deep. When the Kaufman family

explored higher education opportunities, they found the U of I offered the best educational value in the Northwest. It was the quality of educational programs and scholarship support in the U of I College of Agricultural and Life Sciences that made the ﬁnal decision an easy one. The siblings made a name for themselves as a country and western group, the Kaufman Brothers Band, and played for many functions at the U of I. Phil also has been on the Dean’s List for three years and has been involved actively as a leader in several clubs. He served as president of the ASAE club, vice president of AG SAC, philanthropy chair and executive board ofﬁcer of planning for the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, secretary of the Plant and Soil Science Club, and a representative on the College Student Affairs Council. He also was a member of the CALS soil judging team. Phil, who will receive his degree in May, also received a number of scholarships through the department and college. “Scholarships provided an avenue for me to succeed academically and also allowed me to be involved in service and university life,” says Phil. “Without the support, I would have been holding down a job in my spare time. Instead, I learned to be a scholar and a leader, which translates into my being a better citizen.”

Katheryne “Betty” Peterson

A “Suite” Deal

A Message from Dean Bryon Dangerﬁeld

hanks to Katheryne “Betty” Peterson, the College of Business and Economics took another big step towards completing the J. A. Albertson Building campaign. And to honor Betty’s passion for golf, the Professional Golf Management (PGM) Suite has been named the “Katheryne E. ‘Betty’ and Charles Peterson Suite.” The PGM program at the University of Idaho is a unique program that is bringing students to Idaho to learn about the business of golf. The ﬁve-year college curriculum for aspiring PGA professionals is a structured educational program endorsed by the PGA of America. U of I has the only PGA-accredited golf management program in the Northwest and is one of only 14 in the nation. It builds on the college’s Integrated Business Curriculum, a team-centered learning program, and its bachelor’s degree in business marketing. Students learn all aspects of managing and marketing resort golf courses by studying business topics, completing

Byron Dangerﬁeld, Dean College of Business and Economics

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“If it had not been for scholarships, we would not have been able to attend.” —Phil Kaufman

internships and succeeding in the PGA’s three-part educational design. Our intent is to prepare students for a successful career in the golf industry through extensive classroom studies, internship experience and player development. Mrs. Peterson’s gift is helping us provide the best possible learning environment for our students. The J. A. Albertson Building has helped us create a stronger sense of community among students, faculty, alumni and business leaders. Many of you who were CBE students spent your time in classrooms scattered across campus and in the Administration Building. Now, our students work together as one cohesive unit alongside faculty. To complement our sense of community, we have state-of-the art technology to enhance the learning environment and prepare our students to be competitive in today’s work world. The power of this building goes beyond comfortable chairs and hightech classrooms. The facility is a place of learning that is envied by all who visit. On behalf of the faculty and students, I especially want to thank Betty Peterson for her role in giving us some important momentum as we reach the ﬁnal stretch of the campaign.

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ichard and Carol ’75 Stewart have been the very embodiment of the importance of education. This lifelong passion led them to establish The Carol F. Stewart Education Endowment and The Richard B. Stewart Thermal Science Scholarship Endowment at the University of Idaho. Not only have they provided for significant support to these endowments through their estate plans, but they have been making annual $20,000 gifts to “jump start” the scholarships during their lifetimes. Carol passed away in November 2004, but not before she witnessed the benefits of her generosity. To date, five students have received Carol F. Stewart Education Scholarships, including a special memorial scholarship gift to honor Carol’s passing. Three engineering students also have

Carol and Richard Stewart

been supported by Richard B. Stewart Thermal Science Scholarships. Through Richard’s will, the endowments will be augmented substantially and will forever fund scholarships for graduate students pursuing degrees in education and engineering. The Stewarts also have established a similar scholarship in mechanical engineering at the University of Iowa, his alma mater. “Without the support of Richard

and Carol Stewart, many students would not be able to pursue a graduate education.” said Jeanne Christiansen, dean of the College of Education. “We appreciate their generous gifts.” Carol (Entz) and Richard Stewart had been married more than 60 years at the time of her death. With both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in education, Carol taught in numerous public schools while following Richard’s career advances. She retired in 1987 after some 18 years in the Moscow School District. Professor and Director Emeritus Richard Stewart had a long and distinguished career in the ﬁeld of mechanical engineering, and capped his teaching and research as chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the U of I from 1969 to 1987. During his tenure here, he founded the Center for Applied Thermodynamic Studies and served as the director of the center until 1986. The Stewarts’ two children, Richard, Jr., and Betty, both have been wholly supportive of their parents’ generous support of the U of I and of their estate plans.

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A new scholarship honoring the life of educator Harry A. Campbell ’52 was established this fall. Harry fervently believed in the need to have well-educated teachers preparing children for the future. The Harry Campbell Excellence in Teaching Scholarship Endowment combines a life income plan and his recent estate gift. In 2002, Harry funded a $10,000 charitable gift annuity. This provided a guaranteed income to him for life, with the remainder to go to the U of I upon his death. Harry died in September 2004 and through his will, another $15,000 was added to the endowment, bringing it to the minimum level necessary to activate a named scholarship fund. It will provide forever scholarships for deserving students studying to become teachers and will perpetuate his generosity and vision.

James and Beulah Martin

Students are Winners Because of Martin Scholarships

ames and Beulah Martin decided years ago they wanted to further agricultural engineering and technology opportunities for students at the University of Idaho. That is why, in 1993, they established a scholarship endowment in their name. At the same time, the Martins established a living trust which designated the balance of their estate go to the endowment upon their deaths. Jim Martin served as department head of the then-agricultural engineering department from 1946 to 1966 and continued on as a professor until 1973. Concurrently, Beulah was an instructor in the math department. When the Martins ﬁrst came to the U of I, they took on many of the returning military students and their spouses as a part of their own family. Jim passed away in 1998 and Beulah in November 2004. The remaining bulk of their estate — almost $700,000 — came to the scholarship endowment and an equipment endowment in 2005. These funds, when added to the previous gifts from the Martins, brought the total of their giving to more than $940,000 in endowment dollars for current and future students. “What this means to the department is that we can more competitively recruit the top graduating seniors in Idaho and the region, and then be able to offer continuing scholarships to retain these students,” said Jon Van Gerpen, department head for biological and agricultural engineering. “I would like to see the departmental endowment base reach $1 million, boosted by the support of our alumni, friends and industry,” he continued. “This would further enhance our ability to educate individuals in the agricultural, biological and related industries needing engineering — and technology — based employees. This could be achieved by the establishment of new endowments, or by individuals adding to any of our current endowments.” In honor of his many years of service and his generosity through the endowment, the laboratory building in biological and agricultural engineering was is now named the James Martin Lab.

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“I came to the department as a sophomore and was immediately recognized for my academic achievement,” says Chelan Pedrow, who will graduate in May with a degree in biological and agricultural engineering with a prebiomedical emphasis. “Because of the scholarship support from the department, I was able to concentrate on my courses and focus on undergraduate Chelan Pedrow research projects in prosthetic devices for amputees,” said Pedrow. The spark to work with amputees was struck when Chelan spent a summer working with orphans in China. She became aware of several children who were missing limbs. One in particular, a four-year-old boy who had lost his parents and his leg to above the knee in an auto accident, inspired her to design a prosthesis that would grow as the child grew. Pedrow’s dynamic prosthesis student research team won an award at last year’s Engineering Design Expo for their design concept and prototype, and Pedrow’s story was presented to the Idaho State Board of Education. It has been the subject of numerous newspaper stories and magazine articles. When Pedrow graduates in May, she plans to attend graduate school for additional prosthetics training. She hopes to work with the soldiers and civilians worldwide whose lives have been changed irreversibly by war. Before graduate school, Pedrow plans to spend her last spring break as an undergraduate working with Physicians for Peace at the Farah Rehabilitation Center at King Hussein Medical Center at Amman, Jordan. There she will be working with amputees from the Basra region of Iraq. According to Physicians for Peace, 75 percent of recent amputees are landmine victims and 10 percent are children. “I can only thank the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering for the scholarship support that has made it possible for me to expand and grow academically and as a person,” says Pedrow.

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Ruth Parks Durham Barbara J. Langdon Michael P. Easterbrook Madeline Edgren Thomas L. and Helen J. Edmark William E., Jr. and Dorothy Ann Effertz Roy L. and Miren Eguzkine Eiguren Karen I. Elder Valerie R. Elliott Roy J. and Frances Tovey Ellsworth Matthew J. and Lori S. Espe Richard E. and M. Eleanor Fahrenwald Virginia A. Farrell Robert M. Finlayson Melville W., II and Bonnie J. Fisher John O. and June Fitzgerald Ronald W. and Jo Ellen Force Bonnie Kuehl Ford Meta Foster Eloise Frank Richard E. Fredekind Carolyn A. Gaddis Matthew J. and Janna R. Galbraith Clinton J. and Eleanor R. Gardner Thomas R. and Bette J. Gates Jerald D. and Lois M. Gentry Alfred E. Giese Paul S. Giles Florence W. Gillette Fred R. Gleave Harold E. Granlund Ronald N. and Diane Plastino Graves John O. Gray Robert C. Greeley Nancy M. Gregory Robert M. and Dolores A. GrifďŹ th Garth D. and Margie Haddock Glenna Hamilton Gail E. Hanninen Lucille M. Hardgrove Pauline W. Harris Norbert and Eileen Potucek Hartmann Miriam Hatch F. Marshall and Sharon A. Hauck David H. and Bonnie J. Hawk Jack W. and Julie Holden Hawkins James V. and Gail R. Hawkins Mary Jane Hayes Art and Eloise B. Helbling Betty Jane Hervey

Evan Berdett and D. Yvonne Hess Frances W. Hirschi Melva Hoffman K. Jean Holmes Dennis Thayer Hopwood Larry G. and Nancy K. Huettig Bonnie J. Hultstrand Arthur E. and Sheila D. Humphrey Pauline D. Hunt Charlotte C. Iiams J. Robert and Bonnie J. Jackson Richard W. and Trudy J. Jackson Ruth W. Jensen Erling J. and Amy L. Johannesen Kenneth M. and Jan Jones Roger L. Jones Myron E. Johnston Marion G. Kalbus Thomas A. and Lillian Keegan Thor Kiilsgaard Taso C. Kinnas Barbara L. Kitchens George M. and Elvera V. Klein Ruth Ann Knapp Lawrence L. and Kathryn A. Knight Barbara J. Langdon Carol Ann and Jerry Lange E. Richard and Margaret Larson Richard K. and Janice Lehlbach Duane J. and Phyllis LeTourneau J. Bradley and Jennifer Lee Lewis Edward G. and Susan Kay Lieser Grete Lindeborg Lawrence Lineberger Gregory D. and Heidi C. Linehan Marjorie Logue James R. Lucas Maurice B. and Alice J. Lynch George and Mary Ann Macinko Gene C. and Lila M. Maier Martin J. and Linda A. Marler Kenneth B. and Dorene Marshall Olive Marshall William H. Mason Elsie Krey Matthews Edward J. and Connie L. McBride Valetta A. McGill Doris M. McGinty Eugene A. and Alice J. McHale Helen M. McKinney Elizabeth G. McKissick Marilyn Hammer Meechan M. Helena Meltesen Laura Menard

Richard W. and Jan W. Merrill John A. and Margaret Ann Miller Laurie Ann Miller William Charles Miller Carlos E. Milner, Jr. John L. and Faith G. Milton Leland L. and Mary Margaret Mink Terry P. and Ann Mix Larry W. and Janice A. Moore William B. and Marilyn Moore Joseph W. Mrachek Patsy S. Munroe Robert E. and Faye Sargent Mytinger Richard J. Naskali Shirley A. Newcomb Glenn W. and Beckie A. Nichols John M. Nickerson William W. and Judy A. Nixon Frederick M. and V. Gayle Oleksiak Jeffrey K. Olson Wayne L. and Annette T. Olson Glenn B. Owen, Sr. Richard H. Paris Lyle H. and Sharon K. Parks William A. and Beverly A. Parsons Richard A. and Marion J. Patterson Richard Q. Perry Hazel C. Peterson Julius E. Peterson James D. Pittenger Kenneth W. and Patricia Pober David A. and Mary Alice Poe Fredrick R. and Cherie B. Pond James I. and Judith M. Powers Stewart W. Pugh Leonard G. and R. Marie Pyne Donald D. and Kathryn Daly Ramseyer Janet Orr Randall and Bruce MacEvoy Betty Lee Raymer Robert L. and Karla Reed Edgar E. Renfrew Malcolm M. and Carol C. Renfrew John S. and Laurie Retherford Marjorie D. Richardson Marjorie Rieske Michael D. Roach Richard B. Roberts Susan B. Roberts Charles L. and Dianne H. Robertson G. Wayne Rodeback Ben R. and Anna M. Rolphe

Elaine Ambrose Romano and Michael Romano Richard H. and Dorothy S. Ross George W. Rothweiler Gavin B. Rumble Joseph N. and Susan Rumble Everett V. and Lois E. Samuelson Marilyn Ruth Sargent Richard A. and Linda G. Schellenger Rodney K. and Kathy L. Schenck F. Wayne Schultz Sidney J. Scribner Miriam Sellers David M. Sellgren Shirley K. Severn Donna K. Shepard Richard L. and Sally S. Shoup Victor H. and Ruth N. Skiles Daryl L. and Deborah L. Smith Richard R. and Ruth A. Smith Gerald J. and Trini Snow Melvin C. Snow James A. and Janet Steele James D. Stephens Donald P. and H. Maxine Stewart Richard B. Stewart J. Robert Stillinger W.G., Jr. and Laura J. Stover Robert C. and Shirley L. Strom J. Kirk and Elizabeth M. Sullivan Kathryn Ann Supko Bruce L. and Marilyn M. Sweeney William A. and Dorothy S. Sylvies Richard K. and Kathryn M. Talbott Trevor S. and LeeAnn K. Tarter Richard E. Tavis John R. and Earlene J. Taylor Paul F. Taylor Richard E. and Anne M. Thatcher Wayne L. and Peggy J. Thiessen Richard D. and Lavonne M. Thomas Eugene and JoAnn C. Thompson Jacqueline A. Thompson Marjorie R. Thompson D. John and Vikki Thornton Jon G. Trail Margaret A. Trefren Vincent J. and Lois J. Tretter Harry B. Turner and Geraldine Hastings Wayne H. Valentine Lily C. and Chien M. Wai

Scott S. and Susan K. Waltner Elizabeth Ann Webb Garry R. and Linda I. Webb L. Dean and E. Gay Welch Wayne L. Weseman Darrell G. Whitehead Marie H. Whitesel George D. and Kathleen D. Whitlock Loretta O. Wickstrand Craig A. and Linda B. Wiegman Larry D. and Winnie E. Williams Mary Lee Wood Elizabeth P. Woodcock Robert K. Woodhead Thomas C. Wright Theodore W. and Joan C. Yocom John R. and Helen K. Yuditsky John R. and JoAn W. Zanot Joe L. and Dorothy J. Zaring John Zbozen, Jr.

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Listed below are those persons who were Heritage Society members by virtue of their expressed intentions during their lifetimes. Though they have passed on from this life, they shall be lovingly remembered and everlastingly honored for their generosity and foresight. Bernard A. Anderson Mary Margaret Anderson Paul W. Atwood Myrtle Bain Herbert D. and Dolores S. Barnes Dorothy T. Barnes Robert W. Beamer Sherman Bellwood Ralph Bleak Warren Brown Harry A. Campbell Maurine M. Cherrington Fred and Dorothy Dyott Clagett Robert Cobb A. Darius Davis Edward G. Davis Kenneth A. Dick Beatrice Dayton Dolan Frederick E. and Heloise M. Drager Frances G. Drake

C. Gordon Edgren Herbert M. and Beulah M. Edwards Burton F. and Dee H. Ellis Stuart W. and Kathryn V. Fader William E. and Carolyn A. Folz James A. Foster, Jr. Floyd W. Frank Letitia R. Giese Mary E. Giles Leslie H. Gillette Elma M. Goodman Leon G. Green George A. Hardgrove Mildred M. Haberly Leonard Halland Eugenia A. Hamblin Bobby C. Hamilton Walter C. and Myldred Hayes Ruth M. Heady Mildred M. Hensley Dwight S. Hoffman Shirley P. Horning Gertrude Drissen Hudson Robert E. Jensen John O. Johnson Elmer M. Johnston Nancy Joy Jones Katharine K. Kemp Edith Miller Klein Marvin Klemme Rosalie Koenig Allyn Richard Larsen Russell K. LeBarron Eugene C. Logue Elbert M. Long Violet Lucas Curtis W. Mann Boyd A. and Grace C. Martin James W. and Beulah L. Martin Margareta O. Mason Ellis L. Mathes Richard I. Matthews Fred D. and Irene H. Maurer Clarence R. Meltesen Keith K. McDaniel Vaughan P. McDonald Mary Alice McGovern William C. McGowan Albert A. and Jean M. Monnett Wallace P. and Dorothy Monnett Winfred B. Moorer David W. Morehouse Sarah Nettleton

Ralph Lee Olmstead Kathryn F. Owen Barbara H. Pendergast James W. and Carolyn M. Pennington Charles F. and Katheryne E. Peterson Kathleen M. Pittenger H. Michael Porter Francis B. Porzel A. J. Priest George E. Pynchon Edwin J. Ratajak James A. Raymer William H. Richardson Donald Ellis Roberts Julia E. Rolland John W. Roper Patton A. Ross L. Weldon Schimke Phillip H. Schnell Velma Scholl Agnes Crawford Schuldt Victor O. Sellers H. Russell Severn Gladys A. Shelton Savel B. Silverborg Clarence Simonson Minerva K. Terteling Smith Beatrice Stalker Carol E. Stewart Lois L. Stillinger Alene M. Swindler Lee Anne Tavis Eline L. Taylor Dean D. Thornton Norah S. Tisdale Caroline S. Valentine Bonita R. Wallis Charles O. Wamstad Lillian O. White Herbert L. Wickstrand Thomas I. Wilson Inez E. Winegar Fred H. Winkler Douglas A. Wood Herbert M. Woodcock Dolores L. Woodhead

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J. Robert and Sonja J. Alexander Richard W. and Sharon L. Allen Leona Ambrose Alfred B. Anderson Ethel K. Anderson Michael M. and Jeannie Anderson Phillip D. and Janell K. Anderson Beulah K. Archer John Lee Armitage, Jr. John M. and Lois E. Ayers B. Bernice Bacharach Evalyn I. Baker William P. Barnes Elbert M. and Elna M. Barton June Bauer Maxine C. Behrman Eric D. Bennett J. Burton Berlin Charles A. and Nancy J. Berry Edith Betts Harvey T. and Myrna Bickett Edward L. and Barbara L. Bickford Linda L. Blackwelder-Pall Clara R. Bleak Ben L. and Annette Brooks James B. and Shellie A. Bronson Jayne J. Brown Frederic H. Burrow Billy and Margery A. Bush William D. Butler E. Jack Byrne Laila N. Carson John S. Chapman Arthur W. Chiko Richard M. Childs, Jr. Charles O. and Caroline E. Christenson Russell L. Chrysler Dave C. and Lisa M. Churchman Kathy D. Clark James E. Clovis Gregory C. and Melissa L. Coman Robert L. Culbertson Robert R. and Lynn M. Curtis Robert L. and Carol E. Dahlberg Glen W. and Bonnie J. Dahmen Richard H., Jr. and Cindy L. Darnell Brenda G. Dau P. Michael and Linda S. Davidson Martha I. Davis James A. and Alice B. DeShazer Sandra D. Dunn Xavier E. and Mary Ellen Durant

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Heritage Society FY â&#x20AC;&#x2122;05

The Heritage Society was founded in 1993 to recognize alumni and friends of the University of Idaho who have made a future commitment through planned gifts to support the strategic initiatives and goals of the University; student scholarships; faculty enhancements; classroom facilities; and technology advancements. The members listed below and others, who wish to remain anonymous, comprise this group of individuals. Names in bold are FY05 inductees.

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Type Bequest in Will or Revocable Living Trust

What is it?

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.

Charitable Gift Annuity

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 U of I 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

Vandal Basketball

The University of Idaho women’s cross country team won the university’s first Western Athletic Conference championship by placing four runners in the top five at the WAC championship in October. “It was awesome,” head coach Wayne Phipps said. “The women ran fantastic.” Dee Olson was the top finisher, and Bevin Kennelly came in third, Mary Kamau was fourth, and Mandy Macalister was fifth. All four runners were chosen to the all-WAC team; Olson was honored as the Athlete of the Year; and Phipps earned Coach of the Year recognition. The men’s team finished second at the WAC competition, and placed six runners in the top 20.

You can listen to Vandal men’s and women’s basketball by connecting to Webcasts of all conference games. Go to www.uiathletics.com and click on the Listen Live link. Also, Web video feeds of all men’s games and all women’s home games will be available from the Vandal Athletics Web page. Men’s Basketball Jan. 5 *New Mexico State Jan. 7 *Louisiana Tech Jan. 12 *at Nevada Jan. 14 *at Utah State Jan. 21 *San Jose State Jan. 24 at North Dakota State Jan. 28 *Boise State Jan. 30 *at Fresno State Feb. 2 *at Hawaii Feb. 6 *Fresno State Feb. 9 *at San Jose State Feb. 15 *Utah State Feb. 18 ESPN Bracket Buster TBA Feb. 20 *Nevada Feb. 22 *Hawaii Feb. 25 *at New Mexico State Feb. 27 *at Louisiana Tech March 4 *at Boise State March 7-11 WAC Tournament at Reno, Nev. * Indicates Western Athletic Conference Game Women’s Basketball Jan. 5 *at New Mexico State Jan. 7 *at Louisiana Tech Jan. 12 *Nevada Jan. 14 *Utah State Jan. 19 *Fresno State Jan. 21 *at San Jose State Jan. 28 *at Boise State Feb. 2 *Hawaii Feb. 6 *at Fresno State Feb. 9 *San Jose State Feb. 16 *at Utah State Feb. 18 *at Nevada Feb. 22 *at Hawaii Feb. 25 *New Mexico State Feb. 27 *Louisiana Tech March 3 *Boise State March 7-11 WAC Championship Tournament at Reno, Nev. * Indicates Western Athletic Conference Game

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Collector’s Items

Artist Dave Hechtner ’80 created a commemorative Western Athletic Conference poster for Vandal Athletics. A version signed by all 10 Vandal head coaches is available for $25, a poster signed by the artist is $15 and unsigned is $10. To order, go online to www.info.uidaho.edu/tickets and click on the poster. All proceeds go to the Vandal Scholarship Fund for student-athlete scholarships. A 2005-06 Crashin’ the WAC football calendar has been produced by Larry Johnson ’79 and Pat Hauge ’91,’93,’94. It’s $25 and available at the University Bookstore or at www.vandalstuff.org. All proﬁts beneﬁt the Vandal Scholarship Fund. 2006

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.

WAC championship for women’s cross country

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s far as owners Mike Curtis and Melinda Melton are concerned, the Corner Club is much more than your average sports bar. Generations of patrons would agree. The Club is a veritable Vandal Hall of Fame. Its adornments include a wide array of autographed balls, jerseys and helmets, some of which date back several decades. “It’s an institution,” Melton says with a smile, the same one that has greeted countless Corner Club customers over the past 14 years. Last February, Sports Illustrated ranked the longtime Moscow establishment among the country’s Top 25 sports bars. The national notoriety probably didn’t surprise anyone who has spent any amount of time at the Club, where nearly every wall and tabletop is decked with mementos from the University of Idaho’s storied athletic past. There also is an assortment of team posters and a litany of newspaper clippings and photographs that illustrate nearly every major success Vandal teams have achieved over the years. And it isn’t all football and basketball: a volleyball signed by Idaho’s 1994 Big Sky Conference championship team sits on the top shelf of one prominent display. Of all the items, Curtis says his favorite is a press pass from the Idaho football team’s triumph over Boise State in 1998. The faded orange credential enabled him to watch the action from the sidelines at Bronco Stadium, where the Vandals pulled off a thrilling come-frombehind victory that propelled them to the Humanitarian Bowl. But Curtis is almost as fond of every other piece of Idaho paraphernalia enshrined at the Club, most of which has been handed down to him over the years. The Challis native and Idaho alumnus leased the Club from its original proprietor, Herman Goetz, in 1991. He and Melton, his wife, purchased the business soon after and have been running it ever since. “We’ve tried to keep it the same,” Melton added. “There’s no high décor, no frills, no nothing. It’s pretty basic.” “I always said if I was going to own a bar, it was going to be this one,” said Curtis, who has done his best to maintain the Club’s low-key atmosphere. According to Curtis, the building’s history dates to the 1880s, before Moscow had been incorporated as a town. It was originally the site of the Moscow Brewing Company, and was owned by a church for a spell. The building eventually housed the Moose Lodge, which leased it to Goetz and a partner, Neil Lynd, in 1948. Goetz and Lynd acquired the property in the late ’60s, and ran the bar together until Lynd’s death in 1971. Back then, bargoers occasionally would ride their mounts in through the door and right up to the bar to order a drink – and sometimes another for the horse. One of Goetz’s sons, Dave, became involved in the business

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during the early 1970s, and Curtis credits him for helping cultivate the Vandal theme that remains today. Numerous stories and legends have sprung from the Club over the years, but none as lasting as the tale of Idaho basketball great Gus Johnson leaping to touch a beam that ran across the high ceiling. Johnson, who made the jump flat-footed, went on to an illustrious professional career in the 1960s. He was one of a precious few ever reached the hallowed spot, which stood 11 feet, six inches off the floor and was marked by a nail. Johnson’s nephew, Joey, duplicated the feat when he was playing basketball for the College of Southern Idaho. “They were going through town and stopped the team bus to see if he could touch the nail,” Curtis said. Both the nail and beam are gone, the victims of a forced remodeling project in 1990, when a large portion of the building was razed to make way for a traffic revision. But the memory lives on, as do many others. One of Melton’s favorites is the time a high-profile attorney and Idaho graduate from California strolled into the bar, dropped to his knees and began kissing the floor. She chuckled as she recounted the bizarre scene. “I said, ‘What the heck are you doing?’ And he said, ‘This is my place.’ He told us he had stolen a board from the bar when he was in college and had designed his own bar in San Francisco around it.” Former Idaho students constantly make their way back to the Club, reconnecting with friends and events that played out during their college years. “There’s been people meet and marry each other and come back with their children,” Melton said. “It’s really a social club,” Curtis added. “It’s not a place where people come to dance or go out on a date. It’s a place to come and visit with your friends.” Curtis recalled a trip he took to a Seahawks game with his late father, when people stopped them on the streets of Seattle to inquire about his Corner Club baseball cap and jacket. “I’d say owning the Club is something that has changed my life for the best,” he said. “I have other business interests, but it’s all relative to the success that started with the Corner Club, and the friendships and relationships that have spawned from the Club will last for the rest of my life.” In keeping with the bar’s theme, Curtis and Melton are avid Vandal supporters, and Curtis is a member of the Latah County Vandal Booster Board as well. They plan to continue running the business as long as humanly possible, and when they do decide to sell, it won’t be to just anybody. “The right person has to come along,” Curtis said. “I want to make sure someone is going to continue the tradition and make it last. “The Club is an entity unto itself,” he added. “It kind of belongs to everybody that has gone to the U of I or been a fan of Vandal athletics. “It’s not successful without everyone coming in and feeling that way.” I

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fantastic team when I was up there.” Turning through the pages, Holden sees the ’54-55 season as if it was played last week. “This was the first time we’d beat Washington State in 26 years. I started saving all these clippings. It was later on when I finally got them put into books. I used to try to make one of these for every year.” Holden said he has about 25 books made and 50 boxes of clippings that he has yet to sort and compile. “If you’ve got pictures, if you’ve got things – you’ve got to have them accessible to where somebody can look at them otherwise what good are they? If they just sit in a box in the basement, they’re of no value,” Holden said. It is that belief that has motivated Holden to visit the University’s archives where he sorts through material in search of clippings, photographs and memories. “People at the university say to me, ‘Where do you get those pictures? I never could find them.’ Well, I go right down to their archives. I go right to an old annual and, for example, you go to

an old annual they have unbelievable athletic sections in them.” If he’s not digging up past history, he’s recording it during one of the many trips he’s made to Moscow through the decades since his graduation in 1958. “It’s 560 miles one way from my door to Moscow,” Holden said. “I go up to most all the games. I’ve been to hundreds of their games over the years. Because of various boards I served on, I used to go between 10-12 times a year. The hotel up there, the Mark IV Travel Lodge, I have stayed there over 365 nights since I graduated – a year of my life.” Holden did not set out to amass the mountain of information he’s kept through the years. The collection is as much about his life as it is about Vandal athletics and the preservation of tradition. “For me, one of the ﬁnest decisions of my life was going to the University of Idaho. It has provided the greatest amount of enjoyment that I have ever known,” Holden said. I

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Bill Holden has a room of his home devoted to Vandal memorabilia. “It’s not that I’m a collector,” said Holden. “It’s my love of the place and I think things shouldn’t be lost.”

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he University of Idaho has had a great impact on the life of Bill Holden. For nearly 50 years, he has served as an anchor point and a Vandal icon in what he calls the “hinterland” of southeast Idaho. At age 70, Holden points out the University’s presence in his home keeps growing. “It’s not that I’m a collector; it’s my love of the place and I think things shouldn’t be lost,” Holden said. Visitors don’t take three steps into the house Holden shares with his wife, Layne, and 18-year-old son, Will, before they stand in front of an oversize aerial photograph of the U of I campus. It is one of several in Holden’s collection that document the changes that have occurred since his introduction to the place in 1948. If visitors are invited, they can follow Holden into one of his favorite rooms – one that is wallpapered with photographs and ﬁlled ﬂoor-to-ceiling with scrapbooks, annuals, photographs and memorabilia of the place Holden holds very, very dear to his heart. Despite the fact Holden has perhaps the most complete and organized collection of Vandal football history and memorabilia ever painstakingly collected, he doesn’t really see himself as a historian or a collector. “Most people are never in this room,” Holden said, taking a seat at a desk near “For me, one of the a window where he has obviously spent a to gather as much information about the place great deal of time. “I do it a lot for my own decisions of as he could. enjoyment and my family knows I like it and “These guys here,” Holden said pointing to my life was going to they come in and look and see what I’ve a row of framed black and white 8x10 photos, added lately, but it’s for my own enjoyment.” the University of Idaho. “that was when I was in junior high and high Holden was introduced to the University school when they were playing and I started of Idaho while still in high school. It was a It has provided the listening to them on the radio. That one, for band competition that put the young base is Jim Chadband – owned Chad’s drum player on the “Student Special,” a amount of example, Furniture in Pocatello and his son later played train that collected and transported Idaho at Idaho. Chad was in the Idaho legislature. enjoyment that I have students from the south and the west to the That’s when I really started identifying and north. ever known. ” following them. “When I got off the train up there and “I’ve got a great history of Idaho football,” — Bill Holden walked around the campus, that’s when I Holden said, reaching to a nearby bookcase knew I wanted to go there. I had never been burdened with a load of annuals and to Moscow prior to that, but from that day I scrapbooks. “This was when Ray McDonald knew that’s where I wanted to be. It was beautiful,” Holden said. was an All-American and that’s Jerry Kramer, who played for the That trip also inspired Holden to begin paying more Green Bay Packers for years, when he played at Idaho. We had a attention to the people and events staged at the University and

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15 Canyon County Silver and Gold Celebration, Nampa

February

22-25 Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival 3-5 Kappa Kappa Gamma 90th anniversary 16-18 Uof I Alumni at Arizona Spring Training Baseball 27-29 Borah Symposium — “Resource Wars” 31 Vandal Friday — student recruitment 31 Seventh annual Vandal Golf Day at the Coeur d’Alene Resort

March

7 Vandal Transfer Day — student recruitment 10 “U of I Visits Manhattan” alumni event in New York City

April

21 Spring Football Game 21-22 Moms’ Weekend 22 Nick Holt Golf Tournament and Auction 27-30 75th Vandaleers Reunion 28 Engineering Design Expo

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Looking over an alumni roster with Alumni Secretary James Lyle are these eight cousins, who are all Idaho students. Most are second generation students. They are Lowell Martin, Grangeville; Richard Thomas and Wayne Thomas, Nez Perce; Carol Davison, Boise; Warren Martin, Grangeville; Connie Harding, Nez Perce; Malcolm Alexander, Potlatch, and Lynn Snyder, Oroﬁno.

28-29 Sigma Nu House Dedication and Reunion 28-30 Class of 1946, 1956 and Golden I Reunion 3 U of I Idaho Falls Commencement 4 U of I Boise Commencement

May

8 U of I Coeur d’Alene Commencement 11 Alumni Hall of Fame Reception

13 U of I Moscow Commencement For more information on U of I alumni events, go to www.supportui.uidaho.edu on the Web.

Global Engineering Turning Ideas Into Reality April 28, 2006 • U of I Student Union Building See exciting projects such as: • • • • •

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“In-and-Out-of-this-World” robotics with Homeland Security applications Robust infrastructure designs for today’s community needs Alternative Energy & Clean Vehicle Technology – Easing the energy crisis Nuclear Engineering & GenIV Nuclear Power Plant design presentations Environmental preservation and restoration projects with interdisciplinary solutions

For more information: www.engr.uidaho.edu/expo • 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext 6479 • expo@uidaho.edu Be a Sponsor: Barbara J. Smith • 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 6183 • bsmith@uidaho.edu Become a Judge: Katharine Beyerlein • kbeyer@uidaho.edu

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Lowell’s brother, Warren Martin, also is on the advisory board. He lives in La Crescenta, Calif., and is a ﬁnancial manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His interests include choral groups and church work. Rich Thomas and his wife, Vonnie, are both alumni and now hail from the San Diego area. Thomas is retired from a business career that took him around the country and ﬁnally to his last assignment in Singapore. He was managing director of Riverwood International, a paper products for packaging company. Today he and Vonnie divide their time between their home in San Diego and a condominium in Coeur d’Alene. The couple bought a limited partnership in a wheat farm on the Camas prairie and are developing a wildlife habitat area for deer, elk, pheasant and other wild birds. They are active in their church and enjoy travel. Two of the cousins, Malcolm Alexander and Lynn Snyder, are deceased. I

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BY GAIL MILLER n this 1957 photo, alumni secretary James Lyle looks over an alumni roster with a group of eight students who are cousins. Today the cousins are spread across the country and involved in many activities. Connie Harding Wilson lives in Richland, Wash. She is included in the Life on Wheels story on page 10 of this magazine. Carol Davison Lamb is retired from a career as an elementary teacher and enjoys gardening and traveling with her husband, Sebastian, also an alumnus. The couple lives in Boise. Wayne Thomas has been retired for 17 years as a high school counselor and enjoys scouring the beaches near his Kenmore, Wash., home for driftwood, which he uses to make birdhouses. Lowell Martin gives back to the University through his work as co-chair of the advisory board of the Martin Peace Institute and the Martin School of International Affairs. His uncle, Boyd Martin, was dean of Letters and Science, and began the institute. Lowell was a business consultant by profession and continues to work in that area in retirement. He lives in Manchester, Conn.

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