Memorial Scholarship

By Allison R. Stormo

A memorial scholarship in the name of College of Education alumna Sue (Livingston) Bartlett has been created by her surviving family.

Sue, an Idaho native and longtime university supporter, died in 2011 at age 72, after a battle with cancer. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. After graduation, Sue taught in California for several years before moving to Germany to teach — where she met her husband of nearly 45 years, Charles.

She and Charles raised three children: Jennifer, Heather and Anne while moving throughout the U.S. for her husband’s military career. They settled in Connecticut in 1983, where they lived until Sue’s death. Even though Sue ended up on the opposite side of the U.S. from where she grew up in Buhl, she never strayed far from her roots.

“Education was a very important thing to her,” said her sister, Barbara Viehweg, who also graduated from U-Idaho with a degree in education.

After having her daughters, she continued being an educator outside the classroom by teaching piano lessons in her home.

“She continued to always be interested in education and had a strong feeling about the university,” Barbara said.

Not only did Sue have strong feelings about U-Idaho, but her family did as well. In addition to Sue and Barbara, a third sister, Nancy, is a Vandal and numerous other children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews as well as spouses are all proud members of the Vandal family.

“All of us have been very loyal to the university,” Barbara said.

Sue’s family wanted to honor her love of Idaho by creating a scholarship in her name. The annual scholarship will help advance students’ education by providing assistance to recipients who are pursuing a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction and who are Idaho residents.

“Sue would be so thrilled to know this is helping students,” Barbara said.

For more information on giving to the College of Education, contact Christina Randal at (208) 885-7537 or crandal@uidaho.edu.

Professor Emeritus Edward Woolums died in Spokane, Wash., on June 29, 2012. He was a faculty member in the College of Education from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 1990s. He is fondly remembered among faculty and staff as having a love of a good cup of coffee and story-telling.

William R. Biggam of Moscow died July 4, 2012, at the age of 90. Biggam worked as professor and chairman of the Industrial Education Department at the University of Idaho from 1959 until his retirement in 1984 with the rank of professor emeritus. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from University of Minnesota and his doctoral degree from Bradley University in Illinois. He not only was involved in the Moscow Central Lions Club for more than 50 years, but also a lifetime member of the Elks Lodge in Red Wing, Minn., and a member of Masonic Lodge No. 198 in Duluth, Minn.

Scholarship Established in the name of Greg Halloran

By Allison R. Stormo

University of Idaho has lost a beloved dance instructor. Greg Halloran, associate professor of dance, died at his home in August at the age of 50 after a long illness.

In September, dance students performed a jazz piece during a memorial for Halloran. The coordinator of the dance program was like family to many who knew him on campus, and his loss touched many. His passion for dance and involvement in Dancers Drummer Dreamers had a reach that left lasting memories on many students he taught.

At the time of his death, he owned two dogs, Cosmo and Ty, who were like his children and often could be seen with him at a dog park in Moscow. The dogs were a big part of Halloran’s social network. When the news of Halloran’s death reached they community, they rallied around the late teacher’s death and Cosmo and Ty found new homes within a couple of days.

Halloran’s name also will live on and be honored in the College of Education thanks to the generosity of his siblings, Brian, Jeanne, Michael and Richard. They have endowed a scholarship fund called the Greg Halloran Memorial Scholarship in memory and honor of his legacy at the University of Idaho.

“I wanted to start the scholarship fund in memory of Greg because I know personally how his work at the University of Idaho was his life’s passion,” said his sister, Jeanne Halloran. “Teaching dance was Greg’s passion, and I know that he would fully support our efforts to remember him through this endowment fund.”

The scholarship will be awarded annually to at least one deserving student in the movement sciences department.

For more information on giving to the College of Education, contact Christina Randal at (208) 885-7537 or crandal@uidaho.edu.