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SPRING 2 015 THE THIRD PILLAR: Health On Campus Today
LONGFELLOW SOCIETY, Then and Now
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The 50th Festival of Lessons & Carols
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contributors
Joseph A. Lennertz H`86 Head of School jlennertz@wayland.org
Judy L. Hill H`08 Director of Advancement jhill@wayland.org Stephanie Levey Advancement Associate slevey@wayland.org Kelly A. Neuert Director of Donor Relations kneuert@wayland.org
Design by Ariel Esser
The Longfellows: A Literary Society Resurrected
Cover Photo: Keegan Rehfeldt `04 and Jordan Cole-Rehfeldt `02 hiking to ski St. Mary’s Glacier in Colorado
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News and Notes
Kendall A. Vingua `02 Director of Alumni Relations kvingua@wayland.org
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Letter from the
HEAD of SCHOOL
Greetings from Wayland! Our faculty and students have had a very busy fall and winter with classes, exchange student visits from Germany and Columbia, the fall musical, the celebration of a milestone Lessons and Carols, athletic competitions in our new league, Life Skills sessions, many evenings of study in the newly renovated Swan Library, new challenges in the STEAM Lab in Discovery Hall, a fifth consecutive statewide championship for the Junior Classical League students, and commendations for the Model United Nations team in Chicago! Plans for the upcoming spring include student trips to Spain and Germany, another Model UN conference, getting outside for spring sports, the spring theater production, Commencement on Saturday, May 23, and the close of this academic year. It is hard to believe the number of activities that mark the progress of the year. You would recognize the majority of them from your time here, and I hope to see the same energy students pour into their efforts that you did. I was particularly pleased to read the alumni profiles section in this Greetings. Though some pre-date my time here, many of the names brought back memories of students in my classes and a plethora of dormitory conversations about where students would be in the future. Though this group has excelled in the health field, many others are succeeding in business and education and the law and just about every other field you can name. I am amazed at how big the dreams have been for our graduates and how many of those dreams have been achieved. At last spring’s Commencement, I quoted Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first African woman elected head of state:
“If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” We hope that we have prepared you to face those fears and succeed in whatever you attempt. As always, we thank you for all you have done for Wayland, and we look forward to continuing the Academy’s work as we celebrate our 160th year! Sincerely,
Joseph A. Lennertz H `86 Head of School
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CAMPUS NEWS
Fall Musical & Spring Play The cast and crew of Wayland’s production of Little Shop of Horrors put on a great show in November. Director Christopher Mientus said the show was tremendous fun and thanked faculty, students, parents, and friends of the school for making the event possible. Mientus said, “Many thanks to the Skylight Theater in Milwaukee for renting us the puppets, Holt Dental Supply in Madison for loaning us a dentist chair, BDACT for loaning us numerous props and costumes, and the countless hours of service by Diane Alpaugh H`83 in set building.”
Kids Against Hunger
The spring play this year, Zorro, is directed by English teacher Martha Kesler H`08 and will be presented during Spring Family Weekend from April 16-19.
Just before Winter Break, the Rotary Interact Club sponsored an event for Wayland students to participate in the Kids Against Hunger program. The non-profit organization packages highly nutritious, life-saving meals for starving and malnourished children and their families in developing countries and the United States. Wayland participants included Vinny Duenes `17, Jazzy Benes `17, Madison Jewell `16, Savannah Warren `15, Ray Ren `16, Cristina Frances Satrustegui `17, Jenny Ingabire `15, Alec Waugh `17, Marco Silva `17, Khristian Jones `17, Riane Wilkie `15, Sarah Ehrhardt `15 and Dr. Keely Lake H`12.
Faculty Spotlight Dr. Keely Lake H`12, Coordinator of Interdisciplinary Programs and Latin and Greek Instructor, is known for her involvement on campus and her passion for promoting the Classics off-campus. In December of last year, she completed a two year term as President of the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers, and she remains co-chair of advocacy for that group. In addition, among her many professional activities, she is the College Board advisor for the Latin Advanced Placement committee; serves on the board of an online journal, Teaching Classical Languages; and serves as a representative of the American Classical League on a Joint Committee on Classics in American Education.
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CAMPUS NEWS
New Staff Members This fall semester two new members of the Wayland staff were welcomed to the community. Karla Jensen (below, right) joined the school as Director of Auxiliary Programs and Outreach. In her new role, Mrs. Jensen will be responsible for marketing and overseeing auxiliary programs and facility rentals for Wayland, including alumni and individuals interested in hosting weddings or events on campus. Tina Knipfer (below, left) joined the staff in December as Administrative Assistant to the Head of School and Dean of Students. Ms. Knipfer spends mornings assisting the Dean of Students and afternoons working in the Head of School’s office.
Live From Thailand In December, Hillary Disch `01 gave a Chapel talk live from Chiang Mai, Thailand via Skype. Disch works for an NGO, the We Women Foundation, dedicated to empowering women from marginalized communities in Myanmar. Their program includes full scholarships for undergraduate and graduate degree study, student coaching, university preparation, English tutoring, professional coaching and development, and job placement assistance. During the Chapel, Disch spoke with students about her work abroad and answered student questions about the experience.
Fall Athletics Success Among the athletic standouts in the
In girls tennis, Jewell was named Capi-
fall 2014 season were Jeff Birori `15
tol Conference Girls Varsity Tennis Co-
and Madison Jewell `16.
Player of the Year and advanced to the
Birori advanced to the WIAA State
sectionals for the third consecutive year.
Cross Country Meet for the second year in a row and shaved over a minute off his time from last year. He completed the 5k race in 17:03 and finished in 15th place in the boys Division 3 competition. He was also named to the first team on the Trailways All-Conference squad.
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Wayland Celebrates 160 Years
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On January 31, Wayland students celebrated the school’s Founders’ Day, commemorating the founding of Wayland Academy 160 years ago in 1855. Students celebrated with a Founders’ Day Photo Hunt, which sent them in teams around campus to scour for clues. The winning team and the class with the highest participation were awarded a pizza party.
In addition, to celebrate the milestone, Wayland Academy placed the yearbooks from 1931 – 2011 online in an interactive, searchable format, and reached out to alumni from throughout the years to reconnect with Wayland. Over 105 alumni answered a call for Founders’ Day gifts to the school, and the Class of 1956 won the Class Challenge with donations from 25 members from their ranks in less than a week.
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To view those yearbooks online and see pictures from throughout the weekend, visit founders.wayland.org
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COMMENCEMENT HONORS
EMILY LUYTAN
Every year, Wayland’s faculty sequesters itself while the students are still asleep and makes what is one of the most difficult and fulfilling decisions of the year: whom to honor as valedictorian and salutatorian in that year’s graduating class. In addition to excellence in academic studies, the valedictorian and salutatorian must excel in leadership, participation in Academy programs, and demonstrate commitment to Wayland Academy’s ideals of Knowledge and Character. This year, the faculty selected Sophie Willihnganz from Beaver Dam as valedictorian for the class of 2015. The salutatorian for 2015 is Savannah Warren from Milton, Wisconsin.
MADISON JEWELL
HIEU PHAN
Valedictorian
Sophie Willihnganz TIANRUI “RAY” REN
Salutatorian
Savannah Warren In addition, the faculty named four junior marshals from the class of 2016 who will escort the faculty and seniors to Commencement on May 23, 2015. This year’s junior marshals are Emily Luytan of Beaver Dam; Madison Jewell of Beaver Dam; Tianrui “Ray” Ren of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin; and Hieu Phan of Hanoi,Vietnam.
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The 50th Festival of Lessons and Carols The 50th annual Festival of Lessons and Car-
dent choir, joined on the risers by alumni Enrique
ols on December 7, 2014 gathered students,
Galvan `11, Spencer Schumann `09, and Saman-
faculty, alumni, parents, and members of the
tha Madrid `14. Scripture readings by students,
Beaver Dam community for two ceremonies,
faculty, and staff members framed the evening
both of which served as moving tributes to
which concluded by candlelight, as audience mem-
the tradition established by music teacher
bers passed a flame from candle to candle until
Franklin Stecker in 1965.
Kimberly Chapel was a field of flickering lights,
Student musicians were the highlight of both events, demonstrating the power of the solo voice and the collective energy of a 50-stu-
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and the sound of Silent Night filled the evening with a glow that illuminated more than just the 500 hands holding small, melting, white candles.
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STEAM: Transforming Ideas to Reality
The first semester of the Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) program has been a resounding success in both student interest and accomplishments. The first two pre-engineering classes designed and created functioning robots as their final project of the first semester; they completed machines capable of scooping and unloading dirt, picking up sticks, and other assigned tasks. The robotics club met twice a week in the early evening and designed two underwater Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
with parts provided by Kip Petersen `69 and had the chance to test-drive some professionally designed ROVs on Lake Michigan, thanks to assistance from the School of Freshwater Science at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. In addition, on the design and fabrication front, students designed and 3D printed models of everything from Wayland Hall to custom iPhone covers emblazoned with the Wayland logo. The latest STEAM venture this semester will find students in the pre-engineering classes working with private industry to create model jeeps. The idea was proposed to Mathematics Department Chair Jon Shoop by Mark Rauschert `83, a Wayland parent and president of Steinjäger, Inc. Suspension Components and Systems. Steinjäger creates customized components for the motor10
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sport market, and Rauschert’s thought, when he heard about Wayland’s STEAM program, was that students could work with his company to design and manufacture model vehicles that Steinjäger could easily bring to trade shows. “When we go to trade shows and try to get people to buy parts from us,” Rauschert told the STEAM students, “we need to show them a vehicle’s suspensions and show them what we do. As you can imagine, it’s hard to take a jeep and tip it up at a trade show. It takes up a lot of space, so this will save us some money.” The venture will be a success for his company, said Rauschert, if the students are able to produce a vehicle that looks like a jeep without violating any trademarks.
“As you can imagine, it’s hard to take a jeep and tip it up at a trade show. It takes up a lot of space, so this will save us some money.” His goals for Wayland’s students are manifold, but the first goal is to have fun. Rauschert said, “When I was in high school, I would have loved to play with jeeps and build parts for jeeps.” He also wants the students to learn about the design process and how to incorporate others’ ideas into their own design. Students will also learn about challenges inherent in the manufacturing process, such as costs and time constraints, and how to sequence a project from design to manufacturing engineering on the assembly line. Mr. Shoop, who teaches the pre-engineering STEAM class, said, “The fun part is that we are going to custom-design three of the parts, the front and back sway bar, the track bar, and the panhard bar. So we actually get to use Autodesk Inventor to create the part, the blueprint, the CAD model, and we send it to Steinjäger, who will manufacture it so we can attach it to the vehicle.”
In addition to the equipment and software generously provided by Wayland’s alumni, parents, faculty, and friends at the 2014 Spring Gala and Auction, the STEAM program was recently awarded a grant to purchase an EKOCYCLE Cube 3D Printer. The new 3D printer is designed to help make the lab more environmentally responsible, as it uses post-consumer recycled plastic. This fits well with Wayland’s Green Initiative, begun three years ago to help develop Wayland into a more environmentally and financially sustainable campus. In addition to the new printer, the school plans to purchase a Filabot Wee Kit capable of recycling plastic misprints and scraps of plastic left behind during the printing process into newly usable filament. The grant, written by Mr. Shoop, is part of a program sponsored by 3D Systems and Coca-Cola that will provide 1,600 printers to schools around the United States. An additional gift from SainSmart has provided Wayland students with filament for the school’s three 3-D printers.
At press-time, students are working in teams to design and build four of the models for Steinjäger and a few extras for Wayland to keep on campus. With a little luck and a ton of work, students will complete the project by the end of April.
You can watch the progress of this and other projects on the STEAM program’s Facebook page: facebook.com/waylandrobotics
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There are certain lessons that can be missed in the course of a liberal arts education, topics that fail to arise in history, mathematics, English, biology, German, and jazz band. Holden Caulfield probably shouldn’t be a student’s only point of reference, for instance, in understanding healthy relationships. At many day schools, there are life lessons that can be left to parents to teach, and there are some that are trundled into a mandatory health class one semester. But at a boarding school where many of our students depend on the faculty and staff for more than just guidance in grammar, jump shots, and calculus, Wayland is expanding its efforts to guide students in life beyond the classroom. The school’s new Life Skills program is led by Dean of Students Linda Tyranski and aims to provide students with information and lessons in everything from assertiveness to time management and even yoga. The impetus for the program began a few years ago as a result of conversations during the faculty retreat about how to fill some of the gaps in student knowledge in a variety of areas. Tyranski said, “We really are tasked with teaching kids with what they need to know outside the classroom, because, especially for boarding students, we operate in loco parentis.” While many of these conversations happen between students and their mentors, faculty, coaches, and the school’s nurses, they were happening on an ad-hoc basis, said Tyranski. “We were teaching them on the fly,” said Tyranski, “but we weren’t making sure that every student was getting a consistent message and that we were covering some really important bases with all students before they graduated.” The initial attempt to bridge these gaps across the student body was limited to guest speakers who spoke to students about different topics such as resiliency, stress management, assertiveness, and time management. In order to encourage students to ask questions, the program added small group meetings last year where students were divided by class and sometimes by gender. Tyranski noted these small group meetings are, “designed to have students in a safe setting where they can freely discuss important topics without fearing that their responses would be more public. A place that establishes trust and encourages them to be more open and ask those burning questions they have.” The small groups have also allowed the program to gear Life Skills topics towards students in the most relevant fashion. For instance, homesickness is a topic that no longer speaks to most seniors at this point in their careers at Wayland, but students Greetings March 2015
new to Wayland truly benefit from that discussion. Likewise, a small group of recent graduates will be speaking with the seniors this semester to talk about their own transition to college and answer questions. Tyranski describes it as College 101. “These are things you’ll face in college, things that are challenging coming out of Wayland,” she said. “It’s a ‘Things I wish I had known’ session.” The smaller sessions have been helpful in allowing faculty and students to discuss complicated and sometimes uncomfortable topics including bullying, drugs and alcohol, romantic relationships, sexual assault, and personal hygiene. “In the two Sex Education sessions, the students had so many really good questions,” said Tyranski. “It teaches us what they don’t know. Despite the fact that we have very mature, well-traveled students, they’re still young people and they have a lot to learn. We have a responsibility to help them learn and guide them to the right resources.” One of the most popular Life Skills meetings in the fall semester was a yoga session for the seniors. “The first thing the students said to me afterwards was: can we do this every week? When can we do this again?” said Tyranski. Visiting yoga instructors Ali Szarzynski and Ryan Ogburn from Yama Yoga in Milwaukee led this introductory yoga session. In addition to the physical benefits, flexibility, and core strengthening inherent in yoga, Tyranski said the instructors spoke with students about the holistic benefits of the practice including, “paying attention to how you breathe, how to relax, and how to be mindful of the moment and stop focusing on things that stress you out.The timeliness of the moment was good. It was a stressful point in the semester, and this was an amazing opportunity to be in the present, to be thoughtful and mindful, and to lie back and breathe.” Funding for some of the Life Skills program has been provided through the generosity of the Mark A. McMillan Memorial Fund, an endowed fund established to support mental health counseling and substance abuse and prevention programs in memory of Mark McMillan who took his own life at the age of 33. The McMillan family and Tyranski have worked together to expand the program’s offerings. Tyranski is excited for the future of the Life Skills program, and said that it has broken the ice on some difficult topics and opened the door to her office and others on campus for students to talk about sensitive subjects. “When you have a program that gives us insights into what our students are thinking or feeling, and what makes them tick, it is so rewarding,” she said. “It’s why we’re in education. Having these honest, in-depth discussions with students is such a positive experience.” 13
A Delicious Gathering
Wayland alumni and friends gathered at Nielsen-Massey Vanillas in Waukegan, Illinois for a mid-December culinary event. The gathering, hosted by Craig `82, Beth `88, and Matt Nielsen `90, was a fantastic afternoon of great food and fellowship. The featured chef for the event was Walter Burtis `08, a graduate of Le Cordon Blue in Portland, Oregon and currently the kitchen manager at Hy-
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Vee in Middleton, Wisconsin. In addition to demonstrating a number of cooking techniques for the assembled guests, Burtis and his assistant cooked up a feast that included traditional bruschetta, tritip ginger hoisin beef skewers, bacon wrapped scallops with lemon beurre blanc sauce, and spinach and artichoke stuffed mushrooms. Some of the wine for the event was generously donated by Robin and Scott Posnanski `86. wayland.org
ALUMNI HEALTH PROFILE Keegan Rehfeldt & Jordan Cole-Rehfeldt As Wayland students, Keegan Rehfeldt `04 and Jordan Cole-Rehfeldt `02 certainly had much in common, though they didn’t yet know that their mutual interests in health, sports, and challenging themselves physically and mentally would bring them together for a shared life of adventure. While at the Academy, both excelled in the classroom and on the field: Jordan won both the Laura A. McDonald Award and Kit Mayer Sports Cup, and Keegan was a three-sport varsity competitor and winner of the Academic Book Award for Visual Arts. Though Wayland laid the foundations for their future success, it wasn’t until college that they found their path together. Jordan matriculated to Arizona State University studying communications and marketing. Keegan spent a year at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design before transferring to ASU as well. The two reconnected to form a friendship, began dating, and married six years later. They joined the ASU Cycling and Triathlon team and began to delve deeper into endurance sports. Keegan completed a Half Ironman in 2006 and Jordan completed an Ironman herself in 2009. “It was really about the challenge,” she said, “I wanted something that would take dedication and commitment. There is no halfway.” Keegan’s passions for art and athleticism culminated in an internship with Pearl Izumi, a leading sports apparel company headquartered in Colorado. He was hired full-time and now uses his background in Industrial Design to create footwear for cyclists and run-
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ners, as well as other apparel and accessories. The move to Colorado was a perfect fit, as Keegan noted, “I’m passionate about running and riding, so to be able to design products for sports that I love is really rewarding,” and allowed the couple to indulge their enthusiasm for skiing, hiking, and mountain biking. Jordan is an Event Manager at Breckenridge Ski Resort, a fun and physically demanding position where she sometimes works 12-16 hour days to coordinate high-profile athletic events; she cites working on Olympic qualifying events for Snowboarding and Freeskiing in 2013 as her career highlight to date. Keegan was especially excited to work on custom shoes for Olympic athletes in the 2012 London Games, and created a shoe to celebrate pro-cyclist Taylor Phinney’s 2010 UCI Track World Championship win in individual pursuit. With activity and health pervading their careers and personal pastimes, Jordan and Keegan point to maintaining a conscientious attitude toward fitness, nutrition, and work-life balance as key to all they accomplish.
“Being laser-focused on how you are feeling and what you are putting into your body is essential,” Jordan noted, while Keegan finds Pearl Izumi’s active culture inspiring. Every day, rain or shine, there is a group road ride that leaves from the company parking lot; though it encompasses all levels of fitness, the activity has taken on a competitive edge and challenges riders to bring their best. “People gear up for it all morning, and then talk about what happened and who won all afternoon,” said Keegan. “After a year of riding I was finally able to start and finish with the main group and have been riding every day since.” Whether backpacking through New Zealand on their honeymoon or simply enjoying a run around the neighborhood, for these Wayland alumni, being active together is the ultimate goal. “I think when your health is a priority and you enjoy similar activities, life just gives way to some phenomenal experiences,” Jordan added. “You don’t have to scale a mountain to have an amazing day. Just get out there.”
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been used in multiple trials and clinics with 4,000 patients, but it will require FDA approval before it can be sold to entities other than research labs. Studies have shown so far, though, that not only does the technology do an excellent job of detecting brain injury, but it may also be able to detect
Dr. Uzma Samadani
which portion of the brain has been damaged. “I think it’s the best thing
“As long as I remember wanting to be
out there,” said Samadani. “It’s not
anything, I wanted to be in healthcare.
perfect, but it is very, very sensitive.”
It started from a very young age,” said
Samadani noted that her new en-
Dr. Uzma Samadani `88. Part of that
trepreneurial endeavor is more an
desire resulted from admiring the work of her father, Dr. Ayaz Samadani H`12,
detect a brain injury accurately and in
a family practice physician who has
very little time.
served the Beaver Dam community for
examines her career. “Circumstance forced this on us because we want the
The discovery arrived as Dr. Samada-
technology to be widely available,”
ni and her colleagues were simply try-
she said. “First and foremost, I’m a
Today, Dr. Uzma Samadani is Chief
ing to establish an “outcome measure,”
neurosurgeon. That’s what I am. The
of Neurosurgery at the New York
or a measurement doctors could use
research is very important for me; it’s
Harbor Health Care System, part
to establish the severity of a patient’s
how you push the field, so it’s a high
of the United States Department of
brain injury. Without such a scale, it
number two. But being an entrepre-
Veteran Affairs Health Administra-
was difficult to determine how effec-
neur is by accident.”
tion. According to her faculty bio
tive different treatments were in heal-
at NYU’s School of Medicine (where
ing brain injuries. One of their tests
she holds joint appointments as an
involved having subjects watch televi-
Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry
sion as researchers tracked miniscule
and Physiology & Neuroscience de-
eye movements. Using an algorithm
partments) Samadani has performed
she developed with NYU’s mathemat-
more artificial cervical disc procedures
ics department, Samadani realized
than any other surgeon in Manhattan.
that there was a direct correlation be-
She specializes in minimally invasive
tween eye movement (specifically, the
spinal surgery, and she also is the Co-
variation in movements of a subject’s
Director of the Cohen Veteran Center
left and right eye) and swelling in the
for Post-Traumatic Stress and Trau-
brain resulting from injury. It was
matic Brain Injury.
quantifiable, and it offered tremen-
over 40 years.
Her research on brain injuries and concussions has garnered national
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accident or afterthought when she
dous promise for quick diagnoses of injuries that are often undetectable.
She reflected that the drive to be a neurosurgeon, specifically, came early in medical school during her first surgical rotation in Cook County Hospital in Chicago. “It started at 5:30 in the morning, and it was incredibly busy. There were eight surgeries, and
interest over the past year, includ-
Her epiphany arrived in 2012, and
I didn’t go home until midnight. I’d
ing a feature story in Newsweek. Dr.
further testing confirmed her results
never had a day like that in my life.
Samadani has developed a potentially
by 2013. As a result, she has co-found-
There was a kid who came in with a
invaluable tool that tracks a patient’s
ed a company, Oculogica, to further
brain tumor in the back of his head,
eye movements to detect brain injuries
develop and market the technology.
and when he woke up it was so cool.
such as concussions. The practi-
Samadani said, “Right now our big,
Mostly I was just watching, but it was
cal implications of her discovery are
big emphasis is to get this through the
so surreal. It’s very compelling. A
immense. It may provide a tool that
FDA. We just submitted our pre-sub-
little intervention can make such a big
allows everyone from field surgeons in
mission De Novo application request
difference in someone’s life. You can
the military to coaches and trainers
and hope to meet with the FDA in
operate on someone and improve their
on the sidelines of athletic events to
early 2015.” So far, the technology has
life so much.”
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HEALTH & WELLNESS We asked a number of Wayland Academy alumni employed as healthcare professionals to tell us about their work and the most fulfilling or memorable aspects of their careers. Their responses were both inspiring and touching. We have excerpted portions of what they shared here, but you can view their full responses online at: tiny.cc/waylandhealth
clockwise from top :
Susan McMillan, Jane Petit-Moore, and Mark Duffy
Mark Duffy `79: Oculoplastic Surgeon Since 1996 until my son was born three years ago, I have travelled every year or two to Southern India to the busiest eye hospital in the world... The most satisfying thing I did was the easiest. India has the highest rate in the world of a deadly eye cancer called retinoblastoma. Not infrequently, to save a child’s life an eye has to be removed. Unfortunately there were very few prosthesis makers (ocularists) in India and they were prohibitively expensive for most people. For my return trip the next year I convinced an ocularist I had worked with (Dori Hosek, BCO) to gather equipment and supplies and bring them to Aravind Eye Hospital. She spent three weeks, 12 hours a day, teaching them how to make custom prostheses, and I simply worked with the clinic staff in proper screening, better surgical technique to utilize a custom prosthesis, and ongoing evaluation. When I returned a year later they had fit well over 300 patients for $35 a prosthesis. It is now five years later and they are going strong. Greetings March 2015
Susan McMillan `79: Veterinarian Right out of vet school, I went to work for five years, at a full service (and high tech) veterinary clinic in Fairbanks, Alaska. My days were full of sled dogs and kicked-by-moose injuries, emergency runs under the northern lights and house calls under the midnight sun, and tough-as-nails Alaskans living way off the grid or at least without any running water (including my classmate Jeff Cobb `79!).
Jane Petit-Moore `59: Retired Family and Marriage Therapist The most fulfilling aspect of my career was the privilege of working in such intimacy with a variety of motivated people. Knowing people and working together in such a setting is uniquely private, respectful and productive. I don’t feel retired as my three daughters are also psychotherapists so the familybusiness informs our conversations. 17
Cheryl Norma Pivar `90: RN Certified Case Manager I had taken a personal leave and was made aware that a 3 1/2 year-old boy in hospice for leukemia and a heart defect from Colorado wanted to come to California to go to Disneyland and the beach. I volunteered to be with him during the days of his visit… Isaac’s curiosity and softness with taking everything in left an impression with everyone who met him. He had a blood transfusion while here and made it home where he passed away three weeks later in his father’s arms. That little boy showed me that you can take in the moment and be in awe of little things.
Bridget Slinger Lee `01: Certified Nurse-Midwife Whether it be the energy of attending a birth, or helping a young woman during her first gynecological exam, every day is gratifying as a midwife. I find it especially rewarding to help a woman achieve the birth she desires, and to see the confidence she gains from the experience… Whenever a woman returns for her postpartum visit and views her birth experience as positive and empowering, that’s a great achievement.
Rachel Mulder Vogedes `99: Psychotherapist I had the honor of creating an intensive outpatient program for the newly recognized Binge Eating Disorder (BED). Working collaboratively with dietitians, medical doctors and psychiatrists, I led the team in the cultivation of a highly successful new approach in the treatment of Binge Eating Disorder. It was incredibly exciting to pioneer Wisconsin’s only BED intensive outpatient program.
Jean Solomon `62: Physician In my last year of medical school I was diagnosed with lung cancer, which I and my doctors believed likely would be terminal. I entered my first year of residency nonetheless. I did end up surviving my cancer. But that
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year of terrible fear due to my illness, physical weakness due to lung surgery, combined with the around-the-clock, staggeringly hard work of residency, taught me one can plow ahead under very difficult conditions and actually (eventually) be grateful for the experience, which added a depth to my personality and an improved ability to help patients with their own difficult times.
Sandra Meinecke `05: Psychiatry Resident Physician The most fulfilling aspect of my career is hearing from the patient, even at 4 a.m., that they enjoyed talking to me and that I was able to help them. My favorite moment is when we are able to see a big difference in the patients upon discharge as compared to when they came into the hospital. Personally, my greatest achievement was to come to the States for my residency training straight after graduating medical school in Germany in May 2014.
Jon Homuth `61: Retired Pediatrician The advances in pediatric medicine over the 36 years that I was a pediatrician are what please and amaze me the most. Childhood leukemia has become a disease that is now cured 85% of the time; infants born weighing less than 2 pounds now routinely survive. In a pediatric practice most encounters with children and their parents are a happy, positive experience. I feel lucky to have chosen pediatrics as my specialty.
Curtis Radford `73: Physician The thing I am most proud of in my career was founding a Non-Invasive Peripheral Vascular Laboratory at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh back in 1985. I received extra training at the Mayo Clinic and the Miami Heart Institute in non-invasive diagnostic vein and arterial imaging of the neck, arms, and legs. At that time, tests for vascular diseases
in the extremities required painful needle punctures and injections into the arteries or veins. Our laboratory provided new methods of peripheral vascular diagnosis without pain or needles.
Jacqueline Redmer `95: Physician A notable moment in my career was the month I spent working as a physician in Lesotho, Africa. Lesotho is a small, resource poor country embedded in South Africa. The rate of HIV infection is around 30% in adults and they lack the staff and infrastructure to care for these patients. I learned that there is always “more that can be done” for another human being when dignity, respect, love, comfort and compassion are considered.
Thomas Platt `71: Physician The most fulfilling aspect of my career has been my role in changing people’s lives for the better by working with them to determine their health status and finding ways to improve it. Sometimes it is obvious what is going on with an individual, but more often there is “detective work” to do to understand a problem and then find ways to solve it. We have to look for ways that one can improve their health with diet, exercise, mental stimulation, social interaction and when necessary, medication.
Sharon D’Arco `70: Retired Registered Nurse The greatest achievement in my professional career was when our Medical ICU was fully staffed with about 90% bachelor’s prepared nurses. At that time our turnover was very low, we were conducting some nursing research projects, publishing articles and educating nursing students. Many of our staff were Certified Critical Care Nurses. We were providing very high quality nursing care to our exceptionally ill patients. It was a proud period of time for me as leader of this highly professional team.
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Jon Homuth; Bridget Slinger Lee; Rachel Mulder Vogedes; Cheryl Norma Pivar; Jean Solomon; Sandra Meinecke; Thomas Platt; and Curtis Radford, center.
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I remember... the food! In our last issue of the Greetings we asked for your Wayland dining memories, and we received a number of thoughtful and entertaining responses as you will see below. I started at Wayland as a sophomore in the 1972-1973 year. Like most scholarship students (who were required to work at a job on campus) I was assigned as a waiter in the dining room during lunch. I had no problem taking on a job in exchange for my scholarship, but it very quickly became clear that those of us whose parents couldn’t afford the full freight of tuition were serving those students whose parents could. It was the first time in my life that I was made to feel like any sort of second class citizen. That aside, I really hated the kitchen work and was very grateful when my request to be re-assigned as an assistant in the Physics department was quickly granted. And I was even more grateful when the school switched over to cafeteria style lunch service. For all the fond reminiscing I’ve heard about the good ol’ days of the sit down lunch, I believe the elimination of that split between the haves and the have-a-lots was a net social benefit to the school and the student body.
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I went to Wayland during the WWII years. My memories of the dining hall are varied, some good, some not so good. We all looked forward to meal time because we always seemed to be hungry. We spent most of our allowances at the little corner store across from campus, buying snacks and even sandwich fixings. The boys were allowed off campus during the evening, and sometimes they’d go to the bakery where the sweet rolls for the next day were being baked, knock on the door, purchase a few and bring them back to their girlfriends. We’d lower baskets down from the dorm windows to get the goodies. With Mrs. Foster living on the first floor and us on the second, I have to wonder why we never got caught! Seating in the dining hall was assigned and changed every month, as I remember. A faculty member sat at each table with the students. When it was one’s turn to sit at the President’s table with Dr. and Mrs. Hicks, it was very good behavior time. Meals were served family style, passing bowls of food around the table, except when we had roast. Then one of the boys would stand and carve the roast. Nobody began eating until everyone was served, and nobody left the table until everyone was finished eating.
However, the experience gave me a brief and very gentle peek into the discrimination minorities in our society were apt to be experiencing throughout their lives at the time. In that sense, it was a valuable out of classroom lesson that came from my attendance at Wayland.
Meal times were also note passing times. If you were going with somebody special, you’d write a note on lined paper and fold it into a small triangle and pass it on for delivery. I still know how to fold a triangle, and also how to fold paper into a Wayland W, skills that have entertained grandkids and now great grands. I have wonderful memories of Wayland.
- Bill Bentley `75
- Dorothy Boothby Butterbrodt `46
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Having assigned tables - panic on weekends when your table wasn’t set and you had to ask around for “room at your table”? Cheese souffle on Friday – UGH No other options, but to say “yes please” or go hungry.
Miss Swan insisting on using a fork for doughnuts. Once she flipped the strawberry Shaum Torte into her lap – didn’t dare laugh. - Sherry Mielke `60
In the fall of 1959 Wayland hired a food service caterer to take over the dining room known as Pickard Hall. The company was a new firm that was started at Miami of Ohio just a few years before. The young owner did not like the food at his fraternity house and told everyone he could do better, if he was in charge. Two years later he ran all the food service on campus, plus three or four other small colleges in Ohio. Wayland was Saga’s first boarding school and did they do a great job. Food was terrific, great variety, steak and lobster on weekends, prime rib at least once a week and really good quality. I’m not sure they ever made any money at Wayland, but the students loved every minute. The company was sold a few years later to Canteen Corp., a national company. - Jim Christians `60
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The Longfellows: a literary society resurrected
“the neophytes are brought to the upper east door of the gymnasium in groups of four , blindfolded , with their hands bound together and a black shroud over their hearts . there the outer guide causes one of them to knock three times on the door …” Thus began the initiation ceremony for the Longfellow Society, a Wayland student organization founded in 1886 (briefly named the Irving Society in its early days) as the school’s first co-educational literary society. The initiation ceremony makes the Longfellows sound a bit like a darker, secret society of the Skull and Bones variety than it appears the actual student organization was. Over the course of the three page script for the Longfellow Society Initiation Ceremony, the would-be Longfellows encounter a number of obstacles, including one that deserves a verbatim transcription from the ceremony:“Halfway down there is a pistol shot, and the treasurer seizes as many of the four (initiates) as he can in a violent and wrenching grip.” It’s difficult to imagine that making its way past a modern Dean of Students’ office. There are student organizations at Wayland that have survived the test of time to a remarkable degree. The baseball team played its first game in 1867. The Wayland Pillars yearbook has existed in some form or another for at least 84 years. There are other student organizations that have proved more ephemeral. They serve the purposes of the student body for a while and then dissolve, usually after the students whose passions were their engines graduate or as tastes change over time. The 1973 yearbook features a club dubbed the Nicotine Knockers. The end of the most recent aughts knew the glory of the “I love food club.” Much further back in Wayland’s chronology, beginning in the late 1800s, there were three literary societies at Wayland Acad22
emy, the Montagus, the Addisonians, and the Longfellows. The Montagus were an all-female literary society and the Addisonians their all-male counterpart. The Longfellows were the last group to be established, a co-educational answer to the singlesex literary societies. A short history of the Longfellows by Louise Leonard Keating `29 recounts that Wayland’s principal George Linfield, “was a firm believer in mixed societies and he thought that with competition all would do better work.” Students in the Longfellow society participated in programs for the school community that combined recitations and debates interspersed with musical performances. At times the school’s literary societies competed against one another in debates. Each society had its own seal, songs, motto, and its own colors (the Longfellows chose pink and green.) They also had their own “Yells.” The cadence is unknown, but the Longfellow Yell is:
Re! Ri! Ro! Re! Ri! Ro! A-awa; A-awa! LONGFELLOW! One Longfellow program from 1892 shows the students presented a piano duet, a debate on immigration, a solo oration, a piano quartet, and scenes from Friedrich Schiller’s tragedy “Maid of Orleans.”
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“Through all these years the society has proved itself worthy of bearing the name of Longfellow, the great American poet,” wrote Keating. “The society enforces upon its members the importance of thorough preparation. Just as one of the principles of the school is ‘large attainments are not reached through easy avenues’ so the principles essential to the highest success of the Longfellow Literary Society are true love, everlasting loyalty, and steadfast labor.” The literary societies, including the Longfellows, folded in 1943 as Wayland’s student population had contracted significantly during World War II and some student traditions faded during the years when Wayland served as both a junior college and a secondary school from 1936-1951. This past year has seen a re-awakening of the Longfellow Literary Society, Greetings March 2015
thanks to the interest of students and the efforts of advisors English Teacher Elise Krause `04 and Director of Alumni Relations Kendall Vingua `02. The current iteration of the Longfellow Literary Society, while mindful of the school’s traditions and history, has no initiation ceremony (and no pistols) and does not hold public debates or dramatic exhibitions. Instead, students in the group are experiencing literature in environments beyond the classroom. They are traveling to see living writers speak in person, and having informal conversations about poetry and prose. Ms.Vingua said the initial impetus for reviving the moribund Longfellows arrived during conversations with Ms. Krause during the summer of 2013. “We knew there wouldn’t be a creative writing class that year,” she said, “and the English electives were pretty academic, such as 23
comparative religions, so we were kind of looking for something to give an outlet for the kids with that type of literary aspiration.”
Ms. Krause noted that the idea for the revived Longfellows evolved into an opportunity to enhance and reinforce the work she and the other English faculty at Wayland already do. “I wanted students to have an opportunity to experience literature in a more casual setting,” she said. “I think it helps students to grow a more authentic appreciation when the readings are driven by their own interests and they have more decisionmaking over the activities they do with literature.” Amongst other activities this last semester, the students had the chance to meet New York Times best-selling author 24
Michael Perry (see sidebar), read and discuss Curtis Sittenfeld’s Sisterland, and travel to the Madison Public Library for a panel discussion by a group of professional writers speaking about their craft. Krause said that the Wayland students were the youngest people in the audience by at least a decade, but that they seemed to genuinely enjoy the experience and the conversation that followed over cups of coffee on State Street. “What I enjoyed,” said Ms. Krause, “was that the authors talked about craft in a way that confirmed the things we talk about in class. Several students said ‘I can’t believe that authors do in fact think this much about how and what they’re writing.’ The authors were talking about how they construct a narrative world, the planning and thinking that goes into that, and common symbols they use and authors whose work they incorporate into their own. In a way that supported what we do in the classroom, which was interesting to the students, but also nice
for me as a teacher.” Junior Charles Stehno `16, a current Longfellow, said that the group’s trips to see living, breathing writers were influential in the way that they connected books he had read to human beings. He said, “It was really interesting to see that they’re physical people just like us. Not just minds. It makes you think that you can also become an author. I can do that. Because they did it.”
Plans for the future of the Longfellow Society will depend in part on the interests of the students. Ms. Vingua stated, “I think for me I would like to get a wayland.org
creative writing circle together, a space where kids can talk about their projects and what they’re interested in that way. Not everyone can take a class, and not everyone wants that sort of structure, but if they want to spend a 9:32 a.m. break talking about what they’re working on, that’s great!” Ms. Krause hopes that the group, still in its early stages, becomes more student-driven: “I would like for them to seek opportunities to learn more about the arts outside of the classroom,” she said. “I’d like for them to find out about a conference or a reading and pursue it.” Immediately on deck for the spring semester, the Longfellows will likely be traveling to WisCon, an event in Madison that dubs itself the “World’s Leading Feminist Science Fiction Convention” featuring a number of well-known authors this year. In addition, the Longfellows will have a picnic and recite poetry on Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin, a place where twentieth century Modern America poet Lorine Niedecker wrote much of her work. Regardless of what form the group takes and which interests its members pursue, Ms. Vingua and Ms. Krause love that the group has embraced its role in reviving a Wayland tradition. Ms. Krause said, “It’s very Wayland, Wayland in the way that the axe hunt is Wayland or Wayland in the way that Lessons and Carols is Wayland. It’s this piece that’s sort of fallen away, and students are interested in bringing it back. I think that’s a nice nod to Wayland history. They enjoy being part of a tradition.”
MICHAEL PERRY On November 14, 2014 Kimberly Chapel was packed for a visit from New York Times best-selling author and humorist Michael Perry, and the crowd laughed from start to finish as Perry monologued, read from his work, and answered questions from an audience of Wayland students and members of the Beaver Dam community. Perry, a memoirist, columnist, and novelist, talked about life in rural Wisconsin, and covered topics as wide-ranging as making the most effective and unsettling “Private Drive” sign to the uncomfortable hilarity of watching someone get hurt (so long as they survive the accident.) He also read from his most recent work, The Scavengers, a young adult novel, and an essay from From the Top, a collection of work he penned for the syndicated “Tent Show Radio” program. Following the reading, Perry remained after the event to sign books and chat with attendees for nearly two additional hours. The free event was co-sponsored by Wayland, the Beaver Dam Community Library, and the Beaver Dam Arts Association.
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WAYLAND AUTHORS
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Every Monday morning at Assembly in
Twenty years later, Elmer E. Ferris (Class
Kimberly Chapel, Wayland Academy’s students sing the school’s alma mater, which includes the line: “Thy pen for us becomes a mighty sword…” True to that credo, many Wayland alumni over the past 160 years have graduated and gone on to pen significant works of fiction, drama, and non-fiction in a wide variety of fields.
of 1881) published Jerry at the Academy, the second in a series of novels for young people. In his novel the main character, Jerry Foster, instantly falls in love with Wayland, and the books follow the adventures and misadventures of his freshman year (he nearly gets kicked out during his second semester for drinking whiskey and driving with friends in a horse-drawn carriage to Waupun to play pool and go to bars.)
Wayland can boast that the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in drama, Zona Gale, was a former student. Gale attended Wayland in the late 1800s and won the Pulitzer in 1921 for her play Miss Lulu Bett.
Last semester, librarian Lori Bird assembled a display of just a few works by Wayland alumni and staff for students to peruse in the newly remodeled Swan Library. Amongst the many books were a 2013 edition of Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theory by Wolfgang Palaver that Gabriel Borrud `02 translated from German to English and Sorolla’s House: the Interiors and Gardens by Jody G. Brotherson `50, an examination of the life and Madrid home of Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla. Displays such as this remind current students of the importance of their immediate work as a starting point towards tangible goals well beyond graduation.
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If you have published a book or other work recently, please let Wayland know so that we can share the good news in the Greetings and the school can add it to the Swan Library collection.
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have in common? They were all made possible through planned gifts. There are numerous buildings and facets of life on campus that were made possible by alumni and friends of Wayland Academy who left a legacy to benefit students and families they would never meet. Every brick, every window, and many of the books in Swan Library were made possible by a gift from the estate of Mary Swan `25. Every song that pours forth from the Steinway piano in Kimberly Chapel owes its existence to the estate of Janye Kay `66.
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And just as a scholarship may have helped you or your friend, many of our students are only able to attend Wayland thanks to endowed scholarships, such as the ARISE Scholarsip endowed by Judith Pickard Yeakel `47, and the generosity of people who only knew them as an idea, as “the future.� We hope you will consider joining this tradition of generosity by becoming a Heritage Society Member. These are alumni and friends of Wayland who included the Academy in their estate plans by making Wayland Academy a beneficiary in their charitable trusts, annuities, wills, life insurance policies, and other planned giving vehicles. If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Judy Hill H`08 in the Advancement Office at jhill@wayland.org or 920.356.2120 ext.222. You can also download helpful forms and learn more online at
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A Beautiful Fall Weekend Alumni Reunion Weekend 2014 coincided with inarguably the most beautiful weekend of last autumn. Alumni from around the world returned to campus and shared in great meals, campus tours, events, and most importantly reconnected with friends and classmates. These are just a handful of the photos we captured that weekend.
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Members of the Class of 1964: Bottom Row: Mick Maier, John Bosshard, Betty Brownell Bordner, Terri Lally, Barbara Purdy Wright, Elizabeth Schmidt, Phil Seippel. Second Row: Ralph Robinson, Tom Mink, T.J. (Tom) Goetting, Steve Beers, John Hughes, Paul Bucholz, Phil (Flip) Templeton, Alan Paulson. Top Row: John Fromm, Kent Reade, Randi Christensen, John Winquist, Jim Oesterle, Pete Detweiler (In attendance, but not pictured: Harriet Porter and Dave Zoerb)
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Details on the event will be arriving in your mailbox and your inbox this summer, but now is a great time to book a flight, reach out to friends, or reserve a hotel room. This year’s Milestone Classes end in -00s and 05s, with 1965 and 1990 celebrating their 50th and 25th reunions, respectively. We are also welcoming our alumni to speak on a topic of their expertise to the Wayland Community during Alumni Reunion Weekend and seeking alumni artists interested in submitting work to an alumni art exhibit. If you’re interested in coming back and sharing your knowledge and character (and art) with us, please email alumni@wayland.org.
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Spring Gala 39th Annual
and Auction
Join us for an evening at Wayland — the Academy’s most glamorous event! The 39th Annual Spring Gala and Auction will feature all
In addition to backing the Academy Fund with your bids,
your favorites: fine food and drink from the fabulous Chef
you can also support The Third Pillar Initiative. Of Way-
Richard, live music performances, and our live and silent
land’s Four Pillars—scholarship, faith, health and service-
auctions.
-our special focus for school year 2014-15 is on improving
One of Wayland’s most important fundraising events, these auctions feature a diverse selection of goods and experiences donated by alumni, parents and friends of the Academy.
and increasing our commitment to the health of our community. An Evening at Wayland will provide additional financial consideration for these key programs.
Your participation is an opportunity to support your school
We hope you join us this spring for this annual celebration
while enjoying an elegant evening out.
of our community.
New this year, we will be offering select auction items as part of an online auction.
Online Offerings include: One year naming rights to Wayland’s Field House A one-week vacation for your favorite Wayland employee Tickets to see the Green Bay Packers play at Lambeau Field Two weeks of summer camp for girls at beautiful Camp Nicolet A Wayland Graduation VIP Package for Commencement 2015 A Wild Wisconsin Family Fun Pack
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News & Notes Keep your classmates and friends up-to-date on how you’re doing and what you’ve been up to!
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Joan Cooper Larsen `49 writes: “When I
became a member of Seventeen magazine’s advisory board at age 16, I knew that some form of journalism would be my avocation. Traveling for a lifetime as I did to the world’s remote areas and then writing about my journeys has proven to be the winning combination to a life with no limits or pressure to retire. Internet travel sites, such as Huffington Post, Fathom, Maptia, and more, all consider me a regular contributor. Formingthethread.com showcases me weekly. I keep the writing flowing and published, and my travel squeezed in to keep me current. I think I have already found heaven.” 32
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Or email us at: alumni@wayland.org Please enclose or attach any pictures you are willing to share. We look forward to hearing from you!
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John P. Uphoff `50 married Marjorie Stephenson Halldeen `51 (picture at right) on August
14, 2014 on board the Queen Mary 2 Norway. W. James Plews `50 has been living in North
Carolina for the past 5 1/2 years. He writes: “My daughter and her husband and four of my 11 grandchildren are only 2 1/2 miles away. If any Wayland grads are in the area, please give me a call at (919) 651-0786.” Jody Geyer Brotherston `50 writes: “We
moved to Colorado several years ago and love it! Our son Jeff and his wife Maria have a delightful daughter, Annabella, who is 11 and teaching wayland.org
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us how to use the technical wonders of American ingenuity. Daughter Jayme Norrie is the CEO of Cube Linked and lives in Draper with her husband Michael who is a civil engineer.” Barbara Burstein Katz `51 writes: “The years seem to be
flying by. Hard to believe that it was 10 years ago when we were working on the Sesquicentennial Celebration! I still love living in the Tucson, AZ area. Hi to fellow classmates.”
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Weimer K. Hicks, Jr. `54 writes: “I was recently recognized
for 25 years of volunteering at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Most of my time has been giving tours on weekends but I’ve also volunteered at the Indian Market in the early summer outside and in the fall at the Western Art Sale. The museum is located in the White River State Park in downtown Indianapolis.”
Susan Schmidt Hick `60 writes: “Bill and I are retired in Sa-
Dr. Jean Duchow Solomon `62 writes: “I married Bill Young
lem, OR. We both do volunteer work with groups, and we are an hour from the ocean and an hour from Mt. Hood. We have some beautiful day trips if in the mood. Bill was in banking for 35 years in Chicago. I was an elementary teacher in the suburbs for 43 years. Life is lovely at a slower pace.
on July 22, 2014. We live in Pebble Beach, California. If you’re in the area (playing golf?) let me know so we can get together! My email is JeanKSolomonMD@aol.com”
I encourage friends from Wayland to think about our 55th Reunion, Class of `60 next year. We missed our 50th in the past and we should seriously plan on looking toward the future. Think about it friends. Put it down on your Bucket list. Let’s make it happen! Be well and enjoy life.” Mary Schnur Metcalf `61 writes: “I really enjoyed my recent
Ellen Burns Skatrud `66 writes: “I am now thoroughly enjoy-
ing retirement after working as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. My husband passed away in 2006; but family, friends, a new puppy, and lots to do and enjoy each day have made a big difference in my life. Hello to all!” Bundy Trinz `68 writes: “I’m sorry to say both of my parents
have died in the past five years. The grief doesn’t ever really go away. It just gets less painful as time goes by.”
visit to Beaver Dam and to campus. There have been many changes, but the campus is still beautiful and many buildings retain their familiar appearance.”
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John H. Foster `78 is a Business Intermediary/Business Bro-
ker and enjoys helping other business owners take their companies to market and transition their lives. Anne MacNally Goto `78 is a Leader in Data Quality and
Analytics at Market Data Retrieval (MDR)– a D&B Company and has worked there for 28 years. She writes: “I have been Greetings March 2015
very lucky to have had the opportunity to change my role every few years, to keep things challenging, and grow my skills and knowledge. Over the years I have lead large teams in data acquisition in the education market, but recently, I have moved away from people leadership, and now I have moved into custom project management, working directly with our customers to help them achieve their goals. I love it!” 33
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Paul A. Sturm `82 writes: “My family
Jennifer Joy Howard `87 recently com-
and I have moved to Vail and would love to hear from any alumni who are passing through or in town for a vacation.”
pleted a Master’s degree in Public Administration. John H. Stechmann `89 is a Senior Pros-
Paige Drymalski `86 moved to Madison
from Chicago in August for a new job: Project Manager in the Life Insurance division of American Family Insurance.
ecutor employed by the City Attorney’s Office in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He writes: “I am enjoying my life in the Twin Cities. We bought a house last year in Cottage
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Grove, MN, where I reside with Karla and our new puppy named Schatzie. My wife is a former Minnesota State Representative for two terms, and she is now running for county commissioner. I like traveling, sampling craft beers, riding scooters and playing pool. I hope to reconnect with my classmates!”
Yoko Shimada `95, Kris Boucher H`90 and Stephanie Fisher `94 in the United Arab Emirates
Kris Boucher H`90, Associate Dean of
Admission at Wayland, met with three `90s alumni living in the United Arab Emirates while he was on an admission visit to the Middle East. Saira Khan `96, Yoko Shimada `95, and Stephanie Fisher `94 all stopped by to say hello. Kris reports that, “Saira is working as a business consultant, and lives in the world’s tallest building. Stephanie is also a business consultant, and has plans to launch a line of swim-wear soon. She stays fit with different forms of martial arts, and not long ago won a medal as part of the UAE National Taekwondo team! Yoko and husband, Collin, have two youngsters, and Yoko is, for now, a stay-at-home-mom. She has a line of fashion for new moms in the works.” Josh (Sang Seok) Yoon `92 works in
sales for Johnson and Johnson. He writes: “I am happily married for 21 years to my wife, Junghee Choi, and have a son, Alec Yoon, and a daughter, Sue Min Yoon.”
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Dr. Frank A. Clark `99 completed his
residency in psychiatry in June of 2014 and then started a new job as an adult psychiatrist at St. Albans Hospital in Christiansburg, VA. He writes: “I self-published my first book of poetry called The Other Side. It is available on Amazon for purchase.” Lizzie Boucher Lee `99 writes: “My
family and I moved from St. Petersburg, FL to just outside Baltimore, MD in summer 2014. In September, we welcomed daughter #2 to our family. Baby Alexandra and her big sister, Sophia (age 2), make us a very happy family of four. I hope all my Wayland classmates and friends are doing well!”
Morgan Manchester `99 with his wife
Debbie and three kids enjoy the warmer winters of Wilmington, NC. He writes: “Eric, (above) who was born this August, is smothered with attention by his two big sisters, Kaitlin (5) and Madelyn (3).”
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Holly Eileen Moore `00 married Cody Moore in 2014 and had
Chiara Peterson `05 had a baby in April of 2013.
a baby, Autumn Eileen, born on September 22, 2014. Erin Hullison Edson `05 is a Law Clerk for the Cook County Jeffrey F. Boness `03 married Stephanie Pardue on October 10,
2014, in Appleton,WI. Chase Murphy `03 and Nik Krueger `03 served as groomsmen. Also in attendance was Daccia Krueger Gerry `05. Jeff and Stephanie reside in Anchorage, Alaska, where Jeff is employed by Princess Cruises. Also attending the wedding were Nik and Daccia’s parents, Chuck and Sherrie Krueger, who were very active as parents when their children were attending Wayland. They served on many committees.
(IL) Circuit Court. She writes: “I graduated in May with my Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law, took the Bar Exam in July, received notice that I passed the exam October 1st, and on November 6th I will take the oath and be sworn into the Illinois Bar as a licensed attorney.” Steve Boucher `07 is an Admission Counselor at Marian Uni-
versity in Fond du Lac, WI. He writes: “After completing my Master’s Degree and coaching baseball at Lakeland College for three years, I decided to try a different challenge. Being able to continue to work with prospective college students and their families is a joy and a reason why I remained working in Higher Education.” Andrea Slosser `07 is enjoying life as a graduate student at
the University of Wyoming. She writes: “I’m in my first year of their Clinical Psychology PhD program, and I am working on my thesis proposal. I hope to continue to research older adults and geropsychology.” Nicholas Schaalma `08 is a Financial Advisor for Edward Jones
in Appleton, WI. Ashley Rauwolf `11 writes: “I live in Duluth, MN and work for
the Girl Scouts, which I love. I worked for them for two summers at Camp Roundelay.” Left to right: Nik Krueger `03, Chase Murphy `03, Jeff Boness `03, Stephanie Pardue, and Daccia Krueger Gerry `05
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Memoriam 1930s Verna Rose Glaesman Kellom `39 of Beaver Dam passed away on November 28, 2014. A graduate of Wayland Junior College, she returned to Wayland to work in the Office of the President. She married Emerson Kellom in 1944, and together they operated a successful farm and raised their family. Verna is survived by her children, Sherron, Gar, and Kay; her grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
Rev. Ray (Ted) Waldo Gustavus Bayley `39 of Oakwood Village, WI passed away on January 29, 2015. He was ordained a minister in 1945 and served in the John Knox Presbytery. Ray was a charter member of the Sauk Prairie Optimists, an Eagle Scout leader, and a volunteer in Nicaragua. For 55 years, on Christmas Eve, he played Santa Claus, visiting homes in Sauk Prairie. Ray is survived by his daughter, son, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
1940s Richard Smitz `48 of Palm Beach Gardens, FL passed away September 9, 2014. While at Wayland, Dick was a two-year member of the football team and the W Club.
Alan R. Clark `49 died December 3, 2014 with his loving family at his side. A graduate of Kalamazoo College, Alan’s adventurous life took him to the wilds of
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Alaska where he worked in a salmon cannery. Later, his career centered around sales – whether it was cheese, sporting goods, spices, seed, or flooring – he was the consummate salesman. His interests were as varied as his career. He was an avid reader, a collector of antiques and wildlife art, a terrific linksman, a sport fanatic, and crazy about his swims in Green Lake. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; sons, Gregg `77 and Christopher; a granddaughter, Elizabeth; sister, Betsy Frederick `47; and cousins, nephews, and nieces.
Jacqueline Kerr Dye `49 passed away on August 8, 2014 in Borrego Springs, CA. She was a beloved sister of Dr. William D. Kerr, Ms. Nancy G. Carroll and Dr. Gwyn Erwin; and a generous, involved aunt to 14 nieces and nephews, and 31 great-nieces and nephews. An acclaimed actress, she became a director and helped found the Gas Lamp Theater in San Diego. She spent the last 20 years of her life in Borrego Springs with her life partner, Dr. William McKinley. She will be greatly missed by her many friends around the world, including many Wayland classmates with whom she never lost contact.
Elisabeth “Betsy” Law Roberts `49, of Lake Forest, IL died January 19, 2015. After attending the University of Colorado, she married Theodore Harris Roberts and they had four children. She had eight grandchildren including Katherine Shank `08 and Theodore Shank `10, and a surviving brother. Betsy was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest and a volunteer at Lake Forest Hospital for more than 30 years.
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1950s Audrey Hechimovich `50 of Horicon, WI died January 13, 2014. Audrey married George C. Hechimovich on May 23, 1953 in Mayville, WI. She worked in the banking industry until she had children. Audrey was an active member of Sacred Heart Parish in Horicon. She is survived by her five sons, three sisters, 13 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Robert J. McFarland `52 of Cleveland, TN passed away November 21, 2014. He served his country in the United States Coast Guard from 1954-1962. Bob was also a banker for many years. Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Geneva Reid Blackwell McFarland; their children; his brother, Richard “Dick” McFarland `55; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Barbara Tews Budd `53 died peacefully on November 16, 2014 in Colorado Springs, CO. Barbara graduated with a BA in English from Smith College, married John Marshall Budd, Jr. and moved to Minneapolis to begin raising a family. She co-authored guidebooks about Minnesota and Colorado Springs and was a founding member of the Manitou Art Center. Barbara is survived by her husband of 57 years, four children, and three grandchildren. She is the sister of Robert Tews `52 and Joan Calder `50.
Janet Harris Connelly `54 passed away peacefully on September 21, 2014 after a short illness in Naples, FL. She worked as a teacher for some years and was very active in community organizations. She is survived by her brother, three children, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Joy Brown Guyer `56 passed away on November 16, 2014, with her family by her side in Raleigh, NC. Joy is survived by her devoted husband of 54 years, Gerald “Jerry” Guyer, three daughters and nine grandchil-
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dren. Joy had a loving, generous heart and believed in giving back to her church, family, school, and community. G. Lane Ware `57 died June 5, 2014, in Wausau, WI. He was President of the Ruder Ware Law Firm for 27 years and retired from the practice after 48 years in the profession. The list of the organizations he began or led as President included the Wisconsin State Bar, the Board of Governors, the Wisconsin Law Foundation, and the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association, among others. He is survived by his wife Linda, two children, three grandchildren, his brother, sister, and six nieces and nephews.
1960s William R. Davis `65, of Sugar Grove, IL passed away October 2, 2014. He was employed for many years at Bell Labs as a computer programmer. He was an avid golfer and will be missed by his loving family and close friends. William is survived by his mother, brother, sister, and his nieces and nephews.
1970s Paul Rottman `71 passed away on October 24, 2014. He is survived by the love of his life, Bridget, whom he married in 1981; his brother John Rottman `68; and many nieces and nephews. He played Big Deal in Wayland Academy’s rendition of West Side Story and could still sing all the words to “When You’re a Jet” – and he sounded good.
Charles R. Wagner `71 left this life in Tupelo, MS on October 2, 2014. As an accomplished guitar and banjo picker, he jammed with many bluegrass legends over the years, encouraging others who wanted to learn. Charley is survived by his wife, Catherine Riefler Wagner, brother Stephen Wagner `67, sister Amelia Wagner Clark `80, stepdaughter, two granddaughters, and two great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins including Timothy Wagner `69 and
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Joseph Wagner `71. Valerie Lenz Judd `72 of Austin, TX passed away on May 3, 2014. Upon graduation from Cornell College in 1976, she embarked on a 31-year career in marketing, advertising, and public relations. Val is survived by her partner, John Jankowski, her parents, her brother, numerous cousins, an aunt, and an uncle. Val will be remembered as a loving and loyal friend, a hardworking and dedicated professional, a talented and creative artist, and a fair and honest person.
John F. Schlicher `75 of Weston, WI died December 8, 2014. He was the son of Fred L. Schlicher `48 and the late Norma Schlicher. He taught at The Country Day School in Toledo, Ohio before returning to teach at Wayland Academy from 1987 until 1992. During this time John received his Masters Degree in Biology. John moved to Indiana and was employed by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. John loved teaching and after years as a Hazardous Materials Coordinator he returned to substitute teaching where he was a favorite among the students and the faculty. John is survived by his father, brother Jim Schlicher`78, and sister Sally Cintron `76. John is also survived by his nieces, nephews, and several cousins.
family includes his parents, sisters, grandmother, and grandfather. Anna-Marie Lietzau `05 passed away July 5, 2014 to be reunited with her adoring grandmother Kathleen A. Taylor. She is survived by her parents, her brother, and a beloved partner Chris Bonilla.
In Remembrance Neil Curtis Lofberg of Beaver Dam passed away December 24, 2014. He served on the board of trustees for Wayland Academy from 1984 to 1986. He was also on the board of directors for Beaver Dam YMCA and the Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce. Neil is survived by two children, Desiree Brush `82 and John Lofberg `86, and their mother; two grandchildren; two sisters; three brothers; as well as many nieces and nephews.
2000s Benjamin H. Skalla `03, of Niles, MI died on October 19, 2014. He graduated from The University of Chicago with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies. Throughout the years, he worked at Niles Precision Company. Recently, he was pursuing a career as a chef and loved to cook for his family. All remember him as a loving son, brother, grandson, and uncle. Surviving
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Wayland Academy is seeking alumni willing to be Class Correspondents. These individuals connect with their classmates, help keep Wayland connected with their class (with updated emails and addresses), share news and notes from their classmates, and help keep their class in the know about Wayland reunions and events.
Join the individuals below in helping your classmates and Wayland stay connected: 1949 Thelma Aslan Connor
1989 Amy Fisher
2008 Cassaundra Bails-McLeod
1956 Janet Sharp Turner
1994 Jim Downing
2008 Walter Burtis
1960 Susan Schmidt Hick
1996 Nikki Brown Huss
2009 Spencer Schumann
1963 Judy Ronin Scherb
1996 Trish Duez Martin
2011 Brooke Schumann
1964 Mick Maier
1997 Kristene Boucher
2014 Can Ozbalkan
1969 Burnett Sullivan
1999 Elizabeth Boucher Lee
1969 Dick Washburn
1999 Lee Marcheschi
1970 Sharon D’Arco
2002 Terrence Wilson
1973 Eric Gefvert
2002 Jordan Esten
1980 Cheryl Pivar
2003 Marjorie Warren Allen
1982 Mike Van Haren
2003 Adrell Bullock
1983 Eva Hartman Ptaschinski
2004 Elise Krause
1983 Joe Sackett
2005 John Miller
1985 Sam Sackett
2005 Alex Hodgdon
1986 Scott Posnanski
2006 Sam Radford
1987 John Devine
2007 Becky Tyson
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If you are interested in helping, please contact Kendall Vingua, Director of Alumni Relations at kvingua@wayland.org or 920.356.2120 x.224
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I Remember... For our next issue, we would love to hear memories of your favorite Wayland faculty and staff members. You can email the editor at amcdonnell@wayland.org or write to us at: Greetings Wayland Academy 101 N. University Ave. Beaver Dam, WI 53916
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