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m a u r i c e o . g r a f f d i s t i n g u i s h e d a l m u n i a w a r d Accepting differences Educator works to make sure human atrocities aren’t forgotten The Maurice O. Graff Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni who have achieved honor and distinction with recognition and reputations that extend well beyond the immediate environments in which they live and work. To nominate an alum visit: www.uwlalumni.org/ nominate.php 8 • u w - l a c r o s s e a l u m n u s • s u m m e r 2 0 0 8 By Brad Quarberg, ’85 She spent most of her life as an English teacher. Now she’s a Holocaust educator. Darryle (Damon) Clott, ’66 & ’71, planned a short unit on the Holocaust in her La Crescent (Minn.) High School English class in the ’90s. Eventually she stretched the unit out, became the founder of the school’s diversity day, and traveled to the Teachers’ Institute on Holocaust and Jewish Resistance in Poland and Israel where she talked with survivors and visited concentration camps. Less than a decade later, Clott — a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Fellow — has become one of the country’s leading educators about the Holocaust. She was chosen to represent the nation’s Holocaust educators in a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum video. A year later, she represented the nation’s Holocaust educators at the museum’s decade anniversary. Clott’s dedication to education doesn’t surprise any who know her. Former UW-L Chancellor Judith Kuipers remembers meeting Clott, who was serving as Alumni Association president at the time, shortly after she began as chancellor in 1991. “I was immediately struck by her almost unbelievable knowledge, enthusiasm and passion for her role as a public school teacher,” recalls Kuipers. “Here was a professional who believed all of her students had great capacity to learn and, holding each of them to the highest academic standards, made them believe it as well.” Since retiring from secondary education in 2004, Clott has extended her classroom to include students at Viterbo University in La Crosse, as well as the 7 Rivers Region. “Holocaust survivors are dying and I want my students and the community to have the opportunity to see survivors and hear their stories firsthand,” Clott explains. “I believe that to meet Holocaust survivors is to touch history.” Clott has helped the La Crosse area touch history by bringing Holocaust victims to the area. Among them, Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel and Emmy Award winner Gerda Weissmann Klein have visited. In fall 2008, Clott has scheduled Rwandan Genocide survivor Immaculee Ilibagiza to share her story. “I understand that the phrase, ‘Never Again,’ that became popular after the Holocaust rings hollow,” Clott notes. “Unfortunately, genocide continues all over the world and as a Holocaust educator I always include lessons on these other atrocities.” Clott says during his visit, Wiesel encouraged her to continue educating about the Holocaust as long as she is able. She plans to do that. “I am very proud of the fact that I have helped develop an interest in our community to become more knowledgeable about the understanding of the life circumstances of others in order to promote great peace and justice in the world,” says Clott. The Darryle Clott File • Holocaust educator; U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Fellow. • Dedicated lifetime teacher, learner and advocate for peace, justice and acceptance of people’s differences. • Brought numerous Holocaust survivors to La Crosse for presentations. Founder of the Midwest Holocaust Education Consortium. • High school English teacher and forensics coach in La Crescent, Minn., 1978-2004. Instructor at Viterbo University since 2003. • Earned two degrees from UW-L: bachelor’s in English and history, 1966; master’s in history, 1971. • Wife of Marv Clott; mother of Hans and Aimee.
t h e m u l t i c u l t u r a l a l u m n i a w a r d An excelling educator Bernadette Lawson-Williams shares a passion for life The BerNadette Lawson- Williams File • President and CEO of Blossom Sport and Consulting, Columbia, S.C. since 2005 • Chair and assistant professor of the health and human performance department at Johnson C. Smith University • Named to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2006. National Health and Fitness Association Young Professional Award, 2002. South Carolina State University Department of Health and Physical Education Teacher of the Year Award, 1999 and 2000. South Carolina State University School of Education Award of Excellence 1999. • Earned a master’s in exercise and sport science from UW-L in 1997. Also hold a bachelor’s in physical education from South Carolina State University (1995) and a doctor of sport management from the U.S. Sports Academy (2002). By Brad Quarberg, ’85 It’s hard to give BerNadee Lawson-Williams a oneword job title. It’s easier to give her many — teacher, leader, mentor, author and cheerleader — among others. Lawson-Williams, ’97, was the rst student from South Carolina State University to head to UW-L for a master’s degree in exercise and sport science. And, she’s seen to it that she’s not the last. Lawson-Williams’ success in La Crosse has opened the door for at least eight more to earn master’s degrees at UW-L. When Lawson-Williams returned to her alma mater aer earning her UW-L degree, she taught in South Carolina’s health and physical education department. In her roles as teacher and leader, she designed and developed two degree options in the department: sport communication and physical activity management. ey added to the department’s only major, teaching of physical education, and have quickly grown to become the department’s most popular options. A member of South Carolina State University’s cheerleading squad while a student, Lawson-Williams also lead the Physical Education Majors Club. She renewed that enthusiasm when she returned to teach, serving as assistant coach for the varsity cheerleading squad. Lawson-Williams honed her mentorship roles through a grant to implement an aer-school physical activity and mentoring program for female adolescents. e program had a great impact on her undergraduate student employees, not to mention adolescents in the program. Aer a conversation with a friend, Lawson-Williams added to her author role. She and friend Tracie omas wrote “I Don’t Mean to Smash Your Tomatoes, Honey!: A Glimpse at Life’s Perspectives from A-Z.” e book features essays from 13 writers who provide savvy solutions to many of the dilemmas encountered daily by professionals of all ages and genders. “Dr. Lawson-Williams truly cares about her students and has a respect for them that is rarely seen in the profession,” says Barry Frishberg, professor at South Carolina State University. “She lives with the passion to improve her students’ lives both in and outside the classroom.” The Multicultural Alumni Award recognizes outstanding multicultural alumni who have graduated from UW-L. To nominate an alum visit: www.uwlalumni.org/ nominate.php u w - l a c r o s s e a l u m n u s • s u m m e r 2 0 0 8 • 9
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