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in the Jesuit Tradition

Mass of the Holy SpiritRockhurst President the Rev. Edward Kinerk, S.J., blesses the congregation at the Mass of theHoly Spirit, held on the campus quadrangle Sept. 6. Rockhurst joins other Jesuit universitiesand high schools in opening the academic year with the Mass.CreditsRockhurst, the magazine of Rockhurst University, is published by the Office of Public Relations and Marketing.Executive Director Rosita Elizalde-McCoyEditor and Director of Media Relations Katherine FrohoffAssistant Editor Kate FischerCreative Director and Cover Design Dave von FintelDesign Cindy Himmelberg, Smith Lamar & Associates LLCContributing WritersPhoto CreditsPeter Bicak, Ph.D.; Barbara R. Bodengraven; Anne Fischer;Thomas Lyon, Ph.D.; Bobby O’Connor; Jamie Sievering;Michael Tansey, Ph.D.; Julie VarnerBarbara R. Bodengraven: Page 8 (top)Joe Boeckholt: Back coverRoy Inman: Page 14 (right)Mark McDonald: Inside front cover, Pages 5, 11,14 (bottom), 25 (left), 28 (bottom), 29 (top)Craig Sands: Pages 3 (top), 10Erika Yops: Page 6

Contents…ROCKHURSTT HE M AGAZINE OF R OCKHURST U NIVERSITY FALL 2001featuresdepartmentson the cover12 Leadership in theJesuit TraditionWhat, exactly, is “Leadership in the JesuitTradition”? Thomas Lyon, Ph.D., exploresa key component of the University motto.16 We’re WatchingWhat has had the greatest impact on themodern American presidency? Could it betelevision? Peter Bicak, Ph.D., takes a look.21 Portraits of LeadershipArt depicting history’s leaders can show usmore than the proper way to wear a toga.Michael Tansey, Ph.D., guides us on arevealing tour.2 Rockhurst Report9 Hawk Talk24 For Alumni26 Advancement Digest30 Class Notes121621Rockhurst encourages its students to discover and develop their gifts of leadership. The University itself also has a richtradition of leaders. The cover of this issue of Rockhurst magazine salutes the men at the top — Rockhurst presidents.Key: 1. The Rev. Michael P. Dowling, S.J., 1910-15; 2. The Rev. Aloysius A. Breen, S.J., 1915-18; 3. The Rev. John A.Weiand, S.J., 1918-24; 4. The Rev. Arthur D. Spillard, S.J., 1924-28; 5. The Rev. William P. Manion, S.J., 1928-33;6. The Rev. Daniel H. Conway, S.J., 1933-40; 7. The Rev. William H. McCabe, S.J., 1940-45; 8. The Rev. Thomas M.Knapp, S.J., 1945-51; 9. The Rev. Maurice E. Van Ackeren, S.J., 1951-77; 10. The Rev. Robert F. Weiss, S.J., 1977-88;11. The Rev. Thomas J. Savage, S.J., 1988-96; 12. The Rev. Peter B. Ely, S.J., 1996-97; 13. The Rev. Edward Kinerk, S.J.,1998-present. In addition, Janet Watson Sheeran, Ph.D., (not pictured) served as interim president from 1997-98.

RockhurstreportTotally TiedAs a former student of Dr. Moran’s,I enjoyed seeing the photographof him with his children published inthe Spring/Summer issue of Rockhurstmagazine. I believe, however, thatmy husband, Dennis Kellerman, ’73,can claim a few more ties to theUniversity. Dennis is one of eightbrothers who graduated fromRockhurst: Larry, ’69; Bob, ’70;Dennis, ’73; Pat, ’75; Steve, ’77;Brian, ’81; Tim, ’83; and Sean, ’85.Pat is married to Jo Ellen Apsley, ’75,and two of their three childrencurrently attend Rockhurst: Seanna,’02, and Lauren, ’03. Steve’s son,Randy, ’03, also is a student. Dennismarried me, Elaine Meyer Kellerman,’80. My uncle, John Hill, ’42, was aphysics professor at Rockhurst formany, many years. So, in answer tothe question, “How many ties do youhave to Rockhurst?,” Dennis’ answerwould be 14!Sincerely,Elaine Kellerman, ’80S PRING/SUMMER 2001Rockhurst Rises in theU.S. News RankingsRockhurst rose two notches tobe named No. 13 in theMidwest Universities Master’s categoryin U.S. News & World Report’s 2002rankings. The rankings are based onacademic reputation and statisticssuch as graduation and retention rates,faculty resources, student selectivityand class sizes.“This offers an independentconfirmation that our efforts toconsistently improve the quality ofour academic offerings and serviceto students have been successful,”said the Rev. Edward Kinerk, S.J.,president of Rockhurst University.Thanks for Your FeedbackAbig thanks goes to the randomlyselected Rockhurst magazinereaders who took time earlier thisyear to respond to a survey requestingfeedback about the publication. Theresults helped us develop the storylist for this issue.The majority of the respondents,who were not asked to include theirname, characterized themselves asRockhurst alumni who had receivedundergraduate degrees, live in theKansas City area and are not highlyinvolved with Rockhurst. Most saidtheir primary source of news aboutthe University is Rockhurst magazine.The overwhelming majority ofrespondents either agreed or stronglyagreed with the statement, “I findRockhurst magazine visually appealing.”They also agreed or stronglyagreed that the magazine reflects wellon the University.The survey revealed the majority ofreaders enjoy the feature articles, classnotes, alumni news and profiles, andthe general news section, RockhurstReport. Respondents said theywould like to read more about faculty,Rockhurst news, students, newacademic programs, and missionand values.In this issue you’ll find a newcolumn that features a short facultyprofile, an article on leadership in theJesuit tradition, an introduction toRockhurst’s newest chemistry facultymember, a news brief about a newmaster of education program and alook at this year’s freshman class.As always, we hope to hear fromyou about how well the magazine ismeeting your needs and interests.Send your comments to:Katherine FrohoffOffice of Public Relationsand MarketingRockhurst University1100 Rockhurst RoadKansas City, MO 64110-2561katherine.frohoff@rockhurst.eduROCKHURST2

School of Management Renamed in Honor of HelzbergsIn honor of a recent gift to theUniversity from Barnett and ShirleyHelzberg, the School of Managementwas renamed the Helzberg School ofManagement. The formal renamingtook place at an Oct. 17 dedicationceremony.Barnett Helzberg, who retiredin 1995 as chairman of HelzbergDiamond Shops Inc., has served asadjunct professor in the School ofManagement for 10 years, teachingcourses in management andentrepreneurship. Shirley Helzbergis a co-chair of Rockhurst’s capitalcampaign, “Excellence in the City.”Both have been long-time friendsof the University, sharing a specialconnection with past president theRev. Thomas Savage, S.J.“We are enormously proud tohave the Helzberg name associatedwith the Rockhurst School ofManagement,” said RockhurstPresident the Rev. Edward Kinerk.Barnett and Shirley Helzberg“The Helzberg name is synonymouswith business ethics, entrepreneurshipand community leadership, whichare qualities we seek to instill in ourgraduates. This association willhelp strengthen our School ofManagement’s image as one of thepremier schools in the Midwest.”Rockhurst Names Interim DeanNot only does the Helzberg School of Managementhave a new name, it also has a new interim dean.John R. Darling, Ph.D., will head the school until thesearch committee finds a permanent dean.Darling replaces Earl Walker, Ph.D., who accepted aposition as dean of business administration and the RobertA. Jolley Chairholder at the Citadel in Charleston, S.C.Darling has an extensive background in educationaladministration, including serving as president of PittsburgState University, chancellor of Louisiana State University inShreveport, provost and vice president for academic affairsat Mississippi State and vice president for academic affairsand research at Texas Tech University. He also has heldmanagement positions with J.C. Penney and BusinessResearch Associates, and provided consulting for AT&T,Citibank, Delta Airlines, Ford, Holiday Inn and TexasInstruments, as well as numerous foreign organizations.During the past year, Darlinghas served as distinguishedvisiting professor in the HelzbergSchool of Management. His areasof scholarly expertise includeinternational business, internationaltrade and managerial leadership.He is widely recognized as an expertin strategic international marketingand decision making.He holds a Ph.D. in marketing John R. Darling, Ph.D.from the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees incommerce and business administration from the Universityof Alabama at Tuscaloosa.3 FALL 2001

Professorship Aims to AttractWomen to ChemistryClare Boothe Luce — who fashioneda lengthy career that included anumber of professional disciplines —was born in 1903, a time whenmany doors were closed to women.Through her legacy, Rockhurst hopesto inspire more female students tomajor in chemistry.As the result of a grant totalingmore than $365,000 from the HenryLuce Foundation, Rockhurst hasawarded Mary Ann Lee, Ph.D., theClare Boothe Luce Professorship inchemistry.Through her estate, Luce establishedthe professorship program toencourage women to enter, study,graduate and teach in science,engineering and mathematics.Lee is currently the only femaletenure-track chemistry member atRockhurst and, as such, realizes herpotential to become a role modelfor students.“It’s good for both womenand men to see female Ph.D.s inchemistry,” Lee said. “If you only seemales in certain roles, you tend tothink that’s who should be doingthose things.”Lee graduated from Rockhurstin 1995 and earned her Ph.D. inanalytical chemistry in 1999 fromthe University of Kansas. She laterwas a postdoctoral fellow at the KUMed Center.This fall, Lee began teachinggeneral chemistry and instrumentalanalysis at Rockhurst. The professorshipwill allow her to devote summersto research.Lee says she hopes to provide thesame kind of mentoring to youngwomen that she received throughouther educational career, including thatof Reva Servoss, Ph.D.,professor emeritus ofchemistry at Rockhurst.Lee says thatwith a school the sizeof Rockhurst, theimpact on studentscan be greater becauseof the emphasis onhelping to developeach student’s potential.“Here you haveclasses of 15 to 30students in a generalchemistry class,” Leesaid. “That’s not theway it is at a bigschool. Students havemore opportunitiesto realize their goalsat a smaller school.”Lee’s research is focused on usingspecialized technology to gain moreinsight into how diseases of the retinaMary Ann Lee, Ph.D.progress. She plans for two students toassist her each summer as recipients ofdean’s research fellowships.Rockhurst Offers New Master of EducationThe American Council on Education recently issued a report thatemphasized the impending national shortage of teachers and estimatedthe need to educate 2.5 million teachers over the next 10 years. Rockhurst ishelping to address this problem by introducing a master of education program,which began accepting students this fall.The M.Ed. program, which is structured around a core curriculum thatemphasizes five key areas pertaining to the work of teachers, offers two tracks.The first prepares students to become certified to teach business, English,French, mathematics, social science or unified science at the secondary level.The second track provides an emphasis in literacy studies. This track isdesigned for certified teachers who are seeking a deeper understanding of thecornerstone of all teaching.“We want to offer working professionals a degree option that accommodatestheir schedules, but doesn’t sacrifice the high academic standards that characterizea Jesuit education,” said Timothy Glander, Ph.D., associate professor and chairof the Department of Education. The new program aims to more fully integrateteacher education activities with other units and departments on campus,which also is consistent with the Jesuit educational philosophy.Applications are accepted throughout the year and students are able to enterthe program in the fall, spring or summer semesters. Classes are held duringevening hours and some distance learning opportunities will become available.5 FALL 2001

RockhurstreportRecovery Is Campuswide EffortAstunned Rockhurst campus joined the rest of the nation Sept. 11 in grievingfor the lives lost in the terrorist attacks on our country. Students, facultyand staff organized several activities to offer support in response to the tragedy:• Campus Ministry held two special prayer services to remember thevictims, their families, our nation’s leaders and relief personnel. The Rev.Edward Kinerk, S.J., led both services, which focused on the mantra, “Lead usfrom hate to love, from violence to peace.” The first service, arranged just hoursafter the attack, included excerpts from the Qur’an and the Bible, a readingof the poem “Let There be Light,” by Frances W. Davis, and the singing of“Let There be Peace on Earth.” The second service, on Sept. 18, includeda reading of words by Mahatma Gandhi and closed with the singing of“America the Beautiful.”• Student Development staff members were available for students whoneeded spiritual or emotional support. The Counseling Center sent out aninformational e-mail to faculty and staff discussing the variety of emotionalreactions to expect from students and how the Rockhurst community could besupportive to them and one another.• A record number of students donated blood at a blood drive sponsoredby Residence Life, Community Blood Center and Student Senate. The Sept. 18drive collected 65 donations, including 38 from first-time donors.• Members of the Rockhurst community sent words of support in letters,cards and banners to Jesuit parishes, high schools, colleges and universities inNew York and Washington, D.C.• Student organizations collected donations for the American Red Cross.• The Office of Multicultural Affairs met with all international students todiscuss safety concerns.• Director of Campus Ministry Maureen Henderson wrote an essay titled“Lead Us From Hate to Love, From Violence to Peace” to help the Rockhurstcommunity cope with the variety of emotions prompted by the violence.Living andLearningWhether you want to increaseyour knowledge or share yourknowledge, you have a valuableresource at your service — theRockhurst Office of Lifelong Learning.Launched last year under theaegis of the College of Arts andSciences, the office is the primaryvehicle for the University’s efforts toenhance personal and professionalcontinuing education for alumni andthe community at large. A samplingof courses offered this fall includesComputerized Grant Seeking,Silversmithing, classes in foreignlanguage proficiency and a science/math/technology series for teachersfeaturing timely topics such as theHuman Genome Project.The office’s mission is to beflexible and responsive to the evolvingneeds and interests of the community.Its offerings can be for credit ornoncredit and may vary in time froman evening presentation to a weekendor weeklong workshop, to a regularcourse that meets intermittentlythroughout a semester. Sessions couldbe held on campus, at a work site,at the Rockhurst south campus oron the Web.“We’re looking to expand evenfurther the range of courses we offer,”said Mary Jo Coughlin, director ofLifelong Learning. “To do this, we’dlike to call on Rockhurst alumni to letus know what educational needsthey’ve identified in their workplaces.“Also, we want to draw on thewealth of talents and knowledge ouralumni have by inviting them to callus with ideas for workshops they’reinterested in presenting.”For more information, contactthe Office of Lifelong Learning at(816) 501-4164. For a currentschedule of course offerings, visitwww.rockhurst.edu, and click intoCenters/Special Programs, or e-maillifelonglearning@rockhurst.edu.ROCKHURST6

Students Explore Religion and Science TopicsCan questions of science impingeon theology? What models havephilosophers used to explain therelationship between science andreligion? Is evolution thought to bea threat to religion?These are only a few of the topicsstudents are discussing this semesterin “Religion and Science,” taught byBrendan Sweetman, Ph.D., associateprofessor of philosophy.Through an internationalcompetition, Sweetman was awardeda grant for the course from theCenter for Theology and the NaturalSciences, an international nonprofitorganization affiliated with theGraduate Theological Union inBerkeley, Calif. The center promotesthe creative interaction betweentheology and the natural sciencesthrough research, teaching and publicservice. Money for the center’s awardscomes from a grant by the JohnTempleton Foundation.One of the primary goals of thecourse, Sweetman said, is to helpstudents become informed thinkersabout the variety of issues surroundingreligion and science.“The Jesuit educational traditioncalls for students to be informedso they can discuss these issuesintelligently.”Guest lecturers from thedepartments of biology, physics, andtheology and religious studies havecontributed to classroom discussions.In addition to the Rockhurstgrant, the center awarded 99 grants touniversities across the United Statesand throughout the world. The grantalso will fund additional efforts topromote the discussion of scienceand religion on campus.retro rockhurstMay 17, 1954, was a big day for Rockhurst. Several dignitaries, including Gen. Carlos Romulo, Filipino diplomat andauthor, were on hand for the groundbreaking of Massman Hall and the second annual Rockhurst Day. During hislengthy career, Romulo served as secretary of foreign affairs for the Philippines, ambassador to the United States andpresident of the United Nations General Assembly. (From left: Rockhurst President the Rev. Maurice Van Ackeren, S.J.,Carlos Romulo and Mrs. Romulo)7 FALL 2001

RockhurstreportFaculty, Staff Witness Life on the BorderRenee Michael, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, draws water from an outdoor well.That 12 Rockhurst faculty and staff traveled to El Paso,Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, last May is not the story.That millions of people are living in poverty on substandardwages in sight of the richest nation in the world is.It is the story of struggle and suffering of the poor onthe U.S./Mexico border, where two worlds and culturescollide. And it is the story of Rockhurst graduate RubenGarcia, ’69, who founded Annunciation House in El Paso,Texas, 30 years ago to lend a modicum ofhealing and hospitality to the “illegal aliens” andunwanted poor. In the intervening years, Garcia’soriginal “hospitality house” has grown toencompass four different shelters for thedispossessed on both sides of the border.As one of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universitiesacross the country, Rockhurst University hastaken seriously the recent mandate of the Rev.Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., superior general of theSociety of Jesus, to “educate the whole person insolidarity with the real world.” The University’sregents have made it a priority to fund trips suchas the one to El Paso and Juarez for the purposeof tackling the harder issues facing the world andthe Church today. For the 12 Rockhurst facultyand staff who met with economic and politicalrefugees and toured facilities maintained by theImmigration and Naturalization Service, experiencingthe inequality of life on the U.S./Mexico border was onlythe beginning.“Those who participated in this trip returned toRockhurst with many ideas for integrating issues of socialjustice into campus life,” said University President the Rev.Edward Kinerk, S.J. “They will be excellent mentors forour students who will also make similar trips.”Class of 2005 Breaks the MoldFor the first time in Rockhurst’shistory, the male/female ratio isexactly 50 percent among freshmen.Here are some other facts:The Finucane Service Project, held the Sunday before classes started, gave freshmen a chanceto get acquainted.Total freshmen: 296Males/females: 50/50Ethnicity: 16% minorityReligious preference: 72% Catholic28% otherHome States: Missouri, Kansas,Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa,Colorado, Illinois, Wyoming,Texas, Georgia, Indiana,WisconsinHome Countries: USA, Cameroon,France, Japan, IndiaROCKHURST8

HawktalkNew Women’s Basketball CoachLooks Forward to SuccessWhen the opportunity to coachbasketball full time at Rockhurstbecame available, Rebecca Morriseyfaced having to choose between herpassion for coaching and her devotionto teaching.“I always wanted to do one or theother full time,” she said. “There’s notenough time to do both as well asyou’d like to. I love coaching. That’smy calling.”Morrisey is new to Rockhurstbut not to coaching, and certainly notRebecca Morriseyto the sport of basketball. She has alifetime worth of experience balancingsports and educational responsibilities.For 18 years, Morrisey has beenteaching and coaching at the highschool level in Leavenworth, Kan.,and Spearville, Kan. She says she wasa teacher first, and that sports was anatural avenue for her to pursue.“Academics was always first in myhousehold,” she said.Morrisey received her bachelor’sdegree in mathematics from St. Maryof the Plains College in Dodge City,Kan., and went on to earn hermaster’s degree in educationaladministration from BenedictineCollege in Atchinson, Kan. Sincethen, she had served as assistantprincipal at Leavenworth High School.While head coach at LeavenworthHigh School, her 1996 “Cinderella”team finished fourth in the 6A StateChampionships and beat twoundefeated, toprankingteams inthe last three weeksof the season.“The biggestthrill in the worldis doing somethingpeople don’t thinkyou can do,” shesaid. “There’snothing like that.Sports give peoplethe opportunityto sometimesoverachieve.”Morrisey herselfknows how tooverachieve. Shehas several statechampionships underher belt, and, in1990, she was KansasCoach of the Year.“I enjoy sharing with groups ofkids what was shared with me,”Morrisey said. “I like having theopportunity to watch them becomesuccessful and feel like I helped.”With her sons, Adam, 20, andChristopher, 19, away at college, andher daughter, Erin, 14, busy with herown high school sports and activities,Morrisey saw this as a good time fortransition to the college level.“I believe that God leads you towhere you’re supposed to be.”Hawks VolleyballSees Stellar StartTo say the Rockhurst volleyballteam’s season ended in anunfulfilling fashion last year wouldbe an understatement. The LadyHawks compiled a 38-1 record andfinished 18th in the nation last year.Nevertheless, they were not invited toparticipate in post-season play. Thebitter taste left in their mouths seemsto have been lost as the Lady Hawkshave ripped through the 2001 season.Rockhurst consistently hasmaintained a spot in the top 20during 2001 and has compiled animpressive early-season record.Tremendous experience in the startinglineup is responsible.“We are deeper than last year’s38-1 team,” said coach Tracy Rietzke.“We have upper-class leadership andsome good new players.”Included in the team success havebeen personal accolades. Sophomoreoutside hitter Jessica Shepler, a KansasCity, Kan., native, garnered the nod asthe Division II volleyball player of theweek Sept. 2-8.Much of the Lady Hawks’ successcan be attributed to the leadership ofsenior setter Kara Brown. (See storyon page 11.) The setter, comparable tothe quarterback in football or the pointguard in basketball, is the floor leader.Brown, a four-year starter, is anAll-American candidate.“There is no doubt in my mindthat Kara is an exceptional setter,” saidRietzke. “A key for any team.”Ashley Rawie, a senior whotransferred from Johnson CountyCommunity College last season, isproviding the offensive spark the LadyHawks need. She is among the teamleaders in kills and hitting percentage.The prospects for the rest of 2001seem bright. The Lady Hawks hope tosolidify a spot in the NCAA DivisionII post-season tournament, as theyhave two out of the last three seasons.9 FALL 2001

HawktalkFreshmen Add Depth to Hawks SoccerAtotal turnaround from season to season in sports isnot incredibly common. That is what makes the LadyHawks’ performance this year so impressive. Last year’steam finished a disappointing season at 8-11 while thisyear’s squad has been dominating opponents, including a9-0 win against AugustanaCollege (S.D.) Sept. 16.“Physically we can runwith anybody,” said assistantcoach Rob Cummings. “Wejust need to come out readyto play at all times.”The improvement fromlast year has been dramatic.Through seven gamesRockhurst had cashed in 17goals. Last year’s team hadonly 20 all season.Team newcomers haveprovided the boost neededto become a winningsquad. Freshman MichelleSmith has contributed ateam-leading seven goals.Freshmen Molly Wiman andKelly Abbot also have addedscoring punch.“We have recruitedgood players and our otheryoung players have matureda lot,” said Cummings.“We are a much more closelyknit team than before.”This is the third year atRockhurst for Cummingsand head coach GregHerdlick. By far, it has themakings to be their mostsuccessful.The Lady Hawks showed a strong start with an early season win overNortheastern State University (Okla.).“Each year since we have been here we have gottenmore players to fit our scheme,” said Cummings. “This isour second recruiting class and that is why it is strongerthan last year’s.”The Lady Hawks’ counterparts, the Rockhurst men,have not experienced quiteas much success. They are,however, developing asound foundation forthe future.The Rockhurst lineupis laden with freshmen.Freshmen forwards TommyBecks and Darren Rahehave been mainstays in thestarting lineup along withdefenders Brian Chastainand Corey Schulte. Rahehas booted four goals andBecks has three, good forfirst and second on theteam. A freshman, AdrianWinnubst, has been forcedto do the goalkeeping forthe Hawks because of aseason-ending injury tosenior Luke Denney.“We are playing aload of freshmen,” saidcoach Tony Tocco. “Theplayers are starting toknow each other and playtogether. They’re startingto make the transition tocollege soccer.”Christopher Ulrich, ’05 (left), is one of several freshmen shaping Hawkssoccer this season.ROCKHURST 10

She’s on a Leadership RollIn football there is the quarterback.Basketball has the point guard.Senior Kara Brown’s role for theRockhurst volleyball team is comparableto both of these. She is the setterfor the Lady Hawks. Her job is todirect traffic on the court and lead herteam to victory.Brown has been starting since herfreshman year. It was a difficult challengefor her to step in as a freshmanand be expected to be the floor leader.“It is a lot easier to direct thingson the floor now that I am older,” saysBrown. “I am much more comfortablenow because of what I have beenthrough and experienced with theteam. It took me until the beginningof my sophomore year before I reallyfelt comfortable with my position.”The Lady Hawks performance inBrown’s last three years has beentremendous. She has led her team to a121-5 record and a spot in theregional playoffs two out of the lastthree years.Brown hails from Jacksonville,Ill., a small town outside Springfield.She chose Rockhurst, not quiteknowing what to expect.“I just heard what people toldme,” said Brown. “I heard it had agood academic reputation and I knewit had a good volleyball program. Ihad no idea when I came in that Iwould have a chance to start as afreshman though. The setter positionwas up for grabs when I came in.”Brown garnered an importantaward last year from Coach TracyRietzke and assistant Roger Hawver.She was given the hustle award bythe staff.“The thing I will most rememberabout my time at Rockhurst will bethe relationships I have made,” saidBrown. “I have built friendshipswith teachers and teammates that Iwouldn’t have hadwithout sports.”On Sept. 11Rockhurst traveledto Illinois to faceLewis University.The game was verysignificant for Brownbecause it was playedin Jacksonville ather high schoolgymnasium.“It was fun tohave all the peoplethere watching,” saidBrown. “It felt weirdto be playing therewith a differentteam. It was nice tohave all the support,but I was a littleKara Brown, ’02nervous because I hadn’t played infront of my hometown for four years.”Brown, a math and educationdouble major, is a stellar student. Shebalances volleyball with a 3.4 GPA.She hopes to teach and coach inthe future.“My schedule is much morestructured during volleyball,” saidBrown. “I have to stay organized toget things done. My teachers havebeen very helpful in working with me.It is tough, but if you stay on top, itis fine.”Brown’s goal for her team thisyear should be achievable consideringtheir past dominance.“I would just like to end on agood note,” said Brown, “whether wemake the playoffs or just play hard asa team and, of course, have fun.”11 FALL 2001

LEADERSHIPINTHEIgnatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of JesusJESUITTRADITIONROCKHURST 12

Stories of his charisma, his ability to sayand do the right thing, are legendary.There’s the time he went to a prospectivedonor’s home to ask for a gift to Rockhurst,ended up at the wrong house, yet left with acheck anyway. The fact that the Universityflourished, rather than foundered, as he oversawits transition to a coeducational institution isitself a testament to his leadershipability. His initiative in takingthe Rockhurst mission beyondthe campus borders earned himthe Mr. Kansas City award fromthe Chamber of Commerce.Many Rockhurst alumni,respected business leaders andadmirable Jesuit priests come tomind when I think about a rolemodel of Jesuit leadership. Butone goes to the top of my list —the Rev. Maurice Van Ackeren,S.J., past president and chancellorof Rockhurst. I was fortunate tohave had the benefit of Fr. Van’sdirection and counsel when I wasa student at Rockhurst, as analumnus, and later as a facultymember and administrator. Fr. Vanwas the epitome of leadership forothers. In my opinion, and thatof many alumni and civic leaders,he was the prime example of anIgnatian leader.Fr. Van could interact wellwith anyone. He was always inattendance at memorial servicesfor the important and the importantin his estimation,which included everyonehe ever met. He wasactive in civic groups.He was visible. He wasavailable to business people. The startup of theExecutive Fellows MBA was easy due to hisinfluence in the community. He had the rightvalues. He was open to all. He was a humbleleader who hobnobbed with important decisionmakersin the city, but he would also spend timewith those in great spiritual, emotional andHeardfrequentlyaroundRockhurst,it’s partof theshorthandwe use todescribe theuniversitymission.But what,exactly, is“Leadershipin the JesuitTradition?”By Thomas Lyon, Ph.D.Professor of Financephysical need. He did what he did for others —not for himself. He was always involved inleadership activities. He knew how to coalescepeople around important issues and he wasasked to play that role many times in KansasCity. He knew how to bring people together.He did things for the right reasons — becausethey were the right things to do. His valueswere always right. He was easyto admire.In the 16th century, Ignatiusof Loyola had a clear missionfor the schools he and hisdisciples would found: To formleaders who would carry forthinto their personal and professionallives a mission of serviceto others. Ignatius wrote to anassociate: “The Society hopesby means of its ministry ofeducation to pour into thesocial order capable leaders innumbers large enough to leavenit effectively for good.”Leadership DefinedLeadership has manydefinitions. But, recurring themesemerge. John Gardner, a notedleadership author, states thatgoal setting and motivating arethe two key tasks at the heart ofleadership. Maximilien FrancoisRobespierre credits leaders withtwo important characteristics.First, leaders are goingsomewhere; second, they areable to persuade otherpeople to go with them.According to OrwayTead, leadership is theactivity of influencingpeople to cooperate toward some goal they cometo find desirable and that motivates them overthe long haul.Gardner identifies important tasks of leadership:envisioning goals, affirming and regeneratingvalues, motivating, achieving workable unity,building trust, explaining, serving as a symbol,13 FALL 2001

Photo courtesyof James Biever.representing the group, renewing and — even attimes — managing. Management and leadershipshould not be confused with each other. Theyare different activities, but they overlap attimes. Management generally is defined as theplanning, organizing, staffing, directing andcontrolling of an organization or activity.When Gardner includes management as atask of leadership, he focuses on those aspects ofleadership that describe higher-level managingwith which leaders sometimes need to be involved.They include planning and priority setting, keepingthe system functioning, organization and institutionbuilding, agenda setting and decision making,and exercising politicaljudgment. Leadership isconcerned with visionand motivation, whilemanagement is concernedwith organizing andimplementing. Bothactivities are important,and successful leaders attract good managersand implementers through development of ashared vision.In the Helzberg School of Management, wedefer argument about the “right” definition anduse the following as a general guide to ouractions: Leadership is the ability of an individualor team to knowledgeably envision an appropriategoal and influence others to achieve it in aresponsible manner. We also use processes andactivities that aid in development of leadershipcapacity in our students. A few of the most notedare action learning, mentoring and coaching,feedback and self-awareness, and exposure tosenior leaders and strategic discussion.The Helzberg School of Management isproud to be part of Rockhurst University andthe Jesuit leadership heritage and culture. TheJesuit leadership-development process has adistinguished history of developing leaders ofcompetence and conscience. Peter Drucker, anoted author on leadership and management,listed the foundingof the Jesuit orderas one of thetop 100 eventsshaping modernorganizations andsociety. Druckersays the Jesuitphilosophy ofaction andreflection and theresulting focus onperformance andresults that thisproduced explainswhy the Jesuitorder dominatedEurope within 30 years of itsfounding.(Clockwise, from top left) Legendary Green Bay Packers coach VinceLombardi, a 1937 graduate of Fordham University, said leaders are made,not born. Jesuit leaders at Rockhurst have included past presidents theRev. Maurice Van Ackeren, S.J., and the Rev. Thomas Savage, S.J.The tradition continues with President the Rev. Edward Kinerk, S.J., shownwith Nigel Encalada, ’01.Set in StoneThe importance of the RockhurstUniversity motto is underlined by itsinscription on the new campus belltower, erected in 2000. The mottoreads: Learning, Leadership andService in the Jesuit Tradition.Rockhurst University Presidentthe Rev. Edward Kinerk, S.J.,employs the four steps of Ignatius’Spiritual Exercises to explain whydeveloping “leaders for others”is a hallmark of Jesuit education.ROCKHURST 14

BECOMING A LEADERIf you’re interested in honing your leadership skills, Rockhurst has a number of resourcesto get you started. Here are a few:• Center for Leadership. Established last year as part of the School of Management,the center offers as its core program a seminar titled “Leadership Values and Creating aPositive Culture.” Call (816) 501-3546, or visit www.rockhurst.edu and click intoCenters/Special Programs.• National Seminars Group. This wholly owned subsidiary of Rockhurst providesa variety of seminars throughout the country on leadership-related topics. In addition, theRockhurst Leadership Forum section of the NSG Web site posts helpful articles for managers.Visit www.nsg.com.• Information Technology Leadership Program. This not-for-credit program seeksto improve managerial leadership of technology. Executives and managers learn how toleverage technology for growth. Call (816) 501-3546 or visit www.rockhurst.edu and clickinto Centers/Special Programs.• Information Systems and Knowledge Management. This new academic programis offered as a track within the MBA program, or a concentration within the undergraduatebusiness administration program. It seeks to prepare leaders for the complexities of applyinginformation systems and knowledge management to more fundamental managerial strategies.For more information, call (816) 501-4084.To paraphrase the four steps:1) We all have gifts and talents. We firstcome to recognize that we have them and thatthey are gifts. We did not earn them.2) We must take responsibility for our giftsand talents. We must recognize, too, that wehave a responsibility to develop them.3) We must recognize that these talents andgifts are not just for us. We have an obligationto share our gifts and talents, as in service toothers.4) The sharing of our talents is itself a gift.Using our gifts and talents for others becomesnot only an act of generosity but a furtherbenefit to ourselves.Making a LeaderVince Lombardi, noted Green Bay Packerscoach, said that leaders are not born, theyare made. And they are made through hardwork. In this regard, Fr. Kinerk points to hisexperience as provincial for the Jesuit order inSt. Louis. As provincial, he had the responsibilityof helping each priest, on a one-to-one basis,develop his full potential. This one-on-onementoring is a hallmark of Jesuit education,and is practiced at Rockhurst University. Facultyand staff are expected to address each student asa unique individual with special gifts, to helpeach student develop his or her full potential,and to recognize the responsibility to be aleader for others.There are many other important aspectsto developing leaders. When the Center forLeadership in the School of Management wasformally introduced Sept. 29, 2000, theprogram included a presentation from Col.Scott Snook of West Point. Snook talked aboutthe leadership-development process at hisinstitution, where it is separated into three parts:knowledge (know), skill development (do) andleadership development (be). Snook said WestPoint believes it does a very good job withknowledge and skill, but the real challenge is thetransformation to leadership (be). For this, theycreate many experiences, including feedbackand one-on-one mentoring, and they includereflective time for the students.Rockhurst recognizes that knowledge isimportant, but so is reflective action. We engageour students in activities throughout their timewith us, and we ask them to reflect on theseactions. Service projects, sports, art, theater,team-based learning, honors society activities,case studies, visits to the community, feedback andassessment are just a small part of the reflectiveaction learning in which we engage our students.Contrary to Vince Lombardi’s philosophy,not even hard work will make everyone a leader.But situations, values and atmospheres createan environment where individuals have theopportunity to reach their fullleadership potential. Creationof this environment is a hallmarkof Jesuit education. Weencourage our students tobecome leaders — not only toenrich their own lives, but alsoto inspire others. Thomas Lyon, Ph.D.15 FALL 2001

By Peter Bicak, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of CommunicationThe Influence of Television

We’re WatchingIn April 1945, a reluctant Harry Trumangalloped through the basement of the U.S.Capitol building on his way to the CabinetRoom where he was to be sworn in as the33rd president of the United States. In stunnedstoicism, he opened the door to the room to seeFranklin Roosevelt’s Cabinet look back at him insilence. Truman stepped forward, placed his lefthand on the Bible and raised his right. Afterrepeating the oath of office, Truman raised theBible firmly to his lips and kissed its cover as ifwithdrawing all of its inspiration.Despite being captured on film for newsreel,few of the general public witnessed the event.What a beautiful display of passion and commitmentthey missed. What an awesome taskTruman faced. If only the newsreel footagecould have been seen in real time so hiscommunication advisers and political consultantscould have capitalized on and spun the image ofTruman reaching deep inside himself to acceptthe magnitude of his task.Communication advisers? Consultants?Spin?Not in Harry Truman’s day. Later, duringhis 1948 campaign, estimates suggested therewere only about 150,000 television sets operatingin the United States. Truman delivered hisnomination acceptance speech hours from primetime, at 2:15 a.m., in a hot, smoky Philadelphiaconvention center. Television was not a factorin how Truman led the country and tried toconvince it to elect him. Now, television and theimage of leadership it presents are among theprimary concerns of American political figures,most notably presidents.Television is, in terms of a communicationchannel, still a very new medium. Televisionoriginated during the lifetime of many ofour country’s citizens. Television continues toadapt to changing technology and to push theenvelope of content. Programs of the ’60s wereunlike those of the ’50s, programs of the ’70sunlike those of the ’60s and, certainly, contemporarytelevision is unlike anything we’ve seenbefore. To suggest that the power of televisionhas peaked in any way is to ignore its enormousinfluence (and potential). In short, we are stillexperimenting with how television affects peopleon Presidential LeadershipPhoto courtesy of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library.

Photo courtesy of Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.and what they’ll put up with. Television haswoven itself into the fabric of American life. Ithas affected, and, in some cases, fouled almostall aspects of American life. Across academicdisciplines, the study of presidential leadershipis one of those issues that television has altereddramatically. How has television forcedpresidents to lead in the era of the Fourth Estate?What is Leadership?The study of leadership has undergoneconsiderable transformation in the past 50 years.Early theories suggested thatleaders were born, not made.Researchers conducted studiesto indicate that leadershipcharacteristics came naturally tosome, but not to others. Leaderswho were fit, had symmetricalfacial features, had strong voicesand who were attractive wereoften thought to make the bestleaders. Indeed, charisma, a traitlater acknowledged as perhapsthe key attribute of leaders,became a fully developed theoryof leadership.Subsequent theories ofleadership offered some hope tothose who may not have had strongphysical features or easily identifiableleadership traits. Style and situationalapproaches proposed that if one had ameans for getting a job done andcould influence people in positiveways, then one could lead. Stillother theories proclaimed leadersmust have a vision and the skill andmeans to articulate that vision toothers. Regardless of the theoreticalperspective, few considered television,or other media, a variable ofleadership. Now, television hasintroduced enough static to distortleadership on a fundamental level.Creating the ImagePresidents and their communication staffs(that is, speechwriters and image-producers)have grown more television savvy over the years.In the years prior to the television explosion,Roosevelt and Truman advisers scoffed at theidea that they had a role in shaping the image ofpresidential leadership. Clark Clifford, a closeTruman adviser and speechwriter, said that beingPhoto by Burton Berinsky, courtesy of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library.ROCKHURST 18

identified publicly with the title of speechwriterwould be inappropriate — Truman’s own styleand his policies should speak for themselves.Clifford was Truman’s “Legal Counsel.” In thosedays, since speeches were scarcely televised, closeadvisers grappled with issues such as whether aState of the Union Address should be presentedorally or written and hand-delivered toCongress, an option still available to thepresident. In the current era of television, sucha choice is a laughable issue.In the middle 20th century, few presidentsdealt in any way with television media. Truman’s1949 inaugural was the first televised and themedium, arguably, didn’t really reveal itself as amajor force until 1960. Some scholars argue thatthe famous Kennedy/Nixon debate of 1960 wasthe beginning of a more complete understandingof the power of television. Nixon, who wasrecovering from an illness, appeared somewhatpale and unshaven. He apparently could notcompete well in a debate with Kennedy, wholooked sharp and is reported to have usedmakeup. Radio listeners, however, consideredthe outcome of the debate a draw at a minimumand probably favoring Nixon if either. Thedebate does indicate that viewers indeed weredrawn to physical traits of leaders highlightedby television.In some cases, experts go beyondhighlighting traits to actually creating them. In1988, 5-foot-8 inch Michael Dukakis strolledout for one of his presidential debates withGeorge Bush and stepped up to a lectern thatwas some seven inches shorter than the muchtaller Bush’s. Also, to create an image of leadershipequal to Bush’s, Dukakis’ communicationteam arranged for him to stand on a platformthat raised him even higher. Surely, his advisersmust have thought, we cannot afford toallow television to punish us for a diminutivecandidate.Ironically, the necessity of leaders to dealwith the media, often resulting in simpleunwillingness or failure for lack of skill, onlyfeeds the media’s desire to identify leaders aslacking leadership. That is, presidents may behandicapped by the same medium they reject assuperfluous to leadership. Jimmy Carter oncesaid, after leaving office, that there was nogreater “pain in the neck” for him than havingto deal with his speechwriters and, implicitly,other communication staff. His interest incrafting a message that television favored wasalways secondary to its content. Unfortunately,his television performances and his messagesrarely were received positively — Carter hadvirtually the lowest public approval ratings ofany president in the last 70 years.Good Times, Bad TimesGood leadership usually demands clarity ofvision — both in theory and as it is expressed tofollowers. Visionary leadership is corrupted bytelevision, however, as it encourages vaguenessby reducing position statements to sound bites.Some sound bites are constructed strategicallyto allow a president to take several positionsat once to, thus, appeal to many audiences.Consider the phrases “take to a new level,”“move in a new direction” or “enact legislationthat benefits all Americans” to endorse a policy.Or the ubiquitous “paradigm shift” that we allmust make. Other more specific bites, pennedby speechwriters, reduce vision to memorablequips, such as Reagan’s Panama Canal summary“we built it, we paid for it, it’s ours,” GeorgeBush’s “no new taxes,” Clinton’s “bridge to the21st century,” while candidates spontaneouslyPhoto courtesy of George Bush Presidential Library.19 FALL 2001

Photo courtesy of Smith-Lamar & Associates.delivered their own as well (Who could forgetLloyd Bentsen’s “Senator, you are no JackKennedy” crack to Dan Quayle in 1988?).In the past 25 years, presidents and theircommunication staffs have made it a priority tocapitalize on television, particularly throughpublic address. Although reluctantly, Carter wasamong the first presidents to hire a staff whosecharge it was to concern themselves primarilywith the media. He brought in a film directorfrom Hollywood to manipulate his image andenhance his leadership. Such a position is nowwidely accepted and promoted. Though hisspeechwriters would construct speechescompletely, Carter would scratch out revisionson the margins. On an archived draft of onespeech he wrote “make me sound morepresidential here” and other staff memorandaencourage the president to be “hard hitting”to show leadership qualities.Peggy Noonan, speechwriter for PresidentsReagan and George Bush, wrote in her bookWhat I Saw at the Revolution that for the firstyear in office all she really saw of Reagan was hisfoot. Her job was not to know the president butspeak with his voice and collaborate on leadership.President Reagan also drew from his actingexperience in front of the camera to becomethe “great communicator.” Bill Clinton showedhow a president, despite being caught in lies bytelevision, could turn the tables and use thesame medium to buildan image so strong thathis popularity actuallyincreased.Despite an apparenttelevision assault onpresidential leadership,the medium also serves avaluable purpose in timesof crisis. On Sept. 20,2001, an anxious andwounded nation turnedtoward George W. Bushfor leadership nine daysafter terrorist attacksin New York City,Washington, D.C., andrural Pennsylvania. Bush’swell-crafted speech transcended party lines tounderscore shared values and ignite the passionsof a unified country. On that night, televisionbecame the single-most significant reflector ofleadership; its presence was crucial to the earlystages of American healing. Millions watchedfrom home, taverns and restaurants. A NationalHockey League game between the New YorkRangers and Philadelphia Flyers was suspendedafter two periods when fans demanded to watchthe president’s address on the arena’s video screen.Television became the channel through whichleader led follower, and served as the test for thepresident’s ability to rise to the occasion. Hepassed the test. In the clarity of the moment,television was an essential channel for a messagethat forced the president to strip away rhetoricaldebris and use his language to lead others.Television will take us places we have yet toforesee and affect presidential leadership in wayswe cannot yet articulate. Its impact on the outcomeof the 2000 presidential election has calledfor legislation to restrict its freedom to shapevoters’ perceptions in the future. Despitethe notion that leadership is under siegefrom television, fundamentalleadership principles may neverchange. Character. Commitment.Service. Courage. Theseprinciples can be spun in onlyone direction. Peter Bicak, Ph.D.ROCKHURST 20

Portraits ofLEADERSHIPWhat art revealsabout leadersof the pastOur view of leadership today has been fashionedover several millennia of recordedhistory. In a single trip to an art museum — andtoday we will take a quick tour through KansasCity’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art — we canwitness the changing face of leadership throughthese centuries. Why? Because art of the pastcenturies once had the role that the media andthe Internet today have — it communicatedbetween leaders and their followers. In our tripthrough the art gallery today, we’ll discover thatleadership, like art, no longer plays the same rolethat it once did.Historically, communities needed a leaderto protect them. Often such protection meantleading the community into battle against othercommunities. A leader had to find some way toappeal to the community to follow into battleand, possibly, to death. But what cause couldmotivate anyone to follow a leader to death? Inour Executive Fellows Program, when we askedthe students, who themselves are leaders in theirorganizations, what might motivate people togive up their lives, they listed religion (or a placein the afterlife), the family, the community, thenation, independence, various ideologies, theirimage (or legacy), land and possessions.Figure 1: Roman, The Emperor Hadrian, ca. 130, Carrara marbleThrough art, leaders would legitimize theirroles by showing they understood and couldprotect these core values. In works of art, leaderswould have themselves represented with thesymbols and style embodying the core valueswith which a community identified.As we begin our tour of the gallery, weenter a corridor with Egyptian statuary.As we walk, there seems to be no change in thesymbols or style over 2,000 years in the officialart of Egypt. Why such little change? Thepharaoh was a god and the artists made thework the same for thousands of years to ensurethe continuation of his leadership for all eternity.The Egyptian leaders legitimized themselves bypaying strict homage to their ancestors by usingthe same symbols and styles that their ancestorshad used. By respecting their ancestors in theCourtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Mo.(Purchase: Nelson Trust) 31-96By Michael Tansey, Ph.D.*Professor of Economics21 FALL 2001

same way over the millennia, they wereinstructing their followers to do the same forthem after they had died. In that way theycould be preserved for the afterlife.If you look closely at the Egyptian statues,you can find the religious symbols, portrayalof the family, celebration of the community,commitment to the land, and preservation ofpossessions (particularly the ultimate possessionof one’s own ka (body) in the form of amummy) — the core values for which anFigure 3: François Girardon, French (1628-1715), Louis XIV as aRoman General, 1685, BronzeEgyptian would go into battle and die. In one ofthe most important Egyptian works in the Nelsongallery (not pictured), you can see the hand of alittle boy on the leg of the father. The statueshows the father as pillar of the family and animportant member of the community. Prettysoon almost everything in the Egyptian artworkseems to be about such core values.In their monumental works, the Egyptianleaders, “pharaohs,” were re-emphasizing thesecore values to their followers. By seeing howmuch their followers were willing to sacrifice toerect artwork that mimicked symbols and styleset by the pharaoh, a pharaoh knew how muchhe could count on them to sacrifice in timesof war. A simple glimpse at an Egyptian cityshowed the unity of its people.Even the Greeks copied the Egyptians. Butby the fifth century B.C., the Greek statuessuddenly become quite different, and thisdifference becomes the basis of Rome and theWestern tradition. Look at the statue of theRoman emperor Hadrian (Figure 1), which you’llencounter as you leave the Nelson’s Egyptiancollection. In all of our alumni gallery tours, theparticipants notice how much more “real” theGreek statues are than those of the Egyptians.The Greeks and Romans are no longer lookingto their ancestors for their style, but tonature itself. They have been plying thewaters of the Mediterranean Sea to discoverand appreciate the gods, symbolsand styles of many different cultures andare not quite so certain about their own.In fact, they discover that each individualcan choose different philosophies of life,and they author the early philosophiesof the cynics, the sophists, the stoics andthe Epicureans, which we still learn aboutat Rockhurst today.As there are differentphilosophies, there are differentstyles of leadership. The statue ofHadrian certainly communicatesleadership. The Medusa on hischest is a Greek goddess with hairmade up of snakes and she willdestroy the enemy. The Romansdid not generally wear beards, butHadrian wears a beard in referenceto the Greeks who did — anotherway of legitimizing his leadership.The piercing gaze shows fear of noone and no circumstance of war. InCourtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Mo.(Purchase: Nelson Trust) 54-32this statue, the leader communicateslegitimacy to lead through strengthof body, fear, ability to commandand the power to vanquish.Look at the senator in Figure 2. How is thisview of leadership different from that of theHadrian statue? Most of the alumni groups thathave taken the Nelson tour recognize that thisstatue communicates age and the wisdom thatcomes with age. While such a senator might notlead men to their deaths in battle, he might bethe one in a democracy or the Roman Republicto convince others that the battle is necessary.Here we have the leader of the people. Leadershipoccurs through communal agreement. Hedoesn’t command people. He convinces them.Every wizened line of the statue communicatesthe battles of persuasion that he has endured.ROCKHURST 22

Courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Mo.(Purchase: Nelson Trust) 47-30Courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Mo.(Purchase: Nelson Trust) 55-76Figure 2: Roman, Roman Gentleman, ca. 120, MarbleWe walk all the way to the opposite(southern) side of the Nelson gallery to see howmuch we owe to the Greeks and Romans. InFigure 3 we see the statue of Louis XIV — oneof the greatest French kings (but one who lost alot of battles and put his nation into heavy debtfighting them) — and in Figure 4, BenjaminFranklin. How do the styles of leadership inthese two statues compare to the styles communicatedby Hadrian and the Roman senator?Louis XIV leads in the style of Hadrian. Heeven has the same Roman armor (and sandals),has the same piercing look of command, andthe Medusa is even represented in the statue.Except, now the Medusa is on the shield overwhich the horse is stepping. Louis the XIV vanquishesthe Medusa, the feared non-Christiansymbol. But Louis XIV also legitimizes himselfthrough the symbols of fleur-de-lis, whichreminds a viewer of his royal blood connectionto the French Monarchy.And good old Ben Franklin is wearing aRoman toga, just like the Roman senator. Hisstatue communicates his democratic leadershipand legitimizes him by connecting him toRoman traditions. He legitimizes himself onthe basis of his merit in persuading people.But do these models of leadership still applytoday? Today we still argue about differentstyles of leadership the Greeks and Romansidentified. Many corporations find themselvesseeking a more participatory leader after firinga tyrant, only to replace their incompetentparticipatory leader with a new tyrant. But themodern leaders may not be learning much fromhistorical examples of leadership.Figure 4: French, Workshop of Jean Antoine HoudonBust of Benjamin Franklin, 1780, MarbleModern leaders don’t often have to askpeople to give up their lives. Perhaps they can’tmotivate people by appealing to their corevalues. Just ask yourself which of the corevalues you can use in an interview to determineif you will hire someone. Can you use religion(or place in the afterlife), family situation,community, patriotism, ideology, image(or gender or race) or wealth and possessions?Modern leaders can’t explicitly or legally useany of these criteria in hiring, firing, retiring,promoting or motivating people.Or can they? As you walk through themuseum, think about how leaders communicatewith their followers today — through the Internet,the print media and television. How well dothese media replace art in connecting people tocore values? Or do these modern, efficientmeans of communication tend to eliminatereferences to core values? As you walk throughthe galleries, try to recall a case of failedleadership and think about the way the failedleader communicated about core values. Werethose values actually communicated? Now thinkabout your own leadership roles in family orcommunity. Can you create just one way toconnect your leadership with the core values ofsomeone whom you wish to lead? Now lookagain at the statues of Hadrian, the Romansenator, Louis XIV and Ben Franklin. Howinspired and creative the sculptorswere who communicatedleadership through their art. * This tour of the Nelson-Atkins Museumof Art was developed with Sherry Best,director of the Greenlease Gallery, althoughthe errors in this work are all mine.Michael Tansey, Ph.D.23 FALL 2001

ForalumniYear as Volunteer Brings Mix of Pain, Beauty for RU GradBy Anne FischerDuring spring break of MollyTurner’s junior year at RockhurstUniversity, when many of her fellowstudents were packing for a week offun in the sun, she was preparing for avolunteer service trip to Guatemala.She says the week she spent in Carrizalexposed her to social injustices ofAsta Hansen, Adult Day Health Program client, and Molly Turnerwhich many college students areunaware. It also fueled her desire toapply for a full-time volunteer programafter college instead of immediatelyjumping into the job market.After careful thought anddeliberation, Turner, ’00, applied tobecome a member of the JesuitVolunteer Corps, the largest Catholiclay volunteer program in the country.She was accepted into JVC: Southwestand placed in Santa Rosa, Calif., as afamily adviser at the Catholic CharitiesFamily Support Center.“I shared in struggles not only ofhomelessness, but also in the issues ofunemployment, alcohol and drugaddictions, and child abuse,” saysTurner. “Most devastating of all, Iwitnessed the cyclical nature ofhomelessness and realized that manyof our clients had grown up in and outof shelters their entire lives. Workingclosely with these people showed meevery social ill that exists.”Turner switched jobs in November,when she found a marketing/intakecoordinator position at Friends House,a Quaker-based retirement community.She found her niche recruiting newclients for the Adult Day HealthProgram, a program for low-incomeseniors and developmentally delayedyounger adults.“Once I became a part of thisprogram, I remembered how muchI’d always loved being around olderpeople,” says Turner. “These clientsSeven Join Alumni Boardhave taught me that pain is a part oflife — it’s how you deal with it thatdefines you as a person.”Since 1956 more than 7,000members of JVC have committedthemselves to working with the poor,centering themselves for one year onthe four values of community, simpleliving, social justice and spirituality.Turner lived in a house withfour others that was adjacent to twohomeless shelters, where noise and lightat odd hours became a daily reality.“JVC has taught me that socialjustice is often terrible, tedious andunglamorous work that is underfunded,misunderstood and even controversial,”she says.In the last few weeks of herprogram, Turner took a 16-mile hikeup Half Dome of Yosemite, which lefther with black and blue toenails asdaily reminders of the pain sheendured to experience the naturalbeauty at the top of the peak. Turnerconsiders this hike the perfectculmination to her JVC year.“Some of the injustices I saw righthere in the United States are just ascruel as those that I felt in Guatemala,”she says. “But it was the exposure tothis ugliness that spawned my desire toact for change. Those people I met thisyear who are working for social changeevery day are the beauty that I willhold onto forever from my year asa volunteer.”Seven outstanding Rockhurst alumni have joined the Alumni Board.The new members include two ’80s graduates, Tom Franke, ’81, accountexecutive for DST Systems Inc., and Chris Kopecky, ’88, president of theKopecky Law Office.The remaining five, who graduated in the ’90s, include Phil Keegan, ’97,senior process analyst for Sprint Inc.; Mark Long, ’95, marketing representativefor Zimmer Companies; Carmen Lopez Palacio, ’98, development manager forthe Guadalupe Center; Angie Stoner, ’95, director of youth development forthe American Girl Scouts; and Marilyn Webb, ’90, support specialist forHoneywell FM&T–Kansas City Division.ROCKHURST24

Hawks of All Ages Return for HomecomingRockhurst was blessed with a beautiful fall week and weekend for Homecoming2001, held Oct. 14-20. Homecoming week kicked off with a Sundayevening Mass, and activities continued throughout the week, including specialevents for the graduates of the class of 1951, the Golden Hawks; the dedicationof the Helzberg School of Management; a student carnival; and a pep rally.The Homecoming game was held Saturday, Oct. 20, when the men’s soccerteam played a nail biter against Park University. The game went into doubleovertime, eventually ending in a tie with a final score of 2-2. Senior FernandoBernardo and junior Kurt Truba both scored for the Hawks.Before and during the game, alumni, faculty, staff and upperclassmengathered in the social activities hall for camaraderie and reminiscing. Amini-carnival, complete with an inflatable outdoor playground and obstaclecourse, added to the day’s festive atmosphere. After the game, the Student AlumniAssociation gave campus tours, and Mass was celebrated in Mabee Chapel.“Homecoming, which has long been a tradition at Rockhurst, welcomedhome alumni and friends,” said Stacie Cronberg, director of alumni andconstituent relations. “It was a time to celebrate the past and experience theRockhurst of today.”Virtually Hassle-FreeRU ShoppingWant to get a head start on yourholiday shopping? Check out thenew Alumni Store on the UniversityWeb site, www.rockhurst.edu, under“Alumni and Friends” for a greatselection of Rockhurst gear, from T-shirtsto golf balls to baseball caps. Thisonline-only store gives you the perfectway to show your Rockhurst pride.Alumni Board member ReggieThorpe, ’71, developed the onlinestore when he saw a need for aconvenient way for alumni andstudents to purchase Rockhurstmerchandise and apparel. The storeaccepts Visa, MasterCard andAmerican Express, and items willbe shipped by UPS Ground.Weekend Rocks for Alumni of All AgesRockhurst Weekend – Rockin’ Around the Clock, held June 29–July 1,2001, was a unique opportunity for alumni, parents and friends of theUniversity to relive their college days. Participants stayed in the residence hallsand took short courses, and the weekend included a special tour followed bydinner at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.“It was like a mini-vacation — and such a great value,” said MarilynWebb, ’90. “I am already looking forward to next year.”The wide variety of events attracted alumni who spanned several generations.“I was so amazed at the variety of alumni who attended,” said Jenn Dell’Orco,’94. “It was fun to talk to someone who graduated 25 years before I did.”Danny O’Neill, ’93, XMBA, tries his culinaryskills at a Rockhurst Weekend cookingdemonstration.Golfers share a laugh at the alumni tournament, held as part of Rockhurst Weekend, June 29 - July 1.25 FALL 2001

Advancementdigest$50 Million Campaign to Provide Scholarships, ImprovementsRockhurst University has embarkedon a $50 million fund-raisingcampaign to support scholarships,faculty and student developmentprograms, and campus improvements.More than $30 million already hasbeen raised for the Excellence in theCity campaign. Campaign co-chairsare Shirley Helzberg, R. CrosbyKemper III and Thomas A. McDonnell.Major goals of the Excellence inthe City Campaign include:Endowed Scholarships$11.5 millionEndowed scholarships ensurethat deserving, talented students areable to choose Rockhurst. In addition,minority scholarships are critical tothe University’s ability to attract andretain a diverse student body.Faculty Development$6 millionTeaching is at the core of theJesuit mission. Four endowedchairs will be established toexpand Rockhurst’s resources andopportunities in the disciplinesof biology, urban education,entrepreneurship and multiculturalstudies/communication sciencesand disorders.Unrestricted Funds$5 millionUnrestricted funds help close thegap between the cost of operatinghigh-quality educational programsand actual tuition income. Inaddition, these funds help Rockhurstdevelop new programs, pay for annualoperating expenses and maintenanceof facilities, support facultydevelopment initiatives, and providescholarships and financial aid.Student Development$2 millionTo ensure that Rockhurst continuesto address the physical, emotionaland spiritual needs of its students,funding is needed to continue andexpand student service trips, healthand wellness programs, and thecampus ministry program.Community Center$1.5 millionIn an effort to better addresscommunity needs, services offeredthrough the Center will include aMcGruff Safe House, a communitymeeting room and a literacy center. Inaddition, the positions of communityrelations officer and an assistant willbe created.Thomas More Center for the Studyof Catholic Thought and Culture$1 millionThe center will advance thestudy of and dialogue about the richintellectual and cultural tradition ofthe Roman Catholic Church. Anendowment will support the center’sactivities, such as communityworkshops and academic conferences.Endowment for theCenter for Arts and Letters$500,000The Center for Arts and Letters isan affiliation of 15 cultural organizationsat Rockhurst that includes suchpopular attractions as the GreenleaseGallery and Visiting Scholar LectureSeries. An endowment will permanentlyestablish this valuable resourceand inspiration for the community.Sedgwick Hall Renovation$8.2 millionThe oldest building onRockhurst’s campus now houses theMabee Theater and classrooms for theCollege of Arts and Sciences. The goalis to modernize the entire buildingand make repairs to ensure thebuilding’s structural integrity.Conway Hall Renovation$6.5 millionRenovation of Conway Hall, whichhouses the School of Management,will include an upgrade of computerservices, technological improvementssuch as satellite and video conferencingcapabilities, remodeling of facultyoffices, a new Executive Fellows MBAsuite, and a new home for the SmallBusiness Development Center.Loyola Park Complex$5.5 millionThe 16-acre complex will includea baseball stadium, tennis courts,and walking and jogging paths. Thepark will provide more recreationalopportunities, create a safer, moreattractive residential setting, andenhance neighborhood connections.Soccer Stadium$1.85 millionA new stadium will consist of anexpanded soccer field, new grandstandcomplete with press box, ticket boothsand concession sales area, and lockerand training room facilities.Alumni House$450,000The Alumni House, a renovatedhouse complete with meeting roomsand displayed artifacts, will becomea Rockhurst landmark. It will be avehicle to instill pride and a sense oftradition among its graduates andwithin Kansas City. In addition,a maintenance endowment willguarantee proper upkeep of the house.Log on to the University’s Web site andclick on “The Campaign for RockhurstUniversity” for campaign updates andto see ways to contribute. For moreinformation or to make your gift toRockhurst’s campaign for the future,contact the Office of InstitutionalAdvancement, (816) 501-4551.ROCKHURST26

DST Matches RockhurstAlumni GiftsImagine contributing $10,000 to Rockhurst that isactually transformed into a $60,000 gift. Soundfar-fetched? It is entirely possible if you are a Rockhurstgraduate working for DST Systems Inc.Now, because of a special project spearheaded byDST employees Lisa Fielden, ’01, and Jeff Peakes, ’82,employees of DST who make a direct contribution orpledge to Rockhurst’s capital campaign, “Excellence in theCity,” have the opportunity to have their gift matched inseveral different ways.The first match is through the generosity of RockhurstTrustees Tom McCullough, ’64, executive vice presidentand chief operating officer of DST, and Tom McDonnell,’66, president and chief executive officer of DST. Theyhave offered to match dollar-for-dollar the total contributionsmade by Rockhurst alumni who are DST employees.DST also will match individual contributions to amaximum of $10,000 per year, and will double-match thecontributions of DST officers. Rockhurst has arranged forthe amount also to be matched through a challenge grantfrom the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation for renovationof Conway Hall.Fielden and Peakes say they are excited about thepotential amount DST employees can raise for Rockhurst.Gala Guests Enjoy Dining, DancingThe sixth annual Rockhurst Gala was held Saturday,Oct. 27, at the Westin Crown Center CenturyBallroom. More than 600 guests attended the black-tieevent, which raised funds for scholarships and studentservices. Altogether, the Rockhurst galas have raised morethan $1 million for the University.“The gala was an important occasion to celebrate, andthe dedication of our volunteers made it an incrediblenight for all,” said Paula De La Espriella, director ofspecial events.A welcome from Larry Moore, the master ofceremonies, opened the evening. Guests enjoyed a cocktailhour and dinner, followed by remarks from RockhurstPresident the Rev. Edward Kinerk, S.J. The eveningcontinued with dancing and music by Galaxy.Henry and Marie Frigon, along with honorary chairsByron and Jeanne Thompson, chaired the event.27 FALL 2001

AdvancementdigestEndowed Chair Promotes Better CommunicationJoseph and Anne McGee with the Rev. Edward Kinerk, S.J.Joseph McGee, ’41, believes so strongly in theimportance of listening that he created an endowmentat Rockhurst to fund activities that promote betterlistening, communication and learning.“If we could all listen better at all levels, there wouldbe fewer problems at home, at the office, in the nation andin the world,” McGee said.Established in 1986, the endowment has fostered anumber of initiatives and, in August 2001, was responsiblefor the establishment of the McGee Chair in InterpersonalCommunication and Listening. The first chairholder isWeslynn Martin, professor of communication, who hasdeveloped and directed the programs made possible by theendowment from the Joseph and Anne McGee family.Through the funding, Martin initiated an instructionaldevelopment program designed for faculty to enhanceteaching and learning. The program’s workshops, seminars,summer institutes and consulting services are used to helpfaculty discover ways to better involve students in theirown learning.Joseph McGee, a trustee emeritus of Rockhurst,attended the University before joining the U.S. Armyduring World War II. He served as president of the OldAmerican Insurance Company for 32 years. In 1991, hewas named the Rockhurst College Alumnus of the Yearfor Outstanding Service.Scholarship Recipient Learns Value of Helping OthersAfew years ago, Jarrod Waterfordbalanced his high school studieswith his job serving pretzels in a smallbakery. While he dreamed of going tocollege, his limited means of gettingthere weighed heavily on his mind.The Angels Assistance Programcame to his aid. With the help of hishigh school counselor and KevinMcGreevy, the program’s founder,Waterford was accepted into thespecial scholarship program thatprovided the financial resources heneeded for college. He is now a seniorcomputer science major at Rockhurstand assistant manager in the AssetProtection department of Sears.As the first one in his family to goto college, he was excited to hear ofhis acceptance into the program.“I was amazed,” he says. “I wasskeptical at first and thought, ‘What’sthe catch here?’ ”He looked for a catch but couldn’tfind one. Recipients areasked only to maintaingood grades, keepin contact with theirsponsors and to returnthe favor by helpingsomeone else later in life.“It has made ahuge difference. Withoutthe program, Idon’t know if I wouldhave made it this far.I mean I’m a senior atJarrod Waterford, ’02in that recipients meetand keep in touchwith the people whocontribute the money.“There are lots ofstudents on this campuswho are going to schoolbecause of the generosityof these donors,” saysMcGreevy. “And Jarrodhas a tremendous workethic. I think he’ll beabsolutely successfulRockhurst, a very prestigious school.”The Angels Assistance programbegan in 1993 when McGreevy decidedto help a friend’s son pay for college.Since then, 30 students have receivedmore than $290,000 in financial aidcontributions. Recipients are nominatedby high school counselors andprincipals, then interviewed andselected by their level of dedicationand potential. The program is uniquebecause he will outwork the competition.”Waterford, who graduates inDecember 2002, is considering acareer in computer programming.Although he may not have his specificcareer path pinned down yet, he isfocused on one objective.“My primary goal is to keep mypromise,” he says. “I want to be in asituation where I can help someoneelse to go to college.”ROCKHURST28

Added Technology Would Boost Chemistry ProgramThe Rockhurst Division of Natural, Applied andQuantitative Sciences is working to expand itstechnological capabilities to provide more advancedhands-on training to students.James Chapman, Ph.D., chair of the chemistrydepartment, says most of the department’s high-techcollection and visualizationequipment is used primarilyby upper-level chemistrystudents.“We are looking tointegrate more technology,not only at the junior andsenior levels, but in thefreshman laboratories,” hesays. “We need to getfreshmen and sophomoresmore involved in thetechnological aspect ofscience. It might spark aninterest in these students andthey would become moreinvolved in the sciences.”The chemistry departmenthas two pending grantsto the National ScienceFoundation for the purchaseof an FT-NMR andcomputer-controlledspectrometers. The addition of this equipment willlessen the class time spent on equipment maintenanceand troubleshooting and increase the more valuable timespent interpreting the data.Grants may cover some of the needs on the department’sequipment wish list of more than $200,000, but additionalmoney will be needed tomake up the difference, saidRobin Harris, vice presidentfor institutional advancement.“A gift toward purchaseof research equipment couldbe a way for our alumni —especially those with aninterest in science — tohave a direct impact onstudents that lasts for years,”says Harris. “We hearrepeatedly from our sciencestudents that one of themain benefits of attendingRockhurst is the opportunitythey have as undergraduatesto participate in hands-onresearch.”For more information,call the Office of InstitutionalAdvancement at(816) 501-4551.Buy a Brick, Pave the FutureYou may never see your name in lights, but you stillhave a chance to see it etched in stone when youpurchase a brick for the “Generations Walkway”surrounding the Rockhurst fountain and bell tower.More than 550 bricks already have been purchased byalumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends of theUniversity. For $100, a 4" x 8" brick can be engraved withtwo lines, 20 characters per line, with your name or thenames of your loved ones.For more information, call Stacie Cronberg, directorof alumni and constituent relations, at (816) 501-4025or (800) 756-ALUM (2576), or e-mailstacie.cronberg@rockhurst.edu.29 FALL 2001

ClassnotesAlumni Notes’58Frank Janner was elected to the board of directorsof John Knox Village, Lee’s Summit, Mo., for athree-year term.Alumni NotesMichelle Salvato Moriarty completed a Ph.D. inschool psychology at the University of Kansas. Thedegree was conferred Aug. 1, 2001.’79’68’70Larry A. Rues, M.D., has beennamed board chair of theMissouri Academy of FamilyPhysicians. Rues is director ofGoppert Family Care Center andFamily Practice Residency atBaptist Medical Center.John Holtz, former Children’sMercy Hospital executive, hasbeen named executive vicepresident and chief operatingofficer at St. Paul MedicalCenter in Dallas.Richard E. Donahue II and his firm, ShroerManufacturing Co., were honored by the KansasCity Chamber of Commerce as one of the Top 10Small Businesses for 2001. Shroer is a manufacturerof animal care and control equipment in KansasCity, Kan.Hector Baretto Jr. was confirmed by the Senate onJuly 25, 2001, as the administrator of the SmallBusiness Administration.Jan H. Salge, PT, ATC, CSCS, has opened aprivate practice, Melbourne Physical TherapySpecialists. His wife, Maribeth, gave the keynoteaddress at the California Multiple SclerosisAssociation’s annual meeting.’80’83’89’71Terrence W. Dunn was honored by the GreaterKansas City Alumni Association of Sigma AlphaEpsilon with its annual Honor Man Award. Dunn,president and CEO of J.E. Dunn Construction Co.and Dunn Industries Inc., was recognized for hislifetime accomplishments.John Shaw accepted a position at TevaNeuroscience as a product manager in marketingfor the drug Copaxone, used to treat multiplesclerosis. He and his wife, Rose, and their twochildren, Caroline, 3, and Jack, 1, live in OverlandPark, Kan. Rose works for Sprint PCS in businessdevelopment.’90MBA ’00’72Robert E. (Bob) Spielbergerhas joined the corporatecommunications departmentat Farmland Industries ascommunications director.Van W. Beer passed the final exam of the CharteredFinancial Analyst (CFA) program and is awaitingconfirmation of the CFA designation.William F. Hess has joined the Commerce TrustCo. for Commerce Bank as a vice president,focusing on business development for personaltrust services.’92’73’76Michael Bowen, a trial lawyer practicing inMilwaukee, Wis., has authored numerous mysteriesand nonfiction works, including the recentlyreleased mystery Screenscam, published byPoisoned Pen Press.Jake Schloegel, president ofSchloegel Contracting Co., andhis firm have been recognized byRemodeling Magazine as one ofthe top 50 remodeling companiesin the country.F. Joseph McClernon received a Ph.D. in clinicalpsychology from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale on Aug. 4, 2001. McClernon hasaccepted a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in theNicotine Research Program at Duke UniversityMedical Center in Durham, N.C.ROCKHURST30

Alumni NotesLisa Ducommun McGrath completed a Ph.D. inclinical psychology and passed the state boards tobecome a licensed clinical psychologist. McGrathcurrently serves as the district psychologist forthe Ferguson-Florissant School District in NorthSt. Louis County.Alumni MarriagesVan W. Beer married Amy Border on July 28,2001, in Los Angeles, Calif.Jeanie Vieth married Christopher Hall on Dec. 9,2000. The maid of honor was Mary Ellen Vieth,’00, and Juli Manfrede, ’95, was a bridesmaid.’92’95OT ’97’97’00’01Amy Sullivan Ruffini is a risk analyst withLockton Companies, an insurance brokerage firmbased in Kansas City, Mo. She and husband AlecRuffini, ’94, were married in July 1994, and theirdaughter, Alexandra Mae, was born Sept. 3, 1999.Alec is a service adviser with Jay Wolfe Honda.Gabrielle Smith has been promoted to marketingand community relations manager at FirstGuardHealth Plan. Smith is responsible for helping todevelop and implement FirstGuard’s marketingplan, sponsorship activities and communityoutreach efforts. She has been with the companysince 1998.David Emley Jr. has beenpromoted to assistant vicepresident of regional bankingfor Commerce Bank. He isresponsible for businessdevelopment and clientrelationship management.Lara Wikeria and Kristi Reese were honored asthe 2001 Outstanding Beginning Teachers at theMissouri Association of Colleges for TeacherEducation in Jefferson City, Mo., on April 5, 2001.Jessica Schroeder has joinedthe national staff of AmericanHumanics as associate fornational alliance services.American Humanics is anonprofit organization devotedto preparing college studentsfor professional careers innonprofit organizations.Randy Smith married Kassandra Reese on March4, 2000.Chris Goforth (MBA) married Alicia Dwight onApril 21, 2001.Steve Wunderlich and Ellen Helmsing weremarried June 23, 2001. The couple resides inSt. Louis, Mo.Heather Hackney married Richard J. Bassett onMarch 31, 2001. The couple resides in PrairieVillage, Kan.Ann Michelle Cook and Eric Matthew Frywere joined in marriage on June 23, 2001, atSt. Bernadette’s Church.Janet Lamb Maruco and husband, Phil, announcethe birth of their first child, Benjamin Philip, bornApril 5, 2001.Susan (Meyer) Neupert and her husband, Rick,announce the birth of Rachel Elise, born Feb. 13,2001. Rachel has a brother, Jacob Ryan, 2.Kurt Schoen and his wife are the proud parents oftwins, Kate and Jack, born June 1, 2001.Margaret Brose-Wilke and her husband, Tim,announce the birth of their first child, ConnorLouis, born March 21, 2001.Karen Lang Lammers, ’92, and husband,Lawrence, ’89, announce the birth of their thirdchild, Michael Joseph, born May 7, 2001. MichaelJoseph joins siblings, Claire and Jack.’97’99’00Births’85’86’88’9231 FALL 2001

ClassnotesBirths’92’93’94’95Anthony Shank, ’92, MBA ’98, and his wife LoriMorgan Shank, ’95, announce the birth of theirfirst child, Andrew Warren, born Aug. 13, 2001.Teri Korte Suter and husband, Mike, announcethe birth of their first child, Eric Michael, bornDec. 27, 2000.Anne Burke Flynn and her husband welcomed thebirth of twin girls, Kari and Shannon, born April15, 2001. The couple also has a son, Jack, 3.Hope Meyers Mazzeo and husband, Andy,announce the birth of their first child, ClareElizabeth, born Nov. 25, 2000.Jennifer Hinck McCaslin, and husband, Rod,celebrated the birth of son Nathan Thomas, bornJuly 20, 2000.Aaron Oge, D.D.S., and his wife, Colleen,announce the birth of their son, Vincent James,born June 25, 2000. Vincent has a brother, ThomasGlennon, 2. The family resides in Shrewsbury, Mo.,and Aaron has a dental practice, Spring ValleyDental, in O’Fallon, Ill.Randy Smith and wife, Kassandra, announce thebirth of their daughter Erin Irena on Jan. 28, 2001.In MemoriamThe Rev. John J. Maloney (’32) – Aug. 13, 2001John B. Tumino (’32) – May 21, 2001Phillip Oliver (’36) – April 29, 2001Charles Lee Rogers (’38) – March 15, 2001Emery R. Calovich, M.D. (’43) – June 26, 2001Eugene Kurash (’43) – May 14, 2001Joseph C. Pruett Jr. (’44) – June 2, 2001Hubert F. “Bud” Glaze (’52) – July 25, 2001Thomas F. Alderman, M.D. (’53) –Aug. 14, 2001Retired Lt. Cmdr. Harold Edward “Hal”Keating (’57) – Aug. 8, 2001John Anthony Van Quaethem, (’60) – June 29, 2001Byron G. “Barney” Gidley (’61) – July 16, 2001Gerald F. Hagan (’63) – May 8, 2001William E. Franke (’66) – July 16, 2001Phillip Joseph Wittek (’67) – Aug. 1, 2001Robert Joseph Arvin (’69) – March 24, 2001Robert C. Downing II (’69) – May 9, 2001Sheri Robyn Stephens (’89) – June 4, 2001Please WriteName________________________________________Year of graduation _________Address ______________________________________City/state/ZIP ________________________________Daytime phone (_____)________________________Evening phone (_____)________________________E-mail address ________________________________Is this a new address? Yes NoDo you have business or personal news (marriage, birth) youwould like us to include in the next issue of Rockhurst magazine?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Please complete and mail to: Rockhurst University, Office of Alumni Relations,1100 Rockhurst Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2561 or e-mail stacie.cronberg@rockhurst.edu.32

In loving memory ofVirginia Pollack GreenleaseNov. 8, 1909 – Sept. 24, 2001Foundress of theMissouri Provinceof the Society of JesusRockhurst CollegeHonorary Degree Recipient(Doctor of Humanities),1983Trustee EmeritaFormer Rockhurst RegentMajor Benefactor:Greenlease Library,Greenlease Gallery,Rockhurst High SchoolMember, Heritage SocietyHonorary Member,Alpha Sigma NuMrs. Greenlease’s legacy will live into the future at Rockhurstas a result of plans she and her husband established.To join the Heritage Society, contactJim Millard at (816) 501-4581 or james.millard@rockhurst.edu; orThomas J. Audley at (816) 501-4551 or thomas.audley@rockhurst.edu.

December115Ceremony ofLessons & CarolsCommencementJanuary1226Black AlumniClothing DriveSt. LouisAlumni Event:SLU vs. MarquetteESPN GameFebruary24Alumni SpiritualRetreatMarch51223Honorary DirectorsLuncheonGreat Books SeminarBAC & HACGame SocialThe vapor trail left by an airplane turning around created a halo over the Rockhurstcampus Sept. 11, a chilling portent that eclipsed the beauty of a late-summer day.Learning, Leadership and Service in the Jesuit Tradition1100 Rockhurst RoadKansas City, MO 64110-2561Non-Profit Org.U.S. POSTAGEPAIDKansas City, Mo.Permit No. 782Please send address changesto alumni@rockhurst.eduor to the alumni office.