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Class No t e s 4 4 4 4 4Campus Mourns Lossof Beloved ProfessorRicard “Rick”Downing, Ph.D.,assistant professorof managementinformation systems,died Wednesday, July 11,at St. Luke’s NorthHospital. He was 52.He will be rememberedas a caring professor,mentor, colleagueand friend. He challenged Ricard Downing, Ph.D.his students and showedgreat passion for teaching.Students will remember his great stories andthe enthusiasm he showed in the classroom.He served as the advisor for Delta Sigma Pi,Rockhurst’s business fraternity, and he receivedthe 2004-05 Perfect Professor Award from theHSOM Dean’s Student Advisory Board.Michael Nigro, ’05, ’07 MBA, spoke atDowning’s funeral.“Rick taught us not what to think, but how tothink,” said Nigro. “He believed that his role inour lives was not to answer questions; it was toquestion answers. After talking with Rick abouteducation for just a moment or two, Rick wouldpause, smile at you, and begin to tell a story, oneof his famous stories. ‘You know what I love,Michael,’ he would say. ‘I love the gray placewhere we can’t quite tell who is teaching andwho is learning.’”Downing received a bachelor’s degree inpsychology from the University of Missouri-KansasCity in 1998, a master of education degree fromthe University of Missouri-Columbia in 2001,and a Ph.D. in educational technology from theUniversity of Missouri-Columbia in 2003. He cameto Rockhurst in 2002.A memorial service for Downing was held oncampus at the beginning of the fall semester.In MemoriamG. Leslie Muehlbach ’38 – March 5, 2007James V. Sarcone Sr. ’39 – Feb. 27, 2007Joseph A. Damico ’40 – May 8, 2007Eugene E. Klecan ’40 – Feb. 21, 2007Dr. William J. Koehler ’40 – June 23, 2007Marshall S. Garry ’42 – April 16, 2007John E. Byrne ’44 – June 2, 2007John Redmond Cunningham Jr. ’44 – April 28, 2007Dr. John E. Linville ’46 – July 4, 2007Charles E. Riordan ’48 – June 5, 2007George E. Sweeney ’48 – Sept. 6, 2007Charles C. Carter ’49 – Jan. 13, 2007Philip C. Froeschl ’49 – May 16, 2007Dr. James F. Ragan ’49 – Feb. 10, 2007Ambrose M. Walsh ’49 – March 2, 2007Robert T. Ingino ’50 – June 9, 2007Richard Laird ’50 – Feb. 11, 2007Paul E. Panek ’50 – July 3, 2007Louis C. Raab ’50 – Jan. 26, 2007James Adolph Thomson ’50 – May 2, 2007Harold E. Brewer ’53 – March 11, 2007Jack Henry Kersting III ’53 – March 8, 2007Henry Joseph Strick ’53 – July 6, 2007Arthur J. Crocker ’55 – Feb. 15, 2007Rev. Richard G. Ducate ’55 – June 10, 2007Kenneth Leo Growney ’56 – May 2, 2007George A. Jensen Jr. ’57 – March 27, 2007Richard B. Dolce ’59 – May 16, 2007Dr. Thomas G. Johnson ’59 – May 12, 2007James G. “Gep” Walsh ’61 – Feb. 26, 2007James R. Holmes ’62 – April 5, 2007John Bernard Ryan Jr. ’62 – Feb. 9, 2007James E. Powell ’64 – May 19, 2007Philip B. Curls Sr. ’65 – May 4, 2007Dr. John W. Emo ’68 – April 6, 2007William W. McLellan ’68 – June 12, 2007Michael Reed Hixson ’72 – Feb. 26, 2007Anacia C. Heleblen ’74 – Sept. 16, 2007Robert E. Romdall ’74 – August 31, 2007Leta Cathryn Frazier ’75 – June 4, 2007Milton Thomas “Bud” Dean ’76 – March 31, 2007Joanne M. Giese ’89 – July 5, 2007Donald Lee Buck ’90 – March 21, 2007Marina A. Bouchard ’94 – Feb. 2, 100728 Ro c k h u r s t4w i n t e r 2007
“I am getting the tools I needto go out and makea true differencein this world.”Kevin Becvar, ’09Scholarship recipient from St. LouisStudying theology and nonprofit leadershipYour donations to the Rockhurst Fund targetthe University’s most pressing needs, whetherthose are scholarships, resources for facultydevelopment, student research projects, servicetrips, technology for state-of-the-art classroomsor maintenance for clean and safe facilities.Your annual gifts fuel the success of thisUniversity and touch every aspect of ourstudents’ experience.Learn how you can make a difference in the lifeof a student at www.rockhurst.edu/rockhurstfund.
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