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ContentsFeatures18 Coming to AmericaWith the number of international students on the rise,here’s a look at how they adjust to life in a different country.By Lindsay Beller24 Red, Black, and Green18As the world addresses the realities of global warming,meet four alumni who are part of the solution.By Lindsay Beller29 Before HePunctured PomposityAfter a recent Smithsonian exhibit featured the political cartoons ofHerbert Block ’31, we dug up his drawings from his days at Lake Forest.Illustrations by Herbert Block ’312429Departments2 From the President3 Letters4 Sheridan Road11 Keeping Score12 Extra Credit14 Outside the Box16 Going Places32 Class Notes39 In Memoriam40 Scene on CampusPhoto by Suzanne TennantLeft: At Homecoming, Residence Director and Program Coordinator Tony Marotta serves upa sweet treat to Kathryn and Molly as their mom, Brigit Wehrle Isaacson ’88, looks on withson, Tyler. Please turn to page 10 for more Homecoming photos.Spectrum | fall 20081

From the PresidentThis has been a full and active fall semester. InSeptember, the College’s Annual Day of Servicesaw hundreds of students, alumni, faculty, and staffvolunteer across Lake County at outdoor parks, socialservice agencies, and other charities. Homecomingbrought more than 3,500 people to campus for a weekend of great fun, whichincluded a Taste of Chicago lunch, special lectures by professors, a family carnivaland, of course, the traditional football game, this year against Beloit College.The presidential campaign season also caused a lot of excitement on campus. TheCollege hosted a number of political speakers, such as political polling expert NateSilver and former U.S. Senator George Allen (R-VA), and also featured several ofour expert faculty in panel discussions on the candidates and major national issues.Our students, as politically diverse as the country, actively worked for both majorcandidates, debated and analyzed the issues, and, of course, voted. Five membersof the Stentor newspaper staff and several dozen students went to Grant Park inChicago to watch the election results and experienced an exciting moment in historyas the election was called for President-elect Obama.Unfortunately, this fall also ushered in an unprecedented economic downturn, whichhas affected millions of individuals and institutions in this country and around theworld. The College made a number of cuts and changes to alleviate pressure on ouroperating budget while preserving and protecting the integrity of our educationalmission. Among our changes: we reduced administrative funds, canceled a smallnumber of spring courses with very low enrollments, reduced non-compensationspending by all academic and administrative departments and programs, andpostponed the spring issue of Spectrum (our next issue comes out in June).In addition, after consulting with the leadership of our Board of Trustees, we decidedto postpone until May or June the construction of a $17 million addition to ourSports Center that will provide three multi-purpose courts, and indoor running track,a weight and fitness area, a dance and aerobics studio, and other recreational spaces.It will now be our goal to complete the addition — profiled in a previous Spectrum— in March 2010.Although the temporary delay is disappointing to the students, I am convinced that itis necessary and, under current circumstances, the most prudent course to take. Oncebuilt, the Sports Center addition will be a great new facility on our campus, likeDonnelley and Lee Library, Mohr Student Center and Stuart Commons, BuchananHall, and Farwell Field, and one in which I am confident you will take great pride.The College continues to move forward. We are working to hire great new faculty;planning still new courses and programs that will challenge, engage, and delight ourstudents; and, at nearly $70 million, the College is well on its way to reaching ourcapital campaign goal of $100 million.SpectrumLAKE FOREST COLLEGE MAGAZINEFall 2008volume 36, no. 2issn: 1078-179XDirector ofCommunicationsand MarketingElizabeth LibbyEditorLindsay BellerGraphic DesignerBrittany SchleicherSpectrum is a vehicle for stimulating thought,expressing opinions, and exchanging informationabout the people and events thathelp shape Lake Forest College. It is publishedthree times a year and distributedfree of charge to alumni, faculty, students,parents, and friends of Lake Forest College.Articles do not necessarily represent officialCollege policy. Comments and article suggestionsare welcome.Send correspondence andaddress changes to:Spectrum EditorLake Forest College555 North Sheridan RoadLake Forest, Illinois 60045-2338Phone: 847-735-5019Fax: 847-735-6272E-mail: spectrum@lakeforest.eduThank you for your continued support and involvement. To you and yours, I sendmy very best wishes for a happy and safe holiday season.Stephen D. SchuttPresident2 Spectrum | fall 2008

LettersMental Health on CampusThank you for highlighting campus mentalhealth in the summer 2008 article“Minding Our Students.” It was inspiringand encouraging to read about the effortsof current students to destigmatize mentalillness. It is especially shocking howprevalent these challenges can be duringthe college years, and I am pleased to seemore avenues of support opening up forcurrent and future Foresters.There is a great life to be lived beyond thestress and strife that so often plague thecollege years, just as there is a rich andrewarding life beyond depression; but toreach it, people must realize that it is an illnessthat needs compassionate, professionalcare and strong support systems.Jen Hoyer Minarik ’04Mundelein, IllinoisWhat Was Left OutThe article “Riots Revisited” and the onlineitem “The Whole World Was Watching” (apress release for a photography exhibit byRon Pownall ’69, whose 1968 riot photosappeared in the article) were both fascinating.However, the fascination was not somuch for the content of the articles as forwhat was left out.How is it that the whole world was able towatch? Why is it that many days before theconvention, CBS built scaffolding acrossthe street from the Conrad Hilton Hotelalong Michigan Avenue in Grant Park?Almost a week before the convention, Iheard a lecture by Cook County SheriffJoe Woods. He had classified informationabout a protest march at the convention.According to Woods, the size and durationof the protest would make it impossible forthe Chicago Police Department to maintainthe peace because the leaders of the protestdid not intend to be peaceful. Thus, countyand state police and even the Army Reservewould be called on for added support.The U.S. Constitution protects peacefulassembly. On the flip side, an assemblythat is not intended to be peaceful is prosecutable.If the local peacekeeping establishmentbelieves an assembly is likely tobecome non-peaceful, they can order thatassembly to disperse.My wife was a hospital surgical nurse in1968. Several of her fellow nurses werehorrified at the violence so they assembleda first aid station just off Michigan Avenue.While there, they found several instanceswhere they would wipe the blood off thehead of a protester only to discover thatthere was no wound underneath the blood.Some protesters boasted how they hadsprayed a cop with oven cleaner. Some evenproudly proclaimed how they filled a plasticbag with their own excrement and hit acop in the face with it.The nurses could not find anyone inauthority with whom they could call attentionto their discoveries. The news reporterswere not interested. To them the story wasin the street where there were televisioncameras.Jim Beddia ’60The Villages, FloridaI was very disappointed by your article onthe Chicago riots of 1968. You seem to glorifythe rioters and knock the police. Whilethe police may have overreacted, may Iremind you that the rioters, almost bydefinition, were breaking the law?John Thomas ’60Tucson, ArizonaOut of the ParkI am writing to let you know how spectacularI thought your most recent issuewas. Normally, I flip to the back to readclass notes and glance at an article hereand there. But I feel with this issue, youknocked it out of the park.The nuclear power article (“Going Nuclear,Again?”) was very interesting to read asit’s an area most people don’t know a lotabout. It was heartening to see a conferenceon a topic of such significance at theCollege and students getting a chance toparticipate.I also enjoyed the article about the Chicagoriots (“Riots Revisited”) and the perspectiveyou gave from people who experiencedit. The photos helped accentuate the pointsin the article. About the article on mentalillness (“Minding Our Students”), I washappy to see there are students who feelstrongly about this issue and are willing tohelp inform others about it.Please keep adding articles that are insightfulthis way and relevant to our lives.Chris Alexander ’95Los Angeles, CaliforniaEditor’s note: We are pleased to announce that theCouncil for Advancement and Support of Educationawarded Spectrum a bronze award for “Best Alumni/Institution Magazine, 2,999 FTE or fewer” in the 2008Pride of CASE V award competition. CASE District Vincludes schools in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.HOW TO SUBMIT A LETTERWe’d love to hear from you! Please submit your letters to: Lindsay Beller, Spectrum Editor,Lake Forest College, 555 N. Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045; E-mail: spectrum@lakeforest.edu; Fax: 847-735-6272. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Spectrum | fall 20083

{Sheridan Roadwhat’s new at lake forest college67 M.100 M.90 M.80 M.70 M.60 M.50 M.40 M.30 M.20 M.10 M.150th Anniversary Campaign HighlightsLake Forest College’s goal to raise $100million by 2012 is within reach thanks tomany generous donors who have contributedmore than two thirds of this amount. Althoughthe downturn in the economy has impactedboth individuals and institutions across thecountry, the College continues to work toimprove the educational experience of our currentand future students. The campaign goalsremain the same — to increase the endowment,build new facilities, and increase annual supportfor College essentials. Here is where westand with our fundraising efforts.We’ve raised $9 million for the constructionof the 63,000-square-foot Recreation, Sports,and Fitness Center on South Campus, whichwill help meet the health and wellness needsof the campus. Added to a special $6 millionlong-term borrowing that has already beensecured and dedicated to this project, thisyields $15 million on the $17 million totalproject cost. Construction is set to begin in2009 and features include three new multipurposecourts; a track; an aerobic and dance studio;a lobby café and social gathering space;batting/golf cage; strength, cardio, and fitnessspaces; recreational locker rooms; ADAcompliantpublic restrooms; and relocated andexpanded athletic training space and offices.As one of the few colleges in theMidwest to offer Division III men’s andwomen’s hockey teams and a skating rink thatis open to the community, the College aimsto continue the tradition of on-campus icehockey. To that end, the Home Ice AdvantageCampaign has raised nearly $1 million of the$4.5 million needed to renovate the AlumniMemorial Field House hockey rink. Improvementswill include a new playing surface andsub-surface, updated locker rooms, new standsthat will seat up to 500 fans, revamped lobbycomplete with trophy cases and wall plaqueshonoring past hockey achievements, andimproved public restrooms. The College mustraise $2.25 million from alumni, parents, andfans to fund this project and is working tosecure the other half of the funds through thecommunity and other outside sources.Increasing annual fund support isanother top campaign priority, with a $2.2million goal by May 31, 2009 — the end ofthe current fiscal year. The annual fund helpsfund essentials like faculty and staff salaries,equipment, software, and books. Such giftsalso keep the campus secure and clean, keepthe lights burning in the library, and upgradecomputer networks. “There is no aspect ofLake Forest College that is not supported orimproved by these gifts. No matter the sizeof the gift each one touches someone hereon the campus personally every day,” saysMark Mollenhauer, director of annual giving.We are also proud to report progress onour goal to increase annual contributions fromalumni donors. More than half of the major gifts($50,000 or higher) donated to the campaignare from alumni. Last year, 29.5 percent of ouralumni participated in making a gift to the Collegecompared to 20 percent five years earlier.Learn more about the campaign atwww.lakeforest.edu/alumni/150campaign.4Spectrum | fall 2008

{ Sheridan Road }Debating the Drinking AgeIn July, President StephenD. Schutt joined more than100 college presidents aroundthe country by signing onto theAmethyst Initiative, which callsfor a public discussion aboutthe possibility of lowering thedrinking age from 21 to 18 inresponse to “a culture of dangerous,clandestine ‘binge-drinking’”on and off college campuses.Although he has notdecided that lowering the drinkingage is the right course ofaction, Schutt signed on tohelp start a conversation aboutthe way the laws surroundingdrinking in this country couldwork more effectively.“Lowering the drinkingage to 18 could make it possiblefor colleges and universitiesto model responsible drinkingbehavior on campus,” he says.“As a nation we recognize theresponsibility of 18-year-oldmen and women to vote, drive,smoke, and fight in a war — soit does seem somewhat oddto officially declare them tooyoung to drink. I oppose irresponsibledrinking by anyoneof any age. I am interested inways of encouraging responsiblebehavior.”While Lake Forest Collegeenforces drinking laws,provides educational programming,and offers counseling foralcohol and other drug abuse,binge drinking is a problem oncampuses across the country, asit can lead to violence, abuse,health problems, and drunkdriving.Studies show that about 51percent of current binge drinkersfall into the 18- to 20-yearoldage group.News of the initiativegarnered widespread coveragein the national media. Severalnews outlets, including theAssociated Press, NBC5 Chicago,Chicago Tribune, ChicagoSun-Times, and ABC7 Chicago,produced stories that featuredSchutt and students.Some students endorsedthe idea, arguing that they aremature enough to make theirown decisions or come fromcountries where drinking islegal under age 21, while otherssupported laws that deter highschool students from startingto drink.Critics included MothersAgainst Drunk Driving, whocite fewer drunk driving fatalitiessince the National MinimumDrinking Age Act wassigned into law in 1984.According to the NationalInstitute of Health, the numberof alcohol-related traffic deathsamong 16- to 20-year-olds inthe United States decreasedfrom 5,244 in 1982 to 2,115in 2004 largely because of thelegal drinking age of 21 andzero tolerance laws.When the law was passed24 years ago, it called for withholding10 percent of federaltransportation funds from stateswho failed to raise the minimumdrinking age to 21.With the law up for reauthorizationnext year, morecollege presidents are supportingthe idea of more debate.At press time, 130 had signedon to the initiative, which waslaunched by former MiddleburyCollege President JohnMcCardell.Despite varied opinionson the subject, the initiative hassuccessfully increased publicdiscussion, at least at LakeForest College.On October 22, a debateoccurred between the BritishNational Debate Team and twoLake Forest students, JessicaKuchinski ’11 and Chase Cook’11 on the topic “Should theU.S. Lower the Drinking Ageto 18?”In a nearly full Lily ReidHolt Memorial Chapel, Kuchinskiand Cook argued in favorof changing the law, listing theother rights that 18-year-oldsgain, like the ability to vote andfight in a war. They called itunfair to target the 18-20 agegroup when drinking was legalbefore 1984.Members of the BritishDebate Team countered withthe argument that those arepositive rights while drinkingcan have more negative consequences,like poor decisionmakingabout driving and sex.The format of the debateallowed for members of theaudience to make commentsand vote for a winner.The audience consistedmostly of students. Againstconventional wisdom, theyvoted almost unanimously forthe British team, who arguedagainst lowering the drinkingage to 18.“It is correct to suggest that under all my assumptions, it would be moredifficult to go 100 seasons without winning than it was to win in any givenyear. It is less than half as likely.”— Professor of Mathematics Edward Packel, author of the book on sportsprobability The Mathematics of Games and Gambling (MathematicalAssociation of America, 2006), quoted in History Magazine’s June/July2008 issue. The Cubs last won the World Series in 1908. The L.A. Dodgerseliminated them in the first-round playoff series this fall.6 Spectrum | fall 2008

{ Sheridan Road }What I Did On My Summer VacationSpectrum checked in with five students aftersummer vacation to find out what they didand what they learned in the process.compiled state-level data of factors that may affectpill usage, such as income, race, religion, and insurancecoverage. I also saw how these variables affectthe induced abortion rate. I found that the abortionrate is significantly higher in states with higherJewish populations and/or foreign-born people.On the Experience: Individuals can make alarge impact on others’ lives with just a little hardwork and a selfless attitude. Even if you are not thebest at something — like hammering a nail in lessthan 10 swings or biking over the Rockies — if youkeep working hard, you will succeed.Mario Mazzetti ’10Lake Zurich, IllinoisTheater, English LiteratureOn Vacation: I played the lead role of SeymourKrelborn in Little Shop of Horrors at College of LakeCounty. I’ve always loved the show and the characterof Seymour ever since I saw my older brother play thepart when he was in middle school. I wanted to tacklethe role because of the numerous acting challengespresented by working with the puppets.Courtesy of Mario Mazzetti ’10On the Experience: Aside from learning howto use Microsoft Excel and statistical software morecompetently, I learned about careers in research,particularly economics research, and what I shoulddo if I hope to become a professional researchermyself one day.Samantha LePicier ’10Williamstown, MassachusettsEnvironmental Studies, Studio ArtOn Vacation: I cycled with 30 other peoplefrom Providence, Rhode Island, to San Francisco toraise money and awareness for affordable housing.During our travels we stopped to build houseswith affordable housing groups such as Habitat forHumanity and Rebuilding Together. Before the trip,each rider had to raise $4,000 to donate to applicablegroups before our trip started. My group andone other fully funded a house in Providence. It wasan amazing experience and I wish I could do it allover again. I joined Habitat for Humanity mysophomore year and had already cycled cross country,so when I heard that I could raise money, buildhouses, and cycle all in one summer, I was hooked.Robert Erickson ’10North Aurora, IllinoisPhilosophy, English, PoliticsKedryn Sampson ’10West Cornwall, ConnecticutPsychology, AnthropologyOn Vacation: We spent six weeks preserving,recording, and experiencing Jamaican culture inFalmouth, a historic town that was occupied by theBritish and played a role in the North American slavetrade. Through a University of Virginia architectureprogram, we did field drawings, carpentry, andmasonry. The goal was to preserve the fabric of eachbuilding and keep the historical district intact.On the Experience: The Jamaican culture hasbeen impacted greatly by the practice of slavery.We learned about a different culture and peopleand helped restore buildings that have impactedlives of both people today and in the past. Welearned that no matter where you come from, whatyou study, and what your goal is, a group of 30individuals can come together to make a difference.On the Experience: I found that I can doanything if I put my mind, heart, and soul into it.That’s how I won the role and succeeded in performingevery night despite contracting strep throatduring the run of the show. I’m ready for my nexttheatrical challenge!Anum Haider ’10Chicago, IllinoisEconomics, HistoryOn Vacation: As a Richter Scholar, I helped AssistantProfessor of Economics Amanda Felkey investigatehow abortion laws affect birth control pillusage. I read and summarized journal articles andCourtesy of Samantha LePicier ’10Spectrum | fall 2008 7

{ Sheridan Road }Speakers Sound OffGeorge AllenSports editor for The Nationand author DAVE ZIRIN spokeabout the role of politics insports on September 9.EARL C. JOHNSON, an authorand survivor of the 9/11attacks on the World TradeCenter, shared his story ofescape on September 11.As part of the CurrentAdvances in Psychology (CAP)Colloquia series, JESSICAWITT from Purdue Universitydelivered a talk titled “Seeinginto the Future: An InteractionBetween Perception, the Self,and Action” on September 22.PHILIP KLINKNER ’85, a politicalscience professor at HamiltonCollege, delivered the talk,“Obama and McCain: Campaignsas Previews of PresidentialLeadership,” on September23 as part of the Gates Center/Student Government LeadershipSpeaker Series (see page36 for more details).On September 24, AI XIAOM-ING, a communications professorfrom China, spoke abouther work as a documentaryfilmmaker who highlightsthe concerns of marginalizedgroups in the country.Nanotech expert and NorthwesternUniversity chemistryprofessor CHAD MIRKINdelivered the 23rd VolwilerDistinguished ScientistLecture, “Small Things,Big Implications,” onSeptember 25.On September 27, awardwinningCzech pianist LUKASVONDRACEK performed arecital in honor of the lateIngrid H. Speros.Former Governor of Virginiaand Senator GEORGE ALLENdelivered a speech titled “StartYour Creative Engines forAmerican Energy Security”on September 30.As the third speaker in theGates Center/StudentGovernment LeadershipSpeaker Series, conservativeauthor and former ReaganWhite House policy advisorDINESH D’SOUZA shared hisviews on “McCain, Obama,and the War on Terror”on October 7.Statistician NATE SILVER,who analyzed polls and politicaldata for the 2008 presidentialelection on his blog atwww.fivethirtyeight.com, spokein the Lily Reid Holt MemorialChapel on October 8.On October 14, filmmakersand wolf experts JIM ANDJAMIE DUTCHER shared theirexperiences in a talk titled“Living with Wolves.”ORIT BASHKIN, assistant professorof Middle Eastern historyat the University of Chicago,delivered the speech “The Jewsof Iraq: Intellectual and CulturalPluralism in HashemiteIraq” on October 16.Billy Branch, a Chicago-bornmusician who has performedwith many blues legends,performed with his bandBILLY BRANCH AND THE SONSOF BLUES on October 23 at theCenter for Chicago Programs.By the Numbers$120,000ACM-Mellon Post doctoral Fellowship award to bring afellow in the religious study of Islam to the Collegefor two years for the Islamic World Studies Program.1,000Cafeteria trays no longer in use in the Gus and MargieHart Dining Hall after the facility went trayless lastspring to help reduce environmental impact. TheCollege donated more than 500 trays to the ChildCare Coalition of Lake County for use by preschoolers.94Voters registered during the voter registrationdrive on campus.3Books discussed this fall in the reading series “LakeForest/Lake Bluff Reads.” Faculty led the communitywidebook discussion group of The March: A Novelby E.L. Doctorow, All the King’s Men by Robert PennWarren, and Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser.1Engagement at Homecoming in October betweenBeth Liebschutz ’00 and fiancé Bart Roettger, thanksto some logistical assistance from the Office ofDevelopment and Alumni Relations.8Spectrum | fall 2008

In the NewsAssistant Professor of PoliticsCAROLine NORDLUND commentedin an October 21Chicago Public Radio segmentabout the hotly contested 10thCongressional District race.On the issue of private studentloans, Director of Financial AidJERRY CEBRZYNSKI was featuredon Good Morning Americaon October 14, in an AP storyon October 10, and in a USAToday column on August 25.SAAJIDHA RIZVYDEEN ’12 wasquoted in a Chicago Tribunearticle on September 18 aboutChicago Public Schools graduatesearning $157 million intuition aid.Q&Awith Associate Professorof Biology Karen KirkIt’s becoming easier to decode our DNA, which could oneday lead to a more personalized approach to medicine,says Karen Kirk, who teaches Molecular Genetics. Studentssequence their own DNA in her class.“This is only the tip of the iceberg,” Kirk says. “One day,students can find out why they like to parachute or rockclimb, depending on which version of the DRD2 gene (whichinvolves thrill-seeking behavior) they carry.” Spectrumasked Kirk about the growing field of pharmacogenomicsand how it could keep us healthier.Photo by William KoechlingDirector of Public SafetyRICHARD COHEN’s efforts todevelop an emergency managementplan for his hometownof Lindenhurst were covered ina September 12 Lake CountyNews-Sun story.The College’s effort to decreasefood waste, conserve water andenergy, and reduce the need forpolluting detergents by removingtrays from the cafeteriawas highlighted in a ChicagoTribune feature on September7. An October 16 follow-uparticle noted that the trayswere donated to the Child CareCoalition of Lake County.Associate Professor of EnglishDAVIS SCHNEIDERMAN questionedthe notion of plagiarismin an essay that appeared in theAugust 5 Chicago Tribune.Professor of Politics RANDSMITH was quoted in an August2008 Chicago Magazine articleon the legacy of Italo Balbo.The July 3 Lake Forester featuredSAMANTHA LEPICIER ’10,who cycled across the countryfor Habitat for Humanity toraise money this summer.Spectrum: What ispharmacogenomics?KIRK: It is the personalization ofmedicine therapies. This requireshealthcare professionals to know thegenetic makeup of an individual andto understand how the genetics influencethe efficacy of pharmaceuticals.Pharmacogenomics looks at theentire set, or genome, of the geneticinteractions with drugs.Spectrum: How could it helppeople with cancer and other incurablediseases?KIRK: Let’s say five people have thesame type of cancer. Each person isgiven the same drug protocol, whichonly works on four of them. Thefifth person is given a second drugprotocol, or a third or fourth, until adrug works.Drugs react differently dependingon one’s genetic makeup. But if weknew the genetic variations for eachperson, we could tailor the drug andeliminate the trial-and-error thattakes up valuable treatment time.Spectrum: Are we using pharmacogenomicsnow? Why or why not?KIRK: A little. Perhaps the bestknownexample is Herceptin, thebreast cancer drug. This drug is effectiveon only 20 percent of patients,but there is a diagnostic test thattells you if your genetics allow it towork. But this situation is rare, andthere are many barriers to developingpharmacogenomics.First, we need to understand howa drug interacts with its target andhow a change in genetics can affectthis interaction. Second, we need tohave a clearer picture of each individual’sgenetic makeup. Ideally, wewould have the entire DNA sequence,or genome, of everyone. Third, thepharmaceutical companies may needmore incentive to develop a seconddrug to treat that fifth cancer patient.If you can cure 80 percent with onedrug, the company may not think it isworthwhile to come up with anotherdrug for the remaining 20 percent.Spectrum: Why is sequencingour own DNA so important?KIRK: It’s like having a good roadmap to find a building, and youcouldn’t find the building without it.Ten years ago it was science fiction tothink we would each have our ownDNA sequence. But now the technologyhas become so inexpensive, itis predicted that the $1,000 humangenome is about five years away. If itwere as easy as scraping the inside ofyour mouth to submit cheek cells forDNA sequence, and the bill was nogreater than your new television set,wouldn’t you do it?Spectrum: What does the futurelook like for pharmacogenomics?KIRK: Although having our own DNAsequence is around the corner, otheraspects of this research are not. Havingyour own road map might helpyou find that building, but it won’ttell you whether that building canhold up to an earthquake. We havean enormous amount of research inthe years ahead to help us figure outhow drugs are interacting with theirtargets, and we will need healthcareprofessionals who understand thescience behind genomics.

{ Sheridan Road }Scenes from Homecoming: October 3-4, 2008Photos by Suzanne Tennant1 23 451 From left: David Smith ’00, Karie Schuenke Wellenbach ’01, Colleen Gallagher O’Connor ’98, Mike O’Connor ’00, Anna Panighetti ’98, and Steven Cupic ’98tailgated in the South Campus parking lot before the football game. 2 After catching up with former classmates at the Class of 1958 reunion the night before,Gunnar Forrest ’56 of Evanston waits for the Homecoming parade to step off. 3 Prudencio Cabral ’11 of East Timor waves the Portuguese flag as he marcheswith the International Student Organization in the Homecoming parade. 4 The crowd at Farwell Field cheers on the football team from the stands despite aneventual 21-27 loss to Beloit College. 5 Homecoming Queen Synneve L. Yoder ’09 and King Jared Fox ’09 wave to spectators on the parade route.View more photos from the reunions and other Homecoming festivities at alumni.lakeforest.edu.10 Spectrum | fall 2008

{ Keeping Score } sportsFrom left: Boomer the Bear, Athletic Hall ofFame Inductees Athletic Director Jackie Slaats,Anna Panighetti ’98, Robbie Ventura ’94, EricDrometer ’92, and President Stephen D. SchuttSpring Sports RoundupBy Mike WajerskiPhoto by Suzanne TennantSoftball21-14, 7-1 MWC (1st-South Division)SUMMARY: The Foresters swept three of four MidwestConference South Division doubleheaders and split the otherto earn the right to host the 2008 MWC ChampionshipTournament. The team won three of five tourney gamesbut fell to Ripon in the championship.STANDOUTS: Tracy Rainey ’10 led the squad with a .383batting average and 35 runs scored. Christy Condon ’08 seta school record with 42 RBI, matched her own mark with 11home runs, and finished as the program’s all-time leader with34 homers, 278 total bases, and a .711 slugging percentage.Men’s Tennis16-6, 3-1 MWC (2nd-South Division)SUMMARY: The Foresters qualified for the four-team MidwestConference Team Championship Tournament for the first timesince 2004 and fell to Grinnell College in the title match. Therunner-up finish is the program’s best since finishing second in 2000.STANDOUTS: Alex Presman ’10 (#2) Jon Flaksman ’11 (#3),Andrew Fretter ’09 (#4), and Chris Paterakos ’11 (#5) were theleague’s runners-up at their respective singles positions, anddoubles teams consisting of Flaksman and Fretter (#2) and JoeCampagna ’10 and Paterakos (#3) accomplished the feat as well.The team fell one victory shy of the single-season school record.Congratulations to the following Foresters,who were inducted into the Athletic Hall ofFame at Homecoming.Eric Drometer ’92 is the only Forester men’ssoccer player since the College joined the MidwestConference in 1974 to earn first team all-conferencehonors four times. He helped lead the team to a36-17-7 overall record and 18-4-2 mark in leagueplay during his career and was the squad’s MostValuable Player as a junior. Lake Forest captured aconference title his senior season, and he finishedhis career with 48 points on 14 goals and 20 assists.Robbie Ventura ’94 had his collegiate hockeycareer cut short by a shoulder injury but went on toan extremely successful career in cycling. He wonmore than 70 races in 12 years as a professional,the final four on the U.S. Postal Service Team. He hasalso served as a television commentator during theTour de France and helped hundreds of professionaland amateur cyclists and triathletes through VisionQuest Coaching, which he founded in 2000.Anna Panighetti ’98 was a four-time first teamall-conference volleyball player and helped lead theForesters to a 70-32 overall record during her fourseasons. She was the team’s captain and MVP in1997 when the squad claimed the first conferencetitle in program history. Panighetti also competed onthree conference championship swimming anddiving teams, won a conference title of her own inthe 200 backstroke, and advanced to the nationalmeet in that event.Jackie Slaats, who is in her 17th year as theLake Forest College athletic director, was also thevolleyball coach from 1986-92 and the women’sbasketball coach from 1986-2008. She was386-133 overall and 220-71 in league play as abasketball coach and led the Foresters to six conferencechampionships. She was named MWC Coachof the Year six times and her .743 career winningpercentage ranks among the top 20 in NCAA DivisionIII history.Mike Wajerski is the sports information directorat Lake Forest College.To check scores, stats, and more,visit www.lakeforest.edu/foresters.Spectrum | fall 2008 11

students { Extra Credit }Balancing ActMaria Papasotiriou ’12 juggles a full course load and hours of workoutswith dreams of making it to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.By Mike Conklin12 Spectrum | fall 2008

In Introduction to Visual Arts taught by Rebecca Goldberg,the final project is a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, wherestudents compare two different works from separate areas ofart. The goal is to show commonality and, as Goldberg points out,that art does not exist in a vacuum.The lesson cannot be lost on Maria Papasotiriou ’12. With onefoot on the campus and the other planted firmly in the glare of eliteinternational sports, she is experiencing a unique balancing act thatis anything but a vacuum-like existence for a first-year student.Papasotiriou is a world class figure skater with sights realisticallyset on the Winter Olympics in 2010 in Vancouver. It’s a goalthat has put her in the skating spotlight in Japan, Poland, England,Croatia, and Sweden, and now, in this first year of college,she faces the biggest test of her life on ice.Courtesy of Maria Papasotiriou ’12“The investment in time and effort to getto this level in your skating career is almost more thansomeone unfamiliar with the process can understand....There has to be much sacrifice along the way. Then, therehas to be a very careful schedule of events to bring theskater along at just the right time in her life. For many,there is only one opportunity to reach the Olympics.” — Alexander Ouriashev, skating coachWith dual U.S.-Greek citizenship, Papasotiriouwill compete for Greece in upcoming qualifyingcompetitions because her father, Saki, emigrated tothis country at age five. Should all go well in preliminarycompetition, she expects to be either the flagor torch bearer for Greece in the opening or closingceremonies in Vancouver.In order to represent Greece, Papasotiriou mustfinish in the top 24 out of 55 skaters in the WorldChampionships in March 2009 in Los Angeles. Ifshe fails to qualify then, she has a second chance inSeptember, when she must place in the top six in asmaller competition in Vienna, Austria.After skating what followers called her “bestroutine ever” as a 16-year-old in the EuropeanChampionships, Papasotiriou placed 31st in thecompetition, demonstrating that she belongs in elitecompetition. Her finishes in the most recent EuropeanChampionship and last two World Championshipshave kept her solidly in contention.The Winter Olympics have been her dreamalmost from the time she first laced up skates 10years ago in the Chicago suburbs.A graduate of nearby Libertyville High School,enrolling in Lake Forest College allowed her to continueworking with her coach, Alexander Ouriashev,At age 16, Maria Papasotiriou ’12 placed 31st in the EuropeanChampionship after skating what some called her best routineever. Upcoming competitions will determine whether shequalifies to skate for Greece in the 2010 Olympics.and choreographer, Oleg Epstein, in Vernon Hills’ Glacier IceArena only a few miles from campus.“We lived down the street from the Glenview Ice Arena atone time, and my mom signed me up for lessons,” says Papasotiriou,explaining her start in the sport. “Alex was teaching myclass and he took my leg and arm and swung me around as wespun. It was so much fun I begged my mom for private lessons formy birthday. She gave me five as a gift, but that turned into thousandsof lessons over the years.”Most of Papasotiriou’s peers in her 9 a.m. chemistry class areprobably unaware she comes straight to class from arduous skatingworkouts. She spends 17 hours a week on the ice, much of itin the early morning hours before classmates have even trooped tothe cafeteria for breakfast. There are eight hours more per weekspent in off-ice training.“The investment in time and effort to get to this levelin your skating career is almost more than someone unfamiliarwith the process can understand,” says Ouriashev,her coach. “It takes years and years of dedication. Therehas to be much sacrifice along the way. Then, there hasto be a very careful schedule of events to bring the skateralong at just the right time in her life. For many, there isonly one opportunity to reach the Olympics.”Looking every bit the first-year student, Papasotiriounevertheless scoots around campus without the slightesthint of her rigorous second life. She’s friendly, eagerto make friends, wants to get more involved when herschedule eases, and is considering a sorority in the secondsemester.Her favorite part of school so far has been her chemistryclass’s field trip to the John G. Shedd Aquarium during the firstweek of school. “Being a commuter from home and spending somuch time at the rink, I pretty much have only met my professorsand people in my classes,” she says.Papasotiriou carefully worked out a first-semester class schedule,interrupted briefly for a trip to Austria in mid-October forthe Karl Schafer Memorial skating competition. Her full load ofcourses include Introduction to Visual Arts, Religious and EthicalPerspectives on the Environment, World Civilization to 1650, anda chemistry course with full Wednesday afternoons in the laboratoryin addition to the regular 9 a.m. classes.There are other demands, too. Shortly before classes startedfor the 2008-09 academic year, Papasotiriou hosted a pancreaticcancer fundraiser, “Skate for a Cure,” at Glacier Ice Arena. Thiswas the second year for the figure-skating show, which featured 25skaters in 22 acts. She organized the effort to honor the memoryof a close relative.Her pace figures to quicken as 2010 and the Winter Gamesnear. “I’ve skated to the caliber of the women ranked top in theworld,” says the 18-year-old, “and because of that I realized I canmake it to the same places they have, like the Olympics.” lFreelance writer Mike Conklin, a 35-year journalist with the ChicagoTribune, currently teaches full-time at DePaul University.Spectrum | fall 2008 13

faculty { Outside the Box }Celebrating KnowledgeStudents pursue a master’s of liberal arts degree in Lake Forest College’s only graduateprogram for many reasons, but they share one thing in common — a love for learning.By Fern Schumer Chapman14 Spectrum | fall 2008

As Professor of History Dan LeMahieu prepares to beginclass in a Donnelley and Lee Library seminar room ona fall Monday evening, his 14 students chat quietlyamongst themselves.“So what do you do?” one student asks another.“I’m in land acquisition.”“Oh really,” the first student replies, and then volunteers,“I teach in Waukegan.”Clearly, this group is not like LeMahieu’s typical charges.Still, he begins class like any other.“So let’s get started,” says LeMahieu, who team teaches thisclass Romanticism: Self and Society with Associate Professor ofEnglish Robert Archambeau. “Why is the French Revolutionimportant?”Several hands shoot up. “It’s the first revolution in Europewhere there was complete lack of support for those in power,” saysone student, “where the powerless could gain power.”Photo by Jon Cancelino“The discussions challenge me to look at the textsfrom different vantage points and expand my often narrowinterpretations. I love that it’s not just English, not just history,but a bigger picture of the world.” — Ann Cocks, M/LS student“It influenced the rest of the century and into the20th century,” adds another.The students come from all walks of life, includingbusiness, education, and government. They have traveledfrom as far away as Palatine, Elk Grove Village,and Aurora. Last semester, one student even commutedevery week from Atlanta, Georgia.“I didn’t miss a single seminar,” says Jane Nieuwboer,a retired teacher who had deferred starting the programby one semester because she wasn’t sure when herfamily would be moving to Chicago. “It was worth it.”These students are enrolled in Lake Forest College’sMaster’s in Liberal Arts (M/LS) program. Theyare required to take eight classes, including three interdisciplinaryseminars, in subjects such as environmentalism,gender, cinema, ethics, and history.“This is a program for generalists,” says CarolGayle, associate professor of history and associatedirector of the program, which currently serves about35 students. “Some M/LS students want to transformthemselves and to study in a social context. Some areteachers who want a broader way to meet their continuingeducation requirements. Some are young people whowant to improve their GPA to get into another graduateprogram. And some foreign-born students whose nativelanguage is not English use the program to transition toAmerican education.”Graduates include Lake County state representativeVirginia Frederick, who started her masters at ageMaster’s of Liberal Arts students Andre Meeks, Ann Cocks, andJane Nieuwboer go over notes from their class Romanticism:Self and Society, an interdisciplinary seminar taught by Professorof History Dan LeMahieu and Associate Professor of EnglishRobert Archambeau.79 and graduated four years later; Mary Beth Rubin, the directorof development of the Presbyterian Homes; Thomas Skelly, formerhead of U.S. operations at Accenture; and Robert Bullard, formerpresident of the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Historical Society.In the 1960s, only a handful of colleges such as Harvard,Dartmouth, and Johns Hopkins offered graduate programs inliberal arts. Originally geared to teachers and professors, theseprograms exploded in the 1990s for those who wish to celebrateknowledge rather than receive a degree that specifically supports acertain career path.“We’re the granddaddy of programs in this region,” says Gayleabout Lake Forest’s program, which started in 1977 and is nowdirected by LeMahieu. “Our courses are interdisciplinary, teamtaught by two professors from different departments which adds towhat students get out of the class.”“I wanted to experience the cross-pollination of disciplines asa student,” says Ann Cocks, who teaches English at Highland ParkHigh School. She needs only two ML/S classes to meether continuing education requirements, but she intendsto complete the program because she gets so much outof it. “The discussions challenge me to look at the textsfrom different vantage points and expand my often narrowinterpretations. I love that it’s not just English, notjust history, but a bigger picture of the world.”Adult students returning to college bring a completelydifferent perspective to the classroom than undergraduates.The late Professor of History Arthur Zilversmit, who founded theprogram, said in a recorded interview on the M/LS Web site that“these serious students debate points with passion. Some professorshave found these seminars to be among the most excitingteaching opportunities.”Undoubtedly, the adult student’s life experiences create aunique learning environment. For example, on this night, LeMahieuexplores the idea of a totalitarian democracy, where citizens havelittle participation in the decision-making process of the government.“I’ve given that idea some thought,” says Courtney Hancock,an account manager for the Great Lakes Division of CDW,“because in my job I have to make tough decisions that are bestfor everyone. It’s not always easy but necessary.”The ideas introduced in M/LS seminars go beyond the boundariesof the class. Zilversmit loved to tell a story about how theprogram engages both students and faculty.“In one seminar, we were discussing the philosopher JohnDewey,” he said in the online interview. “The other professor(Professor of Physics Roger Faber) and I disagreed about him. Thenext morning, when I went to my mailbox, I got a note that washeaded 2 a.m. ‘I’ve been thinking about this Dewey argument andI think you’re wrong. Signed Roger.’ This was symbolic of the waywe got caught up in these discussions,” Zilversmit said.Perhaps, Professor Zilversmit’s greatest legacy is that M/LSstudents still do. lFern Schumer Chapman is the advisor to the Lake Forest Collegenewspaper, The Stentor.Spectrum | fall 2008 15

alumni { Going Places }Exhibiting LeadershipA brush with modern art as a teenager leads Richard Armstrong ’71 to a career asa curator all the way to the top spot at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.By Elaine Vitone16 Spectrum | fall 2008

On an overcast morning in late October, Richard Armstrong’71 sits at a round table in his office at Pittsburgh’sCarnegie Museum of Art, an airy room overlooking asteep, autumn-painted gulley of trees. After 12 years as the museum’sdirector and four as curator of contemporary art, he’s nowbusily tying up loose ends, his lean, 6’5” frame bent over a buffetof paper piles. In two weeks, he’ll begin his new position as thedirector of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.Looking up from his stacks of work, he reflects on how hecame to be here, on the threshold of leading one of the world’smost renowned collections of modern art, the GuggenheimMuseum in New York. His face is calm, his blue eyes focused onthe horizon outside.Photo by Chester Higgins, Jr./The New York Times/Redux“Richard was interested in what he learnedin class, but he was not a disciple. He marched to hisown rhythm.” — Franz Schulze, professor of art, emeritusRichard Armstrong ’71 became the new director of the Solomon R.Guggenheim Foundation on November 5 after 12 years at the helmof the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.“When I started at Lake Forest, I thought I wasgoing to be a politician,” he says.A native of Kansas City, Armstrong spent the lastthree summers of his high school years working inWashington, D.C. as a Senate page. On those hot, unair-conditionednights, he cooled off in museums.“I saw a painting by Arthur Dove at the PhillipsCollection, and it really said something to me,” he saysof an abstract work called Flour Mill II. “From thatI decided I was interested in pictures. It was a chanceencounter, or predestined. I’m not sure which.”In the fall of 1967, Armstrong came to Lake Forestand enrolled in an introductory art history course withFranz Schultze, professor of art, emeritus. “Franz wasengaging, well informed, an interesting speaker, and agood writer,” says Armstrong. “[Art] became sort of aquest for me after that.”In 1968 he traveled to Paris and spent a year studyingat Université de Dijon, Université de Paris IV, Sorbonne,and École du Louvre. When he returned to LakeForest, he resumed his coursework and became active inthe Stentor, the student newspaper.Armstrong is modest about his college years, citinglackluster performance in his core requirements, but heexcelled in courses related to his art history major andearned special honors on his thesis, which he completedunder Schultze’s guidance.“Richard was interested in what he learned inclass,” Schultze says, “but he was not a disciple. Hemarched to his own rhythm.”After graduation, Armstrong returned to KansasCity and worked as a journalist for a year before enrollingin a directed-study fellowship program at the WhitneyMuseum of American Art. He then worked for five years as anassociate curator for La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art. In1980, the Whitney welcomed him back as a curator and a seniorinstructor in its independent study program. He remained therefor 12 years before joining the Carnegie, first as a curator of contemporaryart, then as chief curator, and finally as director, a rolehe’s held since 1996.When the Guggenheim announced Armstrong’s appointmentthis fall, the news surprised the international art community.He seemed a far cry from his successor, Thomas Krens, who’drecently announced his resignation. In his 20-year tenure, Krenswas known for his ambition to transform the Guggenheim intoan international brand, launching satellite museums in Bilbao,Venice, and Berlin. He also spearheaded the GuggenheimFoundation’s most ambitious venture to date, a450,000-square-foot museum in Abu Dhabi slated toopen in 2013.Jennifer Blei Stockman, Guggenheim board president,says that though people weren’t expecting the news, theywarmed to it quickly. One notable art critic, whom Stockmanreports has “never said a nice word about the Guggenheim,”even gave her a high five.“Richard is admired across the board,” Stockman says, addingthat Armstrong’s colleagues credit him with a cool head, keenknowledge, intuitive sense of art, and reassuring nature. He’sknown as someone who talks to everyone, from artists to curatorsto donors to museum volunteers.In a time when cultural enterprise is feeling the pinch, and theGuggenheim is embarking on a period of unprecedented growthand expansion, Armstrong seems just what the museum needs: aleader with a knack for inspiring loyalty and commitment.Armstrong says his bottom-up approach to team buildingwasn’t chosen consciously, but it has proven effective, and heplans to continue it at the Guggenheim.“One of the skills you need is to be a switchboard operator,”he says. “You find out what a person is interested in andhelp him or her find somebody else who’s interested in the samething. Then everybody gets heated up.”Armstrong’s gaze returns to a stack of papers on the tablein front of him — more than 200 printed letters to friends of themuseum. One by one, he flips through them, signing the onesthat are ready to go and setting aside those that need updating —probably every third or fourth letter. For these, he pens in acomplete, updated street address from memory.He shrugs this off as nothing, but in a way, his skill as ahuman Rolodex speaks to the reason the Guggenheim chose him— and perhaps also the reason he considered politics as a youngman, before fate intervened. He’s the kind of leader people can’thelp but get behind, the kind who makes them feel at once valuedas individuals and included in something larger. lElaine Vitone is an award-winning freelance writer and book critic basedin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Spectrum | fall 2008 17

Coming toAmericaWith the number of international students on the rise,here’s a look at how they adjust to life in a different country.By Lindsay Beller • Photos by Jon CancelinoMariyana Zapryanova ’09 spent her first flight from Plovdiv,Bulgaria, to O’Hare International Airport worried thatno one would pick her up and was relieved to find Director ofAdmissions Bill Motzer waiting for her. Jennillee Wallace ’09 exitedthe same airport a semester later into her first snow, feeling a winterchill unlike anything she’d ever felt in her balmy hometown of PortAntonio, Jamaica. Less than two years later, Palestinian HusseinDaraghma ’11 was devastated to discover that his visa was invaliddespite spending two years at a pre-university school in the UnitedStates. He boarded the next flight home to Nablus, reapplied for anew visa, and enrolled a semester later.These students are among the millions of international travelerswho pass through O’Hare each year. But unlike most passengerssteering through customs lines, security checkpoints, and baggagecollection, they are navigating issues that come with leaving theircountries behind to attend Lake Forest College. Academic, social,and cultural differences await as they travel 26 miles to the curvy,tree-lined streets of Lake Forest, but so does a college dedicated toeasing their transition and celebrating their diversity.Since the 1980s, customs agents at O’Hare have stamped anincreasing number of passports from students who live abroad.This fall, the College welcomed the most international studentbody, along with the most diverse first-year class, to date. Schoolwide,about 10 percent, or 135 students, hail from 48 countries.Two decades ago, less than one percent came from abroad. (TheCollege also saw an uptick in students who live in the United Statesand have permanent residency or dual citizenship. Combined withinternational students, 15 percent of the student body, or 209 students,come from 69 countries.) The increase in international studentenrollment reflects national trends. In the 2007-2008 academic year,the number of international students who enrolled at U.S. collegesand universities increased 7 percent since last year to nearly 623,805students, according to the Institute for International Education.But to the Lake Forest community, they are more than a statistic.Their matriculation fits with the College’s mission to embracecultural diversity and prepare students to become responsible citizensof the global community, says George Speros, associate provostand associate dean of the faculty, who initiated internationalrecruitment efforts more than 20 years ago.“All of a sudden, people from different parts of the world arecreating friendships,” he says. “While they’re here, they bring adifferent point of view. If they’re bumping heads over issues, they’retalking about it. They’re sitting down in the cafeteria, in classes, andin residence halls, listening to each other.”18 Spectrum | fall 2008

They come for different reasons — the drawof academic choices, the threat of unstable governments at home,scholarship opportunities, and the prestige of an American educationwere all cited by nearly a dozen international students whospoke with Spectrum about their experiences at the College.But once they are here, it takes time to adjust to life in anothercountry. Mariyana Zapryanova ’09 arrived with the expectationthat an American education would eventually help her get a goodjob back in Bulgaria, but she worried about her English skills. “Iwas scared to speak because I was afraid that no one would understandme,” she recalls.In addition to language barriers, international students alsoexperience cultural and academic differences, strict immigrationregulations, and homesickness. The Office of Intercultural Relations(OIR) helps students through programs and advising. “When you’re18 and you can’t see your family, we want to make it as much ahome for them as possible,” says Assistant Director Erin Hoffman.This begins at the airport, where a Lake Forest representativetypically picks up arriving students. Then comes First Connection,a pre-orientation program designed by OIR for all students, but ishelpful particularly for students who are international, U.S. ethnicminorities, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and first-generationAmerican. First Connection helps students get to know resourceson campus and nearby, offers cultural workshops, and teaches lessonson how to succeed academically. The program also organizestrips to buy cell phones, winter gear, and other essentials. OIR holdsmultiple workshops and one-on-one advising sessions throughoutthe year.Students find First Connection provides a chance to getcomfortable on campus and make friends before classes start. Ithelped an intimidated Nengding “Julie” Wang ’09 of Chongquing,China. Scheduled to meet her mentor in the cafeteria, Wang balkedwhen she saw a big group inside. But her mentor called out towelcome her in. “First Connection helped me settle in and meetother international students,” says Wang, who now spends most ofher time in the Johnson Science Center, where she conducts researchon genetics for her senior thesis and serves as president of Tri-BetaBiological Honor Society and as a member of Student Affiliates ofthe American Chemical Society.Zapryanova also has excelled academically with support fromprofessors whom she credits for not pushing her to speak in classright away. She overcame the fear to win three merit-based scholarshipsand to become one of two juniors admitted to Phi Beta Kappa.Spectrum | fall 2008 19

Mariyana Zapryanova ’09Hometown: Plovdiv, BulgariaLanguages: Bulgarian, French, EnglishMiles from home: 5,270Academic interests: Economics, Math, FrenchLikes best: My professors are helpful in theclassroom and out. They are also my rolemodels, mentors, and friends.Misses most: My parentsCulture shock: Going to the cafeteria andseeing people in pajamas and flip-flops. Backhome, you have to dress nicely to go out.She is also a member of two other honor societies, has held a spoton the Dean’s List since August 2006, and interns at Scott BaliceStrategies, a financial services company in Chicago.As students hit the books, many find that joiningcampus groups are not only a good way to make friends, but theyprovide opportunities to educate others about their own countriesand the global issues that impact them. After Jennillee Wallace ’09first arrived on that snowy winter day, she quickly warmed to theInternational Student Organization (ISO), a popular club that plansevents like a week-long celebration of international traditions andhosts a dinner with food from different countries. “I like learningabout different cultures and sharing my culture with other people,”says Wallace, who now serves as co-president.Wallace is not alone. Other international students have takenadvantage of the support offered by the Gates Center for Leadershipand Personal Growth to form clubs and organize events thatraise awareness about world issues and different cultures. Last year,Annti “Eemeli” Isoaho ’11 of Vantaa, Finland, and Henry Salas ’10of Arequipa, Peru, helped organize an event called “Children andWar,” in which three invited speakers talked about child soldiers inconflict regions around the world. “You can start something on yourown if you want to do something for the school or the community,”Salas says.Deepika Ramachandran ’11 of Mumbai, India, and Kelebogile“Kelly” Tlhokwane ’11 of Gaborone, Botswana, combined theirdancing talents to start the International Dance Club, which has performedBollywood, Irish, ballet, hip hop, and belly dancing at eventslike the Student Symposium and Global Fest. For Tlhokwane, themore at home she feels at Lake Forest. “My favorite part is that myschedule keeps building, and there’s always something to add,” shesays. “When I walked in I was intimidated. Now that I’m here and Ifit, I don’t feel limited that I’m an international student. It gives me anextra edge.”Another group, Students Educating Students, invites students toshare personal experiences to raise awareness about an issue. Speakershave included Sudanese and Zimbabwean students who sharedpolitical issues in their countries. Other internationally focusedgroups include Amnesty International and Model United Nations,although many students join organizations based on their interests,not just their international background.20 Spectrum | fall 2008

Hussein Daraghma ’11Hometown: Nablus, Palestinian TerritoryLanguages: Arabic, EnglishMiles from home: 6,189Academic interests: Chemistry, EconomicsLikes best: There’s so much open space andfreedom. I’m used to traveling for 10-15 minutesand getting stopped at a checkpoint.Misses most: My familyCulture shock: It’s a complete change comingfrom a more conservative society to a moreliberal society.Fabricio Sordoni ’11 of Rosario, Argentina, is organizing thisyear’s Business Plan Competition. He likes belonging to a groupwhere international students are in the minority and believes interactingwith Americans helps reduce stereotypes. “My country isn’tall about soccer and tango,” Sordoni says. “The big problem ispeople generalize a lot. As international students, our role is to breakthose stereotypes.”Students from other countries also admit to arriving with theirown preconceptions. When Isoaho first arrived, he had an anti-American bias, but making new friends alleviated that. “It’s beenhelpful to have American friends and see that they think the sameway as me,” he says. “When you live in this society, you learn whypeople think a certain way.” The classroom is another forum fordispelling stereotypes. Salas recommends, “Take politics classes. Youcan see so many points of view in the small classes here.”While students come from all over the world,one thing they have in common is the need to remain compliantwith post-September 11 U.S. immigration laws. OIR monitorsrequired paperwork for a government database that is updatedeach semester. All undergraduate international students at a fouryearcollege are required to have an F1 student visa, but this comeswith certain limitations. They must complete a degree in fouryears and can’t take out loans but can only work up to 20 hours aweek on campus. Internships are allowed only in their major fieldof study and for credit. After graduation, their main options areto apply to graduate school, to participate in Optional PracticalTraining (OPT), which allows them to work in the States for up toa year, or to return home.These restrictions are well worth it for the opportunity to studyhere, students say. Although Hussein Daraghma ’11 had to reapplyfor a visa that delayed his start at school, he is taking chemistry andeconomics classes in hopes of going to graduate school for petroleumengineering. “For us, it’s a dream to study in the U.S.,” says thePalestinian student.In his entrepreneurship class, he’s working on a proposal toeducate prisoners about business so they can rebuild their lives. Healso serves as ISO treasurer and joined Lambda Chi Alpha, a newfraternity on campus. “That’s why I came here,” he says, echoingthe sentiments of other international students. “To have experiencesthat I’ve never had before.”Spectrum | fall 2008 21

Fabricio Sordoni ’11Hometown: Rosario, ArgentinaLanguages: Spanish, Italian, EnglishMiles from home: 5,455Academic interests: International Relations,EconomicsLikes best: I feel a lot of freedom because ofthe liberal arts. I’m friendly with professors, canask questions, and take the courses that I want.Misses most: We call it sobremesa, where youstay at the table for an hour or two after ameal, just talking. I also miss talking with myown words.Culture shock: The cars are big, the housesare big, and the highways are big. When Igo home, everything seems small.The history of how Lake Forest Became aninternational campus began decades earlier. One of the first examplesof cultural diversity came in the 1940s, when a small group ofNisei students considered “patriotically reliable enough to allow theAmerican Friends Service Committee to sponsor them at a numberof Midwestern schools” enrolled at the College after their familiesof Japanese descent had been interned in California during WorldWar II, according to 30 Miles North: A History of Lake Forest College,Its Town, and Its City of Chicago.The first notable spike in international students came in 1961,when 15 students from 12 countries matriculated. A year later, asLake Forest increased enrollment and drew students from out ofstate, the College joined 48 other schools to provide scholarshipsto students from Africa. Lake Forest also received funding from theGrew Foundation to enroll Japanese students.By 1963, Lake Forest had a long-established foreign languagerequirement and aimed to “Europeanize” the College through studyabroad programs. President William Cole and Dean of Faculty andProvost William L. Dunn charged new Professor of Spanish GeorgeSperos to establish a program in Madrid, which served as a modelfor Professor of French Jean-Luc Garneau to set up a program inDijon, France, and for Professor of German Ingrid Speros (thenHenkels) to establish one in Berlin, Germany.The College discontinued these programs in 1973, three yearsafter starting a program in Athens, Greece, which still runs today.During the 1970s, President Gene Hotchkiss increased efforts tomake the curriculum more internationally focused as a little morethan a dozen students came from other countries.By 1985, only nine international students enrolled. Hotchkissand Speros initiated the first effort to recruit more. “We had a lot offoreign programs so I thought why don’t we reciprocate and try tobring students here,” Hotchkiss says. “It would enrich the Collegeand add more to our international thrust.”Speros regularly traveled to Europe to visit the College’s studyabroad programs. On one such trip, Hotchkiss asked Speros to stopin Hong Kong and Tokyo, where some Lake Forest students werestudying through an Associated Colleges of the Midwest program.“I thought why not meet with alumni, why not meet with theGrew Foundation (which had sponsored an exchange program22 Spectrum | fall 2008

Red,Black, &GreenAs the world tackles the realities of global warming,meet four alumni who are part of the solution.By Lindsay BellerWe’ve heard a lot about the notion of “going green.” Thebuzzword took off as the need to address global warmingsank in. But individuals have personalized this message indifferent ways, by reducing carbon footprints through lifestyle changes,pursuing new career paths, and advocating for more sustainablepractices, to name a few. Spectrum talked to four alumni who are alldoing their part, in their own ways, to help the environment.To read about environmental initiatives at Lake Forest College, visitwww.lakeforest.edu/about/green.Lindsay Beller is the editor of Spectrum.24 Spectrum | fall 2008

Eco-entrepreneur | Bob Perkowitz ’80The yellow “Perkowitz” sign advertisinga window fashions store on Green BayRoad in Wilmette offers a clue to what drivesBob Perkowitz ’80 to raise awareness aboutthe serious environmental issues facing theworld today.Working at the family business and atother jobs throughout childhood ingrainedthe Glenview native with an entrepreneurialspirit and a need to work hard to pay hisown way. In 1977, the self-described “serialentrepreneur” enrolled as a commuter studentand opened his own window coverings storein Highland Park. He has since started up orrun eight more companies with revenues upto $500 million.With an interest in environmental issues,he also joined the boards of the SierraClub Foundation and Environmental DefenseFund, but found they only targeted environmentalistsand missed out on a big segmentof the population. In 2005 Perkowitz drewon his entrepreneurial savvy, managementskills, and environmental interests to launchecoAmerica, a nonprofit that combines consumerresearch and marketing techniques toraise awareness among, and change behaviorsand attitudes of, who he calls, “environmentallyagnostic” Americans.Perkowitz wanted to reach those whomay not have donated to the cause or joineda group, such as college students, but couldstill reduce their environmental impact.“My approach is to engage people,” he says.“EcoAmerica brings consumer research andmarketing techniques to engage people andmake environmental issues relevant again.We don’t ask, ‘Do you believe in globalwarming?’ We ask what people think aboutthe environment, identify groups who aresympathetic, and add a tipping point.”In its first year ecoAmerica wasa founding sponsor of the AmericanCollege and University Presidents’ ClimateCommitment, an effort to get schools tobecome carbon neutral. At press time, 583presidents had signed on. The organization isalso partnering with The Princeton Review toprovide green college ratings for prospectivecollege students and with Monster.com tolaunch a green job Web site.Perkowitz’s interest in environmentalissues dates back to incidents like theCuyahoga River burning and Three MileIsland. “It was normal at the time to have anenvironmental ethic,” he says, adding that thepassage of clean air and water legislation ledto better practices nationwide and a declinein national attention on environmental issues.But as a student who was busy operatinghis first business, Perkowitz concentrated onearning a degree so he could attend businessschool. He chose Lake Forest for its liberalarts focus and flexibility to create his ownmajor in Social Thought, which enabled himto take classes in disciplines like politics andsociology. After earning an MBA at the LakeForest Graduate School of Management ayear later, selling his successful window covercompany, and running a home furnishingsbusiness, he landed in Charlotte, North Carolina,where he and his wife, Lisa Renstrom,began to pursue a philanthropic interest inthe environment. Renstrom is the formerpresident of the Sierra Club.In addition to ecoAmerica, Perkowitzruns three for-profit ventures that havean environmental bent. He is president ofParadigm Management, Inc., a businessconsulting and private equity managementfirm that targets sustainable businesses. Healso serves as managing partner of VivaTerraLLC, a company that sells sustainablewomen’s clothing and home decorations, andas chairman of Potenco, Inc., which developsproducts to promote human power generation.As he works to bring environmentalissues to the forefront, Perkowitz sees arenewed interest among Americans. “Wehit a low point at the end of 2006, butnow people are starting to realize that fires,droughts, and hurricanes are starting tohave an impact,” he says. “Climate changeis going to be the defining issue of our time.”“My approach isto engage people.EcoAmerica bringsconsumer researchand marketingtechniques to engagepeople and makeenvironmental issuesrelevant again. ”Spectrum | fall 2008 25

Green Builder | Melanie West ’92Melanie West ’92 has added a little greento the dusty brown Santa Fe desert.Last year she built a home with solar panels,recycled blue jean insulation, bamboo floors,and other environmentally friendly materials.West has long thought about environmentalissues and the sustainability of this planet.“It’s worth preserving,” she says. “I look outmy windows and there are coyotes, red tailhawks, and bunnies. I want to respect that.We’re all part of this natural world.”Building the house turned into a familyaffair. Her uncle transformed her sketches inblueprints, helped with general contractingand painting, and even planted an apricottree on the property. While West’s fathermixed the mud plaster for the interioradobe brick walls with her assistance, sheenlisted her brother to help with the solarelectric installation. A company owned bytwo cousins built the walls and poured theconcrete slab.Courtesy of Melanie West ’92“I look out mywindows and thereare coyotes, redtail hawks, andbunnies. I want torespect that. We’reall part of thisnatural world.”A Santa Fe native who was living inAustin, Texas, she embarked on the greenbuilding process after investing with familymembers in a 15-acre plot that had oncebelonged to her grandfather and was nearproperty owned by her family in NewMexico. So when the parcel came up for sale,West realized a long held dream to return tothe Southwest from Austin, where she hadstarted a photography business and workedin radio and film for 12 years.But before breaking ground in February2007, West spent a lot of time getting a feelfor the property, researching her options,investigating incentives, and considering whatshe wanted and could afford. For example,she decided that keeping the footprint to900-square-feet allowed her to invest in solarpanels, which generates all the electricity andheats the water and floors in the house.She also made the decision to stay onthe grid, not only because the cost of additionalbatteries exceeded her budget, but shebelieves in the idea of more homeowners becomingpower generators. “By my participationI am changing the paradigm of the grid,”says West, who receives a rebate from thelocal utility company for contributing power.“Whatever I don’t use in my little house goesto the general grid. We have it in us as aworld to try these things.”As the one-bedroom, one-bathroomhouse went up over the next 10 months,she made an effort to keep the materialsas natural and energy efficient as possible.Although West spent much of her childhoodin an old adobe ranch house with noindoor plumbing or telephone, she wantedto combine modern elements, like electricappliances, with older materials andtraditions of her grandparents’ generation,such as planting a kitchen garden. “I’mexcited about new and old materials andworking with natural forms,” she says. “It’snot a new way to think, but we’re returningto a pre-World War II way of thinking.”Eventually, West hopes to add on a secondbedroom and photography studio. Shestill travels to Austin for her photographywork, an interest that developed in high schooland continued to grow at Lake Forest College,where she majored in English, worked as featureseditor for the Stentor, and took advantageof cultural opportunities in Chicago.But she is building her business andgetting used to her new home in Santa Fe— enjoying sunlit rooms, its environmentalaesthetic, and views of the Ortiz Mountains,where a protest by citizens recently led to agovernment moratorium on oil and gas exploration.“Right now we have the momentumto change direction,” she says.26 Spectrum | fall 2008

Carbon Calculator | Craig Coleman ’96As a graduate student in oceanography,Craig Coleman ’96 sees how increasinggreenhouse gas emissions are damagingoceans. He is involved with a research projectthat investigates how a buildup of carbondioxide in the atmosphere leads to moreacidity in the water, which impacts eventhe smallest organisms. “If you mess up thelowest level, it’s going to have a ripple effectup the chain and large-scale implications forthe ocean ecosystem,” he says.Armed with an understanding of the sciencebehind global warming, Coleman believesthe first step in addressing the challenges of climatechange starts on dry land. He recently ledefforts at the University of Hawaii at Manoato calculate the school’s carbon footprint anddetermine ways to reduce energy use.Starting in 2007 he headed up theGreenhouse Gas Inventory Project, auniversity initiative established to catalogueemissions on campus and to serve as a modelfor other institutions who want to do thesame. With help from a $25,000 grant thathe secured from the local utility company andfollowing standards for measuring emissionsset forth by the Climate Registry, Colemancollected such data as the amount of fuelused in school vehicles, utility bills, andinformation about university air travel.The push to conduct the inventorycame after the university signed on to theAmerican College and University Presidents’Climate Commitment, which charges schoolsto develop and follow through with plans tobecome carbon neutral. (This initiative wasorganized by ecoAmerica, an environmentalmarketing non-profit founded by BobPerkowitz ’80. Read about him on page 25.)While the inventory was completed inSeptember, Coleman’s interest was sparked in2006 when the Hawaiian legislature wantedto explore ways to increase renewable energyand asked his advisor, Professor LorenzMagaard, to assess whether the state shouldjoin the Chicago Climate Exchange. Colemanresearched the program, which promotes avoluntary cap-and-trade system for reducinggreenhouse gas emissions. He supported theidea that public and private institutions agreeto a maximum limit of emissions but maypurchase or trade credits with each otherto comply with the cap.But when the state disagreed, Colemanrealized the importance of documenting emissionsin the right way. “I got involved becauseI saw these environmental financial toolswould be a big part of addressing the problem,”he says. “I wanted to ensure there werereal reductions. I wanted to make sure thatmeasurement of carbon was real.”Following the completion of theinventory, Coleman sees a business nicheto measure greenhouse gases for otherorganizations. This shouldn’t come as asurprise to those who knew Coleman at LakeForest College, where he managed the campuscoffee shop and developed a marketing planto improve sales. Although he had plannedto study the sciences, he changed his majorto French and pursued other interests instead.After graduation, he owned a movingcompany and managed several Starbucksbefore deciding to give science another go.Coleman is now analyzing energy andgreenhouse gas emissions for the state ofHawaii, but considers himself a social entrepreneur.“I see a great opportunity to put intoaction the idea that I can learn the ecologyand then try to find ways to address challengeswith my business background becausesomething has got to be done,” he says.“As a society, we need to address this issue.”Courtesy of Craig Coleman ’96“I got involvedbecause I saw theseenvironmentalfinancial toolswould be a big partof addressing theproblem. I wanted toensure there werereal reductions. Iwanted to make surethat measurement ofcarbon was real.”Spectrum | fall 2008 27

Courtesy of Norm Crampton ’54Recycling Resource | Norm Crampton ’54Disposing of human ashes in theocean is alright, but don’t throw theminto a body of fresh water because thatis considered pollution, cautions NormCrampton ’54 in his new book that featuresan A-to-Z list of how to dispose of or recyclehousehold items.The book, Green House: Eco-friendlyDisposal and Recycling at Home (M. Evans& Company, 2008), offers practical and oftenirreverent advice on what to do with morethan 100 waste items around the house. Thelist includes everything from car batteries“(return them to the dealer when you buynew or sell to a scrap metals dealer) to ovencleaner (flush down the toilet, rinse emptycontainer, throw in the trash) to magazines(leave them in your doctor’s waiting room,where old magazines never die).reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times,and wrote for magazines and associations.By the mid-1980s, Crampton landed atthe American Public Works Association, wherehe served as secretary of the Institute for SolidWastes, just as national interest in recyclingwas skyrocketing. “There was a worry that“we were running out of places to dump thegarbage,” he says. “Everyone was paranoidthat we’d be living in swamps of trash.”This inspired him to write his first bookComplete Trash: The Best Way to Get Ridof Practically Everything Around the House(M. Evans & Company, 1989). In 1990, hebecame executive director of the IndianaInstitute of Recycling, which moved him fromChicago to Bloomington, a city which hecommends for its commitment to recycling.“Twenty yearsago recyclingwas a good thingto do. Today it’s amatter of energy.People are seeingthe connectionbetween reducingwaste andconserving energy.”In a reflection of the times, it alsoincludes an extensive section on e-waste, suchas cell phones, computers, and fax machines.This is the fastest growing problem forrecycling and for the planet, Crampton writes,because electronics are filled with dangerouschemicals like lead and lithium. Mercuryis equally dangerous, especially with anincrease in the more energy-efficient compactfluorescent lights (CFLs), which consumersare buying more of as incandescent lightsbecome phased out of the marketplace.Crampton has written three books on thesubject but jokes that he wasn’t always intotrash. Growing up in Lake Forest, he had hisfirst experience with recycling while sortingglass bottles in the basement of the local A&P.But after serving as the Stentor editor at LakeForest College, he pursued a writing careerand earned a master’s degree in journalismfrom Northwestern University, worked as aGood municipal programs, costs,and convenience are all factors that affectindividual recycling habits, he says, althoughcurrent concerns about environmental andenergy issues have become a motivator aswell. “Twenty years ago recycling was agood thing to do,” Crampton says. “Todayit’s a matter of energy. People are seeing theconnection between reducing waste andconserving energy.”Out on the lecture circuit for his book,he’ll often exchange ideas for reusing itemswith the audience, like returning hangers tothe dry cleaner or donating plastic bags toa neighbor with a dog. He also sees manufacturerscoming out with packaging that ismore recyclable. But perhaps his best advicecomes at the end of his book, where he writes,“Consumers (that’s us, folks we’re two-thirdsof the national economy) can exercise thesimple power of choice to reduce trash.” l28 Spectrum | fall 2008

Before HePuncturedPomposityAfter a recent Smithsonian exhibit featured the political cartoons ofHerbert Block ’31, we dug up his drawings from his days at Lake Forest.Illustrations by Herbert Block ’31Whether it was Richard Nixonleaving a trail of tapesfor a bloodhound duringthe Watergate scandalor Bill Clinton walkingthrough mud to his Stateof the Union address after perjury charges surfaced,Washington Post editorial cartoonist Herbert Block’31 incisively illustrated the wrongs committed byU.S. presidents until his death in 2001. “The politicalcartoon is not a news story and not an oil portrait.It’s essentially a means for poking fun, for puncturingpomposity,” he wrote in 1977.In honor of the recent presidential campaign,Block’s cartoons of 11 presidents — from FranklinD. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton — appeared in theSmithsonian Institution exhibit “Herblock’sPresidents: Puncturing Pomposity,” which ran May2 to November 30, 2008 at the National PortraitGallery in Washington, D.C.While the world had the chance to look at sevendecades of his work, Spectrum visited the Collegearchives to find drawings from his time as a LakeForest College student.From 1927 to 1929, Block studied English andpolitical science and developed a strong interest ininternational affairs from Professor David Maynard.But when the Chicago Daily News extended a joboffer to become the newspaper’s cartoonist, Blockcouldn’t refuse the opportunity of a lifetime. Beforehe left Lake Forest College for the newspaper,however, Block contributed artwork to the Stentorand Forester yearbooks from 1928 to 1930.We found his caricatures of faculty, cartoonsabout alumni, and depictions of campus life. Whatfollows are two full-page drawings that ran inthe 1929 Forester, and examples of his legendarywit. Notably, he signed his work “H.L.B.,” whichpreceded the professional signature that he wasknown for — “Herblock.”His experience here had an impact on his career.In 1968, he told an audience at the College, “A schoolpublication is the greatest place in the world to beginto learn how to draw or write for the public, to seehow pictures reproduce in print and how peoplereact to what you have to say.”We couldn’t agree more.Spectrum | fall 2008 29

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{ Class Notes }Edited by Emily Holmes Nordstrom ’991951“My wife Rosalie and I are veryactive,” writes Herbert Haraburdof Tampa, Fla. They have traveledto several countries, and he stillplays golf five days a week but, “Irarely break 100!”19521 Sydney J. Johnson wasappointed chairman of the combinedCharles Allis and Villa TerraceArt Museums Bi-Board, twomuseums that provide culturalenrichment to the Milwaukee areato honor those who served thecountry, after retiring as chief ofanesthesiology at Lakeview Hospital.His wife, Grace McBain Johnson’54 continues to be active withthe Women’s Club of Wisconsin.{1998}While Washington Posteditorial cartoonist HerbertBlock ’31 (a.k.a. Herblock) drewa friendly looking self portraitfor the Winter 1998 cover ofSpectrum magazine, the articleinside noted the Pulitzer Prizewinner’sability to make adozen U.S. presidents cringe atthe sound of his name.Herblock’s witty cartoonsskewered public figures andpolitical issues for sevendecades and were recentlyfeatured in a Smithsonianexhibit. To see some of hisearlier work from Lake ForestCollege, turn to page 29.32 Spectrum | fall 2008

{ Class Notes }1 2 31953Rona Katz Fields of Washington,D.C., completed her term as presidentof the District of ColumbiaPsychological Association. In May,her chapter, “The NeurobiologicalConsequences of PsychologicalTorture” was published in PsychologicalTorture and, it is being citedin legal proceedings in Cuba andChile. She also contributed a chapterto Trauma Psychology.1955Since 1983, the Rev. James G.Macdonell has served as boardpresident of the Equal RightsCenter, a Washington, D.C. civilrights organization. He recentlydirected a seminar with religiousleaders to learn more about sectarianviolence in Northern Ireland.These two roles have provided himwith “some of the most fulfillingmoments of my long, exhilaratingministerial career,” he writes.19672 Michelle Scott announces thather stallion, Harwich Tyrant, wasChampion Sport Horse SuitabilityStallions & Geldings, ChampionFirst Level Dressage Test 3, HighPoint Sport Horse, and winner ofthe Justin Morgan Standard at theOld Dominion Morgan HorseAssociation Fall Show.1968Last spring, Margaret McKissockDaviesDibbs of Edmonton,Alberta, retired from her jobas a program consultant with theAlberta Alcohol and Drug AbuseCommission. Marcy’s next step:Loading her road bike into her van,heading off for seven months of“gypsying” around North America,and visiting friends and familyalong the way.1969On August 15, after 31 yearswith the company, James Micaliretired as chairman and presidentof Michelin North America. In anarticle in the Greenville News,former colleagues described Jimas a global leader with worldclassinterpersonal skills. Jim plansto stay busy as a consultant anda part-time advisor to a local lawfirm and to finish his term aschairman of the South CarolinaChamber of Commerce.19703 “Foresters go everywhere!”writes Irene Vartanoff of Hedgesville,W.Va., who met up withSheree West ’70 in the Denverarea last August. The mini-reunionincluded a car trek up Pikes Peak,where this photograph was taken.Irene reports that Sheree thenheaded to Africa on a safari withDiane Jayson ’69.Nancy Hurd Wolters loves hernew job as executive assistant tothe president and CEO of SnaponIncorporated, in Kenosha, Wis.“Since I live in Barrington, Ill., it isquite a drive every day, but withmy hybrid, satellite radio, and thebreathtaking Wisconsin countryside,I rather enjoy the long dailycommute...at least until the snowreturns!” she writes.1974“Well, partly due to Franz Schulze’sgreat support and teachings, I havea new show up in California,”writes Chris Gerlach of PagosaSprings, Colo. The show, “La Jolla& San Diego Paintings 2008,” waspresented at the Alcala Gallery. Formore information, visitwww.christophergerlach.com.4 After 18 years as Vermont’searly education director, JamesSquires decided “the time wasripe to try something new” andmoved with his wife to SaintSimons Island, Ga. Jim is now aneducational consultant and anunderwater photographer. Heintends to spend several monthseach year back in Vermont, butonly when he doesn’t have toshovel the driveway. Jim can bereached at SquiresJames@aol.com.1976David Close and Gail ChapmanClose ’76 of Sudbury, Mass., celebratedtheir 25th anniversary inJune. David is an executive vicepresident at a PR agency in Bostonand an avid cyclist. He recentlyrode in the Greylock Challenge,which he described as “a long ridewith a mountain in the middle,”for the MS Society. Gail, a nurse,works as an ombudsman for severalnursing homes and is a hospicevolunteer. She is an activephotographer and has taken upgenealogy as a hobby. They havetwo children: David, 21, andLaura, 17.4Spectrum | fall 2008 33

{ Class Notes }Changes to Our Class Notes PolicyTo submit a class note, log on to our new and improved online communityat alumni.lakeforest.edu; e-mail spectrum@lakeforest.edu, or mail theform below. The next issue of Spectrum will come out in June 2009. Thesubmission deadline for class notes is April 15.6Please note the fastest way to share news with former classmates andfriends is through the online community, where submitted notes and photosare posted instantly following approval. If you e-mail a class note, it willappear in the magazine, however you must log in and submit the noteto alumni.lakeforest.edu for it to appear online. Spectrum cannot publishpregnancy and engagement announcements, however you may submitthese online. All notes may be edited for length and clarity.Starting with the next issue, all photos submitted to Spectrum must featureat least one alumnus and include full names and class years. You may mail aprint, e-mail a jpeg, or upload a photo to the online community. We preferelectronic photos that are 300dpi.cut along dotted lineSubmit Your Class NoteWe want to know what’s happening with you! Please sendin your news so we can share it with fellow Foresters.Mail: Lindsay Beller, Spectrum Editor, Lake Forest College,555 N. Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045.Name: ___________________________________________________Maiden Name: ___________________________ Class Year: ________Address: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________City/State/Zip: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________( )Phone: ___________________________________________________E-mail: ___________________________________________________My News: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5 “I have been with LindeMaterial Handling North AmericaCorp. for almost 31 years now,”writes Mark Roessler of Summerville,S.C. “My work has takenme all over the world ... and I havethoroughly enjoyed this experience.”Mark credits his Lake Foresteducation and the guidance ofGeorge and Ingrid Speros as instrumentalto his success.1978On August 18, Joseph McCarthyof Princeton, N.J., became the chiefexecutive of Publicis New York.Joseph came to Publicis with 25years of marketing communicationsexperience. Most recently, hewas vice president of worldwideadvertising and marketing communicationsat Johnson & Johnson.During a visit to Lake Forest thissummer, Howard Fredric Molenof Mamaroneck, N.Y., enjoyeda dinner with his former advisorGeorge Speros. He writes, “Graciousand wonderful times hadby all ... Thank you Dr. Speros foreverything.”19806 On June 18, 2007, JamesMoeller married Pascale Montagnierat a ceremony in the Cathedralof Our Lady of the Nativity in5Vence, France. After honeymooningin Spain, Greece, Turkey, andItaly, the couple returned home toWashington, D.C., where Jim is anattorney at Stuntz, Davis & Staffier.In July, Tamara A. Smith of SilverSpring, Md., became chief executiveofficer of the YWCA of theNational Capital Area. The positionwill help Tamara “share her talents,skills, and passion, while pursuinga personal mission to improve thelives of women and children.” Sheremains a member of the board ofdirectors of her former employer,DC Chartered Health Plan.1981Robert Dvorak of Barrington,Ill., was recently appointed to theNational Advisory Board for theMake-A-Wish Foundation. Robert34Spectrum | fall 2008

{ Class Notes }97is a senior vice president and boardmember of the Chicago-basedForsythe Technology, Inc., a globalIT infrastructure firm.1982In July, Allison C. Perkins becamethe executive director of ReynoldaHouse Museum of American Artin Winston-Salem, N.C. After workingas a museum educator fornearly 22 years, Allison describesthe position as an “ideal appointment”and reports that her husband,Cliff Dossel, and children,Colin, 10, and Kate, 6, are thrivingin their new home.1984Pam Danekas married MichaelLee on August 8, 2008. They residein Roscoe, Ill. “We are both retiredand thoroughly enjoying life!”she writes.7 In July, the public relations firmEdelman announced the appointmentof Mark Shadle as co-presidentof its Central Region, whichincludes its Chicago co-headquartersoffice and operations in Dallasand Austin, Texas.1987Michael Minerva, who wasnamed vice president of corporatereal estate for US Airways inAugust, has returned to Washington,D.C., with his wife, Esperanza,and their son, Michael Manuel, 3.Prior to the move, Mike taught aclass in aviation law and deliveredthe commencement address atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University’scampus in Prescott, Ariz.1989Maria Chiotis-Miehe is a bilingualsecretary/assistant to three lawyersin the Paris office of FreshfieldsBruckhaus Deringer. She and herhusband recently moved to Paristo enroll their son, George Marino,in a bilingual school. George spentthe summer in Greece with Maria’sfamily. She writes, “He adores hisaunt and godmother, Litsa Chiotis-Agglias’79, who is spoilinghim I might add.”1990After a year in Atlanta, Peter Hilland his family have returned toConnecticut. Peter works as aninteractive creative director at Colangeloin Darien, Conn. He, Holly,Lucy, 4, and Jay, 3, look forward togardening and school. Peter alsore-connected with Luc Garneau’89 and Ralph Segreti ’90.199188 Janet and Frank Salvoni ofKetchum, Idaho, welcomed a secondson, Cooper Jeffrey, on August14. He joins big brother, Tyler, 3.1992Robert Blair-Smith and Jill GrippandoBlair-Smith ’90 live inDowners Grove, Ill., with their children,Amelia, 9, and Adam, 6. Bobis a technical marketing senior salesengineer at Cbeyond. Jill is a writerat Midwestern University.Hanelle Culpepper and Jeff Meierof Los Angeles, Calif., announcethe birth of their son, Maceo ChristopherMeier, on May 17. At birth,Maceo weighed 7 pounds, 12ounces and measured 20 inches.Hanelle writes, “Clearly, he will betall, like Jeff.”9 “My family and I just returnedfrom a fun-filled week at the beachwith Monique Macartney Dunlap’92 and her family,” writes TriciaPtomey Patterson. “Monique,Mark, and Noah still reside in Nashville,Tenn., and my family movedto the Atlanta area in late December.”Pictured from left: Noah Dunlap,5, and Milner, 6, Chloe, 4, andGabe Patterson, 9.199310 Every summer, Beth WillsonDunn and Allegra Costa Herman’93 vacation with their familiesin Kennebunkport, Maine. Beth,who lives in Mays Landing, N.J.,writes, “We would like to say helloto everyone.” She also announcesthat her novel, Social Climbers, willSpectrum | fall 2008 35

{ Class Notes }Photo by Dave TewksburyPolitical PursuitsWhen Philip A. Klinkner ’85returned to campus on September24 to deliver a lecture,his talk reflected severalresearch interests that he haspursued as a political scienceprofessor at HamiltonCollege, including Americanpolitics, political parties,elections, the presidency, andrace relations. His speech,“Obama and McCain:Campaigns as Previews ofPresidential Leadership,”offered a non-partisan take on the leadership styles of the twocandidates.He spent the last two decades analyzing elections throughpublished works, media appearances, and the blog Polysigh —from the success of the Republican Party in 1994 to miscountedvotes in Florida in 2000 to the role of patriotism in 2004. ButKlinkner studied international politics as a Lake Forest student.His senior thesis focused on defense policy under PresidentRonald Reagan, but he switched to American politics while earninga PhD from Yale University. While teaching at Loyola MarymountUniversity in Los Angeles in 1991, race riots broke outafter police officers were acquitted following video that showedthem beating motorist Rodney King. For Klinkner, this raisedmany questions about the state of racial progress in this country.“It was revealing to me that there were stark divisions inAmerican society,” he says. “I wanted to know more about howwe had gotten to this point.” He co-wrote an award-winningbook, The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of America’sCommitment to Racial Equality (University of Chicago Press,1999), which argued that gains in civil rights were often followedby a period of stagnation or retrenchment.While Klinkner says Barack Obama’s candidacy showsthat America has made immense progress in race relations, hisresearch indicates that five percent of the electorate won’t votefor Obama based on his race. “When I was in college, it wasinconceivable that a black man would become president,” hesays in an interview that took place before the presidential election.“At the same time I think his campaign shows some of thebarriers that he has faced. Large numbers of white voters havehad reservations voting for him.”Meanwhile Klinkner has turned to history for his latestproject. This year, he is on sabbatical to complete a book aboutthe 1936 election between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alfred M.Landon, an endeavor that illustrates why he became an academic.“I wanted to read and write about topics of interest to meand help young people develop their intellectual skills in the waythat my professors helped me,” he says. l— Lindsay Beller10come out in January 2009, andthe main character attends LakeForest College!In July, Todd Herwig was promotedto chief of the Defense Policyand Analysis Office’s Research& Analysis Division, which conductstailored research in supportof senior Department of Defensepolicymakers, intelligence officials,and planners.11 Heather Rufus marriedEmmanuel Hacque in a civil ceremonyat the Hotel de Ville inBoulogne-Billancourt, France,where they now live. The couplethen held a religious ceremonyand reception at Le Pavillon Dauphinein Paris on April 19. Heatherwrites, “Emmanuel and I wereboth in college when we met in1992. I was studying in the ParisInternational Internship Program,and he was a student at FrenchUniversity.” Heather is a seniorcontract specialist for McKessonProvider Technologies.Timothy State writes that hisshort story, “Weenie Scallopini”,was published in Nine Hundred &Sixty-Nine: West Hollywood Stories.1994Todd and Jenifer Severson ofCarlsbad, Calif., welcomed theirfirst child, Lucy Johnson, onAugust 26. They love their work,the weather, and this amazing newlittle girl in their life, writes Jenny.1996On July 8, Lauren and HirotsuguAsari of Fitchburg, Wis., welcomedtheir son, Aiden Yamato,36Spectrum | fall 2008

{ Class Notes }who weighed 6 pounds, 6 ouncesand measured 19.7 inches. Hiroreports that Aiden is “healthyand strong.”Emma and Zac Hansel are nowliving on the island of Oahu inHawaii. Zac is getting a master’sin education at Chaminade Universityand has begun substituteteaching. He invites, “Come outand visit any time.”12 In April 2007, Torri Solomonmarried Ed Dobson in southern NewJersey. Torri is a high school Englishteacher. The couple recently purchaseda house in Pennsville, N.J.1997Tobi Limke and Lance Edwardsof Lowell, Mass., announce thearrival of their son, Mason James,on June 26. Tobi writes, “Afterarriving at 8 pounds, 3 ounces ofpure muscle and a lanky 23 incheslong, Mason has already set off thefamily debate of whether he willbe an Olympic swimmer or play forthe Orioles.”12In June, Christina Iaquinta Ridolfiof Shorewood, Wis., made her solodebut as an interior designer inthe 11th annual Wisconsin BreastCancer Showhouse, which benefitscancer research at the MedicalCollege of Wisconsin.1998On July 28, 2007, Alison Hallmarried Evan Wright in her hometownof Bloomfield Hills, Mich.Her bridesmaids included EmilyRendon Emiley ’98 and MelissaLatshaw Nally ’98. Alison is thecurator of the Montgomery CountyHistorical Society. She and Evan liveoutside Indianapolis.From 1998 to 2002, Tracy BenesRuvoli taught biology, anatomy,and physiology at Geneva HighSchool. She writes, “In 2001, Imarried Ron Ruvoli. Since 2002,I have been at home with ourdaughters. Emily is 5 1/2 andRobyn is 3.” The family lives inBrookfield, Ill.11Kimberley Fraser Williams andhusband Dave of Aurora, Colo.,welcomed their son, Gavin AllenWilliams, on September 13.1999Amanda Mertens Campbell ofWashington, D.C., is staff counselfor the Energy and Air QualitySubcommittee of the House ofRepresentatives’ Committee onEnergy and Commerce. She writes,“I am responsible for Clean Air Act/13air quality issues as well as pipelinesafety. I work on energy efficiencyand climate change issues as well.”2000In September, Art Calendar magazinefeatured an article about JoshMoulton of Chicago. For moreinformation about Josh’s work, visitwww.joshmoulton.com.Melissa Suzik of Addison, Ill.,completed her master’s degreein social work at Loyola Universityin August.2001A year ago, Kobena-Marcus J.Collins became the head divingcoach at his high school in Milwaukee,and this spring, threeof his athletes made it to state,a first in the school’s history. Ina video interview with Fox NewsSports, Kobena said, “My passionis to give back to the community,Spectrum | fall 2008 37

{ Class Notes }14Courtesy of Lauren McHugh ’05Kicking StereotypesLauren McHugh ’05 spent her college years breaking downopposing defenses for the women’s soccer team. Now, she’scoaching girls in Macedonia and helping them break stereotypesin a town where they had never played organized soccer.While working on a two-year Peace Corps post, McHughnoticed that many girls often sat outside after school with nothingto do. She received a Small Project Assistance grant from the U.S.Agency for International Development and Peace Corps, which sheused to start a 16-player team of teenage girls who play five days aweek between practices and games.“The girls love every minute of it,” she says. “Girls here don’treally have the chance to play soccer, and now they have thatoutlet.”McHugh knew that she wanted to coach soccer wherever sheended up with the Peace Corps, as women around the world don’ttypically have the same opportunity to play, she says. For example,while the United States has had a women’s national soccer teamsince 1985, Macedonia’s first team was not established until 2005.“I was initially turned down by many Macedonians when Iexplained to them my idea for a girls’ soccer team,”McHugh says.“No one thought that girls would be interested.”At first, there wasn’t much interest at her school in Gevgelija,a southeastern town of 16,000 residents near the border withGreece. So she formed a co-ed team.It took McHugh months to find someone else willing to help,but one connection led her to another coach who had wantedto start a girls’ team but didn’t have the time to do it on his own.Their team now competes against others from across the country.She also works with a non-profit organization in the Balkanscalled Open Fun Football Schools, a humanitarian project that usessoccer to teach democracy, peace, stability, and social cohesion byreestablishing friendships between multi-ethnic populations.McHugh explains that she feels like the girls have developedmore self-confidence, higher self-esteem, and have improved theirleadership skills, responsibility, teamwork, discipline, and dedication.“This has been my favorite part of my Peace Corps service,”McHugh says. “Seeing these girls get out and play and breakthe stereotypes of girls not being able to play sports has beenwonderful.” l — Will Pittinos ’0615to work with youth, to help themlike people helped me.” Theinterview is available atwww.myfoxmilwaukee.com.13 On March 10, 2007, Ai Hyodomarried Masayoshi Tsuneokaat Azabu St. Mary’s Church inTokyo. Ai reports that she woretwo dresses: a wedding dress atthe church and a pink dress at thereception. Naomi Ise ’00, YukoMatsuyama ’99, and KayokoSato ’01 attended the celebration.Ai and Masayoshi live in Kanagawa,Japan.“I just had a really great articlewritten about my life and work.I am so excited about it,” writesYana Payusova of Jamaica Plain,Mass. Published in the BostonGlobe on July 6, the article said ofYana: “She has developed a strikingstyle that’s earned attention,praise, and a spot in the DeCordovaMuseum’s annual exhibitionof noteworthy New England artists.”A link to the article is availableat www.payusova.com.2002On June 6, Konrad Bienia graduatedwith a doctor of medicinedegree from the Chicago MedicalSchool at Rosalind Franklin Universityof Medicine and Science.Konrad began his residency fordiagnostic radiology at OSF St.Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill.14 Heather Lewis of Wadsworth,Ill., graduated from the KellerGraduate School of Managementof DeVry University on June 22.She received her MBA with a concentrationin health services and ispictured at the ceremony with hersister, Christina.38Spectrum | fall 2008

{ In Memoriam }2004Last year, Jen Hoyer Minarik waspromoted to event marketing coordinatorat the Lake Forest GraduateSchool of Management, and this fall,she began classes in the school’s MBAprogram. Jen and her husband, Alan,live in Mundelein, Ill., and recentlycelebrated their fifth anniversary.200515 Melanie Shrader of ArlingtonHeights, Ill., reports that Kate Redden’05 married Chris East in LittleRock, Ark., on May 31. The ceremonytook place at the Old State Housewith a reception following at the ClintonLibrary. To help Kate celebrate,Melanie and fellow Lake Forest AlphaPi Delta alumnae Melissa Pugh ’05,Tammy Hibler Kemp ’05, SusanSpickard ’05, and Lucy Seagraves’05 danced all night.Amy Edwards Sparks of Foxboro,Mass., graduated with honors fromCurry College with a bachelor’s ofscience in nursing. She works in theEmergency Department at NewtonWellesley Hospital.2006Jerome Pellack of Frankfort, Ill.,was accepted to Valparaiso UniversitySchool of Law.1930sClement L. Williamson ’30Skull Valley, ArizonaJuly 28, 2008Sterling B. Price ’32Avoca, WisconsinAugust 25, 2008Glenn K. Seidenfeld ’35Winnetka, IllinoisSeptember 4, 2008Reva Kamper Konefes ’36Cedar Falls, IowaJune 21, 2008Margaret ShoemakerTibbetts ’37Washington Island, WisconsinAugust 19, 2008Charles A. Schuster ’39Gulf Breeze, FloridaAugust 21, 2008Robert C. Dixon ’39Gurnee, IllinoisJune 2, 2008Herbert R. Faulks ’49Lake Forest, IllinoisMay 28, 20081950sEva L. Woodall ’50Morton Grove, IllinoisMay 31, 2008John E. Katzler ’51Mt. Prospect, IllinoisJune 17, 2008Harold E. Hall ’52Berwyn, PennsylvaniaAugst 15, 2008Joseph E. Kaye ’53Oak Brook, IllinoisJune 16, 2008James E. Evoy ’54Waukegan, IllinoisJuly 31, 2008Robert H. Hutchins ’55Needham, MassachusettsSeptember 3, 2008Joan SchwuchowCamille M. Taylor ’59Evanston, IllinoisJuly 4, 20081960sJune Matthes Muckle ’61Sarasota, FloridaMay 16, 2008Louise R. Munson ’63Houston, TexasMay 28, 2008Deborah Tarshish Wise ’64Northbrook, IllinoisMay 5, 2008Sally Svoboda Beauford ’64Dixon, IllinoisJuly 27, 2008Leslie J. Coopersmith ’69Buffalo Grove, IllinoisJune 1, 20081970sChristine C. Mahon ’79Bremerton, WashingtonJune 24, 20082007The new play-by-play voice of theIdaho Steelheads hockey team isDoug Plagens, who earned a master’sin broadcast journalism fromSyracuse University.2008“Now that we don’t have the station[the College’s WMXM] to rely on,we’ve branched off and startedthe podcast Indie Street,” writesNick Rennis of his work withEric Murphy ’08. Check it out atwww.indiestreetradio.com or oniTunes. Nick lives in Lake Forest, Ill.1940sElizabeth Ritzler Lineburg ’40Madison, IndianaSeptember 19, 2008Hugh R. Slugg ’42Fox Point, WisconsinJune 20, 2008James D. Larson ’48Cocoa Beach, FloridaAugust 20, 2008Frank M. Sturtevant ’48Sarasota, FloridaStroup ’55Belleville, IllinoisJuly 28, 2008Richard B. Stahl ’55Kenilworth, IllinoisJune 20, 2008Arthur G. Larson ’57Hobe Sound, FloridaJuly 7, 2008John C. Stark ’57Waukegan, IllinoisAugust 25, 20081980sRonald James Boyko ’82Houston, TexasMay 14, 20082000sKevin Z. Kiser ’03Omaha, NebraskaJuly 3, 2008Former FacultyJohn G. SproatMaulik Vaishnav wrote an article forThe Nature Conservancy’s Web siteabout his week-long field experienceduring the summer working on GPSdata collection at the Sleeping BearDunes National Lakeshore in Michigan.June 30, 2008Carolyn Spiwak Cronstein ’48Cincinnati, OhioJune 29, 2008Wayne J. Johnson ’58Winnetka, IllinoisSeptember 7, 2008Professor of History, 1963-1974Columbia, South CarolinaMarch 14, 2008Spectrum | fall 2008 39

{ Scene on Campus }Tennis coach Chris Pier sits, sinks, and swims in the dunk tank during Homecoming week festivities.Photos by Lindsay Beller40 Spectrum | fall 2008

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HELPING HANDSPhoto by Will Pittinos ’06Katie McLain ’11 clears an area of weeds in the prairie behind The Ragdale Foundation to help open space near a new studio that is under constructionat the Lake Forest artists’ retreat. She joined more than 400 students, faculty, and staff, who volunteered at 36 locations around the Chicago areafor the College’s second annual Day of Service, organized and sponsored by the Gates Center for Leadership and Personal Growth.Lake Forest College Spectrum Magazine555 North Sheridan RoadLake Forest, Illinois 60045-2338