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THE MAGAZINE OF SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY<br />
FALL 2003
By Lawrence Biondi, S.J.<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> President<br />
I<br />
’m convinced that it must have been a SLU graduate who coined the phrase, “What a small<br />
world.”<br />
I’m sure you’ve all had a similar experience: you’re sitting in a restaurant, standing in line<br />
to check out at a grocery store or even taking in a ball game, and someone around you says<br />
something like, “Didn’t you go to SLU?”<br />
Whatever the opening line, what almost always ensues is a brief conversation between two<br />
people. They may have never met before, but it’s as if an instant connection has been made.<br />
They begin talking like old friends.<br />
Although I realize that this phenomenon frequently happens between<br />
people who share a common identity, I often come away from such experiences<br />
convinced that members of our SLU community transcend the<br />
superficialities of just sharing an alma mater or even a fondness for a particular<br />
sports team.<br />
I truly believe our mission and our Ignatian heritage unites us on a deeper<br />
level. The recent Homecoming festivities only reinforced my belief. As<br />
all of you know, during Homecoming, we welcome thousands of former<br />
students back to campus, putting them in contact once again with each<br />
other and with our current students, faculty and staff.<br />
There were tours of Grand Center, our own home in Midtown, as well as<br />
the new and improved Busch Student Center. There were parties, outdoor<br />
concerts, Billiken soccer, a parade and fireworks. There were golf outings,<br />
class reunions and tailgates. And serving as an appropriate, intimate ending<br />
to the weekend, there was the Golden Billiken Brunch for members of the<br />
classes up to and including the class of 1953.<br />
Alhtough all of these activities are entertaining and help to demonstrate<br />
our appreciation for members of our SLU family, perhaps the most satisfying<br />
element of Homecoming is found in the personal interaction between<br />
longtime friends. For Homecoming is one of the few times during the year<br />
in which generations of Billikens come back to campus to celebrate and<br />
commemorate their shared identity. Alumni reminisce about old times<br />
while also introducing their former classmates to their personal families. We at SLU show off<br />
our campus and introduce our current family of students, faculty and staff, who share their<br />
own thoughts and feelings about the SLU experience.<br />
Alumni often share their own success stories, but more importantly, their stories about family,<br />
friends and faith. They tell me how the philosophy, ethics and theological components<br />
they once grumbled about now serve them well in their everyday lives.<br />
Conversely, we let alumni know that SLU remains committed to informing and transforming<br />
our current students, who, in turn, will transform society in the spirit of the Gospels. I<br />
give assurances that although the nature of higher education has changed, SLU remains true<br />
to its Jesuit, Catholic heritage — just like it has for generations, all the way back to its founding<br />
in 1818.<br />
Yes, we truly see the spirit of <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> revealed and refreshed during our<br />
Homecoming festivities. It gives me great joy to hear about the ways in which members of<br />
the SLU community continue to make a difference for their families, for their communities,<br />
for their professions, for their world. Though it is only one weekend during the year, there’s<br />
undoubtedly an invisible bridge that links generations of Billiken alumni together. We can be<br />
reassured that SLU continues to succeed in preparing its graduates for a lifetime of service to<br />
humankind.<br />
It’s wonderful to see that SLU is indeed “where the heart is” in so many people’s lives.
On the Cover: The new Busch<br />
Student Center courtyard. For<br />
more photos of Busch Student<br />
Center, see page 12.<br />
UNIVERSITAS<br />
Volume 30, No. 1<br />
Editor<br />
Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92)<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
Chris Waldvogel<br />
Contributors<br />
Clayton Berry<br />
Jeff Fowler<br />
Photo Credits<br />
Steve Dolan, 3, 9, 30<br />
Joe Finlay, 4<br />
Kevin Lowder, 10<br />
Dave Preston, 26<br />
John Quinn, S.J., 20<br />
James Visser, cover, 4, 12-15<br />
Chris Waldvogel, 2, 3, 5<br />
New Line Cinema, 18, 20-22<br />
Design<br />
AKA Design Inc.<br />
Art Direction: Richie Murphy<br />
Design: Stacy Lanier<br />
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C O N T E N T S<br />
FALL 2003<br />
6<br />
Home-Court Advantage<br />
Take a peek at the plans for<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s proposed arena.<br />
10<br />
Remembering Father Ong<br />
A look at the life of one of<br />
SLU’s most noted scholars.<br />
12<br />
Center of Attention<br />
The renovated and expanded<br />
Busch Student Center is drawing raves.<br />
16<br />
Momentum<br />
The Campaign for <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
marks its first anniversary.<br />
18<br />
Lore of the Rings<br />
A SLU professor is one of the world’s<br />
foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien.<br />
IN MEMORIAM ALUMNI notes<br />
2<br />
24 32<br />
28 30
2<br />
SLU named a<br />
‘Best Buy’ again<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> is<br />
the nation’s top educational<br />
buy among all Jesuit<br />
institutions according to U.S.<br />
News & World Report, which<br />
again recognized <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> as one of the<br />
country’s best values in higher<br />
education. Overall, the<br />
magazine also ranked SLU<br />
among the top four Catholic<br />
universities in the country.<br />
In the publication’s<br />
“America’s Best Colleges<br />
2004” issue, SLU is No. 41<br />
on the best values list among<br />
all national doctoral universities.<br />
This is the sixth consecutive<br />
year that U.S. News has<br />
highlighted the <strong>University</strong> as<br />
a leading educational value.<br />
SLU is the top Jesuit institution<br />
on the best value list and<br />
the No. 2 Catholic school,<br />
second only to the <strong>University</strong><br />
of Notre Dame. U.S. News<br />
determines best values by<br />
measuring academic quality<br />
with the net cost of attendance<br />
for a student who<br />
receives an average level of<br />
financial aid.<br />
U.S. News also named <strong>Saint</strong><br />
<strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> among the<br />
top four Catholic institutions<br />
on its ranking of best national<br />
doctoral universities, a group<br />
that includes nearly 250<br />
schools. SLU is No. 78 on<br />
the list, with only Notre<br />
Dame, Georgetown<br />
<strong>University</strong> and Boston<br />
College ranking higher.<br />
New trustees<br />
join SLU board<br />
Three new trustees have<br />
joined the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> board: L.B.<br />
Eckelkamp Jr., chairman of the<br />
board and CEO of the Bank of<br />
Washington (Mo.) and chairman<br />
and president of Cardinal<br />
Bancorp and Cardinal Bancorp<br />
II, which owns the United<br />
Bank of Union and Citizens<br />
National Bank of Greater St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>; Keith F. Muccino, S.J.,<br />
assistant professor of internal<br />
medicine and Catholic chaplain<br />
at Georgetown <strong>University</strong><br />
School of Medicine; and<br />
Robert L. Niehoff, S.J., vice<br />
president for budget and planning<br />
at the <strong>University</strong> of San<br />
Francisco.<br />
HOMELAND SECURITY: Hundreds of people attended<br />
the first town hall meeting on homeland security featuring<br />
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Oct. 7 at<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong>. An interactive event with high<br />
audience participation, the forum included (from left) Frank<br />
Sesno, host of Worldtalk and former CNN anchor; Steve<br />
Rohleder, global chief executive for government, Accenture;<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong> Mayor Francis Slay (Law ’80); Ridge; Dr. Karen<br />
Webb, chief medical officer for <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Hospital; and Col. Tim Daniel, director for the Missouri<br />
Office of Homeland Security. <strong>University</strong> President<br />
Lawrence Biondi, S.J., gave the opening remarks.<br />
SLU JOINS A10 CONFERENCE<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> is joining the Atlantic 10 Conference.<br />
The Billikens will begin intercollegiate athletic competition<br />
in the Atlantic 10 during the 2005-06 academic year.<br />
The Atlantic 10 Conference is in its 28th year of NCAA<br />
Division I competition. The league’s members include<br />
Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, LaSalle,<br />
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure,<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> Joseph’s, Temple and Xavier.<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> currently is a charter member of<br />
Conference USA. In early November, five C-USA member<br />
schools — Cincinnati, DePaul, <strong>Louis</strong>ville, Marquette and<br />
USF — accepted invitations to join the Big East Conference.<br />
Five new schools — Central Florida, Marshall, Rice, SMU<br />
and Tulsa — filled C-USA’s vacant positions.<br />
For more details, visit www.slubillikens.com.<br />
Sword award<br />
to honor West<strong>fall</strong><br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> will<br />
give its highest honor to<br />
the late George R. “Buzz”<br />
West<strong>fall</strong> (A&S ’68, Law ’69).<br />
SLU will recognize the late<br />
political leader with its Sword<br />
of Ignatius Loyola during the<br />
DuBourg Society Dinner<br />
Dec. 7. Mr. West<strong>fall</strong> died<br />
Oct. 27. He was 59.<br />
One of the region’s most<br />
influential public figures of<br />
the last 20 years,<br />
Mr. West<strong>fall</strong> was<br />
elected St. <strong>Louis</strong><br />
County executive<br />
in 1990 and was<br />
re-elected three<br />
times. Noted for<br />
his bipartisanship<br />
and regional focus,<br />
his accomplishments<br />
included the establishment<br />
of a shelter for battered<br />
women and children.<br />
The Sword of Ignatius<br />
Loyola is named for the<br />
founder of the Society of<br />
Jesus. Symbolic of the<br />
Ignatian vision of service,<br />
sword recipients have given<br />
themselves to humankind for<br />
the greater glory of God.
Three new deans<br />
now on campus<br />
Dr. Ellen Harshman (Grad<br />
’78, Law ’92) is the new dean<br />
of the John Cook School of<br />
Business. She succeeds the<br />
retiring Dr. Leroy Grossman,<br />
who was interim dean for one<br />
year. Harshman has served<br />
SLU in several leadership roles<br />
since 1972, including associate<br />
dean of the business school,<br />
director of the career planning<br />
and placement center and assistant<br />
to the vice president for<br />
student development. She also<br />
holds the rank of associate professor<br />
of management and<br />
most recently was SLU’s senior<br />
vice provost. Among her many<br />
responsibilities in this role,<br />
Harshman administered com-<br />
Harshman<br />
Royeen<br />
Yeigh<br />
pliance with the <strong>University</strong>’s<br />
accrediting agencies, served as<br />
a liaison with state-wide educational<br />
agencies and oversaw<br />
the libraries, Reinert Center<br />
for Teaching Excellence and<br />
office of institutional study.<br />
Harshman has earned numerous<br />
honors during her SLU<br />
career and was named SLU’s<br />
Woman of the Year in 1981.<br />
Dr. Charlotte Royeen, a<br />
national leader in her field of<br />
occupational therapy, is the<br />
new dean of the Doisy School<br />
of Allied Health Professions.<br />
Royeen most recently served<br />
as associate dean for research at<br />
Creighton’s School of<br />
Pharmacy and Allied Health<br />
Professions and professor of<br />
occupational therapy. Prior to<br />
that, she was the founding<br />
chair and professor of occupational<br />
therapy at Shenandoah<br />
<strong>University</strong> in Winchester, Va.,<br />
and worked for several years<br />
for the U.S. Department of<br />
Education’s Office of Special<br />
Education Programs. Royeen<br />
holds a doctorate from Virginia<br />
Polytechnic Institute and State<br />
<strong>University</strong> in Blacksburg, Va.,<br />
and a master’s degree in occupational<br />
therapy from<br />
Washington <strong>University</strong> School<br />
of Medicine. At the confer-<br />
ence of the American<br />
Occupational Therapy<br />
Association, Royeen received<br />
the 2002 Eleanor Clarke Slagle<br />
Lectureship Award, which is<br />
the highest scholarly achievement<br />
bestowed in occupational<br />
therapy.<br />
Dr. Bjong Wolf Yeigh<br />
joined the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> community July 1<br />
as the dean for Parks College<br />
of Engineering and Aviation.<br />
He came to SLU from Yale<br />
<strong>University</strong>, where he was assistant<br />
provost of science and<br />
technology since 1999. He<br />
succeeds Dr. Charles<br />
Kirkpatrick, who was dean of<br />
Parks College for nine years<br />
and is on the department of<br />
chemistry faculty. Yeigh<br />
received a bachelor’s degree in<br />
engineering science from<br />
Dartmouth College, a master’s<br />
degree in mechanical engineering<br />
from Stanford and a<br />
doctorate in civil engineering<br />
and operations research from<br />
Princeton. A former tactical air<br />
intelligence officer assigned to<br />
Fighter Squadron 74, Yeigh<br />
served in the U.S. Navy during<br />
the Gulf War and for a<br />
total of eight years in active<br />
and reserve duties, leaving with<br />
a rank of lieutenant.<br />
RESEARCH PLANS: Preliminary plans are under way<br />
for the design and site selection for a new research center at<br />
the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> Health Sciences Center, part of<br />
an $80 million investment in new and renovated research<br />
space. Raising money for the building is part of the<br />
<strong>University</strong>’s $300 million “Campaign for <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>: Where Knowledge Touches Lives.”<br />
<strong>NEW</strong>S BRIEFS<br />
In September, SLU sponsored a<br />
two-evening gala event called<br />
“Denim & Diamonds” to<br />
benefit public education,<br />
research and treatment of liver<br />
disease. On Sept. 12, Willie<br />
Nelson headlined “Denim,” a<br />
concert to benefit the SLU Liver<br />
Center and the Julia Spears<br />
Foundation for Liver Disease.<br />
On Sept. 13, “Diamonds” featured<br />
country music artist Naomi<br />
Judd, who spoke at a black-tie<br />
dinner to benefit SLU’s Liver<br />
Center. … Dr. Robert B.<br />
Belshe, Adorjan professor of<br />
infectious diseases and director of<br />
the Center for Vaccine<br />
Development, received the<br />
Clinical Virology Award for<br />
2003 from the Pan American<br />
Society for Clinical Virology. …<br />
Sandra H. Johnson (A&S ’73),<br />
the Tenet Endowed Chair in<br />
Health Law and Ethics is one of<br />
four winners of the 2003<br />
Pellegrino Medal for contributions<br />
to health care ethics. …<br />
Dr. Marla Berg-Weger, professor<br />
and director of field service<br />
education for the School for<br />
Social Service since 1995, has<br />
been named associate provost. …<br />
Maria Whitehead, a member of<br />
Wake Forest’s 2002 NCAA<br />
Division I field hockey championship<br />
team, is SLU’s new head<br />
field hockey coach. The appointment<br />
is her first head coaching<br />
position. … Dr. Seung H.<br />
Kim, professor of international<br />
business and director of the<br />
Boeing Institute of International<br />
Business, has been appointed to<br />
serve on the Presidential<br />
Advisory Council for the<br />
Peaceful Reunification of the<br />
Republic of Korea.<br />
By The Numbers<br />
4 National rank of Parks College<br />
of Engineering and Aviation’s<br />
aerospace engineering program,<br />
according to U.S. News and<br />
World Report. Overall, Parks’<br />
undergraduate engineering programs<br />
moved up three spots on<br />
the U.S. News list to No. 27.<br />
498 Residents sponsored by<br />
SLU’s School of Medicine in 50<br />
different residencies, subspecialty<br />
residencies and fellowships rotating<br />
through eight affiliated teaching<br />
hospitals and 18 affiliated<br />
health care institutions.<br />
8,742 Phone pledges made during<br />
fiscal year 2003 for a total for<br />
$1,067,000 in donations to <strong>Saint</strong><br />
<strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong>. This is a 23 percent<br />
increase over last year and the<br />
first time that more than $1 million<br />
has been raised through<br />
phoning.
4<br />
Drabble wins<br />
Literary Award<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Library Associates presented<br />
English author<br />
Margaret Drabble with the<br />
2003 <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> Literary<br />
Award at a ceremony Oct.<br />
21. Drabble, a novelist, biographer,<br />
critic and short story<br />
writer, is the author of The<br />
Seven Sisters, The Peppered<br />
Moth, The Witch of Exmoor<br />
and The Millstone. She is also<br />
editor of The Oxford<br />
Companion to English<br />
Literature. Drabble joins a distinguished<br />
group of authors<br />
honored with this award during<br />
the past 36 years.<br />
Recipients include such<br />
luminaries as Arthur Miller,<br />
Joyce Carol Oates and<br />
Seamus Heaney. Last year’s<br />
winner was Joan Didion.<br />
Kavanaugh<br />
Kavanaugh wins<br />
press award<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> philosophy<br />
professor and magazine<br />
columnist John<br />
Kavanaugh, S.J., (A&S ’65,<br />
Grad ’66, ’71) received top<br />
honors from the National<br />
Catholic Press Association. His<br />
“Ethics Notebook,” which<br />
regularly appears in America<br />
magazine, earned the Best<br />
Regular Column Award from<br />
MIXING IT UP: What’s cooking in the department of<br />
nutrition and dietetics in the Doisy School of Allied Health<br />
Professions? Mark E. Miller, a certified executive chef,<br />
shown here supervising students Christina Bologna (left)<br />
and Diana Kingston, has joined the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
faculty and is teaching future dietitians how healthy foods<br />
can be prepared to taste great. Miller, most recently a chef<br />
at Westborough Country Club, is sold on the <strong>University</strong>’s<br />
new, one-of-a-kind degree program that prepares students<br />
to become registered dietitians while they receive training for<br />
their culinary arts credential. “Our degree is perfect for students<br />
who want to work as personal chefs, among other specializations,”<br />
Miller said.<br />
the association, which represents<br />
640 publications with a<br />
combined circulation of nearly<br />
27 million in the United States<br />
and Canada. In honoring him,<br />
the National Catholic Press<br />
Association said: “Father<br />
Kavanaugh examines public<br />
issues through a moral lens and<br />
discusses them thoughtfully<br />
and powerfully.”<br />
Biodefense<br />
research brings<br />
schools together<br />
Anew research center based<br />
in St. <strong>Louis</strong> will play a<br />
major role in protecting the<br />
American public against<br />
bioterrorism and emerging<br />
infectious diseases. Washington<br />
<strong>University</strong> School of Medicine<br />
and <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
School of Medicine will be<br />
part of a multi-institutional<br />
Midwest Regional Center for<br />
Excellence in Biodefense and<br />
Emerging Infectious Diseases<br />
Research (MRCE). The center<br />
will be funded by a fiveyear,<br />
$35 million grant from<br />
the National Institute of<br />
Allergy and Infectious Diseases.<br />
The founding members of the<br />
MRCE also include Case<br />
Western Reserve <strong>University</strong>,<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of Missouri-<br />
Columbia and the Midwest<br />
Research Institute of Kansas<br />
City. The new center will<br />
concentrate on expanding current<br />
research efforts in biodefense.<br />
For example, the team’s<br />
initial research effort will focus<br />
on poxvirus infections, which<br />
include diseases such as smallpox.<br />
The ultimate goals are to<br />
improve the safety of vaccines<br />
and to develop new therapies.<br />
New technology<br />
VP on board<br />
Ellen Watson is <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>’s new vice<br />
president for information<br />
technology services.<br />
Although Watson may be<br />
new to SLU, she is familiar<br />
with the Jesuit mission.<br />
Before coming to SLU, she<br />
was the vice president of<br />
information service at Loyola<br />
<strong>University</strong> Chicago, a post<br />
she had held since 1999.<br />
Watson boasts 19 years of<br />
experience in her field, having<br />
served as associate vice<br />
president for information services<br />
and dean of library services<br />
at Indiana State<br />
<strong>University</strong> for four years and<br />
associate provost for information<br />
resources and technology<br />
at Bradley <strong>University</strong> for two<br />
years. She received her bachelor’s<br />
degree from Wellesley<br />
College and her master’s from<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of Maryland.<br />
International HIV<br />
trial led by SLU<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> is<br />
leading an international<br />
vaccine trial to study a<br />
promising HIV prevention<br />
vaccine in humans. The trial<br />
is being conducted through<br />
the HIV Vaccine Trials<br />
Network (HVTN) of the<br />
National Institutes of Health.<br />
This is the first HVTN trial<br />
to be conducted simultaneously<br />
in the United States and<br />
abroad — in St. <strong>Louis</strong>,<br />
Boston (through Harvard<br />
<strong>University</strong>) and Gaborone,<br />
Botswana — and it signifies a<br />
dedication to transcending<br />
borders in the fight against<br />
HIV. This vaccine has never<br />
been tested in humans. The<br />
trial is looking at the safety<br />
and immune response of an<br />
experimental HIV vaccine
FETCHING: <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> dedicated its Lay<br />
Center for Education and the Arts Oct. 4. Located in<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>iana, Mo., SLU’s Lay Center is on 350 acres of natural<br />
meadows, wooded rolling hills, lakes and streams. The<br />
center’s highlights include two sculpture parks nestled in natural<br />
surroundings. A children’s playland of art, literature and<br />
nature — called Story Woods — features sculpture designed<br />
to stimulate the imagination, including “Success” by<br />
Deborah Mae Broad, pictured above. The Henry Lay<br />
Sculpture Park includes a 20-acre area with a walking trail,<br />
eclectic sculpture, lakes and a maple grove.<br />
called EP HIV-1090, known<br />
as a DNA plasmid type of<br />
vaccine. It is the HVTN’s<br />
first African trial — involving<br />
some of the communities<br />
most affected by AIDS — in<br />
the development of an HIV<br />
vaccine.<br />
SLU nabs C-USA<br />
GPA award again<br />
Conference USA has<br />
named <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> as the recipient of<br />
the Institutional Excellence<br />
Award for the eighth<br />
consecutive year. The<br />
award is given to the<br />
member school<br />
with the highest<br />
cumulative grade point average<br />
during the academic year<br />
for all student-athletes in conference-sponsored<br />
sports.<br />
SLU student-athletes compiled<br />
a 3.24 GPA during the<br />
2002-03 academic year. SLU<br />
has won the award every year<br />
of Conference USA’s existence.<br />
The Sport Academic<br />
Award is given to the team in<br />
each conference-sponsored<br />
sport with the highest grade<br />
point average for the academic<br />
year. The Billikens won<br />
five individual sport honors:<br />
baseball, men’s basketball,<br />
women’s basketball,<br />
women’s soccer and<br />
women’s swimming<br />
and diving.<br />
Women’s golf<br />
tees up next year<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s<br />
department of athletics will<br />
sponsor women’s golf beginning<br />
in the 2004-05 academic<br />
year. Billiken men’s golf coach<br />
Ed Schwent will assume<br />
responsibility for both programs<br />
as director of golf. SLU<br />
is the 10th Conference USA<br />
program to sponsor both<br />
women’s and men’s golf.<br />
Gateway National in Illinois,<br />
which serves as the men’s<br />
team’s home course, also will<br />
serve as the home course for<br />
the women. Schwent, recently<br />
tabbed by Golf Digest as one of<br />
the top five teaching pros in<br />
Missouri, has begun recruiting<br />
for the 10-member team. For<br />
more information on how you<br />
can help, call Schwent at (314)<br />
977-3981 or send e-mail to<br />
slugolf@pga.com.<br />
SLU listed as ‘Best<br />
Place to Work’<br />
For the second time since<br />
2000, <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> has made the St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong> Business Journal’s “Best<br />
Places to Work” list. This year,<br />
SLU was honored in the “Best<br />
Practice” category — the only<br />
institution so recognized — for<br />
the development of<br />
Hometown SLU, which is<br />
designed to spur development<br />
near the St. <strong>Louis</strong> campus<br />
while assisting SLU employees<br />
looking to purchase a home in<br />
certain areas near campus.<br />
Since Hometown SLU was<br />
unveiled Feb. 5, 19 people<br />
have applied to the program<br />
and been approved. Full-time,<br />
eligible employees may receive<br />
forgivable loans of up to<br />
$5,000 if buying homes in<br />
select neighborhoods. The<br />
loan is forgiven after five years<br />
if the employee still works at<br />
SLU and the home remains<br />
the primary residence.<br />
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The December 1963 issue of <strong>Saint</strong><br />
<strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> Magazine featured a<br />
cover photo of the new Griesedieck<br />
Memorial Hall, which was dedicated<br />
Nov. 30, 1963.<br />
A news item mentioned that<br />
fund raising for Busch Memorial<br />
Center was under way — $.1.5 million<br />
had been raised, and a $1.5 million<br />
loan had been secured. It was<br />
estimated that the total cost of construction<br />
would be $3.25 million.<br />
The issue also highlighted the<br />
Midwest Assembly on Outer Space,<br />
a conference co-sponsored by SLU<br />
and held that September. The<br />
assembly brought together a cross<br />
section of leaders in education, government,<br />
labor, business, industry,<br />
law, medicine, military and communications<br />
from a 14-state area to<br />
consider the topic, “Outer Space:<br />
Prospects for Man and Society.”<br />
Participants included James E.<br />
Webb, the head of NASA, and U.S.<br />
Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri.<br />
Another article featured an alumnus,<br />
Robert Burns (Parks ’59), who<br />
was the first Missourian to join the<br />
Peace Corps. Burns was a land irrigation<br />
specialist in Pakistan.<br />
Quotable UTAS: “It would be<br />
tragic if we were able to pinpoint<br />
rockets in space but unable to determine<br />
where we were going as<br />
human beings.” — Charles A.<br />
Sheehan, Missouri state representative<br />
and speaker at the Midwest<br />
Assembly on Outer Space<br />
Sign of the times: It was reported<br />
that tuition for the 1964-65 school<br />
year for full-time undergraduates<br />
and law students would be $575 per<br />
semester, which was an increase of<br />
$100 over 1963-64 rates. School of<br />
Medicine students were slated to<br />
pay $700 per semester.
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Plans are under way for the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> Arena.<br />
So is the fund raising.<br />
HOME-COURT<br />
ADVANTAGE<br />
Above: A rendering of the exterior of the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> Arena.<br />
Above right: A view of the arena court and seats.
You can’t quite hear the roar of the crowd. Yet.<br />
But you can feel the excitement.<br />
That’s because Billiken alumni, fans and boosters no<br />
longer have to imagine what the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Arena will look like — they can actually see the plans.<br />
Designed to complement SLU’s campus architecture, arena<br />
plans call for a seating capacity of 13,000; private suites; loge<br />
“suites”; club seating with adjacent hospitality area; designated<br />
student seating sections; two concourses; concession stands; athletic<br />
training rooms; the Billiken Hall of Fame; Billiken merchandise<br />
and apparel outlets; and much more.<br />
The main concourse will have amenities to create an exemplary<br />
experience for fans: numerous and spacious rest rooms,<br />
ample concessions and grilles, thematic food and beverage carts<br />
and the team store. The lower bowl, containing almost 60 percent<br />
of the seating, will be accessed from the main concourse.<br />
A separate upper concourse will serve the upper bowl seating.<br />
This upper concourse will feature the same level of spectator<br />
amenities as the main concourse, including a team store.<br />
The basketball and event floor is 36 feet below the main concourse,<br />
creating great sightlines. A large club and meeting area<br />
has been planned midway between the two floors. This allows<br />
direct access from center court seats to the club, creating an intimate<br />
experience for club seat patrons.<br />
The <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> Arena also is designed to be a true<br />
resource for the <strong>University</strong> and for the community. The facility<br />
will welcome a broad array of events each year. In addition to<br />
SLU basketball games, the multipurpose campus events center<br />
also would be the site of SLU commencements; national conferences<br />
and conventions; concerts; family shows and circuses; cultural<br />
events, such as dance presentations, speakers and stage<br />
shows; religious gatherings; high school athletic games and tour-<br />
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naments; trade shows and exhibitions;<br />
sporting events, such as boxing and<br />
wrestling matches; and community<br />
events, such as high school graduations.<br />
Michael F. Shanahan Sr. (B&A ’61),<br />
chairman and CEO of Engineered<br />
Support Systems Inc. and SLU trustee<br />
emeritus, is leading the fund-raising<br />
effort for the arena.<br />
“The <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> Arena is<br />
another example of SLU’s commitment<br />
to the revitalization of Midtown St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>,” said <strong>University</strong> President<br />
Lawrence Biondi, S.J. “And thanks to<br />
Mike Shanahan’s leadership, I’m confident<br />
the arena one day will be another<br />
attraction for Midtown.”<br />
Since 1987, SLU has invested more<br />
than $500 million in the area, a figure<br />
that would grow with the addition of a<br />
Top left: A view from a typical suite.<br />
Above: The arena at night. Left:<br />
Rendering of club for premium seat<br />
holders.<br />
Renderings by Mackey Mitchell Associates.
esearch building and arena. Although<br />
locations have not been finalized for<br />
either project, both would be located<br />
somewhere on or near the SLU campus.<br />
“This is an incredibly exciting project<br />
for SLU and Billiken basketball,”<br />
Shanahan said. “A new campus arena<br />
will help SLU build a top program. I’m<br />
confident our friends will step forward<br />
and help make the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> Arena a reality.”<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> has launched a<br />
Web site to support fund-raising activity<br />
for the proposed <strong>University</strong> arena. The<br />
site is http://arena.slu.edu. The arena<br />
fund-raising effort is going well, with<br />
about $10 million in commitments<br />
already received. The project is contingent<br />
on raising an estimated<br />
$40 million-$45 million in<br />
private donations.<br />
“The <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> Arena would<br />
be the beginning of a<br />
new tradition on campus,”<br />
Biondi said. “But it<br />
is going to take the generosity<br />
of communityminded<br />
donors to make<br />
it happen.”<br />
For detailed information<br />
about naming<br />
opportunities or ways to<br />
give, visit arena.slu.edu<br />
or call (314) 977-2849. �<br />
Above: A <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> commencement.<br />
Future graduations would<br />
be held at the arena. Left:<br />
The arena configured for a<br />
concert. Below: The arena<br />
configured for a circus.<br />
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ne<br />
of the world’s most influential thinkers<br />
died Aug. 12. <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
professor and internationally renowned<br />
scholar Walter J. Ong, S.J., was 90.<br />
Published more than 400 times<br />
around the world, Father Ong taught<br />
and lectured at many of the world’s<br />
most prestigious institutions during his<br />
career at SLU.<br />
His work is presented alongside history’s<br />
most illustrious postmodern theorists.<br />
Father Ong’s ideas have been used to<br />
analyze the oratory skills of Martin<br />
Luther King Jr. and to study New York<br />
subway graffiti. Entire college courses<br />
have been developed around his theories.<br />
“We have lost one of <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>’s, indeed higher education’s,<br />
greatest treasures,” said <strong>University</strong><br />
President Lawrence Biondi, S.J.<br />
Born Nov. 30, 1912, in Kansas City,<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> mourns the loss<br />
of one of its greatest scholars.<br />
Mo., Father Ong was the elder of two<br />
sons. He graduated from high school at<br />
16 before majoring in Latin at<br />
Rockhurst College, where he received a<br />
bachelor of arts degree.<br />
He worked in printing and publishing<br />
prior to entering the Society of Jesus in<br />
1935. He was ordained a Catholic priest<br />
in 1946. Father Ong earned a master’s<br />
degree in English at <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>. His thesis was supervised by<br />
communication theorist Marshall<br />
McLuhan, who was quoting his former<br />
student by the time McLuhan wrote his<br />
classic, The Gutenberg Galaxy. Ong also<br />
earned a licentiate in philosophy and a<br />
licentiate in sacred theology from SLU.<br />
After earning his doctorate in English<br />
at Harvard <strong>University</strong> in 1955, Father<br />
Ong returned to SLU, where he would<br />
teach for the next 36 years. Prior to his<br />
appointment as <strong>University</strong> Professor of<br />
Humanities, Father Ong was the<br />
William E. Haren Professor of English<br />
and professor of humanities in psychiatry<br />
at the School of Medicine.<br />
Centering his life in the Midwest,<br />
however, didn’t stop Father Ong from<br />
traveling — and influencing — the<br />
world. His books have been translated<br />
into numerous languages, and his scholarship<br />
has been cited in more than 2,000<br />
works. The French government decorated<br />
him for his scholarly work, and he<br />
was a visiting lecturer at many of the<br />
world’s finest institutions, including<br />
Oxford <strong>University</strong>. From Japan to<br />
Nigeria, Father Ong gave special talks all<br />
around the globe.<br />
Father Ong authored numerous<br />
books, including the widely circulated<br />
Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of<br />
the Word, published in 1982 and translated<br />
into a dozen languages. As Father<br />
Ong’s fame grew, prestigious national<br />
organizations sought out his expertise.
He served on the 14-member White<br />
House Task Force on Education under<br />
President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967<br />
and was a member of the National<br />
Council on the Humanities from 1968-<br />
74. In 1978, he was elected president of<br />
the 30,000-member Modern Language<br />
Association of America, the largest<br />
scholarly society in the world.<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> was among the<br />
many institutions to recognize Father<br />
Ong, bestowing him with its highest<br />
honor, the Sword of Ignatius Loyola, in<br />
1993. Three years earlier, the <strong>University</strong><br />
recognized his many accomplishments<br />
by establishing the Walter J. Ong, S.J.,<br />
Chair in the Humanities. Among his<br />
many other honors, the Conference on<br />
Christianity and Literature gave him its<br />
Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.<br />
Father Ong rooted his work in the<br />
existence of an always-mysterious God,<br />
and when other thinkers felt trapped<br />
between what they saw as mutually<br />
exclusive alternatives, Father Ong built a<br />
bridge between them. New technologies,<br />
he said for example, didn’t replace<br />
their predecessors, but interacted with<br />
them, reinforcing some aspects and<br />
reshaping others. He found more commonalities<br />
than differences between<br />
women and men. His central insights<br />
clustered around the transition of one<br />
form of communication to another.<br />
Because his scholarship was too broad<br />
and too interdisciplinary to fit in any<br />
one category or department, SLU<br />
named Father Ong <strong>University</strong> Professor<br />
of Humanities, a position rarely granted.<br />
When he taught English, many students<br />
would say that Father Ong’s courses<br />
were not really English, but “Onglish.”<br />
Unafraid of the highest technology,<br />
Father Ong believed there were ways to<br />
humanize its power. Throughout his<br />
storied career, he prodded religious<br />
thinkers to attune themselves to a<br />
global, interdependent culture,<br />
calling for a theology that incorporated<br />
modern technology.<br />
Today, scholars are rediscovering<br />
Father Ong’s work because<br />
of its relevancy to the current<br />
digital revolution; his studies are<br />
the focus of two recent books.<br />
In addition to vast scholarly<br />
work, Father Ong’s kind spirit<br />
and attention to relationships<br />
made him a natural at pastoral<br />
work. For years he offered daily<br />
Mass, listened to thousands of<br />
confessions, and baptized, blessed<br />
and counseled to countless individuals.<br />
He taught religion in a<br />
detention hall and the inner city.<br />
Father Ong always disliked the<br />
label of a theorist, insisting that<br />
he “just tried to say how things<br />
are, describe things.” He paid<br />
careful attention to every detail<br />
in the world around him and not<br />
just philosophical matters. He<br />
exhibited this ability while flyfishing,<br />
spotting lizards in the tall Ozark<br />
grasses and caring steadfastly for every<br />
houseplant in Jesuit Hall.<br />
Defying categorization, his work<br />
brought together innovative ideas in literature,<br />
anthropology, philosophy, theology,<br />
psychology and media studies.<br />
Perhaps Father Ong’s most lasting contribution<br />
was to show how various<br />
forms of communication — from storytelling<br />
to cyberspace — shape thoughts,<br />
relationships and cultures. �<br />
To read tributes to Father Ong or share memories,<br />
visit www.rememberingwalterong.com.<br />
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The new Busch Student<br />
Center offers something<br />
for everyone.
Aug. 28 marked an<br />
official rebirth for one of the most<br />
storied landmarks on the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> campus. After more than 14<br />
months of renovation and construction,<br />
Busch Student Center opened its doors<br />
to students, faculty and staff eager to<br />
make use of its new facilities. The BSC<br />
boasts 51,000 square feet of new space<br />
for a total of approximately 160,000<br />
square feet of new and renovated space.<br />
“Busch Student Center reflects our<br />
belief that this building is more than<br />
bricks and mortar and glass and steel,”<br />
said <strong>University</strong> President Lawrence<br />
Biondi, S.J. “Indeed, it is a testimony to<br />
our student body, whose actions each<br />
and every day best pay tribute to the<br />
legacy of Gussie Busch, Father Paul<br />
Reinert and all who went before and<br />
made this building possible. It is ultimately<br />
our students who we celebrate today<br />
by dedicating this facility in tribute to<br />
them and in honor of the Busch name.”<br />
The BSC closed for construction and<br />
renovation May 28, 2002. Several cor-<br />
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porations, including the Anheuser-<br />
Busch Foundation, Barnes & Noble,<br />
Chartwells and <strong>University</strong> Loft Co.,<br />
made donations to the project. In fact,<br />
corporate gifts accounted for more than<br />
45 percent of the project’s $22 million<br />
cost. Through a self-assessed fee, SLU<br />
students have contributed more than $3<br />
million toward the renovation.<br />
In fact, students were very involved<br />
with the evolution of the BSC. In 2001,<br />
a 12-person committee, half of whom<br />
were students, conducted surveys and<br />
collected input and feedback about possible<br />
changes to the student union.<br />
Faculty and staff also were involved.<br />
“The facility you see behind me is a<br />
shining example of what happens when<br />
administrators and students collaborate,”<br />
said Student Government Association<br />
President Nick Sarcone at the blessing<br />
and dedication of the building. “There<br />
is a new jewel in the heart of <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, so please take some time to<br />
enjoy it.”<br />
Originally built in 1967 as Busch<br />
Memorial Center, the facility included<br />
areas for pool tables, table tennis and an<br />
eight-lane bowling alley, which was<br />
removed in the 1990s. The building was<br />
dedicated Sept. 27, 1967, after nearly 10<br />
years of planning. �<br />
Top: Students on air in the new KSLU<br />
booth. The booth is located at the heart of<br />
the center and looks out on the atrium and<br />
campus. Center: The center’s staircase and<br />
atrium. The windows face north toward<br />
Ritter Hall and the dolphin pond. Above:<br />
Chefs at work in the Grand Market, which<br />
is home to several dining options, including<br />
pasta, Asian foods and speciality salads.
What’s Inside<br />
The expanded Busch Student Center<br />
offers plenty of new vendors and retailers<br />
to cater to the <strong>University</strong> community’s<br />
needs.<br />
For those looking to satisfy their<br />
hunger, the improved Grand Market<br />
serves various ethnic foods, pizza,<br />
homestyle selections and plenty of other<br />
dining options. The Billiken Club<br />
venue, which is run by Wackadoo’s<br />
Grub and Brew, features pub fare, along<br />
with pool tables, Skee-Ball, virtual reality<br />
entertainment and arcade games. Au<br />
Bon Pain, a 25-year-old<br />
national chain with more<br />
than 230 bakery cafés, features<br />
breakfast and lunch<br />
delicacies.<br />
The new BSC also<br />
includes:<br />
● A Barnes and Noble<br />
Bookstore offering<br />
expanded book titles and<br />
bountiful Billiken gear<br />
● A full-service U.S.<br />
Bank branch<br />
● Champion Dry<br />
Cleaners, which features<br />
dry cleaning and laundry<br />
drop-off services<br />
● Indox, a copy and<br />
mail center that includes<br />
7,000 mailboxes for undergraduate<br />
students<br />
● Nettie’s Flower<br />
Garden, which sells floral<br />
arrangements, gift baskets<br />
and decorations<br />
● Salon Ktizo, whose<br />
services include hairstyling, manicures<br />
and facials<br />
BSC also includes wireless capabilities<br />
for those using laptop computers and<br />
approximately 27,000 square feet of<br />
reservable space.<br />
Top: A student eyes her options at Au<br />
Bon Pain, the bakery café located in the<br />
atrium of the center. Center: The center’s<br />
multipurpose room in use for a career<br />
fair. The room, when all partitions are<br />
open, can seat 1,000 people at tables or<br />
1,600 for a lecture. Left: A student in the<br />
Cross Cultural Center, home to offices of<br />
the Black Student Alliance, International<br />
Student Federation and Muslim Student<br />
Association.<br />
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hat began with 600<br />
Billiken faithful, penguins,<br />
a two-toed sloth, broadcaster<br />
Bob Costas and a concert from one of<br />
country music’s biggest stars has showed<br />
no signs of slowing down.<br />
“The Campaign for <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>: Where Knowledge Touches<br />
Lives” raised approximately $30 million<br />
during the first full year of its public<br />
phase. The current campaign total is<br />
$184.7 million.<br />
“The <strong>University</strong> community has<br />
responded during the first year of the<br />
campaign,” said <strong>University</strong> President<br />
Lawrence Biondi, S.J. “During a time<br />
when so many institutions of higher<br />
learning are facing cuts and budget<br />
problems, SLU continues to distinguish<br />
itself by adding programs and facilities to<br />
enhance the overall educational experience.<br />
The campaign has been a big part<br />
of that.”<br />
The campaign’s public phase began<br />
June 26, 2002, with a celebratory kickoff<br />
event at Grant’s Farm. The<br />
event included music from<br />
Grammy-winner Tim McGraw,<br />
The Campaign for<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
marks its first<br />
anniversary.<br />
who boasts six multi-platinum albums<br />
and more than 25 million albums sold.<br />
But equaling the campaign’s star-studded<br />
start was the level of generosity that<br />
has characterized the fund-raising effort’s<br />
early stages. During the silent phase of<br />
the campaign, approximately $150 million<br />
was raised.<br />
In addition, the nearly $30 million in<br />
donations from July 1, 2002, to June 30,<br />
2003, represent a 21 percent increase<br />
from the previous year, an astounding<br />
fact considering the nation’s sluggish<br />
economy. Charitable giving nationwide<br />
was up only 1 percent in the same time<br />
period, according to a survey by the<br />
American Association of Fundraising<br />
Counsel Trust for Philanthropy. At<br />
SLU, however, many areas of giving<br />
climbed significantly, including 25.8<br />
percent for non-alumni giving; 31.4<br />
percent for alumni; and an astounding<br />
183 percent from corporations. Annual<br />
giving also raised more than $1 million<br />
in a single fiscal year for the first time<br />
through phoning.<br />
By Chris Waldvogel<br />
“We are very pleased with the generosity<br />
that our alumni, employees,<br />
friends and other benefactors have<br />
demonstrated,” said Don Whelan (Grad<br />
B&A ’03), vice president for development<br />
and <strong>University</strong> relations. “We<br />
hope this support will continue so that<br />
we can reach all of our campaign goals.”<br />
Campaign goals include $100 million<br />
for students; $75 million for faculty; $50<br />
million for science and technology; $30<br />
million for centers of excellence; $20<br />
million for campus life enrichment; and<br />
$25 million for annual support. With a<br />
total objective of $300 million, the campaign<br />
represents the largest-fund-raising<br />
effort in <strong>University</strong> history.<br />
The year in review<br />
The past year was marked by generous<br />
gifts for a proposed SLU arena (see pages<br />
6-9), including $1 million from former<br />
chairman of SLU’s board of trustees<br />
Michael F. Shanahan Sr. (B&A ’61) and<br />
his wife, Mary Ann, and from Trustee<br />
Thomas Brouster Sr. and his wife, Ruth.<br />
SLU alumnus Dr. Paul Pitlyk<br />
(A&S ’55, Med ’59), a California
neurosurgeon, gave two generous gifts<br />
of property valued at more than $2.7<br />
million.<br />
One of the highest academic<br />
priorities at <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> also received a significant<br />
shot in the arm. <strong>University</strong><br />
President Lawrence Biondi,<br />
S.J., recently announced an<br />
unrestricted $3 million gift<br />
from an anonymous donor.<br />
Biondi has earmarked the gift<br />
for research facilities at the<br />
Health Sciences Center. The project<br />
is part of an $80 million investment<br />
in new and renovated research<br />
space and represents the largest single<br />
building project since the <strong>University</strong>’s<br />
founding in 1818.<br />
“We are making steady progress<br />
toward our overall goal of $300 million,”<br />
said alumnus Jack Pruellage (B&A ’62),<br />
who is co-chairing the campaign with<br />
August Busch IV (B&A ’87, Grad B&A<br />
’00). “In addition, substantial groundwork<br />
has been laid to ensure that key<br />
projects such as the research building and<br />
arena will soon become realities. It is<br />
truly amazing how much <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> has progressed. But as I’ve<br />
said from the beginning of this campaign,<br />
I believe the best is yet to come.”<br />
Other areas of the <strong>University</strong> benefiting<br />
from recent campaign gifts include<br />
the Geographic Information Systems<br />
Lab in the College of Public<br />
Service and Busch Student Center,<br />
which underwent extensive renovation<br />
and construction (see<br />
pages 12-15). A gift from Carl<br />
Zeiss Inc. helped to take the<br />
state-of-the-art laboratory at<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s Practical<br />
Anatomy Workshop to the next<br />
level. “Lab A” officially was<br />
renamed the Zeiss Learning Center<br />
in honor of the renowned optics<br />
maker’s donation of 26 new microscopes<br />
— a gift worth about $500,000.<br />
Scholarships for students, meanwhile,<br />
already have surpassed the campaign<br />
goal. Gifts in this area have come from a<br />
variety of sources, including corporations<br />
and a generous $1 million contribution<br />
from Edward and Stella Darrow<br />
that will benefit SLU undergraduates.<br />
Two gifts also recognized Paul<br />
Reinert, S.J., former chancellor emeritus<br />
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2<br />
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5<br />
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Source of Campaign Commitments<br />
Parents ............................ $667,002<br />
Alumni............................ $79,110,153<br />
Foundations .................... $29,171,353<br />
Firms/Corporations .......... $27,450,618<br />
Non-Alumni .................... $27,416,356<br />
Associations...................... $14,575,954<br />
Total Commitments by Campaign Objective<br />
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2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
6<br />
3<br />
1<br />
1<br />
Centers of Excellence ........ $3,370,206<br />
Faculty............................ $9,573,296<br />
Ongoing Annual Support .. $10,574,424<br />
Science and Technology...... $18,920,971<br />
Campus Life Enrichment .. $20,903,076<br />
Students .......................... $115,049,462<br />
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2<br />
As of June 30, 2003<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
As of June 30, 2003<br />
and president of SLU from 1949-1974.<br />
The first gift was used to establish an<br />
endowed chair in pediatric neurosurgery<br />
named for Reinert and his<br />
brother, James A Reinert, S.J.,<br />
who served as chaplain at<br />
Cardinal Glennon Children’s<br />
Hospital and was the hospital’s<br />
first director of pastoral care.<br />
The second gift went toward<br />
four clinics in the College of<br />
Public Service, bringing them all<br />
under the umbrella of the Paul<br />
Reinert, S.J., Clinics for Family<br />
and Child Development.<br />
“I know I speak for many of the<br />
deans when I say that the campaign has<br />
really made a difference for the students,<br />
faculty and staff of <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>,” said Dr. James Gilsinan,<br />
dean of the College of Public Service.<br />
“It has provided the means to advance<br />
our efforts in teaching, research, service<br />
and health care.”<br />
Looking ahead<br />
Whelan indicated that although the first<br />
year of the campaign was a success, the<br />
<strong>University</strong> will continue to build upon<br />
the campaign’s early momentum. Goals<br />
for the second year of the campaign<br />
already have been developed and<br />
include increasing total philanthropic<br />
support to $35 million; securing<br />
commitments of $10 million for<br />
the research building; increasing<br />
the amount of commitments of<br />
$1 million or more; and conducting<br />
regional campaign<br />
events in cities around the<br />
country.<br />
“We look to continue<br />
working with members of the<br />
<strong>University</strong> community as we<br />
generate even greater momentum<br />
to sustain the evolution of<br />
our campus and the enhancement<br />
of <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s scholarship<br />
and academic programs,”<br />
Pruellage said.<br />
“There are so many reasons to get<br />
excited about what is happening at <strong>Saint</strong><br />
<strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong>,” Whelan said. “But<br />
the really exciting thing is that your support<br />
can take SLU even further.”<br />
To make a donation to the campaign<br />
or to explore giving opportunities,<br />
please call (314) 977-2849. �<br />
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By Clayton Berry
A SLU professor has become<br />
a noted Tolkien expert with<br />
personal connections to the author.<br />
obbits started out as characters<br />
in bedtime stories<br />
J.R.R. Tolkien told to<br />
his children. How they became literary<br />
icons is a legendary journey. Few people<br />
are better qualified to chart the course<br />
than <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s Dr. Tom<br />
Shippey.<br />
Since 1992, Shippey has held the<br />
Walter J. Ong, S.J., Chair of Humanities<br />
at SLU. He has studied Tolkien for more<br />
than 30 years and has written two successful<br />
books about him. The media,<br />
including USA Today, frequently seek<br />
Shippey’s opinions for news stories and<br />
features. He also appears on an extended<br />
DVD version of The Lord of the Rings:<br />
The Fellowship of the Ring. Shippey’s<br />
expertise is so renowned that the movies’<br />
producers asked him to serve as a consultant<br />
for the films. His role? Recording<br />
the pronunciation of Tolkien’s characters<br />
and places for authenticity.<br />
The Journey Begins in a Hole<br />
Supposedly, Tolkien was grading papers<br />
one day and came across a blank sheet in<br />
a student’s answer book. For some inexplicable<br />
reason, he scribbled: “In a hole<br />
in the ground there lived a hobbit.”<br />
Shippey said the story is true. Basically.<br />
“But there is the saying that chance<br />
always favors the prepared mind,”<br />
Shippey said. “In a way, by that point,<br />
Tolkien had been working on what<br />
would become his mythology for almost<br />
20 years. You might say the ground was<br />
prepared for him.”<br />
During World War I, Tolkien began<br />
writing what became recognizable as The<br />
Silmarillion — the tragic<br />
history of Middle Earth<br />
published posthumously<br />
by his son. Years later,<br />
he wrote that little line<br />
about a hobbit in a<br />
hole. It compelled Tolkien to<br />
explore his imagination to learn more<br />
about these creatures and where they<br />
lived. He wove his discoveries into bedtime<br />
stories for his children. He also read<br />
portions of these tales to the Inklings, an<br />
informal club of authors who gathered at<br />
Oxford where Tolkien taught. Author<br />
and fellow Inkling C.S. Lewis convinced<br />
Tolkien to try to get the work into<br />
print. Publisher Sir Stanley Unwin was a<br />
bit resistant at first but let his 10-year-old<br />
son, Raynor, read it. The boy loved it so<br />
much that his father agreed to publish it.<br />
The Hobbit was a hit, and Unwin<br />
wanted to see more. Tolkien showed<br />
the publishing firm incomplete sections<br />
of The Silmarillion, but it was rejected.<br />
They wanted a sequel to The Hobbit, so<br />
Tolkien started writing The Lord of the<br />
Rings just before Christmas in 1937. It<br />
would be another 20 years before<br />
Tolkien would complete it.<br />
“As Tolkien wrote it, it all expanded<br />
and got out of hand, you might say,”<br />
Shippey said. “Sir Stanley thought it was<br />
too big, too long and too complicated<br />
— appendixes and maps — publishers<br />
don’t like that sort of thing.”<br />
Just when it seemed this literary classic<br />
wasn’t going to make the shelves, the<br />
publisher’s son, Raynor, stepped in again.<br />
After reading The Lord of the Rings,<br />
Raynor told his father that it was a work<br />
of<br />
genius. If that was<br />
true, Unwin conceded, then the<br />
firm could lose £1,000 on its publishing.<br />
Still believing the piece to be too long<br />
for one book, publishers divided the<br />
story into three parts, which came out in<br />
succession in late 1954 and 1955 as fairly<br />
pricey hardbacks. But their expense, size<br />
and sheer depth couldn’t keep the buying<br />
public at bay. Eventually, the trilogy<br />
would go on to sell millions of copies<br />
worldwide. In a poll by the online<br />
bookseller Amazon.com a few years<br />
back, readers crowned The Lord of the<br />
Rings the book of the millennium.<br />
Path to Pop Culture Phenom<br />
Despite the overwhelming commercial<br />
success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the<br />
Rings, Shippey said Tolkien could not<br />
have foreseen the next turn his trek<br />
would take. By the 1960s, people were<br />
sporting “Frodo Lives” T-shirts and<br />
slapping “Gandalf for President” bumper<br />
stickers on their cars. During this time,<br />
Tolkien’s books also became associated<br />
with hippie culture, which Shippey said<br />
probably came as a shock to the private<br />
and reserved author, who also was a<br />
snappy dresser.<br />
“The traditional long-haired youth in<br />
bellbottom jeans would be seen carrying<br />
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his copy of Tolkien,” Shippey said.<br />
“Which is funny because anybody less<br />
like a long-haired youth in bellbottom<br />
jeans than Tolkien is hard to imagine.”<br />
While it’s also hard to imagine<br />
Tolkien joining a crowd of rowdy protesters,<br />
Shippey said the author included<br />
certain political and ideological ideas in<br />
his work. The messages may have been<br />
buried in his fantastic tales, but they<br />
were there to be found nonetheless.<br />
Often Tolkien was ahead of his time on<br />
the issues he addressed.<br />
“I’m quite sure if Tolkien were alive<br />
today, he would vote for the Green<br />
Party,” Shippey said. “I think seeing<br />
Tolkien as a proto-green is quite correct.<br />
That’s what he was. He was an<br />
environmentalist. He had a love for<br />
nature. You can see that in the books.<br />
“In some ways, Tolkien was a protest<br />
writer. He was protesting against industrialization<br />
and, in particular, industrialized<br />
warfare. He had been in war —<br />
machine guns, aircraft, flame throwers,<br />
poison gas — I’m sure he had personal<br />
experience with all that.”<br />
Shippey said the continuing cultural<br />
influence of The Hobbit and The Lord of<br />
the Rings would have surprised Tolkien,<br />
who originally was afraid that his work<br />
would never get published and would<br />
end up as piles of paper on<br />
a dusty shelf somewhere.<br />
“That was Tolkien’s<br />
lurking fear, and that was<br />
what the betting looked<br />
like,” Shippey said. “I<br />
think he was very pleased<br />
to get it into print in the<br />
end and surprised and<br />
pleased that it was successful<br />
financially. He lived<br />
long enough to see the<br />
takeoff, but he didn’t live<br />
long enough to see the<br />
continuing acceleration,<br />
which nobody in the world<br />
could have predicted.”<br />
Which leads to an obvious<br />
question: If Tolkien<br />
were alive, what would he<br />
think of his books making<br />
such a strong resurgence in<br />
popularity?<br />
“I think he would laugh<br />
and possibly say something<br />
a bit cruel like, ‘He who<br />
laughs last laughs longest,’”<br />
Shippey said. “All of his life<br />
people had been telling him<br />
he was flogging a dead<br />
horse. Actually it wasn’t a<br />
dead horse. It was a derby<br />
winner. I think he would<br />
have enjoyed that immensely.<br />
“And I think he would<br />
have been at some pains to<br />
rub it into all the people<br />
who had been snooty to<br />
him. Since he’s not here, I<br />
do my best to rub it in for<br />
him.”<br />
Personal Connections<br />
What drove Shippey to<br />
devote so much of his professional<br />
life to the exploration<br />
of Tolkien’s work<br />
and fueled his efforts to “rub<br />
it in?” Shippey’s quest to<br />
understand and communicate<br />
Tolkien’s literary legacy<br />
can be traced to Shippey’s<br />
childhood. In the first of<br />
many personal connections,<br />
Shippey attended King<br />
Edwards School in<br />
Birmingham, a grammar<br />
school where Tolkien studied<br />
five decades before.<br />
Shippey was 13 — maybe<br />
14 — when a King Edwards<br />
Shippey<br />
classmate loaned him a book he thought<br />
he would like. It was The Hobbit.<br />
“I was very pleased and quite<br />
impressed,” Shippey said, pointing out<br />
that he returned the book to his childhood<br />
chum. As for The Lord of the Rings,<br />
it would be several more years before<br />
Shippey would have a chance to read it,<br />
and even longer before it would make a<br />
life-changing impression on him.<br />
Shippey couldn’t afford his own copy of<br />
The Lord of the Rings because it was too<br />
expensive. He went to the local library,<br />
and someone had “absconded” with the<br />
first volume. He didn’t want to start out<br />
of order, so he didn’t start reading the<br />
trilogy until he was 16. He won a<br />
school prize that allowed him to spend<br />
21 shillings, big money in those days.<br />
With his earnings, he bought the first in<br />
The Lord of the Rings set.<br />
“I can remember reading it all the<br />
way through, but I can’t remember a<br />
response to it. I probably thought, ‘Well<br />
that’s very difficult, and I’m going to put<br />
it to one side until I can think this out.’”<br />
Shippey did not return to the text<br />
until 1970 when he was a junior lecturer<br />
at Birmingham <strong>University</strong>. Invited to
speak about Tolkien and philosophy at<br />
an “Open Day,” he prepared a paper<br />
after learning that Tolkien would return<br />
to his hometown for the event.<br />
Unfortunately, Tolkien took ill, but his<br />
secretary attended and borrowed a copy<br />
of Shippey’s paper to give to her boss.<br />
Tolkien read it and replied to Shippey<br />
with a long letter.<br />
The quest was well under way.<br />
On the Same Map<br />
The pair finally met two years later when<br />
Shippey received a fellowship at Oxford<br />
<strong>University</strong>, where Tolkien had once<br />
served. For seven years, Shippey taught<br />
one of Tolkien’s favorite subjects, “Old<br />
English,” at Oxford’s St. John’s College.<br />
Shippey then inherited Tolkien’s chair<br />
and syllabus at Leeds <strong>University</strong>. He sat<br />
in the very same office that Tolkien had<br />
used some 50 years earlier. Staring back<br />
at Shippey every day were portraits of<br />
the six previous holders of the chair,<br />
including Tolkien. Shippey’s would be<br />
the seventh on the wall. (Shippey<br />
observed that, as a young man, Tolkien<br />
had “really bad front teeth.” Shippey<br />
himself didn’t have any, having lost<br />
them all to rugby.)<br />
“I felt I kind of owed it him to do<br />
this,” Shippey said of his professional<br />
mission. “After Tolkien died (in 1973), I<br />
felt he needed someone to speak up for<br />
him, not so much as a defender but as a<br />
sort of explicator. I took over that role,<br />
and it became stronger because the personal<br />
connections became stronger.”<br />
As he dealt with the daily duties of<br />
being a university chair, a position he<br />
held for 14 years, Shippey gathered<br />
greater understanding of the external<br />
factors that influenced Tolkien.<br />
“Most people spend most of their<br />
time thinking about their job, and<br />
Tolkien was no exception,” Shippey<br />
said. “Basically I was doing his job. I had<br />
exactly the same problems, pressures and<br />
requirements. I felt I didn’t have to<br />
work hard to understand that. I found<br />
out about it every day.”<br />
Shippey believes this string of personal<br />
connections, which also includes playing<br />
on the same rugby team (though much<br />
later), gives him special insight that few<br />
others can hope to possess. Tolkien was<br />
fascinated with place names. He<br />
couldn’t walk past a signpost without<br />
trying to figure out what the name<br />
meant, where it came from, what its history<br />
was.<br />
The wizard Gandalf.<br />
The hobbit ring-bearer Frodo<br />
Baggins.<br />
The brave warrior Aragorn, a.k.a.<br />
Strider.<br />
None of these popular characters<br />
from The Lord of the Rings trilogy is<br />
Dr. Tom Shippey’s favorite.<br />
Ask him to name his favorite character,<br />
and his eyes light up. His answer<br />
might surprise some and could be a bit<br />
worrisome if he were your boss.<br />
“Definitely, no question. It is<br />
Uglúk, the head of the orcs, who kidnap<br />
Merry and Pippin (Bilbo’s hobbit<br />
friends),” Shippey said with a touch of Uglúk, as pictured in the films.<br />
glee.<br />
Uglúk took command of a troop of scouts dispatched to capture the hobbits<br />
and return with them to the evil wizard Saruman. In the second film of<br />
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the chief resolves the shortage of food with his<br />
own version of Uruk diplomacy.<br />
“After many years as head of a department, I just love the way when he<br />
gets an argument from the troops, he jumps forward and cuts two of their<br />
heads off,” Shippey laughed. “Uglúk. There is an orc with a strong sense of<br />
discipline. How often I wished I could do the same.”<br />
Shippey’s probably joking, though you might have your doubts when he<br />
speaks of these baddies with such reverence. In fact, it was the frightening<br />
film version of the orcs that most bothered Shippey.<br />
“I wouldn’t mind commanding a platoon of orcs,” Shippey said. “You<br />
have to be a bit tough on the discipline, but I think I could handle that.<br />
One of the things that I rather liked about the orcs, that made me think I<br />
would get along with them, is that they have a strong sense of humor.<br />
They’re just jokers and kidders. It’s all very rough of course. They never<br />
stop pulling people’s legs, you might say, until they come off.”<br />
“It so happens that I always lived<br />
within a few hundred yards of where he<br />
used to live, so I walked down the same<br />
streets,” Shippey said. “Tolkien clearly<br />
was a person who liked maps and put<br />
things on maps. If you weren’t living on<br />
the same map as him, then you didn’t<br />
always know what he was going on<br />
about.”<br />
The Road to Movie Magic<br />
Shippey may have been on Tolkien’s<br />
map, but thanks to the blockbuster<br />
movies, more people are gaining a<br />
glimpse into Tolkien’s world. The first<br />
two The Lord of the Rings films have broken<br />
box office records, and when the<br />
Playing Favorites<br />
final installment in the trilogy, The<br />
Return of the King, opens Dec. 17, it’s<br />
expected to be a cinematic smash as well.<br />
These critically acclaimed films<br />
weren’t the first attempts to bring<br />
Tolkien’s characters to the big screen.<br />
Having already sold the film rights to his<br />
work, Tolkien reviewed a script for a<br />
live-action film that never was produced.<br />
His notes on the screenplay survive<br />
to this day.<br />
“Any change at all in the progression<br />
of the story would have upset Tolkien,”<br />
Shippey said. “He said he didn’t mind<br />
people cutting things out, but what he<br />
disliked very much was when they tried<br />
to compress them.”<br />
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Shippey said, for example, Tolkien<br />
wouldn’t have grumbled about the deletion<br />
of Tom Bombadil from the first<br />
movie. While the enigmatic character is<br />
popular among many of the books’<br />
devoted fans, Shippey said his role<br />
doesn’t necessarily drive the story along,<br />
a vital component of filmmaking. While<br />
Tolkien may have been concerned by<br />
the movies’ concentration on action,<br />
Shippey said he likely<br />
would have appreciated<br />
the films.<br />
“I think Tolkien<br />
would have been very<br />
pleased with the landscape<br />
shots, which are<br />
excellent and just the<br />
kind of thing he liked<br />
himself,” Shippey said.<br />
“He would have been<br />
pleased with the care<br />
taken to details. I was<br />
the coach on name pronunciation,<br />
and they<br />
didn’t get anything<br />
wrong. It was dead right<br />
all the way through.”<br />
Despite this attention<br />
to detail, Shippey admits<br />
it has been difficult to enjoy the movies<br />
as the pure entertainment they’re meant<br />
to provide.<br />
“The first time I watch them, I’m sort<br />
of jumpy trying to figure how they’re<br />
going to cope with the next problem I can<br />
see coming up,” he said. “That’s not a fair<br />
way to look at them. I’m going to watch<br />
the movies again and not try to pick them<br />
apart and just go with the flow.”<br />
As for the Tolkien fanatics he’s met<br />
while speaking to various groups,<br />
Shippey is not too concerned when they<br />
tell him they read the books repeatedly.<br />
It also doesn’t bother him when it seems<br />
that these hardcore fans breathe and eat<br />
all things Frodo and Middle Earth.<br />
“There is no doubt<br />
that Tolkien has<br />
left an enormous<br />
footprint on<br />
literary culture.”<br />
“I don’t think it does them any harm.<br />
If it makes them happy, it’s OK by me,”<br />
he said. “Literacy is under threat these<br />
days. If somebody’s prepared to read a<br />
work that is 1,200 pages long and read it<br />
over and over again, I think: good!”<br />
An Infinite<br />
Voyage<br />
After so many<br />
decades of study,<br />
Tolkien’s work continues<br />
to inspire<br />
Shippey. He estimates<br />
that he’s read<br />
The Lord of the Rings<br />
about a dozen times.<br />
Like a biologist who<br />
returns to the same<br />
area of rain forest to<br />
document new flora<br />
and fauna, Shippey unearths something<br />
unexpected with each new read. There<br />
might be a strange word he didn’t see<br />
before or a key date that<br />
he missed.<br />
“Tolkien was a very<br />
learned man, and he built<br />
in all kinds of angles,<br />
tricks and allusions,<br />
which he never bothered<br />
to explain. I never read it<br />
without seeing some<br />
more of these. They’re<br />
often extremely thought<br />
provoking.”<br />
Many of his findings<br />
and personal connections<br />
appear in Shippey’s first<br />
book on Tolkien, the<br />
critically<br />
acclaimed<br />
The Road<br />
to Middle<br />
Earth. Just released in its<br />
third edition and for the<br />
first time in paperback,<br />
the book traces Tolkien<br />
and his work from a historical<br />
perspective.<br />
Following its publishing,<br />
Shippey began thinking<br />
of Tolkien’s place in 20th<br />
century literature.<br />
Tolkien didn’t seem to<br />
fit in at first. That changed, however, as<br />
Shippey dug deeper. Soon he realized<br />
that no author seemed to capture the<br />
20th century better than Tolkien, leading<br />
to Shippey’s 2001 book, the highly<br />
praised J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the<br />
Century. It’s a pretty bold statement to<br />
be sure.<br />
“The 20th century had all been about<br />
politics, warfare and evil. The writers<br />
who wrote about this were writers of<br />
fantasy,” Shippey said. “This is a powerful<br />
tradition. The reason it has popular<br />
appeal is because it’s serious and this is<br />
what people worry about.<br />
“Tolkien on his own generated the<br />
genre of heroic fantasy, which is one of<br />
the most prolific and popular genres in<br />
the world now, and I don’t see people<br />
stopping that writing.”<br />
Despite all of his insights into the man<br />
and mythology, Shippey said he cannot<br />
forecast the future for Tolkien’s works.<br />
“You can’t tell about books, can you?<br />
Sometimes they’re immensely popular,<br />
and then they fade away, so that many of<br />
the bestsellers of the past are now completely<br />
forgotten. But I think that once a<br />
work reaches a certain level, it never will<br />
fade away. It will remain part of the<br />
inherited knowledge of the society.<br />
There is no doubt that Tolkien has left an<br />
enormous footprint on literary culture.”<br />
Making his mark is what Shippey is<br />
trying to do in his own way. Although<br />
he’s best known as a Tolkien scholar,<br />
Shippey is a prominent researcher in<br />
many areas. As a philologist — an interpreter<br />
of language — his central interest<br />
is the traditional literature of England<br />
and Scandinavia. Shippey said that holding<br />
an endowed chair affords him the<br />
opportunity to conduct insightful<br />
research, whether it’s examining<br />
Tolkien or pursuing his next project:<br />
bringing linguistics and archeology<br />
together to explore England’s origins.<br />
“The duty of a chair of a subject like<br />
mine is to advance the field,” Shippey<br />
said. “While I can’t leave a footprint like<br />
Tolkien, I hope to make some kind of<br />
imprint.” �
Future Billiken in the family?<br />
Consider prepaid tuition.<br />
College Savings Plan<br />
For many families, saving for a college<br />
education isn’t easy, especially when<br />
there are so many other expenses that<br />
seem more urgent. But there is a new<br />
way to prepay tuition at <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> or other private colleges and<br />
universities, thereby avoiding the “sticker<br />
shock” years from now.<br />
To make a college education more<br />
affordable for parents and their collegebound<br />
students, <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> is<br />
participating in the new Independent 529<br />
Plan. The plan allows families to prepay<br />
for future tuition at a discount on today’s<br />
costs. Offered by the Tuition Plan<br />
Consortium, a group of more than 200<br />
of the nation’s private colleges and universities,<br />
the plan is being hailed as a first<br />
for higher education.<br />
A 529 plan is a tax-advantaged way to<br />
save for college. The number “529”<br />
refers to the section number in the IRS<br />
regulations that describes such plans. This<br />
unique initiative is the first 529 plan<br />
sponsored by the private colleges themselves.<br />
Like its better-known, state-sponsored<br />
cousins, the Independent 529 Plan<br />
gives families the chance to put away<br />
money for future college expenses. But<br />
where state savings plans invest the funds<br />
and hope that they grow enough over<br />
time to pay for college, funds invested in<br />
the Independent 529 Plan buy prepaid<br />
tuition certificates to be used at one of<br />
the private universities in the consortium.<br />
The Independent 529 Plan has no investment<br />
risk or management fees for the<br />
contributing family member.<br />
“I believe that the Independent 529<br />
Plan provides a no-risk opportunity for<br />
parents,” said Dr. Ned Harris, SLU’s<br />
associate provost for enrollment and academic<br />
services. “The plan is tax-advantaged,<br />
certificates are portable among<br />
member institutions, today’s tuition is<br />
discounted when certificates are purchased<br />
for future (higher) tuition, and the<br />
certificates are transferable to other family<br />
members. The certificates may even be<br />
redeemed for use at non-member<br />
universities without being taxed.”<br />
The plan enables any adult U.S.<br />
citizen to purchase a certificate for<br />
part or all of tuition that can be used at<br />
SLU or any participating university.<br />
The investor will pay today’s tuition<br />
cost, less a discount that reduces the<br />
cost even more. Then, years later, the<br />
investor redeems the certificate for the<br />
guaranteed amount of tuition — no matter<br />
how much a participating college’s<br />
tuition has increased at the time the student<br />
begins classes.<br />
“Think of it as buying a gift certificate<br />
for use at any of the stores at a mall,” said<br />
Doug Brown, president and CEO of the<br />
Tuition Plan Consortium. “Students<br />
don’t choose their college at purchase,<br />
but after they have applied and are<br />
accepted in the regular manner.”<br />
Here is an example of how the plan<br />
works: Tuition at SLU this academic year<br />
is $22,050. But because the <strong>University</strong><br />
offers a discount for Independent 529<br />
Plan purchasers, a certificate for a year’s<br />
tuition for a child who would enroll five<br />
years from now can be purchased<br />
through the plan for $19,428. This certificate<br />
then can be redeemed in five<br />
years for a full year of tuition at SLU,<br />
regardless of how much tuition has<br />
increased by that time.<br />
Each certificate must be held at least 36<br />
months before being redeemed for educational<br />
services. The purchase of a<br />
tuition certificate does not guarantee<br />
admission or enrollment at a participating<br />
institution, and it may have an effect on<br />
the beneficiary’s eligibility for financial<br />
aid. The certificate will vary in how<br />
much tuition it buys, depending on the<br />
college or university the child attends.<br />
Parents can get started with contributions<br />
of as little as $25 a month.<br />
“Saving for a college education is<br />
something every parent knows he or she<br />
should do, but is often difficult when you<br />
have small children and many expenses,”<br />
said Kathy Hagedorn (A&S ’73, Grad<br />
’75), SLU’s vice president for human<br />
resources. “This plan offers an opportunity<br />
to save in relatively small increments,<br />
purchase tuition at a discount and realize<br />
some tax advantages. The flexibilities of<br />
the plan ensure that the money can be<br />
used by someone in the family, with a<br />
great variety of choices. When grandparents<br />
ask what they can give a child for<br />
special occasions, this is a great choice.”<br />
Because the amount of tuition purchased<br />
is guaranteed, the investment risk<br />
is on the universities and not the<br />
investors.<br />
“You save today, you save in the<br />
future, and the tuition you purchase<br />
becomes inflation proof,” said Trinity<br />
<strong>University</strong>’s Craig McCoy, president of<br />
the consortium. “We’re stopping the<br />
clock on private college tuition, which<br />
means more students will have a chance<br />
at a first-class education starting today.”<br />
Investment management for the plan is<br />
handled by TIAA-CREF, the financial<br />
services giant specializing in money management<br />
for the education market.<br />
TIAA-CREF, through its subsidiaries, is<br />
already a major player in the college savings<br />
market, administering 12 state-sponsored<br />
529 plans.<br />
To receive more information about the<br />
Independent 529 Plan or for a complete<br />
list of participating colleges and universities,<br />
visit the Independent 529 Plan Web<br />
site at www.independent529plan.org, or<br />
call toll-free 1-888-718-7878.<br />
— Jeff Fowler<br />
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24<br />
1933<br />
Abraham Rush (Law)<br />
works in his son’s law office.<br />
He lives in St. <strong>Louis</strong> and has<br />
two “perfect” grandsons.<br />
1936<br />
O. Ruffin Crow Jr. (B&A)<br />
is a retired vice president of<br />
McDonnell Douglas. He<br />
lives in Kirkwood, Mo., and<br />
works out at the YMCA<br />
two to three times a week.<br />
1940<br />
Robert Bisbee (Parks)<br />
spent 48 years with<br />
American Airlines and now<br />
has several relatives in the<br />
aviation industry. He lives in<br />
Williamsburg, Va. …<br />
Gilbert Hines (Parks ’40,<br />
Grad ’44) has retired from<br />
farming and lives in Gorin,<br />
Mo. … Dr. Edwin Parker<br />
(Med) has written the book<br />
Life is a Gift: Sixty Years of<br />
Medical Practice, published by<br />
Lost Coast Press. He lives in<br />
Huntington Beach, Calif.<br />
1941<br />
Pauline Grady, A.S.C.,<br />
(A&S ’41, Grad ’43) has<br />
retired after 69 years of<br />
teaching, writing and serving<br />
as a federal prison chaplain.<br />
She lives in Red Bud,<br />
Ill. … Dr. William<br />
Higgins (A&S) and his<br />
wife, Marian, live near<br />
Dayton, Ohio, where they<br />
are six blocks from their son<br />
and three grandchildren.<br />
William is involved with<br />
parish apologetics work and<br />
with “Catholic Answers.”<br />
1942<br />
Albert Trager (Parks)<br />
retired in 1983, moved to<br />
Boise, Idaho, in 1984, and<br />
has enjoyed it there ever<br />
since.<br />
1943<br />
Dr. Raymond Kahn<br />
(Med) works in a family<br />
practice residency program<br />
and determines Medicaid<br />
disability for the Ohio<br />
Department of Job and<br />
Family Services.<br />
1946<br />
Mary Jane Coffey (A&S)<br />
lives in St. <strong>Louis</strong> and is<br />
proud of her children and<br />
their families.<br />
1949<br />
Kathleen Donnelly (Nurs)<br />
is a retired nurse and lives at<br />
the Brentmoor Oak Tree<br />
Village in St. Peters, Mo. …<br />
Donald Hoehle (B&A) is a<br />
retired assistant dean of the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Missouri<br />
College of Business. He lives<br />
in Columbia, Mo., and<br />
enjoys traveling and spending<br />
time with his three children,<br />
10 grandchildren and<br />
three great grandchildren.<br />
1951<br />
Earle Kennedy (B&A) is<br />
retired in St. <strong>Louis</strong>, travels<br />
around the world and paints<br />
in his free time. … Allison<br />
Lindahl (A&S) is a retired<br />
guidance counselor. She<br />
starts track meets in northeast<br />
Indiana and enjoys planting<br />
trees, fishing and gardening.<br />
… Joseph Nacy (Law) is an<br />
administrative law judge<br />
with the Federal Energy<br />
Regulatory Commission in<br />
Washington, D.C. … Jim<br />
Sunderland, S.J., (A&S’51,<br />
Grad ’52, ’54, ’60) received<br />
the National Convocation of<br />
Jail and Prison Ministry’s<br />
annual Mike McGough<br />
Award for his nearly 15 years<br />
as a jail chaplain in Colorado.<br />
1952<br />
George Donaldson (Parks)<br />
continues to investigate<br />
TWA flight 800. He lives in<br />
Orange, Calif.<br />
1955<br />
Joan (Fencl) Bowski (IT)<br />
retired from Hughes Aircraft<br />
Company in 1995. She lives<br />
in Mission Viejo, Calif. …<br />
Ann (Marshall) Conroy<br />
(A&S) won SLU’s 2002 Arts<br />
and Sciences Alumni Merit<br />
Award. She is still in child<br />
support enforcement with<br />
the Lake County, Ill., state<br />
attorney’s office. … Dr.<br />
Raymond Strekal (Dent) is<br />
retired from dentistry and<br />
lives in Athens, Ohio. He has<br />
seven children. … John<br />
Whalley (Med) has been<br />
retired from his OB/GYN<br />
practice for 10 years. He lives<br />
in Long Beach, Calif. …<br />
Clarence Zacher (A&S ’55,<br />
Grad ’69) this year marks<br />
authorship of more than 50<br />
atmospheric science papers,<br />
articles and photographic<br />
documentaries chiefly on his<br />
specialty, lightning and its<br />
thunderstorm electrical environment.<br />
He is a fellow of<br />
the Missouri Academy of<br />
Science and co-founder of its<br />
atmospheric science section.<br />
1956<br />
Richard Jasinski (Parks) is<br />
retired from IBM and<br />
Lockheed Martin and lives<br />
in Potomac, Md. He enjoys<br />
golf, traveling, church activities<br />
and spending time with<br />
his grandchildren. … John<br />
Kobler, C.P., (Grad) is a<br />
research theologian studying<br />
the Second Vatican Council<br />
and has been listed in Who’s<br />
Who in recognition of his<br />
achievements. He lives in<br />
Chicago. … Dr. Clyde<br />
Pax (Grad) has retired from<br />
teaching at the College of<br />
Holy Cross in Worcester,<br />
Mass.<br />
1957<br />
Dr. Carroll Howard (A&S<br />
’57, Med ’61) is still in a<br />
full-time pediatrics practice<br />
in Owensboro, Ky. …<br />
Father Bill Lyons (Grad) is<br />
a spiritual director at the<br />
North American College in<br />
Rome. … Garry Wills<br />
(P&L), author and adjunct<br />
professor of history at<br />
Northwestern <strong>University</strong>,<br />
was elected a member of the<br />
American Philosophical<br />
Society.<br />
7<br />
1958<br />
Carol Colwell (A&S) is<br />
retired in Atlanta and plays<br />
golf a few times a week. For<br />
20 years, she has been a volunteer<br />
fund-raiser for the<br />
Hunger Project and a county<br />
court-appointed volunteer<br />
advocate for abused and<br />
neglected children.<br />
1959<br />
Rosemarie Hennes (Soc<br />
Ser) is retired after 40 years<br />
of clinical social work practice<br />
in Palm Springs, Calif.<br />
… Henry Hunter (Parks) is<br />
a consultant to Boeing on<br />
C-17 airdrop and transport<br />
enhancements. He lives in<br />
Lancaster, Calif. … Don<br />
Klier (A&S) is retired and<br />
living in St. <strong>Louis</strong>. He is<br />
active in church activities.<br />
… Joe Nawrocki (A&S) is<br />
an international business<br />
consultant based in Phoenix.<br />
He travels frequently to<br />
Europe where he lectures at<br />
universities in Latvia,<br />
Lithuania, Russia, Bulgaria,<br />
Turkey and Poland. He is an<br />
avid fly-fisherman.<br />
1960<br />
Dr. Stephen Krawczyk<br />
(Dent) spends his winters in<br />
Florida and his summers in<br />
Connecticut. … Thomas<br />
Stumpf (A&S) is an associate<br />
professor of English at<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of North<br />
Carolina at Chapel Hill,<br />
where he received an award<br />
for excellence in undergraduate<br />
teaching.<br />
1961 Patricia Ballew (Soc Ser) is<br />
retired in Niangua, Mo., and<br />
enjoys sailing, fishing, traveling,<br />
antiques and being a<br />
grandma. She volunteers<br />
whenever possible.<br />
1962 Barbara Adamczak (Nurs)<br />
taught OB nursing for 20<br />
years at St. Vincent School<br />
of Nursing in Toledo, Ohio,<br />
and now teaches part time at<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of Toledo.<br />
She and her husband,<br />
Duane, have two daughters<br />
and three grandchildren and<br />
enjoy traveling and spending<br />
time with the family. …<br />
Barbara Nauer (Grad) has<br />
returned to St. <strong>Louis</strong> and<br />
opened “Words ’n Pics,” an<br />
advertising agency focused<br />
on the needs of individuals<br />
and small/medium-sized<br />
businesses. … Dr. Grady<br />
Smith (Grad) is an adjunct<br />
professor at George Mason<br />
<strong>University</strong> in Fairfax, Va.,<br />
where he teaches Greek and<br />
Roman comedy. His book,<br />
Travel Abroad: Frulovisi’s<br />
“Peregrinato,” Translated and<br />
with an Introduction, was<br />
recently published. He and<br />
his wife of 36 years, Kathleen,<br />
live in Arlington, Va.<br />
1964<br />
James Aldrich (IT) lives in<br />
Garden Grove, Calif., and is<br />
a business development manager<br />
with space and airborne<br />
systems at Raytheon. He and<br />
his wife, Carolyn, have four<br />
children and three grandchildren.<br />
… Carol Burkholder<br />
(A&S) is a part-time teacher<br />
and volunteer for the English<br />
Language School in<br />
<strong>University</strong> City, Mo.<br />
1965 Brian Cooney (A&S) is a<br />
professor of philosophy at<br />
Centre College in Danville,<br />
Ky. … Dr. Sharon<br />
(Mayer) Libera (A&S) is<br />
director of public affairs at<br />
Berkshire Hills Music<br />
Academy in South Hadley,<br />
Mass. In 2001, she helped<br />
establish the school, which<br />
serves young adults with<br />
musical abilities who have<br />
learning, intellectual or<br />
developmental disabilities.<br />
… Dr. Rick Wade (Parks)<br />
has retired as a lieutenant<br />
colonel after 22 years of<br />
active duty in the U.S. Air<br />
Force. He is a staff anesthetist<br />
at the Lake Regional<br />
Hospital in Osage Beach,<br />
Mo., where he lives with his<br />
family. … Joan Wickman<br />
(Nurs) retired from St.<br />
Anthony’s Hospital in St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong> after 27 years in the<br />
orthopedic department.<br />
1966<br />
Kathy Beckman (A&S)<br />
completed a year of national<br />
community service as an<br />
Americorps VISTA volunteer<br />
in a low-income neighborhood<br />
in Miami. She<br />
established a PC tech program<br />
in which high school<br />
students refurbish computers<br />
to learn skills and get computers<br />
into neighborhood<br />
homes, community organizations<br />
and senior centers.<br />
… Marilyn Berger (Grad)<br />
lives in Santa Monica, Calif.,<br />
and is the mother of two<br />
sons. She is a student of<br />
Judaica. … Ann Goerdt<br />
(AHP) is the coordinator for<br />
the doctor of physical therapy<br />
program for practicing<br />
physical therapists at New<br />
York <strong>University</strong>. … Gary<br />
Kirwin (A&S) is retired<br />
from the federal government<br />
and is an assistant district<br />
manager for H&R Block in<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong>. … Bernard<br />
Sander (IT) is an assistant<br />
professor in the department<br />
of physical therapy and<br />
human movement sciences<br />
at Northwestern <strong>University</strong><br />
in Chicago.<br />
1967<br />
Janet (Ingram) Brandmill<br />
(AHP) lives in Quincy, Ill.,<br />
and is a semi-retired physical<br />
therapist, wife and new<br />
grandmother. She recently<br />
visited her former roommate,<br />
Sandy (McKenna)<br />
Seibel (AHP), in Florida. …<br />
Rosemary Buhr (A&S) has<br />
retired after 20 years as the<br />
director of the Learning<br />
Resources Center at Logan<br />
College of Chiropractic in<br />
Chesterfield, Mo. …<br />
Thomas Klimas (Parks) is a<br />
maintenance planner at San<br />
Antonio Aerospace. He is a<br />
retired U.S. Air Force<br />
colonel. … Alan Steinberg<br />
(Law), of Steinberg &<br />
Steinberg, joined Eagle<br />
Bank’s board of directors.<br />
He and his wife, Joyce, live<br />
in Creve Coeur, Mo., where<br />
they are involved in community<br />
activities.
1968<br />
Lester Berkheiser (Parks)<br />
is the chief inspector for<br />
Wing Aviation in Conroe,<br />
Texas. He retired from<br />
Garrett Aviation in Houston<br />
in 2002. … Helene<br />
Ballmann Dudley (A&S)<br />
was elected as the southeast<br />
regional representative to the<br />
National Peace Corps<br />
Association board of directors.<br />
She served as a Peace<br />
Corps volunteer in<br />
Colombia and Slovakia and<br />
is the grants coordinator at<br />
the port of Miami. She<br />
chairs “The Colombia<br />
Project,” a Web-based<br />
micro-enterprise development<br />
project to aid displaced<br />
families in Colombia. The<br />
project received the 2003<br />
National Peace Corps<br />
Association’s Loret Miller<br />
Ruppe Award for<br />
Outstanding Community<br />
Service. … Richard<br />
Kieckhefer (A&S) has written<br />
the book Theology in<br />
Stone: Church Architecture from<br />
Byzantium to Berkeley, which<br />
offers new ideas about the<br />
meanings and uses of church<br />
architecture. He is a professor<br />
at Northwestern<br />
<strong>University</strong> in Chicago. …<br />
Robert Ritter (Law),<br />
chairman and president of<br />
the law firm Gray, Ritter, &<br />
Graham, is the 2003 recipient<br />
of the Award of Honor<br />
from the Lawyers<br />
Association of St. <strong>Louis</strong>. …<br />
William Stiritz (Grad),<br />
former chairman, president<br />
and chief executive officer of<br />
Ralston Purina Co.,<br />
received an honorary doctor<br />
of humanities from<br />
Washington <strong>University</strong> in<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong> in May. …<br />
Christine Stoughton<br />
(A&S) is an exhibiting artist<br />
and art teacher in the<br />
Philadelphia area. … Ruth<br />
Wilber (Soc Ser) lives in<br />
Cadillac, Mich., and is a<br />
managing broker at Century<br />
21 Progressive. She is learning<br />
to play the fiddle.<br />
1969<br />
Joe Helmsing (A&S ’69,<br />
Grad B&A ’73) has turned<br />
his small tractor repair firm,<br />
Craftsmen Industries, into<br />
one of the St. Charles, Mo.,<br />
area’s top businesses. …<br />
Margaret Wyatt (A&S) is a<br />
middle school counselor in a<br />
suburb of Houston.<br />
1970<br />
Jacob Reby (Law) is the<br />
chairman of the real estate<br />
group at Lewis, Rice &<br />
Fingersh in St. <strong>Louis</strong> and has<br />
been elected to the American<br />
College of Real Estate<br />
Lawyers. … Dr. Ronald<br />
Ruecker (Med) was reelected<br />
chairman of the board<br />
of trustees of the Illinois State<br />
Medical Society.<br />
1971<br />
Sonja Hughes (Grad) is a<br />
retired administrator from<br />
the St. <strong>Louis</strong> Board of<br />
Education. She is active in<br />
the Resurrection Lutheran<br />
Church. … Mary-Lou<br />
(Hagan) Montagna (A&S)<br />
was recognized as the<br />
Massachusetts Outstanding<br />
High School Art Teacher<br />
2003. She teaches fine arts at<br />
Notre Dame Academy in<br />
Hingham, Mass., and teaches<br />
metal-smithing part time at<br />
Bridgewater State College.<br />
She lives in Plymouth,<br />
Mass., where she has a studio<br />
and designs jewelry. …<br />
Dr. Amanda Murphy<br />
(Grad ’71, ’74), president<br />
and CEO of Hopewell<br />
Center in St. <strong>Louis</strong>, received<br />
the 2003 Salute to<br />
Excellence in Health Care<br />
Lifetime Achiever Award.<br />
1972<br />
Donald Casey (Grad) has<br />
retired from AT&T and is<br />
an associate professor in the<br />
philosophy and religious<br />
studies departments of<br />
Felician College in Lodi,<br />
N.J. … Gracie Fowler (Soc<br />
Ser) has retired and lives in<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong>. … Barbara<br />
Thompson (A&S) has been<br />
chosen as one of 22 fellows<br />
for Zero to Three’s “Leaders<br />
for the 21st Century” program.<br />
She is a senior program<br />
analyst in the office of<br />
the Deputy Under Secretary<br />
of Defense and lives in<br />
Manassas, Va.<br />
1973<br />
Paul Donnelly (Grad<br />
B&A) is part of a three-generation<br />
SLU family. His<br />
daughter, Jeanne Donnelly<br />
(AHP ’76, Grad B&A ’82),<br />
is a professor in health information<br />
management at SLU.<br />
His granddaughter, Erin<br />
Sweeney (AHP ’03), graduated<br />
from SLU in May.<br />
1974<br />
Doreen Dodson (Law) is a<br />
partner at the Stolar<br />
Partnership in St. <strong>Louis</strong>. She<br />
is the 8th Circuit representative<br />
to the American Bar<br />
Association’s Federal<br />
Judiciary Committee. …<br />
Pamela (Conley) Franta<br />
(A&S), a licensed psychologist<br />
and business consultant,<br />
has opened her own busi-<br />
ness, Pamela Franta<br />
Consulting. She also is an<br />
associate of Behavioral<br />
Health Concepts Inc. in<br />
Columbia, Mo. Her husband,<br />
David Franta (A&S),<br />
is executive director of the<br />
Columbia-area United Way.<br />
… Cheryl Hanna-<br />
Truscott (Nurs) lives in Gig<br />
Harbor, Wash. She is beginning<br />
work in the state’s corrections<br />
center for women.<br />
… Michael Jamilkowski<br />
(A&S) retired from a 33-year<br />
career with the U.S. Air<br />
Force as a colonel at the<br />
Pentagon. He now works<br />
for the Raytheon Corp. and<br />
lives in Silver Spring, Md.,<br />
with his wife, Susan Ducey<br />
(A&S ’75).<br />
1975<br />
Debra Arnold (AHP) is the<br />
administrator of Headache<br />
Core Center, a multidisciplinary<br />
facility involved in<br />
patient care, research and<br />
professional education. She<br />
lives in Springfield, Mo. …<br />
Scott Brinkmeyer (Law) is<br />
the 69th president of the<br />
State Bar of Michigan<br />
through September 2004.<br />
He is a member of the firm<br />
Mika Meyers Beckett and<br />
Jones in Grand Rapids,<br />
Mich. … John Cullen<br />
(A&S) lives in Washington,<br />
D.C., with his wife,<br />
Yvonne, and three children,<br />
Anne, Renny and Rory. He<br />
recently joined the staff of<br />
the Committee on<br />
Commerce, Science and<br />
Transportation of the U.S.<br />
Senate as a specialist on U.S.<br />
space policy. … Margaret<br />
Donnelly (Soc Ser ’75, ’77,<br />
Law ’88) completed her first<br />
session as a Missouri State<br />
Representative for District<br />
73 in St. <strong>Louis</strong> County. …<br />
Dean Kappel (Soc Ser) has<br />
been elected treasurer of the<br />
United Networks for Organ<br />
Sharing board of directors.<br />
He is the president and chief<br />
executive officer of Mid-<br />
America Transplant Services<br />
in St. <strong>Louis</strong>. … Dennis<br />
Kavanaugh (A&S) was<br />
appointed by Gov. Janet<br />
Napolitano to serve as chairman<br />
of the Arizona<br />
Commission on the Arts. He<br />
is the vice mayor of Mesa,<br />
Ariz. … Dr. Ira Michael<br />
Rutkow (Med), a professor<br />
of surgery at the <strong>University</strong><br />
of Medicine and Dentistry of<br />
New Jersey, has been elected<br />
to The Johns Hopkins<br />
<strong>University</strong> Society of<br />
Scholars.<br />
1976<br />
Father Robert Evans<br />
(A&S) was ordained a priest<br />
of the Archdiocese of St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong> on May 24 at the<br />
Cathedral Basilica of St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>. … Valerie<br />
Gudgeon (Pub Ser ’76,<br />
Grad ’77) is the director of<br />
special services for the<br />
Evanston/Skokie (Ill.)<br />
School District. … Michael<br />
Hanagan (Law) earned an<br />
advanced law degree from<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of Missouri-<br />
Columbia. … Chris<br />
Kelleher (A&S ’76, Grad<br />
B&A, Law ’80) was named<br />
the 2003 Small Business<br />
Lawyer of the Year by the<br />
U.S. Small Business<br />
Administration-St. <strong>Louis</strong><br />
District. … James Kubicki,<br />
S.J., (A&S ’76, Grad ‘77) is<br />
the national director of the<br />
Apostleship of Prayer in<br />
Milwaukee. … Dr.<br />
Tommie Lee Ragland<br />
(Grad) is retired and lives in<br />
Oak Park, Ill.<br />
1977<br />
Dr. Mike Bardwil (A&S)<br />
is a vascular surgeon in a private<br />
practice in Houston. …<br />
Dr. Ana “Anita” Sierra-<br />
Jönsson (A&S) is a child<br />
and family psychologist and<br />
directs a unit at a child study<br />
and treatment center in<br />
Tacoma, Wash. She is married<br />
to Lynn Jönsson.<br />
1978<br />
Jerry M. Bazzetta (Grad<br />
B&A), a physical scientist,<br />
has joined Clean Earth<br />
Technologies in St. <strong>Louis</strong> as<br />
director of government marketing<br />
and sales. …<br />
Timothy Johnson (A&S)<br />
received a Fulbright<br />
research/teaching scholarship<br />
for the summer of 2004<br />
in Dresden, Germany. He is<br />
an associate professor of religion<br />
and chairman of the<br />
liberal studies department at<br />
Flagler College in St.<br />
Augustine, Fla. … Dr. Dan<br />
Lattanzi (Med) has worked<br />
in Haiti intermittently for<br />
seven years. He runs a health<br />
clinic that cares for 25,000<br />
people in the La Croix<br />
region. … David<br />
Smorodin (A&S ’78, Law<br />
’81) practices law in<br />
Washington, D.C., as the<br />
chief litigation counsel of<br />
WorldCom Inc.<br />
1979<br />
Dr. Richard Blackwell<br />
(A&S) received a 2002<br />
Technical Excellence Award<br />
from BAE Systems for his<br />
work on developing an industry-leading<br />
microbolometer<br />
design, a device used in<br />
defense, security and firefighting<br />
infrared imaging applications.<br />
He lives in Andover,<br />
25<br />
Mass. … Mary (Crannell)<br />
Craven (A&S) is busy getting<br />
her two teen-agers ready for<br />
college. She lives in Telford,<br />
Pa. … Pamela Simpson<br />
(Nurs), of Belleville, Ill., has<br />
been selected as one of the<br />
2004 Top Ten Business<br />
Women of the American<br />
Business Women’s<br />
Association. She is an assistant<br />
professor at the Jewish<br />
Hospital College of Nursing<br />
and Allied Health in St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>. … Dr. Mark Terry<br />
(Med) has developed a new<br />
technique for corneal transplantation.<br />
He lectures internationally<br />
and teaches this<br />
surgery worldwide. He works<br />
in Portland, Ore.<br />
1980 Joseph Eckelkamp (B&A<br />
’80, Grad B&A ’93) has<br />
been nominated for the SBA<br />
Accountant Advocate for<br />
Small Business Award for<br />
the third straight year. He<br />
owns his own CPA and<br />
business advisory firm in St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>. … Anne Fitzpatrick<br />
(B&A) is a manager of business<br />
and sales operations, ebusiness<br />
hosting and utility<br />
services for IBM Global<br />
Services. She lives in<br />
Wilton, Conn. … Joseph<br />
Gottlieb (Law) is a partner<br />
with Hassett, Cohen,<br />
Goldstein, Port, & Gottlieb<br />
in Atlanta. … Dr. Cathy<br />
Luh (Med) is co-author of<br />
Guilty Pleasures: Indulgences,<br />
Addictions, and Obsessions.<br />
She lives in Creve Coeur,<br />
Mo., and works at<br />
BlueCross/BlueShield of<br />
Missouri. … Nicholas<br />
Rocca (Soc Ser) is the clinic<br />
director at Northeast Valley<br />
Health Center in Los<br />
Angeles County’s San<br />
Fernando Valley. …<br />
Salvatore Ruffino (A&S) is<br />
a vice president at Clayco<br />
Construction Co. in Fenton,<br />
Mo., heading the company’s<br />
concrete group and spearheading<br />
the expansion of the<br />
firm’s self-performed concrete<br />
work.<br />
1981 Thomas Adang (Grad)<br />
works for the aerospace corporation<br />
supporting the<br />
National Oceanic and<br />
Atmospheric Administration.<br />
He lives in Burke, Va. …<br />
Daniel Mollerus (B&A) has<br />
been named senior vice president,<br />
assistant to the president<br />
at Famous-Barr in St. <strong>Louis</strong>.<br />
He and his wife, Kathleen<br />
(Gassett) Mollerus (A&S),<br />
have three children. …<br />
Isabel Ososki (Grad Nurs)<br />
earned an MBA from<br />
Millikin <strong>University</strong> in May
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U p c o m i n g B i l l i k e n B a s k e t b a l l<br />
Another season of Billiken basketball is already under way — and one of the teams may be coming<br />
to a city near you. For ticket information, call (314) 977-4SLU or visit www.slubillikens.com.<br />
Men’s Basketball Upcoming Games<br />
Dec. 6 Arizona (ESPN2) Noon<br />
Dec. 13 at Georgia Tech 11:30 a.m.<br />
Dec. 17 Grambling State 7:10 p.m.<br />
Dec. 20 at SMS 7 p.m.<br />
Dec. 27 Butler 7:10 p.m.<br />
Dec. 31 at Dayton 6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 3 Kansas State 1:10 p.m.<br />
Jan. 7 at TCU* 7:05 p.m.<br />
Jan. 10 at Marquette* 8 p.m.<br />
Jan. 13 Southern Miss* 7:10 p.m.<br />
Jan. 17 USF* 1:10 p.m.<br />
Jan. 24 East Carolina* 1:10 p.m.<br />
Jan. 28 at Charlotte* 6:30 p.m.<br />
Jan. 31 at UAB* 7:30 p.m.<br />
Feb. 7 at Memphis* (ESPN Plus) Noon<br />
Feb. 11 DePaul* 7:10 p.m.<br />
Feb. 14 Charlotte* (ESPN Plus) Noon<br />
Feb. 18 Marquette* (ESPN2) 8 p.m.<br />
Feb. 21 at DePaul* 1 p.m.<br />
Feb. 25 at Cincinnati* 7:05 p.m.<br />
Feb. 28 at Tulane* 7 p.m.<br />
March 3 <strong>Louis</strong>ville* 7:10 p.m.<br />
March 5 Houston* 8 p.m.<br />
March 10-13 at C-USA Tournament in Cincinnati TBA<br />
Home games are played at Savvis Center.<br />
* Conference USA game<br />
Women’s Basketball Upcoming Games<br />
Dec. 5 at Wildcat Classic in Manhattan, Kan.<br />
vs. Texas Pan American 3 p.m.<br />
Dec. 6 Consolation and Championship games 3 or 5 p.m.<br />
Dec. 13 Drake 7 p.m.<br />
Dec. 18 at Northern Illinois 7:05 p.m.<br />
Dec. 21 Vanderbilt 2 p.m.<br />
Dec. 29 Southern Illinois 7 p.m.<br />
Jan. 1 at SMS 2 p.m.<br />
Jan. 4 Missouri 2 p.m.<br />
Jan. 9 TCU* 7 p.m.<br />
Jan. 11 Houston* 2 p.m.<br />
Jan. 16 at <strong>Louis</strong>ville* 6 p.m.<br />
Jan. 18 at Cincinnati* 2 p.m.<br />
Jan. 23 USF* 7 p.m.<br />
Jan. 25 UAB* 2 p.m.<br />
Jan. 31 at Southern Miss* (C-USA Network) 1 p.m.<br />
Feb. 2 at Tulane* 7 p.m.<br />
Feb. 6 East Carolina* 7 p.m.<br />
Feb. 8 Charlotte* 2 p.m.<br />
Feb. 13 at DePaul* 7 p.m.<br />
Feb. 15 at Marquette* 2 p.m.<br />
Feb. 20 Memphis* 7 p.m.<br />
Feb. 27 at Memphis* 2 p.m.<br />
March 4-7 at C-USA Tournament in Fort Worth TBA<br />
Home games are played at Bauman-Eberhardt Center.<br />
* Conference USA game<br />
All times are Central and are subject to change.<br />
Head Coach Brad Soderberg<br />
Head Coach Jill Pizzotti<br />
and continues teaching there<br />
as an associate professor of<br />
nursing. … Dr. William<br />
Smith (AHP) is an<br />
OB/GYN at Marshall (Mo.)<br />
Women’s Care. He enjoys<br />
raising longhorn cattle and<br />
riding his motorcycle.<br />
1982 Jean Donnelly (A&S) and<br />
her husband, Michael, have<br />
opened the Atlas Restaurant<br />
and Lunch Room, a French-<br />
Italian bistro in St. <strong>Louis</strong>. …<br />
Darren Wilhite (A&S) and<br />
Lynne (Landholt) Wilhite<br />
(A&S ’85) have two children,<br />
Margaux and Dillon, and live<br />
in St. <strong>Louis</strong>. Lynne is a sales<br />
representative for Cardinal<br />
Health, and Darren is president<br />
of Environmental<br />
Options, an environmental<br />
consulting firm.<br />
1983 Kevin Gallen (A&S) is<br />
president of the Greater St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong> Claims Association. …<br />
Roxann (Kornfeld) Kella<br />
(A&S) and her husband,<br />
Rob Kella (B&A), are raising<br />
four children in Sydney,<br />
Australia. Rox is a primary<br />
school teacher, and Rob<br />
works for QANTAS<br />
Airlines. … Martin Lesko<br />
(A&S) is the manager of loss<br />
prevention and driver insurance<br />
for Vanliner Insurance<br />
Co. in Fenton, Mo. He and<br />
his wife, Mary, have two<br />
children, Matthew and<br />
Marissa. … <strong>Louis</strong>e<br />
Mitchell (A&S), the managing<br />
editor at the National<br />
Catholic Bioethics Center,<br />
recently won multiple<br />
awards from the Catholic<br />
Press Association for her<br />
publications. She lives in<br />
Brighton, Mass.<br />
19 8 4<br />
Patricia Burns Binder<br />
(A&S) won the Crystal<br />
Award of Excellence and an<br />
Award of Distinction in the<br />
Communicator Awards 2003<br />
print media competition. She<br />
is vice president of Finkel &<br />
Co. Communications, a St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong> public relations and<br />
marketing communications<br />
firm. … Craig Burkhardt<br />
(Law) has accepted a White<br />
House invitation to serve as<br />
chief counsel of the U.S.<br />
Technology Administration,<br />
U.S. Department of<br />
Commerce. He is a partner at<br />
Sorling, Northrup, Hanna,<br />
Cullen and Cochran in<br />
Springfield, Ill. … Dr.<br />
Joseph Ojile (Med) is medical<br />
director of the Sleep<br />
Laboratory at St. Anthony’s<br />
Medical Center in St. <strong>Louis</strong>.
1985 Scott Ash (B&A) is a software<br />
implementation consultant.<br />
He and his wife, Irene,<br />
live in Bronte Beach,<br />
Australia, with their son,<br />
Edmond Baker, who was<br />
born in January. … Lisa<br />
DeMauro (Nurs) is a nurse<br />
case manager for a health<br />
plan. She is raising two<br />
daughters in Tinley Park, Ill.<br />
… Gerard Glynn (A&S) is<br />
the executive director of<br />
Florida’s Children First Inc.,<br />
an Orlando-based non-profit<br />
working to advance children’s<br />
legal rights consistent with<br />
their medical, educational and<br />
social needs. He is an adjunct<br />
faculty member at Barry<br />
<strong>University</strong> School of Law and<br />
has three children, Kevin,<br />
Jacob and Molly. … Mary<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>e Helbig (A&S) is the<br />
vice president of product<br />
marketing and strategic planning<br />
for American Express<br />
Incentive Services in Fenton,<br />
Mo. … Jeffery Lowe (Law)<br />
was elected to the board of<br />
governors of the Missouri<br />
Association of Trial<br />
Attorneys. He practices law in<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong>.<br />
1986 Christine Alsop (A&S)<br />
heads a new St. <strong>Louis</strong> office<br />
of Evans and Dixon, which is<br />
expanding to include elder<br />
law and estate planning. …<br />
Angus Lemon (Parks)<br />
received his executive MBA<br />
from the Graziadio School of<br />
Business and Management at<br />
Pepperdine <strong>University</strong> in<br />
April. … Dennis Ruth<br />
(Law) was appointed chairman<br />
of the Illinois Industrial<br />
Commission by the governor<br />
of Illinois.<br />
1987 Bill Boll (A&S ’87, Law ’91)<br />
wrote and directed the feature<br />
film April is My Religion,<br />
which is being distributed by<br />
Film Threat DVD. The film<br />
features several SLU theater<br />
students. He also is producing<br />
a documentary on the Coral<br />
Courts Motel. … Lexa<br />
Browning (A&S) has taught<br />
commercial art for the Alton<br />
(Ill.) School District for nine<br />
years and teaches part time at<br />
Florissant Valley Community<br />
College. She appears in Who’s<br />
Who Among America’s Teachers<br />
for 2002. … Dr. Miguel<br />
Cannon (Med) is an assistant<br />
professor with SLU’s department<br />
of community and family<br />
medicine. His wife, Dr.<br />
Jennifer Cannon (Med ’88),<br />
has a private OB/GYN practice.<br />
… Mary Dean (AHP)<br />
2004 DuBourg Society<br />
Travel Program<br />
Canadian Rockies Train Tour with Calgary Stampede<br />
July 2-11, 2004<br />
Experience the adventure and scenic wonders<br />
of the Canadian Rockies — in daylight on the<br />
Rocky Mountaineer Train, considered “the most<br />
spectacular train trip in the world.”<br />
For more information, call Kay Barnes<br />
in the development office at (314) 977-2843.<br />
is a pediatric physical therapist<br />
in Chicago. She recently<br />
served six months in prison<br />
for a nonviolent protest<br />
against the U.S. Army School<br />
of the Americas/WHINSEC<br />
in Ft. Benning, Ga. … Beth<br />
Kenney (Grad Nurs) teaches<br />
at Blessing-Rieman College<br />
of Nursing in Quincy, Ill.,<br />
and is on the Lewis County<br />
(Mo.) board of directors.<br />
1988 Timothy Angell (Grad) is<br />
the economic development<br />
director for the Village of<br />
Morton Grove, Ill. He lives<br />
in Evanston, Ill. … Dr.<br />
Barbara Blackburn (A&S<br />
’88, Grad ’90, ’01) is the<br />
director of religious education<br />
for St. Joseph Parish in St.<br />
Charles, Mo. She also is an<br />
adjunct faculty member of<br />
systematic theology at SLU.<br />
… Shirley Parcon-Joyce<br />
(B&A) has been a national<br />
trainer with Sony Ericsson<br />
Mobile Communications.<br />
She and her husband,<br />
Terrance, welcomed their<br />
son, Garrett Joseph, in May<br />
2002. They live in Hoboken,<br />
N.J. … Dr. Bill Rosen<br />
(Med) is chairman of the<br />
rehab department at the<br />
Deaconess Billings (Mont.)<br />
Clinic. He has two children,<br />
Hank and Claire. … Felix<br />
Serrano (B&A) is married<br />
and has four children, Josefa,<br />
Gaspar, Vicente and<br />
Fernanda. He runs his own<br />
real estate business and gas station<br />
service in Chile. …<br />
Sharon Stahl (Grad) is the<br />
associate dean for the College<br />
of Arts and Sciences at<br />
Washington <strong>University</strong> in St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>.<br />
1989 Michelle Gard Ainslie<br />
(Law) practiced law in St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong> for several years and<br />
now teaches third grade in<br />
Palm Harbor, Fla. … Jim<br />
Casey (Grad B&A) is business<br />
director of Synlubes<br />
Technologies North America<br />
at Cognis, a global specialty<br />
chemical company. He is<br />
based in Cincinnati. …<br />
Cheryl Lael (Grad) is the<br />
manager of global business<br />
analysis for the Monsanto Co.<br />
in St. <strong>Louis</strong>. … Dr. Kip<br />
Strasma (A&S) is associate<br />
dean of the English department<br />
at Illinois Central<br />
College in East Peoria, Ill.<br />
1990<br />
Linda Aldridge (Law) practices<br />
law at Gillis and Aldrige<br />
in South Bend, Ind. … Scott<br />
Aubuchon (A&S) is a<br />
sergeant with the St. <strong>Louis</strong><br />
Police Department. …<br />
Mohdkhosni (Chen)<br />
Zakaria (A&S) is vice president<br />
of technology at<br />
Millennium Digital Media in<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong>.<br />
1991<br />
Robert Bowers (Law) and<br />
his wife, Sara, welcomed their<br />
second child, Galen Andrew,<br />
in May. Galen joins his older<br />
brother, Jacob, at their home<br />
in Aurora, Colo. Robert is an<br />
assistant attorney general for<br />
the state of Colorado. …<br />
Daniel Brown (Law) and his<br />
wife, Maria, welcomed their<br />
daughter, Victoria Ann, in<br />
June. Victoria joins her two<br />
older sisters, Isabella and<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>a. The family lives in St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>. … Jennifer<br />
Hochstrasser (Law) is an<br />
attorney with the Proctor &<br />
Gamble Co. in Cincinnati,<br />
practicing in the areas of<br />
intellectual property and<br />
asbestos litigation. … Dr.<br />
Oren Miller (Med) is the<br />
head of the pediatric urology<br />
division at the Naval Medical<br />
Center in San Diego. …<br />
Bradley Steppig (A&S) has<br />
just launched CenterLine<br />
Technologies, a computer<br />
consulting firm. He and his<br />
wife, Amy Steppig (A&S<br />
’90), live in St. <strong>Louis</strong> with<br />
their five children, Brendan,<br />
William, Michael, Rachel and<br />
Jonathan.<br />
1992<br />
Dr. Michaelyn Corbett<br />
(B&A) received her Ph.D. in<br />
economics from the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Illinois and is an<br />
economist in Chicago. …<br />
Dr. Christine Drivdahl-<br />
Smith (Med) is a family<br />
physician in Miles City,<br />
Mont. She and her husband,<br />
Matthew, have two children,<br />
Wyatt and Cyra. … Ann<br />
Montalvo Guillerman<br />
(A&S) lives in Houston with<br />
husband, Paul, and sons, Nick<br />
and Andrew. She is a pharmaceutical<br />
sales representative.<br />
… Dr. Christopher<br />
Wohltmann (Med) has<br />
joined the faculty at the<br />
Southern Illinois <strong>University</strong><br />
School of Medicine as assistant<br />
professor of surgery, specializing<br />
in general surgery,<br />
trauma surgery and surgical<br />
critical care.<br />
1993<br />
Jennifer Hardester (B&A,<br />
A&S ’93, Law ’96) is a director<br />
in legal services at BJC<br />
HealthCare in claims and litigation.<br />
She and her husband,<br />
Bob, have a daughter, Grace,<br />
and son, Robert Eugene,<br />
who was born Sept. 27. …<br />
27<br />
Joan Lockwood (Law) is an<br />
attorney with the law firm of<br />
Gray, Ritter & Graham and<br />
received the 2003 John C.<br />
Shepherd Professionalism<br />
Award from the Bar<br />
Association of Metropolitan<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong>. … MaryAnn<br />
Nessel (Law) has been<br />
named an officer at the law<br />
firm of Greensfelder, Hemker<br />
& Gale in St. <strong>Louis</strong>. She is a<br />
member of the trusts and<br />
estates practice group. …<br />
Ken Sparrow (B&A), his<br />
wife, Tanya, and son, Lowell,<br />
live in Quincy, Ill. Ken is<br />
general manager of Unisource<br />
Quincy, a nationwide packaging,<br />
paper and supplies distribution<br />
company. … Amy<br />
(Brophy) Westrup (A&S),<br />
her husband, David, and<br />
daughter, Molly, welcomed<br />
their newest addition,<br />
Kathleen Ellen, on Sept. 30,<br />
2002. Amy is the marketing<br />
director for the Milwaukee<br />
law firm Weiss Berzowski<br />
Brady.<br />
1994<br />
Tom Geiser (A&S) has<br />
launched a business, SoCal<br />
Sports Prints, which produces<br />
sports posters for young athletes<br />
in the Los Angeles area.<br />
He and his wife, Kristina, live<br />
in Pasadena, Calif. … Dr.<br />
Miguel Paniagua (A&S) is<br />
an assistant professor of medicine,<br />
clinician educator, in the<br />
division of geriatrics at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Miami School<br />
of Medicine. He and his wife,<br />
Beth, and his son, Theodore,<br />
welcomed twins, Jonah and<br />
Samuel, to the family Oct. 7.<br />
… Jeffrey Perry (Soc Ser)<br />
married Marcia Ford on<br />
March 15. … Christopher<br />
Sedmak (A&S) was a prosecutor<br />
with the Las Vegas city<br />
attorney’s office and left to<br />
join the FBI. He is now a<br />
special agent in the FBI’s San<br />
Diego field office. … Dr.<br />
Melanie VanDyke (A&S)<br />
earned her Ph.D. in clinical<br />
psychology at the <strong>University</strong><br />
of Nebraska-Lincoln in<br />
December 2002. She<br />
returned to St. <strong>Louis</strong> with her<br />
husband, Chris, and son,<br />
Jared, and is a post-doctoral<br />
fellow at <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong><br />
Behavioral Medicine Institute.<br />
1995<br />
Steve Brawley (Grad) has<br />
launched Stevebrawley.com,<br />
offering a full range of public<br />
relations and marketing services.<br />
He lives in Kirkwood,<br />
Mo., and is a Jackie Kennedy<br />
historian. … Richard<br />
Finger (A&S) is a technician<br />
in the biology department at<br />
Washington <strong>University</strong> in St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>. He is engaged to
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Dr. Oscar A. Batres (Dent ’23)<br />
Dr. John M. Dix (Dent ’26)<br />
Dr. Coleman Rosenbaum (Dent ’29)<br />
Mr. Sylvester S. Eaton (B&A ’30)<br />
Miss Katherine G. Kelly (A&S ’31)<br />
Mr. E. S. Kennedy (Law ’31)<br />
Dr. William F. Lange (Grad Med ’31)<br />
Dr. Herman J. Sampliner (Med ’31)<br />
Dr. Richard D. Doyle (Grad ’32)<br />
Mr. E. Stiles Larsen (B&A ’32)<br />
Mrs. Gertrude (Kelly) Mattern (B&A ’32)<br />
Sr. Marie C. Murphy (Grad ’32)<br />
Dr. Anthony R. Caputo (Med ’33)<br />
Rev. James G. Hogan, S.J. (Grad ’33)<br />
Mrs. Dorothy (Krauskopf) LeVora (A&S ’33)<br />
Mr. Powel P. Marshall Jr. (B&A ’33)<br />
Mrs. Adeline A. Riefling (A&S ’33)<br />
Mr. Richard J. Zoernig (A&S ’33)<br />
Miss Bess C. Cragen (A&S ’34)<br />
Mr. John F. Doherty (B&A ’34)<br />
Miss Genevieve L. Eakins (Soc Ser ’34)<br />
Miss Margaret C. Gibbs (A&S ’34)<br />
Miss Bertha V. Hensel (Grad ’34)<br />
Mr. <strong>Louis</strong> A. Bosold (B&A ’35)<br />
Dr. Alfred Breuer (Med ’35)<br />
Miss Emily R. Brundza (A&S ’35)<br />
Mrs. Emily C. Franklin (Soc Ser ’35)<br />
Mrs. Mary (Lapresta) Frisina (A&S ’35)<br />
Dr. Edward R. Gish (Med ’35)<br />
Mr. John T. Halloran Jr. (A&S ’35)<br />
Mrs. Theresa (Cannon) Vandover (Nurs ’35)<br />
Sr. M. H. Broeckelmann (A&S ’36)<br />
Mr. John D. Flynn (B&A ’36)<br />
Bro. Lawrence J. Gonner (Grad ’36)<br />
Sr. Mary J. Ksycki, S.S.N.D. (A&S ’36)<br />
Sr. Anselma Kolasinska (AHP ’37)<br />
Dr. Carl G. Opaskar (Med ’37)<br />
Miss Muriel C. Pratt (A&S ’37)<br />
Mrs. Angela (Decaro) Burns (Nurs ’38)<br />
Mr. Martin Hasting (A&S ’38)<br />
Sr. M. Bonevanture Hoffman (Nurs ’38)<br />
Miss Margaret P. Mallen (Nurs ’38)<br />
Mr. Earl J. Peil (B&A ’38)<br />
Mr. <strong>Louis</strong> F. Ray (A&S ’38)<br />
Miss Anita Bilodeau (Nurs ’39)<br />
Miss Celeste Cody (Nurs ’39)<br />
Mr. Earl J. Ehrhardt (Parks ’39)<br />
Mr. Thomas E. Fleming (A&S ’39)<br />
Mr. Robert J. O’Reilly II (A&S ’39)<br />
Dr. Ralph J. Kitchell (Dent ’40)<br />
Father Carl G. Kloster, S.J. (A&S ’40)<br />
Mrs. Beatrice (Gavin) Ronan (Nurs ’40)<br />
Sr. M. Silverine Antul (Nurs ’41)<br />
Hon. William S. Bahn (Law ’41)<br />
Miss Emma Fairham (A&S ’41)<br />
Mr. Walter C. Johnson (Law ’42)<br />
Sr. M. Thaddeus Willette (Nurs ’42)<br />
Lt. Comdr. Elizabeth A. Buckley (Nurs ’43)<br />
Mr. Joseph A. Goeke Jr. (B&A ’43)<br />
Mr. Jerome F. Litzau Sr. (B&A ’43)<br />
Mrs. M. Hendley Arnold (Nurs ’44)<br />
Dr. William G. Braun (Dent ’44)<br />
Miss Kathryn A. Harberg (A&S ’44)<br />
Rev. John P. O’Connor, S.J. (A&S ’44)<br />
Ms. Madeleine M. Quinn (Soc Ser ’44)<br />
Miss Frances E. Batterton (A&S ’45)<br />
Rev. Henry F. Birkenhauer, S.J. (Grad IT ’45)<br />
Rev. Dr. John E. Blewett, S.J. (A&S ’45)<br />
Miss Mary J. Cross (Nurs ’45)<br />
Dr. Richard I. Muckerman (Med ’45)<br />
Mrs. M. Evelyn (Robinson) Murphy (A&S ’45)<br />
Mrs. Joan T. (Archdeacon) Nichols<br />
(Soc Ser ’45)<br />
Rev. Dr. Gervase J. Soukup (Grad ’45)<br />
IN MEMORIAM<br />
Miss Ruth J. Updike (Grad ’45)<br />
Mr. Donald T. Woerner (B&A ’45)<br />
Mr. Tino F. D’Amico (A&S ’46)<br />
Dr. Irvin Edelman (Dent ’46)<br />
Mrs. Fannie L. Bradshaw (A&S ’47)<br />
Mr. Charles F. Jahn (Parks ’47)<br />
Dr. Leonard J. Kopp (Med ’47)<br />
Dr. Carlos D. Rul-Lan (Med ’47)<br />
Mr. Joseph R. Bellah (B&A ’48)<br />
Mr. Robert H. Butler (B&A ’48)<br />
Mr. Gerald T. Dunne (Law ’48)<br />
Mr. John J. Finnegan (B&A ’48)<br />
Capt. Elizabeth Glasow (Soc Ser ’48)<br />
Mrs. Julie (Steinle) Hotz (Soc Ser ’48)<br />
Mr. Robert J. Kinsella (B&A ’48)<br />
Miss T. Bernice Koster (AHP ’48)<br />
Dr. Henry E. Lattinville (Med ’48)<br />
Mrs. Estelle (Kenny) Redington (Nurs ’48)<br />
Mr. Charles L. Roberts (B&A ’48)<br />
Mr. William J. Sullivan Jr. (B&A ’48)<br />
Mr. Lambert G. Albers (B&A ’49)<br />
Mr. Arthur W. Ayers (B&A ’49)<br />
Mr. Mathew J. Birong Jr. (B&A ’49)<br />
Bro. Hilary C. Gilmartin, F.S.C. (Grad ’49)<br />
Mr. Richard E. Johnson (B&A ’49)<br />
Sr. Norbert M. Lokai, O.S.F. (A&S ’49)<br />
Sr. Catherine Majnusz (A&S ’49)<br />
Mr. Arthur C. Richter (B&A ’49)<br />
Mr. Thomas J. Sullivan (B&A ’49)<br />
Mr. Francis W. Zundel (B&A ’49)<br />
Mr. Wilbur J. Bing (B&A ’50)<br />
Mr. Howard N. Bischof Sr. (B&A ’50)<br />
Mr. James F. Brennan (B&A ’50)<br />
Mr. William J. Dorsey (B&A ’50)<br />
Dr. John J. Erny (Dent ’50)<br />
Mr. Casimir J. Mills (B&A ’50)<br />
Mr. Warren G. Orr II (B&A ’50)<br />
Mr. William F. Schmidt (IT ’50)<br />
Mr. Al J. Stenger (A&S ’50)<br />
Mr. Kenneth G. Stohlmann (Grad ’50)<br />
Mr. James F. Brady (Law ’51)<br />
Dr. Earl W. Christensen (Med ’51)<br />
Mr. J. Donald Edelman (A&S ’51)<br />
Mr. Robert P. Fredericks (A&S ’51)<br />
Hon. Charles B. Howell (Law ’51)<br />
Dr. Evelyn E. Smith (Nurs ’51)<br />
Col. John B. Streeter Jr. (A&S ’51)<br />
Dr. Charles R. Brielmaier (Med ’52)<br />
Dr. Philip E. Binzel Jr. (Med ’53)<br />
Mr. Robert C. Fuegner (A&S ’53)<br />
Mr. John J. Gardner (Law ’53)<br />
Mrs. Frances (Ryan) Herries (A&S ’53)<br />
Dr. Jay R. Johnson (Med ’53)<br />
Mr. William H. McClellan (Grad ’53)<br />
Mr. William S. Rowley (Law ’53)<br />
Dr. Virgil L. Ward (Dent ’53)<br />
Mr. James L. Eisenbeis (IT ’54)<br />
Sr. Joselita M. Kujak, C.S.J. (Grad ’54)<br />
Mr. Walter E. Voss (Grad ’54)<br />
Miss Eleanor Gillan (Soc Ser ’55)<br />
Rev. Walter J. Keutzer (A&S ’55)<br />
Mrs. Helen B. McCormick (Grad ’55)<br />
Mr. Donald L. Davenport (A&S ’56)<br />
Mr. Robert E. Distelrath (A&S ’56)<br />
Mr. Vasil Eftimoff (Grad ’56)<br />
Miss Martha L. Gilmore (Nurs ’56)<br />
Mr. Herbert C. Martin Jr. (B&A ’56)<br />
Sr. Mary C. Poetz, F.S.M. (Nurs ’56)<br />
Mr. George A. Riddle (B&A ’56)<br />
Dr. Lester J. Wasinger (Dent ’56)<br />
Sr. Martha Faecke (Grad ’57)<br />
Sr. M Emily Flynn (Grad ’57)<br />
Mrs. Carol (Vacca) Glon (AHP ’57)<br />
Mr. Robert W. Boll (A&S ’57, Grad ’61), professor emeritus for Parks College of<br />
Engineering and Aviation, died Aug. 4. He was 71. Mr. Boll, who was paralyzed from the<br />
shoulders down, began teaching math at Parks College in 1961 and retired in 1997.<br />
Dr. Elias Chiasson, retired English professor, died July 3. He was 85. He taught at <strong>Saint</strong><br />
<strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> from 1953-1987, when he retired as a full professor. Dr. Chiasson was<br />
known for his studies of Jonathan Swift and for his high expectations of students.<br />
Dr. Ralph A. Kinsella Jr. (A&S ’39, Med ’43), professor emeritus for the department of<br />
internal medicine, died July 29. He was 84. Dr. Kinsella served in the Army during World<br />
War II and gave 47 years of service to the <strong>University</strong>. He was chief of staff at St. <strong>Louis</strong><br />
City Hospital from 1980-1985 and then became medical director of <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Hospital until 1994, when he retired.<br />
Mr. John J. Kustura (Parks ’51), professor emeritus for Parks College of Engineering<br />
and Aviation, died July 26. He was 74. Mr. Kustura gave 36 years of service to the<br />
<strong>University</strong>. He was a Korean War veteran, serving in the Air Force.<br />
Dr. Margarete W. Moon, professor emeritus of modern and classical languages, died<br />
July 23. She was 80. Dr. Moon had been on the faculty for 29 years when she retired in<br />
1985. She established master’s degree programs in both French and German literature at<br />
SLU and, for years, chaired the <strong>University</strong>’s Fulbright committee.<br />
Dr. Stanislaw Vincenz, former professor of geophysics, died Sept. 30. He was 88. Dr.<br />
Vincenz joined <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> in 1961 and retired in 1985. He researched paleomagnetology<br />
and plate tectonics for two decades and published several articles in scientific<br />
publications.<br />
Mr. Richard S. Janoski (A&S ’57)<br />
Sr. Liboria Jonas (Grad ’57)<br />
Ms. Ruth Virginia A. Lee (Grad ’57)<br />
Mr. Donald D. Phillips (B&A ’57)<br />
Mr. James M. Sanders (B&A ’57)<br />
Sr. Mary C. Schula (Grad ’57)<br />
Sr. Maureen Shay, A.S.C. (Soc Ser ’57)<br />
Dr. Theodosius Demen (Grad ’58)<br />
Mr. William M. Gillis II (Parks ’58)<br />
Mr. George A. Gustis (A&S ’58)<br />
Mr. John J. Krull (B&A ’58)<br />
Mr. Donnell R. Mattingly (B&A ’58)<br />
Rev. Francis J. Shine, C.M. (Grad ’58)<br />
Mr. Willard J. Wolfe (Grad ’58)<br />
Mr. Jack E. Garner (AHP ’59)<br />
Dr. Donald H. Hebert (Med ’59)<br />
Mrs. Marjorie N. (Moore) Hilker (Nurs ’59)<br />
Mr. William D. Mykins (Law ’59)<br />
Mr. Ressler J. Stater (Parks ’59)<br />
Mr. John H. Willie (B&A ’59)<br />
Mr. George H. Woods (Parks ’59)<br />
Mr. Theodore F. Cunningham (Grad ’60)<br />
Mr. William F. Hill (B&A ’60)<br />
Sr. Marjorie L. Schnellinger (Pub Hlth ’60)<br />
Mr. Robert E. Schwartz (Grad IT ’60)<br />
Sr. Lilian Boudreaux DC (Grad ’61)<br />
Dr. Robert R. Hippler (Grad IT ’62)<br />
Mrs. Amparo (Maribbay) Plaschke<br />
(Soc Ser ’62)<br />
Ms. Elba J. Thompson (Grad Nurs ’62)<br />
Mr. Bernard G. Arzu (A&S ’63)<br />
Sr. Antoinette Fineran, O.S.B. (Grad ’63)<br />
Sr. Marie V. Morin (Grad Nurs ’63)<br />
Miss Naomi C. Pulphus (Nurs ’63)<br />
Mr. James W. Andrews (B&A ’64)<br />
Mr. James R. Berry (A&S ’64)<br />
Dr. Dominic S. Francisco (Med ’64)<br />
Mrs. Mary Galligan Nordmann (AHP ’64)<br />
Mr. Howard D. Pattison (A&S ’64)<br />
Mr. Eugene M. Uram (Grad ’64)<br />
Sr. Maxine R. Levy, D.C. (Grad ’65)<br />
Mr. Clinton A. Murphy (A&S ’65)<br />
Sr. M. Claverine Bloss (Grad ’66)<br />
Sr. Melanie Faber (Grad ’66)<br />
Mr. Sam J. Gravagna (B&A ’66)<br />
Mr. Thomas L. Guelker (A&S ’66)<br />
Mr. Eldon H. Anderson (Grad IT ’67)<br />
Mr. August J. Buttice (B&A ’67)<br />
Ms. Ruth M. O’Leary (Grad ’67)<br />
Mr. Donald J. Greazel (Grad B&A ’68)<br />
Mr. Terrence M. Mykins (A&S ’68)<br />
Dr. Patricia W. Nichols (Grad ’68)<br />
Mrs. Mary Ann (Risch) Rankey (A&S ’68)<br />
Mr. Edward J. Tippett (B&A ’68)<br />
Mr. William P. Yanan (Grad B&A ’68)<br />
Ms. Mary J. Schreimann (A&S ’69)<br />
Sr. Clara M. Brill, F.S.P. (Grad ’70)<br />
Sr. Sabina Collins, O.S.F. (Grad ’70)<br />
Miss Nancy A. Fook (A&S ’70)<br />
Mr. Lester G. Bruns (Grad Med ’72)<br />
Mr. Gene J. Grindler (Grad B&A ’72)<br />
Dr. William G. McCarthy (Grad ’72)<br />
Dr. Charles M. Siegfried (Grad Med ’72)<br />
Mr. John G. O’Connell (A&S ’73)<br />
Mr. Thomas J. Fox (B&A ’74)<br />
Miss Sally A. Potashnick (Nurs ’74)<br />
Dr. Richard L. Thurman (Grad ’74)<br />
Ms. Julie A. Goewert (A&S ’75)<br />
Mr. George E. Schumacher (PS ’75)<br />
Dr. Michael E. Keister (Grad ’76)<br />
Mr. Michael B. Spurlock (PS ’77)<br />
Mr. Francis E. Gehrt (Law ’78)<br />
Mrs. Elaine F. (Meyer) Hollabaugh (AHP ’78)<br />
Mr. Oscar D. Heffner Sr. (PS ’79)<br />
Miss Wendy B. Wuertenbaecher<br />
(Soc Ser ’79)<br />
Mr. Joseph W. Franks (Pub Ser ’80)<br />
Mr. James O. Lynch (B&A ’80)<br />
Mr. Gregory S. Hellman (Grad B&A ’83)<br />
Mrs. Eloise J. (Black) Chandler (PS ’84)<br />
Mr. Patrick J. Fister (Law ’84)<br />
Dr. Matthew J. Weiss (A&S ’84)<br />
Miss D. Jeanne Tippett (PS ’85)<br />
Mr. John J. Buchanan (A&S ’87)<br />
Mr. William D. Nelson (A&S ’87)<br />
Miss Therese J. Scheef (AHP ’87)<br />
Miss Judith A. Metzler (Nurs ’88)<br />
Dr. Patrick J. Urban (Med ’89)<br />
Ms. Robin S. Wessel (Soc Ser ’90)<br />
Dr. Charles A. Rollberg (Grad ’96)<br />
Ms. Beth H. Haase (Grad ’97)<br />
Dr. Georganne R. Cunningham (Grad ’00)<br />
Dr. Janine M. DeManuele (Grad ’01)<br />
Dr. James P. Donovan (Med ’03)
Bonnie Voils. … Dr. Joyce<br />
Hoffman (Grad) has taught<br />
in the St. <strong>Louis</strong> Special<br />
School District for seven<br />
years. … Mary Lu Sanders-<br />
Zinser (Law) founded the<br />
Chesterfield, Mo., firm<br />
Intellectual Property Law<br />
Center, which assists business<br />
and start-up entrepreneurs in<br />
the protection and strategic<br />
use of intellectual property<br />
assets. … Keith Smith<br />
(A&S) and Aimee Smith<br />
(A&S) have welcomed their<br />
second daughter, Sydney<br />
Nicole, into their family in St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>. … Jeffrey Voelker<br />
(A&S) and his wife, Jessica<br />
(Perlman) Voelker (A&S<br />
’95, Law ’98), live in Omaha,<br />
Neb., and welcomed their<br />
first child, Anna Grace, in<br />
June.<br />
1996<br />
Gina (Brickley) Beredo<br />
(A&S) and her husband,<br />
Cipriano, welcomed their<br />
daughter, Sophia Jane, May<br />
23. Gina is an attorney at<br />
Baker & Hostetler in<br />
Cleveland. … Alexander<br />
Childs (B&A) and his wife,<br />
Erin Cunniff Childs (A&S<br />
’99), live in Cincinnati, where<br />
Erin just finished law school<br />
and is an associate at<br />
Thompson Hine law firm. …<br />
Kevin Gunn (Law) and<br />
Amy Gunn (Law) welcomed<br />
their son, Connor<br />
Anderson, Jan. 2. …<br />
Kathleen Kohlberg (A&S)<br />
married Michael Janech June<br />
21 in Folly Beach, S.C. They<br />
have moved to Montpellier,<br />
France, for two years. …<br />
Tracy O’Heir (Soc Ser)<br />
works for the Jesuit Refugee<br />
Service in Nimule, Southern<br />
Sudan. She helps run educational<br />
and community programs<br />
for people who are<br />
internally displaced by the<br />
war in Sudan. … Scott<br />
Sabol (Parks) is the noon and<br />
weekend meteorologist at<br />
WJW-TV Fox 8 in<br />
Cleveland. … Lisa Simon<br />
(Nurs) lives in Seattle and is a<br />
clinical specialist in the cardiac<br />
rhythm management division<br />
of Medtronic Inc. … Jill<br />
(Thompson) Solon (AHP<br />
’96, Grad AHP ’98) married<br />
Todd Solon (A&S) at St.<br />
Francis Xavier College<br />
Church in August 2002. Jill is<br />
a physical therapist for the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Chicago<br />
Hospitals, and Todd works<br />
for the Cincinnati Insurance<br />
Cos. … Sarah (Hoffmann)<br />
Sullivan (A&S) and her husband,<br />
Jeff, have welcomed<br />
their first child, Isaac<br />
Alexander. Sarah has completed<br />
her MBA at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Missouri. …<br />
Dr. Sandy Venneman<br />
(Grad) is an assistant professor<br />
of psychology/biology at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Houston-<br />
Victoria and has received the<br />
2003 Enron Teaching<br />
Excellence Award.<br />
1997<br />
Michelle Coleman (Law) is<br />
the associate city counselor<br />
for Jefferson City, Mo., and is<br />
a member of the Missouri<br />
Bar’s 2003-2004 Leadership<br />
Academy. … Alison<br />
(Porath) Henderson (AHP<br />
’97, Grad AHP ’99) married<br />
Chris Henderson in August.<br />
They live in Seattle, where<br />
Ali is the director of a physical<br />
therapy clinic. … Dana<br />
Hibbs (A&S ’97, Law ’00) is<br />
an associate with Evans &<br />
Dixon in St. <strong>Louis</strong> and was<br />
one of 30 professionals under<br />
the age of 30 recognized in<br />
the St. <strong>Louis</strong> Business Journal’s<br />
annual “30 Under 30” issue.<br />
… Christine Hickey (Pub<br />
Ser) married Kenneth Frank<br />
in St. <strong>Louis</strong> Oct. 25. The<br />
couple lives in Lexington,<br />
Ky., where Christine teaches<br />
at an elementary school. …<br />
Dr. Graham Hurwitz<br />
(Med) is an orthopaedic surgeon<br />
in private practice in<br />
Santa Barbara, Calif. …<br />
Cherrita Jones-Quinn<br />
(A&S) is corporate counsel for<br />
Evolvent Technologies in<br />
Virginia after earning her law<br />
degree from Catholic<br />
<strong>University</strong> and master’s<br />
degree from George Mason<br />
<strong>University</strong>. … Colleen Kelly<br />
(AHP) and her husband,<br />
Chris, welcomed their first<br />
child in May and live in<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>ville, Ky. … Dr. Brian<br />
Kern (A&S) graduated in<br />
May from Southern Illinois<br />
<strong>University</strong> School of<br />
Medicine in Springfield and<br />
has entered an orthopaedic<br />
surgery residency at SIU<br />
School of Medicine and its<br />
affiliated hospitals in<br />
Springfield. … Sara McAtee<br />
(A&S) teaches at Gibson<br />
Elementary in St. <strong>Louis</strong> and<br />
was named 2003 Teacher of<br />
the Year for the Riverview<br />
Gardens School District. …<br />
Peter Nicastro (A&S) married<br />
Ellen Bloomer (A&S<br />
’00) Aug. 2 in Belleville, Ill.<br />
… Dr. William Strub<br />
(A&S) recently published<br />
papers in the following journals:<br />
Spine, Journal of Pediatric<br />
Orthopedics B and The<br />
American Journal of Neurology.<br />
1998<br />
Brian Darrow (A&S) lives<br />
in St. Petersburg, Fla., with<br />
his wife, Raffi, and two<br />
daughters. He is pursuing a<br />
Ph.D. from the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
South Florida focusing on<br />
biological oceanography. …<br />
David Kondrat (Soc Ser)<br />
married Roxann Pavlue Sept.<br />
7, 2002, and is now a Ph.D.<br />
student at the Ohio State<br />
<strong>University</strong> School of Social<br />
Work. … Christopher<br />
Manahan, S.J., (Grad) was<br />
ordained a priest June 6 at the<br />
Church of St. Luke in St.<br />
Paul, Minn. He is a member<br />
of the Wisconsin Province of<br />
the Society of Jesus. He now<br />
works in Jesuit parishes on the<br />
Rosebud reservation in South<br />
Dakota. … Cynthia Nold<br />
Metz (A&S) married David<br />
Metz July 3. She has begun<br />
an internship for a Ph.D. in<br />
clinical psychology at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Tennessee-<br />
Memphis. … Lisa Moore<br />
(Law) is an associate in the<br />
law firm of Paule, Camazine<br />
& Blumenthal and is the<br />
chair-elect for the young<br />
lawyer division of the Bar<br />
Association of Metropolitan<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong>. … Davor Sopf<br />
(Law) is a protection officer in<br />
UNHCR office in Sofia,<br />
Bulgaria. … Rebecca Wald<br />
(A&S) is the assistant director<br />
of student activities at John<br />
Carroll <strong>University</strong> in<br />
Cleveland.<br />
1999<br />
Dr. Peng Chen (Hosp ’99,<br />
’00, ’01) is a retina fellow in<br />
training in St. <strong>Louis</strong>. …<br />
Jaime Daniels (AHP ’99,<br />
Grad AHP ’01) married Matt<br />
Krob Sept. 20 at St. Francis<br />
Xavier College Church. She<br />
is a physical therapist and lives<br />
in Kirkwood, Mo. … Emily<br />
Johnson (Grad B&A) married<br />
Carlton Hathcoat May<br />
31 in Chicago, where the<br />
couple lives. … Dr. Andrew<br />
Jorgensen (Med) has finished<br />
his internal medicine-pediatrics<br />
residency at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Texas-Houston.<br />
He is starting his own private<br />
practice in Houston. …<br />
Shannon O’Malley (A&S) is<br />
an attorney with Zelle<br />
Hoffman in Dallas. She has<br />
bought her first home. …<br />
Dr. Jaron Wedding (A&S)<br />
earned a D.D.S. in May from<br />
Indiana <strong>University</strong> School of<br />
Dentistry. He and his wife,<br />
Katie Wedding (Pub Ser),<br />
live in Indianapolis. … Dr.<br />
Jan Welker (Grad) is an<br />
assistant professor in health<br />
services management at the<br />
State of <strong>University</strong> New York<br />
Institute of Technology<br />
Utica/Rome.<br />
2000<br />
Wendy Anthony (A&S ’00,<br />
Grad ’02) married Jorge de<br />
Luis Perez (Parks ’02) May<br />
10, and they live in Atlanta.<br />
Wendy works for CNN, and<br />
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<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
DuBourg Hall 39<br />
221 North Grand Blvd.<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong>, MO 63103<br />
fax: (314) 977-2249<br />
e-mail: utas@slu.edu<br />
Jorge works in research at<br />
Georgia Tech <strong>University</strong><br />
while pursuing a Ph.D. in<br />
aerospace engineering. …<br />
Rob Barquero (A&S) married<br />
Aracely Ruiz at San<br />
Nicholas Church in Esteli,<br />
Nicaragua. They plan to<br />
make the United States their<br />
home. … John Broker<br />
(A&S) lives in Los Angeles<br />
and was one of five finalists in<br />
the “Half-Hour Television”<br />
category of the Carl Sautter<br />
Memorial Scriptwriting<br />
Awards for his script “Oh<br />
Brother” for Everybody Loves<br />
Raymond. He is a partner in<br />
The “It” Co., a literary management<br />
company. …<br />
Barbara Chrum (Grad<br />
Nurs) is a consultant in information<br />
technology at Cerner<br />
Corp. in St. <strong>Louis</strong>. …<br />
Bethany Dewsnap (Soc<br />
Ser) finished her master’s in<br />
social work in August 2002 at<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of Kentucky.<br />
She is a family resource center<br />
coordinator in an elementary<br />
school in Lexington, Ky. …<br />
David Ippolito (B&A) and<br />
Alice Chrzaszcz (A&S)<br />
were married May 24 in<br />
Chicago. They live in St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>. Alice earned her master’s<br />
in clinical psychology<br />
from Roosevelt <strong>University</strong>,<br />
and David works for SBC<br />
Communications Inc. as a<br />
software developer. … David<br />
Rogan (B&A) is a CPA at<br />
Ernst & Young. His wife,<br />
Amber (Bast) Rogan<br />
(A&S), is a school counselor<br />
for the Hazelwood (Mo.)<br />
School District. They live in<br />
O’Fallon, Mo.<br />
2001<br />
29<br />
Dr. Edward Brown (Grad)<br />
and his wife welcomed their<br />
first child, Patrick, Dec. 28,<br />
2002. They live in<br />
Mandeville, La. … Aaron<br />
French (Law) has moved to<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong> from Lincoln, Ill. …<br />
Brent Hall (A&S) and<br />
Nicole Salazar (A&S ’03)<br />
were married June 21 in Salt<br />
Lake City. … Joshua<br />
Scheck (Grad) married<br />
Aimee Strelec (A&S) on<br />
July 19 in Summit, N.J. They<br />
live in St. <strong>Louis</strong>. …<br />
Elizabeth Stumpf (Nurs) is<br />
pursuing graduate studies at<br />
the Vanderbilt <strong>University</strong><br />
School of Nursing in<br />
Nashville, Tenn.<br />
2002<br />
Lauren Gretz (B&A), an<br />
account coordinator with the<br />
public relations firm The<br />
Standing Partnership, and<br />
Christy Keeven (B&A), a<br />
promotions project manager<br />
formerly of Cliffedge<br />
Marketing, were each recently<br />
honored as “Rookie of the<br />
Year” by St. <strong>Louis</strong> professional<br />
associations in their respective<br />
fields. … Edna McLain<br />
(Law) and Jason Moehlman<br />
(Law) have joined Evans &<br />
Dixon in St. <strong>Louis</strong> as associates<br />
in the firm’s workers’<br />
compensation practice.<br />
2003<br />
Mia Brown (A&S) is the<br />
manager of communications<br />
for the Chicago District Golf<br />
Association.
30<br />
ALUMNI notes<br />
Alumni<br />
Associations<br />
■ Allied Health<br />
Laura Horn (’02)<br />
Next year marks the 75th<br />
anniversary for the<br />
department of clinical laboratory<br />
science. In addition,<br />
the CLS profession<br />
has begun efforts to obtain<br />
personnel licensure in<br />
Missouri. A coalition has<br />
been formed and is in the<br />
process of drafting bill language.<br />
The coalition<br />
meets on Saturdays, Dec.<br />
20 and Jan. 10. For information<br />
about the anniversary<br />
celebration or the<br />
coalition, call (314) 977-<br />
8518 or send e-mail to<br />
vehigeml@slu.edu.<br />
■ Arts and Sciences<br />
Dr. Jim Klenke (’76)<br />
Alumni night at the St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong> Blues is Saturday,<br />
Jan. 27. Join us as the<br />
Blues take on the Dallas<br />
Stars. … Alumni night at<br />
the <strong>University</strong> Theatre<br />
production of the musical<br />
Ain’t Misbehavin’ is<br />
Saturday, Feb. 28. Start<br />
with a reception at the<br />
campus Pasta House, then<br />
head to Xavier Hall.<br />
Tickets are $20 each.<br />
■ Black Alumni Assoc.<br />
Dr. George White (Grad ’97)<br />
Mark your calendar for<br />
the highlight of the year<br />
— the annual prayer<br />
breakfast — at 9:30 a.m.<br />
Saturday, April 24, in<br />
Busch Student Center.<br />
■ Business<br />
Brett Rufkahr (’86, ’92)<br />
Join fellow alumni and<br />
network with current<br />
MBA students at the SLU<br />
versus Marquette men’s<br />
basketball alumni pregame<br />
party Wednesday,<br />
Feb. 18, at Top Shelf.<br />
■ Medicine<br />
Dr. Thomas J. Olsen (’79)<br />
The annual White Coat<br />
Society Scholarship<br />
Dinner will be Friday,<br />
Feb. 27, in Busch Student<br />
Center. The White Coat<br />
Society recognizes annual<br />
donors of $2,500 or more<br />
to medical school scholarships.<br />
For information, call<br />
(314) 977-8317. … The<br />
American Academy of<br />
Orthopaedic Surgeons<br />
meeting is March 10-14 in<br />
San Francisco, and an<br />
alumni reception will be<br />
5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday,<br />
March 12, at the Palace<br />
Hotel. … The Missouri<br />
State Medical<br />
Convention will be April<br />
2-4 in St. <strong>Louis</strong>, and an<br />
alumni reception will be<br />
5:30-7 p.m. Friday, April<br />
2, at the St. <strong>Louis</strong><br />
Renaissance Hotel. …<br />
Carole Less is chairing<br />
“The Grand Ball” to<br />
benefit cancer research at<br />
the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Cancer Center. It will take<br />
place Saturday, May 8, at<br />
Busch Student Center.<br />
For information about<br />
sponsorships, patron levels<br />
or tickets, call (314) 268-<br />
7053 or e-mail drummoae@slu.edu.<br />
■ Nursing<br />
Dr. Anne G. Perry (’76)<br />
The school’s Diamond<br />
Anniversary Celebration<br />
will be April 16-18. The<br />
weekend will celebrate 75<br />
years of nursing excellence<br />
and will include a Saturday<br />
evening gala dinner in<br />
Busch Student Center.<br />
For information, call (314)<br />
977-8330.<br />
■ Orthodontics<br />
Dr. Kevin T. Jarrell (’00)<br />
The Orthodontic<br />
Education Research<br />
Foundation meeting will<br />
be March 12-15 in St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>, and an alumni<br />
breakfast will be at 8 a.m.<br />
Sunday, March 14, at the<br />
Hyatt Regency Hotel-<br />
Union Station. … The<br />
American Association of<br />
Orthodontists will meet<br />
April 30-May 4 in<br />
For more information or reservations<br />
for any of these events, contact:<br />
• The office of alumni relations<br />
at (314) 977-2250, alumni@slu.edu<br />
or www.slu.edu/alumni<br />
• Health Sciences Center<br />
alumni relations<br />
at (314) 977-8317<br />
Orlando, Fla., and an<br />
alumni reception will be<br />
held during the meeting.<br />
■ Public Health<br />
Maureen Dunn (’86)<br />
The school will welcome<br />
speakers Dr. Asamoa-<br />
It’s never too early to think about<br />
spring. Mark your calendar for<br />
the annual alumni Easter Egg Hunt<br />
at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10. In<br />
addition to hunts by age group, there<br />
will be visits with the Easter Bunny,<br />
face painting, entertainment and treats.<br />
Baah, World Health<br />
Organization, and Dr.<br />
Bernard Kouchner,<br />
Doctors Without Borders,<br />
during this school year.<br />
Visit www.slu.edu/colleges/sph/slusph<br />
for<br />
details. … The American<br />
More than 2,300 alumni and their families<br />
came back to campus for Homecoming<br />
weekend Oct. 10-12. Pictured clockwise<br />
from the top are scenes from the weekend:<br />
Alumni embark on a tour of Grand Center;<br />
the Billiken greets an alum; alumni with<br />
Francis Guentner, S.J., at the <strong>University</strong><br />
Chorale reunion; fireworks at the soccer<br />
game; a family enjoys the soccer game; the<br />
Homecoming parade.<br />
College of Health Care<br />
Executives Congress will<br />
meet March 1-4 in<br />
Chicago. There will be an<br />
alumni reception during<br />
the meeting.<br />
Homecoming’03
Travel Program: SLU Tours<br />
Cruise the Panama Canal<br />
Crystal Cruise Line<br />
Feb. 8-19<br />
Cruise the Hawaiian Islands<br />
Crystal Cruise Line<br />
Feb. 13-23<br />
Voyage to Antiquity<br />
Aegean Sea cruise and Athens city tours<br />
June 4-14<br />
Alumni College in Ireland-Ennis<br />
July 27-Aug. 4<br />
Alumni College in Tuscany-Cortona<br />
Sept. 8-16<br />
For more information about any of these trips or to<br />
be placed on the <strong>University</strong>’s travel program mailing<br />
list, call (314) 977-2250.<br />
■ Public Service<br />
Dr. Tim Bagwell (’01)<br />
A group of local alumni<br />
meets once a month to<br />
identify potential programs,<br />
events and services<br />
for alumni. If you’re interested,<br />
contact the alumni<br />
relations office. … Watch<br />
your mail for information<br />
about a Wednesday, Feb.<br />
18, event focusing on the<br />
current state of education.<br />
■ Social Service<br />
Tamitha R. Price (’98)<br />
The annual career/<br />
practicum fair is set for<br />
Thursday, Feb. 5. Mark<br />
your calendar now.<br />
■ Student Alumni<br />
SAA invites all St. <strong>Louis</strong><br />
alumni to participate in<br />
the Billikens Encounter<br />
Alumni Mentors program.<br />
Local alumni who are<br />
interested in mentoring<br />
SLU students should send<br />
e-mail to beam@slu.edu<br />
or call (314) 977-3421.<br />
■ Young Alumni<br />
Help residents of SLU’s<br />
neighborhoods by volunteering<br />
to cook and deliver<br />
well-balanced meals and<br />
snacks to low-income<br />
seniors, children and families<br />
through SLU’s<br />
Campus Kitchen program<br />
Sunday, Jan. 11, in<br />
De Mattias Hall.<br />
Club Cities<br />
Atlanta<br />
Cheer on the Billiken<br />
men’s basketball team versus<br />
Georgia Tech<br />
Saturday, Dec. 13 — 11<br />
a.m. pre-game party at<br />
Jocks and Jills; 12:30 p.m.<br />
tip-off.<br />
Chicago<br />
Cheer on the Billiken<br />
men’s basketball team versus<br />
the DePaul Blue<br />
Demons Saturday, Feb. 21<br />
— 11 a.m. reception; 1<br />
p.m. tip-off.<br />
Cincinnati<br />
Cheer on the Billiken<br />
men’s basketball team versus<br />
the Cincinnati<br />
Bearcats Wednesday, Feb.<br />
25 — pre-game reception<br />
at the UC Faculty Club; 8<br />
p.m. tip-off.<br />
Denver<br />
A new club is forming —<br />
want to get involved? Email<br />
kellykm@slu.edu.<br />
Los Angeles<br />
The Los Angeles alumni<br />
club is focusing on<br />
reconnecting area alumni<br />
through a variety of<br />
events. The club also will<br />
partner with admissions to<br />
target local parochial high<br />
schools to introduce graduating<br />
students to SLU.<br />
Memphis<br />
Cheer on the Billiken<br />
men’s basketball team versus<br />
Memphis Saturday,<br />
Feb. 7. The game tips off<br />
at noon.<br />
Milwaukee<br />
Cheer on the<br />
Billiken men’s<br />
basketball team<br />
versus Marquette<br />
Saturday, Jan. 10 — 6<br />
p.m. pre-game party at<br />
Buck Bradley’s; 8 p.m.<br />
tip-off.<br />
New York<br />
The club is looking for<br />
new volunteers. If you’re<br />
interested, send an e-mail<br />
to alumni@slu.edu.<br />
Omaha<br />
Celebrate the season with<br />
food and fellow SLU<br />
alumni from 3-6 p.m.<br />
Saturday, Dec. 27, at the<br />
home of Brad and Gena<br />
Burwell. For details, call<br />
(402) 896-1923.<br />
... hats<br />
and more!<br />
Seattle<br />
For more information<br />
about the new Seattle<br />
alumni club, e-mail<br />
alumni@slu.edu.<br />
Twin Cities<br />
Join fellow SLU alumni,<br />
parents and friends for a<br />
pre-game party and<br />
Minnesota Wild versus St.<br />
<strong>Louis</strong> Blues game on<br />
Monday, Feb. 2 — 5:30<br />
p.m. pre-game party, 7<br />
p.m. faceoff. … Catch up<br />
with old friends at the<br />
2004 Basilica Block<br />
Party July 9-10. Gather in<br />
the SLU hospitality tent,<br />
located near the<br />
Startribune.com stage.<br />
For your<br />
Billiken<br />
shirts ...<br />
ALUMNI CLUB<br />
PRESIDENTS<br />
Atlanta<br />
Peggy Espinda (A&S ’62)<br />
(770) 889-8600 (work)<br />
(770) 396-1295 (home)<br />
Pespinda@tthins.com<br />
Alumni population – 889<br />
Boston<br />
Chris Espelin (A&S ’91)<br />
(617) 926-5289<br />
Espelin@mit.edu<br />
Alumni population – 1,025<br />
Chicago<br />
Joe Havel (B&A ’91)<br />
(312) 397-4141<br />
Havelj@earthlink.net<br />
Alumni population – 3,820<br />
Cincinnati<br />
Tim Barry (A&S ’97)<br />
(513) 241-9900 (work)<br />
(513) 522-6573 (home)<br />
Timothy.barry@agedwards.com<br />
Alumni population - 832<br />
Dallas<br />
Karen Eubanks (B&A ’87)<br />
(972) 788-1524<br />
Staxg@aol.com<br />
Alumni population – 1,073<br />
Kansas City<br />
Mark Winter (A&S ’76)<br />
(913) 327-1515 (home)<br />
(913) 530-1571 (mobile)<br />
Mbwinter@aol.com<br />
Alumni population – 1,506<br />
Los Angeles<br />
Brian Merriman (A&S ’95)<br />
(310) 244-6761<br />
Brian_Merriman@spe.sony.com<br />
Alumni population – 1,149<br />
Milwaukee<br />
Tim Lohre (B&A ’97)<br />
(414) 456-0905<br />
t.lohre@att.net<br />
Alumni population - 641<br />
Minneapolis<br />
Chris Abell (B&A ’87)<br />
(612) 630-5083 (work)<br />
(763) 494-5636 (home)<br />
Cabell@dsb-cpa.com<br />
Alumni population - 731<br />
New York<br />
Jim Chisholm (B&A ’76)<br />
(203) 825-6494<br />
Alumni population – 2,183<br />
Omaha, Neb.<br />
Brad Burwell (A&S ’72)<br />
(402) 431-8160 (work)<br />
(402) 896-1923 (home)<br />
Brburwell@mpsomaha.org<br />
Alumni population - 376<br />
Seattle/Tacoma, Wash.<br />
Mark Flynn (A&S ’67, Grad ’72)<br />
(206) 287-4444 (work)<br />
(360) 662-0838 (home)<br />
Mflynnwa@aol.com<br />
Alumni population – 877<br />
Springfield/Decatur, Ill.<br />
Judy Redick (A&S ’62)<br />
(217) 622-5621<br />
DHSHP66@dhs.state.il.us<br />
Alumni population - 735<br />
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla.<br />
Rob Sternowski<br />
(B&A ’95, Grad B&A ’98)<br />
(813) 281-9796<br />
Rob@sternowski.com<br />
Alumni population - 725<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
George Usher (A&S ’61)<br />
(301) 706-3895<br />
Gusher@erols.com<br />
Alumni population – 1,653
32<br />
What is Success?<br />
By Edgar G. Gall (B&A ’87)<br />
What is success? For me, it’s an everevolving<br />
definition that took me<br />
on a journey across America.<br />
At SLU, I met my three best friends …<br />
pillars of success in my life. Kent LeVan<br />
(B&A ’87) and Luis Rodriguez (A&S ’87)<br />
were there on the first day, that scorching<br />
August Saturday in 1983. My very best<br />
friend, Ginger (Bahre) Gall, was also just<br />
down the hall that day. She has now been<br />
my wife for more than 16 years.<br />
Upon graduation, I wanted that all too<br />
common definition of success: big office,<br />
high salary and material possessions. As<br />
children came and jobs<br />
went, we achieved that “success,” but we<br />
eventually realized our definition of success<br />
needed to evolve. Missing was time,<br />
togetherness and happiness. Ginger and I<br />
were constantly rushing from our jobs to<br />
our kids’ activities. There were parts of<br />
our house that we never used, and we<br />
were driving ourselves crazy. So, after<br />
more than a year of planning, we took a<br />
major leap of faith. We sold our house<br />
and cars, stored our belongings, quit our<br />
jobs and took our family on an adventure<br />
of a lifetime.<br />
On July 15, 2002, Ginger and I<br />
chucked the last of our possessions into a<br />
33-foot travel trailer, buckled our three<br />
boys into a used Suburban and towed our<br />
new “home” to our real estate closing.<br />
We collected the proceeds from the sale of<br />
our house and headed west from St. <strong>Louis</strong><br />
on I-70. Our destination: all 50 states!<br />
We needed to cover the Northwest<br />
and Alaska before winter set in. As a<br />
token goal, we visited every state capitol<br />
along the way. Kent and Luis met us in<br />
Vancouver and Seattle for several days of<br />
sightseeing and reminiscing. At a hotel in<br />
Vancouver, it seemed like a flashback to<br />
the SLU dorms.<br />
Heading down the West Coast, we<br />
marveled at Mt. St. Helens, Crater Lake<br />
and the Giant Redwoods. We were<br />
home-schooling this year, so we used<br />
these places as great teaching aids along<br />
the way. Though Ginger and I were like<br />
kids on an extended summer<br />
vacation with no set schedule,<br />
we did have to be<br />
adults and teach the kids<br />
The Galls at Mount Rushmore (left) and<br />
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.<br />
something. I think we learned as much as<br />
the kids did.<br />
We put our trailer in for bodywork in<br />
Oakland and flew to Hawaii for two<br />
weeks in paradise. We returned to<br />
California to find that they hadn’t even<br />
gotten the parts yet. Success was now<br />
finding a place to sleep each night without<br />
blowing our budget. Calling upon<br />
our deep Catholic roots, we actually spent<br />
one night in a parish rectory. We continued<br />
through the Southwest, eating outside<br />
on Thanksgiving in Tucson, and<br />
marveling at the diverse landscapes of<br />
Arizona and New Mexico. We started<br />
noticing another great success. The boys<br />
weren’t fighting as much, and neither<br />
were Ginger and I. We were too busy<br />
looking out the window together, discovering<br />
this great nation of ours. Plus, being<br />
locked in an 8-foot by 30-foot aluminum<br />
box for a year, you have to learn about<br />
compromise.<br />
After spending Christmas with family<br />
and friends back in Missouri, we visited<br />
Luis. He is now a diocesan priest in New<br />
Orleans — his new version of success.<br />
Kent also flew down to spend time with<br />
us again. We are rich with good friends,<br />
one of the ultimate tests of success.<br />
The South and the East Coast were<br />
amazing. We visited dozens of historic<br />
sites, covering the earliest settlements, the<br />
Revolutionary and Civil wars, civil rights<br />
and first flight. As a history buff, I was<br />
finding unparalleled personal success. We<br />
saw lots of Ginger’s family in New<br />
England and finally got to meet a governor<br />
in Ginger’s native Vermont — after<br />
almost 40 state capitols. Success again!<br />
On our swing through the<br />
northern states, we<br />
found a little slice of<br />
heaven in Traverse<br />
City, Mich., a personal<br />
favorite of ours. Success<br />
was happening almost<br />
daily. Hitting our 50th<br />
state, seeing Mt. Rushmore<br />
with Kent, and the ultimate:<br />
visiting our 50th state<br />
capitol in Jefferson City, Mo.,<br />
with friends who drove 100<br />
miles to share it with us.<br />
Again, success and fulfillment.<br />
We returned to St. <strong>Louis</strong> Aug.<br />
1. We have since purchased a<br />
smaller house, and I have embarked on a<br />
new career rehabbing houses. Ginger has<br />
returned to school full time to complete<br />
her degree in home economics. We are<br />
both now doing what we want to do<br />
instead of what we “should” do. With<br />
trust in God and faith in the tools He has<br />
given us, we are confident the money will<br />
follow. Even if it doesn’t, no one can ever<br />
take this experience away from us.<br />
So, what is success? It took driving<br />
48,000 miles and more than 54 weeks to<br />
find out. Success is being happy in what<br />
you do and who you are — and it sure<br />
is sweet.<br />
Read more about the Galls’ adventures at<br />
www.gallsacrossamerica.com.
Grand once more<br />
Reading the latest UNIVERSITAS<br />
(spring/summer 2003) brought<br />
back many memories of Grand Avenue.<br />
I graduated from <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
in 1943. Grand Avenue at that time was<br />
a place of many varied activities.<br />
Going to the Fox and having fellow<br />
student Frank Kussman (B&A ’43), a<br />
ticket taker, letting me in with half a<br />
ticket was always an adventure. The<br />
popular shoe store next to the Fox was<br />
owned by two men from my hometown<br />
of Perryville, Mo. The Melbourne<br />
Hotel was a place my mother stayed<br />
while visiting St. <strong>Louis</strong>. The many<br />
restaurants and movies provided plenty<br />
of entertainment for anyone visiting.<br />
While a student, I lived at 4548 West<br />
Pine Blvd., along with many other students.<br />
Mrs. Durbin was our mother<br />
away from home.<br />
In the <strong>fall</strong> of 1943, many of the grads<br />
from <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> joined the<br />
Marine Corps. I was one of them. Joe<br />
Goeke (B&A ’43), John Lamb (B&A<br />
’43), Walt Rubin (B&A ’43) also joined<br />
the Marines. In 1949 I left the Marines<br />
and returned home. During the ’50s,<br />
’60s and most of the ’70s, Grand<br />
Avenue was still going strong. Being in<br />
the retail business, I was in St. <strong>Louis</strong><br />
almost every week. Seeing Grand<br />
Avenue losing its glamour was not a<br />
good sight to see. It’s good to know that<br />
maybe in a few years it will look good<br />
again like it did in the “good old days.”<br />
Harry L. Lottes (B&A ’43)<br />
Perryville, Mo.<br />
Recalling Dr. Chiasson<br />
The announcement of the recent<br />
death of retired English Professor<br />
Elias J. Chiasson awakened memories for<br />
me of his chilling stories of working as a<br />
young man in Nova Scotia’s coal mines<br />
— and of his inspired and inspiring<br />
teaching, especially of the works of<br />
Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift.<br />
The critical thinking, close reading,<br />
clear writing and language analysis skills<br />
that he insisted upon in his classes served<br />
me well in my 40 years of teaching<br />
writing, literature and peace and conflict<br />
studies courses in Missouri, Utah and<br />
Oregon.<br />
I honor and will remember him. I<br />
appreciate what he brought to my life.<br />
Jerome Garger (A&S ’60)<br />
Eugene, Ore.<br />
Magazine prompts<br />
memories<br />
Ijust finished reading UNIVERITAS,<br />
spring/summer 2003.<br />
I enjoy reading the publication to<br />
keep up on the progress. I always knew<br />
it was an outstanding school. I was lucky<br />
enough to have all good professors.<br />
John Conoyer was a gem, a good<br />
teacher and a top-notch man! I was in<br />
geography, and he made knowledge a<br />
living thing. As he said: “History happens<br />
because of geography,” and “Wars<br />
are fought because of geography.”<br />
SLU set high standards even in my<br />
days, when I was a summer school student.<br />
All year I taught children in the<br />
lower grades in rural areas and in a variety<br />
of situations. We’d close our school,<br />
shift our thinking and go to the<br />
<strong>University</strong> to get our Missouri certificates.<br />
It was quite a “shift,” believe me!<br />
But I knew <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> was a<br />
good school with high demands, so we<br />
managed.<br />
Anyhow, keep sending the<br />
UNIVERSITAS; I enjoy it. God bless you<br />
all and us, too!<br />
<strong>Louis</strong>e Wagner, C.P.P.S.<br />
(A&S ’59, Grad ’66)<br />
O’Fallon, Mo.<br />
By standard mail:<br />
UNIVERSITAS<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
221 N. Grand Blvd.<br />
St. <strong>Louis</strong>, MO 63103<br />
Another Billiken sighting<br />
Ihave been living and teaching English<br />
in Kumamoto City, Japan, for the past<br />
year. While on vacation in New<br />
Zealand, I found this interesting restaurant.<br />
The photo was taken in<br />
Christchurch, New Zealand, on<br />
Christmas 2002.<br />
Mark Fingerhut (B&A ’02)<br />
Kumamoto City, Japan<br />
Campus visitor<br />
During the recent meeting of the<br />
United States Conference of<br />
Catholic Bishops in St. <strong>Louis</strong> last June, I<br />
had the happiness of a visit with a former<br />
student of mine, Theodore Vitali, C.P.,<br />
of your faculty.<br />
Since I hadn’t been in the city in<br />
some years, Father Ted gave me a tour<br />
of the renovated city area around the<br />
<strong>University</strong> and of the school’s buildings<br />
and church. Amazing!<br />
Then, out of the blue, a stray copy of<br />
UNIVERSITAS arrived in the mail a few<br />
days ago to remind me of the glories I<br />
had seen. Congratulations to all<br />
involved!<br />
Norbert M. Dorsey, C.P.<br />
Bishop of Orlando, Fla.<br />
Clarification<br />
Evelynn M. Stephens (AHP ’03) is the<br />
name of the graduate pictured receiving<br />
her diploma on page 4 of the<br />
spring/summer 2003 UNIVERSITAS.<br />
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