Green Dream - kansasalumnimagazine.org€¦ · With a renovation and addition project completed, KU’s campus chapel looks better than ever. BY STEVEN HILL Photographs by Steve Puppe

Volume 105, No. 6, 2007

Green DreamArchitect Nadia Zhiri helped shape student housing at KU and many other U.S. universities. Now she isdesigning the world’s most eco-friendly college quarters in one of its most challenging environments—the desertnation of Qatar.

BY CAROL CRUPPER

Danforth’s Big DayWith a renovation and addition project completed, KU’s campus chapel looks better than ever.

BY STEVEN HILL

Photographs by Steve Puppe

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24 With HonorsJosh Goetting volunteered for one of the most wrenching assignments of theIraq war. Now he’s back on the Hill,studying law.

BY CHRIS LAZZARINO

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A good time had by all

This year our family has thoroughlyenjoyed the tailgate celebrations at theAdams Alumni Center. Since we live sev-eral hours away, in Hutchinson, this isour first year as “regulars” at footballgames. The kids love seeing the band,cheerleaders and Big Jay and Baby Jay upclose. Having lunch or dinner at the cen-ter has also been fun and very conven-ient. It is a wonderful family event.

My husband, John, j’88, g’91, and I are both KU graduates, and I am a third-generation Jayhawk! We have three kidswho will no doubt be fourth-generationJayhawks someday. This football seasonhas been filled with lots of great familymemories for all of us.

We appreciate the effort made by somany to make Game Day at the Adamsso great!

Dia Montgomery, c’91, j’91Hutchinson

Same standards?

I have just returned fromspending three months travelingmostly through the pre-Holo-caust Jewish communities ofEastern Europe: Estonia, Latvia,Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria,Ukraine, Hungary, CzechRepublic and Slovakia, amongmany other countries. I took theMay Kansas Alumni with me toread at the airport. The story about AlanMulally and his mother [“Local Hero”],as well as the report and pictures about“hidden treasures” on our campus [“Hid-den in Plain Sight”], were magnificent.

I have a concern about the “Familyand Future” item in Hilltopics. While Ishould like to see every American reachfull potential in our society, I do wish tobe assured that the recruitment andretention of students in certain minority

groups is not an attempt to appease“politically correct” and affirmativeaction types, and that the same stan-dards apply in admitting, promoting andgraduating ALL students. I have enor-mous pride in KU and hope that I shallnever see the standards I remember com-promised.

Dennis A. Klein, d’65, g’67Plano, Texas

Editor’s note: At the annual faculty andstaff convocation, Richard Lariviere, provostand executive vice chancellor, spoke of theneed to attract more students of color byrecruiting faculty of color. “This is a neces-sity for KU not because it is politically cor-rect, but because it is a necessity for the stateof Kansas,” Lariviere said. “For example,the fastest growing demographic in Kansasis the Hispanic community. We have agrowing obligation to educate the childrenof this community.”

We stand corrected

I just read your article about AqibTalib [“Everywhere atonce”] in the Sportssection of the Septem-ber issue of KansasAlumni.

There is a factualerror in the article. Itstates, “Talib, who hada child over the sum-mer with his girlfriend,

former KU sprinter Cortney Jacobs, iseager to provide for his family...” Jacobs isnot a former sprinter; she is a currentmember of the track and field team.

Janiece Richard, j’07Lawrence

Editor’s note: Though Jacobs did not runtrack and field last year, she is on the teamthis year. We apologize for the error.

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2 LIFT THE CHORUSLetters from readers

5 FIRST WORDThe editor’s turn

6 ON THE BOULEVARDKU & Alumni Association events

8 JAYHAWK WALKOne big-league debut, two jackpots, 141derful years on Mount Oread and more

10 HILLTOPICSNews and notes: KU Med partners with Saint Luke’s, autism center planned and more

16 SPORTSFootball rolls to historic start; basketball tips off with top-five ranking.

42 ASSOCIATION NEWSMillies honor chapter volunteers; Roundup rallies Wichita Jayhawks.

46 CLASS NOTESProfiles of a football hero, a coach for life, a crusading physician and more

66 IN MEMORYDeaths in the KU family

68 ROCK CHALK REVIEWArchitect designs for better elder care; alumna’s novel charts family tragedy.

72 OREAD ENCORECreation story: When crimson met blue

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The true majesty of ArlingtonNational Cemetery overwhelmsme each time I visit. I’m com-pelled to return every few years,

eager for replenishment from a sanctuarylike no other. With loved ones by myside, I have wandered in reverence. I havewondered and wept over the splendorand sacrifice.

Last Feb. 9, images of Arlington filleda darkened Woodruff Auditorium in theKansas Union, and again I wept. Whenphotographer and editor Rich Clarkson,j’55, concluded his preview of a com-memorative book on Arlington, I stoodand applauded, along with the entireawestruck audience.

Where Valor Rests appeared in book-stores as our nation marked anotherMemorial Day. This fall, as we contem-plated our cover story on one MarineCpl. Josh Goetting and his comrades,who provide painstaking care for thosekilled in action before sending themhome to their families, I thought again ofArlington and this remarkable book.

Clarkson shared glimpses of WhereValor Rests with his KU family in Febru-ary, when he accepted the William AllenWhite Citation from the School of Jour-

nalism and theWhite Founda-tion. He describesthe project aspatriotic, notpolitical, and heexplains that theretail book palesin comparisonwith the first5,500 copies,which were thetrue goal of theproject.

John MetzlerJr., superintend-ent of Arlington,wanted to create

a keepsake for families who are buryingtheir loved ones in Section 60 of Arling-ton—reserved for service members whohave died during active duty since Sept.11, 2001. To achieve his goal, Metzler in2004 met with a team from Rich Clark-son and Associates, a Denver-based photography and publishing firm; Lt.Col. Michael Edrington, representing theArmed Forces; and staff from the bookdivision of National Geographic.

Three years later, grieving familieshave their keepsake. Following a funeralfor an active-duty service member, Met-zler presents the family a personal edition of Where Valor Rests that he hasprepared by embossing a seal on a special cover, inscribing a serial numberand signing each book. Finally, he tucksa photograph of the gravesite inside thecover. “So many of those families maynever get back to Arlington to visit thatgravesite again, so this is very special,”Clarkson says.

Donations to the nonprofit ArlingtonNational Cemetery Commemorative Project funded the book, and retail saleswill support future editions.

Where Valor Rests opens with an essayby Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick

Atkinson on Arlington’s past and present, which are central to the saga ofour nation. In the following pages, photoessays by distinguished military photog-raphers and six renowned feature pho-tographers capture the seasons thatunfold in the lush landscape, the peoplewho care for the cemetery year-round,the monuments and rituals that honor anation’s history, and the ceremonies thatsalute new sacrifices and comfort mourning families.

Clarkson personally chose the memo-rable photos, and the words accompany-ing each section offer rare insights intothe personal stories and dedication thatmove Metzler to call the cemetery “a living monument.” Many images anddescriptions draw gasps as the pagesturn: the look on 3-year-old DillonLetendre’s face as he accepts the foldedflag that draped the casket of his father,Marine Capt. Brian S. Letendre, who diedin Iraq; the words of Firmin Benoit,whose daily duties at Arlington seemsacramental. “I personally clean 700 to800 headstones a day, plus monuments,and every Thursday I wash John F.Kennedy’s grave,” he says. “When I readhis quote, ‘Ask not what your countrycan do for you; ask what you can do foryour country,’ I swore I would wash thisplace special.”

The book aptly concludes with thewords of Metzler, who has lived at thecemetery since age 4, when his fatherbecame superintendent. The staff ofArlington, like Cpl. Goetting and themen and women of our story, pridethemselves on compasson and precision.“The individuals who work here attendto every detail,” Metzler writes, “so thatthis shrine to valor called ArlingtonNational Cemetery presents and repre-sents the values of America and of thoseat rest beneath every headstone.”

A nation can pay no greaterrespect.�

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On the Boulevard

■ ExhibitionsKU Student Sculpture Exhibition, Artand Design Gallery, through Nov. 30

“Aaron Douglas: African AmericanModernist,” Spencer Museum of Art,through Dec. 2

KU Design Department Faculty Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery,Dec. 2-8

“A New York Picture Post: Gotham inthe 20th Century,” Spencer Museumof Art, through Dec. 8

“An Idyllic Vision: The Modern Japanese Landscape,” SpencerMuseum of Art, Dec. 1 through the spring semester

■ University Theatre

NOVEMBER

29-30, Dec. 1-2 “The Death ofRomance,” by Adam R. Burnett

DECEMBER

4-6, 8 “Fool for Love,” by Sam Shepard

■ Lied Center Events

NOVEMBER

27 KU Symphonic Band

28 “Peter Pan”

30 Kansas Brass Quintet (Edwards Campus)

DECEMBER

2 Holiday Vespers

4 Bales Chorale Concert, Bales Organ Recital Hall

4 University Band

6 Jazz Vespers

6 Collegium Musicum, Bales Organ Recital Hall

8 Eileen Ivers, “An Nollaig” (An Irish Christmas)

JANUARY

19 Royal Philharmonic Orchestrawith Pinchas Zukerman

25 Chiara String Quartet

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Homecoming parade, which featured colorful

student-made floats and one of the biggest fan

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■ Alumni events

NOVEMBER

19 Wichita Chapter: Lunch with Bill Self and Bonnie Henrickson

23 Kansas City: Border ShowdownSpirit Rally, Corinth Square

24 Kansas City: KU vs. Missouripregame tailgate, Arrowhead Stadium

DECEMBER

2 Newton: Harvey County ’Hawksbasketball watch party, KU vs. USC

4 Kansas City Chapter: Alumni Legislative Reception

5 Philadelphia Chapter: KU AlumniNight with the Philadelphia 76ers

15 Raleigh: Central North CarolinaChapter Jayhawks & Habitat forHumanity

18 North Central Watch Party, KU vs. Georgia Tech

JANUARY

5 North Central Watch Party, KU vs.Boston College

12 Newton: Harvey County ’Hawksbasketball watch party, KU vs.Nebraska

19 Newton: Harvey County ’Hawksbasketball watch party, KU vs. Missouri

30 North Central Watch Party, KU vs. KSU

■ Lectures

JANUARY

28 Chuck Owens, Hallmark Sympo-sium, 3139 Wescoe Hall

■ Special events

NOVEMBER

26 Alumni Panel and NetworkingEvent for KU students, Adams Alumni Center

DECEMBER

10 Tradition Keepers finals dinner,Adams Alumni Center

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■ Academic calendar

NOVEMBER

21-25 Thanksgiving break

DECEMBER

6 Fall classes end

7 Stop day

10-14 Final examinations

JANUARY

17 Spring classes begin

Lied Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .864-ARTSUniversity Theatre tickets . . . . . . . . .864-3982Spencer Museum of Art . . . . . . . . . . .864-4710Natural History Museum . . . . . . . . .864-4540Hall Center for Humanities . . . . . . .864-4798Kansas Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .864-4596KU Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .864-3506Adams Alumni Center . . . . . . . . . . . .864-4760KU main number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .864-2700Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-800-34-HAWKSBooth Hall of Athletics . . . . . . . . .864-7050Dole Institute of Politics . . . . . . . .864-4900

For more information about Association events, call 800-584-2957 or see the Association’s Web site, www.kualumni.org.

Bowl bound

Wherever KU is invited to play in a postseason bowl game, the Alumni Association will be there to help alumni and fans cheer on the Jayhawks in

festive style. As soon as the plans are set, details will be available at 800-584-2957 orwww.kualumni.org. Those interested in group travel and game tickets can contact KU Athletics at 800-34-HAWKS or visit www.kuathletics.com.

KU 76, Nebraska 39

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Wake up and smellthe Shakespeare

It’s hardly a trade secret that so-called “e-books”—once considered the immi-

nent and inevitable champion to finallydethrone déclassé Gutenberg-era paperbooks—are so far about the least excitingdevelopment of the digital age. Turns outthat which we call a book, by any othername would not smell as sweet.

An August survey of 600 college stu-dents by Zogby International, as reportedby Reuters, found that more than 40 per-cent of respondents cited smell as “thequality they most liked about books asphysical objects,” and 30 percent cited“mustiness” as a quality they associatedwith books they adore. In response, a purveyor of electronic textbooks, CafeScribe.com, told Reuters it would nowsend out musty, old-book scratch-and-sniffstickers with each e-order it receives.

Book historian RickClement, head of spe-cial collections at KU’sSpencer ResearchLibrary, says the futureof e-books is promis-ing, in specific areas:Books that need to beconsulted, rather thanread cover to cover,are easily searched in adigital format, and specializededitions, such as academic monographsthat can cost $100 or more in extremely limited print runs, will likely be all electronicwithin five years.

But, Clement insists, a musty card stuckto a computer screen won’t entice readersto curl up with the final Harry Potter.

“We’re in a real period of flux. It’s hardto know how things are going to shakeout,” Clement says. “But scratch and sniffstickers? I’m just appalled.”

When you care enough ...

Eight hundred pieces of birthday cakewere dished out at the Student Alumni

Association’s annual “Celebrate KU” bashSept. 12 on Wescoe Beach, but sweeterstill were some of the sentiments studentsinscribed on a stand-up birthday card, congratulating their favorite university onits 141st birthday:

“You don’t look a day over 140!”“141 never looked so good, you sexy

thing!”“KU R TITE”“KU, sorry I didn’t get you a gift, but I

owe you $30,000.”“Happy Birthday, darling. I love you.”“Happy Birthday! I never want to leave

you! I (heart) you! PS: Let’s get drunk.”“You didn’t look that old last night!”“Bon anniversaire!”“KU, I love you sooo much I signed your

card twice!”And our favorite:“Happy B-day, U!”

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What’s this we hear? The bakerythat sustained many a late-night

doughnut run for KU students may begone for good?

Say it ain’t so, Joe’s.“I’m sure not going back into that

business,” Ralph Smith told the Jour-nal-World in October, after Joe’s Bak-

ery closed. “I’d love somebody to get inthere and take a good swing at it.”

Smith sold the business—which hisfather, Joe Smith, started in 1952—two

years ago, but he still owns the buildingand the trademark to the name. The newowners reportedly shut down after ananticipated boom in business at the beginning of the fall semester nevermaterialized.

While Smith says he doesn’t want toresurrect Joe’s, he did hint that his chil-dren might want to try their hand at thefamily business—in 10 to 15 years.

Just in time for the Class of 2021.

Metcalf baseball’s newestpower Ranger

Travis Metcalf has hit plenty of homeruns—he’s KU’s career leader with

29—but none were as memorable as thegrand slam he cranked out of Oriole Park at Camden Yards Aug. 22.

Called up from Triple-A Oklahoma earlier that day, Metcalf, ’04, a big-hittingthird baseman, joined the Texas Rangersjust in time for a doubleheader in Baltimore.

Metcalf celebrated his promotion with agrand slam, helping the Rangers to a 30-9victory in the opener, then drove in four

more RBIs in the nightcap, for atotal of eight RBIs before he’d

unpacked his bags.“It was

AMAZING incapital letters!” the jubilant rookie told

reporters after the Rangersset the league record forruns in a doubleheader at

39 and scored the mostruns in a game

since theChicago

Colts routedLouisville 36-7 in 1897.

Metcalf finished his first season in thebigs with five home runs, 12 doubles, 21 RBIs, 41 hits and an on-base percentage of .307 in 57 games—SWEET in capital letters.

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Two of a kind

When Patrick Huse, b’08, headed out to Las Vegas in July for the World Series ofPoker tournament, he was hoping to use his card skills to generate some cash.

After a brief stand as chip leader on day two of the 12-day tournament, the finance major,who honed his game playing against dorm-mates in McCollum Hall, finished a veryrespectable 128th in his first big-time tournament. His take: $58,000.

When Edward Fensholt, an Olathe high school senior entering KU this fall, decided totake the ACT college entrance exam a second time—despite scoring a whopping 34 of 36the first time around—he was hoping to use his academic skills to cash in a different jack-pot: KU’s Perfect Achievement Scholarship.

Fensholt scored a 36 on his second try and became the fourth student to claim thescholarship, which goes to any Kansas high school graduate who posts a perfect score oneither the ACT or SAT.

The approximate value of the four-year full ride, which includes tuition, room, boardand a book allowance: $58,000.

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The first of a planned three-part effort toexpand the KU Medical Center’s serviceto the state and region was completed inOctober, when the University finalized a

long anticipated affiliation agreement with SaintLuke’s Hospital of Kansas City.

The partnership is intended to increase thenumber of medical residents trained at KU andcreate opportunities for research collaborationsbetween the medical center and SaintLuke’s.

“This agreement will expand ourability to train more doctors at KU,helping to meet the state’s growingneed for health professionals,” saidChancellor Robert E. Hemenway.“It will also enhance research collab-orations, which are vital to our effortto make new treatments available toKansans.”

The agreement calls forSaint Luke’s to pay $1 milliona year to KUMC, whichshould allow the Universityto train an additional 10 resi-dents at Saint Luke’s over thenext three to five years. Even-tually, the medical centerhopes to create as many as100 additional slots for med-ical resident training at SaintLuke’s, helping to increasethe overall number of physi-cians trained by KU.

It’s also hoped that the residents, who will rotatebetween Saint Luke’s and theUniversity of Kansas Hospi-tal, will benefit from morediverse clinical training.

In addition to the dealwith Saint Luke’s, the Univer-sity is currently negotiating anew affiliation agreementwith the University of KansasHospital, which is KU’s pri-mary teaching hospital part-

ner. Step three, according to Hemenway, is towork out how Saint Luke’s and the University ofKansas Hospital will support the KU Cancer Center. A separate affiliation deal on that issuewill be finalized later.

“The long-term vision here is for new discover-ies leading to new cures and first-rate care pro-

vided by doctors who have hadthe opportunity to train at bothKU Hospital and SaintLuke’s,” Hemenway said.

The affiliation agreement,which runs for 10 years, calls for

both parties to review theamount of Saint Luke’s

unrestricted financial sup-port to KUMC after fouryears. In addition to the

$1 million annual payment,Saint Luke’s will also spend at least

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Hospital of Kansas City.

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$15 million annually on medical education andclinical research, pay for access to medical centerfacilities such as the Hoglund Brain Imaging Cen-ter and fund research initiatives on a project-by-project basis.

In return, Saint Luke’s can bill itself as a majorteaching hospital of the KU Medical Center. SaintLuke’s medical staff who help train med studentsand residents also are eligible for faculty titleswith the KU School of Medicine.

The agreement stresses that the number of res-idents rotating at the KU Hospital and at partnerhospitals in Wichita will not be reduced and thatthe University of Kansas Hospital remains KU’sprimary teaching hospital.

The establishment of research ties between KU and Saint Luke’s is seen as a key driver in theUniversity’s bid to gain National Cancer Institutedesignation for its cancer center. That designationwould help bring the latest treatments and clini-cal trials to cancer patients across the state andregion.

“Our goal is to give Kansans access to break-through treatments that could save their lives,”said Barbara Atkinson, executive vice chancellorof the KU Medical Center.

To view an executive summary or the entireaffiliation agreement online, visitwww.kumc.edu.�

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Tough loveAs strict standards boost dismissals,

College hopes grad rates follow

Anew probation and dismissal policyenacted last fall by the College of Lib-eral Arts and Sciences increased byabout 50 percent the number of CLAS

students who were asked to leave the Universitylast year.

But administrators say the tougher standards—which require students who don’t maintain aminimum GPA to raise their grades at anotherschool before returning to KU—are designed todo a better job of making sure that students stayon course to graduate.

“The old policy, while lenient, didn’t clearlycommunicate to students where they stood,” saysKim McNeley, assistant dean for student aca-

demic services in the College. “We had far toomany students in the College who thought theywere moving toward graduation because theywere completing courses at C- or D-level work,but because they were digging themselves furtherand further in the hole with regards to GPArequirements, they were essentially treadingwater.”

Students need 124 credits and a minimumGPA of 2.0 to graduate. McNeley recently metwith a student who had completed 200 credithours in a bid to post a 2.0.

The new policy aims to intervene far earlier to get students back on course for graduation.Students whose cumulative GPA drops below 2.0 are put on academic probation. They mustmeet with an adviser to review the dismissal pol-icy and learn about various advising, counselingand tutoring options available to them. Theymust also sign a contract that confirms theyunderstand what is required of them.

• To return to good academic standing, fresh-men and sophomores must maintain a minimumGPA of 2.0 each semester until their cumulativeGPA hits 2.0. Juniors and seniors must earn a 2.5GPA until their cumulative GPA reaches 2.0.Those who fail to meet those targets are dismissed.

• Dismissed students must complete at leastsix hours with a 2.5 GPA at another school. Those

“The goal is toadjust students’behavior prettyquickly and focus in on theiracademics.”

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who haven’t fulfilled their coremath or English requirementsmust do so before returning to KU.

• After first dismissal, studentsmust wait one semester beforeapplying for readmission. After asecond dismissal, they must waitone academic year. A third dis-missal is final.

During the fall 2006 and spring2007 semesters, 984 CLAS stu-dents were dismissed, up from 654during the fall and spring of 2005-’06. That represents less than 5percent of the College’s total enroll-ment.

The policy is good for studentsin two ways, according to McNeley.

“For the individual student, itclearly communicates what it’sgoing to take to be successful atKU,” she says. “The goal is toadjust their behavior pretty quicklyand focus in on their academics with the goal ofgraduating in a timely manner.

“For the campus population, I really believe itimproves our learning community. If we have ahigher percentage of people in our classroomswho are committed to learning, who are comingto class prepared, it simply benefitseveryone.”�

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Research response A new center in the works at KUcould spearhead Kansas effort

to help autistic children and families

More money for research and training,better support for families, andenhanced technical assistance forschools and social service agencies

are the goals of a new autism center now in theplanning stages at KU.

The proposed Kansas Center for AutismResearch and Training would put the University’sresearch and training expertise to work address-ing what many say is a burgeoning public healthconcern.

“There is a growing awareness and a growingprevalence of autism spectrum disorders,” says

Debra Kamps, g’76, PhD’83, a senior scientist atthe Life Span Institute and associate director ofthe Juniper Gardens Children’s Project. She notesthat a study released last spring by the Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention estimated theprevalence of autism spectrum disorders at one in 150.

“Prior incidence levels were four to five per10,000,” Kamps says. “That’s a big change.”

Autism is a developmental disorder of thebrain characterized by impairments in communi-cation and social interaction, and a tendency todisplay restrictive, repetitive behavior. Symptomsare usually evident before the age of 3. Autismspectrum disorders include autistic disorder,Asperger syndrome, Rett’s syndrome and child-hood disintegrative disorder.

While some say Kansas has been slow inaddressing this surge in autism diagnoses, that,too, is changing, Kamps believes.

The Legislature established an autism taskforce during the 2007 session, another bill wasintroduced (but later shelved) to help supportautistic children and their families, and a Medi-caid autism waiver is set to take effect in Kansason Jan. 1, she notes.

KU could have a key role to play in helpingmake sure that the know-how is in place to helpthe state follow through on its plans.

“Our state is now responding, and we want tomake sure that training is available,” Kamps says.

Key victory

■ Robert Horton,PhD’03, won first place

in the fifth-annual MikaelTariverdiev International

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September. An assistantprofessor of organ at

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■ Debra Kamps, from the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, and

Matthew Reese, of the Center for Child Health and Development, are

leading a drive to establish an autism research center at KU.

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Biographer ArnoldRampersad deliv-

ered the Richard W.Gunn Memorial Lectureon “The Enigma of RalphEllison.”

WHEN: Sept. 27

WHERE: TheSpencer Museum of Art

SPONSOR: Thedepartment of Englishand The Hall Center forthe Humanities

BACKGROUND: The eminent biographerhas written about Langston Hughes, JackieRobinson and W.E.B. Du Bois. His most recentbook, Ralph Ellison: A Biography, portrays thewriter who soared to fame in 1952 with hisfirst novel, Invisible Man.

ANECDOTE: When he proposed an Elli-son biography to his publisher, Rampersad sayshe assumed that he would find little that couldchip away at the “veneer of invulnerability” withwhich the author presented himself to theworld. “I was wrong about the absence of thesensational,” Rampersad says. “I encounteredthe sensational at every stage of his life. He wasan extraordinarily complex man.”

QUOTE: “To hear him tell it, he neverlearned a thing from a black writer,” Rampersadsaid of Ellison, who was famously dismissive ofthe black writers who encouraged his earlyefforts. “He considered Hughes and [Richard]Wright his relatives, and the writers in his pan-theon [Hemingway, Dostoyevsky, Faulkner andJoyce] his ancestors. You have to be very carefulof people who praise their ancestors and heapscorn upon their relatives.”

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“It’s not enough that families have insurance pay-ments and Medicaid payments for service; weneed to make sure that Kansas has people outthere who can provide these services.”

Kamps chairs the Work Group on AutismResearch and Training, and Matthew Reese, direc-tor of the Center for Child Health and Develop-ment at the KU Medical Center, is co-chair.Together they have enlisted 36 scientists who arecurrently involved in autism research or who havean interest in the field to serve on the group. Theeffort is drawing scientists from a wide range ofdisciplines (child development, psychology, psy-chiatry, speech-language-hearing and occupa-tional therapy, to name a few) and from theLawrence and Medical Center campuses. Theybegan meeting earlier this year to start laying thegroundwork for a center, and they hope to have itup and running by 2008.

In addition to training those who work withchildren and their families, the new center couldalso help draw more research funding for autismat the University by putting researchers in touchwith one another.

“One of the things we want to do is fostermore collaboration between faculty and researchstaff,” Kamps says. “We want to increase exter-nally funded autism research, and in order to dothat, it often takes more collaboration amonginvestigators.”

The hope, of course, is that more research willlead to more effective therapies. Much of theresponse to autism now focuses on starting treat-ment early—as young as 18 months, Kamps says—and research suggests that early interventionyields the best results.

A center with dedicated space and a perma-nent staff would help KU respond more quicklyto parents of children with autism as well. Thatneed became particularly acute after an autismresource center at KUMC closed last year. Centerprograms for families may include informationalseminars for parents or parent-to-parent activities.As the working group moves forward over thenext year, members will use focus groups to seekinput from parents.

“We’ve been contacted by parents who’veasked for more of a presence from KU in thisarea,” Kamps says. “That has helped create theimpetus that we needed to start working toward acenter. It’s overdue.”

To get more information or provide input onthe proposed autism center, visitwww.lsi.ku.edu/autism/�

FINE ARTS

Dean says he’ll step downat end of academic year

Steven Hedden will resign in May,ending his five-year tenure as dean of theSchool of Fine Arts. A nationwide searchhas begun to have a new dean in placeby Aug. 1.

During his time in Murphy Hall, theschool increased external funding,including a $500,000 grant from Hall-mark; added new degrees in interactiondesign, design management, photomediaand a bachelor’s of music with a concen-tration in jazz; and raised $150,000through the Feather the Flock campaignto replace the 22-year-old uniforms wornby the Marching Jayhawks.

Hedden, g’64, g’69, PhD’71, willremain at the school where he receivedhis own graduate education. He’s look-ing forward to a return to teaching.

“I’ve been fortunate in my career thatexciting new opportunities have pre-sented themselves every few years, andthat’s true now,” he says. “I’ve alwaysthought there couldn’t be better life’swork than to be a college professor. Ilook forward to my new opportunities aspart of the energetic and extraordinarilytalented faculty here.”

MEDICINE

KU hospital garnershandful of top ratings

The University of Kansas Hospital hasearned a three-star designation for itsheart surgery program from the Societyfor Thoracic Surgeons, the highest ratingthe STS grants.

The rating, which follows a recent arti-cle by U.S. News and World Report thatranked the heart program fourth best inthe country for low mortality rates,should give Kansans confidence thatthey can get the best heart care in theworld close to home, according toMichael Gorton, m’86, thoracic surgeonat the hospital.

“It tells them they don’t necessarilyneed to go outside of the area to get asgood quality heart care as they can get

anywhere in the world,” Gorton says.“We rank on an equal basis with placeslike the Cleveland Clinic, the Mayo Clinicand Johns Hopkins.”

Gorton says hospitals submit to STS some 200 data “characters” on eachheart surgery patient. The data includesinformation on length of stay, complica-

tions and mortalityrates. The STS thentakes into account therelative complexity ofthe cases a hospitaltreats to come up withan expected mortalityrate, which is comparedwith the facility’s actualmortality rate.

Only 10 to 15 per-cent of 746 hospitalsthat participate in theprogram receive threestars, Gorton says.

The rating is the latest in a string of highmarks for the quality of medical education

at KU. In September, the American Academy of Family Physiciansannounced that the KU School of Medi-cine leads the nation in the number offamily medicine graduates. Also this fall,the University HealthSystem Consor-tium, an organization of 97 academicmedical centers led by former University

The birdbath featured on the cover of issue No.3 was severely damaged by unknown vandals

Sept. 27. Situated on the small lawn west of Lippin-cott Hall, the birdbath was donated in 1913 by theClass of 1903 and was the first outdoor piecegiven to the University as a class gift; after sufferingthe ravages of time, it was recently restored byvolunteers with the Historic Mount Oread Fund,placed on a new concrete pad, and a commis-sioned poem by Professor Stanley Lombardo wasetched into a nearby marker.

The bowl was found shattered and is thought to be beyond repair; the column andstand, though not damaged, were removed for safekeeping.

“For more than 90 years nothing happened to that birdbath, and now, six monthsafter we rededicate it, it’s destroyed,” says Distinguished Professor Emeritus KenArmitage, president of the Mount Oread group. “It’s just terrible.”

With photos of the restored original bowl provided by architect and HMOF volunteer Craig Patterson, a’72, the University is working to replace the bowl.

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of Kansas Hospital CEO Irene Cumming,ranked the hospital in its top five forquality and accountability.

FINE ARTS

New leaders take batons for orchestra and bands

Student musicians from jazz bands toclassical symphony are taking their cuesfrom new directors this fall.

David Neely, the former director ofthe opera program at the University ofTexas, will direct orchestral activities andserve as an assistant professor of musicat KU. Neely hopes to attract more stringplayers to the orchestra program, start aconcerto competition for students andperform more student compositions. The103-year-old orchestra program is amongthe oldest in the nation.

Scott Weiss, formerly associate direc-tor of bands at Indiana University, is thenew director of KU bands. He’ll overseethe University’s concert, athletic and jazzbands. Weiss hopes to continue therecent success of the Wind Ensemblewhile bolstering the music program’sother bands. He also wants to boostmembership in the Marching Jayhawks;with around 180 members, it is thesmallest marching band in the Big 12.

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■ A $3.4 MILLION GRANT from the U.S. Department of Education will fund a languageand literacy project in Wyandotte County that involves the Juniper Gardens Children’s Proj-ect at KU’s Life Span Institute and Project Eagle at the KU Medical Center. WyandotteCounty Early Reading First helps students from Head Start and El Centro preschools inKansas City, Kan., enhance language, literacy and pre-reading development.

■ HIGUCHI/KU ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION RESEARCH AWARDS recog-nized the outstanding research of three KU professors this fall. Ann Turnbull, professor ofspecial education and co-founder of the Beach Center on Disability, received the Balfour Jef-frey Award in Humanities and the Social Sciences. A. Townsend Peterson, University Distin-guished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, received the Olin Petefish Award inBasic Science. Charles Little, professor of anatomy and cell biology, won the Dolph SimonsAward in Biomedical Sciences. In addition, Paul Seib, professor of grain science and industryat Kansas State University, received the Irvin Youngberg Awardfor Applied Sciences. Funded by the late KU professor TakeruHiguchi and his wife, Aya, the program awards recipients$10,000 to advance their research.

■ CYNTHIA CARROLL, G’82, AND LINDA ZARDACOOK, E’80, are among the 100 most powerful women in theworld, according to Forbes Magazine. Carroll, seventh on themagazine’s list, is the first woman chief executive of Anglo Amer-ican, one of the world’s largest independent mining companies.Cook, 44th, is executive director of gas and power for RoyalDutch Shell.

■ THE 2007 ROBERT J. DOLE LEADERSHIP PRIZEwas presented to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., Oct. 21 at theLied Center. Lewis led the Student Non-Violent CoordinatingCommittee in the 1960s and took a prominent role in the CivilRights movement. He has represented Georgia’s 5th Congres-sional District since 1991.

■ JENNIFER SHAW SCHMIDT AND JERRY AUSTINare the Dole Institute Fellows for 2007. Schmidt, l’94, formerlychief of staff for Kansas House of Representatives Speaker KentGlasscock, R-Manhattan, and Austin, president of Gerald J. Austinand Associates Inc., a political consulting and marketing firm, willlead weekly study groups for students.

■ EDITH TAYLOR, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and senior curator ofpaleobotany, has earned the Merit Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Botanical Soci-ety of America. The award recognizes her research on plant fossils, which brought to lightthe diversity of plants that once thrived in Antarctica.

■ DAN ROCKHILL, a faculty member in the School of Architecture and Urban Designsince 1980, was named the J.L. Constant distinguished professor of architecture. Rockhill hasgained international acclaim for his work with Studio 804 and Rockhill and Associates.

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As he readied his workspace in thebustling Memorial Stadium press box acouple of hours before kickoff, a veteranKansas City sportswriter deadpanned,

“I don’t know what the big deal is. It’s KU-Nebraska. One team is undefeated and favored by20; the other’s coach is in danger of losing hisjob. Isn’t it just business as usual?”

Ironic spin was the only way to view the Nov. 3 KU-Nebraska game as business as usual.Because this time, in KU football’s season ofdreams, a once-in-a-century victoryfest, the roleswere reversed. This time, it was KU that rompedinto November on an undefeated stride. And itwas the Cornhuskers who were reeling with a

sub-.500 record and coach BillCallahan toiling under the wrathof restless fans and the steely gazeof his new boss, the legendary for-mer coach Tom Osborne, who,decked out in a red sport coat thatmight have matched his temper,watched the startling game fromthe visiting athletics director’ssuite.

Nebraska had beaten KU everyyear since 1969. But through allthe painful drubbings, never didthe Huskers score more than 70on the Jayhawks, who laid on thelopsided score sure to be memori-alized in vanity license plates andT-shirts: 76-39. On Homecoming,no less.

“It feels pretty good, but I don’tknow about payback,” says seniorfullback Brandon McAnderson,who rushed for 119 yards and fourtouchdowns. “Stuff like that ismostly for the fans. A lot of fanshave seen bad, lopsided wins bythe other side. So this feels goodfor them. As a team, it doesn’t feelall that different.”

As of press time—awaitinggames at Oklahoma State, homeagainst Iowa State, and the much-anticipated Nov. 24 showdown vs.

Missouri at Arrowhead Stadium—the Jayhawkswere 9-0, leading the Big 12 North, ranked No. 4in the Bowl Championship Series poll, and, asone of three undefeated teams in the country, perhaps—gasp!—even in position to play their way into the national championship game.

The conjecture has had all of Lawrence and the Jayhawk Nation buzzing. Coaches andplayers were glad for it, but they weren’t yetenjoying victory’s spoils.

“That’s part of being a fan,” coach MarkMangino said after the Nebraska game. “They getto talk about where they think we’re going to go,how many we’re going to win. They haven’t hadthat at Kansas for a long, long time. Our fans

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“When I came in here, there was talk that Kansas fans didn’tcare about football ... Nothing could be further from the truth.Our fans have been absolutely terrific.”

—coach Mark Mangino

deserve this; they deserve the chance tosay, ‘Can you believe this?’

“When I came in here, there was talkthat Kansas fans didn’t care about foot-ball, and that no matter what you didthey’d never jump on board. Nothingcould be further from the truth. Our fanshave been absolutely terrific, and they’reenjoying the ride.”

How can we not? This is a loop-de-loop, you-must-be-this-tall, E-ticketthriller.

Against Nebraska, the Jayhawksscored touchdowns on 10 consecutivedrives (except a kneel-down to end thefirst half). Sophomore quarterback ToddReesing threw six touchdown passes,breaking a school record set in 1938 byfuture Hall-of-Fame basketball coachRalph Miller, d’42. KU amassed a record-tying 34 first downs and 572 yards oftotal offense, and had no fumbles, nointerceptions, and only two penalties for10 yards.

“It’s a group of kids who are prettysmart, tough as nails and play hard,”Mangino says. “Because they play smart,they don’t make mistakes and we don’tbeat ourselves.”

Through their first nine games, the

Jayhawks averaged 46.22 points, whileallowing opponents just 13.44 points agame; both marks were tops in the Big12 and second nationally. No KU foot-ball team has been 9-0 since 1908, andonly the 1899 team won 10. KU held itsfirst five Big 12 opponents to fewer than80 yards rushing, and the Jayhawks werethe only team in the country with at leasttwo kickoff returns and two punt returnsfor touchdowns.

Offense. Defense. Special teams.KU won at Kansas State for the first

time since 1989 (30-24, Oct. 6). The Jay-hawks scored 30 or more points sixstraight times, and posted the mostpoints ever scored against Nebraska inthat team’s storied, 117-year history, infront of a Memorial Stadium recordcrowd of 51,910.

And, perhaps most pleasing of all to acoach who relentlessly preaches funda-mentals, the Jayhawks had committed

the fewest penalities in the country (3.78per game) for the fewest penalty yards inthe country (32.89 per game).

“I’m not going to stand here and tellyou I thought we’d be 9-0. That’s foolish-ness,” Mangino says. “But I thought wehad a chance to have a really good foot-ball team. I felt that way about the kidsthrough winter, through spring ball,summer, training camp; that if some kidsstep up, and we get settled at quarter-back, some defensive positions and theinterior of the offensive line, then per-haps we’d have a chance to have a prettygood football team.

“Those kids have stepped up, theyhave developed, and here we are.”

Amid the dreams of team glory, twopotential individual honors had not yetreceived much attention.

Barring a stunning series of losses,Mangino will be a favorite to win Big 12and national coach of the year honors,

■ Two keys to balanced offense are sophomores Jake Sharp (above),

a three-time state long jump champion at Salina Central, and Todd

Reesing (right), a KU Honors Program student. “He has a chance to

be the best [quarterback] I’ve ever been on the same side of the

field with,” Mangino says of Reesing. “He still has some things to

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especially notablebecause KU’s sixth-year coach also wasnamed national assis-tant coach of the year,when he was offensivecoordinator for Okla-homa’s undefeated,national-championshipseason in 2000.

And there’s Reesing,a 5-foot-11 quarterbackfrom Austin, Texas,who is undefeated as astarter; leads one of themost improbable suc-cess stories in all offootball; threw 119 consecutive passeswithout an interception; was ranked inthe top 25 nationally in pass efficiency,total offense and passing yards; and, justfor grins, listed snake wrangling amonghis favorite hobbies in his media-guidebio.

It’s time to talk Heisman Trophy. Ifnot now, certainly in 2008.

“The numbers he puts up, I think hedeserves to be in that discussion,” sayssenior receiver Marcus Henry. “And Idon’t think it would be a distraction toour team. We’re pretty focused on whatwe have to do. Just knowing how hardwe had to work to get to where we are,we don’t want anything ruining that.”

Indeed, “focus” appears to be the keyword around the KU clubhouse. Playerstalked about it at Media Day in August,expressing their disgust over four fourth-quarter meltdowns in 2006 and theirinsistence that this season would be verydifferent. They have invoked the powerof focus after every win, and—throughnine games, at least—they had yet tobetray a hint of distraction.

“I think it is attitude more than any-thing,” says sophomore running backJake Sharp. “This team wants to win, thisteam knows how to win, and last year, Idon’t believe that was the case.”

Asked how the Jayhawks police them-selves to avoid overconfidence, McAnder-son replied, “We don’t. It’s not anatmosphere to breed overconfidence. It’sjust not. This is something we expected,

and we’re a mature group.”Says junior linebacker

Mike Rivera, “My philoso-phy is the same asMangino’s. I go to the nextday, the next practice, thenext game. I don’t want tolook ahead because there’snot any reason to.”

As he came off the fieldNov. 3, junior center RyanCantrell—whose leadershipon the offensive line is anabsolute key to all of theoffensive success—allowedhimself to briefly absorbthe enormity of what he

and his teammates had just accom-plished: 76-39, against Nebraska.

“I thought back to when I committedhere,” Cantrell said in the postgame club-house. “I think the first game I watched,we lost, so when I saw that scoreboard, Ihad that flashback in time. And, maybe aflash forward, to the future, to what elsewe have coming on.”

And, as quick as that, the reverie wasdone.

“But myself,” Cantrell said, “thisgame’s history. We’re going to watch filmtomorrow, and we’re going to be on OkieState before you can blink.”

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Finish strongLong on seniors and

possible early draft entrants,Jayhawks eye ultimate prize

With the talk among bothreporters and playersfocusing on how last year’sElite Eight loss to UCLA

might motivate this year’s team to settlefor nothing less than a Final Four run,coach Bill Self offered a more immediateconcern during media day in October:Avoiding the slow start that last year sawthe Jayhawks drop two games in the sea-

UpdatesThe softball team on Sept. 29 scored

one of its most important victories,generating $5,400 for breast cancerresearch with its first Jayhawk PinkClassic four-team tournament. “Wewere able to raise more money than Iexpected,” says coach Tracy Bunge,’87, “and players from all four teamslearned about breast cancer aware-ness.” The tournament was part of KU’sBreast Cancer Awareness Week, spon-sored by the Emily Taylor Women’sResource Center, which raised about$9,500. “It’s a tribute to the things dif-ferent sports and on-campus organiza-tions are doing,” Bunge says. ... Led by18 kills from freshman Jenna Kaiser,the volleyball team upset No. 18 Okla-homa in five games Nov. 3 at the Hore-jsi Family Athletics Center, ending asix-match losing streak. ... The soccerteam landed its eighth-consecutiveberth in the Big 12 tournament with sixvictories and two ties in its final ninegames, including a 2-1 victory over Mis-souri on Senior Day at the JayhawkSoccer Complex. ... Defending Big 12men’s cross country champion ColbyWissel ran fifth at this year’s champi-onships in Lubbock, Texas. SophomoreLauren Bonds was the women’steam’s top finisher in 30th. ... Sopho-more guard Brady Morningstar hasdecided to take a redshirt this season.He will continue to practice and travelwith the men's basketball team but willnot play in games. ... Four-time Olympicdiscus gold-medalist Al Oerter, ’58,died Oct. 1 in Florida (In Memory, p.67). ... Former guard Michael Lee, c’05,is now graduate student manager forthe men’s basketball team. ... DebbieHerd Van Saun, d’73, g’92, formerlyLawrence assistant city manager, is nowassociate athletics director and seniorwomen’s administrator.


ble NBA jump after his sophomore season.

Rush’s return is projected as Dec. 1,though the date could move up or back,depending on his progress with rehab.Arthur, who left USA Basketball’s Under19 team this summer after sustaining astress fracture in his leg, is already backat full speed.

Only Julian Wright, a first-round draftpick of the New Orleans Hornets, ismissing from the squad that won a thirdstraight Big 12 conference title and sec-ond straight Big 12 tournament on theway to a 33-5 record. Leading the wayare seniors Russell Robinson, SashaKaun and Darnell Jackson, who playedsignificant roles last year, and RodrickStewart and Jeremy Case, who will beasked to step in for the injured Rush.

“With Brandon hurt, guys need tostep up,” Stewart says. “With me being asenior, I think it’s probably going to bemy job to help us win some games, and

I’m definitely looking forward to it.”Success will depend on several things.

While the backcourt of Robinson, MarioChalmers and Sherron Collins is ratedamong the best in the country, Self willlook for more production this year fromhis big men, Arthur, Jackson and Kaun,as well as newcomer Cole Aldrich. “Ithink we can play through our post menmore than we did last year,” Self says,“and when you’re not playing well on theperimeter you need to be able to do that.”

Rush’s recovery from knee surgerywill be a major factor as well. Self looksfor the junior to develop “better tech-nique” to help make up for the potentialloss in athleticism, noting the injurycould make him better in the long run.“They say Jordan got to be a better bas-ketball player when he was less athletic,”Self says. “I think Brandon’s going to bea better basketball player.”

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son’s first month, the first a home loss toOral Roberts.

“Last year I don’t think we used theBradley loss [in the first-round of the2006 NCAA tournament] enough asmotivation,” Self said as his team pre-pared to kick off the season with tradi-tional Late Night in the Phog festivities.“I think we practiced a little satisfied lastyear. I don’t think this team will do that.”

The reason: an abundance of playerswho are (or may be) finishing out theirKU careers.

“Last year, we had no senior leaders,and this year you have five seniors whoknow it’s their last go around,” Self says.“And you’ve got a couple of other guyswho could possibly be in their last goaround.”

The “other guys” are Brandon Rush,who entered the NBA draft last summer,then withdrew after injuring his knee ina pickup game, and Darrell Arthur, whoalready is facing questions about a possi-

“We tasted it last year. The more you taste it, the more youwant it. So I don’t see how they could keep from allowing theUCLA game to be motivational.”

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year: Last year’s close-but-no-cigar tour-nament run. After two consecutive yearsof first-round losses, the Jayhawks endedlast season only a game away from theFinal Four.

“We tasted it last year,” Self says. “Themore you taste it, the more you want it.So I don’t see how they could keep from

allowing the UCLA game to be motiva-tional.”

Ranked fourth in the ESPN/USAToday coaches’ preseason poll behindNorth Carolina, UCLA and Memphis,Kansas will get its first big test Nov. 25at home against No. 17 Arizona; thematchup doubles as game four of the

Jayhawk Invitational and a highlight ofthe Big 12/Pac 10 Challenge. A weeklater the Jayhawks travel to Los Angelesto take on O.J. Mayo and 18th-rankedUSC. A return match with DePaul, ateam that clipped the Jayhawks last yearin Chicago, 64-57, awaits Dec. 8 inLawrence. Road games with GeorgiaTech Dec. 18 and Boston College Jan. 5will further test Kansas before the Big 12season tips off at Nebraska Jan. 12.

Along with its lofty preseason rankingin the national polls, Kansas also wonthe nod from Big 12 coaches as the teamto beat in the conference race. Self notedthat the seniors have a chance to dosomething only one other KU recruitingclass in the past 70 years has done: Winfour consecutive league crowns.

While that would be an impressivefeat, it would be just a first step for theveteran players who have been aroundlong enough to remember the 2005-’06season, when the graduation of seniorsKeith Langford, Michael Lee, Aaron Milesand Wayne Simien, and the transfer ofJ.R. Giddens, produced a team thatstarted the year in unfamiliar territory—unranked in preseason polls and pickedto finish third in the Big 12.

They’ve been through a lot since, saysJackson, who has endured more off-the-court travails than anyone, and it hasonly made team chemistry—that intangi-ble force considered so essential to cham-pionship runs—stronger.

“Everybody’s a leader on this team;it’s always been like that,” Jackson says.“Now that it’s the last go around, weknow we have to play as a team and dothings together, to keep that circle com-plete like we’ve always had it the lastcouple of years.”

“We have a lot of history together,”Stewart adds. “You don’t take anythingfor granted when you know it’s your lastgo around. It would mean more thananything now to try and win the nationalchampionship.”

With the 20th anniversary of the lastKansas title coming up in March, theseexperienced Jayhawks would love tomake a little more history.�

—Steven Hill

■ Two players fourth-year coach BonnieHenrickson will count on this season arejunior point guard Ivana Catic (left) andsophomore forward Danielle McCray(below), who scored 20 points andgrabbed seven rebounds in the Nov. 4 win vs. Pittsburg State. “I’m really excitedabout our speed and athleticism,” Hen-rickson says. “I’m cautiously optimisticthat we have a chance to be pretty good.”

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29-Dec. 1 at Houston DivingInvitational

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6 at Winter training trip meet, San Juan, Puerto Rico

19 Nebraska

26 vs. Iowa, at Columbia, Mo.

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8 DePaul

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18 at Georgia Tech

22 Miami (Ohio)

29 Yale

JANUARY

5 at Boston College

8 Loyola (Maryland)

12 at Nebraska

14 Oklahoma

19 at Missouri

23 Iowa State

26 Nebraska

30 at Kansas State

Women’s basketballNOVEMBER

23-24 at SMU Tournament, Dallas

27 Creighton

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2 Saint Louis

6 Marquette

9 Indiana

16 UC-Riverside

19 at San Jose State

21 at Cal-Berkeley

30 Boston University

JANUARY

4 at Xavier

9 Oklahoma State

12 at Nebraska

16 at Baylor

19 Missouri

22 at Colorado

26 Texas A&M

30 at Oklahoma

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■ Late Night in the Phog,

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U.S.Marine Corporal JoshGoetting studies law atKU. He is from Leaven-worth. His is not a mili-

tary family, but the culture pervades hishometown, and he grew up wanting to wear anAmerican uniform and serve the Americancause. The terror attacks of September 2001struck when he was a senior in high school.

“I think probably that kept me from joiningany earlier, because I didn’t want to be one ofthe guys who run out and do it for this one rea-son,” Goetting says. “I wanted to do it because Isincerely wanted to do it and it wasn’t just aheat-of-the-moment thing. That’s why I waiteduntil ’04 to join.”

By the time Goetting, c’06, enlisted in theU.S. Marine Corps, he was a sophomore major-ing in political science and Chinese—technically,East Asian Languages and Cultures with anemphasis in Chinese language and literature.In summer 2004 he completed boot camp andMarine Combat Training; after the followingschool year, he spent nine weeks at ammunitionschool in Alabama to learn the job required ofhis Topeka-based unit: “Ammunition techni-cians—‘ammo techs’—are jokingly referred to as bullet counters,” he says. “You make sure allthe ammo is accounted for, taken care of, and

stored properly. It’s not a very exciting job.”Because he grew up with friends whose

parents were active duty or retired Army offi-cers, or had joined the Army themselves, fewunderstood his desire to become a Marine.

“They kind of laughed at me, thinking I was going a little bit overboard,” Goetting says.“But I thought it was the biggest challenge, thetoughest service to get into. It added to my sense of accomplishment, not only doing ser-vice for my country, but doing the toughest service I could.”

In a first-floor conference room in the AdamsAlumni Center, Goetting stands at attention,obeying commands (requests, really, but hissnappy responses makes them seem likeorders) from photographer Steve Puppe, whohas brought out the full studio treatment. Twoexpensive lights mounted on high-tech tripods,a black backdrop, camera bodies and lenses

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He never fully recovered, and diedshortly after the war.

Perhaps because I never got to seehim as a young man in uniform—or at all,in fact—I think of my grandfather when-ever I meet young Marines. I wonderwhat might have been for my grandfa-ther, had he not been so attracted bytheir esprit de Corps, and I wonder whatmight await Goetting now that he, too,has chosen to wear the uniform.

For some reason I am struck by animage of Cpl. Goetting as an embassyguard. It is duty the Marines do particu-larly well, in part because their com-manding presence halts mostconfrontations before they begin. AndGoetting is smart enough, certainly wellspoken enough, to handle himself in trying conditions in unfamiliar lands.

Maybe I’m imagining Goetting as anembassy guard because I’d rather notdwell on the reality of the job he did inIraq. The flag he holds in our cover pho-tograph is his only memento from themonths he served in Al Anbar Province.It flew over the air base where his detach-ment of Marines was stationed.

Goetting and the other Marines in hisunit volunteered for Personnel Retrieval

and Processing, or, in more common mil-itary parlance, Mortuary Affairs.

Combat fatalities. Angels. Comrades.“All the guys we got in, and even the

few Iraqis, we felt that we definitely owedthem the best work we could do,” Goet-ting says. “The circumstances were diffi-cult, and there was always weird stuffgoing on, but we always felt a sense ofduty to everybody who came in. Theywere wearing the same uniform as us,they went through all the same training,they might have been guys we knew atone point.”

The work came, obviously, withunique stresses. Sgt. Laura Wright, ofWellsville, confirms that some servicemembers from outside of their unit werewary of interaction with those who han-dled the dead. “A lot of people haveissues even talking with us,” she says. “As soon as somebody finds out whatyou do, they turn away from you. It’s sortof like a superstition.”

Their training taught them not to letMarine bravado keep emotional reac-tions bottled inside. So they talkedamong themselves. A lot.

“We were definitely really close,” Goet-ting says of his Iraq unit, composed of

that would make any amateur photogra-pher, and most professionals, drool with envy.

The business of being a U.S. Marine is,especially now, deadly serious. ButMarines also play the dashing part aswell as any in the U.S. Armed Forces.They look great in their uniforms. AsGoetting fiddles with this jacket and belt,I notice how highly tailored and snug itis against his torso. I comment that itmust be a Corps incentive to keep theirMarines fit. He laughs and nods in agree-ment. I ask him to be truthful: Was theuniform part of the reason he became aMarine?

He smiles. “Maybe just a little bit.”Puppe gets into a rhythm with his

photography, frame after frame afterframe. Goetting remains parade-groundstraight. I move to a corner of the roomand observe from an armchair. As Iwatch Cpl. Goetting I think of my grand-father, who resigned his commission inthe U.S. Army to join the Marines as anenlisted man and fight in the SouthPacific; after accepting a battlefield com-mission, my grandfather, Earl Larson,was felled by the tropical diseases thatclaimed so many thousands of others.

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■ With pilots and crew standing at attention,

U.S. Marines (at left, clockwise from top center)

Lance Cpl. Jake Perry, Lance Cpl. Dane Stephen,

Lance Cpl. Joshua Wade, Cpl. Aaron Todd, Cpl.

Josh Goetting and Cpl. Billy Crum begin the first

step in a long journey home for the flag-draped

remains of a fallen American serviceman.

Marines (right, l to r) Cpl. Aaron Todd, Lance Cpl.

Philip Burch, Lance Cpl. Jake Perry and Cpl. Josh

Goetting relax at their Topeka base.

Goetting and his fellow Marines (below) board a

bus that will take them to a practice ceremony

for their unit’s U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball,

Nov. 2 in Topeka.

that Goetting and her son and the othersin their unit did in Iraq, we saw that anopportunity had presented itself. We stillfeared trying to present an omnibus ofstudent involvement in the wars in Iraqand Afghanistan, and the supportingmissions, because we knew withoutdoubt somebody would be overlooked.

But one man. One student. OneMarine. One story.

We can do that.Josh Goetting agreed.


“There were a lot of us who just wanted to go, and I was one of them. I wasn’t too interested in the work I was going to be doing;

I wanted to be able to go over there and contribute.”

healthy. And alive.They did their best, too, for the angels

who were the reason for their mission,the comrades-in-arms whom they couldcare for only in death.

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Rightly or wrongly, KansasAlumni to date has attemptedvery little coverage of the eventstranspiring in Iraq and

Afghanistan. Perhaps it’s because thegravity of it all seemed difficult to encap-sulate in our little magazine dedicated tostories of teaching and research, alumniaccomplishment, and the cheeky side oflife as it plays out in the insular, mani-cured world of Mount Oread.

When Kim Perry introduced us toJosh Goetting, and explained what it was

nine Marines from his Topeka base, plusanother 20 or so from Georgia andWashington, D.C. “It’s really hard not tobe close, given the nature of our work,seeing some of the stuff we did.”

In the room with us during the photoshoot is Kim Perry, an Alumni Associa-tion records specialist. Her son, LanceCpl. Jake Perry, serves with Goetting outof the Topeka Marine base and also vol-unteered for mortuary affairs in the Iraqcombat zone. She stands nearly as still asGoetting, watching with unblinking eyes.I sense another reason for the uniform:The pride that swells Kim Perry whilewatching Josh Goetting is all about thepride she feels in her son, and in theother Marines, all of whom offered frankconversation and trusting companion-ship to lessen the mental strains of theirwork, so that each would come home

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he served in a mortuary affairs unit:

“Generally people give you a funny look,

so I just kind of say I was in Iraq, kicking

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‘Until They Are Home’

Tending to fallen comrades is a mission that continues long after conflictshave cooled. For the 88,000 missing veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War, the Hawaii-based Joint POW/MIA AccountingCommand, currently under the command of Brig. Gen. Michael C. Flow-

ers, c’77, assures that every effort will be made to keep the government’s end of asacred bond.

“We have full support from the president on down, and we have resources todo this mission,” Flowers says. “It’s important for families and comrades to cometo closure about their missing loved ones, and we do our best to make sure thathappens.”

JPAC currently has field teams working in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Ger-many, and investigation teams in Hungary and France. Through the first 10months of 2007, JPAC had identified the remains of 80 missing Americans, and todate has identified more than 1,300.

JPAC employs forensic anthropologists, historians, analysts and laboratory sci-entists, and is the only U.S. military organization authorized to negotiate with for-eign governments.

When remains are identified, family members are flown to Oahu, where theyare briefed on the details of the discovery. They then escort the remains home.

“The emotions run very high,” Flowers says, “and it’s very satisfying.”Flowers attended high school in Topeka, where his father was stationed with

the Air Force, and he joined Army ROTC at KU. He is a Ranger and helicopterpilot, a veteran of numerous conflicts, and pastcommanding officer of numerous high-profilegroups, including the Center for Army Leader-ship at Fort Leavenworth. After his promotion tobrigadier general, Flowers was made chief of stafffor NATO forces in Kosovo, and he retires fromthe Army April 1.

In November he returned to the Hill to joinArmy ROTC’s Hall of Fame. He brought alongJPAC’s chief scientist, who discussed career andinternship opportunities with anthropologystudents.

“Our motto,” Flowers says, “is ‘Until They AreHome.’ Everybody in JPAC understands thatmotto and works very hard to bring all thesefolks home.”

Surviving family members who have not yetdone so are encouraged to contact a militarycasualty office, or JPAC, to see whether DNAsamples might help identify remains. More infor-mation can be found at www.jpac.pacom.mil.�

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When the commanding offi-cer of General SupportAmmunition Platoon-Topeka announced that

billets were available for a tour of duty inIraq, Josh Goetting listened. “There werea lot of us who just wanted to go, and Iwas one of them,” he says. “I wasn’t toointerested in the work I was going to bedoing; I wanted to be able to go overthere and contribute. That was how mostof us ended up doing it.”

Because of the nature of the duty—pro-cessing combat fatalities—only volunteerswere accepted, and those who agreedfirst spent two days witnessing fiveautopsies conducted by the ShawneeCounty Coroner, mainly to make surenobody was repulsed by the chore ofexamining and handling the dead.

“We weren’t really told much in thebeginning, except a basic overview,”Goetting says. “We were told it was atough job, that if we had any fears abouthaving [posttraumatic stress disorder] or that we couldn’t cope with seeing not-too-pleasing images, we probablyshouldn’t get into it. But other than that,until we actually started our training andbegan doing the job, they kind of kept itunder wraps. The sense I get is theydon’t want to get too far into it becauseit’s not something a lot of people want toknow about or hear about.”

Goetting walked down the Hill May21, 2006, and within the week he wasmobilized. He and the other Marines inhis new unit first trained at Quantico,Va., where they crammed a nine-weekcourse into a three-week boot camp.They then drilled “pretty intensively” fora month and a half at Camp Pendleton,near San Diego. “By the time we got toIraq,” he says, “we were pretty confidentin what we were doing.”

Except that by the time they arrived atAl Asad Air Base in the tumultuous west-ern Iraqi province of Al Anbar, the mis-sion had changed. Trained in retrieval aswell as processing, Goetting and the oth-ers had honed special skills to recover allremains, even from the gruesome road-

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side bombings so often making head-lines back home. But the geography was simply too immense, even when covered by helicopter, to arrive on scenefast enough to have any confidence thatanother combat situation or ambushmight not already be developing.

Their regimental commander declaredthe Marines trained in mortuary affairs to be “critical personnel,” not easilyreplaced, so they were not allowed toleave the base. Instead, combat fatalitieswere brought to them.

Goetting and the other Marinesworked quickly but thoroughly. Theydescribed wounds on anatomical chartsand made preliminary assessments ofcauses of death. They cataloged and pre-served personal items, then prepared theremains for shipment to Kuwait. Fromthere it was on to Dover, Del.—sometimeswithin two days—so scores of the world’sbest mortuary science experts,embalmers, reconstructionists and tailorscould complete the process.

“Basically, every combat casualty istreated like a murder investigation,”Goetting says. “It’s our job to be the firstline, to make sure everything is pre-served the best they can be, given theconditions, so that hopefully they can begiven an open-casket funeral and theirfamilies and loved ones can see them one last time.

“At this multimillion-dollar facility in Dover, they brag that they have thebest uniform shop in the world, becauseanybody who comes through there, nomatter what the nature of their injuriesare, they’re going to get a brand-new uni-form, and they’re going to send them out in style.”

Here’s a detail Goetting shares thatfew of us non-combatants would everconsider: wallets.

“By far the worst part,” he says. “Finding pictures of their family, lettershome, stuff like that ... that was alwaysbad. And no, there’s no standard-issuewallet. I’m surprised the Marine Corpshasn’t come up with that. But it could beanything. Whatever you carry with youback home, you carry with you overthere. And when it arrives in our hands ...

yeah, that’s hard.”Sgt. Wright says one of her fondest

memories is of Cpl. Goetting sitting atthe picnic table at their “C.P.”—collectionpoint, or a unit’s gathering area—smiling,chilling out, projecting “a really goodaura.” Which, considering the circum-stances, the sergeant appreciated.

“You try not to look at it a whole lot,but your mind automatically takes up oncertain things, and you do empathizequite a bit with the angels who are inyour possession and the family memberswho are left behind,” she says. “You getin tune with the angels who come ondeck when you are going through theirpersonal items. You appreciate life, andthe lives these people might have led.”

I ask Cpl. Goetting whether thisstressful, delicate, demanding work, thesolemn charge of tending to fallen com-rades, made him a better Marine. Hepauses only a moment before replying, “I don’t know if it makes me a betterMarine. I think it makes me a better citizen, maybe. Or a better person.”

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Goetting and his unit returnedfrom Iraq last March. By Mayhe was enrolled at the Schoolof Law, which he’d been

accepted to, and deferred, before ship-ping out overseas. He has wanted to be alawyer nearly as long as he’s wanted tobe a Marine, but he won’t mix the two.When the time comes, he hopes to puthis Mandarin fluency to use by specializ-ing in international law—in the privatesector.

But he joined the Marines as anenlisted man with the idea that it mightone day make him a better officer, and heis currently talking with the MarineCorps about testing himself in OfficerCandidate School as soon as his lawstudies allow.

“Without a doubt, I think he would be a stellar officer, and I would love tosee him pursue that,” Sgt. Wright says.“He’s seen the best of the best and theworst of the worst. He’s a person whowould learn from others’ mistakes, not

just his own. And he gains the respect of everybody. Not just his peers, not justthose under him, but those above him, as well.”

Wright serves on a veterans and mili-tary affairs advisory committee, at therequest of U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, andshe plans to see that Goetting is asked tojoin them. “I think he would do a won-derful job,” she says. “It is such a longand drawn-out conflict, and I think youhear a lot of negativity, as far as the poli-tics go, and that kind of loses sight of theveterans. But there are a lot of people outthere trying to change that.”

Goetting says his personal viewsabout the war and the general state ofcontemporary affairs—views he does notreveal—have not changed because of hisservice in Iraq. What has changed, hesays, is his perspective.

“Certain aspects ... especially when itcomes to stuff like casualty counts, itkind of angers me now. People throwaround figures, throw around numbers,and they don’t realize what they are talk-ing about.”

That the numbers aren’t just numbers,but people?

“Exactly. Exactly.”Goetting pauses. Briefly.“One of the weirdest things in Iraq ...

we’d get the Marine Corps Times everyweek or two when it came into the PX,and seeing people in the casualty listwhom we’d actually seen a week or twobefore ... I don’t want to say we knewthem, but we had a connection to them... a connection nobody else would have.”

As I watch Cpl. Goetting pose soproudly for the images you now see inthis magazine, my attention is drawnaway from the handsome uniform andperfected posture. I see now only the flaghe cradles in his gloved hands.

“We took great pride in ceremonies,”he says. “We did ceremonies for everyfallen Marine, soldier, airman and sailorwho came in, just because that’s whatthey deserve.

“It don’t think it was anything wewere taught. It was just something wecarried on ... because it was somethingthose guys deserved.”�

“They are jumping through hoops tohelp me out as much as possible.”

Brandon Utter, of Salina, left KU aftertwo and a half years when his ArmyNational Guard unit was activated forduty in Iraq; he served a year as a combatmedic on the streets of Baghdad. Back atKU, he enrolled in pharmacy.

“Trading rifles for pens and pencils ...let’s just say it was a difficult transition,”Utter says.

Scott Boland, a Shawnee junior studying genetics, served as an infantrysergeant in Afghanistan and Iraq from2002 to ’04. He joined the Army in May 2001.

“I had a conversation with my momwhen I went in, and she said, ‘Well, whatare the odds another war is going tostart?’ And I said, ‘Well, you never know;a lot of stuff could happen between nowand when I get out.’”� —C.L.

Center. Granted medical disability retire-ment, he re-enrolled at KU.

“After being in the military and havingthose experiences,” Borton says, “itchanged my outlook on what I can do,what I’m capable of, and what’s possiblefor the future.”

Brandon Gray, Topeka sophomore,spent a year in Kyrgyzstan with the AirForce, and will soon return. “I feel Imissed out on a bunch of college life,” hesays. “But the mission is exciting.”

Texas native Karissa Nelsen was calledto active duty in August and now servesas a senior airman with the intelligencesquadron at McConnell Air Force Base,near Wichita. She is 33, and faces agelimits that will prevent her from becom-ing an officer if she does not completeher degree by 2009.

“The communication studies depart-ment has been wonderful,” she says.

Joan Hahn, KU’s Veterans Affairs cer-tifying official, posted a request fromKansas Alumni to the e-mail listservermaintained for on-campus student

veterans. Within a day, we receivednearly two dozen replies from veterans ofIraq, Afghanistan and affiliated missions.

It has been a long, hard slog sinceSept. 11, 2001, and many KU studentshave since taken up arms. What followsis a tiny sampling of their stories:

Sean Borton, a KU junior in politicalscience and international studies, wasNoncommissioned Officer In Charge atthe Ramadi Detention Facility for Intelli-gence Operations until December 2005,when he was flown to Germany withexcruciating back and hip pain. Armydoctors found aggressive cancer hadspread throughout his body. He returnedto his family in Lawrence and underwenta year of chemotherapy at KU Medical

From class to combat and back again

■ A selection of current KU students who have served—and might again—in Iraq or Afghanistan (l to r): Peter Holmes, Shawnee; Virgil Barnard,

Topeka; David Wilson, Ingalls; Sean Borton, Lawrence; Brandon Gray, Topeka; Mark Hamman, Prairie Village; and Felix Zacharias, Wichita. “We try to fit

in,” Hamman says. “If other students want to ask questions, that’s fine, but we don’t usually go too far into it.”

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As a freshman biology stu-dent at KU, Nadia Zhiridreamed of curing theworld with herbs. Andthough she traded herbeakers for a drawing

board, she continues to dream on aglobal scale.

Today, as a Lawrence architect, Zhiriis leading the design of a college hous-ing complex in the emirate of Qatarthat, if vision translates into reality, willrank as the most environmentallyfriendly student living quarters in theworld.

The residence halls, apartments andcommons for 1,200 students at Educa-

tion City, in the capital Doha, will tapsun and wind energy and employ a wallof living plants to filter waste water.With five neighborhoods linked to acentral plaza, the complex will resemblea traditional Islamic village. Its aim is ahealthy environment that promotessocial, spiritual and academic life.

“We’re shooting for the stars,” Zhiri says.

The route to this job began whenZhiri attended a solar energy seminar inAlbuquerque, N.M., in 1979. “It hit me

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like a lightning bolt; I wanted to doarchitecture,” she recalls. “It’s art, science, physics, history, psychology,sociology; it’s such a wonderful blend of subjects.”

She changed majors and graduated in1985 with degrees in architecture andenvironmental design. She is now aprincipal at Treanor Architects, withoffices in Lawrence, Kansas City,Topeka and St. Louis.

The Qatar project pulls Zhiri back toher roots and onto the global stage. HerTreanor team, working with engineersfrom Burns & McDonnell in KansasCity, beat top international architects towin the design competition. Their“extreme green” approach was a majorselling point.

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Indeed, the housing complex is on tar-get to become the first of its kind to earna platinum rating, the highest issued byLeadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesign, a rating system developed by theU.S. Green Building Council that pro-motes energy efficient building.

The design converts the climate’sharshest features into alluring assets.Sculpture-like wind turbines and photo-voltaic cells provide electricity while fiberoptic cables transfer natural sunlight intohallways. That biomass wall doubles as abackdrop to outdoor seating while it con-serves Qatar’s scarcest resource, water.“All this is concept,” Zhiri cautions. Thechallenge now is to convert concept toreality.

The plan calls for recycled buildingmaterials, the bulk of which will travelno farther than 500 miles, thick thermalwalls and self-shaded courtyards. Paint,furniture and flooring will be free of haz-ardous chemicals and vapors.

Going green will add high-tech livingin sustainable ways. Students will benefitfrom wireless computer systems andsmart-room technology, which allowsthem to control temperature, lighting

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both interaction and privacy, living andlearning areas. Each project is different,she says. “You need to understand thekind of culture they want to create, anddesign to help make that happen.”

Her designs can be seen on smallparochial campuses and at large universi-ties such as South Carolina, Kansas Stateand Missouri. At KU, her work includesAmini, Rieger and Krehbiel scholarshiphalls, and the redesign of Hashinger Hall.Many of her buildings feature green com-ponents (Rieger, for example, employsgeothermal heating and cooling), butnone are as extreme green as the Qatarproject.

Three finalists interviewed withSheikha Mozah for the Qatar contract,and Zhiri walked away with the job. “Ithink it helped that I’m half Arab,” Zhirisays. “It helped me feel more comfortablecoming up with solutions that would beviable.”

Her father, a former commissioner ofeducation in Morocco, met her motherwhile both were students at EmporiaState University. Nadia was born inMorocco, and the family spent manyyears in that North African country.

Her husband, Jim Regan, and daugh-ters, Ava and Elsa, all support her archi-tectural passion. As Zhiri juggles themany aspects of her life, this newest jobseems more meaningful than most. “Ona personal level, I feel this connection tomy own heritage that doesn’t come outoften,” she says. “It’s invigorating.

“It’s a unique experience, as a com-pany, to do something significant andculturally different. We feel very gratefulto have this opportunity.”

Looking ahead, she envisions moresuch ventures. “You realize it’s a bigworld out there,” Zhiri says. And she defi-nitely wants to be part of it.�

Crupper, d’67, is a Lawrence free-lance writer.

tecture—then worked to blend what theylearned into a modern living facility. Inthe plan, a prayer room faces Mecca, atraditional courtyard occupies the heartof the complex, and women’s quartersoffer a great amount of privacy.

While harsh climate, distance and cultural differences presented uniquechallenges, the project also played toZhiri’s strength: her expertise in studenthousing.

“Nadia’s extremely passionate aboutthe student life experience and sheworks hard to meet the needs of today’sstudents,” says Joe Stramberg, a’94, whohad Zhiri as a teacher at KU and who hasbeen her colleague at Treanor over thepast decade. Zhiri and Stramberg, alongwith Steve Malin, a’89, lead Treanor’s 15-member student life team, which boasts110 projects on 57 campuses.

Be they greek villages, residence hallsor student unions, Zhiri’s designs fostertight-knit communities, where studentscan create memories and develop a senseof belonging. She believes students need

and music simply by entering the room.As an added benefit, Zhiri thinks stu-dents who live here will learn to be goodstewards of natural resources.

The architect is learning, too. Beforethis project, she knew of Qatar mainlyfrom a“60 Minutes” feature she saw onCBS. The piece noted the emirate’s bur-geoning economy and vast natural gasreserve. Interviews highlighted the Emirof Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and his wife, Sheikha Mozah BintNasser Al-Missned, as partners workingto advance democracy, women’s rightsand education.

During visits, Zhiri has witnessedtheir progress. “It’s very admirable whatthey’re trying to create,” she says. Andshe’s happy to be involved in one of themost interesting projects of all.

On its 2,500-acre campus, EducationCity offers everything from primary touniversity schooling. Several major Amer-ican universities already have establishedbranches there. Carnegie Mellon offersbusiness studies; Cornell, medicine;Georgetown, foreign relations; TexasA&M, engineering; and Virginia Com-monwealth, fine arts.

Students, primarily Muslim, arrivefrom around the world. To meet theirneeds, members of the Treanor teamresearched Islamic art, culture and archi-

■ At the women’s housingcomplex on EducationCity’s 2,500-acre campus(top), five residence hallswith shaded courtyardswill cluster around a stu-dent center. A similarcomplex will house men.Zhiri’s design includes tur-bines to capture energyfrom desert winds (far left)and photovoltaic cells andfiber optic cables that con-vert sunlight into electric-ity and lighting. The center’scommons area includes alobby (left), dining hall andprayer room.

Going green will add high-tech living in sustainable ways. Students will benefit from wireless computer systems and

smart-room technology, which allows them to control temperature, lighting and music simply by entering the room.


Even when it hosted itsfirst wedding, in lateMarch of 1946, it isdoubtful that Danforthlooked better than itdoes today, after a sum-mer-long renovation

added a new bride’s room and put thespit and polish to almost every squareinch of the 61-year-old campus treasure.

As Julie Welsh, d’04, prepared for herOct. 13 wedding (above) to NicholasCoachman, ’02, she enjoyed the newdressing room, which is connected to the chapel by a wood-paneled corridor

(p. 39) that allows the bridal party tomake a dramatic entrance from the backof the sanctuary without having to gooutside. Abundant windows, ample light-ing and plentiful mirrors help the bridelook her finest.

There are lots of practical touches inthe new Danforth, from the addition of awheelchair ramp and accessiblerestrooms to the inclusion of clotheshooks and extra electrical outlets in thebride’s room. But there’s beauty, too.

In the sanctuary, stained glass win-dows gleam, restored to their original luster and newly secured in refurbished

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frames. New plaster and freshly paintedbeams create a sharp, clean look thatbrightens the famously dark interior andemphasizes the simple elegance of theoriginal design. The old organ (pp. 36and 39) has been restored as well, with the help of a gift from the Class of 2007.Outside, new porch timbers frame thefront and back doors, while landscapingfunded partly by the Class of 2005improves the site’s drainage and accentsthe building’s fresh look. Everywhere the

Malott, c’48; Betty Muncy, c’41; the Sun-derland Foundation; and Chet, b’59,g’63, and Patsy Straub Vanatta, ’59.

The support of these donors andmany other alumni will ensure thechapel’s future is as storied as its past, asChancellor Robert E. Hemenway notedat the Sept. 22 rededication. “The com-pletion of Danforth Chapel’s restorationand addition project means the chapel isready for its next 61 years,” he said. “Andit’s bigger and better than ever.”�

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combination of old and new is seamless.Funding for the $900,000 project

came from private gifts, including majordonations from John T. Stewart III, b’58,and Linda Bliss Stewart, ’60; Larry, b’62,g’67, and Nancy Borden; Bob, b’52, andSara Lawrence Dunne, c’58; Thomas,c’92, and Dru Stewart Fritzel, c’92; Tim,’80, and Cindy Hodges Fritzel, c’80;Andy and Diane Shelton Fritzel, ’85; the family of Monte, b’59, g’67, and KayRathbone Johnson, d’69; Robert H.

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For KU fans and collectors, the “In the Paint” spirit kit features a collector’s paint can.Each kit contains a T-shirt, face paint sticks in Jayhawk colors, a Jayhawk temporary facetattoo and sticker, and a blinky Jayhawk pin. (100% cotton, royal blue T-shirt with KUbasketball graphic, available in sizes Youth M & L, Adult S, M, L, XL, 2X-4X).

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Frame is a partner in the firmof Wilson and Frame, where hehas practiced law since 1962. Healso operated a wheat farm andcattle ranch for 30 years. As a KUstudent, he was a SummerfieldScholar, a member of Phi BetaKappa and senior class president.He was an All-America crosscountry athlete, helping KU winnine conference titles and the1953 NCAA title; he won nineindividual conference titles and

the 1954 NCAA individ-ual championship. He isa member of the Trackand Field Hall of Fameand the KU Sports Hallof Fame. Before enteringlaw school, he pursuedgraduate studies inAmerican history as aWoodrow Wilsonscholar. He and his wife,Sally, have five Jayhawk chil-dren and 10 grandchildren, theeldest of whom is a Jayhawk.

Gale, a Syracuse native,began volunteering for his almamater virtually the moment hegraduated, coordinating thelocal Kansas Honors Programfor nearly 30 years. Gale also isa member of Jayhawks forHigher Education, and he hasbeen a driving force behind theAssociation’s Great Plainsalumni chapter. He is a memberand president-elect of the KULaw Society Board of Gover-

nors. He is an Association life member, Gale began his legal career as a prose-

cutor in Johnson and Hamilton counties;in 1979 he founded Gale & Gale Attor-neys, where he remains a partner. Healso is the Syracuse city attorney.

On the Hill, Gale lettered in footballand graduated magna cum laude. He andhis wife, Linda, ’78, have two sons, bothJayhawks.

Kennedy has volunteered for KU inthe Wichita area for morethan 15 years. Now presi-dent of the Wichitaalumni chapter, he fre-quently emcees and coor-dinates KU events andmakes personal calls toalumni to encouragetheir participation. He isa member of the KUEndowment Associa-tion’s Chancellors Club,the Williams EducationFund of KU athletics,and the Alumni Associa-tion’s Presidents Club. Atthe School of Medicine inWichita, he serves on thesteering committee forDean S. Edwards Dis-muke. He is a life andJayhawk Society memberof the Association. Heand his wife, PatriciaGorham, assoc., haveprovided a fund to assistKU student-athletes.

He began his career as assistant gen-eral counsel to the Kansas CorporationCommission, specializing in oil and gasand environmental issues. In 1986, hejoined the Wichita firm of MartinPringle, where he is managing partner.Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, g’80, in 2006appointed Kennedy to the KansasEnergy Council.

As a student, Kennedy worked on theUniversity Daily Kansan and for KJHKand was a member of the InterfraternityCouncil.

Nicholson, a Paola native, has servedthe Kansas Honors Program for 22 years,often assisted by his wife, Kathy. They

If volunteers are a measure of anorganization’s strength, then theAlumni Association and the Univer-sity it serves are in good hands. This

fall the Asssociation honors eight stal-wart Jayhawks for longtime service intheir communities. Each will receive theMildred Clodfelter Alumni Award at alocal KU community event. The honorrecalls the extraordinary devotion ofAssociation staff member Mildred Clodfelter.

The 2007 winners are all Kansans: Al Frame, c’56, l’62, Kinsley; Rob Gale Jr.,b’75, l’78, Syracuse; Jeff Kennedy, j’81,Wichita; Robert NicholsonJr. c’69, l’72, Paola; Erick,c’79, and Debbie FoltzNordling, d’79, Hugoton;Pat Thompson, l’80,Salina; and Roger Tobias,b’73, m’76, Lyons.

Frame has representedthe Kansas Honors Pro-gram for 35 years, nearlythe entire history of thetradition. He coordinatesthe local events to honorthe top 10 percent of highschool students in theKinsley area. He is vicepresident of the new WestCentral Kansas chapter ofthe Association, and hecontacts Kansas legislatorsin KU’s behalf as a mem-ber of Jayhawks for HigherEducation. He has assistedthe Office of Admissionsand Scholarships inrecruitment as a HAWKvolunteer. He is a life and

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also have hosted events for the EastKansas alumni chapter; he is a boardmember. He also advocates for KU as amember of Jayhawks for Higher Educa-tion and a student recruiter for theHAWK program. He is an Alumni Associ-ation life and Jayhawk Society member.

He has practiced law in the MiamiCounty area since 1972 and in 1984founded the firm of Nicholson andHartley. He also works as a part-time municipal judge in Paola.

Nicholson attended KU musicand art camps in high school; as aKU law student, he edited theSchool of Law’s alumni magazineand was president of Phi AlphaDelta legal fraternity. His son cur-rently attends KU.

The Nordlings have carried KU’sbanner in their region for 20 yearsas Kansas Honors Program coordi-nators, and Erick now leads theSouthwest alumni chapter, whileDebbie chairs the membership com-mittee. They have hosted JayhawkGenerations picnics to welcomenew students to KU, and they havevolunteered for both Jayhawks forHigher Education and the HAWKprogram. The Nordlings are AlumniAssociation life members and mem-bers of the Presidents Club.

After teaching elementary school

for 10 years in Derby, Topeka and Hugo-ton, Debbie became an agent for StateFarm Insurance. Erick is executive secre-tary of the Southwest Kansas RoyaltyOwners Association, a nonprofit, 2,600-member organization founded to protectland-owners in the Hugoton Gas Field.He also is managing partner in the lawfirm of Kramer, Nordling & Nordling.

The Nordlings met in Lawrence onDebbie’s third day as a KU student, fol-lowing her transfer from Barton CountyCommunity College. Two years later theywere married, and they walked down theHill together in 1980. The youngest oftheir three children is a KU junior.

Thompson helps lead the North Central Kansas alumni chapter as aboard member and is celebrating 21years as site director for the Kansas Hon-ors Program. He also recruits students as

a HAWK volunteerand communicateswith lawmakers as amember of Jayhawksfor Higher Education.He is an Alumni Association annualmember.

He has practicedlaw in Salina since1980 and became apartner in the firm ofThompson and Hei-drick in 1992. He alsoworks as a guardianad litem for childrenin need of care, and heteaches continuinglegal education classeson the duties of theguardian ad litem andother topics. He andhis wife, Patricia, havetwo children.

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Lyons Medical Center, has volunteeredfor the Kansas Honors Program inMcPherson for 25 years and is known byall his patients as a devoted KU ambas-sador. He is a member of Jayhawks forHigher Education, the HAWK studentrecruiting program, and the School ofMedicine Alumni Association as well as alife and Jayhawk Society member of theAlumni Association.

As a student he was a member of theInterfraternity Council. He and his wife,Deborah, have three children, all KUgraduates. �

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The late Mildred Clodfelter, b’41, befriended many Jayhawks in her42 years with the Association. When she retired in 1986, the staffcreated an award in her honor for longtime local KU volunteers.

■ “Reinventing the Wheel” was the themeof the Jayhawk Roundup Oct. 20. The annualevent hosted by the Wichita chapter paidhomage to KU’s famous watering hole anddrew a record crowd of 650 alumni andfriends to the Murfin Stables. The celebrantsincluded Russell Scheffer, c’87, m’91, thenew chair of psychiatry at the School ofMedicine-Wichita, along with (l to r) Paul,e'02, g'07, and Melissa Mangan, and Eric andCara Campion Payne, b’01.

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KC in springtime Following this year’s success, Rock Chalk Ball set for April

When Kansas City’s premierKU event moved fromFebruary to April, Jay-hawks warmed to the idea,

turning out in fine feather for the black-tie gala last April.

Buoyed by an attendance increase of

more than 200 in 2007, the 2008 RockChalk Ball is set for April 12. The tradi-tion moves to a new location, the NewGrand Ballroom of the Kansas City, Mo.,Entertainment and Convention Center in the downtown district.

Ball chairs Michael and Blish Conner,j’97, are leading the efforts of the GreaterKansas City Chapter for the event, whichbegan in 1996. Alumni and friends whoattended the 2007 Ball helped raise morethan $108,000 to expand Alumni Associ-ation outreach programs and engagemore alumni in student recruitment.

The Association will mail invitations

in early January and post more details on changes in the format of the event at www.rockchalkball.org. For informa-tion please contact the Alumni Associa-tion at 800-584-2957 [email protected].�

Jayhawk Nation unites for historic Homecoming 2007

■ Whimsical floats and costumeslined Jayhawk Boulevard Nov. 3, as ajubilant Homecoming parade setthe tone for KU’s record-settingvictory over Nebraska. 1957 class-mates Rich and Judy HowardBillings of Lakewood, Colo., wonthe Spirit of 1912 Award from theStudent Alumni Association fortheir record of attending 50 con-secutive Homecoming weekends onthe Hill. “We’ve been here throughthick and thin,” Judy says, “and it’ssure nice to be in the thick.”

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Church in Westminster, Colo. He livesin Denver.

Terry Snapp, p’65, g’69, is executivevice president of Hartsook Companies.He lives in Independence, Mo.

Eugene Sparks, p’65, works as a staffpharmacist with CVS Pharmacy in SunCity Center, Fla.

1966John Butler, PhD’66, is a professor of

microbiology at the University of Iowa inIowa City. He recently received distin-guished veterinary immunology awardsfrom the International Union ofImmunological Sciences and the Ameri-can Association of Veterinary Immunolo-gists.

Janice Sutton Pierce, s’66, recentlyretired as director of the Little HouseActivity Center. She lives in MountainView, Calif.

1969Cheryl Decker Davis, f’69, owns

cdavis creative in Lawson, Mo., whereshe and her husband, James, make theirhome.

Kraemer Winslow, c’69, g’72, ownsMake Your Point Communications. Shelives in San Rafael, Calif.

1970Bush Lane, j’70, is a principal with

Blane Consulting Group. He lives in Lea-wood.

Jack Lundy, g’70, PhD’78, lives inBurlington, Ky., where he’s a retiredteacher and administrator.

1971Eric Hyler, d’71, g’78, EdD’89, chairs

the education department at BethanyCollege in Lindsborg. His home is inLawrence.

Mark Johnson, c’71, wrote The Mean-ing of the Body: Aesthetics of HumanUnderstanding, which was published last

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1947Virginia Gorrill Coffin, f’47, and her

husband, Bruce, e’49, celebrated their60th anniversary last summer. They livein Sun City West, Ariz.

1948Dorothy Brenner Francis, f’48, wrote

Cold-Case Killer, which was publishedlast spring. She and her husband,Richard, ’49, make their home in Mar-shalltown, Iowa.

Robert Ready, c’48, makes his homein Sarasota, Fla. His novel, Condemned To Be Free, was published earlier thisyear.

1957Jay Davenport, c’57, c’61, m’65, owns

Davenport Art Studio in Mountain Iron,Minn.

1958Ray Wyatt, f’58, makes his home in

Wichita, where he’s retired from a careerwith Boeing.

1962Mary Rorison Caws, PhD’62, wrote

Surprised in Translation, which was published last year by University Press of Chicago. She’s a distinguished profes-

sor of English, French and comparativeliterature at City University’s GraduateCenter in New York City.

1963Kent Converse, d’63, recently received

Rotary International’s Service Above SelfAward. He studies Vietnamese at HanoiUniversity and is working on a project tobuild libraries in Vietnam.

1964Ellen Hassler Boles, d’64, retired from

a career of teaching music last spring.She lives in Starkville, Miss.

1965Andrzej Bartke, PhD’65, is a professor

of internal medicine and physiology atSouthern Illinois University in Carbon-dale. He recently received an honorarydoctorate from Lodz Medical Universityin Lodz, Poland.

Douglas Dedo, c’65, recently wasnamed the Palm Beach County VolunteerPhysician of the Year. He practices at thePalm Beach Institute of Cosmetic Surgeryin Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Loren Obley, l’65, is CEO of Kanberrain San Francisco.

The Rev. John Piper, c’65, serves aspastor of Westminister Presbyterian

Trendy trio: Their fashion sensemay have inspired the wild ‘n’

crazy guys from Saturday NightLive, but these stylish ’Hawks wereall business on the 1974 Jayhawkeryearbook staff. Barry Hamilton,d’76; Ron Rosener, b’74; and RobBaker, c’75, contributed their man-agerial know-how, not to mentiona penchant for plaid, to the year-book’s business crew.

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summer by University of Chicago Press.He’s the Knight professor of liberal arts and sciences at the University ofOregon-Eugene.

1972Norman Bos, c’72, practices orthope-

dic surgery with the Tanner Clinic inLayton, Utah.

James Campbell, g’72, PhD’76,received the 2007 UndergraduateAlumni Advising Award from VirginiaTech, where he’s a professor of geogra-phy. His home is in Blacksburg.

Marianne Cramer, c’72, is a managerat Socorro General Hospital Audiologyin Socorro, N.M.

Nancy Holmes, c’72, practices medi-cine with Central Pediatrics in St. Louis,where she and her husband, ArthurKramer, make their home.

Larry Johnson, l’72, recently wasappointed hearing office chief adminis-

trative law judge for the Social SecurityAdministration’s Office of DisabilityAdjudication. He lives in Litchfield Park, Ariz.

Carmelo Monti, a’72, is technicaldirector of Baker Barrios Architects inOrlando, Fla.

1973Roger Berger, c’73, chairs the depart-

ments of math sciences and applied computing and integrated natural sci-ences at Arizona State University inPhoenix.

Beverly Brockmann Bissell, d’73, is aspecial-education teacher at Oak Hill Ele-mentary School in Herndon, Va.

Thomas Lafferty, b’73, lives in Over-land Park and is president of LPS Con-sulting.

Timothy Rosson, b’73, is regionalpresident of Compass Bancshares inFairhope, Ala.

Beth Brozen Schwartz, j’73, directsmarketing for International ArchitectsAtelier. She lives in Lenexa.

Deborah Herd Van Saun, d’73, g’92,recently became associate athletics direc-tor and senior women’s administrator atKU. She and her husband, Paul, f’77, livein Lawrence, where he owns Van SaunDecorating Service.

1975Stephen Braun, c’75, is executive

director of Tarrant County Access for theHomeless in North Richland Hills, Texas.He lives in Hurst.

Jeffrey Hodges, d’75, g’78, directsband and orchestra at West MiddleSchool in Kansas City. He commutesfrom De Soto.

David Petrie, e’75, g’76, is capacitymanager for Reuters in Creve Coeur, Mo.

Danny Warner, b’75, works for Mid-way Ford Truck Center, where he’s exec-utive vice president and general manager.He lives in Overland Park.

1976Joyce Hudson Martin, c’76, g’80, is

chief administrative officer for the YWCAin Topeka.

Rachel Lipman Rieber, j’76, l’84, prac-tices law with Martin, Pringle, Oliver,Wallace & Bauer in Overland Park.

Fred Robinson, c’76, is a seniorresearch manager for SurveyDepart-ment.com in Wichita.

Janice Curtis Waldo, d’76, teachesFrench at Topeka High School, whereshe chairs the world language depart-ment.

1977Noreen Carrocci, g’77, PhD’79,

recently became president of NewmanUniversity in Wichita.

Fred Conboy, c’77, is executive direc-tor of development at the University ofCalifornia-Irvine.

Douglas Hill, c’77, works as a rock-music journalist for the Norman Tran-script in Norman, Okla.

1978Larry Haas, b’78, is a senior cost man-

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agement analyst for Spirit AeroSystems inWichita. He lives in Augusta.

Dale Haase, b’78, lives in Milan, Italy,where he’s vice president of Marcon.

Jon Jones, c’78, m’83, commutes fromLawrence to Topeka, where he’s a physi-cian at Stormont-Vail HealthCare.

David Little, c’78, l’82, is assistantcountry director for CARE-Kenya inNairobi.

Eric Morgenstern, j’78, lives in Over-land Park, where he’s president and CEOof Morningstar Communications. Herecently was inducted into the inaugralclass of the Public Relations Society ofAmerica’s Strategic Advisors for Growthand Excellence program.

1981Alice Greenwood Russell, g’81, retired

last spring after 37 years of teaching. Sheand her husband, Walter, live in Over-land Park.

1982Dale Pfeifer, g’82, recently became cor-

porate treasurer for Hawthorn Banc-shares in Lee’s Summit, Mo. He lives inShawnee.

1983Barbara Durbin, h’83, is rehabilitation

coordinator for the Rehabilitation Insti-tute of Kansas City. She lives in Lee’sSummit, Mo.

BORN TO:Gregory Everage, c’83, and Laura,

daughters, Keely Marie and Addison Lee,Dec. 30 in Mill Valley, Calif., where theyjoin a brother, Grayson, 4, and a sister,Nicole, 2. Gregory is general manager ofpost production with Goodby, Silverstein& Partners in San Francisco.

1984Devon Cadwell Bazata, j’84, recently

received a master’s in journalism fromthe University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She’sa project editor at Harcourt School Pub-lishers, and she makes her home in Win-ter Springs, Fla.

Judith Roesler, c’84, l’89, is chiefpatent counsel for bioMerieux inDurham, N.C.

1985Craig Cain-Borgman, g’85, is senior

commercial development manager for AirProducts and Chemicals in Allentown,Pa.

Juan Munoz, c’85, lives in Irving,Texas, and is regional vice president forTime Warner Cable in Arlington.

1986Michael May, g’86, recently became a

professor of geology at Western Ken-tucky University in Bowling Green.

BORN TO:Dan, a’86, and Nicole Cook Sabatini,

a’99, daughter, Geneva Marie, June 15 inLawrence, where she joins a sister, Maya,5, and a brother, Elijah, 2. Dan is presi-dent of Sabatini Architects, where Nicoleworks as an architect.

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1987Clay Henning, c’87, practices dentistry

at Haskell Indian Health Center inLawrence. He lives in De Soto.

Mary “Betsy” Rhodes Repine, c’87,makes her home in Lenexa. She’s anauditor with the U.S. Treasury.

BORN TO:John Clever, l’87, and Rita Feldmanis,

daughter, Molly Elaine Clever, March 12in Eugene, Ore., where she joins a sister,Josephine, 3. John is assistant director ofathletics for compliance at the Universityof Oregon.

Steven, c’87, and Sara Russell Hall,’87, son, Shane, May 10 in Gilbert, Ariz.,where he joins a sister, Stephanie, 17.

1988Amy Lucas Blankenbiller, c’88,

recently became president and CEO ofthe Kansas Chamber of Commerce. Sheand her husband, Duane, live in Topeka.

Jeff Foster, c’88, is an account execu-

tive with Jayhawk Sports Marketing inKansas City.

Timothy Greenwell, s’88, teachesworld geography at Bryan Adams HighSchool in Dallas.

1989Scott Mathews, j’89, owns Midwest

Cast Stone. He lives in Mission Hills withhis wife, Sarah, and their sons, Parker,Duncan and George.

Walter McDaniel, c’89, is sales man-ager for TruGreen ChemLawn. He livesin Antioch, Tenn.

Anshu Vats Mitchell, c’89, is chiefprosecutor in the Harris County DistrictAttorney’s Office in Houston. She andher husband, Michael, live in Bellaire.

1990Craig Campbell, j’90, owns Video

Soup, a video production company, inLenexa. He lives in Olathe.

John Cary, c’90, is general manager ofBlue Sky Bio. He makes his home in

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Bartlesville, Okla.Daune Rogers, j’90, works as a

business consultant for IMS in FallsChurch, Va.

Charles Rotblut, j’90, is vice presidentof Web content with Zacks InvestmentResearch in Chicago.

Paul White, c’90, lives in Shawnee andis vice president of Swiss ReinsuranceAmerica Corp.

1991Michelle Anschutz, e’91, is an area

construction engineer with the KansasDepartment of Transportation in Horton.

BORN TO:Ignacio Espinosa de los Monteros,

e’91, and Amber, son, Benjamin Scott,Aug. 27 in Indianapolis, where Ignaciomanages strategic initiatives for UnitedTechnologies.

Robert Venable, c’91, and Heather,daughter, Victoria Kathleen, March 30

in Leawood. Robert is a salesman withAmerican Century Investments in Kansas City.

1992Gary Valentine, b’92, is a controller

with Wolfe Automotive Group. He livesin Lenexa.

MARRIEDKevin Welch, d’92, g’00, and Anita

Lundy, ’07, June 6 in Kansas City.

BORN TO:Denise Disney, a’92, and Billy Hodges,

daughter, Lillian Bea, March 25 inSwarthmore, Pa., where she joins two sis-ters, Grace, 6, and Rose, 4, and a brother,Nathaniel, 2.

1993Matthew Comeau, d’93, g’95, PhD’00,

is an associate professor at ArkansasState University in State University, Ark.

He lives in Marion.Lance Niles, ’93, executive vice presi-

dent of Home National Bank, lives inArkansas City.

Leona Dalavai Scott, c’93, j’94, livesin Bedford, Texas, with her husband,Robert, and daughter, Jaia Ruth. She isan editor for the Automotive ServiceAssociation.

BORN TO:John Mullies, b’93, h’07, and Carrie,

daughter, Carrie Jane, May 22 in Over-land Park. John is a senior architect withCerner Corp.

Nancy Racunas Saugstad, c’93, l’96,and Lee, e’95, son, Reid Leland, Jan. 18in Overland Park. Nancy is a shareholderwith Polsinelli Shalton FlaniganSuelthaus in Leawood, and Lee serves asa major in the U.S. Marine Corps.

1994Cynthia Roy Epplin, g’94, is a certified

Stephanie Rawe, b’96, supervisesfinancial reporting for AssurantEmployee Benefits in Kansas City.

MARRIEDTrina Ramirez, c’96, and Sean

Mawhirter, ’07, Aug. 11 in Lawrence,where Sean lives. He’s a collector for RHDonnelly in Leawood. Trina studies for adoctorate in higher education adminis-tration at Iowa State University in Ames,where she lives.

registered nurse anesthetist at BrighamAnesthesia South. She lives in Pinck-neyville, Ill.

Corina Kelly, c’94, teaches third gradeat Skipcha Elementary School. She livesin Harker Heights, Texas.

Christina Leonard Korte, p’94, is apharmacist at Humboldt Pharmacy inHumboldt, where she and her husband,Gregg, live with their sons, Tyler, 9, andZach, 7.

Karen Korte Rose, c’94, works as asolution engineer with SAP Americas

in Miami. She lives in Tampa.

1995John Pepperdine, c’95, g’04, directs

development for the University of Colorado Foundation in Boulder. Heand Carrie Hoffmann Pepperdine,e’96, live in Broomfield with their children, William, Leah and Josephine.

1996Daniel Mudd, j’96, is director of sales

for Pinnacle Foods in Rogers, Ark.

Low-cost wheelchairs helpdoc aid world’s disabled

Michael Bayer, c’76, m’79,watched as a young, mal-nourished Indian girlcrawled across the dirt floor

of her home. An orthopedic surgeon vis-iting India as a medical volunteer, Bayermade a silent pledge to help the disabledteenager.

Enter Don Schoendorfer, a mechani-cal engineer and fellow Californian.Schoendorfer had produced a sturdywheelchair for only $44. He asked Bayerto co-found Free Wheelchair Missionand volunteer as the nonprofit’s medicaldirector.

Since 2001, Bayer has done just that,helping the group donate more than240,000 wheelchairs to needy people in70 countries. Free Wheelchair Missiondistributed 77,000 wheelchairs in thelast year, and hopes eventually to giveaway 20 million.

Bayer formed his career goals at KU,where he earned a chemistry degree.Ironically, his passion for medicine grewout of another passion: basketball. AnNAIA standout at Newman College, heshot baskets with three KU medical stu-dents. “I went along with them a fewtimes when they were dissecting cadav-ers,” Bayer says. “At first I freaked out.”

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But soon medical school appealed to himmore than an offer to play pro basketballon a European team.

At KUMC, residents and professorsdistinguished themselves as role models,passing on “intangible things,” saysBayer. After graduation from the Schoolof Medicine, he completed a five-year res-idency in orthopedic surgery at UCLA.He and a professor studied 50 patientswith rotator cuff injuries, repairing themwith a new procedure Bayer devised. Thefindings were published in the Americanvolume of the Journal of Bone and JointSurgery in 1986.

By 1997, with his practice in Fullerton,Calif., now flourishing, Bayer closed hisoffice to spend more time with his chil-dren after his wife died. He traveled onceor twice a year on medical missions toAfrica, South America, China and South-east Asia. “I saw a mass of 300 people liv-ing on the ground in India, risking snakebites and disease,” Bayer says. “It over-whelmed me, and I decided I could helpmore people by doing this [charitywork].”

Bayer’s for-profit doctoring days maybe permanently over, but fundraisingkeeps him busy. He bicycled across thecountry with Schoendorfer this summerto raise $580,000 for Free WheelchairMission, which recently increased theprice of its chairs to $48. While rolling

■ Michael Bayer led Ride for Mobility 2007, a

cross-country bicycle trip that raised more than

$500,000—enough to fund 12,000 wheelchairs.

(See www.freewheelchairmission.org for more

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through Kansas City, Bayer visited theMedical Center, where he received a mas-sage to soothe aching muscles. Address-ing students and alumni, Bayer said,“The medical community needs to takeresponsibility for disabled people, whooften are abandoned by their culture andtheir parents. For $48, you can change alife and restore dignity.”�

—Arenofsky is a free-lance writer in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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BORN TO:Todd, b’96, and Melissa Close Hotze,

p’99, daughter, Devon Ryan, July 12 inChicago. Todd is a district manager withStarbucks, and Melissa is a pharmacymanager with Walgreens.

1997David Byrd-Stadler, c’97, g’04, coordi-

nates employee relations for KU’s Busi-ness Career Services Center in Lawrence.

John Claxton, b’97, g’99, is chief finan-cial officer for Catalyst Equity Group in

Overland Park.Christina Dankenbring Driggs, b’97,

g’04, and her husband, Timothy, maketheir home in Tecumseh with their son,Patrick, 1. Christina manages accountingfor Gaches Braden Barbee & Associates.

Michael Longfellow, a’97, works as anarchitect with Fentress Bradburn Archi-tects in Denver. He and Jody GrotonLongfellow, j’97, make their home in Lit-tleton.

Jennifer Sherwood, c’97, lives in Over-land Park and works for TranSystems.

Brad Spickert, e’97, and his wife,Alyson, live in Atlanta with their son,Daniel, 1. Brad directs strategy for theCoca-Cola Co.

BORN TO:Drew, b’97, and Christine Waite Con-

dra, b’97, daughter, Anja Paige, May 9 inSt. Louis. Drew is financial administratorat La Chef and Company, and Christineis office manager at Colliers, Turley, Martin, Tucker.

Michael White, b’97, and Stephanie,

Williams urges clients,‘Get a life coach!’

“Nice try, Freud!” Pat Williamslaughs. “You studied themind and body, but whatabout the spirit? Humanistic

psychology is more about potential thanpathology.”

Known in his field as the “ambas-sador of life coaching,” and the co-authorof four books, Williams, c’72, leads thepack in a rapidly emerging profession,one that U.S. News and World Reportrates as the nation’s second-largest con-sulting industry, surpassed only by man-agement consulting. Williams foundedthe Institute for Life Coach Training in1988; based in Palm Coast, Fla., it alsohas offices in Korea, Turkey, Italy andAustralia.

So what exactly is a life coach? “That’sthe question I hear most often,” he says,chuckling. “We’re not therapists in thetraditional sense. Therapists deal withthe clinical—angst and depression; lifecoaches deal with the possible.”

Williams notes that life coaches gener-ally sidestep deeply regressive therapies,such as psychoanalysis, reluctant to trau-matize clients. “We just look at the past;we don’t stare at it.”

Different, too, is the life coach’s per-ception of the client: not so much ill as

uncertain. “We believe our clients cometo us whole, capable and resourceful. Weask powerful, evocative questions andcoach people to find their own answers.The magic of conversation leads to wis-dom from within.”

In 1970 Williams enrolled in Profes-sor Maynard Shelley’s “Psychology ofSatisfaction” when he was shut out of aPsych 101 section. “That class was amilestone for me,” he says. “It was thefirst time I’d heard psychology speak ofthe spirit.”

After earning degrees in speech com-munication and psychology, Williamsmoved on to the University of WestGeorgia—at the time, one of two schoolsoffering a master’s in humanistic psy-chology. In 1977 he earned a doctoratein “Transpersonal Psychology,” whichaddresses the relationships of mind,body and spirit, including intuitive andtranscendent states of consciousness.

His past clients include executives atIBM, Kodak and Hewlett-Packard. Whilehe still takes on some corporate clients,Williams now prefers to work over thephone: “Tele-coaching is the new trend.It’s very low impact, low stigma.”

Most of his current students are thera-pists looking to add life-coaching skillsto their practices; Williams estimateshe’s trained more than 1,500 “helpingprofessionals,” and enrollment at his

institute is rising at a steady clip.What’s next for the man whose

maxim, “Aspire to Inspire,” is on the backof his business cards and always on thetip of his tongue?

“Disney World, with my granddaugh-ter,” Williams laughs. “Got to have familytime.”�

—King is a Lawrence free-lance writer.

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■ Pat Williams has long been a leader in “lifecoaching,” which relies on the principles ofTranspersonal Psychology. The field is based on the ideas of William James, Carl Jung andAbraham Maslow.


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son, Paul Raymond, Feb. 8 in Lenexa.Michael is a vice president and portfoliomanager at Commerce Trust Co. in Leawood.

1998Paul Brune, c’98, m’02, practices med-

icine with Kansas City Infectious DiseaseAssociates. He lives in Prairie Village.

Erik Crane, c’98, manages programprojects for Sprint Nextel in OverlandPark.

Tully, c’98, g’07, and Nicole Schnell-bacher McCoy, j’01, celebrated their firstanniversary in August. They live in Over-land Park. He’s a consultant with LegacyFinancial Strategies in Prairie Village, andshe directs admissions and marketing atPembroke Hill School in Kansas City.

Samantha Bowman Mortlock, c’98, isa law clerk in the 9th U.S. Circuit Courtof Appeals. She and her husband, David,live in San Francisco.

Janeen Phillips Savage, f’98, doesrecruiting for Accretive Health in

Chicago. She and her husband, Rex, celebrated their first anniversary in September.

BORN TO:Vance Lassey, c’98, c’99, m’04, and

Erin, son, Luke, April 25 in Holton,where Vance practices medicine atHolton Community Hospital.

Tracee Badzin Lee, c’98, and Joshua,c’00, son, Maxwell Logan, July 24 in Lin-colnwood, Ill.

Trevor, m’98, and Laura YamhureThompson, g’99, PhD’03, daughter, KaiaGrace, May 23 in Lihue, Hawaii, whereshe joins a brother, Carter, 4. Trevor is adermatologist at Kauai Medical Clinic.

1999Rachel Kesselman, j’99, is a marketing

specialist with FedEx. She lives in Mem-phis, Tenn.

Bill Nelson, e’99, works as a staff net-work engineer for EarthLink in Atlanta.

School Codes Letters that follownames indicate the school from which alumniearned degrees. Numbers show their class years.

a School of Architecture and Urban Design

b School of Businessc College of Liberal Arts and

Sciencesd School of Educatione School of Engineeringf School of Fine Artsg Master’s Degreeh School of Allied Healthj School of Journalisml School of Lawm School of Medicinen School of Nursingp School of PharmacyPharmD School of Pharmacys School of Social WelfareDE Doctor of EngineeringDMA Doctor of Musical ArtsEdD Doctor of EducationPhD Doctor of Philosophy(no letter) Former studentassoc. Associate member of the

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BORN TO:Matthew, b’99, and Sarah Brockman

Todd, d’99, g’04, daughter, HannahMarie, April 6 in Lawrence.

Nicholas Walker, b’99, and Theresa,daughter, Gabrielle Renae, April 10 inWichita, where Nicholas is a businesssystems analyst at Flint Hills Resources.

2000Azadeh Amani-Taleshi, c’00, g’03, is a

senior account executive with Young &Rubicam in New York City.

Sheryl Chapman, s’00, teaches inWichita State University’s social workdepartment. She and her husband, Dar-rell, live in Derby.

Rebecca Lang, b’00, manages com-mercial credit for UMB Bank Colorado inDenver.

Amanda Shaw Newsome, j’00, andher husband, Britt, celebrated their firstanniversary in September. They live inBirmingham, where Amanda is an execu-tive producer with Alabama Public Televi-

Campanile contrivance: KU AlumniAssociation staff members Mildred

Clodfelter, b’41, and Mary Sommervillestudied a scale model of the Campanilebuilt by KU senior Allyn Browne, b’51. TheKU World War II Memorial Campanileand Carillon was constructed in 1950 anddedicated in 1951, and since then hasbecome a Mount Oread landmark.

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sion. Earlier this year, she won twoSoutheast regional Emmy Awards in thedocumentary and scriptwriting divisions.

Erin Miller Weiss, s’00, s’06, directsthe child-assessment program at Sun-flower House in Shawnee. She lives inLenexa.

Shannon Zilligen, d’00, works as aphysician assistant at Northwest Metro-politan Urology in Park Ridge, Ill. Shelives in Chicago.

BORN TO:Timir Bhakta, c’00, and Sima, son,

Kaden, June 15 in Olathe, where Timirowns Arbor Creek Chiropractic andAcupuncture.

Megan Herring Cottrell, c’00, andWade, son, Finnegan Thomas, June 10 inPerry, where he joins a sister, Cecilia, 4.Megan is a chapter services coordinatorfor CREW Network in Lawrence.

Logan, b’00, and Morgan WilsonOverman, b’00, daughter, Langley Ben-ton, Jan. 24 in Fairway. Logan practices

Cordish Company, in Kansas City.Christopher Stoppel, b’01, g’02, is

associate director for new student orien-tation at KU. He lives in Lawrence.

MARRIEDShawn Hutchinson, j’01, and Katie

Guyer, b’05, July 29 in Kansas City. They live in Olathe, where Katie is anaccountant for Grasshopper Lawn-mowers.

Janelle Moore, p’01, to Sean Smith, Aug. 7. They live in Mission,

law with Berkowtiz, Oliver, Williams,Shaw & Eisen, and Morgan is senior vicepresident of marketing for the WilsonGroup.

Jacob Speer, g’00, and Kimberlee, son,Maxwell O’Neil, Dec. 29 in Sachse,Texas.

2001Alan Block, g’01, is a manager with

Georgia-Pacific in Atlanta.Robert Gill, b’01, a product manager

for NBC Universal, makes his home

in Lawrence.Pamela Reinbold Hill, b’01, and her

husband, Derrick, celebrated their firstanniversary Nov. 11. Their home is inWichita.

Michael Mercer, e’01, is a salesmanwith Hughes Machinery. He and ReneeScholz Mercer, e’01, live in Olathe.

Andrew Rieke, b’01, is an advertisingconsultant with Idearc Media Corp. inEnglewood, Colo.

Katie Slaughter, j’01, manages specialevents for Power & Light District,

No matter the forum,Riggins relishes spotlight

Hall of Fame running back JohnRiggins now says he neverreally wanted to leave Cen-tralia, the Kansas farm town

where he grew up. “I had my identity,”Riggins says. “I knew everybody. I feltcomfortable.”

Once pushed out of the small-townnest, Riggins came to Lawrence, and inhis first varsity season he helped the1968 Jayhawks reach the Orange Bowl.After his KU career concluded in 1970,Riggins, ’81, was the sixth-overall pick ofthe NFL’s New York Jets; yet again, hedidn’t want to leave.

“I didn’t really think I’d be in NewYork City all that long,” Riggins saysfrom his home—in New York City. “I wasn’t exactly the most confident guy,even though I was the No. 1 draft pick.”

If ever a great athlete seemed destinedto haul his riches back to a nice spreadof land stocked with fish and game, agood dog at his side in the cab of an oldpickup, it would have been Riggins.“Yeah, I’m with you there,” he says. “Idon’t disagree.”

The seeds of change were planted bythe late Jack Kent Cooke, then owner ofthe Washington Redskins, which Rigginsjoined in 1976 and led to a Super Bowl

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victory in 1983. It seems Cooke askedhis star fullback, the Super Bowl’s MostValuable Player, what he had planned forlife after football. “Oh, I don’t know, Ilike to hunt and fish,” Riggins answered.When Cooke scoffed, “Aw, John, youcan’t hunt and fish the rest of your life,”Riggins thought, “Watch me.”

But the conversation stayed with himafter his 1985 retirement; although heowns 160 acres in Nemaha County, Rig-gins chose to remain on the East Coast.

“I asked myself, ‘What have I beendoing all these years?’ Well, I’m an enter-tainer. Football means something toeverybody, but still, people come andpay money and they sit and watch it. It’s not all that different from being onthe stage.”

Riggins found work in radio, then tel-evision, then studied acting before land-ing a recurring role on “The GuidingLight” and a part in an episode of “Law& Order: Criminal Intent.” Now that hehas an afternoon radio show in Washing-ton, D.C., and continues in his 14th yearon the Redskins’ weekly TV show, Rig-gins says he has more or less decided toleave acting and concentrate on broad-casting.

His colorful lifestyle gave rise tocountless “Riggo” legends, includingLawrence barbershop lore that had himhiking and camping his way back from

Kansas City International Airport afterthe ’83 Super Bowl.

“No, I’ve got to dispel that one,” Rig-gins says, “but it sounds like something Iwould have liked to have done. ... I’vehad a heck of a lot of fun. I got mylaughs in—and still have a few more togo, I hope.”�

■ John Riggins saw his name added to MemorialStadium’s Ring of Honor during halftime of theOct. 13 KU-Baylor game: “Of all the honorsthat have come my way, this would probablymake my parents the most proud. ... I’m deeplyhonored.”

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May 19 in Key West, Fla. They live inNashville, Tenn. Randy manages licens-ing and content services for Naxos ofAmerica in Franklin.

Shana Rambo, c’02, to Jeremy Mum-mert, April 14 in Temecula, Calif. Shanais a senior events coordinator with NobelBiocare USA, in Yorba Linda, and theylive in Anaheim.

Anna Saxhaug, f’02, and BrandonGainey, a’03, June 23 in Lawrence. She’s

and Janelle is a clinical pharmacist at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City.

Stacie Warner, c’01, to RaymondRupp Jr., Dec. 2 in Osawatomie. They live in Grain Valley, Mo., and Stacie owns Gambino’s Pizza in Lee’sSummit.

BORN TO:Seth, b’01, and Kimberlee Smithy-

man Bouska, c’01, son, Zachary Shane,Feb. 21 in Hillsboro, Ore. Seth is infor-mation technology manager for Nike,

and Kimberlee is a certified financialassistant with First Tech Credit Union.

Melissa Long Loe, j’01, and Tyson,’02, son, Judson James Long, April 22 in Austin, Texas. Melissa directs commu-nications for the Lake Travis Independ-ent School District, and Tyson is aphotographer.

2002Russell Pine, c’02, is a project leader

with Huhtamaki in De Soto. He lives inOverland Park.

FDIC boss raises interestin renewed savings habits

Sheila Bair, chairman of the FederalDeposit Insurance Corp. oversees4,500 staff members in a historicfederal agency that insures more

than $3 trillion in deposits at U.S. banks.In previous career stops she has beenassistant secretary for financial institu-tions at the U.S. Department of the Treas-ury, senior vice president of the NewYork Stock Exchange and counsel to U.S. Sen. Robert Dole, ’45.

Yet the complex financial world inwhich Bair, c’75, l’78, is so deeplyimmersed ultimately depends on a simple habit too few Americans practice:saving money. To encourage young people to accumulate wealth with FDIC-insured savings accounts, Bair wroteRock, Brock, and the Savings Shock, anillustrated children’s book.

The tale features twin brothers offeredsavings incentives by their grandfather:$1 weekly allowances, with their savingsalso matched each week. Soon the frugalboy has more than $500, while his brokebrother stares forlornly at piles of junkytoys. The book includes basic math oncompound interest and tips for buildinglifelong savings plans.

“People have forgotten what it’s like tosock money away and save for a while

before they spend,” Bair says. “We needto talk with children about this early.They start being interested in money at ayoung age; they are often asking aboutallowances even by 3 or 4.”

Bair says the mortgage crisis rockingfinancial markets and creating creditchaos for millions of American home-owners is without precedent and likelywill continue through 2008. She’s alsoconfident that the FDIC and others havegiven lenders incentive to restructureloans, rather than foreclose, when possi-ble, and that regulators, Congress or acombination of both will write rules pre-venting such high-finance chicaneryfrom again preying upon, and ultimatelycrushing, so many homeowners’dreams.

“There have been some practices outthere that are abusive and shouldn’t betolerated,” Bair says. “I support markets,but markets need rules and I think it’sclear we need stronger rules.”

Bair, a native of Independence, stud-ied philosophy and law at KU; one ofher first jobs was as a government attor-ney specializing in race, gender and dis-ability discrimination cases. WhenDole’s judiciary subcommittee beganwork in 1981 on an extension of the Vot-ing Rights Act, she joined the Kansassenator’s staff to help sort through civilrights and constitutional issues.

“I’ve always been interested in govern-ment as a force for good,” she says.“We’re certainly not perfect; we can betoo bureaucratic and sometimes too slowto act, but for the most part, people ingovernment want to serve the publicinterest and make government work forthe people.”�

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■ Sheila Bair was nominated by President Bushand confirmed in June 2006 to lead the FDIC.She returned to campus in September todeliver the 11th Anderson Chandler Lecture,sponsored by the School of Business.

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a business-development representativewith Humanscale, and he’s an architectwith Gould Evans Associates. Theirhome is in Prairie Village.

BORN TO:Lindsey Lowe Kaminski, b’02, and Jef-

fery, daughter, Sadie Erin, June 9 in Lee’sSummit, Mo. Lindsey is a staff account-ant with HCA Midwest.

2003Lindsey Karns Brees, b’03, and her

husband, Rory, live in Topeka with theirdaughter, Taylor, 1. Lindsey is an enter-prise risk analyst at Federal Loan Bank.

Melissa Studley Donahoo, j’03, ismembership coordinator for KCUR 89.3FM at the University of Missouri-KansasCity. She lives in Overland Park with herhusband, Douglas, j’03, a promotion producer at KCTV-5.

Alison Farley, d’03, is a graduateteaching assistant in the band depart-ment at the University of Louisville. Shelives in Louisville, Ky.

Michael Ferguson, j’03, works as asourcing consultant for Lehman Brothersin New York City.

Erin Lockley, b’03, is annual fundcoordinator for Sacred Heart Schools inChicago.

Tanner Lucas, c’03, g’06, works as acommunications specialist for the city ofGarden City.

Susan Shumaker, g’03, is an academicadviser in the business college at the Uni-versity of Missouri-Columbia.

Amy Wong-Thai, c’03, works as acytotechnologist at the Regional MedicalCenter in San Jose, Calif. She lives inBurlingame.

MARRIEDBethany Brown, c’03, b’05, g’07,

and Richard Friesner, c’04, g’06, May 27 in Lawrence. Their home is in Richmond, Va.

Sara Lounsberry, c’03, to MichaelZima, June 11 in Orlando, Fla. They livein Gilberts, Ill.

2004Eric Braun, b’04, is a senior financial

analyst at Emerson Process Managementin Hazelwood, Mo. He lives in Ballwin.

Angela Cicero, d’04, teaches school inKansas City.

Danielle Clock, b’04, is a supply chainanalyst for Maurice Sporting Goods inNorthbrook, Ill.

Katherine Glendening, h’04, com-mutes from Lawrence to Topeka, whereshe works for the Kansas Department onAging.

Andrew Knopp, b’04, manages opera-tions for BuildASign.com. His home is inManhattan.

Brian Reddy, a’04, works as an archi-tect with Suttle-Mindlin Architects in St.Louis. He and Kathryn Bailey Reddy,c’02, live in Chesterfield. She’s a coun-selor at Visitation Academy.

MARRIEDMolly Fruetel, c’04, and Patrick

Fritzel, ’05, July 7 in Naples, Fla. She’s aspeech-language pathologist at Notting-ham Elementary School in Eudora, andhe’s a job superintendent with Gene

McCook’s Honey: Known campus-wide as “Honey,” Charley Wilson

was a longtime caretaker of McCookField, always ready to lend an encourag-ing word to members of the 1917 foot-ball team before they hit the field.

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Fritzel Construction. They live inLawrence.

BORN TO:Heath, d’04, and Carrie Robertson

Peterson, c’04, son, Beau Kent, Aug. 18in Lawrence, where Heath directs Kansasprograms for the KU Alumni Association.Carrie is a third-year dental student atthe University of Missouri-Kansas City.

2005Kenneth Albers, b’05, is a staff

accountant with Busby Smith & Ford.He lives in Cheney.

Jacinta Langford, c’05, directs publicrelations for Absorbent, Ink in Lawrence.

Ramsey Mohsen, b’05, is a projectmanager with Digital Evolution Group inOverland Park.

MARRIEDLora Lafferty, p’05, and Kenyon

Thornburg, ’07, June 16. They maketheir home in Olathe.

Erika Muth, d’05, and Jeffrey Short,d’05, June 2 in Wichita. He’s an officerwith the Shawnee Police Department,and she’s a teacher in De Soto. Theirhome is in Lawrence.

2006Alexander Benson, c’06, is a market-

ing specialist with Cerner Corp. inKansas City.

Lauren Erickson, c’06, j’06, recentlywas promoted to account executive withMorningstar Communications in Lea-wood.

Christa Keel, c’06, is a talent recruit-ment assistant for Teach for America inChicago.

Scott Murray, c’06, does financialadvising for GCG Financial in Green-wood Village, Colo.

Brandy Williams, p’06, is an adult-medicine specialist at St. Francis Hospi-tal in Tulsa, Okla.

MARRIEDJohn Kanaga, c’06, and Stacy Sippel,

e’06, b’06, June 9 in Overland Park. Theylive in Leawood.

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2007Kevin Goldstein, j’07, is a sales and

account manager at Hannon Hill Corp.in Atlanta.

Scott Goldstein, b’07, works as anassociate product manager at Medline.He lives in Highland Park, Ill.

Bethany Hoeft, g’07, is a certified reg-istered nurse anesthetist at NorthlandAnesthesiology in Kansas City.

Michael Krost, c’07, works as an agentwith New York Life Insurance in Dallas.

Andrew Marsh, b’07, is an accountantwith the U.S. General Services Adminis-tration in Kansas City.

Megan Brigham Neville, p’07, worksas a pharmacist at Walgreens in Lenexa.

Shellie Pash Vadnais, h’07, is acytotechnologist at the KU Medical Cen-ter in Kansas City.

MARRIEDMegan Brigham, p’07, to Steven

Neville, May 29 in St. Thomas, VirginIslands. Their home is in Shawnee.

Ashley Pugh, c’07, to Adam Kleiber,June 23. They live in Hillsboro.


1930sGenevieve Clarke Balyeat, f ’30, 99,

July 15 in Lee’s Summit, Mo. She lived in Lawrence and was retired women’seditor at the Lawrence Journal-World.A sister, two nieces and two nephews survive.

Paul Borel, e’34, 95, July 7 in South-ern Pines, N.C., where he was retiredfrom the Central Intelligence Agency andearned the agency’s Trailblazer award.He had served on the Alumni Associa-tion’s national Board of Directors. He issurvived by his wife, Miriam; four daugh-ters, Elaine Borel Foster, ’65, Nancy BorelEllis, d’63, Julia, j’68, l’84, and Jane BorelO’Brien, d’71; two sons; a sister; abrother, Mark, ’49; 13 grandchildren;and 11 great-grandchildren.

William Corcoran, b’35, 93, July 13 in Mission. He was retired secretary-controller for Francis Gee Garment Co.and is survived by five sons, four ofwhom are John, b’69, Paul, d’76, Mark,b’78, and James, b’78; four daughters,one of whom is Kay Corcoran Roberts,h’69; 28 grandchildren; and five great-grandsons.

Sallie Munson Dannenberg, c’39, 88,Oct. 1, 2006, in Honeoye Falls, N.Y. Adaughter, two grandchildren and twogreat-granddaughters survive.

Bernraine Winegar Hamilton, c’30,98, Nov. 29, 2006, in Los Angeles. Twosons and a daughter survive.

Cramer Mansur, c’31, 98, July 14 inChillicothe, Mo., where he taught atChillicothe High School. A brother survives.

Ruth Page, c’36, m’43, 94, June 28 inWichita, where she was a retired physi-cian. Several nieces and nephews survive.

1940sJanet Barker Artman, c’48, 82, July

22 in Hays. She is survived by her hus-band, Norris; a son; three daughters, twoof whom are Debbie, g’78, and Lisa Art-man Barkley, ’77; and five grandchildren.

1950sJames Allen, e’55, 73, May 10 in Whit-

ney, Texas, where he was a retired engi-neer with Texas Instruments. Amongsurvivors are his wife, Ginny; two sons; adaughter; a sister, Jayne Allen Powell,d’59; and five grandchildren.

Anna Rees Baker, g’57, 81, July 26 inTopeka, where she was a retired teacher.She is survived by her twin sister, MaryAlice Rees Parmley, assoc.

William Bilderback, e’56, 74, July 13in Woodstock, Ill. He is survived by hiswife, Joan Howe Bilderback, c’57; threedaughters, two of whom are CarolineBilderback Sosin, n’81, and Susan Bilder-back Salo, n’85; a sister, Snowdie Bilder-back Martin, g’82; and eightgrandchildren.

Lawrence Davenport, f ’55, 74, Aug. 3in Kansas City, where he was a retiredcommercial artist. He is survived by threesons, one of whom is Lawrence, c’82;three daughters; five grandchildren; and11 great-grandchildren.

Arden Weston Glenn, d’59, 69, Aug. 6in Broken Arrow, Okla., where she taughtschool. She also had been an adjunctprofessor at the University of Tulsa andprincipal and superintendent of schoolsfor the Catholic Diocese of Tulsa. She issurvived by her husband, Jerry, b’60;three sons; a daughter, Jeannene, c’93; abrother; and six grandchildren.

Sally Waddell Graber, c’57, 72, Aug. 7in Lawrence, where she was an adminis-trative assistant for the Kansas Depart-ment of Insurance and a housemotherfor Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Sur-viving are two daughters, Juliet GraberHendrix, c’83, and Sarah Graber Hazelitt,d’93; a son; two sisters, Harriet WaddellHawkins, c’49, and Marty WaddellSmith, ’52; and five grandchildren.

Harley “Doc” Holladay, f ’50, 84, July20 in Dodge City. He is survived by hiswife, Anna Hemphill Holladay, j’49; threesons, one of whom is Don, p’80; adaughter, Julie Holladay Owen, ’84; a

Laurence Clark, m’42, 94, July 24 inWamego, where he practiced medicine.He is survived by his wife, Aldean; twosons, one of whom is Fritz, b’69; adaughter; a sister; five grandchildren;and five great-grandchildren.

Clare Colman, e’48, 83, July 27 inBurlingame, Calif., where he was retiredfrom a 37-year career with Mobil OilCorp. A memorial has been establishedwith the KU Endowment Association. Heis survived by his wife, Kay, a daughter,two sons, six grandchildren and a great-grandson.

Charles Freeburg, a’49, 72, June 25 inNew Rochelle, N.Y., where he was aretired architect. He is survived by hiswife, Josephine, two sons, a daughter andeight grandchildren.

Dorothy Curtis Griffith, c’42, 90, July12 in Iola. She is survived by a son,Richard, c’72, m’75; a daughter, MarshaGriffith Weisert, d’69; a sister, Ruth Cur-tis Brigham, ’43; a brother, William Cur-tis, ’53; three grandsons; and threegreat-grandchildren.

Harlan Hobbs, b’47, 83, July 21 in Lin-coln, Neb., where he was former presi-dent of American Home Life Insurance.He is survived by his wife, Betty JonesHobbs, assoc.; a son, Harlan Jr., b’70; twodaughters, one of whom is MichelleHobbs Hamilton, d’77; four grandchil-dren; and five great-grandchildren.

Donald Stebbins, e’42, 89, July 11 inPrairie Village, where he was a retiredchemical engineer with Phillips 66 Refin-ery. Two daughters, a sister and fourgrandchildren survive.

Charlotte Steel Tuttle, f ’41, 88, May 9in Cincinnati, where she was a retiredteacher and an artist for Hallmark Cards.A daughter, two sons, seven grandchil-dren and a foster grandchild survive.

Ada Kopke Wiedemann, b’47, 83,Aug. 19 in Denver, Colo. She is survivedby two sons; two brothers, CharlesKopke, b’47, and Earl Kopke, b’51; andfour grandchildren.

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brother; and two grandchildren.Robert Karnes, d’50, 81, July 12 in

Mesa, Ariz. He was retired director of athletics at Drake University. While atKU, he was one of the top distance runners in the University’s history, win-ning 13 Big Eight Conference track titlesand breaking the mile record previouslyheld by Glenn Cunningham. He is sur-vived by two daughters, a brother, threegranddaughters and five great-grand-children.

Ronald Keener, e’54, 80, June 14 inRoanoke, Va., where he was an engineerwith Hercules. He is survived by his wife,Marlene; four sons, one of whom isDavid, ’82; a daughter, Norene KeenerLaggart, ’88; a brother, Robert, e’58; eightgrandchildren; and two great-grandchil-dren.

Al Oerter, ’58, 71, Oct. 1 in Fort MyersBeach, Fla. He won gold medals in thediscus in four consecutive Olympicsfrom 1956 to 1968, setting an Olympicrecord in each victory. At KU he was atwo-time NCAA champion, two-time All-American and seven-time conferencechampion. He is survived by his wife,Cathy, two daughters, a sister and threegrandchildren.

William Piggott, c’50, 81, May 14 inOverland Park, where he was a retiredfield agent with the U.S. Social SecurityAdministration. He is survived by hiswife, Mary, a son, a daughter, four step-daughters, two grandchildren and fivestepgrandchildren.

Marguerite Schonholtz, n’54, 77, Feb.12 in Saginaw, Mich. She had been direc-tor of nursing at the Hawthorn Center inNorthville and taught at Nazareth Col-lege and Saginaw Valley State University.Surviving are two brothers and severalnieces and nephews.

Joseph Schroeder Jr., e’57, 76, April18 in Topeka. A son, Jed, g’90, survives.

Robert Terss, PhD’52, 81, April 13 inWilmington, Del., where he was retiredfrom a career with DuPont. He is sur-vived by his wife, Eugenia, and three sisters.

Herbert Winer, m’54, 80, July 15 in Kansas City, where he was an obstetri-cian and gynecologist and a clinical

Robert, c’74; three stepsons, two ofwhom are David May, c’78, and DouglasMay, c’81; a brother; a stepsister; andthree grandchildren.

Steven Fumagalli, c’84, 51, July 10 inValley Center, where he was a self-employed salesman. He is survived byhis wife, Denise, his mother, five brothersand two sisters.

Barbara Huninghake, s’87, 43, July 14in Seneca. Her mother survives.

Jane Chamberlain Wilkins, c’84, 56,July 24 in Lawrence, where she lived. She was an assistant counselor for theDrug and Alcohol Education Center inOlathe. Her husband, Jack, and a brothersurvive.

Jane Stutzman Young, g’85, 61, April14 in Overland Park. She had been atechnical hazards specialist for FEMAand is survived by a son and a sister,Nancy, j’59.

1990sWilliam Seidl, e’92, 38, July 24 in

Olathe, where he was an engineer withSprint. He is survived by his wife, Lori, ason, a daughter, his mother, a sister anda brother.

The University CommunityMary Ann Flood, ’84, 66, July 18 in

Kansas City, where she was a retiredassistant professor of nursing at the KUMedical Center. Three brothers and astepsister survive.

Kermit Krantz, 84, July 30 in PrairieVillage, where he was retired chairman ofobstetrics and gynecology and formerdean of clinical affairs at the KU MedicalCenter. A memorial has been establishedwith the KU Endowment Association. Heis survived by his wife, Doris, two daugh-ters, a son and six grandchildren.

Phillip Paludan, 69, Aug. 1 in Spring-field, Ill., where he was retired fromteaching history at KU for more than 30years. He also had been a distinguishedprofessor at the University of Illinois-Springfield. Surviving are his wife, Marty;two daughters, Karin Paludan-Sorey, f’94,and Kirsten, c’98; three stepsons; a stepdaughter; and five stepgreat-grand-children.

professor at UMKC. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis; a son, Richard, m’80; a daughter; a sister; and five grand-children.

1960sEdna Samuelson Caffrey, g’60, 92,

Aug. 5 in Topeka, where she was a retiredteacher. A daughter, a brother, a sister,two grandsons and five great-grand-daughters survive.

Alan Donaghue, d’60, 69, July 14 inPrairie Village, where he was retired vicepresident of sales with Russell StoverCandies. He is survived by his wife, MarySusan Eggleston Donaghue, d’60; adaughter; a son, Paul, d’93; and twogranddaughters.

Leslie “Lee” Monroe, b’60, 69, Aug. 7in Newton, where he was a retired part-ner with Knudson Monroe Accounting.He is survived by his wife, Karen; adaughter, Amy, d’93; two sons, Kevin,d’89, and Gregory, e’91; two brothers;two sisters; and four granddaughters.

Donald Vollmer, e’66, 74, July 17 inLivermore, Calif., where he was retiredfrom a career at Lawrence LivermoreNational Laboratory. He is survived byhis wife, Marilyn, two daughters, twosons, three brothers, a sister, five grand-children and a great-granddaughter.

1970sKatherine Dugger Hawley, n’74, 55,

July 30 in Olathe, where she was a nurse.She is survived by her son, Theron, c’04;her parents; and a sister, Susan DuggerRobertson, d’84, g’95.

Larry Nolte, c’79, 62, April 7 inHiawatha, where he was a farmer. Surviv-ing are a daughter, a foster brother, hismother and a granddaughter.

1980sMark Barackman, c’82, 51, Aug. 13 in

Wichita, where he worked for Boeing. Heis survived by his parents and a brother,Martin, c’76.

Felix Burkhart, c’81, 90, Aug. 13 inLawrence, where he was a retired air-traf-fic controller with the Federal AviationAdministration. He is survived by hiswife, Evelyn; two sons, one of whom is

Keith Diaz Moore was working for aprominent architecture firm in NewYork City when his grandmother wasdiagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

It was the late 1980s, and he visited her in anursing home that was “typical for the time.”Alzheimer’s patients were kept in locked wards,to prevent them from wandering around the facility.

“Because people with dementia have a greatdeal of energy, you would hear this alarm go offall the time, which would raise the agitation levelin all the patients,” recalls Diaz Moore, chair and

associate professor of architecture. “It was avicious cycle all day long.”

When he finished his architecture degree, DiazMoore says, he had set out to be “the starchitect,like everyone wants to be.” He expected to designmuseums and other grand buildings. His visit tothe nursing home “changed my career path on adime,” he says. “I realized that my design abilitiescould really serve these people.”

Two decades later, Diaz Moore is internation-ally known as an expert in the design of environ-ments for the elderly. His 2006 book, Designing aBetter Day: Guidelines for Adult and Dementia DayServices Centers, co-authored with Lyn Geboy andGerald Weisman, won the 2007 Joel Polsky Prizefrom The American Society of Interior Design.The award recognizes the year’s most significantcontribution to design research.

In his own work and in lectures to students,Diaz Moore tries to frame the behaviors ofdementia patients in a positive way. Instead ofregarding the tendency to wander as a negativebehavior that needs controlling, for example, heasks clients and students to consider that roam-ing may indicate a need to explore and connectthat is otherwise unmet. “They are looking forsomething to do, something that engages them,”Diaz Moore says. “Let’s design for that.”

That approach leads not only to more elegantand beautiful architecture, but also to healthierliving environments, he believes.

For example, Diaz Moore says the typicaldementia day care or nursing home has largerooms with rows of tables: “the church basementsetup.”

While good for large gatherings, such roomsdo little to encourage conversation and socialengagement, which are considered tremendouslytherapeutic for Alzheimer’s patients.

To counter that, he replaces large open spaceswith small rooms and seating areas with multipleconversational “cues,” where chairs, lighting andother props are arranged to encourage smallgroups to gather and talk.

“Rather than discourage wandering, let’s pro-vide different opportunities—maybe it’s a livingroom where they can read the paper, or a kitchenwhere they can help make coffee—let’s provide

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those kind of environments they mightcome across while they are exploring.”

Diaz Moore contends that nursinghomes and elder-care centers have typi-cally been designed to simply meet theregulations that govern their design.“That’s a minimal standard, and we needto raise the bar on that,” he says.

Demographic trends make suchimprovements all the more urgent. As theaverage life span of Americans continuesto lengthen, the demand for elder-carefacilities will only increase. And as babyboomers age, Diaz Moore predicts, therewill be a tremendous push to rethink thedesign of these facilities.

“If that generation didn’t want theirfather’s Oldsmobile,” he says, “they’renot going to want their father’s nursinghome.”�

—Steven Hill

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Portable PucciniAlumnus brings opera to Kansas aficionados

with new concert company

Bass-baritone Stanford Felix basedhis singing career in New YorkCity for 14 years, so he knowswhat it takes to succeed on

opera’s big stage. But he also knowsthere is plenty of talent in middle America.

“We have a lot of talented singers inKansas, but they just don’t have enoughvenues to sing in,” says Felix, f’82, g’08.“They have to go to New York to get auditions.”

To give Kansas singers more exposureand bring more music to the state’sopera fans, Felix formed the Kansas Concert Opera. Using a production stylehe says is popular in New York andEurope, the company presents a strippeddown version of opera: there’s no acting,no staging and no costumes.

In the company’s debut performance,Sept. 28 at the Lawrence Arts Center, thecast stood side-by-side on stage, a copy of

the score open on music stands in frontof them, and belted out the three acts ofPuccini’s “Tosca” with only piano accom-paniment and a backing chorus.

“The main purpose for the performersis to have the highest level of singing,”says Felix, who has performed exten-sively on opera and concert stages. “It’s achance to really get it right in the voicebefore you take it on the stage. If youhave it right in the voice, then you canconcentrate later on blocking and allthat.”

Fans get the chance to see opera in avenue that wouldn’t support a full pro-duction with its grand costumes, elabo-rate stage sets and full orchestra—none ofwhich comes cheap.

“A full production takes massiveamounts of money,” Felix says. “Concertopera is portable. You can take it toplaces where opera doesn’t usually go.”

Felix plans to do just that. Each operawill get one performance in Emporia,where Felix is associate professor of

opera at Emporia State University, andanother on the road. He hopes to coverthe major Kansas cities first, and plans toeventually form an understudy group,made up largely of students, that couldtake the shows into smaller townsaround the state.

That means lots of roles for Kansassingers—many of them Jayhawks, if thecasting of “Tosca” is any indication.Besides Felix, who sang the role ofScarpia, performers included Hugo Vera,g’02; Andrea Garritano, ’08; Tyler Simpson, ’08; and doctoral student Christian Elser. Mark Ferrell, director ofKU’s opera program, provided pianoaccompaniment.

While the minimalist production cre-ates opportunities a full opera doesn’t, italso creates challenges, Felix notes.

“With a concert version, you have tohave great singers,” he says. “Audiencesconcentrate on the voices, becausethere’s nothing else to look at.”�

—Steven Hill

■ Andrea Garritano is one of the many KU singers who joined Stanford Felix in Kansas Concert

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Where does she gofrom here?

A daughter and mothercope with the unthinkablein Moriarty’s second novel

Although her own daughter isonly 3, Laura Moriarty alreadyis wise in the ways of mother-hood. In her second novel, The

Rest of Her Life, she maneuvers deftlythrough the minefield of mother-daughter relationships, telling a storyboth raw and compassionate. Sheexposes the truths buried beneath ascarred landscape and helps her sympa-thetic, all-too-real characters make theirway safely to the other side.

From the perspective of LeighChurchill, a well-meaning, slightly ineptmom, Moriarty describes the awkward,anguished exchanges between Leigh andher teenage daughter, Kara. The storybegins with a senseless tragedy of Kara’sown making and travels through a sum-mer of unexpected transition. Leigh andher husband, Gary, a college professor,presumed they would help Kara crossthe territorybetween hershining highschool careerand presumedcollege success.Instead theymust watch hernavigate purga-tory, hauntedby a mistakeshe will foreveryearn to takeback.

While Mori-arty, s’93, g’99, creates engaging, genuinedialogue, she truly excels in crafting thesilent conversations so many moms havein their own minds: the endless chorusesof words we should have said or shouldhave squelched; the replays of sweeter,

simpler moments from years gone by;the aching vows to do better, to say theright thing next time.

Moriarty, who began her career as asocial worker following her first KUdegree, draws on her expertise to explorenot only the dynamics of one family, butalso the interplay between families in different social and financial strata. TheChurchills’ collective sense of guilt iscompounded by the fact that Kara’s deedhas forever ruined a second, less affluentfamily in Danby, the painfully smallKansas college town of the novel.(Though Moriarty is careful not to modelthe fictional Danby after Lawrence, heralma mater figures into the story, and fellow alumni will recognize the namesof two beloved English professors, thelate Carolyn Doty and the late BudHirsch, to whom she dedicates herbook.)

The Rest of Her Life begins in tragedybut does not wallow in it. Moriarty findshope for Leigh and Kara in crystal-clearmoments of truth. As her daughterbegins to take the first steps toward herown life, Leigh sees the ways in whichher own childhood has influenced herconversations with Kara—and the inces-sant unspoken lectures to herself and herdaughter she has muttered in her mind.

She begins toglimpse herdaughter asseparate fromherself, to viewKara, in Mori-arty’s poignantwords, with“not just lovebut a pure andgrudgelessrespect.”

Parentsyoung and oldcan learn from

this mother-daughter journey. Thoughwe strive to give our children everythingwe ever wanted, they may want some-thing entirely different. Ultimately, theirfuture is what they, not Mom or Dad,make it.�

—Jennifer Jackson Sanner

Malevolent muse

Newspaper columnist Norman Fullerhas just come oh-so-close to

winning a Pulitzer Prize, and he knowshow hollow those “It’s an honor to benominated” proclamations truly are. Hefeels no honor or pride—only gloomand frustration.

Just as he begins to worry he’ll neverwrite another decent column, his musesuddenly speaks, sending him on mysterious missions to unravel diabolicalcorporate intrigue and murder.

Thus beginsEvil Business, thesecond novel byJohn Nienstedt,c’60. The bookcontinues thestory of Fuller,also the protag-onist of Nienst-edt’s first novel,See the Monkey.In both stories,Fuller’s unusualmuse calls theshots. Thoughmany writersmay think of

their inspiration as “voices,” Fuller’s pro-claims itself to be the Voice of Evil.

Nienstedt, a former U.S. Navy captain,has published four books since tradinghis military career for management consulting and writing. Using the Voice asan innovative device, he guides Fullerthrough an adventure filled with fast-paced dialogue and lively characters.Though Nienstedt lives in Surprise, Ariz.,he weaves into Evil Business sites andlandscapes from Kansas City, where helived for 17 years.

As Norm Fuller debates his muse andgrudgingly follows its bizarre assign-ments, he finds stories the public needsto hear and regains his momentum as awriter. He also finds true honor—farremoved from awards, riches or fame.

The Rest of Her Life

By Laura Moriarty

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Flight of the DodoIt’s showtime for documentary

After 18 months of public screen-ings at film festivals and collegecampuses, Randy Olson’s“Flock of Dodos” is finally off

the ground.The documentary film, which takes a

humorous look at the 2005 debatebetween intelligent design and evolutionin Kansas, will air on the Showtime cablenetwork for the next two years. “Flock ofDodos” is also available on DVD (NewVideo, $26.95) as part of the acclaimedDocurama series.

Olson, j’79,himself a marinebiologist whoabandoned an academic career at38 to attend filmschool, faults scientists for failing to commu-nicate clearlywhen discussing

evolution. Intelligent design advocates,on the other hand, earn high marks forspeaking plainly. If scientists don’t learnto talk to ordinary folks, the film play-fully suggests, they too may go the wayof the dodo.

Olson’s hopes for a theatrical releaseweren’t realized, he told fans in a recente-mail, because distributors “felt it wastoo academic/educational/informationheavy.” Evolutionists, on the other hand,“felt the film was too lightweight.” Theopposite reactions illustrate what Olsoncalls the central dilemma of communicat-ing science.

The DVD (available at newvideo.com)includes a Q&A with Eugenie Scott,director of the National Center for Science Education, and a panel discus-sion between scientists and theologianssponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.�

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The KU-Missouri football game is not to betrifled with. Just ask Chancellor FrankStrong, who in 1910 implored the KansasBoard of Regents to insist the game be

played in Lawrence or Columbia, rather thanKansas City, where it had become a rowdy tradi-tion spiked with booze and gambling, and, inStrong’s judgment, tarnished tender reputationsfor both universities.

Indeed, KU last played Missouri in KansasCity on Nov. 24, 1910, to an ignominious 5-5

tie; Kansas City-area alumni never forgaveStrong, and historian Clifford S. Griffin later

surmised the episode was a factor inStrong’s eventual resignation, in 1919.

Now, 97 years later to the day, thegame returns to Kansas City. Again the

move—this time in reverse—is contro-versial, as some fans and merchants

grouse that KU gave away home-fieldadvantage and robbed local businesses ofprecious revenues. So perhaps we can usehistory to ease hurt feelings and temperharsh words: Peer past the schism of 1910,and focus instead on the first KU-MUgame, played in Kansas City Oct. 31, 1891.

As the debut of KU’s second footballseason approached, a mild campus con-troversy simmered over the school colors.Maize and light blue, adopted in 1873 bythe first KU graduating class, representedKansas corn and skies, but while theymade for lovely lapel ribbons at oratoricalcontests, they didn’t fare so well on thedusty fields of intercollegiate athletics.

Historian Robert Taft tells us that onOct. 19, 1891, the athletics board voted toscrap them in favor of the sturdier crim-son. Many students (who didn’t have topay for, or clean, wool uniforms) objected,so the Weekly University Courier sug-gested it be settled at the upcoming Missouri game in KC.

“If you are a crimsonite, buy a bolt offlannel or buy all the red ribbon in town,”the paper appealed. “If you favor the yellow and the blue cause a scarcity in the

supply of those ribbons.”KU won that game in Kansas City, the first

against Missouri, 22-8, and as crimson ribbonsoutnumbered their rivals at the historic game, yellow and sky blue were forever banished. “Theadvantage of crimson ... is settled beyond all pos-sibility of a doubt since our trip to Kansas City,”the student paper reported.

Indeed, crimson was KU athletics’ officialcolor through 1895, when it was shockingly sug-gested in a letter to the editor that the color wasmerely a Harvard affectation. Col. John McCook,the New York lawyer who donated funds for KU’sfirst campus athletics fields, suggested the matterbe resolved with the addition of blue or black,and in May 1896 the athletics board adopted thecrimson and the blue.

Rock chalk, Jayhawk, see what a game inKansas City can do?�

Kansas City crimsonColorful chapter in KU history mightsoothe fans seeing red over KC game

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