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So To SpeakProfessor Paul Meier uses the beautiful science of accents and dialects to fashion actors who can breathe life into language.

BY CHRIS LAZZARINO

Forever YoungA career retrospective from photographer Rich Clarkson captures KU sports icons and other collegiate athletes in the glory of their times.

BY CHRIS LAZZARINO

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20 Large as LifeScientist Cameron Currie is discovering the true com-plexity of the secret gardens of leaf-cutter ants. His researchsuggests that nature is evenmore interconnected than we thought.

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Lift the ChorusMusic appreciation

The impressive cover story (“StagePresence,” No. 2, 2004)introducing readers tothe remarkable person-alities, musical talentsand achievements ofAmir Khosrowpour andMelanie Hadley, cur-rent KU students ofpiano, helps solidifythe reputation ofKansas Alumni as oneof the very best.

When speaking of great performerswho are part of the tradition of theSchool of Fine Arts, the name of ArturSubtil Pizarro should be mentioned.Artur studied at KU as a special studentfor four years with DistinguishedProfessor Sequeira Costa.

Artur made his first public appear-ance when he was three years old at theConservatory of Music in Lisbon,Portugal, and commenced study withProfessor Costa at age five. At KU he wasa member of the accomplished trio thatrepresented KU in many concerts,including appearances in Costa Rica.

Artur has since gone on to a highlysuccessful career which has includedwinning the prestigious Vianna da MottaInternational Piano competition and thePalm Beach competition (open only towinners of other competitions). In 1990he ascended to fame and fortune by win-ning the Leeds International competi-tion, conceded to be the top, by unani-mous decision. He is now engaged in anactive career in Europe, including pro-ducing numerous compact discs, eachreceiving highly commendatory reviews.His latest project was the performance ofall 32 Beethoven sonatas for broadcastover the BBC. The response was soenthusiastic that a CD of the four mostpopular sonatas was made. This gem

was such an artistic and financial suc-cess that another disc consisting of thelast three has been produced—to the

unstinting acclaim of critics. He iswidely regarded as one of theworld’s premier pianists.

Artur is a shining star in theKU tradition of excellence.

Hammond McNish Professor emeritus of business

Lawrence

A song in his heart

I enjoy reading each issue of the mag-azine, and I really chuckled at “Vigilanceabroad” (Lift the Chorus, No. 1, 2004).During the recent NCAA playoffs, I hap-pened to show the letter to a friend herein Chicago, who commented, “Youshould see what it’s like to be in KansasCity in the middle of KU and K-Statefans!” And of course, I have sent a copyto both my brother and nephew, gradu-ates of the other institution.

I also enjoyed reading the article onDr. Clarke Wescoe (“Fond farewell,”Hilltopics, No. 2). I knew him when Iwas a student and always thought hewas the best. When I read his obituaryin the Kansas City Star, I felt that I hadlost a good friend.

Your review of his Commencementaddresses really brought back memories,so I dug into my treasure-trove of Hillmemorabilia. I thought you might like tosee an example of his wit and style: Theenclosed speech is one he delivered atmy Commencement. Although it waswritten in 1968, much of the speechapplies to today’s world, its conflicts andits leaders.

A good description of Dr. Wescoe canbe found on page two when he says, “Iprefer to meet the serious as often aspossible with a smile.” That is how Iremember him, always smiling. A hand-

written edit on page seven says, “Withoptimism one can, when faced with thenecessity of making decisions, choose todo what is right—not expedient, notalways popular, but right.”

Thanks again for a most enjoyablemagazine.

Janice Sachen, c’68Evanston, Ill.

Editor’s note: The following passage isChancellor Wescoe’s tuneful conclusion tohis 1968 Commencement address.

For the very last time let me saysomething accompanied by theCommencement band. I do this one byrequest.

You made me stand in line until youthought you had the time to spend thisevening with me/ And when we leavethis place tonight I know that there’s nochance you will be leaving with me/ Andafterwards you’ll drift away and thinkabout me less and less than now youdo/ But here I go and top it all by sayingsomething stupid like I’ll miss you/ I cansee it in your eyes that you despise thesame old lies that others said before/And though it’s just a line to you, for meit’s true and never seemed so rightbefore/ I practiced every day to findsome clever line to say to make mymeaning come through/ But then Ithought I’d wait until this evening gotlate and I’m alone with you/ The time isnow, your presence fills old Clarke, thenight gets dark, and, oh, I feel so blue/So here I go and spoil it all by sayingsomething stupid like I love you.

That really isn’t stupid. I mean it. Weall mean it.

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2 LIFT THE CHORUSLetters from readers

4 ON THE BOULEVARDKU & Alumni Association events

7 FIRST WORDThe editor’s turn

8 JAYHAWK WALKDorm darling, station static, bug buzz and more

10 HILLTOPICSNews and notes: Graduate fellowships for scholars, a new dean for pharmacy and more

16 SPORTSMen’s basketball finishes strong and women’s basketball lands a new coach

36 ASSOCIATION NEWSThe 2004 Distinguished Service Citations

40 CLASS NOTESProfiles of animal rescuers, a Seuss collector and a college president

54 IN MEMORYDeaths in the KU family

56 ROCK CHALK REVIEWA mapmaker with an eye for history, a band ofBrothers’, a basketball memoir and more

60 OREAD ENCOREAl Oerter’s Olympic return

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� Exhibitions“The Art of Stories Told,” SpencerMuseum of Art, June 5-Sept. 5.

“American Etchers Abroad, 1880-1939,”Spencer Museum of Art, through June 6

“Documenting Discrimination: MarionPalfi Photographs,” Spencer Museum ofArt, through June 13

“A Painting for Over the Sofa (That’sNot Necessarily a Painting),” SpencerMuseum of Art, through June 20

“Windmills to Workshops: Lawrenceand the Visual Arts,” July 17-Sept. 19,Spencer Museum of Art

“Vanished Voices: The Legacy ofNortheast Kansas Indians,” July 17-Sept. 19, Spencer Museum of Art

� University TheatreJUNE

25-27, 29-30, July 1-3“Romance/Romance,” by KeithHerrman and Barry Harman

JULY16-18, 20-24 “She Stoops toConquer,” by Oliver Goldsmith, IngeTheatre Series

� Lied Center 2004-’05AUGUST

20 Sesquicentennial Celebrationwith the Lawrence City Band

OCTOBER1 Virsky Ukrainian National DanceCompany

7 Flamenco Vivo/Carlota Santana

10 Cypress String Quartet

19 Prague Philharmonia

22 Amazones: The Women MasterDrummers of Guinea

27 The Aquila Theatre Company in“The Invisible Man”

30 “Fosse”

NOVEMBER7 A Star-Spangled Spectacular

12 Trout Fishing in America

14 Camerata Sweden

16 Alvin Ailey American DanceTheater

20 Hal Holbrook in “Mark TwainTonight!”

DECEMBER10 A Scottish Christmas with Bonnie Rideout

FEBRUARY2 The Blind Boys of Alabama

5 Pharaoh’s Daughter

12 Scholastic’s The Magic SchoolBus Live

13 Brentano String Quartet

19 “Fiddler on the Roof”

23-24 Pick Up Performance Co.

26 Teatro Lirico D’Europa in“Carmen”

� The first alumni football game in recentmemory, April 18 in Memorial Stadium, wascapped by Don Fambrough’s winning kick, forwhich the beloved former coach and KU foot-ball icon earned a jubilant ride off the field onhis players’ shoulders.

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MARCH4 Philadanco!

APRIL1 Drum Drum

3 Zuill Bailey, cello

5-6 “Miss Saigon”

15 Jubilant Sykes, baritone

28 Ping Chong’s “Native Voices—Secret History”

MAY11 “42nd Street”

� Academic calendarMAY

23 Commencement

JUNE

8 Summer classes begin

JULY

30 Summer classes end

AUGUST

19 Fall classes begin

� Special eventsMAY

21 All-University Supper, KansasUnion ballroom

21 Former President Bill Clinton,inaugural Robert J. Dole Lecture, Lied Center

� Alumni events

MAY

17 Tradition Keepers Finals Dinner,Adams Alumni Center

18 Denver: School of Engineeringprofessional society

18 Dallas Chapter: KC Royals vs.Texas Rangers baseball outing

18 Washington, D.C., Chapter:Kansas Society annual spring banquet

20 Valley of the Sun Chapter: Big 12wine tasting party

20 Philadelphia Chapter: ThirstyThird Thursday

20 San Antonio Chapter: ThirstyThird Thursday

22 NYMAC Chapter: Silver LakeAlumni golf outing

23 Commencement lunch,Chancellor’s residence

JUNE

5 Valley of the Sun Chapter: SeventhAnnual Big 12 Golf Tournament

6 Nashville Chapter: Class of 2008Send-off Picnic

17 Philadelphia Chapter: ThirstyThird Thursday

17 Nashville Chapter: NashvilleSounds vs. Omaha Royals baseballouting

19 Philadelphia Chapter: KC Royalsvs. Philadelphia Phillies baseball outing

19 Atlanta Chapter: Big 12 Day withthe Atlanta Braves

24 NYMAC Chapter: Alumni summerparty boat cruise

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

� Jim Fender (80, far left) celebrates thegame-tying score as announcer Hank Boothtells the crowd,“That’s Fender’s second touch-down catch of the game, and the city ofLawrence is going to hear about it all yearlong.” Wint Winter Sr. (53, left) played tirelesslywhile matched against much younger oppo-nents (including his son,Wint Jr.), and took ahard-earned bow.

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First WordB Y J E N N I F E R J A C K S O N S A N N E R

My audience with Emilyoccurred in the summer of1986. Still green as an editor,I heeded an elder’s sugges-

tion to interview Emily Taylor, formerKU dean of women, who had recentlymoved back to town.

Of course, I didn’t dare call her Emily.But Ms. Taylor didn’t seem to fit areputed firebrand. So, I followed theexample of others on the Hill and calledher Dean Emily, a name suited to a sternyet approachable authority figure.

Spending an afternoon with her, Ishared in a tradition revered amongmany KU women. During her years asdean, from 1956 to 1974, and followingher return to Lawrence, Dean Emilyoften invited students and young facultyand staff to share meals and conversa-tion in her home, where guests invari-ably soaked up Dean Emily’s practicalwisdom and persistent optimism.

She began our talk by offeringa truism to temper my youthfulimpatience: “You can’t pushpeople—you can only pullthem along,”she said, credit-ing President DwightEisenhower for the lesson.“He would put a stringdown on a table and say,‘Now push it forward,’” sherecalled. “Well, there’s noway. But pull it, and of courseit goes right along. ...”

Dean Emily, who pulled—some-times yanked—the University toward pro-found and lasting change, died May 1 atage 89.

Innovation was her specialty. Sheformed a Commission on the Status ofWomen in 1958, five years beforePresident John F. Kennedy created anational commission. At her urging, KUwas the second U.S. university to givewomen keys to their own campus resi-dences, allowing them the right to come

and go as they pleased.She advocated forNunemaker Center forhonors students, co-educational residencehalls, Hashinger Hallfor fine arts students,minority-affairs pro-grams, the first coursein women’s studies,and the Women’sResource Center, whichlater was named in herhonor. In 1972, shesuccessfully negotiatedbetween her fellow administrators andthe February Sisters, students who occu-pied a campus building and demandedcampus child care, women’s health serv-ices, more women in KU administration,and other changes.

Following her tenure at KU, shedirected the Office of Women in

Higher Education for theAmerican Council on

Education in Washington,D.C., until her retirement. In1989, she received theDistinguished ServiceCitation, the highest honorgiven by KU and theAlumni Association. Innominating Dean Emily for

the DSC, Kala Mays Stroup,c’59, g’64, PhD’74, then presi-

dent of Murray State Universityin Kentucky, wrote: “She mentored

and fostered the growth and develop-ment of countless women who today aresenators, lawyers, judges, university pres-idents, corporate leaders, doctors, uni-versity professors and authors. ... Sheprovided a strong role model and leader-ship for Kansas women before the femi-nist movement.”

Since I first met Dean Emily, I havebeen lucky to know many of her pro-tégées, including Stroup, who served on

the Alumni Association’s board, andbest-selling mystery writer Sara Paretsky,c’67. These women, and countless more,pass along Dean Emily’s lessons. In2002, Paretsky returned to KU to inau-gurate a women’s leadership lectureseries named for Dean Emily andanother campus icon, DistinguishedProfessor Emerita Marilyn Stokstad.Paretsky recalled a pivotal night in herfreshman year, when she and otherWatkins-Berger scholars shared dinnerwith Taylor and Stokstad. The two askedeach student what she planned to dowith her education. The questionstunned Paretsky: “In the Kansas of mychildhood, ... I knew I was destined formarriage and motherhood. So whenthese two formidable women asked whatwe wanted to do with our lives, I wentnumb. I didn’t have an answer.”

But thanks to their guidance, Paretskyfound her answer. Now she in turnhelps younger women do the same.

Her mentors expect no less.�

� This year’s KU Women of Distinction calen-dar paid tribute to the creators of the newwomen’s lecture series, l to r: Marilyn Stokstad;Lawrence businesswoman Beverly SmithBillings, Emily Taylor,Associate Vice ProvostBarbara Ballard and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

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They’re playing our tunes

Those of you who are parents of teen-agers already know the drill. For the

rest of us, the first fracas faced by the newStudent Recreation Fitness Center seemeda lot of noise about nothing.

On Feb. 12, the University DailyKansan’s editorial board decried “ a largemisstep into the role as a gatekeeper forstudents … [which] grossly underestimates[their] maturity level.” The offending deci-sion was called “ misguided and naï ve,” aswell as “ unjust,” and the student editorsfurther declared, “ We are adults.”

The crime? Somebody changed the radiostation at the fitness center.

No more 96.5 FM, “ The Buzz,” whichhas been gleefully trumpeting its outlaw sta-tus ever since.

Mary Chappell, the center’s director, hasbigger worries: “ The 3L’s, as we like to callthem,” she reported in an e-mail. “ Lights,locks and leaks.”

Plumbing problems already? Hard tobelieve, but it seems one of theadults whose maturity levelwas grossly underesti-mated tried to flush a cellphone.

Built for speed

Architectural models are typically smallaffairs. Not so Dennis Sander’s mock-

up for a museum honoring the high-speedhistory of the Le Mans auto race.

Stretching 22 feet and weighing a shock-popping 1,000 pounds, the Le Mans modelSanders and his students built is a 1:43scale study in big-time passion for cars andambitious public spaces.

This summer a colleague will presentSander’s big idea to organizers of the LeMans auto race, the 24-hour speedfest thathas enthralled fast-car aficionados for 80years. The 500,000 square-foot buildingwould house IMAX theatres, a library andarchives. A serpentine ramp rising 130 feet

tall would display winning Porsches,Bentleys and Ferraris in a track-like setting.

“ This is the smallest scale in which youcan get models of the cars that wouldactually be displayed in the museum,” saysSander, associate professor of architecture,in explaining the heft of his model, whichincludes 108 miniature racers. “ It’s allabout the cars.”

A bit of advice for members of theAutomobile Club de l’Ouest, recipients ofthis supersized American model:Gentlemen, start your forklift.

� From left are Jennifer Borton, Jeff Verkamp,Erika Katherine Sander and Professor DennisSander with their model of a proposed Le Mans Museum.

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Sage advice, for once, from the University Daily Kansan’s popular, and often risqué ,

“ Free for All” call-in column, published Jan. 29:“Alcohol and calculus don’t mix.

Don’t drink and derive.”

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It takes a dorm

She’s a regular at Mrs. E’s. Stays up tomidnight. Sleeps past 10.Templin Hall resident Paige Davis has

adapted so well to the college routineyou’d swear she’s been doing it all her life.

In fact she has.Davis is the bouncing baby daughter of

graduate students Jon, d’02, and

Katie Kramer Davis, d’03. Mom is deskmanager at Templin and Lewis halls. Dadis assistant complex director at Templin.

And 6-month-old Paige? She’s thehall’s unofficial mascot and youngestfront-desk monitor.

“ When she’s fussy, something aboutthe lights calms her,” Katie says of herbaby’s preferred lobby perch. “ She likesto people watch. She smiles and flirts.”

Students and housing staff have ralliedaround the family, handing down babyclothes, returning stray booties from thelaundry room and lowering the volumewhen necessary. “ Not a peep,” Katiesays of students’ response to Paige’sneed for rest during a sick spell. “ The quietest I’ve ever heard it on aSaturday night.”

The trio will move to married-studenthousing at Stouffer Place Apartmentsnext year. While they’ll appreciate theextra space, they’ll miss Templin’s com-munity support.

“ We have a gazillion babysitters oncall,” Katie says. “ It’s like a village. Not alot of people have this much help.”

Bug out

When he became a paleoentomologist, Michael Engel figuredto spend untold hours in the field, combing rocks around

the world for insect fossils. But he didn’t expect his greatest discov-ery to come from a drawer.

Engel, c’93, c’93, found what is thought to be the oldest knowninsect fossil while conducting research with a colleague last year atLondon’s Natural History Museum. The dragonfly-like sample hadlanguished in the museum’s collection for nearly a century.

Scientists hailed the find by the assistant professor of ecologyand evolutionary biology. It proves insects were present 10 to 20million years earlier than thought.

The media bugged out, too. After Engel and David Grimaldi ofthe American Museum of Natural History announced their discov-ery in February, the New York Times, CNN and hundreds of othernews outlets ran stories. “ I’m doing nothing but fielding questions,”Engel told the Lawrence Journal-World. “ It has created a biggerbuzz than I thought it would.”

Sealed with a kiss-off

Reality can be such a drag.

Especially when it’s the only

thing on TV.

So all hail KU’s recent decision not

to play along with the WB network’s

“Big Man on Campus,” deciding it

was too risky to allow on-campus

taping that would have featured stu-

dents set up for made-for-TV dates.

Besides, it’s supposed to be a

reality show, and first dates just

don’t happen on Jayhawk Boulevard.

They descend to Mass Street and

generally go downhill from there.

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During her junior year, Regan BuckBardeen spent two months in Accra,the capital city of Ghana, studying therole of women in Ghanan society. The

brief stay only increased her interest in two long-time passions: history and travel.

“I felt like I’d just started to know people wellenough to have really good conversations,” shesays. “On the plane ride home I cried because Iwasn’t ready to leave. I said, ‘I’m going back toAfrica. I don’t know how, but I’m going.’”

Thanks to a $25,000 AmbassadorialScholarship from Rotary International,Buck Bardeen, c’03, will fulfill that promiseduring the coming academic year. She willstudy the history of urban African womenat the University of Ghana.

In addition to fostering academics, theAmbassadorial Scholarship also requiresstudents to get involved in their communi-ties and promote goodwill between theirhomeland and their host country. As shedid on her first trip to the western Africannation, Buck Bardeen will volunteer withthe Ark Foundation, an advocacy groupthat promotes human rights for womenand children. She will also speak to people

in Ghana’s cities and villages aboutgrowing up in Lawrence, and she

looks forward to sharing her Africanexperiences with American com-

munity groups when shereturns.

“People don’t understandhow big and varied Africais,” she says. “They mostlythink of war and famine.The more they know, themore they will understandthe great things about it.”

Stories from her mother,who spent a year working in

Zaire as a nurse, first firedBuck Bardeen’s urge to travel.

“I’ve grown up wanting to goanywhere I haven’t been before. I

have lists of places in my notebooksthat I want to visit; I’ve got maps all over mywalls. I want to see everything. Hearing mymother talk about a place that seemed so faraway, so hard to get to, made me want to go even more.”

Her first trip was part of an independentstudy project in the Women’s Studies programthat led to an honors thesis on the portrayal ofwomen in Nigerian market literature. Market lit-erature—cheap, stapled pamphlets sold in open-air markets—is a kind of African pulp fiction,

� “They hope I’ll go on toeducate people about

Africa,” Regan BuckBardeen says of Rotary

International, the goodwillfoundation that awarded

her a $25,000 RotaryAmbassadorial Scholarship

to study history at theUniversity of Ghana.“It’s

an investment that will lastthe rest of my life.”

Her storyAs ambassador and scholar,

alumna returns to Ghana to study women’s place in African society

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Prescription: GrowthNew dean says more space

key to School of Pharmacy’s futureas teaching, research leader

As professional pedigrees go, it would behard to find one with more All-Americanbeginnings than that of the new Schoolof Pharmacy dean, Ken Audus.

While a teen-ager in Clark, S.D., Audusworked part time in his hometown’s Main Streetcorner drugstore. When the small town lost itsdoctor, the pharmacist became the go-to guy forhealth-care concerns. He also answered his curi-ous helper’s questions about the “magical” medi-cines he dispensed.

“I was particularly interested in how the drugsactually helped people, what types of magicalthings they did to actually treat symptoms,” saysAudus, PhD’84. The pharmacist advised him tostudy chemistry in college, and then do graduatework in pharmacology, which is the study ofdrugs and their composition, uses and effects.

Nearing completion of his pharmacology PhDat KU Medical Center and eyeing a career in thedrug industry, Audus migrated into yet anotherdiscipline, completing a two-year postdoc inpharmaceutical chemistry. Working with then-

department chair RonBorchardt, PhD’70, heresearched ways to over-come the blood brain barrierin designing drugs to treatbrain tumors, Alzheimer’sand Parkinson’s Disease. He continued that researchfocus after joining the fac-ulty in 1986. He becamechairman of the pharmaceu-tical chemistry departmentin 1998.

“He’s had the exposure tothe profession of pharmacy,he did his PhD work in amedical school setting, andthen he came over to theenvironment of a basic sci-ence university,” saysBorchardt, now professor ofpharmaceutical chemistry. “I

Buck Bardeen says, a populist literary form thatwarns men of the treachery of women. TheSpencer Research Library has an extensive collec-tion of market literature, which she tapped forher thesis. But unlike earlier scholarship, whichanalyzed the pamphlets as literature, BuckBardeen examined how they recorded traditionalmale attitudes toward women.

“I wanted to answer the question of why maleauthors were promoting these images of women.I figured there were historical reasons behind it.”

The thesis earned an award of excellence fromthe history department. She also presented partof her findings at an international academic con-ference hosted by Cornell University.

“She was able to draw out these constructionsof femininity, what men say about how a womanshould act,” says Elizabeth MacGonagle, assistantprofessor of history, who oversaw the thesis. “Shereally drew from several different disciplines andbrought it together in an interesting package.”

When she returns from her year in Ghana,Buck Bardeen will enter a doctoral program inhistory. She plans to pursue an academic careerand believes that African women’s history is awide open field, one too long left to the marketpamphleteers.

“The history of women in Africa has not beentold much until recently,” she says. “There’s somuch that we don’t know, so much that has notbeen documented. I am excited to be part ofhelping people learn more about it.”�

“One thing I’llhave to do asdean is find theways and meansto build a new school ofpharmacy thataccommodatesboth researchand classroomspace.”

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experience isgoing to be veryvaluable as hebecomes dean.”

Audus expectsto draw on everybit of that teaching,

research and adminis-trative experience as he

steps in this spring to replace Jack Fincham.Dean since 1994, Fincham left to become theAlbert W. Jowdy professor of pharmacy care atthe University of Georgia. During his tenure theSchool of Pharmacy achieved its highest rankingin National Institutes of Health research funding,second only to the University of California, SanFrancisco, and upgraded its professional trainingprogram for pharmacists to the six-year PharmD,the professional doctor of pharmacy degree.

Audus hopes to build on those successes,both figuratively and literally. His goals include aNo. 1 NIH ranking, better preparation for phar-macists and a new home for the school.

“We need a new School of Pharmacy,” Audussays. “We’re very much restricted by space. Wecannot expand our pharmacy program becauseour classrooms are at capacity; we cannot expandour research programs because we are at capacitythere as well.”

Audus envisions a new West Campus buildingthat would bring together under one roof facultyand students now scattered across the Lawrencecampus. The ideal West Campus site would likelyadjoin the relatively new Simons BiosciencesResearch Laboratories and the structural biologycenter now under construction next door. “Manyresearchers in the school will depend on thosefacilities,” he says, “so it’s important to have them near.”

Audus believes a new building is also key to atop ranking in NIH funding. “We’re now about$6 million behind number one, even though wehave half the faculty members they have. I wantto see us No. 1 some day, but the space priorityhas to be met.”

After six years it’s also time to “tweak” thepharmacy training program to reflect advances inscientific research and changes in the health caresystem, Audus says.

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response to drugs, he sees a day when pharma-cists will tailor medication therapy to eachpatient. “We need to make sure that we’re train-ing our students for that day,” he says.

Increasing specialization in medicine meansthat people frequently have several doctors butonly one pharmacist. “Because they handle all ofa patient’s medications, pharmacists are in anideal spot to make sure there is consistent treat-ment,” Audus says. As more pharmacists offertests for high blood pressure and diabetes, theyare becoming counselors and first points of con-tact in the health care system, continuing thetrend he observed firsthand decades ago in hishometown drugstore.

That lesson learned long ago in a SouthDakota pharmacy will clearly serve him well ashe heads the school that has trained about 95percent of the druggists in Kansas. “You maythink of a pharmacist as someone who sitsbehind a counter counting pills, but they actuallydo a lot of things in the health care system,”Audus says of his first encounter with the sciencethat would become his life’s work. “It reallybroadened my view.”�

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Legal legacy

At “The Legacies andUnfinished Business

of Brown v. Board ofEducation of Topeka,” aContinuing Educationforum marking the 50thanniversary of theSupreme Court case,author and Harvard lawprofessor Lani Guinierdiscussed the landmarkruling’s failure to enddesegregation in thepublic schools.

WHEN: March 15

WHERE: The Kansas Union

BACKGROUND: Guinier gained nationalattention when President Clinton nominatedher to head the Civil Rights Division of theDepartment of Justice in 1993. He withdrewthe nomination without a confirmation hearingafter conservative lawmakers opposed herviews. In 1998 she became Harvard LawSchool’s first black woman tenured professor.

ANECDOTE: Guinier criticized the unfairway in which opportunities are offered tosome and withheld from others in America,arguing that success is often due to luck.Asked about the role luck has played in herown success, she answered,“I don’t think whathappened to me in 1993 could be called lucky.”

QUOTE: “I propose that we begin to con-front the reality of racism in this country. I amnot talking about individual prejudice. I’m talk-ing about the acceptance of racial hierarchiesas if they are normal. ...We have to understandhow opportunities have been organized toadversely affect not just blacks but poor andworking-class whites.”

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with a wealth of choices

Cody Marrs found out in April how hewill pay for his first year of graduateschool. All he had to do then wasdecide where he wants to study.

Marrs, an Arkansas City senior in English whograduates in May, is the 24th KU student since1984 to receive a prestigious Mellon fellowship.The Mellon provides $17,500 to cover tuition andfees for a year of graduate study. The WoodrowWilson National Fellowship Foundation inPrinceton, N.J., administers the award, which thisyear went to 85 students nationwide.

In preparation for a career teaching literarystudies at the university level, Marrs will focushis graduate work on the relationship betweenliterature and nationalism. Both CornellUniversity and the University of California atBerkeley offered him five-year fellowships inEnglish and American literature.

“It has been a good problem to have,” saysMarrs, who chose Berkeley. “It’s exciting and sur-prising.”

During his distinguished undergraduatecareer, Marrs studied cultural theory, continentalphilosophy and 19th-century literature. Hereceived an undergraduate research grant tostudy connections between French philosopherMichel Foucault and new historicism, a brand ofcriticism that interprets literary works by placingthem in historical context. Marrs also presented apaper on Rudyard Kipling and the importance ofcivility in the British empire at the 10th-annualEyes on the Mosaic Conference at the Universityof Chicago.

His faculty adviser, Philip Barnard, associateprofessor of English, says the Mellon recognizesMarrs’ “extraordinarily high level of achievementand scholarly potential.” The award is all themore notable because as an undergraduate Marrsworked “in some of the most demanding areas ofthe discipline,” Barnard says.

Marrs expects the fellowship to greatlyenhance his graduate education. “It will give metime to work really closely with professors, andthat’s really nice,” he says. “It frees me up to plunge into it.”�

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Popular Wheat State tourreturns after one-year hiatus

The Wheat State Whirlwind, theweeklong bus tour that puts faculty andstaff members in touch with the peopleand places of Kansas, returns May 21and 24-28.

Now in its seventh year, the trip ismore popular than ever, according toMargey Frederick, j’69, g’78, director ofvisitor services and special events. Morethan 80 people applied for 36 seats.

“The tour has acquired a wonderfulreputation,” Frederick says. “When wedidn’t do it last year, people were reallydisappointed.”

Budget cuts are to blame for the one-year hiatus. But the value of the tour,which introduces new members of theUniversity community to their adoptedhome state, assured its return.

“People who’ve gone on the tour willtell you that it helps them better relate tostudents,” says Don Steeples, viceprovost for scholarly support and McGeedistinguished professor of applied geo-physics. He co-directs the tour withFrederick. “It gives them a better appre-ciation for the diversity of the state, notjust the people and cultures, but thetopography and plant life.”

As the travelers learn about Kansasdiversity, they also have lessons to teach.

“We have a very diverse faculty at KU,and we try to reflect that on the tour,”

Frederick says. “This is definitely a two-way street. We learn about Kansas andKansas learns about KU.”

Stops include favorites such as aLogan County buffalo ranch and a Palcowheat farm as well as a first-time trip toLiberal. In the packed itinerary, theWhirlwind lives up to its name.

“This is not a vacation,” Fredericksays. “We have so much for them to dothat this is an incredible amount of workand study.”

LIBRARIES

Territorial Kansas resourcesavailable on history Web site

One hundred fifty years after itbecame a territory, Kansas is again a disputed domain—this time in cyber-space.

KU Libraries and the Kansas StateHistorical Society have joined to develop“Territorial Kansas Online 1854-1861,” aWeb site devoted to the tumultuous pre-statehood era that attracted the label“Bleeding Kansas.”

Project co-directors Sheryl Williams,curator of KU’s Kansas Collection, andPatricia Michaelis, PhD’80, director oflibrary archives for the historical society,designed the comprehensive online col-lection of territorial resources with stu-dents in mind. The “virtual repository”uses maps, letters, diaries and photo-graphs to bring the period to life. Some2,000 primary source documents areavailable on the site, which draws on theKU Libraries’ extensive KansasCollection.

Visit “Territorial Kansas Online” atwww.territorialkansasonline.org.

Memorial Drive will gaina new landmark and

the dozens of alumni andfaculty members who foughtin the Korean War will atlast gain an on-campus mon-ument to their service.

Construction on a $120,000 Korean War memorial will begin in June.The memorialwill be built on the hill above Potter Lake, west of the Memorial Campanile. It willinclude a tablet describing the war, which lasted from 1950 to 1953.About 60 mem-bers of the University community served in the conflict.

Donations from several groups made the long-discussed project a reality.TheInternational Communication Foundation, a Seoul-based nonprofit group that pro-motes Korean culture worldwide, donated $50,000 in April. Previous donations in-cluded $30,000 from Leawood businessman Yong L. Kim, $15,000 from representativesof five South Korean corporations, and $10,000 from the KU Korean Association, analumni chapter in Seoul.The gifts are part of the KU First campaign.

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� A COMPROMISE BUDGET approved by the Legislature in April met most of Gov. KathleenSebelius’ higher-ed recommendations, including a $5 million operating grant for Regents schools. KU’sshare of that block grant funding is approximately$1.2 million.The budget includes a 3-percent payraise for University employees and approximately$950,000 for 1-percent salary increases for KU fac-ulty members. However, lawmakers left big issues of

K-12 funding and transportation to the wrap-up session, and a group of Senate Republicansput forth a proposal to boost school funding by delaying the July raise to Nov. 7.TheLegislature also passed the Bioscience Initiative Act, which will reinvest taxes paid by bio-science companies into bioscience research at KU, the Med Center and Kansas StateUniversity.“The components of this much-needed economic bill will stimulate communitiesacross the state,” Sebelius said after signing the bill, which was sponsored by Rep. KennyWilk, R-Lansing, and Sen. Nick Jordan, R-Shawnee.“Whether urban or rural, big or small,every Kansas community can benefit from opportunitiesfor growth and development.”

� KU RECEIVED HIGH MARKS in the latest college ranking surveys. Princeton Review, Kiplinger’sMagazine,The Fiske Guide and Kaplan’s college guide all bestowed best-buy ratings on the University, and U.S.News rated 25 KU graduate programs in the top 25 of the nation’s public universities.

� KU MEDICAL CENTER has renamed its cancer research center theKansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute.The change reflects a $20 million commit-ment by the Kansas Masonic Foundation to support cancer research at KU Medical Center,including a $15 million gift reported in “Goal Tenders” (issue No. 1, 2004).The gift alsoallowed the institute to attract nationally recognized researcher Roy Jensen, ’80, to lead theresearch arm of the Medical Center’s cancer program. Jensen comes to KU from VanderbiltUniversity.

� FRED PAWLICKI, associate director of the Lied Center, was named interim directorof the Spencer Museum of Art. Pawlicki replaces longtime director Andrea Norris, whoseappointment was not renewed.A search for a permanent museum director has begun.

� TWO JUNIORS WON $7,500 BARRY M. GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIPS inMarch. Stephen Floor, Lawrence physics major, and Dyan Vogel, Overland Park cell biologymajor, became the 34th and 35th KU students in 16 years to win the prestigious awards,which encourage excellence in science, engineering and mathematics.

� VALENTINO STELLA, distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, receivedthe National Marconi Science Award this spring from UNICO, the nation’s largest Italian-American group.The award recognizes a U.S. scientist of Italian descent who exemplifiesscientific and creative spirit of Guglielmo Marconi, whose discoveries laid the foundation forradio. Stella, PhD’71, has co-invented two drugs and helped found three companies duringhis 30-year KU career.

Milestones, money and other mattersROTC

Rhodes Scholar,Army officerreturns safe from Iraq duty

1st Lt. Robert Chamberlain, c’02, theRhodes Scholarship winner who was fea-tured in the cover story of issue No. 1,2003, this spring returned safely fromhis tour of duty in Mosul, Iraq. Whilevisiting campus in March, Chamberlainaddressed KU Army ROTC cadets after atraining session in West Campus woods.

“The very tactics you are learningright here today will save your lives andthe lives of your soldiers,” Chamberlaintold the cadets. “This will prepare youfor a nonlinear battlefield.”

Chamberlain, a field artillery officerwith the 101st Airborne Division, spentabout 10 months in Iraq, and returnedhome before the recent surge in violence.Mosul was relatively calm much of thetime he was stationed there, soChamberlain was asked to help restoreMosul’s infrastructure. He also served asbattalion information officer.

Chamberlain plans to enroll atOxford University inOctober and begin twoyears of study for a mas-ter’s degree. He willexamine reintegration ofchild soldiers into post-war civilian societies.

Though Chamberlainis every bit the warrior-scholar (in the mold ofhis division commander,Maj. Gen. David H.Petraeus, who earned a

doctorate from Princeton University)and a serious young leader, he alsoflashed the sense of humor that hadbecome well known during his days onthe Hill.

As the student soldiers were assem-bling after their training march, a cadetasked Chamberlain, “Sir, what were youa Rhodes Scholar for?” Seemingly unsurewhether he should explain the rigor andprestige of Rhodes competition,Chamberlain hesitated, then smiled andreplied, “Academic coolness, I guess.”

—Chris Lazzarino

Chamberlain

As Jayhawk fans swarmed the red-brickstreets of Laclede’s Landing, the historicdistrict and pub hub within spitting dis-tance of the Mississippi River in St.

Louis, Cesar Millan, c’98, felt good about histeam’s showing in the NCAA tournament.

“Everything is coming together for us thisyear,” said Millan at the Association’s pregamerally before the Elite Eight matchup with Georgia

Tech. Sporting crimson-and-blue beadsdraped over a KU T-shirt, the militaryreservist bound for Iraq held a sign bearinga simple but appealing message: Destiny.

“We’re healthy, we’re confident, we’recoming off two straight Final Fours,” Millanexplained. “No one thought we could dothis well, but the stars are aligning.”

Even though KU came up short in avaliant effort against Georgia Tech, losing inovertime, 79-71, the theme for the firstpostseason of the Bill Self era seemed setfrom the moment the tournament commit-tee announced KU’s surprisingly favorabledraw on Selection Sunday: Better thanexpected.

The Jayhawks roared into March withback-to-back wins over Missouri, spoilingthe Tigers’ final game in the HearnesCenter with a thrilling 84-82 win, thendousing their NCAA hopes with a 94-69whipping in the Big 12 tournament inDallas.

But after a 64-60 second-round loss toTexas, the Jayhawks’ own tourney hopestook a slight dip. Most hoops punditsbelieved KU’s résumé—21-8 with zero winsagainst top-25 RPI teams—looked a little toothin for a first-round date in Kemper Arena.Even Self had called the Texas game amust-win if the ’Hawks hoped for homecooking in the tourney’s first weekend.

But when the brackets were unveiled,fans rejoiced: KU was Kansas City-boundwith a No. 4 seed.

In a season in which Self’s team de-pended on the energy of Allen Field Housecrowds to bring out their best, the nearhome-court advantage of Kemper—and the

almost-as-friendly Sweet Sixteen destination of St.Louis—loomed large. The team made the most ofthe fan support, smothering the Illinois-ChicagoFlames, 78-53. Jayhawk faithful even cheeredunderdog Pacific to an upset of Big East powerProvidence, then roared as KU broke a 50-50 tiewith a 15-4 run midway through the second halfon the way to a 78-63 win over the better-than-billed Tigers.

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� The Jayhawks doused the Flames of Illinois-Chicago in Kemper Arena (above) and beat apressuring Alabama-Birmingham at its owngame in St. Louis to advance to the Elite Eight.

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Moments after the game ended, asKU players calmly checked cell phonemessages and munched sandwiches intheir locker room, Jayhawk fans crowdedaround concourse TVs to watch UABshock top-seeded Kentucky. The oneroadblock fans had obsessed about allweekend had toppled, further evidenceof celestial support.

After KU feasted on UAB’s vauntedpressure defense, turning the Blazers’running style against them for a 100-74blowout, the mid-season doldrums thatled to four straight road losses were outof mind. Now that March had arrived,KU looked like a team that knew how towin when it mattered most. Said Self, “Ispent the whole season saying, ‘It’s timeto turn it on.’ They said, ‘Don’t worrycoach, we’re OK.’ But we’ve not punchedour ticket yet.”

With Tech’s leading scorer, B.J. Elder,hobbled by a sprained ankle and theEdward Jones Dome awash in crimsonand blue, the stars again seemed to favorKU. But poor shooting (the Jayhawks

missed 15 of their first 17 shots) putSelf’s squad in an early hole. The YellowJackets shut down leading scorer WayneSimien, who did not make his first fieldgoal until 17:30 in the second half. Pointguard Jarrett Jack scored a career-high29 for Tech, getting most of his pointson slashing drives to the basket, to over-come the loss of Elder.

Still, trailing by seven with three min-utes remaining, KU fought back. Twosteals by Aaron Miles and five pointsfrom Keith Langford brought theJayhawks within two. After Jack madeone free throw, Tech’s only point overthe final 3:50, J.R. Giddens hit a three totie the game at :16 and the majorityJayhawk crowd erupted. But that wasthe last break KU would get. Looking asif the injuries that had dogged them allseason were finally taking a toll, theJayhawks faded in overtime, managingonly five points to Tech’s 13.

“It was a hard-fought game,” said avisibly dejected Self afterward. “We maynot have played our best, but we hung inthere and fought.”

As fans made the journey home toKansas City and points west, transform-

ing I-70 into a 250-mile-long stop-and-goJayhawk caravan, they could take com-fort in a season that ended on a veryhigh note. Advancing to the Elite Eightfor a third straight year and comingwithin an overtime of making the FinalFour—while battling injuries to nearly allof the top seven players—KU exceededthe expectations of most pundits andmany fans. Self said as much whenasked for his perspective on his first yearat KU.

“Twenty-four and nine, with theschedule we played, and going to theElite Eight and going 12 and four in theleague—that was a really good year forthis team, especially with the injuries wehad. This is the most beat up bunch I’veever been around. ... At the end, when itcounted most, we were maximizing ourabilities about as well as any team I’vehad.”

The off-season will hold more rehabfor the oft-injured Simien; Langford anddeparting senior Jeff Graves will needsurgery. Giddens, who played through afoot injury, will need rest as well.

And the wear and tear showed else-where: In April, freshman David Padgett,

“You can’t have great years unless you play great in March.I thought we played great in March.”

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greets its new coach

Since 1973, KU women’s basket-ball had just one head coach.Since Jan. 29, the team had three:Marian Washington, g’78, who

retired for medical reasons still undis-closed; Hall of Fame player LynetteWoodard, c’81, promoted from assistantto interim head coach but unsuccessful

in a long-shot bid to become the perma-nent coach; and now Bonnie Henrickson.

Bonnie who?She’s unknown to us, but not to the

wider world of women’s basketball.Athletics director Lew Perkins said he

called at least seven of the biggest namesin the game, coaches he got to knowduring his tenure as A.D. at women’shoops powerhouse Connecticut.

“There wasn’t one person who didnot have Bonnie as number one or twoon their list,” Perkins said after he andChancellor Robert E. Hemenway intro-duced Henrickson as KU’s new women’sbasketball coach March 29.

Henrickson, 40, spent seven years atVirginia Tech, where she won at least 20games every season and never missedthe postseason. At KU, she inherits a 9-19 team that scored its last victory Jan.31, Woodard’s emotional debut as inter-im coach. KU went 25-62 over the pastthree seasons, including just five confer-ence victories.

Washington’s sudden departurebrought a sad end to a stellar, 30-yearcoaching career. When told thatHenrickson was Perkins’ choice toreplace her, players raced to the Internetto find Virginia Tech’s Web site. After a45-minute meeting with their new coach,players were cleary excited to have“direction” restored.

“I think she understands what animportant role she has, coming intocoach Washington’s footsteps,” said sen-ior guard Blair Waltz. “She knows she’sgoing to be coaching in the best confer-ence in the country. Just from talking toher, you can totally tell she’s ready to

who started in 19 games and played in31, shocked coaches and teammates byannouncing his intention to transfer.Padgett cited “more opportunities to be aface-up player and play the four posi-tion” for his decision. Moulaye Niangand Omar Wilkes also announced theirtransfers, but Niang reconsidered andwill stay at Kansas.

Even without Padgett, the Jayhawkswill likely be on just about everyone’sshort list of 2005 title contenders.Simien has said he will forgo the NBAdraft to join fellow seniors Langford,Miles and Michael Lee for one more runat a national championship. A top-fiverecruiting class featuring Russian bigman Alexander “Sasha” Kaun, OklahomaCity power forward Darnell Jackson andNew York City combo guard RussellRobinson should add needed depth.

With St. Louis hosting next year’s

Updates

The men’s bowling teamwon the Intercollegiate

Bowling Championships April17 in Tulsa, Okla.The fourth-seeded Jayhawks lost the firstmatch of the finals, but ralliedwith two consecutive victoriesto top Saginaw Valley (Mich.)State, 2-1. Sophomore Ryan“Rhino” Page was namedthe tournament’s MostOutstanding Performer.TheKU women, also coached byMichael Fine, g’93, finishedfifth as the No. 9 seed. It wasthe first time both teams advanced to the club sport’s national finals. ... LynetteWoodard, c’81, the greatest player in KU women’s basketball history and one ofher sport’s first international stars, will be enshrined in the Naismith MemorialBasketball Hall of Fame Sept. 10 in Springfield, Mass. She is the 15th Jayhawk so hon-ored, and KU has more inductees than any other Division I school. ... NormRoberts, associate head men’s basketball coach, accepted the head coaching job atSt. John’s University in his native New York City. Coach Bill Self had not chosen areplacement as of press time, but he has said that Danny Manning, c’92, who justcompleted his first season as director of student-athlete development, would beconsidered for the job if he wants to make the commitment. Manning is KU’s all-time leading scorer and was MVP of the 1988 Final Four.

� KU bowlers, l to r: Rhino Page, Marc D’Errico,Jason Reese,Trent Overbey, Chris Dilley and coachMike Fine. Not pictured is Alan Emmons.

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take on the challenge.”Henrickson did not win over all the

players. Sophomore Tamara Ransburg,who led the team in rebounds, stealsand blocked shots, transferred to OldDominion. The change won’t be the lastunder the new regime.

“This group will work tirelessly tobring this program back to nationalprominence,” Henrickson pledged.

She hopes to play fast-paced, transi-tion offense and half-court, man-to-mandefense. Someday. For now, Henricksonacknowledges, her style will bend to thetalent pool available.

Yet as hard as it will be to re-create achampionship-caliber program,Henrickson knows even that won’t beenough. None other than the chancellorissued the new coach a very public chal-lenge: “They don’t call me ‘Bottom lineBob’ for nothing,” Hemenway said, inreference to his mandate that women’sbasketball attract more fans to AllenField House.

“We are in the entertainment busi-ness, and we recognize that,”Henrickson said. “Our fan support is anissue and is something that we willaddress immediately: bringing people inand selling what we are trying to sell—apositive image, a tremendous work ethicand a passion for the game.”�

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reunites alumni players

The worst-kept secret in Lawrencethis April was that former coachDon Fambrough, d’84, wouldsneak out on the field and boot

the extra point after his squad’s firsttouchdown in the Apri1 18 alumni gamein Memorial Stadium. Coach Fam prac-ticed hard, and few who helped theirmentor rekindle the muscle memory inhis right leg—Fambrough was a kicker,and a good one, on the 1948 Orange

Bowl team—could keep the secret.The real secret, it turned out, was that

Fambrough would return to boot thegame winner. With the scored tied 13-13and time expired, Fambrough hadanother go; this time the kick wasblocked by 73-year-old Wint Winter Sr.,b’52, l’56.

Assistant football coach Clint Bowen, d’96, the game’s organizer, hadannounced that kicks could not berushed, so he awarded Fambrough’ssquad the point and the victory.

Fambrough stopped barking atWinter long enough to allow his jubilantplayers to hoist him onto their shouldersand carry him off the field.

For a program that was down in the

dumps for too many years, the memo-rably happy day seemed to solidify thespirit needed to complete coach MarkMangino’s rebuilding project.

“No doubt about it, this is a goodthing to do,” said All-America quarter-back Bobby Douglass, ’69, the once-more-mobile lefty who doesn’t appear tohave lost any zip on his passes since the’68 Orange Bowl. “We need everybodyto get involved. Days like today help usknow that we’re still part of this.”

In the spring football scrimmage thatfollowed, sophomore quarterback AdamBarmann appeared to solidify his stand-ing as the favorite to replace BillWhittemore, c’04, ahead of junior trans-fer Jason Swanson.�

� Kansas Relays highlights in-cluded Leo Bookman’s victory inthe 100-meter dash (10.04 sec-onds, a Relays record); freshmanGavin Ball’s shot-put win (59 feet,9 1/2 inches); and the first class ofinductees in the Kansas Relays Hallof Fame, l to r:Wes Santee; JimRyun;Ada Easton, representing herlate husband, former coach BillEaston; Billy Mills; former coachBob Timmons; and Al Oerter.Alsoinducted was the first of KU’s leg-endary milers, Glenn Cunningham.

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Worse, a ruined crop meansstarvation for everyone the farmer knows. Thisfarmer lives in a subsistence economy where theonly food available is what the locals grow forthemselves. They live beyond the help ofUNICEF, so a lost crop means the hardest oftimes.

Luckily, this farmer is not defenseless, nordoes she work alone. With her fellow farmers,she walks through the field protecting the har-vest as they have done for countless generations.As they move about, they stop occasionally andrub their necks, but not in weariness. Theirnecks harbor a special mold-killing bacterium.They smear this bacterium on the crop to protectit from attack.

Who are these farmers? Ants. Specifically, theleaf-cutter ants. Their fields are undergroundchambers the size of cantaloupes where theytend to their crop of a fungus that is their onlysource of food. Scientists have known for sometime about the agricultural inclinations of leaf-cutters. It is one of their favorite examples of onespecies living in very close association with other

species, a situation known as symbiosis.

This symbiosis turns out to be morecomplicated than originally suspected, how-ever. Cameron Currie, an assistant professor ofecology and evolutionary biology, has discoveredextra players in the ants’ symbiotic game byquestioning what everyone assumed to be true.Currie has also found that the ants have a prettygood trick up their sleeves but still may not bethe super farmers we once thought.

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Leaf-cutters are nothing if not industrious.Worker ants will leave the nest andmarch off across the jungle floor in linesthat can stretch the length of three foot-

ball fields. Once an ant reaches the front of theline, it gnaws off a piece of leaf several times itssize and carries it home.

These bits of leaves are fodder for a mush-room that the ants grow in complete darkness intheir self-dug chambers. Given their dependenceon the mushrooms, you can imagine that theytend these gardens carefully. In fact, biologistsused to believe that leaf-cutters were miraculousfarmers whose crops never got sick. Your agricul-tural experience need not extend beyond a fewtomatoes out back to appreciate how hard that is.

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ANT-SIZED FARMS YIELD SURPRISING CLUES TO THE SCALE OF NATURE’S COMPLEXITY

� Scanning electron micrographs (top left andbottom right) provideclose-up views of the headand mandibles of fungus-growing ants. A queen leaf-cutter and workers tendtheir fungus garden (topright). Atta cephalotes(center and bottom left) isone of more than 200 antspecies that cultivate fun-gus crops in undergroundchambers.

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mushrooms were indeed susceptible toattack by a mold. In fact, the mold is sodeadly that it can destroy an entire gar-den in a matter of days.

Currie also found the ants’ weaponagainst the disease. Like a farmer with atank of pesticides, worker ants carrycolonies of mold-killing bacterium. Thebacterial colony is visible on the ants as

Currie, however, wondered if this wasnot all just a little too good to be true.He had always been interested in evolu-tionary interactions between species.While working on his PhD at theUniversity of Toronto in 1996, he readabout the ants and their mushroomsand sensed a good research project.

“I thought, ‘This system should havea parasite adapted to attack it,’” Curriesays. “I figured that either there was aparasite and nobody had really lookedfor it, or that ants had an amazing set ofadaptations for dealing with disease.Either way, I was going to find some-thing amazing.”

He was right. Currie found that the

a white dot either just below the work-ers’ mouths, on what would be the neckif they had necks, or behind the frontlegs. When the workers find the deadlymold on a mushroom, they rub the bac-terium onto the infected spot. With espe-cially bad infections, workers completelycover their bodies in anti-fungal bacteriaand lounge in the affected location. Thebacterium attacks the mold and protectsthe garden.

OK, we have ants using germs to pro-tect yummy slime from icky slime. Whowould find that amazing?

“This is a very cool observation,” saysDouglas Futuyma, professor of ecologyand evolutionary biology at theUniversity of Michigan and author of thetextbook Evolutionary Biology. “The antsface a real adaptive problem, and itseems like the easy answer would be toevolve a protective chemical or specialweeding behavior. It’s fascinating thatthey have instead co-opted anotherspecies to fight the pathogen.”

Amazing, too, are the facts Currietosses out. He seems to know somethingabout every aspect of the ants’ lives and

the details with which he casually peppers his conversation paint quite apicture. For one thing, we are not justtalking about one ant, one mold, onemushroom and one bacterium. There are more than 200 species of fungus-growing ants. All tend fungal gardens,and all carry a mold-killing bacterium.

In addition, scientists believe that the

� Cameron Currie in his laboratory, home to 150 colonies of fungus-growing ants.Aworker leaf-cutter (right) covered in white bacterium spreads the mold-killing agentthroughout a garden.

“This system should have a parasite adapted to attack it.Either there was a parasite and nobody had really

looked for it, or ants had an amazing set of adaptations fordealing with disease. Either way, I was going to find

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ants have been farming their mush-rooms for 50 million to 65 million years.Not too shabby when you consider thathumans have only farmed for about10,000 years.

And it has not been an easy 65 mil-lion years. Currie and some colleaguespublished a paper in the journal Sciencelast year suggesting that the mold hasbeen attacking the gardens since thebeginning. He also believes that the antsmust have started using the bacteriumearly on, because the mold is so deadly

that the gardens could nothave survived without it.

Taken together, this means that Curriehas uncovered a four-player evolutionarygame that has survived for an extraordi-nary period of time. Each of thesespecies has been adapting itself to theothers since just after the last dinosaursdisappeared.

Currie’s discovery of the third andfourth dimensions in this symbiotic rela-tionship has attracted national mediaattention (the New York Times reportedon his findings in January 2003) andcreated a buzz among biologists, whobelieve it will increase understandingabout how organisms evolve in response

to other organisms. Previously,biologists could study onlytwo-way symbioses. That islike trying to understand agame of basketball by watch-ing only the opposing centers.Currie’s discovery broadensthe view, so people can at leastsee the forwards, too. Nor is his

game likely to remain the onlyone in town.

“The indications are that whenyou look at these systems from the

parasite and microbe end of things,these kinds of associations are really

very common. I was at some meetingslast summer with lots of people givingtalks that hinted at systems with multi-ple players. I think we’re going to findthat that is probably the norm,” Curriesays.

He believes his discovery has otherimplications. Biologists frequently worryabout the current rate at which speciesgo extinct. The world of leaf-cutter gar-dens suggests that the extinction ratemay actually be worse than feared.Losing one species of leaf-cutter wouldprobably mean losing the other threespecies in the garden. If these multi-species symbioses are as common asCurrie believes, then what we see as thedemise of a single species may actuallyrepresent the disappearance of severalspecies.

Perhaps more interesting to those ofyou with itchy, burning feet, Curriebelieves that his discovery opens a newfront in the search for anti-fungal com-pounds. The ants’ bacterium belongs tothe bacterial family from which we havederived 80 percent of our antibiotics.Typically, however, scientists havelooked for these beneficial bacteria onlyin the soil. Now it appears that they

healthy fungus garden garden devastated by mold

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should also look for them living in sym-biotic relationships with other organ-isms.

“We have unique strains that havenever been screened for antibiotic prod-ucts,” he says. “There is a lot of promisefrom that angle.”

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Another benefit to studying leaf-cutters, at least for Currie, is theopportunity to travel widely.Leaf-cutters live throughout the

warm regions of North and SouthAmerica. Currie has journeyed to thesouthwest United States, Panama,Ecuador, Argentina and Trinidad to digup their colonies. What he digs up can

vary a lot because there are so manyspecies. He may unearth a colony withonly a few dozen members. Or he mayfind a big colony whose millions sprawlthroughout 3,000 chambers extending18 feet below the ground.

The ants within a colony vary, too,depending on their jobs. Gardeners areabout the size of an uncooked grain ofrice. They look petite, as if built to avoiddamaging the crop as they scrambleabout weeding and mulching. Workers,which actually cut and retrieve leaves,are two or three times longer than gar-deners and more robust, like a cookedrice grain. Bigger still are the soldiersthat protect the colony.

“There are some soldier ants that canbite through leather shoes,” Currie says.

“The heads of soldiers are really impres-sive. I’ve lost a lot of blood to theseants.”

After exposing a colony, Curriescoops up some of the ants and some of their garden to take back to the lab.He currently keeps 150 to 200 coloniesin a Haworth Hall room the size of atwo-car garage. In half of the room—thedecidedly mustier half—tall stacks ofpetri dishes tower on lab benches. Eachdish holds a colony of fungus, either theyummy kind or its arch-nemesis, waitingto be tested.

The ants live in the other half. Smallcolonies, which may have only 10 mem-bers, live in clear plastic containersabout as big as a cigar box. Largecolonies number in the tens of thou-sands and inhabit several shoebox-sizedcontainers joined by plastic pipes. Manyof the colonial boxes have small plasticvials taped to their covers. These holddead males. Currie and his assistantsremove males from the colonies becausethey are useless except for reproducing.(Insert your own joke here.)

Despite the bleak outlook for males,the colonies seem destined for a longfuture in Currie’s lab. His discoverieshave not satisfied his curiosity aboutleaf-cutters, only created new questionsto investigate. He has already made newdiscoveries about the ants, and more aresure to come. “I still think there are lotsof exciting things to learn,” he says.

Currie is also working with graduatestudents to search for other three- andfour-player systems. But there is no rea-son to think that four is the limit to thenumber of creatures scientists may findliving symbiotically. When we only knewabout two-species systems, four seemedunbelievably complex. Now that weknow four species can live in symbiosis,why not six, eight or 10?

That, suggests Michigan’s Futuyma, iswhy Currie’s discoveries so far are excit-ing, but not surprising.

“Anything you can imagine,” he says,“you can find in nature.”�

—Michael Campbell, g’93, is aEudora free-lance writer.

Symbiosis: A four-player game

� Worker leaf-cutter antsA) gnaw off a piece of leafand transport it back tothe colony, where gardenerants chew up and spit outthe leaf on the mushroomcrop B), which thrives onthe decay of the leaves.

A parasitic moldcalled Escovopsis C)attacks the mushroom andcan wipe out an entire gar-den in days.Ants host anantibiotic-producing

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So this is where actors comefrom. These wood-floored stu-dios and airy classrooms, out-fitted with old pianos andblocky couches and hand-made, brilliantly painted

desks and chairs, the flotsam of playslong forgotten.

Any of these elements dropped into amore typical academic setting—a chem-istry lab, say, or an art history seminar—might cause a stir. Here in Murphy Hall,where acting students grind through thebasics that might one day allow their tal-

ents to appear effortless, the eclectic vibeis, well, part of the scenery.

“It’s fine for you to be talking amongyourselves,” Meier says as his afternooncourse, “Acting with an Accent,” getsunderway. “As long as it’s in Russian.”

Meier, professor of theatre and film,runs classrooms in which students laugha lot. And chat a lot. And call their pro-fessor Paul, and where Paul shares anec-dotes about his friend Jim Caviezel, wholately happens to be starring in theatreseverywhere as none other than JesusChrist. These classes, where undergradu-

ates grapple with the infinite nuances ofaccents and dialects, are, in a word, fun.

They also are as complex as calculus.In his morning class, the first session

after spring break, Meier and his neo-phyte voice students review the materialto date. They study vowel charts anddiphthongs and histories of world lan-guages, while Meier teaches with noth-ing more high-tech than chalk, his voiceand his knowledge. “In the battle of lan-guages,” he says, “English has won.”

Yet the language these students arelearning to speak and write is as foreignas Icelandic. Plosive, nasal and fricativeconsonants. The voiced postalveolarfricative. Phonemes. Intriguing cryp-tograms that represent sounds, not let-ters, yet still spell out words.

A few hours later, older students, vet-erans of the introductory course who arenow enrolled in the 300-level “Actingwith an Accent,” study Russian—at least,the Russian manner of speaking English.

While sharing their spring break sto-ries about trips to Key Largo and Padre,they sound like the crew of the SeanConnery-captained Red October. Andthough many are good, very good, andcertainly more skilled at accents thanKevin Costner ever will be, their profes-sor is a marvel. Within an otherwisemeaningless sentence, he slides fromone accent to another. He demonstrates,for instance, how a native Russian speaker with raw English skills wouldsound, and then, without pausing, shiftsinto the overly precise pronunciationused by a well-educated Russian whospeaks English fluently but not perfectly.

The class discusses the differencebetween accent and dialect. Dialect,Meier explains, is “always correct,according to the people in power.”Southerners speaking the native tonguein Alabama hold dear their own peculiarEnglish, just as London pub owners willemploy the same language in an entirelydifferent voice.

Accents, though, “are not quite right.”They are the voice of a foreigner tryingto reproduce the sounds and rhythms ofan alien language.

It is quickly apparent why Meier

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encourages a happy atmosphere oflaughter and chitchat. Otherwise, thisstuff would be overwhelming. And justto add to the pressure: Every vowel thesestudents will ever utter as professionalactors can be nothing less than perfect.

“If anybody finds you after a perform-ance and says, ‘Those accents were won-derful!’ then you have failed,” Meier says.“It must be invisible.”

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Paul Meier is, in his very heart andsoul, a man of the theatre. Butplease don’t encourage him bysaying, “Break a leg!” Because he

did, and he almost did not survive.“I fell off a cliff,” he says, smiling

thinly and speaking in the flattest, mostmatter-of-fact voice he will utter.

Meier, a Londoner who came to theUnited States soon after he completedhis graduate studies in 1970, returns fre-quently to his homeland for theatreresearch and workshops. During a freeday in spring 2002, he and his wife,Marilyn, were hiking along a 1,200-footcliff in north Devon. The path gave wayunderneath him, and he tumbled.

He was saved, miraculously, by a treegrowing out of the side of the cliff. “I fell12 feet, instead of 1,200 feet, but it wasenough to break my leg pretty badly,” hesays. Meier’s wife and a passing hiker

pulled him to safety, then helped himhobble painfully to a car, in which hewas rushed to a local hospital.

“It’s pretty damn interesting,” he saysof the near-death experience. “It shakesyou. You’re not so confident of the wayyou move around, and you wonder if it’sa metaphor for something else.”

Though the accident slowed Meierphysically, for a time, he never waveredprofessionally. He is, in fact, a one-manband. He keeps a busy course load, andfrequently directs or coaches UniversityTheatre productions. He launched theInternational Dialects of English Archive(www.ukans.edu/~idea/), a Web-basedtreasure-trove of recordings of interna-tional accents.

He works as a voice-over actor, andlast year starred as the voice of Wal-Mart’s Smiley character. He writes hisown textbooks, records books on tape,and consults with actors and filmmak-ers. (Director Ang Lee hired Meier as thedialect coach for “Ride with the Devil.”)

He consults with actors for particularroles, and compiles that coaching into alibrary of recordings that can be rentedby an entire production. He coachesnews readers, and is eager to help non-native English speakers of anyprofession who want to diminishtheir accents.

Though he has lived in theUnited States for more than 30

years, and in Kansas for 16, he keeps hisdigital watch set to 24-hour time, and hestill speaks with a lovely, soft accent ofproper British English.

When he wants to.It is frankly a bit unnerving to hear an

Englishman recite a beautiful passagefrom Shakespeare with a confidentAmerican voice.

Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave amI! Is it not monstrous that this player here,but in a fiction, in a dream of passion ...

The voice is verse, as poetic as thewords. He then drills through Hamlet’smournful soliloquy again, this time asflatly as he recounted his hiking acci-dent. It is a summary of what once waswritten, nothing more, and even theglory of Shakespeare’s words cannotshine through.

Again, then, with passion, subtle andsure, in a robust American voice, and hispoint becomes clear.

“So you see what I’m doing?” he asks,his intelligent eyes smiling. “I’m earningthe right to use those words. Rather thanquoting literature, I’m taking ownershipof language.”

No, this is where actors comefrom.�

� Paul Meier uses his office studio (left) to add to his Internet-based library ofinternational accents. In every class period,he shows himself to be a wonderful talkerand attentive listener.

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Rich Clarkson documented a half-century of American sport, and no forum better highlights his vision of athletesand coaches than collegiate competition.

The baby face of a gentle freshman giant, WiltChamberlain, ’59. The elegant intensity of Gale Sayers, d’75, g’77.Jim Ryun, j’70, captured in a near-miraculous double exposure. CoachForrest C. “Phog” Allen, ’09, who posed for Clarkson after directingthe Jayhawks through one of their first practices in Allen Field House.

Clarkson’s Denver photography and publishingfirm, Rich Clarkson and Associates, does all offi-cial photography for the NCAA’s 93 nationalchampionships and regularly organizes displays inthe NCAA Hall of Champions in Indianapolis.The Hall’s managing director, George Smith,finally suggested that Clarksonassemble a show of his own.

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� 1] Wilt ChamberlainIn his first memorable por-trait, Clarkson saw thatthe best way to illustrateChamberlain’s legendaryheight was by posing the7-foot-1 freshman in afolding chair. The photo-graph won over SportsIllustrated’s managing edi-tor, Andre LaGuerre, whoscuttled his plans to dis-patch a staff photogra-pher from New York toshoot Chamberlain. Thiswas one of two Clarksonphotographs included inSI’s 1999 most-memo-rable portraits issue; theother was of PeteMaravich (see p. 35).

� 2] John WoodenClarkson has said hisfavorite photograph was ashot of UCLA’s legendarycoach hugging graduatingsenior Sidney Wicks, whodid not always get alongwith Wooden, at the con-clusion of Wicks’ finalgame as a Bruin. ButClarkson instead chosethis volatile image, fromWooden’s final game asthe Bruins’ coach. He says it demonstratesWooden’s competitivefire, which was usuallymasked by a gentle, pro-fessorial demeanor awayfrom the court.

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� 3] Magic JohnsonFew game images betterdepict the beatific joy ofa young athlete than thisshot of Michigan State’sEarvin “Magic” Johnson

after the Spartans’ 1979NCAA Championship vic-

tory over Indiana State.That championship, the

highest-rated college bas-ketball game in televisionhistory, featured Johnsonvs. Indiana State’s LarryBird; the future Hall ofFamers continued their

spirited rivalry in the NBAthrough the 1980s.

Though his fame and talents continued to rise

after the 1979 title gamethat made him a star,

Magic never lost hisdelight in the game or hispassion for life—emotionsevident in this memorable

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As he dug through his files, Clarkson,j’55, naturally decided to limit his showto portraits of college athletes andcoaches. After a successful December

preview at a Denver gallery, the exhibition, titled“The Champions: Portraits from the NCAAArena,” opened in January at NCAA headquar-ters, where it was on display through April.

It returns to public view July 1 at the U.S.Olympic Visitor Center in Colorado Springs,Colo., where it will remain through September.Clarkson, an enthusiastic supporter of his almamater and this magazine, offered us the entirecollection for publication without charge; wegratefully and quickly accepted. Though unableto reprint all 36, we offer a selection of portraitssure to stir the heart of any American sports fan.

As a contributing photographer for SportsIllustrated for many years (a relationshiplaunched by Clarkson’s enduring portrait ofyoung Chamberlain lacing up one of his hugecanvas sneakers), Clarkson repeatedly captured

� 4] Jim RyunClarkson created this portrait of the great KUmiler when Ryun wasnamed Sports Illustrated’sSportsman of the Year for 1966. He first shot acouple of rolls of film ofRyun running across aridge, in front of a glori-ous Kansas sunset. Hethen rewound the filmand, with great care forproper placement, pho-tographed Ryun’s faceagainst a black back-ground. The trick couldnow be easily duplicatedby computer, but at thetime, a successful doubleexposure was a hallmarkof the photographic arts.

� 5] Mike KrzyzewskiClarkson cites this shot of“Coach K,” taken afterDuke won the 2001NCAA men’s basketballchampionship, as one ofhis favorites. He notesthat when the playerswere handed the champi-onship trophy, Krzyzewskistepped back andwatched. “Think abouthow many coaches wouldwant to be in the frontrow,” Clarkson says.“Mike is one of theunique people who savorsthe moment for the kids.It’s a privilege to seemoments like that.”

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the magic of our sports heroes, in portraits “veryposed and organized” or “spontaneous, duringan event.”

But if there’s a spark that leaps from theseimages, Clarkson insists it’s not because the ath-letes and coaches were the greats of their eras.

“That can happen just as well with a LittleLeague baseball player,” he says. “The thing Ifound interesting in sports, as most photojour-nalists do, is seeing people in a variety of emo-tional conditions: stress, dedication, joy … thenature of the event is that the emotions are rightout in front.”

The show includes portraits of KU alumniwho went elsewhere to become coaching leg-ends—Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp, c’23, and NorthCarolina’s Dean Smith, d’53—and respected con-ference rivals Hank Iba, of Oklahoma State;Missouri’s Sparky Stalcup; Tom Osborne andBob Devaney, of Nebraska; and Oklahoma’s flam-boyant Barry Switzer.

There’s LSU’s “Pistol” Pete Maravich, when hewas but a BB gun. A laughing Steve Prefontaine,

� 6] Lew AlcindorAlcindor, shown here in

1967, the first of histhree-consecutive champi-onship seasons at UCLA,changed his name a year

later to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. In his 20 NBA

seasons, the great centerwith a soft hook shot

broke Wilt Chamberlain’scareer scoring record andset NBA marks for most

seasons, games and min-utes played, and most

blocked shots.

� 7] Steve PrefontaineClarkson spent 10 days

photographing the spiritedOregon miler for Life mag-

azine in summer 1974.After placing fourth in the

1972 Olympic 5,000meters, “Pre” lauched agrueling training regimen

for the 1976 Games inMontreal. He would not

get there: Prefontaine diedin an automobile accident

on May 30, 1975. He was 24.

� 8] Hank IbaIba coached OklahomaA&M (now OklahomaState) to consecutive

NCAA men’s basketballchampionships in 1945

and ’46, and compiled acareer coaching record of 767-338. He also

coached the U.S. toOlympic gold in 1964 and ’68, but might be

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� 9] Gale SayersThe face of Kansas foot-ball is, by any objectivemeasure, this Clarksonphotograph of the“Kansas Comet.” Sayerswas a two-time All-American and rushed for2,675 yards as aJayhawk, but he trulyblossomed as a memberof the Chicago Bears.On Dec. 12, 1965,Sayers scored six touch-downs against the SanFrancisco 49ers, andwent on to become theNFL’s Rookie of theYear. Two devastatingknee injuries limited hispro career to seven sea-sons, yet Sayers stillbecame the youngestplayer ever to gain induc-tion into the Pro FootballHall of Fame. Now asuccessful Chicago busi-nessman, Sayers, one offootball’s greatest andmost graceful runnersand kick returners, willbe long remembered asthe author of the inspira-tional autobiography IAm Third and for hisenduring friendship withBears teammate BrianPiccolo, portrayed somovingly in the movie“Brian’s Song.”

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� 10] Mark SpitzReplicating the pose he

first used with WiltChamberlain, Clarkson

profiled the long-limbedswimmer by showing hisbent knees curled to his

chest. Note, too, thatClarkson chose to poseSpitz out of the water,

perhaps to better empha-size the mop of dark hairand mustache that wouldeventually become trade-mark images for a heart-

throb of the 1970s. Ayear after this 1971 pho-

tograph was taken atIndiana University, Spitz

won seven gold medals atthe Munich Olympics withseven world-record times,perhaps the greatest sin-gle Olympiad in modernhistory. He also won twogold medals, a silver and

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the great Oregon miler captured in a portraittaken the summer before his tragic death in May1975. Archie Griffin, John Elway, Magic Johnson,Woody Hayes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar when hewas Lew Alcindor.

Bear Bryant, Bill Bradley, Mark Spitz, JanetEvans, Jackie Joyner-Kersee before she wasKersee. Bob Knight, Mike Krzyzewski, JoePaterno, and, still fiery in his final game, JohnWooden.

The fastest of athletes and wisest of coacheswill neither outrun nor outsmart time. But whilenone remain in person as we see them inClarkson’s timeless images, the beauty of theiraccomplishment still dazzles.

We do not need to see them in motion, orhear their feats narrated by the crackly call of aplay-by-play announcer. Thanks to these silentphotographs, they play on, victorious, always,victorious.�

� 11] Archie GriffinOhio State’s powerful No.45, Griffin is the only two-time winner of theHeisman Trophy (1974and ’75). His willingnessto sign autographs foryoung Buckeyes—asshown here during whatwas probably the springscrimmage of 1975—hassince taken a new form ofoutreach: Griffin this yearwas named president ofthe Ohio State AlumniAssociation. “The way Isee it,” he told Ohio Statemagazine, “I ought to behonored that people stillremember me.”

� 12] Pete Maravich“Pistol” Pete Maravich,depicted here in 1968 asthe cool dude he mostcertainly was, had theflashy nickname, the styl-ishly unkempt hair andmemorable idiosyncrasies.(He supposedly wore thesame pair of gray socks,never washed, throughouthis college career atLouisiana State.) Plus, thePistol could flat shoot. Heaveraged 44.2 points agame in his three-yearvarsity career, and is stillthe NCAA’s all-time lead-ing career scorer, with3,667 points.

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Association

Three alumni and a longtime faculty mem-ber are the 2004 winners of KU’s mostprestigious honor, the DistinguishedService Citation. They will be honored at

the All-University Supper May 21 and march inCommencement May 23.

The four are Norton J. Greenberger, ChestnutHill, Massachusetts; Robert A. Long, b’57,Leawood; Jean F. Shepherd, d’68, l’77, Lawrence;and Fred N. Six, c’51, l’56, Lawrence.

The DSC was created in 1941 to honor indi-viduals whose lives and careers have helped ben-efit humanity. It is the highest honor bestowedby the University and the Alumni Association;nominations are sought every summer; represen-tatives from the Alumni and EndowmentAssociations and the Chancellor’s office selectthe recipients.

Two generations of physicians have studiedunder the watchful eye and wise counsel of long-time professor Norton Greenberger. Honoredseven times by the University for his teaching,Greenberger is a prized mentor to physiciansnationwide. In 2001, his 30-year career at the KUSchool of Medicine culminated in concurrenthonors: the Chancellor's Award for DistinguishedTeaching and the Distinguished Teaching Awardfrom the American College of Physicians. In

2002, he retired from KU as professor and seniorassociate dean of the medical school, but he con-tinues his career in New England, where heteaches at Harvard Medical School and continuesto consult as an international leader in gastroen-terology. Today's celebration of Dr. Greenberger’sservice to humanity is most fitting, because formany years, he led the annual walk down theHill as a University Marshal.

When a task calls for insightful and impartialleadership, Kansas Citians turn to Bob Long,chairman of Dunn Industries. Through fourdecades, numerous civic organizations have bene-fited from his loyalty and keen judgment. For hisenduring service, the Kansas City Chamber ofCommerce named him Kansas Citian of the Year,and he has received honors from the Boy Scouts,the National Conference of Christians and Jews,the Salvation Army and Rockhurst University.For his devotion to KU, he already has receivedthe Fred Ellsworth Medallion and an honoraryalumnus award from the School of Nursing. Inhis community, he continues to guide Children'sMercy Hospital, the Kansas City CrimeCommission, the Civic Council, MidwestResearch Institute and the McGee Foundation.

As an English teacher in an urban high school,Jean Shepherd witnessed the struggles of teen-

The DSC is thehighest honor

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the AlumniAssociation for

service tohumanity.

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They lead by exampleAnnual tribute to public service honors

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agers from troubled families. She soonrealized these children needed advocatesoutside the classroom and the home, soshe returned to KU for her law degreeand embarked on a career dedicated toprotecting the children of Kansas. As aDouglas County District judge, she haspresided over the cases of juvenileoffenders and children in foster care.Outside the courtroom, she has creatednew programs to benefit children,including the Foster Care Review Boardand the Court-Appointed SpecialAdvocates (CASA) program in DouglasCounty, Project Phoenix for gang inter-vention and prevention, and theChallenge Award for foster-care childrengraduating from high schools inLawrence. She has earned nationalrespect not only from her colleagues inthe justice system, but also from social-welfare professionals, educators andcountless Kansas families.

Although he chose the law as hiscareer, Fred Six followed his abiding

spirit of inquiry down numerous paths,always with the goal to serve others. Forhis alma mater and the Lawrence area,he has helped lead organizations dedi-cated to preserving and promoting localhistory, the arts, social welfare, mentalhealth care and education. In everyendeavor, his genuine warmth and clas-sic wit endear him to fellow citizens. As ajustice of the Kansas Supreme Courtfrom 1988 to 2003, he won the trust andadmiration of his colleagues and thepeople of Kansas. Honored twice by theKansas Bar Association for his achieve-ments, Justice Six also has been named adistinguished alumnus of the KU Schoolof Law and the College of Liberal Artsand Sciences. Now retired, Justice Sixcontinues to hold court on his landsouth of town, where he hosts tours ofBlanton’s Crossing, a strategic outposton the Oregon and California trails dur-ing the early years of the KansasTerritory.�

Golden reunions1954 grads and their elders

return to Mount Oread

Mischief makes for lastingmemories. Just ask theJayhawks of 1954, whoshared laughs galore at the

50th reunion April 16-17. Robert Roth, b’54, Larned, cited his

favorite KU episode, which oddlyenough involved his bout with the three-day measles in spring 1952. Even as heand his fellow patients convalesced inthe student health center, they still man-aged to toast the basketball team’snational championship, thanks to somethoughtful visitors who arrived bearing aspecially brewed remedy. The patientssoon changed from peaked to perky,Roth recalled, and frustrated physicianspronounced them cured and sent themhome.

Basketball memories also promptedchuckles from Gene Johnstone, c’54,s’59, Rio Rancho, N.M., who remem-bered seeing more than his fair share ofgames in Hoch Auditorium, despite aticket policy that limited students toattending alternate home games. “All wehad to do was tape a copy of our pictureover someone else’s student ID, and wewere set,” he admitted. “I didn’t missmany games.”

� Bob and Lorraine Ball,Austin,Texas,couldn’t resist the Sandy Jayhawk outside theKansas Union.

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� Alumni Association Chair Linda Duston Warren, left, looks on as Fred B.Williams,president and CEO, greets Stephanie Bartholomew, one of the students who receivedKU class rings May 2 at the Adams Alumni Center. Jennifer Mueller Alderdice, center,directs the Association’s student programs and hosted the event, which honors a ringtradition that began with the Class of 1947.

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� Clockwise from top left: Leah Hemenwaypinned a 50-year Jayhawk on Frank Newby atthe Class of 1954 luncheon, where she andChancellor Robert Hemenway congratulatedthe class members. Helen M. Brown and MyronE. Kelso returned to Lawrence for the reunions,as did Dick Cummings and Carol SwansonRitchie, who not only are classmates but alsoformer Alumni Association national chairs. GlenDavis and B.H. Born, above, and BarbaraBateman Wunsch and Nancy Morsbach Winter,opposite page, joined in the Friday night revelryat the Adams Alumni Center.

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Board of Directors

CHAIRLinda Duston Warren, c’66,

m’70, Hanover

EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRLarry J. Borden, b’62, g’67,

Colorado Springs, Colo.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEELarry J. Borden, b’62, g’67,

Colorado Springs, Colo.Robert L. Driscoll, c’61, l’64,

Mission WoodsReid Holbrook, c’64, l’66,

Overland ParkJanet Martin McKinney, c’74,

Port Ludlow,WashingtonMarvin R. Motley, c’77, l’80,

g’81, LeawoodCarol Swanson Ritchie,

d’54,WichitaLinda Duston Warren, c’66,

m’70, HanoverDavid B.Wescoe, c’76,

La Jolla, California

VICE CHAIRSTony C. Guy, c’82, Kansas City,

MissouriJohn P. Hanna, g’64, d’66,

g’67, PhD’73, St. Petersburg,Florida

Jay Howard, b’79, Austin,TexasMonty E. Strecker b’80,

Ellinwood

DIRECTORS TO JULY 2004A. Drue Jennings, d’68, l’72,

LeawoodMary Kay Paige McPhee,

d’49, Kansas City, MissouriJohn W. Mize, c’72, Salina

DIRECTORS TO JULY 2005Nancy Borel Ellis, d’63,

Pinehurst, North Carolina

Sydnie Bowling Kampschroeder, c’65,Naperville, Illinois

Craig B. Swenson, e’59,Lee’s Summit, Missouri

DIRECTORS TO JULY 2006Jill Sadowsky Docking,

c’78, g’84,WichitaMarvin R. Motley,

c’77, l’80, g’81, LeawoodDavid B.Wescoe, c’76,

La Jolla, California

DIRECTORS TO JULY 2007Con M. Keating, c’63,

Lincoln, NebraskaJoe C. Morris, b’61, LeawoodAllyn W. Risley e’72,

Houston,Texas

DIRECTORS TO JULY 2008Carol Ann Adams Brown,

c’72,Alexandria,VirginiaTom H. Collinson,

c’00, PittsburgPetra “Tedde” Tasheff, c’78,

New York, New York

HONORARY MEMBERSGene A. Budig, EdD,

Princeton, New JerseyE. Laurence Chalmers Jr.,

PhD, San Antonio,Texas Archie R. Dykes, EdD,

Goodlettsville,Tennessee Delbert M. Shankel, PhD,

Lawrence

Administrative StaffADMINISTRATION

Kelly NorrisExecutive Assistant for External Programs

Lora StoppelExecutive Assistant for Administration and Human Resources

Fred B.WilliamsPresident and CEO

ALUMNI CENTERBryan Greve

Director of Alumni Center Services and Association Membership

Mike WellmanDirector of Internet Services and Special Projects

FINANCEDwight Parman

Sr VP for Finance and HumanResources & Treasurer

COMMUNICATIONSChris Lazzarino

Associate Editor, Kansas Alumni Magazine

Jennifer Jackson SannerSr VP for Communications and Editor, Kansas Alumni Magazine

Susan YoungerArt Director

MEMBERSHIPJennifer Mueller Alderdice

Director of Student Programs

Bryan GreveDirector of Alumni Center Services and Association Membership

MEMBERSHIP SERVICESCarolyn Barnes

Director of the Kansas Honors Program

Kirk CernySr VP for Membership Services

Janice CordryDirector of the Flying Jayhawks Program

RECORDSBill Green

Sr VP for Information Services

Stefanie ShackelfordVice President for Records

The Alumni Association was established in 1883 for the purpose of strengthening loyalty, friendship,commitment and communication among graduates, former and current students, parents, faculty, staff andall other friends of The University of Kansas. Its members hereby unite into an Association to achieve unityof purpose and action to serve the best interests of The University and its constituencies.The Association

is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes.

continued from page 37At least one class member made a

career of making mischief. Phil Hahn,c’54, founder of the campus humor mag-azine SQUAT and one of the pranksterswho stole the flags from atop FraserHall, went on to write for television, win-ning an Emmy for his “Laugh-In” scriptsand writing for numerous variety spe-cials through the years. Still writing fromhis home in Coos Bay, Ore., Hahn con-tinues his collaboration with fellow KUgrad and cartoonist Paul Coker, f’51. Aspurveyors of what Hahn fondly calls“horrifying clichés” and other silliness,the two have become darlings of theMAD magazine set and joined forces onchildren’s books. As he reminisced withfriends and fans before the class dinnerFriday night, Hahn carried the first copyof their latest children’s offering, WeeWisdom’s Henrietta the Homely Duckling.

Saturday’s festivities began with theannual Gold Medal Club brunch forgraduates who have passed their 50thanniversaries. Then nearly 90 youngstersof ’54 celebrated their coming of age asthey received their golden Jayhawk pinsfrom Chancellor Robert and LeahHemenway and Alumni AssociationPresident and CEO Fred B. Williams.

Alongside her new Jayhawk, PatriciaRoney Hughes, d’54, of Sabetha sporteda saucer-sized pin. Though its sentimentshouted her preferred status 50 yearsago, it also fit her latest milestone:“Damn Right! I’m a Senior.”

“I thought twice about wearing it,”Hughes said with a grin, “but I couldn’tresist.”

For Jayhawks, the laughter alwayslingers. �

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1940J.W. Greene, d’40, lives in Satellite

Beach, Fla., where he’s retired from acareer with American States Insurance.

R.D. Milam, b’40, makes his home inBella Vista, Ark., with his wife, Helen.

1945Vivian Johnson MacRae, c’45, is

retired in Los Gatos, Calif.

1947Bernice Alexander West, c’47, and

her husband, Ollie, celebrated their 53rdanniversary last September. They live inOakland, Calif.

1950Albert Tyler, c’50, makes his home in

Dallas with his wife, Bobbie.

1951Wayne Kohman, e’51, is a retired sen-

ior staff engineer with Perkin Elmer. Helives in Wilton, Conn.

1952Lee Haworth, e’52, g’54, makes his

home in Salina.

1953William, c’53, l’55, and Maxine

Bednar Allen, d’55, g’59, divide theirtime between homes in Overland Parkand Largo, Fla.

1954Frank Rodkey, b’54, a captain with

TWA, lives in Lawrence with his wife,Cathie.

Thomas Schlotterback, f’54, g’56, isexhibiting two of his drawings in showsin New Mexico and Texas. He’s a profes-sor emeritus of art at WesternWashington University in Bellingham.

Kyle Thompson, f’54, stays busy inretirement with ham radio and oil paint-ing. He lives in Oakdale, Calif.

1957Shirley Kubik Deterding, d’57,

recently became chairman of the boardof Citizens Bank of Kansas. She lives inHutchinson.

Thomas Lewinsohn, c’57, g’65, makeshis home in Leawood. He spoke at KU’sEast Asian Film Fesitval earlier this yearabout his experience living in theShanghai ghetto in the 1940s.

Richard Lockhart, e’57, is president ofLockhart Geophysical in Denver.

Diane Warner, c’57, is a self-employedfarm landlord in Leawood.

1958Roderic Deines, ’58, is general man-

ager of Roderic Deines Inc. in Lawrence.Molly Smith, n’58, lives in Mission,

where she’s retired.Stanley Williams, c’58, does engineer-

ing consulting for NASA and LockheedMartin. He lives in Nassau Bay, Texas,where he trains for triathlons.

1959Robert Macy, j’59, lives in Las Vegas,

where he’s publisher at M&M Graphics.

1960Edward Dolson, b’60, is a partner in

Swanson Midgley in Kansas City.Gary McEachen, b’60, lives in

Shawnee Mission and is a partner inStinson Morrison Hecker.

Francis Sellers, PhD’60, recentlyjoined Back Bay Financial Group inBoston. He lives in South Yarmouth.

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Roger Stanton, c’60, l’63, practiceslaw with Berkowitz Stanton BrandtWilliams & Shaw, where he’s a partner.He lives in Prairie Village.

Delbert Williamson, e’60, retired earlier this year from a career with GEPower Systems. He makes his home in Atlanta.

1961Philip Anschutz, b’61, is chairman and

CEO of the Anschutz Corp., whichrecently purchased the San FranscicoExaminer and Independent newspapers.He makes his home in Denver.

Robert Barnhill, c’61, dean-in-resi-dence for the National ScienceFoundation and Council of GraduateSchools, recently was chosen to lead theAmerican Academy for the Advancementof Science’s committee on science, engi-neering and public policy. He lives inLawrence.

1962Marc Asher, m’62, recently was

named a distinguished professor at theKU School of Medicine. He lives inLeawood.

Judith Satterfield Henderson, d’62,g’73, is retired in Lawrence.

Patricia Getto Plumlee, d’62, recently completed a marathon in LosAngeles. She makes her home inCupertino, Calif.

Mary Fassnacht Whitaker, d’62,EdD’96, retired last year as special edu-cation coordinator for the Olathe schooldistrict. She lives in Overland Park.

1963Janet Burnett Huchingson, d’63, and

her husband, John, live in Arlington,Texas, where she’s an associate professorof English at Tarrant County College.The couple plans to move to Lawrenceafter retiring this summer.

Eugene Lee, c’63, retired last yearfrom Siemens Medical Solutions andmoved to Bainbridge Island, Wash.

Kasem Narongdej, g’63, chairs theKPN Group in Bangkok, Thailand.

Edward Roberts, b’63, owns theRoberts Group in Bonner Springs.

1964Helen Lindquist Bonny, d’64, g’68,

lives in Vero Beach, Fla. She wrote Musicand Consciousness: The Evolution ofGuided Imagery and Music.

Sandra Garvey Crowther, d’64, g’69,EdD’77, directs planning and programimprovement for the Lawrence publicschools.

Robert Gifford, d’64, is a professor of

music at Southeast Missouri StateUniversity in Cape Girardeau.

Rae Heath Hederstedt, d’64, doessubstitute teaching at the EarlyEducation Center in Hutchinson.

1965Peter Davidson, c’65, l’68, practices

law part time in New York City. He livesin Chappaqua.

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John Edgar, b’65, lives in OverlandPark and practices with Edgar Law Firmin Kansas City.

Phil Harrison, c’65, recently becamepresident of the Culver Legion. He livesin Lawrence.

Arthur Spears, c’65, chairs theanthropology department at CityUniversity of New York. He lives in NewYork City.

Donald Winklepleck, p’65, lives inEdmond, Okla., and works as a reliefpharmacist.

1966Kenneth Asher, p’66, is pharmacist-in-

charge at Sugar Valley Pharmacy inMound City.

Ernest Ballweg, j’66, l’69, practiceslaw in Overland Park.

Rosalie Jenkins, j’66, directs corporatecommunications for the DepositoryTrust and Clearing Corp. in New YorkCity.

Thomas Thompson, a’66, works as aninvestment representative for EdwardJones in Tulsa, Okla.

1967Thomas Brandt, c’67, owns Brandt

Technologies in Bensenville, Ill. He livesin Batavia.

Richard Martin, e’67, lives in Fenton,Mich., where he’s retired from a careerwith General Motors.

Larry Rouse, b’67, is a partner in theKansas City firm of Rouse HendricksGerman May. He lives in Prairie Village.

Jane Barricklow Rousser, g’67, lives inRiverside, where she works at theUniversity of California.

1968Brian Barker, g’68, makes his home in

London, where he’s a judge in theCentral Criminal Court.

Thomas King, d’68, is a professor ofvoice at Austin Peay State University inClarksville, Tenn.

Roger Plowman, a’68, lives in Fishers,Ind., where he’s principal ofArchitecnique.

Nancy Thompson Preston, c’68, co-owns Preston Insurance Agency in

Lawyer heads to the hillsto tend abused animals

Gracie the paraplegic cat. CeCethe dog with muscular dystro-phy. Beauty the blind mare.Katie the pet cow who was on

her way to a butcher. Myrtle the sheepwhose ears were chewed off during a pitbull attack. Lola the hog whose herdwas abandoned one winter.

These are animals that might not betaken in or given time to be adopted ifthey went to a traditional animal shelter.But these souls find peace and comfortat Rolling Dog Ranch Animal Sanctuary,run by Alayne Marker, l’84, and her hus-band, Steve Smith, in Ovando, Mont.

Some of the 80-plus animals can beplaced in homes; it just takes a littlelonger to find the right match. Many,though, will live the rest of their lives onthis ranch, which covers 160 acres ofgrassland in the Blackfoot River valley ofwestern Montana.

“We give them the chance to live theirlives here,” Marker says, “or the time tofind the families that can handle theirspecial needs.”

After graduating from law school,Marker took a job in her native Wichitawith Boeing, which eventually movedher to Seattle. She went to a local adop-tion fair, where she found her dog Spats

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“We just came together andthis is the direction we took,”Marker says. “We didn’t evenhave to talk about it. We bothhad the passion and silentlymoved toward it.”

Marker and Smith boughtthe ranch in 1998 with theidea of moving from Seattlewhen they retired 10 yearsdown the road. But inDecember 2000 they gave uptheir lucrative jobs to open thesanctuary.

“The need was there and wehad the ability to do it,” shesays. “We have no staff andthis is a very physically demanding job,so we’re not sure we’d have been able todo it if we’d waited 10 or 15 years.”

They do not take a salary from thesanctuary, so between feeding, medicat-ing, taking animals to the vet’s office anhour away, pitching hay or digging outsnow, both work from home—Markerdoes legal work and Steve is a marketingconsultant. They’ve put their life savingsinto the sanctuary, which now has twobarns, three animal cottages, three large-animal sheds and their home.

� Typical of the animals at Alayne Marker and SteveSmith’s Rolling Dog Ranch is Chance, an old, deaf dog whowas saved from euthanasia. Chance’s full story can be readat www.rollingdogranch.org.

The sanctuary is supported by contri-butions: The more money they raise, themore animals they can take in. But theyare careful to control their growth sothat each animal gets the care it needs.

“Words cannot describe how it feelswhen you can help in this way,” Markersays. “People place so much faith andtrust in us, it’s overwhelming. It’s a won-derful feeling. I wouldn’t want to do any-thing else.”�—Schnyder is a free-lance writer in Wichita.

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Henderson, Texas.

1969Daniel Flanigan, j’69, practices law

with Polsinelli Shalton Welte in KansasCity.

Ruth Kava, c’69, directs nutrition forthe American Council on Science andHealth in New York City. She lives inPoughkeepsie.

Nancy Hurley Smith, c’69, g’75, ismanaging editor of Mother Earth News.

She lives in Lawrence.

1970Jay Cooper, j’70, is vice president of

sales and marketing for CinemaAdvertising. He lives in Riverview, Fla.,where he also owns Florida SnowRemoval, a marketing and special-proj-ects company.

Romesh Daftary, g’70, is presidentand CEO of Daftary & Associates. Helives in Plano, Texas.

Leslie Burtner Gregory, c’70, lives inCrane, Texas, where she’s a semi-retiredpriest.

John Jackson, d’70, works as a salesrepresentative for Crown Packaging. Helives in Memphis.

James Kring Jr., e’70, is executive vicepresident of Bartlett & West Engineersin Topeka.

Mickey Mathews, d’70, dean of specialprograms at Contra Costa College in SanPablo, Calif., lives in Oakland.

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Terry Satterlee, c’70, a partner in theKansas City law firm of Lathrop andGage, lives in Parkville, Mo.

Rae Sedgwick, g’70, PhD’72, l’86,practices law and is a clinical and con-sulting psychologist in Bonner Springs.

Julie Fern Thatcher, d’70, won the St.Paul School of Theology’s President’sAward last year. She lives in OverlandPark.

Constance Traylor, c’70, recently wasnamed deputy regional attorney for theNational Labor Relations Board inOverland Park.

1971Leland Bowen, e’71, g’85, is senior

project manager for Klotz Associates inHouston. He lives in Katy, Texas.

Cheryll Irwin Boydston, d’71, teachesin Kansas City, where she lives with herhusband, Kevin.

Robert Brooks, c’71, is vice presidentand general manager of FontainebleauHilton Resort in Miami Beach, Fla.

Brian Farney, b’71, l’73, lives inBellevue, Wash., where he’s CEO ofINSERVE Corp.

William Hubbs, p’71, is divisional vicepresident and general merchandise man-ager of Walgreens in Deerfield, Ill.

Paul Robich, a’71, c’71, commutesfrom Tujunga, Calif., to Los Angeles,where he’s president of RMCAArchitecture Design Planning.

Joanne Bellm Stanford, d’71, teachesmusic at Mead Hall School in Aiken, S.C.

Dana Stombaugh, c’71, is a seniormedical executive with the U.S. Navy inRota, Spain.

1972Jamie Giffen Kimbrough, d’72,

teaches in Leavenworth, where she andher husband, Rick, c’74, make theirhome. He’s senior vice president at Mid-American Bank.

Colin Martin, c’72, is administrator ofDorchester County. He lives inSummerville, S.C.

Bruce Passman, c’72, g’75, PhD’87,lives in Lawrence, where he’s executivedirector of student services for the pub-lic schools.

Debra Miles Temple, d’72, teachessixth grade in Lawrence.

Margaret Bocquin Walkenshaw,EdD’72, is a school psychologist inShawnee Mission. She lives in Stanley.

1973David Dillon, b’73, is CEO of the

Kroger Co. in Cincinnati.Thel Kocher, EdD’73, lives in Kansas

City and is executive director of researchfor the Blue Valley Unified Schools.

Daniel Neuenswander, EdD’73, is aschool-improvement specialist for theLawrence school district.

Timothy Rake, c’73, teaches inEugene, Ore.

Leslie Meacham Saunders, c’73, ispresident and CEO of LMS ManagementConsulting in Roswell, Ga.

1974Ellen Boddington Baumler, c’74, g’83,

PhD’86, coordinates historic signs forthe Montana Historical Society. She livesin Helena and recently published an arti-cle in the winter 2003 issue of Montana:The Magazine of Western History.

Barbara Rosel Clingan, d’74, farmsand ranches in Gilmer, Texas.

Deborah Davies, c’74, is CEO of theArc of Atlantic County in Somers Point,N.J. She lives in Abescon.

John Grossnickle, c’74, is assistantvice president of UMB Bank in KansasCity.

Rick Kimbrough, c’74, makes hishome in Leavenworth. He’s senior vicepresident of MidAmerican Bank.

Eric Rickart, c’74, g’76, lives in SaltLake City, where he’s curator of verte-brates at the University of Utah’sMuseum of Natural History.

Joel Voran, b’74, recently became a fel-low of the American College of Trust andEstate Counsel. He’s a partner in theKansas City law firm of Lathrop & Gage.

1975Richard Brown, j’75, owns

Photography-Art.com in Kansas City. Hiswork was featured in the January issueof Photographic Magazine and in theFebruary issue of Shutterbug.

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Ann Hartstein, s’75, is executivedirector of the MassachusettsAssociation of Older Americans. Shelives in Canton.

Gary Holleran, e’75, leads the processengineering team for BASF in Beaumont,Texas.

Todd Thompson, j’75, l’82, is seniorattorney with Thompson & Associates inLawrence, where Caprice MaxeyThompson, d’75, g’77, is a public-schoolspeech/language pathologist.

1976Jan Torrey Gentry, d’76, g’82, is assis-

tant principal at Lawrence High School.Gregory Hurd, c’76, lives in

Lawrence, where he’s a host, producerand assistant managing editor for theWorld Co. Genna Hull Hurd, b’79, g’83,works in KU’s Policy Research Institute.

Brock Lowman, c’76, manages haz-ardous materials for BNSF Railway. Helives in Topeka.

Stephen Ludwig, d’76, is assistantprincipal at Mill Valley High School in

Shawnee. He lives in Olathe.Darrell Revell, b’76, works for Payless

ShoeSource in Topeka.Jessica Townsend Teague, d’76, is

president of FACILE in Alexandria, Va.

ADOPTED BY:Rachel Lipman Reiber, j’76, l’84, and

Mitch, c’84, of Olathe, twin girls, MaryShuang and Joan Er, from China lastNovember. The girls will be 3 in June.Rachel is vice president of regulatoryand government affairs for EverestConnections in Lenexa, and Mitch ispresident of REMS Inc. in Lawrence.

1977Mary Carson, c’77, l’80, practices law

with Triplett, Woolf & Garretson inWichita.

Gordon Docking, j’77, is CEO of St.Mary’s Hospital in Blue Springs, Mo.

Ted Friedman, p’77, lives in Bayside,N.Y., and is associate director of phar-macy at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

Elizabeth Llewellyn, c’77, is vice presi-dent of mission integration at St.Joseph’s Healthcare in Lexington, Ky.

Jeffrey Smith, f’77, was namedTeacher of the Year last year by theOklahoma chapter of the AmericanString Teachers Association. He’s a vio-list with Signature Quartette and musicdirector at Edison Preparatory School inTulsa.

1978Deborah Wagner Apple, d’78, g’81,

g’98, is an elementary-school principalin Kansas City. She lives in OverlandPark.

Patricia Bond, c’78, lives inWilmington, N.C., where she’s senioraccount manager at CSX Transportation.

Laurie James Dack, b’78, managesnational sales for SKC Communication.She lives in Overland Park.

James Hobbs, c’78, practices law withWyrsch Hobbs Mirakian in Kansas City.

Glenda Hill Krug, d’78, owns ReMaxAdvantage Realtors in Salina.

Class Notes

Educator finds inspiration,joy in Seuss collection

The dog-eared books that oncelay scattered around JohnGardenhire’s house are child-hood classics: The Cat in the Hat.

Green Eggs and Ham. And To Think That ISaw It On Mulberry Street.

To Gardenhire, d’58, the 32 signedfirst editions are something more,reminders of a beloved aunt and a dearchildhood friend known to the world asDr. Seuss.

Every summer from the age of 8 to19, Gardenhire boarded a train in hishometown of Topeka for a trip to LaJolla, Calif. There he spent time with hisaunt, Alberta Fouts, who was cook andhousekeeper for children’s authorTheodor Geisel.

A celebrated guest in the childlesshousehold, Gardenhire often served as atest reader for the latest Seuss creation.

“He would try things out on me,”Gardenhire says. “Horton Hears a Who! Idistinctly remember being asked about.He’d want to know if I could say arhyme, if the drawing was scary or nice.”

Each time he published a new title,Geisel presented a signed copy to Fouts.“To Alberta, who helps with these booksfar more than she knows, love, Dr.Seuss,” reads one inscription.

In Geisel’s books Gardenhiresaw a love for life and languagethat inspired his own work as a teacher.

“One of the reasons he wrotethem was to circumvent thebland, boring books that wereout then,” he says. “His booksstill sell like crazy because kidslove what he did with language.We in the academic world canlearn from that.”

Gardenhire taught Englishfor 41 years, including 39 atLaney College in Oakland,where he helped inner-city kidsbecome better readers. Hewrote a popular reading text-book and won multiple teacher-of-the-year awards. And hestrived to bring Seussian liveliness to hisclassroom.

“Every time my students left theclassroom they had to either give me ahandshake or a hug. I call that humaniz-ing the curriculum.”

Gardenhire has taken a similar hands-on approach to the Seuss books,which he inherited in 1984. He readthem as a child and later used them toteach his daughter to read. When Geiseldied in 1991, a friend pointed out thepotential value of the collection, thenscattered throughout Gardenhire’s ElCerrito home.

� “They were things that I grew up loving and enjoying—before they went into print,” says retired English professorJohn Gardenhire of his unique collection of signed Dr.Seuss books.“I saw them when he was working on them.”

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George Mason, d’78, coordinatesresources for South Asia for CampusCrusade for Christ. He lives in Irvine,Calif.

Michael Meacham, l’78, directs out-reach and is an assistant professor in thedepartment of health policy and admin-istration at Pennsylvania State Universityin University Park. He lives in StateCollege.

Vicki Librach Swider, b’78, is a CPA and tax manager with Bergman

Schraier & Co. in St. Louis.

1979Carrie Kent, j’79, writes for the

Kansas City Star.

1981John Calys, b’81, g’82, lives in

Leawood and is vice president of financeand assistant controller of NextelCommunications.

Robert Fiss, b’81, is a principal at

Johnston Insurance Agency in KansasCity.

Victor Franco, c’81, is a social workerwith the New York City HousingAuthority. He lives in Forest Hills.

Mary Remboldt Gage, c’81, g’01, andDavid, b’86, own Gage Management inLawrence.

Allan Gardner, c’81, is first vice presi-dent-investments at Wachovia Securitiesin Chesterfield, Mo. He lives inWildwood.

He has since made an effort to pre-serve and share the books, exhibitingthem at KU’s School of Education in2001 and at the Oakland Public Libraryduring the 2004 “Seussentennial,” a year-long celebration of the 100th anniver-sary of Geisel’s birth. HarvardUniversity, where Gardenhire’s daughtergot her PhD, will show them next.

Ever the teacher, the retired professorgets his greatest reward thumbing theworn pages with his 2-year-old grand-daughter. “They are still doing good,because I read them to her. And that will be ongoing for sure.”�

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Mark Johnson, j’81, manages sales forKansas Bankers Surety. He lives inLittleton, Colo.

Keith Maib, b’81, is a principal atCrossroads in New York City.

BORN TO:Gregory, p’81, and Ann Litman

Geier, p’86, son, Brett Allen, May 6 inLenexa, where he joins a sister, Allison,10, and a brother, Dylan, 9.

1982William Menezes, ’82, lives in Denver,

where he’s senior counselor withCarmichael Lynch Spong.

1983Robert Burns, h’83, is a self-employed

health-care consultant in Acworth, Ga.,where he and Melanie Zollars Burns,d’81, live with their sons, Derrick, 16,Brendan, 12, and Colby. Melanie is adental hygienist.

Therese Mufic Neustaedter, j’83,manages rental property in PrairieVillage.

Thomas Schnacke, c’83, j’83, is anassistant professor of law at WashburnUniversity in Topeka.

BORN TO:Ann Frame-Hertzog, c’83, and

Steven, son, Sam Frame, July 29 inStudio City, Calif. Ann is vice presidentof New Wave Creative.

Dennis Hendrix, b’83, and Jodi, son,Reese Robert, Jan. 4 in Merriam, wherehe joins two sisters, Sydney, 6, andElizabeth, 2; and a brother, Alec, 5.

1984Daniel Godfrey, c’84, serves as a lieu-

tenant colonel in the U.S. Army com-manding the 1st Military IntelligenceBattalion in Balad, Iraq.

Jeanmarie Will Lively, p’84, works asa staff pharmacist at North AustinMedical Center in Austin, Texas.

Mark Mears, j’84, recently joinedBlimpie Subs & Salads in Marietta, Ga.,as chief marketing officer. He and hiswife, Stacy, live in Atlanta with theirdaughters, McKenna and Brianna.

Todd Rogan, a’84, is senior projectmanager for Mills Corp. in Hazelwood,Mo.

1985Troy Greisen, c’85, commutes from

Germantown, Md., to Washington, D.C.,where he’s vice president of SpecialOlympics International.

Donald Wallace, b’85, is controller ofSouthwire in Kingman, Ariz.

BORN TO:Mary Ann Bumgarner, c’85, l’88, and

Gregory Baker, daughter, CorinnaDorsey, July 31 in Crofton, Md., whereshe joins a brother, Camden, 8, and asister, Madeline, 5.

Kevin Ose, c’85, m’89, and Marijo,daughter, Katherine Claire, March 10 inEden Prairie, Minn., where she joinsthree brothers, John, Timothy andBenjamin; and a sister, Grace. Kevin is ageneral surgeon at Park Nicollet Clinic inSt. Louis Park.

1986Donna LaLonde, g’86, is associate

vice president of academic affairs atWashburn University in Topeka.

Craig Neal, b’86, manages financialreporting for Message Pro. He lives inMissouri City, Texas.

Robert Neill, c’86, l’92, serves as aU.S. Army trial attorney. He lives inArlington, Va.

Robert Nonemaker, b’86, is presidentof Financial Benefits of Kansas City. Helives in Overland Park.

BORN TO:Brian, b’86, and Laurie Welch Brown,

c’86, twin daughters, Meredith Ann andEmma Charlotte, Oct. 13 in Olathe,where they join a brother, Harrison, 3.

1987Robert Eggert, e’87, g’90, is a reser-

voir engineer adviser for Devon Energyin Houston.

1988Carol Kindred Rivas, c’88, is an exec-

utive representative with Merck & Co.

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She lives in Oakland, N.J.Gerald Swift, e’88, serves as a

squadron commander with the U.S. AirForce at Edwards AFB, Calif.

MARRIEDMichele Holland, c’88, to Ron Tackett,

Jan. 3. Michele directs global humanresources for TaylorMade-adidas Golf.They live in Encinitas, Calif.

1989John Buzbee, c’89, j’89, is deputy gov-

ernorate coordinator in Tikrit, where heis a civilian leader of one of 18 teamsworking to prepare Iraqis for democracy.He is a foreign service officer for the U.S.State Department on loan to the U.S.Department of Defense. His home is inWashington, D.C.

Jerome Lonergan, g’89, recentlybecame president of Kansas Inc. He livesin Topeka.

Kelly Milligan, j’89, practices law withKarger, Key, Barnes & Lynn in Dallas. Hewas recently a finalist on ESPN’s “DreamJob.”

Alison Young, j’89, does investigativereporting for Knight Ridder Newspapersin Washington, D.C. She lives inAlexandria, Va.

MARRIEDKim Lock, b’89, and Ernest Bittner,

b’90, Aug. 2. They live in Overland Park,where they both work for Sprint.

BORN TO:John McGrath, g’89, PhD’91, and

Shannon Gallagher, c’90, m’94, son,Connor John McGrath, July 21 in SanAntonio, where he joins a brother,Joseph, 5, and a sister, Ellena, 3.

1990Jon Dunbar, g’90, is president of

Advantage Computer Enterprises in Iola.Scott Hallier, j’90, owns Employee

Benefit Insurance Brokerage in Mission.

BORN TO:Bobie Loewen Davis, d’90, and

Michael, son, Ian Levi, Nov. 28 in DodgeCity, where he joins a sister, Ashley, 5,

and a brother, Brock, 4. Bobie is vicepresident of operations at MontezumaState Bank.

1991Vincent Garcia, c’91, manages a

branch of Douglas County Bank inLawrence.

Jeff Gueldner, b’91, owns CollegiateFlag Source. He and Mindy MorrisonGueldner, c’94, live in Olathe.

Stephen Penrod, c’91, andGeorgeann Haynes, c’93, make theirhome in Kansas City with their son,Winston, 2, and their daughter,Winifred, 1.

Scott Schuetz, b’91, is vice presidentof Wells Fargo’s North Central region.He lives in Des Moines.

BORN TO:Lori Hanson, c’91, and Timothy

Manning, c’92, son, Eliot Ivan, Dec. 16

in Lawrence, where he joins a sister,Aidin, 2. Lori is an administrative assis-tant with Gene Fritzel Construction, andTim is a producer/director with TimeWarner Productions in Overland Park.

Julie Goss Parks, n’91, andChristopher, daughter, Abigail, Oct. 7.They live in Troy.

1992John, b’92, g’99, and Caroline Elton

Kill, d’95, g’98, make their home inOverland Park with their children, Jack,3, and Gabrielle, 1.

Joel Karman, c’92, s’96, directs thedepartment of health social work at theUniversity of Illinois Medical Center inChicago. He lives in Deerfield with hiswife, Melissa Eide Karman, d’97, andtheir infant son, Jacob Matthew.

Steven Loving, b’92, is an agent forNew York Life Insurance in PrairieVillage.

Stephen Thornberry, c’92 ownsThornberry Law Firm in Kansas City.

BORN TO:Eric, c’92, and Martha Delaplain

Alabanza, f’93, daughter, Emma, Oct. 7in Kailua, Hawaii, where she joins abrother, Bailey, 4.

Teresa Lynch Hanna, j’92, andChristopher, b’93, daughter, Shea Elise,

Jan. 21 in Lawrence, where she joins abrother, Ian, who’ll be 2 in May.

Kelly Kessinger Henke, c’92, andChristopher, daughter, Sara, Dec. 8 in Columbia, Mo., where she joins abrother, Benjamin, who’ll be 2 in June.

MARRIEDWarren Miller, c’92, to Noelle

Porcarello, Dec. 31 in Phoenix. He’s

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Western regional sales manager at Fibre-Metal Products, and she’s a proposalmanager at Honeywell. They live inChandler.

1993Christine Kaiser Chapo, c’93, and

her husband, Paul, live in Kirkwood,Mo., with their children, Grace, 3, andNicholas, 1.

Wayne Deines, n’93, is a clinical sys-tems analyst at St. Luke’s Hospital. Helives in Kansas City.

Jennifer Triplett Klumpp, c’93, recently was promoted to supervisor at RSM McGladrey in Kansas City.

Nancy Racunas, c’93, l’96, has beenelected a shareholder in PolsinelliShalton Welte in Overland Park.

BORN TO:Bryan, b’93, and Laura Penny

Hedges, c’94, l’97, son, William Bryan,Feb. 4 in Lawrence, where he joins a sis-ter, Faith, 2. Bryan is president ofHedges Realty Executives, where Laurais vice president.

Jamie Howard, s’93, and AmyBoyington, son, Holland JonasBoyington-Howard, Dec. 18 in Portland, Ore.

1994Janelle Phillips, e’94, is a project

engineer at Landplan Engineering inLawrence. She lives in Topeka.

Mathew Stava, b’94, lives in Denver,where he’s a principal in the Spinnaker Management Group.

MARRIEDDavid Dorsey, j’94, to Bonnie Stone,

July 13 in Ft. Myers, Fla., where David ishigh-school sports reporter for the Ft.Myers News-Press.

BORN TO:Matthew, b’94, and Jennifer

McFarlane Moyer, p’94, triplet sons,Scott Lee, Luke Nolan and Jack William,Nov. 19 in Frisco, Texas.

Trevor, e’94, m’98, and LauraYamhure Thompson, g’99, PhD’03, son,Carter, Aug. 5 in Cambridge, Mass.

Broadnax trusts his futureto his students of today

Walter Broadnax admits thateven with his varied expe-rience in government andacademia, and his doctor-

ate from Syracuse and master’s fromKansas, he was shocked when thetrustees of Clark Atlanta University twoyears ago offered him their presidency.

“I said, ‘Are you sure?’ I’m not sureyou called the right number.’”

Broadnax, g’69, is unduly modest. Atthe time of his appointment, he wasdean of the prestigious School of PublicAffairs at American University inWashington, D.C. He also has been aprofessor at the University of Maryland,and served President-elect Bill Clinton asthe transition team leader. Clinton laterappointed Broadnax deputy secretaryand chief operating officer at the U.S.Dept. of Health and Human Services.

His broad and distinguished career,which also includes service on numer-ous corporate and nonprofit boards, hasled Broadnax to the certain opinion thathe is in exactly the right place.

“I still think the civilized world’s last,best hope for continuing to makeprogress is higher education,” he says. “I am certain that it plays a major role,in terms of preparing people, and

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empowering people, to help solve someof the world’s major challenges.”

Broadnax grew up in Hoisington,where his father worked on the railroadand did a little farming. He was namedoutstanding senior boy in his graduat-ing class, and was astonished when histeachers urged him to attend college.

“It was a community reaching out tome that made that happen,” he says.“Thinking back on that … what a won-derful thing that encouragement was.”

He earned his undergraduate degreeat Washburn University in Topeka.While working in an entry-level job inthe governor’s statehouse office,Broadnax got to know James W. Bibb,c’48, g’50, the state’s budget director,who urged him to attend KU for a mas-ter’s in public administration. “He toldme that that degree from KU turned hislife around,” Broadnax recalls. “He alsosaid to me, ‘If you finish, I’ll hire you.’So that’s what I did, and he was right.”

Broadnax’s delight in the educationalprocess continues. During a recentawards ceremony at Clark Atlanta, hecalled a student to the stage to receive anaward. The surprised woman threw a bighug around her alma mater’s president,and he beamed as proudly as if he wereher father.

“I told her later that I was so ashamedfor being so wrapped up in her prize. I

� Walter Broadnax, president of ClarkAtlanta University, returned to KU for aspring conference on the landmark Brownvs. Board of Education of Topeka decision.“It does not take a million people to changethe world,” he told his audience.“It onlytakes a few.Together, you and I can changethe world.”

said, ‘It’s your prize ... but it’s my future.I feel so much more confident in whatthe world can become because you areyou and you are here.’”

President Broadnax, consider thatencouragement debt repaid.�

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Craig, b’94, and Shana SloughWurth, c’95, son, Leo Anthony, July 3 inOverland Park, where he joins a brother,Max, who’ll be 4 in June.

1995BORN TO:

Hunter Lochmann, d’95, and Kristin,daughter, Elyse Renee, Nov. 5 in Astoria,N.Y. Hunter is senior manager of teammarketing for the National BasketballAssociation in New York City.

Casey Peterson, c’95, and Laura, son,Cole, July 29 in Parker, Colo.

Trevor, j’95, and Kari Keating Wood, c’95, l’98, daughter, ReissCaroline, Jan. 1 in Overland Park, where she joins a brother, Remington, 1.Trevor is an attorney with Selective Site Consultants.

1996Eric Madden, c’96, l’99, practices law

with Diamond, McCarthy, Taylor &

Finley in Dallas, where he and his wife,Emily, make their home. She’s a special-education teacher at Preston HollowElementary School.

Brian Pederson, p’96, is a staff phar-macist at Atchison Hospital. His home isin Olathe.

BORN TO:Daniel, b’96, and Tricia Milsap Hare,

h’98, g’01, twin daughters, Brynn Louiseand Brecken Jo, July 3 in Cedar Park,

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Texas, where they join a brother,William, 4.

1997Rebekah Hall, j’97, is managing editor

of Primedia/Waste Age magazine inAtlanta. She and her husband, BrianKessler, will celebrate their first anniver-sary on May 28.

Howard Milton, c’97, g’98, is assistantathletics director at the University ofIllinois, and Barclay Wilson Milton,n’95, is a nurse practitioner. They live inChampaign with their son, Connor,who’s almost 2.

MARRIEDBrad Spickert, e’97, to Alyson

Slimowitz, Oct. 26 in Atlanta, whereBrad is a consultant at McKinsey & Co.

BORN TO:David, c’97, and Stacy Grabiner

Bellinson, b’97, daughter, Ilana Grace,Dec. 30 in Chicago, where David is an attorney.

Keri Gibson Williams, c’97, andKevin, daughter, Grace Lee, June 11 inMinneapolis, where she joins a brother,Grant, 3. Keri is a speech-languagepathologist with the Salina school district.

1998Megan Barbe, c’98, is a senior

research analyst at Entertainment in LosAngeles. She lives in Manhattan Beach.

Jeffrey Dingman, l’98, g’98, and hiswife, Janel, celebrated their first anniver-sary March 1. They live in Baldwin City,where Jeffrey is city administrator.

Angela Smith Hiatt, j’98, does publicrelations for Professional Bull Riders Inc.in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Hamilton Hill, c’98, practices law withBartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scottin Chicago.

BORN TO:Matthew, b’98, and Erica Neal Hayes,

c’98, g’99, son, Braden, Dec. 24 inLouisville, Ky., where Matthew is a mar-

keting research analyst for Humana.

1999Jennifer Adams, c’99, is a human-

resources representative for Wendy’sInternational. She lives in Denton, Texas.

Todd Anciaux, b’99, is a commercialbanking officer at Commerce Bank. Helives in Olathe.

Andrew Hineman, e’99, works as anIT consultant for KC Metro Golf inPrairie Village.

Kristen Naylor Wurf, j’99, and herhusband, Michael, live in New York City.Kristen teaches kindergarten inElizabeth, N.J.

Jung Yi, PhD’99, lives in MansfieldCenter, Conn., and is a staff engineerand scientist at UTC Fuel Cells.

BORN TO:Kaylene Hammerschmidt Heinen,

p’99, and Scott, son, Jacob Scott, Dec. 25in Seneca.

Danielle Kobe Weston, c’99, andFrederick, son, Jacob Michael, Dec. 17 in

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San Antonio, where Danielle is a firstlieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.

2000Mary Abbott, PhD’00, is a research

professor at KU’s Juniper GardensChildren’s Project in Kansas City.

Karen Beckwith, s’00, recentlybecame a clinical aging specialist forValeo Behavioral Health Care. She has aprivate practice as a mental health clini-cian and lives in Berryton.

Endale Engida, e’00, g’02, works as astructural engineer with SRG in Mission.

MARRIEDJason Hohman, d’00, g’03, and Jenny

Schierbaum, c’03, Sept. 27 in Lawrence,where they live. Jason is an exercise spe-cialist at Olathe Medical Center, andJenny is an agent with American FamilyInsurance.

Evan Jeter, c’00, to John Fauerbach,Sept. 13 in Denver, where they live. Evanis a marketing coordinator for KMPG,and John is a marketing associate withCoBank in Englewood.

Jackson Martin, c’00, and SarahJackson, c’02, Oct. 16 in St. Thomas,Virgin Islands. They live in Nashville,where he’s an account executive withMcNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relationsand she studies for a master’s in historicpreservation at Middle Tennessee State.

BORN TO:Christopher Staus, a’00, and

Michelle, daughter, Lauren AlexisMackenzie, July 17 in Overland Park,where he works for the architecture firmof Hollis & Miller.

2001Lori Dillehay, p’01, is a pharmacist at

Eckerd Pharmacy in Mission.Heather Fletcher, c’01, works as an

account executive for UniversalUnderwriters. She lives in Seattle.

Yuxia Li, g’01, lives in Chandler, Ariz.,and is an information systems developerfor the Cartwright school district.

MARRIEDJack Chambers, e’01, g’03, and

Jennifer Williams, c’02, Oct. 18. Theylive in Overland Park.

Trent Guyer, b’01, and CatherineBrinton, c’02, Oct. 4 in KU’s DanforthChapel. They live in Moundridge, andTrent works for GrasshopperLawnmowers.

Carrie Padden, d’01, to JeffreyGibson, June 6 in Marysville. They livein Overland Park, and Carrie is a fran-chise development coordinator andevent planner for Mr. GoodcentsFranchise Systems.

2002Elizabeth Blake, c’02, studies law at

KU. She lives in Lawrence.Robert, b’02, and Amy Fairman

Hamm, j’02, celebrated their firstanniversary March 21. They live inKansas City, where he’s a financial ana-lyst with Physician Associates and she’san assistant advertising manager withthe Theater League.

Elizabeth Monaghan, f’02, is an assis-tant designer at Revman InternationalThommy Hilfiger Home in New YorkCity. She lives in Glen Gardner, N.J.

Avraham Mor, f’02, recently became alighting designer at Lightswitch inChicago.

Justin Rajewski, e’02, works as a vehi-cle engineer at Daimler Chrysler inAuburn Hills, Mich. He lives inWaterford.

Brent Wasko, j’02, covers sports forthe St. Joseph News-Press in Missouri.

Katherine West, j’02, coordinates traf-fic for Glynn Devins Advertising andMarketing in Overland Park.

2003Margaret Egbarts, c’03, is an environ-

mental technician at GeoCore. She livesin Delphos.

Brian Jones, j’03, recently became amarketing associate at SmithBucklin inChicago.

Ann Ballard Spaulding, c’03, is anassistant broadcast buyer at BarkleyEvergreen & Partners in Kansas City.

MARRIEDCharlie Dorssom, c’03, to Ashley

Mellard, Dec. 27 in Perry. They live inTucson, Ariz., where he’s a meteorologistwith the U.S. Air Force.

AssociatesJoyce Dryden Damron works in

Odyssey Healthcare’s in-patient hospicehouse in Mesa, Ariz.

Nelle Barnhill Gollier visited DisneyWorld recently to celebrate her 90thbirthday. Nelle makes her home inOttawa.

Stitt Robinson, professor emeritus ofhistory at KU, recently completed fivevolumes in the 20-volume series of EarlyAmerican Indian Documents: Treaties andLaws 1607-1789, which is being pub-lished by University Publications ofAmerica. He and Constance MockRobinson, ’57, live in Lawrence.

School Codes Letters that follownames in Kansas Alumni indicate the schoolfrom which alumni earned degrees. Numbersshow their class years.

a School of Architecture and UrbanDesign

b School of Business

c College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

d School of Education

e School of Engineering

f School of Fine Arts

g Master’s Degree

h School of Allied Health

j School of Journalism

l School of Law

m School of Medicine

n School of Nursing

p School of Pharmacy

s School of Social Welfare

DE Doctor of Engineering

DMA Doctor of Musical Arts

EdD Doctor of Education

PhD Doctor of Philosophy

(no letter) Former student

assoc. Associate member of the Alumni Association

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The Early YearsEileen McDonald Brewer, c’27, 98,

Feb. 20 in Bartlesville, Okla. She is sur-vived by two daughters, one of whom isBetty Brewer Phillips, f’51.

Josephine Braucher Fugate, c’24,g’29, Feb. 6 in Wichita, where she wasdean of women emerita and professoremerita of mathematics and statistics atWichita State University. Surviving aretwo sons, one of whom is Brauch, e’55;five grandchildren; and five great-grand-children.

Ruth Challans Wiley, c’27, 96, Jan. 9in Marysville, Mo., where she was aretired teacher. She is survived by twosons, David, e’50, g’56, and Lowell, c’67;four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

1930sErnest Ayers, c’34, l’37, 92, Dec. 19 in

Shelton, Wash., where he was a retiredattorney. He is survived by his wife,Gladys; two daughters, one of whom isAnne, c’70; two sons; a brother, Edgar,e’30; a sister, Alice Ayers Otten, c’41; andthree grandsons.

Lucile Knuth Cooke, c’39, 85, Jan. 1in Chapel Hill, N.C. A memorial hasbeen established with the KUEndowment Association. She is survivedby two daughters, one of whom isRoberta Cooke Gluesenkamp, d’71; ason; two sisters, one of whom is LenoreKnuth Evans, f’42; four grandchildren;and two great-grandchildren.

Elda Hartung, n’35, 92, Dec. 20 inFarmington, N.M. Several nieces andnephews survive.

Rachel Shetlar Irwin, c’37, 89, March7 in Newton. She is survived by twosons, Robert, c’68, and Richard, c’70,m’75; three daughters, Retta IrwinWyssenbach, d’73, Ruth, c’75, and RaeIrwin Biggerstaff, f’77; a sister; and 10grandchildren.

Rose McVey McDonnell, c’38, 86,

March 28 in Fairway. She is survived byher husband, John, c’38, m’41; twodaughters, one of whom is Mary, c’65;three sons, Thomas, c’70; a sister, MaryMcVey Newcomer, ’44; eight grandchil-dren; and four stepgrandchildren.

Florence Searcy Morton, ’31, Dec. 29in Shawnee, where she was a retiredteacher. She is survived by two daugh-ters, Sylvia Morton Lautzenheiser, d’65,and Mary Morton Duwe, c’66; fourgrandsons; and five great-grandchildren.

Marshall Nye, e’39, March 15 inOklahoma City, where he was retiredfrom the oil and gas industry. He is sur-vived by his wife, Delos Woods Nye,c’39; two daughters; two sons; fourgrandchildren; and a great-grandson.

Martha Bishop Prater, c’32, 93, Jan.28 in Longmont, Colo., where she was aretired teacher. She is survived by threedaughters, one of whom is Ann PraterSchlager, c’73, g’86; nine grandchildren;17 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Edward Safford, e’39, Nov. 7 inSarasota, Fla. He created Tracom inDenver and developed an artificial intel-ligence program at the University ofColorado. Surviving are two daughters,Stephanie, c’65, and Jeanne SaffordMarshall, c’70; three grandchildren; anda great-granddaughter.

Charles Smith, e’34, Dec. 10 in SantaAna, Calif., where he was an electricalengineer. A daughter, Sally Smith Dooly,c’62, and five grandchildren survive.

Jane Givens Stone, c’37, 87, Dec. 23in Fort Scott. Surviving are two daugh-ters, one of whom is Jane StoneWoodburn, c’63; a sister, Edna GivensCheatham, d’41; four grandchildren; andseven great-grandchildren.

Raymond Swanson, d’38, g’39, 86,Jan. 18 in Leonardville. He is survived byhis wife, Phyllis Sikes Swanson, c’39; twosons; a daughter, Sue SwansonHornbaker, c’70; and two grandchildren.

Jack Terry, m’39, 91, Jan. 25 in PoncaCity, Okla., where he was a physician.Survivors include his wife, Bernadine,and a daughter, Carole Terry Gray, b’66.

1940sJane Woestemeyer Chase, c’47, 78,

March 12 in Bentonville, Ark. She is sur-vived by her husband, Daniel, e’45, b’48;and a son, George, e’72.

Donnis La Gree Claassen, c’49, 76,March 7 in Newton. Surviving are herhusband, Roland; two sons, Darrel, b’75,and Daniel, c’78; a brother, Richard LaGree, b’53; and four grandchildren.

Robert Coshow, e’49, Nov. 7 in SanDiego. He is survived by his wife, AnneShaeffer Coshow, c’49; two daughters,Viki, d’72, and Eleanor Coshow Smith,c’72; a son, Richard, b’79; and six grand-children.

Frank Gaddie, c’40, 94, March 5 inBazaar, where he was a farmer. He is sur-vived by his wife, Virginia; two daugh-ters; a stepdaughter, Nancy Hodges,h’59; a stepson, Ernest Ballweg, j’66,l’69; six grandchildren; four stepgrand-children; 13 great-grandchildren; andfour stepgreat-grandchildren.

Glenn Kappelman, c’48, g’50, 81, April1 in Lawrence. He was the subject of afilm and book, Through My Sights: AGunner’s View of World War II, whichchronicled the hundreds of combat pho-tos he took while fighting in theNormandy Invasion. Survivors includehis wife, Betty, ’50; a sister, LaverneKappelman Harris, b’37; a son, Matthew,’89; and a daughter, Melanie, j’80.

Dorothy Dean Miller, h’42, Feb. 10 inManhattan, where she co-owned MillerPharmacy for many years. She is sur-vived by her husband, Ralph, p’49; threedaughters, one of whom is KathleenMiller-Lemke, p’76; and a son.

William Mowery, c’44, m’47, 80, Jan.31 in Chapel Hill, N.C. He lived inSalina, where he was a retired surgeon.

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Survivors include his wife, Sandy PuliverMowery, d’55; a son, William, c’81; twostepsons, one of whom is Jeff Rice, b’84;and a sister.

Robert Owens, m’48, g’53, 81, Jan. 15in Scottsdale, Ariz. He lived in Mission,where he was a physician. He is survivedby four sons, three of whom are Mark,l’76, Robert, c’70, and John, c’79; threedaughters, two of whom are MaryOwens Thorpe, g’77, and Janet OwensWells, c’81; a stepson, Jay Roberts, g’82;three stepdaughters, one of whom isAmy Roberts, n’92; a sister, PatriciaOwens Smith, b’39; a brother; 17 grand-children; seven stepgrandchildren; andthree great-grandchildren.

J.W.Van Blaricum, ’41, 85, March 7 inDodge City, where he was a retired den-tist. He is survived by his wife, Frances,assoc.; two sons, Kenneth, l’70, andGalen, c’76; two daughters, Betty VanBlaricum Grogan, d’70, and Francia VanBlaricum Bird, h’82; eight grandchildren;and a great-grandchild.

1950sRobert Bartholomew, e’51, 76, Feb.

19, 2003, in Sioux City, where he hadworked for Iowa Public Service. He issurvived by his wife, Jean; a son; a step-daughter; a stepson; four grandchildren;and two stepgranddaughters.

Erma Handke Bolick, c’51, g’75, 73,Jan. 23 in Anchorage, Alaska, where shewas a controller at Rogers and Babbler.Survivors include a daughter; a brother;two sisters, one of whom is June HandkeKautz, c’83; and two grandchildren.

Virginia Daughterty Buck, c’50, 75,Feb. 25 in Wichita. She is survived byher husband, Robert, b’50; two sons, oneof whom is David, g’77; a daughter; a sis-ter; and six grandchildren.

Clyde Burnside, c’50, 74, Dec. 27 inGreat Bend. He is survived by his wife,Nancy Davis Burnside, ’51; a son,Bradley, b’79, g’80; a daughter, CarolynBurnside Lopez, d’82; and five grand-children.

Max Deterding, b’55, 70, Feb. 4 inHutchinson, where he was a banker. Amemorial has been established with theKU Endowment Association. He is sur-

vived by his wife, Shirley KubikDeterding, d’57; two daughters, Jane,l’90, and Amy Deterding Keeny, b’86; asister, Ann Deterding Rising, c’65; andtwo grandchildren.

James Lauver, g’59, 82, Jan. 28 inAberdeen, S.D., where he was an emeri-tus professor of fine arts at NorthernState University. Surviving are a son,Gregory, c’69; and two grandchildren.

Kathryn Mueller Seaman, c’54, 71,Nov. 16 in Kirkland, Wash. Surviving area son; two daughters; a sister, JuneMueller Lassman, ’57; a brother; eightgrandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

1960sShirley Gitchell Johnson, d’69, 57,

July 23 in Hutchinson. She is survivedby her husband, Randle, c’68, m’72; adaughter; her mother; three brothers; asister; and three grandchildren.

Clifford Mullen Jr., c’60, m’64, 65,Dec. 22 in Kansas City, where he prac-ticed medicine. He is survived by hiswife, Judy, three daughters, a son, abrother, a sister and 10 grandchildren.

1970sBarbara “Skip” Stevens Patton, f ’73,

73, Feb. 28 in Hutchinson. She is sur-vived by a daughter, Pamela MeadorMattson, d’72, l’75; a son; two stepsons;two stepdaughters; and three grandchil-dren.

Dave Pistole, p’73, 53, April 3 inKansas City following injuries sustainedin an amateur auto race in Topeka. Helived in Pittsburg, where he owned andoperated Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy.He was on the School of Pharmacy advi-sory board and had recently received theAssociation’s Mildred Clodfelter Awardfor service to the Kansas HonorsProgram. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn,two sons and a daughter, Ann, ’04. Amemorial has been established with theKU Endowment Association.

David Sears, PhD’75, 59, Jan. 22, inLewiston, Idaho, where he taught atLewis-Clark State College and was anationally recognized sculptor andauthor. He is a member of the BakerUniversity Sports Hall of Fame and was

a former assistant baseball coach at KU.Survivors include his wife, Margo, twosons, a daughter and a sister, SusanSears-Gabel, n’84.

The University CommunityPaul Gilles, c’43, 83, Feb. 12 in

Kansas City. He lived in Lawrence,where he was a retired distinguishedprofessor of chemistry. A memorial hasbeen established with the KUEndowment Association. He is survivedby his wife, Helen Martin Gilles, c’43,m’45; a son; two daughters, one ofwhom is Rebecca Gilles Richardson,s’75; a brother; and nine grandchildren.

Edwina Spielman King, 82, Dec. 9 inLawrence, where she worked in KU’scivil engineering department. A memori-al has been established with the KUEndowment Association. She is survivedby her husband, Myron, assoc.; a daugh-ter, Juanita King Sexton, c’65; a son; twosisters; two grandchildren; and twogreat-granddaughters.

Jacob Kleinberg, 89, Jan. 12 inLawrence, where he had been a distin-guished professor of inorganic chem-istry. A memorial has been establishedwith the KU Endowment Association. Heis survived by two daughters, JudithKleinberg Harmony, c’65, g’67, PhD’71,and Jill, c’67.

Charles Reynolds, 80, March 14 inLawrence, where he had been associatechairman of chemistry. A memorial hasbeen established with the KUEndowment Association. He is survivedby his wife, Priscilla, assoc.; three sons,Thomas, c’81, John, c’86, and Joseph,c’90; three daughters, Marcia ReynoldsFarley, d’75, Victoria Reynolds Quillin,c’77, and Amy Reynolds Daub, h’81; and15 grandchildren.

Montrose Wolf, 68, March 19 inLawrence, where he was a professor ofhuman development and family life. Amemorial has been established with theKU Endowment Association. Survivorsinclude his wife, Sandra Spiller Wolf,PhD’79; a daughter, Julie, c’94; a son,Peter, c’90; a brother; his stepmother;and two grandchildren.

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By profession, David Carttar predicts thefuture. But for three years, he devoteduntold hours to exploring the past.His findings appear in glorious detail

on The Lawrence Sesquicentennial Map, a proj-ect that combines Carttar’s expertise as a car-tographer with evocative images and factsfrom Lawrence history.

Carttar, a’92, c’92, returned to his home-town four years ago after living for six yearsin San Francisco, where he worked as leadengineer for Risk Management SolutionsInc., a firm that uses geographic databasesand financial models to calculate the risks ofcatastophe for urban areas. He continues hiswork for RMS from Lawrence, where he liveswith his wife, Claudia Olea, a’92, s’92, andtheir three daughters.

Upon returning to Lawrence, he says, “Irealized I knew much less about the city I’d

grown up in than the city I’dlived in for only a few years.”

So Carttar embarked on apersonal research project. Butafter conversations with CleneceRoberts Hills, d’62, g’77, presi-dent of the SesquicentennialCommission, and members ofthe commission’s HeritageCommittee, Carttar’s solitaryquest became a civic emblem.The map was finished inJanuary; the sesquicentennialcelebration officially begins May30 and runs through a festivalweekend Sept. 17-19.

The map’s layers are as richas the history it describes. Atopthe verdant topographical land-scape, Carttar has laid the gridsof local neighborhoods, whichfan out from A.D. Searle’s origi-nal 1854 plan for the city(including the north-south“state” streets that remain thecity’s heart). Residents and far-flung alumni who embracenames such as Oread, Alvamar,

Pinckney, Old West Lawrence and Breezedalewill zero in on familiar haunts, Carttar says: “Thefirst thing people do is look for their house.”

But they can’t tear themselves away. Other layers to linger over include 242 points of inter-

Sense of directionMap celebrates 150 years, tells stories of Lawrence

� Carttar’s year-enddeadline loomed even

larger after the Dec. 14arrival of his third daugh-ter, but “I wanted peopleto have the map early in2004, so they could use

it to navigate throughthe year, like a guide youpick up as you enter an

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est, each with a brief note, plus photosand vignettes.

As he pored over resources in KU’sSpencer Research Library and theWatkins Community Museum, Carttarchose excerpts that reflect the city’sunusual origins. “Lawrence was one ofthe few communities created for politicalreasons, so I tried to portray the role ofconflict throughout its history,” he says.So, along with expected features such asOld Fraser Hall and the 1951 flood,viewers will find remnants of civil-rightsstruggles in the city founded by FreeStaters. The final point of interest is yetto be built: a park at Clinton Lake tocommemorate 150 years.

The map is a valuable guide, but Godforbid anyone fold it and stuff it in theglove compartment. Its shimmering vis-age belongs on a wall, where lovers ofLawrence can marvel at the past and,true to the city’s tradition, debate whichdirection to travel next.�

—Jennifer Jackson Sanner

To learn more about the map, whichsells for $19.95, or the sesquicentennial,visit www.lawrence150.org

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Beautiful musicDuo’s violin, piano recital

a preview of world competition

With a violin performanceboth thunderous and sub-lime, doctoral studentAleksandr Snytkin capti-

vated his audience April 22 in SwarthoutRecital Hall. Yet Snytkin’s transcendentviolin had its match in the sure, subtlepiano of Melanie Hadley, f’04.

Few instruments can be tougher tomesh in a duo, especially for young,eager musicians. Snytkin, of Vilnius,Lithuania, and Hadley, of Lawrence,have been playing together for two years,and they dovetailed beautifully, espe-cially in the recital’s memorable Proko-fiev and Brahms sonatas.

When later asked how violin andpiano can share the same stage, Snytkinreplied as concisely as he dances hisEnglish bow across his old French violin:“Balance. Like breathing together.”

Snytkin was cast adrift from theLithuanian Music Academy, where heearned his bachelor’s and master’sdegrees, when his teacher died suddenlyafter a performance. After hearing aboutAssistant Professor Ben Sayevich, also anative of Lithuania, he mailed a tape toLawrence, and was accepted into KU’sprogram.

Here he quickly found friends in thelocal Russian community, many ofwhom attended the recital, and a musi-cal partner in Hadley, an award-winningpianist who has played in Russia.

As Sergei Prokofiev’s music tends todo, the Sonata for Violin and Piano in FMinor, Opus 80, stole the hearts of itslisteners, especially the piano/violinexchanges of the tender third movement,the instruments flirting and impressingand preening.

Snytkin plays a confident, intense vio-lin that produces a dramatic, full sound,yet he does not emotionally shyaway from the small, lovely pas-sages. His stage presence is stark:Dressed in black, he did not say a word to the audience in a two-hour recital. (Nor did Hadley,though she addressed her audi-ence extensively during her solorecital last fall.) Snytkin’s some-what severe countenance soft-ened at the end, as he embracedHadley to shouts of “Bravo!”

The two will compete thisAugust at the SwedishInternational Duo Competition.

“This is the closest workingduo I’ve ever been part of,”Hadley says. “We have a mutualunderstanding of how the musicfits together. A great duo is seam-

less. That is what we are striving for.”To an amateur’s untrained and appre-

ciative ear, they are already there.�—Chris Lazzarino

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More than a gameFifty years after famous upset,

player’s memoir shows winning isn’t everything

In 1954, tiny Milan High beat big-citypowerhouse Muncie to win theIndiana state championship. Thegame, which inspired the movie

“Hoosiers,” is arguably the most storiedhigh school basketball game ever played.

In 1957, North Carolina beat WiltChamberlain-led KU in triple overtime towin the NCAA championship—arguablythe most storied college basketball gameever played.

Both times, Philip Raisor was on thelosing side.

� Violinist Aleksandr Snytkin andpianist Melanie Hadley will represent

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In his memoir, Outside Shooter, Raisor,’60, aptly recounts the soaring intensityand plunging disappointment of thoseepic battles. But his book is far morethan an athlete’s tale of heartbreak andfaded glory. It’s the story of young manawakening to the world beyond games,and to the realization that sports isabout more than winning or losing.

Though a starting guard for Muncie,Raisor spent most of the game on thebench. During KU’s loss to the Tarheelsin Kansas City, he watched from theMunicipal Auditorium stands with hisjunior varsity teammates. This outsidervantage seems fitting for a young manwho felt alienated nearly everywhere hewent, including, at times, his hometown.

At Muncie High, Raisor bonds withblack teammate John Casterlow andrecoils instinctively from the racism hisfriend encounters. Casterlow’s inner rageat the taunts directed at him hauntsRaisor well into college.

At KU, where he pledged Beta ThetaPi, Raisor’s alienation (from Greek life,from Coach Dick Harp’s style of play) isso acute that midway through his sopho-more year he transfers to Louisiana StateUniversity. Raisor soon learns thatracism is more overt in Baton Rouge

than in Muncie or Lawrence. When hetries to convince his old high schoolcoach (by then head coach at LSU) torecruit Casterlow, he’s reminded thatsegregation is not only university policy,but also state law. “Let’s get on with real-ity, Phil,” his coach tells him. “Let’s go

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with what we can.”Instead, Raisor gives

up his NBA dream andquits the game that hasmade him feel like “agrowing plant in the window, admired andtended.” He throws himself into hisbooks and discovers that literature offersthrills comparable to sports. He throwshimself into the brewing battle overdesegregation and discovers the courageof his convictions.

Raisor, associate professor of Englishat Old Dominion University in Norfolk,Va., adds but modestly to our knowledgeof civil rights in America. His coming-of-age struggles—to discover his calling, todefine his character, to cope withestrangement from family and friends—are archetypal; they will resonate withanyone who went off to college and

came home changed. Far more rareare his insights into a game that hesees as a crucible in which charac-ter is molded and tempered.

“Basketball sometimes feels likea creature,” he writes, “a livingthing, maybe a she—seductive,brazen, and entirely mysterious.Once she gets in your bones, shemeets your wishes or fears whereveryou turn. But most of the time bas-ketball reflects yourself. ... Always,the rules, the form, the time of thegame challenge you to define who-ever you are. But neither player norfan, winner or loser, wants to give it

up. We—those of us with basketball inour bones—know that it is not life, butneither is it just a game. Like all ritualsand myths, it is for believers.”

Some might read Raisor’s truncatedhoop dream as a tale of promise unmet.But what every athlete knows, he con-

tends, is that “game day is only part ofthe game. A ripped down rebound, atwisting dribble down the floor, a last-second jump shot that rims in or out, oran elbow stuck in a lazy forward’s ribsdoesn’t define us. Neither does the won-and-lost record. What defines us is whatwe bring to the game....”

To steal one of Raisor’s own lines,that sounds like the wisdom of a manwho learned more about winning fromlosing than the other way around.�

—Steven Hill

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Built for comfortProfessor’s research adapts

unique construction materialto boost energy efficiency

During a typical Kansas heatwave, there are days you’dswear the walls are going to melt.

In Mario Medina’s house of thefuture, the walls will melt—and you’ll becooler because of it.

Medina, assistant professor of civil,environmental and architectural engi-neering, is harnessing the unique heat-absorption properties of a special kindof paraffin wax to improve the energyefficiency of homes.

The wax, a byproduct of oil refining,is what’s known as a “phase-change

� Outside Shooter:A Memoir

By Philip Raisor

University ofMissouri Press,$24.95

� Mario Medina built twoWest Campus structures to

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material.” When it melts, it absorbs sig-nificant amounts of heat. The heat isstored and later released when the waxresolidifies.

In a pair of small structures he andhis graduate students built on WestCampus, Medina is testing a construc-tion technique that adds the wax to tra-ditionally constructed wall panels incopper tubes mounted between the wallstuds. The data his team has gathered so

far suggest that phase-change framewalls, as Medina calls them, reduce heatflux (the amount of heat transferredthrough a home’s walls) as much as 38percent during the hottest part of theday. The walls reduce the demand for airconditioning 8 to 10 percent.

That can translate into big savings onsummer heating and winter cooling forhomeowners.

“Their utility bills are going to be

lower,” Medina says. “For the average2,000-square-foot house, we estimatesavings of about $900 a year, dependingon the weather.”

The wax Medina is using isn’t thekind used in canning or candle-making.It has been modified during productionto melt at 78 degrees. On a hot summerday, when the air temperature inside awall reaches 78, the wax melts, trappingheat that would otherwise seep into thehouse. Later in the day, as the air tem-perature cools and the wax solidifies, theheat is released. Some of it flows into thehouse, but the rest is vented outside.

In short, less heat enters the home,and the heat that does enter is shifted tocooler times of day. Medina found thebiggest reduction in heat flux between 5and 6 p.m., the hottest time of day. Thatshould appeal to utility companies,which often have a tough time generat-ing enough electricity during this time ofpeak demand.

In winter, the heat-blocking benefit ofthe wax traps hot air from inside thehouse that would otherwise be lostthrough the walls and vents it back intothe house when the temperature falls.

The phase-change frame wall is idealfor desert or coastal climates, where daysare hot and nights are cool. But even in aKansas climate, where nights are stillhot, there are benefits to spreading heatflow more evenly over time. Air tempera-tures remain more constant, Medinasays, which increases comfort and letscooling equipment operate more effi-ciently and with less wear and tear.

More research is needed before phase-change material becomes a householdterm. But preliminary results are promis-ing enough that Medina has applied fora patent. This spring he began testing hisidea with Better Building Products ofSalisbury, N.C., makers of prefabricatedwall panels for the construction trade.

“Our hope is that we will be able toconvince home builders that this is agood product that would be easy to use,”Medina says. “It’s environmentallyfriendly, it’s safe and it can lower energyconsumption.”�

—Steven Hill

Bent strings

You’d expect a band named after a19th-century mountain guide who ate

his customers to be a tad unusual.You’d be right.For 25 years The Alferd Packer

Memorial String Band has been known asmuch for its antics as its genre-bustingarray of musical styles: Lawrence sculptorJim Brothers, ’70, who contributes uncon-ventional percussion (washboards, whistlesand blackpowder firearms) once set fireto a chair during a per-formance.

Though they’ve mel-lowed since the dayswhen gunplay was part oftheir repertoire, thesemerry pranksters (fiddlerLauralyn Bodle, c’93; ban-joist Steve Goeke;Brothers; fiddler SteveMason, d’86; guitarist MikeYoder; and accordionistMatt Kirby) still proudlymarch onstage with theirtrademark standard: aportrait of Colorado can-nibal Alferd Packer toppedby a bobcat hide. Backedby the Kansas ArtsCommission, the band hasplayed 119 Kansas townssince 1978. Its mostfamous gig, the annual TaxDay concert at the down-town post office, hasbecome a Lawrence fix-

ture.This summer the band will release itsfirst recording in 15 years, mixing studioperformances with live music recordedlast fall at a 25th anniversary concert atthe Lawrence Arts Center. (Visit www.ask-a-luthier.com for more information.)

The only remaining original member,Brothers has seen two dozen musicianscome and go. But some things stay thesame: “We start with the idea that musicis fun,” he says,“and we reserve the rightto cannibalize all forms of music.”�

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Al Oerter, ’58, won the discus gold infour consecutive Olympiads, from 1956 to ’68, winning each time with an Olympic-record throw. He won two

NCAA championships, set four world recordsand was the first man to throw the discus 200 feet.

Old news.So ask him what happened the other day

down at his Florida condominium: “My wife wasriding up the elevator, and the person in therewith her says, ‘You’re the wife of that artist,aren’t you?’”

For the first time in his public life, Al Oerter isknown as something other than an athlete. Hecould not be happier.

Oerter started painting in 1980, when anOlympic sponsor commissioned artwork by fivenon-artist athletes. Oerter grew up in New YorkCity, the son of “bohemian” parents who encour-aged him to explore the museums, in partbecause his high blood pressure, which Oerterhas battled since birth, made playgrounds off-limits. “Abstract artists became heroes of mine,”he says. “I didn’t know anything about the ath-letes in New York until I was maybe 12.”

Many of his paintings include circle motifs,but they are not necessarily an homage to thediscus: “I have art up in our home, by otherfolks, and they have circles. So who knows? Ihave no idea.”

Oerter is recovering from congestive heart fail-ure, which he says was caused by a physician’sdecision to take him off one of his medications.Now that the scare is behind him, he again looksfit and happy and his handshake is rock solid.His spirits also were buoyed by a recent call fromAthens: Olympic officials commissioned fourpieces of original art.

Al Oerter is back in the Olympics. Pure gold.�

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� Al and Cathy Oerterreturned to the Hill

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of Fame. His paintingsinclude “Impact #11”

(right) and “Primitive Self#1” (below right).

� To view or purchase Oerter’s paintings and autographed or painted discuses, visit www.aloerter.com.

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