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ICHABOD FOOTBALL AUGUST 29 Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo., 1 p.m. SEPTEMBER 4 New Mexico Highlands University, 6 p.m. 12 Missouri Southern State University, 6 p.m. 19 Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Mo., 6 p.m. 26 University of Central Missouri, 1 p.m. (Family Day) OCTOBER 3 Fort Hays State University, 1 p.m. 10 University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1 p.m. 17 Pittsburg State University, 1 p.m. (Homecoming) 24 Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Mo., 1:30 p.m. 31 Truman State University, 1 p.m. NOVEMBER 7 Emporia State University, 1 p.m. 13 NCAA Division II first round of playoffs, TBA 20 NCAA Division II second round of playoffs, TBA 27 NCAA Division II National Quarterfinals, TBA DECEMBER 4 Division II NCAA National Semifinals, TBA 11 Division II NCAA National Championship, TBA All games in bold played at Washburn in Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl. LADY BLUES VOLLEYBALL AUGUST 28-29 Oredigger Volleyball Classic, Golden, Colo. 28 Western State College of Colorado, 11 a.m. 28 Adams State College, 3:30 p.m. 29 Mesa State College, 11 a.m. 29 Fort Lewis College, 5:30 p.m. SEPTEMBER 4-5 Texas Woman’s University Volleyball Tournament, Denton, Texas 4 East Central University, 1:30 p.m. 4 Texas Woman’s University, 6:30 p.m. 5 Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 9:30 a.m. 5 Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2:30 p.m. 11-12 Rockhurst Fall Classic, Kansas City, Mo. 11 Midwestern State University, 11 a.m. 11 Upper Iowa University, 3 p.m. 12 Eastern New Mexico University, 9 a.m. 12 University of Illinois-Springfield, 3 p.m. 16 Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, 7 p.m. 18 Truman State University, 7 p.m. 19 Missouri Western State University, 2 p.m. 23 University of Nebraska-Omaha, 7 p.m. 25 University of Central Missouri, 7 p.m. OCTOBER 2-3 Holiday Inn/Lady Blues Regional Crossover Invitational 2 Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2 p.m. 2 West Texas A&M University, 6:30 p.m. 3 Tarleton State University, 1 p.m. 3 Angelo State University, 5 p.m. 6 Missouri Southern State University, 7 p.m. 9 Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo., 7 p.m. 10 Pittsburg State University, 6 p.m. 14 Fort Hays State University, 7 p.m. 16 Emporia State University, 7 p.m. 20 Northwest Missouri State University, 7 p.m. 23 Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo., 7 p.m. 24 Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, 7 p.m. 28 University of Nebraska-Omaha, 7 p.m. 30 University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, 7 p.m. NOVEMBER 3 Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, 7 p.m. 6 Southwest Baptist University, 7 p.m. 7 Pittsburg State University, 2 p.m. 11 Fort Hays State University, 7 p.m. 14 Emporia State University, 7 p.m. 18-21 NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament, TBA DECEMBER 3-5 NCAA Division II Volleyball National Championship, TBA All games in bold played at Washburn in Lee Arena, Petro Allied Health Center. LADY BLUES SOCCER AUGUST 28 Colorado School of Mines, Golden, 5 p.m. 29 Colorado State University- Pueblo, 6 p.m. SEPTEMBER 7 Newman University, Wichita, Kan., 7 p.m. 12 University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, 7 p.m. 17 Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo., 4 p.m. 19 Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, 1 p.m. 24 University of Central Missouri, 6 p.m. 26 Southwest Baptist University, 6 p.m. 30 Rockhurst University, 6 p.m. OCTOBER 3 Missouri Southern State University, 6 p.m. 8 Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, 4 p.m. 10 University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1 p.m. 15 Emporia State University, 6 p.m. 17 Northwest Missouri State University, 6 p.m. 22 University of Nebraska-Omaha, 6 p.m. 24 Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo., TBA 29 Truman State University, 6 p.m. 31 Emporia State University, TBA NOVEMBER 5 Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, TBA 7 Missouri Western State University, 6 p.m. All games in bold played at Washburn in Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl. For information, call (785) 620-1135 or visit www.wusports.com. Non Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Topeka, KS Permit No. 689 1700 SW College Ave. Topeka, KS 66621 Address Service Requested SPORTS SCHEDULE Summer 2009 Our economic situation: What does it all mean?

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ICHABOD FOOTBALLAUGUST29 Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo., 1 p.m.

SEPTEMBER4 New Mexico Highlands University, 6 p.m. 12 Missouri Southern State University, 6 p.m. 19 Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Mo.,

6 p.m.26 University of Central Missouri, 1 p.m. (Family Day)

OCTOBER3 Fort Hays State University, 1 p.m. 10 University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1 p.m.17 Pittsburg State University, 1 p.m. (Homecoming)24 Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Mo.,

1:30 p.m. 31 Truman State University, 1 p.m.

NOVEMBER7 Emporia State University, 1 p.m. 13 NCAA Division II first round of playoffs, TBA20 NCAA Division II second round of playoffs, TBA27 NCAA Division II National Quarterfinals, TBA

DECEMBER4 Division II NCAA National Semifinals, TBA 11 Division II NCAA National Championship, TBA

All games in bold played at Washburn in Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl.

LADY BLUES VOLLEYBALLAUGUST28-29 Oredigger Volleyball Classic, Golden, Colo.

28 Western State College of Colorado, 11 a.m. 28 Adams State College, 3:30 p.m. 29 Mesa State College, 11 a.m. 29 Fort Lewis College, 5:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER4-5 Texas Woman’s University Volleyball Tournament, Denton, Texas 4 East Central University, 1:30 p.m. 4 Texas Woman’s University, 6:30 p.m. 5 Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 9:30 a.m. 5 Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2:30 p.m. 11-12 Rockhurst Fall Classic, Kansas City, Mo. 11 Midwestern State University, 11 a.m. 11 Upper Iowa University, 3 p.m. 12 Eastern New Mexico University, 9 a.m. 12 University of Illinois-Springfield, 3 p.m. 16 Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, 7 p.m. 18 Truman State University, 7 p.m. 19 Missouri Western State University, 2 p.m. 23 University of Nebraska-Omaha, 7 p.m. 25 University of Central Missouri, 7 p.m.

OCTOBER2-3 Holiday Inn/Lady Blues Regional Crossover Invitational 2 Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2 p.m. 2 West Texas A&M University, 6:30 p.m. 3 Tarleton State University, 1 p.m. 3 Angelo State University, 5 p.m. 6 Missouri Southern State University, 7 p.m. 9 Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo., 7 p.m. 10 Pittsburg State University, 6 p.m. 14 Fort Hays State University, 7 p.m. 16 Emporia State University, 7 p.m. 20 Northwest Missouri State University, 7 p.m. 23 Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo., 7 p.m. 24 Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, 7 p.m. 28 University of Nebraska-Omaha, 7 p.m. 30 University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER3 Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, 7 p.m. 6 Southwest Baptist University, 7 p.m. 7 Pittsburg State University, 2 p.m. 11 Fort Hays State University, 7 p.m. 14 Emporia State University, 7 p.m. 18-21 NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament, TBA

DECEMBER3-5 NCAA Division II Volleyball National Championship, TBA

All games in bold played at Washburn in Lee Arena, Petro Allied Health Center.

LADY BLUES SOCCERAUGUST28 Colorado School of Mines, Golden, 5 p.m. 29 Colorado State University- Pueblo, 6 p.m.

SEPTEMBER7 Newman University, Wichita, Kan., 7 p.m. 12 University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, 7 p.m. 17 Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo., 4 p.m. 19 Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, 1 p.m. 24 University of Central Missouri, 6 p.m. 26 Southwest Baptist University, 6 p.m. 30 Rockhurst University, 6 p.m.

OCTOBER3 Missouri Southern State University, 6 p.m. 8 Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, 4 p.m. 10 University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1 p.m. 15 Emporia State University, 6 p.m. 17 Northwest Missouri State University, 6 p.m. 22 University of Nebraska-Omaha, 6 p.m. 24 Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo., TBA 29 Truman State University, 6 p.m. 31 Emporia State University, TBA

NOVEMBER5 Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, TBA 7 Missouri Western State University, 6 p.m.

All games in bold played at Washburn in Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl.

For information, call (785) 620-1135 or visit www.wusports.com.

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CONTENTS

Washburn Alumni Association

ContributorsDena Anson, ba ’01director, university relations

Katy Browne, aa ’07secretary, Alumni Association

Gene Cassellsports information director

Peggy Clarkuniversity photographer

Amanda Hughes, ba ’00assistant director, university relations

Martha ImparatoMabee Library special collections librarian

Mike Knipperassistant sports information/marketing director

Robin Kruschinska, ba ’99assistant director, Alumni Association

Wendy Walker Zellerdirector, donor relations and communications,Washburn Endowment Association

Vickie Watersoffice assistant, university relations

Robert Weigandprofessor, School of Business

FryeAllen, Inc., Topeka, Kan.design and layout

Alumni directorSusie Hoffmann, bba ’87

Alumni magazine editorJoy Thompson

Contact Us!Your news, thoughts and questions are important to us.

Please write, telephone or send us an e-mail. Letters to the

editor and news of jobs, honors, weddings, anniversaries

and births are always welcome. Please include your name,

class year, address and daytime phone number. Letters

to the editor may be edited for length and clarity.

Address: 1700 SW College Ave., Topeka, Kan., 66621

Telephone: (785) 670-1641

E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.washburn.edu/alumni

To the editor: attention to Joy Thompson,

(785) 670-1657, [email protected]

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The Washburn Alumni magazine is published quarterly by the Washburn Alumni Association for alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the university. Subscription is by dues-paid membership in the Washburn Alumni Association. Third-class postage paid at Topeka, Kan.

D E P A R T M E N T S

2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

4 ALUMNI NEWS

8 WASHBURN ENDOWMENT

16 FACULTY & STAFF

20 CAMPUS NEWS & SPORTS

28 CLASS NOTES

Each year at commencement I am asked to address the graduates and their families. My commencement speeches tend to focus on achievement, a bright future and altruism. But this year, I spoke about the value of education – given the economic times we face – as financial value seems to be on all of our minds.

While the value of portfolios may suffer when the economy dips, the value of education remains. I encouraged graduates to appreciate the value of a broad education which prepared them to be adaptable in unpredictable times. Their diplomas, more than symbols

of what they know, are really certifications of their ability to learn. The ability to learn and adapt is the real value of education.

Hopeful graduating students anticipate their new jobs. Equally hopeful families want them to find these jobs. We remind students the value of their education is not only in finding that first job out of college, but in being prepared for the third, fourth or fifth job of their careers. Accepting the challenges and opportunities of those subsequent career moves will require them to combine what they learned at college with what they will continue to learn through experiences which on the day of commencement seem unfathomable.

This economic storm will subside. When it does, our 2009 Washburn graduates will find the value of their education to have increased because they are prepared to lead, create, serve and accept opportunities.

Jerry Farley

“The ability to learn and

adapt is the real value of

education.”

Jerry Farley

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On the coverWhat can we expect in the future from the stock market? What is going on with our banks? These and other questions are answered by two seasoned professionals in the cover article.

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From the President

F E A T U R E S

11 Our economic situation:Two prominent Washburn alumni in the financial world give their candid assessments of today’s economic climate.

14 A Washburn legacy:Attending WU a family tradition

18 Best kept secret:Washburn’s Curriculum Resources Center

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ALUMNI EVENTS

JULY10 After Hours, 5 p.m.24 - 25 Alumni Association board of

directors meet

AUGUST7 After Hours, 5 p.m.10 After Hours for WU alumni in the

teaching profession, 4 - 6 p.m.27 Wake Up with Washburn, speaker,

Kevin Bittner, bba ’88, Topeka, 7:30 a.m.

29 Alumni Association tailgate at Colorado School of Mines football game, Golden, Colo., 11 a.m.

SEPTEMBER4 Alumni Association tailgate,

Washburn vs. New Mexico Highlands University, 4:30 p.m.

11 After Hours, 5 p.m.12 Alumni Association tailgate,

Washburn vs. Missouri Southern State University, 4:30 p.m.

18 Chicago area alumni gathering at the home of Linda (Maag) Perney, b ed ’68 and Jan Perney, ba ’68, Evanston, Ill.

26 Scholarship 5K Fun Run andCampus Walk, starting at Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center, 8:30 a.m. (Family Day)

26 Alumni Association tailgate, Washburn vs. University of Central Missouri, 11:30 a.m. (Family Day)

OCTOBER2 Young Alumni After Hours, 5 p.m.3 Alumni Association tailgate,

Washburn vs. Fort Hays State, 11:30 p.m.

10 Alumni Association tailgate at University of Nebraska-Omaha football game, noon

15 Wake Up with Washburn, speaker, Deb Goodrich, ba ’96, Topeka, 7:30 a.m.

16 Alumni Association board of directors meet

16 Alumni Fellows luncheon, 11:30 a.m.

16 After Hours, 5 p.m.17 Homecoming parade, 10 a.m.17 Alumni Association tailgate,

Washburn vs. Pittsburg State University, 11 a.m. (Homecoming)

31 Alumni Association tailgate,Washburn vs. Truman State University, 11:30 a.m.

NOVEMBER6 After Hours, 5 p.m8 - 15 Alumni Association-sponsored

travel to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

Alumni events are in the Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center, unless noted. Football tailgates are located in the parking lot north of Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl. For information, call (785) 670-1641.

MULVANE EXHIBITSAND EVENTS

JUNE

20 - Sept. 13 “The Art of Marc Brown: A Retrospective”

20 - Oct. 25 “Ageless Wonder: Works by Justin Marable”

JULY5 - Sept. 13 “It’s A Dog’s Life,

Photographs by William Wegman from the Polaroid Collection”

5 - Jan. 17 “A Few of Our Favorite Things”

•Japaneseprints,TsubaandYatate donated to the Mulvane permanent collection by the late Robert F.W. Whitcomb, ba ’15

For information about Whitcomb and his family, see page 14.

• Meissen figurines donated by Barbara King Wilson, ba ’38 and honorary

doctorate ’96, Manhattan, Kan.

SEPTEMBER26 - Jan 24 “Hybrid Visions: Ken Butler”

The Mulvane Art Museum is located in Garvey Fine Arts Center. For information, call (785) 670-1124.

THEATRE

SEPTEMBER10 - 12 “Rabbit Hole,” 8 p.m.13 “Rabbit Hole,” 2 p.m.

“Rabbit Hole,” by David Lindsay, is a bittersweet drama about finding hope in the lowest moments of our lives and the paths we take to return to the light of day.

Located at the Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre, Garvey Fine Arts Center. For information, call (785) 670-1639.

ACADEMICS ANDSTUDENT LIFE

AUGUST17 Fall classes begin for undergraduates,

graduate students and entering law students

24 Fall classes begin for returning law students

SEPTEMBER7 Labor Day holiday (WU closed)26 Family Day activities across campus;

games on Memorial Union lawn, 10 a.m.

OCTOBER

8 - 12 Fall break13 - 17 Homecoming Week

SPECIAL EVENTS

JULY24 Board of Regents public budget

hearing, Kansas Room, Memorial Union, 4 p.m.

OCTOBER8 Women in Science Day for

female junior high students. For more information, contact Susan Bjerke (785) 670-2078.

Mark your calendars for Homecoming 2009!

Theme: “Ichabod Island”•Oct. 15: Wake Up With Washburn,

7:30 a.m.•Oct 16: Alumni Fellows luncheon,

11:30 a.m.•Oct. 16: After Hours, 5 p.m.•Oct. 17: Homecoming parade,

10 a.m.•Oct. 17: Tailgate with the Alumni

Association at 11 a.m. and cheer for the Ichabods vs. Pittsburg State University, 1 p.m.

Volunteer Opportunities

• Aug. 12: WU Move Crew. Alumni and friends are needed to welcome incoming students and assist with their move into campus residence halls from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Volunteers will be assigned to work at Kuehne Hall and West Hall, the Living Learning Center or Washburn Village. To sign up, call (785) 670-1065 or e-mail [email protected].

• Sept. 26: Scholarship 5K Fun Run and Campus Walk. Alumni and friends are needed to help with event. Please contact the Alumni Association, (785) 670-1641 or e-mail [email protected].

• Dec. 5: Quest High School Academic Competition needs volunteers to quiz high school participants at Super Saturday event, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. To sign up, contact Amanda Hughes, at (785) 670-2153 or [email protected].

• Holidays and events: Notices of international students seeking company for local shopping expeditions, home-cooked dinners or short stays during holiday breaks are available in a new e-mail notification system sponsored by the office of international programs. To join the e-mail list to receive notices, e-mail Heidi Staerkel at heidi.staerkel@ washburn.edu.

Justin Marable, “Ageless Wonder,”screenprint

William Wegman, “Rollarama,”Polaroid Polacolor

“Lady with Umbrella,”color woodprint, from the Robert F.W. Whitcomb collection

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Travel abroad with the Alumni AssociationFall 2009: Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula | Nov. 8 - 15

Explore the history of ancient civilizations. The adventure starts and ends in the Western Caribbean resort of Cancun. Admire the beachfront ruins at Tulum and the Mayan city of Coba en route to Chichen Itza. Visit the Ball Court, El Castillo and the Cenote Sagrado. Stop in Izamal, a classic Mayan religious site, on the way to Uxmal. Visit the Palace of Masks in Kabah. Then go to Merida for sightseeing and a visit to the cathedral and the Museum of Anthropology and History. See the Mayan city of Ek Balam and its enormous pyramid. Discover the charming town of Valladolid before returning to Cancun and traveling home. Tentatively priced at $2,354 per person double occupancy, this trip includes roundtrip airfare from Kansas City, seven nights superior first class hotel accommodations, 16 meals and sightseeing. Details are tentative and subject to change.

2010: Australia & New Zealand | Jan. 31 - Feb. 18Visit the Land Down Under. Cruise the

South Pacific aboard Holland America’s ms Volendam and discover Australia’s lively cities and New Zealand’s quaint towns. Fly to Sydney, settled by Aborigines 50,000 years ago, and spend a day and a half exploring the city. Board the ship for an early evening departure and enjoy a 14-day cruise to Melbourne, Australia; Burnie, Tasmania; Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park; Dunedin, Christchurch, Picton, Wellington, Napier, Tauranga and the beautiful city on the bay of Auckland in New Zealand. Before flying home, spend a day and a half in Auckland, known as the “City of Sails,” which has the greatest number of boats per capita of any city in the world. Prices begin at $4,895 per person double occupancy and include roundtrip private motorcoach transportation between the Washburn campus and the Kansas City airport, airfare from Kansas City to Sydney and return from Auckland, two nights hotel accommodations, 14 nights aboard the Holland America’s ms Voldendam, all meals onboard the ship, prepaid ship gratuities, all port charges, fees and taxes. This is a once in a lifetime adventure, so inquire early to make your reservation. Space is limited.

For more information about either trip, visit www.washburn.edu/alumni or contact Susie Hoffmann at [email protected].

Mediterranean cruisen Washburn alumni and friends on the May 28 - June 9 Alumni Association-sponsored Mediterranean cruise: Charlotte and Bruce Adair, Peggy Adams, Norma Allen, Carol and Chris Armstrong, Vi and Charles Beall, Candy Becker, Donna and Jack Bender, Tim Bethel, Willis Bulkley, Betty Jo Burris, Linda Elrod, Susan and Jerry Farley, Bette Felker, Rugena and Jim Hall, Peggy Heil, Mitch and Rick Higgs, Jeanne and Paul Hoferer, Linda and Lee Hoffmann, Susie Hoffmann, Carol and Mike Ingenthron, Marilyn Jensen, Clydette Johnson, Brenda and Steve Kitchen, Christel Marquardt, Kay McFarland, Clancy Meier, Janice Meredith, Barbara and Mike Miller, Meredith Moore, Nancy Mote, Pam O’Toole, Donna and Fred Pinkham, Ruth and Don Robson, Mary and Gaylen Rodgers, Vicki and Mike Schmidt, Debbie Schultz, Donna Scott, Judith Seitz, Lois Starbuck, Mary Ann Starbuck, Sharon Thorwald, Marsha and Jim Tinkum, Monna Truesdale, Bridget and Ed Wood.

September 26Scholarship 5K Fun Run and Campus Walk

Have fun while raising money for a worthy cause. Bring the entire family and don’t forget the dog. Walk or run at your own pace. No matter your age or athletic skill, you are welcome to join the morning event and then stay on campus to enjoy Family Day activities.

See page 37 for more information about sponsorship opportunities, volunteering and registration for the Scholarship 5K Fun Run and Campus Walk.

n Patricia (Simpson) Settle, bfa ’62, Ludlow, Wash., poses in the Mulvane Art Museum beside “Poppies with Latte & Strawberries,” one of 72 art works displayed in the April 18 - June 21 Art Alumni Exhibition held in conjunction with Alumni Weekend and an art alumni reunion. Settle’s painting was featured on the cover of the spring Washburn Alumni magazine.

n Celebrating 70 years: Virginia (Albert) Wilbert, ba ’39, Pittsburg, Kan., receives a special gift and a standing ovation at the Alumni Weekend awards and recognition dinner. Congratulating her are Susie Hoffmann, bba ’87, Washburn Alumni Association director, and Ann Adrian, b ed ’67, president of the Alumni Association board of directors.

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•Same day registration begins at 7 a.m.•Race and walk start at Bradbury Thompson Alumni

Center at 8:30 a.m.•Money raised supports the Alumni Association

Scholarship Fund•Cost is $10 for walkers, $15 for runners, children

12 and under are free; late registration (day of event) is $20 for runners and $15 for walkers.

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Retiring faculty honored On behalf of more than 30,000 Washburn alumni, the Alumni Association congratulated retiring faculty members at a reception during Alumni Weekend.

n 50-year alumni recognition: (front, L to R): Jere Noe, bba ’59, Topeka; Sandra (Burgess) Harlan, ba ’59, Derby, Kan.; Edith (MacArthur) Bronson, ba ’59, Topeka; Kenneth Bronson, ba ’59, Topeka; Sandra (Shaw) Crimmins, bba ’59, Topeka; Joseph Crimmins, bba ’59, Topeka. (back): Monet Drake, bba ’59, Kansas City, Mo.; celebrate their induction as Golden Ichabods at the Alumni Weekend awards and recognition dinner.

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Association awards $32,250 to 73 studentsAdditional funds enabled the Alumni Association to award many scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. Funds raised from the first Family Day Scholarship 5K Fun Run and Campus Walk in September 2008 were added this year to money raised by the Ichabod specialty tag license program and earnings from the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, which has been awarding financial aid to Washburn students since 1944.

“We are so grateful to those who

participated in our Fun Run and those who

contribute annually through their Ichabod

license plates,” said Susie Hoffmann, director

of the Washburn Alumni Association. “The

significance of these gifts can be seen when

we compare the numbers of scholarships

we have been able to award – 19 in 2005,

50 in 2006 – and now 73. In this tough

economy, these scholarships mean a lot to

our students.”

Students from Topeka receiving scholarships include

Jacob Bailey, freshman, chemistry; D’Ambra Baker,

graduate student, social work; Josh Benteman, post

baccalaureate, music; Alicia Billinger, post baccalaureate,

history; Brandi Boler, senior, business; Loretta Brooks,

sophomore, business; Shawna Cassen, junior, business;

Connor Colboch, freshman, undeclared; Caprice Cortez,

freshman, undeclared; Emily Cottrell, graduate

student, liberal studies; Christianna Doole, sophomore,

undeclared; Lindsay Edwards, sophomore, Spanish;

Maryam Fakhradeen, first year law; Tawnya Gallagher,

post baccalaureate, nursing; Jason Gardner, senior, social

work; Ryan Hamilton, senior, nursing; Denise Harford,

junior, elementary education; Gabriella Harrison,

sophomore, undeclared; Janet Hickey, graduate student,

social work; Nicholas Hill, junior, chemistry; Justin

Hocking, first year law; Amanda Huguenin, senior,

criminal justice; Scott Huguenin, freshman, undeclared;

Garth Jackson, freshman, undeclared; Stephen Jones,

sophomore, nursing; Mary Kenefake, freshman,

undeclared; Shane Kennedy, freshman, undeclared;

Joey Landuyt, sophomore, physics; Breanna Lewis,

sophomore, history; Rachel McDaniel, post

baccalaureate, economics; Morgan Minihan, freshman,

undeclared; Scott Moser, senior, undeclared;

Cortney Myers, senior, anthropology; Kelli Newins,

freshman, undeclared; Jocelyn Price, freshman,

undeclared; Katelyn Smith, freshman, undeclared;

Mallary Spain, freshman, undeclared; Allison Stone,

freshman, undeclared; Sarah Stone, freshman,

undeclared; April Sumpter, junior, anthropology;

Tyler Tunnell, sophomore, exercise physiology;

Lonnie Walker, graduate student, business.

Other Kansans receiving scholarships are

Mary Bannwarth, Independence, junior, exercise

physiology; Hayley Barnes, Ozawkie, junior, special

education; Jayme Barnes, Ozawkie, sophomore,

biology; Cassandra Brownell, Holton, sophomore,

business; James Cuevas, Auburn, junior, criminal justice;

Katherine Doel, Lenexa, junior, mass media;

Lauren Eckert, Delphos, junior, mass media;

Hadley Ernst, Lenexa, junior, mass media;

Ryan Haverkamp, Auburn, freshman, undeclared;

Lauren Himpel, Tonganoxie, freshman, undeclared;

James Hirsh, Wichita, junior, mass media;

Danielle Hodge, Lenexa, senior, elementary education;

Gabrielle Huckaby, Lancaster, junior, legal studies;

Elizabeth Keeley, Great Bend, senior, health education

and promotion; Keeley Lambeth, Lenexa, senior,

exercise physiology; Megan Maes, Lyons, senior,

business; Karen Marsh, Waverly, senior, English;

Lana Matney, Holton, senior, accounting;

Taylor McGown, Mound City, sophomore, biology;

Haley Mitchell, Auburn, senior, biology;

Patricia Neis, Eudora, graduate student, nursing;

Traci Nigg, Wichita, senior, Spanish; Xianchun Nix,

Berryton, senior, accounting; Sarah Overbaugh, Hoyt,

graduate student, business; Patrick Tomei, Lawrence,

junior, graphic arts; Brittany Tracz, Olathe, junior,

athletic training; and Amanda Vervaecke, Bonner

Springs, senior, English.

Students living outside Kansas are Jorge Delgado

Breuer, Asuncion, Paraguay, junior, business;

Juan Rodriguez Herrera, Medellin, Colombia, senior,

music; Laura Nolan, Redwood City, Calif., freshman,

undeclared; and James Sims, Helotes, Texas,

sophomore, art.

Alumni Association Board of Directors 2009-10

President

Ann Adrian, b ed ’67, [email protected]

Vice President

Roger VanHoozer, ba ’72, [email protected]

Front (L to R): Don Cook retired in May. He joined the faculty in 1998 and served in the education department as associate professor and coordinator of the student field experience. Richard Driver joined the faculty in 1996 as a lecturer in mathematicsand statistics. He retired in May. Gary Schmidt is beginning phased retirement this fall. He joined the faculty in 1973 and served as interim dean of the library and professor and chairman of computer information sciences. Jack Decker is beginning phased retirement in the fall. He joined the faculty in 1984 in the math and computer sciences department. When that department separated, he joined the

new computer information sciences department and served as associate professor. He also served the College of Arts and Sciences as assistant dean, interim dean and associate dean. Meredith Moore retired in May. She joined the faculty in 1976 and served as chairwoman of communication.

Back (L to R): Bob Kerchner retired in May. He joined the School of Business faculty in 1976 and served many years as faculty chairman and associate professor of economics. Dan Harden, professor, joined the education faculty in 1987 and retired in May. Al Riveland is in his first year of phased retirement. He joined the

mathematics and statistics faculty in 1971 and serves as associate chairman and professor. Jorge Nobo is in his first year of phased retirement. He joined the Washburn faculty in 1972 and serves as professor of philosophy. Gerrald Reed, bba ’70 and mba ’89, lecturer, joined the computer information sciences faculty in 1997. He retired in May.

Not pictured: James Eck, professor, finance, School of Business, who retired in May. He joined the business faculty in 1979; and David Feinmark, mba ’91, collection development coordinator, Mabee Library, who retired in June. He joined the faculty in 1981.

Board Members

Kirsten Allen, ba ’88, [email protected]

Dennis Bohm, bba ’04, [email protected]

Jami Bond, bba ’04, [email protected]

Stacey Calhoon, ba ’89, [email protected]

Tara K. Cunningham, ba ’00, [email protected]

Armond Enclarde, ba ’05, [email protected]

Amy Garton, ba ’03, [email protected]

William Marshall, ba ’61, [email protected]

Erin Menard, bba ’05, [email protected]

Linda Parks, ba ’79 and jd ’83, [email protected]

Cindy Rogers, ba ’69, [email protected]

Mark Ross, ba ’83, [email protected]

Leo Taylor, ba ’74, [email protected]

John Ybarra, [email protected]

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New trustees at Washburn Endowment

Seven new members have been added to the Washburn Endowment Association board of trustees:

Gary Eisenbarth, ba ’69, Kerrville, Texas. Eisenbarth serves as chairman of the board of directors of Mutual Trust Financial Group, Oak Brook, Ill.

Paul B. Etzel, bs ’79, La Mesa, Calif. Etzel serves as director of San Diego State University’s Mount Laguna Observatory.

Dan Hutchins, bba ’79, Shawnee, Kan. Hutchins is a certified professional accountant and principal with the accounting firm of Hutchins & Haake LLC, Overland Park, Kan.

Dee Hogue Klausman, ba ’73, Topeka. Klausman was one of the founders of Midwest Health Management and worked actively in the business until her retirement in 2006.

Mark E. Nordstrom, bba ’72 and ba ’75, Topeka. Nordstrom is co-founder and president of Monarch Management Corp., Topeka.

Malcolm Robinson, bba ’71, Topeka. Robinson retired from Security Benefit Group, Topeka, in 2006 after 35 years of service.

Jeff Ungerer, bba ’76 and jd ’82, Topeka. Ungerer currently serves as general counsel at MRV Inc., a national real estate company.

Washburn has a special legacy of giving by alumni and friends

through the years in both good and not-so-good economic times. These gifts, the majority of which are designated for scholarships, have provided the opportunity for many students to receive the quality education for which Washburn is known.

The tradition of giving and investing in the future has continued at Washburn during this past year, with more than 6,000 donors contributing or making commitments to contribute through May 2009. Some areas of giving have slowed along with the economy, but we anticipate giving will recover alongside rebounds in the economy.

Gifts to Washburn are a true investment in the future. By investing in the students of today, your gifts – investments – multiply many times over, as we look forward to the impact these students will make in their professional and personal lives in the future.

Upon reflection, you probably find your education has had a significant impact in your life. Your investment in a college experience, fueled with your passion and hard work, resulted in a return many times your initial investment. Our personal investment in

education (our education, our children’s education or perhaps our grandchildren’s education) has generated a positive return in our lives and the communities in which we live and work.

Yes, these are unprecedented economic times. Washburn is fortunate to have had strong support and gifts through the years, and because of this, we are in a strong position to weather these storms. It is at times like these your gifts have an especially significant impact. Students and their parents find it more difficult to find the resources to secure an education at Washburn, and programs and departments have difficulty finding extra budget dollars to provide unique learning opportunities. Your gifts truly make the difference.

In a time when all of us are looking for a place to make an investment that generates a positive long-term return, you can rest assured your gifts to Washburn are an investment in education and in young minds that will yield positive returns forever. As Aristotle stated, “All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.”

Gifts help provide financial support to our students, to our outstanding faculty and to our excellent educational programs across campus. Thank you for investing in Washburn students!

From the WEA president

JuliAnn Mazacheck

According to Robert Weigand, Brenneman Professor of Business Strategy, the program has consistently performed very well, often exceeding the Standard & Poor’s 500, and 2008-09 was no exception. Since December, the new stocks selected by the fall 2008 graduate students had risen 26 percent as of mid-May – twice the increase (13 percent) of the S&P 500 over the same period.

In spring 2009, the undergraduates in the program focused on energy and health care technology stocks, recommending Encana Energy, Chevron and Medtronic for the portfolio. They defended their stock reports in front of an audience of Topeka area chief financial and executive officers.

To see the student reports, presentation videos and performance tracking of the Student Investment Fund, visit www.washburn.edu/sobu/apm.

School of Business student portfolio management program thriving by Robert Weigand

Since 2007, Washburn School of Business undergraduate and graduate students have had the opportunity to participate in the applied portfolio management program, which allows students to manage an equity portfolio on behalf of the Washburn Endowment Association.

JuliAnn Mazachek, who holds a doctorate in accounting from the University of Kansas, is president of Washburn Endowment Association, a separate foundation dedicated to fundraising and investment management to support the mission and activities of Washburn University and its students. She joined Washburn University’s faculty in 1992 as an assistant professor of accounting, receiving tenure in 1998. She served as dean of the School of Business from 1998 until 2002, when she was selected to lead the Washburn Endowment Association.

Robert Weigand, Brenneman Professor of Business Strategy, interacts with students in the Mayo Schmidt Finance Laboratory.

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Our economic situation:What does it all mean?

Two Washburn alumni who are seasoned

professionals in the financial world give

their candid assessments of today’s

economic climate.

1. What return can we expect in the future from the stock market? Will it go back to the way it was or will it be different?

Greg Brenneman: The U.S. equity market will and has recovered. However, I expect the recovery from this point on to be very slow. American consumers, banks and companies have too much leverage. Not only is this leverage reducing current equity values, but as we go through the normal deleveraging which must occur, economic growth will be suppressed. Most economists estimate that we gained 1.5 percent incremental gross domestic product growth per annum as we “levered up” throughout the early 2000s. It stands to reason that GDP growth will be reduced by about 1.5 percent per annum as we de-lever over the next four or five years. As a result, if normal GDP growth is +/- 3 percent

annually, we can expect GDP to only grow one to two percent per annum during the period of deleveraging. It is hard to see how equities will appreciate much in this slow growth environment. This is not necessarily a bad thing. We have needed to reduce our debt for a long time.

Gilbert Galle: I have no earthly idea as to whether the stock market will go back to the “way it was.” This begs the question: which way? As you know, for this entire decade, the Standard & Poor’s 500 has made investors no money...zero...nada. Having said that, I believe the market did bottom in March and will continue to move up and probably have a strong year-end finish due to very positive fourth quarter earnings per share. If I were forced to predict, I would say that the market will probably, on average, give investors a solid high single-digit rate of return for the next decade.

Over the past several years, women’s giving circles have gained popularity

across the country as a mechanism to involve women in charitable giving. These giving circles bring women together to focus on making charitable contributions as a group. Rather than each woman making a gift separately, the members of the giving circle pool their financial resources to make a larger impact on charities of their choice. Beginning this year, Washburn University became the focus of just such a group.

Washburn Women’s Venture Partners is a newly-formed giving circle of six members who volunteer their time and commit financial support to Washburn. The initial members of WWVP, who have agreed to a three-year commitment,

are Cynthia Heath, ba ’71, Chesterfield, Mo., chairwoman; Topekans Jeanne Hoferer, bba ’80, Dee Hogue Klausman, ba ’73, and Nancy (Merillat) Paul, bba ’76; Elaine Duffens, bs ’75, La Quinta, Calif.; and Susan Hutchins, b ed ’78, Shawnee, Kan.

At the initial meeting in October, the group decided to consider grant applications from all facets of campus life, not just those

pertaining to women’s interests or issues. They met again on campus this spring and awarded grants to four applicants.

Those selected to receive more than $11,000 include the Washburn Student Government Association Lecture Series, Washburn Association of Percussionists, the music department for piano restoration and a one-time scholarship for junior Melissa Patterson, Arkansas City, Kan., an outstanding transfer student. Awards were presented to campus representatives in early May at a special reception.

Plans are under way to expand the Washburn Women’s Venture Partners giving circle. For more information, contact Carrie Magill at (785) 670-4483.

Washburn Women’s Venture Partners makes first grants

These giving circles bring

women together to focus

on making charitable

contributions as a group.

The Washburn Student Government Association Lecture Series received grant funds from the Washburn Women’s Venture Partners. WSGA vice president Caley Onek, El Dorado, Kan., and president Garrett Love, Montezuma, Kan., accept the grant.

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Greg Brenneman, bba ’84 and honorary doctorate ’99, Spring, Texas, is chairman of CCMP Capital

LLC and a member of the firm’s investment committee. He serves as executive chairman of Quiznos,

where he previously was chief executive officer, president and partner. He is also chairman and

chief executive officer of TurnWorks Inc., a firm that focuses on corporate turnarounds. Prior to

Quiznos, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Burger King Corp., where he oversaw

a nearly tripling of average profits per restaurant. In 1995, as president, chief operating officer

and member of the board of directors of Continental Airlines, he led one of the most dramatic

turnarounds in American business history. He holds a master of business administration degree

from Harvard Business School. He has served since 1997 as a Washburn Endowment trustee, and

Washburn honored him as an Alumni Fellow and as the Oscar S. Stauffer Executive in Residence.

With his wife, Ronda (Doole) Brenneman, b ed ’84, he established the Brenneman Scholarship and

the Greg and Ronda Brenneman Professorship of Business Strategy.

Gilbert Galle, ba ’70, Charlotte, N.C., recently retired from WEDGE Capital Management LLC,

where he had been employed since 1988, most recently serving as managing general partner

and portfolio manager. Prior to joining WEDGE, Galle was responsible for investment portfolio

management and client services for such companies as Shearson Lehman Brothers and Bear,

Stearns & Co., and worked for a short time in the sports management business. He is a member

of the North Carolina Society of Financial Analysts and the Southern Pension Conference. Galle

has served as a Washburn Endowment Association trustee since 2004, where he is currently a

member of the board of directors. He has supported a wide variety of efforts on the Washburn

campus and recently established two scholarships in history and political science.

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2. What is going on with our banks? Are they as sick as we fear? How do I know if my bank is safe?

Brenneman: The banks have reduced their leverage pretty quickly, but you need to look at the assets and loan loss reserves of each specific bank to understand the risk to their equity and your deposits. If your bank is heavy into commercial or residential real estate or credit cards and your account balances exceed the federal insurance limits, you should look to diversify.

Galle: Our larger banks are recovering nicely and are not the problem. The concern now is focused on the more local or small regional banks. They were not playing the derivative game like their big brethren, but they were playing the local/regional commercial real estate/development game. This is not to say every local/regional bank is in dire straits or is going belly-up; it is to say that there will certainly be some failures in this bucket, but not so many as to upset the system.

How do you tell if your bank is OK? If you had the ability to go in the back room to examine its loans, especially the commercial ones, then with that information and a hard look at the Tier 1 capital and other tangible ratios, you could come to some conclusion as to its viability. Barring that, I guess I would say don’t put more cash in the bank than is protected by Uncle Sam.

3. How do you believe the government can best prevent financial institutions from repeating the mistakes that have led us to the current situation while allowing the economy to operate and grow at a more sustainable level?

Brenneman: We need to live within our means and suffer through a period of deleveraging and slow growth. There is no free lunch. Going forward, the various regulatory agencies need to be consolidated into one entity that limits the leverage on banks and aggressively scrubs bank loan portfolios. Banks should also be required to hold a sizable piece of the loans they originate verses just syndicating the loans out.

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Galle: Now this is a really good question and really speaks to the heart of why we are in the mess we are in. The good news is that we have government agencies and laws that allow adequate oversight to our economy and our financial institutions. The bad news is that during the creation of this recent crisis, these agencies were asleep at the wheel.

Let’s start with the Federal Reserve: Alan Greenspan,former chairman of the Federal Reserve, cut interest to the lowest level in more than 40 years, which in turn created the opportunity for any and all institutions to lever themselves and/or create levered products that they then sold to other institutions that were either stupid or greedy (or both). He also refused to raise margin rates to slow the rate of speculation, claiming it was not his job, or the job of the Fed to “prick stock market bubbles.”

Let’s move on to that wonderful institution of insight and thoughtfulness: Congress. Congress blatantly and shamefully encouraged and legislated higher and higher debt levels for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to “broaden home ownership.” With that mandate, along with historic low interest rates, the path to perdition was a superhighway.

The Securities and Exchange Commission must also share much blame for its lax oversight of the investment bankers. Let’s not forget the U.S. Department of Treasury, which also looked the other way. Last but certainly not least, the rating agencies, in my opinion, should shoulder a large portion of the finger pointing.

Never have so few granted so many the right to push suspect, if not fraudulent, credits on unsuspecting investors.

So the question is this: Have the Federal Reserve, Congress, the SEC, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the rating agencies learned anything? And if they have, will they use their authority to actually do their duty?

4. With nationwide unemployment nearly nine percent, do you believe it will get stuck there as it did in the 1970s or will it go down?

Brenneman: Unemployment will peak at between 10.5 and 11.5 percent. It will go down slowly. Chief executive officers and other business leaders will be reticent to add expenses, particularly if Washington actively promotes “anti-business” fiscal, monetary and social policies/programs.

Galle: The unemployment rate will go higher than nine percent, but as a lagging indicator. When it does start coming down, the bull market train will have already left the station. As long as we can retrain disaffected workers and create new jobs, the current unemployment number will quickly become a distant memory.

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A Washburn legacy:Attending WU a family traditionby Martha Imparato

The Mulvane Art Museum opened an exhibit July 5 of Japanese prints,

sword guards and writing sets donated by the late Robert Whitcomb,

ba ’15. In May, Mabee Library opened a Whitcomb family exhibit

prepared by Amanda Diggs, Wichita, Kan., a senior majoring in history.

A future exhibit from the Robert F.W. Whitcomb Rare Book Collection

is being planned.Washburn College had been established a little more than 20 years

when George H. and Jessie Wright Whitcomb arrived in Topeka in 1887 and 1888 respectively, to practice law together as Whitcomb & Whitcomb. George served many years as a judge of the Shawnee County District Court. The couple had six children: Philip, Richard, Robert, William and twins, Isabel and George A.

In 1903, the year Washburn’s School of Law was founded, George H. Whitcomb joined the faculty and taught law of sales for 30 years. In 1929, Washburn conferred on him an honorary doctor of law degree.

All the Whitcomb children attended Washburn and were high achievers involved in extracurricular activities. Isabel joined Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and her brothers joined Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Several of the brothers lived and traveled internationally in the course of their work.

Philip graduated from Washburn in 1910 at age 18 and was selected a Rhodes Scholar the next year. He worked 1914-78 as a journalist in Europe for many publications, including the original Harper’s Weekly and the Associated Press.

Washburn honored Philip with a Distinguished Service Award in 1960 and an honorary doctor of literature in 1962.

Richard, ba ’15, had a long and distinguished military career. In 1916, he joined the Hawaiian infantry and served in World War I as an Army officer in the 32nd Infantry Regiment, 16th Division. In World War II, he commanded the eastern half of the landings at Omaha Beach and later was commander of the Port of Manila in the Philippines. During the Korean War, he commanded the Port of Pusan, where he retired in 1954 at the rank of brigadier general.

Robert started college at age 16 and also graduated in1915. He took the Rhodes exam and passed, but wasn’t selected. His banking career took him to Singapore, Japan, Dutch East Indies, Brazil, Korea, Ecuador, Pakistan, Cyprus and Peru. He collected many fine art and historical objects during his travels. In 1967, he gave his collection of rare Japanese prints to the Mulvane Art Museum, and in 1975, he added a collection of Japanese sword guards and portable writing sets. In 1976, Washburn honored him with a Distinguished Service Award.

Although Robert collected many fine objects, books were his passion. In a 1978 holiday letter, he writes that his son drove a truck containing more than three tons of his books from Washington, D.C., to Denver, Colo. Robert was in the process of arranging for the oldest and rarest of these books to be donated to Mabee Library when he died in 1980. Robert’s posthumous gift, the Robert F.W. Whitcomb Collection, totals 97 books and one box of old Spanish documents and autographs of U.S. historical figures. The oldest book in the collection, which is also the oldest book in Mabee Library, is a 1485 collection of sermons by Pope Leo I (d. 461) translated into Italian.

William, ba ’17, spent several years in Russia working for the National City Bank of New York. He later worked for New York Life Insurance in Seattle, Wash.

Isabel (Whitcomb) McNeill, ba ’22, taught high school. Her husband, Harry McNeill, was a mining engineer, and the couple lived many years in Alaska and Denver, Colo.

Isabel’s twin, George A., enrolled as a freshman in 1920, having contracted influenza in 1918. He later attended the University of Colorado-Boulder and moved to California, working in public relations for hotels in Pasadena, San Diego and San Francisco and raising Arabian horses in Riverside.

Several members of the next generation also attended Washburn, including three of Philip’s children: John, 1932-33; Phyllida (Whitcomb) States, 1938-40; and Valerie (Whitcomb) Valaas, ba ’38, Wenatchee, Wash. Valerie, a retired teacher, celebrated her 90th birthday this year. Isabel’s son, Rodney McNeill, bba ’67, Denver, Colo., serves as director of major gifts at Colorado School of Mines.

The Whitcomb family legacy continues at Washburn through scholarships that include the Judge & Mrs. George H. Whitcomb Law Scholarship; Dr. Philip Whitcomb Scholarship in Philosophy; Harry L. & Isabel Whitcomb McNeill Family Scholarship; and Phyllida Whitcomb States & Valerie Whitcomb Valaas Scholarship.

Phyllida (Whitcomb) States, from 1940 yearbook

Japanese sword guards “Beach Scene,” color woodcut print

Valerie (Whitcomb) Valaas from 1938 yearbook

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Kelly Lynn Anders, associate dean for student affairs, School of Law, authored an advice book, “The Organized Lawyer,” published in

January by Carolina Academic Press. The book focuses on skills associated with being a professional and ways to recognize organizational styles and redesign work spaces more efficiently.

Robin Bowen,vice president for academic affairs, was selected for the 2009 class of Leadership Kansas, a program of

the Kansas Chamber of Commerce.

Since April, Vic Landrum, associate professor, biology, has been searching out native wildflowers in the Topeka area

and posting photos with identifying information, such as: “Dakota verbena(Glandularia bipinnatifida; Verbenaceae) is a welcome sight for the late April toearly May flower watchers and really brightens up the landscape, especially in disturbed areas and roadways.

I usually find these in the areas near the Hollywood Theatres or on Burnett’s Mound. You may know its cousins, the lantanas, as ornamentals in regions to our south.” Visit The Bloomin’ Weekly Wildflower Report at washburn.edu/faculty/landrum.

Sheila Reynolds, professor and acting associate dean for academic affairs, School of Law, received the 2008 Robert L. Gernon Award from

the Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a unique commitment to legal education for lawyers in Kansas and provided outstanding service to continuing legal education.

James Rivers, professor and pianist in residence, music, received the 2009 Kansas Governor’s Arts Award in the artist category.

The award, presented by the governor and the Kansas Arts Commission, recognizes dedication to artistic and cultural enrichment.

Brian Thomas, assistant professor, physics and astronomy, is leading a $500,000 research grant awarded to Washburn from NASA to

support a project, “Astrophysical Ionizing Photon Events and Primary Productivity of Earth’s Oceans.” The three-year grant includes collaborators Adrian Melott, professor, physics and astronomy, University of Kansas, and Patrick Neale, senior scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md. The purpose of the project is to improve understanding of the effects on marine phytoplankton when the Earth receives a blast of radiation from astrophysical events such as supernovae and gamma-ray bursts.

MaryDorsey Wanless, lecturer, art, won the grand prize in an international photograph competition sponsored by Soho Photo

Gallery in New York, N.Y. Her photo, “Evidence of Self,” was chosen from among 1,500 entries and exhibited by the Gallery in what is fondly termed the Krappy Kamera Show, which features images produced using equipment from the lowest end of the technological scale.

Years of service40 years:•Carol Vogel, ba ’67, director, equal

opportunity and instructor, modern languages

35 years:•Virginia Pruitt, professor, English

30 years:• John Christensen, professor and

director, School of Law library • James Eck, professor, School of

Business•Michael Kaye, professor, School of

Law•Nancy Maxwell, professor, School

of Law•Sheila Reynolds, acting associate

dean and professor, School of Law• Jim Wadley, professor, School of

Law • Iris Wilkinson, associate professor,

human services

25 years:•David Bainum, professor,

computer information sciences •Frank Chorba, professor, mass

media • Jack Decker, associate professor,

computer information sciences •Cal Melick, public service librarian,

Mabee Library •Pat Munzer, chairwoman and

associate professor, allied health •Kandy Ockree, bba ’82, professor,

School of Business•Russ Smith, associate dean and

professor, School of Business

James M. Young Excellence in Continuing Education Award:Roberta Jolly, aa ’85,

lecturer,

computer information

sciences

Roy Myers Excellence in Research Award:Michael Stoica,

professor,

School of Business

Herrick Faculty Award for Outstanding Service:Caren Dick, bsn ’84,

assistant professor,

School of Nursing

Herrick Faculty Award for Outstanding Service: Harold Rood,

professor,

philosophy

Ned N. Fleming Excellence in Teaching Award:Ivalah Allen,

adjunct,

music

Ned N. Fleming Excellence in Teaching Award: Kandy Ockree, bba ’82,

professor,

School of Business

Muriel D. Clarke Student Life Award:Rick Barker,

associate professor,

computer information

sciences

Faculty Recognition

Seven faculty members were recognized for excellence in April at the annual Washburn Employee Recognition Ceremony.

Faculty & Staff

Dakota verbena (Glandularia bipinnatifida; Verbenaceae)

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Best kept secret:Washburn’s Curriculum Resources Center

In October, Washburn’s Curriculum Resources Center began spending a $50,000

grant for technology-based language and literacy materials to benefit children between

the ages of three and five.

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L ocated in Carnegie Hall, the CRC is a part of Washburn University Libraries and also serves as a partner to the

education department by providing materials and support to student teachers and other students with education-related course work.

The CRC also serves as a model of best practices and as a resource center for area school libraries. It also has what curriculum resources librarian Heather Smith-Collins calls a “fabulous” collection of materials in all subject areas from pre-school through high school, available for checkout to anyone inthe community.

The CRC was chosen to receive the funds to become the site for technology-based materials because of its role as an area-wide resource center, Smith-Collins said, adding that the CRC is sometimes called Washburn’s best kept secret.

“We don’t want it to be a secret,” she said. “Grants like this one allow us to purchase state

of the art materials, and we want everyone to know these resources are available.”

Digital laboratoryThe majority of the new language and

literacy materials are located in the Center’s new digital laboratory, which opened in June for summer sessions.

Derek Koenigsdorf, Overland Park, Kan., a senior in human services majoring in youth services and child care, visits the CRC regularly to borrow materials for the before and after school program where he volunteers. Koenigsdorf says the materials in the digital laboratory make it easy for him to connect with the children he tutors because they have so much fun.

“Kids have a five-minute attention span, but that can be stretched to 15 or 20 minutes because they see these materials as toys and enjoy what’s going on,” Koenigsdorf said.

CARES: Creating Access to Reading Excellence and SuccessCARES is a USD Topeka 501 Early Reading First federal grant that supports

language and literacy development for young children. As a CARES project partner, Washburn received $258,000 between 2006-09, which was used to provide graduate, undergraduate and short-courses to CARES teachers and paraprofessionals who work with young children. The funds also paid Washburn students (mainly education majors) to substitute teach in the classrooms of participating teachers and paraprofessionals while they attended professional development seminars. The $50,000 the CRC received came from a proposal connected with the CARES grant.

(L to R): Topekans Tina Auten, b ed ’03, and Andrea Bermudez, b ed ’06, try out puppets that are available for checkout at the CRC. Both women are pursuing master’s degrees through the CARES program. Auten, a preschool teacher at Scott Magnet School, is pursuing master’s degrees in both educational administration and curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in early childhood leadership. Bermudez, who teaches preschool at Quincy Elementary School, is pursuing a master’s degree in special education.

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Shantelle Jones, Topeka, uses a FLIP Mino video camcorder in the CRC digtial laboratory.

In the pictures below, Derek Koenigsdorf tutors Alexander Auten, Topeka, in the CRC’s digital laboratory. In the left picture, Auten is reading “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” using a LeapPad Learning System, which vocalizes any words on the page Auten touches with the wand. In the right picture, Auten uses a Leapster Learning Game System. As he presses a letter, he hears a phonetic sound, a rhyming song and a word that starts with that letter.

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n McAtee Scholarship (L to R): James Clarke, ba ’97, Kansas City, Mo., presents the first Charles McAtee Scholarship to Brady Rothrock, Topeka, a junior majoring in accounting. The $2,500 scholarship, which will be awarded annually, honors the legacy of Charles “Chuck” McAtee (1928-04), ba ’50 and jd ’55, who is remembered as a brother, mentor and friend to the men of the Kansas Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta, said Clarke, who spearheaded the fundraising effort and serves as chairman of the scholarship committee. Rothrock is president of Phi Delta Theta, president of the Professional Business Leaders Club, treasurer of Interfraternity Council and is a member of Sagamore. His father, Steve Rothrock, ba ’83, Topeka, is also a member of Phi Delta Theta.

This academic year, more than 80 percent of Greek community members were involved in leadership positions,

with more than 7,500 hours of service in the community and state. Jessica Neumann, assistant director, student activities and Greek life, believes that the Greek community has seen a lot of success this year.

“We started the momentum with the increase of sorority recruitment participation,” Neumann said. “In fall 2008, we more than doubled the number of women that joined sororities in fall 2007. Additionally, we have seen strong retention in all the chapters that I believe will continue throughout 2009-10. We look forward to another increase in recruitment numbers this fall and to completing the process for the addition of a Kappa Sigma colony that was lost in 2008.”

Greeks important tocampus and community

Greek WeekWashburn’s sororities and fraternities organize service projects and social events to promote Greek unity, leadership and friendship. Each spring, Greek chapters and members are recognized and honored during the annual banquet in April.

n Classic rockers: String players in the Washburn Symphony Orchestra pose with David Ragsdale (center), violin player with the band Kansas, after a joint performance with the progressive rock group in February. Kansas band members chose their home state, White Concert Hall and Washburn’s 50-member orchestra for the production of a 35th anniversary DVD, “There’s Know Place Like Home,” which will be released in August. With Ragsdale (L to R): junior Manuel Tabora, Topeka; sophomore Roman Carranza Zapata, San Pedro Sula, Cort, Honduras; sophomore Emilio Castro, San Pedro Sula, Honduras; sophomore William Darst, St. Marys, Kan.; sophomore Esther Valladares Amador, Topeka; sophomore Mario Zelaya Reyes, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; and sophomore Roberto Henriquez, Mableton, Ga.photo by Peggy Clark

SororitiesAlpha Phi

•Most improved sorority grade

point average for fall 2008

•Greek Week overall

participation award

Delta Gamma

•Highest sorority grade point

average for spring 2008

•Kelsee Hickey, Topeka,

Panhellenic Association

President’s Award and Greek

Woman of the Year

•Madge (Cole) Everhart,

b ed ’76, Bonner Springs, Kan.,

Greek Life Alumna of the Year

•Chapter of Excellence:

Outstanding Scholarship

Development Award,

Outstanding Philanthropy and

Community Service Award,

Outstanding Leadership and

Wellness Award

•Standards of Excellence

recognition

Kappa Alpha Theta

•Highest sorority grade point

average for fall 2008

•Greek Week Lip Sync sorority

winner

Zeta Tau Alpha

•Chapter of Excellence

Outstanding Membership

Development and Recruitment

FraternitiesDelta Chi

•Highest fraternity grade point

average for spring 2008

•Most improved fraternity grade

point average for spring 2008

•Will Lawrence, Burlington,

Kan., Greek Council President’s

Award

•Chapter of Excellence

Outstanding Philanthropy and

Community Service Award

Sigma Phi Epsilon

•Highest fraternity grade point

average for fall 2008

•Most improved fraternity

grade point average for fall

2008

•Nathan Ansley, Deerfield, Kan.,

Interfraternity Council

President’s Award and Greek

Man of the Year

•Greek Week Lip Sync

fraternity winner and overall

winner

Robert “Bob” Duffens, ba ’47, Topeka, received an honorary doctor of commerce. A Navy Air Force veteran, he retired as the longtime chairman of the board of his family business, Duffens Optical, which had more than 500 employees in 12 states. He also served as president of Citizens State Bank, Marysville, Kan., as director of First National Bank of Topeka and as president of the Optical Wholesalers Association. As a Washburn student, he was president of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He served as a Washburn Endowment Association trustee since 1997, receiving emeritus status in 2003. With his wife, Jean, he is a member of the Lincoln Society and established the Duffens Family Scholarship Fund.

The Honorable Kay McFarland, ba ’57 and jd ’64, Topeka, recently retired from the Kansas Supreme Court after 31 years of service and 13 years as chief justice, received an honorary doctor of law degree. McFarland had a solo law practice until 1971, when she became judge of the Probate and Juvenile Courtsin Shawnee County. During her two years in that office, she earned the distinction of reducing serious juvenile offenses by more than half. Two years

later, she became judge of the newly created Fifth Division of the District Court of Kansas, and in 1977, she was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court. Washburn honored her as an Alumni Fellow in 2005.

James Sloan, ba ’50 and jd ’52,Topeka, was conferred a doctor of humane letters. He retired in 2008 after 56 years as an attorney. His extensive service to Washburn includes the Washburn Alumni Association board of directors, Washburn Endowment Association board of trustees, Ichabod Club and Friends of Mabee Library.A member of the Lincoln and Whiting societies, he established the James W. Sloan Law Scholarship, James W. Sloan Scholarship Fund for Golf, James W. Sloan Men’s Tennis Scholarship and the Jeanne Bowman-Wohlberg Drama Scholarship. Washburn honored him with a Distinguished Service Award in 1998, and he was recently named director emeritus for 56 years of service on the Alpha Delta Alumni Association board.

Spring commencement honorary doctorates:Robert Duffens, The Honorable Kay McFarland, James Sloan

James Sloan, ba ’50 and jd ’52, honorary doctor of humane letters, speaking during College of Arts and Sciences commencement.

The Honorable Kay McFarland, ba ’57 and jd ’64, addresses the 2009 School of Law graduating class.

Robert Duffins, ba ’47, Topeka, with (L to R) President Jerry Farley and School of Business Dean David Sollars.

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2008-09 Team Most Valuable Player

Janice Bright, Los Angeles, Calif.

First Team All-MIAA

MIAA All-Tournament Team Most Valuable Player

Women’s Basketball Coaches Association South Central Region First Team

Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Honorable Mention All-American

Division II Bulletin Honorable Mention All-American

Janice Bright, Los Angeles, Calif.

Second Team All-MIAA

MIAA Most Valuable Defensive Player

MIAA All-Defensive Team

Jessica Mainz, Topeka

Honorable Mention All-MIAA

Stanecia Graham, Aurora, Ill.

MIAA All-Tournament Team

Janice Bright, Los Angeles, Calif.

Stanecia Graham, Aurora, Ill.

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Renata Germano, Rio deJanero, Brazil

Hope Gregory, Cheney, Kan.

Lauren Henry, Randolph, Kan.

Cassie Lomardino, Bonner Springs, Kan.

Jessica Mainz, Topeka

Hadleigh Meek, Parkville, Mo.

Alyssa Mullen, Greenwood, Mo.

Stevi Schultz, Neodesha, Kan.

Brette Ulsaker, McPherson, Kan.

MIAA Scholar Athlete Award

Jessica Mainz, Topeka

n Soccer buddies (L to R): Lady Blues soccer players Keeley Lambeth, Lenexa, Kan., and Angela Wiseman, Topeka, both seniors, with 4-year-old Jake Daugherty, Lawrence, Kan., at a soccer camp for children with disabilities hosted at Washburn in partnership with TARC and Sunflower Soccer in March. The 40 children who attended the Topeka Topsoccer event at Lee Arena were assigned soccer buddies to help with soccer drills, skills and games. Wiseman said the event was a huge success. “I loved having the opportunity to hang out with Jake and kick the soccer ball around for an afternoon,” she said. “I think everyone took a lot from the experience.” A celebration of the ongoing relationship between Topeka Topsoccer and the Lady Blues, who continue to serve as volunteer staff and soccer buddies, is planned for the Nov. 7 home game.

School of Business students score in top 10 percent on national exam

Sixty-one School of Business seniors placed at the 90th percentile on the MajorField Test in Business. The test, which is administered at approximately 550 colleges and universities across the country, is designed to measure the subject knowledge of students as they complete an undergraduate business degree.

Collectively, Washburn students received an average score of 162 out of a possible 200, placing Washburn in the top 10 percent nationwide. At the individual level, more than three-quarters of the students scored above the national average.

2008 - 09 Sports recaps By Gene Cassell and Mike Knipper

BASEBALLThe 2009 Ichabods baseball team finished 23-27 overall and

16-20 in conference play, good enough for seventh place in the rugged MIAA. Washburn posted wins over conference tournament participant Missouri Southern State University, NCAA regional qualifiers University of Central Missouri, University of Nebraska-Omaha and Rockhurst University. Five players finished the season with batting averages at .300 or better and four Ichabods were honored with postseason awards. Senior Brett Sorensen, Grain Valley, Mo., was the highest honoree, being named to the All-MIAA second team as a designated hitter.

2008-09 Team Most Valuable Player

Curtis Hamilton, Silver Lake, Kan.

2nd Team All-MIAA

Brett Sorensen, Grain Valley, Mo.

Honorable Mention All-MIAA

Dustin Holthaus, Topeka

Wes Joy, Burlington, Kan.

Dane Simoneau, Salina, Kan.

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Aaron Becker, Plainville, Kan.

Luis Beltran-Lopez, Wichita, Kan.

Blake Boling, Wichita, Kan.

Brian Clark, St. Marys, Kan.

Chris Contee, Topeka

Ryan Faflick, Rose Hill, Kan.

Brian Georges, Wichita, Kan.

Curtis Hamilton, Silver Lake, Kan.

Dustin Holthaus, Topeka

Wes Joy, Burlington, Kan.

Cameron Kasel, Wichita, Kan.

Stephen Kinderknecht, St. Marys, Kan.

Xavier Lewis, Westminister, Colo.

Eldon Little, Liberty, Mo.

Reed McAtee, Lakin, Kan.

Andrew Moses, Wichita, Kan

Kalan Norton, Salina, Kan.

Bryce Scott, Arkansas City, Kan.

Brett Sorensen, Grain Valley, Mo.

J.P. Verhulst, Olathe, Kan.

Vicente Vierya, Valley Center, Kan.

MIAA Scholar Athlete Award

Wes Joy, Burlington, Kan.

LADY BLUES BASKETBALL

The Lady Blues team finished the season with a 27-5 overall record, reaching the second round of the NCAA tournament and winning its fifth MIAA postseason championship in the last seven seasons. The Lady Blues were ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation as they opened the season with 12 straight wins, including wins over No. 4 Drury University (Springfield, Mo.), No. 8 Indiana University of Pennsylvania and No. 16 Barry University (Miami Shores, Fla.)

Head Lady Blues basketball coach Ron McHenry, ba ’85

Lady Blues team members celebrate winning the MIAA Tournment championship.

Head baseball coach Steve Anson

Brett Sorensen

Debate

F rom an initial field of more than 1,000 parliamentary debate teams across the country, three Washburn teams finished the season in the top 10. Junior

Joe Allen, Boise, Idaho, and senior Jessica Otto, Wichita, Kan., placed third; junior Shanna Carlson, Great Bend, Kan., and senior Patrick Muenks, Parkville, Mo., placed eighth; and seniors Aly Fiebrantz, Long Beach, Calif., and Stephen Mitchell, Topeka, placed 10th at the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence at the University of California, Berkeley in March.

A week later, also in March, the Washburn debate squad ranked second atthe National Parliamentary Debate Association Championships at Pacific University in Stockton, Calif. The NPDA Championships is the largest intercollegiate debate tournament in the United States.

“The new name also signifies the Institute’s bright future in providing post-secondary educational programs for emerging technologies, and moves us beyond being identified as an area vocational-technical school,” said Jerry B. Farley, Washburn president.

Founded as Northeast Kansas Vocational Technical School in 1964,the school was renamed Kaw Area Vocational Technical School in 1967, followed by Kaw Area Technical School in 1992. In 2008, the management of KATS shifted from Topeka Unified School District 501 Board of Education to be operated as a unit administered by Washburn University and governed by the Washburn University Board of Regents.

Washburn Institute of Technology will continue as the managing partner based on existing vocational education agreements with a consortium of 17 unified school

districts. Consortium members are the districts of Auburn-Washburn, Burlingame, Holton, Jefferson County North, Jefferson County West, Kaw Valley, Mayetta, McLouth, North Jackson, Oskaloosa, Perry-Lecompton, Santa Fe Trail, Seaman, Shawnee Heights, Silver Lake, Topeka and Valley Falls.

Washburn Tech offers educational opportunities to high school, business/industry and adult students by providingquality technical training to meet individual and labor market needs.

Washburn Institute of Technology In order to reflect governance by the

Washburn Board of Regents and promote its affiliation with the university, the Washburn Board of Regents voted in May to rename Kaw Area Technical School the Washburn Institute of Technology, or Washburn Tech.

Austin Robinson, Topeka, a student in auto technology, takes a look at the engine in a Mustang at the annual Washburn Institute of Technology car show, which raises funds to help Washburn Tech students in crisis situations.ph

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ICHABOD BASKETBALL

The 2008-09 Washburn men’s basketball team advanced to its 17th MIAA postseason tournament. Washburn defeated third-seeded Emporia State University in the first round of the MIAA championship tournament before falling in overtime to eventual champion University of Central Missouri in the semifinals. The Ichabods finished sixth in the conference regular season with an 11-9 MIAA mark and finished the season 16-13 overall. The Ichabods had victories over NCAA tournament participants Brigham Young University in Hawaii and Southwest Baptist University on their regular season resume.

2008-09 Team Most Valuable Player

Paul Byers, Beattie, Kan.

2nd Team All-MIAA

DeAndre Eggins, Alexandria, La.

Honorable Mention All-MIAA

Lekheythan Malone, Dallas, Texas

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Moriba DeCoteau, St. Georges, Grenada

Steve Feighny, Topeka

Logan Stutz, Kansas City, Mo.

GOLFThe Ichabod golf team finished

second in the MIAA standings while reaching the NCAA golf regional for the eighth straight season. The Ichabods won the MIAA Tournament Championship for the third straight time and the fifth time under head coach Doug Hamilton and placed eighth at the NCAA Super Regional tournament.

Matt Ewald, Leawood, Kan., competing as an individual, represented Washburn at the NCAA Championships and finished 14th out of 108 golfers. Hamilton was selected to coach a United States Junior World Cup team in Japan in a 16-team world-wide tournament.

2008-09 Team Most Valuable Player

Matt Ewald, Leawood, Kan.

First Team All-MIAA

Matt Ewald, Leawood, Kan.

Matt Salome, Overland Park, Kan.

Sam Wempe, Topeka

Honorable Mention All-MIAA

Matt Lazzo, Wichita, Kan.

CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine First Team

Academic All-District Collegiate Golf

Coaches Association/PING First Team

All-American

Ichabod Senior Athlete of the Year

Matt Ewald, Leawood, Kan.

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Matt Ewald, Leawood, Kan.

Riley Piles, Topeka

Sam Wempe, Topeka

Dustin Yeager, Chemainus,

British Columbia, Canada

MIAA Scholar Athlete Award

Matt Ewald, Leawood, Kan.

James Williams, Topeka

Matt Ewald

SOCCER

The Washburn Lady Blues soccer team reached its second NCAA National Tournament in the last three years, wrapping up the season in the second round of the playoffs with a 15-7-2 overall record while going 10-5-1 in MIAA play. After starting the season 4-5-1, the Lady Blues ripped off seven straight wins, including two over nationally-ranked teams.

2008-09 Team Most Valuable Player

Lisa Fahey, Parkville, Mo.

First Team All-MIAA

Lisa Fahey, Parkville, Mo.

Jessica Mainz, Topeka

Second Team All-MIAA

Traci Nigg, Wichita, Kan.

Danielle Ayala, Rohnert Park, Calif.

Honorable Mention All-MIAA

Lauren Henry, Randolph, Kan.

Kaydi Hooker, Casper, Wyo.

Danielle Sicard, Topeka

National Soccer Coaches Association

All-Region Second Team

Lisa Fahey, Parkville, Mo.

Jessica Mainz, Topeka

Traci Nigg, Wichita, Kan.

National Soccer Coaches Association

All-Region Third Team

Danielle Ayala, Rohnert Park, Calif.

Daktronics Honorable Mention

All-American Team

Daktronics South Central Region

First Team

CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine

Academic All-District First Team

CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine

Academic First Team All-American

Lisa Fahey, Parkville, Mo.

Daktronics South Central Region

Second Team

CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine

Academic All-District Second Team

Lady Blues Senior Athlete of the Year

Jessica Mainz, Topeka

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Morgan Barrett, Topeka

Lisa Fahey, Parkville, Mo.

Markie Gallagher, Platte City, Mo.

Lauren Henry, Randolph, Kan.

Brandy Hirsch, Topeka

Kaydi Hooker, Casper, Wyo.

Ashley Hynek, Olathe, Kan.

Ashley Klone, Casper, Wyo.

Keeley Lambeth, Lenexa, Kan.

Lauren Lawless, Topeka

Jessica Mainz, Topeka

Traci Nigg, Wichita, Kan.

Carrie Pennewell, Overland Park, Kan.

Jennifer Persons, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Kelsey Raiman, Topeka

Jordan Shefte, Omaha, Neb.

Brianne Silovsky, Topeka

Ashley Taylor, Olathe, Kan.

Brittany Tracz, Olathe, Kan.

Angela Wiseman, Topeka

MIAA Scholar Athlete Award

Lisa Fahey, Parkville, Mo.

Kaydi Hooker, Casper, Wyo.

Jessica Mainz, Topeka

Traci Nigg, Wichita, Kan.

MIAA Academic

Excellence Award

Lisa Fahey, Parkville, Mo.

Markie Gallagher,

Platte City, Mo.

WU Senior Scholar Athlete

Lisa Fahey, Parkville, Mo.

Capitol Federal Savings

Scholarship

Angela Wiseman, Topeka

FOOTBALLThe Washburn Ichabod football team finished its fifth straight winning season with

a 6-5 record. This is something which had not happened for the Ichabod program since the 1903-07 six straight seasons, a record which still stands today. Washburn knocked off a football subdivision championship team (formerly 1AA) on Sept. 4, 2008 when they topped Missouri State University 35-27. The Ichabods reached as high as 22 in the national polls this season.

2008-09 Team Most Valuable Player

Offense, Justin Cooper, Denver, Colo.

Defense, Zach Watkins, Independence, Mo.

First Team All-MIAA

CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic

All-District

CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic

All-American

Daktronics First Team All-Region

Football Gazette First Team All-Region

Football Gazette Second Team All-American

D2Football.com Honorable Mention All-American

WU’s Defensive Player of the Year

WU’s Most Valuable Player

Zach Watkins, Independence, Mo.

Second Team All-MIAA

Xavier Beckford, Lauder Hill, Fla.

Bill Boyer, Lakewood, Colo.

Casey Curran, Leawood, Kan.

Brandon Jackson, Kansas City, Mo.

Honorable Mention All-MIAA

Austin Hills, Burlington, Kan.

Bruce Ringwood, Blue Springs, Mo.

Brandon Walker, Garland, Texas

Michael Wilhoite, Topeka

WU’s Offensive Player of the Year

Justin Cooper, Denver, Colo.

WU’s Six-Second Competitor

Michael Wilhoite, Topeka

WU’s John McGivern Outstanding Linebacker

Bruce Ringwood, Blue Springs, Mo.

WU’s Outstanding Offensive Back of the Year

Brandon Walker, Garland, Texas

Football Gazette Third Team All-Region

Brandon Jackson, Kansas City, Mo.

WU’s Freshman of the Year

Greg Schoenberg, Ballwin, Mo.

WU’s Special Teams Player of the Year

Austin Hills, Burlington, Kan.

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Ben Bianchino, Overland Park, Kan.

Jon Clark, St. Peter’s, Mo.

Kyler Connell, Claflin, Kan.

Steve Dieckhaus, St. Charles, Mo.

Steve Dudley, Parkville, Mo.

Brian Folkerts, Florrissant, Mo.

Nathan Gaswick, Imperial, Neb.

Ryan Geist, Topeka

Joe Hastings, Wichita, Kan.

Brad Haug, Seneca, Kan.

Austin Hills, Burlington, Kan.

Cameron Kasel, Wichita, Kan.

Andy Kavanaugh, Lohrville, Iowa

Michael Krajicek, Gretna, Neb.

Ty Lewis, Denver, Colo.

Andrew Lichter, Topeka

Cody Meeks, Garden City, Kan.

Marty Pfannenstiel, Silver Lake, Kan.

Jake Righter, Overland Park, Kan.

Nick Schamaun, Great Bend, Kan.

Greg Schoenberg, Ballwin, Mo.

Marcus Shanahan, Elkhorn, Neb.

Trent Snyder, Sabetha, Kan.

Thadd Taylor, Topeka

Graham Thurber, Lincoln, Neb.

Josh Torrez, Topeka

Zach Watkins, Independence, Mo.

MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award

Zach Watkins, Independence, Mo.

Capitol Federal True Blue Scholarship

Ty Lewis, Denver, Colo.

Zach Watkins

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VOLLEYBALL

The 2008 Lady Blues volleyball team recorded its second consecutive 30-win season and fifth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. The team opened the season with a 12-game winning streak, finished the season unbeaten against non-conference competition and went undefeated at home with a 14-0 record.

The Lady Blues finished the year 15-5 in the MIAA and 30-6 overall. Six players earned all-conference honors. Senior Monica Miesner, Florissant, Mo., and sophomore Ashley Shepard, Rossville, Kan., were named to the All-Region team, and Miesner became the second Lady Blue in school history to earn three All-American awards after being named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association first team.

ICHABOD TENNIS

The 2008-09 Ichabods tennis team captured the school’s third conference title in the past four seasons after defeating Southwest Baptist University 5-4 in the MIAA championship match. The Ichabods finished undefeated in conference play and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the 10th time in school history. The Ichabods defeated SBU by a 5-4 margin for the third time of the season to advance to the NCAA South Central Regional final, where they were defeated by the host school, Abilene (Texas) Christian University. Washburn finished the season 13-6 overall with seven players earning conference postseason honors, and head coach Dave Alden being named MIAA coach of the year in his first season at the helm.

SOFTBALL

The Lady Blues finished the season in 6th place in the MIAA and an overall record of 22-31. Head coach Lisa Carey became the winningest coach at Washburn when she picked up her 211th win in the second game of a doubleheader at Missouri Southern State University. Tish Williams, Edmond, Okla., broke the school’s single season home run record with 19 and also set the school’s career home run record with her 49th. She needs five home runs as a senior next year to set the MIAA career record.

Coach of the Year

Dave Alden

2008-09 Team Most Valuable Player

Branden Joost, Tecumseh, Kan.

1st Team All-MIAA, #1 doubles

Brad Johnston, Topeka

1st Team All-MIAA, #1 doubles

2nd Team All-MIAA, #1 singles

Brandon Joost, Tecumseh, Kan.

1st Team All-MIAA, #5 singles

2nd Team All-MIAA, #3 doubles

Yann Kasay, Angers,

Maine et Loire, France

1st Team All-MIAA, #6 singles

Adam Rens, Newton, Iowa

2nd Team All-MIAA, #2 singles;

#3 doubles

Simon Blondin,

Château-Gontier, France

2nd Team All-MIAA, #3 singles;

#2 doubles

Ryan Ward, Corpus Christi, Texas

2nd Team All-MIAA, #2 doubles

HM All-MIAA #4 singles

Drew Hanson, Topeka

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Drew Hanson, Topeka

Brad Johnston, Topeka

Adam Rens, Newton, Iowa

Ryan Ward, Corpus Christi, Texas

MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award

Adam Rens, Newton, Iowa

Ryan Ward, Corpus Christi, Texas

Capitol Federal Savings Scholarship

Ryan Ward, Corpus Christi, Texas

2008-09 Team Most Valuable Player

Monica Miesner, Florissant, Mo.

1st Team all-MIAA AVCA

1st Team All-American

AVCA 1st Team All-Region

Daktronics 2nd Team All-Region

American Volleyball Coaches

Association National Player

of the Week, Sept. 16, 2008

Monica Miesner, Florissant, Mo.

3rd Team All-MIAA

Kate Hampson, Ft. Collins, Colo.

Mollie Lacy, Lincoln, Neb.

Ashley Shepard, Rossville, Kan.

Honorable Mention All-MIAA

Stephanie Nitz, Moline, Ill.

Molly Smith, Overland Park, Kan.

AVCA Honorable Mention All-Region

Ashley Shepard, Rossville, Kan.

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Caitlin Conley, Topeka

Amanda Guess, Blue Springs, Mo.

Jennifer Kolarik, Overland Park, Kan.

Breanna Lewis, Topeka

Carolyn Raynes, Lawrence, Kan.

Ashley Shepard, Rossville, Kan.

Kate Hampson, Ft. Collins, Colo.

Molly Smith, Overland Park, Kan.

Courtney Wallman, Filley, Neb.

MIAA Scholar-Athletes Award

Ashley Shepard, Rossville, Kan.

Molly Smith, Overland Park, Kan.

MIAA Academic Excellence Award

Mollie Lacy, Lincoln, Neb.

Capitol Federal True Blue Scholarship

Ashley Shephard, Rossville, Kan.

LADY BLUES TENNIS

The 2009 Lady Blues netters cruised to an undefeated 8-0 record in conference play and a 15-4 overall record. Washburn finished second in the MIAA

tournament after dropping a hard fought match to Northwest Missouri State University. The Lady Blues advanced to the NCAA tournament for the 13th time in school history, and six players earned postseason honors, including the MIAA Most Valuable Player and the MIAA Freshman of the Year. Washburn fell in the first round of the NCAA South Central Regional to the No. 6 team in the country.

2008-09 Team Most Valuable Player

Dani White, Berryton, Kan.

MIAA Player of the Year

Tish Williams, Edmond, Okla.

First Team All-MIAA

National Fastpitch Coaches

Association South Central Second

Team All-Region

Dani White, Berryton, Kan.

Tish Williams, Edmond, Okla.

CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine First

Team Academic All-District

Dani White, Berryton, Kan.

Honorable Mention All-MIAA

Samantha Farris, Winchester, Kan.

Lindsey Himpel, Tonganoxie, Kan.

Lindsey Moore, Edmond, Okla.

Ashley Podschun, Anthony, Kan.

Whitney Tapp, Blue Springs, Mo.

Maggie West, Clay Center, Kan.

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Samantha Farris, Winchester, Kan.

Lindsey Himpel, Tonganoxie, Kan.

Lindsey Moore, Edmond, Okla.

Nichole Perkuhn, Topeka

Ashley Podschun, Anthony, Kan.

Jamie Smith, Topeka

Whitney Tapp, Blue Springs, Mo.

Maggie West, Clay Center, Kan.

Dani White, Berryton, Kan.

MIAA Scholar Athlete Award

Lindsey Himpel, Tonganoxie, Kan.

Dani White, Berryton, Kan.

Monica Meisner

Drew Hanson

Trang Le Nguyen

Annie Doole

Tish Williams

2008-09 Team Most Valuable Player

Trang Le Nguyen, Dak Lak, Vietnam

MIAA Most Valuable Player

1st Team All-MIAA, #1 singles

2nd Team All-MIAA, #1 doubles

Trang Le Nguyen, Dak Lak, Vietnam

MIAA Freshman of the Year

1st Team All-MIAA, #2 singles

2nd Team All-MIAA, #1 doubles

Abbey Sharpe, Bentonville, Ark.

1st Team All-MIAA, #3 singles;

#2 doubles

Whitley Zitsch, Columbia, Mo.

1st Team All-MIAA, #2 doubles

Honorable Mention All-MIAA,

#4 singles

Alyssa Castillo, San Antonio, Texas

2nd Team All-MIAA, #5 singles

Honorable Mention All-MIAA,

#3 doubles

Annie Doole, Topeka

2nd Team All-MIAA, #6 singles

Honorable Mention All-MIAA,

#3 doubles

Amanda Gayer, McPherson, Kan.

MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Annie Doole, Topeka

Amanda Gayer, McPherson, Kan.

Trang Le Nguyen, Dak Lak, Vietnam

Whitley Zitsch, Columbia, Mo.

MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award

Annie Doole, Topeka

Amanda Gayer, McPherson, Kan.

Trang Le Nguyen, Dak Lak, Vietnam

Whitley Zitsch, Columbia, Mo.

MIAA Academic Excellence Award

Annie Doole, Topeka

Whitley Zitsch, Columbia, Mo.

Brandon Joost

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Roberta (Godlove) Clark Ziegler, ba ’49 and ms ’93, San Antonio, Texas, retired from Palo Alto College after 17 years of teaching college reading.

BIRTHDAY

Everett Cook, ba ’49, Topeka, celebrated his 85th birthday in March.

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Charles Brehm, ba ’54, Topeka, was inducted into the Dodge City Community College Hall of Fame for outstanding athletic achievement as head men’s basketball coach. He was inducted into the Washburn Athletics Hall of Fame in 1979.

Kenneth Kerle, ba ’52, Topeka, received the 2009 John Howard Award for lifetime service and scholarship from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Washburn honored Kerle as an Alumni Fellow in 1997.

Philip Menninger, bba ’56, Topeka, was named 2009 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year by the Alpha Delta Alumni Association.

Ed Wiegers, jd ’57, Marysville, Kan., is chairman of the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs.

BIRTHDAYS

H. Dean Cotton, jd ’54, McPherson, Kan., celebrated his 80th birthday in February.

Forrest Fernkopf, b ed ’56, Topeka, celebrated his 80th birthday in April.

Thomas Gartner, bba ’57, Topeka, celebrated his 80th birthday in February.

ANNIVERSARIES

Merlin Bolze, bba ’59, and Pauline Bolze, Topeka, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in February.

Edith (MacArthur) Bronson, ba ’59, and Ken Bronson, ba ’59, Topeka, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in February.

Marjorie (Herleman) McAlister, ba ’50, and Paul McAlister, ba ’50 and jd ’52, Topeka, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in June.

60s

Gary Montague, ba ’66, Shawnee, Kan., was elected 2009 chairman of the Johnson County Park and Recreation District’s board of commissioners.

Robert Oshel, ba ’69, Silver Spring, Md., retired as associate director for research and disputes of the National Practitioner Data Bank, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he received the Administrator’s Award for Excellence in 2007.

Richard Patterson, b ed ’62, Topeka, was named acting head of Topeka Collegiate.

Thomas Richardson, jd ’68, Garden City, Kan., retired as a judge in the 25th Judicial District Court after 14 years of service.

Larry Stambaugh, bba ’69, San Diego, Calif., was elected president and chief executive officer of CryoPort Inc., where he also serves as chairman of the board of directors.

Warren Wray, bs ’67, Rolla, Mo., was inducted into the Kansas State University College of Engineering Hall of Fame and also received the diplomate, geotechnical engineering credential from the Academy of Geo-Professionals, an affiliate of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

WEDDING

Janet Escola, b ed ’69, and Kenneth Tillery, Elgin, Ill., on April 6. She is employed at Elgin Community College.

ANNIVERSARY

John Richter, bba ’60, and Mary Richter, Topeka, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in May.

70s

Thomas Arnhold, jd ’78, Hutchinson, Kan., completed the Boston Marathon in April with a time of three hours and 41 minutes, which qualifies him to also compete in the 2010 Boston Marathon.

Courtney Canfield, bba ’79, Staten Island, N.Y., received a master of science degree in construction management from Columbia University.

Rosemary “Rosie” (Best) Cutrer, ba ’73 and b ed ’76, Topeka, a professional storyteller, offers “Cottonwood Tales” performances, workshops and master classes and is slated for the 2010-12 Kansas Arts Commission Kansas Arts on Tour.

Raul Guevara, ba ’77, Topeka, is a leisure travel consultant in addition to working as a real estate agent.

Jan Hamilton, ba ’70 and jd ’73, Topeka, was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.

Rex Haney, ba ’73, Topeka, received the Victor Lerner Memorial Medal, which represents induction into the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America Hall of Fame, the highest honor in the bowling business.

Richard Harmon, ba ’79 and jd ’82, Topeka, was selected for the 2009 class of Leadership Kansas, a program of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce. Harmon serves on the Topeka City Council and has a solo law practice.

Denise Hunt, b ed ’76, Overbrook, Kan., retired from Berryton (Kan.) Elementary School after 32 years of teaching.

Craig Kershner, jd ’70, Manhattan, Kan., retired as Lane County (Kan.) attorney after 37 years of service.

William Leacox, b music ’70, Stockton, Calif., was inducted into the 2009 Iowa Walk of Fame, which honors Iowans who had a significant impact on the state, nation and world. Leacox, who was the drummer in the band America, was inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association’s Hall of Fame in 2006.

Jim Lindstrom b ed ’70 and m ed ’86, Silver Lake, Kan., who retired in May from Silver Lake Junior-Senior High School, was named Congressional District 2 Athletic Director of the Year by the Kansas Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.

Dennis Martinek, b ed ’78, Silver Lake, Kan., retired from teaching English at Silver Lake Junior-Senior High School.

Gail (Green) Palmer, bs ’75, Topeka, was named director of financial aid at Washburn University.

Randy Parsons, bs ’72 and jd ’81, Anaheim, Calif., was named by the Transportation Security Administration to be the federal security director at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Mary (Edwards) Rogers, bs ’75, Topeka, celebrated 35 years of service at St. Francis Health Center.

David Shriver, jd ’75, Topeka, is serving on the Community Resources Council board of directors.

Jonathan Small, jd ’72, Topeka, was appointed to the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

Richard Smith, ba ’77 and jd ’80, Mound City, Kan., chief judge in the 6th Judicial District (Kan.), celebrated 20 years of service as a district judge in February.

Maria Torrez-Anderson, ba ’76, Topeka, is serving on the MANA de Topeka board of directors and is past chairwoman of the Community Resources Council board of directors.

Joanne (Lilley) Wolf, b ed ’77, Silver Lake, Kan., retired as librarian at Silver Lake Elementary School.

ANNIVERSARIES

Russell Broxterman, ba ’71, and Peggy Broxterman, Auburn, Kan., celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in April.

Frank Holm, bsn ’79, and Janis Holm, Topeka, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in February.

Dennis Keenan, jd ’72, and Eileen Keenan, Great Bend, Kan., celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in January.

Al Nemec, bba ’74, and Ann Nemec, Topeka, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in May.

Dianne (Aley) Rapp, b music ’76, and Larry Rapp, ba ’76, Derby, Kan., celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary in May.

PROFILE: Kenneth Logan

Kenneth Logan, bba ’53, Warner Robins, Ga., is pictured with the two Georgia

State Senior Olympics medals he won in bicycling. In 2006, he placed second

in an over 70 age group, and in 2008, placed first in the 5,000-meter bicycle

time trials in an over 80 age group.

“Most people comment, ‘you must have been the only rider,’ when they

see 80 plus age group,” Logan said. “In fact, there were 24 riders in that

age group.”

Logan, an avid bicyclist, rides about 900 miles per month. He and his wife,

Ruth, have bicycled in excess of 75,000 miles, including treks from Seattle,

Wash., to Atlantic City, N.J.; from Key West, Fla., to Bar Harbour, Maine;

and throughout Germany, Switzerland and Italy. He retired in 1983 from

the Air Force Reserve at the rank of colonel after a 35-year military career

and 32 years in civil service. In 1949, while stationed in Alaska, he was a

member of the Air Force snow ski team and received the sportsmanship

award in an international all military ski tournament. As a student, he was

a member of Alpha Delta fraternity.

PROFILE: Max Baker

As one of few who can still fit into his World

War II-era tan summer uniform, Max Baker, bba ’69, Topeka, returned Dec. 7 to Hawaii’s

Hickam Field to commemorate what happened

there and at adjacent Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Since 1976, Baker has returned six times to

observe the historic day and reunite with fellow

31st Bombardment Squadron survivors. This year

he donated most of his war-time memorabilia to

the base museum at Hickam Field, including a

footlocker, mess kit, four medals, a native war

club from Guadalcanal and a Bible, a gift from

his grandmother which Baker found splattered

with blood in the wreckage of his second-story

barracks room.

Baker was a private first class with only three

months left of a two-year enlistment when

Hickam Field and Pearl Harbor were attacked.

By the time he was discharged at Topeka Army

Air Field in 1945, he had achieved the rank of

technical sergeant, served continuously five years

and four months in the Army Air Corps, four years

and four months in the South Pacific theatre and

received a Good Conduct Medal, World War II

Victory Medal, American Defense Service Medal

and the Asiatic-Pacific Medal with four stars for

four battles: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, New

Georgia and Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands.

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Running Free (L to R): Topekans Suzanne (Franzke) MacDonald, bs ’76, and Carol (Stark) Hill, ba ’81 and

ma ’88, on the new $20,000 track dedicated in April at Topeka Correctional Facility. The track replaces

a narrow, uneven pavement that has seen increased use in the past two years since MacDonald, Hill

and Norma Weiser, Topeka, started a program to promote running, fitness and healthy lifestyles at the

all-female state prison.

Soon after starting the running program, MacDonald began searching for ways to get the old track

replaced. After hearing that Jenny’s Heroes, a foundation run by talk show host Jenny Jones, had provided

funds to a nursing home in St. Marys, Kan., MacDonald visited the foundation’s Web site and found out all

she needed to do was submit a description of the needed project in 500 words or less. A few weeks after

sending her online submission, MacDonald received a detailed questionnaire from the foundation. About

two weeks after sending in that paperwork, she found out that Jenny Jones wanted to call her.

“Jenny wanted to surprise me, but that wasn’t possible,” MacDonald said. “She called me there at TCF and

talked to Carol and Norma and several of the inmates.”

On the day the track was officially opened, more than 30 inmates in the running program raised $11,000 in

a 5K 4 K9 fundraiser for Kansas Specialty Dog Service. KSDS trains therapy dogs, and many of the women

train the dogs on-site at TCF. In the past two years, in addition to learning about running and fitness, the

Running Free club members have raised more than $5,000 in runs for local charities, including Helping

Hands Humane Society, the Battered Women’s Task Force and Race Against Breast Cancer.

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80s

James Abbs, jd ’85, Wawaka, Ind., was named to the Athletic Hall of Fame at East Noble High School, Kendallville, Ind.

Bryce Benedict, ba ’80, and jd ’83, Topeka, is the author of “Jayhawkers: The Civil War Brigade of James Henry Lane,” recently published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Barbara (Duffer) Cole, ba ’80, Topeka, was named a 2009 Kansas Master Teacher by Emporia State University. Cole teaches art and English as a Learned Language at Shawnee Heights Middle School.

Shannon Crane, jd ’86, Hutchinson, Kan., opened the Hutchinson Legal Clinic.

Joe Dillon, bba ’81, West Chester, Pa., has joined the business development practice of Campbell Alliance.

Stuart Elliott, bs ’81, Topeka, is treasurer of the Topeka Area Association of Realtors board of directors.

Linda Fund, jd ’87, Hoyt, Kan., is executive director of the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees.

Carl Gallagher, jd ’81, Lawrence, Kan., is secretary ofthe board of directors of the law firm of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips.

Ramon Gonzalez, aa ’83 and bs ’85, Tecumseh, Kan., retired from the Kansas Highway Patrol after more than 28 years of service.

Frederick Greenbaum, jd ’80, Prairie Village, Kan., is president of the board of directors of the law firm of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips.

Lori (Kasiska) Ingersoll, bba ’85, Topeka, was promoted to assistant vice president, lending, at Fidelity State Bank & Trust.

Lee Lassiter, bba ’83, Topeka, was promoted to manager in the claims department of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas.

Sieglinde Marx, ba ’80, Tonganoxie, Kan., retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bradley Miller, mba ’89, San Diego, Calif., is chief financial officer at USE Credit Union.

Thomas Reynolds, ba ’88, Overland Park, Kan., had “Ghost Town Almanac,” a collection of poems, published by Washburn’s Woodley Memorial Press.

Melanie Schneweis, aa ’86 and bba ’86, Claflin, Kan., joined the firm of Waddel & Reed as a financial adviser in the Great Bend (Kan.) area.

Bret Schwarz, ba ’86, Aurora, Neb., is general manager/partner at Advantage Chevrolet-Buick-Pontiac.

Ronald Schweer, bs ’80, Lawrence, Kan., was promoted to chief United States probation officer for the District of Kansas.

Barbara (Bunten) Shuck, ba ’81, Waterloo, Neb., is a vice president at Emc2 Group Architects Planners PC.

Jeffrey Stone, ba ’83, Greendale, Wis., was re-elected to a seventh term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, where he has served since 1998.

Diana (Klamm) Swickard, ba ’88, Topeka, was inducted into Highland Park High School’s Sports Wall of Honor. She was named to Washburn’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.

Scott Tabbert, bba ’85, Topeka, is a senior financial analyst at Silver Lake Bank.

Allan Towle, bba ’85, Topeka, was elected president of Fidelity State Bank and Trust Co.

ANNIVERSARY

Barbara Porter, bs ’86, ba ’87 and ba ’89, and Bill Porter, Topeka, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in May.

90s

Terri (Spinner) Benson, ba ’93, Topeka, received a 2008 Distinguished Sales and Marketing Award from the Sales and Marketing Executives of Topeka.

Karla Clem, ba ’92, Topeka, was promoted to president and chief operating officer of M-C Industries.

David Cooper, ba ’91 and jd ’94, Topeka, received a Distinguished Service Award from the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. He also serves as a member of the Association’s board.

Andy Dale, bs ’93, Topeka, received a certificate of appreciation from the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.

Clayton Funk, ba ’93, Kansas City, Mo., is co-chairman of the Impact KC recruitment committee. Washburn honored Funk as an Alumni Fellow in 2007.

Mike Gibson, bba ’90, Topeka, was elected treasurer of Associated General Contractors of Kansas.

Lori Gill, bs ’95 and jd ’99, Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Germany, was promoted to the rank of major in the Air Force.

Chris Hill, ba ’94, Topeka, was promoted to the rank of major in the Kansas Air National Guard, where he serves as wing executive staff officer.

Jared Holroyd, ba ’95, Topeka, was appointed to the Leadership Council of Atria Hearthstone.

Kent Lammers, bba ’97, Berryton, Kan., was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer of M-C Industries.

Stan Langhofer, bsn ’92, Topeka, is serving a three-year term as president of the National Renal Administrators Association board of directors. Washburn honored him as an Alumni Fellow in 2003.

Vicky (Linnemann) McGrath, bsn ’98, Auburn, Kan., received a Lamley Award for exceptional service from Stormont-Vail HealthCare.

Brad Metz, bs ’94, Topeka, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant by the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.

Kari Milliken-Gilliland, jd ’96, St. Francis, Kan., is Cheyenne County (Kan.) attorney.

Frederick Patton, bba ’97, and Kimberly (Sowards) Patton, b ed ’97, Topeka, are owners and members of Topeka Escrow Service LLC. Frederick Patton is also serving a three-year term on the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce board of directors.

Melaine Reese, bsn ’95, Topeka, received a master of science degree in nursing, pediatric nurse practitioner track, from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Kiley Rice, bs ’95, Topeka, received a certificate of appreciation from the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.

Guy Richardson, bba ’97, Topeka, an agent for New York Life Insurance Co., earned membership in the 2009 Million Dollar Round Table.

Juanita Roy, mba ’93, Lenexa, Kan., was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer at St. John Hospital, Leavenworth, Kan., and Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.

Timothy Royer, ba ’91, Topeka, was promoted to a commercial lending position at the main bank of Fidelity State Bank & Trust.

Patrick Salmon, aa ’98 and bs ’01, Topeka, was named 2008 Officer of the Year by the Topeka Police Department.

Dan Sanders, bba ’98, Topeka, retired from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad after 40 years of service.

Jeff Sanders, ba ’95, San Diego, Calif., received an American Psychiatric Association/Lilly Research Award from the American Psychiatric Association. He is a psychiatry resident at the University of California, San Diego.

Joseph Schartz, b ed ’97, Manhattan, Kan., is head coach of the Manhattan High School football program, where he also teaches ninth grade physical education.

Kitra (Peugh) Schartz, ba ’98 and jd ’01, Manhattan, Kan., is a partner in the law firm of Morrison, Frost, Olsen & Irvine LLP.

Corey Schliep, bs ’98, Topeka, received a doctorate in human ecology specializing in marriage and family therapy from Kansas State University.

Mark Schmitz, bba ’93, St. Joseph, Mo., was named a partner and promoted to chief financial officer of Universal Guardian Acceptance.

Paul Snider, ba ’97, Lenexa, Kan., was selected for the 2009 class of Leadership Kansas, a program of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce. He is senior manager, government affairs for Kansas City Power & Light.

Todd Thornburg, bs ’98, Pearl, Miss., received a doctor of jurisprudence degree from the Mississippi College School of Law.

Derek Wheeler, ba ’92 and certificate ’94, West Coralville, Iowa, is administrator at Pioneer Park, Lone Tree, Iowa.

Richard Winter, bfa ’93, Brandon, Miss., was promoted to director of interactive media for Marketing Alliance.

PROFILE: Dennis Kirk

Dennis Kirk, jd ’75, Falls Church,

Va., associate general counsel with

the Army, received the Decoration

for Exceptional Civilian Service, the

Army’s highest civilian award, for

saving the Army $7.3 million and

streamlining business processes.

The Decoration includes a $5,000

cash award, which Kirk donated to

the Secretary of the Army Gift Fund

for use by the 5th Special Forces

Group in honor of his niece’s late

husband, Maj. Paul Syverson III,

who was killed in Balad, Iraq,

in 2004.

Kirk served 30 years as a private

practice trial litigator before being

appointed in 2005 as a special

assistant to the general counsel,

Army Office of the General

Counsel, by President George W.

Bush. In 2007, he was appointed

to his current position by the

Secretary of the Army.

PROFILE: Suzanne MacDonald & Carol Hill

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WEDDINGS

Rebecca Baker, bs ’99 and msw ’01, and Pete Carruthers, Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 22. She is a social worker for Crossroads Hospice.

Sean Lierz, bba ’93, and Ashley Robins, Shawnee, Kan., on Oct. 11.

Renee Murray, aas ’97, bba ’01 and mba ’03, and Todd Weekes, Wellsville, Kan., on Jan. 18.

BIRTHS

Sheri (Strathman) Freeman, bsn ’99, and Andy Freeman, Topeka, a girl, Kinsley Paige, on Feb. 3.

Ashley (Ostmeyer) Sanders, ba ’97, and Ryan Sanders, ba ’97, Paola, Kan., a girl, Bryn Kathleen, on March 17. She joins brothers Jonas, 5, and Micah, 2.

00s

Cara Burnidge, ba ’06, Tallahassee, Fla., recently received a master’s degree from Florida State University, where she is pursuing a doctorate in American religious history.

Rio Cervantes-Reed, ba ’04, Topeka, is serving on MANA de Topeka board of directors.

Jason Cieslik, bs ’01, Bourbonnais, Ill., was named a partner in the law firm of Barmann, Bohlen, Jacobi & Cieslik PC.

Craig Cochran, bs ’08, Topeka, is a deputy with the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.

Kyle Cochran, bs ’08, Topeka, is a deputy with the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.

Jessica Concannon, ba ’08, Topeka, is marketing coordinator for the law firm of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips PA.

Brooke (West) Connell, ba ’04, Lenexa, Kan., received a master of science degree from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism.

Kristin Davenport, bba ’08, Hoyt, Kan., is circulation assistant for Ogden Publications.

Jennifer Ebert, bsn ’04 and msn ’08, Haxtun, Colo., is a nurse practitioner at the Haxtun Family Medicine Center.

Brock Edmonds, bs ’06, Lawrence, Kan., joined the staff of the Athletic & Rehabilitation Center in Topeka.

Ben Fisher, jd ’01, Hutchinson, Kan., has a private law practice.

Eric Frey, ba ’00, Meriden, Kan., was promoted to the rank of corporal and received a certificate of appreciation from the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.

Allison Hughes, bba ’08, Shawnee, Kan., is an analyst at Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

Misha Jezdanov, bba ’06, Oakdale, N.Y., is a graduate assistant coach for the women’s rowing team at Dowling College, where he is pursuing a master of business administration degree in healthcare management. He also is head rowing coach for St. John the Baptist High School, West Islip, N.Y.

Michael Kolbek, bs ’06, Silver Lake, Kan., completed Kansas Emergency Management Association Certified Emergency Managers training.

Cherie Langlois, bsn ’08, Oskaloosa, Kan., received a Nursing Excellence Award from St. Francis Health Center.

Stuart Ledbetter, bba ’05, Topeka, is a financial examiner for the Kansas Office of the State Banking Commissioner.

Laura Lewis, ba ’00 and jd ’04, Dodge City, Kan., is Meade County (Kan.) attorney.

Bret McClendon, m ed ’00, El Dorado, Kan., is principal of McPherson High School.

Alexandria (Dunn) Morrissey, jd ’09, Holton, Kan., is a partner in the Dunn & Morrissey Law Office.

Corey Padilla, bsn ’04, Topeka, received a Nursing Excellence Award from St. Francis Health Center.

Alicia Phillips, ba ’08, Topeka, is an analyst for Payless ShoeSource World Headquarters.

Peter Robertson, jd ’04, Leavenworth, Kan., joined the law firm of Crow and Associates.

Matthew Scrivner, ba ’07 and b music ’07, Kansas City, Mo., is pursuing master of music performance and master in musicology degrees at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. He has performed several opera roles and participated as a chorister with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Sarah Shipman, jd ’05, Topeka, is the staff attorney for Silver Lake Bank.

Brandi Studer, jd ’06, Lawrence, Kan., is an associate attorney in the law firm of Henson, Hutton, Mudrick & Gragson LLP.

Megan Sullivan, bsn ’07, Topeka, received a Pusitz Award from St. Francis Health Center.

Justin Vest, bs ’02 and mcj ’06, Topeka, was promoted to the rank of sergeant by the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.

Adriene (Metzenthin) Williams, ba ’06, Hoyt, Kan., joined Premier Executive Recruiting as a recruiter.

James Wilper, ba ’05, London, England, received a master of letters degree in reading European cultures from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and is pursuing a doctorate at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Stacey (Spellmeier) Wray, bsn ’02, Hoyt, Kan., received a Nursing Excellence Award from St. Francis Health Center.

Corrie (Sommerville) Wright, bas ’00, Topeka, was named a 2009 Topeka YWCA Woman of Excellence in the professional category.

WEDDINGS

Bethanee Boeh, ba ’05, and Matthew Hamilton, bs ’05, Lombard, Ill., on Oct. 4.

Sean Cochran, b ed ’05, and Carrie Owens, Topeka, on Oct. 11.

Teresa Finlay, msw ’01, and Terry McDonald, Wichita, Kan., on June 13, 2008. She is a clinical social worker.

Jennifer Fletcher, b ed ’05, and Joseph Woolever, Olathe, Kan., on Feb. 14. She teaches third grade at Nike Elementary School in the Gardner (Kan.) School District.

Amanda Reinert, bpa ’05, and Chris Duncan, Wichita, Kan., on May 24, 2008. She is the board coordinator for the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas.

Erin Soukup, ba ’07, and Travis Brown, Topeka, on July 12, 2008. She is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at Friends University and is a human resources generalist at Reser’s Fine Foods.

Crystal Strunk, bs ’05, and Brent Helm, Topeka, on March 29, 2008.

Megan Watts, as ’08 and bhs ’08, and Justin Knutzen, Topeka, on April 18.

Echo Yost, bba ’03, and Paul Sandburg, San Diego, Calif., on Sept. 6.

BIRTHS

Allison (Conner) Jaksa, ba ’03, and Frank Jaksa, bba ’03, Shawnee, Kan., a boy, Joseph Michael, on Feb. 19.

Jackie (McCartney) Kivitter, bls ’06, and Travis Kivitter, Scranton, Kan., a girl, Taylor Rae, on Dec. 14.

Melissa (Ross) McClain, ba ’01, and Josh McClain, Long Island, Kan., a girl, Kassidy Skye, on Oct. 30.

Sarah (Ellis) Sowers, ba ’01, and Bryan Sowers, Topeka, a boy, Luke Bryan, on March 2.

Jade (Parrson) Staab, b ed ’04, and Ryan Staab, Hays, Kan., a boy, Cooper Lee, on Jan. 31.

Christina (McDaniel) Wright, mba ’00, and Douglas Wright, Phoenix, Ariz., a girl, Sophia Ann, on March 11.

IN MEMORY

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Mary (Smith) Childs, ba ’28 and b ed ’28, 100, Tulsa, Okla., on July 4, 2008. She retired as a language teacher at Edison Middle School and was a lifetime member of the Washburn Alumni Association. As a student, she was a member of French Club, Spanish Club and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.

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Clarence Albright, ba ’39, 91, Winfield, Kan., on Jan. 11. He was an Army field artillery commander during World War II and worked 40 years at Independent Salt Mine, retiring as manager. After retirement, he had a ministry to nursing centers.

Charlene (Charles) Blackburn, ba ’31, 98, Palm Desert, Calif., on Oct. 16. She retired as assistant dean of students at the University of Oregon. At Washburn, she was a member of French Club, Quill Club, YWCA and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

IN THE COMMUNITY:

The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library

Five Washburn alumni are serving on the TSCPL Foundation board

of trustees.

Steve Page, ba ’72 and jd ’77, Topeka, vice chairman/chairman-elect

Carolyn (Anderson) Adams, jd ’81, Topeka, treasurer

J. Patrick Brazil, jd ’62, Topeka

Glenda (Kearney) DuBoise, ba ’77, Topeka

Larry Peters, bfa ’62, Topeka

Six Washburn alumni are serving on the TSCPL Friends of the

Library board.

Adrian Allen, ba ’51 and jd ’54, Topeka

Laura Autrey, b ed ’61, Topeka

Susan (Reece) Hess, ba ’89, Topeka

Doris Kinnett, ba ’88, Topeka

Judy (Stuenkel) Soule, ba ’62, and m ed ’84, Topeka

Emmy Lou (Milner) Thorp b ed ’74, Topeka

The Society of Human Resources Management Topeka chapter has

four Washburn alumni serving on its board.

Lori (Axelton) Blosser, bba ’00, Topeka, vice president, training

and development

Renea Dennison, bba ’93, Topeka, vice president-elect, membership

Alisa Mezger-Crawford, ba ’97, Eskridge, Kan., vice president,

communications

Sherri Workman, bba ’94, Topeka, vice president, programs

Five Washburn alumni are serving on the Topeka Symphony

Society board.

Jayne (Bronson) Cafer, ba ’58, Topeka

Lynne (Hupp) Leifer, b music ’80, Topeka

Michael Lennen, jd ’74, Topeka

Christel Marquardt, jd ’74, Topeka

Judy (Stuenkel) Soule, ba ’62 and m ed ’84, Topeka

IN MEMORY

Charles Marling, ba ’40, 91,

Topeka,

on April 3. A

World War II

veteran of the

Army Medical

Corps, he was the administrator of

an Army-Navy hospital. He was an

executive in his family retail furniture

and appliance business, Ed Marling

Stores Inc., retiring in 1983. Marling

served in numerous community

organizations and on many boards,

including Stormont-Vail Foundation,

Topeka Civic Symphony Society,

Downtown Topeka Inc., Topeka

Council of Churches, Jayhawk Area

Council Boy Scouts, Rotary Club

of Topeka and Topeka Community

Foundation. His honors include

Topeka High School Hall of Fame,

Gamma Nu Alumni Chapter of Kappa

Sigma Man of the Year and Junior

Achievement’s Business Hall of

Fame. He was a lifetime member of

Washburn Alumni Association and

served 1955-70 on the Washburn Board

of Regents, as vice chairman 1962-67

and as chairman 1967-70. Washburn

honored him with a Distinguished

Service Award in 1977 and the

University Service Award in 1995.

As a student, he was a member of

Citizenship Council, Publications

Board of Control, Pep Club and served

as president of Kappa Sigma fraternity.

His wife, Betty Jo (Nigh) Marling, attendee ’57, survives. Memorials

may be sent to Washburn University

Endowment Fund.

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Clarence Webb, ba ’39, 91, Independence, Kan., on Feb. 2. A Navy World War II veteran, he was a funeral director, operating the Webb & Rodrick Funeral Home and was a lifetime member of the Washburn Alumni Association. As a student, he was a member of the Board of Athletic Control and Kappa Sigma fraternity.

40s

Carl Bell, ba ’48 and jd ’49, 86, Wichita, Kan., on Feb. 15. He retired as a partner in the law firm of Gooing Coulson & Kitch and served the city of Wichita as a councilman and mayor. At Washburn, he was a member of Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity.

Robert Domme, ba ’48 and jd ’49, 83, Topeka, on Feb. 8. A Navy World War II veteran, he served in the Kansas Legislature and the Shawnee County Commission, was a Kansas Democratic campaign manager and retired after a career as Topeka postmaster. At Washburn, he was a member of Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity.

Richard Eckert, ba ’49, 86, Holton, Kan., on April 2. An Army National Guard World War II veteran, he retired as chief of staff to the Adjutant General for the Kansas National Guard at the rank of colonel, served in the Kansas House of Representatives and taught and coached at Netawaka (Kan.) High School.

Thelda (Brown) Gideon, ba ’49, 81, Topeka, on Feb. 24. She was a secretary for various companies, retiring as secretary for the Seaman School District food service. She served on the Stormont-Vail Hospital Auxiliary and was a member of Alpha Phi sorority.

Arthur Hanni, ba ’40, 90, Topeka, on Feb. 17. An Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, he had a 60-year career in investment banking with Seltsam-Hanni Co. At Washburn, he was captain of the football team, Homecoming king, a senior class officer and a member of the track team, YMCA and Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity.

Betty Jane (Henley) Nishanian, ba ’49, 81, Estero, Fla., on Nov. 7.

William Smith, ba ’41, 90, Highlands Ranch, Colo., on Jan. 11. He retired after nearly 31 years of government service that included working for the Federal Aviation Administration as an air traffic controller and for the Office of Civil Defense at Richards Gebaur Warning Center, OCD Staff College and as a regional field officer. At Washburn, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

50s

Charles Anderson, jd ’50, 85, Cheney, Kan., on May 3. An Air Force World War II veteran, he was chief deputy county attorney in Sedgwick County (Kan.) and served as the federal public defender for the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals until retirement in 1994.

Ward Bassett, bs ’57, 87, Topeka, on March 18. He retired as a mail supervisor for Topeka Bank and Trust after 40 years of service.

Jacqueline Bradford, ba ’50, 79, Topeka, on Feb. 7. She served at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as special assistant and as deputy regional director in the San Francisco (Calif.) office and was a consultant with Aileen Hernandez & Associates. At Washburn, she was a member of Press Club, choir, Women’s Athletic Association and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Harry Brennan, ba ’55 and jd ’57, 91, Los Angeles, Calif., on March 27. He had a law practice.

Don Cavanaugh, bba ’56, 74, Montgomery, Ala., on April 11. An Air Force Vietnam veteran, he retired after a career with the Air Force and then served 30 years as a financial consultant with Merrill Lynch, retiring as a first vice president. At Washburn, he played basketball and was a member of the Association of Business Students, Student Council, ROTC and Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

John Curtis, bs ’53 and ba ’54, 78, Salinas, Calif., on April 16. He was a Navy Vietnam veteran, retiring at the rank of commander, had a 30-year practice in dermatology and served as chief of staff of Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital. At Washburn, he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

Joseph French, jd ’50, 86, Olathe, Kan., on Sept. 23. He was a pilot during World War II, worked as a lawyer for Housing and Urban Development and had a solo law practice. At Washburn, he was a member of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.

Robert Gowdy, jd ’57, 78, Overland Park, Kan., on Dec. 25. An Air Force veteran, he retired as vice president and general counsel of Farmland Industries, where he also served as secretary of the board of directors. At Washburn, he was a member of Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity.

John Harold Hauck, b ed ’53, 79, Wichita, Kan., on April 11. An Air Force veteran, he served more than 35 years in public education as a science teacher, school counselor, basketball and track coach, high school principal and school administrator. As a student, he played basketball and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. With his wife, Dorothy Hauck, who survives, he was a member of the Lincoln Society.

Dale Jensen, ba ’57, 76, Topeka, on May 4. An Army veteran, he was a store designer for the Fleming Co. and owned Dales IGA stores in Nebraska and Kansas. At Washburn, he was a member of the Marketing and Advertising Association of Business Students, Veterans Organization and served as vice president of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

Ronald Johnson, bba ’53, 78, Colorado Springs, Colo., on April 28. An Air Force veteran, he had a career in home building and banking and was a president of the Home Builders Association of Colorado Springs. At Washburn, he was a member of the Association of Business Students and Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Althea (Bromich) Leistikow, b ed ’56, 74, Topeka, onJuly 12. At Washburn, she was named to Nonoso, Who’s Who and Tau Delta Pi honorary scholastic society and was a member of Modern Dance Club, Panhellenic Council, Future Teachers of America and Delta Gamma sorority.

Scott McEachron, ba ’51, 82, Littleton, Colo., on March 24. He worked in Topeka for the accounting firm of Garrison and Gresser and in Denver, Colo., for the accounting firm of Arthur Baldwin. As a student, he was a member of Interfraternity Council, the Washburn Review staff and was president of Kappa Sigma fraternity. With his wife, Marcia McEachron, who survives, he was a member of the Whiting Society.

Dale Swisher, bba ’57, 74, Coronado, Calif., on Feb. 6. He had a 20-year Navy career flying helicopters, was a test pilot for Bell Helicopter and also worked in real estate and owned a picture framing business.

James Tack, jd ’50, 88, Oklahoma City, Okla., on Dec. 21. A World War II veteran, he served as Seward County (Kan.) attorney and had a 42-year career in the oil and gas industry. At Washburn, he was a member of Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity.

Robert Thiessen, jd ’52, 80, Wichita, Kan., on March 16. A retired judge, he was a past president of the Kansas Municipal Judges Association and was a recipient of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters’ Tony Jewell Award. At Washburn, he was a member of Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity.

George Wagstaff, ba ’57 and jd ’58, 88, Tecumseh, Kan., on May 11. A World War II Marine veteran, he was Topeka city attorney, attorney for the Kansas Board of Tax Appeals and had a private law practice. At Washburn, he served on the Washburn Law Review Board and was dean of Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity. His wife, Fern (Mossman) Wagstaff, attendee ’49, survives.

60s

Iris Carwein-Olsen, bs ’69, 61, Salina, Kan., on April 12. She was a social worker with an emphasis on children with disabilities and also a college instructor. At Washburn, she was Student Union Activities board vice president and a member of Collegiate Young Democrats and Alpha Phi sorority.

Larry Cowdin, ba ’68, 77, Topeka, on April 8. He served 34 years for the Kansas Department of Transportation, retiring as special assistant to the Secretary. He was also president of Cowdin Homes. His wife, Barbara Cowdin, ba ’80, survives.

Franklin “Buzz” Crews, bba ’61 and jd ’62, 71, Hutchinson, Kan., on March 11. He served in the Army National Guard and was a judge advocate general. He was principal partner of MRM Asset/Allocation Group and a previous chief investment officer with Beech Aircraft. At Washburn, he served as president of Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity.

David Gaumer, jd ’61, 73, Lawrence, Kan., on March 27. He was director for private sector development for the Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C., served on the Kanza Bank Board and practiced law for 30 years in Kingman, Kan.

Daniel Holaday, b ed ’63, 74, Topeka, on April 29. He served in the Army National Guard, taught school and coached at Netawaka (Kan.) schools and worked in agricultural sales with Kaiser and Con Agra until retirement.

Mary (Bobb) Hunt, ba ’68, 85, Topeka, on May 19. She was a staff artist with the Kansas City Star, an instructor of sculpture at the Kansas City Art Institute, a high school art teacher for Topeka USD 501 and was a lifetime member of Washburn Alumni Association.

Claudia (Newman) Johnson-Corlis, ba ’64, 66, Albuquerque, N.M., on Jan. 12. She was a licensed independent social worker in private practice and served on numerous boards and associations in the field of psychiatric social work.

Leslie Kelly, b ed ’60, 72, Topeka, on Feb. 5. He was a lifetime member of Kansas and National Skeet Shooting associations. At Washburn, he lettered in football and baseball and was a member of ROTC, Student Council and Kappa Sigma fraternity. His wife, Lois (Allen) Kelly, b ed ’59, survives.

Norene (Catron) Ketcherside, b ed ’60 and m ed ’66, 70, McPherson, Kan., on April 18. She taught elementary school in Topeka and McPherson for 35 years and was a lifetime member of the Washburn Alumni Association. With her husband, James Ketcherside, bba ’58, who survives, she was a member of the Lincoln Society, received the Washburn University President’s Award, established the Donald B. and Twila Catron Sr.Professorship of Art and supported the Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center. As a student, she served as treasurer of the Student National Education Association and was a member of Independent Student Association, Phi Sigma Chi honorary pep club, band and choir.

Leo McCormick, jd ’68, 70, South Bend, Ind., on Feb. 4. He was a patent attorney for Bendix Corp. and retired as patent counsel for Allied Signal/Honeywell. He was an usher captain at Notre Dame football games and a Little League volunteer.

Irene Land Meade, ba ’65, 99, Tuscon, Ariz., on March 24. She was a member of the Whiting Society. As a student, she was a member of Tau Delta Pi honorary scholastic society.

Ann (King) Mertel, ba ’65 and m ed ’73, 77, Topeka, on April 22. She taught first grade at Crestview Elementary School for 30 years and was a lifetime member of the Washburn Alumni Association. As a student, she was a member of Tau Delta Pi scholastic honor society and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Memorials may be made to the Washburn Endowment Association General Scholarship Fund.

Sondra (Hammons) Newsom, b ed ’67 and jd ’76, 66, Topeka, on May 16. She had a solo law practice. At Washburn, she participated in the Mexico teaching program and was a member of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.

Kenneth Oberhelman, bba ’66, 71, Bella Vista, Ark., on Feb. 24. An Army veteran, he retired from Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad as director of materials management after 31 years of service.

Judith (Pouppirt) Rockwell, ba ’67, 63, Basehor, Kan., on Jan. 31. She was organist for Basehor Baptist Church and Fairmont United Methodist Church.

John Schaper, ba ’69, 65, Eminence, Mo., on Jan. 25. He received a master’s degree from the University of Kansas and was an antique and pottery collector.

Richard Senecal, jd ’61, 74, Atchison, Kan., on April 23. He practiced law, taught business law at Benedictine College, served as Atchison County attorney and was a member of the Kansas Parole Board and the Kansas Board of Regents. He served 1987-88 as the KBR appointee on the Washburn Board of Regents.

Kathryn (Normile) Sterling, ba ’64 and m ed ’74, 69, Topeka, on Jan. 21. She was a teacher and worked for the Kansas Civil Rights Commission as an investigator for more than 19 years.

Jeannine (Hill) Young, b ed ’64, 80, Topeka, on Jan. 22. She tutored children with learning disabilities in Houston, Texas, and was an educational consultant and secretary to an entertainer in California and Las Vegas, Nev.

70s

Jean (Carstens) Arvin, ba ’70, 86, Prescott, Ariz., on April 27. She worked at Securities Benefit Group of Companies as an analyst and productivity improvement manager and was a member of the Whiting Society. As a student, she was a member of Student National Education Association.

Robert Boston, bba ’77, 80, Topeka, on March 25. He retired from the Army after 29 years of service and also worked at Shawnee Federal Savings & Loan and the Coast Guard pay and personnel center.

Donald Bush, m ed ’70, 91, Rossville, Kan., on March 8. An Army Air Force World War II veteran, he taught at Topeka’s Highland Park North Elementary School and in the Kansas towns of Beman, Paxico and Rossville.

Cynthia Chambers, b ed ’77, 54, Topeka, on March 12. She was a data entry processor for the State of Kansas and volunteered at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church.

Robert Nowlin, bba ’70, 62, St. Augustine, Fla., on April 28. He was a salesman for Southeast Bank, a stock broker with Prudential-Bache Securities and worked 17 years for Edward Jones brokerage firm.

Norma Jane (Koelzer) O’Hara, m ed ’74, 79, Topeka, on May 9. She taught at Sheldon and McClure elementary schools, retiring in 1993.

Gary Paulsen, jd ’74, 61, Onaga, Kan., on Feb. 2. He practiced law in northeast Kansas for 34 years.

Carol (Wallentine) Vanderburg, bs ’72, 62, Oklahoma City, Okla., on Jan. 25.

80s

William “Dave” Bybee, mba ’88, 57, Topeka, on Feb. 11. He served as manager of the Kansas Department of Commerce High Performance Incentive Program and previously was an auditor with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.

William Gardner, ba ’82, 73, Topeka, on May 11. A Navy veteran, he retired from the Menninger Foundation, where he was a medical technician.

Larry McGahee, ba ’87 and mba ’92, 43, Topeka, on March 19. He worked 14 years in the corporate office of Bush Brothers and Co. in Knoxville, Tenn., and served as president and instructor for APICS The Association for Operations Management. His wife, Leia Lemons-McGahee, ba ’90, survives.

Barbara (Menard) Nelson, m ed ’81, 82, Topeka, on Feb. 17. She taught and was a reading specialist in Topeka public schools and volunteered as a reading mentor at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library.

Leanna (Ritchie) Raine, as ’85 and bsn ’99, 45, Topeka, On April 22. She was a nurse at Presbyterian Manor. At Washburn, she was a member of Golden Hearts of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

Kelly Reeves, jd ’83, 53, West Ridge, Colo., on March 2.

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CLASS NOTES

IN MEMORY

Marvin Heath, 91, Port

Townsend,

Wash., on

Feb. 27. Heath

joined the

Washburn faculty

in 1966 as assistant professor, political

science in the department of American

citizenship and retired in 1988 as

professor emeritus, political science.

He served 14 additional years as an

adjunct. He was a decorated World

War II Army Air Corps pilot. Recalled

to active duty during the Korean War,

he retired from the Air Force in 1966

at the rank of colonel. Heath received

a bachelor’s degree in 1939 from

Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, a

doctorate in 1950 from the University

of Chicago and served as assistant

professor, political science 1947-51 at

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.

He completed Air Force Air Command

and Staff School in 1952 and served

1952-55 as a member of the extension

faculty at the Industrial College of

the Armed Forces in Washington,

D.C. He served in Japan as director

of operations, held a variety of

positions on the air staff at Air Force

headquarters in Washington, D.C.,

and was deputy commander for

material and director of material at

Pope Air Force Base, N. C.

Memorials may be made to the

Dr. Marvin W. Heath Faculty

Development Fund in Political

Science.

MEMORIAL GIFTSRemembering loved ones through memorial or honorary gifts to Washburn University leaves a unique legacy in their names while enriching the lives of students at the university. A gift to Washburn honors individuals in keeping with your wishes and unites their memory with the lives of so many others. Please visit www.givetowashburn.org/Giving-TributesMemorials/Index.htm for more information on how to create a memorial or honorary gift.

Susan (Lamb) Wilson, m ed ’85, 67, Harlingen, Texas, on March 26. She was a gifted education elementary school teacher and a founding teacher of Shawnee Country Day School, which became Topeka Collegiate.

90s

Uhura Bynum, ba ’94, 55, Topeka, on April 12.

Belinda Christian, bsn ’93, 48, Topeka, on May 13. She was a lieutenant colonel in the Army with 31 years of service and a nurse at Colmery-O’Neil Veterans Hospital with 26 years of service.

Angell (Williams) Otchere, ba ’97, 40, Topeka, on March 11. She was a teacher for Topeka USD 501, a paraprofessional at Robinson Middle School and a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority.

00s

Donald Moore, ba ’05, 26, Lansing, Kan., on April 21. His wife, Katie (Howell) Moore, bs ’07, survives.

Friends

William Ansley, 82, Topeka, on May 1. He was a Christian Science practitioner and teacher. Memorials may be made to Friends Board, Mulvane Art Museum.

Peggy (Baughman) Button, attendee ’44, 85, Dodge City, Kan., on Nov. 2. She was a homemaker and a lifetime member of the Washburn Alumni Association. At Washburn, she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.

Joseph Casper, attendee ’43, 86, Topeka, on Jan. 29. A Navy veteran of World War II and an Army veteran of the Korean War, he had a 34-year dentistry practice specializing in orthodontics. He was a Paul Harris Fellow and member of Downtown Topeka Rotary Club and a board member emeritus of the Kansas State Historical Society. At Washburn, he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. With his wife, Betty (McEnroe) Casper, who survives, he was an avid Ichabod and Lady Blues fan and a benefactor of Washburn. Memorials may be made to Washburn University.

Emily “Ann” (Middleton) Chappell, attendee ’48, 80, Topeka, on April 25. She was a homemaker and a member of the Ichabod Club and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

Carol (Davis) Ferreira, 62, New Concord, Ky., on Feb. 28. She was a clinical professor of nursing at East Carolina University and a licensed clinical psychologist. She taught at Washburn 1996-97 as an adjunct instructor in the psychology and criminal justice departments and taught 1997-99 as an assistant professor in the School of Nursing. Her husband, Bertus Ferreira, who survives, taught at Washburn 1995-99 as associate professor, criminal justice.

Janice Gartrell, 88, Lenexa, Kan., on March 24. She was an engineering analyst and retired from Mobil Oil Corp. A benefactor to Washburn, she was a member of the Lincoln Society, funding the Avis Chitwood Endowment Fund for museum programming at the Mulvane Art Museum.

Peter Goering, 60, Topeka, on Feb. 7. He served nearly 40 years as sports editor, managing editor and executive editor of the Topeka Capital-Journal and was named Kansas Sportswriter of the Year five times. He served on the Ichabod Club board of directors and was a benefactor of Washburn with his wife, Diane Goering, who survives. Memorials may be sent to Washburn athletics.

Nancy (Litwin) Kelley, 73, Topeka, on Feb. 15. She was the first accountant for the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System and a lifetime member of the Washburn Alumni Association. Her husband, C. Dean Kelley, bba ’73, survives.

Larry Peters, 71, Topeka, on Jan. 26. An Air Force veteran, he had a 30-year career with AT&T and worked 1996-2005 at Washburn as a storekeeper in facilities services.

Flora (Tomasi) Scherff, 96, Topeka, on May 11. She taught cosmetology at Pittsburg State University, served on the State Board of Cosmetology, owned the Nile Beauty and Gift Shop and was a member of the Whiting Society.

Larry Williams, 67, Topeka, on March 1. He had a 33-year career with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. With his wife, Janis (Richwine) Williams, who survives, he was a member of the Ichabod Club and an avid supporter of Washburn athletics, especially men’s and women’s basketball. Memorials may be made to Washburn athletics.

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Family Day September 26 • Scholarship 5K Fun Run and Campus Walk •Same day registration begins at 7 a.m.•Race and walk start at Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center at 8:30 a.m.•Money raised supports Alumni Association Scholarship Fund•Cost is $10 for walkers, $15 for runners, children 12 and under are free;

late registration (day of event) is $15 for walkers and $20 for runners.•Want to be a sponsor? Sponsorship opportunities are available for individuals

or businesses. Contact Susie Hoffmann (785) 670-1643, or e-mail [email protected].

•Want to help? All volunteers will receive a complimentary Fun Run T-shirt commemorating the event.

•Want to register? Check out the details on our Web site at www.washburn.edu/alumnifunrun/2009runwalk.htm. Contact the Alumni Association office at (785) 670-1641 or e-mail wualumni.edu.

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On The Road

Tailgate Party: Aug. 29

Golden, Colo. – Join us for a pre-game tailgate party at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, when the Ichabods take on Colorado School of Mines Orediggers. The cost is $11.50 for the tailgate party. Look for the WU flags inside the stadium. Game time is noon Mountain Time. Tickets can be purchased for $7 at the gate. RSVP by Aug. 20.

Tailgate Party: Oct. 10

Omaha, Neb. – Enjoy a pre-game tailgate party at noon Saturday, Oct. 10, when the Ichabods take on the University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks. The cost is $8 for the tailgate party. Look for the WU flags. Game time is 1 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $9 at the gate. RSVP by Oct. 1.