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28 The network Finance students can’t help but dream of working in the nation’s financial hub. See how a group of finance alumni is paving the way to Wall Street.
F E A T U R E S
16 Musings on Mary Oliver Some Marquette faculty reflect on how a poem inspires something different in everyone.
20 9 to 5From writing a complete new Tree of Life to landing the Curiosity rover on Mars, some jobs call for a big stretch of imagination. What fun it is to look at work that keeps these young alumni ticking.
Finance students spend
three days navigating around
New York and Wall Street.28
American poet
Mary Oliver
makes a rare
public appearance
at Marquette.
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20Time on the job is well-spent
for these young alumni working
in careers from space exploration
to phylogenetics.
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> Congregation of heroes
8 on campus
> Lockett wants to be close to home
> Heard of service learning?
> Outpouring of love for Rick Majerus
> Dentistry expansion begins
> Marquette’s Freedom Project
12 arts + culture
> Canonization connects to Marquette
> The Hobbit turns 75
> Fiasco at Marquette
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> Domination
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Mission Week
reminds campus
that “The World
is our Home.”
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See a 6-year-old wow the crowd singing
the national anthem before Marquette
plays Wisconsin, then read
Doc Rivers’ memories of mentor
and coaching legend Rick Majerus.
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tingsB F R O M P R E S I D E N T S C O T T R . P I L A R Z , S . J .
Marquette won’t build on its
excellence — or succeed in its
mission of preparing students
to lead amid the complexity
they encounter — unless we
identify what’s around the
next corner, what next great
step we must take.
Based on the pattern set by Jesuit institutions in places such as
St. Louis, Boston and Washington, D.C., Marquette easily could
have been named Milwaukee University or Tory Hill University.
Instead, it’s named after one of the greatest explorers and risk-
takers in Jesuit history, Father Jacques Marquette. I’m certain
that is not a coincidence.
Although he could have taken a post teaching Latin amid
the civilized comforts of 17th-century France, Father Marquette
set sail for a vast new world, plunged himself into the languages
and customs of its native people, and, sometimes even without
seeking the permission of his superiors, explored its uncharted
reaches by canoe.
Time and again, Marquette University has shown a similar
explorer’s spirit in reaching beyond what is comfortable and
familiar to pursue its mission. In 1909, it became the first
Catholic university in the world to admit women students
as educational partners. In the late 1960s, it established the
Educational Opportunity Program to support first-generation
college students. That program became a national model and
led to the establishment of the federally funded Council on
Opportunity in Education.
In fact, during its history, when the world called with
needs for new professional fields of study — engineering,
business, dentistry, nursing, journalism and physical therapy
— Marquette was often the first American Jesuit university to
incorporate these disciplines into its course offerings. In doing
so, it grew from a tiny college serving the Milwaukee Archdio-
cese into a national university pursuing excellence across
a very broad range of disciplines.
What are we to learn from this history of crossing new
boundaries? Well, a good starting point is the realization that
a drive to explore and innovate must define this university’s
present every bit as much as its past. With our world changing
faster than at any point in our 132-year history, Marquette
won’t build on its excellence — or succeed in its mission of
preparing students to lead amid the complexity they encounter
— unless we identify what’s around the next corner, what next
great step we must take.
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Like Father Marquette
before us, we are guided by
faith, our imaginations
fired by the prospects of
the new world that awaits
us around the next bend, as
long as we are ready to
reach for it.
That is why I am so enthusiastic about the response of the
Marquette community to the strategic planning process in
which we are engaging this academic year. To develop a plan
that helps us set sound university-wide priorities for the next
7–10 years, we are insisting on an open and inclusive process
that began with 17 listening sessions across campus and has
since been guided by a coordinating committee composed
of faculty and staff.
Through these discussions, the community affirmed the
mission of Marquette — the transformative Catholic and Jesuit
education that we always have been and always will be about.
Moving that mission forward is an awesome responsibility,
but in doing so we are doing what those entrusted with Jesuit
institutions have always done: “Reading the signs of the times”
asking “what is Marquette’s reality right now and how do we
respond to that reality?” The phrase “reading the signs of the
times” is deeply rooted in Jesuit spirituality. It was Ignatius’
vision for how he would shape the mission of the Society of
Jesus and his road map for us: Discern the world’s greatest
needs, and determine how best to respond to them, given our
talents and resources.
I am pleased to share with you that a clear — and inspiring
— vision for Marquette is emerging through our collective work
on this plan. Weighing all that we have heard, we have worked
to distill and articulate this vision. We created a video so you
can hear directly about its key elements, including the urgent
way our community must collaborate and innovate to ensure
that our students are ready to assume lives as agents for
change and problem-solvers in a world of growing complexity.
Please view it at marquette.edu/strategic-planning-video.
Expect to hear more about this important planning project,
both here in the pages of Marquette Magazine and via other
communication as the university community embarks on
next steps, such as the formation of clear goals and the
preparation of a draft plan for review by the Board of Trustees
in May, followed by a formal release of the plan in the fall.
Like Father Marquette before us, we are guided by faith, our
imaginations fired by the prospects of the new world that
awaits us around the next bend, as long as we are ready
to reach for it.
Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.
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T H I N K H I S T O R Y I S O L D ? Marquette students and faculty respect the past and keep
an eye on the future. In this issue, campus marks the Civil War sesquicentennial and the
anniversary of The Hobbit. But stories yet to be told include how campus will honor a congre-
gation of heroes and expand the School of Dentistry. Want to learn more about history being
made at Marquette? Read on.
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• snapshot : 14
INS IDE TH IS I SSUE
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The pleasures of a university
community are numerous as
students commit to learning
and questioning, growing and
re-emerging in better ways. The
conversation is constant, laughter
frequent and arguments typical.
And the sense of privilege felt to
be immersed in an environment that
isn’t about making time for learning
but about being the place and the time
for learning is as acknowledged as
the air breathed in and out.
Into this blessed setting come
moments of absolute hush when we
pause to honor men and women who
take tools called muscle and compassion
and raw courage and build something
incredible and unfathomable.
Marquette is preparing for a week in
which the unfathomable will be our
visitor. It will arrive from the far corners
of the world in the person of Opus Prize
recipients whose daily labors are mon-
uments, whose work done in ghettos,
on the streets and in human hearts
successfully transforms the lives of
the world’s most needy people.
The university is ready for this
invasion and celebration. To add to
the enormity of the occasion, many of
the men and women who’ve won this
recognition since the Opus Prize was
established a decade ago will be meet-
ing one another for the first time —
here at Marquette. This congregation
almost eludes imagining. It will be part
of Marquette’s annual Mission Week in
February, which is themed “The World
is our Home.”
Our guests will fan out across campus
into classrooms. They will bring their
messages of hope, faith and triumph
over human tragedy to students and
alumni. m JMM
Congregation of heroesOpus Prize award recipients
come to campus for Mission Week.
The Opus Prize Foundation recognizes men and
women anywhere in the world who use
faith-based innovation to tackle the world’s
most persistent social problems. Opus Prize recipients
receive $1 million each in support of their work.
LEARN MORE
See the Mission Week schedule and biographies of the Opus Prize recipients at marquette.edu/ missionweek.
Follow our blog during Mission Week at marquette.edu/magazine.
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2012 Rev. Richard Frechette, C.P.
The American priest and doctor began
the work of the St. Luke Foundation
for Haiti in collaboration with a group
of inspired young Haitian leaders who
envisioned a different path forward
for their country.
2011 The late Lyn Lusi
Represented by Dr. Jo Lusi
and Nadine Lusi
Lusi and her husband, Dr. Jo Lusi,
started the HEAL Africa Hospital
to address the physical, social
and spiritual needs of its patients
in Congo.
2010 Sister Beatrice Chipeta, RS
Represented by Peter Daino
The Roman Catholic nun and retired
schoolteacher founded the Lusubilo
Orphan Care Project in the Karonga
district of Malawi. It serves thousands
of children who have been orphaned
in the area’s rural villages.
2010
Rev. John Halligan, S.J.
Father Halligan has worked to develop
a comprehensive approach to lifting
families out of poverty in Quito, Ecuador.
2009 Aïcha Ech Channa
She is founder and president of the
Association Solidarité Féminine in
Casablanca, Morocco, which promotes
the rights of mothers and children in
a culture that historically has margin-
alized and stigmatized single mothers.
2008 Marguerite “Maggy” Barankitse
She founded a multifunctional
service agency focused on bettering
the lives of Burundians as they
emerge from more than two decades
of civil war between the Tutsis
and Hutus.
2007 Brother Stan Goetschalckx, F.C.
He is founder and director of the
AHADI International Institute in
Tanzania that educates refugees from
the war-torn countries of Congo,
Rwanda and Burundi.
2006 The late Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann
Represented by Dr. Nelson Neumann
She created Pastoral da Criança
in Brazil in 1983 as a network of
volunteers and community leaders
dedicated to providing food, health
care and education to mothers
and children in Brazil and Latin
America.
2005 Rev. Trevor Miranda, S.J.
He founded and runs a system of
450 informal schools known as the
Reach Education Action Programme
located along one of India’s most
populous and poverty-stricken
transportation corridors.
2004 Monsignor Richard Albert
Since 1976, he has been helping
Jamaicans achieve self-reliance,
education, empowerment and
liberation through the establishment
of charities and institutions that
provide the poor with services and
skills to transform their lives.
Meet 10 Opus recipients who have changed the world.
Marguerite“Maggy”Barankitse BrotherStanGoetschalckx,F.C. Dr.ZildaArnsNeumann Rev.TrevorMiranda,S.J. MonsignorRichardAlbert
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He wants to be close to home
Trent Lockett couldn’t be thousands of miles away
while his mother battled cancer for the second time.
Heard of Service Learning? Marquette’s program is recognized far and wide.
Marquette’s academic Service Learning Program is well-known to alumni dating back to the program’s founding in 1994, and 63 percent of today’s undergradu-ates participate in service learning. It turns out that the university’s Service Learning Program is recognized — and admired — far beyond campus boundaries, too. The National Society for Experiential Learning, which provides resources and guidance to institutions for devel-oping successful programs, named Marquette’s program the 2012 Experi-ential Education Program of the Year. The American Association of Colleges and Universities also called SLP an excellent exemplar of service learning. The breadth of academic service learning at Marquette is tremendous and takes all forms. Faculty appreciate the high-impact learning experience and incorporate a service-learning compo-nent in courses that connect students with more than 130 community agencies. Each semester, approximately 1,200 students take these courses that weave service with academics. But it’s not a one-way street.
The community groups also benefit from the
students’ assistance and fresh energy.
The best evidence of SLP’s impact comes from students.
Data collected by Marquette’s Center
for Teaching and Learning indicates
students feel an increased commitment to social justice after their service-learning experiences. m JMM
By transferring to Marquette, he
could continue playing basketball,
take the next step in his studies and
live only a few hours away from his
family’s home near Minneapolis.
It was the right thing to do.
“My dad died when I was 3,” says
the Golden Eagles guard. “She had
a newborn baby, and I was 3 years
old when she lost the love of her
life. So she’s been through ... I can’t
even imagine.”
Near the end of his junior year
at Arizona State University, Lockett
learned his mom, Judy, had lym-
phoma. She survived a bout with
breast cancer when Lockett was
in high school. He decided to
Trent Lockett dishing off a pass for the Golden Eagles.
transfer, hoping to find a college
closer to home.
And because Lockett earned
his undergraduate degree at ASU
— he went to summer school and
took 21 credits per semester as
a junior — he was eligible to play
right away instead of sitting out
a season under NCAA rules.
Lockett chose Marquette, citing
his comfort with the personality
of men’s basketball Head Coach
Buzz Williams and also with his
new teammates’ effort-driven
approach to the game.
“They have good players, but
they win more games than not
because they’re going to outwork
you,” Lockett says. “And I think
I’m living that.”
Lockett’s mother retired after
receiving her diagnosis and now
catches as many of her kids’ games
as possible. Lockett’s younger
sister, Taylor, plays volleyball for
Duquesne University.
“She was like, ‘I’m planning to
live until I’m 100, and realistically,
that’s probably not going to happen.
So I’m going to enjoy my time
while my kids are in college and
go see their games,’” Lockett
says of his mom.
Lockett, meanwhile, is taking
classes toward a master’s
degree in sports leadership
in the College of Professional
Studies.
“I’m very thankful for my
decision unfolding the way it
did, and I’m very happy with
where I’m at,” he says. m CJ
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Dentistry expansion beginsThe Marquette University School of Dentistry broke ground for a 40,000-
square-foot expansion. The new space will include a clinic housing
24 operatories, a larger faculty practice clinic, additional classroom space
and a research lab. The addition will enable the school to increase its
graduating class size from 80 to 100 students per year.
The school plans to raise an additional $500,000 before next fall for
equipment and operating costs. m JMM
Learn more at go.mu.edu/dental-future.
T W E E T S O F H O M A G E
R.I.P. Rick Majerus, one of the most giving men ever. Stay at my house. Come to dinner. What can I do for you? He always did love assists.
The game has lost one of the great innovators whose mark will never be forgotten.
McGuire told Majerus he was the worst player he had ever seen. Then he got Majerus his 1st coaching job.
Rick Majerus: A Jesuit-trained intellectual disguised as a successful, jovial hoops coach.
If you love Marquette hoops, you loved Coach Rick Majerus. He lived a great hoops life and loved his players.
Rick Majerus was one of the first impressions of Marquette (besides Al) that I had growing up on the East Coast.
A great friend and the godfather of our daughter, Gracie. I will miss our midnight runs to Crown Burger.
I’ve known Rick Majerus my entire life; worked for him in college. Gone way too soon. Lived an outsized life in every way. R.I.P.
Always entertaining to watch Rick Majerus explode after a bad call and watch as his assistants struggled to restrain him.
Outpouring of love for Rick Majerus Marquette lost a piece of its history when former men’s
basketball Coach Rick Majerus died in December.
Majerus was a member of the university’s
coaching magi alongside Al McGuire and
Hank Raymonds, serving as an assistant
coach from 1971–83, including the 1977
NCAA championship season.
Later, he was head coach of the men’s
team for three seasons before serving as
an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks
and coach at Ball State, Utah and St. Louis
universities. Though often far from his
Milwaukee home, he was never far from
the hearts of alumni.
The university posted a memorial on
Twitter and the response from alumni and
friends was immediate and full of love.
Fittingly, a memorial service was held at
Church of the Gesu, across the street from
the Al McGuire Center. m JMM
Coaches Al McGuire, Hank
Raymonds and Rick Majerus
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Marquette University’s Freedom Project A year-long commemoration of the Sesquicentennial
of the Civil War is exploring the many meanings of emancipation
and freedom in the United States and beyond.
JANUARY 28 THROUGH MAY 1 1
The School Choice Movement Exhibition
Should parents be given public funds to send their children to private or parochial schools? This exhibit at Raynor Memorial Libraries depicts the politically charged modern School Choice movement, with particular attention paid to Milwaukee, a key battleground in the School Choice struggle.
FEBRUARY 2 1 THROUGH MARCH 3
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
In Ibsen’s controversial classic, Nora Helmer, a doting banker’s wife centers her life around the needs of her husband and three children. Her illusions of a perfect life are shattered when she goes against societal norms to escape from her marital confines.
Upcoming Freedom Projectcampus events include public lectures, art exhibitions, theatrical performances and readings about the many ways people struggle for freedom.
JANUARY 25 THROUGH 26
“Can I Sing for You Brother?”by Stephen Scott Wormley, Comm ’10
As his senior capstone, Wormley performed this one-man musical chronicling the story of an African-American through Negro Spirit- uals. He returns to perform the musical for Marquette audiences.
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The Civil War assignmentIn 1864, 15-year-old Thomas Robinson Welburn enlisted in one of the first African-American infantry regiments in the Union Army.
He served as a substitute soldier and musician in Company H of the Indiana Infantry’s 28th regiment U.S. Colored Troops, filling in for soldiers lost in the famous Battle of the Crater at the Siege of Petersburg, Va. Welburn was the great-grandfather of Dr. William Welburn, Marquette associ-ate provost for diversity and inclusion. “We heard about this as children but had to grow up to appreciate that, just one year after President (Abraham) Lincoln issued the Emancipation Procla-mation, Thomas and his male siblings joined African-Americans across the country by fighting for the cause of freedom, the freedom we cherish today,” William Welburn says. That fight for freedom is being com-memorated now across the country on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The Freedom Project at Marquette offers
a freedom challenged during the war that is enjoyed in modern America. One student correlated Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus to the Patriot Act. Still another wrote about the freedom of assembly and the Occupy movements that swept this country after the 2011 Arab Spring. “Studying the past is less about learn-ing from it and more about discovering those things that connect us to it,” says Marten. “It’s not a model for behavior — the Civil War era to our era — but by understanding those connections, we gain a deeper understanding of our own
experiences.” m AB
Thomas Robinson Welburn, left. A contemporary work by artist Kara Walker, above, was exhibited at the Haggerty Museum of Art.
opportunities to learn about this history that range from exhibits at the Haggerty Museum of Art to lectures by nationally known speakers exploring topics of race, gender, justice and freedom in all its forms. Dr. James Marten, professor and chair of the Department of History and coordinator of the Freedom Project, asked students in his class on the Civil War era to write essays about a “type of freedom that resonates today and would have resonated with Civil War-era Americans.” Most students wrote about the freedoms of speech and the press. A few tackled women’s rights — writing about
MARCH 2 1
Challenging freedom: The FBI, U.S. intelligence services, and individual freedoms in modern America
A timely discussion featuring historians Dr. Athan Theoharis, Marquette emeritus professor; Dr. Ken O’Reilly, Grad ’81, emeritus professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage now teaching at MATC; Dr. Robert Donnelly, Grad ’04, associate professor at Gonzaga University; and Dr. Aaron Stockham, Grad ’04, teacher at Waterford School in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Read more about the Freedom Project and see a complete schedule of events at marquette.edu/freedom-project. We highlighted a few below. ▼
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Casper Lecture | Dr. Rebecca J. Scott “She had always enjoyed her freedom: Re-enslavement and the law in the era of the Haitian revolution”
Scott is the Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law at the University of Michigan and author of Slave Emancipation in Cuba: The Transition to Free Labor, 1860-1899; Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery; and Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation.
APRIL 18 THROUGH 28
Urinetown: The Musical
Based on the book by Greg Kotis, this comedy satirizes the legal system, capital-ism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement and municipal politics. Music by Mark Hollmann; lyrics by Kotis and Hollmann.
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The Hobbit turns 75 The university throws
an anniversary party for
J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy.
William B. Ready knew a good thing when
he saw it. Ready, Marquette’s director of
libraries from 1956–63, discovered J.R.R.
Tolkien’s master work, The Lord of the Rings,
soon after it was published and worked to
acquire the author’s literary manuscripts to
add to the university’s newly constructed
Memorial Library.
One year after Ready initiated contact
with Tolkien, for a fee of less than $5,000
the J.R.R. Tolkien Collection at Marquette
was born.
This academic year, the university is
celebrating the 75th anniversary of the pub-
lication of The Hobbit, Tolkien’s first fantasy,
with events and lectures and a class taught
by Dr. Tim Machan, professor of English.
On Feb. 21, the libraries will host the
third event in its anniversary offerings:
“A roundtable discussion on Peter Jackson’s
The Hobbit.” These Tolkien scholars will
discuss the recently released film version
of the book: Dr. Robin Reid from Texas A&M
University; Dr. Yvette Kisor from Ramapo
College of New Jersey; Dr. Edward L. Risden
from St. Norbert College in DePere, Wis.;
and Richard C. West from the University
of Wisconsin–Madison.
“The university is extremely blessed to
own such a remarkable collection,” says
archivist and interim curator Bill Fliss. “It
has attracted researchers from all over the
world.” m BDJ
In October, Pope Benedict XVI
canonized Kateri Tekakwitha,
the first Native American to
receive the designation of saint.
Crucial to her canonization was
the extensive Native Catholics
Collection held in Raynor Memo-
rial Libraries, which includes
more than 50 interviews with
Native Catholics devoted to her,
notes archivist Mark Thiel.
Also crucial was Tekakwitha’s
performance of a miracle, which
came in 2006.
Tekakwitha was born in the
17th century and Jake Finkbonner
the 21st, but the two will be
forever connected. When Jake
was 5, he was infected by a
flesh-eating bacteria that spread
to his face. The family’s pastor
suggested praying to Tekak-
witha, who had smallpox as a
child and was left with a horribly
scarred face. Jake’s infection
quickly cleared, and the Vatican
declared it a miracle.
“Saint Kateri’s canonization
puts an ‘Indian face’ on the
Catholic Church. People are able
to see themselves reflected in
the church itself, and Marquette
is proud to provide collections
celebrating this holy woman,”
says Thiel, who conducted the
interviews in 1993 and has been
archivist of the collection for
25 years. m BDJ
S P E C I A L E X H I B I T I O N
In conjunction with the canon-
ization, photos from the univer-
sity’s archives were featured in
a special exhibit at the Vatican
Museum and Rome’s John Cabot
University. View the photos at
go.mu.edu/nativecatholics and
search “Tekakwitha.”
Canonization connects to Marquette
Elders Joe and Juana Pecos lead the procession to enshrine Blessed Kateri, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, 1989.
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Coming to campus made sense for Fiasco because
their work on Adams’ role in the abolitionist move-
ment dovetailed with Marquette’s campuswide
commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the
Civil War in the year-long celebration titled the
Freedom Project. Austrian and Hudson-Mairet credit
Ted Rogers, Grad ’68, for financial support that
made the residency at Marquette possible.
“It was really magical that this all happened,”
Hudson-Mairet says.
The residency program hit its crescendo on
stage at the Helfaer Theatre. Fiasco’s interpretation
featured six actors playing multiple roles. A large
wooden trunk took the place of fancy set designs.
The only thing missing was Grotelueschen, who
was unable to fully participate in the residency
because of an acting conflict. He was performing
in a Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
He did come back, however, for a day to host a
workshop for students.
While visiting, the theatre troupe found time to
absorb some local flavor. “Milwaukee’s a fun town,”
Austrian says. “Good beer, good brats.” m CJ
Fiasco’s interpretation of Cymbeline featured six actors playing multiple roles. A large wooden trunk took the place of more- elaborate set designs.
The New York-based troupe performed William
Shakespeare’s play as part of its fall residency
program on campus. Plenty more went on
behind the scenes.
Fiasco actors held workshops for Marquette theatre
students and even enlisted a few of them to help work on
another project, a play based on the role John Quincy Adams
played in the movement to abolish slavery.
“The classes that I was able to visit personally were really
fun, really engaging,” says Fiasco Co-artistic Director Jessie
Austrian of the time spent on campus. “It seems like a very
passionate student body, and the Theatre Department has
a really wonderful energy that was lovely to be a part of.”
The idea of bringing Fiasco to Marquette was hatched after
College of Communication Dean Lori Bergen and Stephen
Hudson-Mairet, assistant professor/chair of performing arts,
went to New York to see Fiasco cast member and alumnus
Andy Grotelueschen, Comm ’02, perform in Cymbeline.
Fiasco at Marquette
The Fiasco Theater’s off-Broadway production
of Cymbeline earned a glowing review from
The New York Times — so it was bound to be
a hit off Wisconsin Avenue, too.
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Domination. The climax of Beat Bucky Week was this golden moment: Marquette 60, Wisconsin 50. Photo by Maggie Casey
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WHEN I AM
AMONG THE
TREESMusings on Mary Oliver
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Mary Oliver, winner of
the National Book Award
and the Pulitzer Prize, receives an honorary
doctor of letters degree from Marquette.
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Marquette president and poetry fan Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., welcomed Oliver to the special ceremony at which a throng gathered to see her awarded a Marquette degree and celebrate her contribution to American literature. “Mary Oliver’s poetry has added significantly to our understanding of the human condition and the experience of life,” Father Pilarz said. “It puts us in touch with deep emotions and insights — making us feel more alive. Her poetry invites us to reflect and see our lives in new ways. She has excelled; she has mastered; she has taken the gifts God provided and brought them to fruition, a completeness much too rare in this imperfect world.” After the ceremony, Oliver read selections from her books and answered questions about her life and art. In this special tribute, Marquette Magazine presents “When I Am Among the Trees,” with faculty reflecting on one stanza and how Oliver’s words help them see life in new ways.
How do her words move you? Scribble your thoughts.
That’s how poetry begins.
Marquette faculty muse on how Mary Oliver’s words help them see life in new ways.
When I Am Among the Trees
When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”
Poet Mary Oliver read to us of wild geese, of sudden and unexpected joy, of the shore in the morning and of speckled eggs. She charmed us with visions of catbirds in flight and the red-throated loon. She spoke of the poets “who feed my soul” and of deciding at age 13 that she “wanted to be a poet, along with an archeologist and ornithologist.”
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THE 1ST STANZA
Dr. Lawrence WatsonVisiting professor of English
“The speaker of these lines is no mere nature lover who waxes rhapsodic in the presence of trees and sunlight. She might well love trees, but hers is an informed love. She knows trees and knows that, like humans, they have different qualities and characteristics — locusts are unlike pines, pines are unlike willows, willows are unlike oaks. . . . All however repay our attention. But the human specialties of knowledge and feeling are not enough — almost — to save her daily. Something else must be necessary. Something out-side us. Something like grace.”
Dr. Heather HathawayAssociate professor of English,
director of graduate studies in English and
of Africana studies
“Both Mary Oliver’s poetry and the natural world — whether I am in the woods, in a canoe on a lake or a river or on the shore of a salty ocean — have truly ‘saved’ me over and over again. I cannot help but feel ‘hints of gladness’ and gratitude, no matter how dire surrounding circum-stances may seem, in the presence of either one — the poems or the trees. Enjoying the two together is my defini-tion of transcendence.”
THE 2ND STANZA
Dr. Anne M. PaseroChair and professor of Spanish
“The poet refers to that sensation all of us have every day, that we spend too much valuable time rushing around answering
messages, checking cell phones, making appointments and generally allowingothers to consume our daily hours. We easily forget how fast life goes and how fragile it is, but one serious accident in-volving someone close to us reminds us of that reality in a minute. Many daily distractions take us far away from whom we really are, from that core of goodness and spirituality we sense but find elusive. Mary Oliver invites us to linger awhile and recover those feelings of hope and joy we carry with us always.”
Dr. John PustejovskyAssociate professor of German
“It’s the heart, not the ear, that walks by the light of a day’s recognitions. How far away, I think, is the place, the moment, when I’ll be ready to say, ‘Now — take my measure.’ It’s the heart, not the ear, that hears you say: ‘Don’t move. Don’t say a word. Let me look at you as you are. Blessedly incomplete.’”
THE 3RD STANZA
Dr. Kris RatcliffeChair and professor of English
“Mary Oliver’s persona claims that the trees save her. But to be saved, she must open herself to the world. Her observa-tion that ‘the trees stir in their leaves’ models how to look deeper, beyond the usual, to imagine not leaves stirring in trees but trees stirring in leaves. The tree’s invitation to ‘Stay awhile’ encour-ages her to pause and reflect on the bark that she sees, on the pulp she does not, on the roots and soil that nourish the tree, all of which give life to the leaves. Her image, ‘The light flows from their branches,’ captures a moment of being when she recognizes the life force, the spirit, that animates us all.
Dr. Angela SorbyAssociate professor of English
“Ralph Waldo Emerson thought that the natural world was essentially a spiritual text that could be ‘read’ by careful observers. In this stanza, Mary Oliver extends the Emersonian tradition, but she’s more respectful of the distance be-tween people and nature; the trees emit light from their branches, and the light speaks to us, but their exact message remains mysterious. Or maybe the mes-sage is the mystery: We can learn from nature, but only if we don’t try to trans-late its branching, non-linear light into strictly human terms.”
THE 4TH STANZA
Heather JamesResearch and instructional librarian
“In the final stanza, the trees again call
to the poet with brief but loaded words.
Mary Oliver invokes a chorus of nature
that is almost audible as the leaves stir-
ring give voice to the trees. What is sim-
ple? The purpose: ‘to go easy’ — walking
with awareness and soft steps through
the world, easy on others and the world
as we hope they will be on us; ‘to be filled
with light, and to shine’ — to allow the
grace, light, warmth, connection that
is available all around to touch us, flow
through us, then shine out from us to
the next. Just as the sunshine through
the tree branches may cut and sparkle
or warm with a softened glow, there is
room to find her own way to pass on
the light.” ❍
Compiled by Joni Moths Mueller
Watch to a video of students reading
another Mary Oliver poem at marquette.
edu/inauguration.
Marquette faculty muse on how Mary Oliver’s words help them see life in new ways.
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9 to 5For some, a job
may mean little more than punching a clock and waiting
for the weekend toroll around.
But for these young Marquette alumni,
it produces a new Tree of Life,
the world’s tallest skyscrapers,
a veteran’s memories
of war and more.
Monica West
Stefanie Ebbens Kingsley
Brian Castner
Matt McDowell
Molly McKenna Jandrain
Tiffani Williams
Caitlin Andrews
Katie Weiss
John Peronto
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Dirty Dancing to acclaimed dramatic actress in Looking Glass Theater’s Eastland to now starting a new singing comedy duo, MVPleez. It hasn’t always been easy for West, who moved to New York shortly before the 2001 terrorist attacks. It was two years before she landed her first job and union card. But all along, she felt prepared through the theatre program and mentorship from Krajec and Professor Phylis Ravel. “Professor Ravel made no bones about the fact that this is a very difficult career,” West says, remembering her mentor who recently passed away. “However, she always made me feel like I was a performer that
That description didn’t surprise Deb Krajec, artistic associate professor of theatre arts, who first encountered West as a Marquette freshman 15 years ago. “She looks like the perfect sweet, young, leading-lady type,” Krajec says. But there’s much more to West than meets the eye. “She has a beautiful soprano voice and she’s an amazing dancer. She’s also hysteri-cally funny,” Krajec says. “Everything she did when she arrived on campus ... we were blown away.” That versatility has sustained West’s career from her portrayal of the lead role of Baby in the Toronto-based production of
Ebbens Kingsley is the directing attorney in the Columbia, Ky., office of the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund. She provides free legal services to residents in the eastern portion of the state — one of the poorest areas in the nation. “We are there to ensure that the little people don’t get trampled on,” she says. “We are there to ensure that the scales of justice aren’t tilted toward the ones with the bigger and deeper pockets. It’s definitely a rewarding job when it comes down to stand-ing up for the little guy.” She works in a five-person office — with just one other lawyer — to cover a seven-
county area, typically handling about 100 cases at once. Much as a public defender’s office han-dles criminal cases for those who don’t have the means to hire their own lawyers, Kings-ley’s office performs a similar function in civil cases that include child custody, divorce, foreclosure, eviction and debt collection. Yes, the work can be emotionally taxing. “It’s never an easy thing to watch a parent’s rights get terminated,” she says. Success stories are rare, but they do occur; recently, Ebbens Kingsley helped people restructure mortgages and stay in their homes.
She is inspired by her predecessors in legal aid and sees the work as a vital counterweight to a system that too often is ruled by money. She didn’t particularly enjoy law school and credits one of her professors, Rev. Greg O’Meara, S.J., with keeping her on target. “I would go to his office, have absolute mental breakdowns — ‘Good God, what am I doing here?’ — and he really did a good job of picking up the pieces and continuing to encourage me to be better and do more,” she says. Ebbens Kingsley eventually found her purpose in the Law School’s Public Interest Law Society, along with some service- oriented internships that steered her toward that aspect of the legal profession.
By Chris Jenkins
Standing beside poor people while they navigate the complex legal system isn’t going to make Stefanie Ebbens Kingsley, Law ’05, rich and famous. That doesn’t stop her from loving it.
This summer, the Chicago Sun Times called Monica West, Comm ’01, “a delicate, redheaded beauty who is a remarkably subtle and expressive actress.”
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ieAs the leader of an Air Force bomb squad, Castner was surrounded by the horror and tension of war. His subsequent struggle to resume everyday life eventually unleashed a frantic state of mind he calls “the Crazy.” Castner’s recently published book, The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows, is his attempt to relay those experiences exactly as he felt them. “I don’t hold your hand for a lot of it,” he says. In the opening pages, Castner gives a raw description of the carnage caused by a car bomb. “That’s maybe a little shocking — and I have trouble almost seeing that it’s shocking,” Castner says. “It’s like, ‘Well, duh. What do you think happens?’” Castner graduated from Marquette’s ROTC program, became an Air Force engineer and passed a rigorous training program to join the bomb squad. After several close calls in Iraq, he made it home, only to develop an unshakeable sense of panic that nearly wrecked his family. Through a combination of therapy, running, yoga and writing — he calls telling his story a “biological need” — Castner eventually learned to manage his trauma. Today, he and his wife, Jessica (Spencer) Castner, Nurs ’99, live in Buffalo, N.Y., with their four sons. Castner works as a consultant and is writing another book but still recently found time to audit an Irish literature course at Canisius College — a sign, he says, of how much he misses the Jesuit approach to education. Castner’s favorite professor at Marquette, Dr. James Richie, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, occasionally deviated from engineering to tell stories in class. Richie sometimes cited a book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior. “He found a copy that was being given away and brought it to me,” Richie says of Castner. “I still have that copy and think of him when I see it on my shelf.”
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could knock people’s socks off, and that’s the kind of confidence you need to succeed.” Ravel was transforming Marquette’s theatre program to a performance-based curriculum when West came to campus, and the hands-on training of the next four years changed West’s approach to acting. West remembers Ravel’s teachable moments — insights that she uses to this day. In one meeting, Ravel pulled a pencil from her hair, used it to stir her coffee, then explained how what she was doing could define a character for the audience. Today, West uses similar quirks and gestures when portraying Alison Parker, a professor on MTV’s comedy Underemployed. “It seems random,” West says. “But it gives you some context for the character without having to be really obvious.”
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Brian Castner, Eng ’99, appeared unscathed after two tours in Iraq. All his wounds were on the inside.
This summer, the Chicago Sun Times called Monica West, Comm ’01, “a delicate, redheaded beauty who is a remarkably subtle and expressive actress.”
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Williams is working with 10 scientists on a National Science Foundation-funded project to give science a Tree of Life comprising the world’s known 2 million species. Finally, the idea Darwin nurtured will be fully grown — and fully known. To explain the project, Williams, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at Texas A&M University, uses the analogy of a family tree. “Instead of humans only, the Tree of Life is a family tree of all the world’s species,” she says. It will include flora and fauna, mammals and amphibians, bacteria and fungi, every living thing.
There may be no such thing as certainty in the financial world these days. But given a complex set of data to study, Matt McDowell, Grad ’12, is confident he can determine a strategy for success.
If Charles Darwin were alive, he would want to meet Dr. Tiffani Williams, Arts ’94.
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“Strategic planning is the most enjoyable for me,” McDowell says. “It’s something that there’s not an answer to — you can’t look it up in a book. Just a chance to be creative, which is great.” McDowell is chief financial officer for Northwestern Mutual’s Washington, D.C.-area offices. Recently, he began studying the company’s infrastructure, working toward a long-term plan to support the company’s growth. “I spend quite a bit of time with my friend, Excel,” he jokes. McDowell started out in the firm’s Kansas City office. He briefly left to work in corporate finance, only to return a few months later when he was offered a position at the firm’s Milwaukee headquarters. That’s where McDowell found Marquette, earning his M.B.A. in the part-time program. He bonded with classmates, especially during long Saturday sessions. Now he says he’s more ambitious than ever — and, possibly, a little more mature, too. “If you would have told me seven years ago that I’d be a CFO, I’d be like, ‘Get out of town! That’s going to be awesome,’” McDowell says. “But that was for very selfish reasons, because I just personally wanted to get a better job. But now, the ambitions are around, ‘OK, I’m at a firm and we’ve got a large opportunity here in this marketplace, one of the most interesting marketplaces in the world.’” To students pursuing a similar career path, McDowell recommends knowing what you’re good at and making the most of any chance to showcase your skills. “I know I’m not going to get up and give the most dynamic speech or woo people with this great personality,” McDowell says. “For me, it was I could translate abstract concepts and break them down into something that’s more easily understood.”
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She’s a member of a McFamily, has been called a Golden Goddess and jokes that colleagues say ketchup runs through their veins. OK, enough hints, Jandrain is director of public relations for McDonald’s USA. Has anyone born in the United States since 1955 not fallen under the spell of Chicken McNuggets or Shamrock Shakes? “It’s an exciting and busy brand to work for,” Jandrain agrees. “I love working with a large consumer brand you can touch and feel.” She means really large. In the United States alone, 25 million people eat or drink at McDonald’s every day. Jandrain, who was born the year the Happy Meal was introduced, joined the
Constructing a comprehensive Tree of Life is one of the largest computational challenges yet undertaken. But Williams, who discovered a love for computing on her Commodore 64 in eighth grade, is an expert at high-performance, or parallel, computing. She writes algorithms that enable computers working together to solve different aspects of complicated problems. “Anything I’m into is rooted in computa-tional challenges,” she says. The idea of applying high-performance computing to phylogenetics also touches Williams, who earned a doctorate in computer science at the University of South Florida, on another level. “The Tree of Life has a spiritual layer of meaning that’s interesting to me. It says all of life is related. I find that a powerful concept,” she says.
The research team is pulling millions of known trees of life into a central repository for analysis. Williams and others will look for connections and layers where the trees overlap and then design algorithms to assemble the puzzle into an overarching open Tree of Life that can continually grow to keep pace with new knowledge. “The goal of our group is to show it can be done,” Williams says, “and then it’s up to the community of scientists and hobby-ists to go and refine it. Our tree will be the seed to show people it’s possible.”
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corporation in 2001 as a public relations intern. She became a global communica-tions supervisor in 2002, spent several years supporting public relations initiatives around the world and assumed her current post in 2012. She has helped drive branding campaigns, represented McDonald’s global sponsorship at five Olympic Games and managed communication around new product lines such as McCafé specialty coffees. She’s also a founding member of the McDonald’s Twitter team and reserves one day a week for tweeting news and talking online with “mommy bloggers.” Making sure McDonald’s restaurants in 119 countries offer customers the best
experience requires planning. Menus are localized. In India, that means burgers made of lamb. In China, Happy Meals come with corn instead of apples. In Sweden, restaurants offer drive-thru windows for snowmobilers. When McDonald’s offers a new item — well, it’s only new to customers. The item has been tested for up to three years. “We’re always evolving,” Jandrain says. “It’s part of our journey. We take the approach that we won’t change overnight but we need to be there for our customers and be what they want from us.”
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For Molly McKenna Jandrain, Comm ’01, the words “I’m lovin’ it” are a brand campaign she helped launch in Germany in 2003 and how she describes her professional life.
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itlin Andrews is a communication and research specialist for the policy resolution group at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, where she tracks legislation and crafts strategic messages for clients. She and a co-worker recently kept tabs on one provision in a bill to help a client understand what might happen next. “I looked at him and said, ‘You know, this is a lot more complicated than they teach you in Intro to Government,’” Andrews says, referring to Marquette course work. Clearly, she’s getting the hang of it. She made PR News’ “15 to watch” list in 2011 and is on track to earn a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University.
Not bad, considering it wasn’t so long ago that she arrived on campus a fresh- man from Houston who didn’t even own a winter coat. Andrews soon felt at home in Milwaukee and then found her purpose in D.C. the summer after junior year, through her experiences at the Les Aspin Center for Government. “To be working in a federal government office building and walking around near the monuments, it was just fascinating,” she says. “It was exciting, and I couldn’t wait to move back as soon as I graduated.” Chris Murray, a visiting instructor at
“It changed my world,” she says. “I wanted to be on board that ship exploring the universe. I wanted to be in that reality. And I spent my entire life from that point on working to make that happen.” Fast forward to August 2012 when Weiss was part of a team of NASA scientists hollering, hugging and crying with joy as the unmanned Curiosity rover landed success-fully on Mars. “This was our baby,” Weiss says. “We put everything into that rover, working tirelessly together for years. A little part of each of us is on Mars right now.” Weiss, a senior flight software engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, worked on the project’s avionics management and fault protection programs. The project was ambitious. A writer for the London daily The
Telegraph compared landing the rover on its intended spot on Mars to a golfer hitting a hole-in-one in Scotland — swinging from Los Angeles. “You can’t help but think, ‘I know in principle this is supposed to work, and we’ve tested the heck out of it and we’ve seen it work,’” Weiss says. “‘But is this really going to work all the way on Mars?’” After tense moments, the successful touchdown was an emotional release for team members. “Everyone was yelling, ‘It worked! We did it! We actually did it!’” Weiss says. “It was one of the most amazing and fulfilling moments of my life.” For Weiss, it was her latest step forward in a field in which men still largely out- number women. At Marquette, she was
the only female student in her computer engineering class. At NASA, she was the only female flight software developer on a 35-person team. Weiss advises Marquette students to pursue well-rounded life experiences instead of fixating on grades. She follows her own advice by teaching fitness classes at a gym near her home in California. But hard work, she says, was the only way she made it to Mars. “It has not been an easy road,” Weiss says. “You have to be strong and have a lot of determination. But if you have the resolve to hold on to your dream, you can achieve it. No doubt.”
By Chris Jenkins
Inspiration comes in many forms. For Katie Weiss, Eng ’01, it was seeing the movie Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn as a kid. Suddenly Weiss knew what she was meant to do.
Before coming to Marquette, Caitlin Andrews, Comm ’09, hadn’t even visited Washington, D.C. Now she’s on K Street, working blocks from the White House and immersed in the twists and turns that comprise the legislative process.
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tieHe would know. Peronto is a structural engineer whose portfolio of projects features some pretty flashy entries, including the 150-story Chicago Spire; one of the world’s largest airplane hangars, in Memphis, Tenn.; the Federation of Korean Industries headquarters in Seoul; and Meraas Tower in Dubai. Since 2009, Peronto’s focus has been a project that will tower over those architectural achievements. He is a member of the team designing the world’s tallest building, Kingdom Tower, to be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. When finished, it will stand more than a kilometer tall and send the definition of skyscraper into a new stratosphere. “It’s a huge undertaking,” he says, “the most challenging of my career.” Peronto came to Marquette to study electrical engineering. Then he took a course on statics, which is engineering for construction to withstand gravity, aero-dynamics and seismic forces, taught by Dr. Christopher Foley, professor and chair of civil, construction and environmental engineering. He also worked in the con-struction field prior to his time at Marquette. “My background and classes with Dr. Foley carried my interests into structural and mechanical engineering,” he says. Peronto went on to earn five degrees in five years, including a M.Eng in civil engineering at Cornell while working with Weidlinger Associates in New York. He’s been with Thornton Tomasetti for eight years. “I am privileged to work with some of the brightest engineers and architects, people who are at the top of their game,” he says. Peronto brings his knowledge back to campus, teaching engineering students at Marquette and Cornell. “It’s refreshing to see students who are so motivated and passionate about engineering,” he says.
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the center, says Andrews’ experience is common for students in the program. “Often times, they do have a kind of dramatic transformation,” he says. “They decide this is where they want to be.” While a student at Marquette, Andrews was an organizer for the Obama campaign and had internships with U.S. Congress-woman Tammy Baldwin and then-Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, both Democrats. Working at Bracewell & Giuliani — yes, that is former New York mayor and one-time Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on the marquee — has taught her the value of bipartisanship. “I’ve learned a lot working in this firm about the way that Washington really works,” Andrews says. “If you want to accomplish anything for your client, it is very important to work in a bipartisan fashion.”
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The tallest or largest or greenest or boldest — these are the purview of Chicago-based engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti. “We definitely do the more flashy architectural jobs,” says John Peronto, an associate at TT.
Before coming to Marquette, Caitlin Andrews, Comm ’09, hadn’t even visited Washington, D.C. Now she’s on K Street, working blocks from the White House and immersed in the twists and turns that comprise the legislative process.
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THE NETWORK
Jobs on Wall Street may seem out of reach before this network goes to work for the next generation of Marquette finance grads.Finance students Mark Hampton and Mark Long cross
Lexington and 53rd after the visit at Citi in New York City.
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Dan Williams
welcomes finance
student Maggie
Wanner.
Suzanne Gyorgy,
managing director
and head of art
advisory and finance
at Citi Private Bank,
discusses fine art as
an investment vehicle
for ultra-high net
worth individuals.
Marquette students
gather on the plaza
outside of Citi.
P“PEOPLE ASK ME, ‘IS THE SKY FALLING?’”
James A. Runde, Eng ’69, tells a rapt group of Marquette finance
students before ticking off a century’s worth of major American
economic crises.
The special adviser and former vice chairman of Morgan Stanley
commands the room in the midtown Manhattan high-rise that’s
home to the global financial services giant.
“I’ve seen the sky falling,” he says. “The sky ain’t falling.”
Runde paints a radiant picture of a Wall Street that’s still a great
place to work for the 23 students who are spending three days in
the nation’s financial capital.
“This business is seductive,” Runde says, before describing
his typical workday that includes rising at 4:45 a.m., checking the
financial news and taking the No. 2 train into the city.
The visit to Morgan Stanley is just the first stop on the annual
Financial Management Association trip to New York City — and it’s
no ordinary class field trip.
Led by Dr. David Krause, director of the Applied Investment
Management program in the College of Business Administration,
the trip connects students with a network of alumni who work in
the financial services industry and bring about two dozen students
to some of New York’s major firms
each year.
Dressed for business, students
navigate the streets and subways of
Manhattan and gain firsthand insights
into this complex, fast-paced industry.
Thanks in large part to alumni, students
gain entrée to BNP Paribas, Bloomberg,
Mutual of America, J.P. Morgan, Citi,
Deutsche Bank and the New York
Stock Exchange. At each stop, alumni
in leadership posts greet them. It’s
a packed three-day adventure they
won’t forget.
ALUMNI WORKING
AT CITI INCLUDE:
Adam Bordner, Bus Ad ’07 Associate in the transaction execution group, investment bank
Harrison Davis, Bus Ad ’12Analyst at Citi Private Bank
Robert Leonard, Arts ’80Managing director in sales and trading
Rupali Varma, Bus Ad ’12Analyst in capital markets
Daniel Williams, Comm ’92Managing director at Citi Private Bank
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“This idea we came up with five years ago was to create a better bridge between the students and major financial services firms,” Williams explains. “We want to make sure Marquette students have every opportunity that their peers at top schools do.” MUFAN also works with the college to organize an all-day, on-campus career preparation seminar every April called the Ins and Outs of Wall Street. MUFAN members fly to Milwaukee to teach students about the functional areas of finance and
they were sophomores. It just goes to show how well Marquette prepares people.” “MUFAN was really started to help students, and I think we’ve succeeded in doing that,” Williams says. “A byproduct of that, though, is that alumni have been connected to each other. Hundreds of connections have resulted in career changes and business deals, as well as personal and social relationships.” A little later across town in the shadow of the Chrysler Building, Christopher Cebula, Bus Ad ’09, and David Zakutansky, Bus Ad ’11,
“The alumni are just amazing,” says senior finance major Dan Tallarico. “They’re so willing to talk about their careers and open up to us, give us advice. That to me is invaluable because we don’t necessarily get access to those people every day on campus. It’s something that’s very special.” BRIDGE BUILDING
For Dan Williams, Comm ’92, connecting alumni with students is a sound invest-ment. A managing director and ultra high-net-worth private banker at Citi Private Bank, he says his firm believes in investing in talent that grows out of undergraduate business programs. “It’s worth the investment in students to grow the talent pool,” Williams says. “Whether they stay at Citi or move on to another firm, we believe that they will go on to excellent careers.” More than 150 alumni nationwide work-ing in financial services have formed the Marquette University Finance Alumni Network.
provide tips for interviewing, networking and following the recruiting calendar. As Williams puts it: “We teach them how to walk the walk and talk the talk beyond the academics.”
PEER POWER
At 7 p.m. Thursday, the final day of their New York visit, the students and alumni gather at the back of the Windfall Restaurant near Bryant Park for a final chance to practice networking skills. The alumni share war stories and advice. “This is a really casual and easy-going way to get to know these alumni,” says Elizabeth Buckton, a senior finance and economics major. “In more formal settings, you don’t have the opportunity to really connect with them. It’s a more personal experience.” Stefanie Yordan, a sophomore majoring in finance, agrees. “This is great. I’ve been able to ask the alumni how they got to where they are and why they chose New York,” she says. “So many people said they never would have pictured themselves here when
enjoy a few pints and reminisce about FMA trips they took as Marquette students. Their conversation weaves effortlessly from the state of the bond market to the fate of the Yankees. NETWORKING
“I prefer to meet in a more casual setting,” says Cebula, an analyst at Elementum Advisors in Chicago who travels to New York regularly. “I’ll meet up with other alumni for lunch or coffee, which helps keep the interaction more relaxed and low-key.” For Cebula and Zakutansky, networking — period — is the lifeblood of the financial services industry. “Networking in our industry is essential,” says Zakutansky, an invest-ment analyst at Paragon Outcomes, a New York-based asset management firm. “I learned this early in my time at Marquette, as many of the alumni mentored me through both internship and full-time positions.”
Williams says he’d like to see more alumni from all professional levels connect with MUFAN. This class trip is a great recruitment strategy. “Yeah, I’d love to move and work here,” says Tallarico, thinking ahead to graduation. “It’s very hectic, but hectic in a good way.” Having met with the alumni network, Tallarico says, makes it seem possible. “It’s pretty phenomenal to know that people care about us and are willing to invest in our futures,” he says. ❍
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Jennifer Benka, CJPA ’90, indulges a passion for poetry.
A published poet, Benka seeks
balance between her responsibilities
and her personal craft. Enveloped by
the creativity of the fellow poets she
is in charge of supporting, she has
never felt so inspired.
“My head is full, and I can’t wait
to get back to the page,” she says.
“But I feel really honored to be a
practitioner and to work in service
to other practitioners and to the art
form in general. I’m truly blessed.”
And fear not, Benka says, that
today’s youth dismiss poetry’s
relevance because of technology’s
takeover. Her academy work has
introduced her to thousands of
enthusiastic teens hoping to be
the next Dickinson, Whitman or
Angelou, and they have taken
to the Internet to share their
work and to dialogue with other
fledgling poets.
“We will always want to struggle
with language in a creative
way to make meaning of
ourselves,” she says. “I don’t
think that urge will
ever diminish.”
— Sarah Painter Koziol, Arts ’92She can still recite the prologue to Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales,
a challenge assigned to her in high school by one of many educators
to whom she credits her love of language.
She now enjoys that passion as executive director and president
of the Academy of American Poets, an eight-decades-old nonprofit
created to sustain American poets and the art itself. The academy
offers awards, forums and readings, a website and biannual
journal — all efforts to help poets earn money, publication oppor-
tunities and exposure because, Benka admits, “there are no
six-figure book deals for poets.”
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Georgetown University and published A Cultural Handbook to the Bible.
1969
Pat Boutier, Eng ’69, is co-author of The 7 Kata: Toyota Kata, TWI & Lean Training, published by Taylor & Francis CRC Press. He also is a business solutions specialist for TMAC, a manufacturing extension partnership bet- ween the National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Texas at Arlington.
James D. Friedman, Arts ’69, received the Charles L. Gold-berg Distinguished Service Award from the Wisconsin Law Foundation for his lifetime achievement in the profession and distinguished record of civil service. He was also named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He is chair of the financial institutions prac-tice group at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
Michael J. Gonring, Jour ’69,
Law ’82, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in the personal injury litigation — defendants and product liability litigation — defendants groups at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
Media Management in the Age of Giants: Business Dynamics of Journalism, published by the University of New Mexico Press.
1966
J. Edward Sweeney, Arts ’66, won the Theodore McMillian Judicial Excellence Award, which recognizes jurists who inspire other members of the judiciary through integrity, leadership and diligence in the pursuit of the efficient administration of justice.
1967
Bette (Tarte) Worley, Grad ’67, was honored by the National Student Exchange for her years of service as its president. The nonprofit education organi-zation is a network for under-graduate student exchange among universities in the United States, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
1968
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John J. Pilch, Grad ’68, ’72, is a lecturer in the Odyssey Liberal Arts Program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He previously taught theology as an adjunct professor at
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1951
William Flavin, Eng ’51, and wife, Marilyn, celebrated their 60th anniversary on Aug. 30, 2012. They have eight children, 23 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
1958
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Anthony J. Mayer, Bus Ad ’58, was selected to appear in the 2013 edition of Who’s Who in America.
1961
♥ James F. Bishop, Arts ’61,
Grad ’65, and Shirley (McNulty) Bishop, Jour ’62, celebrated their 50th anniversary in October. They met in graduate school at Marquette.
♥ Dennis Ferriter, Arts ’61, and Marcy (Willis) Ferriter, Sp ’61, celebrated their 50th anniver-sary on June 30, 2012. Dennis was the last football captain at
Marquette in 1960. The couple has three daughters — Maureen, Christine and Alicia — and seven grandchildren.
1962
Greg Gorak, Sp ’62, is celebrat-ing 35 years of teaching flight instruction refresher courses and has graduated 17,500 certified flight instructors. He was awarded the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for his dedication and service.
1963
REUNION YEAR
Dennis Byrne, Jour ’63, released his historical novel, Madness: The War of 1812, which tells the story of ordinary Americans caught up in America’s most bungled and least understood — but crucial — war. He is a long- time Chicago journalist and a contributing op-ed columnist for The Chicago Tribune.
1964
Frank J. Daily, Jour ’64, Law ’68, a retired senior partner in the Quarles & Brady LLP Milwaukee office, was appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to a three-year term on the Wisconsin Judicial Commission. At Quarles & Brady, he worked in the firm’s product liability, toxic tort and personal injury litiga-tion practice groups.
Dennis Herrick, Jour ’64, had the second edition of his textbook,
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1970
Marty West, Sp ’70, Grad ’72, and Pat (Plummer) West celebrated their 30th anniversary on Aug. 26, 2012. Retired faculty mem-ber and chaplain Rev. John Naus, S.J., presided at their ceremony in Oshkosh, Wis.
1972
Kathleen Gray, Arts ’72, Law ’82, was selected as a fellow of the Wisconsin Law Foundation, an honorary program that recognizes Wisconsin lawyers, judges or teachers of law known by their peers for high achievement. She was also named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. She works in the trusts and estates group at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
Marilyn King Hankins, Grad ’72, is finalizing her memoir of the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Remembering JFK: 50 Years & 50 Memories. The book features personal memories from
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from the Volga River region in Russia to Saskatchewan.
Michael Wittig, Sp ’73, Grad ’75, retired after 32 years of teaching and administration at Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee, Wis. He is now wondering what to do next.
1975
Jim Rice, Arts ’75, published Giant Cheeseheads!: The Giant–Packer Rivalry and the former Giants who helped the Packers become champions.
1976
David B. Kern, Arts ’76, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in labor and employment law and chairs the national labor relations act team at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
Thomas P. McElligott, Arts ’76,
Law ’83, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in the environmental law and litigation — environmental
residents and celebrities from all 50 states. She lives in Orlando, Fla.
Mary Jo Monahan, Arts ’72, is executive director of the Asso-ciation of Social Work Boards, headquartered in Culpeper, Va.
♥ Jay Shaw, Eng ’72, Grad ’79, and Christine (Anderson) Shaw, Nurs ’72, celebrated their 40th anniversary in December 2012. Their three children graduated from Marquette.
John Weinfurter, Arts ’72, is vice president in the government relations division of Witt Asso-ciates, a public safety and crisis management consulting firm.
1973
REUNION YEAR
Robert Chesney, Grad ’73, took second place in the interna-tional short story contest at the 43rd annual conference of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. He wrote a short story based loosely on events his father-in-law told him about his father’s emigration
groups at the Milwaukee office of Quarles and Brady LLP.
John A. Rothstein, Arts ’76,
Law ’79, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in the commercial litiga-tion and litigation — real estate groups at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
1977
♥ Margaret Fehrenbach, Dent
Hy ’77, and Jon P. Fehrenbach, Eng ’77, celebrated their 35th anniversary in 2012. They met during Freshman Orientation, held hands on the orientation zoo trip and have been together ever since. They have two children.
Susie Jans-Thomas, Arts ’77,
Grad ’92, published Reflections of the 1965 Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, Al-abama: A Memoir of the United States Civil Rights Movement. She is coordinator of the doctoral program in curriculum and diversity studies at the Univer-sity of West Florida.
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Grill sergeantOne night after a city council meeting, Pat Harris, Arts ’88,
was having dinner at Mancini’s, a steakhouse in St. Paul,
Minn. What a shame, Harris thought, that U.S. soldiers deployed overseas
can’t enjoy a night like this. That led Harris to create Serving Our Troops,
an organization that has served more than 75,000 steak dinners to soldiers
and their families since 2004. They’ve even served simultaneous dinners to
military families at home and to troops overseas, connected by video. “So
a soldier who’s in an active combat or security force theatre comes up to our
grill and says, ‘I’ll take mine medium rare,’” Harris says. “It’s pretty unique
in a war zone.”
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1978
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♥ Brian Burke, Arts ’78, and Patty (Coorough) Burke, Arts ’79, celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2012. They met at Marquette in 1976. Their oldest daughter, Colleen, attended Marquette.
Mary Neese Fertl, Arts ’78,
Law ’81, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. She works in the real estate law group at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
Terry Kelly, Arts ’78, is running for Palatine, Ill., township assessor in spring 2013.
Brian G. Lanser, Arts ’78, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in the project finance law and public finance law groups at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
♥ Michael Luedke, Arts ’78, and Patricia (Hisey) Luedke, Med Tech ’78, will celebrate their 35th anniversary on July 13, 2013. They met during Freshman Orientation Mass and started dating when they were students in the first theol-ogy class taught by Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., who served as Marquette president from 1996–2011.
1979
Connie A. Arkus, Jour ’79, is chair of FORUM magazine, published by the Association Forum of Chicagoland, which is distributed to more than 3,000 members in more than 2,000 organizations.
Rev. Bryan N. Massingale, S.T.D., Arts ’79, was promoted to professor in Marquette’s Department of Theology. He specializes in social ethics and teaches courses on Catholic
A L U M N I P R O F I L E
WPlaying through
Wroblewski is co-founder of Golf Pipeline (golfpipeline.com), a social media
website that lets members select tee times, invite friends to play, track
scores, join a handicap club and communicate with golf buddies.
The site’s model is similar to one Wroblewski entered to win Marquette’s
2008 Business Plan Competition. Though the judges saw value of Groupon-
like deals for the sport, the prototype wasn’t well-received by course owners.
“We had to take two years to rethink our strategy, and, when we re-
emerged in 2011, we were able to launch what we have today,” Wroblewski
says. “Although our plan changed considerably, the competition really
helped us figure out how to tell our story concisely. I’m thankful for that
because we’ve had to do it several times since.”
Today, a website connecting people with the same hobby may seem
like a no-brainer. But in 2008, it was a relatively new idea. “Looking at our
initial plans, there were a lot of aspects similar to social media sites that
didn’t even exist yet,” Wroblewski says. “As the Internet has evolved, so
have we.”
Golf Pipeline has more than 2,500 members and offers tee times in 13
states, with the heaviest concentration in Milwaukee, Chicago and Kansas
City. It continues to expand, much to Wroblewski’s liking and chagrin.
“I spent an awful lot of time building this business, and my golf game has
suffered from it,” he admits. — Jennifer Szink
Brian Wroblewski, Bus Ad ’98, Grad ’04,
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social thought, African- American religious ethics, liberation theologies and racial justice.
1980
Ann A. Comer, Arts ’80, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. She works in the real estate law group at the Milwaukee office of Quarles and Brady LLP.
1981
Maude Campbell, Jour ’81, was named 2012’s best reporter in Ohio by the Society of Professional Journalists for her work at the alternative weekly, Cleveland Scene.
Laura (McQuinn) Dilallo, Bus Ad ’81, is director of benefits for the YMCA Metropolitan Chicago. She and her husband, Danny, have two sons attend-ing Marquette.
Robert H. Duffy, Arts ’81,
Law ’84, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in the employment law — management, labor law — management and litigation,
and labor and employment groups at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
1982
♥ Lee Bromberger, Arts ’82,
Grad ’84, and Tina (Giovannoni) Bromberger, Nurs ’82, cele-brated their 25th anniversary on Nov. 14, 2012.
♥ John Ferder, Eng ’82, and Kathleen Fealy, Sp ’83, cele-brated their 25th anniversary on Sept. 5, 2012.
Mark A. Kircher, Arts ’82,
Law ’85, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in the personal injury litigation — defendants group at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
1983
REUNION YEAR
♥ John Glowinski, Bus Ad ’83, and Stacey (Stocker) Glowin-ski, Bus Ad ’84, celebrated their 25th anniversary on Oct. 17, 2012. Rev. Roc O’Connor, S.J., presided at the couple’s anni-versary ceremony at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee.
Jeff Grossman, Arts ’83, is man-ager of library and information services at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
♥ James Niquet, Arts ’83, Law ’86, and Noelle Muceno, Law ’90,
celebrated their 25th anniversary on June 13, 2012. They were married at St. Joseph Parish in Shelbyville, Ind., and alumni in the wedding party were best man Curt Olsen, Arts ’82, and maid of honor Yvette Muceno-Plaisted, Bus Ad ’90. Jim and Noelle are attorneys at Crivello Carlson S.C. in Milwaukee, where he is a managing partner and she is an associate. They have two sons, Ethan, a junior at Marquette, and Damon, a senior at Mar-quette University High School.
Frank Tobolski, Eng ’83, and Cindy (Nowicki) Tobolski, Eng
’83, live in Sydney, Australia, where he is on an expatriate assignment for Continental Tire. Their daughter, Rebecca, a current Marquette student, recently visited them.
1984
Steve Bergelin, Bus Ad ’84, recently saw his daughter off
to her first day of school at Queen of Apostles School in Pewaukee, Wis., and plans for her to be a member of Marquette’s Class of 2021.
Marcie Eanes, Jour ’84, had two poems in the first publication of the Anthology of the Muse for Women: No — to Violence Against Women. The collection features poets from several countries, including Serbia, Indonesia and America. She was also a featured performer at a Thousand Poets & DJs for Change in September in Austin, Texas, a worldwide event calling attention to social justice issues.
1985
Lt. Col. Steve Broniarczyk, Jour
’85, retired from the U.S. Army in May after nearly 22 years of service. He works as a planner for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.
Patricia A. Hintz, Bus Ad ’85,
was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. She works in the tax law group at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
C E L E B R A T I N G A L U M N I
Marquette sweetheartsMary Lou and George Andrie, both Arts ’62, celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary. They have much to celebrate, including
seven children, 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Many alumni remember George as a defensive lineman on the
1959–60 squad of the Golden Avalanche football team and later in
the NFL. He was inducted into the Marquette Hall of Fame in 1991.
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Daniel Jessup, Bus Ad ’85,
opened the Wisconsin broker-age office for Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle and is exec-utive vice president. The com-pany has corporate offices in 48 cities nationwide and 70 countries globally.
Patrick E. Kelly, Bus ’85, Law ’93, was elected state deputy of the District of Columbia State Council of the Knights of Colum-bus. He is vice president for public policy for the organiza-tion, responsible for all public policy, legislation and govern-ment affairs matters.
James Lowder, Arts ’85, is editor of Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, from A Game of Thrones to A Dance with Dragons, a collection of essays about Martin’s popular book series. The book was released in June by BenBella Books under the Smart Pop imprint.
♥ Glen G. Schumacher, Eng ’85,
and Marianne (Kwiatowski) Schumacher, Nurs ’86, cele-brated their 25th anniversary on May 16, 2012. The couple commemorated the milestone with a special blessing at St. Alphonsus Church in Chicago. Glen is a business manager for Air Liquide, and Marianne is a nurse practitioner at Advocate Medical Group. They live in Chi-cago’s Lakeview neighborhood with their three children, Jakob, 12, Peter, 10, and Lia, 7.
Walter J. Skipper, Bus Ad ’85, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in the corporate law group at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
♥ John Spiezio, Arts ’85, and Sheila (King) Spiezio, Nurs ’85, will celebrate their 25th anni-versary on March 26, 2013.
1986
Robyn Berkley, Arts ’86, received tenure and is an associate professor in the School of Business at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Thomas O’Shea, Ed ’86, received his doctorate in education from University College Dublin in Ireland. He has master’s degrees in special education and library science.
Mike Stachowiak, Bus Ad ’86, is a partner at Deloitte Consulting LLP. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions and restructuring, out of the company’s Chicago office.
1987
Sheila Bloomquist, Arts ’87, is filming a documentary based on expatriates in Spain, including Spaniards who lived abroad.
Ralph A. Than, Grad ’87, is vice president and treasurer of Styron, which specializes in global materials and manufac-turing plastics, latex and rubber.
1988
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1989
Michael A. Jaskolski, Eng ’89,
was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in the litigation — intellectual property and patent/patent law groups at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
Kevin M. Long, Eng ’89, Grad ’92,
Law ’92, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in the litigation —
construction and litigation — real estate groups at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
David McCormick, Law ’89, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 and named a leading lawyer in personal injury and worker’s compensa-tion by M Magazine.
1990
Marlisa (Condon) Kopenski, Jour ’90, is director of business strategy at Design Concepts, an innovation and design consul-tancy firm in Madison, Wis. She previously worked at Milwau-kee-based experience design firm Kahler Slater.
♥ Stephen Maier, Bus Ad ’90,
and Jennifer (Davidson) Maier, Bus Ad ’90, celebrated their 20th anniversary on Sept. 19, 2012. They have three children, Megan, 18, Abby, 17, and Max, 14.
1992
Julie (Kapinski) Bunczak, Comm
’92, is a lecturer of French at the University of Wisconsin — Marathon County, where she has taught since 2005. She received the 2012 University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin — Extension Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Erick D. Shambarger, Arts ’92, is deputy director of environmental sustainability for the city of Milwaukee. He oversees the city’s energy efficiency program for homes and businesses and coordinates energy reduction efforts for city facilities.
1993
REUNION YEAR
Coreen Dicus-Johnson, Comm
’93, senior vice president of physician and revenue opera-tions for Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, became a member of the Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation. The organi- zation honors members of the State Bar of Wisconsin who achieved significant accom-plishments in their career and contribute leadership and service to their communities. She is on the College of Profes-sional Studies Advisory Board and has chaired the marketing and recruitment subcommittee since 2011.
John Reinbold, Eng ’93, is a forensic engineer for Cater- pillar Global Mining in south Milwaukee.
1995
Bernard J. Kearney III, Arts ’95,
Grad ’97, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. He works in the real estate law
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group at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
1996
Tammy Brey, Eng ’96, received her juris doctor in May from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
♥ Ryan Dagon, Comm ’96, and Tiffany (Kowalczyk) Dagon, Eng ’96, celebrated their 15th anniversary in 2012.
♥ Dario Stoka, Bus Ad ’96, and Katy (Wagoner) Stoka, Comm ’97, celebrated their 10th anniversary. Dario is a top producer for Zilbert Realty, and Katy manages real estate trans-actions for Sotheby’s. They live in Miami Beach with their two children, Massimo, 5, and Enzo, 3.
1997
Katherine Maloney Perhach, Arts ’97, Law ’00, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. She works in the bank-ruptcy and creditor debtor rights, insolvency and reorganization
law, and eminent domain and condemnation law groups at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP.
Rui Shi (Charlie) Shao, Ph.D,
Grad ’97, received a doctorate of business administration from Northcentral University. He is a senior principal IT con-sultant for an aerospace and defense account at Computer Sciences Corp.
1998
REUNION YEAR
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1999
Jacqueline Beauprez, Law ’99,
is vice president and director of regulatory affairs at Ray-mond James and Associates in Memphis, Tenn.
Noleta L. (Novohradsky) Jansen, Arts ’99, is an associate in the trusts and estates practice group at the Milwaukee office
of Quarles & Brady LLP. She works with clients on estate planning and is involved in many community organizations.
2001
Susan (Bradbury) Molinsky, Comm ’01, was promoted to director at ESPN in Bristol, Conn. Previously, she was an associate director and worked on a variety of productions, including College GameDay, NASCAR Now and SportsCenter.
Beth Somers, Comm ’01, is a culinary specialist in the test kitchen at Wilton Industries, a food crafting company based in Woodridge, Ill. In August, she and a friend won the popular Food Network show Cupcake Wars and catered an event with their winning recipes and received a $10,000 prize.
Marquis Starks, Arts ’01, is enrolled in the pro bono attorney program in the civil enforcement section of the Washington, D.C., office of the attorney general, performing civil prosecution work on
behalf of the District of Colum-bia and its citizens. Previously, he was an assistant public de-fender in St. Louis.
2003
REUNION YEAR
Andrew Narrai, Grad ’03, is president of Trefoil Group (formerly Scheibel Halaska), a strategic marketing communi-cations firm in Milwaukee. He previously was chief executive officer and played a critical role in the company’s rebranding. He has been with Trefoil for seven years.
Daniel O’Donnell, Comm ’03,
received the prestigious 2012 National Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. He also won in 2008 for investiga-tive reporting.
2004
Otto E. Heck, Arts ’04, was appointed to serve as a district deputy of the District of Colum-bia State Council of the Knights of Columbus. He runs the D.C. office of Gridiron Communica-tions and Franking Sense LLC.
T W O - M I N U T E S T O R I E S
Remote reunionEven in the middle of the Pacific, Brad Rentz isn’t
far from Marquette. Rentz, Arts ’11, is one of five
recent alumni serving in the Federated States
of Micronesia with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
Education is the main focus of the volunteers’ work in the remote
nation, a group of islands between Guam and Papua New Guinea.
Rentz teaches eighth grade and recently started a school science
club. The five Marquette volunteers are split up on different islands,
but a planned spring retreat will bring them all together. “We are
going to have a mini Marquette reunion,” Rentz says.
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He also is grand knight of the Knights of Columbus council on Capitol Hill, captain of the Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Assembly and president of the Marquette Club of Washington, D.C.
Rebeca Lopez, Arts ’04, Law ’12, is an associate in the labor, employment and immigration practice group at the Milwau-kee office of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Previously, she was a case-worker, regional coordinator and office manager for U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold.
2005
Phil de la Vega, Comm ’05,
graduated with a master of arts degree in new media studies from DePaul University.
Lindsey R. King, Law ’05, was named a leading lawyer in the labor and employment law field by M Magazine. She practices at Petrie & Stocking, S.C.
2006
Emili Ballweg, Eng ’06; Brian Miller, Bus Ad ’06; and Megan Trickey, Eng ’05; completed the Minnesota MS150 Bike Ride. The three rode 150 miles and raised more than $3,500 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Brandon Zingsheim, Eng ’06, founded MissionTree, a Catholic nonprofit website where missionaries can request funding for projects.
2007
John Willkom, Bus Ad ’07, was promoted to region manager for Kellogg’s Midwest zone and relocated from Manhattan Beach, Calif., to Chicago. He and fiancée Kristan Heintz, Comm ’08, are getting married in May 2013.
A L U M N I P R O F I L E
AAs president and chief executive officer of Navy Pier Inc., she stands at the
helm of the No. 1 tourist attraction in the Midwest. Gardner’s role is part
operations director, part landlord, part community partner and part tourism
promoter, all to ensure the 9 million people who visit Navy Pier annually
walk away satisfied.
“What I find most rewarding is knowing that people choose to spend their
limited leisure time with us,” she says.
Gardner’s 18-year love affair with Navy Pier began in 1994 when she was
hired as a public relations director. Approved by Chicago’s mayor and the
governor of Illinois as general manager in 2006, the mother of three says
balance is the key to managing her hectic schedule — a skill she learned as
an undergraduate in Marquette’s Freshman Frontier Program.
“Marquette taught me to apply myself to all I do but to create balance in
doing so,” she says. “We worked hard, relaxed well, practiced our faith and
never let the little things get in the way of doing great work.”
Gardner’s current priority is managing the redevelopment of Navy Pier.
She facilitated a worldwide search for an architectural firm with a design
concept that will create the “pier of the future” in time for the venue’s
100th birthday in 2016.
“Our challenge,” she says, “is to create a pier that’s even more loved than
the current pier.” — Lynn C. Sheka
Marilynn Kelly Gardner, Jour ’88,
is convinced she has the best job in Chicago.
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Wilbur R. Gorman, Eng ’31
Dorothy J. Kleiman, Arts ’35
Florence L. Ziebell
Krueger, Dent Hy ’37
Frances C. Braun
Doherty, Nurs ’38
Louis G. Kohn, Arts ’38, Med ’42
Charles T. Bradburn, Eng ’39
Raphael H. Schwartz, Eng ’39
Rose M. Bauernfeind
Stacey, Dent Hy ’39
Frederick A. Eckl, Bus Ad ’40, Law ’42
Laurent J. Schutte, Eng ’40
Richard J. Sommers, Eng ’42
Robert Green, Eng ’43
Robert A. Remmel, Arts ’43
Robert R. Scheid, Eng ’43
Leslie G. Kalchik, Arts ’44
John F. Lueck, Dent ’45
George A. Matzat, Eng ’45
Mary M. Crewe Rome, Nurs ’45
Harold N. Heinz, Med ’46
David R. Philp, Arts ’46
Constance F. Smetek
Bonin, Arts ’47
Herman C. Inlow, Arts ’47
Roy R. Marchetti, Eng ’47
John J. O’Toole, Med ’47
Edward W. Patch, Law ’47
John B. Schliesmann, Bus Ad ’47
Harvey E. Brown, Med ’48
JD Brunner, Grad ’48
Robert L. Trapp, Eng ’48
Richard K. Winkelmann, Med ’48
Jerry J. Belger, Eng ’49
Daniel W. Corboy, Arts ’49
Mary L. Baranowski
Cristan, Arts ’49
Virginia R. Weymiller
Crosby, Nurs ’49
Donald A. Dolliver, Dent ’49
Myrta A. Ibson Holmberg, Nurs ’49
Robert J. Lauer, Bus Ad ’49
Domenic A. Panariello, Med ’49
William T. Smith, Eng ’49
John R. McKeown, Eng ’50
Gregory E. Pauly, Bus Ad ’50
Melvin A. Peterson, Bus Ad ’50
James J. Robillard, Arts ’50
Bartley H. Sorensen, Arts ’50
Julius A. Zakrzewski, Arts ’50
Phillip J. Bartness, Jour ’51
Agnes M. Crabb, Nurs ’51
Sylvester M. Dentice, Grad ’51
James D. Hayes, Arts ’51
Quinn W. Langenkamp, Grad ’51
Charles E. Madden, Bus Ad ’51
Frank A. Mueller, Law ’51
Donald E. Needles, Bus Ad ’51
Richard B. Straka, Eng ’51
Margaret L. Lopp
Alexander, Nurs ’52
Roy S. Barr, Bus Ad ’52
Warren R. Belanger, Arts ’52, Med ’55
Mary T. Klein Diederich, Arts ’52
Dorothy R. Hagberg Heinz, Arts ’52
James J. Hermacinski, Bus Ad ’52
Joan G. Gadomski
Huguenard, Arts ’52
John J. Jrolf, Eng ’52
Joseph P. Lenahan, Arts ’52
Vincent C. Luebke, Bus Ad ’52
Janet B. Barry Matt, Arts ’52
Norman S. Orlaska, Eng ’52
Joan A. Burbach Scudder, Nurs ’52
Mary Lou Brady Smith, Arts ’52
Bernadine M. Van Roy, Nurs ’52
Mary K. Estok Berthold, Arts ’53
June E. Mangan Francetic, Arts ’53
Mary G. Terry Quinn, Arts ’53
Alfred L. Schlecht, Bus Ad ’53
Martin L. Setter, Dent ’53
Robert T. Stollenwerk, Bus Ad ’53
Donald D. Greek, Eng ’54
Robert L. Hansen, Eng ’54
James D. O’Brien, Med ’54
James J. Scherwenka, Bus Ad ’54
The Marquette University community joins in prayerful remembrance
of those who have died. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.
Eternal rest grant unto them, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
in memoriam
Joseph A. Stetz, Arts ’54
John W. Gilman, Bus Ad ’55
Erwin R. Linkman, Bus Ad ’55
Delose R. Tschabold, Eng ’55
Richard L. Wutt, Arts ’55
Robert N. Mungyer, Arts ’56
Charles E. Burgi, Eng ’57
Edward M. Burke, Arts ’57
Neil N. Dickinsen, Bus Ad ’57
Robert J. Larkin, Bus Ad ’57
Wayne R. Legois, Eng ’57
Albert M. Meyer, Bus Ad ’57
John C. Shabaz, Law ’57
Earl J. Fessler, Eng ’58
Archer D. Huott, Med ’58
Dorothea C. Schulke
Lueders, Nurs ’58
James A. Menor, Bus Ad ’58
George A. Morrison, Arts ’58, Grad ’61
James D. Moscato, Eng ’58
William A. Muth, Eng ’58
Grant N. Rowold, Bus Ad ’58
David A. Salentine, Arts ’58
John R. Schwaller, Arts ’58
Ralph J. Alfidi, Med ’59
Gloria H. Voss Beyer, Arts ’59
Mannette F. Slupinski
Dohogne, Arts ’59
Joellen G. Timm Finn, Arts ’59
Eugenie I. McDonald
Kwiatkowski, Sp ’59
Edward J. Ziener, Bus Ad ’59
Joseph R. Anderer, Arts ’60
Douglas A. Kornemann, Bus Ad ’60
John P. Lange, Arts ’60
John E. Morearty, Arts ’60
Gene J. Pawlowski, Arts ’60, Med ’65
Harlan R. Thering, Med ’60
Marie K. Kyster
Gawronski, Nurs ’61
Jerome J. Gnadt, Eng ’61
Harvey R. Larson, Dent ’61
Robert A. Stiglitz, Arts ’61
Robert B. Troendly, Eng ’61
David R. Ellico, Dent ’62
Donald R. LeDuc, Law ’62
Ralph A. Matzelle, Eng ’62
Tadashi Yamamoto, Grad ’62
William F. Doran, Eng ’63
James F. Estes, Bus Ad ’63
Daniel C. Garvey, Eng ’63
Milo R. Grabow, Eng ’63
Robert E. Monigal, Eng ’63
Richard J. Weymouth, Med ’63
Jeremiah P. Crowley, Eng ’64
Eugene J. Konkel, Grad ’64
Eugene D. Palinski, Grad ’64
Douglas A. Huewe, Med ’65
Barbara L. Froelich Ross, Arts ’65
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Gerald J. Littel, Arts ’66
Henry T. McElvery, Eng ’66
Richard J. Dietz, Arts ’67, Law ’69
Charles W. McCauley, Dent ’67
Wayne E. Noelle, Eng ’67
Christopher J. Volk, Arts ’67
Lawrence M. Burrage, Grad ’68
John F. Saban, Eng ’68
Hardeep E. Singh, Eng ’68
Ronald G. Jaeckels, Grad ’69
Kim A. Klinkowitz, Arts ’69
William G. Melchior, Arts ’69
Rosie R. Chow Wong, Grad ’69
Arthur Wozniak, Arts ’69
Robert A. Peterson, Grad ’70
Cecil W. Riggin, Grad ’70
Thomas N. Tamms, Arts ’70
Kevin M. Blanchfield, Arts ’71
James L. Conger, Eng ’71
Walter B. Jakubowski, Bus Ad ’71
Suzanne T. Talsky Kuspa, Arts ’71
Virginia M. Morris
Levey, Grad ’71
Kenneth L. Oudenhoven, Grad ’71
Kenneth F. Perszyk, Bus Ad ’71,
Grad ’81
Walter O. Schneider, Grad ’71
Daniel A. Dolan, Arts ’73, Law ’75
Bertrand F. Sibley, Grad ’73
Kevin M. Bejcek, Bus Ad ’74
Nick C. Dohr, Arts ’74
John W. Taugher, Jour ’74
Robert L. Hibbard, Law ’77
Daniel B. LeMonnier, Sp ’78
Bruce W. Elbert, Law ’79
Robin C. Flowers, Jour ’79
Kenneth J. Schlager, Grad ’80
Richard J. Rotter, Dent ’81
Gerard M. Meluso, Eng ’82
Richard Cobb, Grad ’86
Ilse M. Puetz Ehlert-
Wagner, Grad ’86
Mary O. Kearns, Sp ’86
Michael L. Hermes, Arts ’89
Thomas C. Wade, Nurs ’89
Jeannie Hayes, Comm ’05
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2008
REUNION YEAR
Steve Briggs, Bus Ad ’08, was promoted to associate at Kelso & Co. in New York, help-ing analyze prospective invest-ments as the firm pursues its eighth investment partnership, with $5.1 billion of committed capital.
Nick DeMonte, Comm ’08, is an account executive at Momentum Worldwide, a full-service marketing agency in Chicago, for NASCAR sponsor Office Depot Racing. Previously, he was marketing and opera-tions coordinator at Arlington Park Racecourse.
Melissa A. Gardner, Arts ’08, is an associate in the environ-mental and litigation practice groups at the Indianapolis office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.
2009
Lauren Hazuka, Comm ’09, is the public relations representa-tive for award-winning author and former Minnesota state Sen. Ember Reichgott Junge. In addition, she is corporate analytics and services coordi-nator for the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves.
Jaclyn Kallie, Bus Ad ’09, Law ’12, is an associate at Bascom, Budish & Ceman, S.C., in Mil-waukee, working on a variety of civil litigation matters.
Peter M. Young, Law ’09, was named an “Up and Coming Lawyer” for 2012 by the Wisconsin Law Journal. He
specializes in personal injury law at the Rhinelander, Stevens Point and Wausau, Wis., offices of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C.
2010
Elizabeth Winters, Arts ’10, is assistant director for community development and operations at the University of Chicago Office of the Reynolds Club and Student Activities.
2011
Matthias Seisay, Grad ’11, received the Vera Paster Award for his altruism, courage and determination in helping the young people of his native country, Sierra Leone, during and after armed conflict. He founded the National Chapter of Defense for Children Inter- national.
2012
Stacey Barnum, Bus Ad ’12, is human resource coordinator at the University of Denver. She will begin a master’s program in human resources development and management this spring.
Donald Dwyer, Comm ’12, is a sports reporter and anchor for WLUC-TV 6 in Marquette, Mich.
Sarah Matt, Law ’12, works on a variety of commercial and business litigation matters at O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing, S.C., in Milwaukee.
I can not express how much
I love the campus at @MarquetteU.
STUDENT DANIEL KLINGELHOETS ON TWITTER
In remembrance
Phylis Ravel believed in holding the ladder so performing arts
students felt safe taking chances. Many of the students she
nurtured went on to careers on stage and television. The former
director of performing arts passed away in November after a
long battle with breast cancer. She is survived by her husband,
David, and a legion of artists who remember this small woman
who told them, “Yes, you can.”
Dr. James Goblirsch was a dental school faculty member for
30 years, chief of the dental department at St. Francis Hospital
for four years and a member of the hospital staff for more than
40 years. For his service as a dental officer in the U.S. Navy
during World War II and in Korea, he was awarded the WWII
Victory Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the Korean
Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the
American Campaign Medal. He passed away in July.
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Kerry O’Hare, Bus Ad ’91, and Michael Shawn Leist, July 6, 2012. They live in Chicago. She is senior vice president and controller of Oxford Capital Partners Inc. and Oxford Capital Group LLC, and he is a financial adviser associate at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
Colleen Flynn, Comm ’99, Grad ’01, and Jack Daniel, Aug. 17, 2012 at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Kenosha, Wis. The couple lives in Kenosha with Jack’s daughters, Katelyn and Shayla.
ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE
Michael Flynn, Arts ’89, Law ’99; Mark Flynn, Comm ’89; Matthew Flynn, Arts ’95; Erin Flynn Fox, Comm ’99, Grad ’01; Celeste Maanao Flynn, Arts ’94; and Julie Schmitz Becicka, Arts ’94.
Thomas B. Kurtz, Comm ’00, and Michelle Negri, June 18, 2011 in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. The couple resides in Milwau-kee. He is a senior manager of production at Time Warner Cable Sports32, the local TV partner of Marquette athletics, and she is a manager and hairstylist.
ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Kristin (Negri) Beres, Bus Ad ’02; Andrew Maes, Nurs ’00; and Christian Schnell, Arts ’01.
ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE
Mike Neufledt, Comm ’00; and Ronald Negri, Arts ’79.
Marcus W. Lienhard, Bus Ad ’00, and Melissa E. (Duchinsky) Lienhard, Arts ’00, May 26, 2012 at Popp Bandstand in City Park, New Orleans. The reception
was held at Parkview Terrace in City Park.
ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Paul Hultgren, Bus Ad ’00, Grad
’06; and Jessica Zittlow, Arts ’99.
ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE
Timothy J. Tyrrell, Bus Ad ’01; JP VandenBoogaard, Comm ’01; Paul F. Moffatt, Bus Ad ’01; Thomas R. Vetscher, Bus Ad ’01; Ryan J. Austin, Bus Ad ’01; Leslie (Vonderhaar) Hultgren, Bus Ad
’08; Heather (Frank) Austin, Comm ’02; Christian A. Brandt, Arts ’01; Lindsey (Anderson) Perry, Nurs ’99; Janiel (Braun) Bord, Arts ’99; Megan (Blackwell) McNamara, Ed ’99; Michael Havrilka, Bus Ad ’99; Nancy (Jacobs) Pearl, Ed ’99; Tara Jew-ell, Jour ’99; Damian Tumminia, Arts ’00; Matthew L. Duchinsky, Arts ’02; Sylvia Wlodyka, Bus Ad
’00; and Josh Williams, Arts ’99.
Erika (Mullen) Kim, Eng ’02, and Ebon Kim, in Ashland, Neb. The couple lives near Boston.
ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE
Tara (Ptak) Berkson, Eng ’02; Malinda Gockley, Eng ’01; Kerry (Donahue) Day, Arts ’07, Grad ’09; and Daniel Donahue, Arts ’75.
David Gallagher, Arts ’04, and
Michelle Hinds, Aug. 10, 2012 in Santa Barbara, Calif.
ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Daniel Ohl, Arts ’04; and Tom Gallagher, Arts ’07.
Jeffrey Moniz, Arts ’04, and Kristin A. Bell, May 27, 2012 at St. Mary’s By the Sea in Point Pleasant, N.J. The couple lives in Maple Grove, Minn.
ALUMNUS IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Adam T. Thorson, Bus Ad ’04.
ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE
Julie Bucheger Cooney, Arts ’04,
Law ’11; John Meuler, Arts ’04; Alli Quandt Meuler, Arts ’05; and Joseph Santeler, Arts ’04.
JP (John Paul) Gregory, Comm ’06, and Maggie LaSelle, May 5, 2012 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dayton, Ohio. The reception was held at the Dayton Art Institute. The celebration included more than 30 alumni, and the colors were navy and yellow.
ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Murphy LaSelle, Bus Ad ’03; Kyle Sweeney, Bus Ad ’06; Jon Witt, Arts
’06; and Joseph Pozorski, Arts ’06.
Cindy Kippley, Grad ’06, and Thomas Koperdak, Sept. 3, 2011. The couple lives in Seattle.
Brittany Georgeson, Comm ’07, and Elliott Jackson at St. Robert in Shorewood, Wis. The recep-tion was held at the Pfister in Milwaukee.
ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Missy Kessler, Bus ’08; Daniela Chavez, Comm ’08; Tracy Jack-son, Comm ’10; and Amy Meyer, Comm ’08.
Scott C. Tabernacki, Ed ’07, and Karly Hooker, July 7, 2012 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Whiting, Ind.
ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE
James F. Betkowski, Bus Ad ’06; and Katie Flom, Bus Ad ’06.
David Dunnigan, Bus Ad ’08, and Kathleen (Murray) Dunnigan, Comm ’08, May 26, 2012 at Saints Faith, Hope and Charity in Winnetka, Ill. The couple lives in Chicago.
Amanda (Moulds) Ledger, Arts ’08, and Andrew Ledger, Eng ’09, Nov. 5, 2011 at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee. He is a civil engineer with the Wisconsin Department of Trans-portation, and she is curriculum coordinator at Marquette’s child care center.
ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Ross Weyers, Eng ’08; Kyle Reiser, Eng ’09; Catherine Davis, Arts ’08; and Alison Dawe, Comm ’07.
Gregory Struhar, Jr., Bus Ad ’08, and Megan Aebly, H Sci ’08, Grad
’10, July 28, 2012 in Brookfield, Wis. The couple lives in Chicago. He works for Ryan Specialty Group as an underwriter, and she is a speech language pathologist for Union Ridge Public School in Harwood Heights, Ill.
Another reason why I love @MarquetteU:
getting offered a study spot at Starbucks
from a stranger. Freshman or senior,
it doesn’t matter. STUDENT KATHLEEN MASON ON TWITTER
W E D D I N G S
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Ashley (Schweikl) Ellingsen, Comm ’09, and Lt. Kyle Ellingsen, Comm ’09, June 16, 2012 at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee by Rev. Karl Voelker, S.J. The reception was held at the Wisconsin Club.
ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Best man Christopher Ellingsen, H Sci ’11, PT ’12; Kelsey Evenson, Arts ’09; Pat Winters, Arts ’10; and mother of the groom, JoAnne (Czajkowski) Ellingsen, PT ’81.
ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE
Debbie (Smith) Hoeft, Dent Hy
’79; Thomas O’Grosky, Arts ’96; Melissa (Frank) Skiffington, Eng ’02; Nicholas Skiffington, Eng ’02; Jeffrey Woodrow, H Sci
’03; Alissa (Aubin) Frank, H Sci
’05, PT ’07; Joseph Frank, H Sci
’05, Grad ’08; Nate Spangler, Bus
Ad ’08; Tye Winker, Arts ’09; Nicholas Seminara, Arts ’09; Michael Timberlake, Comm ’09; John Christakis, Arts ’09; Andy Simmons, Arts ’09; Johnny Conness, Bus Ad ’09; Jonathan
Ficke, Comm ’09, Law ’12; Mike Gerard, Arts ’06; Megan Christ-man, Bus Ad ’09; John Eckl, Eng
’09; Danielle Olson, Eng ’09; Lt. Daniel Caron, Eng ’09; Mark Strauss, Arts ’10; Kate Samano, Arts ’12; and Catie (Furlong) Kuckuk, Arts ’07.
Mark A. Frassetto, Arts ’09, and Brittany K. Clement, Comm
’09, Aug. 10, 2012 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Spring Lake, Mich.
ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Father of the groom Steve Frassetto, Law ’86; Jessica Ten-Busch, Arts ’09; Henry Arends, Comm ’10; Ricardo Patron, Arts
’10; and Billy Malloy, Nurs ’11.
ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE
Austin Gilmour, Arts ’09; Laura (Korthauer) Gilmour, Arts ’09; Kimberly Hanson, H Sci ’09; Steve Novak, Comm ’09; Stephanie Propsom, Bus Ad ’09; Tom Bar-sella, Bus Ad ’10; Sam Drew, Arts
’10; Adam Koehler, Comm ’10;
Chris Lindsey, H Sci ’10, PT ’12; Emily McGough, Bus Ad ’10; Kathleen (Scott) Patron, Comm
’10; and Brian Suerth, Comm ’10.
Jaclyn Kallie, Bus Ad ’09, Law ’12, and Ryan Kallie, Aug. 4, 2012 at Noble Victory Memorial Chapel in Delafield, Wis.
ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Valerie Mahoney, Arts ’09; and Catherine Rusnak, Arts ’09.
Colleen O’Donnell, Arts ’09,
and Adam Tate, Eng ’09, July 6, 2012 at St. Raymond’s Parish in Mount Prospect, Ill. She teaches third grade, and he is an engineer. The couple lives in Houston.
Erin Stec, Arts ’09, and Connor Doyle, Bus Ad ’08, Sept. 8, 2012 at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Grand Rapids, Mich. More than 25 alumni attended the ceremony. The couple lives in Chicago.
Malika Taalbi, Arts ’09, and Robert Verhein, October 2012 at St. Aloysius in West Allis, Wis. Several alumni attended, in-cluding Malika’s mother, father and grandmother. The couple lives in Madison, Wis., where she is pursuing a master of interna-tional public affairs degree at the University Wisconsin–Madison, and he is a writer. Mallory Eric-son, Arts ’09, was a bridesmaid.
Christopher Van Bauer, Bus Ad
’09, and Laura Walczak, Bus Ad
’09, June 11, 2011 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Davenport, Iowa.
ALUMNI IN WEDDING PARTY
Kristin Herdrich, Arts ’09; Maggie Williams, Nurs ’08; Kelley Walczak Bellin, Arts ’00, Grad ’07; Jackie (Walczak) Geib, Arts ’97; and Peter Bellin, Bus Ad ’00.
Trevor Mancl, H Sci ’10, Grad ’12, and Rachel (Rechner) Mancl, Arts ’12, Sept. 29, 2012 in
S H A R E T H E M O M E N T
Ashley M. Foy, Comm ’07, and James T. Packee, Bus Ad ’07, June 9, 2012 at Church of the Gesu. Bridal colors were Marquette blue and gold.
See a Flickr gallery of newlyweds at marquette.edu/magazine, and consider sharing a wedding moment with Marquette Magazine.
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Steven J. Golich, Eng ’99, and Lindsay (Hall) Golich, Comm ’99: son Charles James, March 27, 2012. He joins brother Max, 5.
Marsha Demzien Hernandez, Arts ’99, and Armando Victor Hernandez: daughter Aurora Michele Hernandez, May 29, 2011. She joins brothers Lawrence Marcelino, 9, Armando Edward, 7, and Lukas Charles, 4. The family lives in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Kristen (Pawlowski) Fischer, Comm ’01, Grad ’09, and Douglas Fischer: daughter Elise Kathleen, May 25, 2012.
Joseph Viglietta, Comm ’01, and Abby Pratt Viglietta: daughter Audriana Nicolette, Sept. 14, 2012. She is the couple’s first child.
Kristin O’Neill Boza, Comm ’02, and Todd Boza: daughter Grace Madeleine, July 31, 2012. She joins brother Henry Steven, 2.
Bradford Fryjoff, Bus Ad ’02, and Amy (Zabel) Fryjoff, Nurs ’02: son Leo. He weighed 10 pounds, 11 ounces and was 21 inches long. He joins brothers Bennett, 4, and Davis, 2.
Heidi (Halperin) Sterricker, Comm ’02, and Brian Sterricker, Bus Ad ’02: son George William, April 24, 2012. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce.
Emily (Steffan) Webber, Arts ’02: son Ryan Thomas Webber, Sept. 2, 2012. He was 6 pounds, 4 ounces and joins sister Lauren, 2.
Lt. Michael Donovan, H Sci ’03, and Colleen (Marsho) Donovan, Nurs ’03: daughter Molly Elizabeth in Lemoore, Calif. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces.
B I RT H S
Kirsten (Carlson) Solmos, Nurs ’86, and Gene Solmos: daughter Mary Grace, Sept. 15, 2011. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce. She joins sister Catherine, 18, and brothers Brian, 11, Michael, 9, John, 4, and Joseph, 2. The family lives in Wilmette, Ill.
Mark Reisterer, Bus Ad ’90, adopted son Luke Michael Reisterer, April 21, 2011. He joins brother Max, 13.
Laura (Daly) Fivecoat, Arts ’92, and Jeff Fivecoat: son Jack Daly, Feb. 14, 2012. He was 9 pounds, 13 ounces and joins brother Luke Campbell, born June 7, 2008. The family lives in Dublin, Ohio.
Dan Williams, Comm ’92, and Kristen Williams: son Edward “Teddy” Mortimer Williams, Sept. 28, 2012. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and joins sister Eleanor.
Lindsay (Rupiper) Jordan, Bus Ad ’93, and Scott Jordan: daughter Avery Margaret, April 24, 2012. The family lives in Lenexa, Kan.
Kevin A. Prudlow, Eng ’93, and Michelle J. Prudlow, H Sci ’94: son Michael William, Aug. 7, 2010. He joins sisters Hannah, 11, and Elizabeth, 4, and brother Andrew, 8.
Appleton, Wis. The couple lives in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
ALUMNI IN THE PARTY
Brooke Currier, Arts ’12; Jennifer Wilson, Comm ’12; Matthew Leblang, H Sci ’10, Grad ’12; and Joby Philip, H Sci, ’10. Current student Nadia Chow also attended.
Michael Masshardt, Bus Ad ’10, and Katherine M. Feeney, Arts ’10, June 2, 2012 at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee.
ALUMNI IN WEDDING PARTY
Elizabeth Eder (Feeney), Arts
’93; Stephanie Wittliff, Bus Ad
’10; Andrew Ostin, Bus Ad ’10; Andrew Kaczmarek, Bus Ad ’10; Peter Hoffman, Arts ’10; and John Reuteman, Bus Ad ’10.
ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE
Steven Eder, Arts ’92; Logan Barrens, Eng ’11, Grad ’12; Re-becca Moylan, Comm ’10; Allison Berg, Arts ’10; Brittany Diekvoss, Bus Ad ’10; Carly Krizmanich, Bus
Ad ’10; Sarah Finneran, Bus Ad ’10; Kaylee Lucco, Bus Ad ’10; Ryan Corr, Arts ’11; Micaela Robb-McGrath, Bus Ad ’10; Kalyn Robbert, Bus Ad ’10; Lindsey Finklang, Comm ’10; Geo Bowers, Bus Ad ’10, Grad ’11; Tonja Braba-zon (Masshardt), Grad ’98; Gary Newman, Arts ’08; and Mary Ann Apfeld, Bus Ad ’87.
Michael Rice, Bus Ad ’10, and Katharine Moss, Ed ’10, July 7, 2012 at Lehmann Mansion in Grayslake, Ill.
ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY
Kevin Rice, Eng ’05; Tom Kelly, Bus Ad ’10; AJ (Andrew) Brahm,
Bus Ad ’10; Jack (John) Mehan, Bus Ad ’10; Frank Michael, Comm
’10; Adam Nelson, Bus Ad ’10; Ross Michler, Bus Ad ’10; Jill (Blummer) Rice, Eng ’04; and Allie Kelly, Bus Ad ’10.
ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE
Rhett (Michael) Holland, Law
’11; Sarah (Dorrington) Holland, H Sci ’05, PT ’07; Kerry (Flood) Dorrington, Comm ’98; Dr. Daniel Dorrington, Arts ’97; Jeanne (Laura) Reidy, Comm ’10; Andy Rice, Bus Ad ’09; Emily Ferry, Ed
’10; Melissa Jensen, Bus Ad ’10; Caroline Abraham, Comm ’10; Natalie Mitchell, Bus Ad ’10; Kate Haller, Comm ’10; Mark Lembach, H Sci ’10, Grad ’11; Mark Positano, Arts ’10; Eliza-beth Burke, Ed ’10; Chelsea Paulson, Comm ’10; Sarah Rice, H Sci ’10; Pete Cooney, Bus Ad
’10; Emily Fagerholm, Comm ’10; Danny Knight, Bus Ad ’11; Patricia Murnik, Nurs ’79; Robert Lewis, Sr., Bus Ad ’52; Kathryn Murnik, Comm ’10; Maureen Lewis, Jour ’84, Grad ’12; An-neliese Hahne, Ed ’12; Margaret Curley, Sp ’79, Grad ’80; Kathleen Kiser, Ed ’12; Michael Muratore, Bus Ad ’11; Matt Morell, Comm
’10; Joe McDermott, Bus Ad ’10; Liz Rowland, Nurs ’10; Anthony Alessi, Eng ’10; Dave Bosch, Arts
’09; Kim Jarosz, Comm ’10; Kenny Maurer, Bus Ad ’10; and Laurie Brahm, Dent Hy ’77.
CURRENT STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
Tim Lewis, Elyse O’Callaghan and Jami Lewis.
Nathaniel L. Cherne, Bus Ad ’11, and Kelly Goaley, H Sci ’11,
Aug. 25, 2012.
When I see someone with @MarquetteU
apparel on at the airport, I go out of
my way (sometimes thru customs)
to give them a high five.
RYAN AGNEW, ENG ’08, ON TWITTER
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Adam Kirby, Comm ’03, and Kristin Kirby: daughter Maggie Ann, July 3, 2012 in Chicago. She was 7 pounds, 6 ounces.
Catherine (Morris) Maita, Comm ’03, and Geoff Maita, Bus Ad ’04: daughter Giana Maria, April 3, 2012 in Newport Beach, Calif. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Hannah (Goldkamp) Merritt, Arts ’03, and Tommy Merritt: twins Gus Hensgen and Alice Elloise, June 25, 2012. The family lives in St. Louis.
Stephanie (Friedrich) Zimmer, Arts ’03, and Ben Zimmer, Bus Ad ’03: son Emmett William, Feb. 8, 2012. He joins brother Eli Thomas.
Patrick W. Brown, Bus Ad ’04,
Grad ’12, and Kathryn (Hadley) Brown, Comm ’05: son Connor Patrick, June 14, 2012. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces. The family lives in Mequon, Wis.
Dan Foutz, Law ’04, and Laura Foutz: son Caden Harman, Oct. 4, 2012.
Heather (Olson) Lore, Bus Ad ’04, and Jeremy Lore: son Nathan David Lore, May 15, 2012. He is their first child and was 10 pounds, 22 inches long.
Erica (Guttenberg) Lowe, H Sci ’04, and Christopher Lowe: son Jacob Trenton Winfield, Sept. 9, 2012.
Andrew Novotny, Eng ’04, and Diane (Sheetz) Novotny, H Sci ’04: daughter Emily Anne, Aug. 29, 2012. She was 9 pounds, 1 ounce and 22 inches long. The family lives in White-fish Bay, Wis.
Tina (Zabel) Crichton, Bus Ad ’05, Grad ’06, and James Crichton: son Ryan James, Aug. 3, 2012. He weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Lindsey R. King, Law ’05, and Adam G. King, Grad ’06: daughter Meara Delaney, May 27, 2012. She joins sister Aibhlinn Madison, 3.
Nicole (Evans) Maguire, Ed ’05, Comm ’05, and Bryan Maguire, Bus Ad ’05: daughter Ava Therese, July 23, 2012. She was 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 21.5 inches long. The family lives in Oak, Lawn, Ill.
Brianne (Mueller) Knaus, Comm ’06, and Patrick Knaus: daughter Amelie Claire, March 1, 2012.
Jacquelyn (Martinez) Messer, Eng ’06, and Dr. Michael Messer, Arts ’05, Dent ’10: daugh-ter Evelyn Ann, May 7, 2012. The family lives in Oconomo-woc, Wis.
Sarah (Dorrington) Holland, PT ’07, and Michael Rhett Holland, Law ’11: son William Jack, Nov. 10, 2011. The family lives in Wauwatosa, Wis.
Katherine (Shanahan) Wagner, Arts ’07, and Matthew Wagner, Bus Ad ’07: daughter Sloane, in Chicago. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Andy O’Connell, Bus Ad ’08, and Lisa O’Connell, Sp ’09: daughter Ella Jean, Oct. 8, 2012. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 21 inches long.
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Political chatter
The “Count down” series
in the fall 2012 Marquette
Magazine was impressive.
I read it before and after the
election. Americans, particu-
larly lawmakers, have much
to consider in what Father
Pilarz termed “constructive
political engagement.”
ARLENE WROBLEWSKI, JOUR ’57,
GRAD ’68
Our gem, Father Naus
We just attended a Mass and
celebration honoring Father
Naus for his many years of
dedication and service to the
Evans Scholar chapter at Mar-
quette. His work as spiritual
adviser, academic counselor
and presence throughout our
existence at Marquette made a
great difference in all our lives.
You are loved and will forever
be a part of our Marquette
experience. On a personal note,
I will miss the impromptu
visits with Father Naus at
his campus office and his
warmth and humor. May our
paths cross again soon.
TOM BURKE, ARTS ’75
I now have college kids myself
and have told them about the
midnight Mass at Schroeder.
Father Naus was a wonderful
role model for me and such
a welcome face each week.
I had no idea he was 88!
JOANNE MARKEL OTTO, PT ’76
Father Naus and midnight
Mass, clown suit, and his ser-
mons would end mid-sermon
when a child or baby cried at
midnight Mass. He said it was
God’s way of telling him to
stop. Enjoy your retirement.
MICHELE VERTUCCI, ARTS ’74
I met Father Naus my fresh-
man year, and he has been a
mentor and friend since then.
He has shared his wisdom
and humor with me and my
family, and we will always be
in his debt.
DAVID GUY, PT ’67
I had the good fortune to
meet Father Naus during my
son’s campus visit while my
son was looking at universi-
ties. Father Naus made my
son’s visit. He was kind, help-
ful and inviting. My son still
speaks with awe of his time with Father Naus. Enjoy your retirement. You will be missed.
MATTHEW JUNGBLUT, ARTS ’78
I was lucky to meet him in Schroeder and take his humor class. I saw him in his clown suit a few times, too.
GREGG HILLIARD, ARTS ’87
As an incoming freshman, seven days after orientation, a greatly loved family member passed away and I had to fly to Boston for the funeral. Father Naus was the first person I saw when I got the news. His guidance and steady hand in September of 1967 will never be forgotten.
MARK R. RUSSELL, ARTS ’71
Father Naus has touched the lives of all who have met him. Our daughter, Liz, celebrated Mass with Father Naus while attending Marquette and holds much admiration for the man who can bring sun-shine on a dreary day. We say, so long, and God bless you. We shall meet again. Failte!
DONNA FITZGERALD, PARENT
WWII flyboys admired
I was on the ground with the 8th Airforce for 30 months and had the highest respect for
those guys who went up daily to fly those B17s and B24s.
DON O’REILLY, ENG ’58
Memories of Marquette
Thank you for sending me Marquette Magazine. In 1951, I began a spiritual year that included the 30-day retreat exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. I met and got to admire Father Bernard Cooke before he left the priesthood, and I’m sure every journalism grad of the time never forgot Dean Sullivan and so many others. I began graduate studies for a master’s in journalism on Sept. 1, 1958. I received my degree in 1961. I’ve never been back, but I have an in-delible memory of coming down 12th Street full of pride in that magnificent facade of Gesu Church.
REV. THEODORE “TED” GERKEN,
GRAD ’61
Dream come true
I would like to send my sincerest thanks to everyone at Marquette for the wonder-ful and warm welcome we received when we came to Marquette for International Orientation and Freshman Orientation. My son was born and raised in Japan, and though I am an expat
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I took my family to Marquette this past summer, and Father Naus
gave us a guided tour of some of the campus buildings. You are a gem,
Father Naus, and a light in a sometimes dark world. Thanks for spending
time with me, my husband and my four boys. MARY SOJKA, PT ’91
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C E L E B R A T I N G A L U M N I
Happy jubilee! Congratulations to Sister Carol Thresher, SDS, Arts ’65,
on 50 years of religious life and a second term as
leader of the U.S. Province of the Sisters of the Divine
Savior. Sister Thresher’s life path has taken her near
and far and from teaching in elementary and secondary
schools to ministry in São Paulo, Brazil, to designing
formation programs for Salvatorians in Rome, Africa,
India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Philippines and
England. Our prayers are with her.
Are you celebrating a milestone event? Tell us.
Send a picture to marquette.edu/classnotes.
MILES T O N E
Milwaukeean, I always
dreamed that my children
would be able to attend
Marquette University. My
wife’s and my dream started
to come true when our
oldest son was accepted at
Marquette. We spent a truly
wonderful week learning
about the Marquette family
and the bright future that
our son has in front of him.
Everyone put us at ease in
knowing that he is in great
hands and that there is
little, if anything, that we
need to worry about him
matriculating at Marquette.
Kudos to the staff and
administration for making
us feel welcome, and a
special kudos to all the
students who went out of
their way to make all of us
feel welcome and a new
part of the Marquette com-
munity! May God’s blessings
shine forever on Marquette and all the people who attend and work there.
PAUL ODYA, PARENT
Global issue enjoyed
I read with interest and truly enjoyed the Global Issue of Marquette Magazine. I and my family had the good fortune to live in Brussels, Belgium, for 10 years while I was a director of an inde-pendent, intergovernmental, international organization. We traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia. Each of our sons attended a university overseas, and all the boys speak another language. We all have good friends around the world, and we keep in regular touch with them. We even have an
Argentine daughter-in-law who is now a professor at an American university. The exposure to other cultures, languages, religions and political systems means that you continue to learn as you consider issues from different points of view. If my 30 years of international travel have taught me anything, it is this: Different is just different and, more often than not, different is good and interest-ing. I encourage all Marquette students to take advantage of any foreign travel or edu- cational opportunities that present themselves.
MICHAEL SCHMITZ, BUS AD ’67
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future better than I could have ever
imagined. Actually looking forward to life
after graduation. STUDENT JON CLEVELAND ON TWITTER
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RTilling the soil
The insights
of St. Ignatius
invite us to be
intellectually and
morally engaged
in the welfare
and progress of
people through-
out the world.
Recently a 40-something alumna described her life and activities for me.
I got tired just listening. She launched her children off and into college but
still finds herself involved in scouts and teaching religious education in
her parish, as she has for years. A women’s Habitat for Humanity project
captured her imagination a few years ago, and she spends many Saturdays
joining other women who have learned carpentry, electrical skills and basic
construction. They are rehabbing a house alongside the new homeowner
— a single mother of three.
The alumna manages all of this activity while maintaining her marriage
of 25 years, staying connected with her young adult children and balancing
her professional work in health care. She probably would not describe
her choices as anything special. She is doing what she believes she is
called to do.
Underlying her activity is an incredible calm, a sense of meaning
and purpose. Her life is a balanced mix of action and reflection and faith.
Her “way of being” mirrors the hope of St. Ignatius as he guided people
through the Spiritual Exercises, firmly believing that contemplation and
reflection lead to action. Followers of Ignatius are often called contem-
platives in action.
Ignatius brought something unique to the spiritual life, a legacy that
has stood the test of time. Rather than spending his life in a monastery
steeped in prayer, he urged his Jesuit companions to embrace the world, to
go out into the streets and the hillsides to look and see, hear and feel, taste
and smell. For Ignatius, the world became the source of contemplation that
called him to action. If we follow his example, our awareness of and con-
nection to events and the plight of people worldwide will be as important
to us as what happens inside our own homes.
The contemplative in action is aware of the struggling single mother
slogging it out; the veteran returned from the war and now facing PTSD;
the fears of parents who don’t have enough money to feed and clothe their
children; the global unrest in many parts of the world; the hate crimes,
street violence and realities that people live with every day.
In a few days, our university community will begin Mission Week,
a celebration that reminds us of these elements of our Ignatian heritage.
This year’s theme, “The World is our Home,” touches on the insights of
St. Ignatius in inviting us to be intellectually and morally engaged in
the welfare and progress of people throughout the world and more fully
attuned to and aware of deep blessings and moments of grace. The
moments and places in which we are active and aware, paying attention
to both the light and the dark, become the source of prayer, reflection
and contemplation.
Dr. Susan Mountin, Jour ’71, Grad ’94, director of Manresa for Faculty, helps
us till the soil of faith in a quarterly column on Ignatian values.
from the archives
Students in the university’s Avalanche Ski Club held a square dance at Maryhill Ski Lodge, circa 1951.
The Avalanche Club was started by Jesuit Raphael Hockhaus, a World War II combat chaplain.
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