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Board of Trustees and oversaw the growth
and expansion of several TU campus proj-
ects in the 1990s. He was inducted into both
the Collins College of Business and College
of Engineering and Natural Sciences halls
of fame, is a member of the Golden Hur-
ricane Club and serves the United Way.
Bailey and his wife, Pat, are long-time
supporters of Golden Hurricane Athletics,
the Tulsa Undergraduate Research Chal-
lenge (TURC), TU Presidential Scholars
and the Friends of Finance series. They
have four children and 11 grandchildren.
Their son John (BA 96, MTA 98) and
daughter-in-law Cynthia (MBA 96) are
proud alumni.
John Henshaw, Mr. Homecoming
John Henshaw, chair of the Department
of Mechanical Engineering and Harry H.
Rogers Professor of Mechanical Engineer-
ing, has played an integral role in shaping
the lives of young TU engineers for 24
years. An alumnus of Vanderbilt Univer-
sity and the University of Delaware, he is a
30-year veteran of the engineering industry
and has focused much of his research in the
eld of materials science.
Henshaw is a devoted advocate of TUs
Make A Difference Engineering initiative,
(MADE at TU) which improves the lives of
persons with special needs through mobility
aids and other adaptive devices. He serves
as the College of Engineering and Natural
Sciences representative for the Tulsa Chap-
ter of the TU Alumni Association board and
often attends athletic, music and academic
events.
His wife, Mia Vahlberg (JD 04), is an
attorney at Gable Gotwals; and his step-
daughter, Elaine Johnson (BS 10), is an
alumna of TUs international business and
language program.
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That might have seemed to an impossible
and expensive task at that time, Shern said.
Yet it was effective and solved a myriad of
health problems at that time.
Today there are many health issues and
the U.S. has dropped to 50th in the world,
down from 11th just two decades ago, he
said.
We spend twice as much on health care
than any country in the world that we com-
pete against, Shern continued, but we
arent getting the quality care we should
have.
With health care costs so high this country
is effectively losing one Fortune 500 Com-
pany each year, he added. Costs go beyond
the medical issues.
Poor health has caused our education sys-
tem to suffer in science, problem solving and
mathematics even though so much emphasis
has been placed on education. The root cause
of the problems has not been identied.
Through genetics, the economy, family
situations and traumatic incidents in a per-
sons life all factor into what could impact
many generations.
The genetic trail is like a zip code, he said.
It can be tracked through generations and
these become a persons makeup.
Unlike Snow and Pasteurs time where it
took 30 years to apply science and make an
identication, todays scientists probably are
about 10 year out to having an even more
complete understanding of the process.
Studies show that many kids start having
symptoms of mental health problems when
they are 14 years old, Shern said. Unfortu-
nately, many of these same individuals do not
get any type of treatment until they are 24.
The result is they do poorly in school and
drop out. Symptoms are there and they start
suffering from depression and fall into the
low paying jobs. Because they have internal-
ized that stress they pass it on when they have
families and the vicious cycle is repeated.
Think about bringing a child into those
circumstances, Shern continued.
Proven solutions are available.
Home visitations by nurses have been ef-
fective in reducing child abuse by 40 percent.
A Positive Parent Program that educates
people on how to be parents helped reduce
problems by about 30 percent.
Shern cited effective programs in Wash-
ington State and Seattle.
One program reduced the number of
prison beds by 2,000 and those funds were
then used to support and develop others that
would help the people.
At one time this country had a War on
Poverty, he said. Poverty dropped to around
11 percent during that time, but now has ris-
en to about 20 percent since those programs
went away.
What this country needs is a real outcry
against these issues that cause mental health
difculties for people, he said. Some help is
being received by some people because in-
surance companies no longer can turn them
away because of a pre-existing condition.
There are compelling reasons to be con-
cerned about the health and well being in
this country, Shern said. Positive steps are
being taken, but there is a long way to go.
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