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2 News of the
University
DePauw at Copenhagen
8 Feature:
The Write Stuff
10 Gregory L. Schwipps ’95
30 Attorneys and
Physicians Weekend
Alumni share their
n The DePauw experience Faculty perspective: We’re not experience and network
provides students with more just writers, we’re teachers with students during
academic engagement n 12 Ka’Lena Cuevas ’10 on-campus program
Environmental studies at Student perspective: Creating
DePauw will expand n work that is ‘smarter and
Kiplinger’s ranks DePauw greater’ than ourselves Also in this issue
among top 50 n DePauw Alumni spotlights:
Alumni Programs 28
among best at providing 14 Micah Ling ’03
students with global 16 Chinonye Chukwu ’07 Class Notes 36
experience n WGRE 18 Abby Chew ’02 DePauw profile
receives award for broadcast 20 Nicholas Kindelsperger
excellence n Students ’05 and Blake Royer ’05
experience Winter Term 22 Catherine Calabro ’06 (Cover image: Larry Ligget)
24
projects n Media Fellows
Recent Spring 2010 • Volume 73 • No. 3
gain work experience n
DePauw again named to Words www.depauw.edu/pa/magazine
Community Service Honor Charles Ballinger ’57 Staff
Roll n Undergraduate n Tamara Beauboeuf- Larry G. Anderson, Jennifer Clarkson
editor Soster ’88,
Ethics Interns support work Lafontant n Anne Husted 765-658-4628 executive director of
landersn@depauw.edu alumni relations
of The Prindle Institute Burleigh ’63 n James B. 765-658-4208
Richard Fields,
n Internships provide Cash ’57 n Timothy G. University photographer
jsoster@depauw.edu
DePauw at
exhausted train rides, endless hours
standing outside in lines, and the
occasional feeling of helplessness against
COPENHAGEN
one of history’s most challenging problems.
Five of us walked through the special
United Nations customs line at the
Copenhagen airport and into the city
during the first week of negotiations. The
other eight students and Kelsey Kauffman,
part-time assistant professor of University
studies, followed during week two, thanks
to a generous gift from Pamela Lorman
Peternell ’68 and her husband, Ben.
As late as October, the biggest barrier
between 10 students from Kauffman’s
International Climate Policy class
and Copenhagen was airfare funding.
Kauffman, Anthony M. Baratta ’11
and Taylor M. Cantril ’11 explored
an impressive array of options, from
donated frequent flier miles, to seats on
Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers’ executive
jet or even Air Force One. Nothing came
to fruition.
Kauffman, Baratta and Cantril
and world. During the spring semester, chemistry and physics department
Management Fellows and their for 70 years before the building
internship sites included Arielle N. was razed in 1973. The four pillars,
Babineaux, Independent Purchasing which stand in Walker Circle on the north side of the Memorial Student Union
Cooperative, Miami; Mark P. Branigan, Building, are Doric columns with Ionic capitals – classical Greek structures
Partners in Housing, Indianapolis; that many alumni remember fondly and also have come to symbolize the
Breana A. Buchler, Angie’s List, philosophical foundations of the University.
Indianapolis; Chip R. Davis, Eli Lilly After laying for 25 years in an old cow pasture west of campus and being
and Company, Indianapolis; Julia E. rediscovered, the Minshall columns were restored through a generous gift from
Drummond, BrandEra, Fort Worth, Elizabeth Dye Walker ’35 and the devoted efforts of the late Donald “Jack” J.
Texas; Patrick C. Geoghegan, American Cook, professor emeritus of chemistry, and his wife, Marion.
Education Group, Grand Rapids, In 2000, just two years after their restoration, the distinguished pillars became
Mich.; Lucy M. Grimm, Independent icons for the depauw.year1 program, the University’s comprehensive program
Purchasing Cooperative, Miami; Julia for first-year students. Within the program, the pillars represented intellectual
M. Mathews, Brunswick Group LLC, engagement, positive community, diverse people and ideas, and goal assessments.
Washington, D.C.; Colby E. Mueller, The pillars continue to serve the DePauw community as prominent symbols
Tadewinds, China; Josh W. Schlake, of the University’s ideals, goals and expectations of its students, faculty and staff
Office of U.S. Congressman Steve Buyer, members.
Washington, D.C.; Jordan S. Stefanov, In a 1998 issue of DePauw Magazine, Marion Cook said, “The columns
Brunswick Group LLC, New York City; represent a gateway between the old campus and the new campus.” It is an
W. Foster Tidwell, Brunswick Group observation that remains true today.
LLC, New York City; W. Trenton
Briefs n
professor of English, is featured in The
Best American Mystery Stories 2009
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), the
Latin American Social Movements in the
premier annual showcase for the
Twenty-First Century: Resistance, Power, and
Samuel A. Autman, assistant professor country’s finest mystery stories.
Democracy, co-edited by Glen D. Kuecker,
of English, is recipient of an award in
University Professor and associate professor n
the 2009 Soul-Making Literary Contest,
of history, was among 2009’s Outstanding
an extended community arts outreach Gloria C. Townsend, professor of
Academic Titles, according to Choice:
program of the National League of computer science and coordinator of the
Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
American Pen Women, Nob Hill, San Women in Science Program, received
Francisco Bay Area Branch. Autman’s n a National Science Foundation (NSF)
“A Dash of Pepper in the Snow” was the grant of $488,000 in conjunction with
Brett R. O’Bannon, associate professor of
second place winner for the Tara L. Masih colleagues at the University of Virginia
political science, was invited to speak at a
Intercultural Essay Prize. He was invited and the Anita Borg Institute for Women
ministerial conference in Lomé, Togo, last
to give a reading on March 21 at the new and Technology. Their Wide Web of
fall. The regional conference was organized
San Francisco Main Library, Civic Center. Women project will develop a network of
by the United Nations in collaboration
women in computing, including regional
n with the Economic Commission of
conferences to enhance the participation of
West African States and the government
Meredith K. Brickell, assistant professor women and girls in the sciences. Townsend
of Togo in preparation for the United
of art, was awarded a Scholarship of is also part of a DePauw team that was
Nations Climate Change Conference in
Engagement Faculty Grant from the awarded a NSF grant of $552,000 to
Copenhagen in December 2009.
Indiana Campus Compact to support DePauw for support of the new Percy
the development of a new course, n Lavon Julian Scholarship program.
Community-based Art Project. The Photographic quilts by Cynthia O’Dell, n
class, which was offered for the first associate professor of art, are featured
time during the spring semester, aims Janet L. Vaglia, associate professor
in A Tinta, a Mariposa e a Metástase:
to connect DePauw students and the of biology, is recipient of a $200,000
a arte como experiência, conhecimento e
University to Putnam County residents research grant from the National
acção sobre o cancro de mama (The Paint,
through collaborative public art. Institutes of Health. She is using the
the Mariposa and the Metastasis: art as
funds to study “continual addition of
n experience, knowledge and intervention on
posterior tail segments, regeneration and
breast cancer), published in Portuguese by
David T. Harvey, vice president for Hox gene expression.”
Edições Afrontamento.
academic affairs and Percy L. Julian
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
is principal investigator on an NSF grant
project titled “Incorporating an Internet-
Mediated Community of Practice for the
Analytical Sciences into the Analytical
Sciences Digital Library.” This project
will enhance the Analytical Sciences
Digital Library – one of several digital
libraries in the National Science Digital
Library – in order to, among other
things, assist faculty in the development
(Photo: Larry Ligget)
Faculty perspective:
We’re not just writers,
we’re teachers
By Gregory L. Schwipps ’95, associate professor of English
Student perspective:
Creating work that is ‘smarter and
greater’ than themselves
By Ka’Lena S. Cuevas ’10
Micah E. Ling ’03, part-time assistant islands – three people who are in this world
professor of English, has a special wanting to escape something: Amelia
perspective on academic life at DePauw Earhart; Robert Stroud, the Bird Man of
– first, as a student, and now, a professor Alcatraz; and Fletcher Christian, the chief
and published author. Her first book mutineer on the H.M.S. Bounty who lived
of poems, Three Islands, was recently the remainder of his life on an island.
published by Sunnyoutside Press, and Ling originally treated the three
selections from it have been nominated as separate projects. “When I was in
for a 2010 Pushcart Prize. graduate school, I looked at a map of
Ling actually started writing some of the Pacific Ocean to see where Amelia
the poems for Three Islands when she was disappeared, and I realized that where the
a student at DePauw. “I think of those three ‘voices’ were located made a perfect
poems as being born here,” she says. triangle,” she explains. “That’s when I
She credits Joseph “Joe” W. Heithaus, started thinking about it as one project,
associate professor of English, and former and it became the subject of my M.F.A.
DePauw professor Maurice W. Manning thesis at Indiana University.”
as mentors when she began writing poetry. Heithaus adds, “In Micah’s senior year
“I started writing persona poems at DePauw, she fell in love with these
about Amelia Earhart,” Ling says. “I’ve three people, these three islands, these
always been interested in her story. strange connections and names – a bird
“Three Islands is in three voices – three woman, a bird man behind bars, and a
Award-winning filmmaker/screenwriter
pursues her passion and dream
By Larry G. Anderson, editor
During a rare break from post- became Chukwu’s friend and mentor. The Princess Grace Award, presented
production on her latest film in “Chris White’s class propelled my pursuit by the Royal Family of Monaco,
Philadelphia, award-winning filmmaker of filmmaking as a profession. It really provided Chukwu with $24,000 for
and screenwriter Chinonye Chukwu ’07 awakened my creativity,” Chukwu said. work on the film she is completing,
related how – in the same way her films Chukwu, who was Nigerian-born The Dance Lesson, which depicts a
reach a critical point – she reached a but raised in Oklahoma and Alaska, 13-year-old black girl striving to be a
defining moment at DePauw. found many other supporters among ballerina amid her increasingly gentrified
“I always knew I wanted to be faculty members as well as staff members neighborhood in North Philadelphia.
where I’m at; I just never expressed it to throughout the University who gave her Chukwu is writing her first major,
anybody,” Chukwu, an English writing a strong sense of community. In fact, feature-length screen script and plans to
major, said. “I came to a turning point after receiving a 2009 Princess Grace shoot the feature film next year.
during my junior year. I thought, I Award as one of six student filmmaker She also has had her first opportunity
can’t not pursue my passion and dream, recipients in the nation, Chukwu sent to be a producer – of a film titled Dust,
and that’s when I had to open up to an e-mail announcement to eight which is based on a collection of poems.
somebody. [Associate Professor of DePauw professors. “They instilled in The film already has a distributor.
English] Christine White talked with me me the writing skills that allowed me to Chukwu’s earlier film, Igbo Kwenu!,
about how to get where I wanted to be.” be successful,” she said. “The strength, received both the Best Motion Picture
Chukwu took Professor White’s tenacity and focus I have are definitely a Award and Best Screenplay Award at
Dramatic Writing class, and White soon direct result of my experiences at DePauw.” the 2009 Diamond Screen Festival in
Philadelphia. This film also was screened She’s also had the opportunity to be
“I came to a turning at the San Diego Black Film Festival, a teacher herself, and that experience
Dallas Video Fest and Urban Media had a big influence on her. Not only has
point during my junior Makers in Atlanta. she taught undergraduate film classes at
Chukwu will complete a Master Temple University and LaSalle University,
year. I thought, I can’t
of Fine Arts degree in film at Temple but also she was a literacy instructor at an
not pursue my passion University in May 2010. She was elementary school in North Philadelphia.
active as an undergraduate at DePauw, “That experience was literally life-
and dream, and that’s participating in Ladies and Allies for changing,” she said. “I had never
Cross-Cultural Education (LACE), experienced that kind of unconditional
when I had to open up
Association of African-American Students love from children – particularly the girls
to somebody. [Associate (AAAS), Feminist Majority Leadership who looked at me as a role model. The
Alliance (FMLA) and Zeta Phi Beta fact that they will also watch my work on
Professor of English] sorority. She also assisted with campus the screen and be influenced didn’t really
programming that brought speakers and hit me until I started teaching. It has had
Christine White talked authors – including author, feminist and an impact on my work.
activist bell hooks – to campus. “I want to share my own life
with me about how to get
“My time at DePauw was probably experiences, and the lack of a black
where I wanted to be.” the most challenging time of my life. female presence on the screen impacts
During my first year, I took Intro to my filmmaking. I’m really inspired by the
Black Studies with Professor [Vanessa] complexities and nuances of people like
Dickerson. It was the hardest and most me on screen because you don’t see that
– Chinonye Chukwu ’07
difficult class I had at DePauw because many of them.”
she was rigorous. She really pushed us,” Chukwu plans to continue to make
Chukwu said. “In terms of writing, I feature-length films and teach, or at least
benefited from learning how to knock work with young people. “Any place I can
out a 25-page paper in short time.” tell a story, I want to be there,” she said.
able to communicate.
Abby Chew ’02, kneeling, and her students work with goats at Olney Friends School. – Abby Chew ’02
NICHOLAS KINDELSPERGER
and BLAKE ROYER, both ’05
After graduating from DePauw in 2005, Writers before becoming chefs, find a way to write so other people would
Nicholas D. Kindelsperger and Blake Kindelsperger and Royer naturally pay us to do it. We realized we didn’t like
C. Royer moved into an apartment on gravitated toward ways to share their writing for other people; it was more fun
Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The two cooking on a budget. By 2006, Internet to write for ourselves. We were able to
English writing majors had gone to the blogs – an amalgamation of “Web” and focus more on the writing than on the
city long on dreams, but short on plans. “log” – had reached the mainstream. Any chaos of cooking together.”
“There’s a long tradition of people media outlet worth its salt had one, and To spread word about their blog, they
foolishly moving to New York City to any pair of go-getting writers could start tapped into the connections they’d made
see what happens,” Royer says. “We were one. Thus, ThePauperedChef.com was with DePauw alumni at events held
interested in publishing, and New York is born. locally.
the center for that.” “We got to thinking, if we’re spending “When we first started, we had a
Life in Manhattan stretched their all of our time cooking, why not blog party with other DePauw alumni, and we
temp position wages thin. Rather than about it?” Royer remembers. “It wasn’t wrote down our Web address on napkins
resigning themselves to eating packages just time in the kitchen – we used food and gave it to people as they were
of ramen noodles, the roommates as a vehicle to explore the city.” leaving,” Kindelsperger says. “They were
decided to learn how to cook, but not in Kindelsperger admits the two had no this built-in group who were propping us
the way that most bachelors do – they idea what they were doing at first, and up, wanting us to do well.”
wanted to learn how to cook well. no master plan. “The original idea was to One afternoon, a year-and-a-half
For their blog, Blake C. Royer ’05, left, and Nicholas D. Kindelsperger ’05 sample Italian sub sandwiches in Chicago.
CALABRO ’06 “They were all just so encouraging of my work,” she says.
“I took a class first semester of my first year and had a really
encouraging experience with Professor Gloria. Then I took a
really great Winter Term class, Eye and Ear: Poetry Writing and
Seeing the World, with Professor Heithaus, and that was a really
From DePauw to great experience. ”
Calabro worked closely with Heithaus following a study-
prestigious fellowship abroad experience in France where she took a class on prose
poetry. Through a faculty-student grant for the summer,
at University of
Heithaus and Calabro read contemporary American poetics
and worked in the collage form. Heithaus also helped her write
about her Italian heritage and grandfather’s Alzheimer’s disease.
Michigan: Developing “During the summer, we worked every day together,”
Calabro says. “He gave attention to my work and taught me
Family Up on Alexander,
as part of her Honor Scholar
thesis at DePauw.
RECENT WORDS
CHARLES BALLINGER ’57 book that the defining quality of black brilliance and the events of the times in
and Carolyn Kneese, Balancing the School womanhood is strength, she states that which he lived combined to offer him the
Calendar: Perspectives from the Public the idea of strength also undermines its knowledge and fame he sought. Burleigh’s
and Stakeholders (Rowman & Littlefield real function: to defend and maintain new introduction explains our continuing
Education – ISBN: 978-1-57886-879- a stratified social order by obscuring interest in this central figure of the early
7). Many thoughtful and forward- black women’s experiences of suffering, years of the American Republic. Burleigh
looking educators and administrators acts of desperation and anger. Through is a freelance writer who has contributed
have reorganized the school calendar interviews with 58 black women, she to numerous publications including
and traditional nine-month model to explores the restrictive myth of the Crisis, Catholic Dossier, and Homiletic
one that is more balanced, and they Strong Black Woman, demonstrating and Pastoral Review. She is also author
have seen both positive and negative the physical and emotional toll of this of Journey up the River: A Midwesterner’s
results in the classroom, school, district performance of invulnerability, which Spiritual Pilgrimage.
and community. Balancing the School leaves many black women suffering
Calendar is a compilation of perspectives from eating disorders and depression. n
and research reports from those who Her book draws on black feminist
have reorganized classroom time to create scholarship, cultural studies and voice- JAMES B. CASH ’57, Letters to Raintree
better learning situations for students. centered research to trace the historical County (Virtualbookworm.com
A sequel to School Calendar Reform: and social influences on normative black Publishing – ISBN: 978-1-60264-
Learning in All Seasons, co-authored femininity, laying bare the common 461-8). Letters to Raintree County is
by the editors of this volume, the book perception that strength is an exemplary based upon 50 letters to 19th -century
provides a greater qualitative perspective quality of “authentic” black womanhood. individuals living in Henry, also known
whereby the research results are reported Beauboeuf-Lafontant is co-editor of as Raintree County, Ind. There are three
more verbally, rather than simply Facing Racism in Education, 2nd edition. sets of letters included in the book: from
statistically. Ballinger is executive director Virginians and former Virginians; from
emeritus of the National Association for n Pennsylvania; and from Indiana soldiers
Year-Round Education. fighting in the Civil War. Cash provides
ANNE HUSTED BURLEIGH ’63, intricately detailed and historically
n John Adams (Transaction Publishers – accurate accounts of the people who
ISBN: 978-1-4128-1000-5). In this new wrote the letters included in his book,
TAMARA BEAUBOEUF- paperback edition (the original hardbound providing readers with the necessary
LAFONTANT, associate professor edition was published in 1969), Burleigh background information they need to
of sociology and education studies, gives us a warm, sensitive study of John better understand these personal and
Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Adams in the many roles he played historical documents. Cash’s book also
Woman (Temple University Press – during his eventful life: student, lawyer, includes essays that provide insight on the
ISBN: 978-1-59213-668-1). While polemicist, founding father, diplomat, impact that the American Civil War had,
Beauboeuf-Lafontant argues in her president, husband and father. His own an effect that he argues continues today.
RECENT WORDS
BARBARA KINGSOLVER ’77, The Calculus Collection is a useful resource the Fermi National Accelerator Center
Lacuna (HarperCollins Publishers – for everyone who teaches calculus in near Chicago and the Anheuser-Busch
ISBN: 978-0-06-085257-3). Her first high school or in a two- or four-year Brewery in St. Louis. From universities
novel in almost a decade, the New college or university. It consists of of science to national laboratories,
York Times best-selling author Barbara 123 articles selected by a panel of six particle accelerators to energy labs and
Kingsolver takes readers on an epic veteran high school teachers, each of beyond – Nickell illuminates the history
journey from the Mexico City of artists which was originally published in math of each topic and paints a panorama
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the Horizons, MAA FOCUS, The American of stunning achievements in physics
America of Pearl Harbor, F.D.R., and J. Mathematical Monthly, The College and chemistry. Nickell teaches physics
Edgar Hoover. The book’s protagonist, Mathematics Journal or Mathematics at Franklin Central High School in
Harrison Shepherd, born in the United Magazine. The articles focus on engaging Indianapolis and is an associate faculty
States and reared in a series of provisional students who are encountering the member at Indiana University-Purdue
households in Mexico, is thrown core ideas of calculus for the first time. University at Indianapolis. He is winner
between the shifting political winds It is filled with insights, alternative of the Presidential Award for Excellence
of the north and south, in a plot that explanations of difficult ideas, and in Science and Mathematics Teaching,
turns many times on the unspeakable suggestions for how to take a standard the nation’s highest honor for science and
breach – the lacuna – between truth problem and open it up to the rich mathematics teachers.
and public perception. Kingsolver is mathematical explorations available
the author of seven works of fiction, when you encourage students to dig n
including the novels The Poisonwood a little deeper. Most of the articles are
Bible, Animal Dreams and The Bean simply interesting, timeless explorations KENT A. ONO ’87, Contemporary
Trees, as well as books of poetry, essays of the mathematics encountered in a first Media Culture and the Remnants of a
and creative nonfiction. Her 12 books calculus course. Colonial Past (Peter Lang Publishing –
of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction ISBN: 978-0-8204-7939-2). Ono’s book
have been translated into 19 languages, n examines contemporary representations
and her work has won numerous awards, of colonialism by developing a
including the National Humanities DUANE S. NICKELL ’80, Guidebook historically and culturally specific theory
Medal. for the Scientific Traveler: Visiting Physics of neocolonialism in U.S. media culture.
and Chemistry Sites Across America Noting that colonialism never officially
n (Rutgers University Press – ISBN: 978- ended in the United States, Ono draws
0-8135-4730-5). Written in an easy-to- together race, gender, sexuality and
ROGER B. NELSEN ’64 and Caren read and accessible style, Guidebook for nation to examine neocolonialism in
L. Diefenderfer, The Calculus Collection: the Scientific Traveler is a practical and popular media narratives. Offering
A Resource for AP and Beyond (The fun way to promote scientific literacy. five cases on Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
Mathematical Association of America Enjoy reading about spending time at the sale of the Seattle Mariners, Mighty
– ISBN: 978-0883857618). The Titan Missile Museum in Tucson, Ariz., Morphin Power Rangers, Pocahontas, and
Star Trek: The Next Generation – and and distribution of public opinion
providing current media examples in polling information.
the introduction and conclusion – the
book documents the persistence of n
colonialism in media culture. The book’s
critical examination from a historical DAVID H. TRIPP AND WESLEY
and cultural perspective makes it W. WILSON, eds., DePauw’s Forgotten
possible to alter colonialism for future Founder: The Memoirs of Calvin
generations. Ono is professor in the Washington Ruter (DePauw University –
Asian American Studies Program and ISBN: 978-0-936631-15-8). DePauw’s
Institute of Communications Research Forgotten Founder is a sketch of the two-
at the University of Illinois, Urbana- volume, hand-written orthography by
Champaign. Calvin Ruter of his life. The memoirs
offer unique insight into the part that he
n played in the founding of Indiana Asbury
(later renamed DePauw) University and
SCOTT W. RASMUSSEN ’86, In gives a clear picture of the man and the
Search of Self-Governance (Rasmussen event. This edition of Ruter’s memoirs
Reports – ISBN: 978-1449593544). has been prepared for readability. While
Rasmussen argues that self-governance Tripp’s transcription of Ruter’s work
is about far more than politics and remains as written, most of Tripp’s
government. Underlining the way that editorial notes have been incorporated
Americans are united in the belief that into the text, so as not to interrupt the
their political system is broken, that flow of the narrative. Rev. Tripp served
politicians are corrupt and that neither three churches in the United Methodist
major political party has the answers, North Indiana Conference from 1991-
Rasmussen argues that now is the time 2007. Wilson is coordinator of archives
for the American people to govern and special collections at DePauw.
themselves. He provides practical,
relevant information about how n
individuals and groups can help America
do better as a nation through different
strategies of self-governance. Rasmussen
is founder and president of Rasmussen
Reports, an independent media company
specializing in the collection, publication
(Photo: Larry Ligget)
Celebrate
your
DePauw
at Alumni Reunion Weekend 2010
www.depauw.edu/alumni
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
n Let the celebration begin: Join us for the n Pick up your pencils and return to the
island-themed Friday night all-alumni classroom: Attend the many Alumni
dinner and entertainment in Bowman Colleges featuring current faculty
Park. members and fellow alumni throughout
n Visit and rediscover the intellectual the weekend.
vibrancy: Current and emeriti faculty n Listen for the bagpipes: Respond to the
members will attend the Academic the sound as they herald the call to our
Department Open House on Friday Alumni Celebration in the Green Center
afternoon. for the Performing Arts.
n Reconnect and reminisce: Living unit n Let the celebration continue: Swing to the
and affinity group lunches will be held sounds of the “Cool City Swing Band” in
around campus on Saturday. Bowman Park Saturday night.
n Don’t forget future Tigers: A special n Where it all began: Plan to attend
children’s program will be available on the second annual “Met and Married
Saturday. Brunch” on Sunday morning.
For complete information, including a detailed schedule of events and registration details,
please visit www.depauw.edu/alumni or call toll-free 877-658-2586.
James P. and Amy (Williams ’90) Merrillville, Ind. Sherri Ashby Modrak ’87
Getgey ‘88 Minneapolis Douglas and Anna Mae Lambert
Columbus, Ohio Rick and Sarah (Robinson ’74) Coffin Elizabeth ’09 and Greg ’13 Lambert
Matt Coffin ’13 St. Louis James H. and Beth (Stewart ’81)
Denver Carole Summers Shaw ’79 and Barrett ’79
Kevin Shaw Kyle ’10 and Andrea ’13 Barrett
Julia Shaw ‘11
South Bend, Ind. Peter J. and Dinah (Hanson ’00)
Evansville, Ind. Robert J. and Alicia (Warner ’00) Sampson ’00
Davis ’00
Presidential receptions
Washington, D.C. Atlanta
Christine Plank Rales ’74, right, hosted a reception for President Hosts for the Presidential Reception in Atlanta on Feb. 17 were
Brian W. Casey, left, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21. At Todd R. Roberson ’82, left, and Marian Blew Roberson ’81.
center is Christine’s son, Alexander Rales. President Brian W. Casey is at right.
Several members of the Class of 2009 were among the Washington, Enjoying the Presidential Reception in Atlanta are, from left,
D.C.-area alumni who met and visited with President Brian W. Julie A. Trowbridge ’88, Emily L. Beals ’69, Marcia M. Fuller
Casey. From left are David M. Cylkowski, Lauren C. Lefebvre, Emily ’93 and Mark Zeigler.
J. Karsnak, Thomas M. Walz, Neal J. McKinney and JooWon Park.
For more information about these exciting tours, to obtain a brochure and learn how to
register, contact the DePauw Alumni Relations Office at alumnioffice@depauw.edu or
call 877-658-2586. More information is available on the Alumni Relations Web site at
www.depauw.edu/alumni.
1943
Penny Parker (Ellen Pengilly), Atlanta, is
winning first place honors in the 80+ age group
in international style standard silver categories
in regional ballroom dancing competitions.
Members of the 1951-52 DePauw classes at the Art Institute of Chicago included C. Emily Clifford
1944
Wilson ’51, Barbara Miller Meeker ’52, Janet Lewis Williams ’52, Janet Sollitt Scholtes ’52 and
Doris Bollinger Armstrong lives at 100 Richard W. Scholtes. (Barbara Tucker Bryant ’52, not attending this tour, usually joins the group.)
For a schedule of alumni events and information about alumni services, go to:
www.depauw.edu/alumni/index.asp
1969
Dr. John “Jack” W. Payne is chairman of
the obstetrics and gynecology department at
Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital in
Illinois. He received the Adventist Midwest
Health Stewardship Award.
Theodore “Tim” M. Solso spoke at DePauw
In September 2009, Laurie Duncan-McWethy ’71 hosted a group of alumni and friends at her home in
Boulder, Colo., and for dinner on the Pearl Street Mall. The dinner group included: Back row, left to right,
Burton J. Sears ’70, Marilyn Ehman Dallet ’70, Cathy Healy Hofmann ’69, David L. Wann Jr. ’71,
Rebecca S. Konowicz ’02, Alison E. Frost ’69 Max Messman ’71, Barbara Zaring ’69, Laurie Duncan-McWethy ’71 and Christopher J. Wurster
and Shalon Schutt Kegg ’04 at the Canadian ’69. Middle row: Anne Wright Schmidt ’71, Lee W. Milne ’70, Mary Ganz ’71, Lela C. Carney ’70,
International School in Hong Kong, September Edwina Dorsey Messman, Michele Fort Merrill ’71, Priscilla O’Connell ’71 and Edward M. Greene
2009. ’71. Front row: Lynne A. Tweedie ’71 and Wendy Blythe Gifford ’71.
1980
1982
Bruce P. Anshutz and his wife, Margie,
Ann P. Corley is in the cast of Law Abiding
adopted Ella Song Anshutz in Guanghou,
Citizen. The movie opened nationwide Oct.
China, Dec. 9, 2008. Ella was born Feb.
16, 2009.
26, 2008. She joins sister Lainey Elizabeth,
J. David Gislason is program director at
6. Bruce is a dentist and recently opened
the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric
Midtown Dentistry in Terre Haute, Ind.,
Medicine at Alton (Ill.) Memorial Hospital.
where he has practiced for the past 20 years.
Brian W. Riley and his family have been
Deborah K. Burand was one of five topic
raising a miracle one puppy at a time for the
leaders for the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative
Miriam S. Ball ’77 and David Hickman past three years. The Riley family are volunteer
(CGI). She co-led the Finance Track, “Financing
1983 as deputy commander of Task Force 69, Woodruff ’82 traveled to Nigeria and Ghana
Elizabeth A. Enloe is vice president of executing submarine operations in the as part of their board work for Christian
technology at Specialty Risk Services in Atlantic, Mediterranean and the seas International Scholarship Foundation, a
Hartford, Conn. surrounding Africa. Lee serves as chief of staff nonprofit organization that supports doctoral-
Benjamin P. Hohman and fellow to the commander, Navy Region Hawaii. He level studies for leaders from the developing
classmates met in North Capitva Island, Fla., and his wife, Maureen, live in Kailua, Hawaii, world. Marshall concentrated on microfinance
in November 2009. (See photo, above.) with their daughter, Brophy, 11. and entrepreneurialism, while Mike’s focus
Melvin E. Lee is a captain in the United Debra Markstone Castino was named was on seminary curriculum and faculty
States Navy. He received the Legion of one of the top 10 realtors with F.C Tucker development. Marshall is founder/owner of
Merit Award in November 2009 for actions Company in Indiana. She is a vice president Chicago-based SVM and Mike is senior pastor
and lifetime president’s club member. She at Christ Church in Lake Forest, Ill. (See
lives in Noblesville, Ind., with her husband, photo, left.)
Bill. They have one son in college and another
son in high school. Deb’s e-mail address is 1985
dcastino@talktotucker.com.
David A. Morris was speaker for The
Robert C. McDermond Center Lecture Series, June 9-13,
Nov. 10, 2009. David is senior vice president
and managing director of Grubb & Ellis/ 2010
Gundaker Commercial in St. Louis.
www.depauw.edu/alumni
Gregory K. Ruark is executive director of
Terre Haute (Ind.) Family Y. Greg is part-time Mark T. Lancaster is vice president of
assistant women’s soccer coach at DePauw. business development for Advanced Fund
Administration of the Summit, N.J., office.
1984 John A. Perry is senior associate dean
Michael J. Woodruff ’82, left, and Marshall W. W. Winston Briggs is a trial lawyer and for BioMedical Advancement at Brown
Reavis ’84 with Blessing Ogunyemi, wife of one of owner of Winston Briggs Law Firm in Atlanta. University. He leads the team that is
the Ph.D. scholar-leaders who has been supported He focuses on representing people who have responsible for philanthropy, alumni relations
by the Christian International Scholarship been injured or killed by the negligence and and communications for Brown’s Warren
Foundation. Woodruff and Reavis serve on the carelessness of others. Alpert Medical School as well as the programs
nonprofit organization’s board of directors. Marshall W. Reavis IV and Michael J. in biology and public health. He and his wife,
June 9-13,
80528 in an environmentally friendly house Under 40 by the Indianapolis Business Journal.
that they recently built. Beth’s e-mail address Karen L. Jung created www.haiti-aid.org
is ba.otoole@comcast.net.
Kent A. Ono is author of Contemporary 2010 to help with Haiti earthquake relief. Karen
worked in Haiti for 18 months to help open
Media Culture and the Remnants of a Colonial and run a health clinic in a small town outside
Past. Kent is a professor of Asian American www.depauw.edu/alumni of Port Au Prince.
1997
Matthew W. Bowers and his wife, Emeli,
announce the birth of their daughter, Lily
Lynn Bowers, Oct. 2, 2009. Matt and Emeli
live in Henderson, Nev. They both work for
Harrah’s Entertainment. Matt’s e-mail address
is mbowers82@hotmail.com.
Stuart R. Buttrick is a partner with the
law firm of Baker
& Daniels LLP
in Indianapolis. David C. Wolf ’96 and Norie Kizaki wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included
He was named Laura Boback Wolf ’90 and Heather D. Wolf ’99.
to the editorial
advisory boards She is responsible litigation and transactions and general business
with Law360, a for managing all litigation. (See photo, below left.)
daily newswire for aspects of the
business lawyers. college recruiting 1999
Stuart R. Buttrick ’97 process. Angelette
(See photo, right.) Patricia A. Guagliardo and Jeffrey D.
Mary (Reid) and Donald “Mick” Sullivan was selected as a Mohl were married Oct. 24, 2009, in Chicago.
’94 announce the birth of their daughter, recipient of the They live in Indianapolis. Tricia teaches small
Beatrice Adelaide Sullivan, Oct. 14, 2009. Rochester Business business development classes and coaches new
Beatrice joins brother Oscar, 3, at their home in Journal’s Forty entrepreneurs. Jeff runs his own Web and
Angelette Hines
Springfield, Ill. Mick is an orthopedic surgery Under 40 awards. multimedia design business. (See photo, next
Williams ’98
resident at Southern Illinois University. Mary (See photo, right.) page.)
retired after nine years of service as a firefighter Heather McKay Jackson and her husband, Jessica Hayden Hornocker and her
in Decatur, Ill. Mary’s e-mail address is Aaron, announce the birth of their son, Ryan husband, Dennis, announce the birth of their
weaselreid@yahoo.com. Mick’s e-mail address Thomas Jackson, Sept. 23, 2009. They live son, Charles “Charlie” Dennis Hornocker,
is dsullivan@siumed.edu. in Wylie, Texas. Heather’s e-mail address is Aug. 23, 2009. Charlie joins brothers
Dr. Devon Thompson Ebbing and her hmjackson77@yahoo.com. Hayden, 5, and James, 3, at their home in
husband, Jonathan, announce the birth of their Jennifer Philips Bott and her husband, Indianapolis. Jessica is a private tutor and
daughter, Greta Jane Ebbing, July 17, 2009. John, announce the birth of their son, Owen stay-at-home mom. She would enjoy hearing
Greta joins brother A.J., 5, and sister Stella, 3, at Randolph Bott, Sept. 17, 2009. Jennifer was from classmates. Her e-mail address is
their home in Vancouver, Wash. Devon works named Outstanding Junior Faculty of the Year at thehornockers@sbcglobal.net.
part time as a pediatrician at the Vancouver Ball State University. She is the executive director Dr. Kirstin P. Rhinehart is a partner in
Clinic. She is a volunteer leader of the clinic’s of the M.B.A. and graduate certificate programs the eye care practice of Doctors Kintner and
Reach Out and Read program, which promotes at Ball State’s Miller College of Business. Shearer in Mishawaka, Ind. Kirstin practices
the importance of parents reading to their C a s s i d y in the areas of pediatrics and contact lenses.
young children every day. Devon’s e-mail Ruschell Rosenthal Jonathan R. Secrest is an associate with
address is devon-elizabeth@msn.com. joined the law the business law firm of Roetzel & Andress,
firm of Stites & practicing in the Columbus, Ohio, and Fort
1998 Harbison, PLLC, in Lauderdale, Fla., offices. Jon focuses his
the firm’s Louisville, practice on employment-related matters.
Jaime Best Guthals is director of public
Ky., office. She is Bradley K. Stevens was named one of the
relations for Interweave, one of the country’s
a member of the Forty Under 40 by the Indianapolis Business
largest art and craft media companies.
construction service Journal. Brad is head men’s basketball coach at
Angelette Hines Williams is university Cassidy Ruschell group and focuses Butler University.
relations manager for ITT Corporation’s Rosenthal ’98 on construction
space systems division in Rochester, N.Y.
For a schedule of alumni events and information about alumni services, go to:
www.depauw.edu/alumni/index.asp
Patricia A. Guagliardo ’99 and Jeffrey D. Mohl ’99 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the
wedding included W. Kenney Marlatt ’00 (groomsman), Jason M. Anders ’97, William C. Marlatt ’65,
Benjamin C. Everson ’99, Brian J. Fisher ’97, S. Troy Cummings ’96, Kelly A. Conway ’99 (maid
of honor), Richard F. Jones ’98, Erica K. Amoni ’99, Brian A. White ’99, Kirstin P. Rhinehart ’99,
Allison K. Bell ’00 and Brian Abrahams
Amber L. Ewing ’99, Ryan J. Danks ’99 (groomsman), Katy J. Brett ’01, Kimberly Paradise Ridder
’99, John H. Bankhurst ’99 (groomsman), Elizabeth L. Martin ’99, Nicole B. Johnson ’99, Julie Kasl e-mail address is marshallsims@hotmail.com.
Wood ’99, Jeremy P. Seitz ’99 and Elizabeth Hambidge Seitz ’00. Sean J. and Katherine (Sermersheim ’02)
Sreniawski announce the birth of their son,
2000 Super Lawyers. Jennifer focuses her practice on Jacob Casimir Sreniawski, Feb. 13, 2010. Sean is
products liability, premises liability, toxic tort, pursuing a master’s degree in physician assistant
studies at the University of Central Florida.
June 9-13,
contract law and insurance defense litigation.
She lives in Indianapolis with her husband and Katie is project manager at the University of
2010 son. (See photo, below left.) Central Florida. They live in Orlando, Fla.
Jennifer Murman Rolfsrud and her
husband, Ford, announce the birth of their 2001
www.depauw.edu/alumni daughter, Kaia Lynn Rolfsrud, Jan. 26, 2009. Sarah Campbell Wood and her husband,
Allison K. Bell and Brian Abrahams Jennifer is an attorney. Ford is a junior high Robert, announce the birth of their daughter,
(University of Missouri) were married June 5, school math teacher. Harker Broussard Wood, April 6, 2009. They
2009, in Negril, Jamaica. They live in Dallas. W. Marshall Sims is brand manager for live in Colleyville, Texas. Sarah’s e-mail address
(See photo, above right.) Gillette at The Procter & Gamble Company. His is scampbellwood@hotmail.com.
Jason J. Biss and Jill M. Tyner (Creighton
University) were married July 11, 2009, in
Kansas City, Mo. They live at 3652 Ellison
Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47906. Jason
earned a law degree from Creighton University
School of Law and is a deputy prosecutor
with Tippecanoe County (Ind.) Prosecutor’s
Office. Jill is pursuing a degree in pharmacy
from Purdue University School of Pharmacy.
Jason’s e-mail address is jjbiss@hotmail.com
(See photo, right.)
Jennifer Burger
Herrmann is a
partner in the
Indianapolis law
firm of Kightlinger
& Gray, LLP.
Jennifer was listed
in the Rising Stars Jason J. Biss ’00 and Jill M. Tyner wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included
List published John B. Holborow ’00, Jason R. Gray ’00, Larry G. Jovanovic ’00, David W. Garrison ’01, Andrew
in 2010 Indiana Jennifer Burger D. Elliott ’00, Anna Rivard Biss ’04, Ian E. Biss ’04 (best man and brother of the groom), Erin
Herrmann ’00 McDaniel Jovanovic ’00 and Erica Kruse Garrison ’01.
2003
Guillermo “Will” Amezcua is a member of
a team of students at Northwestern University’s
Kellogg School of Management that has taken
first place at the Kellogg Biotech & Healthcare
Case competition. Will is a member of
DePauw’s Alumni Board of Directors.
Aarti A. Bajaj earned a master’s degree
in economics from Vanderbilt University in
2006. She is a doctoral degree candidate in the
Department of Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies in the School of Education at
the University of Kansas. Her e-mail address is Natalie M. Moore ’02 and Blake A. Koriath wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding
abajaj@ku.edu. included Mary K. Huse ’02, Heidi Rochner Thayer ’02, Andrew T. Thayer ’02, Kristal Brick Rauch
John “J.T.” Benton is a member of the ’02, Christi Soule Thompson ’02, James B. Combs ’99, Katherine Sermersheim Sreniawski ’02, Richard
advisory board of GreenNurture. J.T. is senior E. Schulte ’69, Macey Wenzel Judd ’02, Haley Carney Altman ’02, Richard C. Kraege ’70, Anne
vice president of sales at Higher Ed Growth. Beekman Kraege ’70, Nancy L. Nicely ’01, Michael L. Smith ’70, Susan Leet Smith ’71, Sarah Smith
Jacob J. Coy is senior associate and Moore ’01 (bridesmaid), Gregory McGarvey ’72, Stephen L. Todd ’91, Nikki Dillard ’01 (bridesmaid),
executive assistant to the director of conduct Brian W. Jennings ’99, Darcy L. Vannatta ’02 (bridesmaid), Kyle J. Moore ’00 (groomsman), Hilary
policy at Financial Services Authority. Jacob is A. White ’02 (bridesmaid), P. Heath Hayward ’02 (groomsman), Tara Karasch Hayward ’02, Kyle W.
a member of the division’s senior management Maynor ’02, Lauren Knauer Stahl ’02, Chad W. Hinton ’01, Jacob P. Bracken ’02, Amy Kostrzewa
team, sits on the joint risk committee for Bracken ’02, Jonathan A. Klinginsmith ’99 and Megan Greves Klinginsmith ’99.
conduct issues and is a member of the senior
policy board. He co-authored two guides
to further financial capability in the United
Kingdom. His e-mail is jacob@xinchai.net.
Meghann Huels Dials was The Robert C.
McDermond Center Lecture Series speaker,
March 4, 2010, at DePauw. Meggie is partner
relationship manager at ExactTarget.
Alyssa L. Klein earned a master’s degree
in higher education administration from
Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College in May
2009. She is John E. Dolibois European Center
coordinator at Miami University of Ohio. Alyssa
would enjoy hearing from DePauw classmates.
Her e-mail address is kleinal@muohio.edu.
Anne (Plymate) and Michael C. Field
’02 announce the birth of their daughter,
Alexander H. Yates ’02 and Jessica Fogle wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included
Elizabeth Jane Field, Aug. 5, 2009. They
Christopher L. Grashoff ’01, Sarah Holian Grashoff ’01, Zachary A. Miller ’02 (groomsman), Todd J.
live in Chicago. Anne is an associate brand
Lane ’01 (groomsman), Jeffrey A. Springer ’01 (groomsman), Whitney D. Ramsay ’06, Katherine E.
manager at Kraft Foods. Mike is a high school
Rappaport ’09 (bridesmaid), James V. Cerone II ’86, Bradley A. Pierce ’01, Nathan R. Husmann ’01
social studies teacher. Anne’s e-mail address
(groomsman), Molly Carrell Pierce ’01, Rebecca Collevechio Applegate ’02, Kyle A. Applegate ’01, Brian
is annpfield@sbcglobal net. Mike’s e-mail
P. Tyler ’01, Seth E. Johnson ’01, Matthew P. Dinn ’02 (groomsman) and Heather Boody Dinn ’02.
address is mfield48@yahoo.com.
2005
Kendell C. Crager ’07 and Cristopher B. Lett ’04 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the
June 9-13,
wedding included S. Brett McArthur ’07, Allison Koehler Curtis ’07, Samuel S. Rund ’08, Nancy
Palmeter Harkness ’89, Robert B Batchelder Jr. ’90, Joshua M. Yoder ’05, Andrew L. Schmitt ’04,
Kristin Briney Schmitt ’05, Scott A. Harkness ’89, Leanne Longstreth Batchelder ’89, Louis A.
Pagano Jr. ’08, Wesley M. Anderson ’06, Ryan P. Bezy ’03, Benjamin A. Betz ’04, Timothy D. 2010
Tharp ’03, Laura B. Schafer ’06, Matthew P. Galasso ’06, Jami Snodgrass Bezy ’03, Kelly Roske
Bennett ’04, Laura Tharp Brim ’01, Andrew D. Demorotski ’03, Ryan A. Spaulding ’04, Elizabeth
www.depauw.edu/alumni
A. Farrelly ’07, Danielle L. Elsner ’07, Jennifer Townsend Galasso ’07, Catheryne E. Shuman
Kirsten Brown Rohrscheib and her
’08, Elizabeth A. Haneline ’07, L. Matthew Bennett ’03, Kathryn Dyall Nicely ’06, Carolyn R.
husband, Brad, announce the birth of their
Thatcher ’07, Jennifer A. Bonesteel ’05, Christine M. Garrabrant ’05, Lyndsay L. Moy ’10, Brooke
son, Luke Jeffrey Rohrscheib, Sept. 7, 2009.
Hartings Uebelhor ’05, Eileen M. Wiedbrauk ’06, Matthew J. Frye ’08, M. Katherine Kaminski
Audra M. Butts is grant director for
’07, Elisabeth Sugrue Button ’05, Scott O. Ludlow ’03, Jennifer Pope Baker ’89, Charlene D.
Indiana Department of Transportation.
Becker ’06, Daniel L. Solis ’07 and Katherine S. Holloway ’07.
Tanner J. Coulter and Erin E. Dodd ’06
were married Aug. 16, 2008, in Indianapolis.
Tanner’s e-mail address is tannercoulter@
gmail.com. Erin’s e-mail address is ecoulter6@
gmail.com. (See photo, page 49.)
Aaron M. Gress is a Peace Corps volunteer
working in sustainable agriculture in Ecuador.
He is working on crop and livestock production
and preservation, organizing networks of local
farmers and teaching business practices to
members of the agricultural community.
Lya M. Kostroski and Todd Hurst
(University of Indianapolis) were married Oct.
17, 2009, in Minneapolis. Lya and Todd live
in the Twin Cities area. Lya’s e-mail address is
lyahurst@gmail.com. (See photo, next page.)
Kyle P. McGrath and Danielle M. Dravet
Elin P. Raun ’04 and Blake C. Royer ’05 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding ’07 were married Oct. 10, 2009. (See photo,
included Joanne Royer Barnard ’86, Natalie Biddlecombe Johnson ’04, Mary Hancock Starkey ’04, page 51.)
Austin M. Diaz ’05, Molly V. Young ’04, Lauren M. Peoples ’04, Matthew J. Henning ’97, Matthew Blake C. Royer and Elin P. Raun ’04 were
D. Dellinger ’97, Erin S. Hayne ’04, Nicholas D. Kindelsperger ’05, Brooke Bailey Seufert ’04, J. married, Aug. 1, 2009, in Bloomington, Ind.
Kyle Sturgeon ’06, Tyler S. Hollett ’05, Bradley E. Bachmann ’78, Amy MacDoniels Rhodes ’04. (See photo, left.)
Christopher V. Rhodes ’03, Maxwell T. Wastler ’03 and Jason A. Asbury ’95. Laura M. Windisch and Jason Mahaffey
2007
Kendell C. Crager and Christopher
B. Lett ’04 were married July 18, 2009, in
Greencastle, Ind. (See photo, page 47.)
Bryan J. Dobrik is director of a short
film, Robert Shaw, which was shown at the
Orlando Film Festival. The film stars Brendan
P. Berigan ’07 and the score was composed by
Benjamin H. Moy ’10. The film was accepted
into six additional upcoming festivals and can
be viewed at IMDB.com.
Jessica A. Beeson ’06 and John Tocco wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jonathan Danielle M. Dravet and Kyle P. McGrath
C. Coffin ’06, Michael S. Stanek ’06, Katherine A. Billman ’06, Emily M. Steele ’06, John C. Stephens ’05 were married Oct. 10, 2009. (See photo,
’06, Whitney M. Long ’06, Robert A. Blau ’06, Joel R. Duckworth ’06, Moira K. Vahey ’08, Kathleen A. page 51.)
Gutting ’06, Adam J. Devlin ’05, Claire S. Sorenson ’06 and William M. James ’06. Brittany E. Durr and Kevin “Drew” Beck
’08 were married Sept. 12, 2009, in Zionsville,
Ind. (See photo, page 51.)
Michael S. Morris Jr. won four awards in
recognition of his work for Indiana’s Jasper Herald,
Dec. 5, 2009, presented by the Hoosier State
Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. He
now works for the Houston Chronicle.
Tanner J. Coulter ’05 and Erin E. Dodd ’06 wedding party. DePauw alumni and friends attending the
wedding include S. Page Cotton ’71 (professor of kinesiology and the Theodore Katula Director of Athletics
at DePauw), Rex A. Call (director of sports medicine and associate professor of kinesiology at DePauw),
Ryan M. Sipe ’05, Christopher H. Thiele ’06, Anthony M. Williams ’05, Bret M. Govert ’05, Matthew
J. Kleymeyer ’04, Brian S. Gooch ’06, Christine T. Pavlovich ’06, Elizabeth M. Thiele ’08, Blair A.
Loftspring ’06, Michelle E. Weber ’09, Mark J. Farmer ’05, Ryan G. Dodd ’10 (usher), Bryce A. Skeeters
’04, Emily Johnson Skeeters ’06, R. Page Cotton ’05 (groomsman), Chad A. Call ’06 (groomsman),
Jonathan D. Salisbury ’05 (groomsman), Troy L. Wyss ’05 (groomsman), Mark A. Prosser ’05, John
A. Wallace ’04, Kyle T. Clemens ’05, Kristen Thrine Clemens ’05, Alexander B. Penning ’06, Allison Lauren E. Hendrix ’06 and James C. Vasquez
A. Baccich ’07, Narda Greising Cotton ’72, Debra Alcorn Hutchens ’73, Kye T. Hawkins ’06, Natalie wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the
Shaffer Govert ’05, Kenneth M. Cochran ’03, Joy A. Collins ’09, Lisa H. Chambers ’06, Andrea Speller wedding included Johanna L. Fickenscher
Kleymeyer ’06, Nicole R. Pence ’06, Andrew W. Breck ’06 (usher), N. Evan Shook ’05 (groomsman), ’06 (bridesmaid), Elizabeth A. Huffman ’06
Danielle Courier Prosser ’05, John R. Laughlin ’05 (groomsman), Andrew R. Bagley ’04, Peter J. Lazaroff (reader), Michael S. Spiegel ’06, Tiffany C.
’07, Christopher K. Kessler ’03, Andrew P. Johnson ’07, Patrick J. Mitchell ’06 (captain of the ushers), Carson ’06, Leslie N. Dillon ’06, Stephanie M.
Janet “Jess” Blandford Lukens ’06 (bridesmaid), Mary J. Musca ’06, Janis E. Steck ’06 (bridesmaid), Yoder ’06, Jeana M. Wissing ’06, I. Katherine
Julie O. Fries ’06 (bridesmaid), Lindsay Weber Gotwald ’06 (maid of honor), Jennifer Fedchak Call ’06 Cook ’06, Amanda Willingham Wyant ’07,
(bridesmaid), Natalie L. Dressel ’06 (bridesmaid), Lowell M. Huffman ’06, C. Landis Cullen ’06, Marc Drew W. Wyant ’07, Abigail S. Laymon ’07,
D. Pfleging ’03, Andrew E. Breeden ’05, D. Curran Clark Jr. ’06, Michael J. Seay ’05, Rebecca J. Gaines Elizabeth Ulrich Tremblay ’07, Benjamin R.
’07, Whitney M. Long ’06, Claire Sorenson Devlin ’06, Graham A. Lukens ’06 (usher), David A. Storms Stallsworth ’06, Jared D. Mann ’06, Kate
’04, Mark R. Alson ’05, Kiel A. Bowen ’05, Melissa Walpole Mattingly ’07, Alexander B. Martin ’07, Evans Mann ’06, Daniel P. Bretscher ’06, and
Matthew J. Deahl ’06, Dylan C. Allread ’07 and John C. Stephens ’06. Ryan J. Fenstermaker ’05.
To update your
address
call 765-658-4205
or e-mail Amanda B. Stafford ’06 and Daniel M. Lewallen ’06 wedding party. DePauw alumni and friends
attending the wedding were Hannah F. Wieland ’07, Dane C. Wilson ’06, Chad M. Homan ’06,
jenniferhassler@ Gary R. Rom ’06, Abigail Troutman Rom ’06, Jaimes M. Waymouth ’06 (groomsman), Lisa
Holtkamp Kreuzman ’05, Scott R. Kreuzman ’06, Dustin S. Hertel ’07, Michelle King Hertel ’07,
depauw.edu N. Joseph DiSalvo ’06 (groomsman), Elizabeth G. Pollom ’06 (bridesmaid), Reid D. Murtaugh ’06,
Craig A. Cunningham ’06, Jeffrey A. Hansen (associate professor of chemistry at DePauw) and Richard
or fax 765-658-4172. C. Martoglio (assistant professor of chemistry and director of Quantitative Reasoning Center). Wedding
photo by Jessica Milano Limeberry ’06.
Jeffrey Jones ’80 and wife, Suzann, create a legacy for new
generations of DePauw students while preparing for retirement
Jr. ’72; and nephew, Peter G. Burgeson ’98.
“Giving a gift annuity is creating a whole new
legacy and enabling others to do the same in
generations to come,” Jones said.
He also is making the gifts in honor of
his sister, Judy Jones Kiedaisch, who attended
DePauw from 1969-72. Kiedaisch was diag-
nosed with multiple sclerosis in 1982 and has
battled the debilitating disease heroically ever
since. Jeff Jones calls her a wonderful inspira-
tion to him and his family.
Jeff and Suzann are DePauw Loyalty Soci-
ety members, who have stayed connected with
DePauw classmates through visits to campus,
From left: Jeffrey D. Jones ’80, wife Suzann and their children, Katie and DJ. class reunions and Monon Bell telecast parties.
“My experiences at DePauw further en-
Deferred Payment Charitable Gift Annuities riched my development and values in terms of
who and where I am today,” Jones said. “Most
Jeffrey D. Jones ’80 learned the cold, hard Jones thinks the DePauw campus has importantly, it provides perspective and the real-
facts about the steel industry while serving a undergone many improvements, including ization of just how blessed my family and I have
Winter Term internship during his senior year the buildings that housed projection facilities been, and the charitable gift annuities are simply
at DePauw. It’s an experience he very much and the ways in which information is dis- another great way to give back to DePauw.”
appreciates because it gave him a great start played. “However, after nearly three decades Jones notes that, in addition to a charitable
on his career. of change and improvement, I can still sense income tax deduction up front, Deferred Pay-
“My first job with Ryerson Steel [in the same timeless beauty of the Black and ment Charitable Gift Annuities will provide the
Chicago] was the direct result of working my Gold thread that is woven into the fabric of couple with a guaranteed, future fixed payment
senior year January term at Ryerson’s parent campus life, which is a good thing – a great during retirement years for him and his wife.
company, Inland Steel. My internship sponsor thing,” Jones said. “When we made our first annuity gift about
was a aDePauw alumnus, Robert J. Darnall Another thing that hasn’t changed is the 20 years ago, retirement was a long way off,” he
’60, who is now retired chairman/CEO of need for scholarships that allow qualified said. “Three more annuities later, retirement is
Inland Steel Industries,” Jones said. students to receive an outstanding liberal arts much closer and looks more affordable.”
“Despite what you might imagine, there is education at DePauw. Recognizing this need,
no place as cold as the floor of a steel mill in Jones and his wife, Suzann, a graduate of the A charitable gift annuity is a simple gift
January,” he said. “Fortunately, this proved to be University of Minnesota, have established and a great way to accomplish both income and
great preparation for the next 29 years of Min- Deferred Payment Charitable Gift Annuities philanthropic goals. In exchange for a gift to
nesota winters.” Jones is now sales manager for with DePauw that will support scholarships DePauw, annuitants will receive fixed income
McNeilus Steel Inc., in Dodge Center, Minn. for students in the future. payments for life. And, since a charitable gift
At DePauw, Jones was a communication His many family ties to the University annuity is part investment and part gift, it can
major and member of Sigma Chi fraternity. also influenced their giving. Other family be an excellent option for donors who want to
He waited tables at Pi Beta Phi sorority next members who attended DePauw are Jeff’s par- secure their own financial stability while ensur-
door to the fraternity, participated in intra- ents, Donald and Sally Hotchkiss Jones, both ing a level of support for DePauw. This makes a
mural sports and was a projectionist for the Class of 1949; sisters, Judy Jones Kiedaisch charitable gift annuity a win-win situation.
Union Building and Performing Arts Center. ’73, Jill Jones Metcoff ’78 and Jamie Jones For more information about charitable
He noted that, in the pre-digital world, the Cushing ’89; uncle and aunt, Vincent D. ’44 gift annuities or other planned gifts, please call
projection booth was a good place to earn (dec.) and Marcia Dittgen Jones ’48; cousin, Melanie J. Norton, director of gift planning, at
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DePauw played host to more than The men’s basketball team posted a 20-8 season record and took second
450 Division III student-athletes from place in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference after falling 60-56
more than 120 colleges. to Centre College in the conference championship game.
while the 800 free relay finished 10th. Individually, Cook was 10th to those finishing ninth
in both the 100 and 200 free. All-America honors were awarded to through 16th. The Tigers
athletes finishing in the top eight, while honorable mention all- were 32nd in the final
America went to those finishing ninth through 16th. team standings.