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sluoai_alumni-464 Universitas - Issue 42.1 (Spring 2016) Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University St. Louis University St. Louis University -- Periodicals; Universities and colleges -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Periodicals; Spring 2016 issue of Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University. 2016-04-26 2016-04-26 PDF universitas_spring2016 2010 LD4817 .S52 U5 Copyright Saint Louis University. All rights reserved. Saint Louis University Libraries Digitization Center text eng Saint Louis University Marketing and Communications EXTRAORDINARY MARY Page 14 WHERE TECHNOLOGY AND HEALING MEET Page 18 F E AT U R E S 10 In Formation Jesuits-in-training study and serve on campus. — By Marie Dilg 14 Extraordinary Mary Former dean of student affairs Mary Bruemmer reflects on her long life at SLU. — By Amy Garland 18 Where Technology and Healing Meet A 3-D printing collaboration brings the School of Medicine and Parks College together. — By Maggie Rotermund D E PARTME N TS 2 On Campus New logos / SLU, SSM partnership / Second residence hall project / Alumni Merit honorees / New chess team / Rankings and honors / Arts at SLU 21 Class Notes 22 How I Got Here Dr. Evelyn Ford Crayton (Grad Doisy ’72) 26 Alumni Spotlight Jim Thole (Cook ’65) 28 In Memoriam 31 Alumni Events 32 Feedback 33 The Last Look VOLUME 42, ISSUE 1 EDITOR Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92) ASSOCIATE EDITOR Amy Garland (A&S ’97) ART DIRECTOR Matt Krob CONTRIBUTORS Marie Dilg (Grad SW ’94) Danielle Lacey Maggie Rotermund Maria Tsikalas ON CAMPUS NEWS STORIES University Communications Medical Center Communications Billiken Media Relations ON THE COVER Jesuit scholastics talk with fellow students near the clock tower. Universitas is published by Saint Louis University. Opinions expressed in Universitas are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the University administration. Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs are welcome via email. Letters to the editor must be signed, and letters not intended for publication should indicate that fact. The editor reserves the right to edit all items. Address all mail to Universitas, DuBourg Hall 39, One N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103. We accept email at universitas@slu.edu . Postmaster: Send address changes to Universitas, Saint Louis University, One N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103. Website: universitas.slu.edu Universitas is printed by Universal Printing Co. Worldwide circulation: 112,500 © 2016, Saint Louis University All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. At Saint Louis University we remain very much of the world — grappling with the critical issues and trends of our times. And we are having good success in doing so, from reducing student indebtedness to adopting new technology in teaching, learning and the prac-tice of medicine. In short, we continue to excel in preparing men and women to live lives of meaning and purpose, providing com-passionate health care, advancing the frontiers of knowledge, and partnering with others to strengthen the region and serve those with the greatest need. To remain a high performing, mission-based university, we must continue to use our ingenuity and experience to prepare for a future that is sure to be increasingly complex and demanding. Simultaneously, we must renew our commitment to our Catholic, Jesuit mission and values in light of the challenges and opportu-nities we face. Thus, as I arrived at SLU it was imperative that we launch a strategic planning initiative to chart our course forward. We began our work in August 2014 by forming a representative group of faculty, staff, administrators and students to develop a transparent planning process that solicited input from the entire University community, including our dedicated alumni. During the course of the next year, hundreds of participants, on and off campus, held deep and thoughtful discussions about Saint Louis University. They considered where we stand today, and they imagined our future. It was intense, energizing work. The result is a plan we named Magis (the Latin word for “more” and a Jesuit principle of achieving more). Approved by the board of trustees last September, the plan answers a question I posed at my inauguration: “What must we become?” I invite you to read the plan at slu.edu/strategicplan. As alumni, you are well aware of SLU’s storied history. You know how the bold vision of Bishop Louis William DuBourg and the early Belgian Jesuits has inspired us for almost 200 years. Our pioneering past positioned the University as a leader in academics, health care and service. Without a doubt, we have earned our reputation as one of the nation’s outstanding universities. But challenges remain, and we must always strive to improve and meet the key pressures of our times. With Magis we recommit our-selves to be innovators and standard-bearers. We must not be afraid to forge new paths, to test our creativity and to dream big. Magis outlines the new paths we must take. Grounded in our Catholic values and Jesuit heritage, it reaffirms our mission to pur-sue truth for the greater glory of God and the service of humanity. And, while emphasizing our rigorous academic enterprise, it also compels us to maintain access to our transformative SLU education. The plan specifically defines how we will proceed via five strate-gic planning initiatives: 1. Being a national exemplar of transformative educational and research excellence 2. Being a market leader in health promotion and the highest quality medical care 3. Being a leading catalyst for groundbreaking change in the region, the nation and the world 4. Being an innovator and entrepreneur in all that we do 5. Fostering a culture of excellence, effectiveness and efficiency deeply rooted in our institutional mission and Catholic, Jesuit values As alumni, you know best how SLU has helped prepare you for a life of meaning and success. Thus, I hope you will join me in embracing the next era of greatness for Saint Louis University and will help us achieve our goals. Dr. Fred P. Pestello P R E S IDENT ’ S ME S S AG E Students line up for free coffee during a weekly Java with the Jesuits gathering. For more, see page 10. PHOTO BY STEVE DOLAN While some may believe that the academy is impervious to the needs and pressures of the outside world, nothing could be further from the truth. 2 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 Homecoming 2015 The University rolled out the “blue carpet” for more than 2,500 alumni and families for the 2015 Homecoming and Family Weekend last September. The festivities included annual favorites such as the Golden Billiken Dinner, trolley tours of campus and the golf cart parade, which was led again this year by University President Dr. Fred P. Pestello. Saturday’s activities ended with the Billiken men’s soccer match against the Central Arkansas Bears and a halftime fireworks show. The 2016 Homecoming and Family Weekend will be Sept. 22-25. ON C AMPUS 3 WWW.SLU.EDU COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Dr. David Zemelman (Grad A&S ’72, ’76) Zemelman began his career as an assistant professor of organizational behavior. He moved to corporate human resources, first at Pizza Hut and later at Frito Lay (PepsiCo), Westinghouse Electric Corp. and CBS Corp. In 2012 he was named a senior faculty fellow in industrial-organizational psychology at SLU. JOHN COOK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Michael P. McNulty (Cook ’82) During more than 25 years with PepsiAmericas, McNulty went from fixed asset accountant to vice president of finance, accounting for $1.5 billion in revenue. Since retiring, he has dedicated himself to public service. He is active with the Archdiocese of Chicago and his parish, St. James Church in Arlington Heights, Illinois. SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY Dr. Norman Freiberger (Dent ’59) After nearly four decades in private practice, Freiberger focused on dental care for the disadvantaged. He developed a hospital-based clinic for senior citizens, worked as a staff dentist at a women’s prison, and participated in dental missions and other volunteer work. He is an adjunct faculty member of the Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health sponsored by A.T. Still University. SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Dr. Tiffany Anderson (Ed ’94, Grad Ed ’01) Anderson has been a public school educator for more than two decades and a superintendent for 12 years. Recently, she led the Jennings School District from being close to unaccredited to exceeding the fully accredited benchmarks. On July 1, she will become the first African-American female superintendent in Topeka, Kansas. PARKS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AVIATION AND TECHNOLOGY Jorge F. Seda (Parks ’69) For nearly four decades, Seda worked at GE Aviation, where he was instrumental in an initiative to increase diversity. He co-founded the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Cincinnati Professional Chapter and was president from 2010 through 2013. He also co-founded the Greater Cincinnati Hispanic Scholarship Fund Gala, which has raised more than $1.4 million. He holds 14 U.S. patents. DOISY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES Mark Marshall (Grad Doisy ’77) Focusing his career on family practice and emergency medicine, Marshall lives the SLU mission by providing health care four times a year to patients in Haiti. Six days after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, he was there to help treat the wounded and sick. He founded the Santo Clinic, which provides free medical care to as many as 6,000 patients annually in Port-au-Prince. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Dr. Ira M. Rutkow (Med ’75) Rutkow is recognized as developing the PerFix mesh-plug operation for groin hernia repair. He retired from clinical surgery 13 years ago, but he is still immersed in the intricacies of the operating room: He regularly writes articles on surgery in 19th century America and has authored seven books on medical and surgical history. SCHOOL OF NURSING Dr. Laura L. Kuensting (Nurs ’87, Grad Nurs ’94, ’12) Kuensting began her career as a pediatric nurse. She is an assistant teaching professor at the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, where she also coordinates the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program. Last year, she became director of the Institute for Emergency Nursing Advanced Practice at the national headquarters of the Emergency Nurses Association in Chicago. SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Larry L. Cockell (PS ’79) Cockell is a security expert with a record of leadership in public service and the private sector. His career in law enforcement began in 1973 with the Metropolitan St. Louis Police Department. Later, he spent 20 years in the U.S. Secret Service, finishing as the agency’s deputy director. In 2002, he joined Time Warner as senior vice president and chief security officer. A native of St. Louis, Cockell has served on the SLU board of trustees. COLLEGE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Dr. Darigg C. Brown (Grad PH ’02) A behavioral scientist at RTI International, Brown leads and supports research to improve public health and to address community and global health disparities. His primary focus is HIV/AIDS prevention: He examines sociocultural risk factors and uses culturally appropriate methods to eliminate HIV-related health disparities among vulnerable populations. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Richard J. Ward Jr. (IT ’58) Ward pursued a long career in intellectual property law, including as managing partner at Christie, Parker and Hale. He has served as a member of the San Marino (California) City Council since 2009 and was mayor in 2013. He has been president and a trustee of the San Marino Schools Foundation, and led the San Marino City Club and the San Marino National Little League. He also is a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knight Grand Cross). 2016 Alumni Merit Award Nominations The annual awards honor distinguished graduates from each college or school in recognition of their outstanding achievement, dedication to their profession and commitment to the mission of Saint Louis University. Nominations are due by April 15. Visit alumni.slu.edu/alumnimerit. 2015 Alumni Merit Awards Each year, many Saint Louis University colleges and schools present Alumni Merit Awards to SLU graduates. Below are the 2015 honorees, who were recognized during Homecoming and Family Weekend. The 2015 Alumni Merit Awardees are (seated, from left) Kuensting, Freiberger, Anderson and Zemelman, and (standing, from left) Marshall, Brown, McNulty, Ward, Cockell and Seda. (Not pictured: Rutkow.) PHOTO BY STEVE DOLAN PHOTO BY STEVE DOLAN 5 WWW.SLU.EDU 4 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 SLU Unveils New University and Billiken Athletics Logos Two of the most enduring symbols of Saint Louis University — the fleur-de-lis and the Billiken — have a new look for the digital age. SLU shared the updated logos during a special event at Chaifetz Arena in November. The new logos were developed by the award-winning brand strategy and design agency Olson, in collaboration with the University’s division of marketing and communications and SLU’s department of athletics. The process involved more than 150 students, faculty and staff, and the logos received final approval from the University’s board of trustees in September. Marks for the SLUCare Physician Group and the University’s campus in Madrid, Spain, have been updated as well. Convocation SLU Welcomes the Class of 2019: University President Dr. Fred P. Pestello smiles in front of a crowd full of blue at the 2015 New Student Convocation and Family Welcome at Chaifetz Arena in August. Pestello encouraged the newest Billikens to make the most of their SLU experience. During the ceremony, Jay Goff, vice president for Enrollment and Retention Management, noted that the achievements of the incoming class put them among the top 10 percent of all students tested in the nation. SLU and SSM Celebrate Historic Agreement, New Hospital Plans In September, Saint Louis University and SSM Health marked the first day of their expanded partnership with a celebration in the lobby of SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, which offi-cially joined SSM Health's extensive Catholic health care network. The event drew local dignitaries, including St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay (Law ’80), as well as several St. Louis aldermen. Bill Thompson (PH ’78), CEO of SSM Health, announced that the company will invest $500 mil-lion at the University’s Medical Center, including constructing a new hospital and outpatient care center. The Lawrence Group, in partnership with Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, was selected as architects of the project. The facilities are expected to be completed by September 2020. “We will be able to continue to provide first-rate medical and health sciences education, now with even greater opportunities for our physicians, our health care practitioners and our students,” said University President Dr. Fred P. Pestello. “We are excited for how the region will benefit in terms of improved health and health care.” Agreement Will Bring More International Students to SLU Along-term agreement between Saint Louis University and INTO University Partnerships will extend SLU’s global reach and enhance educa-tional access for international students. INTO is a private company that partners with universities to expand opportunities for higher edu-cation. SLU is the first school in Missouri and the first among the nation’s 28 Jesuit institutions to enter this type of joint venture. INTO Saint Louis University is managed by a board that includes leaders from both organizations. Tim Hercules (A&S ’99, Grad Cook ’06, Law ’12), for-mer director of international services at SLU, is the executive director of INTO SLU. Dr. Anneke Bart, associate professor of mathematics and computer sci-ence, is the academic director. SLU and INTO will develop academic programs for international students to improve their English language comprehension while preparing to be suc-cessful, degree-seeking SLU students. SLU’s First Chess Team to Start in the Fall Saint Louis University has established its first collegiate chess program with the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. SLU’s chess team will offer competitive scholarships and recruit top-tier players from around the globe. The goal is to have a complete team by this fall. The team will be coached by Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez, a full-time employee of the Chess Center. Originally from Costa Rica, Ramirez was the winner of the 2010 U.S. Open and runner-up at the 2013 U.S. Championship. SLU Prison Program Grants First Degrees Saint Louis University granted the first Associate of Arts degrees through its University’s Prison Program last fall. The SLU Prison Program is the only on-site degree-granting program in the United States that serves both the incarcerated and those who work in the correc-tional facility. The program is operated out of the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (ERDCC) in Bonne Terre, Missouri, in coordination with the Missouri Department of Corrections. In November, SLU hosted a graduation ceremony at the ERDCC for incarcerated students. University President Dr. Fred P. Pestello delivered the commencement address. Department of Corrections staff students were invited to participate in SLU’s midyear commencement ceremony at Chaifetz Arena in December. The program began in 2008 when some SLU faculty began holding theological studies classes with 15 men incarcerated at the ERDCC. The effort expanded to include prison staff when the Associate of Arts degree program was created in 2010. SLU rose to No. 96 among the country’s top 280 national universities — a list led by Princeton, Harvard and Yale. SLU’s undergraduate business program is No. 93 among nearly 500 business schools in the country; the entrepreneurship and international business programs are in the top 10. In addition to making the national list of best colleges, SLU made the list of most sustainable campuses. SLU’s undergraduate entrepreneurship program is No. 23 in the country. This ranking gives comparative information about campus sustainability. The environmental organization ranked SLU 100 out of 153 institutions. Niche, a college rankings website, based SLU’s top 10 ranking on key statistics and student reviews, and considered 166 Catholic colleges. For the fifth consecutive year, Washington Monthly ranked SLU No. 4 in the country for community service in its “2015 College Guide.” The John Cook School of Business is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The graduate entrepreneurship program ranked No. 19 on their 2016 list of “Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies.” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT “BEST COLLEGES 2016” CENTER FOR WORLD UNIVERSITY THE PRINCETON REVIEW “BEST 380 COLLEGES” 2016 SIERRA MAGAZINE TOP 100 “COOL SCHOOLS” NICHE’S TOP 10 CATHOLIC COLLEGES WASHINGTON MONTHLY “BEST SCHOOLS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE” THE PRINCETON REVIEW “BEST 295 BUSINESS SCHOOLS” Rankings & Honors Visit SLU: The New Student Visit Center, located in Queen’s Daughters Hall on Lindell Boulevard, opened this fall and serves as a hub for presentations to prospective students and their families. Admission counselors, visit program staff and student ambassadors use the center as their home base. Built in 1890, Queen’s Daughters Hall previously housed School of Law offices. While its historical charm remains, the building's new features are designed to be interactive, mobile-friendly and fun. UNIVERSITY LOGO This fleur-de-lis — a symbol used at SLU in some form since the 1920s — was created uniquely for the University. ELEMENTS: The cross (SLU’s Catholic, Jesuit identity); the shield and crown (homage to King St. Louis IX, namesake of the city and the University); SLU’s founding date (1818). LAST REDESIGNED: 1995 ACCOLADES: Brand New, a website that covers brand work, named the SLU logo fourth on its list of best reviewed logos for 2015. BILLIKEN LOGO The Billiken and other athletic marks are paired with a font created exclusively for SLU that appears on team uniforms. ELEMENTS: The Billiken’s much-beloved smile, wink, pointy ears and tuft of hair remain prominent features. LAST REDESIGNED: Late 1990s ACCOLADES: The Billiken was named among the top 50 best new primary team logos of the year for 2015 by sportslogos.net. ON C AMPUS PHOTO BY NATHAN COWEN PHOTO BY KEVIN LOWDER St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay praises the SLU-SSM Health partnership. PHOTO BY STEVE DOLAN SLU ranked No. 364 out of 1,000 universities from nearly 60 countries — among the top 1.5 percent of all colleges and universities worldwide. The Center for World University Rankings considers eight objective indicators, such as the number of alumni and faculty who’ve earned international awards. PHOTO BY STEVE DOLAN Students unveil the new Billiken at center court in Chaifetz Arena on Nov. 13. 7 WWW.SLU.EDU 6 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 Make A Difference Day: In October, Saint Louis University celebrated Make A Difference Day, a SLU tradition for 18 years. This year focused on service commitments students make after graduation, with SLU joining AmeriCorps VISTA to celebrate the program’s 50th anniversary. In all, nearly 4,000 Billikens provided almost 20,000 service hours to the St. Louis community on one day. Here, students make blankets for hospice patients. TRIO-Student Support Services Grant Renewed Student Educational Services announced in August that the TRIO-Student Suppor t Services (SSS) grant program was re-funded by the Department of Education for another five years — through 2020 — with an award totaling more than $1.3 million. The SSS program works with first-generation, modest-income college students and students with registered disabilities. SSS pro-vides students with resources and services with the ultimate goal of helping them graduate and tran-sition into the next phase of life. TRIO-Student Support Services has been at Saint Louis University since 1984. Awards Dr. Keith Elder is serving a three-year appointment on the editorial board of American Journal of Public Health. He is the chair of the department of health management and policy at SLU. Dr. Judith L. Gibbons, professor emerita of psychology, was named the 2015 Outstanding International Psychologist by the American Psychological Association. Justin Hansford, assistant professor of law, received a Fulbright scholarship to spend time in South Africa studying the legal career of Nelson Mandela. Dr. Susan Hoffstetter (Nurs ’80, Grad Ed ’02), associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health and a SLUCare nurse practitioner, was named one of 20 outstanding professors of women’s health nursing by nursepractitionerschools.com. Dr. Helen Lach (Nurs ’79, Grad Nurs ’86, ’01) and Dr. Verna Hendricks-Ferguson became fellows of the American Academy of Nursing, the highest professional recognition in nursing. Dr. Roger Lewis, chairman of environmental and occupational health and director of SLU’s Environmental Health Research Laboratory, received the Fellow Award from the American Industrial Hygiene Association. Dr. Teri Murray (Nurs ’79, Grad Nurs ’93, Ed ’97), dean of the School of Nursing, was appointed to the National Advisory Council for Nurse Education, a federal committee that advises Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Dr. Florian Thomas was named editor-in-chief of The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine by the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. Thomas directs the SLU Multiple Sclerosis Center. More than 170 SLUCare physicians from over 40 specialties were recognized by St. Louis Magazine as best doctors in 2015. The list is based on the annual “Best Doctors in America” database, which considers more than a million peer evaluations to create a directory of 30,000 doctors. Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit honor society, recognized four SLU-affiliated members with Magis Medals for living out ASN values: Dr. James Kimmey, faculty emeritus in health management and policy, and alumni Tom Nolan (A&S ’69, Grad Ed ’70), Jesse Sullivan (A&S ’07) and Lindsey Weston (Ed ’13). Undergraduates Stephanie Wormald and Linde Parcels represented SLU on the Student Advisory Board for the ONE Campaign, an international grassroots advocacy organization that fights poverty and preventable diseases. SLU Breaks Ground on a Second New Residence Hall Saint Louis University broke ground in November on its newest residence hall, a $71 million facility that will be located at the northwest corner of Grand Boulevard and Laclede Avenue. The facility is scheduled to be finished by sum-mer 2017. The seven-story, 237,000-square-foot building will connect to the adjacent Griesedieck Complex, which will go offline for renovations once the new construc-tion is complete. Designed for first- and second-year students, the new facility will feature single and double suite-style rooms, with a total of 528 beds. Plans also call for a dining hall, classrooms, study lounges and an outdoor plaza. Local architectural firm Hastings and Chivetta designed the facility, and St. Louis-based Alberici is the general contractor. Another new residence hall, at Laclede and Spring avenues, has been under con-struction since early 2015. It is slated to open this summer. This is the eighth consecutive time SLU made the honor roll, the highest federal recognition a university can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and community engagement. This time, SLU was the only institution in Missouri to earn distinction in the area of interfaith service. SLU is No. 6 on this list. Rankings were based on policies and programs that welcome pregnant and parenting students, scholarship availability and family housing options. PRESIDENT’S HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY SERVICE HONOR ROLL STUDENTS FOR LIFE OF AMERICA’S “TOP SCHOOLS FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS” Rankings & Honors (continued) PHOTO BY MICHELLE PELTIER Celebrating St. Peter Claver: Attendees walk north on Grand Boulevard in a Eucharistic processional from St. Francis Xavier College Church to St. Alphonsus “Rock” Liguori Church, where they celebrated the feast of St. Peter Claver, S.J., considered the patron saint of black Catholics for his ministry to African slaves brought through Colombia on the way to the Americas. A new endowed scholarship has been established at SLU honoring St. Peter Claver. (See page 8.) VACCINES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES $5.8 million SLU’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit received a five-year contract from the National Institutes of Health to study the safety and effectiveness of vaccines and other ways to fight infectious diseases. Through advances in “omics,” such as deep sequencing techniques and mass spectrometry, researchers will explore areas that provide important information about the body’s immune response. HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING $5.1 million Dr. Daniel M. Haybron, professor of philosophy, received a $4.6 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, along with $453,000 from the University. The grant is believed to be the largest ever awarded to a researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences. The three-year project will promote collaboration among well-being researchers across a range of disciplines. The project includes a three-year post-doctoral fellowship in philosophy at SLU. TUBERCULOSIS VACCINE $2.9 million SLU’s Center for Vaccine Development received $2.9 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study a new tuberculosis vaccine. Dr. Daniel Hoft, director of the division of infectious diseases at SLU, will use the award to continue studying the role of T cells in fighting TB. GERIATRIC CARE $2.5 million A three-year, $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will help SLU improve the health of older Missourians by training primary care health providers in geriatrics. Dr. John Morley, director of geriatric medicine at SLU, leads the project. HEPATITIS B CURE $2.2 million With a new grant from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. John Tavis, professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, will take his 25-year mission to develop a cure for the hepatitis B virus into the next phase. The research will focus on optimizing a drug and limiting toxicity. DETECTING SEPSIS $1.78 million With a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. David Ford, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and Dr. Jane McHowat, professor of pathology, are collaborating on research they hope will lead to a biomarker that helps detect sepsis. OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG $1 million Dr. David Griggs, director of biology at SLU’s Center for World Health and Medicine, received a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the development of a new class of drugs to treat bone diseases. He and co-investigator Dr. Rajeev Aurora, associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, will screen more than 100,000 molecules to see if they might be turned into medications. MAJOR GRANTS PHOTO BY KEVIN LOWDER ON C AMPUS A rendering of the new residence hall. 9 WWW.SLU.EDU 8 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 $2.1 Million Bequest Will Benefit Business School Saint Louis University recently received a $2.1 million bequest from the estate of Alfred Dunkin Sr. (Cook ’24), an accountant who retired from Edison Brothers in St. Louis, and his wife Irene. The gift will create a scholarship fund — the Alfred and Irene Dunkin Scholarship — for accounting majors in the John Cook School of Business, as well as the Alfred V. Dunkin Professorship in Accounting. While working full time, Dunkin attended night classes to earn his accounting degree. His son, Alfred Dunkin Jr. (Cook ’50, Law ’53), also attended SLU. Endowed Fellowship Connects SLU and Botanical Garden The Missouri Botanical Garden and Saint Louis University have announced a five-year endowed doctoral fellowship in plant conservation genetics/ genomics. The fellowship starts in August. The Philip and Sima K. Needleman Doctoral Fel lowship is made possible by a gi f t to the Missouri Botanical Garden from Philip and Sima K. Needleman. The fellowship will provide a full-tui-tion scholarship, a stipend and health insurance for one doctoral biology student at SLU. Final Vows: Christopher Collins, S.J., assistant to the president for mission and identity, professed his final vows during a 9 p.m. Campus Ministry Mass at St. Francis Xavier College Church in September. Ron Mercier, S.J., Jesuit provincial of the Central and Southern Province, received Collins’ vows and held the Eucharist before him as he professed. Nearly 1,000 people attended. Vigil for Peace and Justice: Dr. Jonathan Smith, special assistant to the president for diversity and community engagement, encourages SLU students to consider St. Louis their home during the “Vigil for Peace and Justice.” Sponsored by Campus Ministry, the candlelight vigil was held before the first 9 p.m. student Mass of the academic year in the plaza across from St. Francis Xavier College Church. SLU Launches Missouri’s First Palliative Care Fellowship SLU has started the first hospice and palliative medicine fellowship program in the state. The fellowship will train one physician this year in the subspecialty that cares for those who have chronic, life-changing illnesses, such as cancer, congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Fourth-year medical students and residents also will receive training through an elective related to the program. Dr. Dulce Cruz Oliver, assistant professor of internal medicine and a SLUCare geriatrician, directs the fellowship. New Scholarship Honors Jesuit Saint, Community Service The ne w S t . Pe t e r Claver, S.J., Service Endowed Scholarship will assist first-generation, full-time freshmen from an urban setting who have financial need and a love of community service. Established by a gift from Brian Shelton (A&S ’80), the scholarship honors the legacy of St. Peter Claver, S.J., a missionary who ministered to African slaves in Colombia in the 17th century. Shelton learned about the saint through his parish, St. Elizabeth, Mother of John the Baptist, in north St. Louis. “I began to understand the meaning of diversity as an undergraduate at Saint Louis University, where I rubbed shoulders with a variety of ethnic groups and discovered that their differences were a gift,” Shelton said. “The Jesuit tradition welcomes diversity and also values service to others, and I saw this scholarship as a natural fit with SLU’s mission.” The scholarship is eligible for SLU’s Go Further Scholarship Matching Program. St. Louis Literary Award Goes to Grossman The Saint Louis University Library Associates presented the 2015 St. Louis Literary Award to internationally renowned author David Grossman in September. Born in Jerusalem, Grossman wrote the much-lauded See Under: Love, To the End of the Land and Falling Out of Time. He also has published short sto-ries, novellas and nonfiction, including interviews with Palestinians and Israeli Arabs. The award a lso recognized t ranslators of Grossman’s work into English: Jessica Cohen, Betsy Rosenberg, Stuart Schoffman and Haim Watzman. Established in 1967, the St. Louis Literary Award is one of the top literary prizes in the country. New Administrators & Deans Dr. Collins O. Airhihenbuwa DEAN OF THE COLLEGE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE A global leader in research on health, identity and culture, Airhihenbuwa was head of the department of biobehavioral health in the College of Health and Human Development at Pennsylvania State University. He directs the Pan-University Network for Global Health, a consortium of 13 higher education institutions working together to address global health concerns, and has advised the World Health Organization and the United Nations. Christopher Collins, S.J. ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR MISSION AND IDENTITY An assistant professor of theological studies, Collins also provides executive-level leadership to foster and promote SLU’s Catholic, Jesuit identity. As director of SLU’s Catholic studies program for two years, Collins developed a Mass and lecture series about Catholic higher education, and helped establish the Billiken Teacher Corps. Sheila Manion VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT Manion was SLU’s associate vice president for development for nearly four years before most recently serving as interim vice president. Previously, she led the campaign for the Saint Louis Art Museum expansion. SLU's offices of alumni engagement and event services also report to her. Dr. Jonathan C. Smith SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT As assistant professor and community liaison in the African American studies program, Smith has been at SLU since 2002. In his new role, he helps develop University strategies, goals and assessment plans for diversity and inclusion, supports the President’s Diversity Council and leads the implementation of diversity initiatives. Arts at SLU MOCRA Museum of Contemporary Religious Art Georges Rouault: Miserere et Guerre Through May 8 Visitors can see all 58 works of this landmark in the history of printmaking and 20th-century art. mocra.slu.edu SLUMA Saint Louis University Museum of Art Linda Skrainka: Reflections Through May 15 The late artist’s work offers a view of the nature of humanity’s existence through her depictions of her home, garden and world. sluma.slu.edu School of Education Starts Urban Education Program The Urban Education Learning Collaborative (UELC) invites undergraduates to commit to careers in urban and under-resourced schools. Based in SLU’s School of Education, the four-year program results in a Bachelor of Education degree with Missouri teacher certification. UELC students enroll in special sections of core courses focused on teaching and learning in urban settings. The program is partnering with the Jennings School District in north St. Louis County. “As we serve the whole child and interrupt the cycle of poverty by helping families create new positive narratives, partnering with Saint Louis University for teacher preparation in urban schools is a powerful next step to ensure together we are effectively training future urban educators,” said Dr. Tiffany Anderson (Ed ’94, Grad Ed ’01), Jennings superintendent. Each UELC cohort will include 10 education majors. Dr. Alex Cuenca, assistant professor of social studies education, said the hope is to expand the pro-gram to 40 students who will spend all four years working in the same urban school. PHOTO COURTESY OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP CHANGES AHEAD FOR SLUCARE AND THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Saint Louis University’s Medical Center is making some administrative changes. Dr. Robert M. Heaney, assistant vice president for medical affairs, is the CEO of SLUCare through December 2016. He also remains senior associate dean for clinical affairs in the School of Medicine. Heaney received his medical degree from Creighton University and trained in internal medicine at SLU. Kathy Merlo (Nurs ’80, Grad Nurs ’88) continues to serve as SLUCare Chief Operating Officer, reporting to Heaney. At the School of Medicine, Dr. Philip Alderson, vice president for medical affairs and dean, has decided to retire. A national firm is searching for his successor. When the new dean is in place, Alderson will take a sabbatical then return to SLU in the phased retirement program to assist with fundraising, among other duties. PHOTO BY MARIA TSIKALAS PHOTO BY STEVE DOLAN University leaders pose with Shelton (third from left) to receive his gift establishing the St. Peter Claver, S.J., scholarship. ON C AMPUS Happy birthday! SLU’s School of Education celebrated 90 years in 2015 as it returned to the name it started with in 1925. In recent years the school was named the College of Education and Public Service. PHOTO BY CHARLES BARNES Grossman PHOTO BY STEVE DOLAN It’s impossible to ignore Matt Wooters. The 28-year-old graduate student is standing in the middle of a path leading to Lipic Clock Tower Plaza with a broad smile, an out-stretched hand and an offer that most students can’t refuse at 9 a.m.: free coffee. Even students wearing earbuds and avoiding eye contact get pulled in by this self-described “wildly extroverted” man. Wooters also attracts attention because in the sea of T-shirts, jeans and cargo shorts, he is wearing clerical attire: black pants, black shirt and a Roman collar. Wooters is a resident of the Bellarmine House of Studies, a home for 18 Jesuit scholastics (men studying for the priest-hood), and a brother-in-formation living in St. Louis and attending Saint Louis University as part of First Studies, the second step of Jesuit formation (see sidebar). Every Friday a handful of the men host Java with the Jesuits at the clock tower or in Pius XII Memorial Library so SLU students can grab a cup of coffee and hold a conversation with, according to Wooters, “one of your friendly neighborhood Jesuits.” They talk about majors, workout routines, weekend plans and, on this particu-lar morning, one of the young Jesuits tutored a student who asked for help with discrete math. “When most students think about Jesuits, they imagine older priests or maybe one of their professors,” said Wooters, a member of the Bellarmine House vocation promotion committee, which finds ways for the Jesuits to interact and build relationships with SLU stu-dents. “They don’t imagine that we’re young men, rushing to class and taking the same courses they do. Java with the Jesuits is our way of saying we’re here. We’re everywhere.” They are everywhere. The scholastics participate in student gov-ernment, play on the rugby team, attend Mass at St. Francis Xavier College Church, cheer at sporting events, compete in pickup bas-ketball games, participate in campus ministry and engage in myriad service projects. Tucker Redding is a third-year scholastic who also serves on the vocation promotion committee. “SLU students are aware that this is a Jesuit university, but they don’t always get the chance to meet Jesuits,” Redding said. “I’m sure plenty of people have their stereotypes about what a Jesuit, priest, seminarian or brother is, but we hope to give them a chance to meet the people behind the collar and see that we’re normal human beings — whatever that means to you — who like normal things like coffee and conversation.” IN FORMATION Jesuits-in-training study and serve on campus. By Marie Dilg Photos by Steve Dolan 10 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 LEFT: Wooters engages a student near the clock tower. ABOVE: A promotional flier. 13 WWW.SLU.EDU 12 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 Community Ties Bellarmine House, which is located on Westminster Place a block from the Lindell Boulevard entrance to campus, is a community under the auspices of the Central and Southern Province of the Society of Jesus. It is one of only three houses of First Studies in the country. The others are located near Fordham University in New York and Loyola University Chicago. Along with SLU’s College of Philosophy and Letters, Bellarmine House offers scholastics the chance to study the philosophy and the-ology required in First Studies, as well as the opportunity to work toward master’s degrees in philosophy or any other discipline, includ-ing social work, education, counseling, history or American studies. Although it’s called a house, the community is comprised of four, three-story 19th-century red brick homes with tidy lawns and well-maintained landscaping. The second and third f loors of the homes serve as living quarters. The first floor of each home serves a different purpose: the chapel house; the library and social house; the dining house; and the new house used for community meetings. Thomas Greene, S.J., rector of Bellarmine House, said the homes provide a positive atmosphere for prayer and study, but also allow scholastics to relax, rejuvenate and build a robust community life that will support them during formation and beyond. The scholastics have Mass and meals together daily, to which they often invite SLU students and other guests. On Sundays the Jesuits take turns cooking the community meal. Historic Home Bellarmine House has the distinction of being the only Jesuit scholas-ticate in the United States that, from its establishment, was embedded within a university setting. John Padberg, S.J. (A&S ’49, Grad A&S ’54), a Jesuit historian and former SLU history professor, said that young scholastics trained at seminaries in cities from the time the Society was founded in 1540 until its suppression in 1773. “After restoration, the Society often established its houses of for-mation and study in rural areas to protect the young men from the so-called perils of the city,” Padberg said. “It also was cheaper to live in the country.” In the late 1880s, however, the Society’s Missouri Province took the bold step of moving its house of study into the city and onto SLU’s campus, where scholastics studied with lay students and professors. The young Jesuit philosophy students lived in Verhaegen and DeSmet Halls until Fusz Hall was constructed in 1954. Padberg said the Jesuit scholastics benefitted greatly from integra-tion with SLU. “We broadened our horizons early on,” said Padberg, who earned THEOLOGY STUDIES At this stage Jesuits pursue a Master of Divinity degree, usually at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, California, or at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry in Massachusetts. Jesuits are ordained to the priesthood after this stage. THREE YEARS Tucker Redding TEXAS / AGE: 31 / THIRD-YEAR SCHOLASTIC Pursuing a master’s degree in communication Manages the Bellarmine House Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts Serves as chaplain for a SLU women’s prayer group and with social ministries at St. Francis Xavier College Church Serves on the DeSmet Jesuit High School board of trustees “I hope to work in public relations and marketing in order to present the Jesuits, our ministry and the Church in the most effective way possible.” Dan Kennedy OHIO / AGE: 25 / SECOND-YEAR SCHOLASTIC Pursuing a master’s degree in philosophy Serves as chaplain for the Billiken Teacher Corps Serves as a Student Government Association senator “There’s something I see in the students, this divine spark that ignites them for the Jesuit mission, and it’s infectious. It’s great to be working on my formation while they are working on theirs.” Matt Wooters WASHINGTON, D.C. / 28 / SECOND-YEAR BROTHER-IN-FORMATION Pursuing a master’s degree in social work Volunteered in Belize and taught social studies in an inner-city Detroit middle school before joining the Jesuits Serves with Peter and Paul Community Services in the transitional housing program for persons living with HIV/AIDS “I think it’s a good bridge for both the Jesuits and my colleagues to learn from one another’s lifestyles and vocations, whatever that may be. Social workers can be very similar to a Jesuit’s vocation because we are called to work against injustice.” his master’s degree in history from SLU during his formation in the late 1940s and early ’50s. “In addition to the philosophy classes we were required to take, we were encouraged to take courses that inter-ested us and that the Society wanted us to specialize in later on. At the end of our three years, we weren’t simply amateur philosophers; we were prepared to work in a world in which most people didn’t spend their time pondering the meaning of existence.” Greene said walking alongside lay students is an integral part of a scholastic’s learning experience. “It’s very helpful for our scholastics to be in class with students who raise serious questions about God and who can be very critical of organized religion for good reasons or bad,” he said. “It gets our men used to encountering a diversity of attitudes regarding Christianity and Catholicism. The men begin to formulate their responses to them.” A Wealth of Experience Greene said First Studies also is considered a time of integration for scholastics. Under the guidance of experienced Jesuits, they learn to blend their intellectual, apostolic, communal and spiritual lives. In addition to their academics, the scholastics are expected to pro-vide eight hours of service each week in the community. They work in homeless shelters, parishes, youth centers, schools and prisons. “SLU and the city of St. Louis offer incredible opportunities for our men to engage in ministry,” Greene said. “The scholastics are eager to serve. They often attempt to do far more ministry than the hours required and can become overcommitted. First Studies is a good time to find balance because overextension is one of the biggest challenges of a Jesuit life. It’s a healthy tension we’re called to live in.” At its peak, the Society had 100 First Studies scholastics attend-ing SLU. Since the late 1960s, however, their numbers gradually decreased and remain fairly stable at 25 or 30. When the province sold Fusz Hall to the University in 1990, the scholastics moved to Bellarmine House. When Padberg entered the Society in the ’40s, the average scholas-tic was 18 years old and straight out of high school. Today, the average scholastic is 28 and a seasoned professional. For example, among the scholastics currently residing in Bellarmine House are an Iraqi War veteran, a financier, a physician, an architect, a physical therapist and a former Teach for America volunteer. “I’m continually amazed at the gifts these guys bring the commu-nity,” said Greene, who practiced law before entering the Society of Jesus and went through formation with a man who trained animals for film and television. “It makes for a very rich environment that I believe benefits the St. Louis community and that of SLU.” UTAS FOLLOW THE JESUITS OF BELLARMINE HOUSE ON FACEBOOK OR ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM @BHOS_JESUITS Bellarmine House of Studies is named in honor of St. Robert Bellarmine, a 16th century Italian Jesuit theologian, cardinal and doctor of the Church. He is best known for his writings defending the Catholic faith against the positions of the Protestant reformers. THE PATH TO PRIESTHOOD NOVITIATE Those entering the Jesuit order take their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Novices learn through experience about the traditions, rules and expectations of the Society of Jesus and discern whether they are called to a religious life. TWO YEARS FIRST STUDIES This period integrates intellectual and spiritual growth. Scholastics and brothers may finish work on their bachelor’s degrees, while others work on advanced degrees in a variety of subjects. THREE YEARS REGENCY During this period, the Jesuit scholastics and brothers work in ministries while continuing to live in community. Most Jesuits are assigned to teach at high schools or universities, but some work in parishes or other ministries. TWO TO THREE YEARS TERTIANSHIP After three to five or more years in active ministry, a Jesuit spends several months in a tertianship program in preparation for his Final Vows. This time usually is spent in a ministry different than his typical work and involves a long retreat known as the Spiritual Exercises. THREE TO FIVE MONTHS FINAL VOWS During Final Vows, Jesuits reaffirm their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They also vow to go wherever the Pope feels they are needed. MEET A FEW OF THE SCHOLASTICS TIDBITS: Greene (center) and scholastics, Colten Biro (left) and Sean Barry (right), share conversation and appetizers on the patio of one of the Bellarmine houses before the community’s weekly communal meal. SOUP’S ON: Scholastics Patrick Hyland (left), Dickson Tiwelfil (center) and Aaron Malnick prepare lamb and roasted vegetables for the communal meal. Scholastics take turns cooking for their fellow community members. 15 WWW.SLU.EDU 14 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 hen Mary Bruemmer first arrived at Saint Louis University, no one could have predicted the impression she would make. But looking back, the signs were there from the start. This was a girl with moxie. One who presumed, in 1938, that she deserved a chance at a higher educa-tion. A young woman from Madison, Illinois, who would take a streetcar over the McKinley Bridge to get to St. Louis every day for the next four years. “It was a bold step to enter the world of higher education,” Bruemmer said. “If even one girl in a Madison High School graduating class went to college, it was news for the local paper.” Like many women of her generation, she thought she’d become a teacher. When she came to SLU, women made up just 5 percent of the student body and were not yet admitted into the College of Arts and Sciences. Bruemmer entered the School of Education and Social Sciences. “I discovered that, in competing for acceptance, grades or honors, the secret was to act as if prejudice and discrimination did not exist, to presume that I would exceed and excel,” she said. Excel she did. She studied history and made straight-A’s, and gained a reputation as a leader. When she realized The University News staff didn’t include women, she led a group of classmates to the newspaper’s office and informed the editor that they wanted in. After Pearl Harbor and throughout the World War II years, the involvement of female students became essential all over campus. Bruemmer earned top positions at both the U. News and the Fleur-de-Lis literary magazine. Her experience and connections would serve her well as she neared the end of her undergraduate days. After the typical course of study and student-teaching her senior year, she realized teaching wasn’t for her. By that time, Bruemmer had grown close to SLU’s Jesuits, and they recognized her potential. When she decided not to become a teacher, the Jesuits offered her a newly created dean of women position. She turned it down. Twice. “I was in no way qualified to be a dean of women,” Bruemmer said. “I needed more life experience and to get away from SLU.” That was the first and last time that thought crossed her mind. Mary Bruemmer came to Saint Louis University to be a teacher. Instead, she fell in love. Her life — and the University — would never be the same. By Amy Garland PHOTO BY STEVE DOLAN 17 WWW.SLU.EDU 16 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 Bruemmer took a job with the Red Cross, training veterans to find jobs. Then she moved to Springfield, I l l inois, where the bishop was es tabl i shing a Cathol ic Youth Organization. She ended up setting up CYOs in 10 parishes. After six years, she switched gears and began a series of positions in media and communications, first as continuity director of a radio station, then in publicity for the Springfield Public Library, the Springf ield Symphony Orchestra and others. She also created an adult education pro-gram at a local junior college. A few more years passed, and Bruemmer star ted thinking in another direction: Her father was about to retire, and she wanted to move closer to home. Coi ncidenta l ly, Sa i nt Lou is University leaders were thinking about Bruemmer moving home, too. They asked her again to be the dean of women. Again, she said no. However, she agreed to a new position — director of Marguerite Hall, SLU’s first official residence hall for women — provided the administration would give her $100 to travel to other schools and learn how to do the job. After an impromptu bus tour to Purdue, Marquette, Northwestern and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Bruemmer felt ready. That was 1956. With few exceptions — a well-deserved vacation here and there — she’s come to SLU every day since. After Marguerite, she moved to Rogers Hall, another residence hall for women. (The building is now Jesuit Hall.) In 1967, Bruemmer finally said yes to the role the University had offered her many times, dean of women. She succeeded Nancy McNeir Ring, the first person to have the job, and quickly compre-hended what exactly she had taken on. “The number of women students kept increasing, and the Jesuits real-ized they didn’t know enough about advising them,” Bruemmer said. “So Nancy did that. But as a woman, she also represented something more. Because we had no female Jesuits, no wives of Jesuits, she helped with the hospitality. She made the University what it was, hospitable.” Bruemmer lived up to the standard set by her predecessor, and became the person who welcomed new people of all ranks to Saint Louis University. “Mary was the first Saint Louis University person I met. In fact, she took me to lunch right before my interview in 1972,” said Dr. Ellen Harshman (Grad ’78, Law ’92), who worked with Bruemmer in Student Development and on SLU’s Women’s Commission. Harshman retired in 2015 after 43 years in the administration and now leads the planning for SLU’s bicentennial. “She’s wonderful about caring about people and making them feel welcome,” Harshman said. Caring and welcoming became Bruemmer’s hall-marks in her next position. In 1972, the Univer si t y streamlined the leadership in student affairs from three deans (dean of student affairs, dean of men, dean of women) to just one, with Bruemmer at the helm. She cited this era as one of her favorites. “As dean of student affairs, I was involved with the entire University: residence halls, menus for the dining halls, Busch Student Center, everything,” she said. “Plus, I had an apartment downtown BY THE NUMBERS: MARY BRUEMMER 100 Christmas cards sent to alumni friends every year 50 Years as a Billiken basketball season-ticket holder 26 Years since she officially retired from the University 7 SLU presidents she’s worked and volunteered under 2 Statues given to the University in her honor (“Our Lady of the Way” near Fusz Hall and “The Pilgrim,” the St. Ignatius figure in the quad) HONORS: HERE ARE JUST A FEW ACCOLADES BRUEMMER HAS RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS 1977 First-ever SLU Woman of the Year 1990 University’s Fleur de Lis Award 1997 College of Arts and Sciences’ William Barnaby Faherty, S.J., Alumni Merit Award 2000 Honorary doctor of humanities from SLU 2006 Alpha Sigma Nu’s Peg Fennig Award 2012 Ageless Remarkable St. Louisans Award She even has an award in her name. In 1980, the Student Government Association created the Mary A. Bruemmer Award to recognize a member of the SLU community who made a lasting impact and exemplified dedication to advancing the student experience. with a view of the Arch!” Bruemmer excelled in this role, and came into contact with students who would remember her forever. Bruce Hilton (A&S ’80, Law ’86) sure does. The St. Louis-area lawyer said he “got to know Mary under not the best circumstances” as an “out-of-control, rebellious” undergraduate. Her kindness made a difference; she helped him find a campus job and even secure a student loan to pay his senior-year tuition. “I’m not being tongue-in-cheek when I say that without her, I wouldn’t be where I am today,” Hilton said. “She was my guardian angel.” Dean, guardian angel — and the first Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. (The fraternity brothers gave her that title as thanks for helping bring SLU’s chapter to campus when she was in student affairs.) Bruemmer held the deanship for more than a decade, and then moved to the development division to work for J. Barry McGannon, S.J. (A&S ’47, Grad ’52, ’63). “He paid me two-thirds of what I made as dean of student affairs,” she joked, “but I don’t have expensive tastes.” Fundraising was a natural f it for Bruemmer, as all the students who loved her became alumni who remembered her fondly. “Mary is the administrator so many remember from their time as students. She has been that steady presence for generations of students, alumni and friends,” said Kent LeVan (Cook ’87, ’97), who worked with Bruemmer as a student and still does as executive director of planned giving at SLU. Sheila Manion, vice president for University development, echoed LeVan’s sentiments. “Everyone knows Mary. They might not remember who the presi-dent was when they were here, but they remember her,” Manion said. “She sets the tone for the way we all should engage with each other.” In 1990, Bruemmer retired from her last official University position — but kept coming to the office daily as a full-time volun-teer for the Women’s Commission, the Women’s Council and Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit honor society. She’s never stopped. “It is incredible that she still is here almost every day,” LeVan said. Today, Bruemmer continues to connect with undergraduates through her ongoing involvement with the Student Government Association and other student organizations. “I enjoy this generation of students as much as the one that went to war,” she said. Clearly, the affection is mutual. Students stop by her office in DuBourg Hall to chat, cheer for her at Oriflamme training and throw her birthday parties. At the 2015 party, for her 95th birthday, students made her a gigantic card that still leans on a wall in her office. The card — 4 feet long, 6 feet wide — is covered in messages from student-leaders, each one more effusive and compli-mentary than the next. “Thank you for teaching us the t rue spir it of being Bi l l ikens,” wrote s tudent Hannah McEnery. It’s a notion shared by many, including University President Dr. Fred P. Pestello. In his inaugural address in 2014, he singled out Bruemmer, calling her “one remarkable woman who is an inspiring example of what it means to be a Billiken.” Bruemmer’s response? “I was naturally grateful and pleased, but a little embarrassed.” She might feel the same way when the University dedicates a new space in her name: Mary Bruemmer Plaza will grace the front of one of SLU’s new resi-dence halls, slated to be finished this summer. The woman who worked with so many of the big names in University history certainly has made one for herself. For her part, Bruemmer doesn’t see what she’s done as extraordi-nary but rather as an act of love. She referred to the writing of Former Jesuit Superior General Pedro Arrupe, S.J., to explain: “Nothing is more practical than find-ing God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. … Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.” Mary Bruemmer came to Saint Louis University more than three-quarters of a century ago to become a teacher. Little did she know, in SLU she’d find the love of her life. UTAS IN HER OWN WORDS Single Lady Bruemmer was proposed to by three different men but never accepted. “I didn’t see marriage as an improve-ment on my life.” Mary’s Symbol Bruemmer has an extensive collection of fleur-de-lis items, many of which are on display in the DuBourg Hall conference room bearing her name. “If someone catches me not wearing a fleur-de-lis, I’ll buy them lunch.” Devout Catholic Until two years ago, she played the organ for Masses at her family’s parish, where she learned to play in eighth grade. “Now, happily, I am a member of the College Church parish.” Hands on the Wheel She still drives. “My friends still trust me to drive them to lunch or dinner.” Don’t Find Her On … She emails but hasn’t joined social media. “I don’t have time!” Inspiration Her mantra? “Thy will be done!” MARY THROUGH THE YEARS 1. Bruemmer shows her serious side in her 1940 yearbook photo. She studied in the School of Education and Social Sciences at SLU 2. Bruemmer socializes with colleagues at the Campus Club after a Billiken basketball game in the 1950s. With her are Elizabeth Sweeney, assistant director of women’s housing; Joseph Boland, S.J., assistant professor of theology; and Carroll J. Glenn, executive assistant in the Institute of Technology. 3. Bruemmer sits at her desk in the fall of 1956, when she was director of Marguerite Hall. 4. Bruemmer in 1968, a year after she became dean of women at SLU. 5. Vice President of Student Development Dr. Kent Porterfield and Dr. Leanna Fenneberg, assistant vice president of Student Development, watch as University President Dr. Fred P. Pestello (far right) and the 2014 Oriflamme class give Bruemmer a standing ovation. 2 1 3 4 5 19 WWW.SLU.EDU 18 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 AN IDEA SPARKS It took just a couple months for 3-D print-ing of organs at Saint Louis University to go from idea to reality. Parkar and King were attending a Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance conference in February 2014. When one of the speakers talked about 3-D printing as the future of medicine, they began to brainstorm ways SLU could use the technology to improve patient care while creating opportunities to teach medical students at Saint Louis University School of Medicine about complicated cases. “Congenital heart disease impacts one per-cent of births annually in the United States,” King said. “At SSM Hea lth Cardina l Glennon Children’s Hospital, I see patients from babies to young adults, and they are very, very sick. When they come in, they require a high level of care from everyone around them — the doctors and nurses in the ICU, the cardiovascular team and the anesthesi-ologist. These are complicated cases in small organs.” King said the education and prep work the surgical team can do before going into the operating room can improve patient outcomes. A 3-D printing partnership brings School of Medicine and Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology professors together. WH E R E T E C H N O L O G Y A N D H E A L I N G M E E T By Maggie Rotermund Photos by Kevin Lowder A cross-campus collaboration began with a Google search. When Dr. Nadeem Parkar, Saint Louis University assistant professor of radiology, and Dr. Wilson King, assistant professor of pediatrics and a SLUCare pediatric cardiologist, wanted to look at developing 3-D printed models to recreate patients’ hearts prior to surgery, they knew they needed to start with the printer. They searched for one in the St. Louis area and realized they needed to go no further than up Grand Boulevard to the Tinker Lab at SLU’s Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology. “No one in St. Louis was doing this,” Parkar, a SLUCare radiologist, said. “To his credit, when we approached Dr. Condoor (Sridhar Condoor, chair-man of Parks’ department of aerospace and mechanical engineering), he jumped on board.” Now the trio is using 3-D printing to create models of organs and bones prior to surgery. The surgeon can hold and examine the model, get an enlarged view of any anomalies and plan the best approach for the operation. Since printing the first model of a pediatric heart in April 2014, the group has printed more than 30 body parts for various SLUCare physicians to use before they operate. 3-D models, like this one of a pediatric heart, help SLUCare physicians identify possible complications before surgery. SLU’s 3-D dream team. From left: King, Condoor and Parkar. 21 WWW.SLU.EDU 20 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 “In cases of congenital defects, we are talking about small hearts and a high level of complexity,” King said. “You want to make a perfect repair while limiting the amount of time the patient is under anesthesia and on bypass. It is a challenging atmosphere for even the best surgeons.” One of the first organs the group printed was for a 14-year-old boy who had been through several previous procedures over the course of his life. “The heart prints to the exact size it is in the body,” King said. “Along with the other information we have about the patient, the 3-D model gives the doctors a better idea of what to expect when they operate.” The models can also be built at a larger scale. CREATING THE MODEL The physicians begin the process to create a 3-D organ model by using existing diag-nostic imaging tools. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized axial tomog-raphy (CT) and ultrasound images provide 2-D images of the organ. Those shots are then put through a computer model which “translates” the 2-D pictures into a 3-D ver-sion ready to be printed. “Good images make for a good model,” Parkar said. The images are simply moved to a shared Dropbox file, where undergrad and gradu-ate students in the Tinker Lab clean up the images to prepare them for printing. The printing process itself takes around 24 hours for a smaller organ, longer for an adult-sized heart or bone. Parkar said a printed model of a pelvic bone took around 60 hours to print. The printer — a Stratasys Objet Eden260VS — prints layer by layer, in resin and other durable materials. It has been used to make mechanical plane parts and other industrial pieces at Parks College for around eight years, Condoor said. “It is an efficient process,” Condoor said. “It just prints the model and the support material.” Students then carefully remove the support material to reveal the model. The first 3-D organ was a labor of love for the trio. Work was completed on nights and weekends, and the material cost for the plastic initially came out of their pockets. “I don’t know where we would have gone if we didn’t have Dr. Condoor,” Parkar said. “He was very nice to allow us the opportunity to experiment on his printer. We had to build a model first to show everyone what it could do. Just like a picture — a model speaks a thousand words.” Since the first model was used, 3-D models have been printed for phy-sicians specializing in pediatric cardiology, cardiology, pulmonology, orthopaedics, neurology, vascular surgery, anesthesiology and plastic sur-gery. They have evolved to suit the needs of doctors using them. The first model was solid plastic. Subsequent models have included hollow spaces and have been printed with a more flexi-ble material. SLUCare surgeons now want mod-els printed with a plastic that can be sterilized so that it can be taken into the operating room. “It’s been fun to watch it take off and see where we can go with it,” King said. Condoor added that his undergraduate and graduate students at Parks have also embraced the collaboration. “They see such a purpose to what they are doing,” he said. “They know they are helping to save lives.” The models also are being used in medical education to give students another tool to see complicated cases in a tangible way. One of Condoor’s graduate students has used the idea of 3-D printed organs as a jumping-off point for a thesis on brain simulation. King said having an opportunity for the care team to handle the model before surgery increases physicians’ confidence and can improve patient outcomes. “It’s really personalized medicine,” he said. “It is specific to that patient, and it gives us the opportunity to really study the specifics of that particular congenital defect or issue.” WHY IT WORKS “Our strength here at SLU is our ability to collaborate,” King said. “We see a patient in need, and we have the ability to interact with the engineers to create exactly what we need. And then we bring the model back to the clinicians.” Parkar agreed, saying the trio has innovated together. “This is a collegial atmosphere — there were no egos involved jumping in for credit,” he said. “It has gone so fast and so smoothly because we work together so well. SLU is not a group of silos; we are a community.” WHAT COMES NEXT The next phase in 3-D printing is to create individualized implantable devices so that a stent or other device could be tailored exactly to the patient’s specific anatomy. New 3-D printed replacement bones could be used in cases of cranial fractures. Parkar calls the 3-D movement disruptive innovation. “We are providing something new and services that aren’t expected,” he said. “In five to 10 years, this will be the standard of care.” UTAS The 3-D organs are printed on a Stratasys Objet Eden 260VS printer in the Tinker Lab of Parks College. The printer works by printing the organ layer by layer in a resin or other durable material. 1937 Charlie White (PARKS) lives at a retirement home in Spring Valley, California. 1949 Dr. Mario Martini (MED) is a retired pediatrician who has been married for 65 years. He is active in his parish, as well as the American Legion, YMCA and Optimist Club. He lives in Pacific Palisades, California. George Rogers (COOK) went to Japan to revisit where he was held prisoner during World War II. One of his five children, Jeffrey, accompanied him. Rogers lives in Lynchburg, Virginia. 1952 Donald Connolly (A&S) published The Blue-Eyed Ensign, a memoir about his first year in the military, which included going to U.S. Coast Guard officer candidate school, being assigned to Guam and starting a theater on a naval air station. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. 1954 Gene Kranz (PARKS), center, was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. 1955 Edwin Kraus (IT) and his wife, Virginia Sue (Compas) Kraus, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in June in Rapid City, South Dakota. In attendance were their six children, 11 grandchildren, spouses and three great-grandchildren. The couple lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. Sister M. Antonio Reneau (DOISY) retired after 20-plus years as a medical lab technologist. She lives in Huntington, West Virginia. 1956 Richard Jasinski (PARKS) retired from Lockheed Martin in 1999. He promotes That Man Is You!, a Catholic men’s fellowship program, in the Washington Archdiocese. He lives in Potomac, Maryland. 1957 Dr. August C. Bolino (GRAD A&S) published his latest novel, An 1872 Case of Murder in Utah Territory. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. 1958 Dr. Lee Ann Hoft (NURS) writes, publishes and consults on life crisis and violence issues from clinical and human rights perspectives. She lives in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. 1960 John Patrick Britt (COOK ’60, GRAD COOK ’69) still runs marathons, and qualified for the Boston Marathon six times. For 18 years he has volunteered at Shriner’s Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, Our Little Haven and Dream Factory. He lives in St. Louis. David Doering (COOK ’60, GRAD COOK ’69) is a retired banker living in Chesterfield, Missouri. Dr. James R. Eck (COOK) completed the 27th annual supplement to a book he wrote in 1987, Structuring Settlements. He has written two other books, including one published in Australia while he was a fellow at the University of New South Wales. He has 70 publications, which led to visiting 100 countries and presenting papers in 17 countries. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri. 1961 J. Russell Bley (A&S), a member of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps, is in his seventh year as a tutor at St. Cecilia School and Academy, from which he graduated in 1953. He lives in St. Louis. Diane Hoelzeman (NURS) retired in 1996 after 35 years of active nursing. She lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. 1962 David Luechtefeld (A&S) announced he will retire from the Illinois State Senate when his term ends in January 2017. He has served as an assistant minority leader since 2003. He lives in Okawville, Illinois. Bonnie (Boehler) Owens (A&S) volunteers with the homeless and is a Eucharistic minister for the homebound in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Harry Owens (A&S ’62, MED ’66) volunteered in Central America with Project Hope on the hospital ship USNS Comfort for three months. He lives in Blue River, Oregon. Dr. Albert Rotermund Jr. (A&S ’62, GRAD A&S ’66) is professor emeritus of biology at Loyola University Chicago. 1964 Robb Scoular (PARKS ’64, LAW ’68) is chairperson-elect of Executive Service Corps of Southern California, a nonprofit that provides management consulting and coaching to other nonprofits. Scoular is a partner with Dentons US, and was the founding managing partner of the Los Angeles offices of both Dentons and Bryan Cave. He lives in Palos Verdes Estates, California. 1966 Ronald Bloch (A&S) had enough of New England winters and retired in Corrales, New Mexico. James Emahiser (A&S) retired as president of his own consulting firm in 2010. He previously spent 32 years with the Department of Defense, retiring in 1998 as assistant secretary of defense for logistics and materiel readiness. He lives in Glen Carbon, Illinois. Dr. Charles Garcia (A&S ’66, DENT ’69) lives in Panama City. 1967 Lynn Beckwith Jr. (GRAD ED ’67, ’83) retired as an endowed professor of urban education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. During his 54-year career, he was a teacher, principal and executive director in the St. Louis Public Schools, and superintendent in the University City School District. He lives in Florissant, Missouri. Janet (Ingram) Brandmill (DOISY) is a retired physical therapist living in Quincy, Illinois. Ernestine (Rossi) McGlynn (GRAD A&S) retired after 30 years as a public defender in Washtenaw County, Michigan. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1968 Jane Dorset Anderson (A&S) and Mary (Blanchard) Bowe (A&S) are featured in a documentary by Anderson’s son. Donut Dollies tells of a group of American women who volunteered during the Vietnam War through the Red Cross. Anderson lives in Cummington, Massachusetts. Jerome A. Diekemper (A&S ’68, LAW ’71) was inducted into the National Academy of Arbitrators. He focuses his practice on mediation and arbitration. He lives in St. Louis. Douglas Kuhlmann (A&S) retired in June 2014 after teaching 40 years. He lives in Newbury, Massachusetts. Dr. Francis Yartz (GRAD A&S), professor emeritus at Loyola University Chicago, writes book reviews for The Ancient World, a scholarly journal for the study of antiquity. For five years he has been listed in Who’s Who in the World. He lives in Lakewood, Ohio. 1969 Norman Gahn (A&S) received the Allied Professional Award from Attorney General Eric Holder for his work with DNA evidence on behalf of crime victims. He retired in 2015 after nearly 31 years as an assistant district attorney for Milwaukee County. He lives in Hartland, Wisconsin. James Lessner (GRAD COOK) is the local board member of the Selective Service System of the State of New Mexico and financial secretary for the Knights of Columbus Council 4256. He and his wife, Melody, live in Deming, New Mexico. Thomas Maher (A&S ’69, GRAD A&S ’71) retired as director of instructional services and associate professor at Colorado State University after 38 years in higher education and instructional television. He enjoys world travel, playing piano and driving fast cars. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. C L A S SNO T E S 23 WWW.SLU.EDU 22 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 Paul M. Maloney (COOK ’69, LAW ’72) was appointed by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to the St. Louis City Board of Election Commissioners. Mary (Boyts) Schmit (SW) has been married to Pete Schmit for 36 years. She volunteers with Immigrant Refugee Women’s Program as a teacher and is active in St. Peter’s parish in Kirkwood, Missouri. 1970 Dr. Mary Brucker (NURS ’70, GRAD NURS ’71) was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing. The second edition of her book, Pharmacology for Women’s Health, was recently published. She is an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University and editor of nursing for Women’s Health. She lives in Arlington, Texas. Sister Philomena Cox (GRAD ED) celebrated 70 years as an Ursuline Sister. She is retired at the motherhouse at Mount Saint Joseph in Maple Mount, Kentucky. Linda Kuhnlein (A&S) retired after 38 years teaching in parochial and public schools. She lives in Independence, Missouri. Kevin O’Malley (A&S ’70, LAW ’73) received the Global Ambassador award from World Trade Center St. Louis. Joe Wiley (A&S ’70, GRAD ’74) is founder and president of Quest Management Consultants. He lives in Belleville, Illinois. 1971 Dr. Mark Beaugard (A&S ’71, MED ’75) is married to Betsy (Coffey) Beaugard (COOK ’73). They have four children and six grandchildren. Since retiring in 2011, he has been active in nonprofits and travels frequently. They live in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Kathianne (Knaup) Crane (LAW) is a 2010 Class of Women’s Justice Award honoree in the public official category. She lives in St. Louis. Kathleen (Hanau) Gaines (A&S) is assistant superintendent of human resources for the Contra Costa County Office of Education in Pleasant Hill, California. Dr. John M. Pellock (MED), a professor of neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, accepted the Epilepsy Foundation’s 2015 Champion of Epilepsy Award. A pediatric neurologist, Pellock is an internationally recognized expert in epilepsy drug therapy and clinical care. He lives in Midlothian, Virginia. Dr. Robin Tassinari (MED) is a professor of psychiatry and medicine at Albany Medical College. He lives in Chatham, New York. 1972 David Duesterhaus (PARKS) retired from the Arnold Engineering Development Complex after 42 years and 33 years of government service. His career took him to Tennessee, Germany, Virginia and California. He looks forward to retirement with Debra, his wife of 30-plus years, in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Debra (Durst) Mullins (DOISY) works part time in an Optimal Performance and Physical Therapies facility and winters in Florida. 1974 James M. Gibson, S.J. (A&S ’74, GRAD ’80) is a member of the general council of his congregation in Rome. He worked for nine years as a missionary in Oaxaca, Mexico, and then in parishes in southern California. Andrew Hesketh (PARKS) is celebrating his 34th year at McDonnell Douglas- Boeing. He is senior manager for all Boeing Test and Evaluation Laboratories in St. Louis, St. Charles, Philadelphia and Mesa, Arizona. He lives in Florissant, Missouri. Robert McCulloch (A&S ’74, LAW ’77) received the Missouri Bar-Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Prosecutor of the Year Award. He lives in St. Louis. Francis X. O’Connor (LAW) became the immediate past president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in May 2015. He lives in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. Dr. Jonathan Rohrs (MED) retired after 41 years in family practice in Holland, Ohio. Luther W. Simmons (LAW) is an associate judge in Madison County, Illinois. Dr. Richard P. Wunderlin (GRAD A&S) co-wrote the second volume of the Flora of Florida collection, which helps identify the plants that populate that Sunshine State. He lives in Lutz, Florida. Arlene Zarembka (LAW) received the Ethical Society of St. Louis 2015 Ethics in Action Award for her lifetime of work. She is known for successfully defending the civil liberties of low-income residents threatened with condemnation and relocation. 1975 Susan E. Block (LAW), a family law attorney for Paule, Camazine and Blumenthal, serves on the Missouri Supreme Court Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness. She lives in St. Louis. Mary Sennewald (SW) raises money for scholarships and operating expenses for the School for New Mayas (Centro de Formacion Nuevos Mayas In Xix, in the Guatemalan highlands). She lives in St. Louis. 1976 Dana J. Boente (COOK ’76, GRAD COOK ’77, LAW ’82) was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as a U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Mark D. Hassakis (LAW), of Hassakis and Hassakis, is on the board of the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois. He lives in Mount Vernon, Illinois. Thomas O’Meara (GRAD COOK) is managing partner and chairman of the board at Clayton, Missouri-based Moneta Group. He also has been an instructor and guest lecturer at the University of Missouri-Columbia and St. Louis Community College. He lives in St. Louis. Dr. James M. “Jim” Schmuck (GRAD ED ’76, ’90) is on the board of directors of Kappa Alpha Order national fraternity. He will serve a two-year term. He and his wife, Judy, live in Wildwood, Missouri. 1977 Hon. Donald McCullin (LAW) was appointed the new Ferguson, Missouri, municipal judge in June. He lives in St. Louis. 1978 Bruce Aydt (LAW), a Missouri real estate broker with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance Real Estate, won the 2015 Corporate Counsel Award for Real Estate. He lives in O’Fallon, Missouri. Susan Busiek Battig (SW) retired from the Missouri Department of Mental Health. She worked as a case monitor who supervised mentally ill clients who committed crimes but then achieved conditional releases for community living. Her main objective in retirement is to spend more time with her two young granddaughters. She lives in St. Louis. David D. Crane (LAW) is a principal at Danna McKitrick. He lives in St. Louis. Tim Noelker (LAW) is on the executive committee of the board of trustees of Catholic Charities USA. He is in his 30th year as a partner at Thompson Coburn in St. Louis. Dr. David Perlmutter (MED) is executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the medical school at Washington University School of Medicine. He had been the Vira I. Heinz Endowed Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Jonas Steiner (SW ’78, GRAD SW ’80) lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, and is vice president and director of admissions and social services for Hebrew Health Care. Erv Switzer (A&S ’78, LAW ’81), of Greensfelder, Hemker and Gale, was honored by Missouri Lawyers Weekly with a 2015 mentor award. He lives in St. Louis. Dr. Darryl Weiman (MED), professor of surgery at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, published Medical Malpractice — A Physician’s Guide to Navigating the Minefield of Medical Malpractice Law. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee. 1979 Raymond Fournie (LAW), a partner at Armstrong Teasdale, is serving a three-year term on the firm’s executive committee. He lives in St. Louis. Therese Long (A&S), executive director of the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention, received the 18th annual Dr. James J. Crawford Award for lifetime achievement in the field of dental infection control. She lives in Atlanta. Stephen McCue (PARKS), a husband, aerospace engineer, traveler and writer, completed his book That Was Not On the Itinerary, which takes the reader on a journey around the world. He lives in Andover, Kansas. Dr. Calvin Owens III (GRAD ED) retired and relocated to Highlands Ranch, Colorado. He and his wife, Peggy, enjoy biking, hiking, running, climbing, winter sports and taking in the beautiful mountains, parks and old ghost towns. 1980 Thomas Auffenberg (LAW) is president of Modern Litho-St. Louis, formerly Midtown Printing. Prior to its merger with Modern Litho in 2013, Midtown was one of 18 companies nationwide to receive the Management Plus Merit Award and admission to the Management Plus Society from the National Association for Printing Leadership. William J. Bruin Jr. (COOK ’80, GRAD COOK, LAW ’83) is a principal with the law firm Danna McKitrick. He lives in St. Louis. Dr. Michael J. Foy (GRAD), who retired from the private practice of orthodontics in 2013, is serving a three-year term as the Speaker of the House of Delegates of the American Association of Orthodontists. He and his wife, Janet, reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1981 Lisa Ortyl Donato (NURS) is a senior clinical systems specialist at Centene Corp. and lives in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri. Dr. Mary Jo Gorman (A&S) was honored with the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award by the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield. Gorman, a hospitalist and entrepreneur in St. Louis, co-founded three critical-care companies. She recently co-founded a fourth company, Prosper Women Entrepreneurs, a consortium to support women-led companies. Yvonne (Egerston) Schwandt (NURS) is co-founder and director of Pathways Hospice and Palliative Care. She lives in Ballwin, Missouri. Crayton (Grad Doisy ’72) was born in northern Louisiana. One of 11 children, she said, “We were raised on a small farm that provided physical and spiritual sustenance for the family.” She attended Jones Elementary School, a Rosenwald school with a single classroom for first-, second- and third-graders. Crayton later attended Grambling State University, a historically black college in Louisiana. A biology professor suggested that Crayton and other female students consider the home economics department, then a new field of study. There she discovered dietetics. “His suggestion wasn’t considered sexist,” she said. “We thought we’d all become teachers, but here was another career option.” After graduating in 1968, Crayton moved to St. Louis to complete her dietetics internship and earn a master’s degree at SLU. “SLU accepted me in the first round, and I was quite glad to accept and end up there.” As an intern, Crayton (center) trained at St. Mary’s Hospital. Following graduation, Crayton worked in St. Louis hospitals but realized that environment didn’t really allow her to get to know her patients. She started a new position as a community nutritionist at Metro East Health Service Council. “I went into community nutrition so I could meet the patient and the family, so that I could learn about their backgrounds and needs. I’m glad I recognized early that people are dealing with a lot of things other than medication and food.” After her husband’s military service in Vietnam, he was accepted into graduate school at Tuskegee University. Crayton relocated to Alabama where she worked as a specialist in food and nutrition in Tuskegee’s Cooperative Extension Program. She also conducted applied research for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of the Food Assistance Program. In 1977, Crayton joined Cooperative Extension at Auburn University. In 2003, she became the state director of home economics programs and professor in the department of nutrition and dietetics. She served on panels for national organizations, including the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration. Crayton recalled that when she was hired, “the state had never before hired an African-American professional, master’s-level graduate for a job at the state level.” At Auburn, she developed programs that addressed family finances, child development, food safety, food preservation and nutrition, health and wellness, and housing. “We learned about the practical problems that families were facing and took those issues back to address in the university with additional research.” Crayton rang the closing bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. Crayton became the first African-American president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She was president-elect for a year before that, and her term goes through May 2016. Sept.28, 1946 1968 HOW I GOT HERE Dr. Evelyn Ford Crayton PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS By Danielle Lacey 1977 2003 August 2014 June 2015 C L A S SNO T E S 25 WWW.SLU.EDU 24 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 Reuben Shelton (LAW), Missouri Bar president, received the 2015 Ronda R. Williams Award for community involvement from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He lives in Chesterfield, Missouri. 1982 Jeannette (Batz) Cooperman (A&S ‘82, GRAD A&S ‘84, ‘94) is putting her Ph.D. in American studies to use by analyzing good and evil in American culture via her first murder mystery, A Circumstance in Blood, which was published this winter by Endeavour Press. Former SLU professor John Padberg, S.J., appears by name and is the “wisest character in the book.” She lives in St. Louis. John Defeo (LAW) is self-employed as an arbitrator/mediator since retiring from Nationwide Insurance Company’s trial division in 2014. He also is a volunteer judge pro temp for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County as part of their major jury settlement program. He lives in Philadelphia. Ann Taylor, C.S.J.P. (PH) retired in 2007 as administrator of the Cusack Care Center in Jersey City, New Jersey. She is a part-time congregation archivist living in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 1983 Dr. Henry Bailey III (GRAD COOK) retired from Prairie View A&M University and teaches Sunday school classes. He lives in Houston. Timothy Hogan (A&S ’83, LAW ’85) lives in St. Louis. He has two children, Bella and Ben. Betsy J. (Goffstein) Levitt (LAW), of Evans and Dixon, received the 13th annual St. Louis Workers’ Compensation Distinguished Lawyer Award. John G. Simon (COOK ’83, LAW ’86) received the Distinguished Lawyer Award from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. 1984 Dr. Brian E. Birdnow (A&S ’84, GRAD A&S ’87,’00) is a history professor at Lindenwood University. He recently signed a contract for his fourth book, a study of communism in the motion picture industry during the 1930s and ’40s. He lives in St. Louis. Marc Ellwein (DOISY ’84, ’92) is a physician assistant working full time in otolaryngology and part time in acute care in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Clayton S. Friedman (LAW) joined the law firm Sidley Austin as a partner. He lives in Newport Coast, California. Geralyn Furmanek (A&S) is the national director, mission enrichment and oblate associates, for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, U.S. Province. She lives in Columbia, Illinois. Matthew Geekie (A&S ’84, LAW ’87) was named a 2015 Corporate Counsel Award winner in the “Innovation” category by St. Louis Business Journal. Geekie is senior vice president, secretary and general counsel for Graybar. He lives in St. Louis. Rev. Troy Overton (A&S) is pastor of St. Edward Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Cheryl Rogers Resetarits (GRAD A&S) wrote a book of poetry, Brood. She lives in Oxford, Mississippi. 1985 Jeffrey Bashuk (LAW), of Bashuk and Glickman, received the Special Recognition to a Volunteer Award from DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation. He lives in Decatur, Georgia. Robert Devereux (LAW) joined the firm Danna McKitrick as principal. He has more than 30 years of experience in commercial litigation and corporate law. He is the chief executive officer of Gateway Title Company Inc., and a founding member and a member of the board of directors of Triad Bank. Amy Hirsch Diemer (A&S ’85, LAW ’88) is managing attorney at Catholic Legal Assistance Ministry in St. Louis. Hon. Andrew J. Gleeson (LAW), a resident circuit judge, is the 53rd president of the St. Clair County, Illinois, Bar Association. He lives in Belleville, Illinois. Craig A. Lackey (A&S) is a partner in the Dallas office of Perkins Coie’s corporate practice. Tom Martin (PARKS) joined the Federal Aviation Administration in 2012 as the technical lead and senior systems engineer in the FAA’s Commercial Space Flight Division. He lives in Washington, D.C. Dr. Brent Pawlecki (A&S ’85, MED ’89) received the 2015 Global Leadership in Corporate Health Award, recognizing his career as a proponent of workplace health. Since 2011, Pawlecki has been chief health officer for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. He lives in Akron, Ohio. Thomas Rutledge (A&S) is on the publications board of the American Bar Association’s business law section. He is an attorney at Stoll Keenon Ogden and lives in Louisville, Kentucky. 1986 Dr. Paul Gore (A&S) is dean of the College of Professional Sciences at Xavier University. He lives in Cincinnati. Lisa (Schorb) Meyer (DOISY) is a division vice president for RehabCare. She lives in Columbia, Illinois. Annie (Pierce) O’Connor (DOISY) published A World of Hurt: A Guide to Classifying Pain. She lives in Oak Park, Illinois. 1987 Dr. Patrick Foley (GRAD) is one of the directors of the American Board of Orthodontics. He practices full time in Lake Zurich, Illinois, and serves as a part-time clinical instructor of orthodontics at SLU’s Center for Advanced Dental Education. Dr. Edward F. Leonard (GRAD COOK) is the 14th president of Birmingham- Southern College. 1988 Mary (Brown) Reitz (LAW), a lawyer and officer in Greensfelder, Hemker and Gale’s litigation practice group, is on the executive committee of the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. She lives in High Ridge, Missouri. 1989 Dr. Samuel H. Chiow (GRAD A&S) is a professor of historical theology at China Evangelical Seminary in Taipei, Taiwan. Christopher Fronk, S.J. (A&S), a military chaplain in the U.S. Navy with the rank of commander, was named the next president of Jesuit High School of New Orleans. Fronk will begin his new assignment as the school’s 30th president in November. Fronk also has served in Okinawa, Japan; Norfolk, Virginia; Pittsburgh; Ft. Dix, New Jersey; and Washington, D.C. 1990 Karie E. Casey (LAW) joined the law firm Morrow Willnauer Klosterman Church. She lives in St. Louis. Susan Studer-Russo (DOISY) is a renal dietitian at Bedford Park Dialysis in the Bronx and a dietitian at Putnam Nursing and Rehab in Holmes, New York. Dr. Phillip Tucker (GRAD A&S) wrote two new books, How the Irish Won the American Revolution and The Forgotten Defenders of the Alamo: The Irish in the Texas Revolution 1835-1836. He lives in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. 1991 Rev. Dr. Steven Peay (GRAD A&S) is dean and president of Nashotah House, a seminary of the Episcopal Church and the oldest degree-granting institution in Wisconsin. He lives in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. 1992 Martin L. Daesch (LAW) of Sandberg Phoenix and von Gontard was honored by Missouri Lawyers Weekly with a 2015 mentor award. He lives in St. Louis. 1993 Craig Concannon (COOK ’93, LAW ’96) is a St. Louis County municipal judge for the west and north divisions. Tim Curtin (A&S) works with the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria. He is deputy director for development programs supporting the education sector. He and his family were previously posted to Jamaica and Washington, D.C. Christopher Rausch (LAW) is senior vice president and general counsel at Lockard. He lives in Chesterfield, Missouri. Mary Rychnovsky (LAW) joined Armstrong Teasdale’s St. Louis office. She advises and defends health care providers. 1994 Lisa (Ives) Brunette (A&S) wrote her first book of poetry, Broom of Anger. She lives in Chehalis, Washington. Dr. Gregory Eberhart (MED) is the medical director for cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and vascular service lines at CHI Franciscan Health in Tacoma, Washington. He earned a Master of Medical Management degree from the University of Southern California in 2015. Angela Vos McCormick (A&S ’94, GRAD A&S ’96) is a city councilor representing Ward 3 in Maryland Heights, Missouri. She was sworn in in April 2015 and is serving a two-year term. 1995 Florence Jeffreys (GRAD NURS ’95, ’99) is a cardiology nurse practitioner with SLUCare. She lives in O’Fallon, Illinois. Marilyn Norris Wall (SW) helps with the Gabriel Project in Montgomery County, Maryland. She became a professed secular Franciscan in 2014 at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, Maryland. 1997 Dr. Steve Arvanitis (MED) is the associate program director of inpatient medicine at Unitypoint Trinity in Rock Island, Illinois. He also is a fellow in the Society of Hospital Medicine. 1998 Bill Bolster (LAW) of Lewis Rice received the 2015 Superhero for Kids award from the nonprofit St. Louis Arc. Robert Kenney (LAW) is vice president of California Public Utilities Commission Regulatory Relations at Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Tony Metzner (COOK) is senior vice president at Advantage Capital Partners. He lives in Ballwin, Missouri. Annette Slack (LAW) was appointed by St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger to be director of community empowerment and diversity program manager for the Office of Community Empowerment. She lives in Florissant, Missouri. 1999 Amy Gabriel (LAW) is an attorney with the Edwardsville, Illinois-based law firm Gori Julian and Associates. Beth (Suchanek) Gori (LAW) joined the law firm Gori Julian and Associates in the Edwardsville office. Tim Hercules (A&S ’99, GRAD COOK ’06, LAW ’12) is executive director of INTO SLU, a program to increase recruitment and success of international students at SLU. Peter Mosanyi II (A&S) is a senior associate, legal, at the architectural firm HOK’s St. Louis office. 2000 Mariquita Barbieri (A&S ’00, LAW ’03) is a principal at the law firm Carmody MacDonald. She lives in St. Louis. Kristine Bridges (LAW) of Thompson Coburn received the 2015 Missouri Bar Pro Bono Publico Award. She lives in House Springs, Missouri. Katie Fowler (LAW) received the 2015 Sandra Ware Gratitude Award for her commitment to Let’s Start, a program that assists women in transition from prison life to society. She lives in St. Louis. Dr. E. Suzanne Lee (GRAD ED) is dean of the School of Education at Saint Xavier University. She lives in Evanston, Illinois. Jennifer (Urban) Rathburn (LAW) is a partner in the data privacy and security team of the national law firm Quarles and Brady and a founding member of Midwest Cyber Security Alliance. 2001 Amber Schuette-Cameron (COOK) is of counsel at Heyl, Royster, Voelker and Allen law firm in Edwardsville, Illinois. She lives in Glen Carbon, Illinois. 2002 Sara Stock (LAW, GRAD COOK) is an attorney and founding member at Khazaeli Wyrsch Stock. She lives in Eureka, Missouri. 2003 George Reed (GRAD) is dean of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs School of Public Affairs. Previously, he was an associate dean of the department of leadership studies at the University of San Diego. 2004 Vincent Giacabazi, S.J. (A&S) is director of Ignatian formation for the Alum Service Corps (ASC), which places graduates of Jesuit high schools and universities in volunteer teaching posts. Giacabazi was an ASC volunteer from 2004-05 at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Kevin McIntyre (GRAD A&S ’04, ’07) was promoted to associate professor and awarded tenure at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Eric Moraczewski (COOK), CEO of FDI Strategies, was named one of Colorado Business Magazine’s Most Influential Young Professionals in Colorado. He and his wife Kathryn (Wohlschlaeger) Moraczewski (COOK ’04) live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. LEGACY LUNCH 2015 Saint Louis University is a family tradition for 466 members of the Class of 2019. That means that nearly a quarter of the freshman class has a parent, grandparent, sibling or other family member who graduated from SLU. During Fall Welcome in August, the office of alumni relations invited these freshmen and their Billiken relatives to the annual Legacy Lunch in Cook Hall. Pictured are the new students in attendance and their SLU family members. PHOTO BY KABANCE PHOTO C L A S SNO T E S 27 WWW.SLU.EDU 26 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 2005 Seth Crompton (LAW) is a partner at the Holland Law Firm in St. Louis. F. John Griffith (LAW) is vice president and general counsel of Culligan International Co. He lives in Northbrook, Illinois. Brittany Kozal (A&S ’05, LAW ’09) joined the family law group of Carmody MacDonald. She is a member of the Theodore McMillian Inns of Court and volunteers with the Girls on the Run and the St. Louis Crisis Nursery. She lives in St. Louis. Sander C. Sowers (LAW), of Lear Werts, received the Boone County Bar Association Outstanding Service Award. He lives in Columbia, Missouri. David Sweeney (LAW) joined the St. Louis office of the law firm Lathrop and Gage. 2006 Thomas Dowling (LAW), partner at Stinson Leonard Street, completed the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurions Leadership Program. Emily (Boling) Filmore (LAW) released two nonfiction books in 2015: The Marvelous Transformation: Living Well with Autoimmune Disease, about her 20-year struggle with health issues, and Conversations with God for Parents, which was co-authored with Neale Donald Walsch and Laurie Lankins Farley. Filmore lives in St. Louis. Patrick Garcia (A&S ’06, GRAD PH, LAW ’10), former senior counsel in the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, joined LeClairRyan’s health care regulatory, transactions and compliance team. He is in the firm’s Annapolis, Maryland, office. 2007 Anne-Marie Brockland (LAW), of the Simon Law Firm, received the Missouri Bar Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award. She lives in St. Louis. Michael J. Rogers, S.J. (P&L) is an assistant chaplain and fellow at the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at the College of the Holy Cross. He lives in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Chrissie Scelsi (LAW) is chair of the executive council of the entertainment, arts and sports law section of the Florida Bar. She lives in Orlando, Florida. 2008 Raven Akram (LAW) joined Macy’s law department as counsel. She lives in St. Louis. Mike Meehan (GRAD) co-wrote Who’s That Doggy? with Alissa Murphy to help raise awareness of shelter animal adoption. He lives in St. Louis. Robert E. Murphy, S.J. (DOISY) was ordained a Jesuit priest in 2014. He is campus minister to SLU’s School of Medicine and Doisy College of Health Sciences. Amanda (Thompson) Sauer (A&S) married Peter Sauer (COOK ’08) on Nov. 1, 2014. The couple lives in Milwaukee. Falon M. Wrigley (LAW) is part of the labor and employment group at Armstrong Teasdale. She lives in Edwardsville, Illinois. 2009 Matthew Diehr (LAW) of Husch Blackwell was selected for the Missouri Bar Leadership Academy’s Class of 2015-16. He lives in St. Louis. Kara (Helmuth) Krawzik (LAW) is an associate at Greensfelder, Hemker and Gale. She lives in St. Louis. Karen (Stirnaman) Rippelmeyer (LAW) is an associate at Lathrop and Gage. She lives in Columbia, Illinois. Matt Smyser (A&S) is an occupational therapist at Health South in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Lauren (Nichols) Wacker (LAW) is an associate at Lathrop and Gage. She lives in St. Louis. Bradley Zaffiri (LAW) is an associate attorney in the St. Louis office of HeplerBroom. He focuses on civil litigation matters, including professional liability, premises liability, products liability, insurance law and complex tort litigation. 2010 Salim E. Awad (LAW) joined Coulter Lambson and focuses his practice on family law and litigation. He lives in Edwardsville, Illinois. Markus Cicka (LAW) of Stinson Leonard Street is vice president of the Missouri Society of Health Care Attorneys. He lives in Ballwin, Missouri. Christopher J. Finney (LAW) of the Finney Law Office has been certified as a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He lives in St. Louis. Portia C. Kayser (LAW) joined the law firm Fisher, Patterson, Sayler and Smith. She lives in O’Fallon, Illinois. Angela S. McQuage (LAW) joined the Blake Law Group in Belleville, Illinois. Robert Moehle (PARKS ’10, GRAD PARKS ’11) is one of the founders of Hook, an affordable home automation hub that enables electronic devices to be controlled from the Internet. He lives in Kirkland, Washington. Matthew W. Richards (LAW) joined MasterCard as counsel of operations and technology. He lives in Chesterfield, Missouri. Dr. Tiffany L. Taylor-Johnson (GRAD ED) was honored as “Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year” by the St. Louis Association of Secondary School Principals. She is associate principal at Ladue Middle School. Alayna Tress (COOK) is a clinical trial associate at Biogen Idec after completing her Master of Public Health at Boston University. She lives in Zurich. Jonathan Wixom (A&S, COOK) is vice president at Health Capital Consultants. He lives in St. Louis. 2011 Justin Cardwell (LAW) joined the law firm Roberts, Wooten and Zimmer. He lives in St. Louis. Robert L. Devereux (COOK ’11, LAW ’14) is a principal with the law firm Danna McKitrick. He lives in St. Louis. Joseph Goff Jr. (LAW) was appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon as an associate circuit judge for St. Francois County, Missouri. Goff had been an assistant attorney general, as well as an associate in private practice with the firm of Reeves and Goff. Scott R. Hunsaker (LAW) is an associate in the commercial litigation department at Herzog Crebs. He lives in Glendale, Missouri, with his wife, Jennifer. Abbi (Howe) Kirchner (LAW) is an associate in the wealth strategies practice at Lathrop and Gage. She lives in St. Louis. Lisa Luetkemeyer (LAW), of Husch Blackwell, was named secretary of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association St. Louis Chapter Executive Board. Elizabeth “Libby” Orendorff (LAW ’11, ’14) is senior counsel at the law firm Husch Blackwell. She lives in St. Louis. Laurie Washington (LAW), of Legal Services of Southern Missouri, was chosen for the Missouri Bar Leadership Academy’s Class of 2015-16. She lives in Springfield, Missouri. 2012 Katherine Anderson (A&S ’12, LAW ’15) is an attorney in the labor and employment practice group at Greensfelder, Hemker and Gale. She lives in Fairview Heights, Illinois. Jonathan Ernst (A&S ’12, GRAD A&S ’14) and Dr. Brianne Keller (DOISY ’12, GRAD DOISY ’14) were married at St. Francis Xavier College Church on May 23, 2015. They met in the Micah Program their freshman year at SLU. They live in Davenport, Iowa. J. Thomas Mudd (LAW) is an associate attorney in the Edwardsville, Illinois, office of HelplerBroom. Emily Noble (A&S) is a licensing analyst for Mercy Virtual, which is Mercy St. Louis’ telemedicine department. She lives in St. Charles, Missouri. Emma Schuering (LAW), of Polsinelli, was selected for the Missouri Bar Leadership Academy’s Class of 2015-16. Jessie Steffan (LAW) is a staff attorney for the ACLU of Missouri in their St. Louis office. Justin Welply (LAW) joined the law firm Baker Sterchi Cowden and Rice. He lives in St. Louis. 2013 Richard W. Hill (LAW) joined Lashly and Baer. He lives in St. Louis. Aaron P. Moores (LAW) is a magistrate in the 15th judicial district of Virginia. He lives in Midlothian, Viriginia. Marie Tedesco Scott (LAW) is an associate at Neal and Harwell. She lives in Franklin, Tennessee. 2014 John Bowen (LAW ’14, GRAD PH ’15) is an attorney in the Indianapolis office of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath and Lyman, the largest health care-focused law firm in the nation. Sarah Boyce (LAW) joined the St. Louis City office of the Missouri Public Defender. Dylan R. Briggs (LAW) joined the law firm Brown and James. He lives in St. Louis. Justin T. Fezzi (LAW) joined the law firm Husch Blackwell. He lives in St. Louis. Adam French (LAW) is an associate legal counsel for Magellan Health in their Maryland Heights, Missouri, office. Joseph A. King (LAW) was admitted to the Missouri Bar. He lives in Ballwin, Missouri. Eric Meyer (PARKS) received a Master of Engineering degree from Boston University in May 2015. Elizabeth Pack (LAW) is an associate at the law firm Greensfelder, Hemker and Gale. She lives in St. Louis. James Ribaudo (LAW) joined the Niedner Law Firm. He lives in St. Louis. Christopher R. Scofield (LAW) joined the law firm Hall, Render, Killian, Heath and Lyman, in their Indianapolis office. Daniel Sheffner (LAW), of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Illinois, received the Missouri Bar’s W. Oliver Rasch Award. 2015 Amy Brabec (A&S) received an English teaching assistant grant through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. She leads language-learning activities at a teachers’ college in Brazil. Jay Ji (LAW) is an associate at Lewis Rice. He lives in Chesterfield, Missouri. Justin Ladendorf (LAW) is an associate at Lewis Rice. He lives in St. Louis. Caitlin Schweppe (LAW) is an attorney at Greensfelder, Hemker and Gale in the litigation practice group. She lives in Valley Park, Missouri. ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT JIM THOLE Jim Thole (Cook ’65) joined his SLU classmates in celebrating their golden reunion last fall. But the number 50 was signif-icant to Thole in more ways than one in 2015. In July, he and his wife Kathy completed a 35-year quest to visit all 50 states, 50 state capitols and 50 national parks. (There are 59 national parks, but several are inaccessible without special equip-ment and expense.) The Tholes met in 1967 and began their adventures honey-mooning at Trunk Bay in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1972. They had two sons, Nick and Neil, and began taking family road trips together, starting small by going to Branson, Missouri, and Hot Springs, Arkansas. “We didn’t wake up one morning and say, ‘Let’s do 150.’ That just kind of evolved,” Thole said. They visited 45 states and 18 national parks as a family. When the boys went off to college, he and Kathy continued on their own and decided to aim for all the state capitols and 50 national parks. “St. Louis is really blessed from a traveler’s standpoint. We can drive to almost any point in the U.S. in two days, other than the other side of the Rocky Mountains,” Thole said. His favorite parks? “I like the Bs, the Ys and the Ds: Bryce Canyon; Black Canyon of the Gunnison; Big Bend in Texas; Yellowstone; Yosemite; Death Valley; and the Dry Tortugas,” Thole said. He and Kathy have repeated several, including Zion five times. The Tholes didn’t stop with the national parks, though. They also hit national historical and military parks, memorials and monuments, national rivers and riverways, seashores and lake-shores, and 159 state parks, achieving 280 additional sites, not to mention 25 theme parks. Their travels have taught them about glaciers, Civil War his-tory, the railroad system, saloon culture and more. “I think I’m prouder to be an American after all this,” he said. “There’s hardly any place in the country we haven’t been to. The flip side is that we haven’t done any foreign travel [except Canada]. But we just got hooked on our own country and are happiest to see the diversity here. It’s just immense, incredible.” Thole credits SLU indirectly for fostering his love of travel: His SLU education prepared him for a business career that required travel to meet clients. “If you think about all the grandeur God has put in this country for us to enjoy, it can really leave you speechless,” he said. His advice for anyone looking to imitate his quest? “Start early!”— By Maria Tsikalas Thole rests in front of Hidden Lake and Bearhat Mountain in Glacier National Park in Montana. ALUMNI JOIN THE JESUIT VOLUNTEER CORPS Thirteen recent SLU alumni embarked on full-time service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) and its sister organization, JVC Northwest. As Jesuit Volunteers, they live simply and work for social change in a reflective, spiritually supportive community. Here are the volunteers and their assignments. Haley Adams (A&S ’15): Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery (Spokane, Washington) Jimmy Canning (PARKS ’15): Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona Inc. (Tucson) Trey Heffernan (A&S ’15): Macdonald Center (Portland, Oregon) James Ideker (PH ’15): Oregon State University (Hood River) Cami Kasmerchak (A&S ’15): Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School (San Jose, California) Deirdre Kerins (A&S ’15): Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (Portland, Maine) Nicole McCoy (A&S ’15): Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School (Pohnpei, Micronesia) Elizabeth Murphy (DOISY ’14): Catholic Charities of Spokane (Washington) Margaret Needham (A&S ’15): B-READY @ St. Stephen’s Youth Programs (Boston) Claudia Gomez Postigo (DOISY ’15): Care Partners (Hillsboro, Oregon) Ellen Quinn (PH ’15): Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yellowstone County (Billings, Montana) Anna White (PH ’15): Brooklyn Jesuit Prep (New York) Martin Zaldivar (PH ’15): New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (Albuquerque) ALUMNI AMONG 28 ORDAINED INTO THE SOCIETY OF JESUS In June, 28 men were ordained into the Society of Jesus — the largest group of new priests ordained by the Jesuits in more than 15 years. A quarter of them are Saint Louis University alumni. Victor Cancino, S.J. (P&L ’08, ’09) Vincent Giacabazi, S.J. (A&S ’04) Randall Gibbens, S.J. (P&L ’09) John Nugent, S.J. (P&L ’09) Ronald O’Dwyer, S.J. (P&L ’09, ED ’11) José “Pepe” Ruiz-Andujo, S.J. (P&L ’09) Sean Toole, S.J. (GRAD ED ’09) Another new Jesuit, Quang Tran, S.J., serves at St. Francis Xavier College Church. C L A S SNO T E S 29 WWW.SLU.EDU 28 UNIVERSI TAS SPRING 2016 Mrs. Frances (Albers) Rogge (NURS ’33) Mr. Vance Shellahamer (PARKS ’33) Mr. Alexander Buchan (A&S ’37) Dr. Robert Potashnick (MED ’37) Mr. Frank Guyol (COOK ’38) Mr. Merle Williams (PARKS ’39) Mr. Nicholas Armenis (PARKS ’40) Dr. Curtis Beerman (MED ’40) Mr. Eldon Blumentritt (COOK ’40) Mr. Robert Gast (PARKS ’40) Mr. Keith Gunther (A&S ’40) Mr. Witold Monkiewicz (PARKS ’40) Dr. Paul Muller (MED ’40) Mr. Robert Raymond (PARKS ’40) Mr. Carl Wheeler (PARKS ’40) Mr. Edward Bramman (COOK ’41) Dr. Francis Cretsinger (MED ’41) Mr. John Lucast (PARKS ’41) Mr. Robert Mudge (PARKS ’41) Mr. Robert Rawizza (COOK ’41) Mr. James Sunstein (PARKS ’41) Ms. Louise (Kobida) Tanner (NURS ’42) Mrs. Irene (Wegener) Weisenhorn (COOK ’42) Dr. Edward Croghan (DENT ’43) Dr. Arthur Dietrick (DENT ’43) Mrs. Mary (Sprick) Fuchs (DOISY ’43) Dr. Paul Mallinckrodt (DENT ’43) Mrs. Grace (Fooshe) Murphy (SW ’43) Dr. Robert Ryan (MED ’43) Mr. John Suomala (PARKS ’43) Sr. Marie Ven-Horst (A&S ’43) Dr. Dean Emons (DENT ’44) Mrs. Rita (Bachmann) Powers (NURS ’44) Dr. Donald Coburn (MED ’45) Dr. Walter Dudas (DENT ’46) Mrs. Ottilie (Els) Means (A&S ’46) Dr. Salvatore Pagano (DENT ’46) Dr. S. Polito (MED ’46) Dr. William Rees (MED ’46) Mrs. Emily (Flanagan) Rice (DOISY ’46) Mr. Edmund Albrecht (A&S ’47) Mr. Warren Cook (PARKS ’47) Dr. Paul Klingenberg (MED ’47) Mr. Everett Ness (PARKS ’47) Mr. Joseph Rehme (COOK ’47) Mrs. Rosemary (Pranger) Shea (NURS ’47) Mr. Ralph Torrence (COOK ’47) Mr. Rudolph Bonapace (PARKS ’48) Sr. Mary Braun (A&S ’48) Mr. Salvatore DeYoreo (PARKS ’48) Mr. Robert Epple (COOK ’48) Mr. Ralph Gruender (COOK ’48) Dr. Jack Hackney (MED ’48) Mr. Edward Holmberg (COOK ’48) Dr. Robert Mack (MED ’48) Miss Dorothy May (NURS ’48) Mr. Harry Midows (COOK ’48) Dr. Lester Sauvage (MED ’48) Mr. Nicholas Stein (COOK ’48) Mr. Clifford Stolte (COOK ’48) Mr. Theodore Anastas (COOK ’49) Dr. John Babich (MED ’49) Mr. Charles Becker (COOK ’49) Mr. Herbert Brammeier (A&S ’49) Mr. Arthur Cook (PARKS ’49) Mr. Homer Eisenmayer (COOK ’49) Dr. Robert Fontana (MED ’49) Dr. Frederick Gentile (DENT ’49) Mrs. Alice (Mueller) Jedlicka (DOISY ’49) Mr. Robert Kline (A&S ’49) Mr. Gerald Kohnen (IT ’49) Mr. John Lammers (COOK ’49) Ms. Mary Alice Lee (A&S ’49) Mr. John Lucas (A&S ’49) Mr. Robert Mosher (A&S ’49) Dr. James Russell (MED ’49) Mr. Samuel Schell (COOK ’49) Mr. Donald Silldorff (PARKS ’49) Mrs. Marilynne (Cooper) Sullivan (SW ’49) Mr. James Weber (COOK ’49) Dr. Irving Abram (DENT ’50) Mr. Walter Brown (COOK ’50) Rev. Theodore Burghoff (COOK ’50) Mr. Jack Crump (IT ’50) Mr. Norbert Dirkers (IT ’50) Mr. Robert Earnest (COOK ’50) Sr. Mary Eickhoff (NURS ’50) Dr. Paul Fischer (DENT ’50) Dr. Paul Fumich (MED ’50) Mr. Richard Juett (LAW ’50) Dr. Merle Killian (MED ’50) Ms. Janet Myers (SW ’50) Mr. Thomas O’Connell (PARKS ’50) Mr. Joseph Ossola (COOK ’50) Mr. Lloyd Rupp (COOK ’50) Mr. John Sayer (IT ’50) Mr. Herbert Shildmyer (COOK ’50) Mr. Anthony Skees (A&S ’50) Mr. John Dunsford (LAW ’56) Dr. Robert Farley (MED ’56) Mr. Larry Geick (PARKS ’56) Mr. David Horine (A&S ’56) Mr. William Jones (COOK ’56) Mrs. Jeanette (English) Linck (DOISY ’56) Dr. F. Patrick McQuillan (MED ’56) Dr. Paul Persiani (A&S ’56) Ms. Teresa Reiman (PH ’56) Mr. Jerome Reinhold (COOK ’56) Mr. Edward Spethman (A&S ’56) Dr. Richard Applebaum (MED ’57) Mr. Charles Barbaglia (COOK ’57) Mr. Royd Benyr (COOK ’57) Mr. Carl Beritela (PARKS ’57) Mr. Thomas Cannady (COOK ’57) Mr. Marvin Cook (COOK ’57) Mr. Gregory Crites (A&S ’57) Mrs. Margaret (Koehring) Kringel (NURS ’57) Dr. Lawrence Kuwaye (DENT ’57) Hon. Alvin Maeys (LAW ’57) Dr. John McMahon (MED ’57) Mr. Charles Miller (PARKS ’57) Mrs. Sharon (Deitering) Myers (A&S ’57) Dr. James Paul (A&S ’57) Miss Barbara Pfleger (DOISY ’57) Mrs. Marilyn (Betetz) Robert (A&S ’57) Ms. Marian Schwind (NURS ’57) Dr. James Shields (DENT ’57) Mrs. Mary (Meehan) Von Wahlde (SW ’57) Dr. Camillus Witzleben (MED ’57) Mrs. Julia Bassette (NURS ’58) Mrs. Rose (Haring) Bruemmer (DOISY ’58) Mr. Martin Brutton (COOK ’58) Dr. Thomas Burtschi (DENT ’58) Dr. James Felder (MED ’58) Miss Mary Garies (SW ’58) Dr. Samuel Hardy (MED ’58) Sr. Madeleine Hebert (PH ’58) Mr. Joseph Hiebel (PH ’58) Dr. Frederick Jameson (MED ’58) Mr. Carl Katzen (LAW ’58) Dr. Theodore Kraus (A&S ’58) Sr. Maria Mantello (A&S ’58) Mr. Charles Mueller (COOK ’58) Lt. Col. Richard Mulick (PARKS ’58) Sr. Aniceta Pitstick (ED ’58) Mr. James Sabaski (PARKS ’58) Mrs. Janis (Hardin) Schroth (NURS ’58) Dr. Leslie Shalan (MED ’58) Rev. Dr. Benedict Songy (A&S ’58) Dr. Robert Adams (MED ’59) Mr. Robert Axtman (COOK ’59) Sr. Eileen Bannon (ED ’59) Ms. Mary Barrett (A&S ’59) Dr. Ned Cassem (A&S ’59) Dr. Aloysius Chen (MED ’59) Mr. Allen Fauke (A&S ’59) Mrs. Diane (Krukenkamp) Jahn (A&S ’59) Sr. Mary Junkin (A&S ’59) Mr. Clifford Keegan (DOISY ’59) Mr. Jim Kelly (A&S ’59) Mr. Cornelius Keutzer (A&S ’59) Dr. Clyde Kimball (A&S ’59) Dr. Jane Koenen (A&S ’59) Mr. Donald Kozlowski (IT ’59) Mr. William Lambert (PARKS ’59) Sr. M. Lynch (PH ’59) Sr. Joan Range (A&S ’59) Sr. Mary Roberts (A&S ’59) Dr. Robert Senese (A&S ’59) Mr. Donald Steffen (IT ’59) Dr. James Thomas (A&S ’59) Rev. James Walsh (A&S ’59) Mr. Joseph Bloyder (PARKS ’60) Mr. James Dailey (IT ’60) Dr. Theron Dikeman (GRAD DENT ’60) Mr. Paul Lyons (COOK ’60) Mrs. Mary (Lyons) Mahota (A&S ’60) Mrs. Ann (Fahnestock) Monroig (NURS ’60) Mrs. Mary (McElhiney) Morris (A&S ’60) Miss Eileen Nauman (NURS ’60) Mrs. Karen (Kalla) Straub (COOK ’60) Dr. James Auckley (MED ’61) Mr. Charles Blank (COOK ’61) Mrs. Lois (Rasche) Boggs (DOISY ’61) Mr. Robert Ceriotti (COOK ’61) Mr. John Farrell (LAW ’61) Mr. John Flynn (A&S ’61) Mr. Floyd Gilliam (COOK ’61) Dr. Robert Harkins (MED ’61) Mr. Peter Herzog (LAW ’61) Ms. Christine (Cywinski) Lanphier (DOISY ’61) Dr. Arthur Ludwig (MED ’61) Mr. Donald Mahlandt (A&S ’61) Dr. Henry Malm (DENT ’61) Mr. Patrick Moran (IT ’61) Mrs. Rosalynn (Orth) Purcell (COOK ’61) Dr. John Thiruvathukal (IT ’61) Mr. Kenneth Tumas (PARKS ’61) Mr. Donald Tyson (COOK ’61) Mr. Joseph Werkmeister (COOK ’61) Dr. John George (ED ’62) Dr. Herbert Hanlon (MED ’62) Mrs. Margaret (Cooney) Leary (PH ’62) Sr. Mary Maher (A&S ’62) Dr. Lester Mann (MED ’62) Mr. Richard Minto (A&S ’62) Mr. Charles Robinson (A&S ’62) Mr. Joseph Rositz (COOK ’62) Mr. James Taylor (SW ’62) Dr. Oscar Thompson (DENT ’62) Mr. Albert Vaughn (A&S ’62) Mrs. Judith Wood (NURS ’62) Rev. Dr. Thomas Bill (A&S ’63) Dr. Francis Herbig (GRAD ’63) Mr. Neal Hough (COOK ’63) Mr. Charles King (LAW ’63) Miss Edna Major (ED ’63) Mr. Robert McBride (PARKS ’63) Dr. Stephen Miller (A&S ’63) Mr. John Mohart (A&S ’63) Mr. William Murphy (SW ’63) Dr. Eugene Rasmusson (IT ’63) Mr. Frederick Tasch (IT ’63) Ms. Ruth Taylor (A&S ’63) Mr. John Wrobel (A&S ’63) Mr. Stanley Fletcher (IT ’64) Mr. Daniel Grossman (IT ’64) Dr. Clare Heyne (A&S ’64) Sr. Celestia Koebel (PH ’64) Mr. Robert Lacey (A&S ’64) Dr. David Repp (DENT ’64) Mrs. Margaret (Kerr) Ticola (A&S ’64) Ms. Estelle Vosen (PH ’64) Mr. John Wittenberg (A&S ’64) Mr. G. Bayer (COOK ’65) Mrs. Janet (Voelker) Clark (A&S ’65) Mr. Willice Crisp (IT ’65) Sr. Dorothy Kinsella (A&S ’65) Mr. Patrick Kirk (A&S ’65) Mr. Harold Knowles (PARKS ’65) Rev. William Kottenstette (A&S ’65) Sr. Mary Martens (A&S ’65) Mr. Robert Nordmann (A&S ’65) Mrs. Kitty (Wilson) O’Reilly (ED ’65) Sr. Helen Schuette (A&S ’65) Sr. Marie Thielen (PH ’65) Miss Margaret Walther (COOK ’65) Dr. Roger Alexander (DENT ’66) Mr. Joseph Barbieri (COOK ’66) Dr. Arthur Brickel (MED ’66) Mr. Robert Brown (PARKS ’66) Dr. James Fontenot (DENT ’66) Dr. William Friedman (COOK ’66) Dr. Henry Fuller (MED ’66) Mr. James Hennessey (COOK ’66) Mrs. Sharon (Shafer) Horn (A&S ’66) Mr. Richard Kesselring (COOK ’66) Sr. Mary Martin (ED ’66) Mr. Cletus Moll (COOK ’66) Dr. Thomas Morgan (A&S ’66) Ms. Patricia (Westphal) Riley (A&S ’66) Sr. Virginia Sampson (A&S ’66) Prof. Roselyn Schmitt (A&S ’66) Mr. Cordell Siegel (LAW ’66) Mr. Edward Stimmler (COOK ’66) Dr. Dorothy Walker (A&S ’66) Dr. Joseph Cote (A&S ’67) Mr. Mark Davis (A&S ’67) Mr. Gregory Hunolt (IT ’67) Dr. Thomas Jaski (MED ’67) Dr. Edward Kline (A&S ’67) Sr. Mary Krzesinski (ED ’67) Mr. Van Moomjian (A&S ’67) Mr. Charles Neiner (COOK ’67) Ms. Patricia (Barnard) Sayers (A&S ’67) Sr. Rose Schrage (A&S ’67) Mr. John Sedivy (A&S ’67) Mr. James Wagner (PARKS ’67) Sr. Antoinette Cusimano (A&S ’68) Dr. Gus G. Sotiropoulos (DENT ’50, GRAD DENT ’52), a professor and clinical instructor in the Center for Advanced Dental Education for more than 60 years, died June 12 at age 89. “Dr. Gus” joined the faculty of the graduate orthodontic program in 1952. He also practiced orthodontics with his brother, Dr. Peter Sotiropoulos (DENT ’48, ’50), for 50 years. Mr. Dempster Holland (A&S ’59), a former associate professor in SLU’s Center for Urban Programs, died Aug. 31. He was 77. While at SLU in the 1970s, he was an advocate for improved transit systems in St. Louis, which helped lay the groundwork for the area’s MetroLink light rail line. Dr. William Locke (GRAD ED ’67, ’75), former dean of SLU’s Metropolitan College, the precursor to the School for Professional Studies, died July 21. He was 80. 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