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spelling	sluoai_alumni-78 Universitas - Issue 27.2 (Winter/Spring 2001) Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University St. Louis University St. Louis University -- Periodicals; Universities and colleges -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Periodicals; Winter/Spring 2001 issue of Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University 2001 2001 PDF utas_winter_01 universitas 2000 LD4817 .S52 U5 Copyright Saint Louis University. All rights reserved. Saint Louis University Libraries Digitization Center text eng Saint Louis University Marketing and Communications T H E M AG A Z I N E O F S A I N T L O U I S U N I V E R S I T Y WII N T EE R // SS PP R II N G 22 00 00 11 By Lawrence Biondi, SJ Saint Louis University President As you can read on pages 6 to 10 of this magazine, I recently took a trip to Columbus, Ga., to join the protest of the School of the Americas, a government-run program that trains Latin American soldiers, some of whom have been implicated in severe human rights abuses. The following is an excerpt from my remarks before the main vigil of 10,000 people at the gates of Fort Benning. We live in an interesting time. The economy is soaring, yet the divide between the haves and the have-nots grows deeper and wider every day. The explosion of tech-nology is changing every facet of our culture. The American people are a divided populace who are increas-ingly cynical and apathetic about our leaders and the bitter partisan nature of governance. Do we respond by closing in, or do we open up? Do we hide and ignore, or do we seek and act? Do we shut our minds and our hearts and leave it to others to live, speak and profess the truth? It is always easier to ignore or to turn away. It is simpler to resort to what has been done before, to go along with the majority, to let some-one else fix the problem. It is safe to resort to prejudices and beliefs that have kept us comfortable and secure. But there is a price for this. If you define yourself by what you are not, the negative implication will grow to dangerous and destructive ends. When you care about what you are not, you start pointing out that you are not poor. You start saying that you are not black or Hispanic. You remind people that you do not live in the inner city, and that you do not talk differently, you do not walk differently, that you do not wear those kinds of clothes. Suddenly your life is, literally, nots. And with each new layer of what you are not, your world and your life gets smaller and smaller and smaller. So small, in fact, that you may find yourself wearing white sheets and burning crosses. So small, in fact, that you may find yourself ignoring the homeless on the streets of our cities. So small, in fact, that you cannot be shocked at murder in the name of national security or ethnic identity. As individuals, as a people of faith, we are in and of the world, smack in the midst of its many problems and injus-tices. And we must find the answers. We cannot rely on “them” to fix it. A myopic, close-minded approach will not work. This kind of thinking directly contradicts Christ’s Gospel message to us. Injustice is a spiritual challenge, and its solution requires a spiritual transformation of ourselves and a cultural transformation of our global society. It is our responsibility to be a part of the solution, to work to abolish injustice. So how can we do this? What will it take from each of us to create a new world of justice and peace for all our sisters and brothers? As current and future leaders, blessed with the many gifts our God has given us, what can we do? We must open up. We must respect and celebrate our differences. We must be willing to challenge the assump-tions by which we live, and we must fight our unconscious fears and prejudices to change our world. Human history has proven time and again that when one suffers, we all suffer. My brother Jesuit Juan Ramon Moreno (P&L ’66) and our Jesuit brothers who were viciously murdered by Salvadoran troops at the Jesuit University of Central America in El Salvador, committed their lives to the struggle for justice and the transfor-mation of society. Ignacio Ellacuria, SJ, who also was martyred in the El Salvadoran massacre, wrote, “In the context of social oppres-sion, Christian inspiration cannot doubt whose side it must take; it must side with those who are unjustly dehuman-ized. Those who refuse to undertake an analysis of this reality and who ignore its structural roots are deliberately clos-ing their eyes for self-serving reasons.” We are challenged to live a faith that does justice. The lesson of the Gospels teaches us that we must commit our-selves and our institutions to help the outcasts of society if we are to follow Jesus. Jesus himself was very clear on this: “Come inherit the kingdom of God, for when I was hun-gry, or thirsty, naked or without a place to live, when I was sick or imprisoned, you took care of me. Whenever you did this for the least of those among you, you did this for me.” There is nothing in Christ’s message about rules or regulations. To become one with Jesus, to become one with our God, we must care for those who need us. Each and every time that we act for justice, every day that we live a faith that does justice, we transform who we are and what we believe. We become a part of the solution. We help to change the world. No effort is too small, and every step is important. For together, we can and do make a difference. UNIVERSITAS Volume 27, No. 2 Editor Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92) Contributors Chris Waldvogel Marie Dilg (Soc Ser ’94) Intern Alison Williams Photo Credits Dale Allen, 31 Bill Barrett, 3, 4 Don Black, 2, 3, 4 Kevin Lowder, cover, 14-15, 23 Steve Schremp, inside front cover Kristen Peterson, 2 John Vieth, 5 Chris Waldvogel, 7-10 Design AKA Design Inc. Art Direction: Richie Murphy Design: Stacy Lanier UNIVERSITAS is published quarterly by Saint Louis University. Opinions expressed in UNIVERSITAS are those of the individual authors and not neces-sarily those of the University adminis-tration. Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs are welcome but will be returned only if accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Letters to the editor must be signed, and letters not intended for publica-tion should indicate that fact. The editor reserves the right to edit all items. Please address all mail to UNIVERSITAS, DuBourg Hall 39, 221 N. Grand, St. Louis, MO 63103. We accept e-mail at utas@slu.edu and fax submissions at (314) 977-2249. Address fax submissions to Editor, UNIVERSITAS. Postmaster: Send address changes to UNIVERSITAS, Saint Louis University, 221 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103. World Wide Web address: www.slu.edu/alumni/universitas/ UNIVERSITAS is printed by Universal Printing Co. and mailed by Accurate Business Mailers Inc. Worldwide circulation: 103,000 © 2001, Saint Louis University. All rights reserved. On the Cover: The chapel at the University’s new conference and retreat facility, Manresa Center. For more photos, see pages 14 and 15. IIN MEMORIIAM AALLUUMMNNII nnootteess 2 21 32 28 30 winter/SPRING 2001 C O N T E N T S 6 Crossing the Line Saint Louis University made its presence felt at the School of the Americas protest. 11 Fr. McGannon Remembered A look back at the life of Chancellor J. Barry McGannon, SJ. 14 Center of Attention Take a tour of the University’s new conference and retreat facility. 16 The Higher Cost of Higher Ed University experts explain the rising costs of a SLU education. 2 Sword Awarded To Sen. Eagleton Saint Louis University has bestowed its highest honor for individual achievement — the Sword of Ignatius Loyola — on former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton. The award was presented to Eagleton at the University’s DuBourg Society Recognition Dinner, held Dec. 3 at the Ritz- Carlton St. Louis. “Senator Eagleton is more than a politi-cian, he is statesman, and he has exemplified the Ignatian ideals and spirit of service,” said University President Lawrence Biondi, SJ. “Throughout his illustrious career, Senator Eagleton has displayed a deep commitment to the people of Missouri and the entire nation. It is an honor to present him with the Sword of Ignatius Loyola.” The sword is named for the founder of the Society of Jesus, 7 New Faculty Positions Added Saint Louis University has created seven new faculty positions. Six departments received the new faculty posi-tions through the University’s Project SLU2000 ini-tiative. New posi-tions will be added in the departments of earth and atmospher-ic sciences, econom-ics, English, fine and performing arts, the-ological studies and the Boeing Institute of International Business. “Because Inigo Lopez de Loyola. Symbolic of the Ignatian vision of service, the sword is award-ed to those who have given themselves to humankind for the greater glory of God. this initiative will help lower class sizes and improve already excellent interaction between faculty and students, it will help the University continue to attract the best and brightest students in the country,” said University Provost Sandra Johnson. Eight new faculty positions already have been created under the Project SLU2000 plan, and the University has added innova-tive, new inquiry classes in a wide variety of disciplines. At the sword presentation (from left) Biondi, Eagleton and J. Joseph Adorjan, chairman of SLU’s board of trustees. Johnson Named To Tenet Chair Provost Sandra H. Johnson has been named the inau-gural chairholder of the Tenet Endowed Chair in Health Law and Ethics. Johnson is a tenured professor at the School of Law and also holds faculty appointments at the School of Medicine and School of Public Health. In her role as provost, she serves as the University’s chief academic officer. “Professor Johnson is a nation-ally recognized scholar in the field of health law and ethics with a remarkably prominent reputation in graduate teach-ing, in scholarly research and in professional service,” said Dr. Gerard Magill, director of the Center for Health Care Ethics at SLU. The chair was made possible through the generosity of Tenet Healthcare Corp. “We are confident that the endowment will enhance substantively our research scholarship in this interdiscipli-nary field, and we are honored to receive such a generous gift from Tenet Healthcare,” Johnson said. Compton Heights Hospital SLU Purchases Closed Hospital Aclosed hospital in south St. Louis is getting new life thanks to a recent transac-tion between Saint Louis University and Tenet Healthcare Corp. SLU has closed on the purchase of Compton Heights Hospital, known for most of its history as Incarnate Word Hospital, located at 3545 Lafayette Ave. The University pur-chased the building from Tenet. SLU will renovate the building for office and class-room space. The building will not be used as a hospital. Compton Heights Hospital had been vacant since it was closed on May 31, 2000. The building and surrounding property give Saint Louis University an additional 304,000 square feet. Log On for SLU News IIf you’d like to learn about the most up-to-date news and happenings at Saint Louis University, please visit the SLU Newslink on the World Wide Web (www.slu.edu/ newspage.html). You also can subscribe to the Daily Newslink e-mail, which high-lights the top SLU news of the day, previews upcoming events and notifies the University community of announcements and services. For more infor-mation about how to subscribe to the daily e-mail, visit the Web site and click on the red starburst icon. NEWS BRIEFS By The Numbers 35 Years since the founding of SLU’s English as a second language program, also known as Orientation USA. It is the oldest program of its kind in St. Louis, serving not only college students but also those in the community who want to increase their English ability. 36 Pounds of meat sold every day in the deli section of the Marketplace cafeteria in Busch Memorial Center. 800 Applications for admission for the fall 2001 semester received on one day (Dec. 4) by the University’s office of undergraduate admission. 6,000 Visitors each week to the Billiken Club, the cafeteria on the lower level of Busch Memorial Center. In addition, each week 5,000 people dine at the Marketplace (on the main level), and 3,000 visit The Daily Grind, a coffee shop on the lower level. In January, the St. Louis Ambassadors presented University President Lawrence Biondi, SJ, with the Leon R. Strauss Urban Pioneer Award. The award is given to outstanding individuals in the St. Louis community who have con-tributed greatly to the development, restoration or improvement of St. Louis. … Dr. John E. Morley, Dammert Professor of gerontology and director of the division of geri-atric medicine at the School of Medicine, was recognized as one of 47 physicians nationwide selected by medical students for the 2000 Association of American Medical Colleges Humanism in Medicine Award. … UNIVERSITAS recently was recognized in a competition sponsored by District VI of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. The maga-zine won silver awards for overall excellence and for the Winter 2000 “President’s Message.” … Michael Garanzini, SJ, (A&S ’71) will be the next president of Loyola University Chicago. From 1994 to 1998, Garanzini was academic vice president at SLU. Prior to that, he held a number of administrative roles at SLU, including acting vice president for student development. He was student body president while an undergraduate at SLU. … University faculty and staff are gath-ering information as part of a new strategic planning process to determine the direction of the insti-tution. The vision is for SLU to become the finest Catholic universi-ty in the United States. … In early February, the University held a six-day conference called “On the 10th Anniversary of the Gulf War: The Sanctions and the Suffering.” The conference brought together a num-ber of nationally recognized experts to examine a decade of sanctions against Iraq. It was sponsored by the Mev Puleo Lectureship Fund. CANCER CENTER: Plans are moving forward on the creation of Saint Louis University Cancer Center, a facili-ty sponsored by Saint Louis University and Tenet Healthcare Corp. that will offer comprehensive services linking clinical research, education, prevention and treat-ment. Pictured above is an artist’s rendering of the Cancer Center lobby, which will be housed in the former Bethesda General Hospital, 3655 Vista Ave., adjacent to Tenet’s Saint Louis University Hospital. Public Health Joins Network Anew federal initiative puts SLU at the forefront of education and research in fighting bioterrorism and emerging infections. The School of Public Health has been designated as one of 10 Centers for Public Health Preparedness, a new national network formed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the 10 centers, SLU is one of three “specialty centers” that will provide specialized expertise in one focus area. SLU’s area of expertise is the study of bioterrorism and emerging infections — the only center of the 10 to focus solely on this issue. The University’s main task will be to prepare emergency response teams, physicians, nurses, health administrators and public health and community offi-cials to respond effectively to emerging health threats. HOME SWEET HOME: The School for Professional Studies has moved from DuBourg Hall into new offices at 3322 Olive Blvd., next to the Olive Garage. The building includes six classrooms, two computer classrooms, a student lounge, a conference room and administrative offices. will continue to move forward in a fashion consistent with the great history of this program.” Donigan joined the Billiken coaching staff in 1997 after three seasons as the top assistant at his alma mater, the University of Connecticut. He was one of the most heralded collegiate soccer players in the nation during his four-year career at UConn. He received the adi-das Adi Dasslar Award as the nation’s “Most Outstanding Senior Soccer Player” in 1988 and was named Big East Player Men’s Soccer Has New Coach Dan Donigan is the new head coach of the Billikens’ men’s soccer pro-gram. Only the fifth head coach in the Billikens’ 42-year-old program, Donigan suc-ceeds Bob Warming, who resigned to take over similar duties at Creighton University. “I’m excited and proud to take over the reins of this program,” Donigan said. “We have an outstanding team in place, and this ensures a smooth transition for our student-athletes. I’ve been involved in both recruit-ing and coaching all of our players, so I anticipate that we of the Decade in 1991. Donigan has played profession-ally for several teams, including the Milwaukee Wave and St. Louis’ Steamers, Ambush and Storm. Donigan 4 Community Outreach Rises Anew report indicates that Saint Louis University stu-dents, faculty and staff are reaching out to the communi-ty in record numbers. According to figures released by SLU’s Community Outreach Center and the office of enrollment and acade-mic research, members from the University community contributed 439,480 commu-nity service and volunteer hours in 1999-2000, a more than 110,000-hour increase from the previous academic year. The average hours for each participant per academic year also increased to 72 from 54 last year. Members of the SLU community also raised $776,849 for causes such as homeless outreach programs and cancer research. “Serving and meeting the needs of the community is part of Saint Louis University’s mission,” said Bernie Schaefer, director of the Community Outreach Center. “We see these oppor-tunities as an institutional responsibility.” Schaefer said total hours have increased by approximately 200,000 from two years ago, but he insists SLU always has had a signifi-cant presence in the communi-ty. “People have just gotten better at reporting their contri-butions and hours,” he said. WINNING SEASON: The 16th-ranked men’s soccer team rallied with two goals in the final 16 minutes to top South Florida 4-3 and capture the Conference USA men’s soccer regular-season title. With the win, the Billikens earned the right to host C-USA’s postseason tournament. The Billikens then earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by beating UAB for the C-USA postseason tournament title. They lost, however, in the first round of the tourney. Pictured above is freshman midfielder Brad Davis. Geologist Makes a Major Discovery AUniversity researcher has made a discovery that could change the science of plate tectonics and provide some clues into how life might have developed on Earth. It has been widely held that plate tectonics, or the motion of plates and continents, dates back 1.5 billion years. Dr. Tim Kusky, a professor of geology, is part of a group of geologists who believe the plates began moving billions of years before. Kusky now believes he has the findings to prove it. Last summer, Kusky discovered the oldest complete section of oceanic sea floor on the planet, which is more than a billion years older than previously known findings. During field-work in a mountain belt in the Eastern Hebei Province, Kusky and his colleague, Dr. Jiang-Hai Li of Peking University in Beijing, found the 2.7-billion-year- old piece of oceanic crust. The rocks date back to Earth’s earliest geologic time period known as the Archean. The rocks are remarkably similar to much younger volcanic rocks that erupted on the sea floor in the process of sea floor spreading. For decades, geologists have debated whether plate tectonics operated in the Archean period. Those who have argued against that theory have cited the lack of any Archean ophiolites as their main line of evidence that plate tectonics did not occur on the early Earth. Ophiolites are rock structures formed on the sea floor when continents collide. “This discovery shows that the plate tectonic forces that created oceanic crust on the Earth today were in operation more than 2.7 billion years ago,” Kusky said. Kusky said the findings could have a more far-reaching effect on theories related to the development of life on the planet. During the Archean period, scientists believe life on Earth consisted mainly of single-celled organisms in the oceans. Just when they evolved into more complex organ-isms has been contested for years. “This discovery also has implications for how life may have originated and diversified on Earth, as hot volcanic vents on the sea floor may have provided the nutrients and tempera-tures needed for life to flourish and develop,” Kusky said. “It is possible that life developed and diversified around volcanic vents on the sea floor related to sea-floor spreading.” Geochemical analyses and additional dating of the rock samples are under way at Saint Louis University, Washington University and Peking University. Kusky discussed his find-ings last November at the annual Geological Society of America meeting in Reno, Nev. His discovery also has been chronicled by Science magazine. Kusky The winter 1981 issue of Saint Louis University Magazine featured the 1980 President’s Report. SLU President Thomas R. Fitzgerald, SJ, recapped the past year’s high-lights, including new facilities for the School of Nursing and the one-year anniversary of the School of Allied Health Professions. He also announced plans for the reno-vation of Davis-Shaughnessy Hall and the construction of the Simon Recreation Center. The issue featured a story about a controversy caused by Dr. Robert E. Olson, then chairman of SLU’s department of biochem-istry. Olson said that the amount of cholesterol consumed is not detrimental to one’s health, which many groups, including, the U.S. Senate Select Committee, contest-ed. Olson wrote an accompanying article, in which he defended his claim and discussed how scientific issues have been politicized. The magazine also included a photo tour of Morrissey Hall, which had just opened as the new home of the School of Law. Quotable UTAS: “May the con-clusion of that decade 10 years from now find Saint Louis University embodying to an even greater degree its commitment to serious academic activity, religious dimension and involvement with greater St. Louis.” — Thomas R. Fitzgerald, SJ, in the President’s Report. Sign of the Times: An article by William H.T. Bush, one of the University’s trustees, described what makes his brother, George Bush, “tick” in the article “My Brother, the Vice President.” William Bush described his broth-er’s business ventures, his political career and his sense of humor. Parks Plans High School Academy From June 23 to 29, high school seniors (who will graduate in 2002) can explore the fields of engineering and aviation at the Oliver L. Parks Academy for Engineering and Aviation at Saint Louis University. The academy brings together engineering and aviation experts who work with talented high school students at Parks College’s state-of-the-art facilities. Special program fea-tures include flight simulator experience and orientation flights (weather permitting). Qualified students need a B grade point average and a 24 ACT or 1100 SAT score (if available). Applications are due May 1. To request an application or for more information, call Meghan Swaller in the undergraduate admission office at (800) 758-3678 or (314) 977-2500 or send an e-mail message to swallerm@slu.edu. Nursing Students Graduate Online The School of Nursing, which was the first in the nation to offer a complete online master of science in nursing degree program, graduated its first online stu-dents in December, when nurses in Florida and Puerto Rico received graduate degrees from Saint Louis University. All admission and enrollment requirements are identical for students whether they receive their education on campus or via the World U. News Earns Top Award The Associated Collegiate Press and the College Media Advisors have honored The University News, Saint Louis University’s student newspaper. The group recog-nized the newspaper as one of the top 10 college newspapers in the four-year, non-daily cat-egory. The staff received the prestigious Pacemaker Award at last fall’s ACP/CMA convention in Washington, D.C. The University News also received this award for the 1993-94, 1996-97 and 1997- 98 school years. Pacemaker Awards are considered by many to be the top prize in college journalism. WINTER WONDERLAND: Saint Louis University students, faculty and staff had to endure below average tem-peratures and above average precipitation before enjoying the holiday break. Several campus landmarks, including the dolphin pond (pictured above) provided testimony of the severe weather, which continued throughout December. 20 Wide Web. In addition, all graduate program require-ments are the same regardless of the educational format. People who have difficulty attending the University gain access because the site removes geographical barri-ers and connects students from a national pool into a virtual classroom. Current classes bring students together from 13 U.S. states, including Alaska and Hawaii, and from Puerto Rico, Canada and Japan. 6 “I believe the miracle of prayer is not in the answer, it’s in the very asking — the fact that we bring forth our humanity, every bro-ken part of it, with all of its burdens, dark-ness, fear and anger, all of its justice and injustice, all of its shortcomings. We also call forth everything human in this protest. And that’s where God lives. That’s where God chooses to live — through each one of us.” — Martin Sheen has become an event that kin-dles hope for the future, outrage at the past and spans every emotion in the present. An annual ritual both reviled and revered, the charge to close the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas attracts thousands of demonstrators every fall to southern Georgia’s Fort Benning, home of the SOA. The SOA is a training program for members of the Latin American military funded by U.S. taxpayers. SOA graduates have been implicated in several human rights abuses and massacres in Latin America. Accompanied by frigid temperatures and constant rain, the fall 2000 protest drew an estimated 10,000 people, 2,000 fewer than in 1999. But the weather did not dampen the resolve of nearly 200 students, faculty, staff and alumni from Saint Louis University, who immersed themselves in a communal weekend filled with speeches, music, dancing, reflection and prayer. Sometimes joyous, often somber, the experience bombard-ed participants with reminders that in some areas, citizens wallow in death, suffering and poverty. “This protest is an unfortunate home-coming,” said Sr. Kelin Bethea, OP, a first-year student in SLU’s master of social work program. “I look forward to seeing the same people every year unit-ed in this cause, but at the same time, it’s horrible that I have to come at all, that this institution is still open.” In the protest’s largest activity, 3,600 people entered the fort in an act of civil disobedience as part of a solemn mock funeral procession. Led by masked fig-ures cloaked in black and carrying coffins, most crossed the line with small crosses representing alleged victims of SOA graduates. “Crossing the line” into the fort, when done as an act of civil disobedience, can carry a $5,000 fine and up to six months in jail for first-time offenders. Most of the SLU contingent did not cross, but some into practice and joined the protest of the School of the Americas. Last fall, SLU students, faculty, staff and alumni put social justice By Chris Waldvogel It 7 considered it a means to show solidarity with the oppressed in Latin America. “I think it’s necessary to break the law in certain cases if the law is wrong or forgoes justice,” said SLU student Matt Schmidt, one of 13 from the University who crossed the line. “We’re showing we believe in something so strongly, we’re willing to break the law and face the penalties.” Although University officials urged peaceful participation in the protest, they strongly discouraged SLU students from marching into Fort Benning. “We just wanted people to take away a deep-ened sense of commitment and appreci-ation for what closing the school would mean,” said Dr. John Slosar, a School of Social Service professor and a trip facili-tator. “I think people will have an enthusiasm for spreading the message of social justice and closing the school once they return.” Nearly 2,100 protestors received an order banning them from the military base for five years after being arrested, processed and released. Among them were actor Martin Sheen, Slosar and Saint Louis University President Lawrence Biondi, SJ. Top: Biondi and Sheen (center) were among 3,600 protesters who entered the fort as an act of civil disobedience. Above left: Officials keep the roads clear on Saturday. Above right: Protesters flood the street for the procession into Fort Benning. Photo by Liz Quirin/The Messenger 8 The president takes a stand Only the second president of a Jesuit college or university to attend an SOA protest, Biondi added more visibility to SLU’s already impressive presence. A featured speaker at the protest’s main vigil, Biondi encouraged making a dif-ference through action. “We are challenged to live a faith that does justice,” Biondi said. “The lesson of the Gospels teaches us that we must commit our-selves and our institutions to help the outcasts of society if we are to follow Jesus.” Biondi then joined the funeral procession into the fort along-side Sheen, another speaker at the vigil. “The deaths of the Jesuits martyrs and of countless disenfranchised children, men and women compelled me to attend,” said Biondi, who was released without incident. “My involvement was a mov-ing, personal spiritual experience.” For the past two years, Biondi has allocated approximately $15,000 for the trip so students, faculty staff and alumni can participate at minimal cost. This year’s trip, which included a bus ride to Columbus, Ga., and two nights in a hotel, cost only $25 per person. “Many in the SLU community have a passion for this cause,” Biondi said. “But the enthusiasm and commitment of current and former students really impresses and inspires me.” SLU in the lead Campus minister and trip facilitator Harry O’Rourke began taking groups to the protest in 1996, while Slosar brought a group of 19 down in 1998. At a chance meeting during the 1998 protest, the two men agreed to combine their efforts. Carried by numbers that continue to grow, SLU has brought the largest group from the 28 U.S. Jesuit colleges and universities to the protest for the past two years. Not impressed easily by numbers, O’Rourke insists those on the trip attend Ignatian family teach-ins, a Mass and both days at the larger protest out-side the gates of Fort Benning. Beleaguered by 30-degree temperatures and numbing drizzle, O’Rourke kept the weather in perspective for his group. “Those who were murdered, raped and tortured at the hands of SOA death squads knew much greater suffering,” he said. Bob Holstein, an organizer and finan-cial supporter of the teach-ins and a member of the Companions, a group of former Jesuits from the West Coast, gave SLU a ringing endorsement for its participation over the years. “I would like to congratulate Saint Louis University for taking the lead from the beginning,” Holstein said at a gathering under a large tent in downtown Columbus used for the teach-ins and the Mass. “This school always has come forward with support and money. They are the first in line.” SLU student Paul Woody also aimed the spot-light to Saint Louis University with a speech at one of the teach-ins, which brought together members from the various Jesuit institutions around the country. “To the gener-als, the press, the president, the Congress, to the old school establish-ment, we the young say, ‘In the name of God, close that damn school down now,’ ” said Woody, who returned to his seat amid a standing ovation. Located in Columbus, Ga., Fort Benning houses the School of the Americas. O’Rourke (right) chats with students from SLU and elsewhere before an Ignatian teach-in. “We’re showing we believe in some-thing so strongly, we’re willing to break the law and face the penalties.” 9 A local connection The annual demonstration, held Nov. 18 to 19 last fall, coincides with the murder of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her 15-year-old daughter by mem-bers of the El Salvadoran military. A United Nations truth commission found that 19 of the 26 soldiers implicated in the massacre graduated from the SOA. Juan Ramon Moreno, SJ, one of the victims, received a degree from SLU in 1966. SOA graduates also have been linked to other atrocities, including the assassination of Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980 and the massacre at El Mazote, which resulted in approxi-mately 900 casualties. “I think to call the SOA a school of assassins is an understatement,” said Maj. Joe Blair, a former trainer at the school and a speaker at one of the teach-ins. “I think it would be more appropriate to call it the school of mass murderers.” The SOA also has come under scruti-ny for allegedly providing torture manu-als to its students, a fact the U.S. Army vehemently disputes. “If you’ve read the newspapers you’ve read denials by (SOA commander) Col. Glen Weidner that the SOA ever taught torture techniques,” Blair said. “That statement is an outright lie. … Even Weidner himself was taught official Army doctrine that torture, or in Army terms ‘physical abuse,’ was an approved, sanctioned method of treating civilian personnel in Latin American countries.” From humble beginnings After Saturday’s Mass, everyone had got-ten their fill of “stargazing” and sought refuge from the late night chill. Several requests for West Wing stories, pictures and autographs had been granted with amazing enthusiasm and patience, and the tent that sheltered the worshipers more than 90 minutes earlier fell silent. Only Martin Sheen remained, and he had been swamped, literally and figuratively. Trying to avoid the puddles and mud, Sheen turned to go to, but not before answering a final question: What com-pels him attend the School of the Americas protest? “In two words,” Sheen smiled, “Roy Bourgeois.” The founder of the SOA Watch, Bourgeois began the protest in 1990, hoping to educate the public about what has become his personal crusade. His grassroots movement has garnered the attention of Buddhist monks, concerned veterans, renowned actors and legendary folk singers. Signs such as this one were common on buildings located just down the road from Fort Benning. Biondi was a featured speaker at the protest’s main vigil. (To read his remarks, see the inside front cover of this issue.) 10 “I come because this is one aspect of working for peace and justice and acting as a public witness toward that end,” said Sheen, who has crossed the line three times but was processed for the first time this year. “We’re compelled as Christians, as people of conscience and as Americans who take issue with the government’s policy on the School of the Americas to voice that through this protest.” Bourgeois’ efforts have translated into concrete growth: The protest has grown from 25 people in 1990 to more than 12,000 in 1999. Bourgeois, who lives in an apartment just down the street from Fort Benning, remains confident more will embrace his cause. “If people in our country only knew what we were doing in Latin America, their compassion and goodness would surface,” he said. “The school is a teachable moment. We look at this school, and we can see our country at work on the side of the men with the guns, on the side of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, support-ing the new conquistadors. We are here to say, ‘We are on the other side, the side of the poor. We are on the side of the dispossessed. We are on the side of life, hope and non-violence.’ ” Alumni speak out Several SLU alumni agreed that Bourgeois’ message corresponds with what they learned from their alma mater and said the protest provides an excellent opportunity to return to their roots. “After graduating, I thought about what I was most proud of at SLU,” said Matt Jacobson (A&S ’00), who was processed. “The University always made great efforts to provide opportunities for its students to actively participate in a faith that does justice. That’s what I miss the most.” “I’ve heard several personal stories from people affected by the SOA,” said Debbie Adams (Soc Ser ’99) “When the opportunity arose to become involved, I felt it was my duty to do so. I plan on coming every year, and I’ll cross the line each time.” “I am concerned as a citizen that tax-payer money is contributing to the deaths of others,” said Myrna Fichtenbaum (A&S ’74). “I need to say, ‘No, not in my name.’ ” “It’s important to live deliberately,” said Jenny Wiley (Soc Ser ’00), who has attended the SOA protest three times. “I wanted to send a message that I am part of this ongoing struggle for justice, and I am willing to sacrifice to do this because it has to be done.” “We are here to say profits are not nearly as important as people,” said Stephanie Schmidt (AHP ’99), who crossed the line but was not processed. “U.S. foreign policy in Latin America is a joke. The interventions the U.S. gov-ernment carry out in the name of capi-talism are tragic.” “Hopefully, the protest will start the ball rolling on changing foreign policy,” said Eileen Havlik (A&S ’00). “But it’s just the beginning, a key that can open the doors for everything else to happen.” What now? Weidner, the SOA commander, admits the protests have yielded results. The 2001 Defense Authorization Bill closed the SOA and reopened it on Jan. 17 under a new name, the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. The school plans to fea-ture more human rights courses and set up an oversight committee. One former SOA official, however, simply hopes the courses have improved. “I attended a four-hour lec-ture in human rights in 1987,” Blair said. “The reason I attended as an SOA faculty member was because I was in shock that the teacher was a lieutenant colonel from Chile who had been involved in a career-long series of human rights violations against his own people.” Slosar urged others to further the cause by educating their friends about the school and contacting their rep-resentatives in Congress. “That’s where we really can make a differ-ence,” he said. And despite the re-opening of the SOA, Sheen insists protestors have gained something for their participation. “I really don’t know if any of us will have any effect at all on the closing of the School of the Americas,” Sheen said. “But I am absolutely certain that we will have a profound and lasting effect on each other.” Some people came up with unique ways to protest the SOA. Slosar (left) and alumna Debbie Adams prepare to cross the line into Fort Benning. Protesters take crosses before crossing the line. 11 University Chancellor J. Barry McGannon, SJ, died in December, but his legacy lives on. mid the joy of the holiday sea-son, Saint Louis University lost one of the most revered members of its community. Chancellor J. Barry McGannon, SJ, died Dec. 24 at Jesuit Hall of a brain tumor. He was 76. With the exception of 1973 to 1977, Fr. McGannon served as an administra-tor of the University from 1957 until his death. One of the most successful fund-raisers in University history, Fr. McGannon headed a capital campaign between 1982 and 1988 that raised more than $100 million. “Fr. McGannon’s memory will always be alive at Saint Louis University,” said University President Lawrence Biondi, SJ. “His commit-ment to the University’s mission and its students and his devotion to Jesuit education forever will be an inspira-tion. I am honored to have worked with him in ensuring the continued success of Saint Louis University.” Fr. McGannon began working for SLU as administrative assistant to the president. In 1963, he was appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and taught courses in adminis-tration in higher education. In 1973, he left SLU to become the executive vice president of Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo., a position he held until 1977. That year, Fr. McGannon 12 returned to SLU as vice president for development, serving in that position until 1990, when he was named chancellor. “Fr. McGannon was a mentor to so many development professionals; not only at SLU, but all over the country,” said Don Whelan, vice president for development and University relations. “Some of his expressions about fund raising actually have become axioms. He helped bring Saint Louis University into the ‘modern age’ of fund raising, and we owe him so much for that. He really will be missed.” Fr. McGannon knew hundreds of stu-dents, continued to correspond with them years after they left campus, recalled them on sight and happily cele-brated significant events in their lives. “Fr. McGannon treated everyone with respect and viewed relationships as long-term,” Whelan said. “Making friends came naturally to him.” In 1992, SLU recognized Fr. McGannon’s many contributions by dedicating the former ITT Building at 3750 Lindell Blvd. in his honor. McGannon Hall now houses the College of Public Service. Fr. McGannon earned his bachelor’s and master of arts degree and a doctor of philosophy degree from Saint Louis University. He also earned licentiate degrees in philosophy and sacred theology. Born in Humboldt, Kan., Fr. McGannon entered the Society of Jesus in 1942 in Florissant, Mo. He was ordained to the priesthood at Saint Mary’s in 1955. Fr. McGannon served as the president of the Jesuit Advancement Administrators, which named its highest honor after helped bring Saint Louis University into the ‘modern age’ of fund raising, and we owe him so much for that.” Fr. McGannon (in a 1999 photo) in front of the hall named in his honor. Hee “Fr. Barry McGannon was indeed a truly good person. He was forthright and honest. He spoke his mind and stood his ground. He was thoughtful and sincere. Barry was very determined — some would say driven — and he was committed and willing to serve others. He was a man of great faith. When his physician told Barry that his brain tumor was a virulent form of cancer, and that he only had a few months to live, Barry accepted this fact with serenity. There were no tears, no bitterness, no despair. He was certain that God would never abandon him, and he was at peace and content to place him-self in God’s loving hands. Barry had a strong faith in God’s provi-dence and the belief that all of us are always in God’s care.” — University President Lawrence Biondi, SJ, from the homily at the Mass of the Resurrection for Fr. J. Barry McGannon, SJ, Dec. 28 at St. Francis Xavier College Church “Many are not aware that Fr. McGannon was a real outdoorsman. He loved heading to the country and tooling around in the small skiff the Jesuits owned. When you rode in his car, the mats and carpet were fre-quently covered with sand and peb-bles. These remnants of his most recent adventure always struck me because these activities he enjoyed were so very different from his formal appearance in his daily dress of black clerics and cufflinks.” — Beth (Becker) Albes (A&S ’87), major gifts officer, University development “Through all the advice, ideas, suggestions and ever-gentle proddings that Father was famous for, I was always most inspired by the clear and loving vision that he had for Saint Louis University. His spiritual commit-ment to the past, present and future of this place served as the strongest reminder of why we do what we do.” — Meg (Burnes) Connolly (A&S ’90, Grad ’92), interim director, alumni relations him. The J. Barry McGannon, SJ, Award is presented to an individual who makes a distinguished contribution to Jesuit higher education and to Jesuit advancement. Fr. McGannon also served as vice president of the St. Louis Regional Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, which honored him in 1990 as the Outstanding Fund- Raising Executive of the Year. He had been a trustee of Saint Louis University, Rockhurst College, Regis University, Wheeling Jesuit College, Loyola University New Orleans, the University of San Francisco and Saint Peter’s College. He also served as secretary and chair-man of the American Conference of Academic Deans and as a member of the executive committee and as chairman of the board of the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago. Fr. McGannon was a member of the Commission on Leadership Development of the American Council on Education for six years, and he stayed active in the Rotary Club. 13 Fr. McGannon is survived by a broth-er, Eugene McGannon of Kansas City, and numerous nieces and nephews. Contributions may be made to the J. Barry McGannon, SJ, Endowed Scholarship at Saint Louis University. For more information, call (314) 977- 2883. University President Lawrence Biondi, SJ, and Fr. McGannon at a showing of the University’s Cartier jewel collection in 1995. Fr. McGannon in 1966. “I don’t think he could have been more proud of SLU had he been the founder. Barry was truly a great promoter of SLU and the good things it represents.” — Jim Forst, associate vice president for University development “Barry McGannon was the con-summate people-person. He worked tirelessly to make and keep friends. His Christmas card list ran over 1,000 — each signed personally. He tracked down and lured well over 100 out-of-town relatives to his jubilee celebra-tion. The countless friends and mounds of mail that descended upon him at the Fusz Pavilion dur-ing his final illness were testimony to the powerful bonds which he had forged and maintained across time and distance. His loyalty, both to persons and to institu-tions, was unquestionable. He not only remembered names, he remembered people. Though his energy and efficiency could at times make him seem a bit brusque to co-workers, those whom he served encountered unfailingly a gracious and caring priest.” — Philip Steele, SJ (A&S ’71), execu-tive assistant to the provincial of the Jesuits of the Missouri Province “While Saint Louis University’s imposing priest-presidents pro-vided the public face of the uni-versity, Fr. McGannon worked behind the scenes. Fund-raising allowed him to best tap his nat-ural conviviality and quick mem-ory of students and alumni, anecdotes and recollections.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch editori-al, Dec. 27, 2000 14 Everything old is new again at the University’s conference and retreat center. Manresa Center Attention Center of Close to home but just far enough away for a little peace and quiet. That’s one way to describe Manresa Center, the University’s “new” conference and retreat facility located in the Grand Center neighbor-hood just north of campus. Purchased by the University last year, Manresa Center is named for the town in Spain where St. Ignatius Loyola laid down his sword and began the spiritual jour-ney that led him to establish the Society of Jesus. Although newly renovated as a thor-oughly modern facility, Manresa Center boasts a proud history. Built in the mid 1800s, the McPherson Mansion was one of the largest homes in St. Louis’ “West End.” With the encour-agement of Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick in 1887, the house was pur-chased by the Sisters of Visitation and turned into a day school for area children. In 1906, the house was bought by the Sisters of the Helpers of the Souls and named “Marydale.” The sisters made several improvements to the house, including the addition of the extension that now houses the auditorium and the cafeteria, as well as the adjacent buildings. In the early 1920s, the sisters added the chapel, which they modeled after their mother house in Paris. In 1965, Marydale was purchased by the Conventual Franciscan Friars. The newly renamed St. Bonaventure Friary served as their center for religious formation. Today, the renovated, accessible facility is available for daylong confer-ences or weekend retreats for both internal and external groups. Here’s a look inside. 15 The auditorium provides seating for up to 150 people. A typical bedroom. Manresa Center can accommodate 52 overnight guests in its 35 bedrooms. One of the center’s five conference rooms. The dining room has been thoroughly updated. One of the center’s four sitting rooms. 16 Higher Ed The Higher Cost of Costs are climbing at colleges across the country — and at Saint Louis University. Here’s a frank explanation of why a college education costs as much as it does. 17 niversities exist for education. But philosophies don’t pay for heat. Theories don’t fund tech-nology. And ideals don’t literally fill library shelves. Balancing ivory tower principles and practicality is a struggle for almost every college in the country. How does a school maintain — much less expand and improve — strong programs while keeping costs low? It isn’t easy. College tuition has been increasing faster than the rate of inflation for more than 30 years, and there is no indication this trend will abate. Over the past decade, for example, the Consumer Price Index grew by 3.5 percent per cent. A year’s undergraduate tuition and fees increased from $8,518 in the 1990- 91 academic year to $18,438 this acade-mic year. In the coming school year, undergraduate tuition and fees will cost $19,708, an increase of 6.9 percent. On the other hand, the tuition increases at SLU have not harmed the University’s reputation as one of the nation’s premier educational values. In 2000, U.S. News and World Report ranked Saint Louis University 24th on its list of the 50 “Schools that Offer the Best Value.” Last year, SLU ranked 30th, and in 1998, it ranked 49th. SLU and the University of Notre Dame tied as the top-ranked Catholic uni-year, while, according to a report issued by The College Board, tuition and fees at four-year, private colleges and univer-sities increased by 5.7 percent annually. Saint Louis University is no exception to this nationwide trend. For years, University President Lawrence Biondi, SJ, has promoted his vision to “establish and maintain Saint Louis University as the finest Catholic university in the United States.” But getting there takes a considerable investment of time, talent and, of course, money. Over the past 10 years, the average annual increase for tuition and fees at SLU has been 8 per- B y L A U R A G E I S E R 18 versities on the 2000 list. But University administrators admit these facts do little to ease the sacrifice and pain when par-ents and students write tuition checks. “I’m extremely sensitive to their con-cerns,” said Provost Sandra Johnson (A&S ’73), who paid her way through Saint Louis University from 1969 to 1973 by working as a secretary and gro-cery store clerk. “Tuition increased by 28 percent during the four years I attended school here, and it was a strug-gle,” she remembered. “I can clearly understand parents and students having questions about the upward trend.” The University is doing its best to ease the strain. In fact, Saint Louis University’s current tuition ($18,400) is far from the high end of the scale for private colleges and universities. Washington University’s undergraduate tuition for the current year is $24,745, Northwestern University charges $24,648, and the University of Notre Dame costs $23,780. Saint Louis University falls in the middle of the group of Jesuit universities, well below Georgetown ($23,932), Boston College ($23,270), Santa Clara University ($20,577) and Fordham University ($20,200). Institutional financial aid also has increased dramatically in the last decade. Overall, the University’s undergraduate financial aid budget jumped from $6.7 million in 1990 to $39.2 million in 2000. During the same period, the percentage of students receiving aid has increased from 76.8 percent to 85.5 percent. The Fixed Costs The upward trend in costs may be more understandable by examining how infla-tion rates are determined. The Consumer Price Index measures the inflation consumers experience in day-to- day living, while universities pay for a very different “basket of goods.” The costs for faculty, technology services, construction, library acquisitions and sci-entific equipment all increase at annual rates higher than bread, eggs and milk. Faculty and staff salaries and benefits account for about 66 percent of each tuition dollar, and this percentage con-tinues to grow as the number of faculty grows. In 1990-91, the University had 1,034 full-time faculty members. During the past decade, there has been a 20 per-cent increase, which brought the total to 1,244 full-timers in 2000. Not only has the number of faculty members increased, but also their pay and benefits have been enhanced in an attempt to attract the faculty a top-tier academic institution requires. In 1990-91, a typical associate profes-sor at SLU earned an average of $40,294. In 2000, an associate professor made $57,000. It’s a vast improvement but still below the American Association of University Professors’ average salary for associate professors, which is $61,700. However, progress has been steady. In general, SLU’s faculty salaries have grown at an average annual increase of 3.8 percent. “While our salaries definitely have improved, and we continue to empha-size fair wages, the real growth has been on the benefits side,” said Kathy Hagedorn (A&S ’73, Grad ’75), vice president of human resources. “The University is contributing significantly more to employee retirement funds as a recruitment tool, and health care costs have increased unbelievably.” In 1992, for example, the University paid $150 monthly per person for health benefits. Now, it’s closer to $300 a month per person. But Hagedorn said the improved pay and benefits are pay-ing off. “SLU was always a good place to work, but now we offer a better quality of work life,” Hagedorn said. “And people have bought into the vision of being the finest Catholic university in the nation, so when we’re hiring for key positions, the quality level and experi-ence level of the candidates are signifi-cantly higher.” Today’s best faculty members also bring higher expectations about office space, laboratories and research assistants than an earlier generation of faculty. Johnson was hired as an assistant law professor at the University in 1978. Back then, she recalled, all 24 faculty members in the law school shared one secretary and a few phone lines. Faculty had no long distance phone access. City streets ran straight through campus, and security was an issue, especially for those who taught at night. “In the early ’80s,” Johnson said, “we tried to hold down tuition with a vengeance, and I think that held down our programs. We were doing a good job with what we had, but we couldn’t offer the quality of the programs we needed to be competitive. Today you have to be competitive to survive. When Fr. Biondi arrived, the decision was made to let the tuition get a little higher to provide improved resources to meet the expectations of incoming students and their parents and of our faculty.” The number of support staff positions also has risen to meet the demands of today’s high-caliber students and faculty. Full-time staff grew from 1,994 in January 1990 to 2,378 in January 2000, a 19 percent increase. The University has needed the additional staff to accom-modate changes on campus. Ten years ago, only one-third of undergraduate students lived in University housing, but now more than half do. The rise in resi-dential students called for an increase in housing units available to students. In 1996, the University had approximately 1,100 housing units for residential stu-dents. By the fall of 2000, the number of units had grown to 3,200. More stu-dents living on campus also required more staff and programs in the division of student development and brought about the need for a student health cen-ter, counseling services and a recreation center. These facilities not only require more staff, but they also add to the University’s general maintenance and utility bills. “In the early ’80s, we tried to hold down tuition with a vengeance, and I think that held down our programs. We were doing a good job with what we had, but we couldn’t offer the quality of the programs we needed to be com petitive.” 19 “A sign of a healthy institution is the ability to maintain its physical plant,” said Dan Hitchell, director of financial planning and budgets for the University. “Heating, cooling, housekeeping, minor repairs, maintaining the grounds and security are included in these costs. And this cost sector almost has doubled since fiscal year 1991, growing from $14.5 million to $26.1 million for fiscal year 2001.” This sizeable increase is due in part to the new buildings and major renova-tions that the University has built or undertaken since fiscal year 1991. New construction projects have included McDonnell Douglas Hall, the Student Village apartments, the School of Allied Health Professions building, and John and Lucy Cook Hall. Renovation pro-jects have given new life to the Humanities Building, the School of Law complex, Verhaegen Hall, Hopewell Hall and the Biomedical Sciences build-ing on Lindell Boulevard. Another significant portion of each tuition dollar pays for academic support, the bulk of which is spent on libraries and information technology, two areas essential to the teaching and learning process. Both have undergone growth spurts and an infusion of fiscal and per-sonnel resources in the past decade. The University’s overall library expenses have increased $2.4 million from 1990 to 1999, growing at an aver-age annual rate of 8.9 percent. And SLU’s total library holdings, which include books, monographs, serials, microforms, government documents, cartographic materials and electronic titles, have increased from 2.2 million in 1990-91 to 4.1 million in 1999-2000. “The growth in both costs and holdings is now in electronic journals,” Hitchell said. “These new journals are expensive to acquire, and the required technology to utilize them is expensive to maintain. However, both are necessary for an engaging learning environment.” As for information technology, Saint Louis University faces the constant and expensive, but necessary, challenge of keeping up. “Funding and managing technology and information systems costs is a growing burden on all higher education institutions,” Hitchell said. “Providing students with cutting-edge technology while managing the admin-istrative systems required for this institu-tion is an expensive proposition. The spending devoted to our information technology division is an example of this challenge. Spending grew from $2.3 million in fiscal year 1991, which was inadequate, to an estimated $7.6 million for fiscal year 2002.” The Endowment Factor Tuition pays for only two-thirds of the cost of a SLU education. The remainder comes primarily from gifts and earnings from the University’s endowment. On Dec. 31, 2000, Saint Louis University’s endowment had a market value of $910 million. The National Association of College and University Business Offices ranks the University’s endowment 38th among all colleges and universities nationwide as of June 30, 1999, the last date on which this infor-mation was available. The relative size of the endowment improved substantially in 1998 with the addition of approxi-mately $250 million of proceeds from the sale of the Saint Louis University Hospital. So why not pull more money from the endowment to defray tuition increases? “It’s easy to look at any University with a large endowment and speculate about spending substantially more for the current generation of stu-dents, faculty and staff. However, this is usually not good long-term policy,” said Jerry Woodham, University treasurer and associate vice president. Woodham points out that about three-quarters of the endowment is restricted, meaning that donors specify how they want the money to be used, and it cannot be diverted to other needs. Campus artwork serves as a good exam-ple. A common misconception is that tuition dollars pay for statues around campus, but that is not the case. Private benefactors who view art as an integral part of a university education have paid for it. The same goes for a majority of beautification efforts, such as fountains and landscaping. The other quarter of the endowment is unrestricted money that can be used to fund anything from scholarships to the gas bill. “It is important to maintain or increase the real purchasing power of the endowment,” Woodham said. “If inflation is 3.5 percent and we spend 5 percent, a return of 8.5 percent is neces-sary just to provide the same purchasing power in the future as we enjoy today. We could spend more in the short run, but if the increase is excessive and per-manent, it will negatively impact future generations. Those constituencies could reasonably question our wisdom if we spend and manage unwisely.” On average, the University spends approximately 5.25 percent of its endowment annually. Last year, that came to about $51 million. As part of the Project SLU2000 initiative, howev-er, the board of trustees has authorized spending from $7 million to $8 million more during each of the next five years to improve facilities, academic programs and information technology, so the University can position itself better in the marketplace. Belt Tightening A report by the National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education said that public anxiety about college prices is rising along with tuition costs. The report noted that if this public concern continues, and colleges and universities do not take steps to reduce their costs, policymakers at the federal and state lev-els will intervene and take up the task for them. Although the University cannot con- “Providing students with cut-ting- edge technology while managing the administrative systems required for this institution is an expensive proposition.” 20 trol budgetary factors, such as rising fuel prices and the ever-escalating informa-tion technology race, it is instituting cost-cutting measures in areas where it does have some control. Saint Louis University has established a faculty-staff committee to study how to make health care benefits more affordable for the University and its employees. To con-serve energy, SLU has decentralized the central boiler plant, providing, for example, energy-efficient boilers for clusters of buildings rather than one sys-tem for the entire campus. In addition, all new buildings are fitted with the most efficient appliances, such as auto-matic faucets and toilets and energy-effi-cient lighting systems. Older buildings are being retrofitted with new energy-saving windows and heating/cooling units. When possible, services are out-sourced to save revenue. Another money-saver was moving Parks College of Engineering and Aviation from Cahokia, Ill., to the St. Louis campus in 1998. Parks College had its own academic and administrative offices in Cahokia, but when it moved across the river, duplicate services were eliminated, saving the University more than $1 million in fiscal year 1998. In addition, the quantity and quality of applicants seeking admission to Parks have shot up dramatically since con-struction of McDonnell Douglas Hall, home of the new, state-of-the-art col-lege facilities. There are other cost savings to con-sider as well. “As a not-for-profit orga-nization, Saint Louis University, like all other universities, has considerable financial benefits that accrue to our stu-dents that ‘for-profit’ corporations do not enjoy,” said Rob Altholz, vice pres-ident for business and finance. “First, the University is tax-exempt. We do not pay real estate taxes on property we own, we do not pay sales tax on goods and services we purchase, we are able to borrow money for capital projects at tax-exempt rates, and we are not subject to income taxes. If we were not tax-exempt, those additional costs would need to be passed along to students in the form of higher tuition rates. “Secondly,” Altholz continued, “as a not-for-profit corporation, all revenue received from tuition and other fees is used to support the direct and indirect expenses associated with the academic programs and auxiliary activities of the University. We do not, for instance, have a cash drain resulting from the pay-ment of shareholder dividends that ‘for-profit’ corporations need to offer to entice the flow of capital to them. The avoidance of these payments, of course, is also a direct benefit to our students.” A More Positive Outlook When the American Council on Education asked parents to rate their fears, first on the list was drug-use among their children. Second was not being able to pay for their son or daugh-ter’s college education. The survey found parents worried more about col-lege tuition than they worried about their children becoming victims of crime or receiving proper health care. However, such doom and gloom may be overstated. “Many families see a uni-versity’s published cost and immediately eliminate that institution from consider-ation,” said Hal Deuser (Grad B&A ’81), SLU’s director of scholarship and finan-cial aid programs. In reality, this pub-lished cost is reduced for most families with awards from different financial aid programs. “Parents’ concerns regarding college affordability can be misguided,” Deuser said. “Any college education can be affordable when one considers the wealth of college financing assistance available. Much of this assistance is in the form of loans, as it always has been, but a large percentage is also scholarships and grants. “Every college in this country wants to help you afford its cost of attendance,” he continued. “You simply have to apply for the financial aid programs that the school has to offer.” Such advice may not meet every family’s need, but it can, and does, make a university education affordable for most families. Even with a possible investment of more than $100,000, most parents and students still consider a college educa-tion a must. In 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the average annual household income for a family where the primary breadwinner had a bache-lor’s degree was $85,423, about $34,000 more than the household income of a high school graduate and more than double that of a high school dropout. If one adds to this the quality of the degree, the opportunity to interact with great faculty and students and the life-long benefits of an influential alumni network, the price of higher education seems worth the sacrifice. “When you add the economic benefits to the intan-gible benefits that come with a college degree — increased cultural, intellectual, emotional and social awareness — high-er education is priceless,” Deuser said. Of course, that doesn’t mean that anyone at Saint Louis University has forgotten the costs. “We realize that tuition is a delicate subject,” said University President Lawrence Biondi, SJ. “We are not insensitive to the needs of parents and students, and we don’t raise tuition cavalierly. We take a lot of time to look at the big picture and determine what’s best for our students. “Throughout our budget process, our goal is to give Saint Louis University students the very best education possible while keeping the University financially sound for the future,” Biondi said. “We do this by spending wisely and by increasing the amount of University-funded financial aid so that a SLU edu-cation is affordable for all qualified students. “We know that education is an investment, and we are humbled by the faith of countless SLU families who have selected us as the stewards of their future. It’s a sacred trust.” “Throughout our budget process, our goal is to give Saint Louis University stu-dents the very best education possible while keeping the University financially sound for the future.” 21 enjoy their retirement at homes in both Texas and Pennsylvania. … Dr. Philip M. Eggitto (Dent) lives in Winter Springs, Fla. … John B. Gray (Law) still practices law in Florissant, Mo. Dr. Frank J. Fedor (A&S ’50, Med ’54) has had a pri-vate practice since 1961 and also trains post-grads at Georgetown University Hospital … Joseph W. Fusso (IT) is retired after 35 years as a Chevron geologist. … George A. Gregurec (Parks) retired from McDonnell Douglas and lives with his wife, Louise, in Collinsville, Ill. … Helen M. Hurd (Grad ’50, Grad ’51) was recognized last year at the American Dietetic Association convention for 50 years of continuous membership. … Francis J. Solinski (Parks) retired from the Goodyear Corp. after 34 years as senior designer. He is proud of his son and nephew, who also graduated from Parks. … Carl H. Speiser (B&A ’50, B&A ’53, Grad ’59) is active in church neighborhood improvement, men’s groups and other miscellaneous church organizations. Dr. Robert J. Gauer (Med) is enjoying retired life in Kansas City, Mo. William D. Beck Jr. (IT) is a retired engineer and pro-fessor. He enjoys painting, writing, tennis and bridge. … Elizabeth L. Moore (Nurs) is a retired nursing professor living in St. Louis. … Mary A. Mullaney (Nurs) is a mother of six and a grandmother of 15, and she volunteers in a nursing home and a school. … Regina A. Reddington (Nurs) is happily retired and is enjoying life in Youngstown, Ohio. … Marilyn A. Ruebling (A&S) has been an elemen-tary school teacher for 41 years in Palm Springs, Calif. Opal H. Aldrich (Grad Nurs) is retired but stays active with home, husband, church and sorority. … Bob Browning (Parks) retired from active duty in the Air Force and from a director position for Rockwell International. He spends his retirement touring the coun-try in his mobile home. … Dr. Leo O. Furr (Med) lives in Bird Island, Minn., where he practiced medicine for 37 years. He enjoys hunting, fishing and travel-ing. … Dr. H.B. Helling (Med) is retired and lives in Fort Madison, Iowa. … Dr. Richard Menke (Med) is a retired orthopedic surgeon living near the Ohio River. … John M. Ryan (A&S) is a manufacturer representa-tive in the sealing field. He lives in St. Louis. Gloria H. Broun (Nurs ’54, Grad ’81) retired from teach-ing and remains active in the Missouri Nurses Association. She is a board member of the MONA Foundation. … Charles N. Miller (A&S) practices law in West Orange, N.J., is a trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association and is president of the New Jersey Alumni of Boston University Law School. … Kenneth A. Toeniskoetter (IT) is retired, lives in Sun City, Texas, and enjoys visits from his four grandchildren. Reid C. Cerney (Soc Ser) is semi-retired and works part time as a marriage/fami-ly counselor. He writes a monthly column on political humor for an alternative newspaper. … Ronald S. Marks (Parks) is retired from the aerospace industry in Los Altos, Calif. … Robert J. Safranek (A&S ’55, Law ’60) still practices law in Limon, Colo. … Rosella A. Verdon (AHP) writes for the Colorado Springs Senior Times newspa-per and volunteers in the chaplain’s office at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo. … Sidney A. Wilner (Grad B&A) spends his retirement relax-ing and going on cruises. … Patricia F. Winkelmann (A&S) lives in Crestwood, Mo., with her husband, Chris, and although retired, she remains active in parish ministry. She recently received her master’s degree in religious studies. Charles E. Adolph (Parks) works for Science Applications International in Albuquerque, N.M. … Richard Gerding (B&A) continued his globetrotting with a recent trip to see the passion play performed in Oberammergrau on the German-Austrian border. … Dr. Philip H. Sharkey (A&S ’56, Med ’60) is a retired family practitioner living in Decatur, Ill. He is the father of six children, including SLU alumni, Angela (Med ’86) and Arthur (Hosp ’94). … Dr. Thomas F. Shields (Med) retired from an orthopedic surgery practice in 1998 and was elected to the Maine House of Representatives. … Dr. Charles T. Smallwood Jr. (A&S ’56, Med ’60) has retired from urology practice but contin-ues to be active in the Massachusetts Medical Society and its Plymouth District. Dr. Thomas F. Dudley (Dent) has eight grandchil-dren and has finished his two-year tenure as chairman of the Oklahoma County Republican Party. … Jesse Fox (Parks) is retired and enjoys spending time with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is a part-time teacher’s aide at a local Catholic school and takes trips in his RV. … Jean Marie Jenkins (Nurs) is enjoying retirement after 33 years as a nurse educator. She’s spending time with her family and auditing courses at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, Tenn. … Mark G. Kelly (A&S) is retired in Albuquerque, N.M., and vol-unteers at the local Big Brothers and Sisters Foundation. … Dr. Edward L. Michaels (Med) now spe-cializes in occupational and environmental health. … Richard M. Norman (Parks) is retired from the U.S. Army material systems analysis activity and now lives in Street, Md. … Frank L. Sieh (Soc Ser) is retired in Ft. Wayne, Ind., and reports that he is “playing with comput-ers.” … Francis T. Zapor (Parks) retired from IBM and lives in Rockville, Md. Joe Briscoe (A&S ’58, Law ’72) has been elected judge of the Circuit Court of St. Charles County, Mo. … Dr. Henry J. Doherty Jr. (Med) spends his retirement fishing, hunting, dabbling in real estate and visiting with his grandchildren. … Alton Frye (Pub Ser) is still with the Council on Foreign Relations as presidential senior fellow and director. … Dr. James B. Kilway (Med) has been appointed to a two-year term on the Michigan Doctors’ Political Action Committee’s board of directors. … Lt. Col. Rodger T. Meyer (A&S) retired from the Tucson School District and works for Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming during the summers. … Br. Leo V. Ryan, CSV (Grad), a professor of management emeritus at De Paul University, received the first Vincentian Universities Scholar Award during the seventh International Conference Promoting Business Ethics in New York City. … Mary M. White (AHP) retired from home health therapy and stays active in her parish by playing the organ, while her husband of 45 years sings. Jim Erlinger (A&S) is a fishing guide in Colorado, where he also builds custom fishing rods. … William P. Gilmore (Soc Ser) retired from Catholic Social Services in Cleveland. … Dr. Peter E. Kane (Med) is a clinical professor of radiology at the Stanford School of Medicine. … Dan Kozlowski (IT) has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, along with others. He was honored for his work as a senior vice president of McDonnell Douglas. … James Yick C. Leong (IT) retired from Boeing in 1987 and lives with his wife in Florissant, Mo. He reports that he “takes each day as it comes.” … Darrell L. Lynn (Parks) retired from Lockheed Martin’s law department as assistant gener-al counsel. He lives in Bloomington, Minn. … Thomas R. Pozsgay (IT) is a contract engineer for Compaq. He lives in Seaford, Del. … Leon “Lee” M. Shaffer is retired in Sun City West, Ariz. … Dr. Dominick V. Sorge (Med) received the St. Vincent de Paul Award for outstanding service in exemplifying the philosophy and values of Saint Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn. 1948 1947 1939 1942 1950 John D. Maas (Parks) lives in Los Angeles and is retired after 50 years in the aero-space industry. Raymond H. Zipf (B&A) is retired and lives in St. Louis, where he worked as a regional sales manager for the Fedder Corp. Fred C. O’Neill (B&A) lives in Ballwin, Mo., at the Mari de Villa Retirement Home. Dr. George Allen (Med) practices medicine in Litchfield, Ill., where he was featured in the local newspa-per for his years of dedicated service. … John E. Lucast (Parks) retired in 1988 as executive director of busi-ness development at Williams International. He lives in Florida. Dr. Felix R. Shepley (Med) is retired but reports that he is a “full-time yard man and martini expert.” He lives in Wichita Falls, Texas. Dr. Terrance D. Callan (Med) retired in 1986. He lives in Anaconda, Mont., and has nine children and 23 grandchildren. Dr. E. Homer Brugge (Med) lives in Oakland, Calif., after leaving his small ophthalmology practice. … Dr. Harold B. Haley (Med) is retired, lives in Roanoke, Va., and enjoys traveling to visit his children. Lewis F. Frey (B&A) is retired and lives in California. Alton F. Bullard (Parks) is a retired United Airline staff engineer and moved to Good River, Calif., in 1997 after 49 years in San Mateo, Calif. … Carlos Dannacher (B&A) moved from St. Louis with his wife in 1998 and now enjoys retired living in Sterling, Va. … Parker W. Dobson (Parks) and his wife 1932 7 1938 1941 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1959 1957 1958 1945 1946 W. Terrence Meyer (Med) is the medical director at New Mexico State University Student Health Center in Las Cruces, N.M. … Elizabeth O’Hara (A&S) runs a statewide organization involving disability rights and education in Woodland, Mich.… Margaret A. Riley (Pub Ser) is in her 19th year teaching RCIA at her parish, St. Gregory the Great, in St. Ann, Mo. … Dr. Verna Green Smith (Grad) is a board member of the Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis, the editorial director of OASIS and a St. Louis Symphony volunteer. … Carol Ann Strader (A&S ’70, Grad B&A ’72) is the founder, an administrator and a teacher at The Youth PEP Center Inc., an alternative educational program for at-risk students in Cheyenne, Wyo. John L. Bohrer (Pub Hlth) is the vice president in the health care division at eKiosk.com. … Dr. Steven I. Cohen (Med) is the divi-sional director of urology at a medical center in Providence, R.I. He is also an assistant clinical professor of urology at Brown and Boston universities. … Dr. Richard A. Memo (Med) is president of the 75th annual meeting of the American Urological Association. He lives in Poland, Ohio, with his wife, Rosemary. … Brockman Schumacher Jr. (A&S) has a private psychology practice in Minneapolis. Elaine L. Bukowski (AHP) is an associate profes-sor of physical therapy at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in Pomona, N.J. She had a book pub-lished in 2000 called Muscular Analysis of Everyday Activities. … Donald P. Casey (Grad) is an assistant professor of philosophy at Felician College in Lodi, N.J. … Dr. Richard P. Chepey (Med) is a manag-ing partner of radiology associates and an instructor at photographic art work-shops. He lives in Corpus Christi, Texas. … Dennis G. Coleman (A&S) is the vice chairman of the St. Louis County Economic Council 2001 board of directors. … Dr. William D. Payne (Med) is a profes-sor in the department of surgery at the University of of the World Federation of Neurological Societies. He lives in Chicago. … R.W. McGowan, SJ (A&S) is the associate pastor at Immaculate Conception Church in Albuquerque, N.M. … Jerome A. Rekart (Parks) is retired after 32 years with TWA. He lives in Brookfield, Conn. … Margaret (Peggy) O’Neil Waligora (Nurs) is a part-time school nurse for Monterey Peninsula Unified School District in Pebble Beach, Calif. James P. Finfera (Parks) works for TRW Systems and Information Technology Group as the area manager of the Aberdeen proving ground and Hartford County office. He lives in Edgewood, Md. … A. Kenneth Istel (Parks) is retired and spends his time cruising the waters of Florida and the Bahamas with his wife. … Lucila C. Rivera (Soc Ser) is a program man-ager implementing a county-wide program on community living to enhance the quality of life of consumers with psy-chiatric illness. She lives in Stanton, Calif. Virginia Arnold Cahill (A&S) is an attorney practic-ing environmental law with McDonough, Holland & Allen in Sacramento, Calif. … Dr. Kenneth R. Lisi (Med) is a cardiologist and a member of Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County in Connecticut. … Phyllis J. Meagher (A&S) opened Meramec Vineyards in St. James, Mo. … Mary P. Reinholt (A&S) and Jerome Reinholt (A&S ’65) live in Plattsmouth, Neb. Mary runs the Banker’s House, a bread and breakfast in Plattsmouth, and Jerry works for Computer Sciences Corporation at Offutt Air Force Base. William J. Adelmann (Parks ’65, ’69) is the project manager on marine gas tur-bine engines at General Electric. He lives in Cincinnati. … Betty K. Domer (A&S) is the chair-woman of Greater Hartford Community Leadership Program in Connecticut. She is also the chairwoman of Health Resources, a non-profit behavioral health agency. … Milton B. Mantler (Parks) is a senior Carmel Family Practice Residency and the medical director of the Mount Carmel Outreach program in Columbus, Ohio. … Thomas R. Pickett (Grad) is a retired educator in Illinois and Missouri school districts. He and his wife, Ruth Ann, live in Columbia, Mo. … Charles Rosemeyer (B&A) works for Victory Packaging in St. Charles, Mo. … Dr. Floyd B. Rust (Dent) is a dentist in San Antonio. He is married and has four children. … Kathy A. Strong (A&S) is a teacher in the Special School District of Missouri. She has three children (the youngest attends SLU Law school), three step-children and two grandchildren. … Thomas W. Thale (B&A) performs as a comedy stage hypnotist and books other entertainers. Dr. Robert J. Dooling (Grad ’69, ’76) is the associ-ate vice president for research at the University of Maryland, College Park. … Dennis E. Mulligan (Grad) works in commercial real estate in Del Mar, Calif. … Joseph A. Robustielli (A&S) is the director of multicultural affairs, interna-tional students and affirma-tive action at State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology. … Dr. Theodore G. Saydyk Jr. (Dent ’69, Grad ’72) is retired and lives in Colorado Springs, Colo. … Mary C. Westphal (A&S) retired after teaching 30 years for Mehlville School District in St. Louis. Dr. Robert Atlas (Parks) was elected to the Council of the American Meteorological Society. He lives in Brookeville, Md. … Dr. Thomas F. Barrett (Med) is working locum tenens in radiology and part time in Ohio. He and his wife, Jacqueline, live in Venice, Fla. … Timothy F. Brown (A&S) is a pediatric physical therapist for Orland Park (Ill.) elementary schools. … John N. Conaway (Parks) has retired as a chief engineer at FedEx and now is a self-employed consultant in Canton, Texas. … Thomas L. MacDonald (Parks) is the chief test pilot of the Bell- Boeing-Nawcad V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor integrated test team at Nawcad in Patuxent River, Md. … Dr. systems engineer supporting the ground-based intercep-tor program management office of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. He lives in Gurley, Ala. … Therese (Delich) Stawowy (Grad) is retired from teaching but is on the ushering staff at San Francisco Symphony, the pastoral council at Newman Hall in Berkeley, Calif., and the library advisory board. Dr. A. Warren Turney (Med) is retired from surgery and still works for REDIMED, an urgent care facility. … Joseph M. Wagovich (A&S) is the director of communications for Information Support Services, a supplier of IT integration and e-govern-ment services for Lockheed Martin. He lives in Crofton, Md. Janet (Ingram) Brandmill (AHP) and her husband, Jack, are retired but keeping busy in Quincy, Ill. They lost their son in an automobile accident in November. … Dave Carter (Parks) is the director of aircraft deliveries for Raytheon Aircraft Company. He lives in Wichita, Kan. … Cmdr. Charles P. Isele (Parks) lives in Chico, Calif., and is retired as the executive vice president of Aero Union Corps., which owns and operates 19 air tankers to control wildland fires. … Jane H. Langford (A&S) is the owner of the community newspaper The New Independent in Nauvao, Ill. … Robert Donald Reichardt (B&A) is the manager of business development for WaveBend Solutions, an e-business/ Internet systems integrator. He lives in Seattle. … Robert L. Tate (A&S) has joined Pace Corporate Service/CRESA St. Louis as vice president. Fredrick J. Baehr Jr. (Law) is retired in South Carolina. … Fred Bahr (Parks) is the captain of a Boeing 747-400 of United Air Lines. He lives in Issaquah, Wash. … Patricia J. Keller (Nurs) is assistant director of vocational nursing and chairperson of faculty development at the College of the Desert in Palm Desert, Calif. … John G. O’Handley Jr. (A&S) is the program director at Mount 22 1963 1965 Elaine F. Scott (AHP) is retired but still active politi-cally for the APTA and the local school board in Casper, Wyo. David G. Anderson (Soc Ser) works part time as a therapist in St. Louis. … Barbara J. Chronister (Nurs ’61, Grad ’68) has retired from nursing and lives in Canfield, Ohio. … Alfred F. Eberhardt (A&S) is studying shifting magnetic forces, gravitation-al spin and electricity, and their relationship to each other. He is doing his research in Asia. … George T. Gelow (A&S) is retired from his work as a tax pre-parer in St. Louis and now does a lot of traveling. … Dr. Marie A. LoPonte (A&S) has retired from her oncology practice and now owns and manages a success-ful retail shop, which spe-cializes in women’s fashions. … Albert H. Moser (IT) is retired in Naples, Fla., but enjoys spending time at a family home on an island in Lake Erie called Put-In-Bay. … Helen A. Riechmann (Soc Ser) is retired from the Missouri Division of Family Services in St. Louis. … Louise T. Saucier (B&A ’61, ’63, Grad ’69) is retired and reports that she enjoys activities for “health and happiness” and volunteers at Bethesda-Jacon House. Stephen W. Alexander (A&S) is the publisher of Chicago Home and Garden. He and his wife enjoy life at their home in Lake Forest, Ill., and visits with their eight children and 10 grand-children. … Dr. Richard G. Bradley (Med) is retired from an active psychiatric practice and has moved to Laughlin, Nev., for a milder climate. … Ralph W. Brown (B&A) is retired from State Farm Insurance. He spends his free time trav-eling and spending time with his wife, Rita, and his family in Orange, Calif. … Orville J. Elfrink (A&S ’62, Grad ’67) teaches math-ematics at St. Louis Community College. … Dr. Michael S. Huckman (Med) is a professor of radi-ology at Rush Medical College. He is the editor-in-chief emeritus of the American Journal of Neurology, and he is the president-elect 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1970 23 Minnesota. He is also the chief of staff at Fairview University Hospital. … Larry Schmitz (A&S) owns and operates a busi-ness, Club Schmitz Bar & Café, in Dallas. Bruce Babb (Parks) is a senior project engineer on the AE1107C engine program, which is used on the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. He is happy to be a grandfather for the third time. … Gary M. Bokowy (Parks) is the sales director at Bombardier Aerospace/Learjet. He and his wife, Jane, live in Batavia, Ill. … Patrick Joseph Burke (A&S) passed the International Code Council certification test to acquire the Certified Building Official designa-tion. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and children. … Joseph A. Gianino (A&S) works at Mercy Health Center in Dubuque, Iowa. … Gay A. Kolski (AHP) lives in Bowie, Md., with her husband and two children. She works part time as a physical therapist in a private practice. … David R. Maxwell (A&S) works with the U.S. National Park Service in Denver as an air quality monitoring specialist. He and his wife, Deborah, have one son and three grandsons. … Dr. Kevin McCabe (A&S ’73, Med ’77) is the director of occu-pational and preventive medicine for S.L. Johnson. … Robert L. McDaniel (Parks) is the director of the St. Louis Downtown Airport. … Charles T. Nash (Parks) is the vice-president of the emerging technology division at Santa Barbara Applied Research Inc., in Washington, D.C. … Barbara Jane Sheldon Czerwinski (Nurs ’74, Grad ’77) joined nursing’s honored ranks as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She is a health care and legal consultant and a councilwoman in Nassau Bay, Texas. Linda Murphy Marshall (Grad ’74, ’78) is a multilin-guist who works for the fed-eral government. She lives in Columbia, Md. … James A. Phfistner (Soc Ser ’74, ’77) is a school social worker for St. Louis County Special School District. … David S.A. Reiser (Parks) was promoted and transferred to Manassas, Va., to head the FBI special flight operations. … F. Woodside Wright (Law) lives in Carson City, Nev., where he practices immigration law for the Nevada Hispanic Services and is under contract with several Native American Tribes as judge. Dr. Thomas H. Auer (Med) retired from the Army after 23 years active duty in 1998. He is the medical director and chief operations officer of Community Care Physicians in Albany, N.Y. … Nancy A. Louchart Higgins (Pub Ser) is the school guidance counselor of the Hazelwood School District in St. Louis. … Roseann M. Hughes (AHP) works in the SSM rehab outpatient department at St. Mary’s Health Center in St. Louis. … Brenda M. Kelly (A&S) is the college prep counselor at Sumner High School in St. Louis. … Douglas D. Miller (Soc Ser) and Susan Miller (Soc Ser) live in Ventura, Calif. Douglas is the regional administrator for a statewide non-profit family and chil-dren’s services agency. Susan is the coordinator of senior services in Oxnard, Calif. … Cuba Wadlington Jr. (Grad) is the president and chief executive officer of Williams Gas Pipeline in Tulsa, Okla. … Dr. Virginia A. Wohitmann (Med) is board certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry. He has a private practice in East Rochester, N.Y. Dr. Elizabeth Bookser Barkley (Grad) was named the Ohio Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement and Support of Education. This award recognizes extraordinary dedication to teaching, com-mitment to students and innovative teaching meth-ods. … Kathryn A. Chipperfield (Soc Ser) reports she is a “professional volunteer” in St. Louis. She is the president of St. Monica Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and works closely with fund-raising for educational institutions. … Dr. David Cruvant (Med) has a private practice in general pediatrics in Long Island, N.Y. … John W. Cullen (A&S) joined the management con- Broadcast News Nearly everywhere Jeffrey Watkins (A&S ’80) goes, he wears a headset. It’s not a fashion statement — it just happens that both of his jobs require him to wear one. Watkins is the broadcast director at KSDK-TV Channel 5 in St. Louis, where he coordinates the visual aspects of the news. He also is an aerobics instructor at HealthQuarters in Richmond Heights, Mo., where he teaches aero-bic, step and spinning classes. Both jobs require him to keep everyone working together. Watkins has always known that he wanted to work in television. “In high school, I took a broadcasting workshop, but I was really more involved in behind-the-scenes work,” he said. “I finished my undergraduate degree in three years, and started graduate work in business. Then I was asked if I was interested in a directorial intern-ship at KETC-TV Channel 9, which, of course, I was.” For Watkins, the internship was the right move. “I was able to work on every aspect of television, which was a great experience. I learned how variables gel together in the big picture,” he said. After being hired full time by Channel 9 and working there for two years, he moved to KSDK, where he has been since 1984. At KSDK, anything seen on the screen is put there by Watkins or another director. Watkins must ensure everything goes on the air cleanly. But if breaking news or a technical glitch occurs, he must deal with the situation as deftly as possible, so the viewers at home do not know that something has gone wrong or has changed. “People have likened my job to an air traffic controller or a traffic cop in the sense that I am dealing with many different things coming from different directions,” Watkins said. “I have to choreograph everything so that the show supposedly runs smoothly.” When Watkins is not choreographing in the newsroom, he is choreographing moves in the gym. He has taught aerobics for 13 years and now does this “part-time” job four-to-five days a week. Although it might seem difficult to keep up with his work schedule, Watkins said that it was more challenging in the past. “When I was directing the morning show at KSDK, I would have to be there at 4:30 a.m. and would stay until about 12:30 p.m., and then I would go teach an aerobics class. That was pretty tough,” he said. When Watkins does have free time, he watches competing news shows to see what others do differently, and he watches tapes of his own shows to see what he can improve. This process of self-evalua-tion is something he credits to his SLU education. “With a Saint Louis University background, I learned that there is never a finite point when you are finished with something,” he said. “There is never a perfect 10 because that perfect 10 does not exist. You must strive to make things better, to learn more. Because the minute you stop learning, you are stagnating.” Whether in the TV studio or the gym, it’s clear that Watkins fol-lows his own advice. —AW 1973 1974 1975 1976 Watkins 24 sulting firm Booz, Allen & Hamilton as a senior associ-ate for economic and busi-ness analysis in Houston. … Mark D. Hassakis (Law) is the president of the Illinois Bar Foundation. … Sandra Ann Mears (A&S ’76, Law ’79) and Joseph Fred Benson (A&S ’76, Grad 77, Law ’85) were married on Oct. 29. Sandra is the exec-utive judicial assistant to the Hon. Duane Benton of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Joseph is the judicial archivist for the Supreme Court of Missouri. … William P. Ring Sr. (A&S) is the president of Parkway Auto Parts in Pompano Beach, Fla. … Jeffrey J. Wenstrup (A&S) and Rose Mary Wenstrup (A&S ’77) and their son, Matthew, live in Silver Lake, Ohio. Rosie is an attorney at Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue. Jeff is an associate professor of neuro-biology at Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine. … Anne Wilke (AHP) is installing instru-ments and training operators for Dade Behring instru-mentation. He lives in San Jose, Calif. Dr. Daniel J. Bauer (Med) reported that it was a “thrill” for him to present his son, Chris, with his white coat as he entered Saint Louis University School of Medicine. … W. Bruce Bible (Pub Hlth) is the administrator at Osage Beach Health Care Center in Osage Beach, Mo. … Don W. Chenoweth (Grad) is the Champaign County coordinator for A Hand Up Inc., a social ser-vice agency that assists low-income people with utility bills. … Thera E. Finbloom (Grad) is the project manager for GMAC/RFC Construction Finance. He lives in Chevy Chase, Md. … Brian P. Geeting (B&A) is the senior contract administrator on a multi-billion-dollar offshore oil field rejuvenation in Mexico. He and his wife, Ana de Katya, have three sons, Kristopher, Kevin and Patrick. … Martha M. Hawn (A&S ’77, Soc Ser ’79) is in private practice as an independent social work consultant to long-term care residential facilities. She lives in Waterloo, Ill., with her four children. … Patty Keck Remington (Parks) lives in Albuquerque, N.M., and works for WorldSpan. … Susan S. Rinaldo (A&S) lives in Tampa, Fla. She has two sons and a daughter. … Dr. David S. Williams (Grad) has a pri-vate orthodontic practice and is an associate professor in the orthodontic depart-ment at the University of Tennessee. Mary H. Anderson (Soc Ser) is a medical social worker at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill. She and her husband, Craig, have two children, Jennifer and Kristofer. … Dr. Robert Kakish (Med) is practicing internal medicine in Mentor, Ohio. … Carol J. McComber (Nurs ’78, Grad ’92) is a nurse manager of the women’s health unit at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis. … William J. Ryan (Nurs ’78, Grad ’81) is an associate professor in the allied health department at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pa. … David T. Smorodin (A&S) joined the law and public policy department at WorldCom as associate litigation counsel. He and his wife, Peggy, have three children and live in Fairfax Station, Va. Jeff Belfiglio (A&S) was included in the Best Lawyers in America 2000-2001 direc-tory. He was nominated for his work in employee bene-fits law. He also plays viola with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra and is a member of its board of trustees. He and his wife, Lee, have two sons. … Dr. Michael F. Burns (Med) served on the medical staff for the U.S. Olympic Team in Sydney, Australia. … Christi A. Cheatham- Miller (Parks) lives in St. Louis her with husband, Doug, and four children. She is a secretary for an elec-trical contractor. … Martin P. Gilfoil (Parks) is a Boeing 717 captain for TWA. He lives in St. Charles, Mo. … David L. Hadaller (Grad) is the assis-tant dean of academic affairs and acting chief librarian at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York. He published his book Gynicide on William Styron in 1996 after earning his doctorate and serving as a Fulbright Professor in Romania. … Dr. Rod D. Kack (Med) has an ENT practice in 1977 1978 1979 Hall of Fame Honors Greats In January, nine new members and one team were inducted into the Billiken Hall of Fame. The honorees follow by category: Billiken Great (Pioneer): Al Serkin (men’s basketball 1955-57), a strong-rebounding center who helped the Billikens to appearances in both the postseason NIT and NCAA Tournaments in his career. Billiken Great (Contemporary): Erwin Claggett (men’s basketball 1992- 95), whose 1,910 career points make him not only the second-leading scorer in Billiken history, but also the all-time leading in the Great Midwest Conference. He helped the Billikens to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 1994 and ’95. … Dennis Hadican (men’s soccer 1970-73), who appeared in four national championship games during his four-year career, scoring at least one point in each of those games, which led to the three national championships for SLU. … Scott Highmark (men’s basketball 1992-95), another valuable cog in the Billiken basketball machine that went to the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back years, who poured in 1,663 points during his career, mak-ing him the fifth-best scorer in the history of the program. … H Waldman (men’s basketball 1994-95), who played only two years with the Billikens but put his stamp on the basketball program in the 1993-94 and ‘94-95 NCAA Tournament seasons. Distinguished Alum (Pioneer): Robert Hyland (baseball 1938-40), who, prior to his passing in 1992, was among St. Louis’ most influential people. As senior vice president of CBS Radio and general manager of the network-owned KMOX, Hyland helped build KMOX into “The Voice of St. Louis.” Bauman Sportsmanship Award: Jack Buck, who has been the play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals since 1954, has called Monday Night Football on the CBS Radio Network and NFL football on CBS Television, has anchored the CBS Radio Network broadcasts of the World Series since 1983 and was a commentator for Super Bowl games on radio from 1978 through 1995. A member of the National Radio Hall of Fame, he has received the Ford C. Frick award from the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Pete Rozelle Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. … George Hoffmann, a longtime supporter of Billiken Athletics as president of the Tip Off Club and as an active member of the Billiken Club. He was president of Koncen Meat Co. … John O’Brien, who was not the Billikens’ first women’s basketball coach, but many credit him with the continuation of the program. Coaching from the 1976-77 season through the 1988-89 campaign, he accumulated a 177-146 record at Saint Louis. Bob Burnes Award: The 1977 Women’s Swim Team, which was the first Billiken women’s program to compete at the national level by qualifying in four places in nationals. Among those honored at the hall of fame dinner were (from left): Linda Geil-Sigman, a representative of the 1977 women’s swim team; O’Brien; Kit Molloy-Concilus, a representative of the 1977 women’s swim team; Hoffmann; Hadican; Claggett; Matt Hyland, son of honoree Robert Hyland; Serkin; Anne Stolwyk-Jones, a representative of the 1977 women’s swim team; and Highmark. of health information at Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital in St. Louis. … Gwenna G. Peters (AHP) opened a clinic for orthopedic physical therapy in Columbia, Mo. … Dr. Kathi A. Vosevich (A&S ’80, Grad ’83) is the manager of documentation and process for Sprint ENS in Denver. She has pub-lished an article on Mary and Elizabeth Tudor and an interview with Joseph Heller. Louise B. Bradshaw (A&S) is the director of edu-cation at the St. Louis Zoo, where she works to improve science and conservation education locally and nationally. She and her hus-band, Bob, live in Kirkwood, Mo., with their son, Ben. … Michael T. Dorsey (B&A) is the gener-al counsel for Knight Trading Group, the largest Nasdaq market maker. He lives in Chatham, N.J. … Maryallen C. Estes (Soc Ser) works part time at the Yancey County Senior Center, where she assesses the homebound for In- Home Aid, and reports that she lives on a “mountain in the woods” in Burnsville, N.C., where she runs a bed and breakfast. … Muriel A.S. Grimmett (Grad) is the university director of student academic support and achievement at Rutgers University in New Jersey. … Andrew J. Hughes (Parks) is executive vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association International. He and his wife, Lori, live in Peoria, Ariz., with their three chil-dren, Christopher, Justin and Amber. … Janet C. Loida (AHP) works part time with Beverly Rehab at Camelot Nursing Center in Farmington, Mo. She also is self-employed part time, contracting with Ability Network to service pediatric clients. … Cindy Province (A&S, Nurs ’81, Grad ’85) presented a paper at the World Congress on Vaccines and Immunization in Liege, Belgium. She and her hus-band, Dr. Stanley A. Sakabu, welcomed their third son, John, on Dec. 6. They live in Defiance, Mo. … Helen Rosenthal, RSCV (Grad ’81,’86) is on sabbatical from full-time teaching. For five years, she chaired the reli-gious studies and history departments at St. Thomas University in Miami, Fla. Twin Falls, Idaho, where he lives with his wife, Marilyn, and five children. He just completed his first season in NASCAR, racing grand American modified cars. … Gordon Kempe (Nurs) is the president of the New Hampshire Association of Nurse Anesthetists. … Kevin B. Keeenan (A&S) and Christine (Leaby) Keenan (A&S ’81) live in Sherman, Conn., with their three children, Joseph, Ryan and Meredith. Chris is a physician’s assistant at Danbury Hospital. Kevin owns Southview Builders. … Rosemarie Warren LeMoine (Law) received the Washington State Bar Association Pro Bono Award. … Thomas Orin Meirink (Pub Hlth) reports that he is “enjoying life in Chicago.” … Susan K. Mendelsohn (Nurs ’79, Grad ’88) retired from the nursing administration and has opened a flower shop in St. Louis. Donald E. Brown (Grad B&A) is a partner at Arbor Investment Advisors in Winston Salem, N.C. He is also an investment specialist and supervisory delegate at Mass Mutual and MML Investors Services Inc. in Greensboro, N.C. … Roger Cauley (Nurs) is the owner of Guam Nursing Services, a Medicare-certified home care agency. He, his wife, Elizabeth, and son, Bryan, live in Tamuning, Guam. … Joseph T. Eckelkamp (B&A ’80, Grad ’93) was nominated for the Accounting Today Gold Medal Award for Achievement in Client Services, which recognizes exceptional advocacy of clients. He was named to the 2001-2002 edition of Nationwide Register’s Who’s Who in Executives & Business. He owns Eckelkamp & Associates, a CPA firm with offices in Webster Groves, Mo., and Ellisville, Mo. … Steven K. Gunderson (A&S) is the director of an emergency medical group at Dearborn County Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Ind. He has five children. … Antoinette Lowery (Nurs) is retired from Foundation Health Federal Services, a Tricare HMO. She has moved to a new home in Folsom, Calif. … Sally Maguire (AHP) received the Motivator Award from the American Health Information Management Association at its national convention in September. She is the director She plans to retire. … Dr. Howard Rosenthal (Grad) is the editor of his seventh book Favorite Counseling and Therapy Homework Techniques: Leading Therapists Share Their Most Creative Strategies. He lives in St. Charles, Mo. … Dr. Sudarshan Singh (Grad) is a geophysicist who moved to the Houston area after the merger of Exxon and Mobil. He has been working in the Caspian Sea region. He and his wife, Leena, report they “enjoy living in The Woodlands, Texas.” Janice Andersen (AHP) is practicing in an outpatient clinic, primarily for geriatric orthopedic and neurologic patients, in St. Michael’s, Md. … Susan R. Bland (Nurs) is a school nurse at Bierbaum Elementary in Mehlville, Mo. She and her husband, Gary, have two children, Krista and Jason. … Lt. Col. Merry J. Chandler (Grad Nurs) is an assistant professor at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La. … Dr. Paul A. Jones (A&S) has been selected to evaluate candidates for the Heart of Chicago Award. He is the associate chief of cardiology at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago and an assistant professor of medicine at Loyola University Medical Center’s division of cardiology in Maywood. He was named one of Chicago Magazine’s “20 World-Class Doctors” and featured in How to Find the Best Doctors: Chicago Metropolitan Area. He is the course director of a national hands-on training program for interventional cardiolo-gists and vascular surgeons across the country. … Laurie Lakebrink (A&S) moved back to St. Louis from Knoxville, Tenn., and is employed at the St. Louis Public Library as a catalog librarian. … Michael J. Mueller (Parks) is director of operations for Midcoast Aviation in St. Louis. … Marvin J. Nordiff (Law) works at his own law firm, Nordiff & Ellis, where he concentrates on community association law in St. Louis. … Lisa (Humphries) Sakabu (A&S) and her hus-band, Ed, welcomed their second daughter, Alexis Miya, on Sept. 16. She has retired and stays home in Valencia, Calif., with daugh-ters Sammi and Lexi. … Margaret K. Steinman (PS) and her husband, Alphonse Steinman (B&A ’64, ’66), live in St. Louis. However, after retirement, they bought a vacation home near Providence, R.I., to be close to their daughter, Julie (Steinman) King (A&S ’84). Julie and her husband have three daugh-ters, Georgia, Virginia and Carolina. Mary D. Cernik (A&S) works at State Farm’s corpo-rate office in Bloomington, Ill., in facilities management services. … Cathy (Conran) Gilmore (A&S) spends her time home schooling her children, Maggie and Emily. She, her husband, Bill, and their chil-dren live in Crestwood, Mo. … John O. Gooch (Grad) wrote From Circuit to Crusades: Essays in Missouri Methodist History. He and his wife, Beth, live in Liberty, Mo., where he continues to research and write. … Elaine A. Rynders (AHP) is a physician assistant at Bunker Hill Rural Health Clinic in Alton, Ill. She recently received the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal for accomplishments in the Air National Guard. … Jeffrey Vineyard (Grad) is the deputy chief in the resource management divi-sion of the Systems Management Directorate, Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Mary Clare Baldus (Soc Ser) is a mental health supervisor at Community University Health Care Center in Minneapolis. She and her husband have a 5- year-old son. … Barrie Bode (A&S) is an associate professor in the department of biology at SLU. … Cynthia L. Booth (Nurs) is a clinical practice specialist in the Children’s Habilitation Clinic at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. … Capt. Chet Enigenburg (Parks) is a B-787 first officer for Delta Air Lines based in Atlanta. He and his wife, Michelle, were married in May at the base of the Eiffel Tower. … Dr. Laura Garvin (Nurs ’84, Med ’91) lives in Santa Cruz, Calif., where she works as a physi-cian with Western Medical Associates. … Mark L. Hofling (A&S) and his wife, Kate, have two sons, Ben and Adam, and live in Tarrytown, N.Y. He is the senior wild animal keeper for the Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo. … Mary H. Huysman (Soc Ser) is an outpatient clinician at Crider Center for Mental Health in Wentzville, Mo. … Kevin Rhoades (Parks) is the central U.S. operations manager for GE Automation Services. He lives in St. Charles, Mo., with his wife, Janette, and their children, Meghan and Matthew. … Dalia Shimek (Parks) lives with her husband, Kevin McClure, near Cleveland. She is a deputy auditor for the state auditor’s performance audit division. … Kathy Cleary Tonner (A&S, Nurs) is a mother of four children, Eileen, Mike, Joe and Paul. She is active in their schools and in community service in Chicago. Richard D. Arnold (Parks) lives in Harker Heights, Texas, where he is a “Mr. Mom” raising a son and daughter. … George Brill (Parks) is the president of a company he started, Aerotech Service Group Inc. The St. Louis-based compa-ny specializes in deploying secure gateways for large intranets. … Lisa DeMauro (Nurs) is a nurse case man-ager for CNIC Railroad Association. She and her two daughters live in Tinley Park, Ill. … Jane (Kuensting) Frank (B&A) lives in Raleigh, N.C., with her husband, Joe, and daughter, Meghan. She is a senior technical analyst for Medic Computer Systems. … Dr. Greg Gibbons (A&S) and his wife, Elizabeth, are family doctors in Cary, N.C. They have two daughters. … Milagros “Mila” Gonzalez (Parks) and husband, Manuel Touris, have two children, Jessica and Sebastian. She lives in Caracas, Venezuela, and is the tourism manager of L.P. Tours. … Karen M. Gross (Nurs) is an adult nurse practitioner in an internal medicine office in Washington, Mo. She and her husband have two sons, Nicholas and Jacob. … Fritz Haas (A&S) and Traci (Healy) Haas (AHP ’89) live with their children, Danielle, Nick and Dillon, in Philadelphia. Fritz is the vice president and CIO at CB Technologies, and Traci is an outpatient physical therapist. … William J. 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John Kuest III (Parks) lives in Alaska and is self-employed as an automation consultant. … Paul O’Connor (AHP) works at Eastern Maine Medical Center in emergency medi-cine. He and his wife, Caroline, have two children, Sean and Shannon. … G. Stephen Peranteau (Parks) is a R&M Engineering man-ager for Naval Air Systems Command in North Island, Calif. He is enjoying life playing with his kids and cars while working on his MBA in technology man-agement … Robert W. Turck Jr. (Soc Ser) is the director of patient care coor-dination at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Granite City, Ill. Dr. Kelli R. Arntzen (Med) practices dermatology in a multi-specialty group. She and her children, Blake and Clara, live in Seattle. … Leigh Joy Carson (Law) is starting Community Education Resources, a not-for- profit group that will hold education programs on domestic violence, children and violence and other social issues. She is practicing law with her firm, The Carson Law Firm, in Clayton, Mo. … Karen Despiegelaere (A&S) and her husband, Carl, had a baby girl, Emily Marie, on Dec. 6. … Rose A. Serra (A&S) is an assis-tant professor in the depart-ment of molecular and cellular physiology at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine. … Dr. Scott Werner (Med) is practicing integrative/com-plementary medicine in Cedar City, Utah, with a multidisciplinary practice. … Dr. Paul Weber (A&S ’86, Med ’90) and Jennifer Weber (A&S ’88) live in Troy, Ohio, with their chil-dren, Gretchen and Ben. Paul is practicing pediatrics, and Jenny has gone back to school to study interior design. Dr. Steve Astuto (Grad) has a private orthodontic practice in Amarillo, Texas. … Joe D’Cruz (B&A) was promot-ed to senior vice president in charge of worldwide sales and marketing for a telecommuni-cations software company. He and his wife, Lynly, have been married for five years and have two sons, Alec and Nicholas. They live in Dallas. … Gary M. Gaertner Jr. (B&A) is a Missouri State Circuit Judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit in St. Louis County. … Andrew W. Ganey (B&A) is a substitute teacher and a computer help desk technician for Peak Internet Access in Belleville, Ill. … Carleen M. Hilty (AHP) lives with her hus-band, Dave, and her sons, Connor and Jacob, in Mokona, Ill. She is a Midwest Orthopedic consultant. … Felicia D. Isbell (A&S ’87, Nurs ’93) is a clinical educator for St. Mary’s Health Center. She lives in St. Louis with her husband and child. … Philip C. Lamczyk (Parks) works on the space shuttle and inter-national space station as an environmental systems flight controller at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. … Linda J. LoScalzo (AHP) lives in St. Louis and reports that she “is working as a wife, mother of one and part-time physical therapist.” … Dr. Michael Roach (Med) has a family medicine private practice in Caldwell, Idaho. He and his wife, Robin Cruz, have one son, Paul. Nick Barbieri (B&A) and his wife, Beth (Steffen) Barbieri, (A&S ’89, Grad ’91), live in Woodbury, Minn., with their sons, Joseph and Jack. Nick is a regional sales manager for St. Louis Music. … Dr. David Blume (Med) is an internal medicine physician supervisor at Mendota Mental Health Institute in Brooklyn, Wis. … Yvette Goforth (Parks) is the director of training for Tharaldson Cos. She lives in Peoria, Ill., with her husband, Todd, and two children, Wesley and Brianna. … Barbara H. Jacobsmeyer (AHP) is the director of phys-ical medicine and rehabilita-tion at Des Peres Hospital. She, her husband and three children live in Florissant, Mo. … Dr. Charlene Jones (Grad) is the assistant to the superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools. … Deborah E. Kane (A&S) lives in Pensacola, Fla., with her hus-band, Paul, and children, Shannon, Allison, Bridget and William. … Dr. David M. Keller Jr. (Med) has moved his medical practice and lives in Omaha, Neb. He and his wife, Erin, have four children. … Dr. Matthew Koehler (A&S) has a general internal medicine practice in Delaware, Ohio. He and his wife, Natalie, have two chil-dren, Nathaniel and Megan. … Judith A. Metzler (Nurs) is a staff nurse in the psychiatric unit at SouthPointe Hospital in St. Louis. … Cynthia A. Reents (AHP) lives in Litchfield, Ill., with her hus-band, Tim, and four boys. … Meredith (Wilson) Roland (AHP) married David Roland on May 5. They live in Kansas City, Mo. … David Safavian (A&S) and Jennifer (McLaughlin) Safavian (B&A ’91) live in Alexandria, Va. David is an attorney, and Jennifer is an associate inde-pendent counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel Robert Ray in Washington, D.C. … Victoria M. Schnur (B&A) is the team coordinator for United Healthcare in St. Louis. She and her husband, Thomas, have one son, Thomas. Roy J. Cook (A&S) works for Aventis Pharma as a global project leader in drug regulatory affairs. He lives in Upper Bucks, Pa. … Robert Merz (A&S) has been named the zoological manager for invertebrates at the St. Louis Zoo. … Joe Muehlenkamp (A&S, B&A ’89, Grad ’98) is the associate director for media relations at SLU’s Health Sciences Center. … Kanishkan Sathasivam (Parks) is an assistant professor of political science at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. … Valerie H. Siemer (Nurs, A&S ’89, Grad ’93) and her husband, Dan, welcomed their fourth child, David. He joins siblings Greg, Shelia and Hannah in St. Louis. Valerie works part time at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. … Karen (Giebel) Shea (AHP) works part time as a physical therapist and teaches cardio-kickboxing. She and her husband, Kevin, live in Mason, Ohio, with their son, Kasey. … Edward J. Wetzel (Parks) is a flight instructor and lieutenant commander. He was married in August in Langley, Wash. Christine M. Geile (AHP) is the owner of Farmington Hand & P.T. and Quality Rehab Services Inc. She and her husband, Brent, live with their two children, Amanda and Nathan, in St. Genevieve, Mo. … Robert Langrell (A&S) and his wife, Tina, live “under the sunny skies” in Las Vegas with their children, Megan, Katie and Connor. … Philip Ledbetter (A&S) was promoted to federal investigator with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He also completed training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga. Phil and his wife, Nola, and their daughters, Leah and Hannah, live near Jefferson City, Mo. … Dr. Mark Littlehale (Med) and his wife, Tracy, welcomed their second child, Sarah. She joins a brother, Zachary. … K. Scott Wester (A&S) is the CEO of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baton Rouge, La. He and his wife, Nicole, have one daughter, Grace. Nancy J. Bickel (Grad Nurs) is the director of emer-gency/ trauma services at St. Joseph’s Baptist Health Care in Tampa, Fla. … Ann Brennan (A&S) is an account executive with Millennium Communications Inc. in St. Louis. … Eileen Gajcak (Nurs) received her master’s degree in 1999 from the University of Washington in Seattle. She is an adult nurse practitioner specializing in geriatrics. She also works at the Masonic Retirement Home of Washington. … C. Margaret Gleim (AHP) and her husband welcomed their son, Connor, on Oct. 21. They live in Cincinnati. … Ryutaro Matsunaga (Grad B&A) and his wife, Arlene, welcomed twins, Alex and Alysa, to their home in Tokyo on Aug. 21. … Kurt A. Mungenast (A&S) works with Dave Mungenast Automotive Family develop-ing e-commerce solutions. He is flight-qualified for the AH-64A Apache Helicopter. He and his wife, Katie, live in St. Louis with their four chil-dren. … Dr. Richard M. Shaw (Med) has a family practice, The Community Medical Group, in Simi Valley, Calif. … Michael R. Thorsen Jr. (Parks) is an aerospace engineer working for the Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Md., where he lives with his wife, Nancy. Brian D. Annulis (Law, Pub Hlth) is a partner at Katten Muchin Zavis in Chicago. He and his wife, Julie Ann Ehrart (AHP ’87), have two sons, Andrew and Connor. … Richard A. Baker (Parks) is a math teacher at Belleview High School in Belleview, Fla. … Cynthia M. Barton (Grad B&A) retired as vice presi-dent from Firstar/Mercantile Bank. … Christopher T. Higgins (A&S) is the week-end meteorologist at KTVI-TV in St. Louis. He and his wife, Debbie, have one son, John. … Michael M. McFatridge (A&S) is a staff attorney with the VA office of regional counsel for the VA Medical Centers in Danville and Marion, Ill. … Dr. Jo Ann Miller (Grad) is the executive director of constituent relations at Missouri Baptist College. … Gale Rahmoeller (Grad B&A) is a senior engineer/program manager on Army helicopters at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command. She lives in Kirkwood, Mo. … Michael D. Schelonka (Parks) is an engineer in the engine systems group at Hamilton Sundstrand in Rockford, Ill. … Kristin M. Spatz (A&S) married Steve Spatz, on Oct. 9. She is the alumnae director at her alma mater, Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati. … Homer Teng (Grad) is a religion teacher at Holy Names High School in Oakland, Calif. Dr. Robert J. Buchanan (Med) married Jeana Gerace on July 1. He is an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and a resident surgeon in the department of neurosurgery at the University of California, San Diego. … Allen Chan (B&A) works for a Dutch-based ISV as the general manager for north Asia. He lives in Hong Kong. … Graham Day (A&S) has joined the litigation depart-ment of Suelthaus & Walsh, where he will concentrate his practice on commercial litigation matters. He lives in Webster Groves, Mo. … Matthew J. Macek (B&A) works for Roxbury Capital Management, a private firm managing more than $14 billion in assets for high net-worth individuals and cor-porations. He lives in Culver City, Calif. … Mary Jo Moehle (B&A) is the direc-tor of investor relations at Charter Communications. She lives in University City, Mo., with her husband. … Dr. Brian M. Morrissey (Med) is on the faculty at the 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Mr. Robert L. Fitzsimmons (B&A ’51) Dr. Seymour J. Freedman (Dent ’51) Mr. Richard S. Gabrys (B&A ’51) Mr. Herbert H. Luecke (Law ’51) Dr. William J. Roche Jr. (A&S ’51) Dr. William A. Barker II (Grad ’52) Mr. Granville E. Collins (Law ’52) Sr. Catherine S. Mossinghoff, SSND (Grad ’52) Mr. LaVerne R. Plowman (AHP ’52) Mr. Paul Bowman (Parks ’53) Deacon Michael H. Dalton Jr. (Soc Ser ’53) Mr. Lewis H. Fichthorn (Parks ’53) Dr. Nai-Hsuan C. Shen (Grad ’53) Sr. Mary D. Flood, OSU (Grad ’54) Mr. E. Keith Pickett (B&A ’54) Dr. Richard J. Shelley (Med ’54) Dr. Joseph B. Vacca (Med ’54) Mr. Walter L. Vail (A&S ’54) Rev. Ralph Weishaar, OFM (Grad ’54) Dr. Thomas P. Connelly (Med ’55) Mrs. Dorothy (Endacott) Fleenor (Nurs ’55) Mr. Wayne L. Millsap (Law ’55) Mr. Paul A. Petre (Parks ’55) Mr. William R. Williams (B&A ’55) Mr. John J. Curry (Parks ’56) Mr. William J. Hennessey Jr. (Soc Ser ’56) Mr. Peter J. Maniscalco (Law ’56) Msgr. Russell J. Obmann (Grad ’56) Dr. James R. Hooley (Dent ’57) Mr. Richard E. Parrotte (Parks ’57) Mr. Thomas J. Robertson (Grad B&A ’57) Mr. Ralph R. Wood (Parks ’57) Dr. H. Anthony Engelbrecht (A&S ’58) Sr. Marcelline Falk, CPPS (A&S ’58) Mr. Edgar S. Hickey Jr. (IT ’58) Dr. Ross D. Blades (Med ’59) Mr. Henry A. Oldani (A&S ’59) Mr. Robert F. Voss (IT ’59) Mrs. Carol P. (Marlo) Buster (A&S ’60) Ms. Nina M. Klarich (A&S ’60) Sr. Bertille Rascher, CPPS (Grad ’60) Dr. Audrey M. Thaman-Barclay (Soc Ser ’60) Sr. Mary Sabine DeCroos, RGS (Grad ’61) Mrs. Myrna M. Glines (A&S ’61) Rev. Lewis B. O’Neil, SJ (Grad ’61) IIN MEMORIIAM 28 Dr. Adam J. Franke (Dent ’29) Mr. Thomas Sweeney Jr. (B&A ’29) Mr. Macario Testa (Parks ’29) Mr. Leo J. Trudell (B&A ’31) Mrs. Eleanora (McGinty) Henerey (Grad ’34) Dr. August A. Pugliese (Med ’35) Dr. Walter L. Herrmann (Med ’36) Rev. William F. Kelley, SJ (A&S ’36) Mr. Gordon A. Nesbitt (Parks ’36) Dr. Joseph M. Covelli (Med ’37) Dr. Virgil J. Gianelli (Med ’37) Dr. Gilbert B. Kelley (Med ’37) Dr. Henry E. Oppenheimer (Med ’37) Mother Georgianne Segner, SSND (A&S ’37) Mr. Henry G. Stahl (B&A ’37) Mr. Beno Best (A&S ’38) Dr. Joseph F. Scott (Dent ’38) Mrs. Maude (Theby) Blechle (A&S ’39) Mr. Victor W. Holtzapple (Parks ’39) Dr. Edward F. Ockuly (Med ’39) Dr. Joseph W. O’Malley (Med ’39) Mr. Edwin A. Paradoski (B&A ’39) Mrs. Cori St. Louis University (St. Louis, Mo.), http://www.geonames.org/4407081 http://cdm17321.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/alumni/id/78

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