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spelling sluoai_alumni-86 Universitas - Issue 32.2 (Spring 2006) Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University St. Louis University St. Louis University -- Periodicals; Universities and colleges -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Periodicals; Spring 2006 issue of Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University 2006 2006 PDF utas_spring_06 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 Experts Give Advice on Exercise Women’s Soccer Makes History Match Roommates With Rooms Remembering One Jesuit’s Life FEATURES DEPARTMENTS Photo by Kevin Lowder 2 On Campus Biondi is “Citizen of the Year” Research Building goes green New vice presidents join SLU Alum is a Jeopardy champion 6 Billiken News SLU introduces a track and field program Swimming and diving have a record year 7 Campaign Update Arena groundbreaking planned for 2006 24 Class Notes Catch up with classmates 28 In Memoriam Remembering those members of the SLU community who recently died 29 Off the Shelf Seven books from the SLU community 30 Alumni Events Find SLU alumni activities wherever you live 32 Perspective An alum recounts her work with St. Louis-area children who have survived war trauma 33 The Last Word Letters to the editor A Tale of Three Roommates It’s the Ignatian Anniversaries Year for Jesuit institutions worldwide. Find out what (and who) we’re celebrating. By Dr. Ronald Modras 12 16 18 22 Is Your Path to Fitness Blocked By Hurdles? Making exercise part of your normal routine is easy. By Nancy Solomon Reaching Their Goal The SLU women’s soccer team marked 10 years with a major achievement. By Diana Koval Cool for School Students who live on campus have made themselves at home.By Billy Brennan Salvadoran Savior Jon Cortina, S.J., lived a life “for others.” By Sue Thomson A late winter snow frosts campus. 1 UNIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 EDITOR Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92) CONTRIBUTORS Allison Babka Burney Billy Brennan (A&S ’04) Diana Koval Shannon McGuire (Student Assistant) Dr. Ronald Modras Rachel Otto Nancy Solomon Sue Thomson (Grad B&A ’86) DESIGN Art Direction: Matthew Krob Universitas is published by Saint Louis University. Opin­ions expressed in Universitas are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the University admin­istration. Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs are welcome 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 publication should indicate that fact. The editor reserves the right to edit all items. 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/pr/universitas.html Universitas is printed by Universal Printing Co. and mailed by Specialty Mailing. Worldwide circulation: 111,720 © 2006, Saint Louis University All rights reserved. VOLUME 32, ISSUE 2 1) He was a nobleman. He was born “Iñigo de Loyola” to a family of strong traditions and a his­tory of misdeeds. 2) He grew up without his mother. She died shortly after his birth, and Ignatius was raised by a nurse and a sister-in-law. 3) He was, well, a “bon vivant.” As Powers writes: “The very stamp of a man’s masculinity and reputation lie in both his sword and his sexuality. The future saint met both expectations ex­ceedingly well.” 4) At 28, he was given last rites. This followed a cannonball injury that shattered one of Ignatius’ legs and seriously damaged the other during a battle at Pamplona, Spain. His convalescence from this life-threatening injury changed his life and set him on the path to spirituality. 5) He had cosmetic surgery. He demanded that a bone protruding from his leg be sawed off. Remember, this was long before anesthesia. 6) He was an early proponent of highlighters. When copying text from his spiritual readings, Ignatius wrote the words of Jesus in red, and the words of Mary in blue. 7) He became a beggar. Ignatius lived for a period as a pilgrim, wearing sackcloth and one rope-soled shoe. 8) He looked terrible. During his years as a pilgrim, Powers reports, “He gave up meat and wine, staples of the Basque diet, and stopped taking care of his appearance, of which he had been so proud.” 9) He felt terrible, and he felt terrible about it. Ignatius dealt with severe abdominal pains for years. His autopsy revealed “almost innumerable” gallstones; today his condition would be di­agnosed as biliary colic. He later instructed the Jesuits that, unlike him, they should not harm themselves with extreme fasting and penances. 10) When he died, there were a thousand Jesuits. He started with a band of six companions in 1541, and at the time of his death in 1556, there were 1,000 living in Europe, India and Brazil. This year, Jesuit schools and institutions all over the world are celebrating the Ignatian Anniver­saries Year. At the request of Peter-Hans Kol­venbach, S.J., superior general of the Society of Jesus, the entire Jesuit family is marking the 500th anniver­sary of the births of St. Francis Xavier and Blessed Peter Favre, two of the very first Jesuits, as well as the 450th anniversary of the death of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. (Read more about these fascinat­ing men in Dr. Ron Modras’ article on page 8.) Here at Saint Louis University, we started the ob­servance last fall with lectures, prayers and discussions. We are continuing this spring with more presentations and conversations. SLU’s events for the Ignatian anniversaries year continue to present extraordi­nary opportunities to focus on our Jesuit heritage and its impact on our world today. While it’s easy to get caught up in the far-reaching influence of these men and their work, I sometimes like to remind myself that Ignatius and his brothers were human beings, just like you and me. They were complicated individuals who dealt with fear and joy and even health issues every day. Several years ago, I read an article by Tom Powers, S.J., called “21 Things You Didn’t Know About Ignatius” in Loyola Marymount University’s Vistas magazine. Although the article appeared almost six years ago, its message has stayed with me. Among many others, some of the article’s facts about Ignatius included: For me, it’s often comforting to view Ignatius as a person and not just as a saint. When we approach his life and works in relation to our own, we can truly follow his example and “find God in all things.” LAWRENCE BIONDI, S.J. To read the complete text of “21 Things You Didn’t Know About Ignatius” by Tom Powers, S.J., visit: www.slu.edu/pr/ universitas.html. photo by Jim Visser President’s Message2 U NIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 3 U NIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 New VPs join SLU Thomas W. Keefe, former president of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Foundation, is Saint Louis University’s new vice president for development and University relations. He joined the University Dec. 1. In addition to heading the University of Wis- consin Oshkosh Foundation, Keefe was also executive director for university advancement. During his tenure, grant support increased 130 percent, foundation pledges increased 295 percent, and the number of donors increased. Previously, Keefe was executive director of the Catholic Aid Foundation of St. Paul, Minn. He also served as associate vice president of institutional advancement at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Frank Reale, S.J., (A&S ’74) became SLU’s new vice presi- dent for mission and ministry Jan. 1. The former provincial for the Jesuits of the Mis- souri Province, Reale had served in campus ministry as chaplain to SLU’s School of Law since August 2004. He now oversees all areas of mission and ministry, including campus ministry and pastoral care. From 1997-2003, Reale led about 300 Jesuits who serve in fi ve states and Belize. He also worked closely with the leadership of the province’s univer- sities, high schools, retreat houses and parishes. Reale served the Missouri Province for 15 years. He was assistant for formation/secondary edu- cation and vocation director. He also taught at St. Louis University and Rockhurst High Schools. photo by Allison Babka Burney photo by Jim Visser Detailing the construction of SLU’s Biomedical Research Building square feet of exterior glass To check out the progress of SLU’s Research Building, visit researchbuilding.slu.edu and click on the “Webcam” box. tons of structural steel (250 tons of rebar) sprinkler heads columns outside the building approximate tons of dirt removed working days of construction Biondi named ‘Citizen of the Year’ Saint Louis University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J., was named St. Louis’ “Citizen of the Year” for 2005. Awarded by a committee of former recipients, the honor is given to a commu- nity leader who demonstrates concern for St. Louis’ growth and vitality. The honor, sponsored by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was announced Jan. 1. Past recipients of the award, which was established in 1955, include Jack Buck, John Danforth, August Busch III, Ozzie Smith and former SLU President Paul Reinert, S.J. SLU researchers test bird fl u vaccine Bird fl u infections in humans have prompted a new study at Saint Louis University. Through a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, SLU researchers will test an inves- tigational bird fl u vaccine in children ages 2 to 9, a population that is especially vul- nerable to infl uenza. The National Institute of Allergy and In- fectious Diseases, part of the NIH, already has tested a new H5N1 avian infl uenza vaccine in healthy adults at clinical sites across the coun- try. Now that safety data are available from the fi rst adult study, NIAID is testing this vaccine in other populations, including children. SLU will conduct a research study using a killed fl u virus vaccine for the bird fl u virus, known as A/H5N1. This experimental vac- cine was made the same way as “regular” fl u vaccine that is given to people every year be- fore fl u season. In this study, researchers are evaluating the investigational vaccine’s safety and ability to stimulate antibodies, part of the body’s proteins that fi ght infections, in children. Study participants may receive two or three doses of the investigational vaccine. There is also a chance that participants will receive a placebo injection of saltwater in- stead of the investigational fl u vaccine. Na- tionwide, 120 children will be vaccinated. SLU is a ‘Top 50’ Business The St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association named Saint Louis University one of its “Greater St. Louis Top 50 Businesses Shaping Our Future” for 2005. In the December issue of Commerce, the RCGA’s monthly magazine, SLU is recognized for being one of the region’s largest employ- ers and for its commitment to Midtown St. Louis. The magazine highlights the University’s new biomedical Research Building, which is expected to serve as an anchor for the life science business district when it opens in 2007. SLU was the only college or university to make the list. Belshe honored by Scientifi c American In the December issue of Scientifi c American, Dr. Robert Belshe (pictured left), director of the Center for Vaccine Development at the School of Medicine is listed as one of “Scientifi c American’s 50 for 2005: Leaders Shaping the Future of Technology.” Belshe was singled out for “getting serious about fl u,” citing his 2004 article in the New England Journal of Medicine on intradermal fl u vaccinations as an alternative to the traditional fl u shot. “This insight could also lead to an array of new techniques for adminis- tering regular fl u vaccine to groups, such as the elderly, who often have a weak response to the traditional fl u shot,” the magazine writes. Belshe has conducted research related to infl uenza for more than two decades. Research Building goes green Saint Louis University’s new bio- medical Research Building could become the largest facility of its kind in the St. Louis area to earn a “green” designation from the U.S. Green Building Council, a leading non-profi t group dedi- cated to sustainable building design and construction. The University is seeking silver certifi cation in Leadership Energy & Environmental Design, a rating system ad- ministered by the council. The LEED Green Building Rating Sys- tem is a voluntary national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. To qualify for LEED certifi ca- tion, buildings must meet certain standards in energy effi ciency and other areas. Very few major research facilities seek “green” status, said Punit Jain, associate vice president and sustainable design coor- dinator with Cannon Design, the SLU Re- search Building’s architect. That’s because these structures have signifi cant construc- tion and operational demands, he said. Al- though there are increased costs associated with constructing a LEED-certifi ed build- ing, Denise Taylor, SLU’s associate vice president for facilities planning, said the building’s design will save the University money in operational costs. 45,000 Thanksgiving in New Orleans Nearly 40 Saint Louis University students spent their Thanksgiving holiday in New Orleans participating in rebuilding efforts, rather than heading home to celebrate with family and friends. While in New Orleans, the students worked with volunteers from Celebration Church, a Christian church with 3,000 members located just outside of New Orleans. Although one of its facilities was eight feet under water for 10 days, the church has conducted relief efforts since the disaster struck. The SLU students served on a food line that provided 4,000 meals a day, assisted with rebuilding and clean-up projects in the hardest hit areas and handed out supplies to local residents. photo by Ellen Weis photo by Jay Fram‘Keen Vision’ at SLUMA Through July 17, the Saint Louis University Museum of Art is presenting “Keen Vision: The Gary C. Werths Collection.” The exhibition is the third in a series showcasing the private art col­lections of St. Louisans. The collection features the art and sculpture of contemporary European and American artists such as Jacques Lipchitz, Deborah Butterfield, Jim Dine, Fernando Botero and Pablo Picasso. It also includes works by contemporary glass sculptors Dale Chihuly, William Morris and Lino Tagliapietra. The exhibit is free and open to the public. SLUMA’s hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Open Tuesdays by appointment. For more infor­mation, visit sluma.slu.edu. photo by Jim Visser the ARTS at SLU William Morris, Canopic Jar: Buck (Antlers) 1992 News Briefs Dr. Mark Varvares (Med ’86), a head and neck surgeon and department chairman of otolaryngology at the School of Medicine, is now the director of Saint Louis University Cancer Center. He remains chair of the department of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, a position he assumed after leaving his faculty position at Harvard University Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston. Dr. Bjong Wolf Yeigh has stepped down as the dean of Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology. Dr. Neil Seitz, professor of finance and former dean of the John Cook School of Business, is serving as interim Parks dean while a search begins for Yeigh’s replacement. Dr. Michael Sproule, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will resign from his position effective June 30 and will join the faculty as a professor of communication. Graduate School Dean Don Brennan will serve as interim dean during the 2006-07 fiscal year. He will continue to serve as dean of the Graduate School. Ben Abell (A&S ’60, Grad ’65), a professor of meteorology in the department of earth and atmospheric sciences, has been named to the St. Louis Radio Hall of Fame. A staple of local weather forecasting, Abell has appeared on several St. Louis stations since the early 1960s. Since 1972 he has reported the weather on local National Public Radio affiliate KWMU. Bosnia’s national news magazine, Slobodna Bosna, has selected a researcher in the School of Public Health as one of the 50 most successful Bosnian immigrants in the world. The magazine, which is similar to Time and Newsweek, chose Dr. Ajlina Karamehic in part for her work on a unique St. Louis campaign to educate Bosnian women about breast cancer. MOCRA shows works from its collection Through July 30, Saint Louis University’s Mu­seum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) is presenting a selection of works from its collection and work on extended loan. In ad­dition to perennial favorites by Michael Tracy, Thomas Skomski, Shahzia Sikander and Eleanor Dickinson, several recent acquisitions will be displayed for the first time. Charlotte Lichtblau’s Resurrection (The Other Shore) (pictured) is a poignant visualization of the Christian hope of life beyond death. Visit MOCRA to see it and oth­er works that help visitors understand religious faith and experiences in new and unexpected ways. Call (314) 977-7170 or visit mocra.slu.edu for more information. Charlotte Lichtblau, Resurrection (The Other Shore), 1985, oil on canvas, collection of Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, Saint Louis University 4 UNIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 5 UNIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 SLU leads in minority opportunities Saint Louis University has again been recognized as a leader in providing educational op­portunities to minority and underrepresented students. The national magazine Diverse — Issues In Higher Education, formerly known as Black Issues in Higher Education, ranked Saint Louis University among the country’s top 100 in producing graduate degrees to students of color. SLU tied with Harvard and Stanford universities on the list of doctoral degrees awarded to African Americans. Since 1987, the Saint Louis University Graduate School has been ranked among the top five Catholic colleges and universities in the nation in the number of doctoral degrees granted overall. SLU alum is Jeopardy champ A: WHO IS TOM P. KAVANAUGH (A&S ’01)? “I’ve always been able to remember useless bits of information,” Kavanaugh said. “It’s just never come in handy before, until now.” All those “useless bits of information” paid off — literally. Kavanaugh’s total earnings of more than $140,000 place him high on Jeopardy’s list of non-tournament, big-money winners. Last spring, he traveled to Chicago for Jeopardy’s 50-question test and buzzer audition. September brought the call that he was in, and the shows were taped in October. “When the show aired in January, I watched with my parents and friends,” he said. “It was weird to watch, and so frustrating because I can’t believe I missed certain questions.” For Kavanaugh, SLU runs in the family. He attended the University under the watchful eye of uncle John Kavanaugh, S.J. (A&S ’65, Grad ’66, ’71), professor of philosophy. Brother John (A&S ’95) and father Tom (Pub Ser ’71) also are alumni. Kavanaugh lives in south St. Louis and is a screenwriter. He and Chris Welling (A&S ’97, Law ’00) have founded Murdoch Street Productions. SLU partners with Latin American schools Saint Louis University has established a partnership with Jesuit universi­ties in Latin America. SLU will help college students from across the nation who might not be able to afford a Jesuit university education in the United States attend three Latin-American institutions: the Universi­dad Iberoamericana in Puebla, Mexico; the Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile; and the Pontifica Universidad Catoli­ca de Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador. But that is just one facet of the program, said Dr. Paul Garcia, director of interna­tional studies. He said another goal is to provide an opportunity for students from these Latin American schools to attend classes at SLU. His team is looking to finan­cially assist these students through a new Arts and Sciences endowment that is fueled by corporate sponsors and national founda­tions. He also hopes that faculty members from these institutions — many of whom do not hold terminal degrees — could pur­sue their doctorates at SLU as well. Plans also are in the works for retired SLU faculty or staff members or current faculty members on sabbatical to lead brief, inten­sive educational sessions in Latin America. They would serve as volunteers, specializ­ing in fields unique to the three universi­ties. The three Latin American institutions would sponsor housing for the volunteers, and a second new endowment would help defray airfare and health insurance costs. Ivy league The Saint Louis University campus is known for its statues, but as lifelike as some are, none have been really alive — until now. This fall, a 15-foot Billiken topiary sprung up on Grand Boulevard right in front of Busch Student Center. The topiary, which is made of English ivy, should fare well through St. Louis winters. It was created by a custom topiary firm in Kansas. Biomed engineer is ‘Professor of the Year’ Dr. Rebecca Kuntz Wil­lits, associ­ate professor of bio­medical engineering, was named Missouri’s “Professor of the Year” by the Carnegie Foun­dation for the Ad­vancement of Teach­ing and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Willits, who teaches in SLU’s Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Tech­nology, was selected from nearly 400 top professors in the United States. Known for integrating research into her classes, Willits has been recognized for providing research opportunities for undergraduate students. photo by Jim Visser photos by Jeffery Vaughn photo by Kevin Lowder photo by Kevin Lowder Back home again The St. Louis Jesuits, who were featured in the Fall 2005 Universitas, reunited for a sold-out concert, “Music of Hope,” Feb. 25 in St. Francis Xavier College Church. Pictured from left are Tim Manion (A&S ’76); John Foley, S.J. (A&S ’68, Grad ’68, ’74); Bob Dufford, S.J. (A&S ’67, Grad ’72, ’75); Dan Schutte (A&S ’72); and Roc O’Connor, S.J. (A&S ’73). The group’s newest CD, Morning Light, and a book, The St. Louis Jesuits: Thirty Years, are available from Oregon Catholic Press. THIS SLU GRAD WITH A GOOD MEMORY RECENTLY HAD A NINE-DAY RUN ON JEOPARDY.With a 58-53 win against Rhode Island on Feb. 1, the Saint Louis University men’s basketball team finally snapped its streak of alternating wins and losses that reached 21 dating back to last season. The streak was a first in the history of the program. During the 1945-46 season, the Billikens alternately won and lost through their first 11 games of the year. Although records on similar feats are scarce, it may have been the longest win-loss streak ever in collegiate or professional sports. Swimming and diving coach Jim Halliburton reached a winning milestone with the Jan. 20 meet against Indiana University-Purdue Uni­versity Indianapolis. He moved past Dr. Richard Beeson as the program’s all-time winningest coach with the three victories at the IUPUI meet. Halliburton, now in his fifth year at the helm of SLU’s program, hit 104 career wins after that meet’s victories. During his swimming days, Halliburton was a member of the U.S. National Team from 1972-1982. He twice was ranked No. 1 in the world in the 100-meter butterfly. Two SLU freshmen on the men’s basketball team are making quite an impression on the Atlantic 10. Guard Tommie Liddell received the A-10’s Rookie of the Week award for the fifth time when he was honored for the period ending Feb. 18. Liddell posted a near triple-double with 12 points and career highs of 13 rebounds, eight assists and four steals at Duquesne Feb. 15. He followed that with a game-high 12 rebounds against Temple Feb. 18. Guard Kevin Lisch received his third A-10 Rookie of the Week honor for the period ending Feb. 25. He averaged 17 points per game and 3 rebounds as the Billikens swept a pair of games. He scored 14 points against Rhode Island and followed with a 20-point effort at Charlotte. Saint Louis men’s and women’s soccer players are still collecting accolades for their perfor­mances in 2005. On the women’s side, senior Kelly Ferguson was named to the National Soc­cer Coaches’ Association of America (NSCAA) Scholar All-America second team. She also earned a spot on the Soccer Buzz All-Region third team. Juniors Maureen Hughes and Courtney Hulcer were on the Soccer Buzz All-Region second team, while Hulcer also was named to the NSCAA Scholar All-Region second team. For the men, junior John DiRaimondo was part of College Soccer News’ All-America second team, and Eric Sweetin earned a spot on the publication’s All-Freshman second team. Billiken Beat photo by Dave Preston VARSITY SPORT PROGRAMS REALIGNED SLU ADDS TRACK AND FIELD; MOVES GOLF TO CLUB STATUS AT&T MAKES MAJOR GIFT TO THE RESEARCH BUILDING The new AT&T Foundation, the philanthropic arm of AT&T Inc., is supporting the life-saving research at Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center by signing on as a “principal investor” in the University’s new Biomedical Research Building now under construction. The new AT&T Foundation is making a $1 million contribution to the project. To commemorate the gift, the eighth floor of the building will be named in honor of AT&T. One of SLU’s premier research groups, the Center for Vaccine Development under the direction of Robert Belshe, M.D., will be housed on this floor, as will a Biosafety Level Three Laboratory Suite. This area will enable researchers to safely work with indigenous and exotic agents that can cause serious or potentially lethal diseases, including a wide spectrum of viruses, bacteria and fungal agents. “We are pleased to be a principal investor in a project that will use the latest technology to help Saint Louis University bring advances in medicine to many people,” said Cynthia J. Brinkley, president of AT&T Missouri. University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J., said private support from institutions such as AT&T will help make possible significant medical advances by Saint Louis University researchers in the coming decades. “The generous commitment of the AT&T Foundation to the Saint Louis University research building will allow us to incorporate cutting-edge technologies to support the work of more than 200 biomedical researchers in Midtown St. Louis,” Biondi said. “We are proud to have AT&T as a partner in the construction of this world-class facility.” The Center for Vaccine Development at Saint Louis University is a multi-disciplinary research center designed to conduct basic and clinical research on new vaccines and biologics. It is one of just seven “Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Units” in the United States that is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The results of these trials, including a recently announced avian flu vaccine study, may have a profound effect on public health in the United States and abroad. The $67 million Research Building is part of an $80.5 million project that also includes renovation of existing laboratory space, which will take place after the new building opens in fall 2007. Construction began in the spring of 2005 and is expected to take 24 to 27 months. For more information about the Research Building, visit researchbuilding.slu.edu on the World Wide Web. photo by Bill Barrett 6 UNIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 7 UNIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 After years of discussion and plan­ning, construction of the Saint Louis University Arena is about to become a reality. At its meeting in February, the Uni­versity’s board of trustees approved a plan to break ground on the Arena project no later than September of this year. In addition, the trustees approved an updated design plan for the Arena that will include a practice facility for basketball and volleyball and athletic de­partment offices and support facilities. These updates, combined with new strength and conditioning and sports medicine facilities, will provide the athletic de­partment with all of the resources necessary to move SLU athletics to the next level of Division I programs. “This is truly excit­ing news for all alumni and supporters of our SLU athletic programs,” said Director of Athlet­ics Cheryl Levick. “The Arena and other facilities will greatly enhance our ability to recruit the best student-athletes and al­low our sports programs to grow and prosper in the years ahead.” The new Arena will be built on University-owned property near the intersection of Compton Avenue and Interstate 64/Highway 40. The multipurpose Arena will be home to Billiken men’s and women’s basketball and host a variety of other events, including concerts, family shows, commencements and trade shows. Once open, the Arena is expect­ed to bring hundreds of thousands of people to Midtown St. Louis each year. As University officials re-examined the plans for the Arena, the decision was made to include the practice facility and athletic of­fices in the design. The practice facility will be located on the Arena’s west side and will include two basketball courts and a practice/game court for the women’s volleyball team, with movable bleachers. The seating capacity of the Arena has been adjusted to just more than 10,000 seats. This will put the SLU Arena in the top four in seating capacity in the Atlantic 10 Confer­ence. The Arena will have 12 luxury suites, a Billiken Club and many other amenities. Creating an intimate, high-quality environ­ment for patrons was a driving factor in the design process. Basketball fans will be much closer to the action than they are now at Sav­vis Center in downtown St. Louis. “This Arena is going to add to the quality of life on campus and in Midtown St. Louis,” said University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J. “I know our alumni have been waiting for this Arena to become a real­ity, and I’m thankful for the support of our trust­ees and donors in mak­ing this exciting project possible.” For Saint Louis Uni­versity to bring this proj­ect to completion there is still a need to reach the $39 million fund-raising goal and reach it as soon as possible. “We know there were some supporters of this project who have been waiting for a more defin­itive starting date before financially supporting the project,” said Vice President for Develop­ment and University Relations Thomas W. Keefe. “Now that we know when Arena construction will begin and what it will mean to our campus, it’s important that we have a renewed financial commitment to this project.” To date, approximately $27 million has been raised for the project. Keefe is confident an ad­ditional $12 million can be raised in the next nine-12 months. Contributions to the Arena project can be made by calling Sandy Negri at (314) 977-2540 or by using the giving form on the Arena Web site, arena.slu.edu. Arena groundbreaking planned; funds still needed “This ARENA is going to add to the quality of life on campus and in Midtown St. Louis” – Lawrence Biondi, S.J. Swimmer and diver set records Saint Louis University freshman swimmer Elena Ramirez has been a part of setting six school records this season. She broke the school record in the 100 fly (55.82) and in the 200 fly (2:01.42) at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships in Buf­falo, N.Y. The swims earned her championships in both events. At the Show-Me Showdown at the University of Missouri, Ramirez recorded a school-record time in the 100 back (58.25). At the IUPUI Triangular, she claimed a school record in the 1,000 free (10:37.95). She also was part of two relay teams — the 200 and 400 medleys — that broke school records. The A-10 honored Ramirez’s efforts by naming her the swimming and diving Rookie of the Week for four weeks this winter. The A-10 also selected SLU diver Erin Lasinski as its swimming and diving Performer of the Week for two different weeks this winter. Lasin­ski broke the school record in the three-meter dive at the IUPUI Trian­gular with a score of 302.85, which was also the best score in the A-10 this season. More importantly, she qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving competition on Mar. 10-12 at the University of Missouri. Ramirez Lasinski Saint Louis University director of ath­letics Cheryl L. Levick announced Feb. 24 that the University will add the sports of men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, effective immediately, to comple­ment its cross country programs. In addition, the men’s and women’s golf programs will move from varsity to club status. “We are excited about adding track and field to the list of sports Saint Louis Univer­sity sponsors,” Levick said. “We are provid­ing additional opportunities for more stu­dent-athletes and increasing diversity in the Billiken athletic family. The St. Louis area is home to arguably the greatest track and field star of all-time in Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and the city deserves a NCAA Division I track and field program.” The Billikens will take part in their first meet at the Southern Illinois Invitational on March 25, in Carbondale, Ill. Cross country head coach Mike Nelson also will coach the track and field teams. “The addition of track and field will increase opportunities for our student-athletes in racing, training and travel,” Nelson said. “This will make us more competitive on both the confer­ence and regional levels. No longer will a recruit turn away from SLU because we do not have a track and field team. The metro St. Louis area is home to numerous elite high school and youth club programs, and we plan to build the foun­dation of our team with area talent.” Saint Louis becomes the only NCAA Divi­sion I track and field program in the St. Louis metro area. The addition of track and field will also boost the scholarship money award­ed by the athletics department, and the pro­gram will add an assistant coach. The track and field program will also allow the staff to recruit runners from a middle-distance back­ground and gives student-athletes additional opportunities for community service and leadership in the area. The golf programs will complete their 2006 spring schedule as planned. The men’s program dates back to 1961, while the wom­en’s program is in its second year. Director of golf operations Ed Schwent recently resigned his position to become the full-time teaching pro at the Missouri Bluffs Golf Club. “This was an extremely difficult decision, but strategic analysis clearly demonstrates that this realignment better fits with our long-term athletic department goals within the Atlantic 10 Conference,” Levick said. “The formula for funding the golf programs did not work for our department. This change will allow us to reallocate resources to as many as six other varsity sports and enhance our opportunity for success within the A-10.” With the reclassification, Saint Louis will sponsor 16 NCAA Division I sports during the 2006-07 academic year. photos by Bill BarrettIn September 1525, two 19-year-olds found them­selves assigned to the same room in the College of Sainte-Barbe at the University of Paris. Pierre Favre came from a family of sheep herders in the Savoy region of France. He was smart, studious, shy — what today we’d call a nerd. Francis Xavier came from Spanish aristocracy. He was outgoing, ambitious, the “Mr. Personality” type who enjoyed sports — in other words, a jock. Despite their differences the two roommates liked each other and became good friends. Their routines were typical for university students of that day, lectures and drills, all in Latin, the monotony punctuated by the occasional feast day. But their lives changed four years later, when Favre and Xavier were as­signed another roommate, a 30-something Spanish noble­man who walked with a limp and had become very serious about religion. Rarely has a decision made by someone in residence life had such historic consequences. Ignatius Loyola was a man with a vision, but he knew he alone could not bring it to life. For years he had been trying to get colleagues to join him in his enterprise. First in Spain, then Paris, he found, then lost collaborators. In Favre and Xavier he finally found two companions who stayed with him. Four others also joined them. These “sev­en friends in the Lord,” as they called themselves, became the first Jesuits. April 2006 marks the 500th anniversary of the births of those two roommates, Francis Xavier and Pierre Favre, and this July the 450th anniversary of Ignatius’ death. Here at Saint Louis University and at Jesuit institutions around the world, presentations and events have been organized to mark these anniversaries with an entire Ignatian Year. That’s worth pausing to think about. Even a few years ago such anniversaries would have meant all the Jesuits getting together and celebrating with a nicer-than-usual dinner, uncorking a few bottles of better-than-usual wine. Maybe faculty, staff and students would be invited to a Mass on the anniversary days themselves. And that would be it. But the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fa­ther Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, sees this year as a teaching opportunity. And Jesuits are marking these anniversaries by including their co-workers and students. The Ignatian Year is being seen as a family celebration, and all of us here, SLU grads included, are part of that Ignatian family. Ignatius would not be remembered today were it not for Favre, Xavier and the other companions who joined him. And their early enterprises, from housing the homeless to opening schools, would never have gotten off the ground without non-Jesuits supporting and working with them. Jesuit enterprises have always been, and still are, depen­dent upon a shared vision and a shared companionship. In other words, the Ignatian family is not just Jesuits, nor is it just Catholics. We have Jews, Muslims, members of Eastern religions and of no particular religious tradition who have espoused the Ignatian vision as faculty, staff, stu­dents, alumni and benefactors. Our marketing and communications office likes to boast 8 UNIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 9 UNIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 WHY THE EARLY JESUITS MATTER SO MUCH — ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR. – By Dr. Ronald Modras Fr. George Drance, S.J., created Three Companions of Jesus, commissioned by the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesusthat Saint Louis University goes back to 1818, making it the first institution of higher learning west of the Missis­sippi. I prefer to point out that we have an educational tradition that goes back to 1548. That gives all of us at Je­suit schools a pedigree 88 years older than Harvard’s, 153 years older than Yale’s. Our Jesuit heritage reaches back to the Renaissance. What that means for us at SLU can be described by looking at the three men whose anniversaries we are celebrating this Ignatian Year. They symbolize the vision and values that make SLU what it is. Most Universitas readers are probably familiar with the main outline of Ignatius’ ear­ly life — a scandalous youth, a shattered leg, a conversion experience during convalescence that changed both him and history. I have always been impressed by his sheer willpower and determination. After his leg was reset a sec­ond time, some bone protruded. Ignatius insisted that the surgeons cut the flesh and excess bone away — in a time, of course, without anesthesia. There is no question, that Ignatius was one tough hombre. Last year, in a course I teach on several prominent Je­suits who exemplify Ignatian spirituality, I asked the class if they identified with any of the Jesuits we studied. I was surprised how many chose Ignatius. Personally, I wouldn’t choose to have lunch with the man, let alone identify with him. He was just too intense for me. So I was puzzled why these 20-year-olds would identify with Ignatius, until I thought about their situation. Many, if not most of them, are at a crossroads, unlike me but much like him. They are doing a lot of thinking about what to do with the rest of their lives. First at Loyola and then for 10 months in the town of Manresa, Ignatius had a series of profound religious ex­periences in which he came to believe that, like a school-teacher, God was instructing him how to help others expe­rience God as well. He began jotting the lessons down in little book that became the Spiritual Exercises. Ignatius had become convinced that God is present and at work in all creation, in all our lives. Also, if God would speak to a sinner like him, God would speak to anyone. We just have to take time, significant time, to quiet ourselves and listen. By quieting ourselves and listening carefully, we can find God’s voice and will in our deepest desires. This was one of the main purposes of Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises, to help people quiet themselves and discern what to do with the rest of their lives. What Ignatius, Favre and Xavier discovered in their deepest desires and decided to do with the rest of their lives was to work ad majorem Dei gloriam, for the greater glory of God. They would do so by “helping souls,” a quaint way to say helping people. Helping people meant helping them get in touch with the God present in their lives but also looking at the world as it is, seeing what needs to be done and then doing it. The early Jesuits worked in hospitals and prisons and directed people in the spiritual exercises. When asked to open a school, Ignatius decided that education would be a great way to make a difference. The early Jesuits believed that they could help reform the Church and improve soci­ety by educating future leaders who shared their vision of making the world a better place. Obviously what this means for Jesuit education is help­ing students to think about the rest of their lives. And, in the phrase made famous by Father Pedro Arrupe, educating “men and women for others.” To avoid any hint of conde­scension, that slogan has been expanded to emphasize soli­darity, “men and women for and with others.” If Hurricane Katrina has taught us anything, it is that there is no sur­vival without human solidarity. It was under the leadership of Father Arrupe that the Society of Jesus re-articulated its mission in terms of “the service of faith and the promotion of justice.” All of its enterprises were to be characterized by this hallmark, including higher education. Ignatius Loyola is emblematic of a vision we are all called to share at SLU. It is why SLU describes itself as “a learn­ing community in the Jesuit tradition, where knowledge touches lives, where faith inspires justice and service forms tomorrow’s leaders.” If Ignatius Loyola symbolizes a vision, Francis Xavier ex­emplifies the global outreach of that vision. When Xavier joined Ignatius, he didn’t real­ize that sharing that vision would take him to the other side of the world. Xavier was the first Jesuit missionary. And like other mis­sionaries of the time, he thought he was doing a good thing by bringing not only Christian faith but also Western cul­ture to the natives first in India and then in Indonesia. But when Xavier traveled to Japan, he discovered a cul­ture quite different from his own. There he came to realize that his shabby black robe, symbolic of his vow of poverty, made an unfavorable impression on the Japanese. So he adapted to the culture and traded it for fine silk. Jesuit missionaries followed Xavier’s example, building houses that looked like pagodas, with a special room for the traditional tea ceremony. In China they exchanged Western culture for the robes, fans and lifestyle of Con­fucian scholars. In India they gave up not only Western culture but the meat and wine of a Western diet, so they could speak to the people of India with the same authority as Hindu holy men. The story of Jesuit missions rose out of an Ignatian spirituality that insists on profound respect for the individual person. And respect for a person requires learning to appreciate and respect that person’s culture. The term “global village” is a cliché but captures the world we live in and the tomorrow for which we are pre­paring our students. SLU is well positioned to do it be­cause we belong to a global network of institutions of higher learning; not only 28 here in the United States but 168 faculties of higher learning worldwide. The Ignatian family reaches back to the Renaissance but also around the globe. The SLU community and its graduates are part of the world’s first multinational educational corporation. But unlike Coca-Cola, we are not for profit. Francis Xavier is emblematic of the efforts to raise a global consciousness at SLU. Our students study at SLU Madrid and make immersion trips to El Salvador. In 2004, University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J., saw to it that SLU higher administrators had a similar immersion trip experience to El Salvador. The University has established agreements for student exchange with Jesuit universities in Chile, Ecuador and Mexico. A Cross Cultural Center enjoys a prominent location in the Busch Student Center. And every spring during Atlas Week, faculty and students look at our global village and the forces that shape and threaten it. Pierre Favre is the least known of our three honorees. Yet he was the first companion to persevere with Ignatius. And he probably had a lot to do with Xavier overcoming his initial reluctance to get too close to Ignatius. Favre suf­fered from bouts of depression and anxiety about sin and guilt, commonly known as scruples. Ignatius had suffered the same malady for a time while at Manresa. He was able to recognize it in Favre and help him deal with it. Under Ignatius’ direction, Favre made the spiritual exercises and achieved some peace of mind. Favre was not a genius at administration like Ignatius or a missionary to exotic lands like Xavier. But he became ex­pert at giving the spiritual exercises. In a memoir he wrote toward the end of his life, he thanked divine providence that Ignatius had entered into it, time and again using the words consolation and conversation. Consolation because that’s what he experienced through the spiritual exercises. And conversa­tion because that’s what he did most when directing the spiri­tual exercises. It needs to be noted here that the essence of conversation is the art of listening, and that listening comes from the word to lean over to hear better. Favre was a good spiritual director because he was a good listener. If Ignatius Loyola symbolizes a vision and Francis Xavier the global outreach of that vision, Pierre Favre represents its spiritual dimension. One of the slogans that has come to encapsulate Ignatian values is educating the whole per­son. That means speaking to hearts as well as minds, hon­ing students’ skills but also addressing their spirituality. Visit any bookstore and you will discover that spiritu­ality is a hot topic these days. It’s because spirituality in its broadest sense has to do with — what fills your sails and drives you? What lifts your heart and animates you? What gets you up in the morning? What holds you togeth­er? And if you properly note that spirituality should have something to do with God, with the Holy Spirit, then let me cite my favorite quote from Martin Luther, that “your god is what you hang your heart on.” So what should we hang our hearts on? These are questions our students ask unconsciously if not explicitly. And we are not embarrassed to address them. In Jesuit colleges and universities like SLU, students learn about the Bible in theology classes but also about evolution in science classes. They meet theologians who embrace evolution and scientists who believe in God. They meet students of other faiths and no apparent faith. And if we do our job right, they learn that grace and faith and God’s presence have more to do with what is in your heart than with the ideas in your head. There is something else that Pierre Favre symbolizes: the fact that ordinary and even shy people can make a tremen­dous difference as part of a community; and that there is no end to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit. Favre doesn’t have churches named after him, but I wonder if we would remember Ignatius Loyola today if it were not for that shy, quiet college kid who was the first to share his vision, persevere as a com­panion and bring his roommate along with him. Favre was able to make a difference, but only as part of a community, as part of the Ignatian family. As members of the Ignatian family, this Ignatian Year is a good time to realize how blessed we are to be part of an enterprise and heritage as old as the Renaissance and as global as Coca-Cola. It’s one that makes a difference in the deepest dimensions of people’s lives. Though none of us — alumni, benefactors, administrators, faculty, staff, students — does it without the other. So here’s a happy anniversary to our forefathers in the family, Ignatius, Xavier and Pierre. Their lives are worthy of remembering with articles like this one. But uncorking a few bottles of better-than-usual wine isn’t a bad idea either. Dr. Ronald Modras is a professor of theo­logical studies at Saint Louis University. His most recent book is Ignatian Hu­manism: A Dynamic Spirituality for the 21st Century (Loyola Press). 10 UNIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 11 UNIVERSITAS SPRING 200612 UNIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 13 UNIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 It does for faculty members at Saint Louis Univer­sity School of Public Health, who research ways to encourage people to add physical activity to their already busy lives. The end result, they hope, is to ward off chronic diseases and prevent obesity. “It has to be a priority in your life,” says Dr. Christine Hoehner (Grad ’04), an assistant profes­sor in the department of community health at the school. “It’s not going to be easy. You have to look for the opportunities to incorporate physical activ­ity into your day.” Hoehner practices what she preaches. She takes her infant son, Joel, on long walks and grabs a run when her husband is with the baby. She joins the School of Public Health contingency for a noon-hour Pilates class on campus. She occasionally uses a pedometer, a tiny device worn on the belt, to ensure she logs the recommended 10,000 steps a day. Exercise is a huge part of Hoehner’s life when she’s working, too. Much of Hoehner’s research involves examining how the features of our communities — the availability of mass transit, the proximity of parks and recreation centers, even whether cities have sidewalks that aren’t broken — encourage physical activity. She’s convinced that if you build it, they will come. Cities can be designed to encourage people to walk to the store to buy a cup of coffee or bike to the library to return a book instead of driving. And if we move, we’ll be healthier. We all know exercise is the right thing to do. It’s good for our bodies and reduces the risk of illnesses such as obesity, diabetes, hy­pertension, heart disease, breast and colon cancer and osteoporosis. Exercise is also a mental cocktail. It improves your mood, gives you more energy, releases tension and stress, helps you sleep better and makes you feel great when you’re finished. Katie Duggan (Grad AHP, Pub Hlth ’94), manager of the Preven­tion Research Center at the School of Public Health, knows firsthand – By Nancy Solomon about the importance of exercise in keeping a sense of equilibrium. After her mother died suddenly of heart disease, Duggan was torn between shock and grief. Yet she still had to balance work and car­ing for her preschool-aged son and her father, who has Alzheimer’s disease. “The only thing that has kept me sane has been my very regular exercise routine,” she says. “I have a standing lunch date with myself and the gym every day, and I have stayed committed to this routine for eight years now. You’ll feel better, look better and be better able to cope with life stresses if you plan your exercise and exercise your plan.” Duggan’s experience as a woman having to juggle multiple re­sponsibilities is fairly typical, says Dr. Amy Eyler, associate professor of community health at the School of Public Health and the author of a book about reasons why women don’t exercise. The most common reason both men and women give for not working out is lack of time. “But a man’s reason for not having time is different than a wom­an’s. Men seem to have the feeling that they’re the providers and have to put more time into work,” says Eyler, who wakes up before her two young children and husband to fit in a run. “For women, their dedication to family presents substantial time and logistical barriers to being physically active. They’re too busy taking care of others to take care of themselves.” While many members of the School of Public Health faculty enjoy working up a good sweat, they acknowledge that it’s tough to make exercise part of your life. An extra hour of sleep beckons. You need to meet with a prospective client instead of spinning at the health club. It’s too cold to go running. It’s too expensive to join a gym. Pretty soon you’re coming up with more excuses than crunches — and excuses won’t tone your abs. No more. On the following pages, Hoehner, Duggan and Eyler share the most common obstacles to exercise and offer their strate­gies to navigate the path to fitness. My life is a treadmill of activity, and I can’t find time to work out. » Look harder. Schedule exercise into your day as you would a meeting with your boss. Put it in your planner, and don’t let other things that come up take precedence. You don’t need hours of open time, just 30 minutes a day to improve your overall health. Watch one fewer TV show a day or shorten your hour-long lunch break by a half-hour. Wake up 30 to 45 minutes earlier to create new time in your day. Walk briskly out your door for 15 minutes, then turn around and come back for a total 30-minute workout that is simple and doesn’t involve driving to the gym. I’ve looked. I still can’t find time. » Look for tinier snippets of time. You can reap some overall health benefits exercising for 10 minutes three times a day, so those walks with your dog add up. Even better: Select high intensity activities to get more bang for your buck. Jogging and stair-stepping burn more calories than walking and pack more benefit in a shorter period of time. You don’t get it. My day is really packed. » Then look for ways to make activ­ity a part of your day. Park farther from work so you’ll have a longer walk. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. When you need a loaf of bread, walk or bike to the supermarket instead of driving. Suggest a “walk-as-you talk” meeting with a col­league instead of a sit-down session. Hide the remote control for the TV so you have to get off the couch to change channels. Don’t make activity an “add on” to your frenzy. Try doing more on the weekends or days that aren’t so rushed. Make exercise a part of your daily routine, like brushing your teeth. SLU exercise gurus share their top tips to leap over workout roadblocks. Two little voices are arguing in your head. One dashes off a list of reasons you need to change into your workout gear and start exercising. The other lulls you into couch-potatohood with a litany of better things to do than work up a sweat. Sound familiar?14 UNIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 15 UNIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 Exercise will make me hungry, and I’ll eat more. » While you may have more of an appetite, you’ll be able to eat more of the things you love without feeling guilty and still maintain a healthy weight. Look at food and exercise as two facing seats on a teeter-totter. They will balance if the calories you eat (food) equals those you burn (physical activity). Eat more than you burn, and your weight goes up. I don’t like to exercise. » Maybe you don’t like the exercise programs you’ve already tried. Keep looking for something you might like — rock climbing, swimming, biking, golfing. Instead of aerobics, look at new class options — Pilates, Latin dance, spinning or kick-boxing. Walk and enjoy what you see around you. And best of all, think of how good you’ll feel when you’re finished. I have kids. » Instead of sitting and watching your children at sports practices or dance lessons, get up and walk. When they’re not involved in their own activities, invite them to exercise with you. Play tag in the backyard. Walk with them to school instead of driving. Kick a soccer ball around. In addition to spending quality time with the young and reckless, you’re setting a great example for your children, who, these days, are at increased risk of becoming overweight themselves. I would get a better workout if my kids weren’t around. » Exercise is a great way to grab some time for yourself. Let your family know that exercise is a priority and arrange for your spouse to watch the kids while you work out. Swap babysitting time with a friend, and exercise when you don’t have kid-patrol duty. Find a facility or health club that offers babysitting on site, or simply hire a babysitter. The cost is a worthwhile investment in your physical and mental health. I don’t have extra money for a health club membership. » Look for freebie fitness, such as walking, jogging, doing calisthenics or jumping rope. Sign up for your company’s softball team. Buy an exercise video or DVD. Better still, borrow from the library and check out new exercise videos often to keep your workout routine fresh. Exercising alone seems lonely. » Then exercise with a friend or family member. Set a time to exercise and allow the guilt of letting someone else down besides yourself motivate you to roll out of bed earlier than you normally would to work out. Or go to the gym at the same time every day. After a few days, you’ll likely notice a group of regulars who exer­cise at the same time you do. This group will ask you where you’ve been if you drop off the workout wagon. Check out Web sites where you can find a cyber-workout buddy or coach. Or sign up for a class to keep you company and accountable. I feel funny exercising around other people. » Exercise at home. Turn on the radio and dance. No one’s watching, and you’ll have a great workout. If you’re certain you’ll use a treadmill or stair-stepper for workouts instead of as a drying rack for hand-washables, consider purchasing one. An exercise ball, resistance bands and free weights are not as costly and can help you build muscle strength. And try to add in old-fashioned calisthenics — the kinds of exercises you did to warm up during gym class — such as pushups and crunches, for free and effective conditioning. I can’t tell if I’m making any progress. » Set a goal. Keep an exercise log on your nightstand and record in it every day what you’ve done to come closer to achieving your objective. This will help you track your progress and boost your motivation. If you miss a day or two, see­ing the empty space in your log is likely to inspire you to return to your routine. Progress is measured in many ways. Think about how you feel when you walk up a few flights of stairs — are you as winded as before? Are you sleeping better? Weight loss doesn’t tell the whole story. » Consider indoor activities such as tackling a climbing wall, walking around the mall, swimming or using exercise machines. Whip out an exercise video like the new one you checked out from the library last week. Or change your out­look and embrace the cold. You can still jog outside if you dress for the weather. Put on enough layers of clothing to start out warm, and unwrap as your body warms up from the heat of exertion. Some of the new high-tech fabrics are a great investment because they really keep you warm. Tip: When it’s dark and cold, it helps to have a friend join in the fun. Baby, it’s cold outside. EXERCISE AT EVERY AGE AND STAGE Saint Louis University experts share their advice on the importance of exercise at all phases of life. Dr. Sarah Barlow, obesity specialist in the department of pediatrics, regularly walks the dog, plays on a basketball team and incorporates activity into family time: “Spend about an hour a day having active fun. Walk the dog. Leave a hula hoop out on the patio so kids can discover the activities they enjoy. Parents should allow — even insist — on playtime between the end of school and homework time. On the weekend, take the kids biking or bowling. This isn’t ‘exercise,’ it’s a time to connect with your kids, and it sets a good example for them as well.” Dr. Joan Lang, chairwoman of the department of psychiatry, has set up a home gym to make it easier to work out: “Don’t have intentions to exercise, make plans. Say, ‘I am going to do this now,’ spell out how you’re going to accomplish your goal and start arranging ways to make exercise part of your life. You tell yourself that you are going to reach your goal and here’s how. Start mapping it out in a way that will work for you.” Dr. Raul Artal, chairman of the department of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health, gets up at 5 a.m. to squeeze in a workout: “Pregnancy is not a state of confinement. Women who do not have complications in their pregnancies should exercise. They have better pregnancies and outcomes than their sedentary counterparts. They also seem to cope better with labor because their bodies are used to hard work.” Dr. Margaret-Mary Wilson, associate professor of geriatrics, carries weights and brings her dog during her daily three-mile evening walks: “Exercise when you’re young to prevent hip fractures and osteoporosis when you’re old. We all knew we should exercise, but somewhere along the line, we either forgot or thought it wasn’t important. As we look to the future, we need to ask ourselves, ‘Do we want to be functional or frail?’” It’s been so many years since I exercised, and I’m so out of shape that I don’t know how to get started. » Your first step is to see your doctor to make sure you get the green light to start exercising. If you are good to go, consider walking, which is the easiest and most com­mon form of exercise. All you need is your feet, a comfortable pair of shoes and a safe place to walk, such as a mall, multi-use trail or sidewalk. The bottom line: Excuses don’t cut it. Instead of being stopped by workout roadblocks, search for alternate routes to physical activity, faculty members say. It’s worth the effort. “You’ll receive a great return on the time you invest in exercising. With just 30 minutes a day, you’ll increase your longevity, work to prevent diseases, lower your risk of obesity and get a mental boost. Even Wall Street can’t beat a return like that,” Eyler says. I travel as part of my job. » Join a gym that has reciprocal privileges in other cities. Stay at a hotel that has an exercise room or pool. If you have a laptop, bring an exercise DVD and work out in your room. Walk to dinner instead of calling a cab. 16 UNIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 17 UNIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 The season both closed the first decade of the program’s existence and opened SLU’s tenure in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Billikens celebrated both with a bang. The team posted a school-record 16 wins, including a perfect 8-0-0 mark in league play, en route to claiming the University’s first A-10 regular-season and conference tournament titles and becoming the first SLU women’s team of any sport to play in an NCAA Tournament. “This was a special season for us in terms of honoring our history as well as continuing to lift the national exposure of a relatively young program,” head coach Tim Champion said. “This group of players set a number of goals at the beginning of the season, and they were com­mitted to achieving them. In reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time, we were able to show what we have felt for the last couple of seasons, and that is that we are among the top women’s soccer pro­grams in the country.” At a glance, the Billikens’ results are impressive. Playing 21 games, SLU could count its losses on one hand, with three of those defeats coming at the hands of top 10 teams. After storming through the A-10 regular season, the top-seeded Billikens completed the title sweep with a pair of 1-0 shutouts at the A-10 Tournament at Dayton to advance to the NCAA Tournament. The Billikens didn’t travel all the way to Santa Clara, Calif., just to play in the national tournament, either. They blanked No. 18 Stanford 2-0 in the first round. “This season was an amazing experience and a breakthrough for SLU women’s soccer,” senior Kelly Ferguson said. “I couldn’t have had a bet­ter ending to my college soccer career than to win the Atlantic 10 cham­pionship and make it to the NCAA Tournament. It was the end I had hoped for and dreamed about.” Ferguson was the undisputed leader of an experienced team that was coming off a Conference USA regular-season title in 2004. SLU had reached the C-USA Tournament title game the previous two years, falling short of the NCAA Tournament by penalty kicks in 2003 and an own goal in 2004. The Billikens looked at the new conference as the ideal opportu­nity to make a statement about the qual­ity of SLU soccer. “We wanted to make an immediate im­pact on the Atlantic 10 and ultimately gain respect for the program,” junior Courtney Hul­cer said. “Making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament is just the beginning of things to come for this program. I think we put Saint Louis soccer on the map.” SLU made that breakthrough behind a nu­cleus of experienced and talented players, head­lined by Ferguson and Hulcer, a second-team All-American in 2004. From the midfield for­ward, the Billikens knew what they would get out of the core group. The only questions came in a re-tooled defensive unit that had just one starter returning. Cham­pion was forced to rebuild the unit with newcomers and a repositioned senior. The blending of veteran and new players into a dominant, cohesive unit was criti­cal to the season’s success. “Having an experienced team was important, but our team chemistry was the reason we had such suc­cess this season,” junior Maureen Hughes said. “We all shared the same goals and really came to­gether to achieve them.” Never was that unified front more evident than in a pair of five-match win streaks, both of which featured just two home games. Travel to both coasts was at times grueling, but the Billikens used the extended time on the road to strengthen the bonds that would help them achieve their goals. Heading into the conference tour­nament with the momentum of win­ning seven of their last eight matches, the Billikens began to reap individual awards for their team effort. The Atlan­tic 10 coaches recognized SLU’s success by naming all five of Champion’s nominees to the All-Conference first team. Hulcer was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year and joined Ferguson, Lachlyne East­man, Hughes and Tara Gresco on the All-Con­ference team. Fresh­man sweeper Lauren Olson earned a spot on the league’s All-Rookie team. After defeating Rhode Island to qual­ify for their first NCAA Tournament, the team learned that they would re­turn to Santa Clara to face Stan­ford and possibly meet the host Broncos, whom they had faced earlier in the season. “It was a surprise to be sent to the West Coast, but it was nice in that we had played well on that field earlier in the year,” Champion said. “The long travel made it difficult on our players, but at least there was some comfort level in those surround­ings.” The Cardinal may have dominated the sta­tistics during that first-round game Nov. 11, but SLU gave up only what it had planned in terms of shots and delivered the 2-0 victory. Ferguson drove home her school-record sixth game winner of the season, and Hughes tacked on an insurance strike. Freshman goalkeeper Abbey Goellner, who had been named A-10 Tournament MVP, continued her string of five straight shutouts with six saves. Two days later, the Billikens faced a re-match with fifth-ranked Santa Clara. The Bron­cos had cruised to an easy win in the first round, and the Billikens began to show the effects of Friday night’s physical match-up. Despite the disappointment of a 4-0 loss to end the season, the Billikens knew they had made their mark — in permanent ink — on the program. “We faced a very good team today after a tough game Friday night,” Champion said after the Santa Clara match. “That said, I am so proud of this team and what they have accomplished. We lost a dif­ficult game today, but there is nothing for these players to hang their heads about. They have set the standard for our program moving forward, not just in reaching the NCAA Tournament, but in how hard they played every game this season.” Eastman summed up the sea­son and the program best: “This year was so rewarding because we accomplished all our goals, and we were smiling all the way to the end.” – By Diana Koval As Saint Louis University women’s soccer opened the 2005 season, the Billikens knew they were making history. 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In November, we sent an e-mail message to SLU students living on campus asking to see cool rooms. Plenty of students responded, and eight rooms stood out above the rest. They represent apartments and residence halls, creativity and func- tionality. As you will see on the following pages, every student has a different idea of what makes a room a home. We’ve included both pictures of roommates and of their rooms. Try to match the students with their liv- ing quarters. The answers appear on page 21. U NIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 Meera Patel (LEFT) from Hopkinsville, Ky., and Gargi Gajera from Clarksville, Tenn., are undecided freshmen living in Reinert. They have known each other since they were 10 years old. HECTOR BIRD (LEFT) from Boca Raton, Fla., and JAY GANDHI from Mexico, Mo., are seniors living in Marchetti East. Bird is an aviation science and aviation management major, and Gandhi majors in communication. Their most prized possessions in their room are model airplanes and a turntable. Angela Keyler (LEFT) from Indianapolis and Renee Reed from Arlington Heights, Ill., are freshmen living in Walsh. Both are physical therapy majors who love the color pink. To tie the room together, they used wrapping paper as a border. “Our room says that we are fun-loving, laid-back, welcoming and creative girls!” “Everything you see in our living room cost us less than $30 total.” N I V E R S I T A S – By Billy Brennan Photos by Jim Visser20 U NIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 21 U NIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 Mollie Kendzicky (LEFT) from South Bend, Ind., and Jourdan Bertrams from Naperville, Ill., are freshmen living in Griesedieck. Kendzicky is a secondary education major, and Bertrams majors in special education. Just one peek at their walls and you’ll know a lot about these two – the walls are covered with lights, posters, personal artwork and even shopping bags. JESUS GUERRERO (from LEFT) from Milwaukee, ERIC STRODTMAN from O’Fallon, Mo., and NICK STEWART from Brighton, Ill., are seniors living in the Village Apartments. Strodtman is a pre-med and management major, Stewart is studying criminal justice, and Guerrero is a fi nance major. They refer to their room as the “ultimate bachelor’s pad.” With surround sound system, a mini pool table, a pop-a- shot basketball game and a soda machine, who can argue? Torie Bruckerhoff (LEFT) from Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and Rachelle Beabout from Belleville, Ill., are sophomores living in the Village Apartments. Beabout is a theology major, and Bruckerhoff is majoring in pre-med and social work. They hated the white walls and wanted to dress them up a bit, so Beabout gave the room an “artsy” feeling by draping blue cloth across the walls and hanging a painting she created on another wall. Courtney Marron (LEFT) from Highland, Ill., and Amy Kuhl from Aviston, Ill., went to high school together and now are freshmen living in Griesedieck. Marron is a marketing major, and Kuhl’s major is biology. After bumping their heads one too many times on the bottom of their beds, they had the ingenious idea to use swimming noodles as a safety precaution. MATT CASE (from LEFT) from Omaha, Neb., CHRIS PARRETT from St. Louis, JACOB BODE from Kaneohe, Hawaii, and DANE GRIFFARD from St. Louis are sophomores living in DeMattias. They are all members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Bode is a nursing major, Giffard and Parrett are aviation science/professional pilot majors, and Case’s major is fi nance. One of their favorite things in the room is the wall- mounted can crusher. “Everyone congregates in our room, even if we’re not home ... At times I feel that our room may be too ‘homey’ – everyone always wants to be in it.” “It’s a very large room. It used to be a classroom, but it’s now a dorm. I think we set it up pretty well.” “We’re both very random – that may explain why our room is the way it is.” “One moment I could be watching the soccer game from our balcony and the next minute I am watching the instant replay on my television in the living room. Our room conforms to any situation.” “Our apartment says that we’re a bunch of creative guys with a good sense of humor who like to relax and have a good time without having to leave the apartment.” “Our room shows how well we get along with each other. We share and do everything together, and our room shows that.” N I V E R S I TA S w w w. s l u . e d u N I V E R S I TA S S P R I N G 2 0 0 6 1 F 2 D 3 G 4 H 5 A 6 B 7 E 8 C he brutal Salvadoran civil war officially ground to an end almost 14 years ago. But for the sake of hundreds of the country’s children lost to their families during the carnage and still unaccounted for, a campaign goes on, no end in sight. Jon de Cortina, S.J., (IT ’63) spearheaded it beginning in 1994 when he co-founded Pro-Busqueda de Niñas y Niños Desapareci­dos, or Association in Search of Disappeared Children. The organization has painstakingly traced some 300 of the country’s missing sons and daughters and is attending now to about 470 unsolved cases. For this work, Cortina received Saint Louis University’s highest honor, the 2005 Sword of Ignatius Loyola award, given annually to one or more individuals exemplifying the Jesuit ideal of selfless service to God and humanity. Cortina’s award acceptance speech at the DuBourg Society dinner on a November eve­ning in Busch Student Center turned out to be a valedictory. Cortina died in December of a stroke that felled him shortly after he returned to El Salvador from St. Louis. So his SLU audience was one of the last for the slight, gray-haired man of 71 with an angu­lar, heavy-browed and weathered face. Spanish by birth and a Salvadoran citizen by choice, Cortina was a serious scholar be­fore he was a social activist. The University was one of several stops on an elaborate edu­cation in engineering, theology and liberal arts that took him to other universities in Canada, Germany and Spain and culminated with a doctorate in civil engineering. That in hand, he went to teach engineering at the Je­suits’ new University of Central America in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. It was 1973, and he was 38 years old. The country was somewhat familiar to him. He had spent a year there in the 1950s and been jarred by the poverty and the guns, carried even by law-abiding youths and adults. In an interview before the award pre­sentation, he said he had expected all along to go back and “make a difference.” Returning after almost two decades, he saw how hard that would be. Conditions had, if anything, deteriorated. “The population had grown a lot, and the levels of poverty had increased a lot,” he said. Soon, in a deliberate effort to learn more about everyday living conditions, he was spending weekends and saying Mass in poor urban and rural areas. It was a harsh “new reality” for him, but in it he saw and took en­couragement from “the faith and the Chris­tian commitment” of the people. Political and social unrest were brewing, and the country’s right-wing military gov­ernment was digging in its heels — against reform, the poor and their advocates. No voice resounded louder on their behalf than that of Oscar Romero. Considered a conser­vative when he was appointed archbishop of San Salvador in 1977, he was soon calling for justice for the peasants and for an end to the violence already shaking the country. This infuriated the authorities, and he was shot to death in 1980 while saying Mass. Cortina said he was devastated then. Rome­ro was his friend and inspiration — “a person who was fulfilling the gospel and the way the Church should be working to build the kingdom of God.” No one was ever charged in the case. Cortina said the lack of justice and what he saw as lack of adequate response from the Church in Rome only compounded the crime. Within a year of Romero’s murder, El Sal­vador was embroiled in the brutal civil war that was to claim 75,000 lives and drag on for 11 blood-soaked years. Cortina spent much of those years among the peasants he had come to know and love, ministering to them, speaking out against the brutalities they were suffering, ferrying the wounded of both war­ring sides through military checkpoints to hospitals for treatment. After Hurricane Mitch in 1986, he used his engineering expertise to evaluate dam­aged buildings. He helped Sr. Ann Mangan­aro (Med ’82), a pediatrician who had taught at SLU’s medical school, to establish a rural health clinic two years later. Now he was among the objects of the au­thorities’ fury. “They threatened to kill me and drink my blood,” he said. And they al­most succeeded one day when, as he recalled, a bullet whizzed through his four-wheel-drive vehicle, within an inch of his head. He experienced what seemed to him an even closer call in 1989 when six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her 15-year-old daughter were dragged from their beds at the Univer­sity of Central America in San Salvador and executed. Cortina lived with them; the priests were his friends and colleagues of many years. By chance, he was in rural Chalantenango, a couple of hours away, at the time. But for roads made impassable by the war, he would have been with his friends and slain with them. Earlier radio reports assumed as much, and he was shaken when he heard himself identified as one of the dead. At the news he felt himself “in a bubble with absolutely no connection to reality” and almost no capacity to react. But within hours, he said, he was angry and all the more determined to see the war through at the peoples’ side. During those years Cortina heard the ru­mors — of children gone missing, snatched from their mothers’ arms by government sol­diers, spirited away when their parents were killed. Only after peace came did the abduc­tions and the extent of them — only very gradually — come to public attention. First, three mothers whose children had been taken came to him with their stories. Because they were nervous and afraid, he wrote up their testimony and submitted it to the United Nations commission investigating wartime atrocities and rights abuses in El Salvador. For lack of hard evidence, the commission’s eventual report was silent on the issue of the missing children. But for Cortina the moth­ers were evidence enough. He believed them, and together with Ralph Sprenkels, a young Dutch man then working in El Salvador for an organization resettling war refugees, he began investigating a flood of cases that were coming to their attention. Soon, so many families were asking them to look for their children that they formed Pro-Busqueda. “Everyone told us not to do this,” Cortina re­called. “They said, ‘You won’t find anything.’” They underestimated the man, an easy thing to do, according to Doug Marcouiller, S.J., an associate professor of economics at Saint Louis University who got to know Cor­tina as a student at the University of Central America back then. Cortina was “strong but not aggressively so,” a man whose “gentle and grandfatherly” demeanor masked “the depth behind him,” Marcouiller says. Sprenkels, now back in the Netherlands working for an interfaith, international anti-poverty organization, confirms the assess­ment. In an e-mail he described the man he called Jon as “one of the most dedicated and hardworking persons,” a man “very easily touched by the sufferings and trials of other people” and possessed of “a profound sense of justice” that had been “his life’s compass.” Sprenkels and Cortina’s first big break came when they found five children, miss­ing for more than a decade, in a San Salva­dor orphanage and reunited them with their families. With donations from the United States and Europe and help from lawyers, so­cial workers and psychologists, Pro-Busqueda went on from there. Some of the missing children have been confirmed dead, killed in some cases. Still more have been traced to 15 countries, including the United States, in­nocently adopted by families eager to believe the authorities’ cover story that their children had been abandoned. Some of the adoptees and their parents have journeyed to El Salvador to meet the children’s birth families. Pro-Busqueda em­phasizes that it’s not trying to undo adoptions and leaves it up to the adoptive families to decide whether they seek reunions. With the oldest of the children young adults now and more of them growing up all the time, this is a decision that more of them will be making for themselves. Pro-Busqueda isn’t about giving these chil­dren back to their original families but find­ing out for those families what happened to them. It’s also about giving back to the chil­dren what Cortina said they lost when they were taken away — “their true identity.” Cortina’s death was “really terrible” not just for Pro-Busqueda but “for the whole country,” said Leonor Artaga, a lawyer for the organization. “Nobody can take his place,” she said. The organization’s work continues “because that’s what Father Jon wanted us to do,” she said. “We’re going to keep working until the last kid is found.” Susan C. Thomson (Grad B&A ’86) was for­merly the higher education reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 22 UNIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 23 UNIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 THE LATE JON DE CORTINA, S.J., WAS ON A QUEST TO FIND CHILDREN LOST IN WAR. SALVADORAN SAVIOR Photos by Don Doll, S.J. – By Susan C. Thomson24 U NIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 25 U NIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 ’46Dr. Ralph J. Onofrio (Med) is a retired gynecologist and lives in Marlton, N.J. Dr. Malvin E. Ring (Dent) was inducted as an international fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, an international dental honor society. He lives in Roch- ester, N.Y. ’48Hon. Carl R. Gaertner (Law) is listed in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He is with the St. Louis law fi rm of Armstrong Teasdale and concentrates his practice in the area of civil litigation. His 23 years of experience as a judge includes 10 years for the Circuit Court of the city of St. Louis and 13 as an appellate judge for the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. Claude F. Giles (Parks) lives in Colum- bia, Calif., and plans to retire next year. ’49John C. Futrell, S.J. (A&S ’49, Grad ’53) celebrated his 60th jubilee as a Jesuit in 2005. After working in Indonesia and studying in Paris, he taught in SLU’s theology department from 1968-76. From 1976-82 he was director of min- istry training services in Denver. Since 1982 he has offered many retreats and workshops in spirituality overseas, espe- cially in Asia and Africa. He now lives at Xavier Jesuit Center in Denver. Thomas Jordan (A&S) has received spe- cial recognition from the Irish govern- ment for his service to Ireland. He lives in San Francisco. Edward W. Warner (B&A ’49, Law ’51) is a retired partner at Evans & Dixon in St. Louis. He and his wife, Barbara, have been married 55 years and have fi ve children and 15 grandchildren. ’50John A. Travers (Law) is retired and lives in Kan- sas City, Mo. He enjoys visiting casinos. ’51Dr. Stephen R. Greenberg (A&A ’51, Grad ’52, ’54) is a retired associate pro- fessor in the department of pathology at the Chicago Medical School. The International Biographical Center of Cambridge, England, named him one of the “Leading Scientists in the World” in recognition of his 40 years of research in cardiovascular and forensic pathology. He lives in Park Forest, Ill., and has two sons and fi ve grandchildren. ’52Martin Passaglia Jr. (A&S) and Alfreda Dold Passaglia (Nurs ’55) cel- ebrated their 50th anniversary in Tusca- ny with their four children — Eric Pas- saglia, Lisa (Passaglia) Bauman (A&S ’80), Charles Passaglia (A&S ’84) and Christine (Passaglia) Schlaht (B&A ’85) — along with their children’s spouses and 12 grandchildren. ’53Dr. John M. Comfort (Med) has been retired since 1992. He and his wife summer in Gig Harbor, Wash., and winter in Palm Desert, Calif. ’54Marian F. Sotel (A&S) is retired from the depart- ment of energy and is a volunteer docent at the Albuquerque (N.M.) Rio Grande Zoo. ’57Dr. Emory J. Linder (A&S ’57, Med ’62) is an oc- cupational health physi- cian at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Margaret M. Nolan (Law) is retired and lives in St. Louis. She does pro bono work and enjoys traveling. ’58John D. Gumersell (Law) is retired and lives in St. Louis. He has two chil- dren and one grandchild. He enjoys traveling, swimming, watercolor paint- ing and working out at the gym. ’59Dr. Norman Freiberger (Dent) received the Dis- tinguished Service Award from the Missouri Dental Association in November. He was recognized for his work as dental clinical director of the Senior Dental Care Center of St. Joseph’s Health Center, which provides dental care to elderly patients. He prac- ticed in St. Charles, Mo., for 37 years before retirement in 1998. He is a Fel- low of the Academy of General Den- tistry. He and his wife, Mona, live in St. Charles. William L. Stokes (B&A) is the man- agement information systems director for the city of Overland, Mo. He also teaches an evening class at Fontbonne University in Clayton, Mo. Agustin Udias, S.J., (P&L ’59, Grad ’64) retired this year and was named professor emeritus at Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, after 30 years as a professor and head of the department of geophysics and meteorology. Besides his teaching and research in seismology, he has taught courses on the history of phys- ics and science and religion. He also has published Searching the Heavens and the Earth: The History of Jesuit Observatories. ’61Ronald H. Miller (A&S ’61, Grad ’63) is chair- man of the religion de- partment at Lake Forest College, where he has taught for 32 years. During the last three years he has published four books on Christian origins: The Wis- dom of the Carpenter; The Hidden Gos- pel of Matthew; The Gospel of Thomas: A Guide for Spiritual Practice; and Healing the Jewish-Christian Rift: Growing Be- yond Our Wounded History. He lives in Highland Park, Ill. ’63Helen (Schaberg) Kauff- man (A&S ’63, Grad ’68) is a full-time private prac- tice psychotherapist in Baltimore. She is the grandmother of fi ve and has been married 40 years to Dr. Chris Kauffman (Grad ’61, ’70). ’64Thomas H. Bottini (A&S) is listed in the 2006 edi- tion of The Best Lawyers in America. He is a partner with the St. Louis law fi rm of Armstrong Teasdale and a member of the fi rm’s business ser- vices department. Gregory B. Vatterott (A&S ’64, Law ’66) is the president of Charles F. Vat- terott Construction Co. and lives in St. Ann, Mo. ’66Lawrence J. Schneider (A&S) is associate dean of the Graduate School at the University of North Texas in Den- ton, Texas. ’67John J. Inkley (IT ’67, Law ’70) is listed in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He is with the St. Louis law fi rm of Armstrong Teasdale and is a member of the fi rm’s business services department. Dr. Bruce M. Wolfe (Med) has been ap- pointed to the department of surgery in the Oregon Health & Science Uni- versity School of Medicine Digestive Health Center in Portland. He is the principal investigator of a NIH-funded, fi ve-year $1.8 million award to study the outcomes and safety of bariatric surgery. Previously, he was a professor of surgery at the University of Califor- nia at Davis. ’68Robert L. Tolomeo (A&S) recently graduated from the FBI National Acad- emy and was promoted to captain with the Connecticut State Police. He is as- signed to the commanding offi cer of fi eld technology. ’69Nelia Pacia, D.C. (Pub Ser) offers classes in English to Asians who have moved to the Philippines. She also tutors students as part of an alternative learning program. ’70Timothy Dorsey (A&S) is president and CEO of KTRS-AM Radio in St. Louis. He has joined the regional advisory board of MidWest BankCen- tre-Clayton. He also has served on the board of directors for Catholic Chari- ties, Heat Up St. Louis, the Backstop- pers, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the St. Louis Arc. Thomas Mann (A&S) is a reference librarian in the main reading room of the Library of Congress. He just had a new book published, The Oxford Guide to Library Research, 3rd edition. Vance D. Miller (A&S ’70, Law ’73) is listed in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He is with the St. Louis law fi rm of Armstrong Teasdale and is the leader of the employment and labor practice group. ’71Marianne Muellerleile (A&S) appeared as “Norma” on the daytime drama Passions for several episodes in December and January. ’73Dr. Ralph Bolman (Med) is the chief of cardiac surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, a teaching affi liate of Harvard Medical School. He and his wife, Cecilia Bolman (Grad Nurse ’89), live in Waban, Mass. Thomas Hischak (A&S) is a professor of performing arts at State University of New York College at Cortland. He received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. He has written 13 books since 1990, including many theater reference books. He also has published 23 plays. Dr. Jan Garavaglia (A&S ’78, Med ’82) has a bone to pick with Orlando, Fla. The balmy weather suits her just fi ne. The tourists can be a little annoying, but, hey, it’s the happiest place on Earth, right? No, it’s the gosh-darn murder rate that gets under her skin. “It’s not high enough,” Garavaglia says, kidding. For the last 18 years, Garavaglia has been a forensic pathologist and recently was named chief medical examiner of Orange and Osceola counties in central Florida. She also stars in a reality show on the Dis- covery Health Channel, Dr. G: Medical Examiner. Pathology has been her passion since she took class- es with former Saint Louis University School of Medi- cine pathology professor Dr. George Gantner (A&S ’49, Med ’53), who in the ’70s, along with Mary Fran Ernst (PS ’82), professor of pathology, created the death investigator training course, the longest-running program of its kind in North America. “His lectures just drew me in. I really found I loved forensic pathology because of him,” says Garavaglia, noting that Ernst and Dr. Mary Case (Med ’69), pro- fessor of pathology, were also valued mentors. But in the end, it was the allure of solving complicat- ed mysteries and bringing closure to the families of the deceased that kept her in the fi eld of death investigation. Garavaglia tells the story of a man who wanted her to fi nd out what happened to his mother, a nursing home resident he believed died due to neglect or abuse by her caretakers. His anger, Garavaglia recalls, was palpable. “During the autopsy, I found she had very advanced cancer — the nursing home didn’t know it. But it had nothing to do with her treat- ment or lack thereof,” she says. “Her son was so thankful; he was fi nally able to make peace with her death and move on.” Garavaglia doesn’t normally deal with cases of octogenarians passing away peacefully in their sleep. No, she’s asked to examine those lives that ended suddenly, unexpectedly, traumatically and suspiciously. Lit- erally surrounded by death on a daily basis, Garavaglia has unfl inch- ingly inspected the bodies of suicide victims who failed to leave a note, homicide victims whose deaths ripped families apart and accident vic- tims whose demises were so senseless that no one would blame her for losing just a little faith in humanity. But Garavaglia quickly dismisses the sug- gestion that her career has hardened her. “I’ve never had a moment where I regretted going into this fi eld,” she says. “I’m able to put the pieces of the victims’ lives together. You come to realize that death is part of the human condition, and I have a window into life and death that very few people do.” It was that unique perspective — coupled with Garavaglia’s talent for making victims’ families feel at ease — that began attracting na- tional attention. In the late ’90s, novelist Patricia Cornwell’s success with the Kay Scarpetta series — mysteries detailing the exploits of a strong-willed medical examiner — had awakened the public’s interest in the macabre. In 1997, Redbook magazine wanted to profi le a “real woman” version of Scarpetta — a talented medical examiner who also had a strong family life. A reporter contacted Ernst for rec- ommendations. “I immediately thought of Jan,” Ernst says. “She’s the kind of person who will fi nd success wherever she is because she’s smart, practical and one of the nicest people you’d ever meet. The reporter must have agreed, because she didn’t call the back-up names I gave her!” A few years after the Redbook piece hit newsstands, Garavaglia was approached by a French production company, which spent several months chronicling her life as a forensic pathologist for a documentary. Critical acclaim and media interest followed. Enter the cable channel Discovery Health, which liked what they saw in Garavaglia: part detective, part grief counselor and, perhaps most importantly, en- tirely interesting and compassionate enough to compel ordinary people to tune in to a show about dead bodies every Friday night. For Dr. G: Medical Examiner, Garavaglia re-enacts some of her most fascinating cases — without the sensationalism or questionable meth- ods common to every CSI incarnation. The most-watched program on Discovery Health, Dr. G, now in its second season, has propelled Garavaglia to celebrity status — even if she doesn’t seem to think so. “I am not a TV personality — I am a real-life pathologist,” she says. “But I do think a lot of good has come out of the show. Many people don’t realize their lifestyle choices can kill them, and how people die can teach us a lot about how to live.” – Rachel Otto Dr. Jan Garavaglia photo provided by Discovery Health Channel Kathleen (Booth) Wieter (A&S) teaches upper-grade social studies at St. Joseph’s School in Imperial, Mo. She is married and has two grown children. ’74Sarita Boadita (Grad) is a teacher at St. Theresa School in Linden, N.J. She was nominated for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers in 2004 and 2005. Michael W. Forster (A&S ’71, Law ’74) has joined the St. Louis law fi rm Spen- cer Fane Britt & Browne as a partner, focusing on counseling fi nancial insti- tutions on regulatory compliance, loan documentation, development of new services and loan workouts. He lectures regularly for the Center for Financial Training, Missouri Bankers Association and other industry associations. He formerly was senior vice president and general counsel to the former Land- mark Bancshares Corp. ’75Jimmy Duplass (Grad) has published his fourth text- book, Middle and High School Teaching: Methods, Standards & Best Practices. The book is dedicated to some of his former teachers and men- tors at SLU, J. Barry McGannon S.J., Carl Hangartner S.J., and Frank Bren- nan S.J. He is a professor of secondary education at the University of South Florida. ’76Michael J. Hanagan (Law) recently wrote an article on Illinois insurance law for The Journal of Dispute Resolution. His practice, Hanagan and Dousman, is located in Mt. Vernon, Ill. Mark D. Hassakis (Law) has been re- elected to a second three-year term as the Area VII member of the board of governors of the Illinois State Bar Asso- ciation. He practices in Mt. Vernon, Ill. ’77Dr. James K. Hunter Jr. (Med) celebrated 25 years of practicing family med- icine in his hometown of Fairfax, Mo. Dr. Irene Long (Med) is NASA Kennedy Space Center’s chief medical offi cer. She recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Women of Color Technology Awards Conference. She is a member of the Aerospace Medical Association and its affi liated space medicine branch, and the Society of NASA Flight Surgeons. She lives on Merritt Island, Fla. Stephen C. Mudge (Law) was recognized as an “Illinois Super Lawyer” in per- sonal injury defense by Super Lawyer Magazine in 2004 and 2005. He lives in Edwardsville, Ill. ’80Mary T. Balestri Schroeder (Law) has been in solo practice since 1995, with her father-in-law of counsel. She lives in Mascoutah, Ill. Douglas A. Copeland (Law) is president of the Missouri Bar for 2005-2006. He is a founding member and principal in the law fi rm of Copeland, Thompson & Farris. He lives in Kirkwood, Mo., with his wife and two children. Michael C. Doyle (A&S) is the chief tech- nology offi cer for GHCO, a leading fu- tures trading fi rm. He manages technolo- gy operations in North America, Europe and Asia. He and his wife, Patty, live in Orland Park, Ill., with their two sons. Kathleen A. Purcell (A&S) is the ex- ecutive director of Agape Ministry of Warrenton, a non-profi t food pantry and charity serving Warren County, Mo. ’81Dr. Robert L. Buhrkuhl (Grad) appears in Global Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals. He works in the offi ce of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) at the Pentagon in Washing- ton, D.C., and is the director of the Department of Defense’s Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell. He and his wife, Bon- nie, live in Alexandria, Va. Bruce E. Friedman (Law) is a principal in the Clayton, Mo., law fi rm of Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal and is includ- ed in the 2006 edition of The Best Law- yers in America. He also is listed among Missouri and Kansas “Super Lawyers” for 2005 in the area of family law. Mark Hinderliter (B&A) is president of the AbeL Group and hosts a radio show, “Lessons In Leadership,” that airs Sundays mornings on Hot Talk 1510 in Kansas City. He interviews guests in high-level leadership positions. ’83Mark L. Ames (A&S) is vice president of Millen- nium Communications Inc. in St. Louis. ’84Gary Cripe (AHP) was just released as the bishop of a congregation of mostly freshmen at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he was the spiri- tual and ecclesiastic leader of some 175 students for four years. He also practices family medicine in Orem, Utah. Dr. Anne F. Eisenberg (Pub Hlth) worked for 10 years as a hospital and health ad- ministrator, then went back to school and earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the Uni- versity of Iowa in 2002. She is a tenured assistant professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Geneseo. Ann M. Kleiner (Pub Ser ’84, Grad ’86) is an assistant professor of sociology at Southern Louisiana University. She lives in Hammond, La. Brian E. Smith (A&S) has written Uncon- ditional Love, a book dealing with healing and helping relationships. His fi rst book, The Art of Waging Spiritual Warfare in the 21st Century, came out in 2001. ’86Joseph E. Walsh (Law) is a principal with the St. Louis offi ce of Horness, Dickey & Pierce, an intellectual property fi rm. Deborah Wirtel (A&S) has had two arti- cles published by the National Headache Foundation. She also wrote “Pregnancy and Migraine Disease,” which was pub- lished on several Web sites. She lives in St. Louis with her husband, Greg, and children, Katherine and Nikoli. ’87Nancy M. Birtley (Nurs ’87, Grad Nurs ’94) is in private practice, Psy- chiatric Care and Wellness Specialists, providing psychiatric services to long- term care facilities in the St. Louis area. She also offers educational seminars throughout Missouri. She and her hus- band, Norman, have three children, Ashley, Erin and Mark. ’88Brian Mueth (B&A) is a partner with Deloitte & Touche. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Sharon, and son, Edward. ’89Dr. Gregory Saboeiro (Med) has left a private practice in St. Louis for a fellowship in musculoskeletal radiology at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He is a board-certifi ed radiologist and has a subspecialty certif- icate of added qualifi cation in vascular and interventional radiology. ’90Linda S. Aldridge (Law) is a partner at Gillis & Aldridge specializing in medical malpractice and personal injury cases. She lives in South Bend, Ind. Dr. G. Paul Dabrowski (Med) is the medi- cal director of the trauma center at Read- ing (Pa.) Hospital and Medical Center. ’91Bobby Hui (Parks) left Ever- green International Airlines in August and is now a pro- duction operation manager with Insitu Group. He lives in McMinnville, Ore. ’92Sharon (Valdes) Dolphin (A&S) and husband, Ste- ven, welcomed their fi rst child, Ryan Kelly, Dec. 22, 2004. They live in San Diego. Peter Driscoll (B&A ’92, Law ’01) is a branch chief with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Chicago. Erika Jagalla (A&S) has received her MBA from IESE Business School, University of Navarra. She is the director of marketing for McGraw-Hill in Madrid, Spain. William M. Lawson (Law) has joined the St. Louis law fi rm of Greensfi elder, Hemker & Gale in the labor and em- ployment practice group. ’93Maj. Richard T. Brady (B&A) is serving in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps. He was assigned there from his comptrollers unit in Okinawa, Japan, where his wife, Jeanne Dolan Brady (A&S), and their daughter, Katherine Grace, born April 10, are residing. Marisabel Gouverneur (Nurs) is an international midwife for JHPIEGO, an affi liate of Johns Hopkins University, working in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, one of the places destroyed by the tsunami of December 2004. She is helping to rehabilitate and improve midwifery pre- service training. Timothy Zeorn (Parks) is an engine ar- chitect at Pratt & Whitney United Technology working on the Engine Alliance GP7200 for the Airbus A380 super jumbo jet. He works in East Hartford, Conn. ’94John Enderlin (Parks) is a strategic business alliance manager with Philips Medical Systems. He lives in Wauke- sha, Wis. Maj. Violet (Doliber) Ezeh (Grad SW) and her husband are stationed in Fond- des-Negres, Haiti, with the Salvation Army. They are the administrators of a medical clinic and have received a grant through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. She and her husband adopted a baby boy in 2002. Sally Shelton (Grad) is an instructor of mathematics at Truett-McConnell Col- lege in Cleveland, Ga. ’95Katie Sullivan Hoover (A&S) and Dan Hoover (Parks ’99) welcomed their fi rst child, Connor Patrick, on Oct. 11. They live in Richmond, Va. Katherine (Blanke) Kilo (Grad) along with her husband, Robert Kilo (Grad B&A ’98), and daughter Caroline wel- comed the birth of Nicholas Robert on Feb. 23, 2005. They live in St. Louis, where Katherine stays home with the children. Dan Klein (A&S) and Claire Katchak Klein (AHP ’94) along with son John welcomed twins, Matthew and Benja- min, on June 9. They live in Bowling Green, Ky. Traci (Gebhardt) Snell (B&A) and her husband, Ryan, welcomed their fi rst child, Palmer Ryan, on May 20. They live in Normal, Ill., where Traci is a senior systems analyst for State Farm Insurance Cos. ’96Melissa (Barbeau) Beam (B&A) and husband, Dave, welcomed their fi rst child, Ashley Katelyn, on Sept 12. They live in Ballwin, Mo. Melissa is an Oracle project manager at Emerson. 26 U NIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 27 U NIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 Universitas Class Notes Saint Louis University DuBourg Hall 39 221 N. Grand Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63103 fax: (314) 977-2249 e-mail: utas@slu.edu Dr. Udis Sanchez Manalansan-Lord (Grad) has published her sixth book, Excellence Education: Anger and Stress Manage- ment, Self-Esteem Development and Eth- ical Decision Making. She has 27 years of teaching experience and is a read- ing teacher for the Hazelwood (Mo.) School District. Talayna Marco (A&S), her husband, An- drew, and daughter, Mackenzie Marie, welcomed their second child, Cameron Andrew, May 28. Talayna has taught fi fth grade at Green Pines Elementary in St. Louis for 10 years. She was selected for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and received an AmerenUE Power Up SMART Board Grant to obtain equip- ment for her classroom. Dave Snider (Parks) and his wife, Mary Helen, welcomed their second child, Benjamin Mark, on June 29. A few weeks later, the family relocated from Raleigh, N.C., to Springfi eld, Mo., where Dave now is a broadcast meteorologist for KY3 (KYTV), the NBC affi liate. ’97Christopher Coulter (B&A) and his wife, Alison Web- ster Coulter (Pub Ser ’98), welcomed the birth of their son, Andrew Caster, on Sept. 15. Chris is a fi nancial consultant at AG Edwards in Clayton, Mo., and Alison is a reading specialist at Oak Hill/Villa Duchesne School. Chiarra-May Stratton (A&S) has joined the health law practice of Ober/Kaler in Wash- ington, D.C. She also is a master’s of public health candidate at the University of Texas- Houston School of Public Health. ’98Kevin G. Daniel (A&S) and Cynthia T. Curry (A&S ’98, Grad B&A ’00) were married Sept. 17 at the Missouri Botanical Garden. They live in St. Louis, where they have bought a home. Matthew A. Lipski (A&S) and his wife, Carolyn, recently built a new home in Wentzville, Mo. They have two chil- dren, Rebekah and Cecilia. Matt is a metal trader at Metal Exchange Corp. in the Westport area of St. Louis County. ’99James Lillis (Pub Ser) graduated from Washing- ton University in St. Louis with an MBA. He has is a fi nancial analyst at the Commerce Trust Co. in St. Louis. Dr. Michael Maniaci (A&S ’99, Med ’03) is fi nishing his internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic in Jack- sonville, Fla. He has been selected as chief resident of internal medicine in 2006 and will pursue hospital medicine after graduation. Stephanie Toth (A&S) coaches a year- round swim team in High Point, N.C. She also handles the team’s Web site, newsletter and publicity. Previously, she coached in Chicago and Cincinnati. ’00Stacy Rummel Bratcher (Law) has joined the gen- eral counsel’s offi ce at the University of Southern California. Jack D. Simons (A&S) received a mas- ter’s of education in counseling from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in May. He now lives in Tucson, Ariz., with his wife, Marie, and is a class counselor for Salpointe Catholic High School. Kristine L. Sonnett (B&A ’00, Law ’05) passed the bar exam in September. She works in SLU’s law admissions offi ce as a seasonal recruiter while looking for a position as an attorney. ’01James Eaton (A&S) is a 2005-06 Fulbright Schol- ar studying at the Agricul- tural University of Krakow in Poland. His research uses remotely sensed data to investigate the causes of land-use change in Polish forests. He earned his master’s in environmental science at the University of Virginia in January 2005. Katie Kasdorf (A&S) mar- ried Kevin Carnell on Aug. 27 in Milwaukee. The wedding party included SLU alumni Eileen Barr (AHP ’01, Grad AHP ’03), Sarah Bolin (SW ’01), and Ju- lie Domer (SW ’01, Grad SW ’03). Katie is an underwrit- ing specialist at Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee. Stephen M. Webb (B&A) and his wife, Bridget (Brennan) Webb (AHP ’00, Grad AHP ’02), welcomed their fi rst child, Jacob, in July. They live in Sun- set Hills, Mo. ’02Laura Alexander (AHP ’02, Grad AHP ’04) and Chris- topher O’Connor (Law ’01) were married on Oct. 1. They live in Brentwood, Mo. Laura is a physical therapist, and Chris is an attorney in private practice. Emily E. Bratcher (A&S ’02, Grad ’05) is a transportation planner for Alaska’s Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Northern Region, lo- cated in Fairbanks. Elizabeth Cralley (Pub Ser) married Chris Rhynerson (B&A) on Oct. 15 at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis. They live in Bowling Green, Ky. Michael McCoy (B&A) and Leah Kru- ger (A&S ’03) will be married Sept. 30. Mike works in audit and enterprise risk services for Deloitte & Touche in St. Louis. Leah is a marketing and media information specialist for the Rock- wood School District. Dan Schniedermeier (A&S) received a master’s degree in college student personnel from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in May. He is a career counselor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ’03Tricia Fechter (Pub Ser) and several SLU alumni met in this fall at the As- sociation of Fraternity Advisers annual meeting in Atlanta. Tricia works at Rock- hurst University. Jason Cherish (B&A) works for the national offi ce of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Nicole Morton Weston (AHP ’02) works at Washington University in St. Louis. And Vito Brandle (A&S, B&A ’04) works for the national offi ce of Beta Theta Pi. Eric Holthaus (A&S) spent a year in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps as the social ser- vices/senior ministry coordinator for St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Woodburn, Ore., and a year of graduate school at the University of Oklahoma studying meteorology and chasing tornadoes with mobile Doppler radar trucks. He now is fi nishing his master’s at Colum- bia University in New York City, study- ing the impact of climate change in developing countries. Erik M. Lunsford (A&S) is a staff photog- rapher with the Palm Beach Post, cover- ing the Treasure Coast from the paper’s Stuart, Fla., offi ce. He married Karla Partain in April in St. Louis, and they have a home in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Emily Rapp (Nurs) married Paul Dix (A&S) on July 30 at St. Francis Xavier College Church. They live in Alton, Ill. Paul will graduate from SLU’s law school this spring. Br. Louis Dominic Senzig (A&S) attends Catholic University in Washington, D.C., where he is working on his licenti- ate degree in philosophy. He is a member of the Dominican order and is preparing for ordination to the priesthood. ’04Emily (Langdon) Jung (Law) recently got mar- ried. She lives and works in Omaha, Neb. Maria Rodriguez (A&S) and Kris Don- aldson (B&A ’02) are engaged. Kris is a senior project manager at CitiGroup, and Maria works for the Standing Part- nership, both in St. Louis. They are planning a fall wedding in Atlanta. Julie Ann Schultz (Law) has joined the St. Louis law fi rm of Greensfi elder, Hemker & Gale in the real estate prac- tice group. Greg Shufeldt (SW ’04, Grad SW ’05) was the campaign manager for Jane Bogetto’s successful bid to serve as the state representative for Missouri’s 94th House District. Donna Werner (Grad) was promoted to the rank of associate professor of phi- losophy at St. Louis Community Col- lege, Meramec. ’05Michael Marquard (A&S) and Jennifer Errante (A&S) are participating in a year of service with Dominican Volunteers USA. Mike is a teacher’s aide at San Juan Diego Middle School in Racine, Wis. Jen- nifer is a teacher’s aide and volunteer coor- dinator at St. Francis Center in Redwood City, Calif., a social service agency for low- income Hispanic families. Jessica Obergas (A&S) is pursuing a residency in public policy as 2005- 06 Coro Fellow in Public Affairs with the Pittsburgh Coro Center for Civic Leadership.28 U NIVERSITAS www.slu.edu 29 U NIVERSITAS SPRING 2006 Mr. Paul Cornell (A&S ’30) Mr. George Young (A&S ’30) Mr. Louis Niemeyer (B&A ’33) Mrs. Willetta Smith (Parks ’33) Dr. Caldwell Hamilton (Med ’36) Mr. Joseph O’Connell (A&S ’36) Mr. Meyer Steinberg (B&A ’36) Mr. Gerald Cowan (B&A ’38) Mr. Bert Harsh (Parks ’38) Mr. William Walsh (B&A ’38) Mr. William Warner (Parks ’38) Mr. Robert Wilson (B&A ’38) Dr. William Duncan (Med ’39) Mr. Russell James (Law ’39) Mrs. Miriam (Printy) Marlowe (A&S ’39) Dr. Robert Nachtwey (Med ’40) Mr. Lewis Anderson (Parks ’41) Mr. Joseph Badaracco (A&S ’41) Dr. Francis Burns (Med ’41) Mr. William Clark (A&S ’41) Mr. Jack Crites (Parks ’41) Mr. James Lane (A&S ’41) Mr. Kenneth Spetner (B&A ’41) Mrs. Mary (Brockland) Bettonville (AHP ’42) Mr. Willard Brandt (B&A ’42) Dr. Joseph Finnegan (Med ’42) Dr. James Karam (Med ’42) Mr. John Neusel (B&A ’42) Miss Lucille Sutherland (A&S ’42) Dr. Frank DiTraglia (Med ’43) Dr. William Heuson (A&S ’43) Mr. George Lucas (B&A ’43) Dr. Charles Williams (Med ’43) Dr. Robert Jensen (Med ’44) Dr. Joseph McMeel (Med ’44) Sr. Clyde Pavelski (B&A ’44) Dr. Joseph Rudnick (Med ’44) Dr. William Carter (Med ’45) Dr. Richard Champion (Med ’45) Dr. Peter Couri (Med ’45) Rev. 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(A&S ’62) Mr. Raymond Sullentrop (Nurs ’62) Dr. Paul Bauer (Parks ’63) Sr. Joan Blick (Pub Ser ’63) Mr. Jule Elz (Parks ’63) Miss Emma Green (Pub Ser ’63) Dr. James McCourt (Med ’63) Miss Lucila Rivera (SW ’63) Sr. Evelyn Sanders (Pub Ser ’63) Mr. David Vize (B&A ’63) Mr. Ronald Eldringhoff (A&S ’64) Mrs. Donna (Kinney) Hanson (SW ’64) Col. Dale Jones (IT ’64) Miss Rose Lang (Nurs ’64) Mr. Rene Morrison (B&A ’64) Dr. Edward Zukowski (Grad Med ’64) Mr. Dennis Berry (B&A ’65) Miss Evelyn Hausmann (Pub Ser ’65) Mr. William Hill (B&A ’65) Sr. M. Lischwe, S.S.N.D. (Pub Ser ’65) Mr. Richard Myers (Parks ’65) Dr. William Duvall (Med ’66) Mrs. Dorothy (Altadonna) Johnston (A&S ’66) Dr. Joyce Thomas (Pub Ser ’66) Mr. Dennis Steffen (A&S ’67) Mrs. Madeline (Pelebeeky) Broady (A&S ’68) Mr. Christopher Jurewicz (Parks ’68) Rev. Wilfrid Tunink (Pub Ser ’68) Miss June Wegener (SW ’68) Dr. Thomas Bondy (Med ’69) Sr. Ann Brennan (Pub Ser ’69) Mrs. Cynthia (Rousseve) Highfi eld (A&S ’69) Hon. Paul Kolodziej (Law ’69) Mr. Charles Kubisiak (Parks ’69) Mr. Gary Tucker (Parks ’69) Mr. Barry Baskett (Parks ’70) Mrs. Mary Anne (Smith) Dawson (AHP ’70) Dr. Thomas Meyer (Dent ’70) Rev. Ronald Tiefenbrunn (Pub Ser ’70) Ms. Nancy Vachon (Pub Ser ’70) Miss Ruth Koncen (Pub Ser ’71) Mr. Robert Diepenbrock (Pub Ser ’72) Rev. William Allen (Pub Ser ’73) Mr. John Donohoe (Law ’73) Mr. Roger Vetter (Law ’73) Mr. Thomas Godburn (Parks ’74) Mrs. Carolyn (Grow) Biermann (Law ’75) Sr. Margaret Brennan (Pub Ser ’75) Ms. Rita Malecek (PS ’75) Ms. Mary Donovan (B&A ’76) Sr. Seraphine Ferrero (Pub Hlth ’76) Mr. Willie Hall (Pub Ser ’76) Mr. Keith Hillhouse (A&S ’76) Dr. Tommie (Jackson) Ragland (A&S ’76) Mr. Michael Simmons (SW ’76) Dr. Gladys Thum (Pub Ser ’76) Dr. Robert Houck (Pub Ser ’78) Mr. Donald Missel (PS ’78) Mrs. Regina Bradley (Nurs ’79) Mr. Hameed Hindi (Parks ’79) Ms. Linda Merz (A&S ’79) Mr. Dennis Etim (B&A ’81) Mr. Howard Lemee (A&S ’81) Mr. John MacDonald (B&A ’81) Mr. Martin Mandel (SW ’81) Mrs. Maria (Weixelman) Quinlan (A&S ’81) Dr. Claude Deen (Med ’83) Mrs. Kathleen (Metzger) Cameron (AHP ’85) Dr. Elisabeth (Mabry) Caraffa (A&S ’86) Mr. Albert Rose (Parks ’87) Mr. John Bunn (A&S ’88) Miss Gayle Schuchmann (Parks ’88) Mrs. Melissa (Gallina) Kaag (A&S ’91) Mrs. Amy (Jones) Krakowski (A&S ’91) Mr. Mark Madden (Law ’91) Mr. Daniel (Mooney) (B&A ‘92) Mr. Brian Dalton (Law ’93) Mr. Christopher Reid (B&A ’94) Mr. Brad O’Neill (AHP ’96) Mr. James Oller (AHP ’97) Dr. Maria Curelaru (B&A ’00) Ms. Linda Springrose (Law ’00) † This list of deceased alumni was compiled by SLU’s offi ce of research and development services. If you have a question or would like more information about an “In Memoriam” listing, please send an e-mail message to rosenbcj@slu.edu. Dr. Marjorie Richey, professor emerita of psychology, died Oct. 28 at the age of 78. An expert in social psychology, she joined the faculty of Saint Louis Uni- versity in 1964 and stayed 29 years, re- tiring in 1993. In 1980, she was named SLU’s “Woman of the Year.” In 1996, a donor established an annual lectureship named in Dr. Richey’s honor. Dr. Charles Fleener, professor of his- tory and director of SLU’s pre-law program, died Nov. 27 at the age of 67. He came to Saint Louis Uni- versity in 1966 and served as chair- man of the history department from 1981-1984, after which he became director of the pre-law program. He began SLU’s mock trial team in 1987. Dr. Fleener was a scholar of Latin-American history and enjoyed teaching at SLU’s campus in Madrid. In 1992, he served as acting dean of the Madrid campus. Over the years, he donated more than 10,000 books to Pius XII Me- morial Library. Memorial gifts to the library in his honor can be made at giftform.slu.edu. Dr. John Dwyer, professor emeritus of biology, died Dec. 6 at the age of 90. A world-renowned botanist, he came to SLU in 1953 as chairman of the biology department, a position he held until 1963. Although Dr. Dwyer’s specialty was the classifi ca- tion and evolution of tropical Latin American plants, his primary work concentrated on plant groups that made useful drugs and resins. He became a pioneer in the young fi eld of bio-pros- pecting when he devised simple ways for plant collectors to discriminate between species that could prove benefi cial to human health and those that could not. When he retired in 1985, his family funded a lectureship in his name. Judge Th eodore McMillian (Law ’49), one of the fi rst African Ameri- cans admitted to the School of Law, died Jan. 18 at the age of 86. Among his many fi rsts, in 1978 he became the fi rst and only African-American to reach the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He was the past president and founder of the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, one of the founders of the anti-pov- erty agency Human Development Corp., and founder of what is now Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. In 1999, he established a scholarship fund at the School of Law. Sweetness Preserved: The Story of the Crown Candy Kitchen Dr. John L. Oldani (A&S ’64, Grad ’67) | Virginia Publishing Sweetness Preserved conveys the appeal of Crown Candy Kitchen, a St. Louis ice cream, candy and sandwich shop that has remained popular for nearly 100 years. Folklorist Oldani profi les the three generations of the Karandzieff family, who established and continue to run the landmark restaurant and candy shop. The book also contains pho- tos, stories and recipes, including the tale of Crown Candy’s legendary chocolate Easter monkey, its mention on the TV show Jeopardy and its homemade hot fudge sauce. Adverse Events, Stress and Litigation Dr. Sara C. Charles (Med ’64) and Paul R. Frisch | Oxford University Press Though real-life stories, this book offers in- sights into the personal experience of liti- gation and recommendations for dealing with the legal process. It explains the stages of a med- ical malpractice case and includes up-to-date reviews of HIPAA legislation and recent legal developments affecting medical practitioners. Vital Contact Patrick Chura (Grad ’03) | Taylor & Francis Group Vital Contact examines American literature focused on middle or upper class char- acters who voluntarily descend the class ranks to live or associate, temporarily, with the poor. The motivations of these characters range from bohemian slumming to more complex and psychologically wrought investigations of cross- class empathy. Beyond the Frontier: A History of St. Louis to 1821 Dr. Frederick A. Hodes (A&S ’62, Grad ’67, ’73) | The Patrice Press This book covers the St. Louis area’s no- madic tribes of prehistory through the city of the 1820s. Hodes gives a detailed ac- count of early life in St. Louis and of the peo- ple who called the city home. Written follow- ing extensive research, the book is a journey through a sometimes overlooked past. The 1862 Plot to Kidnap Jefferson Davis Victor Vifquain EDITED BY: Jeffery H. Smith (Grad ’71) and Phillip Thom- as Tucker (Grad ’90) | University of Nebraska Press Afi rsthand account of an attempt to kidnap the president of the Confederate States, this book offers a new look at Civil War-era Richmond and a scheme to end the war early. The editors highlight archived chronicles of this previously unknown and daring plot. Phyllis Schlafl y and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman’s Crusade Dr. Donald T. Critchlow | Princeton University Press ASLU professor of history, Critchlow ex- plores the life and work of Phyllis Schlafl y. Both an account of Schlafl y’s career and a his- tory of the conservative and religious right, the book sheds light on Schlafl y’s long-lasting in- fl uence on her cause and on grassroots politics. The Gospels with Salt: Jesus Wildman - Jesus Woman Francis Gross (A&S ’55, ’64) | Hamilton Books This commentary on selected passages in the four gospels is intended for devotional and educational purposes. It showcases a num- ber of archetypal images found in the gospels, including Jesus as wildman, wounded healer and fi ery prophet. Gross also includes refl ec- tions that touch on SLU and his Jesuit profes- sors during the 1950s and ’60s. Photo courtesy of Wiley Price, from the book Lift Every Voice and Sing ©1999COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES President: Ann Brennan Buss (’91) Join the A&S alumni for a very special visit to the new Busch Stadium on Sunday, April 23, when the Chicago Cubs visit the Cardinals’ new home for the fi rst time. The event is in the new Coca-Cola Score- board Patio and includes a two-hour buffet, beer and unlimited soda. Limit of two tickets per alum. Register online: www.slu.kintera.org/ascards06 BLACK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION President: Alverta Smith (Grad ’00) Join us for our annual Prayer Breakfast at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 22, in Busch Student Center. The cost is $25 per person, or $10 per student. This day to pray and honor our alumni and students is our strongest tradition. Register online: www.slu.kintera.org/prayer06 DENTAL ALUMNI AS St. Louis University (St. Louis, Mo.), http://www.geonames.org/4407081 http://cdm17321.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/alumni/id/86

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