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spelling sluoai_alumni-94 Universitas - Issue 27.3 (Summer 2001) Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University St. Louis University St. Louis University -- Periodicals; Universities and colleges -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Periodicals; Summer 2001 issue of Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University 2001 2001 PDF utas_summer_01 universitas 2000 LD4817 .S52 U5 Copyright Saint Louis University. All rights reserved. Saint Louis University Libraries Digitization Center text eng Saint Louis University Marketing and Communications T H E M AG A Z I N E O F S A I N T L O U I S U N I V E R S I T Y S U M M E R 2 0 0 1 By Lawrence Biondi, SJ Saint Louis University President Arecent article by David Brooks in Atlantic Monthly called into question the character of col-lege students today. Brooks blames go-getter parents and educational institutions for leaving today’s college-age generation on their own when it comes to character and virtue. “We fly our children around the world so that they can experience different cultures,” Brooks writes. “We spend huge amounts of money on safety equipment and sports coaching. We ser-monize about the evils of drunk driving. We expend enormous energy guiding and regulating their lives. But when it comes to character and virtue, the most mysterious area of all, suddenly the laissez-faire ethic rules: You’re on your own, Jack and Jill; go figure out what is true and just for yourselves.” I couldn’t disagree more. That’s certainly not our approach at Saint Louis University or at any of our sister Jesuit colleges and universities. At SLU we take great pride in the education that we provide our students. We take equal pride in helping them become responsible, caring members of society. Our mission — to edu-cate the whole person — clearly states that intellectual and character development go hand-in-hand. Our students, faculty and staff connect with the St. Louis community and the world community, exploring and enriching these “classrooms without walls.” Each day, through outreach programs and research efforts, the SLU family demonstrates how knowledge touches lives. Brooks says that we assume that if adults try to offer moral instruction, it will backfire because our children will reject our sermonizing (though they don’t seem to reject any other part of our guidance and instruction). “We assume that such questions have no correct answer that can be taught,” he writes. “Or maybe the simple truth is that adult institutions no longer try to talk about character and virtue because they simply wouldn’t know what to say.” At Saint Louis University we haven’t forgotten what to say about character and virtue because we have never stopped saying it. Yes, we educate more than 11,000 students in a wide variety of disciplines. But no matter what the major or degree, there is one common thread to our learning environment. All of our stu-dents are instilled with a call to act for justice and a conviction to value the dignity of every human person. In every issue of UNIVERSITAS, we share with you stories about Saint Louis University’s academic progress, research activities and community outreach. In this issue, however, we’re focusing on our strides to foster character both inside and outside of the classroom — to introduce our students to a life of service. We’re proud to be recognized as a character-building college by The Templeton Guide: Colleges That Encourage Character Development, but we’re even more pleased that Saint Louis University students, faculty and staff volunteered more than 430,000 service hours to area organizations this past year. In all, more than 6,000 members of the University community participate in service outreach programs. At Saint Louis University, we do not separate intellectual and character development. Combining these makes the educated person sensitive to greater possibilities. Intellect and char-acter, joined together, empower our students to achieve change on behalf of a more just society. On the following pages you’ll find several articles looking at the topic of character develop-ment from various angles. One story explains the many facets and benefits of our Center for Leadership and Community Service. Another describes an innovative theology course that com-bines classroom study and community service. Still another story examines the impact a unique ethics program has had on our faculty development. And the last feature article profiles three student-athletes who are building character by balancing academics, athletics and service. We take seriously the Ignatian ideal of “forming women and men for others.” I hope you’ll enjoy reading how much. UNIVERSITAS Volume 27, No. 3 Editor Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92) Contributors Chris Waldvogel Marie Dilg (Soc Ser ’94) Glen Sparks Intern Alison Williams Photo Credits Bill Barrett, 20 Curt Dennison, 2, 5 Steve Dolan, 3 Kevin Lowder, inside cover, 7, 8-9, 11-13, 20-21 Kristen Peterson, 30 Dave Preston, 20, 21 James Visser, cover Chris Waldvogel, 2, 4 Design AKA Design Inc. Art Direction: Richie Murphy Design: Stacy Lanier UNIVERSITAS is published quarterly by Saint Louis University. Opinions expressed in UNIVERSITAS are those of the individual authors and not neces-sarily those of the University adminis-tration. Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs are welcome but will be returned only if accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Letters to the editor must be signed, and letters not intended for publica-tion should indicate that fact. The editor reserves the right to edit all items. Please address all mail to UNIVERSITAS, DuBourg Hall 39, 221 N. Grand, St. Louis, MO 63103. We accept e-mail at utas@slu.edu and fax submissions at (314) 977-2249. Address fax submissions to Editor, UNIVERSITAS. Postmaster: Send address changes to UNIVERSITAS, Saint Louis University, 221 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103. World Wide Web address: www.slu.edu/alumni/universitas/ UNIVERSITAS is printed by Universal Printing Co. and mailed by Accurate Business Mailers Inc. Worldwide circulation: 103,000 © 2001, Saint Louis University. All rights reserved. On the Cover: Building char-acter at Saint Louis University. IIN MEMORIIAM AALLUUMMNNII nnootteess 2 22 32 28 30 summer 2001 C O N T E N T S 6 Outreach SLU’s Center for Leadership and Community Service helps students help others. 10 Reflection A unique theology class teaches lessons in and out of the classroom. 14 Ethics An innovative program places ethics at the academic forefront. 18 Balance Three of SLU’s student-athletes prove why they’re winners. 2 School renamed to honor Doisys The School of Allied Health Professions was renamed the Edward and Margaret Doisy School of Allied Health Professions in a blessing and dedication ceremony on April 17. The late Dr. Edward A. Doisy, former chairman of the biochemistry department, received the 1943 Nobel Prize in Medicine for isolating Vitamin K and determining its constitution and synthesis. Doisy’s practice of donating the majority of the income derived from commercial application of his research find-ings to Saint Louis University Arts and Sciences dean appointed Dr. Joe Weixlmann has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Most recently, Weixlmann was the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana State University. He succeeds Dr. Shirley Dowdy, who has retired. SLU’s College of Arts and Sciences boasts 15 depart-ments and 12 centers and pro-grams. The college is home to nearly 2,500 undergraduate students, more than one-third of the University’s total under-graduate population. More than 250 full-time faculty teach in the college. Weixlmann had been dean at ISU since 1994. SLU welcomes new vice president Edward O’Brien, SJ (Grad ’54, ’57, ’62), is the new vice president for mission and ministry for the 2001-2002 academic year. He succeeds A. James Blumeyer, SJ (A&S ’57, Pub Ser ’65, Grad ’58, ’68), who has retired and will now work in an admissions spirituality program at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo. O’Brien is minister of the SLU Jesuit community at Jesuit Hall, a position he’s held since 1995. He will con-tinue to serve in this capacity. As vice president, O’Brien will supervise the campus ministry and pastoral care departments and facilitate programs that focus on the mission of the University. O’Brien also will Trustees approve new directions The board of trustees OK’d the University’s strategic directions at a May 5 meeting. Officials sought feedback from the University community on the directions, which will help determine the identity of the University. The directions establish a concrete plan of action from 2001 to 2006 to advance the vision and mission of the University. The four foundations of the strategic directions include: • Expanding research integrat-ed with teaching, learning and service. • Advancing community with diversity. • Fostering technology dedi-cated to student formation and the generation of knowledge. • Promoting continuous institutional learning and innovation. GOOD MOVE: The Childgarden building, 3840 Lindell Blvd., is being renovated to create a centralized academic ser-vices center for students. The move will allow academic advising, career services, the student educational services cen-ter and pre-professional health studies to relocate into one building, which will be ready this August. SLU purchased the building from the St. Louis Association for Retarded Citizens, which ran a day care center there. provide counsel to the SLU administration to ensure the Jesuit mission in education is being realized. Before becom-ing the minister of the Jesuit community at SLU, O’Brien served as the pastor of St. Matthew the Apostle Parish in St. Louis. O’Brien makes him the School of Medicine’s largest private donor. His wife, Margaret Doisy (A&S ’60), was honored and assisted in cutting the rib-bon at the ceremony. Those cutting the ribbon for the Doisy School of Allied Health Professions included (from left) SLU trustee Robin Smith; Dr. Joan Hrubetz, interim dean of the school; Margaret Doisy; and University President Lawrence Biondi, SJ. NEWS BRIEFS By The Numbers 11 Images available as “virtual postcards” on the SLU Web site (www.slu.edu/postcards). The images include many photos previ-ously featured in the pages of UNIVERSITAS. 60 Percent of the 1,539 recent SLU graduates who are female. 84 International students who graduated this year. They repre-sented countries such as Spain, Korea, India, Taiwan and China. 14,404 Number of SLU alumni celebrating reunions this year. The total includes all alumni who gradu-ated in years ending in a one or a six. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has selected University President Lawrence Biondi, SJ, to receive the Chief Executive Leadership Award for CASE District VI. CASE is the largest nonprofit edu-cation association in terms of insti-tutional membership and serves some 28,000 advancement profes-sionals on the staffs of member institutions. … Denis E. Daly, SJ (Grad ’58, ’60, ’66), has joined the development office as assistant vice president for development, focus-ing on raising major gifts from alumni and friends of the University. Most recently, he was assistant vice president for mission and ministry at the Health Sciences Center. … Dr. Michael Burks has joined the University in the newly created position of director of Web development, overseeing all aspects of the University’s inter-nal and external Internet sites. … Dr. Ik-Whan G. Kwon (Pub Hlth ’90), professor of decision sci-ences and director of the John Cook School of Business’ Consortium for Supply Chain Management, has received a Fulbright Grant for the 2001-2002 academic year. He will lecture and conduct research at the Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management and at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. … Dr. Avis Meyer (Grad ’76), professor of communication and adviser to The University News since 1974, is this year’s winner of the Mary A. Bruemmer Award. Established in 1980, the award is given annually to the faculty, staff member of administrator who has done the most to improve student life and enhance the SLU experi-ence. It is named for Bruemmer (A&S ’42, Grad ’60), the former dean of student affairs and a University volunteer. … St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay (Law ’80) dis-cussed his plans for the economic development of St. Louis during two appearances at SLU in May. Program ranked 2nd in the nation The School of Law once again has been recognized for one of the top health law programs in the nation. The U.S. News & World Report 2002 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools” ranked SLU’s health law pro-gram No. 2 in the United States. Established in 1982, the Center for Health Law Studies is the source of sever-al law publications, including the leading health law case- Updates planned for Busch Center The Saint Louis University board of trustees has approved a proposal for the renovation and expansion of the 118,000-square-foot Busch Memorial Center into a mod-ern student and alumni center. SLU students indicated their support for the student center project by passing a Student Government Association reso-lution in April to assess a stu-dent fee to help fund the Log On for SLU News To learn about the most up-to-date news and happenings at Saint Louis University, you now can visit the SLU Newslink site on the World Wide Web (www.slu.edu/newspage.html). You also can subscribe to a daily e-mail message that highlights the top SLU news of the day, previews upcom-ing events and notifies the University community of announcements and services. CLASS OF 2001: More than 1,500 students, including those pictured at left, participated in SLU’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 19, at Savvis Center. Dr. Arnold L. Mitchem (second from left, above), president of the Council for Opportunity in Education, was the speaker. Others receiving hon-orary degrees were (from left) Margaret Farley, the Gilbert Stark Professor of Christian Ethics at Yale University; Richard Baron, president and CEO of McCormack Baron & Associates; Raymond J. Kalinowski, former vice chairman and corporate trea-surer at A.G. Edwards; and Elizabeth Kalinowski, an active volunteer with charitable and civic organi-zations. book and treatise and the Journal of Health Law, pub-lished jointly with the American Health Lawyers Association. In addition, the physician assistant program at the Edward and Margaret Doisy School of Allied Health Professions was ranked No. 10 in the coun-try. The physician assistant education program consis-tently has had a 100 percent passage rate on the national certification exam taken by all PA graduates from around the nation. (next page) 4 Two garner SLU teaching award Two professors have joined a distinguished list of teachers at Saint Louis University. Dr. Dan Finucane (Grad ’83, ’93), assistant pro-fessor of theological studies, and Joel K. Goldstein, profes-sor of law, have been named as recipients of the 2001 Event celebrates internationalism Experts from around the globe offered some unique perspectives on Jesuit educa-tion both worldwide and at Saint Louis University during a recent panel held in con-junction with Atlas Week, a celebration of the many inter-national aspects of the University. The symposium “Education and Service in the Jesuit Tradition: Responses to Culture and Context,” fea-tured panelists Gonzalo Arroyo, SJ, vice president and professor of economic ethics for Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile; Mauricio Gaborit, SJ (A&S ’71, Grad ’73), academic vice president for Universidad Centroamericana, in San Salvador, El Salvador; David Wessels, SJ (A&S ’68), profes-sor of political science for Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan; and Dr. Paul Shore, associate professor of educa-tional studies at SLU. John Padberg, SJ (A&S ’49, Grad ’51, ’54, ’59), director of the Institute for Jesuit Sources and rector of the SLU Jesuit com-munity, moderated the event. Symposium panelists agreed that Jesuit institutions around the world must continue to immerse themselves in the politics, concerns and culture of the particular region in which they serve. Atlas Week included the symposium, classroom activi- Public Health to have new address Renovations are under way at the former Compton Heights/Incarnate Word Hospital, purchased earlier this year from Tenet Healthcare Corp. Scheduled for completion this August, the renovated building, now called Salus Center, will house the SLU School of Public Health, administrative offices and the print shop. Plans for the building also include a satellite site for the Simon Recreation Center. Some of administrative offices are relocating from Fitzgerald Hall, 3500 Lindell Blvd., freeing up Fitzgerald Hall for additional technology-equipped classrooms. Group honors its Women of Year The women’s commission has honored five mem-bers of the University com-munity as the 2001 Women GRAND ACQUISITION: The University has acquired the Grand Forest apartment complex, located east of Marchetti Towers on Laclede Avenue. The com-plex features 132 two-bedroom apartment units and park-ing for approximately 170 vehicles. ties and roundtable discus-sions. The week ended with the Billiken World Fair, a fes-tival of the food, music and dance of the many cultures represented at SLU. renovation. Busch Memorial Center, 20 N. Grand Blvd., was built in 1967. Although it has undergone some renova-tion, students have been seek-ing a larger, more comfortable place to relax and socialize for several years, said SLU vice president of student develop-ment Kathy Humphrey. “The expanded center will be large enough to host major events and provide a central focal point for campus extracurricu-lar activities,” she said. Students carrying the flags of nations represented at SLU march through the quad during the Billiken World Fair on April 6. of the Year. The commission honors an administrator, fac-ulty member, professional staff member, support staff member and student. Given since 1978, the award recog-nizes the outstanding contri-butions of women to the University. The award-win-ners for 2001 are: Dr. Susan C. Tebb, dean of the School of Social Service; Dr. Mary E. Case (Med ’69), co-direc-tor of forensic pathology and professor of pathology; Teri R. McCarthy (A&S ’71), director of the employee assistance and employee health programs; Mary Beth Erickson, administrative assis-tant to the vice president for mission and ministry; and Erin Nealon, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. 10 Soccer coach joins dental center He’s won two world championships as coach of the Brazilian national indoor soccer team. In fact, through a career spanning 150 games, he’s only seen two losses. But in dental circles, Dr. Eustaquio Araujo is better known as a world-class ortho-dontist. It’s this reputation that led him to SLU as director of the graduate program in orthodontics at the Center for Advanced Dental Education. Araujo found it difficult to leave his native Brazil, but it was his dream to direct an orthodontic program in the United States. “The Saint Louis University Center for Advanced Dental Education is considered the No. 1 facility in the world for graduate den-tal education,” he said. “It is a distinct privilege to be here.” He initiated the graduate orthodontic training program at Catholic University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he most recently served as dean of the School of Dentistry. The summer 1991 issue of UNIVERSITAS announced the establishment of the School of Public Health, which was (and still is) Missouri’s only school of public health. The issue also included information about plans to create the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art in Fusz Hall. MOCRA, which fosters dialogue among different religious tradi-tions, opened the next year. In other UNIVERSITAS news: The 1991 commencement speaker was ABC News’ Nightline anchor Ted Koppel, and author Fr. Andrew Greeley also received an honorary degree. … The Souers Stroke Institute was established at the Health Sciences Center. … The now-regular feature “By the Numbers” debuted. The magazine also included a photo essay of the newly refur-bished St. Francis Xavier College Church, which had been rededi-cated on May 12, 1991, following a year-long renovation. In addition to the many architectural updates, the renovation included many less apparent improvements, such as central heating and air condition-ing and new lighting and sound systems. Quotable UTAS: “If we are to make important decisions, we must know what is going on — good and bad. … Let American media be a thorn in the side and a pain in the butt to our most revered leaders and institutions. It is, when we consider the alterna-tives, by far the safest course.” — Ted Koppel, in his commencement address. Sign of the times: It was report-ed that SLU groundskeepers plant-ed 11,995 flowers in 1991. They planted 29,800 flowers this year — not counting 36,000 spring bulbs. chosen from hundreds of schools to be included on a list of 50 universities emerg-ing as the top schools in the nation under the Ivy League. The story focuses on schools that were once considered “safety” choices for students but have risen from those ranks in recent years because of higher academic standards. SLU was picked because of its growing national reputation and was mentioned frequently as a “hot school” by guidance coun-selors across the nation. A panel of admissions counselors commented that SLU has invested signifi-cantly in scholarships and infra-structure. A Saint Louis University freshman also was interviewed and said he was accepted to 47 out of 50 schools but chose to attend SLU. BURNING BRIGHT: Organ donor families remem-ber their loved ones at the 17th annual Candlelight March held April 19 at Saint Louis University. The event featured a march to the University’s clock tower, where families lit candles in honor of the donors and received a “Gift of Life” rose as a tribute. Nancy McNeir Ring Award. Presented annually since 1966, the award recognizes the outstanding faculty mem-ber of the year as chosen by members of Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit honor society. The award is the only student-sponsored teaching award that encompasses all campuses and schools of the University. The award was established to honor Nancy McNeir Ring, the University’s first dean of women who was known for her devotion to the welfare of students. Finucane has served as a teacher, campus minister and retreat coordinator and facilitator since coming to SLU in 1981. A faculty mem-ber of the School of Law since 1994, Goldstein is the adviser for the Saint Louis University Law Journal, a stu-dent- run publication. Wall Street Journal highlights SLU Saint Louis University recently was featured in an article on the front section of the Wall Street Journal Weekend Journal. SLU was 6 ast fall, Bernie Schaefer (Grad ’97) received a desper-ate phone call. The director of a shelter for homeless women and children in north St. Louis city told him that unless he sent some volunteers and sent them quickly, the shelter’s after-school bible study program for neigh-borhood children would be eliminated. Within a couple of days, Schaefer and other staff of the University’s Center for Leadership and Community Service came through with a dozen student vol-unteers who not only kept the program alive but also invigorated it. “The children are getting the kind of one-on-one attention we couldn’t offer on our own,” said Sr. M. Annaleah of the Missionaries of Charities order that operates the shelter. “The patience and care shown by the students is teaching the children they are loved and worthy. We are truly blessed to have them with us.” But Schaefer, director of the CLCS, insists it is the SLU students who feel blessed. “I’ve had several students tell me they feel privileged because they are the ones being enriched by the experi-ence,” he said. This is precisely the idea behind the CLCS. The center reflects the Jesuit mission of “forming women and men for others” by providing students with a variety of service and philanthropic opportunities. The CLCS’s motto is “experience, reflection, action.” Students can volunteer as individuals or as groups — residence hall floors, sorori-ties or fraternities, for example. The largest group the CLCS advises is the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. With 250 members, SLU’s chapter is one of the largest in the United States, second only to Texas A&M. Each year, the CLCS places as many as 900 stu-dents in more than 50 non-profit agen-cies or at service events. “We don’t do this to look good,” Schaefer said. “We do it to make the student’s educational experience as well-rounded as possible. It’s part of their holistic development. Service opens their eyes to things that they’ve never seen or felt before.” Coordinating Commitment The need for an office like the CLCS surfaced during the Vietnam War era. Social activism was high, and SLU stu-dents, already recognized for dedication to the community, began organizing in greater numbers for several causes: racism, illiteracy, women’s rights, child abuse, homelessness. In 1982, then- Chancellor Paul C. Reinert, SJ, felt both the community and students would be better served if efforts were coordi-nated. He helped create the office of student volunteer programs — which evolved into the CLCS — and he chose Beverly Riola (Soc Ser ’74, B&A ’88) to direct it. “Our student volunteer groups had a lot of compassion, but not a lot of conti-nuity from year to year. And the office was designed to help provide that conti-nuity,” Riola said. “At the time, it was pretty innovative to have an office dedi-cated solely to student volunteer efforts, B y MA R i e D I L G and the fact that it’s thriving confirms Outreach Reflection Balance Building character beyond the classroom. L I S 7 the University is still supporting the cause. Giving back to the community should be a way of life.” It is also significant that when the University created the CLCS, it put the center under the division of student development. Student development oversees co-curricular student activity, such as student government, residence life, student organizations and student health and counseling services. By putting the CLCS within that division, Schaefer said the University made the statement that serving the community is an integral part of student life. He esti-mates approximately 70 percent of SLU undergraduates perform community ser-vice at some point during their time on campus. On average, a volunteer per-forms 72 hours of service a year. The Perfect Fit Students interested in volunteering who come to Schaefer must go through an 8 intake interview. During this process, Schaefer helps students identify their skills and interests and matches them with agencies. “If volunteers are connected with their site, if they have an affinity for what they do, then there’s a better chance of retaining them and making the experience more rewarding,” he said. Jenny Benton, a physical therapy stu-dent, wanted to combine her equestrian skills with her interest in service. She discovered Jamestown New Horizons, a recreational program for mentally and/or physically disabled children and adults who want to learn to ride horses. For the past three years, Benton has been helping clients interact with the animals and experience the freedom of riding. “Volunteering gives me a lot of per-spective,” said Benton, who initiated a connection between New Horizons and the CLCS so that other SLU students could volunteer there. “It’s easy to get stressed out at school and think only about myself, but when I go to New Horizons, I let go of all that. For some-one confined to a wheelchair, riding a horse is the closest thing to walking they may experience. It’s not about me at this point. It’s about them.” Agencies that regularly receive SLU volunteers include: the Little Sisters of the Poor, Sts. Peter and Paul Shelter, Salvation Army, Faith House, International Institute, Employment Connection and Shriner’s Hospital. Students play bingo with nursing home residents, read books to critically ill chil-dren, paint walls at low-income housing projects and plant gardens in neglected neighborhoods. The CLCS provides transportation and any other support a student might need. Taking The Initiative In addition to doing site surveys and matching students with agencies, the CLCS has initiated several of its own programs. The Bigs & Littles mentoring program pairs SLU student volunteers with elementary school children at the Blumeyer Community Center in north city. Last year, 50 students spent more than 1,000 hours at the center. The Midtown Tutorial program sends 60 student volunteers to six elementary schools for afternoon tutoring sessions. The program is so highly respected that the CLCS has been chosen as one of only seven sites nationally to coordinate student volunteers for Jump Start, a fed-erally funded tutoring program for preschoolers. Each summer, the CLCS manages Midwest Dress for Success, a clothing drive supported by students, faculty and staff. Last year, volunteers collected more than $7,000 worth of dress cloth-ing for people who needed decent clothes for jobs and interviews. Each spring, the CLCS sponsors Open Doors, during which homeless individuals are invited to campus for a meal, haircuts, clothing, health screenings and referrals. More than 100 volunteers assisted 500 homeless women and men at this year’s event. Also in the spring, the CLCS and campus ministry co-sponsor one of the 15 spring break service trips organized by campus ministry. A group of 15 or so student volunteers trav-els to another city to perform service. This year, the group went to Atlanta where they repaired buildings, painted over graffiti and cleaned vacant lots. On SLU Make A Difference Day this past fall, 800 students, faculty, staff and alumni spread out across St. Louis to work on a variety of neighbor-hood improvement projects. Brian Hess (A&S ’00) became aware of the CLCS on SLU Make A Difference Day three years ago. Hess came to the University with a sense of service already ingrained from his days at Saint Louis University High School, where he worked on service projects every Thursday. When he became a res-ident assistant at Marguerite and later Fusz Hall, he decided his entire floor should get more involved. “As an RA, it was my job to build community on the floor, which usually meant organizing trips to the museum or a restaurant,” he said. “But I thought it would be great if I could build com-munity while serving the community.” So Hess turned to Schaefer who scheduled Hess’ floor for a service pro-ject every few months. Hess and the res-idents on his floor installed siding with Habitat for Humanity. They weeded a garden and visited with residents at the Life Care Center retirement home. They painted a mural on the wall of a YMCA childcare center. “I learned that I don’t have to wait until I get out of school before I can make a difference,” said Hess, who is now in his first year of medical school at SLU and is a volunteer at a free health clinic run by students. “I can make a difference right now. And I found that the people who benefit the most from service are the ones who give the most.” Another Jesuit ideal the CLCS sup-ports is that of the servant leader — any-one in authority should have service or care as his or her primary focus. So beginning this year, the center began fusing professional development and leadership assessment skills into regular Benton (right) assists a rider at Jamestown New Horizons. Schaefer (left) with Bro. Joe Gockle, SJ, a resident at Fusz Pavilion, the Jesuit infirmary. The two meet weekly to talk. Schaefer also assists Gockle with his correspondence. 9 volunteer training. For example, stu-dents who volunteer as tutors in ele-mentary schools not only learn what behaviors they can expect from the youngsters, but also learn how to use their experiences as tutors to identify their own strengths and potential. Shawn Swinigan is the CLCS’s leadership coordinator. “The CLCS creates process-centered expe-riences that result in transformational out-comes,” he said. “We want our students to transition upon gradua-tion with intellectual depth, enhanced abili-ties and a global per-spective. We want to develop women and men of character whose lives are transformed through ser-vice and leadership, and thus prepare them to serve the world as men and women for others.” Evidence exists that the impact of ser-vice stays with graduates. Schaefer said the center receives an increasing number of calls from alumni who want to get Reflection is a core component of the Center for Leadership and Community Service. “We don’t want to say ‘Here’s an event — go’,” said Bernie Schaefer, CLCS director “We want our students to walk away knowing more about themselves.” CLCS staff members are available to help students process their feelings about service experiences and to discuss the role service plays in their lives. Ignatian and Xavier scholarship recipients are required to perform service and to sub-mit reflection papers to the CLCS at the end of each semester. Here are excerpts from a few. “Throughout my time there I came into contact with several men who were able to show me how important the gift of life is and how one’s faith is eternal.” — Student volunteer at Fusz Pavilion (the Jesuit infirmary) in Jesuit Hall “Each year of coaching has helped me grow into a more mature, responsible and understanding young adult. Now granted, my service was not earth-shat-tering. I did not cure the sick or feed involved in service projects again or serve as mentors to student volunteers. The CLCS is working with the alumni relations office to include alumni in cen-ter events. On this year’s spring break service trip to Atlanta, student volunteers and alumni living in Atlanta worked together on several service projects. “I know I’m just the agent who puts supply in touch with demand, but I get a great deal out of it,” said Schaefer, who met his wife, Nikki Loynd (Soc Ser ’97), when he was volunteering and she was interning at a homeless outreach center. “I’m inspired by the energy and optimism of the students and alumni and the kindness of the people they serve. It’s really a gift and a grace getting to know all of them.” For more information about the CLCS and volunteer opportunities, send an e-mail mes-sage to Bernie Schaefer at Schaefbo@slu.edu. the poor, but I think I did help some kids realize their potential. As small as that is, it still made me feel good, and I think it did the same for them. I love doing service, and I plan on continuing my service for the rest of my life.” — Student volunteer coach for a fifth/sixth-grade boy’s basketball team at St. Francis DeSales parish “My relationship with those at the ser-vice site challenges the very foundation of our culture; the inescapable, impass-able borders of social class. Everyday, in my immersion into a culture of poverty and social need, I am forced to confront and relinquish my prior prejudices and misconceptions about the economically poor.” — Student volunteer at Crossroads, a therapeutic horsemanship program “This experience also put me in contact with some disturbing issues — poverty, poor hygiene, sickness and mental ill-ness. Being surrounded by such sadness can be very overwhelming. It was diffi-cult for me not to react with pity. However, I knew that pity was not a good approach. These people needed encouragement and respect from me.” — Student volunteer at the Empowerment Center, a community center for people with mental illness “While working with Habitat for Humanity, I saw some of the conditions that families were forced to live in because of financial burdens. That was very hard for me to deal with emotion-ally. Seeing all the great things that I have in life and then seeing the things a family has to do without is hard. I was forced to go through a mental and spiri-tual evaluation of my life every time I did service. I came to realize that the greatest change I can make is changing who I am.” — Student volunteer who helped build a home in north St. Louis city “Too many times we go about our day dreading what we have to do next. We don’t appreciate the lives we have and how much we can do. Yet these people who have the least in life are so thankful for what they have. I think we can learn so much from them.” — Student volunteer with the Special Olympics “I Will Never Be the Same” Hess (left) with a patient at the student-run Health Resource Center in north St. Louis. Outreach Reflection Balance Ethics 10 was a college freshman, and I was scared. Freshman year of college can be one of the scariest times in a person’s young life. You have just finished four years of “the greatest times in your life,” and then you have to start over again in a new place, and in my case, a new city and state. Scary! You have to make new friends again, and, frankly, that can be nerve-wracking. And the thought of the challenging course work in college is a little intimidating. Needless to say, I was a little nervous when I arrived at Saint Louis University in the fall of 1998, but one class I had that semester calmed all my fears. The first class of my college career was a theology class — not theology 101 — but theology 393, a course called “Theology and Social Responsibility” that counted for the 100- and 300-level course requirements for the College of Arts and Sciences. A very selective course, it is capped at 17 students. It meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. Plus it requires an additional five hours per week of supervised community involvement. Because I did service work in high school, needed 100-, 200-, and 300- level theology classes for my require-ments in the College of Arts and Sciences, and received SLU’s Leadership Scholarship (which required service work every semester), I thought this was an ideal class for me. I wasn’t the only one. “I decided to take this class because I wanted to incorporate service work into my college life,” said Anne Marie Deye, who was in my class in the fall of 1998. “So many times we read about concepts and ideas in our classes, but actually liv-ing those ideas and concepts in every day life meant so much more to me.” When I registered for the class in the summer, it seemed like a great opportu-nity. But getting ready for class on that first day in August, I began to get a little worried about the demands of the course and how I would be able to han-dle it in my first college semester. My fears were relieved when our professor walked into the room and told us that theology “is about life and people, and that is what we are going to study.” This professor, who was much different than other priests I had known, is J.J. Mueller, SJ, the chairman of the theolo-gy department and a very smart guy. Fr. Mueller initiated this class seven years ago not just to teach concepts or make students memorize facts about theology but to embody the Jesuit mis-sion of education: developing women and men for others. Many of his past and present students recognized that aspect of his teaching in his class. On the student evaluations for the class, one stu-dent wrote, “He is truly the definition of what a teacher is. He challenges you to think and wants us to be our best.” Fr. Mueller has modeled his philoso-phy of teaching around the Latin etymology (not the definition) of By ALISON WILLIAMS One student encounters character development through service and classroom integration. L I S W 11 education — “exducere: to lead out.” For him, teaching is the act of assisting another person in becoming the best person that he or she wants to be. “For me that is to find the relationship of God and humanity integral to human life,” he said. However, Mueller also thinks a Chinese proverb states his pur-pose well: “Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime. I want to be in the lifetime business,” he said. As time passed, I became more willing to wake up for theology on Monday, Wednesday and Friday than for my other classes on Tuesday and Thursday. I didn’t realize why until later. Eventually, it dawned on me that I wasn’t sitting in a classroom being lec-tured at; I was participating in a class with my peers and a teacher, all of whom were interested in how I devel-oped as a person. I went to a Catholic grade school and high school, but my theology classes were nothing like this one. In this class, we applied theology to everything we Images from a class discussion. 12 did in life and all the other classes we had taken. In addition to studying the Gospel of Mark, we also studied reli-gious art, poetry and musical selections. I loved applying other aspects of life to the foundations of Catholicism and how people express faith in so many different ways. “I was amazed at how much this class applied to the rest of my life,” wrote one student on the faculty evaluation form. “The parallels I saw in history and other classes were wonderful. It also applied to my personal life.” Although I and many others loved this class, I won’t lie — the course work was challenging. The exams covered every-thing we learned, and Fr. Mueller expected and required a lot of his stu-dents. It was not easy to get an “A.” You had to work for it. “The material we covered during the course changed my opinions as they challenged me quite often,” said Greg Pratt, another student who was in my class. “Several of the articles we read in class easily could have been discussed on the graduate level.” We also read three different books (selected from a list that included fic-tional, biographical and nonfiction works). All of these books focused on religious experience and its relationship to people on the margins of life. We had to analyze each work, write a paper on it and give a presentation in class on it. These books — among them, Night by Elie Wiesel, Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Jacob Riis’ How the Other Half Lives and W.E.B. Dubois’ Souls of Black Folk — were incredible. Through these works and the others on the list, we were exposed to many other worlds and situa-tions that we may have never known. All of these requirements were not just about doing homework and getting good grades; we were learning about life. “The syllabus couldn’t have looked more romantic to me … reading books on marginalization, spirituality, social analysis and prophetic imagination,” said Cris Airaghi, a student from Fr. Mueller’s 1997 class. “The incorpora-tion of the multimedia captured my attention more than anything — to the point that I am hoping to go to grad school to study theology and art.” I liked the multimedia aspects of the class, too. Away from the classroom, Fr. Mueller took us on a field trip to the St. Louis Art Museum, which was fascinat-ing. Because we had studied art all semester in his class, we already had some understanding of the paintings and artwork on display, but Fr. Mueller opened our eyes even more. We stood in front of some pieces for 10 or 15 minutes because Fr. Mueller wanted us to know all the background and sym-bolism in the artwork so that we fully under-stood it. In doing so, I gained a much greater appreciation for art-work and for Fr. Mueller. “Going to the muse-um was awesome,” said Dave Wenzel, another student in my class. “I was so impressed by the knowledge that Fr. Mueller displayed. Plus, going to a muse-um is not part of a typical class, so that made it even better.” The group discussions and field trips were great, but the most integral part of the course was the service requirement. “The attraction of this course is that it brings the intellectual understanding of theology together with the hands-on work with people in difficult situations,” Fr. Mueller said. “The challenge is to allow each part to mutually and actively inform the other — so that head and Mueller in action. “The attraction of this course is that it brings the intellectual under-standing of theology together with the hands-on work with people in difficult situations.” hand and heart become engaged, and the whole becomes greater than the parts.” Because of my previous involvement in service, I knew this would be a good experience, but I did not realize how rewarding it would be. There were many places we could select for our ser-vice work. All were opportunities to reach out to society’s marginalized. I volunteered at Family Haven, which is near the University. I helped tutor young kids who were staying with their families there. Sponsored by The Salvation Army, Family Haven pro-vides housing for lower-income families and women in abusive relationships. Other people in my class volunteered at, among other places, Our Little Haven, a home for young children who are either HIV-positive or have been exposed to drugs in utero or at home; the Karen House, a Catholic Worker site; and the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program, which matches volunteers with kids as mentors. On every Friday of the semester, we turned in a reflection paper about our service experiences during that week and gathered in a circle to discuss the past week and what we learned. Fr. Mueller thinks the individual reflection papers prepare the class to reflect togeth-er on their service, on themselves and on the relation to the class content. “It becomes a shared experience where trust grows, emotional support and intellectual understanding takes place, with the result that students truly help form one another,” he said. For him, the most critical element of the reflection process is that a constant “habit of attention” becomes a way of life. Throughout the semester this habit grows, and the students become the teachers. As the students learn how to become educated, they experience the circular process of action-reflection-action, which is called the Praxis Model. “When the head, hand and heart mutually inform one another, a person grows in who they are and want to be, what and who they want to give them-selves to, and how they want to do so,” Fr. Mueller said. “The result is that stu-dents are allowed to examine these great questions of life in a developing theo-logical context.” His philosophy of education is making an impact on his students. “This assign-ment wasn’t just about community ser-vice but an attempt to stand in solidarity with real people and to directly witness to the situations that lead people to such marginalized experiences,” Airaghi said. “It is my understanding that the Jesuit philosophy of education is the better-ment of self as to improve the lives of others. And my academic experience, thanks to Fr. Mueller, has enriched my own life so that I can better help to enrich others’ lives.” I agree. Since the class ended, I have continued volunteering for many rea-sons but mostly because of a solid foun-dation made even stronger after my experiences in this course. Fr. Mueller’s class and his teaching ability are not only praised by his previ-ous and current students, but also are recognized University-wide. Fr. Mueller was one of 25 professors awarded the first annual Student Government Association Faculty Excellence Award for his work with students in and out of the classroom. He also was a finalist for the College of Arts and Sciences’ “Outstanding Teacher Award” this year. “There is no doubt in my mind why he received the SGA Faculty Excellence Award,” Wenzel said. “He really cares about the students and is one of the instructors who still remembers my name and always says hi to me when he sees me.” Many of Fr. Mueller’s colleagues also commend his abilities. In a nominat-ing letter for another teaching award, Dr. Patrick Welch, professor of economics, said, “Many people can impart information to students. Few, however, are able to connect with their stu-dents in a way that the students feel both moti- 13 vated and safe; and of those I have to think that very few do it as well as Fr. Mueller.” It has been three years since I was in “Theology and Social Responsibility.” But I still remember all of the ideals and values that Fr. Mueller taught, and I try to live them every day. I have remained good friends with most of the people who were in my class; I have even roomed with one of them. When I look back, I realize that I may never have met these people or made these long-lasting friendships without his class. And our group is not a fluke. All of Fr. Mueller’s “Theology and Social Responsibility” classes have the same end result because he designs the class to enrich students’ minds and help them make new friends. “This has been a wonderful experience for me because I have met some of my best friends through this class,” said Abbey Moland, one of the most recent gradu-ates of the class. “It has opened my mind and eyes to a lot of things that I don’t think I would have encountered or thought of otherwise.” “To say this course was significant for me is an understatement — it changed my life,” said Airaghi, who has decided to teach high school on an Indian Reservation because she believes this is a chance to live theology like Fr. Mueller taught. I have decided to minor in theology because I, too, wanted to keep that aspect of my life present as I prepare to go out into a world that is much more intimidating than taking a 300-level the-ology class as a freshman. No matter how scary my next step is, I am certain of one thing — thanks to this class, I’ve been given the best chance to succeed. Alison Williams, a native of Nashville, Tenn., was an intern in the publica-tions office last semester. She is a communication major and will be a senior this fall. “I was amazed at how much this class applied to the rest of my life.” 14 hen you ask John Kavanaugh, SJ, about ethics, his eyes light up, a smile crosses his face, he leans back in his chair, and you know you’re in for a long, engaging conversation. A professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, Kavanaugh is the director of Ethics Across the Curriculum, an interdiscipli-nary program seeking to improve the moral education of students by making ethics an integral part of the teaching, research and service of faculty. Author of the new book Who Counts as Persons: Human Identity and the Ethics of Killing, Kavanaugh (A&S ’65, Grad ’66, ’71) will tell you that ethics not only belongs in a Saint Louis University class-room, it is integral in fulfilling SLU’s mission as a Catholic, Jesuit institution. “Ethics should be a component of how we identify Saint Louis University as one of the major institutions of higher learning,” Kavanaugh said. “This is a place where, at the very heart of its mis-sion, lies an ethical commitment, and it’s not just any ethics. It’s an ethics rooted in the dignity of the human person, the dignity of an individual, the importance of human relationship and the conviction that we are made for others in service. That’s what this program is about in terms of embodying our mission.” Introduced less than five years ago, EAC has blossomed into a well-received program. “We hear how there is so little opportunity in the University for people from different disciplines to get together and talk about things in common,” said Donna Werner, coordinator for EAC. “That’s one of the things people like about our program, which is important and relevant to all of our faculty.” “Ethics Across the Curriculum is one of the ways we keep alive what almost all of our alumni value most about Saint Louis University,” Kavanaugh said. “It was their teachers, it was a sense of community, it was philosophy and the-ology and the lessons that went beyond the merely academic aspects of a partic-ular subject.” Grassroots push In 1997, a small group of faculty mem-bers discussed the need for a formalized program to encourage and assist teachers in addressing ethics in their specific dis-ciplines. An ad hoc committee of approximately 17 volunteers, the group initiated a research study to gauge per-ceptions about ethics on campus, activi-ties that could facilitate the promotion of ethics and how open people would be to a program. “That’s one of the strengths of the program and one that distinguishes us from similar programs across the coun-try,” Werner said. “We started through the grassroots effort of faculty.” Dr. Roy Ruckdeschel, a professor in the School of Social Service, led the research study, which indicated a high interest in a multidisciplinary program without an unwieldy hierarchy. “The biggest interest was in faculty develop-ment,” Werner said. “There are many aspects to the program, but that was the main focus. The thought was if we want ethics in the classroom, we had to start with our teachers.” Armed with concrete data, the origi-nal committee secured a three-year grant from the Marchetti Jesuit Endowment Fund. To remain true to the findings of the study, the program launched with minimal bureaucra-cy. EAC includes Werner, Kavanaugh and an advisory com- B y c h r i s w a l d v o g e l Balance Ethics A unique program works to build character in the classroom. I S W 15 16 and Kavanaugh collected a written ver-sion of each person’s remarks at the con-ference for a book that shares the same title. Published by Saint Louis University Press, the publication was distributed to all faculty. “The book was not created for the purpose of making money,” Werner said. “It was an outlet to expose those in the University com-munity to ideas on how to incorporate ethics into their work.” For the past two years, EAC has replaced the conference with a more interactive workshop. A full two-day comprehensive seminar, the workshop features sessions on main theories in philosophical traditions, religious tradi-tions and contemporary philosophical approaches. “We ask each speaker to outline his or her talk and give participants something to read before the conference,” Werner said. “That way they can immerse themselves in the subject matter from the beginning.” The second day offers practical appli-cations of ethics using case studies. This year’s case study focused on stem cell research. “That provided a perfect case because it touched law, business, medi-cine, ethics, religion, everything,” Kavanaugh said. “It really allowed us to have a real community of discourse. You can’t get that type of cross-discipli-nary dialogue without a program. You have to plan it.” The conferences also include small discussion groups tailored for specific issues, pedagogical techniques and a screening and discussion of Woody Allen’s film Crimes and Misdemeanors. Evaluation letters from the event have been extremely positive. mittee composed of volunteers. “We try not to formalize it too much,” Werner said. “As long as people have an interest in the program, we want them to participate.” What started out as the original small group now has blossomed into 30 advis-ers who meet once a semester. “Fr. Kavanaugh and I look at these people as our bosses,” Werner said. “They tell us what they want us to do, what they think is the best way to do it and how we can serve them and the faculty in their departments.” Kavanaugh and Werner officially report to the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, but the classification exists purely for administrative reasons. Werner said Ethics Across the Curriculum is a University-wide pro-gram that touches and involves members from all arms of the University. Those involved with EAC tend to spread the credit around and gush about the people it attracts. “The most amaz-ing thing about the program is the peo-ple who drive it,” Werner said. “Most serve on a voluntary basis, but they have an intense commitment to the program and contribute wonderful ideas. And working with Fr. Kavanaugh is a joy because he has a way of inspiring people.” Despite their deep involvement with the program for the past three years, both Kavanaugh and Werner credit Ted Vitali, CP (Grad ’74, ’76), chairman of the department of philosophy, with get-ting the program off the ground. Vitali, who served as chairman of the original EAC committee, is impressed at how the program has evolved. “It has progressed as well, if not bet-ter, than I anticipated,” Vitali said. “There seems to be genuine enthusiasm in the University for the program. It shows signs of growing in both quantity and quality.” EAC in action EAC has made the most of limited resources in a relatively short amount of time. Beginning official operations dur-ing the 1998-99 academic year, EAC held its inaugural conference in May 1999. Attended by more than 120 facul-ty members, “What’s Ethics Got to do With It?” featured a keynote address by Provost Sandra Johnson, as well as pre-sentations from others at SLU that cov-ered ethics in graduate, undergraduate and professional education. Urged by numerous requests, Werner “I continue to be convinced that we have a duty to our students to make ethics part of their daily concerns and not just hope they pick it up along the way,” a participant’s evaluation letter said about the conference. “Certainly setting a good example is something we all should do as faculty, but being good role models cannot be the only answer we offer to modeling the ethical life. To that end, we must continue to support the EAC project, one that stimulates us all to bring ethics to our classrooms.” In addition to the workshop, EAC has sponsored reunion activities for past workshop participants, guest speakers and lecturers; developed a Web site as a resource for faculty members (www.slu.edu/centers/ethics); collabo-rated on a video with the University’s Emerson Electric Center for Business Ethics called Ethical Decision-Making and Case Study; and provided guest lectures for courses at SLU. “Almost all of the people involved in our activities last year said that the gath-erings were such a great experience of community, of sharing our mission and our vision with each other,” Kavanaugh said. “We tend to foster that. A Jesuit university fosters an ethical vision, but it also fosters a communitarian vision of solidarity. It’s called the care of persons. It’s always remarked that there is, among our faculty, a real care for the students, a real engagement and sense of commit-ment to the growth of all facets of our students to form them as men and women of faith, character and con-science. This program contributes to that tradition in our faculty.” “There’s such a hunger for this,” Werner said. “Many schools have ethics programs, but I’ve never seen other schools address the theological approaches to ethics. But these approaches are appropriate for a Catholic, Jesuit university. I think that’s one thing that makes Ethics Across the Curriculum unique.” A just reward The effects of EAC have been far-reach-ing, extending beyond inspirational con-ferences and events. Through its summer stipend awards, EAC encour-ages concrete applications of ethics in the classroom. The first year, the pro-gram received few proposals for its four awards. In 2000, the competition was fierce for the $2,500 stipends. “Ethics touches all of our lives, but the applica-tion often can escape us.” what’s being taught to our undergradu-ates. But more importantly, the insti-tutes help faculty with the more practical aspects of implementing the ideals.” Ethics also is difficult to teach, experts say, because one must be comfortable with ambiguity. “That doesn’t mean ethics is relativistic,” Werner said. “There is a fine line between thinking that every answer is equally acceptable, which is not true, and being comfort-able with more than one answer to a question. “Our teachers do great work, but I think they run into things like relativism in the classroom. The program helps them deal with these questions without dictating an answer to the question. People must realize that there is not necessarily one right answer and, at the same time, not just any answer is accept-able. It’s figuring out as a class which answers are better than others.” Werner also said the program helps faculty members become comfortable teaching ethics. “When you are a pro-fessor, there is a great deal of responsi-bility that goes along with that title,” she said. “You’re an expert in your disci-pline. It’s unethical to get in front of a classroom and teach something you are not an expert in. In that regard, you have to give teachers the tools to address these issues. That’s what we are trying to do. “It’s important because there are ethi-cal issues in nearly every field,” Werner continued. “It’s easy for students to become confused and think that ethics is separate from academics. In fact, ethics is fundamental to everything we are and everything we do.” 17 “The proposals can look at issues in particular disciplines in the context of a research project, but we really like to see curriculum development,” Werner said. “We want professors to incorporate ethics into a class they already teach or create a new class.” In 2000, Dr. Peggy Bowers and Liese Hutchison developed a new graduate-level course in public relations ethics. Dr. Sherry Lindquist redeveloped the syllabus for “Approaching the Arts” to address relevant ethical issues for art, archeology, artists and art institutions. Dr. Tina Timm instituted a pervasive integration of ethics throughout two social work practice courses. In 1999, the stipend helped Dr. Asai Asaithambi develop a new course on computer ethics. Dr. John Buerck creat-ed new segments for the current courses “System Analysis and Design” and “Project Management.” Stephen Hardman used the funds to examine a clear role of ethics in American studies, while Julie High conducted a study designed to help examine the physical therapy curriculum. “It’s really good to see suggestions from people on how they can imple-ment an ethical vision,” said Kavanaugh, who encourages the application of ethics in life situations as well. “For those teaching mathematics, for example, there are many issues — not necessarily about math — but about relating to stu-dents, cheating, plagiarism, honesty, keeping hours, fulfilling contracts. Ethics touches all of our lives, but the applica-tion often can escape us.” Is EAC needed? Saint Louis University identifies itself as a Catholic, Jesuit institution. So why, naysayers may ask, is a program needed? Shouldn’t ethics already be part of the curriculum? EAC officials acknowledge that ethics, indeed, is part of an educa-tion at Saint Louis University. However, they counter, EAC provides a valuable resource to ensure that tradition continues. “I think exposure to ethical theory helps faculty because it frames the ques-tions,” Werner said. “We’re not inter-ested in faculty members becoming experts in Kant. But knowing the princi-ples gives them a valuable perspective.” “These institutes do a couple things,” Kavanaugh said. “W e have people from philosophy and theology who teach ethics at SLU present to the faculty Werner would like newer faculty members with an interest in ethics to attend EAC activities. But officials agree that making a session mandatory is not a viable approach, especially for an institu-tion that promotes academic freedom and religious liberty. “You can teach principles, you can teach values, but that does not necessari-ly mean that they are going to be accepted,” Kavanaugh said. “But at least you expose people to them. You can’t propagandize people and control all of their information and force them to behave in a certain way. But it’s impor-tant to give people the ultimate vision, to give them the possibility of seeing life and their choices in an ethical way.” EAC officials believe they work from a solid foundation at SLU. “There is a real a commitment to searching out the truth and to justice and service among our faculty,” Kavanaugh said. “When you’ve got that with people at any insti-tution, that’s a great unity of hearts to begin with.” Branching out When funding was secured for the EAC program, the Marchetti Jesuit Endowment Fund offered support for three years. Encouraged by the success of the program, the fund has extended its commitment for an additional year. EAC also plans to cooperate with Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, in funding an ethics in science workshop in the fall. EAC officials hope to develop other partnerships to ensure the program becomes part of the permanent academ-ic landscape at the University. “We’re exploring several options for long-term funding,” Werner said. Now officials just want to spread the word about the program’s efforts in helping faculty nurture the character and intellect of SLU students. “Ethics Across the Curriculum plays a defining role in the character and mis-sion of the University,” Vitali said “It’s important people are aware of it.” “We know this isn’t the only, or even most important, program at the University,” Kavanaugh said. “But it is central to our mission. It’s central to our vision of becoming the finest Catholic university in the nation.” For more information about EAC, send an e-mail message to Wernerdj@slu.edu. “It’s unethical to get in front of a classroom and teach something you are not an expert in.” aint Louis University boasts some notable athletic achievements: 16 NCAA Final Four appearances and 10 national championships for the men’s soccer team; and four NCAA Tournament appearances in the past eight years for the men’s basketball squad. Certainly, the numbers are there. But at SLU, student-athletes find themselves striving harder for success after their uniforms come off. The num-bers to which they truly aspire are not tabulated at games. Being a student-ath-lete at SLU requires character — and a commitment to endeavors in which a good shot or personal-best time does not count. For many Billikens, achieve-ments in the classroom and the commu-nity carry equal weight to numbers posted on the playing field. And in these statistics, SLU is always hard to beat. Last summer, SLU earned the Conference USA Institutional Excellence Award for the fifth consecu-tive year. This honor goes to the school with the highest grade point average among student-athletes. SLU had a 3.09 GPA in 1999-2000 with 112 student-athletes named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for posting a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. In addition, SLU student-athletes are dedicated to community service. Each team makes a commitment to reach out to others through personal appearances, visits to hospitals, work at area shelters, participation in youth sport clinics and fund-raising activities. For example, each fall the men’s and women’s cross country teams organize a “fun run” to support the SLU food drive. The women’s soccer team assists with special needs soccer programs and the Special Olympics. And the men’s and women’s basketball teams distribute school sup-plies to at-risk children. For some, this dedication to athletics, academics and service goes well beyond the team approach. As field hockey player Sue Albers, baseball player John McLaughlin and cross country runner Aimee Walther make their mark in the University’s lower-profile sports, they’re also building character. Sue Albers Sue Albers has plans for late June, but they do not include sports or academics. Instead, you will find her at Babler State Park wearing a T-shirt that reads “coun-selor.” For the next week, she will be helping children with muscular dystro-phy. Counselors watch as the kids go swimming, work on arts and crafts, play wheelchair hockey and even organize a talent show. “As a counselor, you just try to make sure that they are having fun,” said Albers, a junior. She might be carrying that funny stick, too, the one about 36 inches high, flat on one side, curved on the other. That stick can sure get some laughs. “I’ve brought it there a few times, and everyone asks what it is,” Albers said. “I say it’s for hockey, and they say, ‘You’re a girl. What are you thinking?’” Field hockey is a game sort of like 18 B y G L E N S P A R K S Balance Ethics For SLU student-athletes, character is developed both on and off the field. L I S W 19 20 ice hockey, sort of like soccer and often confused with lacrosse. Two teams of 11 players each compete on a turf field, try-ing to get a hard, plastic ball into the goal. Only shots taken while a player is inside the scoring circle count. Players can strike the ball just on the flat side of the stick. Popular on the west coast and even more popular on the east coast, field hockey is booming in the heartland. SLU’s program debuted in 1975. The Billikens finished 2000 with a 6-14 (2-7 in Northern Pacific Conference) record. Albers, a midfielder, started 19 of 20 games. She scored four goals and added one assist. As a sophomore, Albers started all 17 games, scored twice and assisted on three other goals. She played 13 games her freshman season. Crowds at the SLU home games are small but getting bigger. Mostly, just family and friends watch. Albers jokes about the education in field hockey that her parents, Marilyn and Harry Albers, are getting. “They don’t know all the rules, but they can tell the good things from the bad things,” said Albers, whose field hockey career began at Cor Jesu High School in St. Louis, where she collected two varsity letters plus four more in soccer. After thinking it over, Albers decided she wanted to play field hockey in college. “I wasn’t sure at first, but I want-ed to see if I could make it,” she said. The demand on a players’ time is significant. Practices are six days a week during the sea-son. Coach Shannon West cuts back a little in the spring — to five days a week. No problem for Albers, who man-ages her time well enough to carry a whopping 3.95 grade point average while double majoring in mar-keting and management information systems. The Field Hockey Coaches Association selected her to the 2000 Division I National Academic squad. Field hockey gets at least a little credit from Albers for that nearly-perfect 4.0 GPA. Practicing and playing sports help her stay organized and keep to her schedule. The fact that field hockey players do not get instant recognition on campus or any airtime on ESPN is beside the point. “You play for your teammates and for your personal satisfac-tion,” Albers said. “Some people don’t know much about field hockey. I tell them they should come out and watch.” Albers does draw plenty of attention from the youngsters at camp. This is the fifth summer she has volunteered as a counselor. “I know all the kids, and it’s just a chance to help them out a little.” John McLaughlin A hitter needs faith. This is baseball, remember, a game about failure. Players hitting .300 still return to the dugout unhappy seven out of every 10 at-bats. So John McLaughlin, an outfielder on the SLU baseball team, has faith that he can turn around a pitcher’s best stuff even after going 0-3. He carries a deeper faith, too. This faith goes beyond the baseball field, where McLaughlin is active in the SLU chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. “God has plans for my life,” he said. M c L a u g h l i n remembers that not many stu-dents made up the SLU chapter of FCA during his freshman year. Now, about 35-40 athletes attend meetings. McLaughlin also takes part in another Bible study group that includes student-ath-letes from several St. Louis-area colleges. That group meets once a week. “It’s a blessing to get together for 90 minutes and to be there for one another,” McLaughlin said. Last summer, as part of an Athletes in Action baseball team, McLaughlin visit-ed Venezuela and Peru. This summer, the team is headed to Venezuela again and to Panama. Athletes in Action com-petes against colleges and junior national teams and then players meet afterward to talk about God. Ministry work and playing baseball go great together, McLaughlin said. “I never realized how effective it could be,” he said. “You have this game everyone plays, though, and that opens up people to talk about Jesus Christ.” A coach at Eureka High School, McLaughlin’s alma mater, introduced Albers McLaughlin 21 him to FCA. As a Wildcat, he played baseball, football and wrestled. He bat-ted .440 his senior campaign. The chance to play Division I baseball at SLU thrilled McLaughlin. In college, though, the pitchers throw harder and mix speeds better than the high school hurlers. McLaughlin batted .222 in 17 games his freshman season. As a sopho-more, he hit .263 in 30 games. “The pitchers are so good,” McLaughlin said. “Until you’re in the batter’s box seeing these guys throw 85- 90 mph, you don’t really appreciate what they do. It’s been challenging.” The 2000 season started great. Through the first 10 games, McLaughlin hit .447 with three three-RBI games. He was even chosen Conference USA Hitter of the Week. For the season, McLaughlin batted .287 in 45 games. He hit one home run, drove in 26 and stole 13 bases in 14 attempts. From March 10 to 26, he put together a nine-game hitting streak. McLaughlin planned on a big 2001 senior campaign. But then he injured his knee, forcing him to sit out two weeks after April 12 surgery. Late in the sea-son, he was struggling to keep his bat-ting average at about .200. “I’ve tried to help out any way I can,” McLaughlin said. “You encourage your teammates. It hasn’t always gone like I wanted, but you try and you move on.” McLaughlin keeps the faith and counts his blessings. He is a college ath-lete, he gets to travel and even plays some early-season games down south as Midwesterners still battle the late-season chill. He carries a 3.4 grade point aver-age while majoring in marketing and pursuing a minor in Spanish. This fall, he will travel to Madrid to study at SLU’s Spain campus. He gradu-ates in spring 2002 and is mulling over careers in business, coaching or even youth ministry. “I’m just going to be patient and see what opportunities open up,” McLaughlin said. “And I’m going to pray a lot.” Aimee Walther At about the 18-minute mark, what doesn’t hurt? But the finish line is in sight, so Aimee Walther forgets that her lungs are on fire and that her legs feel like Jell-O. “A lot of it is just mental discipline,” she said. “Your body is saying, ‘Oh, I’m tired,’ but you have to keep going. You pump your arms and hope your legs fol-low.” Walther’s personal best time as a SLU cross country runner is 18:08. She did that last fall, taking first at the Saluki Invitational in Carbondale. No SLU runner ever finished a 5K faster. Sports Illustrated didn’t make it that day, though. And the local sports anchors opted for college basketball highlights. Walther just shrugs. “The satisfaction comes from within,” said Walther, a junior majoring in physi-cal therapy with a 3.8 grade point aver-age. That personal satisfaction keeps Walther going — sometimes 40 miles a week in practice; sometimes on chilly, rainy, fall mornings; and sometimes dur-ing summer workouts on stiff, muggy jaunts at 8 a.m. when the temperature already has reached 80 degrees. But for Walther, satisfaction comes from more than sports. It comes from her volunteer work at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and with the Senior Olympics. It comes from her involvement in Oriflamme, SLU’s orienta-tion group. It comes from her belief that giving back to the community is important. “You get so much more sat-isfaction when you do some-thing as a volunteer,” she said. And though juggling acad-emics, athletics and service might seem stressful, Walther takes it in stride. “I sometimes find that the more I have to do, the better I budget my time,” she said. “Having all these activities helps give me balance — and helps maintain my sanity!” Obviously Walther’s balanc-ing act is working for her — and her sport. She has run the four fastest 5K times ever at SLU. Last fall, Conference USA selected her Athlete of the Week and All- Conference, the first SLU runner so honored. Walther took first among Billiken run-ners at every meet as a junior, finishing in the overall top 10 five times. She broke 19 min-utes at every 5K race. “It feels good, because if you do well then that encourages your team to do well, too,” Walther said, noting that senior teammate Colleen Ray also broke 19 minutes at one race. In high school at Visitation Academy in St. Louis, Walther made All-State twice. But she calls it a fluke that she even started running. She encouraged a friend to go out for cross country. The friend agreed to start running as long as Walther did, too. Now the Billikens sometimes go run-ning with Walther setting the pace. She is one of the leaders of the team. “That’s something that I remember to keep in the back of my mind,” she said. “If peo-ple are looking up to me, I need to set a good example.” Walther offers a reminder that cross country is not a picture-perfect sport for the lone athlete. Running races also is a team game. Teammates encourage one another. Runners sometimes take turns leading the pack. Before each nerve-wracking start, teammates pat one another on the back. It takes a person with character to motivate, lead and encourage a team. Not surprisingly, several Billikens, not just Walther and Ray, set personal bests in 2000. “I think the team stepped up,” Walther said. “Against the big dogs, we did better than expected. I think it’s contagious. If one person is successful, it helps other people develop goals.” Walther new plays for American College Theatre Festival Region VIII. He and his wife, Camilla, live in Stockton, Calif. Dr. Rose Arthur (A&S) is the director of the Rivier College Institute for Senior Education, which she found-ed four years ago in Nashua, N.H. … Peter J. Kenny (A&S) writes software pro-grams for NASA space pro-jects at the Goddard Space Center in Maryland. He and his wife, Lynn, have three children, two grandchildren and live in Glen Dale, Md. … Dr. Jack A. Licate (A&S) is vice chairman for institutional advancement at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and is coordinating a $150 million capital campaign for its Heart Center. … Barbara Kuehne Madaras (A&S) operates a small business development center provid-ing business counseling in Eureka, Calif. … Roy E. Van Orman (Parks ’62, Grad B&A ’69) is a senior research engineer with Compressor Controls Corp. He lives in Marshalltown, Iowa. … Bonnie L. (Boehler) Owens (Pub Ser) has her own speech language pathology practice in Tigard, Ore. … Dr. Harry Owens (A&S ’62, Med ’66) is a medical consultant in Bend, Ore. … Everett Pittman (Parks) retired after 36 years with the FAA Aircraft Certification Service. After July 2001, he will live in Burke, Va. … Frank Schiermeier (A&S ’62, Grad ’67) retired after 18 years as director of the EPA/NOAA atmospheric sciences modeling division in Research Triangle Park, N.C. He and his wife, Marilyn, live in Cary, N.C. Mary Ann D. Moscoso (Nurs) works for Exempla Healthcare and lives in Arvada, Colo., with her husband, Americo, and three sons. They like to travel and visit relatives in Peru. Carol D. Burkholder (A&S) is a medical secretary to a cardiac surgeon at Washington University in St. Louis. She married Mark Burkholder in April 2000. … Bart F. Connors (B&A) has retired from the partnership of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is now the CFO for Mary C. O’Halloran (Nurs) is “retired and enjoy-ing life” in Riverside, Calif. … Joseph R. Nacy (Law) is an administrative law judge for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C. … Mary Toman (A&S) was featured in The Times (Pleasanton, Calif.). The article included a picture of Toman with Marilyn Monroe and a first-person account of Toman’s time as a Red Cross worker during the Korean War. … Thomas P. Walsh (A&S) teaches in the Tombstone (Ariz.) Unified School District after retiring from the Illinois Department of Transportation. Ellen R. Russell (Soc Ser) lives in Westwood, Mass., and works at Pelham House Nursing Home in Newton, Mass. James G. Hansen (Soc Ser) and his wife, Maria, love living in Palm Desert, Calif. Dr. John E. Becker (A&S ’54, Grad ’58, Pub Ser ’58) is professor emeritus of English at Farleigh Dickinson University in Madison, N.J. He also is webmaster for the university’s core program and is an adjunct professor. He serves as an editorial consul-tant for the United Nations Association of the United States’ Adopt-A-Minefield project. He and his wife have an apartment in Iceland, where their grandchildren live. … Harold J. Erbs (B&A) is retired and lives in Houston. … Marjorie A. Kmieck (Nurs) is retired and enjoys traveling, spending time with her family and play-ing bridge. … Catherine G. Spann (AHP) is retired from Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. Dr. Robert D. Callahan (Dent ’55, Grad ’59) is presi-dent of the New York Society of Orthodontists. … Victor R. Poole (Parks) is retired and lives with his wife, Dolores, in Broken Penningroth (A&S) is a retired Realtor who lives with his wife, Helen, in New Athens, Ill. Ronald O. Byram (Parks) is retired and lives in San Diego. … Dr. William E. Kirk (Med) has moved his practice to Guthers Health System in Sayre, Pa. … Donald E. Molloy (Law) is retired and lives in Florissant, Mo., with his wife, Mary Lou. … Martin Neets (Grad) is the general manager of KPLU-FM in Tacoma/Seattle. The station is ranked in the top 10-to-15 percent of National Public Radio stations in the country. Ed L. Golterman (A&S) is completing the “Guy Golterman Collection, the Golden Age of Grand Opera (1910-40),” featuring rare photos and other historic items from his grandfather’s productions at the Coliseum, the Muny and the Kiel Opera House and Auditorium. Golterman gives lectures and offers cer-tain items for licensing and distribution. … Richard A. Simpson (Grad) is a retired school administrator who lives in Arnold, Mo. Donald M. Arndt Jr. (Parks) has 11 grandchildren and is the president of PEI Midwest Inc. He is expand-ing his representative firm to include Birmingham, Ala., Naperville, Ill., and Covington, La. He lives in Geneva, Ill. … Patricia Ballew (Soc Ser) is happily retired in Niangua, Mo., with her husband, Fred. … Christopher J. Kauffman (Grad ’61, ’70) has written the new book Patriotism and Fraternalism in the Knights of Columbus: A History of the Fourth Degree. Kauffman is a professor of Church history at the Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and the author of nine other books. … Ruth S. Nonnenkamp (A&S) is a youth minister at Holy Trinity Church in Louisville, Ky. … Betty J. Price (A&S) is retired from teaching and spends her time visiting family and friends and reading in Southfield, Mich. … William J. Wolak Sr. (Grad) is a professor of drama at the University of Pacific and is the chairman of Arrow, Okla. … Dr. Robert V. Snyders (Med) dis-played the poster and abstract presentation “A Self-Seating Heart Valve Implant for Transluminal or Endothoracoscopic Beating Heart Application” at the ERA 2001 Cardiac Care Innovation and Technology Conference in Laguna, Calif. Col. Vondell Carter (Parks) is working with the Department of Defense Special Programs in Arlington, Va. … Dr. Joseph S. Spoto (Dent) is retired in Rochester, N.Y. Louise M. Burwell (Nurs) is retired and enjoys travel-ing, gardening and babysit-ting her grandson. She lives in Ramer, Ala., with her husband, Philip. … Dr. Robert V. O’Toole (Med) retired from the Air Force in 1976 and from a professor-ship at the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1997. He lives in Worthington, Ohio. … Donald Phillips (B&A ’57, Grad B&A ’65) is the vice president of communications for the Serra Club of St. Louis. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Marlene. … Mary Basso Rose (A&S) is a retired junior high math teacher who lives in Ponte Yedra Beach, Fla. She has seven grandchildren and “loves to spoil them.” Dr. Blaise E. Favara (Med) is semi-retired, still practices pediatrics part time and lives in Hamilton, Mont. … Francis G. Haselbauer (Parks) is retired and enjoys woodworking and visiting his children and grandchildren. He lives in East Aurora, N.Y. … William B. Huber (Parks) is a retired aircraft maintenance crew chief who lives in O’Fallon, Mo., with his wife, Mary. … James J. Marske (Parks) designs, builds and produces high-per-formance, composite flying wing aircraft in Marion, Ohio. … Richard L. McCutcheon (Parks) is retired after 37 years with Sikorsky Aircraft. He lives in Stuart, Fla., with his wife, Sharon. … Louis K. 22 1963 1962 1964 1939 1936 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1956 1958 W. Roland Volkening (A&S) celebrated his 26th year of retirement from Southwestern Bell in December. He lives in St. Louis County. Joseph Katona (Parks) is retired and living in Overland Park, Kan., where he enjoys fishing and flying radio-con-trolled model planes. David C. Chopin (A&S) is still involved part time in the advertising/public relations business. He and his wife live in St. Louis. Mary Catherine Neugent (Soc Ser) received the Archbishop’s Distinguished Service Award and the Papal Benemerenti Medal, given to those who demonstrate an outstanding way of doing good works. Neugent is a librarian at St. Philip Neri Grade School in Omaha, Neb., where she has served various Catholic organiza-tions for 60 years. Robert E. Emory (Parks) is retired in Las Vegas with his wife, Lillian. … Fred C. Pittock (Parks) is retired from United Airlines and spends his time as a member of Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Antique Car Club in Coraopolis, Pa. He rebuilt a ’37 Terraplane and ’39 Hudson. Dr. Peter J. Couri (Med) had a library named in his honor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Dr. John F. Schweiss (Med) is retired and lives in St. Louis with his wife, Mary. … Cmdr. Elmer C. Tallman (Parks) is retired from general aviation and living in Verona, N.Y. … Ann Triska (Nurs) and Dr. Roland Triska (A&S ’50, Med ’54) have been married for 50 years and live in St. Louis. Roland is a clinical professor emeritus in pediatrics. 1942 1943 1945 1948 1959 1960 1961 R E U N I O N R E U N I O N R E U N I O N R E U N I O N R E U N I O N 1941 Hope/Andrews Educational & Research Center in St. Louis County. … Michael A. Garcia (IT) works with A.O. Smith Co. and lives in Miami. … Margaret M. Kline (Nurs) is a staff nurse at Oaklawn Psychiatric Hospital in Goshen, Ind. … James T. Melka (IT ’64, Grad ’66) is a senior software analyst at Enterprise Rent-A-Car and is the chairman of Decency in Media Ministry at Church of the Incarnate Word Parish in St. Louis County. He and his wife, Mary Ann, have three adult children and live in Chesterfield, Mo. … Dr. Michael G. Murphy (Med) presented “Use of Basic Biology in the Practice of Medicine” to students at Southwestern Illinois College’s Belleville and Red Bud campuses. He is a retired neurosurgeon and founded the Belleville Hospice. … Leonard Musgrave (Parks) is a project engineer with Varco Systems in Orange, Calif. … Patricia A. Nemo (A&S ’64, Grad ’66) is editor of the alumni magazine for the University of Saint Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. She has three children and a granddaughter, Grace. … Stanley M. Rea Jr. (B&A ’64, Law ’74) is the vice presi-dent and general counsel for Ralston Purina Co. He lives in St. Louis. Dr. Paul J. Donoghue (Grad ’65, Grad ’70) has written his second book and had it published, The Jesus Advantage: A New Approach To a Fuller Life. … Pat Ensley-Kuykendall (Grad) is retired and lives with her husband, Kirk, in Friendswood, Texas, where they can “still clear a dance floor.” They also spend time traveling. … Nancy Fawcett-Jackson (A&S) owns and operates a real estate brokerage in St. Louis. John A. Batastini (Parks) retired from Johnson & Johnson as a senior executive professional sales representa-tive. He lives in Tucson, Ariz. … Dr. George J. Biesinger (Med) is retired from his OB/GYN practice and is exploring overseas work. … Dr. Robert T. Ernst (A&S ’66, Grad ’69) is the director of land-use planning on a strategic development plan for the Dominican Republic for the Parsons Corp. He lives in Chesterfield, Mo. … Fr. Donald P. Halpin (A&S) works at St. Bonaventure College in the Franciscan Formation Centre lecturing part time, forming African Franciscan seminarians and directing Assisi House, a small retreat center. He lives in Lusaka, Zambia. … Kenneth C. Olsen (Grad) is retired from Hazelwood (Mo.) East High School where he was the science chairman. Now he enjoys “right brain” activi-ties such as woodworking. … Lois Ann (Noce) Treat (Grad) was named the 2000 Outstanding Teacher of Humanities at the middle school/junior high level by the Idaho Humanities Council. She has taught in Kuna, Idaho, for 25 of her 40 years in education. Robert F. Borchert (A&S ’67, Grad ’80) has joined Midwest BankCentre as vice chairman of the board of directors. … Dr. Sally Salata Brenner (Nurs) is retired from Ohlone College in Fremont, Calif., where she served as a professor of allied health and medical assisting. She and her hus-band will relocate to Rio Vista, Calif. … Frank A. Bugler (Parks) is the man-ager of crew scheduling operations for American Trans Air in Indianapolis. … James G. DeMain (A&S) works for the 3M Electronic Products Division in Columbia, Mo. He spends his time with his wife and kids, playing the piano and working with chemistry, photography and electronics. … Dr. Neil Katz (A&S ’67, Grad ’69) is an emeritus faculty member after 28 years as a professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University. He is now the director of training and organization development in the executive education pro-gram of the Maxwell School. … Patricia A. Watson (Nurs) has retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve, where she served as a captain. She lives in Ballwin, Mo. Kathleen C. Bargfrede (Nurs) is retired and volun-teers for Meals on Wheels. She lives in St. Louis with her husband, Emil. … Mary Jo F. Deucher (Nurs) is on the nursing faculty at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio. … Dr. Eugene On a Mission Some young college graduates dream of big jobs, high-pow-ered careers and executive suites, Jason Winfrey (Nurs ’96) has always had very differ-ent goals. “I have always dreamed of going to Africa to do long-term volunteering,” Winfrey said. And he just got his wish. In April, Winfrey left for two years and three months of service in Liberia with the Society of African Missions. It may be a generous sacrifice of his time, but reach-ing out to those in need is nothing new to Winfrey. With encouragement from his parents, Winfrey began volunteering at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital as an eighth-grader and stayed on for several summers. “Volunteering really gave me a sense of responsibility at a young age, plus it was something I really enjoyed doing,” he said. While a student at Vianney High School, Winfrey met a group from St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in Haiti. The encounter inspired him to extend his service commitment beyond St. Louis (and U.S.) borders. This time, it was more than an effort to assist others, it was a mission. “God was calling me to Haiti,” he said. Since that first trip, Winfrey has returned to Haiti five times. “I love Haiti, it’s in my heart,” he said. “People always have smiles on their faces, and even though they are dirt poor, there is such a love for God.” At SLU, Winfrey received an Ignatian scholarship, was involved in campus ministry, went on Saint Louis University Community Action Program (SLUCAP) mission trips during spring break and participated in Habitat for Humanity projects. He also helped with SLU’s pro-life activities and sang in the 10 p.m. Mass choir. After graduating, he spent several years as a registered nurse in Texas and New York before returning to St. Louis. All the while, he continued visiting Haiti to help nurses there by giving vaccinations. Thanks to these experiences, Winfrey knew he found his purpose in life. “I think I was put here to help the oppressed, the poor, the mentally ill, people with AIDS and to fight for the underdog,” he said. But he still had not realized his dream of long-term service work in Africa, so he began looking for organizations to sponsor him. He found the Society of African Missions and, in September, began their preparation program in Washington, D.C. The training included classes on topics such as spirituality, environmental care, liturgy and African culture. In his free time, he volunteered with Hospice Care of Washington, D.C. He enjoyed his work there so much that he hopes to be a hospice nurse when he returns from Africa. “Through that experience, I have discovered my gifts of compassion, love, listening and openness for people in those situations,” he said. Now in Liberia, Winfrey is serving in a clinic, hospital or leprosy center. Although he is realizing his dream, he knows that many chal-lenges await him in Africa. “Sometimes you must choose between what you want to do and what God wants you to do, and usually what God wants is a more difficult,” he said. “But I have kept my heart open to what God wants; I have been very lucky.” —AW Winfrey offering medical care in Haiti. 1965 1966 1967 1968 R E U N I O N 24 the comic alphabet, backward multiple charade, the editorial kangaroo and several other examples that will delight linguists, students, writers, editors and students. The Fix By Jeff Schneider (Billiken basketball, ’79-80, ’80-81) ViviSphere Publishing A former basketball player at Saint Louis University, Schneider takes a shot at writ-ing with his first novel about an NCAA Final Four gone sour. In The Fix, the owners of the broadcast rights to the Final Four face a major crisis. Cinderella teams keep making improbable charges deep into the postseason, eliminat-ing parity and causing sportswriters to apply the moniker “The Final Bore” to the annual event. Desperate for ratings, the World Broadcasting Company conspires with the Mafia to ensure college teams with the largest following make the cut — all in the name of profit. But none of the behind-the-scene players counted on unknown point guard Mike Kramer, the senior captain of a Louisville-based Catholic universi-ty. A poor country boy, Kramer can’t be bought when it comes to sportsmanship and ethics. The Fix courts the notion of a dark underbelly in collegiate sports with a dis-turbing tale in which the spirit of compe-tition is compromised but not broken. —CW Author! Author! Three former students at Saint Louis University have written books that have been published recently. Here’s a summary and general information about each book. American Theater: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000 By Thomas S. Hischak (A&S ’73) Oxford University Press The fourth volume of a series, the latest installment examines the Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway produc-tions that shaped theater in New York dur-ing the last three decades. The last 31 years produced a span of unprecedented change, a period in which theater blossomed into many forms while conventional productions dropped. From the rise of unknown playwrights, actors, directors and designers thriving in Off- Broadway shows to the productions staged in warehouses, church basements and other locales that catered to special interests and audiences, theater welcomed a broad influx of new faces and fresh approaches. Presented in a season-by-season format, Hischak’s book chronicles all Broadway non-musi-cal productions, most Off-Broadway entries and a selection of Off-Off Broadway material. Featuring facts about plays, plot sum-maries, critical reaction and bios of notable artists, this reference work frames the late 20th century as a period of transition in which artists carved a new realm and cul-ture in theater. The Dictionary of Wordplay By Dave Morice (A&S ’69) Teachers & Writers Collaborative What do gypsy, nymph and rhythm have in common? All are abstemious words, that is, they lack vowels. Have you ever heard of the book Cutting It Fine by Moses Lawn? It’s an example of “punning an author’s name.” In The Dictionary of Wordplay, poet Dave Morice has created a new type of ref-erence work, one that delves into the play-ful conundrums of language. With 1,234 entries, Morice’s book explores the spirited nature of language in literary forms such as the Exquisite Corpse, a poetry game for three or more players; well-known wordplays such as anagrams, palindromes and puns; as well as the numerical science of word squares and let-tershifts. A reference for the expansive range and nuances of communication, The Dictionary of Wordplay covers A to Z with entries on Patricia A. (Steiner) Auer (Nurs ’71, Grad ’75) is a family nurse practitioner and manager of Convalescent Care Program for Hudson Headwaters Health Network. She lives in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., with her husband, Thomas. … Dr. David Gerardot (Grad) graduated from Seattle Pacific University with his doctorate in clinical psychology. He is in private practice and has started his own Transitional Counseling Services. He and his wife live in Olympia, Wash. … Clara Hudak (A&S) is an attorney, and her daughter recently was accepted to Saint Louis University. They live in Columbus, Ohio. …. John G. Hughes (A&S) is the first vice president of CWA Local 2300 in Washington, D.C. … Eugene M. Thirolf (Law) is the director for the Office of Consumer Litigation of the U.S. Department of Justice. He lives in Rockville, Md. Jeanne Cranley Christian (Pub Ser ’72, Grad ’73) is a partner in a new Web site for health care professionals. She lives in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area. … Dr. William K. Dunn (Grad ’72, ’82) is retired from the St. Louis Public Schools and enjoys his free time. … Erma F. Hendrix (Grad) was appointed commissioner of the Arkansas Post Prison Transfer Board from 2000- 2007 and is a principal bro-ker for Investment Realty Co. … Dr. Kathleen M. Kinderfather (Grad) retired from Harris Stowe State College in St. Louis, where she was a professor. … Charles E. King (Parks) is the ANG advisor at the Defense Supply Center in Richmond, Va. … William T. Mize (Parks) is the national sales manager for Crewson-Brunner Inc. in Buffalo, N.Y. James M. LaMartina (A&S) is retired from Parke- Davis and lives in Madison, N.J. … Raymond F. Wacker (A&S) has won a summer fellowship from Southern Illinois University- Carbondale. He is an associ-ate professor for the School of Accountancy. G. Galvin (Med) is retired from the U.S. Army and is working as an orthopedic surgeon. He lives in San Francisco. … Frank S. Hiegel (A&S) is the senior vice president of investments for Salomon Smith Barney in Little Rock, Ark. … JoAnn Kaestner (A&S) and John Kaestner (Grad ’77) live in Ballwin, Mo. John is the senior group director of consumer awareness and education at Anheuser- Busch, and Joann is the technology coordinator at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Elementary School. … Carol C. Price (Pub Ser) is an adjunct professor at Saint Louis University’s School of Social Service. … Lowell T. Summers (Grad) is retired from his job as a human resource executive. He lives in Godfrey, Ill. … Candace M. Walsh- Danielson (Pub Ser) is retired and lives in San Jose, Calif. … Harry E. Whitney (Grad) is the presi-dent/ CEO of Santa Marta Hospital in East Los Angeles. … Michael J. Zlatic (Parks) is the chief environ-mental engineer at the St. Louis County Department of Health. John J. Christison (B&A ’69, Grad B&A ’71) is enjoying retirement and travel. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Cynthia. … Fr. Chris Janson (Grad ’69, ’72) was granted a post-doctoral fellowship for research from The Lonergan Institute of Boston College. … Dave Koprivetz (Parks) is senior vice president at Marsh & McLennan in Newport Beach, Calif. … Patty Raush-Neustadter (A&S) teaches with her hus-band at Santa Clara University Law School. They have two daughters, Rachel and Stephanie. Carl Bender (B&A) is vice president for development at Western Michigan University. … Phillip F. Fishman (Soc Ser) is a principal partner in an immigration law firm and an adjunct professor at Augsburg College. He lives in Minneapolis. … Norman Hoernschemeyer (Grad) and his wife, Loretta, work for Gundaker Realtors in St. Louis. … Roseann Mikos (Pub Ser) is a grant writer for Moorpark College and was elected to the city council in Moorpark, Calif. Dr. David F. Dinges (Grad) has been named team leader for the new neurobe-havioral and psychosocial factors team of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. … David C. Lapee (A&S ’74, Law ’77) has joined the retail develop-ment group of Pace Properties Inc. in St. Louis. … Debra K. Overton (Soc Ser) is the manager of Crossroads Clubhouse, a psychosocial rehabilitation program for adults with mental illness. She lives in Clinton Township, Mich. … Dr. Henry Royal (Med) is the associate direc-tor for the department of nuclear medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. … Dr. Dale J. Trombley II (Med) has a private practice in family medicine in Anchorage, Alaska. He operates an internationally based Internet business with International Leadership Development. He has three sons and one grandson. … Dr. George D. Wendel (A&S ’74, Med ’78) was named to the Alvin Brekken Endowed Professorship in the obstetrics and gynecolo-gy department at the University of Texas. Dr. Donna M. Igou (Soc Ser ’75, Med ’91) is a radiolo-gist for West County Radiological Group in St. Louis. … John H. Phelps (Soc Ser) is the manager of in-patient services in the psy-chiatric department at St. Mary’s Hospital in Meguon, Wis. … Larry Robbins (Parks) is the national sales manager for WOKA North America, a German manufac-turer of carbide hard-facing materials. He and his wife, Karen, live in Atlanta and enjoy flying their homebuilt Glasair experimental aircraft. … Julie Honig Smith (Soc Ser ’75, Grad ’79) graduated in May 2000 from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. She was ordained an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Olympia, Wash., in January and is the associate pastor of St. Barnabas Church on Bainbridge Island, Wash. … Dr. Virginia A. Wohltmann (Med) is board certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychia-try and geriatric psychiatry. She has a private practice in East Rochester, N.Y. Gloria E. Adamez (Grad) is a home economics teacher in Corpus Christi, Texas. … Diane M. Ellenberger (Nurs) is owner and consul-tant for The Medical Legal Advantage in San Anselmo, Calif. … Gail Wilkerson (Nurs ’ 76, Grad ’91) is the regional director of wellness services with Sunrise Assisted Living. She lives in St. Louis. Brian L. Andrew (Law) joined the St. Louis office of Husch & Eppenberger spe-cializing in health law. … Dr. Ray Mohrman (Med) is the chairman of the department of internal medi-cine at DePaul Health Center in St. Louis. Henry G. Frautschy (Parks) is the executive direc-tor of EAA’s Vintage Aircraft Association and editor of their magazine, Vintage Airplane. He lives in Oshkosh, Wis. … Kathleen McQueeny (A&S ’78, Law ’81) married Dr. Jack Franaszek in April at the University of Chicago. She is a senior member of Cozen and O’Connor. … James S. Murphy (Pub Ser ’78, Grad ’83) concluded a four- year tour of duty as ambassador of Belize to the United States, permanent resident to the OAS and high commissioner to Canada. He has been transferred to new duties in Belize’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belmopan. He and his wife, Bessie Tam Murphy, and their daughter, Kuanyee Kathleen, returned home in August last year. … Daniel Rechtien (Pub Ser) and Margaret Rechtien (Nurs ’93) live in Manchester, Mo. Dan is cap-tain for St. Louis Police District 3, and Margaret is the director of private services for SSM. … David T. Senay (A&S) was named a regional president at Fleishman- Hillard Inc. in St. Louis. John Biedenstein (B&A) is an associate vice president at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. in St. Louis. … Sheila Lynch (A&S) and her husband, Michael S. Champlin, wel-comed their daughter, Paige Estella, in December. They live in Memphis, Tenn., where Sheila is a communica-tions consultant. … Kurtis B. Reeg (Law) is a partner for the law firm Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum. … Bradley W. Small (Law) has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Back of St. Louis for 2001. … Maudie M. Stewart (Nurs) is retired in St. Louis and is “enjoying life.” … Jeffrey N. Winacoo (Nurs) is a nurse anesthetist in Worcester, Mass. Ann A. Costello-Rockrohr (Soc Ser) has a private practice for children and adults in New York’s Hudson Valley. She is married with one daughter and is active in the local chapter of Families with Children from China. … Dr. Laura Hanson (A&S ’80, Grad ’82) has completed her doctorate in theater and will be teaching a course about the history of musical theater this summer for the drama department at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. … Douglas Jaspering (Parks ’80, ’82) is the engineering manager for Boeing. He and his wife, Gretchen, live in St. Charles, Mo. … Helen A. (Grogan) Sulla (Parks) is the distribu-tion manager at the largest Kraft Foods refrigerated distri-bution center in the country, which is located in Aurora, Ill. She and her husband, Chris, live in Hinsdale, Ill. James D. French (Parks) is an instructor pilot for Mesaba Airlines. He lives in Monroe, Mich. … Ken Kniepmann (A&S ’81, ’83) and his wife, Sharon, wel-comed their first daughter, Hannah, in February. She joins her parents and broth-er, Caleb, in Melbourne, Fla., where Ken owns an executive recruitment firm. … Dr. Greg Markway (A&S) co-wrote the new book Painfully Shy: How to Overcome Social Anxiety and Reclaim Your Life. … Dennis J. Noce (PS) is the director of product marketing at Land O’ Lakes food service division. He lives in Eden Prairie, Minn. Dennis J. Capriglione (A&S ’82, Law ’85) has joined Walnut Street Securities Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of GenAmerica Financial Corp. 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Office of Planned Giving • Saint Louis University • 221 N. Grand Blvd., Room 304 • St. Louis, MO 63103 Phone: (314) 977-2357 locally or (800) 758-3678 outside the St. Louis area, e-mail: plannedgiving@slu.edu EXAMPLE Fixed or variable payments are made to donor or other for life or a period of years. Cash, securities or real estate is transferred to trust. Asset is sold free of capital gains tax. Donor receives income tax deduction for a percentage of value transferred. Upon termination of trust, remaining assets support donor’s favorite area at Saint Louis University. 27 counsel and advice regarding securities sales practices. … Angela E. (Deppe) Landes (A&S) married Daniel Landes in April in Seattle. Angela’s father, Gerald Deppe (B&A ’50), is also a SLU graduate. … Dr. Peter H. Oostwouder (Med) and his wife, Joanna, welcomed the birth of twins, Cornelius Wayne and Emily Theresa, in January. Peter practices family medicine at Central Florida Family Health Center in Sanford, Fla., and is a part-time clinical assistant professor at Nova Southeastern University. Elizabeth (Hutton) Green (B&A) lives in DeBary, Fla., with her husband, Bob, and four children. She works part time as a personal train-er and holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. … Anne L. McDonald (Nurs) is a real estate agent in St. Louis. Marc H. Ellwein (AHP ’84, ’92) is a physician assistant at Family Practice Physicians in Sioux Falls, S.D. … William Emblom (Parks) is complet-ing a doctorate in mechanical engineering at Michigan State and “enjoying the outdoors in the upper peninsula of Michigan.” … Aedan Hurley (A&S) is the director of aircraft carrier engineering for Lockheed Martin in Newport News, Va. Mary Ellen Lawlor Baker (B&A ’85, Grad ’93) was promoted to vice president at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. David Bruns (A&S ’86, Law ’89) opened his own law office where he will concentrate on criminal defense. … Ann K. Cleeland (Grad) is the prin-cipal at Annunciation School in Webster Groves, Mo. … Sarah M. DiLorenzo (A&S) is assistant counsel in the law and regulation department of Allstate Insurance Co. She lives in Park Ridge, Ill., with her husband, Barry, and daugh-ters Madeleine and Olivia. … Tim Mauer (AHP) runs his own marketing company called Compass International Inc. with offices in St. Louis and Bologna, Italy. … Patrice McDermott Sullivan (Nurs) lives in Quincy, Mass., with her husband, Brian, and twin daughters, Sara and Elizabeth. She is a nurse at the New England Medical Center in Boston and the membership chairman for the National Organization of Mothers of Twins Club Inc. Kirk Crowder (Law) has joined the law department at Clariant Corp. in Charlotte, N.C. … Tony Kircher (A&S) was reconfirmed to the district export council of the Department of Commerce. He is director of international market devel-opment for Fellowes Mfg. Co. of Chicago. He and his wife, Julia, divide their time between their houses in Chicago and Singapore. Dr. Linda Gray Bick (Med) visited Haiti three times this year doing medical work and having fun. She lives in Kirkwood, Mo. … C. Kevin Goodwin (Grad) is the vice president of clini-cal services at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Milwaukee. … Mark Holdenried (Grad) is president of St. John’s Lutheran Church and secre-tary of Partners in Urban Ministry. He and his wife, Kathy, have two daughters. … John T. McCartney (B&A) is the corporate con-troller for Mullenix Cos. He lives in Webster Groves, Mo. … Jeffrey D. Sigmund (B&A ’88, Law ’91, Grad ’91) received the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award from the St. Louis County Bar Association. Sigmund is active as a vol-unteer judge and evaluator at the mock trial program at SLU. … Ralph E. Williams (Law) joined the law firm of Schuering & Kerley in Springfield, Ill. He concentrates his practice in criminal defense and related litigation. Amy E. Loftus-Agostini (Nurs ’89, Grad ’97) is a pharmaceutical representative for Bayer Pharmaceuticals. She is “enjoying life” in St. Louis with her husband, Roy, and daughter, Gabby. … Patti (Speth) Morgan (Parks) is a senior systems engineer at Lockheed Martin, where she manages the launch and the development of satellite systems. She and her husband, Joseph, live in Colorado Springs, Colo. … Michael J. Pach (Parks) has started his own Internet-based photography and Web design business, A d v e n t u r e C a m Photography. He lives in Pueblo, Colo. … Amy Skapek (A&S) is serving as an employee advocate at Mt. St. Joseph, a long-term care facility sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Ore. Skapek helps mini-mum- wage-earners living at or below the poverty level find affordable housing and daycare for their children. … Becky (Long) Skoultchi (Nurs, A&S) and her hus-band, Alan, have welcomed a new son, Ethan. He joins siblings Connor and Emily. Becky works at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Maureen T. Burke (A&S) is the director of development at ACFAS. … Renee Huss (Grad) is a vice president at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. in St. Louis. … Robert S. Jones (B&A) and his wife, Mary Kay Pace (B&A), live in Jonesboro, Ark., with their three daughters, Lilly, Kate and Isabelle. Robert is a tax partner in Barrett & Deacon, a professional association. … Shari J. LeKane-Yentumi (A&S ’90, Grad ’94) is the director of the community development organization “University City East” and the president of the USA Tennis-National Junior Tennis League of University City. She and her husband, Emmanuel, have three chil-dren, Arthur, Martha and Alexander. … Sonia Manrique (B&A ’90, Grad ’93) is the director of financial planning and analysis for MasterCard International. She lives in Miami. Teresa Erker Bont (B&A) has joined the St. Louis cam-pus of University of Phoenix as enrollment manager. She lives in Chesterfield, Mo. … Karon Greenwell (Soc Ser) is a behavior specialist at River Valley Behavioral Health in Owensboro, Ky. … Scott Hayden (Law) is vice president and general counsel of GE Harris Harmon Railway Technology in Blue Springs, Mo. … Petree Eastman Knighton (Law) is pursuing a master’s degree in city and regional planning at the University of California- Berkley. … Ryutaro Matsunaga (Grad) and his wife, Arlene, welcomed twins, Alex and Alysa, to their home in Tokyo on Aug. 25. … Michael Moehn (B&A) is the assistant controller for Ameren Corp. He lives with his wife, Lisa, in Alton, Ill. … Jeff Schmidt (AHP) has completed his certification process as a manual therapist through the University of St. Augustine in St. Augustine, Fla. He is a physical therapist at Meritcare Sports Medicine in Fargo, N.D. He is also a certified firefighter. … Daniel P. Schuering (Law) is a partner in the law firm of Schuering & Kerley in Springfield, Ill. He concen-trates his practice in local gov-ernment law and commercial representation. … Philip Zou (Law) joined the law firm Vedder Price in Chicago. Nikki Monnig (A&S) is manager of operations for Career Forum, an executive search firm in Golden, Colo. … Kristin E. Rabideau (AHP) is a senior physical therapist and program man-ager for Total Joint Resources at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, Ill. … Manuel Ramos (B&A ’92, Grad ’94) was promoted and transferred to Quito, Ecuador, as the new Kraft Foods marketing manager. … Denise R. Verser (Nurs ’92, AHP ’94) is a physician assistant in cardiothoracic surgery for the University of Missouri-Columbia. Laura (Schamburg) Bromlow (Pub Ser) is an attorney with the law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City, Mo. … Gaynell Gallagher (Law) was named a member of Husch & Eppenberger law firm in St. Louis. … Janice A. Harbaugh (A&S) has gradu-ated from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago with a master’s of divinity degree. … Allison (Wadey) Kloehs (AHP) married Christopher Anthony Kloehs in September. She is the clinic director for Physiotherapy Associates in Peachtree City, Ga. … Glen O’Connor (A&S) and Elizabeth (English) O’Connor (B&A ’95) live in Toledo, Ohio, with their son, Thomas Patrick. Glen is a network administrator for Access Toledo, an Internet service provider. Elizabeth is a senior analyst at Burns Consulting Associates, an employee benefit consulting firm. … Kelly Currinder Smith (Grad) is a nursing instructor in the College of Nursing at the University of Iowa. … Pamela (Steinkamp) Solon (Nurs) and Patrick Solon (Nurs ’94) welcomed their second child, Jessica Christine. The family, including older sib-ling, Sean Patrick, lives in St. Louis. Kris M. Bartel (Parks) is a first officer with Skyway Airlines (Midwest Express Link) based in Milwaukee. … Amy L. Carapella (A&S) works for Cisco Systems and lives in St. Louis with her husband of five years. … Anita Cross (Law) joined Thompson Coburn in St. Louis as direc-tor of associate development and legal recruiting. … Randall Delkus (Nurs) is the chief operating officer of the Jewish Center for Aged and is nearing the comple-tion of his MBA at Webster University in St. Louis. He and his wife, Jennefer Gelbaugh, were married in January. … Jennifer (Moeser) Diener (A&S) married Jonathan Diener in July 2000. … Debra S. Reimann (Nurs) is a nurse anesthetist in Dexter, Mo. She has her master’s degree in nursing from Murray State University. … William S. Thomas (Law) was named a principal with the law firm Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass. … Melanie VanDyke (A&S) lives in Lincoln, Neb., with her hus-band, Chris, and their son, Jared. She is completing her doctorate in clinical psychol-ogy at the University of Nebraska. Andrea Fellin (A&S) is the director of research for KSDK-TV Channel 5 in St. Louis. … Erin M. Jones (A&S) is a first-year graduate student in the doctoral pro-gram in immunology at Emory University. She lives in Atlanta. … Sherrill L. Myers (Soc Ser) is a pro-gram specialist for the St. Louis County Department of Justice. She also teaches classes for inmates on par-enting, building healthy rela-tionships, commitment to change and success in change. … Jenny Quach (AHP ’95, Grad ’97) is the senior business analyst with 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1983 1984 1985 1992 1994 1995 R E U N I O N R E U N I O N Mrs. Claire (Canavan) Oliphant (AHP ’42) Dr. Joseph G. Viviano Sr. (Med ’42) Mr. Melvin J. Winston (B&A ’42) Mrs. Mary (Lanigan) Youngren (Nurs ’42) Mr. Donald S. Bair (Parks ’43) Dr. Dominic V. Costa (Med ’43) Dr. Louis W. Graffeo (Med ’43) Rev. Thomas A. Halley, SJ (Grad ’43) Rev. Harry R. Klocker, SJ (A&S ’43) Dr. Alphonse P. Kohl (Dent ’43) Dr. Albert J. Puerini Sr. (Dent ’43) Dr. Linus J. Stitham (Med ’43) Mrs. Donelle E. (Herman) Venhaus (AHP ’43) Dr. Ralph F. Wehrmann (Grad ’43) Dr. Frank N. Zarlengo (Grad ’43) Dr. Mario V. Bisordi (Med ’44) Sr. Sophie D. Janes, RSCJ (Grad ’44) Sr. Germaine J. Matter, CSJ (Grad ’44) Dr. Guy J. Romito (Med ’44) Sr. Joanne Seiler, FSM (Nurs ’44) Mr. George L. Seitz (B&A ’44) Dr. Michael Sulima (Dent ’44) Dr. Nathan L. McGill (Dent ’45) Dr. Jean L. Bolduc (Med ’46) Dr. John M. Fujioka (Dent ’46) Dr. Emmit M. Jennings (Med ’46) Dr. Paul A. Krooks (Dent ’46) Dr. Sherman J. LeMaster (Dent ’46) Dr. George A. Mahe Jr. (Med ’46) Miss Agnes E. Reilly (Grad ’46) Mr. William D. Brannan (B&A ’47) Miss Irene A. Brockland (AHP ’47) Ms. Edythe (Howard) Davis (Nurs ’47) Mr. George B. Forness Jr. (B&A ’47) Mr. William R. Krone (B&A ’47) Dr. Leo J. Leonardi (Med ’47) Dr. Nolen L. Armstrong (Med ’48) Mr. Paul A. Bruening (B&A ’48) Mr. John J. Doyle (Law ’48) Mr. Thomas F. Flynn (B&A ’48) Dr. Vernon D. Gray (Med ’48) Mr. Robert G. Huebschen (A&S ’48) Mr. Warren F. Knapp (B&A ’48) Dr. James D. Lambing (Med ’48) Mrs. Rita F. (Beyert) McCaffrey (A&S ’48) Mr. Albert J. Moffitt (B&A ’48) Mr. Peter A. Petroff Jr. (Parks ’48) Mr. Charles W. Putnam Jr. (B&A ’48) Sr. Mary A. Ryle (Grad ’48) Mr. Gerald E. Schmitt (B&A ’48) Mr. Joseph L. Behr (IT ’49) Mr. Matthew G. Brencick (B&A ’49) Mr. Robert J. Daley (B&A ’49) Mr. Thomas J. Gleason (B&A ’49) Mr. Harold F. Grant (B&A ’49) Mr. George Hagiparis (B&A ’49) Mr. Ralph J. Hines (A&S ’49) Miss Emma T. Liebig (Soc Ser ’49) Mr. Paul E. Sauerburger (B&A ’49) Mr. Edward J. Yavornik (IT ’49) Dr. Robert A. Bauer (Med ’50) IIN MEMORIIAM 28 Dr. Albert H. Dollear (Med ’04) Dr. Hobart M. Fry (Dent ’22) Dr. Lawrence M. Hilt (Med ’26) Mr. John G. Noser (Law ’26) Dr. Douglas L. Rippeto (Dent ’26) Dr. John E. Skaff (Med ’27) Mr. Anthony DeTiberiis (Parks ’28) Mr. Vernon M. Carreras (B&A ’29) Mr. Ferd P. Meyer (B&A ’29) Mrs. Ruth H. Joerss (B&A ’30) Mr. Edward Albers (Parks ’31) Mr. John E. Cheely (B&A ’31) Dr. Rufus R. Schultz (Dent ’31) Dr. Elmore E. Brodhage (Dent ’32) Dr. Francis H. Ketterer (Med ’32) Mr. John P. Lynch (B&A ’32) Mr. Joseph F. Flood (B&A ’33) Mrs. Ida (Crosson) Gerwitz (A&S ’33) Mr. Harold T. Higgins (Parks ’33) Rev. Joseph E. Gough, SJ (A&S ’34) Mr. William C. Hartman (B&A ’34) Mr. Lenox M.P. Hodge (Parks ’34) Dr. Leo A. Romano (Dent ’34) Mr. Virgil P. Rothermich (B&A ’34) Mr. John G. Scott (Law ’34) Mrs. Monica T. (Hackett) Sinner (Nurs ’34) Mr. Paul A. Britt (B&A ’35) Capt. Lloyd E. Hubbard (Parks ’35) Mr. Elmer C. Mayer (B&A ’35) Dr. Thomas F. Summers (Med ’35) Mr. Lester E. Davison (B&A ’36) Dr. J. Fred Hoge Sr. (Dent ’36) Mr. John T. Pfeffer (B&A ’36) Dr. Bernard G. Faulstich (A&S ’37) Dr. Saul M. Fleegler (Med ’37) Rev. Gregory H. Jacobsmeyer, SJ (A&S ’37) Dr. James J. Smith (Med ’37) Mr. Anton J. Hummel (B&A ’38) Mr. Charles L. Morgan (B&A ’38) Mr. Lawrence M. Mullen Jr. (A&S ’38) Dr. Lawrence S. Palmer (Dent ’38) Dr. Cline O. Williams (Dent ’38) Mr. Harold M. Winter (B&A ’38) Mr. Raymond H. Zipf (B&A ’38) Mr. Dean F. Vezeau (B&A ’39) Mr. J. Thomas Harrington (Parks ’40) Dr. Leo M. Kaiser (A&S ’40) Mr. Jack N. Lindsley (Parks ’40) Sr. Mercedes M. Winterer, CPPS (A&S ’40) Bro. William M. Callahan SM (Grad ’41) Mr. Joseph F. Jelinek (A&S ’41) Dr. John V. King Sr. (Med ’41) Mr. Victor R. Kurt (A&S ’41) Mr. Eugene J. McMahon Jr. (Law ’41) Mr. Robert O. McNearney (Law ’41) Miss Elizabeth C. Siekerman (B&A ’41) Mr. James M. Burke (B&A ’42) Rev. James F. Hanley, SJ (Grad ’42) Sr. Vivienne Hazelett, SSND (A&S ’42) Mrs. Rita V. (Kelahan) Hill (A&S ’42) Dr. Orville E. Ockuly (Med ’42) Dr. Lynda Ruth Campbell, associate professor and former chairwoman of the department of communication sciences and disorders, died March 15. She was 42. Dr. Campbell was active in the American Speech Language Hearing Association, having served on numerous boards and committees, including the mul-ticultural issues board, which she chaired from 1995-1997. She also was an elected member of the board of directors of the National Black Association for Speech, Language & Hearing. An accomplished scholar, Dr. Campbell made numerous national, regional and local presentations and wrote more than 30 articles and book chapters, primarily in the area of cultural and linguistic diversity. Dr. Robert C. Engelhardt (Med ’50) Dr. Leonard W. Esper Jr. (Dent ’50) Mr. Angelo J. Gagliano (Parks ’50) Sr. Margaret-Mary E. Johnson, OSB (Grad ’50) Dr. Robert E. Kellenberger (Med ’50) Mr. Thomas R. Moriarity (B&A ’50) Dr. Fred E. Rawlins Jr. (Med ’50) Lt. Col. Ralph O. Sheppard (IT ’50) Mr. Howard H. Thomsen (B&A ’50) Mr. James A. Waechter Jr. (B&A ’50) Dr. Robert K. Zimmerman (Dent ’50) Mr. Leonard Cardenas Jr. (A&S ’51) Miss Ellen A. Essig (Pub Ser ’51) Mr. George W. Essig (Law ’51) Mrs. Ella M. Hand (Nurs ’51) Mr. John J. Horgan (Law ’51) Mr. Gene L. Janson (B&A ’51) Dr. Louis L. Keppler Jr. (Med ’51) Sr. Ann M. Kerper, FSE (Grad ’51) Dr. Emil T. Niesen (Med ’51) Mr. Ralph E. Ruck (B&A ’51) Mrs. Maud M. (McKay) Shea (Grad ’51) Mr. Thomas J. Stephens (A&S ’51) Rev. John P. Tackaberry, CM (Grad ’51) Mr. William J. Froelich Jr. (A&S ’52) Dr. Patrick J. McDonough (Med ’52) Mr. Carl B. Meade (Parks ’52) Miss Erma O. Schroeder (Pub Ser ’52) Mrs. Ozelle (Macklin) Stephens (Grad ’52) Mr. Wallace S. Strittmatter (AHP ’52) Mr. Morris A. Taylor Sr. (A&S ’52) Dr. Joseph J. Woods (Med ’52) Dr. Paul E. Brink (Med ’53) Mr. Robert A. Cignetti (A&S ’53) Dr. Joseph W. Kramarczyk (Med ’53) Mr. William J. Krumm (Law ’53) Sr. M. Jeanette Maceyko (AHP ’53) Dr. Clyford A. Miener (Dent ’53) Mr. John S. Nouss (A&S ’53) Mr. Salvatore F. Perri (A&S ’53) Mr. George T. Perry (A&S ’53) Dr. Charles N. Tarkington (Med ’53) Miss Mary R. Birdsall (A&S ’54) Miss Hedwiga M. Butrim (Soc Ser ’54) Dr. Kenneth G. Hobbs Jr. (Med ’54) Mr. Chester C. Patton (Law ’54) Dr. Richard A. Reider (Med ’54) Mr. Chester V. Szydlowski (A&S ’54) Mrs. Dorothy (Endacott) Fleenor (Nurs ’55) Mr. Elmer M. Guzy (B&A ’55) Mr. James M. Iannuzo (A&S ’55) Dr. Bernard J. Kalec (Med ’55) Sr. M Florina Zerr, CPP (A&S ’55) Mr. Shelly W. Barnes (A&S ’56) Sr. Jane F. Bey (Soc Ser ’56) Ms. Wilma (Kremeyer) Bryant (Nurs ’56) Mr. Donald R. Muegge (IT ’56) Rev. Manuel J. Pelleteri, CM (Grad ’56) Mr. James J. Skelly (Grad ’56) Mr. Maurice L. Unnerstall (B&A ’56) Dr. Louis J. Goetz (Med ’57) Dr. Mildred A. Hilliard (Nurs ’57) Mr. George J. Hodak (B&A ’57) Mr. Stuart F. Meyer (Law ’57) Dr. Raymond R. Nikodem (Dent ’57) Mr. Nathaniel E. Shipp (AHP ’57) Sr. M. Cordelia Siebert, CPPS (A&S ’57) Dr. Minoru Yamate (Med ’57) Mr. Donald J. Boismenue (IT ’58) Dr. Margaret A. Droste (Nurs ’58) Mr. William P. Durbin Jr. (A&S ’58) Sr. Richard A. FitzGibbon, SSND (Grad ’58) Sr. Catherine M. Gase, CSA (Grad ’58) Mr. Robert B. Maschmeyer (B&A ’58) Mrs. Laura (Sgro) Richardson (A&S ’58) Mr. St. Louis University (St. Louis, Mo.), http://www.geonames.org/4407081 http://cdm17321.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/alumni/id/94

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