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Krause; Gerald '50 and Kathleen Hammond with Gerald and Barbara Chin; Chuck Hollenbeck '61; Casey Engstrom '92 and Liz Wentzien; Pete Malsch '62; Wesley '80 and Jeanette Steinbrink; Merle 70 and Jayne Hill with Carrie; and Willard and Bettijeanne '49 Puffett with Nancy.
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and Florence Frick with their two children; Dan Jackson '90; Tim '86 and Teresa '84 Kassen with their three children; Scott Mitchell '00 and guest; Charlie '90 and Leslie '91 Witherspoon with their two children; Frank Yates 73; and UMB Steel Bridge Team members William Bolte, Preston Carney; James Duehning, Dave Fennewald, M att Gebhardt, Quentin Gehring, John Kelton, Danny Koenigsfeld, Chris Locher, Dan Lutz;,Scott Michel, Lauren Boberts and Heather St. John.
Building a bridge between alumni and current students
NEWMAN CENTER 50th Anniversary and Dedication of the Cardinal Newm an Catholic Campus M inistry Center 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23, 2003 Cardinal Newman Catholic Campus Ministry Center with Celebrant Bishop John Gaydos A ll alumni, friends, fam ilies and students are invited. For more inform ation, contact Sr. Renita Brummer at 573-364-2133 or email peace@ rollanet.org
Photos by Bob Phelan/Photomasters
Thanks to the coordination of Frank Yates, the UMR Steel Bridge Team enjoyed a mid-afternoon meal with MSM-UMR alumni living in the San Diego area. Thirteen current UMR students traveled to San Diego to compete in the ASCE/AISC National Steel Bridge Competition, and wanted to network and share experiences with alumni at the same time. Alumni, family members and the students enjoyed a spectacular view of Pacific Beach from the rolling lawns of Kate Sessions Park. Perched high above the water, it was quite a different view than that of the student design center located in Rolla, Mo. Pat & Oscar's catered a wonderful and memorable meal for everyone to savor. Those attending included: Steve '82
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Left: B. Ken Hobertson with his wife Kittie hand out beads during the parade. Above, Robertson helps St. Pat during the coronation ceremony.
No blarney: Robertson serves as Honorary St. Pat B. Ken Robertson, who retired from UMR this spring after a 38-year career, took on a new job in March as Honorary St. Patrick. A member of the UMR chemistry faculty from 1965 to 2003 and former dean of students, Robertson helped St. Pat dub student and honorary knights and introduce student royalty during the annual St. Pat's Coronation Ceremony. St. Pat, portrayed in March by Derek Buchheit of St. Louis, a computer science and management systems major, and Robertson dubbed six Honorary Knights of St. Patrick: Andrew Careaga, UMR manager of public relations and Alumnus news and features editor; Sigrid Cronin, a St. Pat's Advisory Committee member, former hotel management professional and wife of ME Professor Emeritus Don Cronin; Arlan DeKock, dean of UMR’s School of Management and Information Systems; Rolla dentist Dr. Brian Haller; Virginia “Jinny” Ryle, executive staff assistant to the UMR provost and owner of Forum Car Wash in Rolla; and Cindy Tang, Econ’85, of Platteville, Wis., founder and former chair of Insight Industries Inc.