Lawrence Magazine Spring 2020 by Lawrence University

L AWR E NCE SPRING 2020

Distance Learning, Social Solidarity Community in the Time of COVID-19

a message from

PRESIDENT MARK BURSTEIN Greetings from Appleton, In these turbulent times, my usual salutation, “Greetings from Appleton,” takes on additional meaning as our community is spread across the country and the globe like never before. So much has changed so quickly. Mere days before we were preparing this issue of the magazine for press, Lawrence made the difficult decision to move to distance learning for Spring Term. Since that decision, our University has had to make adjustments far beyond the magazine. You will see some of that reflected in the pages that follow. You can also see how we are adapting as we provide information on our website and social media channels and communicate via our COVID-19 site.

As much as Spring Term has changed at Lawrence, much has remained the same—we still celebrate our community and its accomplishments as we find new ways to gather and connect. And we are of course still committed to providing students with a profound and personal educational experience.

Spring at Lawrence is traditionally a time for gatherings and celebration, from Lawrence International’s signature Cabaret event, to Conservatory performances, athletic contests, and of course, Commencement and Reunion. This year, our students, faculty and staff are learning, teaching and working at a distance, but that physical distance has not altered our social connection.

I will close this message as I frequently do, as it too takes on additional meaning: I hope to see you all on campus very soon.

I am deeply grateful for how our community has joined together during this difficult time. Every day I hear a new story of innovation and connection that deeply moves me. I also look forward to connecting and celebrating with you both far and near in the days and weeks to come.

Be well and make decisions that keep others well,

Mark Burstein, President

Lawrence University Ppresident Mark Burstein talks with students in the Viking Room while wearing academic regalia during an impromptu gathering for seniors after the decision was made to move to distance learning in the Spring Term. This gathering occurred before Governor Evers issued the Wisconsin Safer at Home order. Photo: Danny Damiani

CONTENTS

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EDITOR Kelly B. Landiſ

COMMUNITY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Lawrence embarked on a Spring Term unlike any other.

UILDING EXCITEMENT IN THE SCIENCES B Teaching innovations & national rankings show STEM success

ART DIRECTOR Liz Boutelle ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS Megan Scott

GETTING TO KNOW ... 13 Profiles of students, faculty and alumni

CONTRIBUTORS Joseph Vanden Acker, Ed Berthiaume, Alex Freeman ’23, Isabella Mariani ’21, Awa Badiane ’21

17 #LU LIGHTS

CLASS NOTES Kevin LeBeau

18 Inside Lawrence

PHOTOGAPHY (All photos depicting gatherings were taken before the issuance of the Wisconsin Safer at Home order.) Liz Boutelle, Danny Damiani, Tom Galliher Photography, Dave Jackson Photography, Graham Washatka, Paul Wilke

Celebrating the accomplishments of the Lawrence community

Viking Voices

Faculty and Alumni Books

Be the Light! Campaign Update

26 Athletics 30

Class Notes

The Big Picture

ON THE COVER: Maria Santos ’20 looks out a window of the Main Hall cupola overlooking Memorial Chapel Sunday, March 15, 2020. Seniors went into the cupola to sign their names after the decision was made to move to distance learning in the Spring Term. Photo: Danny Damiani

Photo: Graham Washatka

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COMMUNITY IN THE T I M E O F C O V I D -1 9 By Kelly B. Landis Additional content from Ken Anselment, Ed Berthiaume and Danny Damiani

Students in the Lawrence University Symphony Orchestra, LU Concert Choir, Cantala and Viking Chorale with conductor Mark Dupere, assistant professor of music and director of orchestral studies, have an impromptu major work performance of Mendelssohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Elijah Friday, March 13, 2020. This gathering occurred before Governor Evers issued the Wisconsin Safer at Home order. Photo: Danny Damiani 4

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Students go through the move-out process the day after finals Thursday, March 19, 2020. Photo: Danny Damiani

t is a Spring Term like no other. Classrooms are empty. Practice spaces are quiet. Labs are dark. But around the world, Lawrentians are still learning, as faculty, students and staff alike navigate a new world of Zoom, Moodle, distance learning and work amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 Management Team convened its first official meeting on March 2. Two weeks later, students placed their belongings in storage or family cars as they prepared to leave campus for the year. After days of discussion, evaluating countless scenarios and considering the needs and impact on the community, Lawrence made the difficult decision to move to distance learning for Spring Term. Today, roughly 180 students remain on campus. Hundreds more are learning in bedrooms and backyards while staying connected to their friends, faculty and support networks through laptops, tablets and phones. Lawrence worked to ensure that students who needed to stay could stay. This includes international students unable to return home, seniors with graduation requirements that demand on-campus resources, students who cannot access the technical needs for distance learning or those who do not have a safe or secure home

environment. Faculty sprang into action, adjusting their syllabi to accommodate a new mode of teaching while learning the ins and outs of the technology that supports it. We are continuing to work so that all Lawrentians are supported, whether they are living on campus, at their homes or at another remote location. Support services like the Center for Academic Success, Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement, Mudd Library and Wellness Services are still available to students as well as other LU community members remotely. Sustaining our close-knit community is more important than ever, and Lawrentians are demonstrating their creativity when it comes to social solidarity. Coaches are hosting virtual workouts for their teams; the Conservatory is hosting a live Deep Listening session every Tuesday on Facebook; and a special Trivia weekend was hosted by the current Trivia Masters. There is no question this is one of the most difficult periods in the history of our beloved Lawrence, but it has also truly shown Lawrentians at their best: banding together to support one another, making art in the face of adversity and continuing their commitment to the light of learning.

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COMMITMENT TO STUDENTCENTERED ADMISSIONS Excerpt from a message sent to future Lawrentians and the greater college counseling community by Vice President for Enrollment and Communications Ken Anselment We have been in touch with each of our admitted students to help them make their decisions under the right conditions. We have the resources, even now, to make things a little easier for them as they think about their future: • Flexible decision deadline. We have extended the admitted student reply date to July 1, but students can choose earlier dates if they wish, with the peace of mind knowing we are saving their seat and all their financial aid. • Financial aid for special circumstances. Should students’ family financial situations change now or in the future, we are ready to assist with a special circumstances review process for current and future Lawrentians. • Enrollment deposits are flexible. Students can submit their deposits comfortably knowing that they can apply it to a future term should they need to defer their enrollments. • No letter grades? No worries. Many high schools are switching to Pass/Fail assessments instead of traditional grading on a scale this term. (The same is true for students applying for future terms.) • Tests and exams. For all future Lawrentians (2020 and beyond): ▸ We will accept AP scores earned under the new, shortened at-home test. ▸ We will grant credit for IB students whose course grades equate to the exam scores they are no longer able to take.

▸ As for standardized tests … well, we’ve been testoptional since 2006, so we’re quite flexible on that account.

▸ For students who cannot access a TOEFL for whatever reason, we happily accept Duolingo.

Messages are left for the senior class after the decision was made to move to distance learning for the Spring Term. Photos: Danny Damiani 6

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Chloe Braynen ’20 signs a poster board after entering the Main Hall Cupola Sunday, March 15, 2020. Seniors went into the cupola to sign their names after the decision was made to move to distance learning in Spring Term.

Top right: Members of the COVID-19 Management Team meet over Zoom during a daily check-in. Bottom right: After the decision was made to move to distance learning for Spring Term, members of the baseball and softball team celebrate a home run during an impromptu Senior Day on Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Alex Gym.

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Kate Zoromski, associate dean of academic success, stocks the student food pantry with donated items Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Sabin House. Photo: Danny Damiani

FOUR WAYS TO HELP LAWRENTIANS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS The move to distance learning and remote work to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the midst of this global pandemic is a heavy lift for Lawrence students, faculty and staff. “We have always risen to the challenges that face us with resilience and ingenuity,” President Mark Burstein said in a letter to the Lawrence community announcing the difficult decision to go to distance learning for Spring Term. “I know, as we have in the past, we will rise to this challenge and ensure that Lawrence continues to create a learning environment second to none.” As we lean into the values and commitment that have always defined the Lawrence experience, there has been an outpouring of support, and our community has come together to ask how they can help. Here are four ways to make an immediate impact.

1. DONATE TO THE STUDENT PANTRY The pantry can be an important connection for students remaining on campus. It offers supplies and food, but also needed items such as personal products. You can donate to the pantry via an Amazon wish list. To see the wish list and learn more, visit go.lawrence.edu/pantry.

2. C ONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS FUND The Lawrence Fund established an emergency fund to aid students’ unexpected and urgent expenses related to the impacts of COVID-19. This fund will make available critical resources for immediate needs like our new distance-learning model, food, travel, housing and other unexpected expenses. To support the SOS Fund, visit go.lawrence.edu/LFSOS.

3. BE AN ALUMNI CONNECTION Despite learning at a distance, Lawrence students are still looking for jobs and internships, and are interested in exploring potential career paths. Provide insight and advice and help them network by signing up for our new Viking Connect program. Connecting with a current student and providing some positive guidance has never been more important. This is a chance to reach out virtually while still making a personal connection. Sign up at go.lawrence.edu/magconnect.

4. SUPPORT EACH OTHER Be supportive of other Lawrentians through use of the Alumni Directory. Stay connected in these difficult times and check in on one another using the directory and via Lawrence’s many social media channels including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Find the alumni directory here: go.lawrence.edu/profile. We are Lawrentians, now and forever. Let’s come together to be supportive as we grapple with difficult challenges and show our current students the path forward. In the darkness of uncertainty and deep angst, let us again be the light.

DID YOU KNOW? Assistant Professor of Religion Constance Kassor is leading a guided Buddhist meditation every Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Central via Zoom. Contact communications@lawrence.edu if you want information on how to join.

Spencer Tweedy ’19 (L) joins brother, Sam, and dad, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

BATHTUB GIG ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE PART OF QUARANTINE LIFE FOR SPENCER TWEEDY ’19 Spencer Tweedy ’19 joined his dad, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, and brother, Sam, on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, singing Evergreen, a song from the elder Tweedy’s 2019 solo album, Warm. It was filmed as the Tweedys—including mom and wife Susan Tweedy—are hunkered down in their Chicago home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and was shared widely by Rolling Stone and other media sites. The family has also launched The Tweedy Show on Instagram, a quarantine-inspired look at the Tweedy household, filmed and narrated by Spencer’s mom and housed on her already well-followed @stuffinourhouse account. Music and antics from the Tweedy household are now front and center for the world to see on a nightly basis, streaming live at 9:30 p.m. Central. Spencer said he’s thinking a lot about those Lawrence students who are about to embark on a Spring Term in which they’re living at home and studying from afar amid COVID-19 fears. He’s staying in contact with friends who are still in school as best he can. “I can’t even begin to relate to some of the challenges people are going through,” he said. “I say this with no intention of paternalism or telling people what to do, but I just think any crisis benefits from people having patience and compassion, and also confidence that things are going to be OK as long as we can have that patience and compassion.” To read more about Spencer and his time at Lawrence, visit go.lawrence.edu/spencer LAWRENCE

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EXCITEMENT IN THE SCIENCES

National Rankings, Curricular Changes Shine Light on STEM Success By Ed Berthiaume The number of Lawrence students earning degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields on their way to successful completion of doctoral degrees places Lawrence in select company, according to a new report from the Council for Independent Colleges (CIC). In a national ranking that measures the percentage of a school’s STEM graduates from 2007 to 2016 who eventually earned a Ph.D., Lawrence comes in at #17, sandwiched between Harvard at 16 and Princeton at 18. It is a jump of 11 spots from the previous rankings, released in 2013. When the new rankings are broken down to women only, Lawrence comes in at No. 29. The CIC used National Center for Education statistics and National Science Foundation (NSF) datasets that included public and private schools.

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% STEM graduates earning Ph.D.

Those rankings aren’t by happenstance. They speak to the deep commitment Lawrence has made in the STEM fields, and the power that comes with small class sizes and the opportunity to do hands-on research in the sciences as an undergraduate in a smaller, liberal arts setting, said Stefan Debbert, associate professor of chemistry. “The rankings are a sign that we are doing something right, that we are getting students invested enough in the sciences that they are considering future study,” he said. “But it’s also a challenge to us to make sure we’re sending them to graduate school well prepared. The goal isn’t just to get students to enter graduate school. The goal is, if that’s the correct choice for them, to have them in a position to succeed.”

A NEW APPROACH There is still much work to be done. Lawrence doesn’t show up on the CIC’s STEM-to-Ph.D. rankings when it measures African American or Latino graduates. The school’s numbers aren’t large enough to qualify. That’s an issue that’s being addressed head on by Lawrence administrators and faculty across the sciences. Debbert is leading an initiative to restructure how introductorylevel science courses are taught. Lawrence was one of 33 schools

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selected last year to receive a $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to implement its Inclusive Excellence Initiative via its Science Education Program. Another 24 schools were selected the year prior, part of HHMI’s push to reimagine science education to better engage students from all backgrounds. Debbert is working with other science faculty at Lawrence to reshape how subjects are introduced and explored, how classrooms are structured, and how faculty interact with students. It puts more emphasis on the front-end science courses in hopes it’ll keep more students—and a greater diversity of students—in the sciences for the long haul.

“HHMI is motivated to help America fix its STEM pipeline problems,” Debbert said. “We have lots of students come into college thinking they want to major in the sciences, and we lose a lot of those students. HHMI is really pushing us to think about why we lose those students. Sometimes we lose them because we’re just not engaging with them enough. Students look around a giant science classroom and they think, ‘I don’t see people who look like me’ or ‘I don’t see myself as fitting in this environment.’ And then we lose them.” Much of the HHMI work over the past year has involved training sessions with faculty and the redesigning of curriculum for introductory science courses, all with a focus on inclusive pedagogy. The revamped courses will be rolled out over the next two years.

BUILDING ON SUCCESS The changes at the intro class level will build on the successes Lawrence has had elsewhere in the sciences. The “rallying cry,” Debbert said, is to get students excited about and engaged with science in those early classes so they stay with it long enough to see the possibilities that come with deeper, more specific study in the higher-level courses, be it in biology, chemistry, physics or related subjects. Part of that approach is giving students opportunities to do significant research, sometimes as early as students’ first year. Students in the sciences at Lawrence are often doing research that students at other schools might not see until grad school.

Brianna Wilson ’21 (left), a biology major, works with teaching assistant No’eau Simeona ’20.

Photo: Danny Damiani

“We have these students do research with us,” Debbert said. “So, they’re not just sitting in the back of a giant lecture hall falling asleep while someone talks at them. We are working with them, getting to know what part of science motivates them. We’re getting to know how they feel they can contribute, not just to their scientific field but to the world at large.

Students in the sciences at Lawrence are often doing research that students at other schools might not see until grad school.

“I think that’s what drives a lot of our students to pursue graduate school. This idea that you really can have a massive impact in science.” Lawrence, of course, has a much smaller enrollment than many of the public and private schools in the CIC rankings. Lawrence, with a student body of about 1,500, might graduate 10 to 12 chemistry majors, another 10 to 12 physics majors, and about

40 biology majors in a given year. Those smaller numbers, and the school’s 8-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio, help make the handson approach in the sciences possible.

That approach hooked Brianna Wilson ’21, a third-year biology major from Kenosha, Wis. who wants to pursue a Ph.D. so she can eventually teach biology at the college level. An intro biology course during her first year opened her eyes to that possibility. “The last five weeks of the term you design your own experiment with the professor,” Wilson said. “I was taken aback by that, that they’d throw us into a lab and let us design our own experiment . . . I thought I wouldn’t be able to get a chance to do that until . . . I went to graduate school. That was pretty memorable.”

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PATH TO A PH.D. Wilson is envisioning a path not unlike that of Caitlin White Magel ’09, now pursuing a doctorate in marine science at Oregon State University, and other Lawrence grads working their way toward doctoral degrees. For Magel, it was an opportunity to take part in the Lawrence University Marine Program (LUMP) her sophomore year that opened her to a new world. The Lawrence program provides a hands-on undergraduate experience in marine biology, including a two-week field study of a Caribbean island, the study of coral and fish biodiversity, and the exploration of reef ecosystems. “It was an incredible experience,” Magel said. “It was my first scientific experience in marine ecosystems, and also my first experience doing field-based research.” Following her junior year, Magel garnered a summer internship with the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates at Oregon State’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Oregon. That built on what she had taken from the LUMP experience. After graduating from Lawrence, she would return to Newport for a two-year research assistant position with the EPA’s Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch, studying coastal salt marshes. That led her to her doctoral program focused on coastal marine ecology. “Undoubtedly, the support and encouragement of many of my Lawrence professors, especially Marcia BjØrnerud, Bart De Stasio, and Jodi Sedlock, helped put me on a path to success in graduate school,” Magel said. That’s music to Debbert’s ears. The ongoing connection between student and faculty is a key selling point in a liberal arts education, the sciences included. That starts early at Lawrence and continues post-graduation. 12

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Students take part in an interactive learning exercise. Photo: Danny Damiani

“We really try to help students find out what it’s like to be a researcher,” Debbert said of the undergraduate work. “Being a scientist isn’t just sitting in a lecture hall and taking tests. Real science is about being curious and being OK with not knowing something and then going out and figuring it out. That’s what we really try to stress to our students. “Yes, we’re going to teach the quantitative skills and the math and how to use the instruments, but we also want to make sure we’re teaching them how to communicate with each other, how to work with people who might not be very similar to you, how to come up with a research question, how to fail, and how to succeed after that.” No one on the faculty is focusing on the STEM-to-Ph.D. rankings, Debbert said. The rankings are nice because they remind people that there is some serious science happening in the halls of liberal arts colleges, Lawrence included, but they don’t change a professor’s classroom approach or a student’s experience. “Sometimes people seem surprised that you can have an actual honest-to-goodness real laboratory experience at a small school,” Debbert said. “If anything, these rankings show people that, yes, we do real science at Lawrence, and we care about it and we care about having our students learn how to be independent researchers. “To us, that’s the main thing. It helps us communicate our story, and the story for liberal arts schools in general, which is, send us your scientists, and we can help them grow in that way.” See page 33 to learn how a new Science Learning Commons will further transform science teaching and learning at Lawrence. ▪

▸ For more, see our video at go.lawrence.edu/STEMuid

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KELVIN MAESTRE WORK AND PLAY IN THE LIBRARY’S MAKERSPACE By Isabella Mariani ’21 Being the Makerspace assistant is more of a lifestyle than a job for Kelvin Maestre ’21. He’s found the place where teaching, learning, and a passion for creativity merge— in a little corner of the Seeley G. Mudd library. The Makerspace is a hub of creative technologies on the first floor of the library. Free for students to use, the equipment includes 3D printers, sewing machines, a laser cutter, and a soldering iron. “The Makerspace is a place for you to come if you want to make something, study, or if you want a creative outlet,” said Maestre, an anthropology major from Revere, Massachusetts. “Your personality really comes out when you’re in that small space.”

A passion that’s been building It was a longtime interest in 3D printing that brought Maestre into the Makerspace for the first time. “Where I grew up, there was no 3D printer, there was no Makerspace,” he said. “I heard about these machines years ago and I’ve wanted to get my hands on one for a long time, and when I finally came here and I saw one, that was it.” That first sighting for Maestre happened on a tour of the library during Summer Institute, a three-week visit to Lawrence before his freshman year. The next day he contacted Angela Vanden Elzen, the reference and learning technologies librarian and assistant professor who serves as the Makerspace coordinator. She didn’t waste any time training him on the 3D printers at the start of fall term. By his sophomore year, Maestre was a regular at Makerspace. He was given a job there that summer, a role he continues today as the assistant. Ever since, the boundaries between work and play have disappeared. Each day, Maestre is able to share his passion for 3D printing with his peers. He spends his time training people on the machines and taking on small projects for professors, as well as pursuing a few of his own. Some of his favorite 3D-printed work includes a model jet engine, an ocarina, and a skull soap holder.

Photo: Danny Damiani

“Once you’ve used a 3D printer for so long, you can’t live without it,” he said. “I feel like I can’t separate myself from the lifestyle. Now I want these things, and they have to be with me when I leave, otherwise I just feel incomplete.”

More than meets the eye It’s not just the machines Maestre has bonded with. He and Vanden Elzen have become a dynamic Makerspace duo—in his words, “Like Angela is Batman, and I’m Robin.” And Maestre’s one-on-one time with Makerspace visitors forges relationships with students, too. “The best part about my job is when I get to help people out,” he said. “It always makes me happy when I teach someone something and I see them do it themselves. They come to me for help, and I help out, and you see them come back over and over again.” ▪ For more on the Makerspace, you can check out their blog at blogs.lawrence.edu/makerspace. LAWRENCE

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ABHISHEK CHAKRABORTY NEW DATA EXPERT ON CAMPUS By Ed Berthiaume

ssistant Professor of Statistics Abhishek Chakraborty joined the Lawrence University faculty this fall as the revamped computer science program was rolled out to students.

He arrives with a background in research focused on developing statistical methodologies for analysis of complex data sets, with broad work in the fields of machine learning, data mining, predictive modeling, and the application of Bayesian variables. Chakraborty has a Ph.D. in statistics from Iowa State University, a master’s in statistics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur, India, and a bachelor’s degree in statistics from St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata, India.

In the Classroom Inside info: What’s one thing you want every student coming into your classes to know about you? I am here to help them learn and assist them in making their Lawrence experience a grand success. Undergrad life runs pretty fast and is one of the memorable phases in life. I have been there, and wish I could go back again. My greatest satisfaction is when I can support them in their journey and play my part in preparing them for the life ahead. My doors are always open. I have interesting stories to tell. They should never feel that they are alone in this adventure. Getting energized: What work have you done or will you be doing at Lawrence that gets you the most excited? I am one of the two statisticians at Lawrence. I am working on developing new statistics courses (newest coming up in spring 2020) and am contributing to a statistics/data science minor. In my short time at LU, I have seen a lot of interest among students about statistics. These courses will open up different avenues of interest. Diving deep into the world of statistics and preparing future statisticians really gets me excited.

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Out of the Classroom This or that: If you weren’t teaching for a living, what would you be doing? Two years back, I would have said playing soccer or becoming a musician. Recently, I spend my free time cooking and learning about beers. So, maybe I would have been a chef or opened a brewery. Right at home: Whether for work, relaxation or reflection, what’s your favorite spot on campus? Firstly, I would say it’s my office. I have a great view of the Fox River. I like it best when the sun rays come in and light up my office. That’s usually during the mornings and early afternoons. I also like the walk along the river— very peaceful. To take a look at Abhishek’s office, check out our student-produced video at go.lawrence.edu/dataoffice One book, one recording, one film: Name one of each that speaks to your soul? Or you would recommend to a friend? Or both? Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I recommend everyone read it at least once in their lifetime. Song: I am a big fan of the (now pretty old) British rock band Pink Floyd. It’s hard to choose just one of their songs. Maybe Poles Apart from the album The Division Bell. Marooned is another favorite. Chances are my choice of the song and the artist might change if you ask me another time. ▪ Film: The Shawshank Redemption. Because, “… hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things.”

Andrew Sage (above, far left), assistant professor of statistics, works with Erin Lengel ’21 in the Data-Scientific Programming class. Michele Haeberlin ’20 (above, far right) reads aloud a portion of her writing during Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction. Photos: Danny Damiani

NEW PROGRAMS LAUNCHING FOR FALL! By Ed Berthiaume Beginning in the fall, Lawrence University is launching a new Creative Writing major and a new Statistics and Data Science minor. They both mark significant additions to the school’s liberal arts curriculum.

CREATIVE WRITING Students in the English program now have two curricular tracks to choose from, one leading to a major in Creative Writing and the other to a major in Literature. “We’ve seen more prospective students articulating their desire to focus directly on creative writing,” said David McGlynn, professor of English and chair of the English department. “More current and prospective students are seeking graduate-school and career opportunities in writing. We believe the new track system will allow students more flexibility to pursue their goals.” Lawrence has offered a minor in Creative Writing for nearly a decade. New courses are being added, including an introductory creative writing course designed for first-year students and a senior seminar in creative writing for graduating seniors.

STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE The new Statistics and Data Science minor will strengthen offerings in an area that is increasingly in demand. The use of statistics and data analysis has grown in fields across the liberal arts spectrum, making it a sought-after minor in a lot of disciplines. “Data scientists are working with bioinformatics, genetics; it’s huge in economics, and it’s become a huge thing in political science,” said Andrew Sage, an assistant professor of statistics who came on board a year ago and has helped bring the new minor to fruition. Sage was hired in 2018 and Abhishek Chakraborty joined the faculty in 2019, giving Lawrence two professors deeply invested in statistics and data and allowing for the addition of numerous courses and the development of the minor. To learn more about these new offerings, visit go.lawrence.edu/newprograms20. ▪

Photo: Danny Damiani

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L AG UE NTCTH I NCGE T LO E BKR NAT OW I O .N .. YEXUE LI MIXING ART, HISTORY, AND A HIGH-PRICED SURPRISE

By Ed Berthiaume

On what she finds fulfilling about her work

Yexue Li ’10 found herself at the center of international media attention in the fall of 2019.

I guess it’s the satisfaction after a long search of any relative documentation. It might be one sentence or a comment from the Archives of the Empirical Workshops, or a similar item in the corner of a painting. Any information that can help us understand the item better excites me.

Well, it wasn’t so much Li who was garnering all the attention; it was the tiny vase she was holding in her hands. As the head of Asian art at the auction house Sworders in the United Kingdom, the Lawrence University alumna was the point person for the auction of a vase that had been purchased by an unidentified shopper for 1 pound ($1.21) at a thrift store in Hertfordshire. The buyer, having generated a bit of a frenzy after sampling the vase on eBay, eventually brought it to Li at Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers to get it professionally valued. It was quite the surprise when it was discovered that the vase once belonged to the Qianlong Emperor, a ruler in China’s Qing dynasty during the 1700s. A pre-auction estimate was set at £80,000 ($103,000), which wouldn’t have been a bad take on a £1 purchase. Then came the November, 2019 auction. A bidding war ensued, with the final price checking in at £484,000 (nearly $625,000). The thrift shop buyer was, to say the least, pleased. “The gentleman vendor was in the charity shop and picked out the vase because he liked the look of it,” Li told MetroUK. The vase is marked with a symbol that means it was destined for one of the emperor’s palaces. “The vase is special because it comes with the inscription by the Qianlong Emperor, and he must have commissioned this vase,” Li said. “It’s a high-quality vase because it was court commissioned, so it would have been of a high value when it was made.” Li, of China, was a studio art major at Lawrence. She initially joined Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, for an internship while she was pursuing her master’s degree. She was offered a full-time position when the internship finished. We chatted with her via email about her work at Sworders and how her Lawrence journey prepared her for it.

On a favorite item she’s come across We were invited to a house to look at their ceramic collection, and we saw a wood carving, which they used as a door stop. It turned out to be a zitan brush pot carved extensively with a “hundred boys” pattern, and it was later sold 16 for £150,000. SPRING 2020

On how her studio art major helps guide her work Art skills are very important in the decision-making during preparation for the sale. I am responsible for the layout of the catalogues, design of posters, and other advertisements etc. We do a lot of valuation days and house visits in the auction business. I need to be able to pick up one item and tell the owner how old it is and how much it is worth. A good communication skill is also required. In addition, there is a massive amount of research involved in my work. We need to find the previous sale records and any related documents or similar items for comparison.

On one take-away from Lawrence that has paid dividends It was the speaking and writing-intensive classes. Just the other day, I was asked to bring the Qianlong vase to Asian Art in London headquarters to show it to the Board Committee as a shortlist award for the most outstanding work of art of the year. I didn’t know until I walked in the room that I needed to do a presentation. My most precious experience at Lawrence—not learned from a textbook—was to always be ready and prepared for a situation like this. ▪

CELEBRATING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LAWRENCE COMMUNITY Lawrence is a Princeton Review Best Value School again this year! In even more exciting news, LU jumped a spot and is now the #3 Impact School in the country. Emily Richter ’20 and Nick Fahrenkrug ’20 took first place in the National Opera Scenes Competition (Division 1), marking the third award for the Lawrence University Opera this season. Lawrence’s rating was upgraded from bronze to silver by the Association for the Advancement for Sustainability in Higher Education, due to Lawrence’s ongoing commitment to sustainability. Lawrence once again appeared on U.S. News and World Report’s annual Best Colleges list, with special recognition on the Best Value and Best Undergraduate Teaching lists. Lawrence won two awards in the National Opera Association’s Opera Production Competition: Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi won second place in Division II and Leonard Bernstein’s Mass placed third in Division IV. Lawrence was named #1 on the College Gazette’s list of Best “Hidden Gem” Liberal Arts Colleges. Lawrence swept all the prizes at the state-level Music Teachers National Association, with winners Hung Nguyen ’22 (1st place), Mayan Essak ’20 (alternate), Nicholas Suminski ’20 (honorable mention), Rinako Kishi ’23 (honorable mention) and Jonathan Bass ’23 (honorable mention). Bee Connell Mielke Professor of Education Stewart Purkey was honored by the Appleton Education Association with its Friend of Education Award for his many contributions to the teaching profession. Student Life staff have worked tirelessly to help students move out, ensure students remaining on campus are supported, see to the health and wellness of our community and simply show the best of Lawrence in a difficult time. Information Technology Services worked around the clock to prepare our campus for distance learning and telecommuting. Associate Professor of Music Andrew Crooks’ artist relief fundraising campaign is garnering national attention and raising funds for artists across the country who are struggling due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Lab supervisors Eric Lewellyn (biology), Daniel Martin (chemistry) and JoAnn Stamm (biology) reviewed and assembled personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies for donation to local healthcare providers. Facilities staff have tackled the herculean task to make sure the Lawrence campus is cleaned, sanitized and as safe as possible for the students and staff who remain on campus. Willa Dworschack ’21 earned a prestigious 3-year National Science Foundation grant. Travis Dillon ’21 was named a Goldwater Scholar on the strength of his mathematics research. Jacob Woodford ’13 was elected mayor of Appleton.

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MICROSOFT PRESIDENT BRAD SMITH TAKES THE STAGE Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corp., spoke to a packed Stansbury Theatre on the Lawrence campus this fall, drawing on parallels between lessons learned in the 20th century and the anxieties that come with new frontiers in artificial intelligence, facial recognition technology, and the explosion of data science. A 1977 graduate of Appleton West High School, Smith returned to his hometown as part of a book tour with co-author Carol Ann Browne for Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age. He was introduced by Brian Pertl, the dean of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music who previously spent 16 years at Microsoft, serving as manager of the tech giant’s Media Acquisitions Group.

Photo: Danny Damiani “The future of technology and future of these issues is going to be much more multi-disciplinary,” Smith said. “I think it’s actually fitting that we’re having this conversation in a conservatory. All of these things [at a liberal arts college] reflect the various parts of humanity that need to come together.”

In a Q&A conversation hosted by Scott Corry, a Lawrence professor of mathematics, Smith discussed the collision between technology and society. Smith said the liberal arts approach is already alive and growing in the tech sector, with new hires coming in with backgrounds in philosophy, history and music, among others. Data scientists and software engineers are important, but it’s not their game alone.

LAWRENCE FILES BRIEF AT SUPREME COURT The start of October Term 2019 (OT 19 for seasoned court watchers) was a busy one at the United States Supreme Court, and Lawrence was part of the mix. Lawrence joined 164 other colleges and universities from across the country as part of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration in signing an amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief supporting the roughly 700,000 young immigrants who came to the United States as children and qualify for status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The court heard arguments in the case on November 12. As of publication time, a decision has not been issued but could come down any time between now and the end of June. The brief argued that once these young immigrants have an opportunity to access higher education, they tend to flourish, and that’s exactly what DACA was intended to do. The opportunities that then come with a degree not only benefit the student, but also the economics of the community as these young people go on to pursue professional careers and give back in multiple ways. “Ensuring Lawrence remains open to students from all backgrounds who display academic excellence is a core value of this university,” says President Mark Burstein. “DACA has provided a valuable avenue for talented students to pursue a college education and meaningful work.” 18

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Lawrence also joined more than 100 colleges and universities on an amicus in a case currently in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia defending the immigration program known as Optional Practical Training and its more recent expansion, STEM OPT. the program permits international students studying at colleges and universities in the United States on F-1 status to pursue practical training with a U.S. employer in a position directly related to their course of study for a set period of time following graduation. At the time of publication, a decision had not been issued.

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD-WINNING CONVOCATION SPEAKER ASKS HOW TO IMAGINE A BETTER WORLD Masha Gessen was up front that there would be no answers during winter term Convocation. Only questions, be they political, socio-economic or otherwise. The Russian-American journalist and author told the audience that in order to find answers to society’s most perplexing problems, we must first challenge our assumptions of what we think we know and then imagine a better world, a better way to connect the dots. In other words, think. And think deeply. Imaginative thinking is where real political change happens, Gessen said. In late 2011, early 2012, when Russia was reeling in economic turmoil and there were mass protests and talk about the fate of Vladimir Putin, Gessen started pondering imaginative thinking, or the lack thereof. No one could really imagine what would come next in Russia should Putin be gone. “The intellectual work of imagining what would happen after is actually political work,” Gessen said. “It’s essential for something to be able to move forward. But how do you imagine something that you don’t know, and then sort of will it into being?” Photo: Danny Damiani

FORMER TRIVIA MASTER A JEOPARDY! CHAMPION Alex Damisch ’16 is a big fan of knowledge games. Now more than ever. Her gaming history, which included stints at Lawrence University as a trivia master for the Great Midwest Trivia Contest and president of the Quizbowl club, paid off recently with a run on Jeopardy! that included three days of winning and a tally of $35,549. The episodes featuring Damisch on the popular TV game show aired in late November. Damisch cites her experience on the Lawrence Quizbowl team as one of the key factors that prepared her for her successful Jeopardy! run. As a team knowledge competition, she honed her knowledge at regular practices and learned how to compete against other schools. “I’ve been a fan of competitive knowledge games for as long as I can remember,” said Damisch, who lives in Chicago and works as a data analyst for Underwriters Laboratories.

Photo courtesy of Alex Damisch ’16

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STUDENT JOURNEY

Erin Ijzer ’21 plays trombone while Julian Bennett ’20 plays cello, during Ten Thousand Birds. Photo: Danny Damiani

TEN THOUSAND BIRDS PERFORMANCE A HIGHLIGHT OF FALL TERM

TWO GRAMMY NODS FOR LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

Challenging the boundaries of music and fostering exciting innovation continues to be a focus within Lawrence’s Conservatory.

When the 2020 Grammy nominations were announced Nov. 20, Lawrence had two names on the list to celebrate: Assistant Professor of Music Tim Albright and opera singer Evan Bravos ’10.

The Lawrence University New Music Ensemble performed Ten Thousand Birds, a piece written by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams, in the Warch Campus Center on October 13. Musicians and audience members could move around freely during the performance.

Playing trombone in the horn section, Albright was featured on Bon Iver’s i,i which landed three Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Albright spent four days recording with Justin Vernon, the creative mastermind behind Bon Iver, for the critically acclaimed album.

Designed to feature natural sounds from the region where it is being performed, Ten Thousand Birds is a soundscape experience of bird songs and other natural sounds, played by 40 musicians on percussion, wind instruments, strings and piano, resulting in a celebration of music and nature. At Lawrence, the performance mimicked the sounds of animals native to the Midwest or which migrate through the region, but the piece is meant to be adapted to include the natural animal sounds from wherever it is performed. This performance shined a light on the possibilities for audience participation and musical transformation in the world of new music. 20

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Showcasing the talent coming out of the Lawrence Conservatory, alumnus Bravos was featured prominently on Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, which was nominated for Best Choral Performance. Composed by Kurt Sander, the piece is an original recording of Russian Orthodox choral music in English language. These two Grammy nominations add to the Lawrence Conservatory’s ever-increasing list of accolades and highlight the talent among Conservatory faculty, students and alumni.

For more on these and other stories, visit go.lawrence.edu/newsblog

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GRANT EXTENDS LAWRENCEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLEGE HORIZONS

In a continuing attempt to increase educational opportunities for all students, Lawrence University is strengthening its partnership with College Horizons, a national nonprofit organization that advocates for college-bound Native American students and aims to close the gap between Native and non-Native achievement in higher education. For the past three years, Lawrence has worked with College Horizons to host the Scholars Program, a three-week summer academy for Native incoming freshmen enrolled at colleges across the country to learn about the transition to college and to hone their writing and researching skills. Although the funding for that program expired at the end of 2019, a newly awarded three-year, $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will extend the College Horizons Scholars Program through 2022. With the increased funding, the program will expand to support students throughout all four years of college, with participating students meeting annually for a one-week summer academy.

Students gather on campus as part of the College Horizons program. Photo: Liz Boutelle

LAWRENCE CELEBRATES THE LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Faculty, students and staff honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The day of volunteering and teach-ins concluded with a celebration event in the Memorial Chapel, featuring music led by musician, filmmaker and theologian Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou and a keynote address by Simon Balto, an assistant professor of history and African American studies at the University of Iowa and author of the book, Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power. With no classes being held, it was designated as a day of service. Throughout the day, nearly 150 volunteers supported communities across the Fox Cities through service at Riverview Gardens, the Fox Valley Humane Association, Feeding America, Brewster Village, and the Boys and Girls Clubs in Appleton and Menasha. Another 155 attended a half dozen teach-ins that ranged from being actively engaged in anti-racism advocacy to addressing stigma and disparity within mental health treatment. Simon Balto delivers the keynote at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Photo: Danny Damiani

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VIKING VOICES

Appleton Board of Health talks banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors — WFRV-TV

What’s life like in the Blue Man Group? —Post-Crescent

“In Wisconsin, we have four times the rate of suicide risk for LGBTQ youth, and we should be paying attention to that. Our national average is terrifying. ”

“It happens every time. It's really gross ... I recall just sneezing and having this mix of blue paint, which would have been the makeup, and the pink paint, which would have been what we use to make the canvasses—we do spit paintings—and that was still coming and draining out of my sinuses like a month or so later. That is always startling.”

HELEN BOYD KRAMER, Instructor in Gender Studies

Clear your weekend schedule. It’s Lawrence trivia time! —Valley Review

JONATHAN CLAPHAM ’99 member of Blue Man Group

“It’s more of a scavenger hunt than it is trivia. We don’t want [questions] to be impossible, but we don’t want them to be easy. We try to have a couple steps ...” TRIVIA MASTER ALLEGRA TAYLOR ’20, explaining the Great Midwest Trivia Contest

Business with a Side of Music —Insight Magazine “A solid liberal arts education allows you to become a problem solver who can think creatively. The Conservatory staff sees the importance and value of the classes not related to music since they see how that broadens the student’s knowledge base. In some conservatories, they just want you to focus on music and nothing else. We’re different.”

Appleton voters choose Jake Woodford as next mayor —Post-Crescent “I feel great, and I'm so appreciative to the people of Appleton for putting their trust in me to serve them this way.” JAKE WOODFORD ’13

BRIAN PERTL, Dean of the Conservatory

The Pentagon is asking if women have a ‘quality of purity few men possess.’ —Military Times “Part of it is raising awareness because people don’t understand benevolent sexism. You can be well-meaning, but you may not realize that with these attitudes you are undermining women. If you are mentoring women, your goal is not to protect them and be their friend. Your goal is to help them be the best they can be. You can de-bias the system.” PETER GLICK, Henry Merritt Wriston Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Psychology

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FACULTY AND ALUMNI

BOO KS

FINDING THE NEWS: ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG REPORTER

RICHARD HALLIBURTON AND THE VOYAG E O F T H E S E A D R AG O N (FORTHCOMING)

Peter Copeland ’79

Gerry Max, Björklunden Seminar Instructor

Finding the News details the rapid and engaging nature of Peter Copeland’s journey to become a distinguished journalist dedicated to the core values of accuracy, fairness and speed. Copeland recounts the lessons he learned as an aspiring journalist reporting on some of the most fraught military situations of the time and asserts that exciting new technology, combined with a return to traditional journalistic values, could lead to a golden age of journalism.

Max explores the dramatic life and final voyage of Richard Halliburton, considered by many to be the first ever celebrity travel writer due to his detailed written accounts of his many adventures. Based on letters Halliburton sent home during his journey, Max is able to paint an intricate portrait of Halliburton’s final, failed exhibition against the backdrop of a world on the brink of war.

W H AT S P I R I T R E T U R N S ILLEGIBLE Sergey Gandlevsky Translated by Susanne Fusso ’76 Centering on the experiences of Lev Krivorotov, a 20-year-old poet living in Moscow in the 1970s, Illegible provides a unique view of the atmosphere of Moscow during the late/post-Soviet era and explores the universality of human emotion. Fusso’s translation from Russian is able to capture the specific language, themes and ambiance of the original while not reading like a translation.

Andrew McSorley, Reference and Digital Liberal Arts Librarian and Assistant Professor Andrew McSorley’s first collection of poetry, What Spirit Returns, has received great acclaim since its publication in the summer of 2019. The collection has become the second best-selling title in the Kelsay Books catalog and has received recognition from notable poets Catherine Pierce, Traci Brimhall and Amy Fleury.

B I T T E N BY T H E B L U E S : T H E A L L I G AT O R R E C O R D S S T O RY

HOME AND COMMUNITY FOR QUEER MEN OF COLOR: THE INTERSECTION OF RACE AND SEXUALITY

Bruce Iglauer ’69, Co-authored by Patrick. A. Roberts

Jesus G. Smith, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies Co-edited by C. Winter Han

Bitten by the Blues narrates the story of Bruce Iglauer and Alligator Records, the largest independent blues record label in the world and Iglauer’s company. The memoir recounts the details of a life emerged in the music and business of the blues, providing an evocative picture of the larger-than-life personalities behind the music.

This edited volume examines the concept of “home,” the intersection of race and sexuality and the American experience of being “raced” and “sexed” from the perspective of queer men of color. The editors and contributors are able to tackle the topic of racism and heterosexism within larger racially and sexually marginalized groups.

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BE THE LIGHT! C A M PA I G N N E W S

BE THE LIGHT! L E A R N E R S . L E A D E R S . L AW R E N T I A N S .

C A M P A I G N U P D AT E Be The Light! rang in the new year by hitting a major milestone: This historic campaign officially crossed the $200 million mark! More than 15,500 alumni and friends of Lawrence have supported the campaign since it launched six years ago, and thanks to that generosity, we are more than 90% of the way to meeting our ambitious $220 million goal. “The impact of Be the Light! is already profound,” says Cal Husmann, vice president for alumni and development, pointing to declining student debt at Lawrence as the school draws closer to being a full-need institution and investments in curriculum including cognitive neuroscience, I&E, psychology, and pedagogy in all areas. Some contributions to the campaign have been massive, including the $30 million matching gift to Full Speed to Full Need that launched the campaign in 2014 and others that have been in excess of $2 million. But many others have been smaller gifts that add up to major contributions. More than 14,000 gifts have come in at $50 or less, adding up to nearly $400,000. “Every gift makes a difference,” Husmann says. “The success of Be the Light! is a product of the strength of our community.” B E T H E L I G H T ! T O TA L S T O D AT E

$83.8 million for Full Speed to Full Need $74.2 million for the Student Journey $28 million for the Lawrence Fund $21 million for Campus Renewal 15,800 campaign donors

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Students visited the headquarters of leading tech companies during last year’s Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement-sponsored Silicon Valley career exploration trek.

TRANSFORMING THE CENTER FOR CAREER, LIFE, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The matching challenge supporting the Riaz Waraich Dean for Career, Life, and Community Engagement is still underway. A strategic gift from Tom Hurvis ’60 allowed Lawrence to hire inaugural Riaz Waraich Dean for Career, Life, and Community Engagement Mike O’Connor. Hurvis is challenging the Lawrence community to give an additional $2.5 million in support of the CLC to provide students with meaningful, real-world experience. At the heart of both the matching challenge and the Be the Light! Campaign is ensuring equal access to all of the opportunities a Lawrence education offers. The challenge supports key initiatives: CAREER EXPLORATION FUNDS, which help students of limited means access the information and tools they need to make decisions about their futures. These tools can range from program support to help with buying professional clothing and travel fees for interviews and other opportunities. CAREER COMMUNITIES, specialized industry clusters connect students to targeted programs, faculty, alumni, professional organizations and more through dedicated advising. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING like internships and volunteer service that helps students determine their interest in a field while working with leaders and mentors, positioning them to be more competitive in the job market and as applicants to graduate and professional programs.

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21ST-CENTURY LEARNING SPACES In this final year of the campaign, Lawrence is emphasizing 21st-century learning spaces. This includes both a brand-new Science Learning Commons and a reimagined Center for Academic Success (CAS).* SCIENCE LEARNING COMMONS

excellence in the natural sciences,” says Associate Professor of Y FUN Chemistry and Program Director for the HHMI Grant Stefan LDebbert.

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A prestigious 5-year, $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is allowing faculty to implement CENTER FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS (CAS) transformation methods in teaching and learning in key The CAS is a central resource for all students to realize their full introductory sciences courses (see page 15 for more). academic potential. Relocating this vital hub to provide easily Reimagining the classroom and creating an active learning accessible and centrally located mentoring and academic support environment is vital to the success of these efforts. services is key to supporting student success for decades to come. Active Learning Classrooms (ALC) are student-centered, We are relocating CAS from the basement of Briggs Hall and technology-rich environments that promote critical thinking and transforming the second floor of Seeley active learning through problemG. Mudd Library into a 21st-century solving, group work, peer teaching, and CAS STUDENT SERVICES learning commons. This will provide a increased faculty-student interaction. BY THE NUMBERS centrally located and easily accessible They play a huge role in learning hub of academic life where students outcomes. An analysis of more than of the student body used CAS can seek mentorship and tutoring 200 studies shows that adoption of from qualified and caring staff ready to active learning strategies results in a received content and skills tutoring foster confidence and share strategies 36 percent decrease in failure rates. received academic skills training for personal growth and educational Lawrence currently lacks an ALC for achievement. large introductory courses where this benefitted from accessibility services “The CAS is a destination for kind of work can make the most impact took student success courses and workshops students who want to achieve their on student success. greatest academic success. We take a “The Science Commons will holistic approach to assisting students, help us give our students the best recognizing that academic abilities, success skills, and personal possible foundation in learning about the natural world.” Active concerns often are connected. We work closely with students, learning tables will facilitate closer connections among faculty and faculty, and staff to address questions and concerns that support students, and technology upgrades will allow seamless sharing of students’ overall Lawrence experience,” says Dean of Academic ideas and data. This modern learning space will serve as a physical Success Monita Mohammadian Gray ’92. manifestation of Lawrence’s deep commitment to inclusive

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•G athering place to collaborate, build community and participate in activities that support classroom and laboratory learning

•S tudent success resources: mobile white boards, testing suites to support students with learning disabilities, group working areas and books, magazines and other media • An Active Learning Classroom

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MEET NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH TONY AKER By Ed Berthiaume

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on’t flinch.”

It’s a message new head football coach Tony Aker delivers frequently. You’ll hear him say it when imploring his players to embrace the academic and athletic rigors that come with being a scholar athlete. You’ll hear it when he talks with his coaches about the challenges of rebuilding a winning tradition in a football program that was once among the nation’s Division III elite but hasn’t won consistently in years. And you’ll

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hear it when he talks about re-establishing the Fox Valley, the state of Wisconsin, and the upper Midwest as essential recruiting territory for Lawrence football. Aker joined Lawrence University in December from Carroll University where he had been an assistant coach for four years. Learn more about his athletics background and vision for Vikings football at go.lawrence.edu/aker ▪ Tony Aker, Lawrence’s new football coach, is looking to bring excitement back to the Banta Bowl on Saturday afternoons. Photo: Danny Damiani

WOMEN’S HOCKEY JOINING THE VARSITY ROSTER Get to Know New Head Coach Jocey Kleiber By Alex Freeman ’23

n Jocelyn “Jocey” Kleiber’s first day on the Lawrence campus as the new women’s ice hockey head coach, she did not yet have access to her email. By day two, she had 25 emails in her inbox from possible new recruits. From there, the recruitment process took off, and it has not slowed down since. By the beginning of the 2020–21 school year, Lawrence will have formed its inaugural women’s ice hockey team—the first new Lawrence NCAA program since the 1980s. And Kleiber is building it from the ground up. With three years of experience as an assistant coach under her belt, she is excited to take on the challenge of being a head coach. To find out more about Jocey and how she’s building the women’s hockey squad, visit go.lawrence.edu/kleiber

ABOUT LAWRENCE’S NEWEST VARSITY SPORT Women’s hockey will be the 22nd varsity sports program at Lawrence, bringing the roster of varsity sports to 11 women’s and 11 men’s teams. The Vikings will join the men’s hockey program in the competitive Northern Collegiate Hockey Association and play at the Appleton Family Ice Center. Lawrence will be the 10th women’s squad in the NCHA and one of 67 teams competing in NCAA Division III. LAWRENCE

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Maddy Smith ’22 launches off the board.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM FALL & WINTER SPORTS Kenya Earl ’21 became the fifth player in LU women’s basketball history to score more than 1,000 points. Brad Sendell ’21 became the first player in Lawrence men’s basketball history to score 1,000 points in his first two seasons with the Vikings. Cross country star Joe Kortenhof ’20 won the title at the Midwest Conference Championships and qualified for NCAA Division III Championships, where he placed 52nd out of 280 competitors in the men’s 8K. Lawrence women’s tennis had a breakthrough season and qualified for the Midwest Conference Tournament for the first time since 2011. Singles players Margot Connor ’23, Emma Koppa ’23, Amelia Watson ’23 and Jacki Healy ’23 reached the semifinals of the Midwest Conference Championships. Tennis coach Steve Francour celebrated his 500th career win as a collegiate coach with a victory over Cornell College. Hockey players Danny Toycen ’21 and Jordan Boehlke ’20 founded Little Vikes, an outreach program to provide athletic opportunities and teach wellness to children in the Fox Cities through mentoring and support from Lawrence students. Lawrence men’s swimming and diving took second and the women grabbed third at the Wisconsin Private College Championships as Anton Hutchinson ’21 won titles in the 200-yard freestyle, 500 freestyle and 1,650 freestyle, and AJ Ulwelling ’23 and Maddy Smith ’22 swept the crowns in 3-meter diving. Two Lawrence soccer players were picked for all-conference teams: Jackie Blake ’23 on the women’s squad and Zach Currie ’22 on the men’s side. Currie also received honorable mention on the all-Wisconsin team along with teammate Jack Morrissey ’23. Volleyball experienced a rebuilding season under first-year coach Kim Falkenhagen but collected six victories, including a 3-0 shutout of rival Ripon College. Going up against some of the nation’s heavyweights, Lawrence fencing notched victories over varsity squads Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy and Fairleigh Dickinson.

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Photo: Paul Wilke

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DEAR FELLOW LAWRENTIANS, Like many of you, I love paging through the Class Notes section of the magazine, reading the heartfelt, funny and warm updates about our lives after Lawrence. That kind of connection is so important in the best of times, and connecting as a community is more important now than ever. As president of the Lawrence University Alumni Association, I want to reach out and assure you that Lawrence and your fellow alumni are here as a point of connection and social solidarity as we survive and thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawrence is continuing to work on ways for you to connect to our alma mater and to one another. (Have you gone to the VRVR—Virtual Reality Viking Room—yet?) I have also been incredibly moved by the generosity you have shown Lawrence and one another, as well as the stories of hope and solidarity you are sharing. We can also support our current Lawrence students, serving as a guiding light as they navigate this unprecedented situation. Please reach out to me or the Lawrence Alumni & Constituency Engagement team to connect, share your stories, ask questions or just to say hello. We are here for you just as you are all supporting one another. As Lawrentians, we are creative and adaptable, and I know we will rise to face these new challenges together with thoughtfulness and care. Sincerely, Irene Strohbeen ’78 President, Lawrence University Alumni Association

RETURN TO CAMPUS VIRTUALLY! This and other backgrounds are available in the virtual hangout kits. Lawrence has made virtual hangout kits featuring custom Lawrence Zoom backgrounds, playlists and other fun goodies. You just might find a drink recipe with the VRVR pack! Check out go.lawrence.edu/ socialsolidarity to access kits, links to performances from the Conservatory’s Virtual Vault and much more. P.S. You can always find ways to connect with your fellow alumni using our directory. Visit go.lawrence.edu/profile to set up your profile.

INFORMATION FOR STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS The recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) contains some measures that provide relief for those who are paying Federal Direct Loans (formerly known as Stafford Loans). This information does not apply to private loans or to the Perkins Loan program. Holders of Federal Direct Loans will not be required to pay any balance due 30

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through September 30. Furthermore, interest during this period will not accrue.

for relief. You may do that by logging into studentaid.gov.

The CARES Act should automatically suspend your payments and the interest during this period. However, we recommend that you check with your Federal Direct Loan servicer to ensure that your Federal Direct Loan is eligible

Although you need not make payments during this period, it may be to your advantage to do so (if you can) because your entire payment will go toward reducing your principal rather than the interest, thereby helping you pay off your loans more quickly.

CLASS NOTES Though we have had to rethink June’s in-person reunion, we are still noting reunion classes to mark these important milestones. Class Notes were submitted prior to the decision regarding Reunion 2020.

Milwaukee-Downer Nancy Balster Schuler M-D’45 ⋅ Born in St. Paul, MN, 96 years ago, I am currently “at home” so to speak in an independent living apartment in Middleton, WI., the closest I can get to Milwaukee and my good memories of friends and faculty as an OT student. Greetings to friends and classmates from the early ’40s during WWII at Downer. Betty Jay Davis M-D’46 ⋅ My campus job was working with Miss West, Home Ec. Dept. Chair, regularly taking inventory of equipment in the lab drawers. Miss West’s high standards gave me a strong background for my career in dietetics. Sally Gruetzmacher Holl M-D’47 ⋅ I am still here in my own house and still doing some artwork and a bit of writing too. I do have some news of a wonderful friend of mine. We graduated together from M-D in 1947, Phyllis Young. She graduated with a degree in occupational therapy and went to North Dakota. I graduated with an art major. She became Phyllis Hinrichs and died in September of this year. I knew her since Kindergarten in Wauwatosa, WI. I also spent 2 years at Lawrence. Shirleymae Epstein Lane M-D’47 ⋅ I’m on my way to my 95th birthday next August, slowed up a bit but read a lot, belong to a book club and enjoy playing bridge. The saddest part of my life is that my only sibling, beautiful, brilliant, talented Merleanna Epstein Kremen ’48 has dementia. Harriet Zinneman Levy M-D’48 ⋅ I have lived in a stimulating retirement community in a Maryland suburb of Washington D.C. for 17 years and still enjoy the many activities and compatible friends I’ve made here. Now in my 93rd year, I am nostalgic about my Downer days, both for the excellent education I received and the hijinks that attracted us: we felt compelled to tramp to the train station in raging blizzards so that we could ride to Chicago and chortle at the “ladies retiring room,” which never failed to amuse us. Living in second floor Holton Hall surrounded by my friends, I recall the shouts of “man on second” so that those of us in a state

of undress could scurry to our respective rooms ... a more innocent time then. I’m in touch with Nancy Bump Anderson but most of my class seems to be gone with the wind. hzl1927@gmail.com June Marinelle McCotter M-D’49 ⋅ Since I was the oldest alum at reunion last year, I was the first person in the parade of classes, proudly carrying the 1949 purple banner into the chapel!!! I sat in the back of the chapel, and to my surprise, I heard my name mentioned. Everyone applauded; being embarrassed, I stood up and president Mark Burstein left the stage, ran up the aisle, and presented me a beautiful bouquet of purple and white flowers! Barbara Stolzoff Edelson M-D’50 ⋅ I am still very active: I volunteer one day a week at a food shelter which I have done for 9 years, attend a series of plays and lectures, and belong to a book club. I have 5 wonderful children, 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren, so my life is full. Nancy Twelmeyer Kempf M-D’51 ⋅ Somehow I’ve made it to 90 years old and enjoy an active life in a Dallas retirement community. Ever the OT, I am expanding my weaving and have sold my handwovens in local craft fairs. Looking back to Downer days, I am grateful for a good education and lifelong friends. Dr. Beverly Olsen Schumacher M-D’51 ⋅ I still live in the family home, drive myself to the gym five days a week and yes, I have fond memories of MDC and the class of ’51—hat hunt, rowing on the Milwaukee River, proms and Christmas traditions, carols in the chapel. I have 4 children, 1 boy, 3 girls, now all in their 50s and early 60s, plus 8 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild. I still travel, most recently to Norway, home of my ancestor Vikings. (One of my grandsons is named Viking but we call him Alex, by his middle name.) I do have arthritis, but I don’t let it beat me. I’ll be 90 in March and looking for 10 (or 20?) more wonderful years. Rightie Revercomb Pappenheim M-D’52 ⋅ I have little to report. Elaine Koepsel Zarse died on November 7. I hope someone from ’52 has livelier news to report and maybe some pictures.

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Betty Heistad Barrett M-D’55 ⋅ Life is good, health is good, and the first great-grandchild is expected in March in Houston. Volunteer work, mostly with people who are homeless, visits and conversations with children and grandchildren spread all across the country and one in Benin with the Peace Corps, four months in Naples, Florida, annual Chautauqua trip, music, plays and books keep me busy. I plan to be at Lawrence in June for the reunion and 50 Year Connection, hoping to see lots of Downer and Lawrence friends. Patricia Leszkiewicz Brinkman M-D’56 ⋅ Still limping along and traveling. Even celebrated my 85th birthday one weekend in Barcelona. Received the Solberg award from the WI Upper MI Kiwanis District this summer and was excited to meet a recent Lawrence graduate at the Detroit airport this past Saturday on my way home from Sicily and Milano. Elizabeth Sharpe Steinhilber M-D’56 ⋅ Betty Sharpe Steinhilber and her husband moved from St. Simons Island to St. George Village, a retirement community in Roswell, GA, in 2018, about 2 miles from their daughter. Enjoying seeing more of the family, walking their dog, going to the Farmer’s Market with Kate, etc. Bus trips to explore the Atlanta area—museums, concerts, sporting events, as well as apple orchards, gardens and more. Participation in exercise classes, a weekly tech service class, billiards and dominos for body and mind. O.T. background is handy in aging. Only in contact with a few MDC classmates via email. Virginia Jones Mason M-D’57 ⋅ At age 84 I am grateful to say that my husband and I are in reasonable health and happy to be in Texas for the winter. I miss our hat girl, Peggy Neese Laparo, and remember the job of the purple winning the regatta. Sharon Olson MacCallum M-D’59 ⋅ I am still teaching singing performances. My plan is to retire in two more years at age 85! Reading, research and performing are still high on my list of pleasures. Opera is my obsession.

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Mary Schipper De Mund M-D’60 ⋅ Tom and I have moved to a retirement community in Davis, CA. We miss Sausalito but still spend the summer in Graeagle, CA, where we hike a lot and sell Tom’s hiking book. During the school year I volunteer at the local public school where my sister and niece both teach. Jane A. Simmons M-D’60 ⋅ As before, I am immersed in artwork for my Bumbershoot Press and Atelier: cards, handmade paper reliefs, large paintings and hand-colored editions of etchings. When small town life becomes too bucolic, Milwaukee beckons: the art museum, the ballet, theater and the symphony. These interests instilled at Downer continue to inspire, inform and shape my life to this day. A Downer memory: during an excursion to the Chicago Art Institute led by Professor Carl Riter, we searched Marshall Fields to find a suitably sophisticated gift for him. After rejecting chocolate-covered ants as too “ordinary”, we decided upon a tin of smoked sparrow on a skewer. Revolting! But he declared it delicious! June Goldschmid Thiesen M-D’60 ⋅ Besides the exceptional education and fantastic friendships experienced at Milwaukee Downer College, “learning” continued in the dining room. Upperclasswomen were the Hostesses who sat at the head of the table. A “Vis-a-Vis” sat at the end of the table and served dinner for the table. As a Server, we learned to “serve from the right and clear from the left”. Kathleen Parmentier Hansen M-D’61 ⋅ We are keeping busy down in The Villages, Florida. Lots of things to do down here! Stained glass is my latest passion, especially Irish Celtic knots. Janet Sayre Hoeft M-D’61 ⋅ Did Devon all of 10/18. Plan to stay in shape to do a month in Scotland islands one of these years. Dr. Carolyn King Stephens M-D’62 P’91 ’87 ⋅ Last year LU published my 114-page book on Downer College’s 55 years at Lawrence University, and I’ve spent the rest of the year distributing The Consolidation, Vol. 2 to archives, women’s studies programs, women’s history museums, and the MDC alumnae interviewed and pictured in it. Did you know Lawrence University was rated Number 1 of the Ten Best “Hidden Gem” Liberal Arts Colleges in the nation by College Gazette, the online newspaper of The Chronicle of Higher Education? This flowering of LU is one effect of the consolidation

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of Milwaukee-Downer and Lawrence College which took place in 1964. Come get a copy of the book at REUNION 2020 and participate in a special MDC Alumnae Appreciation Awards Presentation to Downer Light Keepers, those who manage Lawrence today and keep Downer College alive, as a school within the modern university. Dr. Florence Vaccarello Dunkel M-D’64 P’91⋅ I have 3 joys to share in addition to my 9 children and grandchildren: 1. Incredible joy of learning my oldest granddaughter has just applied to become a student at Lawrence University making a 3rd generation possible at LU/MD. 2. Joy of publishing my 5th book—this time with the voices of 32 faculty, administrators, former students, and Indigenous people (including those of my father’s people) who have helped me hone over 4 decades a new, essential pedagogy for appreciating diversity in higher education in 2020 and beyond. 3. Joy and comfort of having time with my freshman roommate (Holton Hall), Karen Krause Thunberg M-D’64 in Alexandria, VA, from whom no secrets can be hid and how thankful I am for her generous honest feedback for over 55 years. Carol Briden Polk M-D’64 ⋅ Still enjoying retirement from my pediatric physical therapy career. Volunteer weekly at children’s hospital NICU. Travel around Florida visiting my children, grandchildren and now greatgrandchild. Moving toward a simpler life style (rural Florida). Sorry I missed last reunion, it was tough being the last #1 hat girl of the purple class of 1965 which was dissolved. Email address: corkypolk@yahoo.com. My regards to all my friends at MDC!!!

Pamelia Anderson Henriksen ⋅ Due to eye problems I have given up my work with the Arington Democrats. I helped maintain their voter list for 55 years. Still singing in my church choir and trying my hand at bell ringing.

1951 Betty Plautz Leeson ⋅ All continues to go well here. I remain in good health and find it a joy to play flute with a couple friends once a week these days. Losing old friends is difficult so I am finding new ones—not too many in my 90-year age group though. If any of my old Con friends read this, I would like to hear from you. bjlmusicmaker@aol.com.

1953 William V. Cerny, Sr. ⋅ My wife JoAnne & I moved to an adult living facility during April this year. JoAnne is the younger sister of Audrey Lund Sievert ’51. It’s only six blocks from where we had been for more than 47 years. One of our “highlights” this year was to be at two 100 year olds’ birthday parties. At the first party we met several LU grads who even preceded us. I’m still playing golf weekly hoping for a second hole-in-one. And one other hope is to have LU beat Ripon. It’s been quite awhile since that has happened. LU seems to be ignoring getting student-athletes from its home state— especially the Fox Valley & southeastern WI. If any classmates are ever in the Wausau area please call us. Arden White Fall, Harry C. Fall ’52 ⋅ What a wonderful way to begin this very brief entry into our class newsletter ... NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE MY LAST ENTRY. A little older (Harry and I are both 88 now!!!); residing in the same lovely town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; still have the travel bug but are limiting the “length and breadth” of our trips somewhat. Our trip to England in October may be our final overseas journey. This being Thanksgiving week, I will end on a positive note by saying we are truly grateful for the life we have enjoyed and especially the good luck that placed us at Lawrence where Harry and I found each other and are looking forward to celebrating 67 YEARS of marriage in May of 2020. Dr. Richard F. Olson ⋅ Divide my time 50-50 between New York and Vermont.

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1955 Beverly Hart Branson ⋅ Life in Door County continues to be fun, interesting, and creative. The Fish Creek Book Shop and Gallery in Fish Creek has closed for the winter, but I am looking forward to be in the Gallery again when it reopens this spring. I had a wonderful art exhibit in The Art Alcoves at Hope Church UCC in Sturgeon Bay. The Meadows Gallery in Sister Bay will showcase my paintings and note cards at the end of November and December in its Holiday Show and Sale. I wish you all well. Rosemary Freeman Lehman, Donald Lehman⋅ Remarkably, in June 2020, Don and I will be celebrating our 65th anniversary. Meeting at the first Lawrence mixer in 1951, we graduated in 1955 and have been adding to our adventure ever since. Don served first in the Air Force and then 30 years in the construction industry; I was mom-at-home with five children, then acquired my M.A./Ph.D. at UW–Madison, teaching distance learning internationally and authoring seven books. We now enjoy caring for our 11.5 acres of woods and prairies on our property, “Longwood Prairie.” With 20 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, it’s a special place for family to get together. We’ve been fortunate to travel to 22 countries ... and are still counting ... Rev. Kenneth W. Schamens⋅ Living in Ocala, Florida in a Del Web community, suffering Agent Orange disabilities from my 1965–1969 flying days in Vietnam. The irony is I wrote the analysis (in 1969) for Generals Brown & Abrams that terminated the Ranch Hand/ Agent Orange herbicide spray operation. My wife of 65 years, Jane (a St. Olaf Choir alumna), faces life with Alzheimer’s. The good news is the many years of blessed Christian ministry granted by God, to both of us, along with Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Orders to eternity anchored in our hearts. Hi to all of you “55rs” who still remember those good ole days!!!

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on peace and justice activities has been made to Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago and a collection preview is now on exhibit through March 2020. This collection contains movement files, rally speeches and peace sermons, posters, signs, buttons and other artifacts. I attribute much of my passion for retaining historical materials to study under Dr. William Raney of blessed memory. Roberta Luce Guthrie ⋅ My husband Bob died Feb. 2018 and I moved to a smaller apartment at the Lafayette independent living apartments. I continue to play cello at Quaker meetings. Playing cello helps me deal with the loss of my companion of 55 years. Judy Dixon Hebbe ⋅ In addition to serving as caregiver for my husband, I keep busy covering a school board and four village and town board meetings for a bi-weekly newspaper in the Heart of the Valley and feature stories as assigned. I also keep up with three granddaughters, ranging in age from 2 ½ to 14, two of whom are here in Appleton. Graham G. Olson, Phyllis Greiner Olson ⋅ Celebrated 50 years on our farm in Walworth County, 62 years of marriage, 4 sons, 8 grandchildren and we are still moving along. Life is good! Still appreciate what Lawrence is, and what Lawrence has given us. Regards ...

Nancy Ryan Wright ⋅ We live on Long Island but spend our summers in Pentwater, Michigan. We see Larry and Pat Lambur Smith every year while we’re there. Long Island is a wonderful place to “winter” and we take advantage of NYC whenever we can.

Mary Matenaer Starr ⋅ No foreign travel this year. Trips to Idaho to visit my brother. Visited numerous wineries. Then on to Florida and time with my daughter and son in law. I am feeling a bit better since back surgery and ready for the next adventure, whatever that may be.

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Rev. Martin L. Deppe, Margaret Atwater Deppe P’86 ⋅ Classmates and friends, I am happy to report the recent donation of my peace library to Mudd Library. These books, collected over a life-time of anti-war witness, are special to me and I am glad to share them with the Lawrence community. A separate collection of my papers

Donald A. Andler, Carol Kade Andler ’61 ⋅ By the time this is published, our daughter will have defended her doctoral dissertation in literacy from Judson University. It’s been a four-year program while teaching Language Arts fulltime in middle school. We are proud of her accomplishment. Carol has had some struggles with her Parkinson’s and recovering speech

and cognitive abilities from two mild strokes. The good news, having been a LU piano major, reading music and playing the piano are excellent therapy and enjoyable activities for her. As a caregiver, my life has changed, but I still manage to golf and service as a hospital chaplain. We also enjoy attending the grandchildren’s many sporting events. Dr. Brian K. Beck, Ph.D. ⋅ “Eccentric but basically sound & socially useful” remains a valid status. “Retired” but not really—still doing (left-brain) writing, also (right-brain) artwork. “My Man” Robert Flegl did pass, but yes, does “remain with me.” Traveled 22 countries and Great Lakes sailing, so now stay home. (Can revisit via Google Maps.) (I may still visit West Dakota or the Antipodes.) But now, apartment needs “de-cluttering then re-fining.” Also currently learning Voiceless Singing, ideologyrepair, and “meta-stenology.” I attended Class Reunions from our fiftieth, then all the next nine. But, no more. Yet, “Onward!” My best to all. Thomas F. Christie, Joyce Freiberg Christie ’58 ⋅ Joyce and I have moved to Luther Manor Retirement Home in Wauwatosa, WI, as of July 2nd, this year. It is so nice to not have all the home maintenance responsibilities! We have met many, many exceptionally nice people here and have joined various groups, including the LM Choir. I retired last May from 57 years as director of the Faith Lutheran Church Choir in Cedarburg with a celebratory dinner and many happy expressions of thanks from members of the congregation and other friends in attendance. We continue to enjoy our Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concerts and other performances in Milwaukee. K. Ann Dempsey, Ph.D. ⋅ Last year’s three hurricanes convinced me that it was not a good idea to have all of one’s real estate on a barrier island. So I did become a Florida resident, but have kept my condo in St. Louis. I arrived back here in June and will head back to Sanibel in late November. This summer I learned what an interventional gastroenterologist is after a regular gastroenterologist discovered eight LAWRENCE

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ulcers and a blockage in my stomach. I am happy to report the that three interventional endoscopes healed the ulcers and opened the passage that was blocked. As of September 29th I was paroled by the interventional gastroenterologist provided I follow a strict regimen and report regularly to him. After months on a liquid diet, it is nice to chew something. In the meantime I am teaching my great nephew Will and three young cousins Latin via Facebook. Grammar is the toughest part of these classes because none of my young students have been taught any grammar at all. Jack DerHovsepian, Patricia Miller DerHovsepian ⋅ We experienced an enjoyable gathering of some Lawrence Phi Delta alum and spouses at the South Shore Yacht Club in the Milwaukee area in late May ... Attending were (from left to right) Chuck and Maria Gobel, Jim and Lys Reiskytl, Carol and Bill Weber, Jan and John Liebenstein, Sally Ruf (wife of Fritz) Pat & Jack DerHovsepian.

Betty Kuether Gast ⋅ Right now I am looking out our den windows which overlook our Swan Lake—the reflections are breathtaking!! Gerry, my husband, and I will be spending our life here as long as the Lord grants us. We are busy doing several activities at church, reading books to preschool children both in Portage and Pardeeville—brings us as much joy as the children react to their new book that they receive. Lake activities are also on our agendas. Often we simply relax, watching animal activities outside. Anyone getting close to our address may come in and join the beauty in our world here. Carolyn Lohman Johnson ⋅ I have been a resident of Elan Buena Vista, Independent Living, The Villages for almost 2 years. It is not 34

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unlike living in a dorm except my apartment is much bigger than where I lived at Lawrence. I am looking out my window now at the beautiful blue skies of Florida, not a snowflake in sight. My health is good although I do have spinal stenosis which translates into walking and mobility problems. Soon my classmates and I will be 83 which is really hard to grasp. I would love to hear from classmates. Ann Alexander McDonnell ⋅ I gained a third dog and lost a child to cancer this year. Otherwise life has progressed at the usual rate. I continue to sell liquor part-time. Certainly an appropriate use of my Lawrence education. I look forward to the arrival of Ann Dempsey in mid-December. Wish some of you could join us for our mini reunions. Waltressa Allen Molsberry ⋅ Life hasn’t changed much for me from 2018 except I’m slowing down. My original belief that aging was mostly in one’s head is being revised; there are undeniable physical and mental differences. Commitments to playing with clay and watercolor and being “an acress” are left behind. Also, I will be moving to a retirement home in January. Except for missing John, I’ve enjoyed living alone and cooking for myself. However, I now look forward to being part of a community of other people and no longer adapting recipes designed to serve six. News includes the fact that I am now a great-great-grandmother. Dr. Nancy Rentner Parker ⋅ I still live with several cats. I read a lot and I am a photographer. As a member of the St. Louis Camera Club I enter images into club competitions, present an occasional program to the club and serve as judge for a variety of club competitions. I take advanced Photoshop classes for fun and travel with a friend from the club and enjoy club-sponsored photography trips. I also enjoy shooting in my yard and, particularly in winter, shooting birds in the trees outside my living room windows. My children both still live in the Chicago area, my daughter building for theater and children’s spaces and my son as an architect. My eldest granddaughter works on Broadway, my youngest is 13. Gregory B. Smith ⋅ My wife Mary and I celebrated our 15th anniversary this year. I am a few months shy of 20 years of retirement which I have thoroughly enjoyed here in Sonoma, CA. Cruise bug bit two years ago with an Alaskan cruise of one week. In June this year two weeks around the British Isles and looking forward to a cruise around the Eastern Mediterranean in mid-2020. Active membership in the International Churchill Society and The Society of Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut keeps us busy between cruises.

J. Gilbert Swift III, Susan Daniels Swift ’62 ⋅ Once again, Sue and I spent a wonderful summer at our log cabin in Nisswa, MN, about 130 miles straight north of Minneapolis. The cabin was built by Sue’s father and a teacher colleague at Proviso High School in Maywood, IL, back in 1947. Our son Dan and his wife, Kris, as well as our oldest daughter, Sallie, and her son, Noah, a college junior, helped with opening the cabin as well as many of the tasks that are part of getting settled for Sue and me every year. Every year as the calendar approaches the month of May, we anxiously anticipate our departure. However, the length of the trip is beginning to be a problem. We are 1500 miles from Nisswa! Barbara Miller Whittlesey ⋅ Living a contented though active life up here in the Sierra foothills near Yosemite Natl. Park. I’m a worship leader in our church and play the piano weekly for services. Highlights of my life are visits with friends and family (3 children and 10 grandchildren); music involvement including attending jazz concerts at our local college and the Pismo Beach annual festivals; and attending high school and college graduations and marriages of our grandchildren. Am so thankful to have celebrated 57 years of marriage to my beloved husband, Tom. Each day is a gift not taken for granted. A special hello to my 1959 classmates.

1961 Sandra Azzi Blanc ⋅ Lou and I are moving to a garden home at Traditions at Beaumont on December 6 here in Louisville, KY. Time to downsize and have someone else do the work. Otherwise all is reasonably well with the two of us considering age. Richard E. Cusic ⋅ Karin and I are still enjoying the Florida lifestyle in Naples, FL. Every wintry forecast from our former home in Boston causes us to pat each other on the back. Karin had open heart surgery earlier this year, followed by life-threatening complications. However, she has almost recovered in time for us to celebrate the holidays with our children and 3-year-old granddaughter (in Boston!) Our daughter, Kristin, leads Converse’s North American brand marketing task, son, Michael, is supervising development and construction of six multistory office/residential buildings in downtown Boston, daughter, Eryn, is an entrepreneur in southern California. I am fine, given that we are in our 80s. John E. Dunning ⋅ Living in Yorktown, Virginia, and still teaching a few courses each year for the University of Virginia, Pam and I are looking

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forward to “complete” retirement from our universities next year and doing more traveling. I am still able to enjoy biking, canoeing on our local creeks, and winter ski trips. We recently spent several days in the Blue Ridge Mountains with Dave ’61 and Suzanne Grant. Dave is still giving tennis lessons and competing in fatherson tennis tournaments. If you have a chance, view our class website at www.lawrence1961.org to see photos from our 50th and 55th reunions. Let’s plan a class gathering during the 2021 Reunion weekend! Ann DeLong Haase, Ashley T. Haase ⋅ Ashley Haase continues his research focus on AIDS as Chairman of the Dept. of Microbiology at the University of MN since 1984. He still travels the world both professionally and personally, while his wife defers to her personal carbon footprint concerns and no longer joins him on trips unless they include our children. (The exception was August 2019 in a quick trip to Dartmouth, MA, to visit Art ’61 and Dora Ullian, where we were delighted to experience Art’s ability to position his wheelchair at the helm of his sail boat, and take us to and from some delightful sails.) We send our warmest greetings to fellow LU ’61-ers! Ann V. Kearns ⋅ Interesting year. Phased out 3 businesses and started 2 new ones. Love the challenge of fresh ideas and the continuing excitement of learning new things. Keeps me happy and healthy while having a good time. Gary K. Larson, Susan Zastrow Larson ’62 ⋅ Greetings from the Pacific “Northwet”. Sue (Zastrow ’62) and l are still living in the Tacoma area and doing pretty well. We have been spending the wet months down south (lately Monterey) and are mulling plans for our next expedition. While in Monterey we became Steinbeck nerds and are currently following the rebuild of his boat the Western Flyer at a local shipyard. I stay active outdoors with deep sea fishing and have taken up skydiving for kicks. We follow the Pack and my beloved Badgerswhere I obtained an MS in political science. Best wishes, and remember, “Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you”. MaryLou Lloyd Opgenorth ⋅ Not much happening in my life-out of the ordinary, at least. My husband, Ken, died two years ago so I’m in a new world. I’m alone for the first time in my life. I have done some traveling and a lot of sewing. After sewing garments all my life, I am now dabbling in the world of quilting. Fun! I also attend as many events on campus as possible. It is a real privilege to have all this 10 minutes from my condo in Kimberly.

James O. Schulze⋅ My wife Judy and I just celebrated our 57th wedding anniversary on November 3rd. We are doing well, I golf three days a week and Judy spends time in the pool and palet knife painting. We also travel a bit having been to Cuba on two occasions, which was very enlightening. Our guide was a former physics professor and gave us an in depth look at the island. One can only come to the conclusion that socialism does not work, nor a government-run healthcare system as doctors become street vendors to earn enough to maintain a moderate standard of living. They are short on basic medical supplies and our guide had to go to Canada to get a medical device as it was not available in Cuba. Frederic G. Sherman ⋅ In summary, life is good as now described in 700 characters. I find it disconcerting that had I been born the last year I captained a B-767 to London that I would now be a junior at Lawrence instead of living in Burlington, VT. There are children, grandchildren and a couple of greats as well, more of interest and concern to me than you. All seeming to prosper. At age 70 parts seemed to drop off of the Dude, which now has degraded to a steady game of whack-a-mole. At the moment I’m winning. As you read this, Suzanne and I will have finished 32 married years, something I wouldn’t have thought possible but experienced wonderful. I play doubles tennis with a big boy group five days a week and try and read widely. My current offerings are Conrad’s “Lord Jim” and the three part “War and Peace”, Nigel Hamilton’s epic on FDR. Best to all. Nancy M. Stowe, John Koopman P’79 ’77 ⋅ John (Koopman) and I have arrived in Palo Alto for our ninth year as “snowbirds”, spending about 6 months here—guess which 6 months??! We still love Appleton, but are happy to complete house and body maintenance and interactions with longtime friends, but also appreciate the relaxed pace that our California life affords us! Participation in a fine church choir gives me a satisfying musical, social and spiritual experience. John is hanging up his hat as opera critic after many post/retirement years of this happy activity—been there, done that! Susan Mason Vesel ⋅ Both Chuck and I are hanging in there and keeping as busy as we want to be. Still enjoying the cabin in Ely, especially since the younger generation does all the work! Since leaving our winter vacations on Sanibel Island we have found that cruising has fulfilled our need for some warm days instead of looking at the snow pile up. Anne, Michael and families are all doing well; we are blessed.

1963 Allen R. Bjornson ⋅ My wife, Marti, and I continue to live in Evanston, IL. I am still doing custom woodworking projects for clients. We continue to enjoy the theater and art world offered in Chicago and at Northwestern University. I think our starter home will be our ender home. We are bi-coastal parents these days with our daughter in New Jersey and our son, his wife and two kids in Orange County, CA. A three-week visit to SoCal for Thanksgiving gave a welcome relief from heavy coats and gloves needed in the Midwest. 2020 is the year for Marti to have both knees replaced. We look forward to her having increased mobility after that. Al Bjornson (847.644.2330) Cell Elizabeth Cole ⋅ I continue to travel for my Actor-in-Healthcare work, as well as develop episodes for “Storytime for Grownups”, a series I do in my north Oregon Coast village. Husband Peter Newman remains with KINGFM, the classical radio station in Seattle, and young cat Rico entertains our tiny nuclear family. My new favorite quotation is by Maya Angelou: “Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.” We proceed. Johanna Steinmetz Cummings ⋅ 2019 is the year I finally abandoned Portland, Oregon, to live full-time in Washington, D.C., where my son’s family is. D.C. is a hugely changed city from the sleepy, sluggish town I first visited in the ’60s. And what a time to be here! Fortunately, there are many wonderful distractions from the sturm und drang, and I get to continue dancing Argentine tango, as there is a robust tango community here. Blessing my luck. Rosalie Delaney Neuwirth ⋅ I continue to write poetry, as in: (Untitled Haiku) The scent of old wet bricks and downed brown leaves— I breathe year-end Closing in. xxx [On foot in Historic Philadelphia. Nov. 2019.] Rev. Al Gephart ⋅ Periodically I receive requests to teach, preach and sing. This past year I offered classes on “Spirituality and Popular Music” and “Christ, Mysticism, and Mary Oliver”, exploring a universal, cosmic, panentheistic view of Christ. I am involved in interfaith dialogue events in the Phoenix area, one recently on the theme of “Climate Change: What’s Faith Got To Do With It?” Interfaith participants share how what they consider LAWRENCE

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as Ultimate is connected to the causes and solutions of the climate change reality. My wife and I enjoyed a wonderful trip to Alaska, enjoying the beauty of the landscape, learning more about the history and culture of the Indigenous people there. Loring M. Lawrence ⋅ The highland of 2018 was a two-week sojourn in Mauritania. I joined a German railway group for what was the firstever, railway enthusiast tour in this nation. Their heavy duty 700km railway is dedicated to hauling a vast iron ore traffic to the seaport of Nouadhibou—200-car trains hauled by U.S.—built diesel locomotives. Most nights we tented in the sands of the Sahara—the night skies are so incredibly spectacular! Other sights: visiting the open-pit mines, camels wandering everywhere, and Africa’s largest monolith, rising over 2600 feet above the desert floor. Dr. Robert B. Petters ⋅ Bob is still teaching the course at North Carolina State University he created for non-majors, “An Introduction to Musical Experiences—Composing, Performing, Listening.” Audio examples have been placed on Moodle software. He also conducts the Really Terrible Orchestra of the Triangle, created more for musicians than an audience. Many members are “retreads” or play secondary instruments. Although mostly standard repertoire is performed, audience members are given ear plugs; a witty MC suggests they keep their cell phones on. Bob just began as the Interim Choir Director at a Lutheran Church in Raleigh, NC. R. William Schier, Diana Gage Schier ’64 ⋅ Diana and I are both retired and living comfortably in our home of 33 years here in Denver. Our son and daughter and both of our grandsons are also in Denver. We both do some volunteering and take OLLI classes through the University of Denver. I still do a fair amount of bicycling but not like I used to do. We both also do quite a bit of gardening. Margaret Snyder Schumann ⋅ Loving retirement ... all 14 years of it. Still hale and hearty, slower but ... Lucky enough to get two paintings juried into Watercolor Wisconsin Show at the Wustum Museum in Racine, WI. If you are in the area, the show will hang until April 20. Dorothy Polzin Staley ⋅ My novel, Bear Woman Rising, will be available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble early next year. My heroine, the only female scientist at an Arctic Research camp, is unexpectedly pregnant. It’s 1976, and she must flee the remote site she loves, tackle motherhood alone, and reinvent her career. I’ll let you know when it’s available.

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Col. Hayward G. Sumner⋅ Beryl and I will move in mid-December to a nearby Green Valley, AZ, retirement campus, La Posada. Our move from our single family dwelling to a town home requires considerable downsizing and letting go of treasures we have kept for many years. It is a last look at the past as we prepare for the future. Fortunately we will continue to enjoy the friends, culture and good weather of this part of Arizona as we go forward. Herbert G. Weber ⋅ San Diego has been our home for eight years now. We love being only 15 minutes away from two of our four grandchildren. The other two live in Bali, Indonesia, which is a long trek when we go to visit. I continue to compete in senior golf tournaments and rate courses for Golfweek magazine. Daughter Erika is the director of the National Marine Mammal Intern program and is also responsible for the program’s community outreach. Son Rob has been in Bali for over 12 years. He has a successful recording studio and was featured on the Netflix program “We Speak Dance” last year. He has performed in Bali, Europe and the U.S. under the name of Raio.

1965 ( 55TH REUNION) Jean Lampert Woy, J. Richard Woy ’64 ⋅ Dick and I live in Boston and spend some of our weekends at our place in Vermont. I am still working (freelance now) in the college text publishing industry, spending most of my time adapting college textbooks for high school Advanced Placement courses. I volunteer with the City Archaeologist of Boston on digs in the Boston area and on analysis of the artifacts back in the lab. We continue to travel, most recently to Spain, where we walked part of the Camino del Norte from San Sebastian almost to Bilbao. I am on the LU President’s Advisory Council, so I have the pleasure of getting back to campus several times a year. I hope to see as many of you as possible at our reunion. Philip K. Allen, Jr., Phoebe Rhodes Allen ⋅ Phoebe and I are enjoying “retirement” to the hilt. An anagrammatic truth: retired = tireder. Like lots of us we are retired from income generation but not from the pleasure of work. I run a sound studio recording books for the blind and direct a “threshold choir” singing for people who are dying. Phoebe is still active at her pottery workshop and as a docent at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. That’s the stuff we catch up on in the hot tub most evenings, one red and one white glass of wine floating on a cooler top between us. We have eight interesting grandkids. We travel as much as we can afford to. And we smile. A lot. Photo: Liz Boutelle

Mary-Claire Vander Wal Barton, William A. Barton ⋅ 2019 was a year of changes for us: our youngest grandchild got her ears pierced and our oldest grandchild went off to college, to Haverford where our oldest son Ben met his wife Indya who just became the mayor elect of Knoxville, TN, where Ben teaches in the law school at UT, writes books, speaks across the country; our youngest son Jacob sold his museum design company, Local Projects, but stayed on to consult, while his wife Jenny expands her improv programs and grants for high school girls. These changes were happy, but for us many were sad ... friends dying, slowly or suddenly. After 52 years of marriage and nearly 60 since meeting at Ormsby, we looked ahead and decided we wanted a last adventure or two, more challenges. So we embarked on Project Noah’s Ark. For many years we lived in a 3 bedroom apartment on W. 67th St. half a block from Central Park. We also had a very large house in the country and when we looked at our lives, we saw that we had become caretakers of Things ... things we did not need, and only rarely used so we spoke with the kids who understood. We put the apartment on the market and rented an apartment at an Independent Living place, one zip code away, so instead of Central Park West, we are now half a block from Riverside Park and equidistant from Zabar’s! So we are again living in another vintage NYC building from an earlier century, but

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here some tenants are rent controlled and others are residents of the community so it is an interesting mix in the elevators. We are on the very top floor in a one room garret with incredible views of both the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline. We wanted to limit ourselves to 2 of everything: 2 winter coats; 2 cups; 2 desks, 2 comfortable chairs... but decided that unless we wanted to be considered bureaucrats from a Deep State, we had to establish an Exception Department: so there are fewer limits on: books, albums of family photographs, music DVDs, and all of our paintings from the galleries I owned, hung and lit wonderfully on the walls of our 30 foot ceilings. Above us is the roof garden where you can go up and see from the Tappan Zee to the George Washington bridges. Anyway ... no more cooking; no more laundry; really exciting things to do everyday; lots of interesting people, and some not so ... Bill is playing his own and sing-along music here; I am hoping to teach a bit of poetry, and working on a book about the art business. Also we hope to form a group to play poker ... and spades to recapture the Lawrence Union Days. Meanwhile our brave and beloved bearded collie, Mister Muggles, 9, was suddenly blind a month ago, SARDS, which attacks young dogs. Every day of our packing to move here and now as we unpack, everything changes for him. What was there yesterday, is gone ... but he adjusts; bumps into things; never cries; and plays with his toys even if he needs help finding them. We are learning from Mugs how to deal with things we used to take for granted and now are losing. We could not be more thankful. All the Best. Hayward J. Beck, Carolyn Stickney Beck ⋅ Jay continues his role as Board Chair of the Rochester Symphony, the 100 year old orchestra started by the Mayo brothers to enrich the community and to help attract medical talent to their growing international medical practice. He also continues his “acting” career at the Mayo Clinic as a Standardized Patient, performing in all kinds of medical scenarios to help train all levels of medical practitioners. Carolyn, meanwhile, has spent the past year dealing with breast cancer and she has been receiving phenomenal care at the Mayo Clinic for which we are both eternally grateful! She is now free of cancer and we are thrilled! The Right Reverend Charles E. Bennison, Jr. Joan Reahard Bennison M-D’66 ⋅ This past October I accompanied Joan ’66 to her first meeting as a LUAA board member, took in lectures by professors Podair and Anderson, and enjoyed rich conversations with President Mark Burstein, Terra Winston, the associate dean for spiritual and religious

life, and many students. Since completing an M.A. in philosophy from the New School for Social Research last year, I have had short-term preaching posts in Munich, Germany, and Lithgow, New York. Joan and I continue to reside in Philadelphia, spend summers in Leland, Michigan, are consistently preoccupied with the activities and needs of six grandchildren in New York City and Boston, and remain ever grateful for Lawrence. Rev. Robert B. Clark, Amber Nyman Clark ’63 ⋅ This June, Amber and I will celebrate our 56th wedding anniversary with an eight-day river cruise from Paris to Normandy. We are both happily retired, with Amber being organist at two Galesburg churches and I directing the Galesburg Regional Concert Band and teaching six private students—clarinet, trumpet, trombone and baritone horn. I also play tuba in a Knox College Brass Ensemble. We remain grateful for our Lawrence education. We walk two or three miles every day at the Knox College Field House and enjoy the vitality this provides. Dr. Roberta Bassett Corson ⋅ Last year I slid into retirement somewhat unexpectedly, as a result of dealing with medical issues. This is the first time in our 51 years of marriage that both Dick and I are unemployed. I have to say that though I miss my therapy practice, it’s pretty nice to sleep in and do whatever we want. He still manages the kitchen, which is sweet for me. I’ve had fun reading, working to keep physically fit, and discovering the magic of color, design, and texture as I take Photoshop classes and create scrapbooks of our grandchildren. One joy in my life is “Walter,” a Muscovy Duck, the original “Turducken” somehow misplaced from the Caribbean, who greets me on my walks in the county park. I smile! Dr. Ruth N. Dahlke ⋅ Retired in 2005 after 29 years in the music department of Minnesota State University Moorhead and moved to Madison, Wis. Still playing my oboe in various chamber ensembles and enjoying the active music scene here. I keep busy as a volunteer in the image archives department of the Wisconsin Historical Society and as a tour docent for the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation. I also play tennis. I travel when I can find a cat sitter for my two cats, ages 20 and 8. This June I visited fellow 1965 “connie” grad Janice Reinke Norelius in Denver, and in August explored the impressive architectural treasures in Columbus, Ind. Last foreign excursion was a trip through the Panama Canal. Bruce M. Feldt, Linda Raasch Feldt ’64 ⋅ Not many changes in the last 5 years. Still retired, still living in Marshfield, WI, and still playing bass in the local UW campus orchestra—since

1968. That’s a lot of notes and a lot of concerts. My wife, Linda, plays violin in the group—so we refer to every Thursday night as “date night.” We enjoy spending time in the UP during the summer—have had a cottage there for 50 years—the peace and quiet is great and the wildlife fun to watch. We get plenty of exercise getting in and out of the kayaks. Susan Nelson Goldsmith, Richard N. Goldsmith ’64 ⋅ Life continues “apace” as they say—with some attempt to slow the pace. Rich continues less than full-time law practice; I continue to sit on boards in Phoenix (central city preschool, civic education, a professional children’s theatre company and a non-profit used book sale) and on the President’s Advisory Council at LU. Older son Andy still lives in Australia (chances for trips); younger son Matt lives in Berkeley with wife Crystal and children Abby (age 10) and Sam (age 6). Abby and I went to London in June, we all went to our Minnesota cottage in July, and in March I will go to Ghana with a LU alumni trip. In June I’m hoping to see lots of you at our 55th (yikes!) reunion. Dr. Michael E. Hayes ⋅ I now get to check two new boxes on forms. Two I would never have chosen. I am a widower, my wife of 45 years died of cancer 15 months ago and second, I am now a cancer survivor. Other than that, I still work and live in Key West; an entertaining circus if there ever was one. Theodore M. Katzoff ⋅ Hello All. I am in my second year of retirement, and enjoying it. I am still teaching fencing in the club, mostly kids. I am playing more uke and guitar, and doing some performance. I represented Lawrence at the Vistamar College fair. More people are familiar with Lawrence. Name recognition is growing. I am also involved with the Western Flyer Foundation. Go to westernflyer.org to find out more. I encourage you to do so. I am still learning and sharing knowledge and experiences. I hope to see many of you at Reunion 2020. Todd J. Mitchell ⋅ Marcia and I have downsized into a new home here in Estero, Florida. The best attribute of our new community is a beautiful and spacious dog park where our dog Summer can chase balls and enjoy freedom. She is now certified as a therapy dog but I think the most grateful recipient of her training is me. New grandchildren keep arriving into this world and that keeps us proud and happy. They love visiting us in Florida and splashing around in our pool and going to the sandy beach. Our primary concern right now is staying healthy and fit. Lots of tennis and trips to the fitness center play a part in that, though our enjoyment of happy hour may be an offsetting factor. LAWRENCE

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Janet K. Modesitt ⋅ I retired 18 years ago from teaching high school mathematics in Clarkston, MI, where I moved after graduating from Lawrence. I earned my master’s degree from Michigan State University. I’m very active in my church affiliation and have been busy with several volunteer opportunities in my retirement, except for a few times when I’ve been side-lined by recovery from some surgeries, such as knee replacement and hip replacement. All in all, I’m living a very good life and feel blessed by the years I spent at Lawrence. Barbara J. Neumann ⋅ I am still keeping busy in retirement in Redwood City, California. I am on the board of the Redwood City Library Foundation, volunteer and take classes at the local YMCA, and volunteer and sometimes foster for a senior dog rescue in San Francisco. I travel some, but not as much or as far as in my younger days, and always enjoy seeing family in Chicago. I enjoy reading, attending local and professional theater events with friends, and cuddling my senior rescue dog. Dr. Byron J. Nordstrom ⋅ No changes here. Retired. Work on build crews for the local Habitat chapter, give tours of the American Swedish Institute mansion in Minneapolis, greet folks at the St. Peter Hospital, revise SCANDINAVIA SINCE 1500 for a new edition, write bits for encyclopedias, and ... Barbara Bradley Petura ⋅ Doing genealogy research and helping raise funds for our town’s new Pullman Depot Heritage Center are among activities I am enjoying. Both match well with my English major and history minor at Lawrence. I am writing an in depth biographical sketch of my 3rd great-grandfather, Benjamin F. Church, Milwaukee pioneer builder/carpenter who arrived in 1835 from Ulster County, NY. I am putting his life into the context of the early days of Milwaukee. Also trying to find the ancestry of his wife Parmelia. I continue to serve on the Kiwanis Club of Pullman board, working on public service projects such as the Stuff the Bus school supply drive. Rick and I happily celebrated our 51st wedding anniversary in August. Gary A. Pines ⋅ Miracle medical news: I had cataract surgery in both eyes and am now able to see 20/20. No more contact lenses—had been wearing since my 20s (a long time ago). Otherwise, healthy, working, wife, two kids, four grandchildren. Dr. Richard L. Rapport II ⋅ I am still Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Washington. No longer operating, of course, but still attending at Harborview Medical Center, our 38

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level 1 trauma center, and still teaching. Most of what I have to give the med students and residents is much more dependent on my LU education than anything since. I published my third book in August, SEATTLE’S MEDIC ONE: How We Don’t Die, which I am happy to say is selling quite well. My son got married at last, and my wife Valerie Trueblood is still a lot smarter and nicer than I am. I’ll retire one of these days. Richard B. Snyder ⋅ I continue to have great balance in my life. Summers in NH. Winters in Southborough where I am doing my 16th year of volunteer work in the guidance department of an inner city high school in Boston. On stewardship committee at my church (someone has to do it) and this past summer we visited our daughter at UC Berkeley on her sabbatical from Case Western. Did some nice hiking in the Sierras with her. Golf just ended here with our first snow so the clubs are in the basement and the skis are coming out. Life is good! Frederick S. Voss ⋅ Life is pretty good in the slow lane. Many mild sporadic aches that seem to come from nowhere and then disappear. Can only hope it remains that way. In late September I tried my second seminar at Björklunden. I’m convinced this retreat has become one of Lawrence’s greatest assets. Marilyn Hobby Wescott ⋅ I have been retired since March 2014 and relocated to Maine in 2015 after our camping trip for 4 months to American SW. Ross and I live in summer on Panther Pond in Raymond, Maine, and in winter in Brunswick, Maine, halfway between the sea and Bowdoin College. Have been volunteering for 16 years monitoring Maine lakes for nonnative aquatic plants. Returned in Sept. 2017 to Tyrol after 47 years to show Ross where I had lived and worked “auf der Alm.” We are experiencing a white Thanksgiving today. Steven B. Wickland ⋅ Graduated University of Wisconisn Law School 1967–68, married Ellen, then I served four years U.S. Air Force, Assistant Judge Advocate, (1968–72; 1971–72 at DaNang Air base, South Vietnam). Parents of two girls (now grown) Kim and Stacey, both married. Ellen and I reside in Madison, Wisconsin, much travel and volunteer work. As an amateur photographer I often participate in photo exhibits and do press-pass photography. We are professionals devoted to protecting environment. Steven, as State of Wisconsin Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General, trial and appellate environmental cases versus polluters (1972–2004). Kim as USGS water research scientist (as is her husband, Rob). Stacey several years National Park service (NPS) wild land forest fire fighter,

Grand Canyon, AZ, her husband, Chris, NPS Fire Management Office, Grand Canyon, AZ. Lawrence years valuable to me and my siblings—Carey Wickland, class of 1963 and Paige Wickland, class of 1968. I published poems (1984) on my 365 days service in Vietnam, DeNang Air Base. The poems were favorably reviewed by poet laureate Robert Penn Warren. On December 10, 2019, my present day thoughts on Vietnam will be included in a new book by noted author, Doug Bradley, entitled “Who’ll stop the Rain.”

1967 Richard A. Culbertson, Ph.D. ⋅ This year has brought a great reinvigorating opportunity as I have become a voting member of the medical school admissions committee at LSU New Orleans. It has been well worth the effort although it adds an extra day of effort to my already full schedule as program director and professor. I am so impressed with the social awareness and demonstrated willingness of our applicants to better the lives of others, their future patients. Having endured a near fatal medical error a few years ago, the admissions experience has renewed my faith and hope for our caregivers in the future. Best to all. R. Eric Dyrud ⋅ I hung up my spurs on the two days each week driving for Enterprise Rent A Car. Boundaries were Minneapolis, Des Moines, Iowa, Normal, Illinois and Detroit. I would put on 300 to 500 miles each driving day. Dorina and I plan a trip out of the US every year and it will be Thailand this winter. We will get some snorkeling in while we are there. Time flies so fast . I want to thank my Lawrence friends for all the good times and we send you our best wishes. Anne Stuart Galli ⋅ At this age, many of us are appreciating whatever good health we have. That is true for me. I continue to be involved in many satisfying activities, including my volunteer work with Stanford University Internationals above the undergraduate academic levels. Stanford offers many programs to both the Internationals and their families (thousands every year). All of the volunteers are vested in giving them a great experience in America. Many of these folks will turn out to be leaders in their own countries. My husband, Steve, continues full-time at Stanford Medical School. His NIH-funded lab is interested in food allergies and I continue to enjoy tagging along to conferences, many international. My hiking is gradually morphing to enjoyment of natural history of all sorts. I am now more interested in wildflowers than birds because the flowers hold still and I can walk right up to them

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to appreciate their beauty. Book clubs, social justice, climate, and political work are high priorities for me, as are times with our family. We return to our New England roots every year and treasure our times at Squam Lake in New Hampshire. We miss my LU ’65 brother Dick Stuart who died too soon last fall.

readers, climate change initiatives as in community solar energy projects, tree planting in burned forest land of the National Forest, and homelessness projects building “tiny houses” and food banks. And I have plenty of time for grandchildren, sailing, and hiking in the mountains.

Dr. Margaret Esterline Gray ⋅ I have been retired as university professor for over four years but still contract some work with the university. I spend a lot of my time with volunteer work mainly involved with the League of Women Voters. The work of LWV is incredibly important, and I value the support I can offer to their projects. My time is more flexible than when I was working full-time, and I enjoy traveling to share time with family and friends. Also, I have enjoyed having visitors in St. Louis, some of whom have been old Lawrence friends. My children and grandchildren all live west— California, Washington, and Montana. All are doing well, and I visit from time-to-time to check on them in person.

Bruce P. Manheim ⋅ I now spend my free time sharing the Urantia Book with friends and neighbors. And should anyone from the Lawrence community be interested in exploring the 5th Epochal Revelation, I’d be glad to send you a free copy upon receipt of your address. My email is bmanheim@aol.com.

Larayne Rudi Grooters ⋅ It has been 10 years since I have been back to visit the Lawrence campus, but I keep in touch with many of my classmates. The biggest change I would like them to be aware of is that my husband and I moved to Arizona four months ago. We live in a retirement community called Sun City Festival and we love it. We got tired of cold weather and snow so we decided to make the move we have been talking about for years. Our new address is 20295 N 264th Ave, Buckeye, AZ 85396. Living on a golf course and having beautiful weather daily are the two most positive results of our move. Deborah Waite Howard ⋅ My husband, Jack, passed on in June of 2018. I am more involved in my volunteer activities and going to Cardinal Baseball games. As of 2020, I will be Division 3 Commander for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, a volunteer position. I am also serving on the Board of the League of Women Voters of Missouri as we celebrate our 100th anniversary. My other volunteer activity is with the Biome Charter School—a STEAM school teaching underserved children in the St. Louis community. Dr. John F. Howe, Cynthia Russell Howe ⋅ I have been retired 4 years now, and pretty much I have closed that long professional chapter of my life with a sense of equanimity. I continue with an interest in the advancing cognitive neruobiology and neuroethics literature, and have time to expand and share my readings in many directions in discussion groups. I participate in community activities, such as a Reading Partners tutor for beginning

Dr. Gerry Max ⋅ I have conducted seminars at Björklunden the past several years, one on traveler Richard Halliburton, another on religious reformer Martin Luther and another on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The Björklunden experience is an enriching and rewarding one. My life of late would have been much poorer without the camaraderie and sharing of ideas I consistently have found there. My book Richard Halliburton and the Voyage of the Sea Dragon will appear next summer. My wife Carole and I enjoy reading—recommend Bill Bryson’s The Body: A Guide for Occupants— going to concerts at Madison’s Overture Center, and dining out. We have two wonderfully welltempered Himalayan cats, Magda and Skylahr. Patricia Phelps Nash ⋅ Living in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, spending some time at my Lake Sylvia cabin, enjoying my grandchildren and volunteer opportunities, and trying to downsize (what a task!). Robert Y. Paddock, Jr. ⋅ We converted the family business (Daily Herald/Paddock Publs) in NW suburban Chicago to employee ownership instead of selling to a hedge fund! At home, we have added a shelter puppy Pyrenees-hunting dog mix. My wife, Marcie, tells me it’s good to have a buddy in times of change. When not walking the dog, I still go to the office, the gym and volunteer with Rotary and the Roosevelt University Board (chair of Academic Affairs), and worry creatively re affordable journalism. Looking forward to snow shoeing and trying some ice boating this winter and (like several parents our age) hoping for marriage and grandkids from our two daughters (in their 30s) before we run out of energy : ) Lee Galda Pellegrini ⋅ I still do miss my teaching at UMN but am happy having no schedule after 45 years of having to be somewhere much too early in the morning. I do get going early if our daughter and the grandkids need me. At 7 and 3 ½ the kids are so much fun. What a gift to have them nearby. Tony and I continue to travel,

often chasing the good snow for x-country skiing and frequently ending up in Norway. Our son has just accepted a position at Cambridge, so soon there will be trips to England as well. I’m enjoying this phase of life in spite of the aches and wrinkles! Susan Raccoli ⋅ Goodness—I’m not sure I have ever contributed to Class Notes, so where do I start? Right now my husband Jay Harvey and I live in Indianapolis, where we moved in 1987 when Jay was hired by the Indianapolis Star as music critic. Both our sons were born in Flint, Michigan. Theodore is now second chair cello in the Dallas Symphony, and William is concertmaster of the National Symphony of Mexico in Mexico City. I am currently Music Minister at Saint Mary Catholic Church and the editor of the AGO newsletter. Jay retired in 2013 but continues to review the arts on his blog. Thus we attend lots of concerts and plays, and we visit our sons when we can, especially when we can hear them in a concert. Robert J. Rand, Cheryl Howenstine Rand ⋅ Greetings from the seacoast area of New Hampshire on this day before Thanksgiving! Thankful for the many good memories of Lawrence and for this chance to touch base with long lost friends in 700 words or less. For the past 10 years or so Sherry and I have been combining Spring, Summer, and Fall in NH with Spring and Summer at the equator in Quito, Ecuador. Spring, Summer, and Fall in New England followed by Spring and Summer in Quito before returning to Spring, Summer, and Fall in New England. Our son Court runs a motorcycle tour business in Quito and our daughter Kris runs a doggie daycare biz nearby. Sherry continues to run her cheerleading supply biz. Hope you are all well! Charlot Nelson Singleton ⋅ Hi Everyone, much the same news from me! Took the family to the Galapagos to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary—amazing animal life and a thrill to swim with the turtles, seal pups and tiny penguins. Biked through the Bordeaux vineyards in September during harvest time. Mentoring middle schoolers at the Boys and Girls Club reminds me of how challenging today’s teenage years are. Co-chairing the LU Be the Light campaign is going well ... join us in sustaining the excellence of our alma mater. Stay active! Pastor Percy J. Smerek ⋅ Outstanding last couple years: 50th anniversary in Dec. 2018 and July 4, 2018 was birth of 1st great-grandson Conrad Torres. Still serving our congregation Trinity Lutheran on LBJ National Park in my 48th year of ministry.

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Barbara von Behren Uhlman ⋅ Two years ago I began cleaning out my house of 19 years to put it on the market to down size. One day this last May, after the house had been on the market for several months, three parties frantically bid. I was thrilled and had already picked out a beautiful condo. Sold. I moved in early August and am enjoying my new condo. My travels this year included a trip to El Paso and Albuquerque in May. While on that trip, I visited Chuck and Sara Hall in Albuquerque and received word of the bidding on my house. I sold my house while driving across Texas. In early September, I met LU travel buddies, Chuck and Sara Hall, Martha and Fred Philips-Patrick and Pat Nash in Chicago to see Hamilton. Christopher M. Vernon ⋅ Kit Vernon and Dick Schultz have recently reconnected and renewed our friendship after a 50-year hiatus. We talk on the phone weekly and both of us are enjoying it immensely. We both wish it had happened years ago. John W. Whipple ⋅ There’s not much new in my life, in a good way. For the first time that I’ve acknowledged, there are no big problems waiting to be solved: the kids are off in other parts of the country, the dog is house-trained, the leak in the skylight has been fixed. I have no pending appointments with the doctor, the dentist, or the financial planner. I am having trouble with the concept of retiring, though, and still sitting in front of a CAD program most days. The body holds up well enough to play squash and dance hip-hop. This year, we went to Cuba and France. Unless someone suggests a really good way to bring sanity to this country, the next big thing is more travel.

1969 Nancy Whiteley Baird, William M. Baird ⋅ Bill and I recently were part of a Lawrence group on a Rhine River cruise. We previously have traveled with Lawrence to Iceland/Scandinavia and to Cuba. It’s fun to meet or reconnect with other alumni while traveling and learning. Usually a professor is part of the group on these trips. It’s a great experience. Try it! Karen Foster Brassfield ⋅ I am still living in Colorado. Still semi-retired. Still a director for Silvergate Bank. Still skiing, camping and hiking. Still enjoying my granddaughter. Hoping to ski all the beginner slopes with her this year. Still a capitalist and still thankful for my Lawrence education. Bruce Maitland Brown ⋅ My wife Lainie, son Carter, and I greatly enjoyed a July cruise to and about Norway and Denmark, preceded by similar trip around Cuba last winter. Carter, 40

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a professional fundraiser for environmental charities, is relocating to Boston. I am continuing my philanthropic consulting “work”. Dr. Stephen Graham ⋅ Thanks to all who attended our 50th Reunion. It was a blast! This fall, Marge and I joined a small group bus tour of Bulgaria and Romania. The two countries represent a fascinating crossroads of cultures, from the early migrating tribes, to the Greeks, Romans, and centuries-long Ottoman rule, combined with European influence from the Germans and AustroHungarians, and a long history with Russia. Learning about the Communist era and its ongoing effects opened our eyes to how little we have previously understood. A final three days in Berlin were a solemn reminder of Nazism and the Iron Curtain. Bruce H. Iglauer ⋅ I am very pleased to tell you that University of Chicago Press has just issued my book Bitten by the Blues (co-authored with Patrick A. Roberts) in trade paperback form. It was issued in hardcover a year ago. The public reception has been very positive. Tocher Mitchell ⋅ I competed in the FINA World Masters Swimming Championships in South Korea during August, placing 6th in my 70–74 age group in the 3 km open water swim race, and 8th in the 800 M freestyle. A week later I got a bronze medal (3rd) in the U.S. Masters Open Water Swim Championship 1 mile “sprint” held at Lake Willoughby, Vermont. My wife, Brenda, as always, did great as chief supporter and photographer. We enjoyed South Korea very much, not having been there since 1973, when it was a third world country. Now it is very much a first world country, and the Korean people remain friendly and helpful. Patricia A. Modisett ⋅ I was sorry not to have attended the 50th reunion, but a walk along Hadrian’s Wall was already scheduled. The wall was 84 miles, but there were also a few miles getting to and from the wall each day, so we got our hiking badge that week, for sure!!! It was a peak experience with wonderful people (six Brits plus the two of us), great weather (in England!), and a super guide who knew more Roman and English history than I could consume along with flora and fauna identifications along the way. A real highlight for us. The liberal arts education continues. Keep on celebrating! John W. O’Boyle, Christina L. O’Boyle P’12 ’10 ⋅ Still can’t believe that we are living in Appleton and loving it so much. On Friday walked up the stairs to a lunch lecture at the Warch Center and then again after dinner for an amazing LU jazz concert. Saturday at the Farmer’s Market and then back up the steps for a fabulous Miguel Zenon jazz quartet in the evening. Abingdon

Press will be publishing A Study Guide To Easter Mysteries in February. Mike Poteet has assembled an insightful, challenging, and inspiring work. I have seen the drafts and am most impressed. Looking forward to it! Mark M. Orton ⋅ Noticed that we have already lived in Hudson, NY for over 10 years after 35 years in Cambridge, MA. Working at UTMHealthcare, a software company I helped start 5 years ago. Now moving towards retirement. In January 2020 will cut down to three days a week. This will block out time for AmericanDelusions.com and my long-term work at our local library. Returned to tennis 5 years ago. Taking weekly lessons, now hit with terrific top spin. Amazing to be getting better at something at age 72! Play doubles with a group of guys year round. Also have singles practice partners that get me out 4 or 5 times a week. Karen and I now married for 43 years. We ask ourselves, “How did this happen?” Joann Gillespie Weisell ⋅ In celebration of our 50th wedding anniversary, my husband, Bob, and I travelled New Zealand and Australia for 7 weeks (October and November); a beautiful, incredible, and fascinating part of our world. We are birders and the Australian birds were so different, captivating and beautiful. An added benefit to this experience was reconnecting with classmate Dave Toycen at the reunion, who is, in my opinion, very fortunate to have lived in Australia for over 30 years and with whom we can share this amazing experience. Sally Price Sedgwick ⋅ The past few months have been amazing. I just spent three months practicing living in Thailand. (Think I’m supposed to stay in the U.S. for now.) Plus a small book of mine was finally published: Moxie Moves: 10 easy ways to make a powerful difference. You can find it on Amazon. There’s a Kindle version too. You may need to search for it as Sally B. Sedgwick. Dr. Mary Jo McGuire Swanson ⋅ I was sorry to miss the reunion in June. Our eighth grandchild arrived that weekend out in New York and I was on ʻMimi Duty’. This was our seventh grandson, so we have a men’s basketball team covered—with a couple of subs. Like many of my classmates, I assume, I spend some time in doctors’ offices these days, but I am generally very healthy. I still volunteer my services to Boys Hope Girls Hope. It is so rewarding to see these young people head off to college—many of them the first in their families to graduate from high school. I also play a lot of golf—at home in Colorado in the summer and at our place in Cabo in the winter. I don’t play well, but I play fast and often and I love it.

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Diane Berger Weaver ⋅ Four highlights of 2020 began on New Years Eve, when our son’s band, U.S.E., performed for the first time in 10 years, when they were a premier Seattle band. In March, I am going to Ghana with our Lawrence Alumni Group. That will fulfill a dream I have had for many years. In June, I will retire from teaching middle school orchestra and elementary school music. It’s been a good ride. In September our church travel group will visit France, and I will stay there with a former exchange student and his family, Jean-Marie Pillot. I am still working on my French, which I learned at Lawrence from M. Reed and other wonderful teachers. Thank you Lawrence! Photo: Liz Boutelle

1971 Stephen F. Anderson ⋅ I am still enjoying retirement and our five darling grandchildren. They grow up so fast. Our latest news is that our son, James, and his wife, Becky, gave us a new grandchild, Gavin, a few weeks ago. The grandchild total is now 3 girls and 2 boys. We babysit two days a week. We made our annual trip to Wisconsin this summer. We went to Pictured Rocks on the Lake Superior shoreline. It is really beautiful and only a few hours from our house in Peshtigo. I recommend it. Our oldest son Chris, and his family visited as well as some of Laurita’s family. The rest of the time we explored Upper Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin. I have taken up a new hobby in retirement ... welding. This can become addicting. I have already built a sawmill and am working on a garden tractor trailer. I brought the sawmill up to our house in Peshtigo and a longtime friend of mine found some logs to test it on. I put some videos of the sawmill on my youtube channel, Stephen Anderson sawmill. About the only intellectual activities I have been doing are playing the piano and church organ. Laurita continues church work, and sewing. I continue as church organist, and am finishing up a book on the pipe organ. I also accompany the sing along at the Senior Center each week. I am now a full-time unpaid musician. We are also looking forward to a cruise in January. Marcia Ketchum Baird ⋅ I can NOT believe it has been 50 years since we were all attending Lawrence! Retirement has sucked me right in, and I am enjoying my free time immensely. Our garden has never looked so well kept, and I’m spending a great deal of time reading from my “to read in the future” book list. Earlier this Fall we spent almost a week with our son, Tim, and his wife, Rebecca, in Iowa where Tim is teaching high school vocal music and Rebecca is in graduate school. And we just returned from a trip to Washington D.C., with our son, Sam. Life is good!

Dr. Andrew N. Binns ⋅ After 39 years as a faculty member and academic administrator at the University of Pennsylvania, I retired, and my wife, Susan, and I have moved to Santa Fe, NM. I will be joining the National Center for Genome Resources (in Santa Fe) as a Visiting Scientist, and Susan is going to set up a practice as a clinical pyschologist/therapist. That and plenty of hiking, biking, golfing, gym work and yoga should keep us busy. And hopefully plenty of visitors as well! Dr. Mary Jo Freeman ⋅ As president and founder of Keep Area TEENS Safe (katsinc.org), we are making great strides in our capital campaign for Hillcrest House, a shelter for homeless teens in our county. Our vision is to intervene in the cycle of sex trafficking, gang violence and drug addiction and to encourage our teens to realize their potential. I’ve been married for 40 years to David Tange, who is retiring at the end of this year, except that he will still be running a long-term ventilation unit. We were at a medical meeting in Boston and are heading to Egypt in January. We have four kids and two dogs to keep us busy! Robert F. Haeger ⋅ My wife Kate and I split our time with seven months in the Denver area (June 1 to October 31) and the remaining five months in Three Lakes Wisconsin, where we can look out on our lake and hike through the woods whenever we want. Golf, boating, travel and the granddaughter in Denver take most of our time. My health is hanging in there after surviving a heart attack in June of 2018, so life is good. Denise Dyer Haight ’70 ⋅ In June of 2020 Denise and I will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary at her 50th class reunion.

James E. Huegerich ⋅ “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ...” The time has flown by. Since Lawrence there was that military obligation, followed by grad school (UNC-CH; MEd). In Chapel Hill I have had the opportunity to grow two programs: a mobile police crisis unit (37 years) and a municipal ombuds program (8 yrs.). In my work I help people navigate life in Chapel Hill, and I facilitate dialogue across differences. I’ve also been able to bike or walk to work for 45 years. Tricia and I raised 4 children and have been blessed with 10 grandchildren (5 local, 2 in Richmond and 3 in Ithaca). And I’m fortunate to have my 3 siblings local. Hobbies include (besides grandchildren) biking, hiking, gardening and writing. Margaret Tifft Janis ⋅ Jim and I left our home of 18 years outside of Santa Fe, NM, in September 2017. We miss our friends, our community, and the sunsets in New Mexico, but we’re happily ensconced in Golden Valley, MN, a near-in suburb of Minneapolis. We can get to downtown Minneapolis faster than we could get to our post office box in New Mexico. The convenience of city living is great. We are traveling more every year. This past summer we visited Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Next summer we’re doing a cruise to the major, and some minor, Baltic ports. In between, daughter Molly and I will join a Lawrence alumni tour to Ghana. David A. Jones, Rochelle G. Jones P’10 ⋅ 2019 has been a bit of a rebuilding year, with my learning a new pace of life with a transplant liver and my wife, Rochelle, spending the early part of the year recovering from a double mastectomy (now completely cancer-FREE). She is back to a full productive schedule of work in the Innovations & New Ventures Office at Northwestern University and getting out to most of her beloved Zumba classes and other activities that tire me out just thinking about them. I remain a Managing Editor for poetry annual RHINO, among other projects, and remain happily engaged with various ministries at my church. Our son Richard (LU ’10) continues his amazing hip-hop music career, presently in Ravenna, Italy. Ciao! Dr. Janice M. Juraska ⋅ I am too engrossed by my work as a neuroscientist to retire. I am working and enjoying it here at the University of Illinois. Dr. E. James Kehoe ⋅ I am puttering away, finishing up three Ph.D. students and finalizing some Army projects. So, I may eventually completely retire. Jude is enjoying our three grandchildren and preventing our backyard from looking like a wilderness area. She and I just returned from a three-week trip to Egypt LAWRENCE

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and Jordan, where I finally saw all the places that I first saw in the National Geographic as a child. I am now templed-out. Marvis A. Knospe ⋅ Almost 50 years ... I’ve not been to a reunion but hope 2021 will be the year. I have fond memories of Lawrence and its people and would love to see folks again. After Lawrence: MS in nutrition, Peace Corps (Nicaragua), USAID (Costa Rica), law school and then many years as a tax litigator in NY and Boston. I’m retired now, volunteering as a court mediator and, in the spring, an income tax return preparer, and traveling as much as possible. My husband is a law professor at Boston University, my son, Oliver, is a psychiatrist in NYC and Skelly is a lawyer in Boston. I just bought my mom’s house in Wisconsin on the bank of the Mississippi with a great sunset and hope to spend some summer days there. David L. Mitchell ⋅ Judy and I continue to split our time between Portland, OR, and San Francisco, scheduling our calendar to audit classes each term at Portland State University, where we’re both helping raise money for PSU scholarships and oversee the Senior Adult Learning Center and its 2,000 senior auditors. Under the category of “never did I imagine I’d be doing anything like this in retirement,” I’ve been directing a new cigarette butt disposal and recycling program for our Pearl District Neighborhood Association to deal with the massive number of cigarette butts that end up polluting Portland streets, parks, and rivers. Warm wishes to all my classmates! Hope to see you in June 2021. Michael L. Moodie ⋅ I’m in my 10th year as Assistant Director of the Congressional Research Service, where I oversee more than 100 analysts in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, the latest stop in a 45year career. Nominated by President George H.W. Bush to be Assistant Director for Multilateral Affairs at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) was a great honor. I’ve also had the privilege of serving as the Special Assistant to the Ambassador at the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels, and of working in some of Washington’s best international affairs think tanks. As I told my daughter, “in this line of work, you’ll never get rich, but you’ll have a hell of a ride!” Rick Rothschild ⋅ I recently opened FlyOver Iceland, an attraction located in Reykjavik, and am serving as the creative director. Now I’m beginning my next adventure with the creation of FlyOver the Wild West, to open in Las Vegas in spring 2021, while also readying an all new very ambitious attraction for Chimelong theme 42

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park in Southern China, to open in late 2020. On the home front, our twins (Arin and Eli) are high school juniors, enjoying successful academic and athletic success as they look forward to university. Adrienne and I do find time for a bit of travel, and all of us continue to enjoy good health in Southern California as we successfully dodge the occasional seasonal firestorms. Robert J. Stastny ⋅ Since moving back to northern Illinois from out West, I’ve been an active volunteer for As Good As Gold, the Golden Retriever rescue organization of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Besides doing home visits to approve potential foster and adopting families, I’ve fostered 3 Goldens this past year before settling them in forever homes. I also adopted a young fella, Teddy, who was selected as Mr. January for the rescue’s 2020 calendar. As both a rewarding and therapeutic activity begging the question, “who rescued whom?” it’s proof that living a dog’s life ain’t so bad. Pamela L. Tibbetts ⋅ We have nothing exciting to report. We live with our elderly dog, Lucy, who seems to consume more and more of our time (and paper towels). We still spend our winters in Albuquerque, NM, a magical place. Linda and I are looking forward to attending Lawrence graduation this June, with my 96 year old mother (LU ’44), to watch my niece graduate, exactly 100 years after my great-uncle graduated. Just a quick reminder to the class of “guts, drive and determination”—“Be the change you want to see.” Peace! John C. Woodruff ⋅ After 20 years based in California, I stopped traveling the globe as an international trainer and mentor for The Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery, Inc. I no longer deliver keynotes, train trainers or write curricula. My husband, Jeff, took early retirement from the state of California at the end of November 2019. We sold The House Where Blue Eyes Reside and are searching for a new home in Portugal. Our travels now emphasize following our ‘bliss’ rather than ‘work.’

1973 Deborah J. Anderson ⋅ A few years ago, I moved from my hometown of Tacoma, WA, to a very small town just half an hour south. The ferry to nearby islands leaves from Steilacoom, and I had been coming here since early childhood. I bought a modest house with a fabulous view out over Puget Sound, the islands, and the Olympic Mountains. I’m still composing, and for the past year I have worked hard to market

my music which is lyrical, accessible, refreshing and engaging. There are pieces featuring almost every instrument in the orchestra. Check them out: jwpepper.com/myscore/ Deborah-J-Anderson; www.deborahjanderson. com; Facebook @deborahandersonmusic; lots of woodwind music published by ALRY Publications. William R. Ash, Julieann Norman Ash ⋅ Julieann and I are still busy growing Midwest Educational Therapists and Associates here in Columbus, OH. Julieann started the practice in late 2011 and is one of only two Board Certified Educational Therapists in OH (the other is one of the 24 clinicians in our practice). My role as CFO and Business Manager is a great second career after retiring from my 42-year career in Veterinary Distribution. In addition, I am Chair of our Mount Air water system board, the Class A licensed operator of that system, Vice Chair of the Water District that is working on a $1.2 million project to replace our current system, and Secretary Treasurer of our Flying Club. Our son is married and living in Mt. Gilead, OH. Annette Archambeau Brower ⋅ My first summer of being officially retired—well, except for ½ day per week teaching position with the University of British Columbia Department of Post Graduate Family Medicine. Travel and a house reno has filled most of the time. We were delighted to have Nancy Hoppe visit us and explore the Okanagan. We hope that will be the impetus for other Lawrentian visits in the future! Richard A. Burkett ⋅ I’m now completely retired from teaching at SDSU, happily teaching workshops in ceramics internationally, working in my studio, writing ceramics software, playing more bluegrass music, and visiting family and friends. Somehow, I’m still as busy as ever. Lawrence alumni are invited to stop by and say hello during our annual San Diego Pottery Tour and open studios Dec. 7 & 8, 2019: www.sdpotterytour.com for more info. Lynn Trepel Caglar ⋅ I am still living in Istanbul, Turkey despite all the political turbulence with Turkey’s neighboring countries. Two years ago, I retired from the Istanbul State Opera. But I continue to teach voice actively at the Istanbul State University Conservatory of Music. My daughter recently gave birth to a baby girl. My son and his Dutch wife have two boys, age 4 and 2. We are lucky that our grandchildren all live within walking distance from our home. My husband is an active swimmer and last summer took part in the world masters swimming races in Korea. We also do a lot of sailing on the Aegean Sea. If you come to our corner of the world, you are welcome!

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Ann L. Carrott ⋅ 2019 has been a microcosm of retirement: travel, only self-imposed schedules, reading non-judicial books, and, getting to know my doctors better. We took a glorious trip to Italy for 3 weeks in October. My souvenir from Florence was a knee injury resulting in surgery. (Apparently, the wine therapy in Italy was not sufficient!) I have done some “senior” judging —akin to substitute teaching—but the robe will truly go into mothballs at the end of the year. I am working on a 50th reunion plan for an LU scholarship, volunteering at the local library, watching our son progress through the NW MBA program, and helping with all my husband’s environmental projects. Kingsley Day ⋅ Stanley Kingsley Day has recently paid visits to former professors Ted Rehl (with Robert McDonald ’73) and Marjory Irvin (with Duffie Adelson ’73, Nancy Boston ’73, and Margaret Schmidt ’74). Since summer 2017, he has played Sir Harcourt in London Assurance, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, the Learned Judge in Trial by Jury, and Terry in Casa Valentina; composed new incidental music for Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound; served as pianist and music director for The Fantasticks; played a solo piano recital on Evanston’s Robinson Recital Series; and directed the Savoyaires’ productions of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Ruddigore and The Yeomen of the Guard. Leslie Dickinson ⋅ After participating in my daughter’s beautiful wedding in California this September, I am back to substitute teaching in two districts (I love those kids!) and am silversmithing again! We never used gems or cabochons (I make my own and teach others how to do that at a local gallery I helped build!!) in Purdo’s classes, but I was always inspired by his use of them. I belong to two local rock and gem clubs and sell my work at their shows, and also teach and work with the kids. I’m also very involved in community outreach with my county’s Seahawk group besides being a rabid fan. Life is good. Go HAWKS! Dr. Kurt R. Dietrich, Maria Kaiser Dietrich ’78 ⋅ Kurt Dietrich retired in May from Ripon College, where as Barbara Baldwin De Frees Chair in the Performing Arts he taught in the Music Department for 39 years. He is now enjoying practicing, playing gigs (including with his son Paul’s (LU ’10) big band), reading, traveling (with wife Maria Kaiser Dietrich, LU ’78) and working on his next book project, a biography of Wisconsin jazz great Al Jarreau. Dr. Deborah A. Egekvist ⋅ After teaching for 35 years, I retired in 2014 as Associate Professor of Flute at UNCG. Previous positions were held at Marshall University, The University of Oklahoma, Bay View Summer Music Festival,

and the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute. I performed in the Greensboro Symphony and also in solo and chamber venues throughout the U.S., Germany, Canada, and the Asian South Pacific. My Carnegie Hall debut recital was given in 1989. Dr. Augustin K. Fosu, Helen A. Fosu P’13 ⋅ I remain a retiree from the UN, with my last position there as Deputy Director, UN University–WIDER, Finland. I have returned home to Ghana, living in Accra with my wife, Helen, and as Professor at the University of Ghana, teaching mostly Ph.D. economics courses. I am also Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Research Associate at the University of Oxford, UK. I continue to serve on many journal editorial boards, including as Managing Editor of the Journal of African Economies (Oxford) and as Editor-in-Chief, Journal of African Trade. Recently, I received the Elsevier Atlas Award for my journal article on growth, inequality and poverty: global evidence. Anne Sturgeon Frenchick ⋅ We had a busy year that had its usual ups and downs. My 100-year old mother died in January after a short illness. It’s hard to completely let go of a beloved parent and it’s taken me time to find my new normal without her. Ted and I are still healthy, and we’re strong enough to do our own landscaping! Our 3-year landscape plan is nearly done, and we are looking forward to a summer that doesn’t involve as much digging and planting. We took a year off from international travel, but next year we’re going to Turkey with a small group. I’m attempting to learn Turkish on Duolingo and I’m enjoying the challenge, though I am constantly reminded that learning a new language was easier 50 years ago!

We’re back home in Brattleboro, Vermont now, where there’s a stack of books waiting for me to read, with Prof. Michael Hittle’s An Accidental Jewel at the top. It was the LU faculty that sparked my passion for the humanities and for teaching, and I’m grateful for their providing a lifetime of inspiration. Linda M. Laarman ⋅ Not a whole lot of INTERESTING news to share since our last reunion ... did do kind of a “reverse senior” thing a year ago and moved from a downtown Milwaukee high-rise condo back to a singlefamily house, in beautiful Shorewood. And recently got a new roommate—a beagle named Sigh. (The happy/relief kind of sigh, not the “oh dear” kind.) Volunteer activities include being a docent at the Milwaukee Art Museum and, through the League of Women Voters, registering new citizens to vote. Both very rewarding pursuits. I also co-chair the Björklunden Advisory Committee and encourage everyone to attend at least one summer seminar in 2020. It’s a great experience—a vacation with a focus.

Nancy A. Hoppe ⋅ When not pursuing bucket list adventures, hang out in wannabe MKE.

Kristen Olson Lahner, Ronald B. Lahner ⋅ It has been a busy fall with our move from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to Denver! Ron has officially left his position as General Counsel for Kootenai Health, but continues to work on a consulting basis with several health care companies. Both of us are enjoying increased opportunities to connect with Lawrence friends, old and new, in the Denver region. Kristen is in her third year of her term on the LUAA Board of Directors, co-chairing the awards committee. (If you have nominations for fellow alumni worthy of recognition, please let me know!) Our son, John, and his wife, Allison, live in the area (Arvada)—we love being able to see them and be a part of their little Sophie’s life. Our daughter, Janna, is a winemaker in Sonoma ( Tin Barn Vineyards), and we always look forward to our visits there! Denver is a hub, and we hope you will feel free to stop in when you are traveling! We have a great guest suite just waiting for you. We are both thrilled with all that Lawrence is doing to create a top-notch experience for students from all over the country and the world. A visit to campus is ALWAYS inspiring, as is any visit with our Lawrence friends and colleagues. We can all be very proud of our alma mater!

Michael R. Hutcheson ⋅ I retired in August from the Humanities Department at Landmark College in Putney, Vermont. I’d been at Landmark 28 years, following positions at White Pines College, Bradford College, and Merrimack College. My wife, Cindy, and I celebrated with a hiking trip across western and northern Ireland.

Robert Mau, Jr. ⋅ Twice retired, happily this time. I spend my days restoring our 1893 Queen Anne, which just recently was placed in the National Register of Historic Places. I also read 19th century novels—classics I spent my college years studiously avoiding. Currently, I’m in my Russian phase: Gogol anyone? Alas, my

Karen Kirhofer Hansen ⋅ Hi to everyone! I retired 2 years ago from the University of Utah and child abuse pediatrics. Since then I’ve been volunteering, taking a variety of classes, and going on service trips (Peru, Guatemala, and next June, Kenya). Bob and I have been doing some traveling and camping, mostly here in Utah. We have had some family deaths, I’m sorry to say—my oldest daughter died 3 years ago, then more recently both our fathers. Everyone else is doing well! Take care!

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peripatetic days of yore are gone forever, as my wife, Lynn, of 40 years has become disabled and my youthful wanderlust has become desiccated. I did, however, have a hell of time at my 50th high school reunion, and am looking forward to our 50th Eningen Wiedervereinigung. Saw one-man Neil Young show in Milwaukee with Oosie. Oh yeah, I got a Ph.D. in statistics before turning 50. Dr. Marcia A. Mittelstadt ⋅ Friends, I am thoroughly enjoying retirement in Memphis, TN. I direct a bell choir at one church and volunteer ring in another. I even started singing (alto not soprano) again in a church choir with a director that was one of my profs in grad school. I may not sound pretty anymore, but it fills my soul. This past summer I took a train trip from Denver to San Francisco seeing three national parks along the way. Also had quite a few trips to WI when my sister had a health issue. Next summer I hope to go on a European cruise with friends. Trying to do all I can as long as my back allows. Hope all of you are happy and healthy. As the years pass, I am more and more thankful for my time at Lawrence.

Constance B. Roop, Peter G. Roop ⋅ Peter and Connie Roop look forward to the birth of their first grandchild. In 2020, their 110th book, Maine Lobster ABC, will be published. Yum! Susan Conkey Running ⋅ My husband and I will once again spend time in March and April in north Texas so we’re looking forward to that. We recently celebrated my mom’s 93rd birthday and my dad’s 94th. They still live independently but in a retirement community. In August our daughter Katie, who’s been single for a number of years, married a longtime friend and former colleague. Katie and Aaron live in Green Bay and work at a wealth management firm in Appleton. Tom and I keep busy at our home in Hortonville and our cabin in northern Wisconsin. I miss my LU classmates and look forward to our next reunion.

James Pinta, Jr., Kyle Handtmann Pinta ⋅ Jim and I continue to live in Allison Park, PA, in the home we built. We have added our third grandson making the total one granddaughter and three grandsons! We’re very blessed to have them. We also added a condo outside of Palm Springs. It’s pure fun, golf and best of all, friends and family. We have been able to travel and enjoy our community and church. We recommend retirement to everyone!

Rev. Nancy Johnson Russell, Stephen C. Russell P’01 ⋅ Greetings from the Wisconsin Northwoods where my husband and I moved in 2014 following retirement. We enjoy the beautiful outdoors as well as volunteer at a local nature center, library and our church. I recently completed the Wisconsin Master Naturalist course which was a good brain challenger. When not at home Stephen and I and our lab Bailey are often on the road to Minnesota to visit two of our three children and spend time with our four lively, busy grandchildren. Travel is high on our priority list while we still have energy and good health with travels this year to Costa Rica, Oregon, Norway, Iceland, and the east coast. Two years ago, we completed travels to all 50 U.S. states.

Dr. Sara A. Quandt ⋅ Still working half time as faculty at Wake Forest School of Medicine, as is my husband Tom Arcury. We find plenty of time for travel—2019 found us in Guatemala, Peru, Alaska, Newfoundland & Labrador (Lawrence alumni tour led by Marcia BjØrnerud), France, and Italy—and are fortunate that we are still able to do this. I get back to Lawrence several times a year, and enjoy the interaction with students and the occasional snowstorm. Otherwise, we are active volunteers in WinstonSalem—Girl Scouts, community garden, homeowners’ association. Looking forward to the 50th reunion of my Eningen cohort next fall at Björklunden!

William H. Sharp ⋅ I am in my 17th year on the voice faculty of Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. I love this work; my students are wonderful, and my colleagues in the department are a dream come true. I continue to perform regularly. I was thrilled to premiere quite recently a wonderful work by composer Eric Nathan, a song cycle for soprano, baritone and piano, based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and her correspondence with her mentor Thomas Wentworth Higginson. We livestreamed a teaser for one of the concerts from Emily’s bedroom in Amherst, Massachusetts. How cool is that?

Rex B. Richardson ⋅ After 19+ years in our home in Olympia, WA, Jan and I have purchased a new home about 4.5 miles away. It is a little bit smaller, which requires us to downsize, a good thing. Most importantly, it is one level, which isn’t a problem now but could be in the future. Otherwise, we’re still healthy and trying to travel as much as possible, and keep our FitBits happy getting steps every day.

Rabbi Myra Soifer ⋅ As I write this, I am 5 months from completing my Peace Corps service—teaching English, Leadership, and Life Skills—in Panama. April of 2020 will find me back in Reno, NV, trying to determine my next post-retirement adventure. Peace Corps has been more challenging than I ever could have imagined, but exactly the “growth experience” I was seeking.

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Between my return to Reno and the first week of November, I’ll be doing whatever I can to free us from the monster currently dwelling in the White House. After that ... who knows? I am exceedingly grateful for good health and loving community. And I intend to celebrate my upcoming 70th with a whole lot of appreciative joy! Dr. David S. Spear ⋅ I will be retiring in May 2020 after 38 years of teaching history at Furman University in Greenville, SC. Tom Stadler ⋅ Tom had a busy theatrical year. In the Spring he appeared as Selsdon in the UW–Fox Valley production of Noises Off. He followed up directing and acting as Jeeves in Jeeves Intervenes for Attic Theatre. Otherwise he spends his time reading detective/crime fiction and of course cheering on the Packers. Stephen A. Swets, Diana Murray Swets ’75 ⋅ Diana and I have taken up permanent residence in Sarasota on the west coast of Florida. Besides the weather and the beaches there is a wonderful culture/arts and restaurant scene here. We’ve been fortunate enough to travel in the past few years, making multiple stops in France so Diana can keep up with her language skills. Daniel J. Toycen, Mary Campbell Toycen ’75 ⋅ In October, my wife, Mary Lynn ’75, and I went on the “Magical Rhine and Moselle” trip, a Lawrence Alumni travel offering. We were a group of 15, including our leader Mark Breseman ’78, Director of Björklunden. Also traveling with us were Rusty and Mary Carlson Mason ’72. Because Mary and I had been students together in Eningen (49 years ago!), as a sweet exercise in nostalgia at the end of our LU portion of the trip, we rented a car in Zurich and drove back to Eningen. This was our 3rd LU trip (Greece/Greek Islands & Scandinavia). They have all been marvelous. Highly recommend! Nancy Freeman Wallace ⋅ I was sorry to miss last year’s reunion and seeing old friends. Jim and I are deep into various types of support for our 3 (adult) kids and 10 grandchildren, ages 2-20. Driving, feeding, housing, listening, advising (not all at the same time), etc., while also trying to maintain our “normal activities”. I serve in various capacities at Oregon Presbyterian Church and as the volunteer librarian at the local senior center and at the Welcome Center. I’m ready to start saying “no”. I continue to do Zumba, Strong Women, and Tai Ji. Travel this year included St. Pete Beach, Door County (with Nancy Hoppe and Margie Allen Carroll), Pennsylvania (Gettysburg area), Bozeman, MT, San Juan Island & Olympic Peninsula, and northern Arkansas. A good and challenging year.

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Daniel N. Wiessner ⋅ Over the past six years a group of LU ’73 grads has enjoyed a backpacking/hiking reunion every year in various National Parks. This group consists of Rob Lindquist, Dan Wiessner, Tony Welhouse, Dave Rogers, Steve Holmgren, George Wyeth and Bill Gruetzmacher. We’ve been to Kings Canyon National Park twice, the Sequoia National Park (Monarch Lake), Zion National Park, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and, this year, Big Bend National Park. It’s been a great way to experience nature, get caught up and get the muscles limbered up again! Marcia Beale Will-Clifton ⋅ Marcia & Alan Clifton are enjoying their remodeled Loveland, Colorado home with two spacious skylight windows, solar powered. Alan did all the construction and Marcia was construction support! We have really enjoyed re-connecting with Nancy & Jim Wallace and Connie & Peter Roop since our visit to Wisconsin in the summer of 2018. We traveled to Isle Royale National Park and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and were overwhelmed by the beauty and wildness of Lake Superior. We hope to visit Acadia National Park this summer. My advocacy and outreach work with the Partnership for the National Trails is challenging and I am enjoying working with committed millennials in the nonprofit world. Dr. Richard N. Zimman ⋅ Having retired as a school district superintendent seven years ago, I’ve been busy ever since working as a policy consultant for more than 50 school districts in southeast Wisconsin. My wife, Valerie, has also flunked retirement with a second career teaching and training future teachers at UW– Oshkosh. Despite our busy schedules we still set aside time to travel—Russia and New Zealand most recently. And since our three grandchildren live in Ireland, that’s a frequent destination. Life is good.

1975 Joseph R. Baierl ⋅ Hello everyone! Denise and I are doing well. We made one ‘life change’ in 2018 and will soon make another. In 2018 we sold our suburban house and moved to a really fun warehouse district near downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Saying goodbye to 22 years of clutter was ‘interesting’ and embracing a ‘walker’s lifestyle’ in a more active environment has been FUN. The new place is large with a good guest room and visitors are always welcome. The 2nd life change is my likely retirement at the end of 2019. I’ve told IBM that I’ll definitely leave my current role. We’re discussing a few alternatives for 2020, but most likely, we’ll be traveling and volunteering in 2020!

Pamela S. Cooper ⋅ I am enjoying spending the end of my publishing career at the University Press, Cambridge. It’s not just the travel perks— 1–2 times a year to Cambridge, UK with accompanying side travel—but also working at an organization that is mission-focused. The voice of the author, student affordability and an eye to what digital learning and formats will be in 5 to 10 to 20 years is refreshing. Not only do I get the US-perspective on higher education, but a global view as well! This year’s side trip was to Denmark. And we did a side, side-trip to Sweden for the day! Now I need to make some local side trips to the new MOMA in NYC. If you are in NYC, let me know and we can check it out. Douglas G. Gold ⋅ And they said it would never happen. And it has. I got married. Steve Merrill and I were married on April 27, 2019. I am happy to report that Pat Knetzger Fullam, and Jed and Ann Lee witnessed it all. Timothy O. Grana ⋅ I am obliged to humbly acknowledge how previously wrong I was in supposing there could never be a more egregious moron than Bush 43 to occupy the Oval Office. As our current Age of Endarkenment continues to engulf the world in jingoistic nationalism, wanton degradation of the natural world, and rampant racism to drag us all back to the 1930s, one must agree with Archbishop Desmond Tutu that “We learn from history that we don’t learn from history!” Boomers, this is not OK! Dr. David A. Gust, Linda Wolfgram Gust ⋅ Since retiring several years ago, we spent 6 weeks touring Europe by bus at Christmas time, hiking and camping in Tasmania and New Zealand, winter sports in New Zealand, snorkeling in Fiji, and touring wineries in Oz. We celebrated our daughter, Aimee’s, wedding last July here in Brisbane and were thrilled to have about 25 USA visitors. Linda volunteers at the Queensland Herbarium, while I work at QUT advising post graduates and running geology field trips for students from China. We are both singing Handel’s Messiah with the Queensland choir. If you are coming down this way, please visit and have a great time. We hope to be at the next LU Reunion to catch up with all of you. Cheers! Danica Sarkovic Houle ⋅ It’s official! I retired from working at The University of Akron October 1, 2019. Dave and I celebrated by taking an awesome river cruise down the Danube, traveling through eight countries from Prague to Sofia, Bulgaria, and enjoying the benefits of an October “Gypsy” summer. I’m looking forward to more travel, spending fun time with my two baby granddaughters, and hoping for a

mild winter to golf at least once a month from November to April. Wish me luck! Nancy Butler Kuhn, Richard A. Kuhn ’74 ⋅ We survived Hurricane Florence in Sept. 2018 and tornadoes from Hurricane Dorian in Sept. 2019 without major damage but neighbors were not as lucky. Hoping we are done with hurricanes in Wilmington, NC for the foreseeable future! We continue to enjoy our domestic and international travels. At Oktoberfest in Munich in 2018, we learned 2L of beer at a single sitting is now our maximum. We spent a month in Argentina and Chile in Jan./Feb. 2019. Iguazu Falls, Torres del Paine in Patagonia and cruising the Chilean fjords were highlights. At home we look forward to the arrival of grandchild #3 in Jan. 2020 joining Katy, 8, and Colin, 5. Glad to report we are healthy and active in retirement. Lynn M. Libera ⋅ I’m still happily retired from IBM and busier than ever, with things of my choice. Pretty cool. Mostly golf, gardening and grandparenting for our daughter’s young son. We’ve become empty nesters yet again when our son finished his MBA and moved out. Three weeks in Puerto Vallarta take some of the chill off winter. And typical of our age group, there’s been more traveling—Australia and New Zealand this past year on a Backroads hiking and biking trip. I serve on our Village Park Board, which is perfect for me. All good here. Thomas C. Meyers ⋅ Tom continues his 40-year-long residential real estate career in Minneapolis with Edina Realty. He and Meg also welcomed their fourth grandchild on Halloween 2019. Tom volunteers with the Minnesota Golf Association at various tournaments during the summer. Tom and Meg recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Kendrick E. Neubecker ⋅ My wife Paula and I just purchased an R-Pod travel trailer and are considering getting rid of everything, house and all in it, and hitting the road full-time. Talk about taking minimalist “consumption” to the test! But there are too many places we need to go before we settle down in the Senior Center. Elizabeth Coddington Norton ⋅ We have had a busy few years with my husband, Brad, retiring, my selling of the Lincoln Hotel, and lots of letting go as we downsized greatly! We packed up what we kept and moved to Denver, Colorado, in late July. Since then we have settled in nicely and are spending a lot of time with both our daughters and with our grandsons: Lucas, 4, and Drew, 2. Our lives have taken on new meaning since we don’t have the demands of an acreage and have chosen to live in a condominium. So much more time to do what we choose to do instead of what demands LAWRENCE

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doing! Feeling blessed every time I drive down Arapahoe Road as I view the expanse of the Rocky Mountains that overlook this busy city. Susan Jansky Oefelein, Carl F. Oefelein ’76 ⋅ Carl and I are enjoying our semi-retired life in Galena, Illinois. Carl is still a national level advocate doing arbitrations for the NALC, which provides us extra travel opportunities, especially to the Chicago area where 2 of our daughters live. Our other daughter lives in Florida, also an excellent place to visit! Elizabeth A. Orelup ⋅ I am delighted report that 40 years after first joining law firm Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee after my second year of law school (Iowa ’80), I retired as an equity partner this fall. So far, retirement has been a wonderful time to be active, engaged and intentionally un-busy. My husband, Larry Sontag, and I are looking forward to enjoying a bit of time in warmer weather this winter in Thomasville, GA, with our Labrador retrievers. Karen Freeman Ortmann ⋅ I’m still living in Chicago in the Beverly neighborhood and officially retired December 2018, but I continue to work PRN as a PT—my first career on a PRN basis to stay active. I’ve had a wonderful year traveling to Boulder, CO, in June for Jane Johnson Salance’s daughter’s wedding and to Waupaca in August to reconnect with fellow Ormsby Hall alums at a weekend hosted by Betsy Krueger Mancosky. I have two grandchildren—my son Kenneth’s daughter, Olivia J. Stallings, age 2 ½ years old in Brooklyn, NY, and my daughter Karli Ortmann Kroening’s son, Benjamin, 9 months old in Lake County, Illinois. I travel to visit them both as often as possible. My next trip is to Egypt to see the pyramids. Mary Jo Hibbert Powell ⋅ It’s been a busy fall for me. An updated version of a book my husband and I had written 25 years ago came out in September in connection with the 125th anniversary of Texas A&M’s Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band, which means I’ve signed a lot of books these past few months. In addition, my middle granddaughter got married last weekend and her younger sister will dance in the opening number in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC. I’ve done some freelance editing and am greatly enjoying life in my senior independent living community here in College Station, Texas. Would love to see any classmates who visit the Lone Star State and am already looking forward to our 50th reunion. Carl A. Rath ⋅ I continue to teach bassoon and popular music courses at Lawrence. This year, 6 new bassoonists enrolled at LU—4 music majors—and they are the best quality 46

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class in my 42 years of college teaching. The Beatles course continues to be very popular with Lawrentians. I continue to teach/perform at the Red Lodge (MT) Music Festival (since 1980) and also at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival (since 2017). The Viking Bassoon Ensemble (ViBE) continues its series of concerts recognizing the 50th anniversary album releases of The Beatles. This year it’s ABBEY ROAD followed by LET IT BE. I do all the arrangements for ViBE and past concerts have featured DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, TOMMY, SGT. PEPPER’s...,etc. George E. Stalle ⋅ George Stalle (Conservatory 1975) and his wife, Kay, celebrated their oneyear anniversary in their new home in Roswell, GA. George and Kay were formerly 21-year residents of Moorestown, NJ. Laurie L. Stearns ⋅ After my three careers— bookselling, book editing, and lawyering— I’ve entered a new stage: retirement! My plans include traveling; I’ve been to all fifty states already, but there still are lots of special places I want to see, both nationally and internationally. Photography, reading, writing, and volunteering are at the top of my list too. And I’m looking forward enormously to reconnecting with my Lawrence classmates at reunions and all other opportunities. I live in northern Virginia, close to D.C. George W. Steed III, Amy Merriam Steed ’74 ⋅ George and Amy are well and truly retired— George from teaching and Amy from being a Navy attorney. They bought a small airplane and spend summers flying around the country. Amy’s quest is to do a 5k walk in every state, 31/50 complete. George is the president of the Washington Pilots Association and Amy is in two modern quilt guilds. Daughter Emily moved to Germany and Son Colin to Japan so further opportunities for travel abound. John Sundlof ⋅ After 16 years in my studio in Chicago, I sold it and finally began a sort of retirement from photography—at least the kind of photography with clients. Margie and I have given up on moving to smaller digs after looking for 5 years. Feet first for us! I have been taking improv classes at Second City and iO Theater. I am at least 30 years older than all my fellow students but am hanging on okay despite our popular culture gap and my waning everything. A couple of years ago I selfpublished a book of photographs of people and their wash on a line which is here: sundlof.com/ ontheline—outtodry.html. For a signed copy + a $10 discount use “Lyou” in the email subject line of the order form.

Mary Campbell Toycen, Daniel J. Toycen ’73 ⋅ In October, husband, Dan and I went on the “Magical Rhine and Moselle” trip, a Lawrence alumni travel offering. We were a group of 15, including our leader Mark Breseman ’78, Director of Björklunden. Also traveling with us were Rusty and Mary Carlson Mason ’72. Because Mary and Dan had been students together in Eningen (49 years ago!), as a sweet exercise in nostalgia at the end of our LU portion of the trip we rented a car in Zurich and drove back to Eningen. This was our 3rd LU trip (Greece/Greek Islands & Scandinavia). They have all been marvelous. Highly recommend! Charles E. Woodward, Janice Pfaller Woodward ⋅ Janice and I are doing well here in Denver, at the moment bouncing between 75 sunny degrees and a snowy 13. You gotta love Colorado. We have had the good fortune to meet up several times with Ann (Hunting) Wolter and her husband Rich, as well as most recently with Kristin Lehner from the classes of 1974 and 1973. It is a wonderful tribute to the community that Lawrence has fostered that we can reach across nearly 50 years and find common ground for lively discussions on topics from the current political fray to theater and music. Mary Luehrsen ⋅ I gratefully continue as chief lobbyist and advocacy strategist for music education and music industry issues for NAMM, the National Association for Music Merchants and lead the music making public service and outreach initiatives of the NAMM Foundation; work that takes me to many US and international places. I continue to live in Westchester County—about a 40 minute train ride from Manhattan—and love time with my adult daughter, Amanda, who is living the work/life dream in NYC. Thriving perennial and vegetable gardens, daily bike rides and dog hikes, Long Island Sound kayaking, and friends keep me happy and busy when home! Welcome all Lawrentians to visit! Christopher W. Murray (Chris) ⋅ Chris Murray and his wife Danielle De Lange have settled in Brussels, Belgium. Chris retired from the U.S. Department of State three years ago, after a final assignment as Political Advisor to the NATO Supreme Allied Commander. He has been teaching annual seminars at Björklunden on U.S.-European relations. He and Danielle have been enjoying travel to Italy, France, Turkey, and even Appleton, as Chris acquaints his wife with Lawrence. They welcome all classmates who may find themselves passing through Brussels.

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1977 Terry R. Bolz, Anne Rosin Bolz P’14 ⋅ Life is good. Anne and I are having a great time living in Madison,WI and traveling the world. We learned so much on the recent LU alumni trip to Cuba that we are going on the LU trip to Ghana in March. We are in NYC now seeing Broadway shows; Moulin Rogue is an incredible production if you get a chance to see it. Both of us are still working, but we plan to change that next year. It will give us more time with our 7 grandkids and to travel more. I will always appreciate the Lawrence liberal arts education that got it all started. Hope all is well. Patricia M. Brown, Donald D. Doyle P’11 ⋅ I recently marked my 13th year at Deloitte. After having helped launch CFO Journal with WSJ in 2011 and serving as Deloitte’s editor for that publication and Risk & Compliance Journal, I now serve as Deputy Global Research Director for Deloitte’s CFO Program. The job takes me to several cities throughout the country, and I had a chance to visit Singapore over the summer, although far too briefly. One of the best parts of the new job is more flexibility for my husband and I to visit our children in Colorado, Minnesota, and Washington, D.C., and with my stepson’s three adorable and energetic grandchildren. I remain grateful for the education I received at Lawrence and the University of Illinois. Jean M. Capper ⋅ My husband and I now live full-time in Michigan and it is a good thing I love snow! I’m a volunteer reader at our local library, editor of our local quarterly newsletter and enjoying being retired. Jane Witkowski Danley, Page I. Danley ⋅ This past summer we enjoyed traveling around Puerto Rico. Jane will retire in 2020 from teaching and we are looking forward to the birth of our 2nd grandchild in January. Dorothy E. Fischer ⋅ The year 2020 marks the 30th year for my private wellness practice, InnerAwareness, est. Dec. 1990. I still LOVE working with clients to clear limiting beliefs, unblock energies, and release old stuck patterns, so they can create greater joy and success in their lives. On Feb. 4 I am launching a 3-month Manifestation Mastery program, a combo of individual sessions as well as Zoom calls for powerful group facilitation. My goal is 12 women in my first group then later expand into groups for men as well. Meanwhile in 2020 I will finally publish my passion project, Touched By Angel: Life Lessons from a Dumpster Diva. Combo picture book, workbook & true story of my pup, Angel, who is one! :)

Susan Rosenthal Gordon ⋅ In July of 2018 I retired from a 30 year nursing career so that I could spend more time with my 3 grandchildren and pursue my passion of figure skating. Last April I competed at the U.S. Adult National competition in Salt Lake City, Utah, which was a lot of fun. I didn’t win any medals, but I didn’t finish last! I also volunteer once a week for a local hospice organization. Retirement has turned out to be very busy. I don’t know how I had time to work! My husband Alan is still working but planning to retire summer of 2020. We hope to celebrate by taking a trip to Scotland and Iceland. Kimberly A. Hemphill ⋅ I am ever grateful to Professor Sherwin Howard, whose Dramatic Criticism class I took as a senior. He told me I wrote well, recommended me for a job in Lawrence’s PR office, and that was the start of my copywriting career. After moving to Long Island, I have had wonderful jobs in New York City, from writing travel brochures to working in marketing at RCA Records, USA Networks/Sci-Fi Channel, and Comedy Central. I’ve visited Australia, Iceland, Hawaii, Europe, the UK; I’ve even enjoyed a burger at the world’s northernmost McDonald’s in Finland! I belong to three book clubs, one dedicated solely to Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, and now live near a beautiful lake in upstate New York. Tom G. Hughes ⋅ The two highlights of my summer were having my first grandchild born 4 days before my birthday and connecting with Anne Weeks in Nova Scotia. Eben L. McClenahan, M.D. ⋅ I am retired as a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry with Tulane, and I now work part-time as the medical director of a rural clinic in the Cajun Bayou. I am enjoying dancing Swing and Charleston, and I also am taking a couple of weekly lessons. I am drummer in a quintet; we play old New Orleans traditional Jazz. I attended Dr. Taylor’s Björklunden seminar this Autumn, the first week of October, on Homer’s Odyssey. Anne Lippl Meyer, Richard R. Meyer ⋅ Rick is capping off his Social Security career with a four year assignment in Mexico City. He administers U.S. federal benefits for expats and others who qualify, and I get to travel with him to all corners of this amazing country. We’ve enjoyed sharing many favorite places with visitors, including Lawrentians Laurie Ryan and Dave Larson. Rev. James M. Rand, Sarah C. Rand P’06 ⋅ Recent months have had notable highlights for Jim Rand and family. A grandson arrived in June (in rural California, alas; and to our Macalester son, not the Lawrence grad!). In July, Sarah and I went to Björklunden with Karen Sweet and

Robin Fondow for a class led by Terry Moran. Over three weeks in August and September, we walked 300 life-changing miles of the Camino de Santiago, a 1200-year old pilgrimage route in northern Spain. We met people from dozens of nations, and felt totally at home. Can’t wait to go back! After 24 years as a Presbyterian pastor in suburban Milwaukee, retirement looms at the end of April 2020. After that? I might reinvent myself. Again! Jeffrey C. Ruebel ⋅ Things are going well in Colorado. I wrote updates on my articles about the issues involving design and construction of craft beer and cannabis facilities. My son is an assistant district attorney; daughter is working towards a Masters in Social Work; and the firm now has five attorneys. I was re-elected as President of Colorado Soccer. Life is full, but I often think of friends from LU and regret missing so many reunions. Ruth Shaw Striegel⋅ I’m settling into “retirement,” with lots of things to do, but less of a daily grind. Mentoring new teachers and directing music at my church give me income, singing in a fabulous chorus and advocating for climate justice keep me engaged. Rick and I will celebrate 30 years of marriage in August. Anne Macleod Weeks ⋅ Still retired in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, working part-time as a consultant for a firm in China. Spending my free time hiking, making art, playing pickleball, and doing Pilates. Traveling when I can. Life is good, here, in this beautiful province where nature abounds. Always welcoming visitors. James M. Wilkinson ⋅ I retired in June after 41 years as an educator in Milwaukee at Marquette University High School, Nativity Jesuit Academy, and Divine Savior Holy Angels High School. I taught Spanish, was a World Language Department Chair, a Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, Principal, and baseball coach. I continue as the head coach at Germantown High School outside of Milwaukee. My wife Nancy and I have 2 children and 3 grandchildren. Nancy works at Milwaukee Center for Children and Youth as an advocate for survivors of domestic violence. Son Matt and wife Harini live in Chicago after attending Loyola, and daughter Caitlin attended Gonzaga U and lives with her husband Caleb in Milwaukee. Andrea Williamson ⋅ I continue to enjoy my work as Corporate Secretary of Save the Children (international relief/development organization based in Fairfield, CT)—I must, since this is year 40! But I also fully subscribe to the ‘all work and no play’ philosophy of life and continue to make substantial time for things I enjoy, specifically running (had a great Tucson LAWRENCE

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Marathon in November, with another Boston Marathon qualifying time), cycling, hiking and traveling. Last year at this time I was on a twoweek trek in Peru and during 2019 I tacked a vacation to Iceland on to a work trip; in January, I’ll be on another hike in Chile. Best to all in the Class of ’77—see you at the 50th in 2027!!

1979 LinaBeth Barber ⋅ My partner John and I moved back to Portland, Oregon, in April after 4 years in Tucson. We’ll continue to divide our time between our home in a medieval hill town in Umbria, Italy and the Northwest. Ann K. Boeckman, Jim Boeckman P’06 ⋅ Am still teaching music theory in the Lawrence Conservatory and loving it! When I’m not teaching I’m spending as much time as possible with my 4 grandchildren ages 3 and under. Absolutely love being a grandmother! John T. Boyle ⋅ Still living in Manasquan, New Jersey, and enjoying life at the Jersey Shore. Also, still working for Gemini, Inc. of Cannon Falls, Minnesota—getting closer to retirement every day. My wife, Mary Ellen, is still working for AIG and also looking forward to retirement. Our son, Owen, and daughter, Kate, each work and live in Manhattan. Sorry I could not attend the recent 40th reunion—really would have loved to be there. Any Lawrentians passing thru New Jersey are welcome to stop and say hello. Life is good. Susan T. Chandler ⋅ My daughter Katherine (sorry, she’s a Carleton grad!) got married to a wonderful guy on September 14 in Minneapolis. Lawrentians joining the weekend festivities were my brothers Rick (class of ’74) and John (class of ’77) and friend Susan Harrison (class of ’78). David W. Ehrich ⋅ On the occasion of my retirement from the Seattle PS (36 years), I set out on a cross country trip. On the way, I visited family, friends, and a few fellow members of the class of ’79. After motorcycling across the Rockies, the prairie, the Great Lakes, and Quebec and after the family reunion in Vermont and New York, I touched base with my freshman roomie and good friend, Peter Copeland, in D.C. just before he set out on his book tour. Next, I visited John Laing, one of my closest friends, before he headed to Appleton to accept his place in the Athletic Hall of Fame. Last stop on the LU tour of greatness was a visit to Blakely, Georgia, to see Phyllis Gilbert and celebrate her good health. August W. Geise IV, Kathy Geise P’15 ⋅ Currently in my 7th year of retirement and enjoying every minute of it in beautiful Colorado. My wife Kathy is a professor of astrophysics, and my kids are 48

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grown and out of the house, including Augie (’15). Get to see Lawrentians twice a year as part of the President’s Advisory Council, as well as meeting up with “The Boys” each summer. Life is good, and I am grateful for each and every moment, as well as the experience and friendships Lawrence provided. Michael J. Gerlicher ⋅ I recently celebrated five years living and working in Mumbai, India, as President of Aldrich Business Services Pvt. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AldrichAdvisors. com, a Top-100 CPA firm. Some of you may remember I spent a year in the ACM India Studies program in 1978 in the Bombay/Pune region. That time in 1978 set a course for my life and pursuits. My wife Carol and I live in a small suburb of 3–4 million called Navi Mumbai (New Mumbai). Our three grown children live in the states. We have one adorable three-year old granddaughter, Eleanor Caroline, in Atlanta, who loves her grandmother. And I too will visit her in early December. In the meantime, it’s going to be Thanksgiving in Goa this year. Jeffrey R. Hawley ’79 ⋅ Greetings from California—the land of the out-of-control wildfires. Fortunately, the flames have not torched Richard Nixon’s favorite town yet (San Clemente). Thus, Rose and I continue to press on in this beautiful paradise—spending major time fixing up our house this past year and a half. Also in 2019, I changed sales jobs and landed with a real cool company—Coastal Payroll out of San Diego. Having the time of my life working for this innovative and incredibly service-oriented company. By the way, it was so great to see so many from our class at the reunion this past summer and to hear they are doing so well in their personal and professional lives. Looking forward to 2029. Richard F. Herndon ⋅ Carol and I enjoyed attending my 40th class reunion this past summer, reconnecting with classmates and were amazed at Lawrence’s innovative educational methods. I have recently started learning French in anticipation of a trip to Québec, and continue to volunteer at historic sites in Springfield, Illinois, write progressive political letters to my local newspaper, edit transcripts for the Lincoln Presidential Museum’s Oral History project, and spend part of the summer in Door County, Wisconsin. Kris L. Hoffman ⋅ This year I decided to take the plunge into retirement. My mom was right, time really does fly as I get older! I also have taken on the role of being a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for a 12—(now 13-) year-old foster girl. It has really made me appreciate my family even more (if that was possible). I’m looking for new places to travel and learn more about the world, but plan to stay in California for retirement.

Regina Swingen Lee ⋅ After just retiring as faculty librarian from Tennessee Technological University in May, I’m starting to plan some fun travel opportunities. In early September, I joined several other alumni and friends of Lawrence University for a fantastic trip studying the geology, nature, and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador. Marcia Bjornerud guided us to some unique geologic sites such as the Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park where upper mantle rock is exposed, and Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve where Ediacara biota fossils (575 to 542 million years old) are exposed along the Atlantic Ocean shoreline. Another favorite stop was to L’Anse aux Meadows, an authenticated Viking site. Roelif M. Loveland ⋅ All is well in Peru, Illinois! The beehives are wrapped for the winter, and the snowblower is gassed up and ready for action. The five Loveland dogs are happy and healthy—and enjoy running around in their twoacre fenced-in yard. Sorry kids—no inheritance for you—all extra monies being spent on dog food. Have a great year, Lawrence friends!! Barbara Fee Miller ⋅ Hi, Lawrentians. I’ve been out of touch forever, but here’s a brief synopsis of life after Lawrence. Became a ski bum in Colorado, met the love of my life (Dan), got married, moved to Boulder, got a Masters in Education, taught middle school science, stayed home to raise two kids (25 & 27 now), returned to teaching. Saw the light and became a school librarian (Barbarian the Librarian) for 20 years. Retired last May. Doing lots of painting, biking, hiking, birding, traveling, yoga, and still married (38 years). What a great ride and still having lots of fun! Robert C. Rich ⋅ I am still working at Metra. I have been there over 32 ½ years. I am most excited though about my membership in the National Puzzlers’ League, which I joined about 15 months ago. I started composing for their monthly magazine, The Enigma. Over 20 of my submissions have been published. Kenton R. Rose ⋅ Had a great time at our 40th Reunion in June and appreciate everyone who made it back to campus to reconnect. Hope all classmates are already making plans to attend our 50th! Robert Spoo ⋅ I really enjoyed our 40th Reunion last June. There was great turn-out and enthusiasm, and I want especially to thank Susan Chandler and the other organizers who put everything together. I continue to teach as a tenured professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law, where I also serve as Associate Dean for Faculty Development. In 2018, I published a book, Modernism and the Law

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(Bloomsbury Academic), which is a follow-up to my earlier book, Without Copyrights: Piracy, Publishing, and the Public Domain (Oxford University Press), released in 2013. I’ve also enjoyed teaching seminars at Björklunden during the summers. My wife Marjorie is a Tulsa-based artist who has had very successful shows and exhibitions in Tulsa and Oklahoma City in recent years. She also teaches at Tulsa Girls Art School, a nonprofit created to give economically-challenged girls in our community a chance to study art in a creative after-school setting. Our twin daughters Sophie and Virginia are juniors at Kansas City Art Institute. Virginia is studying filmmaking, and Sophie is pursuing painting. If any Lawrentians are in the Tulsa area, please give us a shout (918-269-4980). Dr. Robert J. Stevens, Janet Steiner Stevens ’82 ⋅ I retired in July after 32 years of family practice in Green Bay. Janet are I are enjoying every minute this far which included a bicycle sightseeing trip to southern Spain. We are loving our 3 grandchildren within 2 hours of us. Both sons (Paul ’10 and Sam ’13) are family physicians also! Dr. Thomas D. Stone ⋅ Still living in Shreveport, Louisiana, where I own and serve as President of Maestro & Fox Music, Inc. (wwwmaestroandfox.com). We publish wind band editions and some chamber wind and orchestra pieces as well. I conduct the Red River Wind Orchestra, a semi-professional ensemble that performs high-end works for band (www.redriverwindorchestra.org). My wife, Jennifer Dowd, is an amazing voice teacher, and she fronts an organization called “Songbook South” (www.songbooksouth.org) which offers education and coaching for young singers performing songs from the Great American Songbook. Dr. Thomas A. Walker ⋅ Last summer, my wife (Lynn) and I both retired from our practices as pediatric subspecialists. We relocated to Fort Collins, Colorado, where we are busy swimming, biking, running and raising a golden retriever puppy. Ellen B. Whitworth ⋅ Alive and well enjoying travels and life in Chicago. Still keeping up with a few wonderful friends from Lawrence. My son finished up at the music conservatory last year. My daughter and I made it back to Appleton several times to hear some beautiful concerts. I am amazed at how much the campus has changed, yet how much has remained the same ... in a good way! Remember the paper mill across the river? It’s been converted to some great condos. My son lived there for his last year. Who would have thought? Hope everyone is well, sending my best.

William H. Pearce (Bill) ⋅ My wife Lee (UC– Berkeley ’84) and I had a great time at the 40th Reunion—the Class of ’79 is certainly unique … we stay in touch with Josh Farber, John Warrington, Merrick Wells, Steve Ouellette, David Bomier on a regular basis…sold my business over a year ago, so I am partially retired at this point in life, but open to any suggestions to stay active from my fellow classmates!

1981 Robert D. Alexander ⋅ Nothing too new ... just happy to be back home in MN. My siblings hate me because I am a Bears, Hawks, Bulls and Cubs fan. All in all, life is good and one can’t ask for much more. Hope everyone is happy and healthy. Peace! Elizabeth Austin Asch ⋅ This year has been one of enormous change and growth for me after my husband passed away last October. Our two children and I are still reeling from his choice to end his life. I have taken charge of our family businesses both in New Hampshire and in Europe. We have 230+ employees and things were in disarray. There is nothing like hard work to keep a person focused. Last spring while on a morning walk, classmate Jenny Hager recognized me as we passed on the sidewalk. I was too preoccupied to know her, but she had the grace to speak up and we are now connected on Facebook. Enjoy every moment of life. Hug your children and tell people you love them. Cheri Hutchinson Biancuzzo ⋅ Last year I turned 60 and celebrated a 24th year wedding anniversary. I have 3 step children and six grandchildren. Where has the time gone? Six gigs a week are now six gigs a year. But, I like it! More time to read a good book or walk my little dogs Mitzi Gaynor & Bella Mia. I’m a party pooper and life is good. Dawn Baumann Brunke ⋅ I still live in Alaska, writing books, working with dreams, and doing animal communication talks. My latest book, Awakening the Ancient Power of Snake: Transformation, Healing, and Enlightenment, looks at the interwoven history of Snake and humanity. It will be published by Inner Traditions International in February 2020. Elizabeth Russell Brunner ⋅ I celebrated my 6th year as an “entrepreneur” having launched my company, Brunner Communications in 2013. (LizBrunner.com)Leaving television after 28-years and starting this venture has been an amazing “next chapter.” I criss-cross the country as an Executive Communications Coach. It’s incredibly rewarding to be able to share my nearly 3 decades of experience and expertise

helping executives become better public speakers, better communicators in ALL ways. The knowledge I learned in the “Con” about using your voice, the storytelling I did on TV have all come together. I’ll soon be launching my “Podcast” in early 2020. I hope you’ll tune in to “Live Your Best Life with Liz Brunner.” Dr. James V. Bruno, Ellen Kloehn Bruno ’83 ⋅ I currently live in Wausau, Wisconsin, and am working part-time, after many years as a full-time orthopedic surgeon. I am finding a bit more time to bike, downhill ski , cross-country ski, and reconnect with old friends (and make some new ones). I enjoy the company of my two Golden Retrievers. They get me out walking twice a day, rain or shine, with a few hunts thrown in. After many years dreaming about it, we recently purchased a Minocqua area cabin. We do enjoy the glory of the north woods all four seasons. Life promises some exciting “new beginnings,” even nearly 40 years since graduation from college. Anne Smith Cornelius, James M. Cornelius ⋅ Corny retired from the Lincoln Presidential Library and now with a partner sells rare Lincoln books and regalia from a downtown Springfield book shop. He still teaches on the Civil War Era at various locations. Anne works at our church, plays lots of tennis and a little more bridge. Both of their girls finished college. Kathleen M. DeMets ⋅ My husband, Greg Bollom, and I are still working at Madison Gas and Electric Company. I am Senior Director— Customer Services and have been here for over 38 years. We’re enjoying being empty nesters. Our oldest daughter Andrea was married in May and graduated from medical school a week later. She and her husband live in Providence where she is a resident at Brown University/ Rhode Island Hospital. Our youngest daughter Emily is a pharmacist and in her second year of residency at the VA Hospital in Madison. We love to golf, travel, and have fun at our condo in Door County. Ann S. Derse ⋅ I hiked in beautiful Zion and Bryce national parks in spring 2017, then toured China that fall. In early 2019, I went to the Colorado Rockies for fabulous, scenic crosscountry skiing and snowshoeing near Winter Park. And in fall, I enjoyed 3 ½ weeks in Greece and Italy—sea kayaking, hiking, sightseeing, and loving the food and wine. Also had a pleasant visit catching up with Julie Folz Erkilla when she was in the area recently. Dr. James Gandre ⋅ I am in my seventh year as President of Manhattan School of Music in NYC. I was interviewed on Alec Baldwin’s podcast “Here’s the thing” which came out in August. LAWRENCE

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Kathryn M. Gleason ⋅ Retired in May 2019 after more than 27 years as a trial attorney with an agency in the Department of Justice (and 5 more in private practice). Retirement is great!! Took my first “bucket list” trip to Bhutan and Nepal. Looking forward to many more adventures. Karen Lutz Hallacy ⋅ I’m spending my time volunteering full-time to advocate for the young and the old; serving as the President of Georgia PTA, on the STEM-oriented Technology Association of GA Education Collaborative and on an Elder Abuse Task Force. Who said retirement is relaxing? Enjoyed a quick trip to campus this fall on my way to see the Packers play. Dr. David A. Heller ⋅ Over the past year, I gave several solo performances in San Antonio, Houston, Appleton, Eisenstadt, Austria, and Austin. I returned to Austria in August to teach and perform at the Classical Music Festival—Summer Academy; as a part of that festival, I premiered a new organ work by Brian Bondari at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. I am continuing to serve as Chair of the Music Department at Trinity University, and as Associate Organist of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio. Fred P. Hoffman ⋅ In 2019 I earned a doctorate from Robert Morris University in Information Systems and Communications and became an Assistant Professor of Intelligence Studies at the Ridge College of Intelligence and Applied Sciences, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA. I also teach online courses for Harrisburg University of Science & Technology, Harrisburg, PA, and was previously an Associate Professor of Military Science at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, and Research Director for Cipher Systems, a competitive intelligence firm based in Annapolis, MD. I founded Fifth Domain Solutions LLC, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations improve their organizational security culture. Eleanor Kerlow, Esq. ⋅ Not retired yet. Started my own consulting firm, Eleanor Kerlow PR, in 2018, and moving into exciting areas of communications strategy, media and content. Helping lawyers, law firms, tech companies and now also nonprofits in ocean conservation and policy, where my passion lies. Slated to conduct media training workshops for science communicators in 2020 in Washington, DC, San Diego, CA, and Davos, Switzerland. When not working, spending time on chorale singing, ukulele, table tennis, and dive trip planning. Looking forward to 40th reunion.

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Kathryn Estrem Mao ⋅ Last year was extra-busy; in May 2018 my daughter Nicolina graduated from Brown University. In August she married the boy next door (literally), Tou Moua. Three weeks later my son David married the love of his life, Maysee Hang. Three weeks after that, their dad, Savoeun Mao (my husband), passed away—at age 50—from cancer. Meanwhile we have experienced robbery, assault, accidents, miscarriages, job relocation, travels, performances, a business startup, work opportunities and work complications, and much, much, more. I have just retired— yes early—and hope to spend some time recovering from all the stress and then full-time grandmothering (no babies yet, but it shouldn’t be long). James L. Matchefts ⋅ My wife, Samantha, and I live in St. Louis. I am practicing law and hoping to retire in a couple years. We have a 25-year old daughter, a two-year old grandson, and another grandson on the way. Dorothy Webber Price ⋅ I am an elementary school teacher in Houston, Texas. During 35 years in classrooms I have shared with students and fellow teachers the joys of learning through music, songwriting, and writers workshop. I created the Elders Songwriting Project in which students interview nursing home residents and other community elders and write tribute ballads as gifts for them. So far, students have written 285 songs. My husband Kirk is an artist and director of a historic preservation nonprofit. Our son Clayton is a pianist. My current goal: to take my intermediate Spanish to the next level. Susan J. Schultz ⋅ Susy Schultz has taken what might seem like a bizarre career turn. But after decades of newsroom and nonprofits, it kind of seems perfect. She is executive director of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago. She was hired to build an education curriculum and to tell a more thorough story about the history and power of radio, television and digital storytelling and the impacts it has on all of us. She lives in the city and married Jim Gillespie five years ago. It means immediate family is now at 20, including eight children, four spouses/partners, six grandchildren, us and a dog—all of whom seem to be doing well at this precise moment. Keith G. Smedema ⋅ I continue to work with refugees as a volunteer tutor at my local high school. Since it’s been nearly 40 years since I used my chemistry degree, I’m spending almost as much time relearning basic math and science as teaching it. Fortunately, algebra and the atom haven’t changed much since then. I recently visited Spain, traveling the Camino de Santiago

pilgrimage on a bicycle. Although bicycles are a recent addition to the pilgrimage, we were given status as full participants in the culture and tradition of the camino. It was a wonderful experience immersing myself in a 1000 year old tradition. Teresa Miller Spevacek ⋅ Hello all, hard to believe having turned 60 that our LU days are almost 40 years behind us. How did that happen?! Life moves on. I recently started a small business empowering women out of poverty, and Mike has dabbled in community theatre. Our son married in 2018 and just moved back to Madison with his bride. I love having them in town for Sunday dinners! Our daughter moved from NYC to LA to pursue her dream of film acting. We’ve enjoyed several fun trips to California to visit. Otherwise, it’s a quiet life with our aging Soft-Coated Wheaton terrier, taking in all that Madison has to offer yearround. Our best wishes for good health and happiness in 2020! KK Tse ⋅ After stepping down from the Board of Trustees at Lawrence, I have joined a similar governing body for a local college in Hong Kong to continue my affiliation with an academic institution. I am completing a part-time degree course in Buddhist Studies at the local school and have found the study very interesting despite the fact that I continue to be a strong agnostic with the influence from my Lawrence classmates several decades back. Hong Kong has been going thru a very difficult period politically in the last few months and even personal safety is at stake. Fortunately, my three sons are all out of town now and I don’t need to worry about them! Bruce A. Wilson ⋅ I just had an article published in the Reed Organ Society Quarterly, Vol. XXXVII, No. 3, pp. 19 & 20.

1983 Jonathan W. Bauer ⋅ I must start by thanking all classmates that made it to the reunion this past June. It was a blast and I was really pleased with our turnout. To those that couldn’t make it, we missed you and hope you will come next time. Life is full. 26 years at Deloitte. Today, I manage the firms relationship with AWS, which is insanely busy, but I’m loving every minute of it. Both girls have graduated college—AND ARE EMPLOYED!!! They are moving closer to each other out west... which bodes well for a retirement location in the mountains. For fun, got to my first Wimbledon this year, got to Fiji to dive and found my skis on mountains 15 days this season. Life is good! Still in Chicago!

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Andrew S. Burnett ⋅ The highlight of 2018 for me was joining my husband Charlie in retirement. After 32 years of federal service, it was time for me to pass it along to the next generation. Boy am I ever glad I got out when I did considering the current administration’s antics. I’ve spent the last few months volunteering at the Fallingwater house museum in western Pennsylvania (giving natural history tours of the surrounding property), catching up on my reading list, and visiting friends and family in Arizona, California, Florida, and Pennsylvania. My husband Charlie and I built a small home out in the Appalachians of western Maryland and we spend about a third of our time out there in the spring/summer/fall. We’ve got about 2.5 acres, with just enough in cultivation to keep my finger nails dirty with gardening. 95% of it is in lowland hardwood forest. We’ve set up a small consulting company so I can begin looking into small project work in the conservation field. Victoria Mason Runnoe ⋅ Life in Idaho continues to be full of work, time spent with my young adult children, and training and showing my dogs in obedience events throughout the Pacific Northwest. In July, my agency nature center hosted a United States Postal Service First Day of Issue Ceremony for the Forever Frog stamps. Being chosen as the host site for the national release of new stamps is quite an honor and what better place to celebrate frogs and their new stamps than a nature center! As emcee, I was able to provide opening remarks as well as introduce the speakers. It was fun for our facility to be on the national stage, and we even had some frogs in attendance to help promote their stamps. Susan Kleinberg Wegner ⋅ I am sad to be leaving New York, but I am very happy to be moving to Livingston, Montana to be near my grandson. I know I will miss the East Coast, but I have a feeling hospitals in rural Montana will be a little less stressful than those in Brooklyn.

1985 Resli E. Costabell ⋅ My mom died. My closest friend died. London is rainy and chilly. All of which sucks like Superman’s vacuum cleaner. But there’s heartening news as well. I’ve had wonderful support from old friends, including Lawrentians. And Michael Murphy ’88 and Karen Gunderson (’87?) moving back to London. Yeah, and the cat is ok. That’s good news, too. Tanja Scribner Felton ⋅ Tom and I enjoyed a September trip to Australia where our daughter has been studying at the University of Queensland. She will graduate from Miami

of Ohio in May, head to Copenhagen for a summer internship with Maersk and then begin her Master’s degree back at Miami University in September. Our son continues to love his life and job (in operations and logistics) up in Minneapolis. We love having him a car ride from Milwaukee and near so many of our Lawrence friends! Tom is busy at St. Luke’s but still has time for cycling. We went to Colorado Springs in August where he competed in the National Time Trial Championships and also enjoyed sight-seeing while there. Anne Strass Gustafson ⋅ I am living in the Madison, Wisconsin, area teaching elementary art at Madison Country Day School. My two children, Henry and Grace, are also living in the area near me and I am very happy that I get to see them often. In my spare time, I am running, walking my dog, and painting abstract scenes of Lake Michigan. I will be having a show of my latest works in August 2020. Margaret M. Maguire, Scott F. Cameron ⋅ Peggy serves as president of the Cambia Health Foundation, where she works with a wide variety of stakeholders to advance palliative care as a means of helping people with serious illness and their caregivers live well. She also invests in work to reduce the impact of health disparities and address social determinants of health. Scott teaches 6th grade at Jackson Middle School, part of the Portland Public School District. Scott and Peggy have two daughters: Frannie, age 26, is a marketing manager with the Portland Trailblazers basketball team. Molly, age 23, is a recent graduate of Whitman College, forging her own path in Brooklyn, New York.

scenery. I serve as at-large board member of the Stage Managers Association, vice-president of IATSE 470 and past-president of the Alliance for Wisconsin Theatre Education. Writing books on theatre safety and another on stagecraft. Still play trivia off-campus and get to concerts at the Chapel either in person or online on a fairly regular basis. Great to see the “next generation” carrying on the Con traditions. Christopher P. Sarnowski ⋅ Our local theater has just opened a run of Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution, in which I play most of the police force of London (and have about 4 lines). We had a successful opening weekend with over 400 tickets sold. Next spring I am Sound Designer for a production of Dominique Morrisseau’s Skeleton Crew. Stacey A. Schmeidel ⋅ Stacey Schmeidel works as the media relations director at Smith College in Massachusetts. For the past two summers, she’s spent July volunteering for the National Park Service at Katmai National Park and Preserve—one of the best places in the world to see large, Alaska brown bears in the wild. Outside of the summer months, she continues to advocate for the park and its wildlife by presenting public talks about brown bears, salmon, and related topics.

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Susan Wilkinson Milder ⋅ After 15 years as a high school math teacher, I became an Assistant Principal for a K-8 school in Racine, WI.

Joan Pfarr Anderson ⋅ Hello all from snowy Wisconsin! We are all fine here. Our son Parker graduated from Belmont University in May and is now the lead sound engineer for Jimmie Allen, traveling the country with him. Our daughter Celia is a senior in high school. We are in the process of deciding on a college right now. Jim and I will be empty nesters next year. What will we do with ourselves??!

Diane M. Piron-Gelman ⋅ I’ve been a published author since 2011, and I’ve just sold book 3 in the Hanley & Rivka Mysteries to Allium Press of Chicago. The series takes place in Chicago in 1872, right after the Great Fire, and features Francis Hanley, an Irish Catholic police detective whose first case is the murder of Rabbi Asher Kelmansky. Hanley gets an assist from the dead man’s daughter Rivka, an unexpected partnership that carries over into the rest of the series. Book 3, tentatively titled Tell No Tales, is slated for release in June 2020. The other books are Shall We Not Revenge (Book 1) and For You Were Strangers (Book 2).

Michael R. Bergman ⋅ Feeling grateful that I was able to leave corporate America back in June to begin a new role as Deputy Director of a small Christian non-profit in Minneapolis called Arrive Ministries. Arrive seeks to live out God’s command to welcome refugees and immigrants to their new homes! We meet them at the airport, help them get established in a new apartment, and walk alongside in friendship as they acclimate to a new life, a new language and a new culture. It’s such a privilege and delight to make new friends from people of multiple cultures. I even got to serve for a week at a refugee camp in Greece as part of this!

Kristi A. Ross-Clausen ⋅ Working as Quality and Customer Advocate for Arrow AV Group where I get to design and teach end-users how to operate lighting, sound and video/ projection systems. Always great to get into a theater and help them upgrade to LED, learn to run a digital sound board or create projected

Susan M. Crawford ⋅ I am tackling new professional challenges as a circuit court judge for Dane County, Wis., following my election in April 2018. My husband, Shawn, and I have two children and have lived in Madison for over 20 years. Our son is a high school freshman and LAWRENCE

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aspiring musician; our daughter is in her first year at Miami University (Ohio), majoring in speech pathology. I enjoyed get-togethers with LU friends throughout 2019 and look forward to many more reunions in 2020! Geoffrey A. Friedley ⋅ Diana, Grace and Geoff live in Pocatello, ID. Grace will perform solos this December in a local production of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Diana and Geoff continue to teach in the Music Department at Idaho State University. Diana teaches voice, opera literature, advanced diction, and voice pedagogy. Geoff teaches voice, music appreciation, and music history. This fall, Geoff collaborated with ISU Theatre Department faculty and served as Musical Director for a production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Musical. Last spring, Geoff and Diana performed Hugo Wolf ’s Spanish Songbook with pianist Mark Neiwirth. Diana and Geoff are delighted to work with Shandra Helman ’00. Ann I. Graul, Eduardo Valencia-Hernan P’19 ⋅ I continue to work as a medical writer and to live in Barcelona, my home for the last 32 years. In May, I was elected secretary of the local Democrats Abroad chapter, and my life since then has been consumed with meetings, newsletters, organization and coordination of events, voter registration and outreach. Last June, my husband and I had the honor of watching our daughter graduate as a member of LU Class of 2019. It was great to be back on campus, in spite of it being a cold and rainy graduation (nothing like June 1987). Our son will be graduating from high school next June, but his college plans don’t involve long, cold Wisconsin winters. Melissa Pahel Jacks ⋅ Now in my third year of retirement (after 29 years teaching special and gifted education), I am enjoying a few more opportunities for travel with long-time partner Thomas, mostly to national parks, as well as volunteering as an usher for a couple performing arts venues in Austin. I continue to play flute for an orchestra and a praise band at church, and I visit my grown children when I’m able. My oldest, with degrees in political science and music, is job searching in LA (connections, anyone??), and my youngest is in his 2nd year as an assistant band director for a 6A high school here in Texas. Amy Bell Lavalley ⋅ I am still freelancing for the Post-Tribune, part of the Chicago Tribune group of newspapers, covering Porter County government and crime. In April, I was honored by the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists with a second place award for coverage of government or politics for a series of stories I did on a suspect lease 52

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extension involving the county. My son Joey is in his second year of engineering at Purdue University and my daughter Anna is a senior at Valparaiso High School, considering where she will go to college, a list that includes Lawrence (!). My husband Andy is a contract search editor for Yahoo. Teri Barlament McKibben ⋅ Teri (Barlament) McKibben (BA English/BMus organ performance) is still in West Chester, OH, working as a freelance editor/desktop publisher, creating program books and other materials for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and several other area arts organizations. In December, I celebrate my 15th anniversary as organist at Crestview Presbyterian Church, and I am in my 12th season as a member of the May Festival Chorus, which serves as the Cincinnati Symphony chorus and presents its own festival (since 1873) each May. My husband, John McKibben (IPC/LU alum), is now retired from P&G and working as a consulting engineer. Our sons, Sean and Kyle, are both grown and pursuing work they love. Susan D. Packard ⋅ Susan Packard will be celebrating 30 years in Chicago this coming March and hopes for another 30. She is currently working as a corporate travel agent in Chicago and with the work comes fun travel including a recent trip to Australia and New Zealand. Despite their current record, she still goes to Bears games and cheers them on. She also continues to play piano for pure enjoyment. Alexandra Howe Stevenson, Thomas J. Stevenson P’20 ⋅ I still live in Cincinnati. My daughter Madeleine, 21, is a senior biology major at Lawrence and is loving the experience. My son Drew, 24, is a riverboat captain on the Ohio River. I’m fortunate to be able to devote my time to the causes that are dear to me. I volunteer at and chair the board of Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati, a nonprofit veterinary clinic for low-income clients. This past year, I helped start an urban farm/ community garden near my home, and got certified as an Ohio volunteer naturalist, so I have an excuse to spend all my time outside. My husband Tom and I love to travel and hang out with our pack of four rescue mutts. I’ll miss visiting LU when my daughter graduates! Tammy J. Teschner ⋅ I had a great visit to Campus for Blue and White Weekend for our son Aidan’s senior year. Enjoyed the VR with former classmates. Aidan’s had a great experience on the men’s tennis team, winning the silver medal at the Midwest Conference Championships last Spring with his Italian doubles partner. He’s applying for Ph.D.

programs in Physical Chemistry. We’ll have a year off before our younger son Dylan most likely will start at LU. Legacies continue! My job title is International Mom, having lived in SE Spain for over 22 years. Hope to get back to writing (a blog?) as we get an empty nest. Looking forward to being back on Campus for Graduation ’20! James D. Wagner ⋅ Empty nesters with adult children—a 4th-year med student, an evolutionary anthropology Ph.D. student and an actress in LA. Continue to travel; fell in love with Norway last summer, most beautiful country we have visited, and we thought nothing could top Iceland. I’m in my 32nd year teaching history at John Burroughs School in St. Louis where some of our classmates from St. Louis attended high school. Each fall I think of how beautiful the Lawrence campus is at this time of year, many fond memories. Lewis E. Winkler ⋅ I just started my fourteenth year of teaching theology and ethics at the East Asia School of Theology in Singapore and love what I do. This coming year my wife, Barbara, and I will celebrate 30 years of marriage, an amazing milestone of God’s goodness and faithfulness to us. Our three kids are all college graduates and working in the US in three different time zones. The older two are married and our middle child, Josh, and his wife, Kathryn, just had our first grandchild, Zion Paul Winkler, on August 7! We flew back to the U.S. to see him in person for the first time in late November. God is good! Julie Benjamin Andrews ⋅ I moved to Salem 3 years ago after 20 years in Rockport, MA, and am enjoying the diversity and energy of this vibrant city! I had the pleasure of welcoming Lucy Siegel Preston, Ann Martinson, and Anne Blowers Higginson to town in October where they were able to experience Halloween madness first hand! I became an empty nester this Fall when my youngest, Will, started his freshman year at Providence College. Zack is a junior at University of Vermont, and my oldest, Katie, works in cybersecurity in the Boston area. I have been working as a real estate agent with Keller Williams for 5 years and absolutely love it! Karin Sconzert ⋅ Karin Sconzert recently moved to Evanston, IL, and has taken up choral singing again with the Music Institute of Chicago Chorale. Lawrentians who enjoy sacred and secular choral music and miss singing in a choir should join us!

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1989 ( 30TH CLUSTER REUNION) Catherine Bunch Daniels ⋅ I’ve been lucky enough to see Chris Sato ’91 quite a bit. Our children both attended the same school, and she helped me as a realtor find a studio apartment (for painting)! She’s a great realtor (at Jameson). I am painting full-time now, showing my work in Chicago, where I am a member of The Fulton Street Collective and currently have pieces curated at Workbox Company in Chicago. @artstudiodaniels, www.daniels.design. I am a board member of Wolcott College Prep in Chicago, which was established in 2013. Daughter—Kenyon College, son—sophomore high school, and daughter— sophomore high school. My husband, Bryan, is still at Prairie Capital. We recently bought a condo in Streeterville. Linda J. Griswold ⋅ Since moving a few years ago, we’re still enjoying the St. Louis area with my husband in sales and me continuing teaching/consulting. We have one college graduate “adulting” now (how could that be?) and pursuing sports writing/broadcasting. Our daughter is almost halfway finished. Her interests are too many to list but being outdoors for any reason is at the top. I still enjoy playing piano and try to get back home near Chicago as often as possible— missing it! Dr. Mary L. Holtz ⋅ Happily still working at the Medical College of Wisconsin wearing many hats, one as Program Manager for their Center for Microbiome Research, another embedded within a pediatric research group. I will fulfill certification requirements to be a Wisconsin Election Chief starting this next election cycle, and will be volunteering at the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee next summer. Still playing in the dirt (a.k.a. gardening), completing Master Gardener training soon, and volunteering at the national garden club convention also in Milwaukee next summer. My husband & I still live in the south shore Milwaukee metro area, close to Grant Park and the lake, which we love. David D. Koepp ⋅ David Koepp is living in Oshkosh and working at Millwork Distributors Inc. Christopher Lynch ⋅ My wife Cindy and I are empty-nesters, with our 19-year-old triplets in their sophomore year of college. Of course it would have been great if they had gone to one school together, like Lawrence. Instead they are at 3 schools all over the Midwest. That’s OK

though. I fill whatever slight leisure time I have by working on a podcast for fun, called the Windy City Historians, (www.windycityhistorians. com) where Patrick McBriarty and I dive into 300 years of Chicago History. I can just hear Prof. Cheney asking, what’s a podcast? But this forum is a great way to have thoughtful, in-depth conversations in an era where attention spans are shrinking and to bring “light! more light!” to a topic. Katherine Thistle Rivard ⋅ Hi. I have been in the Twin Cities Metro area since 1992. It is a busy place. Single, empty-nester at the moment. I feel so blessed to be part of the working world and have time to make sorbet and meet new healthy people in the area. I got a second and third degree after the rough start at Lawrence. Oh well. We all can get along. May there be joy this season for all of us. Good times are ahead. Sandra J. Saltzstein ⋅ My family and I are happy, long-time residents of Whitefish Bay, WI (a suburb of Milwaukee). My husband and I are the parents of two high school students, and I’m in the middle of my second term serving on the school board. I’m employed by Marcus Theatres Corporation as a sales specialist, and I have a unique office location inside a movie theatre, across the hall from an UltraScreen auditorium. Katherine E. Smail ⋅ I’m working as an occupational therapist, certified hand therapist in Durango, Colorado. Living a good mountain town life with my partner, one dog, and one cat. Looking forward to reunion next summer. Andrew L. Wetzel, Nicole Huebner Wetzel ⋅ Andrew & Nicole Huebner Wetzel live in Madison, Wisconsin, and we are the proud parents of five children, including three current Lawrentians (Classes of 2020, 2020, and 2023).

1991 ( 30TH CLUSTER REUNION) Scott P. Bender ’91 ⋅ I’m still working for Fairview in the Twin Cities, full-spectrum family medicine with OB, and I love it. The young families and babies help offset all the cranky old men I tend to collect by virtue of being the only male provider at my clinic. My favorite pastime is travel, and I’m fortunate to be able to do one or two nice trips a year. I started running several years ago, and much to my nerdy surprise, I really enjoy it. My goal has been to run an organized race every month this year, and so far I’m 10/10. My October race was at the Olympic park in London while there on vacation. And I own WAY too many board games.

Anne L. Bjelland ⋅ I heard Lawrentians Sue Orfield (sax) and Mary Louise Knutson (piano) play with the Jazz Women All-Stars band at The Dakota in Minneapolis back in September. I was truly in heaven! Dr. Alec J. Dunkel ⋅ Practicing primary care internal medicine for M Health Fairview in Woodbury, MN. Twin children, Aidan and Annika, in senior year at St. Paul Central High School and looking forward to college next year. Our two cats, Ole and Nick, are doing well. Brendan U. Dunning ⋅ I just celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary with Ania Dunning and my 20th anniversary of practicing law in Virginia. I spend my free time as a swim parent with daughters Marya (16) and Nina (12). And I continue the tradition of an annual wilderness canoe trip with Lawrence alums David Benton ’91, Bryan Krekel ’91 and Bill Mullen ’90 that has set out every October for 10 years to explore Canada, Maine and Minnesota. Michael D. Frey ⋅ I am in my 14th year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where I manage an electron microscope lab contained within their Micro and Nano Fabrication Cleanroom. I am still running, biking and swimming and plan on completing some 70.3 and 140.6 triathlons in the coming year. Jennifer, my wife of 18 years (and girlfriend for 27 years), is easing back into the workforce with St. Peter’s Health Care. Our oldest son, Cameron (15), was the starting goal keeper for his high school’s varsity soccer team. Madelyn (12), our middle child is singing select choir and swimming competitively. Our littlest person, Jacob has just turned 4-years-old and is enjoying swimming and testing our every wit. Sarah Glashagel ⋅ After living overseas (The Bahamas, China, and then Spain) for several years, my husband Scott and I returned to the U.S. due to my dad’s declining health. He passed away this year. Scott and I currently call ourselves “semi-retired” and travel in our converted school bus, working seasonally at state parks and campgrounds. Our 5 kids are scattered about the country and are doing well. Two of them announced engagements this year! Our youngest just turned 21 and will graduate from college in 2021. Life is good! Cyndy Hagin ⋅ I teach robotics and computer science at a 6–12 STEM school. This is my 6th year there. I also coach VEX Robotics teams— we have 12 HS teams and 10 MS teams with a total of 80 students. My husband, John, and I like to travel to National Parks on my breaks and are looking forward to finally making it to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks over spring break!

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Elizabeth Keckonen Hejl ⋅ I moved permanently to Germany in 2012 and since early 2016 have enjoyed teaching integration, citizenship, and DaF (German as a foreign language) classes. This year I took on a few private students in German and English, but my main focus now is to become a falconer. In Germany this means first taking a 170-hour hunting class and passing a 3-day test (written, oral and shooting) and then the 10-day falconry class and test. Never in my life have I faced something as challenging as this, including college and raising children! I will not be returning for the reunion, but I hope those who do have a great time! Dr. Kristi R.G. Hendrickson ⋅ I am currently Associate Professor of Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. I also serve as the Program Director for the Medical Physics Residency Training Program and in national leadership positions in the American Association for Physicists in Medicine and the Society for Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs. I am married to Dave Balaam with two children, Amelie, age 9 years, and Claire, age 5 years. We live in Seattle. Jonathan P. Henke ⋅ My wife, Karen, and I are enjoying living in sunny central Washington with our 13-year-old daughter, Meghan, on our ‘mini’ farm of 4 horses, 6 cats, 3 dogs, 2 doves and a tortoise. I am working as a physician assistant in sleep diagnostics and addiction therapy (different clinics under the same company). Steven A. Houghton ⋅ Our biggest news has been the birth of our newest children, twin girls!! This brings our family up to six people in total, so it was time to get a larger car. Still living just outside of New York City so would love to reconnect with any classmates in the area or passing through ... Dr. Laura Dudley Jenkins ⋅ My publisher would like me to shamelessly plug my latest book, Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019). I am a Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati and playing violin in a community orchestra (using both my majors) and started distance running with my husband to burn off the stress of parenting (Priya, 16, and Isabelle, 21). Margaret Roberts Jones ⋅ After spending nearly a decade as a homemaker (following a career as a school administrator), I decided to go back to school (at nearly 50!) and become a paralegal. I love taking law classes, and it’s been truly refreshing to be a student again. I am currently interning in the torts division of a government agency, and the work is fascinating. Many years ago, Professor Dan Taylor encouraged 54

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me to go to law school, and I probably should have listened to him! My daughter is in the third grade, and we are living happily in Mead, Washington, near the base of Mt. Spokane. K. Joe Krueger ⋅ For the past 25 years, my wife Wanda and I have raised a family of two boys, Karson and Kaden, in Appleton. Karson will graduate from UW–Madison with a degree in business. He has been offered a job as a project manager at EPIC in Madison. Kaden will graduate from Appleton West High and attend Bradley University in Peoria, IL. He plans on getting into the nursing program and playing baseball. We are super excited for the opportunities they have! Wanda is still a physical education teacher in the Appleton Area Schools, and I have been at Little Chute High School teaching social studies. Over 50 years of combined service! We continue to be active volunteers through our schools and church. Dr. Jeffrey J. Letourneau, Nathalie Miguel ⋅ Nathalie has been teaching French at The Peddie School (a private high school) in Hightstown, New Jersey, for the past five years now. I continue to do early stage, drug discovery research as a medicinal chemist, and am currently working towards the discovery of possible cancer treatments. We are proud parents of Luke (18-years-old) and Max (13-years-old). Luke was admitted into the Rutgers Honors College and is pursuing a degree in computer science. Max is in 8th grade and loves to perform in plays and musicals. He will be playing Monsieur D’Arque in his school’s production of Beauty and the Beast later in the school year. Kristin Morris ⋅ Hello! I have recently been going through treatment for breast cancer, but so lucky to have multiple LU grads behind me for the fight, along with numerous Delta Gamma sisters. I’m still considering the reunion this year, based upon the times with my school’s final days. It would be a riot especially with Heather Bredlau and Stephanie Nample! I would enjoy reconnecting with those I knew and new ones, too! Kristin L. Nelson ⋅ I moved to NYC after graduation where I pursued my love of photography and, of course, my love of the City. Twelve years later I moved to CA where I had my twins, James and Sofia, and switched careers. I now teach Kinder Readiness at a Title 1 school and absolutely love it! My son is active with swim team and Scouts, and my daughter plays the saxophone and works with foster animals. Never a dull moment at our house!

Dr. Karen Park ⋅ I am now in my 12th year as a professor of religious studies at St. Norbert College. We have two kids in college ourselves and two teens still at home. This year brought lots of travel for our family. In the spring we traveled to South Africa to visit our oldest daughter who was studying abroad there. And in the fall we spent the three months in London with our two youngest children because my husband Martyn Smith was the visiting professor in the Lawrence London Studies Program. Looking forward to reconnecting at reunion next summer! Susan Carter Ruskell, Todd G. Ruskell ⋅ We’ve been in Arvada, CO almost 20 years now (just over 23 years in Colorado). Todd teaches at Colorado School of Mines and is working on the 3rd edition of College Physics published by W.H. Freeman. An AP edition of the book came out in January. We celebrated our 25th anniversary with a trip to Alaska this past summer (and we even took the teenager along). Susan’s been volunteering as a team leader for a local nonprofit’s special events and helping with various high school activities (including costumes for the annual musical). Paul T. Snyder ⋅ I accepted a role with the Tillamook County Creamery Association (www. tillamook.com) as their EVP of Stewardship. My family moved to Portland over the Summer, and we love living in the Pacific Northwest. Philip Yi Stevenson ⋅ Served in the Army 25 years, and I am now living in Austin and watching my kids get through high school. Lawrence taught me to be resilient, and I am very grateful. Laura A. Wake Wiesner ⋅ We have been living in the Twin Cities for four years now. I’m working at the Como Park Zoo & Conservatory where I oversee Operations, Visitor Services and Interpretive programs for our 2 million annual visitors. We are hard at work on our $21 million new Seals & Sea Lions exhibit which is slated to open in 2020. My husband and I spend most of our time tying to keep up with our girls, Samantha (13) and Meg (6). Between dance, drama and various other activities, they are keeping us young. We also enjoy rooting against the MN sports teams ... no purple or maroon in our house! Jennifer Wood Ward ⋅ Scott and I met in 1994 and have two teens, ages 14 and 15. We live in Kansas City, MO, and love to travel and connect. Feel free to reach out as we truly cherish our LU friends! This November our homeschooled daughter Catherine and I spent the month in New York City learning about the theatre business. Our son Ben plays

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1993 Anthony J. Alioto ⋅ I’ve been working for the United Nations since 2007 in various roles, mostly in Austria (and I have the lederhosen to prove it). I work in language services as an editor for parliamentary documentation and publications. In January 2019, I left behind the gloomy grey skies of Vienna and spent two months on mission in Ethiopia, where it was sunny and 80 degrees every day (the sacrifices I make for my job). In September I moved to Switzerland to take up an editorial post at the United Nations office in Geneva. Rajesh L. Bhatia, Heather Minniear Bhatia ⋅ Lawrence alumnus Raj Bhatia was recently named partner by Chicago-based RMB Capital. RMB Capital is an independent investment advisory firm with more than $9.4 billion in assets under management. Bhatia is the firm’s chief technology officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Lawrence. Barbara A. Huss ⋅ Living in Chilton, WI, and working for American Family Insurance. Dr. Lili M. Kim ⋅ Lili M. Kim returned to the country after a two-year stint as a Fulbright Senior Scholar and Professor of History in the Division of International Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea. The Fulbright fellowship was supposed to be for one year, but she and her family loved living in Seoul so much that she couldn’t turn down her host university’s offer to stay one more year. She is currently a Fellow at the Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Amherst College and on leave from her regular position as Associate Professor of History and Global Migrations at Hampshire College. Rebecca J. Letter ⋅ I can’t say much has changed with me personally since I last saw all of you. I’m still engaged—working on a record engagement—9 years now! I’m still teaching Psychology and U.S. History in Sheboygan, WI. I did renew my National Board Certification last year, and can’t say enough about how wonderful I think the National Board process is on helping educators to become reflective practitioners. The most notable event to share is the gift my brother received this past October—a heart transplant. I sincerely hope you’re all organ donors, and know how precious a gift it is to

help families save the lives of their loved ones who are facing serious illness. Light more light! Seth Lindenfelser ⋅ I have now been married for over 10 years and have an 8 year old boy and 6-year-old girl. I have decided to go back to school, but it turns out my 25+ year old science and math credits are no longer valid. As a result grad school will have to wait a little while as I work through prereqs that I have in some cases, already completed, albeit many moons ago. Travel and time in the woods remain my two primary escapes. Last year it was the Okefenokee Swamp, Cumberland Island, GA, and Fernandina Beach, FL. Great escapes and kid friendly. I tried telemark skiing for the first time in 23 years as well. Ouch. My son is in the same grade with the son of fellow classmate Rashne Jenhangir ’93! What luck. Gabriela R. Mondino ⋅ I am based in Cambridge, MA. In my role of US Head the Patient Advocacy at Sanofi Genzyme, I support people living with multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders providing disease education and wellness programs. When I am not working, I enjoy singing in Coro Dante, the first and only Italian-repertoire choir in New England. I also lead VISIONAR, a scholarship program I founded in 2007 that provides financial aid and mentorship to first-generation college students from my hometown of San Francisco, Argentina. The rest of the time, I try to fit in some travel. The highlight destinations this year were Andalucia, Spain, and a hiking/foodie trip through Maine. Elizabeth Worzalla Riggs, Christopher M. Riggs ’92 ⋅ I recently made a career transition and joined Public Sector Consultants, an objective, nonpartisan research and consulting firm, and a 100 percent women-owned business. As senior consultant, I cultivate new project opportunities and clients that contribute to strong, sustainable economies and placemaking with the community and economic development team and the energy and environment team. Chris and I have made Ann Arbor home since 1997 where we are raising our children. Hollis is in 10th grade and plays double bass and piano with the Community High School jazz program. Colette is in 6th grade and plays piano and oboe with her middle school band. Future LU Conservatory students? Elizabeth J. Snodgrass ⋅ In August of 2016, we moved to Madison after 21 years of living in New York City. After two years as Director of UW–Madison’s Summer Music Clinic, in September 2019, I became Director of the Wisconsin Union Theater, part of the Memorial Union at UW–Madison.

Dr. Scott C. Spiegelberg ⋅ I was promoted to Dean of Academic Programs, Assessment, and Policies at DePauw University, and started in that position in July of 2019. I still teach one music theory course a semester, but the rest of the time I am in charge of academic policies, program reviews, assessment processes, and other duties as assigned by the provost. I have enjoyed developing new leadership skills during this time, learning more about how higher education administration works, and getting the chance to work with a much larger part of my university. I have also enjoyed hosting the children of some fellow Lawrentians as they consider DePauw for their academic path.

1995 ( 25TH REUNION) Dr. Gregory Beyer ⋅ Gregory Beyer is Artistic Director of Arcomusical, an organization dedicated to the Afro-Brazilian berimbau. The organization runs two performance ensembles, one in the U.S. and one in Brazil. The U.S. group, Projeto Arcomusical, released its second album in March 2019 on National Sawdust Tracks. “Spinning in the Wheel” has been praised as “clearly conceived and passionately performed.” in The WholeNote and Beyer’s own sextet, “TraÃra” has been called “a masterpiece” in World Music Report. Beyer is Director of Percussion Studies and Professor of Music at Northern Illinois University. He is receiving a Distinguished Graduate Faculty award for involving students in his research and artistry. Ellen Parker Bliske ⋅ I am currently Director of Marketing at Neenah Paper and my husband Eric is happily retired from high school teaching. Our three children are Karen (16), Parker (14) and Dean (12). Karen and I participated in an educational service trip to Ecuador last summer where we learned about both Quito and Amazon culture, planted trees, and helped build a clean water system. Dean recently earned his black belt in karate. Parker generates big ideas for movies he’d like to make. All three are growing quickly and becoming more independent every day. Sarah Emanuelson Cochran ⋅ My adventures as a teacher continue (20+ years. What?!). Lately, I’ve brought my students to Costa Rica & Panama; Peru will be next! Outside of the classroom, I am fully immersed in union business, striving for equity and other justicerelated working conditions for all teachers. I continue to pursue several post-Masters learning opportunities and some of these have taken me to Chile, Spain and many places within the U.S. The teaching life is intense, but I relish the daily laughter my husband and

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I share. We continue to work on our dilapidated cabin in the woods, hike with the never-ending energy of our border collies, and always look forward to shared time with dear friends/family. Emilie Horman Coulon ⋅ I have been living in France since 1997. I was first in Grenoble as a student, and for the last 20 years I have been in Aix-en-Provence. After many years working as an English teacher in continuing education, I passed the national teaching exam and for the past five years have been working at the Political Science Institute (Sciences Po) in Aix-en-Provence. My son, Ethan, will be 17 years old in March and is a junior in high school. He comes with me to Wisconsin every summer, and would like to study in the U.S. after graduation. We live with my partner, Florent, who is a high school history and geography teacher. Anne Woodbridge Coventry ⋅ My thanks to LU, especially the late & much beloved Prof. Goldgar, for the most useful & life-altering course ever: Satire. (In 2nd place-typing.) Based on observable data, I posit we are all living in someone’s satiric novel; this explains a great deal. Until the next plot twist, I still practice law in MD (wills, trusts, prenups-yes, you need one), mentor some of my children (there are 3 but the eldest is fully mented), give thanks for same (and for Greg!), wallow in Girl Scouting, intend countless projects & adventures (beginning many, completing some), admire live theatre and dance, binge fiction in various media, and endeavor to play the cello. This week, I learn Italian. Saluti! Brenda Szitta Halminiak ⋅ I’m still loving my job as a Regional Hazardous Materials Safety Officer with Medxcel, part of Ascension. I assist about 20 Ascension, WI, hospitals and many clinics in Wisconsin with RCRA hazardous waste management and compliance, and also serve as a subject matter expert for Ascension hospitals in other states. In 2020, I will be President of ASBOG, the National Association of State Boards of Geology, and I’m excited to bring the 2020 annual meeting to Wisconsin! Being a part of ASBOG has allowed Joel and I to travel to many different areas of the country that we would otherwise probably never have gone to, like Monterey in the fall of 2018! Jessamyn T. Hope ⋅ I’m very happy to have a few publications coming up: a short story, “Steps to a Successful Apology” in The Hopkins Review, Winter 2019; a short story, “The Sink,” in J Journal, Spring 2019; and a short memoir, “The Eclipsed” in The Common, Fall 2019. Kirstin Jansen Johnson ⋅ I am now the Head of the Music and Performing Arts Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I get to use my LU music degree 56

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every day and be around books, scores, and recordings ... it’s a pretty sweet gig! I got remarried in December 2018 to my high school homeroom friend Joe. Our dog Ginger and the kids—Leo (who just turned 14), and Molly (almost 10)—keep us pretty busy. In 2020 I’ll be taking my first sabbatical and will be working on a book—put that in the list of things I never thought I’d say! Sandeep Murti, Kristina Towey Murti ’96 ⋅ I’ve been living in Seattle for the last 19 years, happily married to Kristina Towey Murti ’96, with our two girls who are 9 and 14. We find plenty of ways to keep ourselves busy with the girls’ school, choirs, orchestra, swimming, and dance; somehow they seem to have busier social calendars than we do. I try and squeeze in some tennis a couple of times of week when I can, and continue to be loyal to my Packers. Looking forward to seeing everyone in June. Madhura Samarth Nathwani ⋅ As a lot of you may know, I live in Mumbai and have been back here since 1998. I founded and run a company called Ripple Animation, which specializes in creating custom-made animated and stock footage videos for brands—these could be product explainers, demos, corporate videos, social media videos, etc. My husband, Vivek, and I have 2 kids: Neal who’s almost 12 and Layla who’s almost 9. Neal loves sports and plays soccer and cricket for his school. Layla, our diva, loves gymnastics, running and art. All of us have recently learned how to ski and we try to take a ski trip once a year to get away from the Mumbai heat! Looking forward to seeing all of you at our 25 year reunion! Stephanie Sliwicki Norton, Max D. Norton ⋅ After years of serial relocating, we’ve settled in the Twin Cities with our two boys, Jack (11), and Reilly (9), and our three Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. Max works for Convergint Technologies and Stephanie volunteers for more things than she should. Karl L. Orvik, Stephanie Otto Orvik ’96 ⋅ Hello everyone! Stephanie and I hope to make it to the reunion this June and catch up in person. Funnily enough, the 25th reunion of our class coincides almost exactly with our 25th anniversary! The big life change for us is that we are now empty-nesters; our older son Cody is attending UConn, and our younger son Caleb is doing a post-grad year at Interlochen Arts Academy. While figuring out how to adjust to this new reality, Stephanie and I continue to live in Boston, where she teaches piano at Concord Academy and I teach violin at numerous other institutions and schools. It’s crazy how life is just speeding by. Our best wishes to everyone, hope to see some of you in June.

Michelle M. Speiser ⋅ I’ve been living on the East Side of Milwaukee since 1996, and have had a long and varied career; currently I am a Sr. Recruiting Consultant with Novo Group, a role that blends executive recruiting, “headhunting,” corporate recruiting, and consulting. In my spare time I volunteer with Present Music, the Street Angels, and have become something of a socialite again (the fun & authentic kind, not the Paris Hilton kind). Gradually, I’m finding ways to fit in more writing once again. James Spofford Reeve III, Margaret Phillips Reeve ’96 ⋅ Loving life in Shorewood, WI, with my family and friends. 23 years at the same employer—Northern Trust. Excited for winter season and outdoor skating at my kids’ school where I help build & maintain the rink. Really looking forward to June and the 25th reunion fun with classmates! Scott F. Rice ⋅ I’m now a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas. I teach a film class with Matthew McConaughey at the University of Texas which is great fun. I also run a production company called Two Shot West where I produce and direct commercials. Matthew J. Drilias ⋅ Post navy career, I took advantage of the GI Bill to study kinesiology at UW–Milwaukee in physiology, biomechanics, motor control, etc. Started a personal training business in downtown Milwaukee. Significant other, Katie, will be meeting you all at the next reunion. Be nice to her, she’s fantastical. Dale J. Weiman, Jr. ⋅ Dale Weiman lives in Hugo, Minnesota, with his wife Jessica and four children. All four have seemed to inherit his interest in music and each one plays at least two instruments. Of the seven jazz bands in the school district, five have a Weiman in them. The kids have inspired Dale to try to learn the trumpet—a slow but rewarding process. Dale works as an attorney editor for Thomson Reuters, where he has been employed for the last 18 years.

1997 David R. Bauman ⋅ David married Kyra Kudick on September 15, 2018, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrentians in attendance included Jason Roberts ’97, Andrew Jelen ’97, Barb Paziouros Roberts ’97, Jason Weyers ’97, Bambi Radecki Weyers ’96, Julie Wroblewski ’97, Ryan Petersen ’98, Noah Monsen ’97, Beth Ann Teigen Monsen ’99, Sarah Johnson Campbell ’97, and Ben Campbell ’97. David is a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch in Green Bay. Kyra is in marketing with McClone Insurance in Menasha.

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Andrew J. Been ⋅ I just returned from deployment with the U.S. Army, Reserve Component. I was promoted to Staff Sergeant (SSG). I went to Kuwait and the Kurdish area in Iraq, Erbil. Charles R. Holst, Alison C. Hurwitz ’97 ⋅ Charlie & Alison live in San Jose, CA, with their sons, Jorian (10) and Zemeri (7), and rescue dog, Bailey (5?). Charlie applies his biology degree to discover new medicines, currently as a Sr. Director at PTC Therapeutics, focusing on rare genetic diseases of childhood. He spends his free time baking and practicing martial arts. Alison is busy building connections in the community: she has a successful dance teaching business (dancewithalison.com), performs weddings (ceremoniesbyalison.com), is training to be a relationship coach, and volunteers in an anti-bullying program at the kids’ school. They will celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2020. Becca Livingstone ⋅ Becca married Matt Reiter in Des Moines, Iowa, June 22, 2019. Megan Marshall ⋅ Hello Lawrentians! I recently moved to Tinley Park (south suburb of Chicago) after living in the west suburbs for 20 years. Believe it or not, I have intentionally become a south-sider (but I will always be a Cubs fan!). My daughters are 20 and 15 years old, both coming into their own as young adults. They are a blessing to me and I am so proud of them! Five years ago, I re-activated my educator license and have been teaching general music and choral music to K-8th graders after transitioning away from my professional church ministry work, which I was engaged with for 20 years. I look forward to this new season of my life in Tinley Park. If you’re ever in the area, please let me know! Dr. Kirsten J. Nordt ⋅ I am still located in Guilford, CT and have been with the same veterinary hospital as an associate veterinarian for the past 13 years. I got married to Jack (John) Barron in April 2019 and I now have a 12 year old step daughter, Chelsea. We have a house full of animals, currently at six cats and one dog. Allison Walter Volkman, Nathaniel K. Volkman ⋅ In April 2019, Allison joined Doctors for America as their national gun violence prevention organizer. She works with physicians and medical students all over the country to amplify their voices on the subject of gun violence prevention using a public health approach. With 75% of gun deaths in Wisconsin resulting from completed suicides (50% nationally), her focus has been on creating physician advocacy workshops on communicating with patients to

assess risk and do safe storage counseling, as well as connecting doctors with elected officials on passing gun safety laws. Lisa Beth Chessin Walker ⋅ Lisa Beth launched her new compliance, ethics and corporate governance consulting firm, Lumen Worldwide Endeavors in 2019. Utilizing her 20 years of experience at the SEC and in-house at corporations like Best Buy, CWT and Deluxe, she has enjoyed helping companies navigate complex regulatory times and address difficult issues. Lisa Beth lives in the Twin Cities with her husband Kevin and children Luke (14), Lucinda (11), Liam (5) and Lilian (1). Erin K. Westphal ⋅ After finishing the New York City marathon last month, I am now halfway through my quest to finish all six major marathons and get my Six Star medal. I’ve also been in the races (2018 Berlin and 2019 Chicago) where the men’s and women’s marathon world records were set. I’ll never forget seeing a sign at 34K with the new world record on it in Berlin! It’s so hard to believe that I’ve run nine marathons, and Scott Sprtel never finished one. He is often on my mind as I prepare for races. All that writing at Lawrence has also inspired me to blog about the adventure, but the blog is about much more than running. You can find it at https://6in10.blogspot.com Christopher E. Wogaman ⋅ I am going into my third year as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Park Forest, IL. Currently, I am also being licensed with the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago as I explore ecumenical opportunities with our neighbors. The church of the 21st century is going to become very different from the church of the past—and the creative work around realizing this new form of community will be greatly aided by the liberal arts education I received at Lawrence.

1999 Kelley Stare Arau, Javier L. Arau ’98 ⋅ I continue to live in New York, with my husband Javier Arau and our two daughters Maya (14) and Juliet (12). I am currently working for the NYC Department of Education as an Early Childhood Instructional Coach. This means I support public schools and other Early Childhood Programs to improve their quality of instruction and overall care of the city’s youngest learners. I also supported writing the city’s new infant toddler curriculum. Our girls are deep in their own endeavors Maya is attending Frank Sinatra High School where she is focusing on visual arts. Juliet is currently playing trumpet in one of the top orchestras, ISO. Javier continues to run the NY Jazz Academy.

Christine Jones Benedict, Eric S. Benedict ’99 ⋅ Eric and I have enjoyed some major professional changes recently. Eric left the high school chemistry classroom in 2017 to start work as a technology coach/integrator with the Madison Metropolitan School District. He loves training educators and supporting thousands of students at 17 different schools. I left higher education after 16 years at Edgewood College for another organization that has been a tremendous source of inspiration for me since 2007. I now serve as the Executive Director for Girls on the Run of South Central Wisconsin. Each year, we inspire 2,000 3–5th grade girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident through our empowering after-school running program. Tara Shingle Buzash ⋅ I run a live music booking business called Sweet Harmony, and we’re growing fast. Our headquarters is in New Jersey but we’re now booking events across the country! Dr. Robert A. Cramer, Jr., Kari Heikkila Cramer ’00 ⋅ Robb and Kari and their three boys Andrew, Thomas, and Joseph continue to live in the beautiful Upper Valley of Northern New England where Robb is now a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (geiselmed. dartmouth.edu/cramer/welcome). Annie M. Dude ⋅ I am doing well living in Chicago with my husband & daughters. I am an OB/Gyn specializing in high risk pregnancies at the University of Chicago. One of the joys of my life is keeping in touch with so many Lawrentians, but I am always happy to hear from more! Elissa Davis Hoffman ⋅ I live just outside of Appleton with my husband, Tim, and our sons, Matt (17) and Ryan (14). This summer we’ll celebrate 20 years of marriage! I’m an Associate Director of Teaching and Learning for the Green Bay Area Public Schools and really enjoy getting to work with teachers to design and implement effective curriculum, instruction, and assessment. I started karate a few years back and progressed to second degree black belt before having to bow out due to recurrent elbow injuries, so I’m now filling my free time with running and have finished two half marathons so far. Sarah A. Hunt ⋅ I finished a 20-year career at Thrivent this past spring and have been on a DIY sabbatical—some playtime and rest, working for a small-scale urban CSA farm, studying worker-owned co-operative businesses in the Basque region of Spain, and building knowledge and relationships in our regional food system. Stay tuned! LAWRENCE

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Scott G. Trigg ⋅ We relocated to East Asia last year, where I joined the Society of Fellows in the Humanities at the University of Hong Kong and KumHee has traveled for research in Japan and Korea. Hong Kong is a fascinating city of many contrasts, and with the outcome of the ongoing protests still uncertain, all I can say is it has been an exciting, historic time to live here.

2001 Shanta R. Hejmadi ’01, Richard D. Johnson ’99 ⋅ Shanta is a Ph.D. student in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota and received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in 2018. Rich Works at Ecolab as a Principal Chemist. They live in Minneapolis, MN with their daughter, aged 11. Anne Kallio Kingma ⋅ My husband Ron and I are fortunate to own a small organic blueberry farm in NW Indiana. This hobby allows us to raise our three daughters in an agricultural setting where they can build forts, roast marshmallows over an open fire, and gather eggs from our chickens. Ron works in the nutritional and sports supplement industry and I have slowly developed my photography business, Anne Kingma Photography. This creative outlet allows me to keep my mind engaged and constantly looking for beauty around me. Stephen M. Rodriguez ⋅ I started a new job at Harvard University a little over a year and a half ago—raising resources for faculty and students at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In addition to starting a new job I have also begun an MBA program through Syracuse University and am fully engaged in lifelong learning. My wife and I are busy juggling jobs and life including shuffling around a 4.5 year old who seemingly has more activities than the both of us combined. Lyndsay Sund ⋅ Lots of big changes coming for our family. We’re working on moving back to the U.S., hopefully next summer! In the meantime, Adriana turned 3, Amaya is graduating kindergarten in December, and we are weathering the protests that are going on here in Chile. It’s been a very busy, but very exciting year for us. Christa E. Whitmore ⋅ Northward! In October I moved from the mountains of Colorado to the mountains of Montana. It was hard to leave my friends and my job after 12 years, but Montana is treating me well. I’m working in another small town (pop. ~8,000) and renting a house off the grid and on 20 acres. My boyfriend will be joining me in January. We’ll have plenty of space for company, so if you find yourself in Anaconda, MT, get in touch! 58

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2003 Andrew M. Badger ⋅ After 10 years of designing and testing, I finally released Frederick: Learn to Read, a mobile app for iOS and Android that lets speakers of ANY language and of any age teach themselves to read, spell and speak English with the spin of a wheel! I couldn’t have done it without Professor Ryckman’s symbolic logic course, or my LU philosophy degree! I built Frederick to solve the massive adult and child illiteracy crisis in the U.S. I also struggled with reading as a child and wanted to make something classroom teachers can use no matter what language their students speak. Jeffrey S. Billings, Elizabeth Freeman Billings ’05 ⋅ After over 10 years of trying to grow our family, Elizabeth (Freeman) Billings and I are so excited to announce the birth of our son, Jackson Scott Billings. Jackson was born on February 5, 2019, weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces. Jackson is the first grandchild on either side of the family, so he is already properly spoiled by his family. He has been such a blessing in our lives and we are so thankful that everyone is happy and healthy! William A. Carman ⋅ I currently live in Austin, Texas, with my lovely wife and daughter (due in early February). My career as a landscape architect with RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture focuses on parks, trail and open space planning and design throughout Central Texas. I also continue to play music, now under the name Carman A.D., with a new album called the Wilderness released on 1/10/2020. Go give it a spin! Margaret Ozaki Graves ⋅ Meg Ozaki Graves served as cultural consultant to the 2019 festival production of Madama Butterfly at Central City Opera. Subsequently, the Central City Opera House Association appointed her Education Coordinator. Mandy C. Halpin ⋅ I recently became an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant and launched a private practice supporting breastfeeding families. I continue to also work as a nurse practitioner in safety net primary care in a hospital-based clinic. My son Ezra is now 9 and son Caleb is 4. We live, work, study, and play in San Francisco, CA, enjoying annual summer trips to Wisconsin to visit family. Cene W. Ketcham ⋅ In July 2018, I started work as an Urban Forester for Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. In October of 2018, I got married to Adrienne Grove. We still live in Washington, D.C., with our two cats.

Amy Svoboda Menzel ⋅ On May 21, 2018, my husband and I welcomed our daughter, Harper Rose Menzel. She joins her big brother Michael who is 6 years old. I still live in the Fox Valley area and work as an attorney at a law firm in Neenah—Hammett, Bellin & Oswald. In January of 2019, I was promoted to Partner at my firm. My free time is spent keeping up with my work and my kids. Shelley Ebert Navis, Peter M. Navis ⋅ We recently moved from Fort Atkinson to Elkhorn to be closer to Peter’s work. He is enjoying his work as Assistant Corporation Counsel for Walworth County, while I am enjoying a new job at Camp Timber-lee in East Troy. Erin M. Pryor Ackerman, Albert E. Reiser ’02 ⋅ Erin and her husband Al Reiser still live and work in Laramie, WY, with their daughter, Zadie. They’re expecting their second child in January and are bracing for the upcoming sleep deprivation. Katie A. Reimer ⋅ I am excited to share that my ensemble, Mimesis Ensemble (www. mimesisensemble.org), is working to release a vocal and chamber music CD with Arabesque Records, featuring works by composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. I would also like to share that I am in my final year at Union Theological Seminary, where I have been working towards an M.Div., with a concentration in inter religious engagement. I anticipate graduating in May 2020, and my plan right now is to continue living and working in N.Y.C. after graduating. Life is full, rich and beautiful! Emilie J. Walgenbach ⋅ I’ve just started my 7th year working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and am still learning new things every day. It was exciting to meet a fellow Lawrentian here, as well as many other friends and colleagues. I am looking forward to moving to a new apartment in Brooklyn!

2005 William F. Bollow ⋅ I was promoted late last year to CFO of a boutique real estate developer and my wife Kimberly Schiek recently secured a new position as a director of nursing at a senior living facility. We live in Milwaukee with our dog and could not be happier. Charles L. Christenson ⋅ I will be completing my doctoral degree in Jazz Voice Performance this spring at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. I am currently in the process of applying to college teaching positions and recording new original music.

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William D. Dalsen, Audrey E. Gutfreund ’04 ⋅ Audrey and William welcomed their their son, Idris Clifton Dalsen, on November 3, 2019, delivered by Dr. Marty November (real name!) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Tariq F. Engineer ⋅ Having spent 14 years working for a number of print and online publications, including The Wall Street Journal, GQ Magazine and ESPNcricinfo, I chose to strike out on my own as an independent journalist in mid-2019. Since then I have written about four friends from Mumbai who gave up their city jobs to work with farmers to preserve India’s forests, about a project that has successfully protected the whale shark off the west coast of India, and profiled a 28-year-old bio-hacker who is committed to living to 150. In other news, I celebrated my fifth wedding anniversary in 2019. Dr. Bryana L. Henderson ⋅ This will be my first time sharing a note, so I have accumulated quite a few updates! I finished my Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at UCLA in 2011 and have been at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA, ever since. I mostly shoot ice with high energy particles and lasers to track the reactions but am also building sensitive life-detection instruments that hopefully will be sent to the surfaces of Solar System bodies someday. I bought a house with my partner of 11 years in 2017, and he and I adopted two rescue kittens that same day. Both the house and cats have sure been keeping us on our toes! We’re expecting our first baby in March 2020, and sincerely hope that the cats find this acceptable. Alison Vandenberg Newcomb ⋅ William and Alison (Vandenberg) Newcomb welcomed their son Finley Thomas on Friday, August 30th. Kathleen A. Olen ⋅ In June 2019, I moved from Chicago to Los Angeles to begin work with The Wonderful Company. Looking forward to learning more about my new community and connecting with Lawrentians on the West Coast!

2007 Nikoma L. Baccus ⋅ Nikoma graduated (finally!) from Boston University in May of 2018 with a Doctorate of Musical Arts. She currently works in Cambridge, MA for Biogen while enjoying living the suburban-lifesytle in Waltham, MA. Life post-doctorate has been good to her, as she is travelling, running/hiking in NH on the weekends, skiing, volunteering, and teaching. She is also the proud mother to her two-year old Devon Rex Cat, Lucille. Cynthia D. Bentle ⋅ Benn Stocum and I married on August 11, 2018, when I also became the stepmother of his now 5-year-old daughter, Ally. I graduate December 2019 with a Masters of

Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. We are moving from Augusta, GA, to Greenville, SC; excited to start a new chapter in our lives! John P. Budi ⋅ I am very excited to announce that my family and I will be moving back to Wisconsin. My wife and I will be practicing emergency medicine in the Kenosha area starting in January. We are expecting our second child in February and will likely have many sleepless nights. Looking forward to being back on the best side of the cheese wall, give us a call if you’re in the area! Roger S. Gifford, Natasha L. Quesnell-Theno ’08 ⋅ Roger and Natasha welcomed their new baby girl, Juniper Briar Gifford, on September 29, 2019. Shuan Yu Hou ⋅ Living in Jakarta, Indonesia. Laura G. Husky ⋅ Birth—Laura and Blake Husky had a baby girl, London Gene Husky, born July 16, 2019. Death—passing of my father Leonard G. Miller, October 12, 2019. Anna K. Koolen ⋅ We welcomed William Angelo Koolen into our lives on November 15, 2018. We moved to Asker, Norway, this May and now enjoy living within walking distance of the Oslo fjord. After the end of my maternity leave, I started a new permanent position with the U.S. Embassy here in Oslo in October 2019. This has been a busy year filled with many blessings. Adam B. Meckler ⋅ Adam accepted a job as Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Jazz Studies at Michigan Technological University— the whole Meckler family made the move in July and have been enjoying beautiful Houghton! Auggie started preschool this Fall, and Hobbes loves his time at home with his Mama. Auggie and Hobbes both love to play music! Adam and Jana are active performers. Jana was recently featured in a Bowie tribute in MN, and Adam played a sold out show at Paisley Park (Prince’s estate) with Nooky Jones the same night. Adam released “Magnificent Madness”™ with the Adam Meckler Orchestra on Ropeadope Records in April. It features a collaboration with fellow LU alum Harjinder, among others. Dr. Kristin Workenaour Nyren ⋅ I am delighted to announce that our family welcomed a new baby, Evelyn, in September of 2019 bringing us to a family of four. In December 2019, I will be resuming work as a veterinarian at a different clinic. I’m excited to join the team at Integrative Veterinary Service in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Joseph W. Pfender ⋅ I received my Ph.D. in historical musicology from New York University in September, after successfully defending my dissertation on tape experimentalism and

American technocultures. I have accepted a teaching post in the Copland School of Music at Queens College, CUNY, and will stay in New York for now. Carrie A. Pomplun, Mark A. Pomplun ⋅ Mark and Carrie adopted a baby boy, Luke Thomas Pomplun, born on August 25th, 2019. Amber B. Reynolds, Nathanael H. Reynolds ⋅ Nate and I are as busy as ever and loving life in Madison, WI. Nate continues to thrive at Reynolds Rigging and Crane with his dad and brother. His company has recently become a dealer for Tadano/Mantis Cranes and Xtreme Fork Trucks. I am enjoying my career as a Plastic Surgery Physician Assistant and have been with Dean/SSM Health for over 10 years now. We have two wonderful children, Elise (5) and Henry (2). Elise is a total girly girl and has mastered skiing alongside Nate and I. Henry is just like his dad and loves trucks and getting messy. We just welcomed a labradoodle puppy Paisley to add to the fun. Thanks Lawrence for allowing Nate and I to meet and start this beautiful life! Joel P. Schneider ⋅ My post-university path was far from a straight line, however, I found my calling when I began my film/television career in Toronto in 2014. I moved back to the states to join the New York City film market in 2017 and really found my legs. Since then I’ve written, produced, and directed a long list of commercials, music videos, and awardwinning short films, including “Best Writing in an International Short” and “Best in Festival” awards for my dark comedy short, Life Alarm. Dark comedy is my main playground, however, my Lawrence education and career path have come full circle as I began writing and producing for the History Channel in 2019. Kathryn R. Taylor ⋅ After a few wild synchronicities, and the support of my wonderful husband, friends, and family, I’m excited to say that I passed the last hurdle to become a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. I work with shizophrenia patients caught in the jail system, and I’m a minister in training at my church—both paths being great joys to my soul. Some people who knew me at Lawrence gave me great kindness while I dealt with chronic pain, and I want to say “Thank you,” and offer reassurance that those issues were solved and I’m now in excellent health. My life feels blessed, and I’m happily paying forward compassion and ethical care to invisible neighbors with monumental need of both.

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Michael D. Truesdell ⋅ Mike recently began his first year as Assistant Professor of Percussion at Ithaca College. Dane Richeson (LU Professor of Percussion) is an Ithaca College alum and Mike loves thinking about his former teacher roaming those same halls and practice rooms as his current students! Jennifer A. Ward ⋅ My husband and I moved from southern California to the northwest Oregon coast in April of 2019. In November, we opened an art gallery in the city of Astoria, Oregon. We named the gallery Vaulted, to honor the history of the space. The corner suite was originally a bank back in the 1930s. We have one of the original vault spaces for small works exhibits. I have shifted my art practice from solely handcrafting jewelry to include handwoven textile art, and abstract oil and wax paintings. We show my work, my husband’s panoramic landscape photography, and will welcome visiting artists to the gallery in 2020. We absolutely love living on the coast here. We feel nature on our doorstep everyday. Christina J. Zambon ⋅ Christina Zambon Aranda and Ari Aranda welcomed a son, Leo Zambon Aranda on May 10, 2019. We live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

2009 Elizabeth Marshall Anderson ⋅ Liz and her husband, Don Anderson, welcomed their first child, Wesley James Anderson, into the world this June. Liz is a Senior Associate at the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in Washington, D.C., where she focuses on white collar and securities enforcement matters. Emily May de Moraes ⋅ My husband and I recently relocated to Austin, Texas this year. We are having fun exploring the city with our 1-year old son! Sarah M. Koenigs ⋅ I continue to enjoy teaching and performing in the Appleton area. In addition to performing with the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, this year I also took on a new role as Head Music Librarian. Solveig Smithback Schroerlucke ⋅ Solveig is a licensed Realtor for the Stark Company specializing in residential sales in South Central Wisconsin and referrals nationwide. Matthew C. Sennewald ⋅ I live in Portland Oregon. I recently joined HDR Inc as a CAD Technician. Madhuri Vijay ⋅ In January, Madhuri published her first novel, The Far Field, which was named a Washington Post Notable Book, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in

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Fiction, and won India’s prestigious JCB Prize for Literature. Dr. Jessica M. Vogt, Paul M. Merley ⋅ On April 7, Jess Vogt and Paul Merley welcomed our baby boy (and future Lawrentian?), Noah Lester Merley. Amanda L. Watson, Andre R. Watson ⋅ Andre and Amanda Watson are expecting a baby boy on January 26, 2020! His name is Aiden Lawrence Watson, born in Houston, TX. That’s right, Lawrence was where we met and thought it was a fitting middle name for our baby boy ... “The Lawrence Difference” :-) Amanda’s upbringing in Wisconsin and Andre’s in Jamaica should make a very unique baby Texan!

2011 Kelsey E. Bettridge, John T. Bettridge ’10 ⋅ I (finally) obtained my Ph.D. in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine this spring, and am now doing a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. I celebrated my 6-year wedding anniversary with fellow alumnus John Bettridge this summer. While at Hopkins, I wrote a piece on encouraging universities to institute a “Hippocratic Oath” for scientists to remind scientists of our responsibility to the greater global community. My article was published in the journal Molecular Cell and was picked up by the magazine Cosmos. Been an interesting decade! Can’t wait to see what life brings me next. Jenna K. Fitton ⋅ I have been singing and writing lyrics for hard rock band Quayde LaHüe for three years and and I am elated to share the release of my first LP, Love Out of Darkness, on Adult Fantasy and K Records. It is a heavy rock and roll testament to a world out of balance and the enduring against injustice within. It is anti-abuse, anti-fascist, pro-death, pro-love and self-improvement oriented rock music straight from the heart. Released 11/8/19 <3 MacKenzie E. Fye McCain, Michael R. McCain ’10 ⋅ Cheers to 2019! I defended my dissertation in June and graduated with my doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Adler University in October. I am currently working on my one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Healthcare Center in North Chicago, IL. On top of all that, I married my LU sweetheart, Mike, on July 20, 2019, at Björklunden! Despite the rain, we couldn’t have asked for a better day surrounded by our family and friends. After such a transformative year, I can’t wait to see what 2020 holds for us! Zachary D. Garcia ⋅ Zach and his wife, Jessica, welcomed their first child, Oliver Duane Garcia, on May 12, 2019, in Minneapolis, MN.

Andrew R. Hawley ⋅ This summer I moved to Milwaukee to further my #floraldesign career. Currently, I work for Flowers for Dreams as a Wedding and Event Consultant and Designer. The company is focused on using local product and giving back to charities on a local level. Alyssa J. Jenkins ⋅ I am currently working at Alicat Scientific, Inc. as an Applications Engineering Manager in Tucson, AZ. Mary Lawler ⋅ Working as the Director of Marketing at a telecommunications startup in downtown Chicago. Chelsea M. Peeters ⋅ Chelsea (Biba) Peeters received her Master’s Degree in Learning and Technology in the fall of 2019. She is in her ninth year of teaching and teaches French in Stevens Point, WI. Elizabeth J. Rome ⋅ Ellie and John welcomed daughter Mary Elizabeth Rome into the world on April 29, 2019. Shin Wei Ting ⋅ Hi everyone! After graduating from Lawrence, I worked in Washington, D.C. at an international law firm where I learned about antitrust litigation. Then, I worked at the World Bank, where I helped facilitate the arbitration process of international investment disputes and investigated allegations of fraud and corruption involving contracts financed by the Bank. I attribute my success in carrying out these exciting projects to the knowledge and skills I learned at Lawrence. On that note, a grand shout-out to all the professors I worked with, including Professors Claudena Skran, Steven Wulf, Minoo Adenwalla, and Jason Brozek! I am now in my last year of the J.D. program at Cornell Law School. Peter J. Vanney ⋅ In spring of 2019, I asked my girlfriend of almost 4 years to marry me, and she said yes! A few months before that, we moved to Wenatchee, Washington, because I accepted a job as a Data Analyst for the Chelan County Public Utility District working with operational data from our hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River. Caitlin E. Williamson ⋅ On July 27, I got married to my husband, José Miguel Pérez, at Björklunden vid Sjön. We had a beautiful outdoor ceremony overlooking Lake Michigan (shout out to Lawrence alums Paul & Lucy Senner ’11, Grace Mauney & Nate Peterson ’11, Jami Lin ’11, Amy Sandquist ’11 & Tom Pilcher ’12, Elise Pesch ’11, Kevin Mason ’11, Christine Seeley ’12, Liz Seeley ’11, Zenobia Tucker ’10, Beth Larson ’12, and Abby Beneke ’13 who celebrated with us!). I live in Madison, WI, working as the director of conservation programs for the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, a nonprofit that supports lands, waters, and wildlife conservation in Wisconsin.

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2013 Ezra P. Cahn ⋅ Please mind your own business. David R. Cordie ⋅ It has been a busy year of finishing my Ph.D. at UW–M and then was very fortunate to get a job at Edgewood College as a Lecturer in Geoscience. I am happy to be staying close to my family in southeastern Wisconsin and be returning to a liberal arts institution. Maria A. DeLaundreau ⋅ 2019 was a great year. In the spring I earned my masters of science degree in natural resources from the University of Minnesota, and this fall I was honored to marry Sarah Waterworth. Claire M. Edwards ⋅ I am living and working in the Yucatan peninsula de Mexico! PADI certified scuba instructor. Come diving and eat tacos on the beach with me! William H. Evans ⋅ I have completed my first year at Clemson University as part of the parttime MBA program while working full-time traveling the nation working to clean up legacy waste from the Manhattan Project and Cold War. Anne C. Fassnacht ⋅ After moving back to my hometown Chicago, I founded Chicago Balinese Gamelan, a community gamelan and dance ensemble, together with the Chicago Indonesian community. I’m still playing gamelan with fellow Lawrence alumni Drew Baxter and Kelson Zbichorski since our days at LU. Thank you, Lawrence, for introducing this passion to me! I work as a fundraiser at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art—please stop by and visit, friends! Jennifer E. Krueger ⋅ In March of 2019, I was able to present Dr. Jane Goodall with a painting that is now in her private collection. I was incredibly honored to be able to personally present the painting to Dr. Goodall and share my immense gratitude for her work. I spoke to her about how she has not only inspired my current artistic work in conservation, but also how she continues to change the world. This painting will eventually hang in Dr. Goodall’s museum. Zachary A. Kulig As of December, I moved into the marketing department within McMaster-Carr and will be graduating with my Master in Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Mike Kumbalek ⋅ Still drilling oil wells in Wyoming. Grew a beard.

Karl H. Mayer ⋅ In August of 2019 I finally completed my Ph.D. in physics from the University of Colorado Boulder. My thesis is titled “A Robust Protocol for Self-Testing Majorana Fermions”, and is available open access online at ProQuest. I am now working as a quantum computing theorist at Honeywell Quantum Solutions in Broomfield, CO. Brett L. Roberts, Emily A. Hjalmarson ⋅ This is our first contribution. After graduating, we started graduate degrees at the University of Oklahoma. We got engaged in 2014 and after finishing our degrees in December 2018, we moved back to Wisconsin. Emily currently works at the Wisconsin DNR in downtown Madison and Brett has a postdoctoral position at UW–Madison’s School of Pharmacy. We finally got married this September in Madison and are looking forward to taking an ecotourism honeymoon to chase birds and bugs in Central or South America this coming summer! Taylor G. Scott ⋅ We got married on September 7, 2019, on a Forest Preserve in St. Charles, Illinois, surrounded by family and friends, including too many Lawrentians to count! Christopher R. Skinner ⋅ 2019 has been an incredible, incredible year for me. After completing my first year of business school at University of Virginia Darden School of Business in Charlottesville, VA, Cameron Vest and I traveled to Croatia, Montenegro, Italy (her) and Shanghai (me for a Darden trip), and reunited in Beijing. After a great time in China, I surprised her in Paris and proposed in the Jardin des Tuileries. After a whirlwind summer in Charlotte, we welcomed our son, Finnegan Carter Skinner, to the world on 24 October 2019. I am now enjoying every moment of my second year of business school, family life, and plotting travel for the rest of the year. I continue to enjoy serving on the LUAA Board, too! Andrew P. Stuart ⋅ It has been an exciting and eventful year for Andrew Stuart. He just married Emma Gooding this September, whom he met at the Viking Room three years ago whilst hosting trivia. They just purchased their first house together in March in the suburbs of the Twin Cities. Drew has completed his Masters in Public Administration from American University and was promoted in the early summer to Operations Manager at Genesys Works— 0Twin Cities. Kelsi L. VanAbel ⋅ My husband, John, and I welcomed our first child a few weeks before our 6th wedding anniversary, a daughter! Sophie Charissa was born May 25, 2019, at 5:36 p.m.,

7 Lb 3 oz., 20”, on her due date! At the end of my maternity leave I resigned from my position at Georgia-Pacific in Neenah (R&D) and am now a thankful, full-time, stay-at-home mom. We still live in the Fox Valley area, are planted in a wonderful, faithful little church, and have put our house-flipping exploits on-hold while we await another buyer’s market and settle into parenthood.

2015 (5TH REUNION) Heath Ugoretz Bain ⋅ Recently relocated to San Antonio, Texas, with my husband Cameron Bain ’16. I currently serve as a French horn player with the 323rd Army Band Fort Samos Own. I’ve had the pleasure of performing throughout Texas for civic leaders, military personnel and the greater community. A big congratulations to my former Sergeant, Brent Hauer ’10, on completing his first term as Audio Recording Technology Engineer at Lawrence! Bravo! Devin T. Ditto ⋅ Hey all! Since graduation, I have maintained the same job as a medical bills and records receptionist for a local law firm in St. Louis. I will be returning to school next year to become a certified EMT and Paramedic. No spouse or children to report as of yet. Hope all of you are well. Peter H. Emery ⋅ Co-owner of Silkymitts Productions, a video production company based in Venice, CA along with former LU alumni Austin Rohaly. Check out our company website @ www.silkymittsproductions.com. Najja R. Gay ⋅ This year I was promoted to microscopist at my job and I work mainly with bacteria samples. In November, I saw my second nephew for the first time ever! And lastly, I adopted a cat and named her Nebula. Tyler D. Grasee ⋅ Working in family philanthropy for the Mayberg Foundation in Washington, D.C.,ß and happily engaged to the love of my life, Jake. Marie A. Jeruc ⋅ In December 2019, I will graduate with a M.S. in accounting from UW– Milwaukee. I embarked on this program in 2017 when I learned through work experience that I really, really love accounting (basically the last thing I expected to do with my English major). In 2020, I will begin studying for and taking the CPA exam as I begin my career working in tax for regulated investment companies at a public accounting firm in Milwaukee. Along the way, I met my husband (Johnnie Nelson, Beloit ’09) and we were married in January 2019. We bought a house in Milwaukee in 2018, and we have two cats (Chicken and Brisket) and a dog (T-Bone).

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Brandon T. Kreuder ⋅ In January I began as a substitute violist with the New World Symphony Orchestra and in April I joined them for their tour to Carnegie Hall. Over the summer I was a fellow at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center, where I performed alongside some of the nation’s finest classical musicians for eight weeks. More recently, my duo Vis-Ã-Vis with pianist Craig Jordan ’19 began a contract performing on the Ms. Zaandam cruise ship on the Holland America Line. Since September we have traveled from Canada all the way down to Brazil and have recently accepted a position to join the Grand World Voyage from Chile to Singapore on the Ms. Amsterdam this winter. Bo Gustav Lindgren ⋅ I recently left my position as a Bank Operation Specialist to become a Client Manager at Leadoo, an award-winning startup focusing on Conversational Marketing and Lead Generating. Leadoo started in the fall of 2018 and has since then expanded to both England and Stockholm, Sweden. Leadoo has developed conversational bots that are to this date completely unique. The technology is very effective and increases the lead conversion by up to 80%. Leadoo is on an exciting journey looking to introduce its technology to the U.S. market in the nearest future and I’m really excited to be part of a small team, responsible for setting up the business here in Stockholm. Eli J. Massey ⋅ I am a contributing editor at Current Affairs magazine, and I live in Cairo, Egypt. Adriane N. Melchert ⋅ After Lawrence, I moved to Madison to do work in arts programming. Between coordinating residencies, film festivals and interdisciplinary economic development initiatives, it was difficult to choose my field of choice! As part of the Professional French Master’s Program through UW, I worked at an art gallery in Montreal, which solidified my interest in for-profit art environments. I now live in Brooklyn and manage the exhibition and installation of all auction property for Christie, New York. Zoe E. Psarouthakis ⋅ I moved to New Zealand in January 2017. Since moving here I have gotten married to the love of my life, Dan Hudson (March 2018), worked as a Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Education (2017–2019), and was recently accepted into the University of Otago, in Dunedin, to go back to school for a Masters in Marine Science starting February 2020. I hope everyone is doing well! Ngā mihi Luke Patrick Rivard ⋅ Hi all! Can’t believe it’s already been four and a half years since we graduated. An update: I’m working as a freelance drummer and percussionist in the 62

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Twin Cities area, performing regularly in the bands Porky’s Groove Machine, the funk band you may remember that played Co-op and Greenfire parties, as well as an 11-piece Afrobeat band called Black Market Brass. I’m always seeking collaborations with other artists and musicians. Being a freelance performer comes with financial challenges and an unordinary schedule, but these are challenges I enjoy learning through and have made a lot of progress in. If you’d like, follow these bands’ Facebook pages and come out to a show or two! Lina B. Rosenberg Foley, Christopher A. Foley ’16 We’re excited to say that we’ve been pulled back into the Lawrence bubble! Lina started as the University Archivist in September, and Alex has begun as a software developer for a company in Appleton. We’re rediscovering all the things that made Lawrence great for us as students and discovering all the things that makes Appleton great outside the bubble. Conor J. Sexton ⋅ Last winter, I left my role (of 3 ½ years) at a small Minneapolis startup to pursue a career in software engineering. After a 3-month software engineering residency program in New York City, I’m back living in downtown St. Paul, MN, and working remotely for Hilton Worldwide. Elizabeth K. Sorensen ⋅ Greetings from Guinea, West Africa! I am excited to share that after my two years serving in the Peace Corps as a Public Health Volunteer, I will be continuing my service as the Malaria Support Coordinator in a PCV leadership position in a regional capital of Guinea. I will be able to work with host country nationals and volunteers to improve the quality of work we are doing to help Guineans combat Malaria, as well as continue to serve this beautiful and amazing country I have learned to call home. I am excited to continue to learn from my amazing Guinean neighbors, friends and family. Always looking for pen pals! Find me on FB. Adam Tenasaputra ⋅ I recently graduated with an MBA and a MSC in Finance from Webster University. In the past two years, I lived in South Korea, where I discovered my love for kimchi and, even to my own surprise, K-Dramas. Currently, I am back in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am now working with Wells Fargo as an Advance Financial Analytics Consultant and an Electronics Systems Sergeant with the National Guard. Rachel N. Wilke ⋅ It’s hard to believe I graduated 5 years ago already! I first moved to Minneapolis right after graduating but came back to Milwaukee (my hometown) to work for Summerfest as their Graphic Design Assistant.

Now, 5 years later, I’m the Senior Social Media Editor/Designer for Taste of Home. I manage all of their social media platforms and do all the accompanying graphic design. It’s been really fun to take my Studio Art degree and turn it into a passion for digital art. I still make sure to travel whenever I have free time. Since studying abroad in Salamanca fall 2014, I’ve been back to Spain twice to visit my Spanish friends and I’ve also visited my program friends in their respective states.

2017 Kristen M. Bischel ⋅ Kristen Bischel and Philip Clark ’15 got married New Year’s Eve of 2019! Although we never knew each other at Lawrence, we fell in love working at Björklunden during the summer seminar season. Naturally, we celebrated our marriage at the same place! Casey M. Burgess ⋅ In May 2019 I graduated Indiana University with my Master of Library Science degree. I moved back to Los Angeles and recently took up the post of Director of Library Services at Musicians Institute in Hollywood. Regina Cornish Morales ⋅ After graduation I began working at the Mexican Ministry of Economic Affairs and have been there ever since. I have been involved in developing public policies, coordinating programs and projects, designing bill initiatives, among other tasks. My work is focused on promoting the development of micro, small and medium sized entrepreneurs. My objectives have involved the growth of Mexican businesses through better access to credit and educational trainings. Working in Mexico City has allowed me to further understand my country and its diverse needs. I am honored to be working for social and economic justice and development. Isabel D. Dammann ⋅ I am going on year three living in Minneapolis, MN. I live in a sunny upper story unit of a house with my partner Nick Nootenboom ’17, our good friend Mikaela Marget ’17, and our two adorable feline additions to our family, Esker (a geological term) and Archie. My primary focus these days is writing and performing with Sprig of That, a progressive folk trio with Ilan Blanck ’17 and Krissy Bergmark. I also teach violin lessons privately and with an outreach orchestra through the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony. On biweekly Thursdays I play in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign led by Nick, along with Mikaela, AJ Williams ’17, Claire Hoy ’17 and her partner Billy.

Homer, Lawrence's new presidential pup, with President Mark Burstein (Burstein is an honorary member of the class of 2014.). Photo: David Calle

Megan E. Davidson ⋅ I spent this last year in London completing a Masters of Science in Digital Anthropology at the University College of London, finishing with a thesis on video game community coalescence. In August, my best friend, Evan Class ’17 and I got engaged, and together we moved to North Carolina for my new job, as a community sentiment specialist at Ubisoft! Shout out to Gaming Club! I couldn’t be happier for where this last year has taken us, and where the future is going. Joli H. Hanlon ⋅ After graduating from Lawrence, I spent 2 years living and working in China as an English teacher. This past spring I moved to Eugene, Oregon, where I currently work at Holt International. Suzanne J. Hones ⋅ I spent a second year as an English teaching assistant in France (a highlight was attending the Women’s FIFA World Cup USA vs. England semi-final match in Lyon) before relocating to Boulder, CO. I’m there now, struggling to decide between a masters here or in France, or no masters at all. I avoided the what-do-I-do-with-my-life-now crisis after graduation, but it’s here now in full force, a couple years later! Sean D. Jobes ⋅ I recently won a job with the United States Army 8th Army Band in South Korea as a euphonium/trombone player. While in Korea, I will be performing with the Concert and Ceremonial Bands, as well as a brass quintet and a New Orleans style Brass Band. Kelsie J. Kohlmeyer ⋅ In August, just before school started, I was hired as an English teacher at Kiel High School. I absolutely love it; it’s a great district, my coworkers are awesome, and I love my students! I also became a youth group leader for my home church, St. John Lutheran in Pulaski, and this group has been off to a fantastic start! Additionally, I joined a string ensemble as orchestra alumni; I love being part of an orchestra again and getting the chance to play my violin. Alaina C. Leisten ⋅ I have been living in the Twin Cities for the last year and I LOVE it! I started a new job a few months ago (that I also love) with a non-profit that provides day programs for adults with cognitive disabilities. Aside from work I am playing bassoon with a bunch of LU alumni in a contemporary classical/pop ensemble, and record a weekly podcast with another bunch of LU alumni that focuses on young musicianship in the 21st century. Alexandra A. T. Lessenger, Alexander T. Lessenger ’17 ⋅ November 2019 sees us just beginning our second year in California. Alex is in the second year of his Ph.D. program at

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Stanford, and thriving. I’m just about to finish my first year working in the Stanford central development office and loving it so far. Each year is a little better than the last one. I’m excited to see what next year will bring! Max R. Loebl ’17 ⋅ I am in my final year of graduate school at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University where I am pursuing my Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy. I am loving life in Boston and just returned from a summer as a Tisch Fellow with the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna, Austria. I’ll be completing my thesis on SinoRussian relations this year and am exceptionally excited to graduate from the Fletcher School in May 2020. Mahmoud Shaar ⋅ I recently accepted an offer from JPMorgan to join their software engineering team. Looking forward to starting the new job in January. Abby W. Shea ⋅ After Lawrence, I enrolled in the M.S. Environmental Science & Policy program at UW–Green Bay. I finished up classes in May 2019 and finally moved back home to Minnesota. In July I was hired as an Environmental Health Specialist for the Anoka County Public Health and Environmental Services Department. It’s been really nice working in the town I grew up in! I have been finishing up my masters thesis outside of work hours and successfully defended in early November. I’m still playing hockey and have adopted an adorable cat named Aqua. If anyone else from the class of 2017 is in the Twin Cities, I’d love to catch up! Tanner H. Stegink ⋅ I am enjoying a warm and sunny winter in Albuquerue where I am pursuing a Masters in Tuba Performance at the University of New Mexico. I miss my cheese curds, but the green chile is a worthwhile exchange. Deepankar V. Tripurana ⋅ Hey folks! I’m currently in graduate school getting my Masters in Public Health at George Washington University through an online program so I can still live in my hometown of Gurnee, Illinois. I’m also involved in GlobeMed nonprofit work for global health equity education. Currently, I work as an academic tutor, and I’ll be preparing for medical school for the next few years. Krizhalyn Zarate Velasquez ⋅ I am currently in training before swearing in and becoming an official Peace Corps Volunteer in Indonesia for an English Teacher/Teacher Trainer position (2019–2021).

Keanan H. Wilson ⋅ I just finished Thru Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, a long distance hiking trail from Mexico to Canada. I’ve been hiking for 6 ½ months. I didn’t finish the entire trail but from April 11–October 28 I hiked 2,150 miles through all of Washington and Oregon, and part of California. Otherwise I’ve been working as a framer in Los Angeles building houses and coaching youth soccer. Allison E. Wray ⋅ This summer I was promoted to Assistant Director of the Cedarburg Art Museum, where I have worked since graduating Lawrence. On the side, I love my job as a barista at the Java House in downtown Cedarburg! In January I will begin pursuing my MS in Library and Information Science through the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a focus on academic and reference librarianship.

2019 Umer Amer ⋅ I decided against my move to Germany for graduate school and returned home to Pakistan. I work as the Director of Sales and Growth for my family firm, and I am also a visiting economics lecturer (using that economics degree right away) for two schools. Sydney A. DeMets ⋅ I am working at Los Alamos National Lab as a Post-Baccalaureate Student in Remote Sensing and Space Data Science. Katherine E. Fisher ⋅ Katherine Fisher and Emily Palmer ’19 are pleased to announce the arrival of ABCA Gwendolyn, a tri-color Border Collie with black & ginger spots on her legs and no respect for anyone. We plan to work in therapy, search & rescue, and the film industry while training up for the American agility circuits. Nothing else interesting has happened with us except that Emily saw a jumbo cat yesterday, and my Stardew Valley file is almost at 100 hours. Noah B. Hochberg ⋅ Since graduating, I’ve been really busy. A week after I came home from Lawrence, back to Fairfax, VA, I started working in a wine and cheese shop called Cheesetique. I started off as a cheesemonger, and then was promoted to bartender and store manager. While I was doing that, I was looking for jobs LAWRENCE

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related to my major. After months and months of networking, phone calls and interviews, I secured a job as a diabetes sales representative for Eli Lilly. I’m currently going through their corporate training, and in December, I’m moving to West Chester, PA, to start my new job. I’m really excited, and after working in sales and retail since age 16, I’m ready to take on the big leagues. Craig D. Jordan ⋅ I graduated last spring with every intention of attending the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in the fall. But during the summer I (as well as violist Brandin Kreuder ’16) was offered a job aboard Holland America’s cruise ship Ms. Zaandam performing as their “Adagio Duo” while the ship traverses South America—sounded like a nobrainer to me! It’s been an incredible experience performing every night for people from all over the world, and this spring I will be performing on the Ms. Amsterdam for a portion of Holland America’s “World Cruise” starting my contract in Santiago, Chile, and ending in Singapore! Anna Kim ⋅ I have been working as a Research Coordinator at the San Francisco, VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). I am a Research Coordinator for Dr. Inslicht and Dr. Goldstein, and they investigate the effects of post-traumatic stress on physical and psychological health. I am mainly involved in Dr. Inslicht’s Suvorexant Study,

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which is clinical drug trial testing the efficacy of Suvorexant (brand name: Belsomra) on improving insomnia and post-traumatic stress symptoms in veterans. I am also helping Dr. Goldstein to launch her AIR study that involves treating sleep apnea among veterans with PTSD. Qiushan Liu ⋅ I am currently studying in Florida State University, Psychology Ph.D. program. Florida is soooooo warm, I honestly am missing the Wisconsin weather and the snow. Jack D. Lucas ⋅ Greetings from the top of the world! You may be wondering: has Jack been spending his wanderjahr hiking North Pole? Not exactly. I’ve spent the last five months recovering from my long anticipated height augmentation surgery! I’ve endured much physical and financial hardship in order to undergo this risky operation ... but let me tell you: the view is worth it! I look forward to looking down at you all at reunion. Ciao! —Tall Jack George C. Mavrakis ⋅ My video made it onto LAD bible. Featuring a Lawrence dorm room and Sage Hall lol. Victoria R. Passie ⋅ I am currently pursuing my masters degree in Psychology at LIU Brooklyn, while working at A Castle for Classy Kids as a Lead Teacher.

David A. Philyaw ⋅ David moved to northeast Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood and is feeling flirty, under 30, and thriving! He is sad that he was unable to find his dream job, “artist in residence at a BDSM dungeon,” but continues to work independent theatre design gigs, most recently as a stagehand and performer for the 23rd annual Mr. International Rubber contest in Boystown. He invites anyone interested in following his shenanigans to follower his Instagram (@TinyFearllessLeader) or his artist portfolio (http://dphilyaw.github.io). Linder Wendt ⋅ I am living in Iowa City with Hailey Bomar ’18 and am loving it so far! I am getting my MS in Biostatistics at the University of Iowa and working as a teaching assistant for the Intro to Biostatistics course. Nina Wilson ⋅ Nina W. is employed in Chicago, Illinois. Sarah M. Woody ⋅ I am living in Chicago throwing myself into two jobs that I love. The first is working with iguanas and toads in the animal welfare science department at Lincoln Park Zoo, and the second is working retail at a lovely, independently owned pet store where I get to pet a lot of dogs! I recently celebrated the release of my 6-track EP, Natural, that I recorded while at Lawrence.

Photo: Danny Damiani

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MARRIAGE AND UNIONS

BIRTHS

Douglas G. Gold ’75 and Stephen Merrill, Washington, D.C., April 27, 2019

Jason Hoogerhyde ’91 and Michelle Kaiserlian, Round Rock, TX, a daughter, Sonora Elysia, May 15, 2019

Kirsten Nordt Barron ’97 and Jack Barron, Guilford, CT, April 7, 2019 David R. Bauman ’97 and Kyra Kudick, Appleton, WI, September 15, 2018 Cynthia D. Bentle ’07 and Benn Stocum, Augusta, GA, August 11, 2018 Nathan P. Litt ’08 and Bekka Litt, Appleton, WI, September 6, 2019

Steven A. Houghton ’91 and Kaoru, Piermont, NY, twins, a daughter, Kaoru, and a daughter, Sophia, March 27, 2019 Joanna de Robinet de Plas ’94, a son, Romain Daniel, June 19, 2019 Audrey E. Gutfreund ’04 and William D. Dalsen ’05, Somerville, MA, a son, Idris Clifton, November 3, 2019

Sarah Linton Mitchell ’10 and Colin Mitchell, Ogden, UT, February 24, 2019

Andrea Lewis Hartung ’05 and Chris Hartung, Oak Park, IL, a son, Robert Lewis, August 5, 2019

Caitlin E. Williamson ’11 and Jose Miguel Perez, July 27, 2019

Jessica Patenaude Fleek ’05 and Andrew, Appleton, WI, a son, Owen, April 11, 2019

Rachel Young Nierzwicki ’12 and Patrick A. Nierzwicki ’13, Minneapolis, MN, June 29, 2019 Carolyn R. Tomecek ’12 and David G. Christensen, Riverside, IL, June 7, 2019

Alison Vandenberg Newcomb ’05 and William, Franklin, WI, a son, Finley Thomas, August 30, 2019 Anna Kiel Freiberg ’06 and Justin, New Berlin, WI, a son, Henry Timm, July 23, 2019

Maria A. DeLaundreau ’13 and Sarah Waterworth, St. Paul, MN, October 11, 2019

Jennifer C. Murphy ’06 and Jack Blair, Nashville, TN, a daughter, Juno, June 11, 2019

Mary Susanne Reeves (Susan) ’76 and Brett McCleneghan, Houston, TX, October 20, 2018 in.

Hannah Sobek Bergren ’06 and Jacob, a son, Samuel Jacob, February 07, 2019

Paige Koebele Silber ’13 and Zach Silber, Madison, WI, May 11, 2019

Lauren E. Walsh ’06 and Brian J. Knieser, a daughter, Elliotte Clara, October 11, 2018

Aedan R. Gardill ’18 and Jody Gardill, Madison, WI, June 30, 2018 Christina L. Hanson ’18 and Stephen Lawrence, July 21, 2018

Lawrentians at Kim Vachon’s and Ian Sienicki’s wedding 15 years after meeting in Plantz Hall: Back row from left to right: Rebecca Shorr ’09, Celeste Levitz-Jones ’08, Anna (Seuchting) Jacobson ’08, Evan Jacobson ’08, Greg Woodsbie ’08, Bob Nicholson ’08, Nils Schaede ’09, Evan Montgomery ’08, Reed Flygt ’08 Front row from left to right: Ellen Woodsbie ’08, Charlotte King ’09, Jane Hulburt ’09, Kim Vachon ’08, Alison Miller ’08, Katy Fohrman ’09.

Below: During his honeymoon on a Viking River Cruise in France with his bride Kyra, David Bauman ’97 chanced to meet Lawrentian Bruce Smith ’69 and his wife, Sally.

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Keegan White ’06 and Shannon Madden, Chicago, IL, a daughter, Eliana Madden, July 5, 2019 Carrie Hagedal Pomplun ’07 and Mark ’07, La Crosse, WI, a son, Luke Thomas, August 25, 2019 Anna Sandven Koolen ’07 and Michael, Finstadjordet, Norway, a son, William Angelo, November 15, 2018 ABOVE: Sage, child of Katherine M. DanneckerStevens ’14 and Samuel (Sam) R. Stevens ’13.

Kristin Workenaour Nyren ’07 and Landon, a daughter, Evelyn Grace, September 13, 2019

Born on November 25, 2019, Brian G. ’86 and Leila Ramagopal Pertl’s ’87 Australian Cattle Dog, River, arrived in Appleton early February 2020 and went to the Con for the first time. Students instantly made River The Conservatory Dog Instagram. Photo: Brian Pertl

Alice I. Shepro ’08 and Douglas K. Bryson, Minot Air Force Base, ND, a daughter, Mairi, June 1, 2018 Emily Weinberg Wold ’08 and Brian, Golden Valley, MN, a daughter, Maris Lucinda, January 22, 2019 Benjamin G. Welden ’08 and Laura, Milwaukee, WI, a daughter, Margot Jane, March 8, 2019 Maura Cook Lamensky ’10 and Travis ’10, Milwaukee, WI, a son, Casimir, May 24, 2018 Sarah Linton Mitchell ’10 and Colin, Ogden, UT, a son, Wes Avery, July 23, 2019 Sarah Ehlinger Affotey ’11 and Francis Annan Affotey, Wauwatosa, WI, a son, Ari Odai, June 26, 2019

Marianne Griffin ’08 and Seth Pourciau, Madison, WI, a daughter, Rowen Laird, August 4, 2018

Zachary D. Garcia ’11 and Jessica, Minneapolis, MN, a son, Oliver Duane, May 12, 2019

Beth Lyman Piontek ’08 and Brett, Green Bay, WI, a daughter, Audrey Ellen, November 23, 2018

Valerie R. Nelson-Ray ’12 and Caleb Ray, Austin, TX, a daughter, Sigrid, October 16, 2019

Martin L. O’Donnell ’08, Appleton, WI, a son, Cohen, May 29, 2019

Kelsi Brown VanAbel ’13 and John, Little Chute, WI, a daughter, Sophie Charissa, May 25, 2019

Natasha L. Quesnell-Theno ’08 and Roger S. Gifford ’07, Somerville, MA, a daughter, Juniper Briar, September 29, 2019

Below: David ’97 and Kyra Bauman: From left to right: Jason Roberts ’97, Andrew Jelen ’97, Barb Paziouros Roberts ’97, Jason Weyers ’97, Bambi Radecki Weyers ’96, Julie Wroblewski ’97, Kyra Kudick Bauman, David Bauman ’97, Ryan Petersen ’98, Noah Monsen ’97, Beth Ann Teigen Monsen ’99, Sarah Johnson Campbell ’97, Ben Campbell ’97.

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Below: MacKenzie Fye and Mike McCain’s ’10 wedding in July at Björklunden.

IN MEMORIAM

DECEASED ALUMNI Elva Diekelmann Elliot M-D’39, De Land, FL, June 24, 2019. Sidney R. Ottman ’40, Monterey, CA, June 24, 2019. Alice Engle Seaborne ’42, Scottsdale, AZ, July 24, 2019. Survivors include a nephew, John K. Seaborne ’73. Charlotte Brooks Brown ’43, Hot Springs, AR, September 28, 2019. Jean Pond Dever ’44, Laguna Hills, CA, June 4, 2019. Patricia Radford Fell ’44, Oshkosh, WI, April 14, 2019. Jane Fletcher Hansen ’44, Neenah, WI, September 30, 2019. Survivors include a daughter, Ann Hansen-Weaver ’68; and a son, James P. Hansen ’84. Wallace F. Gustafson ’45, Willmar, MN, September 10, 2018. Nancy Hascall Krohn M-D’45, Ann Arbor, MI, October 1, 2019. Jane Brown Marich ’45, Mercer Island, WA, July 3, 2019. Margaret Totman Shook ’45, Scottsdale, AZ, June 21, 2019. Barbara Simonds Valentine M-D’45, Sturgeon Bay, WI, April 9, 2019. Survivors include a son, John C. Valentine ’76. Lane Dickinson ’46, Naples, FL, June 17, 2019. Survivors include a cousin, Theodore M. Gilbert ’53; a cousin, Charles N. Gilbert ’53; and a sister-in-law, Kathryn Driessen Dickinson ’45. Helen Wittman Mills M-D’46, West Bend, WI, September 26, 2019. Phyllis Wirtz Moore ’46, DeKalb, IL, July 30, 2019. Eva M. Sorenson ’46, Brookfield, WI, September 29, 2019.

William T. Wambach ’46, Sun Prairie, WI, October 23, 2019.

Robert S. Ferron ’51, Appleton, WI, February 3, 2019.

John Evan Dever ’47, Laguna Hills, CA, March 29, 2019.

Maryann Rzutkiewisz Kenitz M-D’51, Slinger, WI, October 21, 2019.

Julia West Radomski ’48, Scarborough, ME, April 27, 2019.

Elizabeth Oleson Lyon ’51, Valparaiso, IN, December 13, 2019. Survivors include a cousin, Susan Hein Fisher M-D’56.

Barbara Akers Savage-Fraser ’48, Palmetto, FL, May 12, 2019. Anne Benson Ebert ’49, Milwaukee, WI, July 5, 2019. Welton E. Firehammer ’49, Crawfordville, FL, September 7, 2019. Survivors include his wife Marilyn Ericson Firehammer ’49. Carolyn Wright Koch ’49, Dousman, WI, June 5, 2019. Survivors include a brother-in-law, Helmut C. Muehlhauser ’55. Barbara Mead Stever ’49, Houston, TX, June 18, 2019.Survivors include a niece, Allison Mead Schultz ’83; a nephew, Todd T. Mead ’79; and a nephew, Andrew S. Mead ’77. Joan Segelbaum Strouse M-D’49, Rancho Mirage, CA, July 25, 2019. Necia Patterson Wallace M-D’49, Oak Creek, WI, August 24, 2018. Jean Eiss Casey ’50, Sister Bay, WI, June 6, 2019. F. James Grist ’50, Waupaca, WI, May 3, 2019. Survivors include his wife Mary Lamers Grist ’50. David Knickel ’50, Houston, TX, August 8, 2019. Survivors include a cousin, Iris Van De Zande Miller ’42.

Harvey H. Reinholz ’51, Fairfield, CA, June 10, 2019. Daniel H. Teas ’51, Bloomington, IL, June 28, 2019. Survivors include a niece, Karen S. Sorenson ’77; relative, Richard S. Jerde ’73; a grandson, William John Gill ’18; a daughter, Molly M. Teas ’79; and a daughter, Virginia Teas Gill ’83. Dar W. Vriesman ’51, Westminster, CO, October 11, 2019. Suzanne Baker Clark ’52, Madison, WI, November 18, 2019. Ruth Sigler Pountain M-D’52, Oak Creek, WI, June 1, 2019. Mildred Armstrong Swart ’52, Southfield, MI, June 18, 2019. Elaine Koepsel Zarse M-D’52, Milwaukee, WI, November 7, 2019. David D. Brown ’53, Missoula, MT, July 18, 2019. Barbara Haskell Dyer M-D’53, Danville, CA, August 24, 2019. Carol Luth Hansen M-D’53, Newtown, PA, October 31, 2019.

Alan A. Mory ’50, Kaukauna, WI, September 28, 2019.

Edwin L. Nash ’53, Janesville, WI, November 12, 2019. Survivors include a brother, E. G. Nash ’59.

Sonia Sandeen Perry ’50, Sun City Center, FL, September 6, 2019.

Barbara Brown Pickard ’53, October 3, 2019.

Jo Ann Ellefson Brandt M-D’51, Brookfield, WI, July 22, 2019. Donald L. Exner ’51, Beaver Dam, WI, July 12, 2019. Survivors include a daughter, Judith Exner Walseth ’72; a son, Michael P. Exner ’76; and a daughter-in-law, Jeanne Marini Exner ’77.

Mary Wood Sturtevant ’53, Mount Prospect, IL, April 13, 2019. Nancy Fellgren Thompson ’53, Wheaton, IL, November 30, 2019. Donna Braeger Mitchell ’54, Germantown, WI, July 12, 2019.

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PROFESSOR THEODORE REHL Richard C. Peterson ’54, Sherman, TX, December 28, 2018. Elmer Pfefferkorn ’54, Hanover, NH, March 25, 2019. John R. McKinstry ’55, Chandler, AZ, July 11, 2019. Marye Toronyi Nash Kraemer M-D’55, Cambridge, MA, September 18, 2019. Len C. Smith ’55, Benton Harbor, MI, December 10, 2019.Survivors include his wife Patricia Lambur Smith ’55. Dorothy Staiger Gooding ’56, Danbury, WI, November 20, 2019.Survivors include her husband Ralph U. Gooding ’56. Donald J. Massonette ’56, Menasha, WI, June 22, 2019. Thyrza S. Otterbacher ’56, Valparaiso, IN, September 14, 2019. Dean L. Wolske ’56, Algoma, WI, July 9, 2019. Survivors include a son, Christopher D. Wolske ’89. Joan Brussat Cole ’57, Wichita, KS, October 27, 2019. John A. Davidson ’57, Cecil, WI, November 11, 2019. Philip C. Homes ’57, Piney Flats, TN, July 28, 2019. Carol Clossay Gevaart ’58, Portage, MI, September 10, 2019. Marla McCarty Gousseff M-D’58, Ypsilanti, MI, July 12, 2019. Mary Wemple Troup ’58, Green Bay, WI, November 23, 2019.Survivors include a daughter, Susan Troup Sloan ’86; and a daughter, Marcia Troup Beare ’84. Elizabeth Davidson Pusey ’60, Norwalk, CT, July 8, 2019.Survivors include her husband Nathan M. Pusey ’59. Arthur C. Denne ’64, Fort Collins, CO, May 9, 2019. Raymond D. Green ’64, San Francisco, CA, September 19, 2019.

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THEODORE (TED) LLOYD REHL, a mainstay in the Lawrence Conservatory of Music for more than three decades and an inspiration to generations of piano students, died Jan. 11 in Sarasota, Florida. Rehl retired from Lawrence University in 1992 after 34 years on the faculty, many as chairman of the Piano Department, then relocated with his wife, Fran, to their retirement home in Florida. While at Lawrence, Rehl was an active performer of solo and chamber music, a member of the Duncan Rehl Piano Duo, and a favorite accompanist. He also performed regularly with the Fox Valley Symphony. Upon his retirement in 1992, he was awarded an honorary degree of Master of Arts. “As a teacher, you have been an example to faculty and students alike,” then President Richard Warch said of Rehl at the 1992 Commencement ceremony. “That you have earned your laurels as a master teacher is attested by the succession of students— affectionately self-styled ‘Rehl’s Raiders’—who have proceeded through your studio.” When he retired, Rehl was the university’s last faculty link to the old Conservatory in Peabody Hall. Rehl’s family said he vowed to stop playing the piano when he retired. That lasted for 18 years. But in 2010, he and Fran bought a Steinway Model M and donated it to Plymouth Harbor, their retirement community. “Ted was so inspired by the sound of this piano that he once again started practicing daily, and since then has given 19 recitals, the last on Dec. 6, 2019,” his family said in message released upon his death. He was preceded in death by Fran, his wife of 63 years. He is survived by two children and four grandchildren. Donations in Rehl’s memory may be made to the Plymouth Harbor Improvement of the Arts Fund. ▪

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J. TERRENCE (TERRY) FRANKE ’68 J. TERRENCE (TERRY) FRANKE ’68, an impactful leader who helped guide Lawrence University through transformative changes and served as a mentor for past and current students, passed away Jan. 21, 2020, at the age of 73 with his wife, Mary, his three children, and siblings at his side. Franke, of Evanston, Illinois, served as the chair of Lawrence University’s Board of Trustees from 2011 to 2015, a capstone to five decades of service in which he provided calm and insightful leadership and mentored countless students, alumni, and fellow trustees. As Board chair, he delivered steady guidance during a time of great transition, leading to the 2013 appointment of Mark Burstein as the University’s 16th president. “Terry’s passion, unbounded energy, and strategic vision have carried Lawrence successfully forward,” Burstein said. “His investment in countless student interns and persistent support of many aspects of our

learning community has had an extraordinary impact on the University. I know many Lawrentians join me in remembering moments when Terry’s advice provided exactly what you needed to hear to be the best version of yourself.” Franke’s accomplishments as chair of the Board were preceded by his long service to the University as a trustee, beginning in 2002. He also served an earlier term as an alumni trustee from 1995 to 1998. Among other leadership efforts, Franke led the Board’s Investment Committee, stewarding the endowment through the Great Recession of the late 2000s. He transformed the Investment Committee shortly after becoming chair, bringing in alumni who had expertise in the areas of private equity and real estate and opening the conversation to a wider range of voices. That had never been done before, and it reinvigorated the committee, bringing change that would pay off in a big

way when the markets collapsed in and around 2008. “. . . Terry was calm and had a long-term view, and helped lead the conversation in a way that kept us all from panicking,” said current chair of the Investment Committee David Knapp. “What followed was a decade of sustained growth of the endowment through appreciation and new gifts that has brought it over $350 million today. … He stewarded the endowment through the roughest financial period of our lifetimes.” Franke strengthened the Board of Trustees while chair, recruiting and welcoming new Board members with wide ranges of experience and diverse perspectives, expanding the depth and breadth of the Board. “Terry always answered the call of his alma mater with talent, energy, and passion for the Lawrence community,” said David Blowers ’82, the current Board chair. “He led the Board of Trustees during a critical period in Lawrence’s history. Continued

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DECEASED ALUMNI, CONT. Carol E. Reed ’64, Houston, TX, August 26, 2019. Mary Beldo Blair ’66, Richmond, MA, August 2, 2019. Survivors include a sister, Ann Beldo Lowrey ’74; and a brother, John O. Beldo ’67.

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His ability to orchestrate a seamless presidential transition put the University on the successful path it enjoys today. I know that I speak on behalf of the entire Board when I say we will greatly miss his wisdom, energy, and, above all, his loyal friendship.” A COMMITTED MENTOR Franke spent most of his professional career at Hewitt Associates, where he was a senior partner. He also served as a senior consultant for Productive Strategies Inc., a management and marketing consulting firm based in Northfield, Illinois, and Franke Associates. He was a dedicated member of the Lawrence community from the moment he stepped on campus as a student in 1964. Since graduating in 1968, he has fostered and maintained connections, sharing his time and knowledge with alumni as well as current and future Lawrentians. Franke was ready to lend a hand as an event volunteer, admissions volunteer, and as a member of reunion committees and class leadership teams. He took particular joy in mentoring the student interns at his workplace, supported by the Franke Scholarship Fund. A proud member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Franke connected often with past and current fraternity members. Franke would meet with fraternity members whenever he was on campus for Board meetings. “He was always mentoring,” Jake Woodford ’13, special assistant to the president at Lawrence and fellow Delta,

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said. “That was a really special part of who he was.” Henry Chesnutt ’14 was among the nearly 20 Lawrence students who served as interns over the past decade in Franke’s office. “Interning with Terry was an apprenticeship to a life of integrity and hard work,” he said. Chesnutt recalls struggling through much of his internship, but Franke was there to guide him along and prep him for his launch into the workforce. With Franke’s gentle prodding, he eventually found his bearings, and is now thriving as a software engineer with Bain and Company. “You might think that after his 15th intern he might have stopped, relaxed, and rested on the fruits of his altruism,” Chesnutt said of Franke. “But even up to his passing, he was still mentoring students and offering internships to do all he could to pay it forward.” In Lawrence’s Center for Career, Life, and Community Engagement, Franke long set an example of how alumni can positively impact the lives of current students. “Terry’s efforts have helped countless students over the past decade, and have advanced the lives of individuals now working in health care, consulting, finance, and more,” said Mandy Netzel, assistant director of the CLC for employer and alumni relations. In honor of his lifelong commitment to his alma mater and its students, Franke received Lawrence’s Presidential Award in 2018. ▪

Donald J. Skinner ’66, Palatine, IL, September 20, 2018. Nathaniel W. Tileston ’66, Annapolis Royal, DLX, August 7, 2019. Sue von der Heydt Wolski ’66, Warminster, PA, December 7, 2019. Craig L. Holmes ’70, Suamico, WI, August 15, 2019. Gayle C. Hightower ’72, Washington, UT, November 7, 2019. Susan Lindsay Church ’76, New York, NY, September 9, 2019. Wilfried Jakob ’76, Buchenberg, August 21, 2019. Mary J. O’Donnell ’78, Glenview, IL, August 12, 2019. Judith Laird Griffin ’81, Appleton, WI, November 21, 2019. Survivors include a granddaughter, Marianne Griffin ’08; a grandson, Kyle Griffin ’09; and a son, Gregory L. Griffin ’80. Lee L. Hurlbut ’83, Oak Park, IL, April 24, 2018. John P. Fernandes ’94, Fox Point, WI, July 16, 2019. Jaques B. Bluett ’01, La Jolla, CA, June 5, 2019. Ryan J. Sabee ’02, Appleton, WI, October 21, 2019. Zachary A. Crombie Presberg ’19, Piedmont, CA, September 23, 2019.

CORRECTIONS In the previous edition, the wrong pronouns were used for Lindsey S. Robb ’84 and Vered Meltzer ’04. The pronouns for both Robb and Meltzer are he/his. We apologize and regret the error. In order to be more inclusive and avoid errors and unintentional misgendering, Lawrence Magazine has changed its policy regarding third person Class Notes: Members of the Lawrence community are encouraged to submit their notes in first person. The institution and its volunteer class secretaries who compile the Class Notes will no longer change notes submitted in first person to third person, or from any one point of view to another.

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PROFESSOR LIFONGO VETINDE LIFONGO VETINDE, a dedicated Lawrence University professor who through his work on and off campus looked to make the world around him a more informed and compassionate place, died Thursday, Jan. 30, following surgery. He was 64. He is survived by his wife, Eposi Esoka Lifongo, two daughters, Agnès (Charles) Boland and Naomi Nyeme, a brother, Ike, two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, and a granddaughter, Victoria. Vetinde, a professor of French, was a member of the Lawrence faculty since 1996, a scholar of Francophone literature and cinema who also taught French language courses and on multiple occasions led Lawrence’s Francophone Seminar program in Dakar, Senegal. He earned a Fulbright Teaching and Research Fellowship in 2012–13. A native of Cameroon, Vetinde also was deeply devoted to working on issues of social justice, diversity, and inclusion throughout his career. “I will always remember Lifongo as the warmest, kindest, and most generous, joyful, and magnanimous of colleagues and friends,” said Dominica Chang, who worked closely with Vetinde as the Margaret Banta Humleker Professor of French Cultural Studies and associate professor of French. “My lunch with him during my job visit over a decade ago was

what convinced me that Lawrence was a place I could call home.” Vetinde was active in a range of scholarly pursuits, from co-editing a book on Senegalese film director and writer Ousmane Sembène to organizing symposiums and roundtables on important topics of the day. But his primary focus and love was teaching. He embraced Lawrence’s small class sizes because it allowed him to engage one-on-one with his students. He was adamant that students needed to experience the world to better understand both the challenges and the opportunities ahead, and he pushed them to travel abroad and to have inquisitive minds about the cultures they would encounter. “We live in an increasingly globalized world in which interactions with people from different parts of the world and cultural backgrounds are ineluctable,” Vetinde said in a 2016 interview for Lawrence magazine. “For one to interact productively with others, cultural literacy is crucial. There is no better way for students to gain such knowledge than by going abroad.” It was the francophone African literature and the study abroad experience in the Francophone Seminar program, in which Vetinde led Lawrence students to Dakar on at least five different occasions, that were particularly close to his heart.

“He had a mission to dispel stereotypes and ignorance about the African continent and helped his students discover the rich, cultural histories and varied cultural realities, especially post-colonially,” said Eilene Hoft-March, the MilwaukeeDowner College and College Endowment Association Professor of Liberal Studies and professor of French. “He wanted students, most especially American students, to experience Africa by traveling to Senegal, which is our prize program in French and Francophone Studies.” Outside of the classroom and his social activism, Vetinde had a passion for playing and watching football (soccer), reading, and listening to music—he professed a love of the storytelling in oldtime country music. His family also will attest to his dancing abilities and passion for helping elementary school students in his native Cameroon. He started the FakoDev Foundation as a means to support public school children in his village with basic school supplies and access to books beyond their curriculum. The foundation also supports computer literacy for students and staff. At Lawrence, Vetinde’s friendships with colleagues were deep and impactful. And his work with Freshman Studies through the years gave him connections with students all across campus. Continued

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“He was big-hearted and wise, very discreet but with a terrific sense of humor,” Hoft-March said. “You had to watch for that twinkle in his eye that preceded a hearty laugh.” The Fulbright Fellowship took Vetinde to Saint-Louis, Senegal, in West Africa, for 10 months, where he taught literature classes, including one that served as a comparative study of the works of such American writers as W.E.B. Dubois, Alice Walker, and Maya Angelou and those of Saint-Louisian writers such as Abdoulaye Sadji, Malick Fall, and Abdel Aziz Mayoro Diop. He also further studied notable Senegalese writers and the role they played in the emergence of Senegal’s national identity. For Lawrence Provost and Dean of Faculty Catherine Gunther Kodat, Vetinde’s academic pursuits were personal. When he received promotion to full professor, she’s the one who presented him to the Lawrence Board of Trustees, giving her a chance to shine a spotlight on work he’s done that connected with her own academic history. “It was a special perk for me because Lifongo’s areas of research included the work of the great Senegalese film director and writer Ousmane Sembène, whose novel God’s Bits of Wood I had taught for years,” Kodat said. “My admiration for Lifongo grew steadily from that early, happy connection as I got to know his work as a scholar; his warm, unassuming, and generous nature; and, above all, his selfless commitment to his students.” Vetinde joined the Tenure Committee last year, further revealing “his integrity, his ability to balance empathy with rigor, and his sense of fairness,” Kodat said. “Lifongo was a cherished member of our community; he will be sorely missed.” ▪

Gustav O. Abrahamson, Sturgeon Bay, WI, July 7, 2019 Harry W. Alger, New Milford, CT, April 25, 2019, father of Bonnie E. Alger ’06. Daniel Bachhuber, St. Paul, MN, November 13, 2018, husband of Margaret Todd Maitland ’69. Donna Bailey, Appleton, WI, August 17, 2019 George Batog, Greenfield, WI, June 27, 2019, father of Melissa M. Batog ’04, father of Jennifer Batog Kreil ’00. Robert E. Bieder, Beulah, MI Spring La., March 14, 2019 Robert K. Bourne, Geneva, IL, August 16, 2019, husband of Kathleen Ramer Bourne ’57. Jack E. Bridges, Park Ridge, IL, June 18, 2018, father-in-law of Mark M. Cieslewicz ’77, father of Amelia Bridges Cieslewicz ’77. Martha E. Bridges, Park Ridge, IL, September 30, 2019, mother-in-law of Mark M. Cieslewicz ’77, mother of Amelia Bridges Cieslewicz ’77. Pearl Broeren, Combined Locks, WI, October 9, 2019, mother of Nancy Broeren Leschke ’91, mother of Alicia M. Broeren ’89. Curtis L. Brown, Neenah, WI, July 4, 2019 W. Robert Brown, Houston, TX, October 4, 2019, brother-in-law of Mary Susanne Reeves ’76, brother-in-law of Janet Reeves Covington ’68, husband of Judith Reeves Brown ’71. Hal J. Cress, Hoffman Estates, IL, April 21, 2019 J. M. Daugharty, Appleton, WI, July 28, 2019 Jerry Deering, Little Chute, WI, July 29, 2019.

Margaret Everist ’70

I have been lucky. I was lucky to have attended Lawrence where I made lasting friendships and learned that education was more than just memorized facts. The professors taught me to appreciate the how and why and gave me the tools to explore on my own. I gained a life-long love of learning. It is important to me to continue the legacy so that others can benefit from a quality education.

James Dorschner, Oshkosh, WI, August 21, 2019

That is why I included Lawrence as

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beneficiary of my retirement accounts

C. Raymond Durkee, Neenah, WI, September 24, 2018

and joined the Lawrence-Downer

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Legacy Circle!

F. James Grist ’50, Waupaca, WI, May 03, 2019 William Guyon, Appleton, WI, June 11, 2019 G. Frederick Kasten, Milwaukee, WI, December 12, 2019 Celeste Lamers, Appleton, WI, August 28, 2019 Cosette L. Lang, Appleton, WI , September 14, 2019 Carol Ligare, Appleton, WI , November 11, 2019 James E. Macklem, Beloit, WI, September 4, 2019, husband of Rachael Bizal Macklem ’59.

Due to a change in Lawrence’s record-keeping and data processing procedures, this is the last edition of the magazine that will include a listing of deceased family members of Lawrence alumni. Members of the Lawrence community are welcome to share this information as a Class Note. Deceased alumni, faculty, and staff will still be noted.

—Margaret Everist ’70 Join Margaret in the Lawrence-Downer Legacy Circle. Visit legacygiving.lawrence.edu to learn more.

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Burton T. Main, Libertyville, IL, January 5, 2019, husband of Betty Haas Main ’47. Richard L. Moody, Buffalo Grove, IL John W. Nelson, Hortonville, WI, July 3, 2019 Luanne Nelson, Appleton, WI , October 6, 2019 Bernice Palazzo, Kiel, WI, September 10, 2019, mother of Anthony V. Palazzo ’89. Joyce Povolny, Appleton, WI, March 27, 2019 Joan Radford, Neenah, WI, August 19, 2019 Rosalie A. Roeland, Appleton, WI, November 11, 2019 Janet D. Rood, Shelburne, VT, November 14, 2018, grandmother of Nikolas O. Hoel ’99. Ryan J. Sabee ’02, Appleton, WI, October 21, 2019 Amber Schroeder, Appleton, WI, July 24, 2019 Rex H. Stever, Houston, TX, December 12, 2018 Philip Weiner, Appleton, WI, October 28, 2019, brother-in-law of Walter E. Brown ’70, father of William D. Weiner ’83, father-in-law of Ann Cartano Weiner ’85, husband of Lisa Neuman Weiner ’59. Craig A. Weber, Appleton, WI, July 21, 2019 Edwin H. Wenberg, Warsaw, MO, December 8, 2018, uncle of Neil H. Wenberg ’99, brother of David D. Wenberg ’61, husband of Judith Wilmer Wenberg ’59. Marilyn Wermuth, Milwaukee, WI, March 15, 2019, mother of Robert ’77, Bruce ’80, Andrew 86, Ann Wermuth Robinson ’88, mother-in-law of Sherry Casady Wermuth ’79, Marty Robinson ’91, grandmother of Madeline ’07 and Heidi. Donna M. Westgor, Appleton, WI, June 11, 2019 Steve Williams, Princeton, NJ, July 17, 2019 Scott W. Witt, Sun Prairie, WI, May 7, 2019, father of Parker Leopold Kaukl ’22.

ZEEK, the Conservatory Dog, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2019. He was 16 ½ years old. Zeek exemplified the warm, supportive, welcoming nature of the conservatory. Since 2008, Zeek was the Conservatory’s mascot, greeter, stressreducer and comedian. Over the past 11 years, he came to work nearly every day, greeting prospective students at more than 40 audition days and welcoming more than 1,000 new music students into the Conservatory. He loved being visited by students who needed a little Zeek therapy and all of the love, hugs, time and of course, treats that came with those visits.

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