Lawrence magazine Winter 2018

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THE LEADERSHIP ISSUE

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LEARNERS. LEADERS. LAWRENTIANS. Alumni from every stage of their “life after Lawrence” journey share their lessons in leadership.

LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP Lawrence faculty give you a global tour of leadership with stops in Nepal, Sierra Leone and right here on College Ave.

GOOD GOVERNMENT Student LUCC officers share what leadership means to today’s Lawrentians.

16 Heads of the Class 24 History Lesson 25 Viking Voices 32 Alumni and Faculty Books 33 Inside Lawrence 40 Steering the Ship 42 Athletics 48 Class Notes 66 The Big Picture

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COVER ART Aedan Gardill ’18 is studying studio art and physics. For the past year, he has worked towards combining physics and art through creating paintings that celebrate the minds of women in science. Aedan is preparing to attend graduate school for either condensed matter physics or material science engineering. In his free time he enjoys playing trombone and reading.

THE SCHOOL OF FISH IS A GREAT IMAGE OF LEADERSHIP. THE RED FISH IN FRONT APPEARS TO LEAD, BUT WITHOUT THE OTHER FISH THE SINGLE LEADER WOULD NOT TRAVEL SAFELY THROUGH THE DANGEROUS OCEAN. EACH FISH IS UNIQUE AND ONLY WORKING TOGETHER CAN THEY MAKE IT TO THEIR DESTINATION. I WORKED DIGITALLY, USING PHOTOSHOP TO OVERLAY THE SCHOOL OF FISH ON CARPET TEXTURE. THE TEXTURE OF CARPET IS USUALLY TAKEN FOR GRANTED, SO I WANTED TO INCLUDE IT AND CHANGE UP THE COLOR.”

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From Sampson House Dear Lawrentians, Greetings from snowy Appleton. One of the great pleasures of my role is watching our students perform throughout campus and compete in athletic events. I see the determination, skill and artistry Lawrentians bring to everything they do. These events also provide a moment to see student leadership on display. Now that I am in my fifth year as president of Lawrence, I see the trajectory of first-years who are now seniors taking on leadership roles and responsibilities on the stage, in athletic competitions and across campus. Students’ hopes and dreams for us as a community were also on display during this year’s election for the next president and vice president of the Lawrence University Community Council, which just ended.

Leadership is a topic in the air on campus. Today’s undergraduates are setting a high bar for what leadership means to them: they look primarily for authenticity and transparency. Their leaders need to demonstrate that they believe and represent the ideas they talk about. For our students, values are vital to leadership, just as they are vital to Lawrence as a whole.

LAWRENCE WINTER 2018 EDITOR Kelly B. Landis

ART DIRECTOR Liz Boutelle

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS Craig Gagnon ’76

CONTRIBUTORS Matthew Arau ’97, Erin Dix ’08, Constance Kassor, Mauranda E. Owens ’18, Rick Peterson, Steven Ponto ’69, Claudena Skran, Joe Vanden Acker, Nicole Witmer ’19

CLASS NOTES Dakota Williams ’14

We take very seriously our responsibility to create leaders—leaders in their fields, leaders in their communities, leaders among their peers. But how can we ensure the appropriate preparation for each student no matter their choice of profession or future home? In this increasingly complex world, how can we provide today’s students with the tools they need to succeed tomorrow?

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I believe we reach this goal if we continue to invest in our curricular offerings. In the global studies program, faculty are committed to providing students with a linguistic, cultural and academic toolkit to help them understand and confront issues facing societies around the world. In the innovation and entrepreneurship program, students learn to harness their creativity, to make something tangible out of their ideas, to make a better world. Preparing students for leadership means providing them with the scientific grounding to understand global issues in health or the environment through our biology, environmental studies and other science departments. It means developing their ability to own and present a narrative that describes their vision and their path through programs like film studies, creative writing, studio art and theater. So much of leadership today is about consuming information before decisions can be made, and the amount of information available seems to increase exponentially each year. We need to intensify our focus on helping students to better understand data through courses offered in data science, statistics and computer science.

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We also need to provide more opportunities for students to develop their own leadership styles. Chris Card, vice president for student life, and Christyn Abaray, athletics director, have begun to create more opportunities for students to think deeply about leadership and to test their skills outside of the classroom. And because preparing students for leadership means continually innovating when it comes to our curriculum and co-curricular offerings, we are now offering our first-ever course dedicated solely to leadership training.

The liberal arts are a cornerstone of leadership development; they have been for me. Alumni from around the world, at every stage of their careers, affirm this. The world has not necessarily grown more complex, but our understanding of it certainly has. I believe that the breadth of understanding and the depth of curiosity about the world inculcated by a Lawrence education prepares our students to engage with that complexity wherever their lives take them when they leave Lawrence.

Yours,

Mark Burstein

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ABOVE: President Mark Burstein, Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life Linda Morgan-Clement, Provost and Dean of the Faculty Catherine Kodat, Dean of Admissions Ken Anselment, President of the Lawrence University Community Council Lewis Berger ’18 and Vice President for Student Life Christopher D. Card listen to students provide words of welcome in their native languages during the President’s Welcome. Photo credit: Billy Liu ’18

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For alumni spanning the globe and at every stage of their careers, “learners, leaders, Lawrentians” is more than a tagline; it’s the experience they live every day. Though there is no such thing as one-size-fits-all leadership, you can’t help but notice that whether you are speaking to a longtime executive at multinational technology conglomerate Cisco Systems or a recent graduate in her first months of student teaching in Appleton, you hear many of the same lessons and principles— principles like listening, emotional intelligence, learning and always striving to be better.

Leadership is something that informs our lives every day, and isn’t confined to one profession, one title, or even one stage of a career. Look no further than the five Lawrentians here who are bringing their skills to bear in fields ranging from arts and nonprofit management to teaching, technology and government. They share what they have learned so far about leadership and how their Lawrence education helped shape them into the leaders they are today.

ELISE BRUNELLE ’93 Financial Manager and Interim Managing Director, Cape Town Opera Cape Town, South Africa It’s a busy week for Elise Brunelle ’93. She’s working with producers in South Korea, Wales and Australia to negotiate tours to their venues. She’s also writing a UNESCO grant application, developing an abstract for an international conference on culture and economy and attending rehearsals for the company’s production of Tsotsi the Musical. Then there are drinks with patrons to secure their annual contributions. “And that’s just the fun stuff,” says Elise. She’s also tackling employment contracts, annual budgets and preparing financials for a board meeting.

It’s all in a day’s work for Elise. While at Lawrence, she majored in theatre and English and now she is living a liberal arts career as financial manager for the Cape Town Opera in South Africa.

Her work combines a passion for the arts with financial and management know-how. “Find that amazing balance between doing what you’re good at and doing what you love,” says Elise.

“It may take a few years, but don’t settle until you find it.”

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A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION, A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY, REQUIRES ARTISTIC FEARLESSNESS MIXED WITH ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETENCE AND, MOST OF ALL, RELIABILITY.” Elise has certainly found that balance. She is a champion for her company and its performers. “There is nothing as powerful as the African voices we have here. I love knowing that South Africans are a force to be reckoned with in the international opera world, and our established arts organization gives strong financial, logistical and marketing backup to their talents. A successful production, a successful company, requires artistic fearlessness mixed with organizational competence and, most of all, reliability” says Elise. “You need to show up and do the job.”

Take last November. Cape Town Opera had a tour of the Mandela trilogy, an opera about the life of Nelson Mandela, at the Dubai Opera and Hong Kong Arts Festival. At the same time, it was producing The Magic Flute at home in Cape Town.

“That was 140 artists’ worth of visas, contracts, schedules, flights and payments in the same week across three countries.

You need hardworking, powerful artists coupled with clearheaded, organized office staff to pull that off,” notes Elise.

You also need to be a strong and steady leader to pull that off.

“I am fair, I listen and I trust my own judgment,” says Elise.

“Good leadership is confident, but it continually seeks input from younger generations to stay relevant and applicable.”

Elise credits Lawrence for helping her to prepare for her role today. “I am a Minnesota-born, Wisconsin-educated woman working in an African arts organization. Running finances in a company of Xhosa, Zulu, Afrikaans and English singers and arts practitioners in a country wholly different from the U.S. is a wonderful challenge. Lawrence taught me to broaden my thinking, not to be narrow-minded and to keep my eyes on the prize: excel at what you do.”

Her own path mirrors the advice Elise has for others. “Take risks. Be confident and trust that you know what you’re doing.

I would hire anyone who can identify what they’re good at, acknowledge what they need to work on and show a history of persistence. As my theatre professor [Professor Emeritus of Theatre] Rich Frielund used to say, ‘show stick-to-it-ness.’”

RS. L AWRENTIANS. SHELLEY DAVIS ’92 Executive Director, Forest Preserve Foundation Chicago Shelley Davis ’92 logged many miles on the bus during her time at Lawrence. “I spent a lot of time as a student, especially my last two years at Lawrence, as a very active volunteer,” recalls Shelley, who majored in psychology at Lawrence. “I volunteered at a domestic violence shelter. It’s something that I will never forget, and it also helped prepare me for my first job. I did lots of internships and independent studies and I feel like throughout my life, any time I have been looking for my next challenge, I have always fallen back on that strong desire to volunteer.”

people can learn about and explore natural environments that are close to home,” she explains.

Shelley’s dedication to career evolution also informs her views on effective leadership. “I think leaders are evolving continually, and that’s definitely my task. I also think good leadership is a combination of active listening and active thinking and strategy,” says Shelley. She also thinks about her leadership style. “I am definitely developing a style that’s about building,” she observes. “I like those pivot points when there is time and appetite to do something new.” Shelley looks to the leaders she admires to inform her own choices. “Emotional intelligence is something I think about a lot in those leaders. How they communicate, how they build relationships.”

Shelley’s desire to do good through nonprofit work is supported by a clear-eyed pragmatism. “In terms of nonprofit work, and early career work in general, you have to be realistic. Being realistic about wages and reality coming out of school is really important. Early career workers need to realize that things need to get done, so to set yourself up to be a good leader down the line, you need to take direction effectively. Bring your best, hardworking skills. Be observant of senior colleagues.”

I’VE PICKED EVERY ROLE AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY BASED ON HOW FAR IT WOULD STRETCH ME.”

That desire to contribute has informed Shelley’s life after Lawrence, and she has dedicated her career to the nonprofit sector. She began doing direct service work in crisis intervention. From there, she rose through the ranks of nonprofit management, working in program evaluation, grantmaking and philanthropy, and fundraising in a variety of capacities. She is now the executive director of the Forest Preserve Foundation, which combines those skills with leading an organization.

“It has been a full evolution of nonprofit management and leadership,” observes Shelley. “I’ve picked every role and every opportunity based on how far it would stretch me. In each one, I build on past skills while pushing myself further in terms of my responsibilities.”

Her work with the Forest Preserve Foundation centers on securing and administering funding that aids the work of the Forest Preserves of Cook County, a government agency that supports natural lands and protects conservation areas in the Chicago region. “It’s the largest conservation area that’s closest to a major city in the country,” says Shelley. “We do a lot of funding of youth conservation internships and also focus on the creation of education and recreation for families so

She models the way for those early career workers, serving as a mentor to graduate students through her role as a lecturer at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and overseeing interns, including Lawrentians, at her organization.

“It is great seeing how smart and savvy students are in terms of their research skills and how an old-fashioned work ethic still prevails. What I try to help them learn is how to work independently and maximize supervision when they have it because in a busy office a supervisor may not have the time to work with them every step of the way. It can be a bigger challenge than some realize, but you see people really start to thrive, as well.”

Shelley also knows that the reality of low wages or no wages when volunteering or interning can be a significant burden. “I know I was privileged to be able to volunteer and then go into the nonprofit sector,” she notes. As a member of the Lawrence Board

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of Trustees, she wants to work to ensure that every Lawrentian can access the same opportunities she did. “Lawrence is doing a lot, but there is always more to be done in terms of pushing students to not only be prepared for internships and volunteerism but to aggressively pursue them. The more we can do to support students in internships and volunteerism, the more competitive they will be as employee candidates.”

Shelley takes her role guiding the institution as a trustee thoughtfully and seriously. “I love being supportive of and having such a deep connection with the senior staff and thinking about big-picture questions for Lawrence. Considering my day job, where I have to answer to my own board, I am very conscientious of balancing my input to be sure that it is about strategy and positioning and not getting into the day-to-day,” she concludes.

ISABEL HEMLEY ’17

The daughter of an elementary school teacher and a college professor, Isabel grew up in the classroom, but her passion when she came to Lawrence was theatre. Lawrence afforded her the opportunity to start teaching theatre in community workshops. “I had these magical moments where I could literally see in my students’ faces when something changed their mind. It’s amazing to witness that moment when you know someone’s life has changed somehow.”

From those workshops, Isabel found herself combining her theatre major with dipping her toe into Lawrence’s growing education certification program. “My first education class at Lawrence was Ethics of Education with [Assistant Professor of Education] Stephanie Burdick-Shepherd. It just blew my mind thinking about the hundreds, sometimes thousands, of ethical decisions teachers make each day,” she recalls—decisions like how to handle a frustrated six-year-old throwing a pencil during a challenging math lesson. “That class really pushed me into realizing ‘yes, I am going to teach elementary school!’ And I cannot speak highly enough about the department as a whole— what’s better than having educators teach you about education?”

Isabel Hemley’s ’17 day started with a student flinging a pencil at her. “There are so many ways I could have reacted,” recalls Isabel, one of the first Lawrentians to complete Lawrence’s new elementary education certification program. “I’m not saying the way I reacted was right, but I saw it as an opportunity for a life lesson. The student apologized immediately, but I told them I wasn’t ready to accept the apology right away and that we would talk about it later. We had a talk at the end of the day about how ‘sorry’ doesn’t always just make up for what happened; sometimes you can’t just go with every impulse.

We had a very good conversation. I got to the root of why the student felt that way and then talked through a plan about what they can do and what I can do to help them.”

Just a few months into student teaching at an Appleton elementary school, Isabel has already secured a grant from the Appleton Education Foundation. “Our school is really diverse—economically, culturally,” she explains. “Presenting a diverse education is so important to me, and part of that is realizing that I don’t have all the answers and that presenting another culture from my own perspective would be inauthentic.

Our class is filled with so many cultures, so I have us read a variety of books that speak to the children’s different cultural experiences.” One of those books was What I Can Do With My ‘Do, a picture book about Black hair that features young people of color “with big futures and beautiful styles.” “The kids loved it,” says Isabel. “It was speaking to them, it was important to them.” So, working with her supervising teacher, Isabel wrote a grant to bring Milwaukee-based author Shawn Sayner to her classroom. She got the grant and Sayner will be coming to Appleton this spring.

For Isabel, being a leader in the classroom is about helping first graders to learn both the core components of their education and how to be good people. “Every decision I make is informed by teaching these kids life skills,” says Isabel. “I’m not saying I have all the answers because I by no means do,” she laughs. “But I’ve thought many times that if I can help a child have an open mind, be a more honest person, be a kinder person, that’s hopefully a lasting impact.”

To Isabel, being a leader is also about self-improvement. “I’m always thinking about what do I need to do in my teaching to help my students achieve. A lot of teachers say that the moment you think you’ve got it all figured out is the moment you should find a new profession!” Isabel emphasizes that classroom leadership is about setting expectations, reinforcing those expectations so students have a safe and structured environment to thrive, keeping aware of both individual

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ABOVE: Isabel Hemley reads to her first-grade class.

I’VE THOUGHT MANY TIMES THAT IF I CAN HELP A CHILD HAVE AN OPEN MIND, BE A MORE HONEST PERSON, BE A KINDER PERSON, THAT’S HOPEFULLY A LASTING IMPACT.” challenges and group needs and maintaining honest and ongoing two-way street communication. “It’s important to be honest with students, because they can tell when something isn’t right. If you are having a bad day, they can tell in a second.

You can tell them ‘I’m sorry, I’m having a sad day but we’re still going to do our job’ and they really respond to that.”

“I get emotional about it,” she says, clearing her throat. “Just before winter break, we had students write letters to Santa and they all got a response from an elf. A girl started the year with almost no ability to read. You should have seen her face light up when she read her letter from the elf. It’s life-changing, and you see the lives changing every day.”

Ultimately, Isabel judges her leadership by the impacts she’s having in the classroom.

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TSU CHIANG “T.C.” HSI ’78* Director of Corporate Affairs for Greater China at Cisco Systems and Co-Director, Guanghua Leadership Institute, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University Chengdu, China “Working with me is like an intensive M.B.A. training—or so my employees tell me,” laughs T.C. Hsi ’78.

“They say it can be hard working for me but they learn a lot. For me, as a leader, the trick is to challenge your people while at the same time encouraging them to be better themselves. Most people do not realize how much potential they have; I see the potential in everyone I work with.

T.C. started working for Cisco in 1999 in sales and marketing.

Now, he is the director for corporate affairs, where he oversees corporate responsibility initiatives, charitable donations and working with governments and universities for the greater China region. In that role, T.C. has staff spread all over the world from different countries and cultural backgrounds. “Working crossculturally and leading a cross-cultural team, you have to be a lot more sensitive and aware of different cultural approaches,” he notes. “All cultures bring unique perspectives to issues and you have to allow equal time and respect to everyone.”

T.C. also extends that philosophy of equal time across ranks within his organization. “A good leader asks questions, good questions, and lets their team members speak and contribute,” says T.C. “If you are the only person to speak, you don’t bring out the best in your team. You have to allow all different levels of the team to speak up—the best ideas always come from the employees, so a good leader is a good listener rather than giving instruction all of the time.”

T.C. shares these same lessons with some heavy-hitters, including officials in the Chinese government. “My primary role for the past seven years has really been about education,” he explains. “Cisco has a program in China educating government and business leaders, so that’s a big part of my role.” T.C. has the chops. “I ran a leadership institute at the business school

at Peking University, which is the top business school in China.

We take top business and government leaders overseas to learn what other countries and businesses are doing.”

As impressive as those connections are, T.C. is particularly excited about his work with younger students. “Another role I have is STEM education for college students. Every year, we train over 100,000 college students on topics like networking, cybersecurity and programming languages. Cisco donates the curriculum, trains the professors and even enabled an online lab. We train generations and generations of students and I manage that program in my region.” In addition to juggling conference calls and meetings with his team across time zones, T.C. also visits universities to talk to deans, chairs of computer science departments and presidents about providing STEM education to students.

T.C. remembers how profoundly his own experience at Lawrence impacted him. “Lawrence changed my life; it changed my cultural outlook,” he recalls. “I had a pretty typical Asian education. In class, it’s follow the teacher. Don’t ask questions.

When I came to Lawrence, it was the opposite. The professors demanded that you speak up and voice your own opinion. When I started working, I had that style and it has helped me go a long way, especially working at an American company for most of my life.”

He also credits Lawrence for encouraging curiosity, which he describes as key in business. “Often in business, people just do things because that’s how it was done before. They don’t ask why. That’s not a good approach. Curiosity also makes you interesting,” he continues. “In order to work with people, lead people, you have to become an interesting person yourself.

Lawrence really prepares interesting people. We can join any conversation, whether it’s about arts or mathematics or political science. Your social ability in business, your emotional intelligence, is really important. The best people, the people who succeed, are good team players and opinion leaders.”

T.C. is an interesting person who can speak with ease about topics ranging from his own time at Lawrence to the international economic climate and a shifting global workforce.

He encourages today’s students to look to the future and choose a discipline that requires that emotional intelligence and human touch. He also stresses the importance of fit and finding a company that invests in employees and is committed to helping employees learn along the way. That devotion to helping employees learn informs much of his own leadership.

T.C. demands a lot from his team, which is reflective of his faith in his people and their capacity to grow. “Good leadership should look at people’s strengths, not just weaknesses,” says T.C. “Encouragement is the key—focus on the positive.”

*T.C. attended Lawrence with the English name Jan Yee. Due to a translation change, it is now Tsu Chiang Hsi.

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JOHN WIESMAN ’83 Secretary of Health for Washington State and President of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials ■ Tumwater, Wash.

John Wiesman’s to-do list reads like the nightly news. End AIDS, increase immunization rates, decrease firearm deaths, address the opioid crisis and far more. John began his career in local public health during the AIDS epidemic as an intern doing HIV counseling and testing while pursuing a master’s in chronic disease epidemiology. Now, as secretary of health for Washington, John serves on the governor’s cabinet, leading and managing an agency of 1,800 people and a biennial budget of $1 billion.

“The governor relies on me to lead my agency—he expects me to identify priorities, align resources to make a difference, manage risk and improve the health of Washingtonians. This kind of freedom, and responsibility, really motivates me to do my best,” says John.

A typical day for John is filled with meetings and can encompass a wide variety of work including evaluating public health programs, prioritizing budget needs, reviewing progress on a strategic plan, meeting with community partners or working on national issues. On any given day, he could be highlighting an issue to the governor, legislature, media or general public that needs attention; getting a policy passed that will promote health; spotlighting success staff has had in their work; or solving a constituent’s problem.

The one constant is a meeting scheduled for precisely 4:05 p.m. each day. It’s a call with his executive team to check in on calendars and touch base on hot topics. “It’s a very important daily communication that helps us quickly solve problems or deploy resources. It helps us stay connected to the whole organization and each other,” explains John.

That kind of connection is important with the enormous responsibility of John’s work—good leadership is key to running an effective agency. He describes his leadership style as pragmatic and situational. “I try to identify the problem to be solved or the better place we are trying to get to, understand the data that informs the problem and solutions and find a workable path forward given the current situation,” he explains.

“Good leadership involves hiring and supporting a great team of leaders and managers,” says John. “It is identifying the future of the organization, visualizing and communicating that future and making the case for change, leading and managing the change, monitoring the change and making necessary course corrections and supporting my staff in getting the resources they need to implement the future and letting them do their jobs.”

Self-awareness is another key to John’s approach to leadership.

“I need to listen to others, work with others to identify my blind spots and fill in for my weaknesses,” he continues. Listening is a core component of his work, both as an agency head and as a public servant. “Public health leaders need to get out and listen,” notes John. “What do people care about, what are their priorities? What is holding them back? What is already happening and how do people see us helping?”

John Wiesman ’83 instituted an infant at work policy to allow parental bonding and employees an earlier return to work if they so choose.

John was also recently elected to serve as the president of the board of directors for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, a membership organization of the 59 state and territory health officials. He runs the board of directors meetings, hires and supervises the executive director and helps establish the public policy positions. The skills needed endure, from listening, prioritizing, delegating and ensuring the organization is meeting its goals.

John credits Lawrence with helping him start to build the skills he uses every day. “Lawrence and a liberal arts education prepares leaders with critical thinking skills, a thirst for knowledge—and being clear about what we don’t know—and a curiosity,” he observes. “And, as a smaller community, Lawrence prepares leaders for the human interaction aspects of leadership,” John continues. “Finally, in my case, liberal arts fostered a passion for creating social justice in the world. All of this is important in the work I do.”

Being an effective leader, especially an effective leader in public health, also involves some self-care and staying healthy.

He says that Lawrentians should try to do the same. “Make it a habit to feed your mind, body and soul daily. It is important to have this balance and to focus on your whole being, not just your academic being. His own routine? “When I’m at my best, my day starts with exercise, breakfast and a quick look at the newspaper,” John notes. “I try to unwind on my commute home by listening to the day’s news or to music on my iPod so I can be fully present with my husband for the rest of the night.”

John’s major goal in his work is simple: achieving his vision for the future of public health, which is an adequately funded federal, state and local system that can do the job it’s supposed to do.

“I do this work to make a difference in people’s lives,” he continues. “Most of us who go into public health are looking to help create healthy individuals, families, and communities— and to decrease health disparities among people and promote health equity for all,” says John.

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Lessons in Leadership Lawrence would not be Lawrence without its incredible faculty. They lead the way in classrooms, on campus and in their fields. Three faculty members bring their expertise to bear in a multifaceted look at leadership, from the monasteries of Nepal and the villages of Sierra Leone to the stage of Memorial Chapel.

A Wise Person Examines Gold New Kinds of Leadership in Buddhism

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By Constance Kassor, assistant professor of religious studies When the Buddha passed away some 2500 years ago, he refrained from appointing a successor to lead the tradition in his absence. He is believed to have said the following regarding his teachings: “Just as a wise person examines gold by burning it, cutting it and rubbing it, so too, O monks, should you accept my words only after testing them, and not just out of respect for me.” In other words, the Buddha believed that his teachings ought to speak for themselves and that they should only be trusted after an individual had investigated them for himself or herself. As such, a singular, official leader to speak for the tradition was deemed unnecessary.

As Buddhist traditions have continued to spread across the globe, there remains no single figure who is univocally regarded as the head of Buddhism. However, individual Buddhist groups tend to form around figures who serve as leaders within their respective communities. The Dalai Lama, for example, is recognized as a leader within one sect of Tibetan Buddhism, but there are a number of other figures who are recognized as leaders within different Tibetan Buddhist communities, such as the sakya trizin and the karmapa. Zen communities in Japan, Theravada communities in Southeast Asia and ecumenical Buddhist communities in the United States similarly look to different figures as representatives of their own Buddhist traditions.

These different leaders are widely respected and are generally not seen as being in competition with one another. Buddhist traditions have survived for more than two millennia because they have been passed down from qualified teachers

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to dedicated students. Promising students, in turn, train to become teachers themselves and continue to transmit Buddhist doctrine to the next generation of students. Leaders in Buddhist communities, therefore, can presumably be placed in a lineage that traces back to their teachers, to their teachers’ teachers and so on, eventually all the way back to the historical Buddha himself.

Today, in light of an increasingly connected and globalized world, traditional Buddhist communities are finding needs for new kinds of leadership. New Buddhist leaders must not only be capable of transmitting teachings within their own communities, they must also speak multiple languages, cultivate interpersonal and problem-solving skills and even embrace technology and social media. One institution working to cultivate these kinds of leadership skills is the International Buddhist Academy (IBA) in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The IBA’s primary aim is to train a new generation of Buddhist monastic leaders. Most of the students who live there are monks who have completed their formal education; many have studied for at least a decade prior to enrolling at the IBA, having earned the equivalent of an M.A. or Ph.D. in Buddhist philosophy. After completing their formal studies in monasteries in Tibet, India and elsewhere in Nepal, monks come to the IBA in order to participate in a unique initiative called the Monastic Leadership Program. This program aims to train monks in the skills that they need in order to be effective leaders in their home monasteries, in schools and in Buddhist centers around the world. They take daily courses in foreign languages such as English and Mandarin, learn typing and computer skills and practice problem-solving and management skills.

In addition to their classes, many of the monks at the IBA take active leadership roles within the academy, running the library, managing the shared cleaning and cooking responsibilities and supervising the monastery’s reconstruction activities following

ABOVE: Participants in Field Experience in Religious Studies join Buddhist monks in Kathmandu. Constance Kassor pictured standing on the far right.

the devastating 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. Graduates of the IBA have gone on to manage Buddhist schools in India, run Buddhist centers in North America and collaborate with international groups of scholars on research and translation.

In December 2017, eight Lawrence students traveled to the IBA to study Buddhism as part of a new offering in the Department of Religious Studies. The course, Field Experience in Religious Studies, involves classwork and independent research in the fall and winter terms, as well as a period of intensive study in an immersive environment. The class spent 15 days in Nepal, living and studying at the IBA, benefitting from the expertise of monastic leaders-in-training and studying philosophy and meditation under the guidance of several senior monks. Lawrence students also lived in the monastery, where they shared meals with the monks, observed morning prayers and even helped clean the monastery grounds on the weekends.

For many, a highlight of the trip involved spending time in the IBA’s advanced English class, where Lawrence students

discussed pedagogy and shared study skills with monastic students.

Tashi Haig ’20 says of her experience, “Helping the monks with English study skills was one of my favorite interactions that I had with people on our trip. It was an interesting experience to think about a process that is so normal to us as college students and then explain it to the monks despite our vastly different cultural and learning backgrounds. It was fun seeing what we had in common when studying languages, like watching movies with subtitles to get used to hearing a spoken language and to introduce the monks to new ways of studying like making flash cards. The monks were so appreciative and nice, which made teaching them a really rewarding experience!”

Alexis Dalebroux ’18 says, “Because we were living at the IBA, we were able to spend almost every meal and any free time we wanted with the monks. I loved how open they were to discussing both culture and religion, and I really feel that we were able to learn a lot from each other.” ■

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By Matthew Arau ’97, associate director of bands and chair of music education The backstage door swings open and I confidently stride onto the stage, recognizing the ensemble with pride and inviting them to stand with a rising gesture of my left hand to acknowledge the applause from the audience in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Following a bow, I turn to the students, making eye contact with the ensemble members, reflecting on the hours of rehearsal, individual and group preparation that has gone into readying the performance we are about to create.

This is the moment of anticipation, a moment of suspense, before the initial sounds of our first piece. With the surge of adrenaline created by the stage lights, the audience and the journey leading to this peak, we wonder what magic, what emotional moments we will create tonight.

In many ways, the conductor may look like one of the last vestiges of autocratic leadership—symbolically elevated on a podium, facing the musicians, leading the tempo, nuance and expression through gesture. However, just as the style of leading organizations has evolved, the method of leading through conducting has changed over time. Years ago, it was common practice for the conductor to rule over the ensemble like a malevolent dictator, instructing the musicians how to perform every detail of the music. Often leading through fear, conductors would humiliate musicians for not being prepared, creating a confrontational atmosphere. Fortunately, as psychology and education theory have progressed, so has the methodology of leading through conducting.

Today, while the conductor serves as the artistic leader and visionary of the ensemble, they act as collaborator and guide rather than top-down, authoritarian leader. There is a vibrant, dynamic, interdependent relationship between the ensemble members and the conductor. Painting music on a canvas of silence, the conductor, who does not actually make any sound, elicits, inspires and sculpts the creation of art by the musicians themselves. Creating a continuous communication loop, the conductor and musicians exchange energy, feeling and information. The conductor is with the ensemble in the now, but also ahead of the ensemble in the future, lighting the pathway for where the musicians are headed through gesture and facial expressions. Marking the tempo, meter, dynamics and line with their baton in the right hand, the conductor physically shows the sound of the music through gestures made with the left hand, eyes, face and torso.

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In rehearsals, striving to create an atmosphere of teamwork, encouragement and mutual support, the conductor guides the musicians through the process of learning their roles within the piece and discovering how each part fits within the other parts. A musician may learn that, while at times they need to shine through the texture for a primary melody or solo line, they may later need to play a more supportive role as an accompaniment. Rehearsals create a space for listening deeply to each other’s sound and responding with care.

Recognizing that together we can achieve much more when everyone in the ensemble is empowered to think like a leader, musicians are given time during rehearsals to discuss musical issues amongst themselves. After turning the rehearsal over to the students for a couple minutes, we find that there is a profound improvement in our performance when we return to playing as a full ensemble. Outside of full ensemble rehearsal, students rehearse their music on their own in student-led sectionals. The more that conductors empower students to take responsibility for sustaining tempo and making musical decisions about intonation, phrasing and dynamics, the more energy conductors can put into leading the artistic vision.

Members of the ensemble find more purpose and fulfillment in the act of creation when they are given more responsibility and voice.

The collaborative efforts of ensemble members and conductor in rehearsals lead up to the sharing of sounding art created in real time in front of an audience at the concert. Following the upward gesture of my conducting baton, the ensemble members breathe with me and articulate their first note forming a resonant harmony that swiftly flows forward in a cascade of rhythms and notes ebbing and flowing, forming waves of sound in pursuit of the high point of the first phrase.

Throughout the performance, we are connected in a web of listening, moving, breathing and playing. Our awareness is heightened as musicians respond and adjust continuously to refine the intonation, dynamics, blend and balance of the ensemble. Together, we dance in the creation of music. 

DID YOU KNOW? In the 17th century, Jean Baptiste Lully conducted the musicians of the court of French King Louis XIV, pounding out time with a long staff, until the staff infamously missed the floor and struck his foot— causing his death from gangrene in 1687.

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Claudena Skran stands with Pa Alimony Khargo, chief of Romeni village in Sierra Leone.

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By Claudena Skran, Edwin & Ruth West Professor of Economics and Social Science and professor of government The role of traditional leaders in Africa’s past is well-known. What is less well-known is that in many places, they continue to play an important part in both politics and society. In the past, African chiefs ruled because their position was an inherited one. Now, they may be selected by the voters. Either way, they still draw on deeply rooted cultural understandings for their position and authority.

Traditional rulers in African settings have the potential to play a stabilizing role in democratic politics, especially in local politics.

According to Momodu E. Maligi ’04, chiefs are “the traditional custodians of community harmony” in his home country of Sierra Leone. Maligi, who currently serves as minister for water resources, regularly works with traditional leaders on water and sanitation projects throughout the country. Often it is up to chiefs to represent the community, negotiate for their interests and settle any disputes that arise.

In resource-rich areas of Africa, chiefs play an especially important role because they determine land tenure. Founder of The Clear Cut, Kyle Simon ’12, found out the importance of local rulers when he first entered the diamond business in Sierra Leone. “Approval of the chief was important at every step of the process,” says Simon, “from gaining access to mineral rights to employment of the local population.”

Of course, traditional rulers are not without criticism, especially as they may represent non-democratic and patriarchal cultural norms. The solution, in many places, has been to reform the chieftaincy rather than eliminate it. In Sierra Leone, for instance, chiefs are elected, but like Supreme Court justices in the United States, they serve for life terms. In addition, many of the candidates come from “ruling families” within a given chiefdom.

In addition, although most chiefs in Sierra Leone are men, women have the ability to contest for office in some places. As a result, there are a growing number of female, elected chiefs especially at the town and section levels.

In part because of structural reforms, Tom Vogel ’12, who studied traditional ruling structures for his Senior Experience, maintains that “it is clear that the chieftaincy remains a viable institution in modern Sierra Leone with benefits for many individuals.”

An example of the benefits of chiefdom rule can be seen if we considered their role during the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone.

During “Ebola Time,” May 2014 through February 2016, the important role of the chiefs became widely recognized, in part because of the failings of other kinds of leaders. Despite efforts by national and international actors including donor governments, the United Nations and humanitarian agencies, people at the local level did not respond to “medical messaging.”

As a result, Ebola, a disease that spreads through touch and close contact, continued to spread. It was only when the chiefs of Sierra Leone organized at the local level did communities curtail funerals, which normally call for the public washing of bodies. In addition, chiefs enforced by-laws that helped stop the spread of Ebola. As a result, community members quit hosting strangers in their homes, limited personal contact on public transportation and respected quarantined areas.

The hard work and dedication of chiefs in stopping Ebola became apparent to Doniell Ericksen ’17 when she interviewed Paramount Chief Joe Kangbai Macavoray III, in Tikonko Chiefdom, Bo district in July 2017. Under his leadership, the small community implemented infection control systems that quickly stopped the spread of Ebola in their village.

Regina Cornish Morales ’17 saw the passion and dedication of Pa Alimony Khargo of Romeni village, Port Loko district, as a symbol of his people. Cornish calls the chief, an Ebola survivor, “an icon for hope who used his exuberant and unforgettable personality” to help his people. Romeni only adopted infection control measures effectively once Pa Alimony returned to his village as a survivor. In the aftermath of Ebola, he continued to work tirelessly to find support for the 500 registered orphans left in the community.

In rural African villages, examples of traditional leadership abound. At the national level, African countries increasingly depend on the leadership of highly educated, technocratic administrators who manage the national economy, interface with global actors, and represent the country abroad.

Nevertheless, despite the advent of a global, high-tech age, the traditional leadership of chiefs, based on the importance of family, community and connections to the land, remains extremely important. 

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By Kelly B. Landis In the fall of 2015, Mark Jenike, associate professor of anthropology, thought he was attending another routine faculty meeting. Little did he know it would be the start of the origin story of Lawrence’s latest foray into interdisciplinarity and bringing formal leadership training to its classrooms.

Jenike had served as the Pieper Professor of Servant Leadership for four years, diving in to learning more about leadership, developing servant leadership opportunities in the Appleton community and leading a course teaching students how to translate their work as volunteers into leadership experience. As his time in the Pieper chair drew to a close, Jenike crossed paths with two thennew members of the Lawrence community: Chair of Music Education and Associate Director of Bands Matthew Arau ’97 and Director of Athletics Christyn Abaray.

sessions on leadership for members of the band. Students came, asked for more and from there a small leadership revolution was born. Since those early days, Arau has developed his leadership training portfolio well beyond one band room; he travels nationally and internationally, teaching and training school districts, music students and music teachers about student leadership.

LAWRENCE OFFERS STUDENTS SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP—IN ORGANIZATIONS, ATHLETICS, ALL ACROSS CAMPUS— BUT I SAW THE DESIRE ON THE PART OF STUDENTS FOR INSTRUCTION AND FORMAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING.”

At that fateful faculty meeting, his ears perked up when thenProvost Dave Burrows introduced Arau to his new colleagues and noted his interest in leadership. “I cornered [Arau] right at the end of that meeting,” recalls Jenike. “We started talking leadership and I grabbed him to be a guest speaker in my course. The students loved it, so I had him come back again.”

Jenike saw that same eagerness for leadership training in Lawrentians.

“Students are hungry for more guidance when it comes to leadership,” Jenike notes. “Lawrence offers students so many opportunities for leadership— in organizations, athletics, all across campus—but I saw the desire on the part of students for instruction and formal leadership training.” That crystallized after the 2016 elections.

Lawrence held a listening session for members of the campus community to share their thoughts and reactions, and Jenike and Abaray heard the outpouring from students. “There was a national conversation happening about models of leadership, and it was happening amidst angry and disenfranchising rhetoric,” notes Abaray. Jenike agrees. “I wanted to look forward and realized how important it is to teach leadership skills intentionally.”

At the same time Jenike met Arau, Lawrence announced the hiring of Abaray as the new director of athletics. “I saw the When Matthew Arau talks about his path to leadership, it is hard to miss his enthusiasm and engagement, as well as announcement of Christyn’s hire. She majored in anthropology his genuine passion for student success. His office reflects and environmental studies as an undergrad, which were my his blended interests, with books on leadership shelved next areas of interest. We even went to the same high school, albeit a few years apart,” laughs Jenike. Leadership is a strong focus to biographies of great composers and a presentation on of Abaray’s in athletics (see page 40). She is passionate about his “Four Cs of Leadership” resting on a music stand. Arau developing the whole student-athlete, including their skills found himself drawn to books about leadership for his own as leaders on and off the field. “Oftentimes, students are put personal development, but when he was thrown into heading into leadership situations, but they up an award-winning high school band program in Colorado, he started aren’t able to articulate the skills they THE FOUR Cs OF bringing those lessons to his music are using and developing,” says Abaray. room. After a challenging transition, he “Leadership is a process, not an endpoint, LEADERSHIP and we need to provide students with started holding voluntary after-school the tools to understand who they are as Character, Competence, leaders,” she notes.

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Matthew Arau ’97, Christyn Abaray and Mark Jenike

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LEADERSHIP IS A PROCESS, NOT AN ENDPOINT, AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND WHO THEY ARE AS LEADERS.” REQUIRED READING

By Nicole Witmer ’19 Lawrence University Resonance Fellow* Harry Kraemer Jr. ’77 has literally written the books on leadership. After Lawrence, he earned his M.B.A from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and joined global healthcare giant Baxter International, ultimately becoming CEO and chair of the board of directors. Today, Kraemer is back at Kellogg as clinical professor of strategy, where he was voted Professor of the Year in 2008.

Kraemer has shared his expertise outside of his classroom, authoring two bestselling leadership books: From Values to Action: The Four Principles of ValuesBased Leadership, focuses on the qualities leaders need in today’s economic and political environment.

These guiding principles are self-reflection, balance and perspective, true self-confidence and genuine humility. Kraemer draws from his own experiences to offer the new and current generations of leaders these essential principles, guaranteeing memorable and lasting results in their organizations.

In his follow-up book, Becoming the Best: Build a World-Class Organization Through Values-Based Leadership, Kraemer expands on the principles in From Values to Action and how to apply them in practical terms. He focuses on striving for the five bests: best self, best team, best partnerships, best investment and best citizen. Kraemer lays out a plan for leaders that gradually expands to the whole organization; leaders who focus on their best self will pass that success onto their team and in turn make a difference in the world by becoming the best citizen.

If you want to learn more about effective leadership, Kraemer’s books are required reading. * The Resonance Agency Fellowship is an internship program in the Office of Communications that helps Lawrentians build their professional skill set and portfolio.

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So, from Briggs Hall, Alexander Gym and the Conservatory, Jenike, Abaray and Arau came together and hatched a plan to create a formal class on leadership. The process was collaborative from the beginning. “Not only do we all get along, we hear each other, sometimes disagree and interact from three different perspectives, but always respectfully,” shares Abaray. “We demonstrate that in class, as well. We model respectful engagement and leadership with each other.” Together, they are building on Lawrence’s commitment to interdisciplinarity, bringing their expertise from the college, the conservatory and athletics to teach Practicing Leadership, a new course for the 2017–2018 academic year designed not for any one major but for every student on campus.

“Leadership skills touch every aspect of our lives,” says Arau.

“These are skills that can be learned, and no matter what you are studying they will impact you for your entire life, from jobs to relationships to parenting.”

There is no doubt about student demand. The course filled up on the first day of registration. Students were eager to “cultivate a growth mindset through study and practice of leadership, develop effective communication skills and articulate a personal philosophy of leadership informed by relevant scholarship.” Jenike, Abaray and Arau designed a class that began with assessments and explored different models of leadership. They tackled issues like gender and leadership, culture and leadership, and the ethics of leadership. Students shadowed and analyzed on-campus leaders for a final paper on real-world leadership challenges, reflected on their lessons and leadership topics through weekly journals and worked together on group presentations. The class also heard from an array of guest speakers: Robert Pederson, head of North Central Wisconsin Goodwill for 16 years; Tamika Watson Franklin ’05 and Andrew Wong ’06 from the Lawrence Board of Trustees; leadership expert Harry Kraemer ’77 and even President Mark Burstein.

The first iteration of Practicing Leadership is part of the burgeoning leadership training on campus. Lawrence now offers a program that trains upper-class students to guide new students to work effectively, improve decision-making and develop strong academic habits; leadership is an increasing part of athletics under Abaray’s direction; and leadership skills are being woven into classes like The Entrepreneurial Musician, where the Conservatory meets innovation and entrepreneurship.

But leadership training at Lawrence, like leadership itself, is a never-ending work in progress and Jenike, Abaray and Arau are excited for the opportunities that await. 

Lawrence Undergoing Accreditation Review Routine Requirement Takes Place Every 10 Years Lawrence is preparing for an accreditation review, a process that every major institution of higher learning undergoes.

Below, please find answers to some common questions about the process.

What is accreditation?

Accreditation is a process of review for ensuring that the education provided by colleges and universities meets high standards of quality. There are a variety of benchmarks, and every institution must undergo the full review process every 10 years. Lawrence is in its renewal year.

Why does it matter?

Accreditation is a mark of quality assurance. Accreditation is important both for Lawrence’s reputation and access to important funding. Graduate schools and professional programs expect applicants to have completed an appropriate course of study at an accredited institution. Accreditation is also a process for verifying compliance with federal regulations, eligibility for certain grants and federal funds, as well as encouraging institutional and educational improvement.

Who is our accrediting agency?

Lawrence is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the regional agency that accredits degree-granting institutions in 19 states in the northern and central part of the U.S. Regional accreditation is the standard for academicallyoriented nonprofit institutions like Lawrence.

What does the accreditation review entail?

Accreditation involves a variety of submissions, including documents and evidence, as well as invitations for the public to submit comments to the HLC. Representatives from peer institutions will review Lawrence’s materials, visit the campus and produce a report that the HLC uses to determine our accreditation status.

Students take part in the 2018 Winter Carnival. Photo credit: Billy Liu ’18

Lawrence University is seeking comments from the public about the college in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The college will host a visit October 1–2, 2018, with a team representing the Higher Learning Commission. Lawrence University has been accredited by HLC since 1913. The team will review the institution’s ongoing ability to meet HLC’s criteria for accreditation.

The public is invited to submit comments regarding the college to the following address: Public Comment on Lawrence University Higher Learning Commission 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500 Chicago, IL 60604-1411 The public may also submit comments on HLC’s website at www.hlcommission.org/comment.

All comments must be received by August 31, 2018.

When is Lawrence’s review taking place?

Fall 2018. Lawrence’s materials will be submitted by September 1. The site visit will take place October 1–2.

Comments on Lawrence’s accreditation are due to the HLC on August 31.

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By Kelly B. Landis

Fifty years ago, an uncommon feature of Lawrence, the Lawrence University Community Council, was born. LUCC is far more than the typical student government; it is a “coequal branch” and integral part of the university’s shared governance model. It even includes a position on the Lawrence Board of Trustees.

LUCC makes decisions that shape the campus for every member of the community; it has the power of the purse, chartering and funding every official student organization. It hears community concerns, not just from students but also faculty and staff. Class and faculty representatives join a cabinet to compose the LUCC.

In the wake of the 2018 LUCC elections, Lawrence sat down with four members of the LUCC cabinet to hear their views on the role of LUCC, some of the inner workings, what it means to be a campus leader and the values that inform their approach to leadership. They are: Lewis Berger ’18, outgoing president; Naomi Oster ’18, outgoing vice president; Colleen Murray ’20, vice president-elect* and current finance secretary; and Lauren McLester-Davis ’18, outgoing chair of the Committee on Diversity Affairs.

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What is your role on LUCC? Lewis: I’m the president, so I chair the steering committee. We approve the recognition of all of the student organizations on campus, appoint the student members of the seven LUCC standing committees and we help a lot with guiding legislation. If there’s an issue with a student organization, they can come in and talk with us about that.

I chair the general council and I also sit on the Board of Trustees as a student representative, so I get to be involved in a lot of different spaces.

Naomi: I’m the vice president, so I run finance. I oversee our budget and the finance committee. We have a little less than half a million dollars at the end of spring term to budget out for the next school year. I deal with all of the funding for all of the student organizations, staying in contact with them.

ABOVE: Members of the LUCC during a recent meeting. Photo Credit: Emma S. Gilshannon ’21

Lauren: I chair CODA, the Committee on Diversity Affairs. CODA works to empower the voices of marginalized students on campus, and we partner with a lot of diversity groups, student organizations that have certain affinities for different groups, and we help them with events. We also work with the President’s Committee on Diversity Affairs to look at current policies and the ways that we can long-term change the inclusivity of this community for future Lawrentians and current students, as well.

Colleen: I currently serve as the finance secretary. I set up meetings with the treasurers of organizations who are requesting funding. I also work with cabinet as a whole in implementing legislation, updating old legislation and just generally

FROM TOP LEFT CLOCKWISE: Lewis Berger ’18; Lauren McLester-Davis’18; Colleen Murray ’20 and Naomi Oster ’18

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looking forward to what we can do to help the Lawrence community. As vice president, I will serve as a leader to the students as well as chairing the finance committee and in general being there to amplify the voices of the students in our community and making sure they are heard by the right people and making sure that we are working together to make changes as necessary.

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YOU WILL NEVER FIND A LACK OF LEADERSHIP AT LAWRENCE OR A LACK OF STUDENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.” What do you think is the role of LUCC in the campus community?

Naomi: I think that LUCC’s role on campus is to keep student life running in a lot of ways and obviously to represent the student body. Its most important role is as a forum where people can bring complaints, issues and, if we don’t solve it in the moment, we work on it for as long as we can.

Colleen: From my time being finance secretary on the LUCC cabinet, I’ve learned that though everyone has their individual roles, we all really are working together to further common goals for the Lawrence community.

Lewis: We really hope to be an open forum for people to come in and either bring their own issues or give their input on issues that we have already been discussing.

Lauren: I think this model of government for this institution empowers the voices of students. That is the primary concern.

A joint network of faculty and staff and students working together for their community as a whole is not the reason I chose to come to Lawrence, but it definitely is a reason that I think people should choose it! I am going to graduate school now, and I realize how much I am going to miss this ability to work with people in my community to make it a better place.

Why did you decide to tackle the responsibility of what sounds like a big job?

Lauren: I didn’t really know that I wanted this position until I got it, but it has really suited me! I have been passionate about having equal opportunities for everyone across campus and advocating for equity of individuals, especially as a student. My own personal identities have led me to be passionate about seeing where there is inequity, and this position has a lot of opportunity to focus on how to make campus more equitable.

Lewis: I have been in a lot of different things. Captain of the soccer team, I had been involved in MARS, Men Against Rape and Sexism. I had been involved in the Volunteer Center, Greek life … I had bits and pieces of all these different things.

I had been chair of an LUCC committee so I was looking for my next step. The previous president had talked to me about potentially running for president, and I decided that made a lot of sense to me. A culmination of all the things I have done, and I thought it would be a good way to continue helping 22

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others and step up to help the Lawrence community, which has definitely done a lot for me.

Colleen: I initially decided to apply for cabinet because I had been involved in a lot of student governance in high school and I wanted to find a way to be involved with that at Lawrence because that’s where I feel really in my element. After getting that position and working very closely with the rest of the cabinet, I had a much deeper understanding and respect for the work that everyone is doing; I wanted to further that, which is why I decided to run.

Naomi: I think that my road to LUCC … I found it laughable at first that I would step into this position a year ago. I had my senior year mapped out. I was going to chair SAASHA, which is the Student Alliance Against Sexual Harassment and Assault. It’s the policy and advocacy work and activism that I do on campus most passionately. And then last winter a couple people came up to me and said, “Hey, you should think about this!” and I just kind of thought it was silly. I had no LUCC experience; my main interaction with LUCC had been basically yelling at them. And then Lewis did some convincing, and a lot of other people did, too, basically saying that my position on campus is an advocate for students, and where else can I best serve my community?

What does being a campus leader mean to you?

Lewis: Before LUCC, I saw the potential that was there but I think there was a big difference in having actually had that experience. I was confident that I would at least be able to listen to people, and a big thing that made me feel more comfortable about doing it was when Naomi and I were able to talk about it, and we really felt like we were going be a team rather than president up here, vice president down there.

Naomi: I didn’t even see myself as like a leader on campus, which I now think is a little naïve.

Lewis (laughing): Very naïve!

Naomi: I just didn’t think about it. I think that all of the activism or responsibility that I had on campus never seemed to be a role that I needed; it was something that was necessary to do. Also, I can be critical of myself. But this past year I’ve learned that I think that I am the best person for the job. I have learned the value of being quiet. In our role in LUCC, Lewis and I do not vote, it’s all the class reps. It’s very important to us that they are leading the conversation. Our roles are to make sure that everyone’s voices are heard and that people are being respectful and to bring up points that people haven’t thought of.

Lewis: Yeah, especially with my involvement in sports, I always thought of leadership as leading by example, so if

you’re discussing an issue, be the one who’s leading the discussion and making points and bringing issues to the forefront right away. And similar to Naomi, I’ve learned that’s not always the most effective way to lead. We’ve done a good job this year of stepping back and bringing up issues when they need to be brought up but letting others lead the discussion.

Colleen: Leadership to me means listening. It means getting a good understanding of what other people need from you, because you can’t lead if you don’t know the people who you are trying to lead and who you are trying to help. I think a lot of leadership is using your resources to help other people get their voices heard and to help other people find the right way to further the work that they want to be doing for the community.

Lauren: I think I started to recognize myself as a figure on campus when random people who I’ve never met knew my name! That was an interesting turning point.

You host these events, you have these big discussions and you help with these large movements on campus and people know your name. You have to get to know their name somehow. And being a chair is having your own vision but also being able to hear from the students and focus your vision on what people need in the community—that is the main goal.

We are really all leaders at the end of the day. We’re all role models for different reasons. Different students across campus are role models for different things.

Naomi: Our LUCC right now is 1,000 different perspectives—international students, domestic students.

Students from all around the country, all different backgrounds, and it is so inspiring to be around them and to be led by them. You will never find a lack of leadership at Lawrence or a lack of students who are willing to do the work that is so important to all of us. 

In the coming weeks and months, Colleen will be involved in selecting a cabinet and learning the ropes from Lewis, Naomi and Dean of Students Curt Lauderdale. Lewis, Naomi and Lauren will be bringing their leadership skills and passion for helping others to their lives after Lawrence: Lewis is interviewing for opportunities in consulting, Naomi wants to explore a career in education or education policy and Lauren is heading to graduate school in neuroscience. * As this issue was going to print, Colleen was stepping into the role of president-elect. Elections to fill the position of vice president-elect will be held before the end of winter term.

FOUNDING FATHER First President of LUCC Steven Ponto ’69 Reflects on the Early Days of LUCC I am grateful to Lawrence for the opportunity to be involved in helping to establish an innovative campus government while I was there; that experience has certainly impacted my life and I marvel that it has been 50 years already and am proud that LUCC is still around and functioning.

Prior to LUCC, Lawrence had a Student Senate which was a good organization but didn’t have any real authority over campus life. The Student Senate had been working on the LUCC concept, and that work continued in earnest after I was elected president in my junior year. The idea behind LUCC was to emphasize that there was a campus community at Lawrence, and representatives of the faculty and students should be able to make decisions about the rules governing campus life. I worked closely with Dean Francis Broderick, in particular, to refine a proposal that was put to and approved by students and faculty. I was then elected the first president of LUCC. Originally, student representatives on LUCC each had one vote and faculty representatives each had two votes. The faculty had the majority of votes in the beginning, and I believe that was helpful to establish the organization’s credibility. Dr. William Chaney and Dean Kenneth Vanderbush were original members of LUCC, and both made substantial contributions to LUCC in its early days.

It may seem quaint now, but one of the big issues at the time involved visitation rules for members of the opposite sex in dormitories. There were only single-sex dormitories at Lawrence in the late 1960s. Each dormitory had its own council, and I remember talking with the head of the Trever Hall council about how the visitation rules should be made. Based on those discussions, I decided the best approach was to have legislation from LUCC allowing each dorm to decide on its own rules within certain constraints. In fact, some dorms allowed each floor of the dorm to decide on their rules. This recognized that different dorms, and even different floors, would have different preferences. It also shared the decision-making with different levels of government— i.e., LUCC and each dorm council. (Concern with the organization and theory of government has continued throughout my life—as mayor of the City of Brookfield, Wis., I am constantly concerned about preserving local control by municipalities.)

My time at Lawrence gave me an interest and enthusiasm for good government, which has continued for all these years. I earned a master’s in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and worked briefly for the federal government and the Wisconsin state government prior to earning my law degree from the University of Wisconsin.

While I practiced law in the private sector for 31 years, I was involved in government and politics as a volunteer. In 1998, I was elected an alderman in the City of Brookfield and in 2010 I was elected mayor. I was re-elected mayor in 2014, and I am running for re-election unopposed this year. After a career of practicing law, I am delighted to serve as mayor of Brookfield!

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FROM THE ARCHIVES 50 YEARS OF LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY COUNCIL

By Erin Dix ’08, university archivist May 6, 2018, marks the 50th anniversary of the first meeting of the Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC). Growing frustrations with their lack of influence over rules and regulations for student life led the thenexisting student government body, the Student Senate, to propose a new model in 1967.

Students overwhelmingly approved the proposal in a referendum, and final approval was granted by the faculty in the spring of 1968. With both student and faculty representatives, the new LUCC had primary responsibility for all non-academic issues of governance. Fifty years later, LUCC remains an essential component of shared governance at Lawrence.

ABOVE: A list of the earliest legislation passed by LUCC (from 1968 to about 1971) encompassed everything from demonstration policies to dress regulations. This was a period of rapid change in student life at Lawrence, mirrored at colleges all over the country.

RIGHT: Until the opening of the Warch Campus Center in 2009, all LUCC meetings took place in Riverview Lounge in the Memorial Union (now the home of the Diversity Center). This photograph shows an early meeting, circa 1969.

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LEFT: An excerpt from a memorandum to the faculty from the Committee on Administration characterizes the creation of LUCC as a “bold cautious step forward.”

Faculty approved the proposal on April 1, 1968, with only four dissenting votes.

VOICES INSIDEVIKING LAWRENCE Jerald Podair, Robert S. French Professor of American Studies and professor of history

Marcia Bjørnerud, Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Studies and professor of geology

“The Battle of the Sexes was as important to the development of women’s sports in the United States as was Title IX itself. This was because Billie Jean King was a sports personality with such broad appeal that she could ‘sell’ the idea of women’s sports to a national audience.”

“We’ve Still Got a Long Way to Go, Baby” Associated Press column marking the anniversary of the Battle of the Sexes.

Peter Glick, Henry Merritt Wriston Professor in the Social Sciences “The ‘Me Too’ movement has exposed the truth: All women are at risk and the victims are not at fault. It has also inspired a great show of unity among women, which itself is a clear sign that women are feeling more powerful. But all of us (both men and women) must reject and transcend the stereotypes that divide women into competing ‘types’ as we band together to categorically reject harassment and bullying.”

“How Stereotypes Divide and Conquer Women” Op-ed in the Boston Globe

David Gerard, John R. Kimberly Distinguished Professor of the American Economic System “Many of our students enroll because we deliberately foster interaction between the college and the fine arts. One of our recent economics graduates performed in operas during his time here, and he now runs a company that manufactures and distributes LED lighting.

Another economics major had leading roles in campus plays and is now earning her graduate business degree at Duke. These stories are not unusual. They represent a central reason why students choose to attend a small college.”

“Extend the Exemption for the Endowment Tax” Op-ed in Inside Higher Ed

“According to Aztec cosmology, Earth had come through four great ages, or Suns, before the present era. Each had ended in cataclysm. The Fifth Sun, our world, would be the last, destined to be destroyed completely in a series of great earthquakes. By coincidence, the Aztecs may unwittingly have created a self-fulfilling prophecy in their seismically star-crossed siting of what would become one of the world’s largest cities.”

“The Strange Tectonic Coincidence of Mexico’s September Earthquakes” essay for The New Yorker

Kimberly Barrett, vice president for diversity and inclusion “Finally, recognizing the only behavior we can control is our own, we would, as individuals, be willing to take the first step in the healing that needs to occur among various groups. This takes having the courage to be a bit vulnerable, moving beyond fear, anger and outrage in order to reach out to those who we consider different.”

“A New Social Contract to Heal Our Divisions” Op-ed in the Appleton Post-Crescent

Terry Gottfried, professor of psychology “[C]onsiderable recent research … suggests musical experience is related not only to improved second language speech perception, but also to improved phonetic perception in one’s first language and in better recognition of speech in noise.”

“Is There a Musical Method for Interpreting Speech?” article in Science Daily

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RENOVATIONS TO LAWRENCE’S HOME ON THE WEB THIS IS A HUGE TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT THAT I’M REALLY Lawrence’s home on the web is undergoing some exciting renovations. The university is revamping its department and Conservatory studio pages to better showcase what makes PROUD OF. THERE IS IMPRESSIVE learning at Lawrence so special. The redesign highlights the opportunities students have TECHNOLOGY BOTH IN THE TOUR engaged learning both on and off-campus, as well as the exciting paths that await them AND UNDER THE HOOD. LAWRENCE for in their life after Lawrence. The new pages are also optimized for mobile to meet users TACKLED SOMETHING THAT HAS where they are—in 2016, mobile browsing surpassed desktop browsing.

BEEN THE PROVINCE OF HUGE Lawrence also launched a virtual tour, which features a “walking” tour of the Appleton COMPANIES WITH ENORMOUS campus. Visitors can explore Lawrence, even stepping inside of buildings, through BUDGETS AND immersive 360-degree views, aerial shots, narration and more. “This is a huge SUCCEEDED technological achievement that I’m really proud of,” says Jay Dansand ’08, a senior web THROUGH TALENT developer at Lawrence. “There is impressive technology both in the tour and under the hood. Lawrence tackled something that has been the province of huge companies with AND INGENUITY enormous budgets and succeeded through talent and ingenuity to create something TO CREATE really cutting edge,” Dansand continues.

SOMETHING In addition to the staff across campus involved in the project, Lawrence students played REALLY CUTTING important roles. David Jaglowski ’17 tackled audio editing and creating the scaffolding EDGE.” for the tour while Joe Johnson ’17 provided the first round of narration. Lawrence will be expanding on the virtual tour to include glimpses of the other pieces of “Three campuses, one Lawrence”—Björklunden and London Centre, in addition to new stops in Appleton.

If you want to revisit your old stomping grounds or see how they have changed, you can take the virtual tour by visiting go.lawrence.edu/magazinetour.

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* Lawrence University does not require standardized test scores for admission or scholarship. Scores shown are for the entire enrolled population.

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I LOVE THAT LAWRENCE HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK YET AGAIN BECAUSE IT UNDERSCORES THE LIFETIME OF BENEFITS THAT A LAWRENCE EDUCATION PROVIDES.”

LAWRENCE SHOWCASED IN PRINCETON REVIEW Lawrence University has been named one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price by The Princeton Review. Lawrence was profiled in the justpublished 2018 edition of Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck.

In its profile, The Princeton Review editors praised Lawrence for its “stunning 9:1 student-to-faculty ratio” and “surprisingly large number of international students.”

Lawrence students surveyed by the company described Lawrence as a place where “even the smallest idea is considered on a grand scale” and professors “treat us more like academic peers.”

In addition to its inclusion in the book, Lawrence also ranked seventh out of 25 Impact Schools based on student ratings and responses to survey questions covering community service opportunities, student government, sustainability efforts and on-campus student engagement as well as the percentage of alumni from each school that reported having high job meaning.

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Coming to Lawrence, I don’t think I could have envisioned the person I am today. I couldn’t have imagined being involved in research opportunities with professors, studying the tenuity of Bach or Beethoven or even being a part of Greek life. Words cannot convey how thankful I am for those that support the Lawrence Fund. Without them, I would not have had the opportunity to be a student at Lawrence where I have gained and learned so much.”

—Evan Stroud ’21 Milwaukee

Support students like Evan with your gift to the Lawrence Fund today!

920-832-6548 • go.lawrence.edu/giving

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MOVING DAY Move-in Day had some competition this past summer when Lawrence moved an entire Queen Anne-style home built in 1901 in the name of historic preservation. The 2,700 squarefoot house took a ride down Union Street into the City Park Historic District. Lawrence has owned the home since 1928 and it has a storied past with the campus. Once the residence of Ted Cloak, the legendary founder of Lawrence’s theatre arts department, the home’s top floor was the birthplace of local production company Attic Theatre, which was created by Cloak’s wife, Zoe. It has been used for student housing for more than the past 10 years.

A move of any size takes planning, but moving an entire house is a combination of art and science. The process included the installation of steel beams, using a unified hydraulic jacking system to lift the house four feet above the foundation and installing remote-control power dollies and coaster dollies on a track built in the basement. The house was driven off the foundation to its new site all by remote control. The process involved working not only with DeVooght House and Building Movers, who have expertise in moving historic buildings, but also the City of Appleton, including the forester, to ensure that the project would not cause harm to the trees that line Union Street.

Once renovations are complete, the house will serve as the residence of Lawrence’s new provost, Catherine Kodat.

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JOHN HOLIDAY WINS PRESTIGIOUS OPERA AWARD

CANTALA SHOWCASES TALENTS AT CHORAL DIRECTORS’ CONFERENCE For the third time in eight years, Cantala—the Lawrence University women’s choir—will be a featured performer at the American Choral Directors Association Conference. Cantala is one of only two collegiate choirs invited to perform, and conductor Phillip Swan likens the honor to winning a Grammy, an Oscar or an NCAA title.

LAWRENCE MUSICIANS GARNER ACCOLADES Students also earned accolades. This fall, three Lawrence University instrumentalists captured first-place honors at the 2017 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Wisconsin state competition held at Lawrence. The performance competition recognizes exceptionally talented young artists and their teachers in their pursuit of musical excellence.

Nicholas Suminski ’18, Williamsburg, Mich., earned first-place honors in the young artist piano division. Flutist Ned Martenis ’18, West Newton, Mass., won the young artist woodwind competition and Robert Graziano ’21, Kenmore, N.Y., won the senior division piano competition.

Awards season has come to the Conservatory! Lawrence University Assistant Professor of Music John Holiday has won the prestigious Marian Anderson Vocal Award. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Washington National Opera present the award every two years to a young singer of particular promise.

In naming Holiday, the Kennedy Center and WNO called him “one of opera’s brightest rising stars.” The Washington Post describes Holiday as “one of the sweetest-voiced countertenors I’ve encountered, with a mellifluous sound supported by clean crisp diction.” As part of the award, Holiday performed in recital at the Kennedy Center in February and will create a learning program for an educational residency at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.’s public arts magnet high school.

John Holiday says of his award, “As an African American in the world of opera, I cannot begin to express how much receiving this award means to me. Marian Anderson stepped through the door so that so many of us could follow her, and I am forever grateful.”

On the vocal front, five students earned first-place honors at the annual Wisconsin chapter of the National Association of Teachers and Singing (NATS) competition held Nov. 2–4 at UW–Stevens Point: Nick Fahrenkrug ’20, Davenport, Iowa, won his second straight NATS title, capturing the men’s second-year college classical division; Emily Austin ’20, Washington, D.C., earned the women’s second-year college classical division; Martha Hellermann ’18, Shorewood, Wis., took the women’s fourth-year college classical division; Reever Julian ’21, Chicago, won the men’s first-year college classical division and Sarah Schofield ’21, West Lafayette, Ind., garnered first-place honors in the women’s first-year college classical division.

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BOO KS BOO KS Shelved: A Memoir of Aging in America Sue Matthews Petrovski ’54

This memoir examines life in a senior living community. When her husband was diagnosed with dementia, author Sue Matthews Petrovski made the decision to sell her family house and move into a senior living community with her husband. Writing about the events taking place in the home, Petrovski documents the successes and failures within America’s elder services care through extensive research demonstrating the cultural values of the elderly. By digging into the complex system of elderly services, Petrovski offers numerous solutions for a better quality of life within these communities.

Law journals/reviews Robert Spoo ’79 Author Robert Spoo contributes to leading law journal, the Standard Law Review, entitled “Courtesy Paratexts: Informal Publishing Norms and the Copyright Vacuum in Nineteenth-Century America.” Highlighting the lack of copyright laws to protect foreign authors, Spoo writes about the informal practice known as the “courtesy of the good” among publishers of the time. He also wrote for the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal with a piece titled “The Uncoordinated Public Domain,” focusing on the balance of international copyright laws, authors’ rights (particularly James Joyce) and public domain.

Both articles offer an interesting glimpse at the changing laws surrounding copyright and publishing.

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Faculty Books Debussy’s Paris: Portraits of the Belle Époque Catherine Kautsky, George and Marjorie Olsen Chandler Professor of Music

In her first book, Professor of Music Catherine Kautsky explores Paris during the period between the Franco-Prussian War (1871) and World War I (1914), or the “Belle Époque” period. Kautsky pairs the city’s passions and vices with the music of Claude Debussy. This combination reveals the most appealing aspects of Paris through music as well as the darker sides of colonization, hostile nationalism and racism.

Teaching with Respect: Inclusive Pedagogy for Choral Directors Stephen Sieck, Lawrence University choral director This book takes a close look at an ethical approach to teaching choral music that is focused on respecting singers and their own life experiences. Sieck acknowledges and examines how everything from instruction to repertoire choices are intersected with singers’ identities, sexuality, religion, ethnicity and much more.

Though the book mainly analyzes teaching with choral directors, its lessons apply to all educators.

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Door County Winter Wonderland At any time of year Björklunden is a wondrous place for retreat, reflection and renewal, but there is something special about winter at Lawrence’s northern campus. The mighty waters of Lake Michigan are tranquil beneath the ice; snow drapes the birches, firs and Boynton Chapel, and inside the lodge, fires roar as students immerse themselves in languages, music and camaraderie.

Photo Credit: Bailey E. Koepsel, Assistant Director of Björklunden

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Members of the Oneida Nation Dancers cross College Ave. They held a demonstration on Main Hall Green that showcased dances, drumming and lessons about the history, movement and music behind the pow-wow tradition as part of Lawrence’s celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.

Photo Credit: Paul Wilke

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LAWRENCE GOES AROUND THE CORNER Wisconsin Public Television featured Lawrence University and Appleton in one of its signature programs, Around the Corner with John McGivern. In an episode that premiered on January 18, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Ken Anselment appeared on camera, treating host John McGivern to a lively and informative tour of campus. The program also examined how intertwined Lawrence is with Appleton’s past and present.

Instagram: @lawrenceuni Sunset over Warch Campus Center

Around the Corner says that “If the Fox Cities were a state, Appleton would be the capital. Energetic, busy, vibrant, loaded with friendly, smart people—it’s our kind of place.” For glimpses of campus and the community, as well as to learn a little more about Lawrence’s Appleton home, be sure to check out Around the Corner. The episode is available online at https://tinyurl.com/lawrencecorner.

Instagram: @lawrenceuni

Being a service dog is hard work so it sure is nice I can sleep on the job when I know my trainer isn’t in a stressful situation! Later I might learn to wake up to scent cues to let my owner know their blood sugar is low or they are about to have a seizure. #LUtakeover

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Last night, Lawrentians in the D.C. area gathered for a behind-the-scenes look at the @nmaahc (Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture). Thank you to Timothy Anne Burnside ’02 for sharing your time, insight and inspiration with us.

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: You Are Here, Community Caryatids and We Are Here Photo credit: Liz Boutelle

Rob Neilson connects community, new exhibition center through his public art When the city of Appleton threw a grand-opening party for its new $31.9 million downtown exhibition center, Lawrence University Frederick R. Layton Professor of Art Rob Neilson’s talents were one of the building’s star attractions.

Three projects of Neilson’s—You Are Here, We Are Here and Community Caryatids—provide an artistic connection between the 30,000-square-foot facility, the people and communities who built it and the visitors it will serve.

Neilson proved he’s not only highly creative, he can also work fast. From the time he was first selected for the art commission from among three finalists, he only had 10 months to complete all three projects.

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comprising 10,000 photographs of Fox Valley community members, is one that will stay with him forever.

“The project really was me in the community, talking with people, meeting with people, people collaborating with us, telling us how happy they were,” he said. “That was meaningful in a way I wasn’t prepared for, and it was a great surprise.

“It’s profound when it’s something in the place I’ve been living for 15 years. It’s the only home my kids know. This is our hometown. This is where we live. I go through those photos, and I know these are my neighbors, my friends, people I work with, people I’ve met, people I interacted with.

I don’t know how many opportunities we get to experience that kind of thing in our lives. But I’m fortunate to have had that opportunity, and I will never forget that.”

LEARN, SERVE AND CELEBRATE This year, Lawrence once again celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a day of service. Lawrentians volunteered on- and off-campus, heard from speakers and recognized the life and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. through community service.

Off campus, students traveled to nonprofit organizations in Appleton, engaging in activities ranging from sorting donations in support of people with differing abilities and those without permanent housing to engaging kids and the elderly around activities in art, music and dance. They cared for animals at a local shelter and even winterized hoop houses at an urban farm. On campus, students baked treats for local shelters, made blankets for community members without housing, wrote letters of encouragement to patients going through chemotherapy and planted seeds to support LU’s very own SLUG garden.

The campus also heard from Aly Wane, an undocumented organizer originally from Senegal. His work has focused on antiwar organizing, as well as racial and economic justice issues. He provided a keynote address, Those Who Have Been Left Out, focusing on the need for a better understanding of the concept of citizenship and global citizenship during the evening capstone celebration in Lawrence Memorial Chapel.

TOP TO BOTTOM: Audience joins hands during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration; Organizer Aly Wane speaks in Lawrence Memorial Chapel as Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Kimberly Barrett looks on; students bake treats for local shelters.

Photo credits: Liz Boutelle (top and right) and Billy Liu (left)

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CONSERVATORY CREATES IMMERSIVE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE WITH KALEIDOSCOPE6

By Nicole Witmer ’19 This fall, the Lawrence Conservatory of Music presented Kaleidoscope6 to the Appleton community. Drawing its inspiration from the continually shifting patterns and changes of a kaleidoscope, 15 ensembles seamlessly transitioned from piece to piece, from symphony orchestra to saxophone quartet to choir. These ensembles highlight the musical talents of 300 Lawrence students, each with their own unique sound, through performances ranging from Bernstein to Balinese gamelan.

Showcased at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, the 75-minute musical extravaganza entertained a packed house.

The audience was made up of Lawrentians, the Appleton community and the families of Lawrentians in town for family weekend.

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As meaningful as the performace was to the audience, it was also special to those performing. Kin Le ’18 from Hanoi, Vietnam, a soprano in Lawrence’s Concert Choir, called Kaleidoscope “the most exciting moment that performers and audience can experience together.” The fluidity of the performances mesmerized the audience and because Kaleidoscope unconventionally uses all the space in the theatre, the audience becomes a part of the show.

Performance-goers were treated to a symphony orchestra onstage, choirs singing at the base of the stage and rotating ensembles on the left, right and back balconies. This created a musical immersion; the audience focused on the sound without seeing where it is coming from.

This was the sixth iteration of Kaleidoscope, and the second time it was helmed by Andrew Mast, Kimberly-Clark Professor of Music, associate dean of the Conservatory and director of bands. Mast focused on capturing sounds from across the globe. “Virtually every area of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music is represented in this 75-minute presentation of non-stop, back-to-back performances. If music was food, Kaleidoscope is a buffet of the largest and richest variety,� said Mast.

Photo credits: Paul Wilke (above), Liz Boutelle (right)

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Steering the Ship

By Kelly B. Landis

Director of Athletics Christyn Abaray will ask you about your dog; it just depends on the moment.

“My job is to know other people. I have 13 head coaches. I have 13 different ways to deliver a message. That’s not me being fake, that’s me understanding my audience, understanding how to reach them where they need to be reached,” says Abaray. “One person may want to chat about pets or family; another might want to get right down to business. I’ll flex towards that, but I’ll also push at some point—I am going to ask how your sick dog is doing because even if you don’t want to talk about it, you’ll know I asked.”

WE AS PEOPLE SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON THINKING OF HOW TO MOTIVATE OTHERS WHEN IT IS MORE, IN MY OPINION, HOW TO INFLUENCE, HOW TO INSPIRE THEM TO FIND THEIR OWN MOTIVATION. SELF-MOTIVATION IS REALLY WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO DO BETTER.” Flexing comes up a lot when Abaray, who is both engaged and engaging, talks about leadership. It’s central to her approach of knowing people, knowing their styles and knowing how to influence them to be their best, skills that she draws on every day as she drives a renewal of Vikings Athletics. Abaray is a big believer in motivation—not the locker room speech at the center of every sports movie climax, but self-motivation.

“We as people spend so much time on thinking of how to motivate others when it is more, in my opinion, how to influence, how to inspire them to find their own motivation,” she observes. “Self-motivation is really what drives people to do better.”

Leadership is both a passion and a vocation for her. She got her first taste of formal leadership training when, as a young assistant athletic director, she was selected to be a facilitator at a leadership institute for student athletes. “I was sucked in hook, line and sinker,” recalls Abaray.

“Everything about it spoke to me, how powerful we all are, how inspiring and influential we all are on each other. How we can all get better every day by being a little more self-aware.”

She stresses the need for a growth mindset, doing your homework so you are prepared for what lies ahead, and the willingness of a leader to be a follower to let the team grow and shine.

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The Lawrence Department of Athletics is led by Christyn Abaray (in white) and encompasses the coaching staff, athletic trainers and athletic media relations.

The Lawrence Department of Athletics staff is made up of, front row, from left, Lisha Zill, Jason Fast, Christyn Abaray, Mike Szkodzinski and Joe Vanden Acker; second row, Ashley Rottier, Will Greer, Jason Anderson, Michael Hall, Matt Schoultz and Ashley Wellman; and back row, Phil Grams, Chris Cunningham, Brandon Zemke, Rob McCarthy, Pat McCadden, Drew Fleek, Steve Francour and Kim Tatro.

Abaray’s leadership is also rooted in values. She has her team working together to come up with a shared values statement that can guide the mission and work of the athletics department, which is ultimately about the whole student. “We are the ‘sweatiest of the liberal arts,’ as Mark Burstein would say,” she laughs. As athletics director, Abaray has many goals for Viking Athletics including increasing recruitment and retention of student athletes and creating a path for individual programs to build and thrive. She is also excited to help Lawrence expand on its formal leadership training [see page 16] for students so they can articulate the skills they are developing. “We need to help the students bridge that gap—good leaders need to be able to walk the walk and talk the talk.”

“Leadership is a journey,” says Abaray. “Nobody has ever definitively achieved ‘leadership’; it is a journey we are all on and the process through which we can become more effective at whatever it is we choose to do.”

DiSC FEVER In addition to guiding her own staff and department, Abaray also shares her years of training with departments across campus, introducing them to the DiSC assessment, a behavioral-based leadership theory.

“DiSC really goes into figuring out who you are and flexing toward another person depending on their styles.” DiSC has four quadrants, and people fall into categories or combinations of dominance, influence, steadiness and conscientiousness.

Photo Credit: Rachel Crowl

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How Far One Can Go Lawrence Cross Country Champion Josh Janusiak Leads the Way

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By Joe Vanden Acker, director of athletic media relations

Josh Janusiak ’19 is a philosophy major at Lawrence University, but his heart powers the soul of a poet.

T.S. Eliot once wrote, “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

Those words ring true with Janusiak, Lawrence’s star distance runner, a four-time Midwest Conference champion, holder of multiple school and league records and a qualifier for the NCAA Division III Championships. The junior from South Milwaukee, Wis., put together a dominant cross country season by seeing just how far and fast he could go, and he is the driving force for the Lawrence cross country and track programs.

“Josh is definitely an all-around leader. He shows a lot of care and compassion for his teammates. At the same time, he shows them the way,” Lawrence cross country and track and field coach Jason Fast said.

“He’s not only an extremely successful runner, he’s a successful student, he’s a CORE leader on campus, he’s a SAAC [Student-Athlete Advisory Committee] representative. It’s not the only thing he does.”

Janusiak stars in the classroom with a 3.9 grade point average, has won the last two Midwest Conference titles in cross country and picked up a pair of conference track titles in 2017.

“I would call myself mostly a leader by example because of the times I’ve run,” Janusiak said.

“That’s what people aim for, place and time. I’m a good person to look to. People can see what I do, health-wise, eating-wise, training-wise. Everyone keeps each other in check, and we have different leaders in different ways, and that’s the leadership niche I fall into.”

After a pause, Janusiak adds, “This might stem from being a philosophy major. I’m critical of a lot of things, not necessarily in a bad way. I’m evaluating how

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I feel and how the team is doing in all the different suspects of integrating running into a lifestyle.

When something could be done differently, I’m not afraid to say it.”

Janusiak shows what greatness looks like every day and especially on race day. He won four events during the cross country season, including the Midwest Conference Championships. Janusiak is the first Lawrence runner to win back-to-back league titles since Lawrence Hall of Famer Eric Griffin ’86 did it in 1984 and 1985.

Janusiak followed that with a scorching performance at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional, breaking the Lawrence record set by Hall of Famer Jim Miller ’80 and setting a new conference record. Janusiak qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships, finishing just four seconds shy of the final All-America spot.

“Josh challenges himself every day,” Fast said.

“He’s not asking any more of himself during a race than he does on a daily basis. He trains extremely hard, and he has a really great mental approach to how he competes.”

“My expectations for myself were actually a little lower in terms of what times I thought I would realistically run,” Janusiak said of the cross country season. “I run by effort all the time and as long as I do what I need to do, I just figure I’ll be ready for the races. When I raced, I was focusing less on time and more on dispersing my energy evenly throughout the race.”

Janusiak, who won the 5,000 meters indoors and the 10,000 meters outdoors at the 2017 MWC Track and Field Championships, has set a high standard for the Lawrence programs. Fast believes that standard is one the rest of the team can embrace.

Josh Janusiak ’19 leads a group of runners at the 2017 NCAA Division III Championships in Elsah, Ill. Janusiak narrowly missed earning All-America honors at the meet. (Photo: D3sports.com)

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Lawrence’s Josh Janusiak ’19 leads the field at the Gene Davis Invitational at Appleton’s Reid Golf Course. Janusiak won the race, one of four individual titles he claimed in 2017.

“Josh shows everyone what you can really be here at Lawrence if you do things right, if you have a plan and you follow it,” Fast said. “He’s a normal guy who’s very committed to being successful and committed to doing what he needs to do to be successful.”

The total package Janusiak brings to his office, those cross country courses and college tracks scattered throughout the Midwest, isn’t lost on his teammates. Joe Kortenhof ’20, a two-time all-conference cross country runner, said Janusiak isn’t a “conventional, cookie-cutter leader.”

“He is here for the community and the memories that he makes with his team,” Kortenhof said. “This is the main thing that Josh brings to our distance program at Lawrence. He truly cares about each and every one of us and has our best interests in his heart. Josh doesn’t care how fast or slow you are; he cares about who you are as a person. In my mind, this is the most important part of being a leader.”

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Pardon the pun, but Janusiak is a leader his teammates follow every day as he sets the pace in workouts. Janusiak knows he’s pushing them, but that doesn’t mean he will ever leave them behind.

“It’s important to communicate with all these teammates about their worries, but it’s important to encourage them when they’re having a hard time in a workout or doing a workout really well,” Janusiak said. “I really like to be an encourager and talk to people specifically. I like to hear about their life and want them to be happy on the team.”

Fast points out that is typical of Janusiak. He learns, he listens, he pushes, he inspires. “He knows what he needs to do, and he does it,” Fast said.

He sure does. 

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Lawrence’s Hannah Kinzer ’18 leads a host of St. Norbert College runners at the Gene Davis Invitational at Appleton’s Reid Golf Course.

CROSS COUNTRY Lawrence star Josh Janusiak ’19 put together a spectacular season and ran the fastest time in Midwest Conference history on his way to qualifying for the NCAA Division III Championships.

Janusiak qualified for the national meet by running a recordsetting time at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional in Rock Island, Ill. Janusiak posted the fastest time in conference history at 23:55.7 on the 8,000-meter course. Janusiak broke the Lawrence record of 24:21 set by Jim Miller ’80 on the same course in 1978.

A native of South Milwaukee, Wis., Janusiak then went on to finish 48th at the NCAA Championships in Elsah, Ill. He finished with a time of 25:04.74, just missing the final All-America spot.

Janusiak also claimed his second consecutive Midwest Conference Championships title and became the first Lawrence runner to capture the lead title two seasons in a row since Eric Griffin ’86 did it in 1984 and 1985. Janusiak also won three other individual titles and was named Midwest Conference Performer of the Week three times. Joe Kortenhof ’20 earned all-conference honors for the second straight year by finishing

Lawrence’s Trevor Spina ’18 makes a diving catch in the Vikings game against Ripon College on Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.

eighth at the league meet and also claimed MWC Performer of the Week honors during the season.

The Lawrence men finished fourth at the league championships, and the women were sixth. Margaret Huck ’18 led the Vikings by finishing 16th and earning all-conference honors.

FOOTBALL The young Vikings finished with a 2-8 record but took another positive step in the rebuilding of the program.

Lawrence, which posted victories over Beloit College and Finlandia University, had five players named to the All-Midwest Conference team. Jake Gostisha ’18 led the way as he was selected for two spots on the team. Gostisha, a linebacker and the team’s long-snapper, was a first-team selection on special teams and a second-team pick on defense. He led the team with 88 tackles, including 7.5 tackles for loss, four pass breakups and two fumble recoveries.

Cornerback Terrell Myers Jr. ’20 was chosen for the first team and made the all-conference team for the second straight year.

He paced the team with three interceptions and nine pass breakups. Guard Juan Marin ’20 also was chosen for the first

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Dylan Petrucci ’21, center, celebrates with teammates Lewis Berger ’18, right, and Yuta Hayashi ’19 after scoring a goal in Lawrence’s 4-0 win over Lakeland University on Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.

Lawrence’s Lara Frankson ’18 (6) defends against Beloit College’s Genesis Dade in a Midwest Conference match on Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.

team for the first time after powering Lawrence’s run game and providing superlative pass protection.

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Running back Wasonu Allen ’20 and defensive lineman John Koeneman ’20 were both chosen for the second team. Allen led the team with 643 rushing yards and four touchdowns and averaged a healthy 4.9 yards per carry. Koeneman led the defensive linemen with 41 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.

MEN’S SOCCER The Vikings struggled through a difficult season and finished with a 2-14-1 record and finished tied for ninth in the Midwest Conference with a 0-8-1 mark. It was a season of near-misses for Lawrence as the Vikings dropped five one-goal games.

Lawrence saw a big impact from rookie midfielder Nicholas Jatta ’21, who led the team with 14 points on three goals and eight assists. Jatta handed out four assists in Lawrence’s 4-0 win over Lakeland University.

Standout midfielder Ryan Berkley ’18 was a bright spot in a tough season for the Vikings. Berkley was chosen for the AllMidwest Conference team for the second time as she earned second-team honors.

Berkley led the Vikings in scoring with eight goals and two assists for 18 points and had a hand in 91 percent of Lawrence’s goals this season. She recorded a hat trick in Lawrence’s 5-0 win over Rockford University.

The Vikings finished with a 2-15-1 record and placed 10th in the Midwest Conference with a 0-9-0 record. Lawrence also earned the conference’s Sportsmanship Award.

WOMEN’S TENNIS Lawrence claimed four consolation titles at the Midwest Conference Championships and finished sixth in the league standings.

The Vikings put together a 6-11 record and went 4-5 in league play. One of those wins was an 8-1 victory over rival Ripon

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Lawrence’s Lindsay Holsen ’18 smacks a return during her No. 1 doubles match with Katie Nottberg ’19 against Illinois College at the Lawrence Courts. Holsen and Nottberg won 8-2, and the Vikings posted a 7-2 victory over the Lady Blues.

Lawrence players Arianna Cohen ’18 (21), Bryttany Dove ’19 (2) and Addisyn Gerber ’21 celebrate after the Vikings won a point in their match with Marian University. Lawrence beat the Sabres 3-1.

College as the Vikings continue to dominate the Red Hawks.

Lawrence has now beaten Ripon 14 straight times in a run that dates all the way to the 2004 season.

The cardiac kids on the volleyball squad played nine marathon five-set matches, the most in school history, and posted a 5-4 mark in those matches.

Lindsay Holsen ’18 and Katie Nottberg ’19 won consolation singles titles at the MWC Championships. Holsen won at No. 1 and put together a solid 12-8 record in her first season playing in the lineup’s top spot. Nottberg won at No. 4 and finished the season with an 8-12 mark.

Outside hitter Arianna Neumeyer ’19 and defensive specialist Cyra Bammer ’18 were both named to the All-Midwest Conference team.

Holsen and Nottberg won the consolation title at No. 1 doubles, and El Goblirsch ’19 and Annie Harincar ’19 won at No. 2.

Holsen and Nottberg finished the season with an 11-9 mark to lead all the doubles teams.

VOLLEYBALL Lawrence finished in a three-way tie for third in the Midwest Conference, but the tiebreakers left the Vikings out of a spot in the four-team Midwest Conference Tournament. The Vikings went 5-4 in league play and finished 10-17 overall while playing a schedule chock-full of quality opponents.

Neumeyer was a first-team pick and was chosen for the third consecutive season. She piled up 319 kills and was seventh in the league at 2.95 kills per set. An outstanding all-around player, Neumeyer also had 427 digs, 54 blocks and 34 service aces. Bammer made the all-conference team for the second straight year. She led the team with 588 digs and was fifth in the league at 4.88 digs per set. Bammer also picked up 38 aces.

Lawrence also collected the league’s Sportsmanship Award for the second straight year. 

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Members of the Alumni Association 2017–18

’51 Susan Fry Becker is enjoying life in California and has been recovering from pneumonia. She loves the garden and enjoys sculpting projects at a clay studio, including Winnie the Pooh animals. Susan misses her twin, Nan, but Nan’s children are attentive, in addition to Susan’s children, the youngest of which now lives nearby. “Life is good.”

Thomas Christoph’s wife, “Bunny” Lavern McKay Christoph, passed away in June. The whole family misses her very much, most of all Tom. They have lived in an independent living complex in Florida for five years, after getting their master’s degrees and teaching at Clemson University. They retired in 1992, and Tom golfs and fishes and teaches a weekly Bible study group.

Shirley Rasmussen Haverstock is very active electronically, using the computer and iPad frequently.

Shirley also has a male Boston Terrier who is great company and is walked by Shirley’s daughter and son-in-law.

Betty Plautz Leeson has given up almost all playing and teaching and now does a lot of listening. There is plenty of musical activity in the area, and Betty takes part in it. There is an SAI alumni group around as well, with younger members to do most of the organizing.

“I saw the Lawrence campus this summer and would be hard-pressed to find my way around anymore!”

James B. Sinclair has just published two books. The first is a memoir titled My Name is James. The second is titled The Poetry of James and is a collection of his 80 poems. Both books were written within the last four years, after his retirement from the University of Illinois.

He still lives in Savoy. “The memoir is a reflection from 1930 to 2001 of how I adapted to being gay and living through an era of discrimination, rejection and suspicion by many individuals and acceptance, love

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and support by others. It tells how I found love and friendship in spite of society’s prejudices and fear.” The poetry book is arranged in 16 genres. It provides both a table of contents and an index for easily locating a particular poem.

years spent at what we called Lawrence College! Those years of study helped prepare me for the four years I spent at Bethany Theological Seminary—25 years later!

Freshmen Studies often came back as a thoughtful reminder. Thank you, Lawrence!”

Carolyn Ingham Stern sends greetings to the Class of 1951. Carolyn is in good health and living in the same senior retirement community as Althea Hunting Kortenhof. Carolyn is traveling less, but still enjoys the many activities that are made available by the Activity Department. Carolyn shares this advice: “Get out of your apartment (home, etc.) often, and NEVER turn down an invitation!”

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’53 William Cerny has continued to be active doing volunteer work as an AARP tax aide and helping less fortunate people as a member of a local Golden K (Kiwanis) club. Bill also still plays golf and walks six days a week. Bill and his wife, JoAnne, are no longer winter snowbirds but have still gone to Arizona over the Christmas season. They have travelled to various locations, including for a Sievert family reunion with JoAnne’s older sibling, Audrey Lund Sievert ’51.

JoAnne had knee replacement surgery in August.

“Wishing all ’50s-era Lawrentians the best.”

Ethel Clingman Lawrence lives in Tucson but drives east to visit two of her three daughters and her son, Tod Olson ’85. Ethel also teaches piano in a volunteer after-school program.

Margaret Warren Schultz is an ordained United Methodist clergy who has served as a chaplain at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill. After 40 years of marriage, Margaret’s husband, Merlin Schultz ’51, died in 1992. They met on a blind date at Lawrence. Margaret misses him but enjoys her children and their families. “I have life-enhancing memories of

Beverly Hart Branson enjoys living in Door County, a place of endless 360-degree beauty and creativity.

Beverly’s paintings are on exhibit at The Meadows Gallery in Sister Bay and the Fish Creek Bookshop and Gallery in Fish Creek.

Russel Evans continues to be involved in environmental issues and the Ice Age Trail in Waukesha County from a small perch overlooking corn fields and woods.

Milwaukee theatre and dance provide respite from local suburban problems. Having middle-aged children allows for trips to and fascination with central and eastern British Columbia. Hitch-hiking is still practical and interesting (for the driver) there—even through the forest fires this past summer.

Elizabeth McIntyre Gibson is still a travel consultant living in Arizona. Elizabeth keeps a place in Illinois to spend the summer as all three children and families are there.

Helen Williams Kaiser and Nicholas Kaiser spent May through November in the Canadian woods. They have a summer home on the shores of Lake Superior and winter in Boca Grande, Fla. Helen and Nick just celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. “We dated for four years of college so are truly joined at the hip, and we owe it all to Lawrence!”

Susan LaRose Robertson and Malcolm Robertson are enjoying spending summers on Stroebe Island in Appleton away from the oppressive Florida heat and humidity. They are also enjoying their winters

ALUMNI TODAY in Valparaiso, Fla., away from the snow and ice in Appleton. “We would love to hear from classmates.”

Donald Lehman and Rosemary Freeman Lehman are looking forward to their upcoming trip to Brazil, the native country of Rosemary’s business partner, Simone.

Manaus, an Amazon cruise, Rio de Janeiro (including Copacabana and Ipanema) and Porto Alegre are on the itinerary.

James Sackett is now retired as anthropology/ archaeology professor after 53 years at UCLA, but is still working in the Institute of Archaeology. James is happily married and has three successful sons. Sadly, however, James has lost his two brothers who also went to Lawrence: Ross Sackett ’51 and David Sackett ’56.

“Marcel Proust might have been right in saying that growing old is like walking on stilts that lengthen as one ages. He claimed that as a result one can see farther.

Maybe, but mainly I find it mostly makes one more wobbly.”

On a summer trip to Alaska, Nancy Ryan Wright went on a glacier boat tour, which featured two fjords of glaciers. The northern one was the College Fjord and the glaciers were named after eastern colleges i.e., Dartmouth, Vassar, etc. The southern ones were named Beloit, Marquette, Ripon and Lawrence. Apparently a Wisconsin explorer named these glaciers after our local colleges. Nancy has a wonderful picture with the Lawrence Glacier.

’57 Frank Cole and spouse, Janet, have “downsized” and moved to nearby Crystal Lake, Ill.. A recent trip to Alaska was marvelous, and the 60th reunion was much fun.

“Well done, LU! We’re both very grateful for good health.”

Martin Deppe regretfully missed the 60th reunion this past June to do book presentations of his recently published book, Operation Breadbasket, An Untold Story of Civil Rights in Chicago, 1966–1971.

When Martin handed an autographed copy to Rev. Al Sharpton, he commented, “I’ve already read your book; my staff is reading it now.” Martin hopes to turn to other writing projects in 2018. “My profound thanks to William Raney, William Chaney, Robert Goeser and other incredible Lawrence faculty members for stirring my interest in history, so that I not only was a participant and player in the struggle for civil rights but also now a recorder and historian of some of those pivotal events in American history. Thank you, Lawrence!”

M. John Dyrud is president of the Chicago/Cook County genealogy organization, Sons of the America Revolution. They recognize and award grade school and high school students for their essays and orations. John is also active with inner-city faith-based school reading programs. John’s wife, Suzy, passed away six years ago after 28 years together. John has lived north of Chicago for most of his time since graduation, but is “still a badger at heart.” John often sees his brother, Eric Dyrud ’57, who lives in Oconomowoc, Wis. Judy Dixon Hebbe is a journalist again, covering village/town boards, a storm water utility, school board

and writing features as assigned for the Heart of the Valley bi-weekly. Judy continues marketing and volunteer recruitment for Attic Theatre and chases a high-energy mixed-breed dog around the local dog park every morning. In addition, Judy covers grandma duties for two granddaughters and enjoys life with husband, Jim. “My actuarial chart says I’ll live to 92, and I am not sitting around waiting for that to happen.”

Norma Christopherson Kretzschmar survived openheart surgery a year ago to replace a stenotic aortic valve. Norma is back exercising at a local fitness center every weekday and playing the organ at church every other Sunday, in addition to helping with music for the Wednesday School and directing the worship choir on Sundays. “Each day brings its own joys and aches and occasional memory lapses.”

Chuck Merry attended the 60th reunion of the Class of 1957 on campus with a small but enthusiastic group of classmates. Attendees for all or part of the convocation, picnic on the green and the evening dinner in the Warch Center included Frank and Janet Cole, Phil May, Gus and Phyllis Olson, Roger and Verna Lalk, Dick and Carol Rine, and Chuck and Barb Merry.

Mary Hadley Speerschneider and Chuck Speerschneider have moved about 10 miles north to Trillium Woods, a wonderful retirement community in Plymouth, Minn. They are still opening boxes and wondering why they saved tapes and photos for 60 years. They are also meeting new friends and visiting old friends and church in the Minnetonka/Wayzata area.

’59 Donald Andler continues to serve as a registry chaplain at two Advocate Healthcare hospitals in suburban Chicago and recently took on the added role of a freshman coach at Harper Community College. Donald enjoys golfing once a week and has been taking bagpipe lessons, which, like golf, is “easier to learn at a younger age.” Donald and spouse, Carl Kade Andler ’61, enjoyed a relaxing spring on Marco Island, Fla. this year and hope life for its residents returns to normal soon. They also continue as long-time supporters of the Elgin Symphony and get together for dinners with Dick Bergman and Gloria Grummel Bergman ’60, who are very good at keeping them up to date on LU news.

Sally Cantwell Basting and husband, Thomas, went to Björklunden for the week of Trump’s America with Terry Moran ’82. This was the third year that they attended the Door County local and hope to attend again next year. Sally keeps in close contact with two classmates, Judy Walsh Fetterly and Barbara Adrian Karst. Barbara has a cottage in northern Wisconsin, making it easy for Sally and Thomas to visit from their place outside of Boulder Junction Wis., which Sally calls “Golden Pond.” They see Judy in Minneapolis, as they travel to and from Arizona.

Brian Beck retired from UW–Whitewater to write satires, cartoons, word-play and more. Brian also does visual art and has travelled extensively, including biking off-road trails in Wisconsin and Illinois. Brian celebrates work,

people such as life partner, Robert, an exploratory psychoanalysis with Dr. Hadley and travel. Brian has attended Reunions at Lawrence each year since 2009 and is living in Whitewater, Wis. David Berganini has had a tough year with spouse, Shirley, battling mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix. She was at home when she passed on Aug. 29, 2017, surrounded by family. “We will all miss a super, loving lady.”

Betty Kuether Gast is active in designing and creating church posters, banners, invitation cards and brochures.

As a cancer survivor, she has learned to take care of her body and keep active. Betty and spouse, Gerald, have five children and many grandchildren scattered across the U.S., who they visit at least once per year. They live on a lake in Pardeeville, Wis. “I’d be happy to hear or read about other classmates. Keep on the good track.”

Carolyn Lohman Johnson shares that Tom Johnson died June 24, 2017, of pancreatic cancer at hospice in The Villages, Fla. William MacArthur founded the Exchange Club Family Partnership Center in Bradenton, Fla., in 1993, a prevention of child abuse center that supports over a thousand families annually. On Oct. 17, 2017, the center was renamed Parenting Matters.

Ann Alexander McDonnell survived Hurricane Irma and hopes to be in touch with her classmates soon.

Waltressa Allen Molsberry loves living in Boulder, Colo. Activities include exercise, discussion groups, working with clay, reading, being outdoors and spending time with friends. Waltressa spent a couple of weeks in France this summer and plans to join with Karl Schmidt and family to celebrate his 80th birthday. “I miss my late husband, John.”

In December 2016, David Mulford left Credit Suisse to take up an appointment as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institute, Stanford University. The Mulford Scholarship program at Lawrence is now in its 10th year, and David and spouse, Jeannie, split their time between Palo Alto, Calif., and Paradise Valley, Ariz.

After 37 years, Carol Ann Schleger Ostrom’s position as staff accompanist at Rock Valley College was eliminated due to budget cuts, along with the entire choral department. Carol’s private piano students have also decreased from five to one, though Carol is still organist of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (ELCA), serving 53 years. Carol’s son lives in Charleston, S.C., and is a Delta pilot flying the Airbus A330 internationally.

Nancy Rentner Parker enters club competitions, judges one competition a year and presents an occasional program as a Salon-level member of the St. Louis Camera Club and has seen much success in the competitions. Nancy lives with four cats, two recently inherited from a friend. Nancy also travels in search of photo ops and to keep up with children and grandchildren in the Chicago area. “Although I have avoided social media, I am always happy to hear from friends by email.”

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ALUMNI TODAY Shirley Spangler Steiner still teaches a few voice students, travels and does watercolor. One of Shirley’s grandchildren, Sam Stevens ’13, was married to Katherine Danneker ’14. Sam is the son of Janet Steiner Stevens ’82 and Rob Stevens ’79. Shirley is hopeful for another generation of LU students in her family.

Marjorie Laupp Swain and Robert Swain live comfortably in a “cottage” in a retirement community just three miles from the LU campus. Bob occasionally audits classes with emphasis on subjects he didn’t study while a student, e.g., mathematics, physics, music and art history, etc. But with no final exams, papers, etc., he sits back and enjoys his ignorance. Bob and a friend regularly have coffee and a breakfast sandwich at the grill at the Warch Center, a fantastic replacement for the old Union grill. Bob does some volunteer work, continues to swim at the LU pool, rides his bike along the shores of the Fox, and walks the family Yorkie. Since controlled health issues preclude overnight travel, in warm weather Bob and Marge enjoy local trips in their BMW roadster with the top down. “If any classmates visit the campus, give us a call. Go out for a pizza at Frank’s.”

Gilbert Swift III and Susan Daniels Swift ’62 are thankful that Sue remains in remission. They spend six months of the year in a log cabin in Nisswa, Minn., and six months in Hillsborough, N.C., where they live with their youngest daughter and her family. This past February, Gil and Sue celebrated 55 years of marriage and are planning a trip to Hawaii, where they are looking forward to revisiting some of their favorite spots one more time. “I wish all of my classmates the very best that life has to offer. It would be great to see many of you again when our class convenes for our 60th reunion!”

Nancy Lock Thompson and husband, Dick, live in Brevard, N.C. They have 19 grandchildren who frequently visit, including one who was recently married in Taiwan. Dick works as a guardian ad litem, and Nancy volunteers with Sharing House Christian Ministry and SAFE’s Attic abused women recovery. They have family all over the world, including China, Columbia and Taiwan. Dick is also Brevard Little Theater president.

Carol Fallon Tierney is moving to Denver to live near daughter, Martha. Carol very much enjoyed a week at Björklunden this past summer.

’61 Wendy Crouch Aeschliman and husband, Dan, relocated in the summer of 2015 to west of Portland, Ore., after living in Sandpoint, Idaho. They love their new home. Wendy is volunteering for the Fernhill Natural Treatment System, which is a created wetlands that provides natural cooling and filtering for the cleaned wastewater. Wendy walks the wetlands and educates people about the state-of-the-art tertiary treatment.

Wendy loves this volunteer opportunity, learns a great deal and enjoys the exercise. Wendy also keeps busy with many other projects, including stained glass, biking, hiking, geocaching and more.

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connected with the real world by producing hunting, fishing, camping and wedding shows in Wausau and Stevens Point, Wis. Charles has three successful sons, a daughter and five grandchildren. “Life is good, and it’s just starting!”

John Dunning reminds classmates to enjoy memories from their 50th and 55th reunion on the class website, lawrence1961.com. If anyone would like to submit additional class photos, please send John an email.

John and spouse, Pamela, are still enjoying life in Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, where John is teaching part time, serving on nonprofit boards and “working on the ‘bucket list.’”

Judith Schroeder Grimes and spouse, Ken, enjoy their summers near Boyne City, Mich., and wintering in Louisville, Ky., though they are tiring of the twice yearly move. Ken recently published the first cozy mysteries in the Booker Falls series. The books take place in the Keweenaw Peninsula, a part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Judy continues officiating weddings throughout the summer and loves sharing the couples’ most special day.

Ann DeLong Haase and Ashley Haase are in the sixth decade of their relationship that began at Lawrence and has twice taken them around the world for Ash’s professional travels in medical research, focused on a HIV vaccine and cure. His career was greatly influenced

by Professor Robert Rosenberg within his pre-med major at Lawrence. At age 77, Ash finds himself in his 34th year at the University of Minnesota, still chairing the Department of Microbiology. Ann increasingly muses about the challenges and realities inherited by each generation, and tries to remain hopeful and helpful on behalf of the future for their three children and grandchildren, as well as all upcoming generations around the globe.

Jeanne Voll Ross has been living in San Felipe, Baja Norte, Mexico for the last six years, and it hasn’t been easy. During this time, Jeanne has been offering art classes, painting and publishing several books. Her first book, My Life in Disguise, is a memoir of Jeanne’s career in the Central Intelligence Agency as a disguise officer, and a second book follows Jeanne’s shamanic trip to Peru. Jeanne has recently completed, or is working on, two books, Last Train to Barcelona and Justice From Above. Jeanne was divorced in 1979, retired from the CIA in 2007 and will probably be relocating to Denver. Jeanne’s two children and four grandchildren remain important to her.

Jay Williams spent the summer in Poland, where he traveled with his son’s family as they performed a standup comedy show in English at a Wroclaw bar. Jay spend his days visiting grandchildren, reviewing books and sampling craft beer.

’65 Judith Nagel Almendariz finished circumnavigating the globe in 2016 and is looking for countries that she hasn’t yet visited. Last year, Judith and daughter, Tanya, went to Russia and left Moscow very impressed with the

Russian people. The almost-continual light had Judith wanting to walk the streets at 11 p.m. Next summer they plan to travel to Spain and ride the high-speed trains there. When not traveling, Judith likes gardening, cooking, reading, quilting, knitting, painting and playing World of Warcraft on the computer.

Donald Biere finally retired and now lives in Overland Park, Kan., and spends the majority of his time with his family. Donald’s grandson, Dylan, spent the summer at his home, competing in Tae Kwan Do at an international tournament in Houston and vacationing in Galveston with family. Donald’s granddaughter, Ashley, plays tennis competitively. “Anyone near my age from Lawrence, love to hear from you.”

Douglass Blount is still working at his real estate business in Illinois. Douglass has just finished his eleventh year and 18th week as a volunteer with the Wabakimi Project in Canada. Wabakimi is a relatively new Canadian Provincial Park. The Project has now published 4 booklets. Douglass’s three children all live in Wisconsin.

Tom Conley, Lowell Professor of Visual Studies and Romance Languages at Harvard, has been elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He has published three books recently, including An Errant Eye: Poetry and Topography in Early Modern France (University of Minnesota Press, 2011). In 2011–12 he was senior research fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies and in 2015–16 senior fellow at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Collections.

In 2012 the Université Blaise-Pascal (ClermontFerreand) awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 2014 former students Bernd Renner and Phillip Usher edited a Festschrift, titled Illustrations inconscientes, écritures de la Renaissance: Mélanges offerts à Tom Conley (Paris: Classiques Garnier). Conley is grateful to Lawrence for all it has done for him.

Theodore Katzoff represented Lawrence at a college fair at Culver City High School on Sept. 14. Theodore enjoyed engaging with students and seeing their collective excitement about their futures. This even resulted in Theodore fondly rembering his first weeks at Lawrence. Theodore continues to love Lawrence for what it was and for what it continues to be. Retirement is on the horizon for Theodore after 38 years of teaching and coaching fencing at Harvard-Westlake High School.

Mary McMillan has spent the last year traveling. This includes road trips to Kentucky, Ill., to visit family, a trip to St. Louis, and a road trip with family from Virginia to Maine. National parks and UNESCO World Heritage sites were a big priority as well. Now Mary is relaxing at home waiting for the next adventure.

George Page retired in 2004 from managing the Tower Division of WCI Communities in Naples, Fla. George and his wife, Mindy, then moved to Santa Barbara, Calif.

In 2015 they relocated to Boise, Idaho. In Boise, they enjoy outdoor recreation and the BSU Rec Center.

Gay Pearson finally has her own website, gaypearson. com. Videos and recordings are posted from all five concerts from 2012 to 2016. Gay has many albums

ALUMNI TODAY that can be purchased on Amazon, Spotify, iTunes and other digital partners. The site also includes sample tracks from her four studio releases from the ’90s, which are available for digital download and streaming on Bandcamp and CD Baby. All videos from all concerts are posted on YouTube, along with the digital albums through Naxos Distributors. Quotes and reviews are posted from well-established contemporary, classical and jazz composers and reviewers.

Richard Rapport II is still working as professor of neurosurgery at the University of Washington SOM. The lessons Richard teaches are much more informed by what he learned as an undergraduate than anything since. Richard is slightly dissillusioned by the way medicine is taught today. Richard makes his students read the 19th century Russians to remedy this. Richard still keeps in touch with his Lawrence friends. Richard has had an incredibly fortunate life and, because of LU, has been able to get as much out of himself as was put in there.

Pamela Sorota-Mowery retired after 40 years of practicing law to the Twin Cities, to the surprise of many of their friends. However, family connection make the move north worth it for Pamela. Pamela enjoys the abundance of LU activities in the Twin Cities. Travel has become important, as Pamela and her husband, Garry, have travelled to Arizona, Hawaii and France this past year. Pamela maintains good relationships with many classmates.

Richard Stuart had a great time at his 52nd reunion this past year seeing all of his old friends. Afterwards, Richard went on his first trip to Door County and then a camping trip in Michigan. Richard and his wife, Ruth, love to travel—weeks in Sri Lanka and Germany were some of the travel highlights from this past year.

Ann Weigl and her husband, Ed, live an hour north of Madison on a lovely fishing lake. They keep busy as emergency responders and Ed as a firefighter in New Chester Township. Ann no longer sings in a barbershop chorus because of a spinal condition. Ann loves to travel and is off to Ireland soon. Ann and Ed have three family graduations coming up in 2018—one college and two high school.

Jean West and her husband, Robert West (’63), have now spent five years living in Denver, Colo., watching their two granddaughters grow up. Jean has mostly retired from the travel business, and now has a strong interest in genealogy and family history, as well as volunteering. Jean has also done research at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Robert is still working as a museum consultant, with clients all over the U.S. His company, Informal Learning Experiences, also publishes a bi-monthly newsletter. He has attended science center conferences in Portugal, England and Japan as well as in the U.S. Jean and Robert celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary in Lisbon, Portugal, and recently returned from a trip to Iceland and Western Greenland.

’69 Compiled and submitted by Susan Voss Pappas So good to hear from many of our classmates. Enjoy reading these updates and don’t forget to start making 50th Reunion plans for June, 2019! —Sue Following retirement, Bill and Nancy Whiteley Baird have enjoyed taking grandchildren on Road Scholar Intergenerational trips. Bill has taken three different grandsons on individual adventure trips to the Grand Canyon, Utah, Vancouver Island in Canada, the Tetons and sailing around the San Juan Islands. Bill and Nancy took their oldest granddaughter to New York City and to a week of service dog training experiences in California.

Since June 1983 Linda Skoug Brann has lived in the UK. During this time she and her husband have had a large family (five children in total, one of a pair of identical twins having passed on). She worked as a legal secretary for many years but has continued to study piano. She has studied privately with a professor from the Royal Academy of Music, who has helped her with teaching and her own playing. She now teaches full time—piano and music theory, along with doing some accompanying work—and looks after her family.

Karen Foster Brassfield currently resides in Arvada, Colo., with her husband, Ron, and their dog, Wyatt.

They are active, traveling, skiing, camping and hiking.

They are fortunate to live close to their son, Dave, and his family, so she gets to spend lots of fun time with her granddaughter, Katie, who is three years old.

Although Karen is retired, she still serves on the board of directors of Silvergate Bank in San Diego, keeping her in the banking game.

Eric Denemark is a retired geologist living on eight hilltop acres outside the small town of Ripley, W.Va. His wife, Jackie, is director of pharmacy at the local hospital. They have five kids, all of the four-legged variety. He served as staff geologist with the Kentucky Geological Survey and chief geologist with a major coal company in West Virginia. He founded DENEX Corporation—Geological & Mining Consultants and operated that business until he retired. Several years ago Eric and Jackie purchased a second home in Surfside Beach, S.C., and go down there fairly regularly.

In February 2017, John (Jack) Krill and his wife, Hannah, became grandparents to identical twin girls, Avery and Celeste. In August, they hosted the two of them, their 6-year-old grandson, Hunter, and toddler granddaughter, Lila, (and all their parents) at their summer home in Maine. Jack is still practicing law with K&L Gates LLP, and, though partially retired, he still has interesting cases. He has been appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to be the chair of its Committee on the Rules of Evidence, starting in October 2017.

This summer Laurie Magee and her husband, Tom Blajeski, made a big decision and put their hobby farm in Omro, Wis., on the market. It sold, and they are preparing for an auction to disperse 27 years of

“collections” and “stuff.” In mid-October they will move permanently to their home in Laguna Vista, Texas. They plan to do some traveling in future summers rather than lots of property maintenance.

Margaret Todd Maitland loves teaching creative writing at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. People sign up for her memoir and creative nonfiction classes to explore their life experiences. Her husband, Dan, also a writer, and she were delighted to become instant grandparents two years ago when their son married a woman from Uruguay who has two children, 10 and 13.

They are hoping to make a trip to Scotland, where Todd has discovered she has an ancestral home: Thirlestane Castle, owned by the Earl of Lauderdale, head of Clan Maitland!

Dave Matz is still working as professor and chair of the Classics Department at St. Bonaventure University in western New York State. His wife, Lauren, is also a professor there in the English Department. He is an assistant coach with St. Bonaventure’s newly formed club baseball team. He has always wanted to be a college baseball coach, and now he is one!

Barbara Lowe McBride enjoyed an early fall hike in the Siskiyou Mountains with and near Priscilla Peterson Weaver’s farm in southern Oregon, reminding themselves of the Class of ’69 exploits, lo these many years ago.

Though he is still working full time in Myanmar as access to finance lead on the USAID Private Sector Development Activity, Tocher Mitchell has decided to retire at the end of this year. However, he will still do short-term consulting gigs from time to time.

Shuttling between Iowa and San Francisco has become routine for Mary Jean Vaubel Montgomery and her husband, Dick. This has made it possible to enjoy LU classmates in both places, and six grandchildren has made turning 70 all the sweeter. Their three daughters and their families live in wonderful cities so retirement seems to be consumed with interesting travels.

Florence Howe Munat still loves living on Bainbridge Island, Wash., surrounded by the waters and mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Life is busy with pastoral care work, book groups and reading audiobooks for the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library in Seattle.

A memoir about Florrie’s marriage to Chuck Munat, Be Brave: A Wife’s Journey Through Caregiving, will be published in early 2018. Chuck died in 2009 from Lewy body dementia. Seven years in the writing, this memoir fulfills her lifelong dream to publish a nonfiction book.

Jim Nelson retired after 35 years in the UU ministry in February 2015, and is enjoying the good life—lots of reading and house projects and maintenance. His wife, Kathe Kelly, is still working at City of Hope. They welcomed their first granddaughter, Zola Faye, in April.

Their eight backyard chickens amuse them in their home in Pasadena, Calif.

The movie of Easter Mysteries, written and composed

by John O’Boyle, was a Fathom Event at over 300 movie theaters nationwide in 2016 and was on 198

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Steven Ponto and his wife, Mary, have lived in the house they built in Brookfield, Wis., for 27 years. After 31 years as a corporate attorney, Steve ran for mayor of the City of Brookfield in 2010 and was successful. He was re-elected in 2014 and is planning to run again in 2018. He really enjoys his work in government. Steve and Mary have two daughters. They travel several times a year and are enjoying these golden years.

Frederik Schuetze just began his (hopefully) last year of teaching in Watertown, Mass., as the director of the strings and orchestra programs. He welcomed the birth of a granddaughter in late April, spent two weeks in Germany visiting and hiking with German friends, and spent his summer vacation playing lots of golf, reading English mysteries and picking up his folk guitars and performing again.

Jenny Cowle Walter and her husband, Tony, (’67) moved to Madison in April. A move of 15 minutes from condo back to a real house. She is happy and grateful to be healthy and just a mile’s walk down the hill to their daughter and family. Their son and his crew of four live in Oshkosh, Wis. School just started at her granddaughters’ elementary school. Jenny gets their hugs while tutoring ESL to kiddos from all over the place, many traumatized by war.

Bill Whitehead and his wife, Karen, are still living in Chicago and report that they are grandparents for the first time. Max Keller Whitehead was born on July 3, 2017. Bill continues to study French in his spare time, and he and Karen have made several memorable trips to France, most recently spending a month in the south of France in Aix-en-Provence.

’71 Compiled and submitted by Marcia Ketchum Baird Jacqueline Rauscher Curtiss is enjoying retirement in Tennessee with husband Russ, two cats and their Pomeranian. She volunteers at the local elementary school and at an animal charity, plays bridge, kayaks, attends book clubs and enjoys line dancing. She also teaches continuing education classes on various historical subjects. This past summer, she took a seminar at Oxford University on Georgian England and enjoyed sightseeing on her first trip to London.

Hurricane Harvey was a reminder that the move from Houston was a good one!

Scott Frankenberger is slowing down on his pottery and sculpture work but says he won’t ever retire. In February he married Karen Countryman. As they got to know each other, they learned something star-crossed about their pasts. Karen is a 1972 Depauw graduate.

Scott had applied to Depauw, but chose Lawrence, and Karen had visited Lawrence in 1968 as a prospective student. He thinks he may have served her in the lunch line at Coleman! They now travel a lot together—Italy,

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Japan, Iceland, Mexico—and more to come.

Mary Jo Freeman decided on early retirement in June 2016 after a biking accident. She then went back to work doing telemedicine in February 2017. She works 60 hours a month from home, so she still has time to exercise, garden, sing, travel and enjoy her family and friends. She and her husband, David, have been members of Wausau Lyric Choir since 1993 and before that, she was part of Wausau Promusica. They have also sung with the Central Wisconsin Symphony orchestra and in community choir performances. They have 10 free-range chickens, a dog and a goose in their yard right on the Wisconsin river.

Robert Haeger and his wife, Kate, enjoy retired life.

From October through May they are living in Highlands Ranch, Colo., 10 minutes from their only grandchild.

From June through September they reside in Three Lakes, Wis., in the Northwoods. Bob is working on his golf handicap, and Kate has blossomed into a rock painter.

Margaret Tifft Janis and her husband, Jim, have moved from Santa Fe, N.M., to Golden Valley, Minn., near Minneapolis, to be close to their two children, their spouses and grandchildren. They miss their Santa Fe friends and home but are looking forward to seeing their family more. Now she plans to get back to work on her family history. With several drawers full of information, it’s time to start writing.

David Jones says his health concerns of 2016 have “modulated”" to a rosier view! His wife, Rochelle, is still happy in her work at Northwestern. Their son, Richard ’10, is beginning to get some recognition and income from his hip-hop music, and their Pomeranian companion, Mickey D, still seems well-suited to his occupation of being adorable. David is retired, although he does have a few book editing jobs and serves as managing editor for the poetry journal RHINO (rhinopoetry.org).

David Mitchell and his wife, Judy, are enjoying splitting their time between the Pearl District in Portland, Ore., and Mission Bay in San Francisco. After living in a suburban setting north of San Diego for 25 years, they wanted an urban experience where they could leave the car in the garage and rely on walking and public transit.

David is working part time as a fundraising consultant to an immunology research institute in La Jolla, Calif., and Mercy Corps, an international humanitarian relief organization. The rest of his time is spent auditing courses each term at Portland State University and serving on his neighborhood association and condo HOA boards.

Edibaldo Silva and Carol Shumway Silva remain in Omaha, Neb., where Edibaldo continues his work as a surgical oncologist at The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center of the University of Nebraska. Retirement comes up in discussions, but he enjoys his work’s long hours and would not know what to do otherwise. They are happy, healthy and travel a lot with Gail Johnson and her husband, Eric Ibele, old friends from the years of rage at Lawrence. These years, he says, have come to the fore in Ken Burns’s The Vietnam War documentary.

“Now, more than ever, we need more rage in the streets like we had then to counteract the political maelstrom we find ourselves in. One aided and abetted by morally repugnant narcissistic ignoramus who lied his way into the WH. RESIST!” Robert Stastny says his adventure out West has come to an end. After 40+ years in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and overseas, he recently moved to Lake Bluff, Ill., near Chicago. Chicago is home...“and it’s time to rejoin my hardy tribe.” Now he’ll be working on his next novel, tutoring GED and ESL at the Chicago LGBT Center and digging acorns out of his gutters.

Marilyn Thompson is loving retirement from a career in spinal cord medicine. She and Sharon have two boys who are in their early twenties and still “finding themselves.” She had a great time on the LU Cuba trip this past spring, enjoying getting to know Lawrence grads, family and friends as much as exploring Cuba.

With changes in U.S. travel restrictions, she is glad to have had the opportunity to visit Cuba this year. Much of her free time is spent road biking and traveling.

Pamela Tibbetts recently attended her 50th high school reunion in Beloit and says it was wonderful to see old friends. She and Linda sold their home in Albuquerque, N.M., as it was just too much to keep up when they were only there four months a year. They will continue to rent, as they love New Mexico. Linda’s brother moved in with them in 2015; he has complex health issues, so it is easier having him with them.

“Otherwise, life is good, our health is good, our house is above water...we are very lucky.”

John Woodruff says, “On a sunny September 25, 2017, I hugged Wendy Hopfensperger, Ralph Schuetz ’64, Chuck Lauter and Mark Breseman ’78 during a wonderful story-gathering at Björklunden to celebrate the life of Joe Hopfensperger.” It had been 50 years since he first met Joe in Stansbury Theatre. That day marked a momentous fork in the road of his life. Had that day been different, the pet department at Macy’s, the Metropolitan Opera’s scene shop, Vail & President Ford’s 1st annual World Forum and the international mentoring of the evidence-based recovery model, WRAP®, might never have been a part of his story.

Norman Yamada is still doing lots of music: regional orchestra, lessons, festivals, church organ gig, handbells, big band, etc. He retired in 2005 after 32 years as band director in Barron, Wis. He and his wife, Kathleen, recently celebrated their 40th anniversary and took their first trip to Scotland, England and France.

He has also given 40 presentations on the Japanese internment during World War II. In 2008 he spent three weeks in Iraq, Kuwait, Dubai and UAE as sound tech for a band fronted by two of his former students. He is also getting a band together for his 50th Platteville High School reunion. He still enjoys traveling, golf, swimming and following auto racing (not NASCAR).

Paul Ziemer waxes on about being a “classless orphan” as a result of finishing his LU classes in December 1971! Perhaps he was really in the Class of 1971— 1/3! He now thinks he should consult Linnaeus in his

ALUMNI TODAY Annette Cameron Blum of Bel Air, Md., got a second bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies after her youngest went off to college, and this May received a master’s degree in social science, writing her thesis about plague and yellow fever in Rio De Janeiro in the early 1900s. Annette says her thesis helped her “value the experience of writing, a process which was so difficult for me when I was at LU. Writing is more than just spitting out text. It means screwing up courage to try, not quitting, feeling safe to be vulnerable, visualizing and patience.” She also is proud to be grandma to Adam.

Betsy Steward (Van Ingen) ’75, was named Fundraiser of the Year by the Hudson Valley Association of Development Officers. After careers in opera performance and software training and experience with volunteer fundraising, she began her professional development career in 2007. She is now the director of development for the Westchester Children’s Association (WCA), a Westchester, New York-based child advocacy organization. Betsy was recognized for her exemplary dedication and service to the nonprofit sector and professional fundraising community in the Hudson Valley and her outstanding dedication to the WCA and Westchester’s children.

quest to be identified and successfully classed! “I do, however, need to have some class!”

’75 Compiled and submitted by Mary Jo Hibbert Powell John Axtell and his wife, Diana Ames, of Pittsburgh, attended their daughter Sarah’s graduation from Lawrence last June. Although John spent only his freshman year at Lawrence, he remains in touch with a wide circle of classmates.

Eric Benn of Alexandria, Va., is nearing the end of a 37-year career with the U.S. government, having served as an intelligence analyst focused on applying imagery-derived observations to the formulation and execution of national security policies and actions. “I’ve been exposed to some of the most exciting and some of the direst developments and threats to our nation ... and helped shape responses and react to surprises,” he writes. He and his wife, Ann, are building a retirement house on a lake in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, where their canoe, snowshoes and guitar are “near-term objectives.” They also are the proud parents of a recent Lawrence grad.

Eric Buchter, who lives in Odessa, Fla., with his wife, Cathy, has been “trying my hand at being an Agile Scrum Master in my 16th year with JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Tampa, Fla.” He reports, “Philosophy majors make good change agents!” He is training to run again this February in the Gasparilla Distance Classic 15K. Pamela (Brown) Day of Alexandria, Va., says she’s still managing editor of Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance and continues to teach printmaking at the Art League School. “I have been an exhibiting artist in the Art League Gallery for over 30 years now.” She has stayed in touch with several classmates over the years, and she and her partner, Eric, visit with them when they can.

Christopher Eager retired in June of 2013 from UB&T after 33 years. He and his wife, Denise, bought a new home in Palm Springs, Calif. The couple’s son just graduated high school and is taking a gap year in Asia prior to college in 2018. “My wife and I are traveling to Southeast Asia this fall for two months in search of a new retirement site. I now spend my days swimming, practicing yoga and occasionally hiking. It’s a good life,” he writes.

Scot Faulkner, who lives in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., with his wife, Vicki, led a successful legislative initiative to name the largest bridge across the Shenandoah River after Major Martin Robison Delany—the highest ranking African American to serve in the Union Army during the Civil War. Delany was also a leading abolitionist, creating and publishing the North Star newspaper with Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison.

Timothy Granda’s submission speaks for itself: “After more than 40 years living in the United Kingdom, and following the elevation to the US Presidency of a narcissistic and pig-ignorant bigot, I have finally naturalised as a British citizen. ’Nuff said.”

In their retirement, Rick Hearn and Susan Hanna are keeping busy with Cal State, Fullerton’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Rick is a member of the Board of Trustees, serves as vice president of technology and teaches photography, while Sue sings in the Chorale. Together they “teach people how to use their Android smartphones” and facilitate a class they call “Science for You,” which includes a video lecture and discussion. “It’s pretty amazing for an econ major and an anthropology major to become software engineers, but science teachers?” The high point of the summer was a trip to see the solar eclipse in Oregon, combined with a Columbia River cruise.

Linda Montross Harmon is busy scanning, digitizing, and cataloging all of the music her husband (John Harmon ’57) has composed and arranged in his decades as a musician. Linda reports he is currently working on his fifth symphony and just recently released an all-original solo piano CD. Linda retired as librarian from the Winneconne (WI) Community School system in June and suggests to classmates, “Let us know if you’re looking to perform any new pieces.”

Nancy Butler Kuhn and her husband, Richard Kuhn ’74, report they are still retired, still in Wilmington, N.C., still traveling and still enjoying their grandchildren.

They’ve been to various locations in Eastern and Western Europe as well as across the U.S., and are still working on other “bucket list” trips. When they’re not traveling, they’re “playing some tennis and going to fitness classes when we are in Wilmington.”

Rudolf (Rudi) Meyer “continues teaching in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Calgary, currently sili sedimentology, petrophysics, and fields schools, and doing other academic fun stuff.” He says the downturn in oil/gas prices has finally had an impact on enrollment, with upper level classes getting smaller.

He still exchanges “rare emails with Dschon, Dreckgsicht and Tom, all ’75.”

Kathy Kosloske Orth stays busy in her retirement, playing organ and piano at First United Methodist Church in Appleton, golfing, volunteering, being in the prayer shawl group at church, serving as the president of the local SAI alum group, reading, exercising, quilting, spending time in Door County and taking day trips. She and her husband, Larry, also have traveled worldwide in recent years.

Carl Rath, who teaches in the Conservatory, hosted close to 800 participants, exhibitors, and observers at the International Double Reed Society annual conference this June in Appleton. “The conference was a smashing success and put Lawrence on the international map for double reed performers, teachers, and enthusiasts.” Carl also taught and performed at the Red Lodge (Montana) Music Festival and the Sewanee (TN) Music Festival, where a whole program of his arrangements was performed for Bassoon Zoom. Carl also was honorary coach for the LU volleyball match against Ripon. “LU crushed them!”

Melvin Smith of Hermitage, Tenn., decided after graduation that computer software sales might be something to do “while I figured out what I really wanted to do.” He says he’s still in software, and “wondering what I will be when I finally grow up.” He and his wife, Sandra Ann, followed their two sons to Tennessee five years ago. In the spirit of Freshman Studies, he has kept going with classic literature, “and I’m still sailing.”

George Stalle, just completed his third year as a real estate agent for Keller Williams. Now retired from music teaching (his second career from 2000 to 2014), George and his family have lived in Moorestown, N.J., for the past 20 years. He and his wife, Kay Towner, welcomed their first grandchild in April 2017.

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ALUMNI TODAY George Steed and wife, Amy Merriam Steed ’74, bought a small airplane as they embarked on retirement. “We’ve been using it to buzz around the country: this summer a round trip Seattle-Atlanta return, and in late September Seattle-Wichita return. In Wichita we connected with Greta and Chris Perleberg ’74, and also Eningen alums.

After 35 years in Wilmette, Ill., John Sundlof and his wife, Margie, are facing the possibility that it might be time for them to downsize. John has been a full-time freelance photographer since the late ’80s, and has completed a great many assignments and freelance projects, which you can see on his website sundlof. com. He is now in the midst of “a glacial book turnout” of a 25-year project called On The Line—Out To Dry, in which he photographed people and the wash on their clotheslines in locations worldwide. John and Margie also are enjoying their three children and five grandchildren, who keep them “engaged and entertained. All in all, not too bad for this curmudgeon.

No complaints.”

’79 Don Arnosti is continuing his career as conservation director of the Izaak Walton League in Minnesota. His work addresses forest protection, agricultural impacts to water and efforts of the international sulfide ore mining industry to establish a mining district in northern Minnesota. Don and Meg Malde-Arnosti, are thrilled that their three adult children are all thriving. Meg is continuing her practice of landscape architecture with Southview Designs, with a focus on making livable, healthy outdoor spaces for residential clients.

Joseph Fasano is living in California. Give him a shout: joefasano0@gmail.com.

Michael Fogel is currently the headmaster of Kemsley Academy Panshan. Panshan is 60 kilometers east of Beijing, where two of his sons live. A third son, Dylan Fogel ’08, is attending dental school at Midwestern University. Kemsley Academy just opened its doors for the first time Aug. 31. It serves Chinese nationals who desire to attend an American university. They are preparing them through an American-style boarding school with a combination of Chinese and American curricula. Wendy Watson ’78 will be joining to teach theater arts.

Kathryn Krohn-Gill enjoyed seeing alumni at a July gathering honoring Nicholas Maravolo. Bob Loomis coordinated the event to share stories of the impact Doc had on them. Her neighbor, Jim Richardson ’72, was an early student in the Vegetation of Wisconsin class. Rob Stevens also attended.

Regina Swingen Lee’s new boyfriend has four paws, tall ears and a long tail. His name is Zion, a 3-year-old German Shepherd rescue. She thinks Zion knew she needed a close companion after Rick, her husband of 31 years, passed away. She is still working at Tennessee Technological University in the Volpe Library as the assessment and special projects librarian. She has enjoyed 24 years as faculty with full professor status

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and tenure. She enjoyed a cruise with Kim (Narotzky) O’Donnell last fall to the western Caribbean. Regina frequently travels to Wisconsin to visit her mother, who turned 99 in November.

Todd Mahr is still at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Wis., Pediatric Allergy. He just received a distinguished service award from the AAP Section of Allergy & Immunology. He is the current presidentelect of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. He and his family honor their daughter, Kaitlin Mahr ’09, who died 10 years ago at Lawrence, through Kaitlin’s Table, an adolescent mental health awareness campaign. Their son, Samuel, is finishing his master’s in mental health counseling and substance abuse counseling.

From the Black Forest right into downtown Manhattan— that is how 2017 can best be summed up for Astrid Strasburger Manoli. When Yiannos Manoli ’78 got the chance to do a sabbatical at Columbia, they did not have to think twice. With two of their three children living and working in New York, the suitcases were packed in no time. For an elderly European lady who has lived in the U.S. before, staying in the town that really never sleeps is a totally new experience. She daily comes across new ways of using the English language. Astrid also explores the city on a bike, which is surprisingly easy with all of the bike lanes. Astrid and Yiannos hope to visit good old friends from their years at Lawrence and learn more about the great city and its people.

Mary Thome Marshall and Doug Marshall live in Sun Prairie, Wis. Mary is finishing her 30th year in the Department of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin, and Doug continues to merchandise commodities for United Cooperative. Their daughter, Liz Marshall ’09, a lawyer, was married in June in Madison. She came home from Washington, D.C., for the celebration. Sam (Macalester 2013) lives in New York and works in high tech. Mary and Doug spend most of their days at work, but enjoy traveling to far off places, riding bikes, going to theater, cooking good food with friends, book clubs, political activism, volunteering at the YWCA, visiting their children and parents and spending a week each summer in the Adirondacks. They are looking forward to the upcoming reunion. Lawrence continues to be transformed and transforming. They are up to nine Lawrentians in their family.

Scott Matsumoto reports no changes. He is working for a blockchain, crypto currency startup and playing solo acoustic fingerstyle guitar. There’s less hair and more weight. So that’s different.

Linda Harris Mimms celebrated her daughter’s, Lauren Mimms ’12, wedding to Zack Bockmier on June 10 at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. Several Lawrence alumni helped toast the newlyweds, including the maid of honor, Leah Miller ’12.

John Rowland is single again and still running the family insurance business (4th generation). They relocated the 15-person agency back downtown where it started in 1903. John continues to spend a bit of time behind one of his cameras and actually accepted his first paying gig. John is still involved with soccer

and plays goalkeeper occasionally. He is also a soccer referee and instructor. He rides his bike often and recently completed the Ride Across Wisconsin. It’s a one-day ride from Dubuque, Iowa, to Kenosha, Wis.: 178 miles and about 6500 feet of hills. He is heading to hear Gino in concert this fall!

Ruth Steiner received the University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship for 2017–2020.

The award recognizes “tenured faculty members who have a distinguished current record of research.” They recognize recent contributions and provide incentives for continued excellence in research. She serves as the director of the Center for Health and the Built Environment where she focuses her research, teaching and service activities on the relationship of the built environment to health outcomes, with special attention to vulnerable populations.

Michelle Mahn Swodzinski retired from teaching school about three years ago after suffering some health problems but is loving retirement! She teaches piano, voice and guitar lessons, and has about 45 students. Michelle has also been a church choir director for 38 years! Michelle raised a daughter who is now a senior at UW–Eau Claire, a great pianist and French horn player and a Packer fan. They text each other during the games.

John Warrington Jr. is still living in Nicaragua. He is living in a dictatorship, and the politics are getting interesting. “After 12 years of receiving $500+ million per year from Chavez and now the bus driver, Maduro.

The surplus money supply in Nicaragua has dried up as Venezuela devolves into anarchy and probable civil war.

So how and to whom does the transfer of power take place?”

After 39 years in education, Chris Manuel Zacher is in her final year as a music educator in the NorthportEast Northport school district on Long Island, N.Y., teaching elementary and middle school band. Chris is the founder and director of the Northport Horn Club, the only grades 5-12 horn ensemble in the New York metro area, and is active as a performer and clinician.

For the past 10 years, Chris has been a clinician at the UW–Whitewater Fall Horn Festival (under the direction of Linda Kimball ’77). Chris and husband, Paul, live in Fort Salonga, N.Y. and are the parents of Kelly Zacher ’10 and Jennifer.

’81 Frank Babbitt began his 23rd season as a member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra. His middle son, Alexander Babbitt ’15, graduated from Lawrence (magna cum laude). Cornelia and Frank will celebrate their 30th anniversary next June. Come to the opera and stop by the orchestra pit!

After 20 years in Moscow, Lynn Berry transferred in September 2016 to the Washington bureau of The Associated Press, where she works as an editor. In July, Pavel Kustov and Lynn were married.

Thomas Conway is president and founder of the Connemara Group, a boutique personal financial

ALUMNI TODAY planning and investment consulting firm based in Rockville, Md. (connemara.com). His wife, D. Elizabeth Walker, is a practicing trial attorney. They have two children, Kathryn (age 24) and Matthew (age 21).

Tom remains thankful to this day for the outstanding education he received at Lawrence. He is a strong proponent of a true and rigorous liberal arts education to help students prepare for a rapidly changing world.

Anne Cornelius and James Cornelius joined a couple of dozen other Lawrentians in seeing Jeff Wisser, Pete Mahlmeister, Paul McComas ’83 and some friends play old-time rock and roll in Rick Moser ’83 and Lisa Moser’s ’84 barn near Gurnee, Ill., on October 7, 2017. The walls of the Viking Room could be heard a-trembling, 200 miles away.

Bernard Haen is now living in Green Bay and has been married for two years to his wife, Gini. Daughter Caroline is a senior at UW–River Falls, majoring in biology (field emphasis) and playing defender on the women’s soccer team. Gini’s kids live in Columbus, Ohio and St. Louis with their families. Bernard is enjoying his relatively stress-free job as a parts inspector at a local metal fabrication business, while golfing in the summer and bowling in the winter. They’ve filled their house with a standard poodle, Lily, and four kitty boys: Nick, Luke, Frankie and Osama. Another poodle is on the way this Christmas!

David Heller returned to Austria this past summer to teach and perform in the Eisenstadt Summer AcademyClassical Music Festival. In addition to performances on the historic organs from Haydn’s time in Eisenstadt, he also performed in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna in a broadcast performance with the festival orchestra and chorus. He has recently been appointed to the Alumni Board of Lawrence, beginning in the fall of 2017.

Susy Schultz runs Public Narrative, which teaches storytelling to journalists and people working in Chicago’s nonprofits. The work builds bridges between people—like a good story should. Her work is to make sure the story of Chicago’s issues isn’t just told by those with power, but they include the voices of people.

It also gives out the Studs Terkel Award to journalists.

(This year, she was named one of the 20 top women in Chicago journalism.) Susy took over the almost 30-yearold organization about three years ago and loves the teaching but isn’t as thrilled about the fundraising.

She lives on Chicago’s far north side, close to the Cook County Forest Preserves’ bike path. She has a relatively new husband of three years, Jim, and they kinda run a family bed and breakfast for the rotating visits of their eight children and six grandchildren. Clearly, her life is perfect. But then, she invested in a Lawrence education.

Helen Snook, her husband, Steve, and son, Paul, are enjoying living in the remote desert mountains of far west Texas, where the beautiful, big skies remind her of her desert beginnings in Libya. Steve is a museum guide at Chinati Foundation in neighboring Marfa. Paul attends Alpine High School, and Helen is assisting with mountain lion research for Sul Ross State University. They moved her parents to Texas last fall from Connecticut. So in addition to visits from their older son, Johnny, from Austin every few months, sisters and nieces

come visit from abroad a couple of times a year. They had the great pleasure of seeing Paul Arbetan and Phil Brick last Halloween when Phil brought his college students on a field trip to the region. They got to see Barb Lee in New York City regularly when they visited Connecticut, but miss that luxury now. Helen hopes Barb and other Lawrence friends will visit them in Texas!

Shelly Briggs Underhill married Edward M. Bowden, in Kenosha, Wis., on June 24, 2017.

Things are great at the Wille household! Julea Totzke Wille is nearly recovered from a broken femur incurred from a biking accident—after surgery, a week in the hospital, a month at rehab and then 11 months of home physical therapy! Dave Wille ’82, her spouse, is still doing charity fundraising through AMS Chicago as well as some HR and strategy consulting. Their daughter, Christine, is now engaged and planning a winter 2018 wedding in California. Andrew is now in the San Francisco area doing marketing and public relations consulting and also some photography on the side.

Their son, Michael Wille ’16, went on to Vancouver Film School and just finished a degree in game design!

He’s hoping to stay in Vancouver while Christine and Andrew stay in California.

Charles Wood was selected as the 2016 Wisconsin Section Professional Golfers Association Teacher of the Year and 2015 Wisconsin Section PGA Player Development Award. He is currently the head golf professional at the Oconomowoc Golf Club. He never imagined that a Lawrence history major would end up at the historically (golf) significant Donald Ross layout.

Wood had the pleasure of/successfully endured the demands of hosting the 2017 Wisconsin State Amateur Championship this past July. The subject of his PGA Masters project to be completed this winter involves analytics and improving one’s golf game.

’83 Compiled and submitted by Wendy Welch Grim Catherine Cotter took a job this past year at Northwestern University on the Evanston campus as a business administrator in the Engineering School. She is thrilled to be back in a college setting and is looking forward to taking classes, attending seminars and talks and hanging out by the lakefront. Her oldest child David Brablec graduated from college and is working at McKinsey. Martin, the middle child, is a sophomore at Columbia College in Chicago. Her youngest child, Greta, is a sophomore in high school. In three more years, Catherine hopes to return to India to meet with people from the ACM India Studies program.

Cindy Johnson completed a master’s degree earlier this year and is now a nurse practitioner, specializing in head and neck cancer at Loyola University Medical Center, west of Chicago. Her husband, Hugh Dellios, recently took a job at NPR, where he is a deputy national editor. They have two sons, Reese and Alec, both in college, and two rambunctious dogs.

Professor Elizabeth Ann De Stasio and Bart De Stasio ’82 had a great sabbatical year at Rutgers

University, explored the mid-Atlantic and wrote some manuscripts. Beth also started a research project with a new collaborator. They lived close enough to their oldest son, (Matt ’12) who was finishing law school at the University of Pennsylvania and saw him rather frequently. Their youngest, David ’17, just graduated from Lawrence, and they were home in time to celebrate his accomplishments.

Robert J. Greene “retired” from the U.S. Air Force Bands program after 20 years of service in 2007, and is currently a senior web developer at BAE Systems in Hudson, N.H., where he has resided for over 10 years.

In his spare time, he likes making snow angels, ice skating, eating a whole roll of Toll House cookie dough as fast as he can, snuggling and performing with various ensembles, including the Boston Civic Symphony, Mercury Orchestra and MIT Symphony Orchestra (Cambridge, Mass.), and the Lakes Region Big Band in Manchester, N.H. Most recently, Robert has joined the Patriot Brass Ensemble—Boston, performing patriotic music in veterans’ homes, parades and corporate events throughout New England. Robert has also become politically active, having participated in two nationally televised Frank Luntz focus groups which appeared on Hannity and The Kelly File and attended his first CPAC. Paul O. Jenkins is currently a professor and university librarian at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire.

He also teaches a course on The Beatles there. His book (co-edited with his brother) called Teaching The Beatles will appear in 2018.

After 28 years as a television broadcast engineer (and a few years in radio before that), Jim Kowald decided to do something with his life. Rather than pollute the air waves with “fake news”, Jim now, as his son puts it, “builds fire trucks.” As an electrician with Pierce, manufacturer of fire and emergency equipment, he gets to build something that will make a difference in someone’s life. Something that surprised Jim when he first walked in was how many of the talented and skilled professionals are our age. Since January, Jim has been involved with apparatus that has gone to China, Japan, Venezuela, and all over the U.S. and Canada. (And yes, the labels are translated to whatever language is desired.)

In May, Beverly J. Larson resigned from her role as communications director at Brown University to enjoy life more fully. After a carefree summer of travels and kayaking with husband Gary, she is creating her freelance writing business. “Portable work is highly appealing to me,” she says. As a volunteer, Beverly is assisting a Syrian refugee family from Aleppo to make their way in Rhode Island. “One of my most-used apps is Google Translate.”

David A. Paul drove the family station wagon (remember those?) directly from his LU graduation to the San Francisco Bay Area, where his parents had recently relocated after his dad took a job with Apple Computer. Fast forward 33 years through one MBA, eight high-tech companies, one wife (still married), three daughters, and five residences within a three-mile radius.

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ALUMNI TODAY Dr. David P. Rabago and his wife, Aleksandra Zgierska Rabago, are fortunate. David’s job as a family medicine doctor is rewarding, seeing patients, and teaching and research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Son Alek (16) drives a car. Enough said. Daughter Eva (9) is in love with life about 10 times a day so generally brings the joy. Best wishes, friends, to you and yours.

Victoria Mason Runnoe is still with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game but has shifted responsibilities to directly oversee operations at the Morrison Knudsen Nature Center in Boise. Considered one of the jewels of Idaho’s Treasure Valley, the nature center is a popular destination for school groups and the public and is home to a wide variety of wildlife. The job keeps her very busy, a good thing now that Victoria is officially an empty-nester, with both of her children off to college. Her daughter is a senior eyeing graduate school programs, while Victoria’s son is a freshman.

Hard to believe! In her free time, Victoria continues to be very involved in training and showing her border collies in obedience trials. Recently Victoria had her dogs give herding a try, attending “sheep camp” in western Washington this summer. They had a wonderful time, but Victoria is not quite ready to add sheep to the backyard!

Mary S. Barber-Schmitz and Tom Schmitz have been busy with their work at the American Red Cross and volunteer jobs at an animal rescue and as EMTs at the University of Minnesota. In spite of this, Tom took a job at the 2017 Minnesota State Fair, rationalizing that trying a different type of work would be good mental preparation for their coming semi-retirement. Tom worked in Lost and Found, and it was one of the best jobs he has ever had: Eight hours of helping people for twelve days in a row. It was fun and exhausting and gave him a very positive perspective on the better parts of human nature.

Terri Sundberg is in her 23rd year as professor of flute at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Denton has become the “mini-Austin” of Texas, and she has been really proud of this town for its progressive stance on many issues. Terri’s flute studio continues to thrive, and three students were named to the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition in August, which is as many as any flute studio in the entire country! One won 3rd prize in the competition, and it was also fun to see several studio alumni, now professors in their own right, perform at the national convention, which was held in her hometown of Minneapolis this year.

Terri continues her work on the board of the Shropshire Foundation, a grassroots charitable organization that brings music education and peace-building classes to children in war torn countries. Despite a shoestring budget, the program has reached 15,000 children to date. See TeachingChildrenPeace.org.

Einar H. Tangen moved to Beijing in 2005. After stints in law, politics, business and investment banking in the U.S., Einar’s emphasis is now on new tech, transitioning one of our bricks and mortar businesses into an O2O platform and taking on an active role in an Internet Of Things partnership. Socially, he is privileged to have friends who have done, or are doing, substantial and

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interesting things, in a place where the threads of politics, business and culture are weaving the future.

He has two wonderful and intelligent children, who are discovering their own paths in life. Hobbies include writing books on the economics of Chinese cities, commenting on political and economic affairs for various Chinese and international news outlets and mentoring promising students and entrepreneurs. He was honored to be named one of 1,000 Talents by the Beijing government, even if they won’t tell him what talent he has. It has been an incredible journey since graduation, not always smooth, but with few regrets.

As the pages turn, Einar is more interested in what future generations can do. Einar has fond memories of Lawrence, his friends and professors who helped shape his outlook and values, and wish them all, posthumously and alive, the very best.

Wendy Welch Grim works for Acosta, a food broker that has been in business for 90 years. She works on the SuperValu team as a supervisor to eight administrators, representing major grocery, dairy and frozen food brands. Wendy started 2017 with surgery on her left hand and will end the year with surgery on her right hand. Rehabilitation and physical therapy will take most of the winter months.

’85 Compiled and submitted by Tammie Follett and Tanja Scribner Felton Reslie Costabell enjoys mudlarking: searching the Thames foreshore for historical artefacts. Recently, at the site of Henry VIII’s palace, she found a chunk of a high-status plate. Further upstream, she found hunks of cooking pots from the 1300s and a few Roman potsherds. The river is substantially lower than most of the pedestrian areas of London, so the foreshore is a chapel of escape amidst a busy city. Mudlarking is her meditation: she clears her mind and slowly wanders, enjoying nature and leaving her troubles behind which is useful, given that Brexit has “trashed” her business. She won the title of International Master of Creative Thinking, having won a gold medal, two silvers, and a bronze in the last four years.

Terrance Drennan and wife, Anne Drennan, are doing well. Their son, Zach, graduated from Marquette University last year with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. He works for Highland Park Hospital and lives in Chicago. Anne is working at Genesee Theatre. Terry is in his 31st year in banking, still working for Northern Trust in Chicago.

Tammie Follett is having another awesome year. In addition to her busy work and volunteer schedule, she has been traveling with friends to Scotland, Mongolia, Russia and Egypt. She loves experiencing different cultures.

Fiona Gorman McKee and husband, Daniel McKee, MD, live in Duluth, Minn., with their daughter Kellyn, who is 17. Their son Kilian attends graduate business school in Virginia at the College of William and Mary.

Work at their gastroenterology practice, taking care of

their family and restoring a historic home occupies most of her time, but she is still fortunate to connect with Lawrentians on a too infrequent basis!

Todd Hausmann and wife, Lori Hausmann, live in St. Paul. Todd is a vice president of marketing at U.S. Bank in Minneapolis. He and Lori have two daughters, Hanna (15) and Leah (13). Life is full of sporting events and school work. Todd cycles a lot now, as his knees have seen enough running. He is competitive in his “age group” in races at this stage of his athletic career.

John Ide and wife, Nancy Ide, became empty nesters two years ago and moved back into the city of Chicago after 20+ years in Oak Park. They love being back!

Their three kids are all doing well in school, with their oldest son finishing up this quarter at the University of Denver with a double major in economics and English.

He is actively looking for a job. Their middle daughter is a senior at Lehigh University, majoring in finance with an accounting minor. She is planning to leverage her internship experience at William Blair this summer into a full-time position with another financial institution.

They dropped off their youngest son in August at the University of Colorado to begin his freshman year. He loves the school and the mountains, and he has made several new friends. John and Nancy just celebrated 25 years together and look forward to 50 more, hopefully.

Coincidentally, John also celebrated his 25th year with JPMorgan. Time goes by too fast.

Lisa Berry Murray and Chuck Murray are recent empty nesters. Their daughter, Isabelle, started college this year at St. Lawrence University in N.Y., and their son, Max, attends Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. They miss having their kids around but are also enjoying the new freedom of doing just what they want. Chuck is a senior project manager at L.L.Bean in Freeport, Maine, and Lisa is a group director at Diversified Communications in Portland. Work keeps them very busy, but they love life in Maine, close to beaches, lakes, mountains and family. Lisa has been lucky enough to connect annually with good LU buddies Jenna Hall, Margaret Haywood, Jenny Cobb, Kary Strickland and Chrysa Bayer. She hopes the rest of the Class of ’85 is doing well. Love to all.

Jennifer Nilsson Halgren and husband, Steve Halgren, spent years living and breathing Edina Schools through work and kids. Jennifer is now the account manager at a marketing agency in Minneapolis.

It is a two-person shop, which guarantees a day rich in variety—and she loves it. But, she is envious of friends who have moved into a city proper! This spring, Sofia will complete her master’s in public health from Columbia University and hopes to stay in New York City.

Sten will finish a double major from Indiana University in finance and technology management. It is time to trade hockey rinks and the riding mower for coffee shops and Lake Harriet concerts!

David Pfeiffer and his wife, Cathy, and their son—13year-old Harrison—moved back to London from Kuwait four years ago. While Cathy and he continue to work in England on several Middle East projects, they are largely retired. Their son attends the American School in London and just entered grade 9.

ALUMNI TODAY Diane Prion-Gelman and husband, Stephen Gelman, live on Chicago’s northwest side. Since graduation in 1985, Diane has worked in theatre, game publishing, fiction editing and most recently, audiobooks. She currently runs a freelance editing business, Word Nerd Inc., and she narrates and produces audiobooks while also raising two sons (Dave and Isaac) with her “computer-nerd” husband. Last year, she taught her first-ever fiction writing course at Harper College—a somewhat intimidating but ultimately enjoyable experience, in which she learned as much as her students did. In the past six years, she has published three mysteries as D.M. Pirrone: a stand-alone suspense novel, No Less in Blood (Five Star/Cengage, 2011), and the first two books in the Hanley & Rivka Mysteries, Shall We Not Revenge and For You Were Strangers (Allium Press of Chicago, 2014 and 2015).

The series is set in Chicago just after the Great Fire of 1871. She is currently working on the third Hanley & Rivka novel, which she hopes to release in 2018.

Charles Ray, MD, and wife, Kris Ray, live in Chicago, where Chuck serves as professor and chair of radiology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, as well as serving as acting dean of the college.

Tanja Scribner Felton and husband, Tom Felton, MD, are keeping busy as empty nesters. The highlight of this past year was a trip to Copenhagen, Denmark with Nicole to visit their son, Alec, who was interning at Maersk. Tanja’s maternal family are still there, so it was a great chance to catch up with relatives. Alec is now back at the University of Minnesota for his senior year. Nicole is a sophomore at Miami of Ohio. When not at the hospital, Tom continues to enjoy time on his bicycles. This year he competed in the National Time Trial Championship in Augusta, Ga., placing ninth in his age group. Tanja looks forward to more good times with LU friends over the holiday season and loves connecting with many of you on Facebook.

Anne Stauss Gustafson’s days are filled with teaching art to elementary kids and keeping up with her two children, who are in college. Henry is a senior at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, and Grace is a sophomore at Rensselaer in New York. She spends her free time hanging out with her two chocolate labs (Gus and Charlie) or painting abstract landscapes of Lake Michigan.

Edward Thomas and wife, Robin Thomas, live in Phoenix, where he is owner of Deep Space Products, supplying products and services to amateur astronomers.

’89 Compiled and submitted by Kelly Carroll Rhodes Hello, LU Class of 1989! It’s hard to believe we’ll be reaching our 30th reunion soon! Even harder to believe, most of us have been entering our 50s in the past year or so! If your life is like mine, it is so busy with work, children, volunteering, etc.; however, we’d love to have you submit an update to keep us all updated in the Class of 1989 Notes. Here are a few submissions we received recently. Enjoy the winter!

Cathy Bunch Daniels has been elected, as of 2017, to the Board of Trustees of Wolcott School, a college prep high school in Chicago. Wolcott School is Chicago’s first high school specifically for students with superior to average intelligence with learning differences, who can contribute and flourish in the school’s strength-based, collaborative community.

Sarah Glashagel married the love of her life, Scott Haywood, this past summer in a hot air balloon! They moved from their home in the Bahamas to Hefei, China, and are enjoying life there. Daughter Katie is attending her first year at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina, and son David is living and working in Brookfield, Wis. “Life is good!”

Sean Gilshannon and Margaret Harrison Gilshannon enjoyed delivering their oldest child Emma to start her freshman year at Lawrence back in early September.

The place has changed a lot in nearly 30 years—all for the better. Emma dove right in and hardly misses her Connecticut home. Choirs, a radio show, yoga, photography, bike rides to apple picking ... they assume she’s taking classes too. What a great place.

Jason Hoogerhyde is an associate professor of music at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.

Jason had three new compositions premiere in 2017: Revolve/Retract, for percussion ensemble (by Line Upon Line Percussion); a musical theatre work, The Don Juan Project; and Aurae, for cello octet (by the Boston College Cello Ensemble).

Kelly Carroll Rhodes resides in the Minneapolis area with her husband Jeff, children Emma and Max, and newly adopted pup, Aspen. They adopted Aspen from Spot’s Last Stop Canine Rescue due to a Lawrence connection—Class of ’89 alum Alex Stegemann Christianson. Since then, they have been fostering additional pups being rescued by Spot’s. In addition to this volunteer work, Kelly is an active board member of her community’s Youth Lacrosse Association.

Nicholas Marsh is living in Charlestown, Mass., with his wife, Julia, and 11-year-old son, Xavier. He just completed his 10th year working at BristolMyers Squibb, where he leads the biomolecular characterization group. He is also currently teaching translational pharmacology at the Harvard Medical School. Nicholas is also looking forward to spending time back in Australia this year.

’91 Jessica ‘Decky’ Alexander married Bruce Kutinsky on July 30, 2016, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Bruce is the chief operating officer of Akorn Pharmaceuticals, and Decky is a professor and director of academic engagement programs at Eastern Michigan University.

Brendan Dunning lives in Virginia with his wife, Ania, and two daughters (14 and 9). He recently moved his law practice to a pre-Civil War blacksmith shop that has been remodeled. He will be canoeing in Canada this winter with Bryan Krekel, where they hope to hear their first wild wolf howl.

Anne Overheu Eisinger is teaching 8th grade Spanish, living happily as a minimalist, vegan and environmentally conscious community member. She is also raising her strong, beautiful, kind, intelligent 8-yearold daughter. “Content and at peace.”

Shirley Tse Forer has been living on the East Coast since 2003, splitting her time between New York City and Old Lyme, Conn. She is currently working as vice president of risk and insurance for Brookfield Asset Management. Married since 2005, no kids. She travels a lot for both work and pleasure and has recently taken up boating. She still keeps in touch with a few classmates and has wonderfully fond memories of her time in Appleton!

Sherrill (Weller) Knezel celebrated 25 years as an art educator in Wauwatosa, Wis., this past spring.

She teaches full time at the elementary level and has started her own graphic recording business, capturing the heart of meetings and keynote speakers live through images and text. She also leads workshops on visual note taking (sketchnoting) for educators and employees who want to increase engagement, memory, connection and creativity through the use of visuals. Sherrill and her husband, Chad Knezel, live in Wauwatosa, Wis., and have two sons, Spencer and Owen, in college.

Lynn (Brunner) LeMoine is a licensed attorney and qualified mediator in the state of Minnesota. Lynn is currently employed as the dean of students and adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul.

Lynn continues to explore her musical interests singing with Kantorei, a 40-voice a cappella choral ensemble.

In her free time, Lynn loves to spend time with her husband, Jeff ’89, and their three daughters. They enjoy camping, traveling and visiting friends and family.

Hercules Nikolaou is the principal at Janssen Elementary School, Kimberly Area School District, Kimberly, Wis. He earned a Ph.D. in leadership studies from Marian University in 2015. He and his wife, Julie ’94, have been married for 26 years and have two adult sons, James and Hercules Jr. Todd Niquette was working in the IT industry; he set up ServiceNow for the nation’s second-largest retailer.

He has since experienced some health setbacks and is working on overcoming this hard time.

Lorena Prime has been enjoying living in Boston for the last 12 years. Nothing beats a New England fall!

She celebrated 10 years of owning her own business, which has been great! She has also been traveling to some beautiful places (Italy, Greek Islands, etc.).

Lawrence planted the “travel bug” in her with the Slavic Trip and a semester in London—great experiences that she has never forgotten. “Hope all is well with you, my classmates!”

At Mark Scheffler’s Lawrence graduation ceremony, President Rik Warch encouraged all of the graduates to do one key thing in their post-LU lives: question answers as much as answer questions. Mark works in an industry (financial services) that rarely questions long-held assumptions, including the belief that when markets turn, investors should simply ignore that turn and “stay

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ALUMNI TODAY the course.” He has been working diligently for more than 20 years with the goal of definitively answering one key question: “When markets turn, is there a measurable benefit to making systematic portfolio adjustments in response to that turn?” The answer is a definitive “YES!” and represents a fundamentally different way of looking at the markets and a completely different way of addressing risk and reward. So after two decades of collaborative work, he is proud to announce the creation of clearTREND (cleartrendresearch.com), the world’s first commercialized “Trend-Engine.”

Laura Stefani is still in D.C., practicing technology and telecommunications law in private practice, ushering her son into his middle school years, and trying to do as much hiking, backpacking, biking and kayaking as she can when not being a baseball/basketball mom on the weekends. She was lucky enough to catch up with Heather Shilling while in Seattle this past summer, and Anne Eigeman in D.C. last spring. Drop her a line if you’re coming to town. Or better yet, recommend your western U.S. city/town, as she is looking for a non-East Coast spot for retirement.

Thomas Zoellner’s new nonfiction book, The Christmas Uprising: Sugar, Terror and the Struggle for Liberty in Colonial Jamaica, will be published by Harvard University Press in the spring of 2019.

’95 Compiled and submitted by Jennifer L.K. Plamann The Class of 1995 is busy as usual, creating, performing, serving, innovating, parenting and traveling.

In fact, many classmates appear to be involved in all of these endeavors!

Sara Staffeldt Newman for instance, is focused on both kids and career. She and her husband, Adam G. Newman ’94, live in Wauwatosa, Wis., with their son (16) and daughter (13), who are into sports, academics and friends. As Sarah puts it, “the teenage years are a rollercoaster AND I love it!” Adding to the excitement, this past spring, she sold the controlling interest in her company and started a new agency, RISE Youth & Family Services, serving youth and families through therapy, mentoring and crisis stabilization. She also started a consulting agency (RISE Consulting Services), through which she consults and trains individuals and other agencies. Her work has expanded to Dane County, and opportunities await in other service areas as well. She anxiously looks forward to “the moment things slow down just enough that I can hop a plane to somewhere exciting.”

From June 2015 until his graduation on March 17, 2017, Charles D. Bayne III has been enrolled in the Executive MBA program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. With classes in London, Chicago and Hong Kong, “it was a wild ride. The classes weren’t easy, and it made some rusty gears turn that hadn’t been used in quite a long time. But every class felt like a revelation, and I loved it.” He cites his acceptance into the MBA program as unlikely, if not for their desire for diversity in the cohort of 240 students.

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When the dean announced that they represented 46 countries and had a variety of backgrounds, including a “former cruise ship musician,” D. knew they must have like his essay.

Gregory Beyer works in academia as well, as professor of percussion studies at the Northern Illinois University School of Music. He is the artistic director of the NIU New Music Festival and New Music, Percussion, and Latin Jazz Ensembles. In 2015–2016, he earned a Fulbright Scholar Grant and traveled to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he taught at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, trained Capoeira Angola with Mestra Alcione Oliveira of the Capoeira Angola Dobrada Association and formed Arcomusical Brasil, a berimbau sextet with whom he traveled to South Africa to perform at the international Bow Music Conference. Beyer also serves as artistic director of Arcomusical, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates awareness and artistic advancement of the Afro-Brazilian berimbau and related musical bows. In 2016, Arcomusical earned a Chamber Music America grant to commission music by Elliot Cole.

Upon the release of the group’s first CD, MeiaMeia, Beyer appeared on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday.

Ryan Korb and Carrie Naumann Korb continue to reside in the Fox Valley. Ryan writes and performs with the percussion trio Africa->West (with Josh Ryan ’95 and Jamie Ryan ’98). The group is artistin-residence at Baldwin Wallace University and has spent the last few years on a project in collaboration with fellow percussionist Valerie Naranjo. They are excited to perform with her at the 2017 PASIC event in Indianapolis. Carrie has recently taken a position at Lawrence’s Wriston Art Center as the new administrative assistant.

Meredith Griffin Boulet lives with her husband of 20 years, Stephen, in Palatine, Ill. They have two teenage boys: Stephen Paul (17), who studies piano and plays trombone in band and jazz band, and André (13), who sings with the Palatine Children’s Chorus and studies guitar. Meredith teaches private lessons in voice, flute and piano. Both music and pet enthusiasts, the Boulets have two silly dogs and one cat. The pets think Meredith’s private students arrive just to pet them, and Meredith has trained them—the pets—to “sing” (howl/ meow) in the same key in which she plays. She is grateful to keep in touch with many LU classmates via Facebook and hopes to attend a summer reunion one of these years!

Mark Calvert and his wife, Sarah Schäfer, welcomed their first child, Christopher Cornelius, into the world on March 15, 2017. They are almost finished renovating their 1910 house, mostly by themselves. Having learned how to do a lot of renovations from friends and YouTube, “it’s been a real labor of love.”

Sanjukta Mukherjee is based in Hong Kong and works as head of thought leadership for PricewaterhouseCoopers, serving Hong Kong and mainland China.

Anne Woodbridge Coventry traveled with her father, Dale Coventry ’66, and numerous other family

members to Kentucky Lake to see the total solar eclipse in August. She hopes the trip will make astronomers out of some of the kids; the family is already making plans for 2024. Her son, Jack, is a sophomore at St. Michael’s College in Vermont, studying computer science and chemistry. Daughter Hazel has just started kindergarten, taking the bus and navigating the hot lunch line.

Son Clark is in his last year of pre-K and thinking up new challenges for Anne and her husband daily.

Anne practices estates and trust law (plus prenups) in Bethesda, Md., in addition to teaching a course in wills and trusts for Georgetown University’s Law Center and serving as an active member of the Estates and Trust Law Section Council for the Maryland State Bar Association and as immediate past president of her local Estate Planning Council. The 2017–2018 edition of her book, Maryland Estate Planning and Probate Laws Annotated, will be out in December.

After nearly four years conducting hazardous waste compliance inspections as an employee of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in the Waste and Materials Management Program, Brenda Szitta Halminiak joined the Medxcel Facilities Management team in April 2017. As the regional hazardous materials safety officer in Wisconsin, her main responsibility is ensuring hazardous waste compliance at the Ascension Wisconsin hospitals. She also provides technical support to Ascension hospitals nationwide regarding hazardous waste compliance.

’01 Compiled and submitted by Lyndsay Sund Julie Kostuch Baskinger is in her ninth year at Prairie Music & Arts in Sun Prairie with alumna Kari Walton Engleson ’92. She has written a complete piano curricula for their department and continues to oversee group class programs. Julie and her husband are enjoying life with their 5-year-old son, Chase.

Anna Fiedler and Jacob McCarthy ’99 live in Wiscasset, Maine, with their 5-year-old daughter.

She loves her job as director of land conservation at Midcoast Conservancy, and Jake is an English language arts teacher at Wiscasset Middle School.

Sara Gillette lives in Antioch, Ill., with her three children. She recently started a new position teaching elementary general music in Highland Park, Ill. Last May, she submitted the final two components towards National Board Certification and anxiously awaits her scores!

In fall 2017, Shanta Hejmadi began her Ph.D. Studies in ecology, evolution and behavior at the University of Minnesota. She will be studying bird evolutionary biology and community assembly. Her husband Rich Johnson ’99 is a principal chemist at Ecolab. They live in Minneapolis with their daughter, Annika (9).

Sarah Kelly and her husband welcomed their first son, Jacob Kelly Allard, on Aug. 2, 2017. On the work front, her music school, the Worcester Music Academy, just won the “Best Music School” in Worcester award from Baystate Parent Magazine. Life is good!

ALUMNI TODAY Joanna Messer Kimmitt is a new tenure-track faculty librarian at California State University Dominguez Hills in Carson. She is specializing in web-based user experience, but also working as the liaison to the College of Health, Human Services, and Nursing, and coordinating reference services (lots of schedulemaking and student assistant training!). Last spring, she married Michael Kimmitt, a friend from high school days. They are now living happily in Long Beach with their two cats (no kids—yet!). He’s a graduate student in the MBA program at San Diego State University. On a personal note, Joanna is doing much better now than in spring 2015, when she was suddenly widowed after only 19 months of marriage to her first husband, Tom. Joanna adds, “Many of you came together to support me in my bereavement, and I am more thankful than ever for our community of compassionate and generous Lawrentians. I’m looking forward to our next reunion, and to the mini-reunions we have for happy events.”

Katherine Lewis and her husband, Mark Babbitt, welcomed a new baby girl into their family on May 1, 2017. Everyone is doing great and big brother Henry is getting used to life with a little sister.

Amber Maly and her husband, Michael Bingham, (married July 2016 in Groton, Conn.) welcomed their first child, Aedyn George, on Aug. 27, 2017.

Cara Peterson Riek graduated from Arizona State University in 2016 with her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). She earned her certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). This has led her to open Arizona Breastfeeding Medicine and Wellness. They help moms and babies to meet their breastfeeding goals.

She is also working to contribute to the body of research on tongue and lip ties and how correction influences breastfeeding outcomes. Their practice uses a CO2 laser to correct tongue and lip ties on infants through adults.

Lyndsay Sund and her husband, Marcelo, added to the family in November 2016, with the birth of Adriana Belén. Big sis, Amaya (4), is loving preschool and her baby sister to pieces. Lyndsay just started working part time from home, transcribing and editing, which has been a welcome change for her brain. Life is good, and they look forward to making it back to the U.S. again next year for a visit.

Zach Walker lives in Kansas City with his wife, Meredith. They just welcomed their first child, Silas Boyd Walker Holladay, on July 3rd. They are so excited and are enjoying smiles that aren’t just him passing gas.

’03 Compiled and submitted by Rebecca Neubauer Parenting, job changes and new marriages appear to be keeping our classmates of 2003 busy based upon the updates shared below. As for me, I continue to reside with my husband, Gabriel Gervey, and our two sons, Micah (5) and Levi (3 on Dec. 24), in Austin, Texas, where I have been taking some time off from my career as a child welfare attorney representing children involved in termination of parental rights cases filed by

child protective services to spend more time with my kids and volunteer with the PTA. This past summer, the kids and I enjoyed spending a month in Wisconsin with my parents while escaping the Texas heat!

It has been a busy few years for Jeffrey S. Billings and Elizabeth Freeman Billings ’05 of Glendale, Wis. Jeffrey became a full equity partner in the estate planning practice group at the law firm of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. as of Jan. 1, 2015. In August, he and Elizabeth celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary, and Elizabeth completed her second year in her new role as the director of the Concordia funds at Concordia University Wisconsin and Concordia University Ann Arbor. Grateful for their years at Lawrence, Jeffrey and Elizabeth named their first golden retriever “Lux” after both Lawrence’s motto, “Veritas est Lux,” and the name of one of the crew boats, “Sit Lux.” Jeffrey writes, “All the best to the class of 2003!”

David A. Chidsey is in his ninth year directing the chamber music and guitar programs at Monticello High School in New York State. This past summer he worked with the Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra’s summer intensive program, and last spring one of his classical guitar students scored a perfect 100 on high level VI NYSSMA solo! He and his spouse, Svetlana Rubtsova, live in Rock Hill, N.Y. Valerie Curtis Cross and Joshua Cross ’01 live in Flagstaff, Ariz. They welcomed a baby girl, Zola Rowan, on June 27, 2017.

In spring 2017, Jonathan R. Edewards was appointed to the Design Commission of the City of Pasadena, which reviews architectural plans for major development projects. Some of the exciting projects they have considered include buildings for Caltech and a medical school for Kaiser. Jonathan’s business, Citrust Insurance Agency, continues to grow, and he enjoys helping people navigate the confusing realm of health insurance, Medicare, and home/auto insurance.

John D. Gale and his wife, Autumn Quinn, welcomed a daughter, Anna Katherine Gale, on July 14, 2017. John writes, “at two and a half months she’s just starting to smile and wake up to the world; we’re thrilled to see what’s to come.” John is a software engineer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in Palo Alto, the philanthropic organization started by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. In March, he published a 98-page coffee table photography book called Patterns, a photography study that he has been working on for a decade. ISBN 978-1-945237-00-3, through smadness.com.

Mandy C. Halpin is a primary care nurse practitioner at San Francisco General Hospital’s adult general medicine clinic, where she works with a multidisciplinary team in complex chronic disease management with many of the most vulnerable San Franciscans. Her big kid, Ezra, is seven and in the second grade, and her little kid, Caleb, is a very sweet two-year-old. She is involved in volunteer breastfeeding support and considering training as a lactation consultant. In 2017, she and her family enjoyed trips to Madison and to Green Lake, Wis. Mandy writes, “I’m looking forward to the reunion next

summer and might treat myself to a solo trip, which would be the first in eight years.”

After many fun years as a youth services librarian, Heather Warner Holton “retired” to spend more time on the event company (classiccasinoparty.com) and have greater flexibility for the four kids, Joseph (11), Samuel (9), Clare (8), and Nick (5), that she shares with husband, David Holton. She spends her extra time managing the website and Facebook page for the company. Heather and her family currently live in the tiny Wisconsin town of Plymouth, near her husband’s new job as director of the Salvatorian Mission Warehouse. Heather writes, “Basically, I am a walking billboard for what you can do with a liberal arts degree and the huge variety of life experiences for which you could be qualified.”

Miriam Lara-Mejia (previously Miriam Lara-Melo) married Elkin Lara-Mejia and is expecting her first child in December 2017. The couple lives in Berkeley, Calif.

Courtney S. Lind married Daniel Lee Schaff on Sept. 3, 2017, at her family’s resort on the shores of Lake Superior. The couple honeymooned in Italy, where they enjoyed all the delicious foods and wines that Italy has to offer. They reside in Minneapolis with their silly cat, Jelly.

Abid Omar has moved back to Pakistan after 11 years in Europe and China. He is looking forward to the next chapter.

Erin M. Pryor Ackerman and Al Reiser ’02 decided to tackle a bunch of life changes all at once; they had a baby (Zadie Reiser) and bought a house in Laramie, Wyo., in the span of three months. Erin was also recently promoted to director of grants and community programs at Wyoming Humanities. Erin writes that her “future plans include unpacking and maybe, someday, getting some sleep.”

While at Lawrence, Sarah Vander Kelen Schwarten began an internship at Associated Bank and, approximately 16 years later, she remains employed there in the position of director of talent, overseeing training and development programs, succession planning, performance management, and recruiting, among others. She and her husband celebrated 13 years of marriage in 2017, and they have three beautiful children: Owen (10), Tyler (9), and Breanna (8). The family enjoys spending time at their home in De Pere, Wis., and at their cottage up north. Sarah writes, “the kids certainly keep us on our toes!”

Susan Raben Stellmacher lives in Naperville, Ill. with her family (husband Jim and daughter Aurelia). She works as a church capital campaign consultant, helping congregations raise millions of dollars. Aurelia keeps the household busy as a second-grader with a love for ballet and an obsession with reading. Susan writes that “[t]here may be a little Lawrentian growing up in Naperville!”

After spending the past four years in southern California, Katherine V. Tanski has recently relocated to the

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ALUMNI TODAY Elissa G. Harbert has followed her dream of teaching music history at a liberal arts college and is currently an assistant professor of music at DePauw University in Indiana. Her research focuses on Broadway musicals about United States history. She recently published an article on the musical 1776 and has written an article on Hamilton, which is slated for publication next year.

Alexandra S. Lindgren-Gibson is excited to be finishing up her first semester as an assistant professor of European history at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. She graduated with a doctorate in history from Northwestern in 2016.

ABOVE: Max Burgess, Joanne Burgess, Andres Capous, Nathan Ley, Chase Nelson, Wesley Varughese, Daniel O’Mahoney, Phil Luongo, Karen Kerschke, Kaleb Cooperman, Bimal Rajbhandari, Liqi Chen Not Pictured: Jeff Burgess (taking the photo) At the Burgess Residence for a Lawrence/ BCDVideo BBQ. BCDVideo now has nine Lawrence alumni employed in their Chicagoland worldwide headquarters. Jeff Burgess invited all the Lawrence employees and significant others to the Burgess household for a delicious BBQ and drinks.

Inland Northwest, where she works as an instructional designer at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

’05 Compiled and submitted by Kathryn Kraemer The Class of 2005 has been busy since graduation with new careers, new degrees, new families, and lots of travel. Many things have changed for our fellow Lawrentians since the days of playing frisbee on Main Hall Green, grabbing a drink with friends in the VR or spending evenings lounging together on the couches in the basement of the Con. It has been great reading your updates and seeing the ongoing successes of my fellow 2005 classmates. As for me, November marks two years of living and working in beautiful Alaska. I continue to work as an ICU nurse, but now specifically with the Alaska Native population. My proudest Alaskan moment was reeling in a 60-lb. halibut this summer!

Amber Nicole Evey Schmidt and Casey Schmidt ’03 welcomed a baby girl, Hazel Josephine, to their family on Sept. 26, 2016. Hazel “adores her big brother, Chester Frederick.”

Peter T. Gillette and wife, Lizabeth Huey, live near the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago with their son, Jack (b. 2016). Peter and Liz have financial roles at competing universities, Northwestern (Liz) and University of Chicago (Peter) and frequently run into fellow Lawrentians. Peter continues to play the trumpet and is currently playing with a Halloween-themed funk band, Gramps the Vamp.

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Eric D. McNaughton recently started a new job as a property accountant.

Kathleen A. Olen recently graduated with her master’s in organization development (MSOD) from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. The same month, she joined the Network of Executive Women (NEW) in Chicago, Ill., as their chief of staff, helping address gender parity and diversity issues with corporate leadership in the retail and consumer packaged goods industries.

Susan B. Platz is approaching her 10th year living in Los Angeles.. In September, she completed her master’s degree in occupational therapy at the University of Southern California. She has also been playing OldTime fiddle for the past seven years and will appear on her first record with her mentor and bandmate, David Bragger. The fiddle duet CD is scheduled to be released

by December 2017.

Monica Wulf Romano and Tomás L. Romano ’06 are currently teaching with the Chicago Public School System in the city’s Rogers Park (preschool—8th grade music) and Edgewater (middle school special education) neighborhoods, respectively. They remain doting parents to their corgi, Winston.

Paul D. Wolfram and Cory of New York, N.Y., welcomed a son, Jasper, to their family on Sept. 7, 2017.

’09 Compiled and submitted by Erin Watson Hello, Class of 2009! As our 10-year reunion inches ever closer, our classmates continue to define their careers and start new families. Whether we’re starting new opportunities at work, traveling the globe, or simply enjoying time with our loved ones and pets, it’s been an exciting year for all of us.

Ursula Al-Kaisse is living with her fiancée and their schnoodle in Warsaw, Poland, where she works in marketing for a local tour operator. She also notes that she recently met someone else who had read Italo Calvino, and it was “one of the best moments of my post-LU life.”

Elena Amesbury married Taylor Anderson ’07 in July 2017, in a rooftop ceremony in Chicago surrounded by their friends and family. Now, they are settling in to a new home in the mountains near Denver.

Ever the lifelong learner, Andrew Blair is pursuing a master of science in teaching from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Elin gives him moral support, and Choco helps him study.

Adam Brand and his wife, Danielle, welcomed a son, Axel Terence, in September 2017.

Hayley Breden is a proud public school teacher in Denver, where she teaches high school social studies.

She is a member of the advisory board for Teaching Tolerance magazine, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. She says, “Home is my husband Allan, dog, and house in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where elk are often guests on our land.”

Katie Hawkinson is still living in south Minneapolis, and enjoying a freelance career as a stage manager for the local theater community. She recently opened Romeo and Juliet at the Guthrie Theater, and looks forward to upcoming productions of Sister Act with Chanhassen Dinner Theaters, and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner back at the Guthrie again in the spring. When she’s not working, Katie spends her free time brewing kombucha, sewing, running and cooking. Since being diagnosed with celiac disease this spring, she has taken it upon herself to learn how to bake really excellent gluten-free bread.

Sarah Koenigs and her husband, Jonathan Koenigs, welcomed their third child in 2016 and are enjoying family life. Sarah is a proud member of the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra and loves remaining part of the Appleton community.

Elizabeth Marshall married Don Anderson in Madison, Wis., with generations of Lawrentians in attendance.

They live in Washington, D.C., where she is an associate at Morvillo LLP, a boutique law firm that specializes in SEC and DOJ whitecollar investigations. She tries to stay connected to her liberal arts background by volunteering on the board of the D.C. Area Phi Beta Kappa Association.

Gwen Masterton says she is “funding her continued career as an Overly Literate Feminist Theatre Iconoclast by borrowing other people’s children when they’re busy.”

Her company, Cave Painting Theater Co., produced a genderswapped Lear, directed by Gwen and starring her mom. She notes that one publication called it “a cast possibly unrivaled in its diversity ... but let’s face it, the bar is, like, REALLY low.” You can find Gwen figuring out how to do better, and possibly writing, in various Chicago coffeehouses.

Zachary R. Olson lives and works in his hometown, Washburn, Wis., with his wife, Laura. He works as a middle school choral music teacher. Since Zach joined the district, the Washburn show choir, “Fire & Ice” has received numerous high placements at show choir competitions around Wisconsin and Minnesota, including a Class A championship at the 2016 Monona Grove Silverstage Invitational in Madison, Wis. He and Laura, and their two dogs, Sheldon and Wash, enjoy living in the area where they grew up, and look forward to introducing any visiting Lawrentians to their beautiful corner of northern Wisconsin.

ALUMNI TODAY After a long engagement, Catherine Pauly and Caitlin Davis were married in April. She says they continue to be “deliriously happy together.” Together, they have fostered 22 cats and are parents to three of their own. Catherine is a middle manager and also runs an Adventurer’s League D&D 5e group through Tales from the Yawning Portal. She is attending Gamehole Con later this year, and would love to say hello to anyone else present.

Elaine Beckett Tipping and Bradley J. Tipping ’06 are married and living in Japan. He teaches English and Elaine teaches part time and has a full-time job doing comics. They recently moved into a house with their two cats. She is working on some exciting projects, as well as enjoying the martial art she’s practiced for six years.

She’s training for a tournament in February.

Amanda Watson and Andre Watson have been living in Houston, Texas, and stayed safe and dry through Hurricane Harvey. Andre has been cycling all around Texas, and Amanda is singing with various groups around Houston. They are excited to visit New Orleans for the first time for Andre’s birthday. The couple is loving their time in Houston. “It’s true what they say about their barbecue; it’s to die for!”

Erin Watson continues to work as a copywriter at Leo Burnett in Chicago. Throughout the year, she has helped write shows performed at The Second City. She enjoys being involved in the Logan Square community and volunteering with various political action groups.

Peter Welch was hired as vice president of public affairs at the Wisconsin Medical Society.

’15 Compiled and submitted by Caitlin Zuehlke Joel Birch started his third year of law school at the Saint Louis University School of Law. He was recently selected to be the Notes and Comments Editor of the Saint Louis University Law Journal and published an article entitled, “Vassar v. NCAA: Why the NCAA is a Legal Cartel” (forthcoming), which discusses a recent antitrust lawsuit filed against Northwestern University.

Elizabeth Coffin recently accepted a position as the membership director at a private social club in Boston, where she has lived for a year-and-a-half. When she is not day-tripping/sailing across New England, she sings in two community choirs and hops out to Nantucket whenever possible to volunteer with the Community Music Center there. She says “Hello, Class of ’15,” and sends love from the East Coast!

Brienne Colston is the founder and executive director of Brown Girl Recovery LLC, an organization based in the South Bronx dedicated to providing social-emotional support services and relevant cultural programming to Black and Brown femmes. Brown Girl Recovery has recently been awarded a $20,000 grant from the

New York Department of Health to conduct racial and transformative justice workshops for community-based organizations in all five boroughs of New York City.

Additionally, Colston works as a full-time social justice facilitator and youth worker, specializing in identitybased narratives, fat activism & body liberation and racial equity workshops. While her heart is in the Bronx, Colston’s wallet yearns for cheap cocktails at VR prices!

Brandon Kreuder is in his second year of a master of music degree at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, where he is a viola major. His life since Lawrence has been both challenging and exciting, and starting life over in a big city has had its ups and downs—he often misses the Lawrence bubble. However, he has enjoyed the vast array of professional performing and recording opportunities. He also continues to perform with Lawrence Conservatory pianist Craig Jordan ’19.

Together they formed Duo Vis-À-Vis, and are planning their fourth recital series, which will take place this winter throughout the Midwest.

along with them. She loves watching the sunrise on her commute over miles of corn and soy beans, and while still single, is happy to call her 90 high schoolers her “kids.” She says “Hello all!” and sends love to all her fellow Lawrentian classmates!

Ruya Zhang has worked for over a year as a care manager in a community health center. She wants to obtain a master’s degree in clinical social work so she can help more people through direct care. She has had ups and downs since LU, but has undoubtedly grown and become independent and she feels blessed to live in the same city as her parents and little sister, which gives her the opportunity to visit them often. She is single and looking for the right person, and is glad to share her life update with the Lawrence community.

Caitlin Zuehlke obtained her master’s degree in public health from Columbia University last May, and now looks forward to a career in philanthropy. She has enjoyed exploring New York City and the Northeast, and loves to stay in touch with the Lawrence community.

Nathan Lawrence was recognized with the first-ever National Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation by the Radio, Television and Digital News Association for his work in digital journalism.

Laetitia Lehman-Pearsall has recently taken up residence in central Oregon after living on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua for the past year with Julian Delino ’13. While in Nicaragua, she volunteered as the assistant office manager for the Ometepe office of the Bainbridge Ometepe Sister Islands Association. Now, she serves as an AmeriCorps member and a music teacher in a low-income school district, where she teaches general music during the day, and gives free lessons and music classes after school.

Tianchu Liang finished his master of science degree in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology in December 2016. He now lives in Charlotte, N.C., where he works as a data scientist.

Bo Gustav Lindgren currently works for Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, or SEB, in Stockholm, Sweden. He works in investment transactions and derivatives, an area that is responsible for the daily reconciliation of financial instruments such as futures, interest rate swaps, swaptions, credit default swaps, bonds, and other OTC (over the counter) derivatives.

Zechariah Meunier is thrilled to be starting his Ph.D. program in integrative biology at Oregon State University! He will be dodging waves over the next five years as he studies the ecology of the intertidal zone along the Pacific coast.

Cayla Morton is living the absolute DREAM in Lake City, Iowa, where she teaches high school choir to the world’s greatest farm kids. She is completely in love with the career Lawrence prepared her for, and is thrilled every day to not only see her students grow as singers and human beings, but to see herself continue to grow

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ALUMNI TODAY MARRIAGES AND UNIONS

BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS

DECEASED ALUMNI

D. Scott Frankenberger ’71 and Karen Countryman, West Lafayette, Ind., February 25, 2017

Mark P. Calvert ’95 and Sarah Schaefer, Douglas, Alaska, a son, Christopher Cornelius, March 15, 2017

Jeanne Johnson Manthei ’39, Woodruff, Wis., November 7, 2017.

Shelly Briggs Underhill ’81 and Edward Bowden, Kenosha, Wis., June 24, 2017

Sarah Walkenhorst Barber ’98 and Timothy, Fitchburg, a daughter, Anora Marie, October 24, 2016

Ann Bumby Fallon M-D’40, Tucson, Ariz., July 10, 2017.

Bradford P. Aspgren ’84 and April K. Whitescarver, Dallas, Texas, August 12, 2017

Brian P. Murphy ’99 and Kathy Kopeikina, Bedford, Mass., a son, Viktor G., June 12, 2017

Barbara Beall Calhoun ’42, Barrington, Ill., March 8, 2016.

Eric E. Palmer ’91 and Michaela Otto, Cuxhaven, Germany, May 19, 2016

Jennifer Mallory McHugh ’00 and John, Chicago, a daughter, Ella Marie, July 26, 2017

Zachary M. French ’97 and Jessica DiSanto French, May 12, 2017

Jennifer McConaghy Aleckson ’00 and Paul, Brooklyn, N.Y., a daughter, Victoria Marie, October 7, 2017

Robert P. McIntosh ’42, Gainesville, Fla., July 7, 2017.

Survivors include a great-niece, Elizabeth Nerland Anderson ’10; and a nephew, Todd W. Hausmann ’85.

William A. Holst ’99 and Mindy Morris, San Francisco, May 7, 2016 Anneliese M. DeDiemar ’02 and Lacey Capps, September 22, 2017 Courtney S. Lind ’03 and Daniel Lee Schaff, Minneapolis, September 3, 2017 Julia Brucker Rinehart ’03 and Daniel Rinehart, Somerville, Mass., July 1, 2017 Andrea Lewis Hartung ’05 and Chris Hartung, Oak Park, Ill., July 22, 2017 Keegan J. White ’06 and Shannon Madden, Chicago, July 8, 2017 Adam M. Berey ’07 and Rebecca Allen, Seattle, Wash., August 19, 2017 Elena R. Amesbury ’09 and Taylor S. Anderson ’07, Denver, July 15, 2017 Elizabeth A. Marshall ’09 and Don M. Anderson, Washington, D.C., June 17, 2017 Spencer W. Neitzel ’09 and Savanah Grams, Minneapolis, July 15, 2017 Jessica M. Vogt ’09 and Paul M. Merley ’09, Chicago, August 26, 2017 Julia H. Schnell ’10 and Lee Reis, Berkeley, Calif., June 11, 2017 Laura Aerts Wierschke ’10 and Jason Lee Wierschke, Appleton, August 27, 2016 Erik C. Borresen ’11 and Shanan Borresen, Milwaukee, Wis., August 5, 2016

Katherine J. Lewis ’01 and Mark Babbitt, Normal, Ill., a daughter, Gwendolyn Susan, May 1, 2017 Amber M. Maly ’01 and Michael Bingham, Clinton, Conn., a son, Aedyn George, August 27, 2017 Zachary W. Walker ’01 and Meredith Holladay, Prairie Village, Kan., a son, Silas Boyd, July 3, 2017 Valerie Curtis Cross ’03 and Joshua ’01, Flagstaff, Ariz., a daughter, Zola Rowan, June 27, 2017 John D. Gale ’03 and Autumn Quinn, Redwood City, Calif., a daughter, Anna Katherine, July 14, 2017 Jesse Belcher Guillen ’04 and Natalie, Santa Fe, N.M., a son, Rafael Tomas, September 7, 2016 Amber Nicole Evey Schmidt ’05 and Casey P. Schmidt ’03, Chicago, a daughter, Hazel Josephine, September 26, 2016 Jesse A. Weinberg ’07 and Katie, Milwaukee, a son, Felix Oliver, September 5, 2017

Albert K. Wickesberg ’43, St. Louis Park, Minn., December 3, 2017.

Marilyn Schoenig Perry ’44, Fort Myers, Fla., May 30, 2016.

R. S. Gage ’45, Appleton, Wis., July 20, 2017.

Shirley Johnson Grieb ’45, Flower Mound, Texas, July 17, 2016. Survivors include a sister, Peggy Johnson Jacobs ’52; and a brother-in-law, Peter C. Jacobs ’52.

Olive Anderson Luebke M-D’45, New Berlin, Wis., September 23, 2017.

Beth Howell Reilly ’45, Runaway Bay, Texas, November 19, 2016.

Ruth Eller Selzer M-D’45, Salisbury, Md., July 11, 2017.

Adam T. Brand ’09 and Danielle, Appleton, Wis., a son, Axel T., September 3, 2017

Constance Nickoloff Hedtke M-D’46, Duluth, Minn., June 24, 2017.

Laura Aerts Wierschke ’10 and Jason, Appleton, Wis., a son, Broxton Lee, September 14, 2017

Evalyn Gruhn Heffel ’46, Longview, Texas, November 20, 2017.

Erik C. Borresen ’11 and Shanan, Milwaukee, Wis., a son, Will Everett, December 2, 2017

Nancy Roberts Perry ’46, Excelsior, Minn., November 10, 2017.

Ruth Williams Stearns ’45, Rye, N.Y., January 13, 2017.

Rose Mary Schlintz Rohan ’46, Green Bay, Wis., July 10, 2017.

Frank R. Yost ’46, November 17, 2017.

Jean Kwapil Burdick ’47, Racine, Wis., June 7, 2017.

CORRECTIONS In the Fall 2017 issue, a photo of Cade Francour ’21 identified him as David Jumes ’18 in “Locker Room Notes.”

Stephanie Kliethermes ’07 was identified as a 2002 graduate. We regret the errors.

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Norman T. Rasmussen ’43, Fairfax, Va., October 17, 2016.

Elaine Fryer Eifler ’46, Racine, Wis., September 28, 2017.

Chelsea Stapleton Cordasco ’13 and Ian Stapleton Cordasco, June 17, 2017

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Annette Mautner Miller M-D’43, San Diego, Calif., August 17, 2017.

Carolyn Prochniak Castonguay ’08 and Nick, Whitefish Bay, Wis.,a daughter, Claire Ann, August 11, 2017

Elizabeth Crean Rome ’11 and John A. Rome, October 21, 2017

Olivia Hemley Donica ’13 and Drew R. Donica ’12, Shorewood, Wis., June 18, 2017

William A. Crossett ’43, Racine, Wis., November 16, 2017.

Shirley Buesing Hoge ’47, Flemington, N.J., June 22, 2017. Survivors include a sister, JoAnn Buesing DuVall ’57; and a brother, Ralph A. Buesing ’49.

Janet Goodland Behl ’48, Columbus, Ohio, November 16, 2017.

Letitia Behuhn Berghuis ’48, July 15, 2017.

R. Bruce Buchanan ’48, Sun City West, Ariz., August 6, 2017. Survivors include his wife Betty Wheeler Buchanan ’48.

ALUMNI TODAY Helen Gedney DeLuca M-D’48, Maplewood, N.J., December 5, 2017.

William L. Lundy ’48, Columbia, S.C., July 18, 2017.

Survivors include a niece, Frances K.L. Chewning ’99.

Mary Lou Strening Marsden ’48, Naperville, Ill., January 12, 2017.

Vivian Grady Albertson ’49, Seattle, October 5, 2017.

Survivors include a brother, Marvin O. Grady ’49.

Richard W. Flicker ’49, Lake Forest, Ill., August 24, 2017.

Paul J. Jackson ’49, Durham, N.H., October 14, 2017.

Osmary Gruender Noonan ’49, Palm Desert, Calif., May 5, 2017.

Lynn F. Cooper ’50, San Diego, August 14, 2017.

Survivors include his wife Maria Alarcon Cooper ’54.

Margaret Abraham Frailing ’50, Warsaw, Va., October 1, 2017.

Charlotte Wangensteen Januschka M-D’50, St. Paul, October 4, 2017.

Audrey Andrews Kaiman M-D’50, Jonesborough, Tenn., November 6, 2017.

Charles R. Knoedler ’50, Racine, Wis., November 25, 2017.

Lois Seggelink McMillan ’50, Huntsville, Ala., August 15, 2017.

C. H. Schroeder ’50, Madison, Wis., June 26, 2017.

Edwin A. Spangenberg ’50, Milwaukee, April 12, 2016.

Joan Mraz Tallis ’52, Dallas, June 29, 2017.

Charlotte Dempsey M-D’53, Ocala, Fla., October 5, 2016.

Jean Millis Gilpin ’53, Princeton, N.J., October 3, 2017.

Bernadine Moore Montgomery M-D’53, Leesburg, Fla., June 16, 2016.

James W. Samter ’53, Green Bay, Wis., December 12, 2017.

William P. Seymour ’53, Wilmette, Ill., October 28, 2016. Survivors include a cousin, Kay Kaufman Beranis ’59.

Sally Stine Bowen ’54, Vacaville, Calif., September 15, 2017.

David A. Kopplin ’54, Woodway, Texas, September 1, 2017.

G. Frederic Bayer ’55, Vancouver, Wash., January 20, 2016. Survivors include his wife Mary Mingus Bayer ’57.

Janet Wullner-Faiss Cloak ’55, Appleton, Wis., August 9, 2017.

Barbara Bruce Morton ’55, Wayzata, Minn., May 14, 2017.

Robert N. Nottoli ’55, Tucson, Ariz., May 8, 2016.

Mary Ann Sanford ’55, Peaks Island, Maine, November 21, 2017.

Ellen Krautschneider Visser M-D’55, Milwaukee, September 6, 2017.

Lou Ellyn Vits ’50, Nekoosa, Wis., August 18, 2017.

LeRoy J. Goldbeck ’56, Appleton, Wis., June 29, 2017.

Survivors include his wife Nancy Owen Goldbeck ’56.

William E. Weiner ’50, Hendersonville, N.C., October 5, 2017.

Gerald H. Klomberg ’56, Horicon, Wis., August 19, 2017.

Mary Simpson Giblin ’51, Pensacola, Fla., June 24, 2017.

Anne Glasner ’51, Appleton, Wis., July 7, 2017.

Virginia A. Palmer M-D’51, Milwaukee, August 21, 2017.

Lyle B. Rhodes ’51, Brookfield, Wis., August 7, 2017.

Eugenia Frahm Sweeney M-D’51, Monterey, Calif., March 2, 2017.

Richard B. Dimon ’52, Chino Hills, Calif., August 15, 2017.

John C. Hamar ’52, Chassell, Mich., July 17, 2017.

Survivors include a sister, Patricia Hamar Boldt ’48.

Joseph A. Hopfensperger ’52, Appleton, Wis., July 12, 2017. Survivors include his wife Wendy Walter Hopfensperger ’62; a nephew, Paul K. Driessen ’70; and a niece, Andrea L. Driessen ’87.

Sally Hinman Peterson ’52, Tucson, Ariz., March 11, 2016.

Phyllis Anderson Roberts ’56, Tarrytown, N.Y., July 12, 2017.

James Y. Uyeda ’56, Wahiawa, Hawaii, May 27, 2017.

Frederic C. Brechler ’57, Jacksonville, Fla., November 3, 2017. Survivors include his wife Gretchen Hollander Brechler ’59.

Rolf F. Dehmel ’57, Estes Park, Colo., July 12, 2017.

Dianne Rudeen Chapman ’59, Sun City, Ariz., July 8, 2017.

Thomas A. Johnson ’59, The Villages, Fla., June 24, 2017. Survivors include his wife Carolyn Lohman Johnson ’59; and a brother, Ronald C. Johnson ’57.

Ruth M. Weber ’59, Bloomington, Ill., September 8, 2017.

Patricia Werling Owen ’60, Tucson, Ariz., October 10, 2017. Survivors include a brother, Richard F. Werling ’62.

Wayne L. Hundertmark ’62, West Bend, Wis., December 8, 2017.

Cynthia Hutchinson Stone ’62, Mechanicsburg, Pa., October 22, 2017. Survivors include a brother-in-law, William S. Stone ’63.

Mary Brausch Albert ’63, Lake Barrington, Ill., August 12, 2017. Survivors include a son-in-law, Eric J. Kearns ’90; and a daughter, Tricia Albert Kearns ’92.

Eugene A. Gaer ’63, New York, July 7, 2017.

Carey B. Wickland ’63, Greensboro, Ga., November 24, 2017. Survivors include his wife Sally Rosebush Wickland ’62; a niece, Kathryn McCauley Weber ’89; a brother, Steven B. Wickland ’65; and a sister, Paige L. Wickland ’68.

Peggy L. Buresh ’64, Foxborough, Mass., October 29, 2017.

Lorraine Hoffmann M-D’64, Milwaukee, July 11, 2017.

William C. Kalke ’64, Waltham, Mass., July 23, 2017.

Joseph D. Loewy ’64, St. Louis, December 2, 2017.

Bonnie Verstegen Pomo ’64, Poinciana, Fla., August 16, 2017.

Kathleen Howe Gabbey ’65, Bloomingdale, Ill., July 20, 2017.

Gail Gustafson Noble ’65, Cape May Court House, N.J., December 1, 2017. Survivors include her husband Timothy F. Noble ’65.

Barbara Wetherell Ogilvie ’66, Spring, Texas, November 29, 2017.

R. Craig Campbell ’67, Scottsdale, Ariz., July 19, 2016. Survivors include a brother, Bruce C. Campbell ’70.

Dennis J. DeMets ’57, Middleton, Wis., August 21, 2017. Survivors include a granddaughter, Catherine M. DeMets ’14; a granddaughter, Sydney Anne DeMets ’19; a son-in-law, Christopher S. Meader ’83; a daughter, Dana DeMets-Meader ’85; a daughter, Kathleen M. DeMets ’81; and a son, Charles DeMets ’82.

Hope Harron Glidden ’67, Syracuse, N.Y., September 17, 2017.

Richard G. Davis ’58, Tampa, Fla., September 27, 2016.

Russell J. Birkos ’71, Columbus, Ohio, July 19, 2017.

Survivors include his wife Barbara Taylor Birkos ’71; a nephew, James G. Taylor ’05; and a brother-in-law, J. Hall Taylor ’74.

Bert N. Walker ’58, Washington, Utah, July 3, 2017.

Dale A. Schuparra ’69, San Antonio, June 7, 2017.

F. Andrew Gilbert ’70, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., September 28, 2017. Survivors include a brother, J. Douglas Gilbert ’72.

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ALUMNI TODAY Pauline J. Van Lankvelt ’72, Little Chute, Wis., October 27, 2017.

Peter Matchefts, Green Bay, Wis., November 26, 2017, father of James L. Matchefts ’81.

James C. Toliver ’73, Dover, Del., June 28, 2017.

Survivors include his wife Jacqueline Reese Toliver ’73.

Patrick E. Murphy, Long Beach, Miss., September 22, 2017, husband of Deborah Youngs Murphy ’81.

John T. Plier ’77, Green Bay, Wis., August 31, 2017.

David W. Godfrey ’91, St. Paul, October 11, 2017.

David T. Hsu ’98, Deerfield, Ill., September 10, 2017.

Tanner Z. Nolin ’04, Canterbury, N.H., November 12, 2017.

Laura E. Van Asten ’18, Appleton, Wis., June 30, 2017.

IN MEMORIAM—FAMILY, FRIENDS AND STAFF Alexander David Askenazy, Albuquerque, N.M., October 8, 2017, son of Wendy L. Hansen ’83.

Stefan A. Mysliwiec, Kaukauna, Wis., June 16, 2017, father of Alina Mysliwiec Van Camp ’94.

Juan Nodarse, Blue Grass, Iowa, September 11, 2017, father of Kyle J. Nodarse ’09, father of Jaime Nodarse ’05.

Margaret Oestreich, Neenah, Wis., May 25, 2017, mother-in-law of Daniel E. Bur ’87, mother of Ann Oestreich Bur ’87.

Peter Pallesen, Jackson, Mich., June 11, 2017, husband of Mary Sorenson Pallesen ’68.

Collin T. Ray, Hales Corners, Wis., October 13, 2017, father of Lauren Elizabeth Ray ’18.

Angeline Baumgart, Green Bay, Wis., December 18, 2015, grandmother of Theresa Baumgart Witt ’96.

Daniel Swick, Chicago, November 4, 2017, father of Jill D. Swick ’92, father of Beth Swick Spatz ’89.

Shirley R. Berganini, West Bend, Wis., August 29, 2017, wife of David F. Berganini ’59.

Joan G. Taylor, Waupaca, Wis., April 9, 2017, wife of Kelly S. Taylor ’78.

Saul I. Calderon, Adairsville, Ga., November 6, 2017, father of Ariana Carolina Calderon-Zavala ’19.

Barbara Thorup, Charlottesville, Va., December 27, 2016, grandmother of Schuyler T. Thornton ’14.

Robert C. Davis, Ephraim, Wis., November 30, 2017, brother-in-law of Susan Frinak Wilterding ’65, brotherin-law of Mark A. Wilterding ’67, brother-in-law of Gretchen Wilterding Maring ’52, father of Martha Davis Pohl ’75, father-in-law of Jack H. Pohl ’73, father of Robert C. Davis ’74, father of Colburn T. Davis ’77.

Billy Edwards, Rhinelander, Wis., November 18, 2017, grandmother of Claire M. Edwards ’13, mother of Jeffrey S. Edwards ’78.

Don S. Frost, Westwood, Mass., March 11, 2017, husband of Alison W. Magee ’72.

William B. Gannett, Milford, Mass., July 4, 2017, father of W. Bristow Gannett ’72.

Dawn F. Hansen, Port Townsend, Wash., October 7, 2017, mother of Jason R. Hansen ’00.

Ann C. Karl, De Pere, Wis., August 15, 2017, mother of Georgiana S. Karl ’16, mother of Emily E. Karl ’14.

John E. Lindfors, Keshena, Wis., August 9, 2016, father of Thomas E. Lindfors ’78.

Lorraine Lindfors, Keshena, Wis., December 9, 2016, mother of Thomas E. Lindfors ’78.

Corwin Lowe, Appleton, Wis., November 18, 2017, father of Robert H. Lowe ’81.

Philip R. Luhmann, Chicago, March 23, 2017, father of Rebecca Luhmann Levine ’93.

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Donald A. Wallace, St. Catherine, Jamaica, October 1, 2016, father of Dahlia Wallace Phillips ’02.

Joan S. Young, Canton, Ohio, October 11, 2017, mother of Eric A. Young ’80.

The Lawrence campus is where I am at home.

Long ago, on a bright September day, I arrived at Ormsby Hall with a good public school education and skills in math and music. It was the first time I laid eyes on the Lawrence campus.

My family relocated Karen Henderson Bachhuber ’68 that summer, and my childhood home was left behind. At Lawrence I was secure and challenged by faculty and classmates to be curious, question, listen and act. The world changed for all of us in the ’60s.

Now, I’m a retired Appleton Area School District math teacher and a widow. My four children and their families all live out of state.

I live in an apartment along a clean Fox River, just a couple of blocks from Ormsby and the Lawrence campus. Fabulous music, lectures and international culture continue to challenge me and expand my world. The faculty is passionate, and the students are supported and fearlessly pursuing their interests.

Without a need-based financial aid package, I could not have come or stayed at Lawrence.

I have chosen to give back by making an annual donation and joining Legacy Circle by naming Lawrence University as the beneficiary of an IRA account. I hope our collective giving will help meet the financial needs of future students. It made all the difference to me and my family.”

—Karen Henderson Bachhuber ’68

Join Lawrentians like Karen in the Lawrence-Downer Legacy Circle.

Visit legacygiving.lawrence.edu to learn more.

2018 Björklunden Seminars

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f you’re in search of a unique adventure that combines relaxation with education, Björklunden has just what you’re looking for. The Björklunden seminar program provides an opportunity to spend a week at the lodge attending an engaging and thought-provoking class in the morning, with ample time to explore beautiful Door County in the afternoon.

We like to call it “vacation with a focus”—and hope you’ll consider joining us at Lawrence’s northern campus this summer or fall to experience it for yourself!

To register, call 920-839-2216 or visit lawrence.edu/s/bjorklunden/bjorkseminars/register.

For a full list of summer and fall seminars, visit lawrence.edu/s/bjorklunden/bjorkseminars.

AMONG THIS YEAR’S SEMINARS:

JULY 29–AUGUST 3 The Trump Revolution • Terry Moran ’82

JUNE 10–15 Listen to the Birds • Don Quintenz

New Topics in Lincoln Studies • James Cornelius ’81

JUNE 10–16 Art and the Cocktail • Eric Simonson ’82 & Robert Simonson

AUGUST 5–10 Apocalypse—When? • Bill Urbrock & Peery Duderstadt

JUNE 17–22 Fact or Fantasy: Science for Presidents • Jerry Clifford ’68 JUNE 24–29 It Depends on Your Frame of Mind • Roger Johnson & Jerry Camery-Hoggatt James Joyce’s Dubliners: A Reading Group • Robert Spoo ’79 Wildlife Photography: Turning Passion into Productivity • John Van Den Brandt

And That’s the Truth! • Terry Goode Baseball Lit: The Best Writing on Our National Game • Jerald Podair AUGUST 12–18 Watercolor: The Expressive Medium • Helen Klebesadel Photography Now! • Phil Krejcarek The Music and Times of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven • Mark Aamot

JULY 8–14 Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camp

AUGUST 19–24 Journey to the East: Crusading in the Middle Ages • Nikolas Hoel ’99

JULY 15–20 Can Europe’s Center Hold in the Age of Trump? • Jon Greenwald & Todd Becker

The Niagara Escarpment, Geotourism, Developing Countries, and Cultural & Natural Heritage: How does it all relate? • Susan Kennedy & Bob Bultman

Our Freshwater Future: The Ecology, Economics, and Politics of the Great Lakes • Peter Levi ’01 & Titus Seilheimer ’00 Pilgrimage in Medieval Europe • Jane Schulenburg ’65 JULY 22–27 Lyndon Johnson and America • Tim Crain Wisconsin Jazz • Kurt Dietrich ’73 Memories of Soviet Life and Death: Svetlana Alexievich’s Secondhand Time • Peter Thomas

Speech Attacks: Bullshit, Lies, Propaganda, Silencing • Mark Phelan AUGUST 26–31 Hollywood in Transition: Tracing the Evolution of Classic Films into the Modern Era • Jack Rhodes Looking Beyond the Embargo: Art and Visual Culture in Cuba Since 1959 • Beth Zinsli ’02 Jane Austen’s Persuasion • Tim Spurgin

Lawrence University’s Northern Campus • Door County, Wisconsin

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The Big Margot Wulfsberg ’18 skating on Lake Ormsby.

Photo credit: Liz Boutelle

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