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MILLIKIN QUARTERLY Vol. XXX, No. 1 | Summer 2014 UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Dr. Patrick E. White VICE PRESIDENT FOR ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT

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IT’S BEEN A WHILE. Say hello to your old friend, this alumni magazine. And yes, it has been a while since you’ve seen the magazine in your mailbox. Millikin Quarterly, the university’s magazine since 1985, is transitioning from four printed issues yearly to two printed issues and two online supplements; partly due to our society’s growing focus on electronic media, and partly as a budgetsaving measure. It’s also a reflection of a renaissance happening all across campus, in all departments and programs, as the university refocuses on how best to allocate its resources to meet its mission and vision.

The just-concluded school year of transition brought a new president to campus, a seasoned university leader who was originally selected to serve as MU’s interim president while a national search for a permanent president was conducted. However, he fell in love with Millikin and apparently the feeling was mutual. As a result, Dr. Patrick White, formerly of Wabash College, was named Millikin’s 15th president by the board of trustees last October after not quite 100 days in office (see details, pages 2 and 20).

In my 20 years at the Big Blue, I am accustomed to embracing change. It’s common, anticipated and even necessary in just about any workplace these days. Millikin is no exception. Although Dr. White’s appointment was the most significant of leadership changes at the institution during the past year, several senior employees retired or moved on to other opportunities, and other employees moved up to assume their responsibilities. It was interesting to observe the passing of these torches, especially as some Millikin alumni stepped up to fill the roles of their former mentors.

For example, following last June’s retirement of Jan Devore, longtime alumni relations director, the university hired Gina Bianchi ’93, as Millikin’s senior director of alumni and donor engagement (see pages 2 and 12 for details). Gina had worked in alumni relations and advancement at Illinois State University for 17 years but had kept her eye on her alma mater just in case Jan’s job came open. She stepped into her new role last August, and perennial Jan fans will be glad to know that Gina comes with the Jan Devore Seal of Approval. Already one of my favorite colleagues, Gina is a warm and outgoing individual who welcomes questions, ideas and comments from Millikin’s alumni and friends.

She’s also a die-hard Cubs fan (but I try not to hold her team choice against her).

An alum-to-alum transition occurred in the registrar’s office, as last fall Jason Wickline ’95 took on the role of retiring Walt Wessel ’65, who had served as registrar since 1987. Walt always called himself the “surly registrar,” but students and faculty knew the truth about his kind heart and knack for helping them work through complicated issues. As registrar, Walt was one of Millikin’s quiet heroes, and Jason, after serving in MU’s information technology department for many years, is on the right track to continue and build on Walt’s legacy.

As torches were being passed to the next generation of faculty and staff, the alumni office was working on how to keep you informed of campus developments. Although there will be fewer issues of this magazine mailed, our office will continue to email news to alumni and friends who have valid email addresses on file with us. To receive these alerts, including the online Quarterly supplements as well as our popular monthly e-newsletter, Out of the Blue, just send your current email address to millikinquarterly@millikin.edu. You’ll also find us on Facebook and Twitter as Millikin Alumni.

So, what changes are on deck for Millikin in the next school year? Based on my time at Millikin, I feel confident that our university will continue to deliver on the promise of education for our students.

I’ve observed firsthand how Millikin offers students the complete package on how to succeed in life.

It’s been part of the unique performance learning offered only at Millikin since 1901. And that will never change.

What changes are happening in your life? Drop us a line at millikinquarterly@millikin.edu. Hope you enjoy this long-awaited issue, and best wishes for a great summer!

Deb Hale Kirchner Millikin Quarterly Editor and Senior Director of Communications

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DEPARTMENTS 2 Campus News 4 Big Blue Sports 6 Looking Back 8 With Your Support 10 Transform U 14 Zooming In: Jan Devore 16 Faculty Profile: Robert Money 18 Faculty Profile: Brad Holmes

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26 Class Notes 27 Profile: George Ecklund Sr. ’44 29 Profile: David Overlot ’81 31 Profile: Fiona Solkowski Becker ’95 33 Profile: Gretchen Ozee Cawthon ’95 35 Profile: Ryan Lawrence ’99 37 Profile: Kelsee Hankins ’09 38 Weddings 40 Births and Adoptions 42 Passings 44 Legacy Continues 92 My Turn: Debbie Shelton Fisher ’77

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JAN DEVORE STEPS DOWN – BUT NOT OUT Permanent recognition on campus sought for retired alumni relations director

20 POSITIONED TO SUCCEED Dr. Patrick E. White steps into the presidency at just the right time

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24 A MUSEUM GROWS IN CHICAGO MU alum stakes her reputation on creating the first American

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ALUMNI AWARDS Outstanding alumni are recognized at Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony

63 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Recognition of donor giving from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013

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DR. PATRICK WHITE NAMED MILLIKIN’S 15TH PRESIDENT After fewer than four months in office as interim president, Dr. Patrick E. White was named Millikin’s 15th president by the board of trustees on Oct. 9.

White had been appointed interim president in July, with the intention that he would serve for 12 to 18 months while a national search was conducted for a permanent president. However, the Millikin trustees decided to suspend the search and hire White as permanent president after observing his performance during his first 100 days in office.

“While Dr. White initially joined Millikin in an interim role, he has never acted like an interim president and quickly proved himself an invaluable leader on our

campus,” said Board Chair Van Dukeman.

“Selection of a president is one of the most important decisions we make as trustees.

We are happy to have found in Dr. White an experienced leader to guide Millikin’s future.”

“The Millikin I have come to know in the last few months has affirmed my belief in James Millikin’s promise of education and in the university’s signature commitment to performance learning and to our students’ success,” said White. “I am grateful for the opportunity to help advance the university in the years to come.”

Prior to working at Millikin, Dr. White served seven years as president of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind. During

his tenure there, Dr. White developed a student-focused strategic plan; guided the college through the financial turmoil of 2008-09; completed a comprehensive academic program review and an unqualified self-study report that led to reaccreditation; secured a number of grants to establish new programs; achieved success in the Challenge of Excellence capital campaign that exceeded its $60 million goal; and completed a $6 million Athletics Field Campaign (See more information beginning on page 20).

Millikin’s 14th president, Dr. Harold Jeffcoat, retired in late January 2013 after serving nearly two years in office. Q

1993 GRADUATE STEPS INTO ALUMNI OFFICE POSITION Gina Bianchi ’93 is the new senior director of alumni and donor engagement for MU’s alumni and development office. She replaces longtime MU alumni relations director Jan Devore, who retired in late June (see article, page 12).

“Gina brings to the position an extensive background in higher education, a love of Millikin and a passion for connecting people to their alma mater,” says Dave Brandon, Millikin’s vice president for alumni and development. “I am sure our alumni and friends join me in offering Gina a warm welcome.”

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State University, where she worked for the previous 17 years. At ISU, she spent six years working in the athletics department as assistant director of the athletics study center while earning her master’s degree in athletic administration. She later spent two years working as the athletic development coordinator for the university before being named director of the annual fund.

She subsequently was named director of development for the division of student affairs, and for the past six years she served as ISU’s director of alumni relations.

As a student, Bianchi earned her MU degree in communication and public relations, was active in several campus organizations, played softball and also

served as a resident assistant. Since graduating from Millikin, she has volunteered for her alma mater, serving as class fundraising agent, class reunion chair and volunteer admission counselor.

“I am so pleased to be returning to Millikin to work in alumni and development,” Bianchi says. “My past work experiences and my passion for Millikin make this a perfect fit!

“I look forward to building on the good work done by Jan Devore in fostering relationships between Millikin and its alumni and friends all over the world. I will enjoy connecting and reconnecting our alumni and friends to the university that I love.” Q

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NEW PROVOST HAS ILLINOIS ROOTS In April, Dr. Jeffery P. Aper was named Millikin’s provost, effective July 1, 2014.

Aper just completed his 12th year as provost at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Ill., where he had oversight of academic, athletic, student life and student-managed work programs, institutional research, technology services, enrollment services, advising services and retention initiatives. Aper replaces former VPAA Barry Pearson, who resigned last summer to serve as provost and VPAA at Purchase College in New York. Pearson had worked at Millikin since 1989.

“Jeff Aper has long had a deep commitment to experiential learning, and he will be a great asset as we shape and articulate Millikin’s performance learning to an ever-wider audience,” says Millikin President Patrick White. “To the opportunities and challenges Millikin faces at this time, he brings an engaging personality and an analytic mind as well as experience in assessment, budgeting and leadership.”

Aper previously served as associate professor of education leadership and policy studies at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville from 1994-2002. As director of the UT-Knoxville Graduate Center at UT-Chattanooga, he had overall responsibility for UT-Knoxville doctoral

programs offered on the UT-Chattanooga campus. Aper also served as assistant professor of educational administration and higher education at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale from 1990-93, where he was also responsible for oversight of the Organization and Administration Master’s Program.

A 1978 graduate of Blackburn College, Aper earned his bachelor’s degree in social science. He next earned a master’s degree in environmental studies from the University of Illinois – Springfield in 1981.

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MILLIKIN SERVES Millikin was named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its commitment to bettering the community.

During the previous academic year, Millikin students engaged in 147,656 hours of service in curricular and cocurricular programs. Approximately 530 MU freshmen in 28 seminar classes completed a variety of projects, starting with the local United Way’s Day of Action. Q

TEAM TAKES TOP HONORS FOR REAL-LIFE DATA APPLICATION PROJECT Millikin undergraduates took top awards at the 2014 Information Systems Project and Case Competition at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., in April. Five students competed against nine other institutions, including the host, with MU’s team receiving first place for best project and best project presentation, plus second in the overall team category.

“This is a great example of MU’s performance learning difference, where students not only build real-world solutions for external clients, but they are also evaluated by the professional community,” says RJ Podeschi ’02, assistant professor of information systems (above).

The students presented on a real client project they had completed, delivering a

working database application for tracking debt collections for the Decatur-based law firm Bolen, Robinson and Ellis.

“It was a fantastic experience as a whole and just being able to present something that we developed and being recognized for it was wonderful,” says Boone McIntosh, a junior from Fenton, Mo. “It is also reassuring to know that things we are doing in the Tabor School of Business are on par with or better than what other schools are doing.”

“This course allowed students to connect their newly learned technical skills with their application in the business world,” Podeschi says. “Seeing students connect those dots in a meaningful way is priceless.” Q

Student remembered Along with her family and friends, the Millikin community mourned the loss of Amanda Puckett, a sophomore majoring in music performance who died unexpectedly on campus last Aug. 25 from an undiagnosed medical condition. A memorial service was held at Westminster Presbyterian Church next to campus. The family has requested that memorials be directed to Millikin to help establish a scholarship named in memory of Amanda. Q WANT THE LATEST MU NEWS? Visit www.millikin.edu/alumni for campus news, e-newsletters, upcoming alumni and friends events and more!

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BIG BLUE SPORTS

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ARTIFICIAL TURF INSTALLED AT FRANK M. LINDSAY FIELD THIS SUMMER ABOUT THE PROJECT • Cost for turf project is $1.75 million.

• Includes installation of field lighting and resurfacing the track.

A high-definition video scoreboard and sound system will also be added, both financed by advertising dollars.

Photo by Alida Duff Sullivan ’06.

• Completion set for fall 2014.

• After renovations, the field will also serve as the home field for soccer teams and as a practice facility for the softball and baseball teams.

• Field originally dedicated Oct. 17, 1987, and named in memory of Decatur business leader and media owner Frank M. Lindsay.

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ILLIKIN BROKE GROUND this May on a new artificial turf playing surface for Frank M. Lindsay Field, scheduled for completion in time for the first home football game against Aurora University at 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 27. The last major upgrade to the field was more than 15 years ago. Donations to the project from alumni and friends of the university have included numerous gifts to name various areas of the field in honor or memory of individuals, including large areas in honor of two former outstanding MU football coaches and alumni. The blue end zones will be named in honor of the late Don Shroyer ’50 of Decatur, and the visitors sideline in honor of Carl Poelker ’68 of Breese, Ill.

Carl Poelker ’68 coached at Millikin for 27 years, beginning in 1968.

In his 13 years as head football coach, from 1982-95, he posted an 88-39-1 coaching record, won two CCIW championships and set the record for the most football coaching wins in MU history.

Millikin elected him to the university’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981.

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earning National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) all-district honors as a defensive lineman during his senior year. After graduation, he earned a master’s degree in physical education at Illinois State University before returning to Millikin to coach.

Poelker left the Big Blue in 1995 to revive the football program at McKendree University (then McKendree College).

The program had been dissolved in 1950.

As the new head coach, he established a team that earned a national ranking in only its second season. In his 14 years as their coach, the team achieved seven Midwest League titles and nine playoff

appearances, and Poelker was recognized in 2002 as NAIA Football Coach of the Year. Poelker was also selected as the 1997 Schutt Sports/NAIA Coach of the Year by American Football Quarterly magazine and named MSFA Midwest League Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2002. He retired in 2012 with a 117-60 record at McKendree.

He’s “one of Millikin’s great players and coaches,” says John Manner ’67, a former player for Poelker who served as the team’s co-captain his senior year.

In honor of his positive impact on Big Blue football, Poelker will be honored at a dinner on Saturday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming weekend. Q

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REMEMBERING COACH DON SHROYER ’50

by Ryan Jorstad ’62

Editor’s note: Coach Don Shroyer ’50, who died July 7, 2013, led the Big Blue football team from 1956-62. See page 42 for more information. The text on this page is excerpted from a eulogy given by one of his former players, Ryan Jorstad ’62, at the coach’s funeral. Jorstad played on the celebrated 1961 undefeated football team coached by Shroyer.

“By definition, a legacy is what you leave to others when you’re gone.

What about Don Shroyer’s legacy?

Fifty-two years later, we all still call him Coach and will do so forever.

So what legacy did Coach leave? Well, he was happily married for 62 years, which is quite an example to set. He had four successful kids who are also just good people.

He also was blessed with five impressive grandkids. And he had a successful career doing what he loved.

Those things collectively are a proud legacy. But Coach left much more.

He believed in the basics of football.

You won by hitting harder and being in better shape than your opponents so you could hit them longer than they hit you.

Despite the simplicity of his football approach, he taught us how to handle the complexities of life during and after football. Here are 12 key “life lessons” he taught us:

Be a good teammate. There’s no sport more dependent on team play than football. The greatest athlete in the world will look very bad if the other 10 players on his team do not do their jobs. How valuable a lesson is this in your workplace and in your marriage?

Be physically fit. We won games because we were in better shape than our opponents. Look at the obesity problem America has now. When we had our 50-year reunion two years ago, there was only one overweight person there, and that was due to medication issues.

Strive for perfection. We repeated drills – running basic plays over and over until we ran them perfectly.

Be disciplined. The worst chewing out I ever saw Coach give anyone was right after a reserve running back had just run 45 yards for a touchdown. He grabbed the young man by the shoulder pads, got about four inches from his face and told him he had run around the end for the touchdown when the play had called for him to run between the guard and tackle. Coach told him if he ever did that again, he would never play another down for him.

Be dedicated. End of season? The next day begins the next season. There’s always weight lifting, etc. He told us that we may lose a game, but it should never be because we didn’t work or try hard enough.

Be respectful. Coach taught us to respect the other team, your teammates, your coaches and the game. No hotdogging.

If you scored a touchdown or made a big hit, you put the ball down and went back to your huddle like you’d done the same thing thousands of times before.

Be humble. Coach kept us from getting too high on ourselves so we always had a hunger to do better.

Show love. Our team has had a

reunion every five years because of the feelings we never lost for our team and our Coach.

Be confident. Coach made us feel we could win every game we played, even when we were very young and really not that good. We learned that unless you are confident in your preparation and ability, your chances of winning at anything are not very good.

Be resilient. When you get knocked down, get up with more wisdom and resolve than before. Get up quick and ‘get after it!’

It’s OK to laugh. Laughter is more than OK – except for a while after a loss.

Find your passion. You will not do all the things I just listed unless you have a passion for what you’re doing. If you don’t have a passion, get out and find it.

Once the Shroyer formula had been applied to our team, we ended up with one state senator, one school principal, two doctors, three attorneys, 24 businessmen and no one in jail!

If each of his players could have talked with him one last time, they would have said something like this:

‘I love you, Coach. Thank you so much for teaching me how to be a good man.’” Q

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Photo from the 1925 Millidek.

LOOKING BACK

STARTING MU AT AGE 2

SURPRISING FACTS OF MU HISTORY

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HESE COMMUTER STUDENTS never ate dinner on campus and spent a lot of time coloring and learning their ABCs. They also liked to sing, dance, pretend, and play with their puppies, chicks and bunnies.

Millikin’s successful ongoing lab partnership with neighboring Dennis School somewhat mirrors a historical example of the university’s involvement with Decatur community children through Millikin’s Conservatory Kindergarten. From 191348, elementary schoolchildren could be seen and heard in Millikin’s Conservatory of Music and across campus as they sang, danced, played and learned under the guidance of Conservatory teachers.

The program was first promoted in the August 1913 Conservatory Bulletin as the “Hughey Color-Music Model School,” a program for children between ages 2 and 7. Tuition was $5 per month, or $10 per year, and “normal training classes for 6

mothers and prospective teachers” ($75 per year) offered instruction in the program’s innovative methods. Mrs. Fannie E. McKinney-Hughey, who designed the system, was compared in the bulletin to Dr. Maria Montessori, creator of the Montessori method. This bulletin can be viewed online at bit.ly/Hughey_bulletin.

Within a few years, the formal program name was dropped. Mrs. Hughey appeared to have left Millikin by 1914, leaving Miss Esther Requarth to direct the classes. Though it was sometimes referred to as the “child culture department,” most area residents simply called it the “conservatory kindergarten” or the “music kindergarten.”

Over the years, the school’s children were a source of pride and amusement to both the campus and local community.

Formal events covered by the campus and local press included recitals, plays and kindergarten commencements. Picnics, boat

rides, parties, teas and the addition of new toys and pets – including a puppy, rabbits, chicks, canaries and kittens – were also covered. In 1926, a local newspaper article, “Like Old Woman Who Lived in Shoe,” reported that as many as 18 children, plus a teacher and driver, squeezed into each of the four cars sent around the West End to deliver the children to and from the kindergarten. Another local reporter described one of the children’s daily activities as playing store with “real cornflakes, baking soda, and other boxed goods over a counter, answering a tiny telephone on a little desk, and wrapping parcels and greeting customers with professional manner.”

The children also regularly interacted with university students. On multiple occasions, the children rode on homecoming floats, dressed in miniature Millikin caps and gowns. Home economics students redecorated the kindergarten rooms, student teachers taught in the classes and, at one point, the kindergarteners learned how to “gamble” during a visit to Professor Cole’s class, predicting which of the wooden alligators placed at the top of an incline would wobble to the bottom first.

A September 1948 issue of Decaturian announced the kindergarten was closed, though it didn’t explain why, saying, “the years of dodging kittie-cars and tricycles on the Conservatory west forty are over for the university students.” Perhaps its 35-year history can best be summed up by a 1925 newspaper advertisement for the program, headlined: “Learning by doing … Millikin Conservatory Kindergarten.” Performance learning has long been a guiding principle at Millikin University, even for its youngest students. Q Amanda Pippitt is Millikin’s access services coordinator, archivist and research instruction librarian. She has worked at MU since 2004.

Pippitt earned her master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and also holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in anthropology.

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Join us March 6-14, 2015, for an Alumni & Friends trip to

Andean Lake Crossing and ChileanWine Country with an optional three-night Easter Island Post Tour Extension Informational Session: Thursday, July 10, 2014, 2 p.m., Millikin Alumni Center For more information call the Alumni and Development Office at 1-877-JMU-ALUM or visit bit.ly/mu-chile for details.

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WITH YOUR SUPPORT

BLUE AND WHITE CHALLENGE RAISES $200,000 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

A blitz campaign to raise funds for student scholarships garnered more than $200,000 over two days in early May. Nearly 300 alumni, friends and employees of Millikin gave to the Blue and White Scholarship Challenge, so named to represent Millikin’s school colors, as well as referring to Millikin’s nickname, “Big Blue,” and the university’s new president, Dr. Patrick White. President White has made this particular challenge an important priority during his first year in office.

Most contributions were made online during the two-day blitz. Short, often

humorous, “blue cheese” videos were released every few hours as goals were met. Smaller matching challenges were made by individual alumni, and the campaign was widely discussed and promoted on social media by alumni and friends.

“One of the proudest moments of my presidency to date has been the wholehearted and generous support shown for the Blue and White Scholarship Challenge,” says White. “On behalf of Millikin students, thank you to all the donors.”

Each year, Millikin distributes nearly $30 million in merit and other student

scholarships, more than half of Millikin’s annual operating budget. These scholarships are awarded to students based on academic merit, talent and financial need.

Millikin is committed to working with families to find ways to manage the cost of a college education, with student financial aid packages that include academic scholarships, loans, government assistance and student employment.

“As the oldest of three and the first to go to college in my family, I am so grateful for the contributions the donors have made to Millikin University. [Scholarships] have allowed me to achieve all my dreams,” said Demetruis Spidle, a senior from Chicago.

“Without [scholarships], I wouldn’t be able to afford to go to Millikin,” said Kishan Tailor, a senior from Forsyth, Ill.

Gifts to the Blue and White Scholarship Challenge continue to be accepted.

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WEB EXTRA: Watch “blue cheese” videos at give.millikin.edu.

FOUNDATION AWARDS $100,000 IN TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IN NEED A family foundation established by an alumni couple provided Millikin with $100,000 to give scholarships to students in need. The grant was presented last summer by the T.S. and Juanita Ballance Foundation of Decatur, established in 2009 by the late Thomas Stephen “Steve” Ballance, a 1941 MU graduate, and his wife, Juanita, a 1956 graduate.

Three scholarships were established: A $10,000 scholarship for a deserving student in elementary education; a $10,000 scholarship for a deserving student in accounting or business; and $80,000 in general scholarship funds to be used by the university to assist deserving students in any field of study.

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these tuition scholarships to students with a demonstrated financial need who are working – contributing through their own toil to their educational expenses – while earning a Millikin degree,” says Vice President of Alumni and Development Dave Brandon.

“Since Mr. Ballance worked as a student to earn the money he needed to complete his Millikin degree, we at Millikin feel strongly that he would have enjoyed knowing that his support is going to ‘help those who help themselves.’ This investment by the Ballance Foundation will help open doors that might otherwise have remained closed for these students and help them as they strive to become the kind of high-quality Millikin graduate who serves, gives back and advances the

quality of life in Decatur and beyond.”

Steve Ballance served as president of BJ Industries Inc. from 1975 until his death in 2011. The company operated Jarvis Drilling Company, which had formerly been known as S.D. Jarvis Company before Ballance, a longtime employee, purchased it. Ballance was a life member of the Stephen Decatur Lodge, a member of the Decatur Noon Kiwanis Club for more than 50 years, and also a member of Decatur’s Central Christian Church for more than 50 years, serving as a deacon there for many years.

Juanita Ballance is a retired teacher who taught for the Mt. Zion School District.

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CATERPILLAR MAKES $1 MILLION PAYMENT As part of its 2011 pledge of $7 million to the university, the Caterpillar Foundation made its second payment of $1 million to Millikin last year. This charitable investment is specifically earmarked for a new Center for International Education on the university’s campus.

In 2011, Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman, a 1975 Millikin graduate, announced a joint charitable investment of up to $11.5 million toward Millikin’s “Transform MU” capital campaign, the largest show of support in Millikin’s history.

The investment, made both by the Caterpillar Foundation and personally by Oberhelman and his wife, Diane, helps support the creation of a new university center that will house the Oberhelman Leadership Development Center, provides funding for the Center for International Education and doubles the number of students supported by the university’s

Long-Vanderburg Scholars Program for minority students.

The $1 million second payment presented by Caterpillar Decatur’s General Manager Walt Hupe is designated for Caterpillar’s committed total of $3 million to help develop the Center for International Education.

Four of Millikin’s international students, along with Professor Carmen Aravena, director of the Center for International Education, attended the check presentation at Caterpillar’s Decatur office: Jordan Moxey of the Bahamas, a biology major; Dominic Hart, an exercise science major from Australia; Mohand Aalsaleh of Saudi Arabia, a pre-pharmacy major; and Tom Pardo, an international business major from France.

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LEIGHTY LEGACY LIVES ON During the just completed academic year, a gift of nearly $1.65 million was received from the Dr. John A. Leighty Charitable Remainder Trust. The trust, funded by the late Dr. Leighty ’31 in 1999, is designated in support of the university’s natural sciences programs. This gift provides ongoing financial support for research, scientific instrumentation,

and performance-learning enhancement needs, and will create a new endowed professorship in the natural sciences and mathematics division.

Dr. Leighty earned his master’s degree and doctorate from Purdue University. During his 33-year career at Eli Lilly and Company, he was a member of the company’s team that first produced penicillin in the 1940s; he was also involved in development and production of the antibiotics erythromycin and

streptomycin and the analgesic Darvon.

Leighty also served on MU’s board of trustees from 1967-70. He and his late wife, the former Ula Davis ’33, established Millikin’s John and Ula Leighty Research Award in Biology. He later established the John and Ula Leighty Science Scholars Program. He also made multiple gifts to the science center that now bears his name and served as honorary chair of the center’s building campaign. Q

Fischer Fund grants continue to enhance athletics department Grants from the Burnell and Ermell Fischer Athletic Enhancement Fund continue to make a positive difference for the Millikin athletics department. In the past two years, 12 grants were awarded from an endowment fund established in memory of the late Burnell Fischer, M.D. ’39, and his late wife, Ermell Fischer, a Decatur native and supporter of the arts. The Fischers’ two sons, Dr. Burnell “Burney” Fischer and Terry Fischer,

created the fund as a lasting legacy to their father, whose belief in participating in student athletics was a tradition they wish to perpetuate.

Each year, MU’s athletics department personnel can apply for funding for needed equipment or services through the Fischer Fund. The 12 grants awarded since February 2013 include: Four sets of iron grip, urethane weights; eight sets of variable resistance lifting chains; a Beta 2

baseball pitching machine; two Wall Ball pitch back nets; two Just Jump mats; a 10’ x 15’ pop-up tent; an automated interval timing device; two stationary training/ exercise bikes for the athletic training room; three flat-screen televisions for the weight room; two Man-of-War sleds; four Vertimax V6Pro platforms; and three licenses for video analysis software for individual sport skills. Q

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by Tina Cloney, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., R.D., C.S.S.D., L.D.N., C.D.E.

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HEY ADD COLOR to our lives and to our food – but what effect do they have on us? Food dyes are commonly found in almost every part of our lives – from shampoos and soaps, to make-up and vitamins – and yes, even in a wide variety of the foods we eat. Manufacturers use natural and synthetic food dyes to make our food look more appealing by replacing natural colors lost due to processing or adding color to otherwise colorless foods. Most of us

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have a small box with a rainbow of the four primary food dyes in our kitchen cabinets, used to color birthday frosting, Easter eggs and other foods we eat. As a nation, we consume five times more food dyes than we did in 1955.

Through the years, though, food dyes have come under suspicion as possible culprits in causing everything from hyperactivity in children to allergies to cancer. Dr. Benjamin Feingold made the first claims regarding a widely-assumed link between food dyes and hyperactivity in the early 1970s. In the early 1980s, however, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded that, while some research is supportive of a potential link between food dyes and child behavior problems, no conclusive proof was found and more research was needed. Children who already have ADHD may just be more sensitive to food dyes, the FDA said, resulting in more unwanted behavior.

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conclusive, or the research contains some form of research error.

Several food dyes were banned by the FDA following research that suggested a positive correlation between that specific dye and certain types of cancer. Currently, three of the most widely used synthetic dyes – Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5 and Yellow No. 6 – were found through FDA testing to contain low levels of cancer-causing compounds. The Center for Public Interest has petitioned the FDA to ban eight of the nine remaining synthetic food dyes used in the U.S. due to the growing evidence.

As a result of several studies in Europe, manufacturers in the United Kingdom were asked to remove all synthetic food dyes from their foods in 2010. Manufacturers who did not voluntarily comply were required by the European Union to add warning labels to their products noting that the food contains synthetic food dyes that “may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.” Since the U.K. ruling, many manufacturers have switched to plant-based food dyes, deriving food coloring from natural sources such as grape skins, beet juice and carrots.

Contrast that to the U.S., where the food you’re eating could contain synthetic dyes derived from petroleum. Interestingly, some manufacturers and fast-food restaurants use synthetic food dyes for their products distributed in the U.S. but use natural food dyes or no coloring at all for those same products distributed in other countries.

While this debate continues and the negative evidence mounts, use these methods to reduce the amount of synthetic dyes in your diet and safeguard your health and the health of your family: LIMIT PROCESSED FOODS, AND ADD MORE WHOLE FOODS. Aim for more color in your diet, not from processed foods, but from

fruits and vegetables. The natural hues in these foods provide several health benefits.

CHECK THE COLOR SOURCE. If a food is colorful but not a fruit or vegetable, look at the label to determine if natural sources of coloring have been used. Examples of natural dyes include beet juice, beta-carotene, blueberry juice concentrate, carrot juice, grape skin extract, paprika, purple sweet potato or corn, red cabbage and turmeric.

READ THE LABEL TO REDUCE OR LIMIT YOUR INTAKE OF SYNTHETIC DYES. These are the nine synthetic dyes currently in use today: Blue No. 1 and Blue No. 2; Red No. 3 and Red No. 40; Green No. 3; Red No. 40 (Allura Red); Yellow No. 5 (Tartrazine) and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).

BE PROACTIVE BASED ON YOUR PERSONAL HEALTH RISKS. If you or your child has been diagnosed with ADHD, has behavior issues or a family history of cancer, try removing major sources of food dyes to determine if behavior improves and/or to reduce your risk in case later research should find that these food dyes present more risk than once thought. These major sources include candy, brightly-colored cereals, fruit drinks and soda. With the exception of fortified cereals, these foods contain little to no nutritive value and a lot of sugar, anyway. (Although sugar has not been found to increase symptoms of hyperactivity in children with or without ADHD, excess sugar can result in other unwanted conditions including dental cavities and childhood obesity. And if these nutrition-robbing foods take the place of healthier foods in the diet, the child’s overall health, growth and development can be negatively affected.)

The best advice for anyone, with or without ADHD or a family history of cancer, is to follow the new MyPlate recommendations found at myplate.gov to promote overall health and academic performance. Q

FDA FACTS:

TO DYE FOR

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) divides food dyes into two categories: Certifiable. These dyes are man-made, derived primarily from petroleum and coal sources. They include Yellow No. 5 (Tartrazine) and No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1, Green No. 3, Red No. 3 and No. 40 (Allura Red).

Exempt. These dyes are obtained from plant, animal or mineral sources and include caramel color and grape color extract.

Both categories must meet

Dr. Tina Cloney is chair of Millikin’s

FDA safety requirements before

exercise science and sport depart-

the dyes are added to food,

ment and a health and nutrition

based on the average consump-

professor. She is a registered dietitian,

tion per person and toxicolog-

certified diabetes educator and board

ical data. The FDA reports that

certified specialist in sports dietetics.

the average consumer, adult or

Her passion is communicating the role of nutrition in sport performance and nutrition and exercise in disease prevention and management.

child, consumes significantly less than the established safety levels.

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OES JAN DEVORE know everyone? Of course not. But in her 35 years with Millikin, the longtime director of alumni relations and former dean of students definitely earned her legendary reputation for remembering individual students by name, even long after they were alumni. Often, it didn’t matter if she hadn’t seen the alum for some time or if his or her appearance was no longer that of a fresh-faced college student. Jan has been known to recognize a former student by voice alone.

Last June, Jan retired from Millikin as senior director of alumni and donor engagement. An employee farewell reception was followed by a second retirement reception for alumni and friends at last fall’s Homecoming. At both, Jan was praised for a job well done, and the praises keep coming.

“Thanks are due to Jan for being a constant source of encouragement and ‘hands on’ support to Millikin students for nearly 35 years,” said Millikin President Emeritus Doug Zemke ’66. “As students transitioned to alumni, Jan became a caring friend and an inspiration for them to ‘do good and to do well’ in their adult lives. She is the personification of the institution that she loves so dearly. Once you become Jan’s friend, you have become her friend for life.”

That is no exaggeration. After beginning her Millikin career as a resident director for the student development staff, Jan Devore enthusiastically immersed herself in the Millikin community. It was rare not to see her face at a Millikin event.

Through the years, her name became synonymous with events like Freshman Camp, Commencement and Homecoming.

If not leading the event herself, she was troubleshooting it and working the room like a seasoned politician, making sure everyone felt welcome. Students and alums alike greeted her warmly as “Jan Devore!” and shared their latest news – a new job, a new move, a new spouse. Many alumni treat her like family, inviting her to their weddings and letting her stay in their homes when she’s on the road.

“As a student or an alum, your life was impacted by Jan,” says Michelle Stremmel ’95. “You were either inspired, encouraged,

and mentored by her, as I was, or you greatly benefited by the programs, organizations, and events which she created. She gave freely of her time and energy to ensure that Millikin students received as much education outside the classroom as we did inside, and in recent years, she worked to ensure we remained connected to campus and its rich history.”

In recognition of her positive influence on generations of Millikin students and alumni and her enthusiasm for their achievements both during and after their time at MU, efforts have been underway since her retirement to name something permanent on campus in her honor.

“We seek to honor her amazing legacy at the institution by naming the student lobby in the proposed new University Center in her name,” said Trustee Emeritus Peggy Madden, who traveled overseas with Jan on many alumni and friends trips.

“I ask you to consider joining me in this effort to thank our dear friend and give her name permanence on the campus she loves so much; for her heart, for her humor, for her help,” Madden says.

To name this high-traffic lobby in the proposed new center, more than half of the construction cost of the space must be raised from alumni and friends of the university, per Millikin board policy. The original goal was to raise the $400,000 needed to name the space the Dr. Jan Devore Student Lobby. However, supporters now feel an even more fitting tribute would be to raise the entire $775,300 to construct the space. Many alumni have already given, and at press time the total stood at $375,494.

“We believe it is a fitting legacy that Jan’s name will become a permanent part of the institution she has served so well,” said Jan’s first MU boss, former VP of Student Development Joe Houston.

Learn more about the effort to name the lobby at http://bit.ly/devore-lobby. And in the meantime, watch for Jan at Millikin events. She may have stepped down as an employee, but her heart still belongs to the Millikin family. Q

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1 Retired registrar Walt Wessel ’69 serenades Jan

during her on-campus retirement party. Wessel himself retired last August after a 40-year Millikin career.

2 Jan passed the torch to 1993 Millikin graduate Gina

Bianchi, the new senior director of alumni and donor engagement (see page 2 for more about Gina).

3 Three alumni who had worked closely with her as

associate directors helped Jan celebrate at her Homecoming retirement party. From left, Tim Martin ’10, Jaclyn Weisenborn Cantwell ’09, currently associate director of alumni engagement, and Dan Stuby ’07.

Deb Hale Kirchner is senior director of communications for the alumni and development office.

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QUILT: Before she became alumni relations director in 1996, Jan had worked in the office of student development since 1978, ultimately rising to the position of dean of students before switching departments. One of her responsibilities in student development was to head up the annual Freshman Camp that eventually became known as Millicamp. Each year’s camp was held the weekend before classes began at Allerton Park near Monticello, Ill., and each year had a memorable theme. A former MU resident director, Shelia Higgs Burkhalter, crafted this quilt with T-shirts from several of the camps.

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HAWAII GROUP PHOTO: Jan often hosted travel trips for Millikin’s alumni and friends. Among the many photos from various trips in her office was this one of Jan with a group of travelers on a cruise to the Hawaiian islands.

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BULLDOG: Jan is well known for her tenacity in making sure each alumni event was done right, down to the smallest detail.

Following her hosting of an alumni and friends trip to Ireland, Scotland and England, Kevin McGreevey ’78 presented Jan with this “Bulldog Award” in recognition of her efforts to make sure the needs of all the travelers were met.

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ART PRINT: In an office bursting with artifacts and gifts gathered through the years, it would be easy to excuse her for not remembering each one’s history, but that’s not Jan. She knows the what and the who, including that this art print was given to her by Janet Saum Dorn ’84.

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UCHOIR PHOTO: For several years, Jan has traveled with the award-winning University Choir on its annual U.S. tour each January, riding on the bus with the students, and serving as a troubleshooter and a welcoming face for MU alumni and friends at each concert stop. This photo, signed by each of the 2013 tour members, was given to her in appreciation of her role as one of the vocal ensemble’s biggest supporters. Jan traveled with the group on their Midwest tour in January and to the Baltic States in May.

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HOLE-IN-ONE PLAQUE: A golfer since age 8, Jan has won or placed near the top in several golf tournaments, even though she has never had golf lessons and played sporadically while working at MU. With more time to play in retirement, another hole-in-one may lie ahead.

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STUDENT SENATE PHOTO: The engraving on this photo of the 1992 Student Senate executive board members with Jan as their adviser says it all: “Thanks for everything.� Q

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by Jackson Lewis ’13

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HILOSOPHY IS EVERYWHERE if you just pay attention to it,” says Dr. Robert Money, professor of philosophy. “If I’m watching a movie, looking at magazine headlines, hearing a news story, a joke or a rock lyric: It doesn’t matter. I can find it.”

Money has been watching for it since he was a child. He recalls watching his father, a Baptist minister, weed the grass, wondering why that was necessary. “We got into this back and forth asking why he had to do that – why God would put weeds in the grass and why he was eliminating something God had put there – questions like that,” Money says.

That conversation foreshadowed a love of philosophical tension that would be cultivated during his undergraduate years studying political science at Furman University in Greenville, S.C., where he met Dr. Jim Edwards. “He was the best professor I’ve ever had,” Money says. “I took a course he taught my junior year called, ‘Law, Justice and the State,’ and it was the bomb! I couldn’t think about anything else.”

Aspiring philosophy instructors must have the philosophy “disease,” as Money puts it – that constant need to seek the truth in all things – in order to legitimize pursuing this line of work. Money’s disease was strong enough to land him a tenure-tracked job at Millikin in 1999.

In the classroom, Money keeps his cards close to the vest, careful not to reveal his own opinions on the philosophical and moral issues discussed in class. “I don’t want anything to contaminate the student from being able to speak his or her mind,” Money says. Instead, Money role-plays, taking the view of Socrates one day and John Stuart Mill the next.

Six years into his time at Millikin, Money found a few students who were similarly infected with the philosophy bug on the newly created Millikin Moot Court.

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Modern Illinois Government (MIG) simulation, where schools from across Illinois compete, arguing different sides of past real-world court cases.

Millikin has taken first place in seven consecutive years of competition, including this spring.

Money eventually turned the team into a class, “Appellate Legal Reasoning.” “It’s a lot of role-playing,” Money says. “They are attorneys in front of a court. I’m the judge. I’m interrupting and asking questions. We imitate the rules at the competition.”

This attention to detail is much needed, building up to a four-day competition. “It’s a lot of work,” Money says. “You argue once in the morning on one side of the case, and you know you’re going to come back that afternoon on the opposite side of the case. You scout other teams, hear other arguments and expound on your own.”

In the opinion of Kevin Stocks ’13, firstplace winner at the 2011 MIG along with David Anderson ’11, Money’s prep work makes all the difference. “Year after year, top to bottom, every Millikin team is prepared to compete with anybody,” Stocks says. “In the past three years, only three teams from other schools have advanced to the semi-finals. We go into the competition armed with the tools to win, and Dr. Money deserves all the credit in the world for that.”

Money attributes the team’s success to their dedication to practice and inherent skill. “Just like in football, you’ve got to recruit good players to win games. You have to recruit good students to win moot court.”

Above all, Money aims to have fun with his Millikin position. Though philosophy is everywhere, he enjoys seeing it in the minds of his students the most.

“It’s a great bonus to really enjoy what you do for your job,” he says. “I hardly distinguish between my job, work and fun.” It seems Money is afflicted with the philosophy “disease” and in serious condition. Q Jackson Lewis ’13 was a writing intern for the alumni and development office for two years. Originally from Dallas, he currently lives and works in Chicago.

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Honor these faculty and administrators with your gift to one or more of these

FACULTY/STAFF FUNDS. THE CHEMISTRY FELLOWS FUND This fund was established

by Dr. Clarence Josefson, professor of chemistry, to support the research of an outstanding senior chemistry major. Alumni and friends of MU are asked to give to the fund in honor of Dr. J., who completed 40 years of teaching at Millikin in May 2013.

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AWARD The Dr. Jerald Hunt and Dr. Darlene Hoffman Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, named in honor of two emeriti professors, will annually recognize one or more senior education students who embody James Millikin’s philosophy of integrated theory and practice.

THE CHEMISTRY FELLOWS FUND Dr. Ed Acheson, associate professor of chemsitry, taught at Millikin for 35 years, retiring in May 2014. Alumni and friends are asked to give to the Chemistry Fellows Fund in his honor, for it is Dr. Acheson’s wish to see the fund established by his colleague, Dr. J., continue to grow.

LINDA SLAGELL STUDENT SUCCESS FUND This fund will provide emergency financial assistance to qualified students. Linda Slagell has served as a mentor and guide for hundreds of Millikin students during her more than 20 years at the university.

THE DR. JAN DEVORE STUDENT LOBBY FUND The Dr. Jan Devore Student Lobby in the new University Center will give a permanent presence on the Millikin campus in recognition of this administrator’s outstanding 35-year career in both student development and alumni relations.

DR. DAVID GOLDEN MEMORIAL FUND After the death of Dr. David “Doc” Golden, his family requested that donations be sent to Millikin toward the goal of naming the green room in the planned new Center for Theatre and Dance in his memory.

Learn more and make your gift at bit.ly/mu-give.

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of people in a lot of places.

I went all over the South Pacific, all over the Caribbean and all over Europe.” In his early 20s, Holmes was tasked with looking after more than 40 singers between the ages of 16 and 25 in foreign countries he had never visited.

After teaching high school music in Albuquerque, Holmes left to pursue his doctorate at Arizona State ABOVE: Dr. Brad Holmes warms up with the alumni choir during the University, where he met Homecoming 2013 festivities. his wife, Beth. They were married just two weeks after both were offered music positions at Luther College in Iowa, where they served as assistants in a nationally known choral program.

by Jackson Lewis ’13

However, as he gained more experience directing, and even earned tenure at Luther, Holmes found himself wanting R. BRAD HOLMES, professor to direct his own program. “I had some of music and director of choral visions of my own that I wanted to see activities, has been traveling played out,” Holmes says, so in 1991, the the world since his college couple moved to Decatur so Brad could years, sharing his love for the beauty of serve as director of choral activities and collaborative music. “I knew from very conduct the Millikin University Choir early on,” Holmes says, “that I wanted to (UChoir). Beth conducted secondary choirs. put people together to make music.”

Growing up in Albuquerque, N.M.,

Holmes replaced the late Dr. Richard Holmes was surrounded by music. He Hoffland, director of choral activities and performed in the Albuquerque Boys Choir, professor emeritus of music, who had led played oboe in the Youth Symphony and for Millikin choir and the Vespers concert musicals, played saxophone in a jazz band, tradition with his wife, Kay, for more than directed a group of fellow vocal students 30 years. “There was certainly a feeling of and often sang with his family. stability and tradition, but I also saw room for growth,” Holmes says.

His passion for collaborative music led him to Las Vegas. “I knew of this group

Vespers blossomed further as Holmes doing backup vocals,” Holmes says. “They decided to include every Millikin choir. To were going onstage in two weeks, desperate showcase the more than 300 Vespers perfor a baritone and, to be honest, I was the formers, Holmes set up surround-sound. right size for the costumes they had.”

“We broke the proscenium wall and

Holmes eventually pulled the plug spilled out into the audience,” he says. “We stood choirs in the aisles so they could help on his Vegas gig to spend his summers the audience sing. It’s like the audience is working, first with the Continentals, an listening through headphones.” international ministry of Christian singers, then with various church organizations in

Holmes also has found success leading need of a director. And during summers the University Choir outside Decatur. In between his undergraduate studies at the 2007, UChoir was invited to sing at the University of New Mexico, Holmes had his American Choral Directors Association first taste of worldwide touring.

(ACDA) national conference in Miami.

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country,” he says. “For us, this is the Final Four of the choral world. For Millikin to be brought into that conference as one of only 10 university choirs was just huge.”

Millikin’s performance in Miami was so stunning that nearly 100 higher education directors and ACDA representatives sent Holmes letters of congratulations.

One letter was from Dr. Weston Noble, conductor emeritus of Luther College and “really an icon of the choral scene,” Holmes says. Noble said, “in my conversations with colleagues as to choirs who impressed them the most, the Millikin University Choir kept coming up over and over.”

Choral directors from around the country were talking about Millikin’s Cinderella story. “There was a basketball team from nowhere, Winthrop College, that got into the Sweet Sixteen that year,” Holmes says, “and people were calling us the ‘Winthrop of Choirs.’”

Last spring, Holmes received Millikin’s Research and Artistic Achievement Award recognizing that remarkable ACDA conference UChoir performance in Miami, Holmes’ own compositions, plus his more than 200 guest conducting engagements around the U.S., including Carnegie Hall.

But he insists that he is simply one part of a greater whole. He praises a Millikin voice faculty led by Helen “Hadi” Gibbons, associate professor of music, and conductors Guy Forbes, Ted Hesse ’93, Beth Holmes and Matt Leese, who have only three months each fall semester to prepare freshmen singers to perform in Vespers for four sold-out performances in Kirkland Fine Arts Center. “They have a much tougher job than I do,” Holmes says.

For Holmes, each hour spent teaching takes him closer to the joy of bringing people together to make music. “When people sing together it creates something outside of themselves. It’s beautiful,” he says. “There’s a knitting together that is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I guess that’s what grabbed me around the neck and dragged me into this pursuit.” Q Jackson Lewis ’13 was a writing intern for the alumni and development office for two years.

He currently works in Chicago.

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There’s no better time than summer to grab a book and head for the beach, the front porch or your favorite easy chair for a quick escape into the world of your choice. Following is a partial list of selections from this year’s summer reading list, as recommended by Millikin faculty and staff. Be sure to check out the complete list at http://bit.ly/staleylibrary.

“THE BOOKMAN’S TALE: A NOVEL OF OBSESSION”

by Charlie Lovett

Peter Byerly, a shy but passionate book restorer, collector and seller, comes across a painting resembling his deceased wife that leads him into the world of dishonest booksellers, greedy collectors and a questionably authentic text that may or may not secure Shakespeare as the writer of his own works. The story includes both fact and fiction as it shifts smoothly among Peter’s present life and his past life with his beloved wife. It is entertaining, informative and satisfying to my inner bibliophile.

Recommended by Judi Crowe ’91, assistant professor of English and director of the Writing Center.

“NOS4A2” by Joe Hill Soon after little Victoria McQueen is given her first bicycle, she discovers she can travel wherever she wants simply by conjuring up an old, windy covered bridge as a portal. As an adult, Vic comes up against Charlie Manx, a Nosferatu-ish man, and his accomplice, Gas Mask Man, who drive a 1938 RR Wraith bearing the titled license plate numbers. They, too, have the ability to travel through time, particularly to Christmasland, where children are taken to remain innocently blissful. But there’s something clearly wrong with Christmasland, which Vic must confront in order to save her child.

“THE BOOK THIEF”

by Markus Zusak

Actually this book is at the top of my summer reading list. I was going to hurry through it so I could write a recommendation. However, after reading just a few pages I decided to save it for a time when I could really enjoy the book. “The Book Thief” is about a young girl in Germany during World War II who steals a book and then learns to read. Her love for reading changes her life. This book has won many awards and USA Today says it “deserves a place on the same shelf with ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ by Anne Frank.”

Recommended by Cindie Zelhart ’10, English department administrative assistant and coordinator of the University Studies program.

Recommended by Judi Crowe.

“THE GOLD FINCH”

by Donna Tartt

Beautifully written prose about a young man, Theo Decker, and a famous stolen painting of a Dutch master. A wildly inventive read spanning a decade and several countries, the story following Decker’s quest for his dead mother’s favorite painting is so much more than a mystery: it’s a meditation on grief, loss, choosing your family when you have none, all-consuming love, antique furniture, Russian gangsters and the role art should play in our lives.

“MARVEL COMICS: THE UNTOLD STORY”

by Sean Howe

Sean Howe writes an engaging history teeming with interviews and insider information. Howe paints a clear picture of the ups and downs of Marvel Comics.

Learn more about Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, and Chris Claremont (and many more), along with the origin of some of your favorite superheroes.

Recommended by Jeff Kirchoff, assistant professor of English.

“THE MAGICIANS”

by Lev Grossman

A young man grows up feeling crushed and saddened that real life is not as exciting as the Narnia-like world he reads about in fantasy novels.

When one day he stumbles onto a high school for young magicians, he imagines he’s hit the jackpot. Things, of course, are not as they seem. Written in the style of literary realism, “The Magicians” is a perfect gruesome read about what happens when your wildest dreams come true.

Recommended by Katie Schmid Henson.

Recommended by Katie Schmid Henson ’06, visiting lecturer in English.

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by Deb Hale Kirchner

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E CAME TO MILLIKIN at a transitional time in the university history, signing up for a temporary role as interim president while the search for a permanent president was held. From his

first day on July 1, 2013, though, it was clear that Dr. Patrick White was more than just a seat-warmer for the new leader.

He put in long hours. He made hard decisions; some controversial. He

publicly mourned with the family and campus community when a student died unexpectedly from an undiagnosed medical condition. He took time to get to know students personally, stopping to hold conversations in the hallways, in the cafeteria, and even on the sidewalks as he walked back and forth to the Huss House each day. He met individually with dozens of faculty and administrators. Employees, current students and community members observed him closely, perhaps a bit wary after the unexpected departure of previous president Dr. Harold Jeffcoat after less than two years in office.

In the end, a favorable consensus of the former president of Wabash

College was reflected in an Oct. 9 announcement by Van Dukeman, chair of Millikin’s board of trustees. After exactly 100 days in office, White was

Photos by Michael Rauch.

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“It’s so easy to get excited about Millikin. We are doing exactly what so many in our society say higher education should be doing.”

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“He gets it,” says Dave Brandon, MU’s vice president of alumni and development and a member of the president’s cabinet. “He understands Millikin and the unique nature of the performance learning that we do here, and he clearly communicates it to students, prospective students and alumni and friends of the university.”

“It’s so easy to get excited about Millikin,” White says. “We are doing exactly what so many in our society say higher education should be doing: helping students get jobs and be prepared to continue to grow in those jobs. True to the vision of Founder James Millikin, our students are not only prepared to compete in the real world, they are also primed to become leaders. I’m excited to be at an institution with a distinctive performance-learning mission and a distinctive sense of itself.”

His enthusiasm is tempered by an awareness of the serious challenges facing Millikin and many other universities: stiff competition for students; a growing number of high school students who are unprepared to perform at the college level and/ or with families unable to contribute to the cost of their education; rising operational expenses; and aging facilities.

“Like everyone in American higher education, Millikin faces significant challenges,” White says.

“I wish I could make some of them go away. But I am grateful for the work all of us are doing together to meet these challenges and even more to shape, frame and enact our best imagination of Millikin together, a task where each one of us – student, faculty member, staff member, alumnus, friend

and supporter of Millikin – plays a role. We must remain nimble in our thinking and in our actions to address the complex challenges facing higher education and Millikin specifically.”

Among the immediate pressing Millikin challenges White tackled was the search for a replacement for Barry Pearson, former vice president of academic affairs, who left last year to take a position at Purchase College in New York. During a national search for his successor, White assumed the responsibilities of that position in addition to wearing the presidential ball cap. The new provost, Dr. Jeffery Aper, joins Millikin this summer (see related article, page 3). His new title reflects White’s collegial and collaborative style.

“Some faculty thought it would be good to have the position called provost,” White says. “I first resisted because the provost title is usually associated with much larger universities, but in considering the need expressed by many to emphasize how important the academic life is at Millikin, I thought a change was needed. Though each Millikin vice president must be committed to the education mission of the university, ‘Provost’ is a good name for a chief academic officer and will help us see the position anew.”

The renaming of the VPAA position is just one example of White’s intentional focus on listening to reach goals successfully. He also sees the importance of listening in another role, one he calls “storyteller.”

“One of the odd things about being a university president is that we carry stories across the

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country,” he says. “I hear stories from our alumni that I share with our students to inspire them to achieve, and I hear stories from our students that I share with our alumni to encourage them about the good things happening at Millikin.”

By all reports, White successfully led Wabash College as president from 2006 through June 2013.

His tenure included one of the most challenging periods in that school’s history as the institution grappled with the national economic downturn, just as many other colleges and universities across the nation. In Wabash’s case, White managed the school through a significant downsizing of its endowment during the recession that began in 2008. When he announced in May 2012 that he would be stepping down the following year, the Wabash board chair specifically cited that period as evidence of his leadership skills.

“The board of trustees is grateful to Pat White for his steady, thoughtful and effective leadership of the college in a period of great economic difficulty for the country and for higher education,” said Wabash Board Chair Stephen S. Bowen in a news release issued by the college at that time.

White also led efforts to complete Wabash’s new strategic plan and to surpass a $60 million capital campaign goal. In addition, during his presidency the college reached record levels of enrollment and gifts to the annual fund; obtained donations to create several new endowed faculty chairs; formed strong new programs and majors, including a dual-degree engineering program with Purdue University; constructed new football, baseball and soccer facilities; and forged stronger bonds with the Crawfordsville, Indiana community.

White now looks forward to helping Millikin face its own unique challenges and opportunities.

“I firmly believe that Millikin’s best days are still ahead,” he says. “Last June, my wife, Chris, and I were hustling and bustling to move to Decatur to take up what we thought would be an interim position. We were anticipating an important year of good work at a great university with the nervousness that comes with any new adventure. Chris and I are both grateful for the welcomes we received from everyone we’ve met. You’ve made us feel at home. We look forward to meeting more of you in the months to come, and we also look forward to more time, more good work together.” Q

President white at a glance Dr. Patrick White, who was named Millikin’s 15th president in October, previously served seven years as the 15th president of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind. During his tenure at Wabash, an all-men’s college, White developed a studentfocused strategic plan; guided the college through the financial turmoil of 2008-09; completed a comprehensive academic program review and a self-study report leading to reaccreditation; secured a number of grants to establish new programs; achieved success in the Challenge of Excellence capital campaign that exceeded its $60 million goal; and completed a $6 million athletics field campaign.

Prior to his seven years at Wabash, White served as vice president and dean of faculty at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Ind., from 2002-06. He also served the all-women’s college as associate dean of faculty from 1988-2002, and as a professor of English. He spearheaded a number of academic initiatives at Saint Mary’s, including establishing the Center for Academic Innovation and creating grants that supported collaborative research between faculty and students and among the faculty members themselves.

White was also one of the designers of Saint Mary’s Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership, a Lilly Endowmentfunded initiative.

Earlier in his career, White was the chair of the department of language and literature at Pfieffer College in Misenheimer, N.C., from 1985-88, and taught at Westmar College in Le Mars, Iowa, from 1976-85. A native of Dixon, Ill., and a National Merit Scholar, Dr. White earned his undergraduate degree in English from the University of Chicago in 1971, his master’s degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1975, and his doctorate of English and American literature, also from the University of Iowa, in 1980.

White and his wife, Chris, a family nurse practioner, have twin daughters, Katie and Molly, and a son, Paddy. Paddy and his wife, Eileen, have two children, Norah and Oliver.

Blue-tie guy: Clearly wishing to show his Big Blue spirit, President Patrick White is rarely seen on campus without a Millikin-blue tie and often wears a

Deb Hale Kirchner is senior director of communica-

Big Blue baseball cap to athletic and other events on

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A MUSEUM GROWS IN CHICAGO

by Katie Liesener ’03

Photo by Alida Duff Sullivan ’06.

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IKE SMYTH WHITCOMB ’66 looks the part of a polished museum director.

Warm smile, professional, no-nonsense manner. Blond hair that converges into a neat chignon. Her office, on Chicago’s stately Wacker Drive, is lined with photos of a handsome, graying man – her husband of 30 years. She has just returned from previewing the American Writers Museum’s first traveling exhibit when suddenly the enthusiastic Tri-Delta sorority coed still inside bursts forth.

“It was totally cool!”

That same afternoon Whitcomb sprung into action, taking photos and interviewing designers for the museum website. It was the kind of work she once did as an intern at the Decatur Herald & Review, where an editor gave her this advice: “Find the human angle to make a story real.”

“That’s the way I think about everything,” she says. “How do I make this real?”

Making the intangible real is Whitcomb’s challenge as the new executive director of the American Writers Museum (see sidebar). She must raise money for a museum that does not yet exist.

The museum board chose Whitcomb based on her five decades as a fundraising force, raising hundreds of millions of dollars for nonprofits during her career. Again and again, Whitcomb asks people to suspend cynicism and disbelief, see her vision of a better future, and help make that vision real.

If she achieves her goal, the U.S. will garner its first museum to celebrate American literary heritage, and Chicago will notch a cultural landmark.

“I’m banking my entire reputation on this,” she says.

The museum is a prime project for Whitcomb, who reads voraciously. As a Millikin student, she read all the books for her European novels class in the first week. Even now, her red handbag perpetually totes a book. She reads two to three volumes per week to explore subjects of interest, most recently including Judaism, Parisian history, meteorology and Frank Lloyd Wright.

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After graduating from MU with a bachelor’s degree in English, Whitcomb worked in fashion, education and government. She was hired as executive director of Chicago’s American Diabetes Association chapter when she was 25. In that role, she organized the city’s first bike-a-thon, raising a then remarkable $100,000 in a single day.

Whitcomb attributes her success to three traits. “I’m not shy,” she says. “I have no problem asking people to give to something I think they should care about. I also have no problem hearing ‘no.’”

At the time Whitcomb began her fundraising career, she was an anomaly. Fundraising was an overwhelmingly male profession; she knew no other women in senior management. When she became president of the Chicago chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), a colleague suggested she chair meetings from the side of the table, lest her cohorts bristle at a woman presiding over them. She took that advice, but shortly after she helped form a networking group for women in development to help them overcome barriers against women in the field. That networking group has since spawned chapters in other cities and, coincidentally or not, fundraising has transformed into a female-dominated profession.

In 1981, Whitcomb formed her own fundraising consultation business but surprisingly soon found herself in desperate need of funds.

Her heating bills had soared to $800 a month, and her fledgling business was at risk.

Fortunately, she found herself on the receiving end of a donation when her future husband, Jamie McKechnie, paid her bill so she could grow the business. Whitcomb had met McKechnie, then executive director of the National Hearing Association, to discuss fundraising strategies, but soon they were dating. She calls his bailout a lifesaver.

“If it hadn’t been for Jamie,” she says, “I would not have made it.”

Since then, Whitcomb’s company has helped raise funds for arts organizations, hospitals, shelters, conservation groups and other causes,

including Millikin’s “Advancing the Vision” capital campaign that raised more than $125 million from 1996-2006. She sees her work as her legacy.

“I walk down the street and can see which churches are in better shape, or libraries or schools,” she said. “That’s a point of pride for me.

I want to make a difference in the world. This is how I do it.”

Last November, Whitcomb saw the AWM museum director position posted in the newsletter of her women’s networking group. She applied and was offered the job within two weeks. But there was a heartbreaking complication: Her husband was dying. Jamie had developed pneumonia and other health issues following what should have been a routine surgery. Whitcomb had attended his hospital bedside every day for months. Caretaking was her full-time job.

When she told him of the offer, Jamie encouraged her to take it. No longer able to speak, he mouthed, “I’m proud of you.”

“I think he saw it as an opportunity at a time that was going to be hard,” she says. “He knew he wasn’t getting better.” McKechnie died in January.

The museum’s first goal – raising $10 million by 2016 – has been called “ambitious” by one nonprofit consultant. But Whitcomb believes donors will care about preserving the values of American writing: freedom of speech, creativity and the search for identity.

In Jamie’s final days, Whitcomb read to him at his bedside. She picked passages from “The Monuments Men,” a book about U.S. soldiers saving artworks from Nazi destruction. Together, they saw a powerful picture conjured by the words she read aloud: men hoisting masterpieces on their backs for generations they would never see.

“If we can spark that same intention in even one out of every hundred people who come to the museum; a vision for how they can be better, have a better life for themselves, for their children – that is powerful,” she says. Q Katie Liesener ’03 is a freelance writer who recently relocated to Chicago after teaching college-level writing in the Boston area.

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NEW NATIONAL MUSEUM China, Germany, Brazil, Scotland and Korea have writers’ museums; the U.S. has none. The American Writers Museum aims to change that.

According to the

museum’s executive director, Nike Smyth Whitcomb ‘66, the American Writers Museum will celebrate all forms of American writing, from novels and non-fiction to speeches and screenplays. Toward that end, artifacts will be less important than engaging the public – an urgent cultural mission when more than 25 percent of all Americans have not read a book during the past year.

The idea for the museum

originated with Malcolm O’Hagan, an Irish immigrant and retired manufacturer who was inspired by the Dublin Writers Museum and was stunned to learn the U.S. had nothing similar. In 2010, O’Hagan formed the American Writers Museum Foundation, which recently created its initial touring exhibit on Chicago writers.

The museum is slated

to open in phases. For the first phase, the planners and Whitcomb seek a 10,000-square-foot space in an extant building in downtown Chicago. The ultimate goal is a 60,000-square-foot, stand-alone structure. At press time, $1.3 million had been raised for the project.

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Waneta Trick Moses of Decatur writes: “So glad I live in Decatur and [am] still able to attend many of the activities on campus.”

Association Foundation and Chess Club. He retired from Richland Community College as a professor of physics, math and computer science.

Anne Harp Peabody of Falls Church, Va., writes: “At age 94, I am still active in church and community. I teach a class for the Woman’s Circle at church; my Latin and Greek studies at Millikin still serve me well!”

Bill Heyduck of Charleston, Ill., a retired professor of art at Eastern Illinois University, owns Heyduck Stoneware. He and his wife, Florence Hagen Heyduck ’52, have two grown children.

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Eileen Tertocha-Langley of Georgetown, Texas, writes, “I am very proud of Millikin and how it has grown in the last 60 years.”

She attended the 60th reunion of her class at October’s homecoming celebration.

Ramona Chapman Henricks of Cerro Gordo, Ill., was honored in May 2013 for 11,000 volunteer hours accumulated at the Decatur VA Community Clinic and at the Danville VA Medical Center.

She has volunteered at the two centers for 55 years. A former legal secretary and business education teacher, Henricks served in World War II in the Navy WAVES.

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Daniel Weiss and his wife, Betty Ann Belshaw Weiss ’48, of Deland, Fla., celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in June 2013 with a family gathering.

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Michael Venezia of Monmouth Beach, N.J., writes: It “seems as if 1950 was just last year. My wife [Gloria] and I can still remember vividly my classmates with whom we enjoyed the pleasures of life without a bank balance.

Today, thanks to JMU, our life’s pleasures are commensurate with our bank balance.”

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George Fyke of Fairbury, Ill., celebrated his 88th birthday in April. He fondly recalls his time as a member of the 1951 MU basketball team that placed second in the national tournament in Kansas City.

Betty Farley Ploeger of Monticello, Ill., is a self-employed music teacher.

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Howard Brown of Decatur volunteers for the Lutheran School

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Rjurik Golubjatnikov of Madison, Wis., had a photography exhibit, “Explorations, Treks & Photographic Discoveries,” at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art through September 2013. In September 2012, his photographs of children from around the world were displayed at the Madison Children’s Museum.

He retired from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as professor and chief immunologist.

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Rita Rambo Wack of Coronado, Calif., is retiring after 30 years practicing law in Coronado. She is still active as a real estate broker.

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Sue Goerisch Groszmann of Forest Grove, Ore., is a senior exercise instructor for Forest Grove Fitness. She teaches two classes a day, three days a week to 76 seniors ranging in age from 56 to 106.

David Allen of Pana, Ill., is a retired teacher.

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Allen Short and his wife, Jeanette, of Bartlett, Ill., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in September 2012.

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Nancy Dehner Mathews of Edwardsville, Ill., writes: “50th reunion at MU [in 2012] was terrific. Thanks, MU, for making it special.”

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Suzanne Hood DeBow of Tucker, Ga., is a retired legal secretary.

She has three grown children.

Nancy Stahl Flamm of Blue Mound, Ill., is a retired Sangamon Valley High School teacher.

Ron Frystak of Kaneohe, Hawaii, retired from Hawaii Loa College as a professor of chemistry. He has two grown children.

Jim Turner of Springfield, Ill., is retired from the University of Illinois, where he worked as a medical social consultant. He and his wife, Jane, have four grown children.

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Suzanne McWhirter Davis of Fenton, Mo., writes that she still enjoys working full time with Edward Jones Investments.

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Dick Paton of Richmond, Va., writes that he is “retired and happy.” He has four grown children.

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Linda Smith Brissenden of Effingham, Ill., received the Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award in Elementary Education from Eastern Illinois University in April 2012. She is transformation administrator for the Illinois Association of Regional School Superintendents’ ARRA School Improvement Grant at Sandoval Junior and Senior High School in Sandoval, Ill. She is married to James Brissenden ’65, a retired attorney who works part time in insurance sales with their son, Jarrod, at Brissenden Financial Services in Highland, Ill.

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Mary Lou Doehring Shea of Bartow, Fla., owns a horse farm with 26 Paso Fino horses. She completed a master’s degree at the University of Illinois and a doctorate at Southern Illinois University. She and her late husband, Raymond, who passed away in December 2012, were married for 54 years.

She writes, “I am working hard, but for myself. I had a great career in education in Illinois; worked for four different state agencies. [I] have a good life. Best wishes for Millikin students.”

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James Henson of Mt. Vernon, Ill., is a retired public defender for Jefferson County, where he served for 28 years. He now volunteers at his church and as a mentor.

William Horton of Forsyth, Ill., retired from Decatur Public Schools as a fifth-grade teacher.

He writes: “I currently sing in First United Methodist Church choir, teach an adult Sunday school class, portray President U.S. Grant at the Governor Oglesby Mansion, read, fish, and sing in Opus 24.” He is also a member of the MU Alumni Association board of directors.

He is married to Lana Towell Horton ’68.

Dan Shappard and his wife, Sharon, of Bartlett, Tenn., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last June. They have four children and 15 grandchildren.

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Linda Booth Marshall of Columbus, Ohio, is a retired substitute teacher for Hilliard City Schools.

James Stiehl of Salem, Ill., was recently invited by Harvard University School of Medicine to lecture on computer navigation and ligament balancing in total knee replacement surgery. He currently practices general orthopedics in Centralia, Ill., where he also serves as chief of surgery at St. Mary’s Hospital in that city. He is also editor-in-chief of “The Knee,” an international journal that publishes studies on clinical treatment and biomechanical characteristics of the knee, and has published two text books and 18 articles on computer-aided and robotic surgery.

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Thomas Bucy of Warminster, Pa., recently retired from Carter Communications Co., a business he started 20 years ago. He also recently completed 30 years as director of music ministries at St. Andrews United Methodist Church.

Paul Foster of Jamaica Plain, Mass., is a vice president at Bank of America in Boston.

Sharon Maves Lutes of Black Hawk, Colo., recently won a large grant for Gilpin County Middle School, where she is a fifth-grade teacher. The grant will allow the school to order Chromebook computers for the students. Lutes received a Tiffany Crystal Apple for Teachers award at a celebration banquet at Denver University last June.

Dean Messinger of Bloomington, Ill., and his wife, Patricia Ray Messinger ’74, are both retired.

They have two grown daughters.

Wendy Overocker Wiegers of Gurnee, Ill., writes, “So much for being retired! I have been retired [from Waukegan Public Schools] for six years, but still subbing; [am] children’s choir director at St. James Lutheran in Lake Forest; graduate advisor and reader for graduate papers at Vandercook College of Music in Chicago; music supervisor for Northwestern University music undergrads; serving on the board of directors for the Illinois Retired Teachers Association and on the local board for Lake County Retired Teachers; involved with area alumnae groups for Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Alpha Iota [international music fraternity]; helped create a new Alpha Chi chapter at Carthage College and was advisor for two years.”

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Gary Deitelhoff of Arlington Heights, Ill., works in sales for Biotheranostics, a biotechnology company that develops and markets molecular diagnostic tests for cancer patients.

Mike Meyers of Wadsworth, Ill., is a senior business partner at Cardinal Health in Waukegan, Ill. He also regularly plays trombone with big bands in Lisle and Palatine, Ill.

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EORGE ECKLUND SR. ’44 comes from a family of musicians, so it’s no surprise that music has been a dominant force his entire life. Shortly after his MU graduation, Ecklund joined the Springfield Community Chorus, which held rehearsals at the Illinois Wesleyan Junior College of Music in downtown Springfield, Ill. To Ecklund’s surprise, he was asked by the school’s director to teach piano there in the fall of 1945.

“I was speechless,” Ecklund says. “I had never thought of teaching piano before. So before he could change his mind, I told him I would like to try it.” Ecklund taught at the school for two years before leaving to open his own piano studio. One of his more unusual teaching experiences occurred early in his career, when he received a request from a nearby town for a piano teacher for their local school.

“When I went for the first lesson, I found that I would be teaching in a storage room with sacks of potatoes,” Ecklund recalls. “I called it my ‘potato studio.’ I survived, and a few months later, I was moved to a nice room in their junior high.”

During his more than 68-year musical teaching career, Ecklund also served as musical director/conductor for musical productions and a church choir, performed on a weekly radio show and composed interlude music for a ballet production.

His late wife, Shirley, was also a piano teacher. He retired from the music faculty of Lincoln Land Community College in 2010.

Now 93, he was teaching music to a few “very advanced” students until just recently.

“I have been very fortunate to attract students who were very talented and had the desire and the drive to advance to the competitive level,” he says.

Perhaps, like their teacher, they also can enjoy long and musical lives. Q Margaret Allen Friend edited this profile from a personal history written by George Ecklund Sr. ’44. The complete version is available online at www.millikin.edu/alumni. Margaret is the associate editor of Millikin Quarterly magazine. She has contributed to Quarterly as a writer since 2004 and joined the alumni and development team in 2010 as class notes editor for the magazine.

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Paula Rose of Waverly, Ill., recently retired from the Waverly School District, where she had taught since 1982. She previously taught at Decatur’s St. Teresa High School and for the Beason (Ill.) School District. She writes that she now hopes to spend her time in volunteer work, quilting, attending local programs and supporting the St. Louis Cardinals – her favorite team.

Thomas Rotondi Jr. of Kingsport, Tenn., retired as a colonel in January 2012 after 34 years of service in the United States Army. Recipient of an Alumni Merit Award in 2007 and leader of the U.S. Army Band since 2005, Rotondi brought the band to Millikin for a free performance in 2008. He is married to Karen Rumgay Rotondi, also ’74.

Edward Vanderbosch of South Beloit, Ill., is superintendent of environmental compliance for the city of South Beloit.

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Austin Rund of Saugatuck, Mich., is a nurse anesthetist at Macatawa Anesthesia PC. His son, Aaron Rund ’04, recently joined him at the practice as a board-certified anesthesiologist after earning his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 2008 and completing a medical residency in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Mary Strine Miller of Northbrook, Ill., was named group head of employee and executive communications for AbbVie, a biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott. Her daughter, Jamie Kowalczyk ’13, graduated cum laude last May.

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Jane Hurrelbrink Campbell of Woodland Park, Colo., is medical records director for Pikes Peak Regional Hospital.

Cheryl Krell Gewing of Vallejo, Calif., was honored by the Vallejo Elks Lodge as a 2013 Teacher of the Year. She is a fourth-grade teacher for the Vallejo City Unified School District.

Janice McClintock of Mountain House, Calif., is general manager of the Mountain House Community Services District, and

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Paul Johnson of Nashville, Tenn., is president/CEO of the board of directors for The Housing Fund, a nonprofit organization that helps individuals and communities create and maintain affordable and healthy housing. He is married to Betty Long Johnson, also ’79, the chief people officer/vice president of employment services for Goodwill Middle Tennessee. They have two grown children and twin 6-year-old grandsons.

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Cathy Etling Mitchell of Millstadt, Ill., earned a doctorate in physical therapy from Washington University in December 2012.

She is a supervisor at Belleville Memorial Hospital.

Susan Mitchell of Wheaton, Ill., is system executive vice president of human resources for a new health system created by the merger of Edward Hospital & Health Services of Naperville, Ill., and Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare.

Cynthia Reed of Decatur retired from Decatur Public Schools after 33 years of teaching. She taught for 25 years at Oak Grove School and eight years at Hope Academy, where she taught second grade for the last three years of her career.

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Gary Jackson of Decatur was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame last year in recognition of his accomplishments as a player at Blue Mound High School and at Millikin. He was inducted into MU’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007 and now serves on the university’s AHOF selection committee. He is an executive vice president at Busey Bank.

Linda Boyd Karch of Northfield, Vt., retired in December as a professor of English at Norwich University, where she had taught for 25 years.

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Arturo Gonzalez of Shorewood, Ill., is a consumer safety inspector with the

U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Monica Milner Halstead of Muscatine, Iowa, is manager of supply chain processes at Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, a business that provides tires and services for trucking, construction, mining, aggregates and industrial operations across the Americas. A certified continuity manager and certified project management professional, she recently celebrated 25 years with the company.

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Dean Beals of Jacksonville, Ill., is pastor of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church.

Curtis Jackson of Surprise, Ariz., is a corporate scheduler at Schuff Steel, a steel fabrication company in Phoenix.

David Kosar of Everett, Wash., owns David Kosar Insurance Agency, an American Family Insurance agency. His wife, Kelly, is church administrator for Trinity Episcopal Church.

Kelly Bradley Spinka of Belleville, Ill., received her master’s degree in education administration from McKendree University. She is an art teacher at Edwardsville High School in Edwardsville, Ill. She has two sons: Jack, 17, and Max, 16.

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Catherine Morris of Chicago is a C3 leader for Chicago Conservation Corps, where she volunteers her time organizing environmental projects.

Her husband, Ted, is co-director of the DuPage Medical Group Immediate Care Center in Lisle, Ill. Gerard Sablich of Chicago is vice president of Higgins Development Partners, a commercial real estate firm.

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Becki FeeneySalmon of East Peoria, Ill., is chief financial officer at G & D Integrated, a provider of transportation and contract logistic services. She and her husband, Mike, have four children: Hayley, 21, Jimmy, 18, Jack, 16, and Gracie, 14.

David Giertz of Columbus, Ohio, is president of NFS Distributors Inc., Nationwide Financial’s sales

and distribution organization. He joined Nationwide in 1999 and has served as leader of NF Financial Institutions sales since 2004. He is a member of Millikin’s board of trustees and presented the address at last year’s traditional commencement ceremony.

Peggy McCann of Marshall, Mich., received the Eileen K. Rice Award for Outstanding Teaching from Siena Heights University in 2013. An associate professor of sport management, she has taught at SHU since 2006.

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Jessica Madsen of Cincinnati performed with her trio, The Rookwood Chamber Players, in August at St. John’s Unitarian Universalist Church in Cincinnati. The benefit recital raised nearly $2,500 for Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio. An adjunct piano faculty member for the graduate program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, she also teaches in the college-conservatory preparatory department at the University of Cincinnati, and owns and operates The Rookwood Piano Studio.

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Dan Becker of Mahomet, Ill., is an acquisition and financial analyst at Regency Apartments in Champaign, Ill., where he is responsible for market and investment analysis associated with acquiring apartment communities.

He and his wife, Justine, have three children.

Annie Contarino Frehn of Jacksonville, Fla., is a piano instructor at Veritas Music in Tallahassee, Fla. Blythe Holmes Kitner of St. Charles, Ill., is a clinical faculty member in audiology at Northern Illinois University. She is married to Troy Kitner, also ’88, a learning business process outsourcingsenior lead at Accenture, a management consulting firm.

Elizabeth Ryerson Osborne of Monticello, Ill., is a pre-K teacher at Faith Christian School.

Her husband, Kevin, is a pilot for Flightstar.

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THRIVING THROUGH CHANGE

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AVID OVERLOT ’81 decided at a young age to pursue a career in health care and now thrives in that busy, ever-changing environment.

“You have to be able to go from zero to 120 just like that because you never know what’s going to happen,” says Overlot, executive director of diagnostic radiology at Decatur Memorial Hospital (DMH). “The only constant in healthcare is that things are going to change.”

During his 32 years with DMH, Overlot has seen many advances in patient care, especially in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. “The technology to detect and treat breast cancer has changed so much,” he says. “Years ago, we often found the disease in a very advanced stage that was difficult to treat successfully. Now it can be detected and treated early, and people can go on and have full lives.”

He also has witnessed many technological changes in DMH’s radiology department. For example, the hospital’s first CT scanners required an hour to produce a dozen images, but today’s equipment can scan the entire human body in 10 seconds.

A particular source of pride for Overlot is the recent enhancement of the hospital’s nuclear pharmacy, where radioactive isotopes are created to help diagnose and precisely pinpoint cancer. Overlot says the new technology offered, typically found only at research or university-based hospitals, provides advanced treatment and helps patients avoid the need to spend time and money on out-of-town treatment. “Our goal has always been to provide the care that people need so they don’t have to leave town,” he says.

Overlot says molecular medicine will continue to advance so doctors can detect and treat diseases even sooner. “The goal is to make a drug that will go directly to the cancer cell and target just the cancer,” he says. “That’s probably 15 or 20 years down the road, but you know it’s coming; just watch it take place. Being a part of that is exciting.”

Overlot is gratified to know that he plays a role in successfully diagnosing and treating patients toward the goal of sending them home to continue their lives. And although his work can be stressful, he embraces its responsibilities. “Healthcare is a 24/7, 365 job. It’s a pretty big commitment,” he says.

After completing a bachelor’s degree in allied health at Millikin, Overlot graduated from DMH’s School of Radiologic

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Technology and began his career at the hospital in 1982. He started as a general X-ray technologist specializing in angiography and CT scanning, as recommended by his mentor, the late G. Richard Locke, M.D., medical director of DMH’s Cancer Care Institute and a former MU trustee. Four years later, Overlot was promoted to chief technologist, and in 2002, he was promoted to his current position.

Overlot came to Millikin after discussing various healthcare careers with Dr. Norman Jensen, now MU associate professor emeritus of biology. His decision was also influenced by his late brother, Michael Overlot ’80, a Big Blue baseball letterwinner and Alpha Tau Omega member, who tragically drowned in a boating accident shortly after his graduation.

A lifelong Decatur resident, Overlot and his wife, Cynthia, have two children: son Sean, who is serving in the National Guard, and daughter Brittany, a Millikin junior. An active Big Blue supporter as a student, Overlot returns to campus in support of Millikin athletics whenever possible. “Go Big Blue; that’s my team. I’m Big Blue all the way through.”

Overlot is grateful for his Millikin education, which led to his DMH career. “I’ve really enjoyed my time at Decatur Memorial, and Millikin is what really set me up to be successful,” he says. Q Stephanie Strick ’15 of Abingdon, Ill., was an intern for the alumni and development office during spring semester. A major in art with a photography emphasis, she is completing a minor in writing.

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Thomas Velek of Columbus, Miss., was named a 2012 US Youth Soccer Recreation Coach of the Year. He was also named Southeastern Coach of the Year and Mississippi State Coach of the Year in 2012. He serves as director of coaching and director of competitive soccer for Columbus United Soccer Club, where he coaches the U15/U16 boys team and serves as assistant coach for the U12 boys. He has coached for the club since 2005, and his teams have won two state championships. Velek holds three national coaching diplomas, serves as a player evaluator for the Olympic Development Program and manages one of the state’s Olympic Development teams. In addition to helping found Columbus United, he helped establish the TOPSoccer program in Columbus, which serves players with special needs.

A professor of history and director of Gordy Honors College at Mississippi University for Women, Velek is married to Cynthia Buob, also ’88, an art instructor at East Mississippi Community College.

the Life of Freedom Center, a Miami-based resource for female survivors of sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Leibinger is also the band director at Ransom Everglades Middle School in Coconut Grove, Fla.

David Wright of Monmouth, Ill., is an assistant professor of English at Monmouth College.

Georgann “Gigi” Grabiec Ross of San Marcos, Calif., is contract social media manager for Johnson & Johnson.

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Scott Brinkmeier of Mt. Carroll, Ill., was re-elected to a fourth term as Carroll County State’s Attorney, gathering 65 percent of the vote in the primary election last year. His wife, Denise, is a reading specialist with the West Carroll School District. Their daughters, Keeley and Olivia, attend West Carroll High School.

Christopher Enge of Frankenmuth, Mich., is the author of “The Small Business Guide to Obamacare: Solutions to the Looming Health Law (Without the Politics),” a guidebook that seeks to help small businesses navigate regulations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Enge has practiced and taught business law for more than 20 years.

Cathi Edmison Leibinger of Miami is executive director of the Miami Worship Choir. In May, the choir performed at “Night of SOL – Sharing One Love,” a concert produced by the choir’s board of directors and benefiting 30

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Kevin Daniels of Round Lake Beach, Ill., is director of marketing for Sound World Solutions. Located in Park Ridge, Ill., the small start-up company designs, manufactures and sells personal sound amplifiers.

Todd Frick of Mt. Zion, Ill., is pastoral care minister at Mt. Zion Assembly of God. Kobra Brake Hall of Arlington Heights, Ill., is a realtor with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

Kathleen Schnarr Hayden of Gambrills, Md., is vice president of sales, grocery east, for WhiteWave Foods in Columbia, Md. Her husband, Randall, is a special agent with the U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C.

Kerry Lupher of Arlington, Va., is AmeriCorps state and national program officer for the Corporation for National and Community Service in Washington, D.C. Her grantee portfolio includes state commissions in Illinois and Nebraska, two Indian tribes, the Mountain Alliance of Conservation Corps and the territories of Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Margaret Foran Vaughn of Darien, Ill., was featured in a Chicago Tribune Sunday section highlighting “Remarkable Women.” She is the owner of Margaret A. Vaughn Consulting, a lobbying, public relations and association management company.

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Heather Lisk Rakosnik of Gurnee, Ill., is a structured learning teacher for Woodland School District. She earned a second bachelor’s degree

in special education from Western Governors University in 2012 and previously earned a master’s degree in education administration from Northern Illinois University.

Anna-Marie Zurlinden of DeKalb, Ill., retired from the United States Air Force in October 2012 as a lieutenant colonel after 20 years of service. She is now completing a post-baccalaureate degree in studio art at Northern Illinois University.

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Deborah Kay Elston Shierling of Quincy, Ill., recently competed in the world championships of the American Taekwondo Association. She finished the tournament year ranked in the Top 10 in the world in forms, weapons sparring and combat sparring. She is a seconddegree black belt.

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Jenn Navarro-Nagy of Wheaton, Ill., is senior center director at West Suburban Senior Services in Bellwood, Ill. She earned a master’s degree in social work from Aurora University in 2012. She has two children: Clayton, 14, and Chloe, 12.

Julie Stevenson O’Reilly of Tiffin, Ohio, is the author of “Bewitched Again: Supernaturally Powerful Women on Television, 1996-2011,” published last July.

She is chair of the department of communication and theatre arts, assistant professor of communication and women’s and gender studies and co-director of the Women’s Leadership Institute at Heidelberg University.

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Chris Lawyer of Minneapolis is leadership and talent development manager at MTS Systems, a global supplier of test systems and industrial position sensors.

Michelle Abner Pietz of Taylorsville, Ky., works part time for the town of Mt. Pleasant in the executive offices. She and her husband, Kenny, a civil engineer for HDR Engineering, have two sons: Justin, 10, and Adam, 7.

Jeremie Smith of Mattoon, Ill., was named the Middle School Principal of the Year for 2013 by the Illinois Principals Association.

He received his master’s degree

from Eastern Illinois University in 2005 and is completing a specialist degree at EIU. A recipient of the “Coles County 20 under 40” award in 2007, he is principal at Mattoon Middle School.

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Brian Mangan of Decatur is senior account manager at American Solutions for Business, a provider of commercial printing, promotional products and apparel. He is married to Kimberly Holman Mangan ’96, associate director of corporate and foundation relations in the alumni and development office at Millikin. They have two children: daughter Claire, 13, and son Garrett, 9.

Penelope Shortal Springmann of Bentonville, Ark., is a digital scrapbook designer.

She recently opened Scrap Stacks, an online scrapbook gallery where users can share their work.

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Michael (Meyer) Maize of Los Angeles played the role of Billy Herndon, Abraham Lincoln’s former law partner and biographer, in “Saving Lincoln,” a film about the 16th president, told through the perspective of his bodyguard.

For more information, visit www. savinglincoln.com.

Kelly Wamser Remijan of Belleville, Ill., earned a doctorate in educational leadership from Saint Louis University in 2013. Her background as a hybrid teacher inspired her dissertation research, “Hybrid Positions for High School Teachers: The Impact of Dual Roles on Teacher Motivation and Teacher Satisfaction.” She and her husband, Michael, have a daughter Sophia, 3.

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Eric Burkard of Bardstown, Ky., is an athletic trainer at KORT (Kentucky Orthopedic Rehab Team), an outpatient physical therapy and rehabilitation facility.

Bradley Palmer of Columbus, Ga., is assistant professor of music at Columbus State University, where he teaches trombone. He and his students recently completed a six-semester recording project, “A Beautiful Noise,” which includes four world-premiere recordings, two of which were commissioned for the project. The

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SHARING HER ROOTS

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HE GRASS on Fiona Solkowski Becker’s side of the fence may not be greener than her neighbor’s grass, but it is definitely taller. When Becker, a 1995 Millikin graduate, moved into a neighborhood not far from downtown Indianapolis, her neighbors were accustomed to neatly mown lawns rather than the conglomeration of native plants soon fostered in Becker’s front yard.

A conservation planner with The Nature Conservancy, Becker had recently transitioned from a hands-on job restoring prairies to an office position and a city home. Planting a tall grass prairie in her front yard was her way to stay connected with the outdoor life she loved. She saw it as “a tiny natural habitat in the pocket of the city.” Her neighbors feared it was a newly installed breeding ground for mosquitos.

After a few complaints and citations for “tall grass and weeds,” Becker joined with the mayor’s office of sustainability, SustainIndy, and embarked on her five-year effort to create a city code friendlier to native planting and rain gardens. In 2010, they succeeded and Indy residents can now register their native gardens for exemption from the vegetation height restriction. Becker proudly displays a sign declaring her yard a registered native planting area.

Through that quest, Becker found other benefits: “It was a learning experience for me on how to educate people who live in the city about nature,” she says. “It was a good way to start a conversation about how plants actually work.”

Educating people about nature is her lifelong endeavor, both professionally and and personally. Becker began working with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Indiana as a preserve steward restoring prairies and wetlands (above). “When prairies don’t have their natural regime … when houses start to encroach on natural areas, or something has changed in the natural cycles, prairies turn to woodlands,” says Becker. “There isn’t a lot of prairie left, especially in Indiana.” To help set up a habitat where native plants can grow, Becker spent most days wielding a chainsaw to remove woody trees. “I had awesome biceps!” she laughs.

That experience eventually led to her educational role with TNC as a conservation information manager, where she works with a Global Information System (GIS) to interpret data layers, maps and information to aid in communicating about conservation planning. As a potter, dancer and singer in her personal life, Becker enjoys the opportunity to mold the information into stories and visuals that make the ideas accessible to the general public and those who may fund the project. “I have to create maps or present data in a way that is interesting

and pleasing to the people looking at it,” she says. “I have to capture their attention.”

Becker also gives presentations on planting native gardens in small urban spaces as part of her work with TNC and on a volunteer basis with the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society. She finds her master’s degree in education from Lesley University useful for this: “I use my educational degree in a non-traditional kind of way.”

Since the city code change in Indianapolis, Becker says “there are definitely more ‘native’ plants showing up in yards and around offices.” She sees a growing interest from her neighbors, too. “More and more folks are moving into the neighborhood who are interested in plants that are native to Indiana and are lower maintenance than a lawn,” she says. “I happily share plants or advice with them!”

With Becker teaching her neighbors about prairie plantings, in years to come she may no longer be able to claim the tallest grass on the block. Q Amanda Hamilton ‘14 was a writing intern for the alumni office during spring semester and is continuing to write for Quarterly part time.

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CD includes more than 70 minutes of trombone solo with trombone ensemble accompaniment.

Scott Skinner of Mexico City, Mexico, teaches business and conversational English in group and one-on-one settings. In 2010, he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak and the world’s tallest free-standing mountain. Follow his adventures through his blog: gringopotpourri.wordpress.com.

Jim Wilkerson of Decatur traveled to Nashville with his band, Day 40, last June to record their new album alongside Matt Odmark, guitarist for the Christian rock band, Jars of Clay. Fred Saurmann ’05 is also a member of Day 40.

Stacy Williams-Jackson of New Lenox, Ill., is a recipient of the 2013 Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Award. WilliamsJackson was nominated by her peers and selected by a committee of previous winners and several university directors. She is the music department chair at Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox, where she works alongside her husband, Nate Jackson, also ’97. Nate is a guitar instructor and director of the Lincoln-Way Guitar Quartet. He also serves as auditorium technician for Lincoln-Way Central.

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Sara Cronk Camp of Onalaska, Wis., is an account manager at Logistics Health Inc. She has also started a cake decorating business, Cute Cakes by Sara. (See facebook.com/ CuteCakesBySara.) She and her husband, Seth, have two sons: Logan, 12, and Colin, 5.

Matt Holley of Indianapolis was named to the Indianapolis Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” list for 2013, which honored local professionals who have demonstrated leadership, initiative and dedication in pursuing their careers. Matt is a visiting lecturer and the curriculum and instructional design director for medical student programs in the department of family medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in the higher education and student affairs program at IU’s School of Education.

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Jeff Lilly of Indianapolis received the 2013 Volunteer Service Award from East Central Indiana CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). He recently completed two terms on the group’s board of directors. He is the director of government relations at RCR Technology Corporation, a technology consulting company in Indianapolis.

Shad Mallady of Seward, Neb., is nursery manager at Dow AgroScience, doing business as Mycogen Seeds in York, Neb. Case McGee, also MBA’04, of Decatur, is vice president of investor relations at Archer Daniels Midland Co. He had served in various positions in ADM’s human resources department for the prior six years, most recently as vice president of human resources.

Jeremy Shubert of Aviston, Ill., is head basketball coach at Central Community High School in Breese, Ill. A science teacher at the school since 1999, he was asked

by Central’s longtime coach to join the coaching staff, and served as assistant coach for 14 years and junior varsity coach for the last four years before being named head coach.

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Frederick Evans of Madison, Ill., is a care coordinator for the Southwestern Illinois Visiting Nurse Association in Swansea, Ill.

Anne McMills of Signal Hill, Calif., published her first text book, “The Assistant Designer’s Toolkit,” which was released in May. An assistant professor of theatre teaching lighting design at California State University, Los Angeles, McMills earned her master’s degree in lighting design from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2002. She has also worked as an associate lighting and projections designer on Broadway, off Broadway and in many regional theaters.

Andy Messerschmidt of Ely, Minn., had an installation at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis on display through July 1, 2013. To view his art, visit www.andymesserschmidt.com.

Mark Potter of Decatur was awarded a 2013 Boy Scout District

Award of Merit for the Rail Splitter District in the Lincoln Trails Council. He is a stay-athome dad and serves as Council Family Friends of Scouting chair and District Family FOS chair for the Boy Scouts. He is married to MeLinda Bostic Potter ’01, coordinator of records for Millikin’s alumni and development office. They have two daughters: Morgan, 9, and Meredith, 2.

Nathan Prince of Alsip, Ill., is operations supervisor at Carry Transit in Bridgeview, Ill. He and his wife, Ana, have three children: Alyssa, 6; Evalina, 3; and Jacob, 1.

Chris Sink of Sun Prairie, Wis., is a care center policies and practices specialist for American Family Insurance in Madison, Wis. He is married to Jean Heyen Sink ’00, assistant director of admissions for the evening and executive MBA programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Bob Swartz of Mt. Zion, Ill., is a partner with BKD LLP, a public accounting firm in Decatur.

Tracy Timm of Oshkosh, Wis., is an account specialist at Curwood, Inc., an international packaging materials supplier for the food, beverage, household, industrial and personal care industries.

Jen Usellis-Mackay of Chicago sings with the Chicago-area band, Seven Soul. She also works at GrubHub.com in data operations as a sales fulfillment specialist.

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Phoebe Bowers of Decatur has been named a partner with Fuller, Quigg and Bowers, a law firm. She is active in community affairs and served as president of the Decatur Bar Association from 2011-12.

Francine Huck of Rancho Palos Verdes, Cal., is attending the twoyear Salvation Army College for Officer Training at Crestmont. A Salvation Army officer functions as both an ordained minister and administrator of social service programs. She writes, “God willing, in June of 2014, I will be commissioned to an appointment within the Western United States.”

Brian Kenny of Portland, Ore., is communications lead for Nike at their world headquarters in

Beaverton, Ore. Julie Baker Loftin of Columbia, Mo., is admissions counselor for graduate and online courses at Stephens College.

Christina Savvas of Champaign, Ill., is manager of the Millikin Bookstore.

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Ruth Conrad-Proulx of Cudahy, Wis., is associate director of production at Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee. She has a son, Harrison, 2.

Denise Elam Dauw of Ellisville, Mo., published her first fiction novel, “If Music Be the Food of Love” in 2013 and is donating a portion of the sales proceeds to the Alzheimer’s Association, for which she volunteers. Based on actual events, the book features Decatur locations. Learn more at www.denise-elam-dauw.com.

Dauw is a band director for the Rockwood School District in West St. Louis, Mo. Sara Brown Murdick of Beaverton, Ore., is a pediatrician/ pediatric sports medicine physician at Metropolitan Pediatrics in Beaverton, a Portland suburb.

Tim Reid Jr., of Seal Beach, Calif., and Joshua Jern ’02 of Midlothian, Ill., are former Millikin roommates who reunited in Chicago last September for a night of jazz and indie music at Martyrs’, a live music venue on Chicago’s North Side. Reid is a singer-songwriter and Jern is a trumpet player, arranger and founder of an eight-piece jazz orchestra.

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Craig Janssen of Decatur is a network engineer at Archer Daniels Midland Co. He and his wife, Gabrielle Wiegand, have one son.

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Amber Eade of Murraysville, Pa., is an assistant professor of neuroscience at LECOM at Seton Hill, a branch of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She earned a master’s degree in forensic psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2005, and a doctorate in neuroscience from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2010.

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A CAN-DO ATTITUDE

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ROWING UP, Gretchen Ozee Cawthon ’95 did many things girls weren’t “supposed” to do. She liked playing with Legos, then considered a toy only boys enjoyed.

When she was in sixth grade, her school didn’t have a girls basketball team, so she tried out for the boys team — and made it. At 15, she received a drum set for her birthday and for her first two years at Millikin, Cawthon was the only woman in the percussion department.

Going against conventions wasn’t always easy. In 2005, Cawthon was pushing a business partner to improve their web design. She had entered the partnership with experience in computers and web design, and knew how to build a website.

The partner, however, told Cawthon’s husband, Doug (also a partner in the business), that “women can’t do web design.”

Gretchen quit the partnership.

At the time, Gretchen and Doug’s two daughters were in grade school, and Cawthon wanted to be home with them after school and available to go to their activities. Doug suggested she get a job that allowed her to work from home. “Make a T-shirt, sell it online or something,” he joked, telling her she should start a business and call it “Women Can’t WHAT?” She liked the idea. They modified the name to “Girls Can’t WHAT?” hoping to get younger generations involved, but Cawthon wondered, “Now what do I do with it?” She woke in the middle of the night with the idea of a website that could highlight what girls are doing, show off their ideas and draw attention to individuals who are breaking gender barriers, and girlscantwhat.com was born.

Nine years later, Cawthon runs a growing website that provides encouragement to girls and features a line of girl empowerment products. Cawthon says in high school she was “the kid doodling in the back of class … and friends thought it was cool to get a silly cartoon from me.” Now, her designs on magnets, mugs and yes, T-shirts, feature girls as doctors, mechanics, police officers, veterinarians, football players and even drummers.

Daughters Katelynn, 16, and Kirstynn, 14, offer suggestions. Both currently play indoor soccer on the only co-ed team in the league. Cawthon says, “If someone tells them they can’t do something because they are girls, they say ʻGirls can’t WHAT?ʼ ... and then they usually ask me to make them a new design to wear.”

Girls Can’t WHAT? led to another business opportunity for Cawthon when a site visitor was impressed and asked her to build a company website. That was seven years ago.

Cawthon’s business, Thyme for Design Inc., has since designed

several company websites, including the Ad Council of New York. She cites her music business major from Millikin as being extremely helpful in managing the financial aspects of her growing businesses.

In 2008, she began using 20 percent of her profits to provide microloans through Kiva, a program that allows a group of people to invest in an individual to help that person reach his or her goals. Cawthon intentionally chooses women who need loans and enjoys hearing from them about their progress, including a woman who used the loan to help buy trucks for her plumbing business. As loans are repaid, Cawthon reinvests the funds into creating new loans.

So far, Girls Can’t WHAT? has made loans to nearly 500 people through Kiva.

“That’s the coolest part,” she says, “People are buying T-shirts and know that women are being helped by it.” Q Amanda Hamilton ’14 was a writing intern for the alumni and development office during spring semester. Immediately after her graduation in May, she and her grandparents embarked on a fiveweek trip out west, their graduation present to her.

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Anna Edwards of Indianapolis is a student affairs specialist at Harrison College. She is also completing a master’s degree in media psychology at Walden University, where she is a member of Psi Chi, an international psychology honor society.

Alexis Pakalka Jenks of Midlothian, Ill., is a lease accountant at General Growth Properties, a real estate firm in Chicago. She has one son, Emerson, 1.

Jenn Snoke of Decatur is a certified ophthalmic assistant at Gailey Eye Clinic.

Tonya Parrish Whitaker of Coatesville, Ind., is a registered nurse and certified child passenger safety technician at IU Health, and also owns a Juice Plus franchise.

She and her husband, Tom, have three children: Eli, 7, Olivia, 5, and Jacob, 4.

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Andy Bayles of Norcross, Ga., is staff pianist, composer, arranger and orchestrator at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta.

Emily Bloesch of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., earned a doctorate in cognitive psychology from Washington University in 2013. She is a postdoctoral teaching associate in the psychology department at Central Michigan University.

Paul Lidy of Decatur is Millikin’s director of residence life. He is married to Sarah McReynolds Lidy ’06, the 5-12 band director for Argenta-Oreana School District. They have two children: Dathan, 6, and Kinsley, 2.

Travis Meisenheimer of Saint Peters, Mo., is senior software engineer at Asynchrony Solutions, an information technology consulting firm in St. Louis.

Taneka Simmons of West Roxbury, Mass., is director of federal grants and cost accounting for the Massachusetts Office of the State Comptroller in Boston.

Joseph Wiemelt of Urbana, Ill., is an adjunct instructor in the PACE program at Millikin. The director of equity and student learning/bilingual and multicul-

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tural programs for Urbana School District 116, he is a fifth-year doctoral student in education policy, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois, where he is also an adjunct instructor.

He is married to Jenna Cope Wiemelt, also ’04. Jenna is a stay-at-home mom to their sons Nicholas, 5, and Dylan, 2.

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Megan Freeman of Tinley Park, Ill., is a math interventionist at the Hilda Walker Intermediate School in Frankfort, Ill.

Jennifer Moery Griffin of Bolingbrook, Ill., is quality assurance manager at Peacock Engineering’s new 32,000-squarefoot location in Romeoville, Ill. The company supplies contract packaging for the food industry.

She writes, “I have been with the company for four years and took this opportunity to learn USDA operations and start a new building from the ground up.”

Robert Macholan of Chicago is a data architect in the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.

Fred Saurmann of Decatur traveled to Nashville with his band, Day 40, last June to record their new album alongside Matt Odmark, guitarist for the Christian rock band, Jars of Clay. Jim Wilkerson ’97 is also a member of Day 40.

Katie Cooper Schroeder of La Grange, Ky., is a production coordinator with Axxis Inc., a special event company in Louisville, Ky. Amanda Russell VanderZyl of North Liberty, Iowa, is chief of staff for the department of internal medicine at University of Iowa Health Care. She holds master’s degrees in health administration and in public health from the University of Iowa.

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Jim Callaghan of Arlington, Va., is a legislative assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.

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Nicole Kennedy of Marion, Ill., has completed a family medicine residency at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, S.C., and is a board certified family

medicine physician practicing at Southern Illinois Medical Care Associates.

Jimmy Paul of Lemont, Ill., is social media marketing manager for Jokers Wild Entertainment, a casino party planning company based in Homer Glen, Ill. Karen Evans Reed of Sullivan, Ill., is an administrative assistant in the Moultrie County State’s Attorney’s office. Her husband, Lynn, is owner/president of Reed Funeral Home.

Kyle Rohde of Elgin, Ill., is head football coach at Elgin High School. He previously served as the team’s defensive coordinator.

Josh Streeter, formerly of Troy, Pa., has been accepted into the master’s program for drama and theatre for youth and communities at the University of Texas at Austin, where he will also serve as a teaching assistant in the department of theatre. He was recently appointed to the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards theatre writing team and is working with nine other theatre writers from across the country in drafting new national fine arts standards.

David Winikates of Chicago is an investment associate at JP Morgan Chase. His wife, Christa, is an executive assistant in compliance at Lincoln International, an independent investment bank.

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Sarah Davis of Los Angeles, Calif., stage name Sarah Collette Wagner, booked and filmed a sketch with Daniel Tosh that aired on Comedy Central’s “Tosh.0” in 2013. She continues to do stand-up comedy and acting around the Los Angeles area. For more information, visit her website www.

SarahColletteWagner.com.

Eric Law of Mt. Zion, Ill., is a branch manager at Decatur Earthmover Credit Union. His wife, Megan Forden Law, is a parent educator at Macon Resources in Decatur.

Michael Madden of Fisher, Ill., is communications coordinator for First Baptist Church at Savoy in Savoy, Ill.

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Although he now has a successful career in marketing, Lawrence’s passion for magic is in no danger of dematerializing.

After devoting countless hours to preparation of his material, he still performs several shows each year. His solo show, “A Vanishing Art,” took several years to develop as Lawrence explored new effects and elements.

Lawrence says he considers magic a “what if” challenge.

“What if we could levitate?” he asks. “What if we could dematerialize objects? What would it look like? How can we challenge ourselves to make these things real?”

Assuring his audience a truly magical experience is a challenge Lawrence takes seriously. He takes copious notes while developing his performance and practices each effect diligently.

“I work very slowly on my performance material to ensure that everything I do is excellent,” he says. “I would prefer to do one effect better than anyone than do a thousand effects poorly.”

A theatre major at MU, Lawrence credits his Millikin coursework and student performances with helping develop knowledge and techniques he still uses today.

“I count my time at Millikin as the most formative of my life,” Lawrence says. “I also formed some of the greatest relationships of my life with friends and colleagues, and I still communicate with faculty and classmates.”

He is also quick to acknowledge faculty members’ roles in his college experience.

“My movement and improvisational work with [professor] Denise Myers helped me overcome some performance fears and obstacles,” Lawrence says. “I also enjoyed group discussions in Doc Golden’s directing courses. Doc helped me develop technique both creatively and on the business side of theatre.*”

Lawrence has a parting message for faculty and alumni.

“I look forward to seeing you soon ... in Decatur, Chicago, online at www.amazingryan.com, or wherever our paths may cross. Thank you all for an amazing experience! It was truly magical.” Q Submitted photo.

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HEN RYAN LAWRENCE ’99 was 10 years old, his parents took him to see a magic show. Faster than they could say, “Abracadabra,” he was hooked.

Enthralled with the spectacle of magic, Lawrence immersed himself in the ancient art. After years of practicing with magic sets and staging living room performances for family members, Lawrence began transforming his hobby into a money-making venture.

“As a teenager, I started making money performing magic for organizations and schools,” Lawrence says. “I joined the local magic club and spent so much time at the magic shop that the owner gave me a job. I remember pouring over magic manuscripts, investigating props and performing magic for customers. It provided an outstanding learning curve!”

During more than 15 years of performing, The Amazing Ryan has met many well-known magicians that he credits with being friendly and gracious with their time, including David Copperfield and Penn & Teller. But despite his respect for many contemporary magicians, Lawrence finds himself gravitating (if not levitating) to the work of earlier greats such as Harry Blackstone and Max Malini.

Inspired by these early illusionists, Lawrence sees magic as much more than a bag of tricks, instead viewing his craft as an opportunity to expand horizons and as a great vehicle for storytelling.

“I’m more interested in developing character and story than learning tricks,” Lawrence says. “Once you have the story, it’s fun to go find the magic that supports it. In the end, it’s all about taking the audience on a journey.”

But a magical journey can be fraught with pitfalls, especially when pyrotechnics are involved.

“I once performed a pyrotechnic effect and some streamers accidentally caught fire on the floor,” Lawrence says. “There was no property damage or danger, so I just played off it and quickly stamped it out. The audience went crazy and thought it was part of the act. It was a real ‘I meant to do that’ moment … sometimes this is a magician’s greatest ally.”

Lawrence recounts a similar story involving Harry Blackstone, who performed in Decatur during the 1920s.

“During one of Blackstone’s performances at the Lincoln Square Theatre, there was a fire backstage,” Lawrence says. “To keep the audience from panicking, he calmly announced, ‘This next illusion is so big that we all need to go outside to see it.’

Everyone was slowly escorted outside and saved from harm.

This is real magic.”

* See page 17 for more information on Professor Golden, who passed away Oct. 30.

Margaret Allen Friend is associate editor of Millikin Quarterly magazine.

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Peter Manzi of Effingham, Ill., is director of bands at Effingham High School.

Odell Mitchell and his wife, Hilary Van Kuiken Mitchell, also ’07 of Chicago are co-owners of Thirdinline Creative, an art studio offering graphic design and music production services (thirdinlinecreative.com). Hilary is also a project coordinator at Jellyvision Inc., a developer of online interactive applications and games.

Adam Nowicki of Granger, Ind., is human resources manager for Vickers Engineering, a precision machining and tooling company in New Troy, Mich.

Kyle Schneider of Cape Girardeau, Mo., is clinical education coordinator in the athletic training education program at Southeast Missouri State University.

Carrie Seymour of Moline, Ill., is a program manager at Group O in Milan, Ill. Group O (groupo.com) was recognized as the secondlargest Hispanic-owned business in the U.S. in the recent Top Businesses in America program, sponsored by DiversityBusiness.com.

Kelsey Smith of Davenport, Fla., is a project manager for Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Greta Spencer of Loves Park, Ill., is meetings sales manager at the Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

James Stevens of Galesburg, Ill., is director of web initiatives in the office of communications at Knox College.

Zach Uttich of Chicago is a made-to-measure specialist at Suitsupply. He is married to Kirsten Williams Uttich, also ’07, the operations manager at Bubbles Academy, a provider of early enrichment programming for children from birth to age 5.

She also dances with Chicago Tap Theatre and Cartier Collective.

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Mauro “Nico” Amoroso of Oak Lawn, Ill., is IT leader for Wirtz Corporation in Chicago. He provides information technology

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support for all five areas of the business: beverage wholesale, banking, realty, insurance and the Chicago Blackhawks.

Adam Qualls of Farmington, Mo., is a guest artist with the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minn.

Abbey Elliott of Abingdon, Va., originally of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a member of the resident acting company at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon. She recently played Eponine in “Les Miserables.”

Shaunessy Quinn of Sherman Oaks, Calif., is a project coordinator at Riva Creative USA. He is also a freelance casting director for Rich King Casting, an on-call electrician for the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia and production stage manager, assistant director and master electrician for “The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later” at the Gay and Lesbian Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre in Los Angeles.

Meghan Sims Goldfarb of Champaign, Ill., is actuarial research manager at State Farm Insurance Companies’ research and development center at the University of Illinois.

Susan Clardy James of Somerville, Mass., is a research fellow in radiology at Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She received her doctorate in chemistry from Syracuse University in 2012.

Her husband, Stephen, is a personal trainer at Boston Sport Club.

Sarah Johnson of Peoria, Ill., was named as one of the 40 Leaders under 40 in the Central Illinois Area last year. The list was published in the November issue of “Interbusiness Issues,” a Peoriaarea business magazine. She is event coordinator for the Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center, a virtual care delivery setting that replicates patient and family care using actual medical equipment and state-of-the-art simulation devices.

Megan Merchant of Sycamore, Ill., is a relationship banker at The National Bank & Trust Co. Justin Miller of Wheeling, Ill., is a graphic designer for the Northbrook Park District in Northbrook, Ill. He won two awards (Overall and Green Marketing) at the Illinois Park and Recreation Association agency showcase in 2013. He has created new logos for two golf courses in Northbrook, as well as logos for a theatre and velodrome. He also designed a golf billboard that was displayed at the 90/94 merge in Chicago in April and June of 2013.

Kathy Mirek of Mokena, Ill., is a human resources generalist at the Union League Club of Chicago.

Erin Wyant of Belleville, Ill., graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in April 2013 with a doctorate in chiropractic and in August 2013 with a master’s in sports science and rehabilitation.

She plans to live and practice in the Greater St. Louis area.

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Amanda Morse Bird of Crestwood, Ill., is a behavior therapist in the autism comprehensive education program at Elim Christian Services in Palos Heights, Ill. She received her master’s degree in applied behavior analysis from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2012. Her husband, Matthew, is a coach with Chicago Fire Camps and Training in Bridgeview, Ill. Kimberly Plath Glasgow of Madison, Wis., is a family nurse practitioner at the UW Health Family Medicine Clinic in Mt. Horeb, Wis. She received her master’s degree in nursing/family nurse practitioner from Saint Louis University in December 2012.

Michael Gogerty of Springfield, Ill., works in weights and inspections at Con-Way Freight in Riverton, Ill. Kelsee Hankins of Indianapolis appeared in the Indianapolis Opera production of “The Threepenny Opera” at the Basile Opera Center in October. She is an actor/interpreter at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. (For more on Hankins, see page 37.)

Tony Holly, MBA ’09, of Decatur is associate director of development and membership

services for the Child Advocacy Center of Illinois. He helps coordinate the fundraising efforts of the 38 centers in Illinois, including the Stop The Cycle event held in October.

Annie Kennedy of Nashville, Tenn., is a singer-songwriter who returned to Decatur for two performances last September. One performance featured Chance Phebus, also ’09. For more on Kennedy and her music, visit www.anniekennedycountry.com.

SarahEmily Lekberg of Madison, Wis., was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Vietnam to complete an English teaching assistantship during the 201314 academic year. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential.

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Blake Braden of Decatur is a coaching intern for Millikin’s swimming teams.

Will Frankenberger of Downers Grove, Ill., is coordinator of member programs and communities for Association Forum of Chicagoland, a nonprofit organization that advances the professional practice of association management. He received his master’s degree in adult and community education from Ball State University in January 2013.

Cami Kern of Decatur is sales manager/wedding coordinator for the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel.

Pam Miller of Baltimore graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, with a master’s degree in social work. She is a co-owner of Button Up, a buttonand badge-making company.

Dawn Sarginson of Sherman, Ill., is an instructor in Millikin’s School of Nursing.

Christopher Tefft of New York is an executive assistant at Bohemia Realty Group in Morningside Heights, a New York residential neighborhood. In 2013, he performed with the touring Christian passion musical “No Greater Love” and appeared in

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WORKING & PLAYING

AT THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS

TALKS TO MILLIKIN QUARTERLY ABOUT HER ROLE AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS.

MILLIKIN QUARTERLY: What are some of your duties as an actor/interpreter at the museum?

KELSEE HANKINS: Sometimes I pretend I’m Egyptian.

Sometimes I play with dinosaurs. Sometimes I think I’m caught in the middle of World War II, or maybe I’m singing in the Lilly Theatre or with the Chorduroys (the museum’s barbershop group whose name is a play on the word “chords”). I wear a lot of hats and get to do something different every day.

MQ: What is your favorite exhibit at the museum so far?

KH: Right now, I’m a huge fan of the Take Me There: China® gallery. This exhibit allows visitors to learn about modern Chinese life. Visitors can “shop” in a Chinese store, check out urban and village homes in China, or learn about Shaolin Kung Fu at its birthplace – The Shaolin Temple. I helped to pilot the Kung Fu program, and now I lead it several times a week. It’s one of my favorite programs to do with our visitors.

MQ: Had you considered working there previously?

KH: I lived about 45 minutes away from the museum as a child and loved coming here. I even had fun visiting as a young adult out of high school. I always had friends who worked here before me, but until I saw a job posting in fall 2012, I had not thought much about working here.

MQ: Are there any perks that come with working at a museum?

KH: In Indianapolis, we have the Arts Consortium where we can use our work ID for discounts at most major performing arts venues and free admission to Indianapolis’ other museums. I also consider the availability of professional development opportunities here to be a perk.

MQ: What did you learn at Millikin that you’ve been able to apply at work?

KH: I studied theatre at MU and my performance studies

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have been very valuable. Ask any Millikin freshman theatre major about script scoring and I’m sure they’d have a lot to say about it, but I’m thankful I know it now. It allows me to create more realistic characters when learning new programs/ performances. I also learned the value of excellent time management since I was involved in several different activities and organizations. It’s important here since I’m always learning or studying something new.

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MQ: What do children take from their visit to the museum?

KH: I think most leave with the memory of a fun experience and curiosity about something they’ve seen here. Hopefully, that curiosity will encourage them to want to learn more on their own, at school or with their grownups. There is something for every member of the family to learn and take home from their visit. Even grandparents!

MQ: What are some of the rewards and challenges of working with children?

KH: I always appreciate their smiles and cheers when they are experiencing something new. For example, I love watching kids respond to our live transformation of the Transformer Bumblebee. Some get scared, but most are very excited and cheer him on. Hearing children and families tell me they are inspired to learn more about something in our museum after a performance is rewarding. As far as challenges, I work with a multitude of kids of varying ages every day. Often, I have to make a performance work for 5-year-olds and make the same performance work for high school students a few hours later.

There is often a crying child or a cell phone ringing, but that’s expected. It is live theatre, and as actors we learn to work around that.

MQ: If you could have any job other than your own at the museum, what would it be?

KH: This is a tough question, since my job fits me pretty well!

However, I think it would be cool to be a part of designing exhibits for our visitors. Or maybe CEO. I like to take charge and get things done, and I think being CEO of a museum like this would be very exciting and definitely not boring. Q

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the Equity Showcase production of “Madame Bovary” at the Little Times Square Theatre.

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Emily Anderson of Baltimore graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, with a master’s degree in social work. She is co-owner of Button Up, a button- and badge-making company.

Justin Bledsaw of Warrensburg, Ill., is a fifth-grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School in Charleston, Ill. Aubrie Cox of Taylorville, Ill., is an adjunct instructor in Millikin’s English department. She is also an adjunct instructor in English at Richland Community College.

Michael Cruse of Portage, Mich., is the owner of M.A. Cruse & Company, a consulting firm.

Samantha Dillon of Montgomery, Ill., is a fourth-grade teacher at the Academy of St. Benedict of the African-Laflin in Chicago.

Christy Kneisel, formerly of Carol Stream, Ill., has been accepted into the MFA program in scenic painting at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Leanne Pacheco of St. Louis is a resource development associate for United Way of Greater St. Louis.

Heather Schoonover of Herrick, Ill., completed a master’s degree in chemistry at Eastern Illinois University last year. She is currently completing a doctorate in organic chemistry at Purdue University.

Lauren Ashley Strimbu of Tucson, Ariz., is a customer development consultant at GoDaddy, an Internet domain name registrar and Web hosting provider.

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Kara Allison, formerly of Arlington Heights, Ill., is moving to Denver, where she will be a social science teacher at D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School.

Eric Burgett of Nashville, Tenn., is a piano instructor at Belmont University Academy, where he is completing a master’s degree in classical piano. He is also a country music singer and songwriter, and his current country single, “Nothin' Better” is available on iTunes.

in his search for employment.

The successful campaign led to a position as marketing coordinator at Thrillist Media Group. To learn more about Nielssen’s unique approach to his job search, visit kickjannic.com.

Aaron Davis of Bloomington, Ill., is a systems analyst at State Farm Insurance Co.

Ali Oremus of Beverly Hills, Calif., works for Mob Scene Creative + Productions, an entertainment advertising company in Beverly Hills.

Brittney DeRoo, formerly of Elgin, Ill., relocated to Orlando, Fla., to work as a face character performer at Disney World.

Caitlin Reed of Decatur is a business analyst at Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Ian DeJaynes of Clinton, Ill., is a registered nurse at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill.

Margaret Eby of Decatur is a junior account executive at DCC Marketing.

Sarah Reed of Normal, Ill., is a credit analyst at American Buildings Company in El Paso, Ill.

Ryan Heeren of Normal, Ill., is a procurement specialist at State Farm Insurance Co. in Bloomington, Ill.

Stephanie Cranston of Decatur is a sales representative for State Farm Insurance Co.

Lauren Rehmel of Indianapolis is an admissions representative at Harrison College.

Wes Hillen of Decatur is an associate at Foster Financial Services Inc.

Sean Deener of Decatur is assistant technical director for Millikin’s Kirkland Fine Arts Center.

Ian Rhode of Decatur is an accounting analyst and accounting officer at Soy Capital Bank and Trust.

Melissa Lindow of Decatur is the patron relations manager at Millikin’s Kirkland Fine Arts Center.

Tosha Ellis of Belle Rive, Ill., is a physical education teacher and head girls basketball coach at Casey Middle School in Mt. Vernon, Ill.

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Kendall Robison of Decatur is marketing communications manager at Hagerman & Company Inc., an added-value software reseller in Mt. Zion, Ill.

Ashley Ellis Jamison of Decatur is a case manager at Heritage Behavioral Health Center.

Laura Mixen of Wilmington, Ill., is a sixth through eighth grade Spanish teacher at Coal City Middle School.

Jannic Nielssen of Chicago launched an interactive social resume, “KickJannic,” to assist

Sanjeev Bharani MBA ’13 of Southaven, Miss., is global product manager at Terex Construction Americas, a construction and mining equipment sales company.

Caleb Buscher of Toano, Va., received the 2013 E. Allen James Undergraduate Award from Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. Given annually to one undergraduate who contributes the most to his chapter and the fraternity, this national award is the highest honor that an undergraduate Delta Sigma Phi member can receive.

Julienne Shields MBA ’13 of Lovington, Ill., is manager of the Blue Connection, Millikin’s retail art gallery, and an instructor of arts and entrepreneurship at Millikin.

Elise Thorpe of St. Louis is a dancer with Stiletto Entertainment/Holland America Cruise Line.

WEDDINGS Faith Ann Delatte ’83 and James Carr, June 1, 2013. Faith is a K-8 computer teacher at Johns Hill Magnet School. James is a plant engineer superintendent at Archer Daniels Midland Co. They live in Decatur.

Richard Minor ’85 and Jennifer Barker, Nov. 27, 2012. Richie is a card design coordinator at Ceridian Stored Value Solutions, a provider of retail gift cards and prepaid and promotional cards based in Louisville, Ky. Jennifer is an

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ultrasound technician with Baptist Healthcare System of Louisville.

They live in Prospect, Ky. Steve “Doogie” Doores ’95 and Beth Evans, March 9, 2013. Steve is manager of client services for DNI Properties Inc., a professional community management company in Creve Coeur, Mo. The former director of student programs at Millikin, Beth is the program administrator at Washington University’s Olin Business School.

Steve and Beth were married in

MU’s Pilling Chapel and live in Maryland Heights, Mo. Owen Faloona ’02 and Matthew Kleffner, Aug. 31. Owen is human resources manager at AkzoNobel, a global paints and coatings company. Matthew is a research manager for Ipsos, a global market research company. They live in Chicago.

Tiffany Gawrysh ’04 and David Thurlby, Oct. 13, 2012. Tiffany is a physical education teacher at

Genoa Middle School. She also coaches cross country and track at Genoa High School. David is a networking administrator for Burlington Central Schools. They live in Kirkland, Ill. Hollie Lugten ’04 and Troy Peckert, Aug. 11, 2012. Hollie is a teacher for Decatur Public Schools and coaches soccer for DPS and MidState Soccer Club. Troy is co-owner and general manager of Iron Bull Fabrication. They live in Decatur.

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SOMETHING OLD; SOMETHING NEW; SOMETHING BIG BLUE: Kayla Vogel and Evan File, both ’11, May 13, 2013. Kayla is marketing communications coordinator at Runzheimer International, a provider of global employee mobility services based in Waterford, Wis. Evan is a loan processor at Waukesha State Bank in Waukesha, Wis. They live in West Allis, Wis. Row 1 (from left): Sarah Nielsen '11, Brittany Hassee '11, Marilyn Trainer Dechert '55, Kayla Vogel File '11 (bride), Kelsey Nihiser '12, Kyle Nicholson '13, Carla File Scott '73 and Mary Ferguson File '46. Row 2 : Joe Page '12, Garrett Mathison '11, Dick Dechert '54, Evan File '11 (groom), Andy Howell '11, Jessica Ewalt '11, Melissa Breed-Parks '99, Milton Scott '67 and Allan File '79.

WEDDINGS CONTINUED Ashley Knezevich ’05 and Jocelyn Pelasky, July 6, 2013.

Ashley is a corporate recruiter for Walgreens. Jocelyn is a full-time nursing student. They live in Glendale Heights, Ill. Michael Lee ’05 and Elisabeth Green, Dec. 30, 2012. Michael is a biology teacher and football coach at Sangamon Valley High School in Niantic, Ill. Elisabeth is fitness supervisor at the Decatur Indoor Sports Center (DISC) and also an adjunct faculty member in MU’s exercise science and sport department. They live in Illiopolis, Ill. Sarah Stedman ’05 and Seth Major, June 22, 2013. Sarah teaches physical education at Mt. Zion High School. Seth is a sheriff’s deputy for the Macon County Sheriff’s Office. They live in Moweaqua, Ill. Beth Bauer ’06 and Matthew

Capocci, June 22, 2013. Beth is a mathematics teacher at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in Flintridge, Calif. Matthew is a freelance film and television editor. They live in North Hollywood, Calif.

Henry Kappler ’06 and Jennifer Knigge, June 22, 2013. Henry is associate director of bands at Holt High School in Wentzville, Mo. Jennifer is a paraprofessional in the Fort Zumwalt School District in O’Fallon, Mo. They live in Lake Saint Louis, Mo. Chrissy Meyer ’08 and Harry Petitt Jr., Dec. 8, 2012. Chrissy is a first-grade teacher at Hope Academy in Decatur. She earned a master’s degree in teacher leadership at the University of Illinois-Springfield in 2011. Harry is a laborer for HTH Companies, a mechanical contractor. They live in Decatur.

Amy Svendsen ’08 and Michael Pitzer ’00, Nov. 24, 2012. Amy is senior event marketing representative for ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Midwest Affiliate in Peoria, Ill. Michael is coordinator of student spiritual development at Calvary United Methodist Church in Normal, Ill. They live in Normal.

Kayleen Gifford ’09 and Aaron Huber, also ’09, May 25, 2013. Kayleen is sales manager for Gateway Conference Center in Collinsville, Ill. Aaron is an accounts receivable clerk at Amsted Rail, a manufacturer of freight rail car components. They live in St. Louis.

Alison Kickle ’09 and Nicholas Huckstep, Oct. 15, 2011. Alison is a night aide at Spring Creek Terrace, a group home for adults with developmental disabilities.

Nicholas is a welder at Caterpillar.

They live in Decatur.

Faith Martin ’09 and Jason Marks, Aug. 31. Faith is the contemporary worship leader and youth engager at Somerset Hills Lutheran Church in Basking Ridge, N.J. They live in Plainfield, N.J. Michael Oates and Natalie Perfetti, both ’09, May 4, 2013.

Michael is an IT manager for the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Natalie is completing a doctorate in literature at Florida State University. They live in Tallahassee, Fla. Brandon Barney ’12 and Kelsi Squires ’14, July 13, 2013.

Brandon is associate director of development in Millikin’s alumni and development office. Kelsi is a case manager at the Boys and Girls Club of Decatur. They live in Decatur.

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BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS John and Sharon Gustavson Paul ’86 of Lakeland, Fla., adopted daughter Harper Elizabeth, June 28, 2013, welcomed by sister Brogan, 6. Sharon is a licensed mental health counselor in private practice. John is a dentist and serves as editor of the Florida Dental Association.

coordinator for Songsalive!, a nonprofit songwriters organization. She was also accepted as a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences last year.

Tracy and Tony Riedlinger ’93 of Louisville, Ky., son Charles Dean, Jan. 5, 2013. Tracy is a teacher. Tony is field supervisor in the Louisville division of the FBI.

Scott and Cara Beckerle McGuire ’98 of Florissant, Mo., daughter Madeline Ruth, July 9, 2013. Scott is a field technician for Esse Health in St. Louis. Cara is director of event management at Experient Inc., a Maritz travel company in St. Louis.

Michael Engelhardt ’96 and Megan Timpe Engelhardt ’04 of Decatur, son Leo Francis, March 24, 2013. Mike is worship arts director at First Christian Church in Decatur and an adjunct faculty member in Millikin's School of Music. Meg is a plant ecologist for the Illinois Natural History Survey.

Neva Laurie-Berry and Christopher Berry ’99 of University Place, Wash., daughter Emma Hope, April 13. 2013. Neva is an assistant professor of biology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. Chris is a master’s level therapist at Group Health Cooperative in Olympia, Wash.

Jesus Rivera and Merlinda Pauleon ’96 of McDonough, Ga., daughter Jaylin, Aug. 8, welcomed by brother Jadin, 13, and sister Jordin, 9. Jesus owns J and J Home Improvement, a construction business. Merlinda is a nurse manager at Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Ga.

Andrew and Laura Ciresi Starr ’99 of Brookfield, Ill., son Linus, Nov. 21, 2012, welcomed by sister, Mallory, 3. Andrew is a mediator for Cook County. Laura is director of development at Chicago Children’s Theatre.

James and Janna RichardsMcVey ’96 of Milan, Ill., daughter Caley Jean, Aug. 4, 2012, welcomed by sister Katlynn, 13. James is a drinking water treatment plant operator for Rock Island, Ill. Janna is a licensed clinical social worker and mental health therapist with the Robert Young Center for Community Mental Health in Moline, Ill. Jessica Gillespie and Matthew Lavery ’97 of Indianapolis, daughter Shea Suzanne, Oct. 26, 2012. Jessica is a plastic surgeon with the St. Francis Medical Group. Matt is a sports medicine physician and orthopaedic surgeon at OrthoIndy.

Allen and Mary LemanskiDougherty ’97 of Downers Grove, Ill., daughter Amelia Grace, May 21, 2013, welcomed by brother Aiden, 7. Allen owns Dougherty Logistics, a third-party logistics provider. Mary is a music artist as well as director of operations and Chicago/Springfield 40

Daniel den Hoed and Stephanie Bursak ’00 of Glendale Heights, Ill., son Arthur Bursak den Hoed, April 11, 2013. Daniel is an information technology director at Excalibur Technology. Stephanie is a stay-at-home mom.

Anthony Giannino ’00 and Heather Wells Giannino ’05 of Forsyth, Ill., son Gavin, Aug. 30. Anthony is an information technology manager at State Farm Insurance Co., in Bloomington, Ill. Heather is an associate attorney at Heavner Scott Beyers & Mihlar LLC in Decatur.

Scott and Elizabeth Austin Lacey ’00 of Bloomington, Ill., daughter Hannah Ann, Feb. 14, 2013. Scott is a systems analyst at State Farm Insurance Co. Elizabeth is superintendent of research at State Farm.

Tony and Sarah Bain Ranvestel ’00 of Lafayette, Ind., daughter Phoebe Ruth, Dec. 26, 2012, welcomed by sister Raya Marie, 9, and brothers Brooks Anthony, 7, Max Francesco, 5, and Jude Edgar,

4. Tony is a pastor on staff at Clear River Church. Sarah is a stay-athome mom.

Amanda Ross Chaussey and Chris Chaussey, both ’01, of Plano, Ill., daughter Rocelyn Elizabeth, March 7, 2013, welcomed by brother Blake, 5.

Amanda is a music teacher at Gates Elementary School in Aurora, Ill. Chris is a department manager at Menards in Morris, Ill. Matthew and Allison Wannemacher Hannam ’01 of Chicago, daughter Lauren Isabelle, Oct. 3, 2012, welcomed by sister Katherine, 5. Matthew is a senior vice president at First Merit Bank.

Allison is vice president of treasury services at JPMorgan Chase.

Tom O’Brien and Mandy Wimmer-O’Brien ’01 of Washington, D.C., son Elliot Tillman, Nov. 22, 2012. Tom is a middle school math teacher at St. Jane de Chantal Catholic School in Bethesda, Md. Mandy is a private piano teacher.

Pete and Megan Macke Pistorius ’01 of Blue Mound, Ill., son William John, April 17, 2013, welcomed by sisters Emma, 8, Isabel, 7, and Olivia, 4. Pete is co-owner and operator of Pistorius Farms. Megan is a stay-at-home mom.

Keri Griffith Mateer ’02 and Lee Mateer ’03 of Taylorville, Ill., twin daughters Eloise Rose and Eileen Mae, June 4, 2013, welcomed by twin sisters Ellee and Emlyn, 5. Keri teaches second grade at Stonington Elementary School. Lee is the strength training and physical education teacher at Taylorville High School, where he also serves as assistant football coach and head wrestling coach.

The school’s wrestling team made it to the state finals in 2013 for the first time in school history.

Erin and Tony Paulson ’02 of Dalton City, Ill., daughter McKenna Grace, Feb. 25, 2013, welcomed by brother Carsten, 3. Erin is a stay-at-home mom who works part-time as a softball and baseball umpire. Tony is the directing pastor at Dalton City United Methodist Church and

Long Creek United Methodist Church.

Krista and Andrew Roberts ’02 of Huntington Beach, Calif., daughter Gracelyn “Gracie” Jean, Jan. 3, 2013. Krista is associate dean of residence life at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif.

Drew is associate director of the sport management master’s program at the University of San Francisco.

Jeffrey Rusk ’02 and Samantha Gibbons Rusk ’07 of Decatur, daughter Kennedy Rae, Nov. 14, 2012. Jeff is an account manager at RJ Distributing.

Samantha is a 4-H youth development program coordinator for the University of Illinois extension office in Macon County.

Tony and Jennifer Stone Enrietta ’03 of Girard, Ill., daughter Presley Kay, Aug. 8, 2012, welcomed by brother Cash, 5. Tony works in sales and marketing at Niehaus Cycles in Litchfield, Ill. Jennifer is a guidance counselor at Carlinville High School in Carlinville, Ill. Ryan Kenny ’03 and Tara Sichelski Kenny ’07 of St. Louis, daughter Audrianna, Feb. 3, 2013.

Ryan is a contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton/NGA. Tara is a stayat-home mom and runs a foster program for a local no-kill animal rescue organization, Gateway Pet Guardians.

Brett Drollinger ’04 and Kristin Radley Drollinger ’06 of Bethany, Ill., daughter Hadley Reese, Feb. 4, 2013, welcomed by brothers Ames, 6, and Easton, 3.

Brooke and Dan Haynes ’04 of St. Louis, son Landon Daniel, July 22. Brooke is business development manager at DOT Foods, the country’s largest food redistributor. Dan is the chief compliance officer for the Buckingham Family of Financial Services.

Jared and Molly Flynn Kilmer ’04 of Volo, Ill., daughter Ella May, Aug. 25. Jared recently completed a bachelor’s degree at Southern Illinois University and is a U.S. Air Force veteran. Molly is vendor manager at Brightstar

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GET YOUR MU PARTY PACK!

Host an event for Millikin friends in your area, and we’ll send you a free Millikin Party Pack to get the party started.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Email your request for a Party Pack to alumnews@millikin.edu at least one month in advance. Requests are subject to approval by the Alumni Office staff. Please include your name and shipping address for the Party Pack.

Be sure to tell us the date, location, time, anticipated participant numbers and event purpose. If you are hosting an event for Millikin in your town, we will assist with advertising your event to alumni in the area.

BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS CONTINUED Corp., a global cell phone distributor in Libertyville, Ill. Rebecca and Eric Kohn ’04 of Chicago, son Reagan Lloyd, June 22, 2013, welcomed by sister Harper, 3. Rebecca is the senior manager of external relations for the Illinois Policy Institute. Eric is the founder and CEO of Curious Task Strategies, a Chicago-based public affairs firm. He was recently named to the Leadership Committee of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry, and chairs the Chicago chapter of America’s Future Foundation.

Chrissy Smedberg Patterson ’04 and Andrew Patterson, also ’04, of Decatur, daughter Avery Sophia, July 19, welcomed by sister Charlotte, 3. Chrissy is a reading specialist at AtwoodHammond Elementary School.

Andrew is data processing supervisor at Gerber State Bank in

Argenta, Ill. Nathan and Emilie Van Hook Beagle ’05 of Sullivan, Ill., daughter Elinore Anne, Feb. 15, 2013. Nathan is a stay-at-home dad. Emilie is an IT technician for AF Holding, the parent company of Agri-Fab Inc. Ian Brown and Molly PufallBrown ’05 of Milwaukee, daughter Greta Melia, May 6, 2013. Ian is urban forestry technical services manager for the City of Milwaukee.

Molly is assistant professor of music and performance/audition coordinator at Alverno College.

Chad and Missy Minton Raley ’05 of Godfrey, Ill., son Richard “Ricky” Robert, Aug. 15, welcomed by sister Miriam, 4, and brother Thomas, 2. Chad is an electrical engineer at Ameren UE. Missy is a stay-at-home mom.

Jacob and Angie Balsamo Sohlberg ’05 of Lund, Sweden, son Alfred Carl, Feb. 12, 2013.

Jacob and Angie both work in the political science department at Lund University, where Jacob is an assistant professor and Angie is an adjunct faculty member.

Peter Schmidtknecht and Kristy Topalovich-Schmidtknecht ’05 of Roscoe, Ill., son Everett Allen, March 22, 2013. Peter is completing a special education degree at Rockford College.

Kristy is a chemistry teacher at Hononegah High School and an adjunct chemistry professor at Rock Valley College.

Nathan Chandler and Christine Beck Chandler, both ’06, of Decatur, son Cameron Patrick, Feb. 20, 2013, welcomed by sister Savannah and brother Grady, both 2. Nathan is product sales director for knees at Zimmer

Inc. Christine is sales director for evolution chemicals at Archer Daniels Midland Co. Angela Tharp Keck ’06 and Zach Keck ’11 of Mt. Zion, Ill., son Cash Warren, Oct. 9, 2012.

Angela is a purchasing analyst at Caterpillar Inc., in Decatur.

Zach is an outside sales representative for Sunbelt Rentals in Bloomington, Ill. Jake and Lindsay Pitzer Aupperle ’08 of Normal, Ill., daughter Jovi Lynn, April 15, 2013. Jake is a self-employed crop farmer in Pontiac, Ill. Lindsay is a human resources recruiting assistant at State Farm Insurance Co. in Bloomington, Ill. Britteny Dunson ’10 of Chicago, daughter Madison Maliah Moreno, March 18, 2013. Britteny is a recruitment assistant for Edelman, a public relations firm.

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PASSINGS Editor's Note: You’ll find complete memorials for all the individuals listed in this section on our website (unless an obituary notice was unavailable to us). Each online listing has a section for comments should you wish to leave a note of condolence or a memory. We’ve also included a photo in cases where we have received one. To view the memorials, visit http://bit. ly/MU-memorials.

ALUMNI Thomas Beadles ’30 of Cape Girardeau, Mo., July 10, 2012. He received Millikin’s Alumni MeritLoyalty Award in 1996.

Martha “Marty” Kuhns Weicker ’40 of New Braunfels, Texas, Aug. 23.

Virginia Lambert Shallenberger ’44 of Lombard, Ill., July 12, 2013.

Mavis Breuer Talbot ’45 of Pearland, Texas, Feb. 16, 2013.

Virginia Bigler McGinley ’33 of Richton Park, Ill., July 29, 2012.

Betty Wheeler Burcham ’41 of Decatur, Sept. 6.

James “Jim” Fritz ’46 of Ames, Iowa, Dec. 10, 2012.

Ruth Helm George ’35 of Decatur, March 6, 2013.

Shirley Cornick HenryStephens ’42 of Mt. Zion, Ill., June 9, 2013.

Mary Amanda “Mandy” Morford McKenzie ’46 of Monmouth, Ill., formerly of Galesburg, Ill., April 12, 2013.

For those without website access, please call our office at 1-877-JMUALUM, and we will gladly mail you a printout of any requested memorial.

Jessie Baldwin Harris ’38 of Decatur, Sept. 28.

FRIENDS

Irene Newman Wright ’38 of Boynton Beach, Fla., Nov. 5, 2012.

Luther Roehm of West Orange, N.J., formerly of Summit N.J., emeritus trustee, Feb. 27, 2013.

He and his wife, Louise, were recipients of the James Millikin Award in 2003. The award recognizes non-alumni friends who have demonstrated outstanding support of the university.

Frank Rogier ’40 of Evans, Ga., April 27, 2013.

Earl Kuhle ’38 of Decatur, March 24, 2013.

Geno DeRochi ’39 of Taylorville, Ill., Sept. 5.

John Baird ’40* of Decatur, June 8, 2013.

Harold Jeter ’40 of Decatur, March 21, 2013.

Robert Parrish ’43 of Harrisonburg, Va., May 8, 2013.

Henry “Dale” Reidelberger ’43 of Decatur, Feb. 17, 2013.

Helen Brown Dalton Woare ’43 of Decatur, June 15, 2013.

Henry Bolz Jr. ’44 of Pittsford, N.Y., April 27, 2013.

Marlene Chicoine Munsterman ’44 of Decatur, Sept. 10.

Nancy Morarity Michiels ’47 of New Orleans, July 12.

Eunice Bolz Garrison ’48 of Chicago Heights, Ill., formerly of Flossmoor, Ill., May 2, 2013.

John Waltrip ’48 of Peoria, Ariz., June 10, 2013.

Mary Lou Sowles Allaben ’49 of Indianapolis, Dec. 20, 2011.

James Fairbanks ’49 of Tucson, Ariz., May 17, 2013.

* The family requests memorial gifts be made to Millikin University, Office of Alumni and Development, 1184 West Main Street, Decatur, IL 62522. ** The family requests memorial gifts be made to Millikin University, Don Shroyer Scholarship Fund, Office of Alumni and Development, 1184 West Main Street, Decatur, IL 62522. *** The family requests memorial gifts be made to Millikin University Student Scholarships, Office of Alumni and Development, 1184 West Main Street, Decatur, IL 62522.

MEDALLION SOCIETY MEMBERS REMEMBERED Recently, Millikin lost two individuals who had been inducted into the Millikin Medallion Society for their lasting impact on the university: 1999 Alumnus of the Year Jim Fitzgerald ’53 and former MU Head Football Coach Don Shroyer ’50. The Millikin Medallion Society Award was conferred during the university’s centennial celebration held from 2001-03 and recognized those individuals who had the greatest impact on Millikin during the university’s first 100 years.

Jim Fitzgerald ’53 died Sept. 23. An emeritus trustee, he served on Millikin's board from 1975 to 1992, and he and his wife, Donna Riechman Fitzgerald ’54, were named co-recipients of the 1999 Alumnus of the Year Award. A recipient of the 1964 Young Alumnus Award. Fitzgerald was an active member of the Millikin Club of Chicago and served as his class reunion chair from 1976 until his death shortly before Homecoming 2013. He also served terms as vice president and president of the Millikin Parents Association and was a member of the university's centennial planning committee in the early 2000s. Fitzgerald worked nearly 30 years with Illinois Bell and after retiring from that company, he went on to work as a realtor for Coldwell Banker in Winnetka, Ill. A retired U.S. Navy captain, he served 10 years as vice president for the Northeast Illinois Council of the Boy Scouts of America and received the Silver Beaver Award for 60 years of continuous scouting participation.

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Don Shroyer ’50 died July 7, 2013. An outstanding Big Blue running back, Shroyer was signed by the Chicago Bears after graduation.

He returned to MU as head football coach in 1956, and was named conference Coach of the Year in 1961, the year his Big Blue team had an undefeated season. Shroyer served as offensive and defensive backfield coach for the St. Louis Cardinals for two years then returned to Illinois to coach for an SIU team that included future NFL quarterback Jim Hart. Shroyer rejoined the Cardinals in 1966, serving as a linebacker coach until returning to Decatur in the early 1970s. He held various positions with Decatur Public Schools, including assistant principal at Johns Hill Middle School and retired in 1995. A charter member of Millikin’s Athletic Hall of Fame, Shroyer also was inducted into the 1997 Decatur Athletic Council Hall of Fame. He and his wife, Marilyn Morthland Shroyer ’51, had four children: daughters Gail and Beth; sons Doug and Chris, a 1987 Millikin graduate. (See related article, pages 4-5.)

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Robert Gilason Sr. ’49* of Scottsdale, Ariz., July 23.

Barbara Canaday Miller ’51 of Champaign, Ill., May 29, 2013.

Dick Meyer ’57 of Chino, Calif., July 17.

Mark Younger ’79 of Decatur, Oct. 14.

Arthur Livergood ’49 of Elyria, Ohio, Nov. 8, 2012.

Alice Jendry Peel ’51 of Sun City West, Ariz., formerly of Racine, Wis., Aug. 31.

Donald Petty ’57 of Pekin, Ill., and Marco Island, Fla., formerly of Decatur, April 28, 2013. He was inducted into Millikin’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983.

John David Hustad ’80 of Chandler, Ariz., Aug. 11.

Charles Brauer ’58 of Lynn Haven, Fla., Aug. 24.

Donna Canham ’83 of Decatur, July 8, 2013.

Thomas Childress ’59 of Clinton, Wis., formerly of Forsyth, Ill., Sept. 28.

Brian Lazarz ’84 of Arlington Heights, Ill., July 19.

Norma Jean Bingman Bowers ’50 of Batavia, Ill., June 14, 2013.

Billy Conyer ’50 of Decatur, Aug. 13.

Fred Creager Jr. ’50 of Honolulu, June 12, 2013.

Patricia Huss Derr ’50 of Geneseo, Ill., May 6, 2013.

Lily “Joan” Riggs Folzenlogen ’50 of West Chester, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2012.

Bob Guthrie ’50 of Houston, June 30, 2013.

Dick Heise ’50 of Decatur, July 21.

Welby “Dude” McKay ’50 of Traverse City, Mich., Sept. 23.

Wilbur Reed Jr. ’50 of Decatur, April 9, 2013.

Don Shroyer ’50** of Decatur, July 7, 2013. (See related articles, previous page and also pages 4-5.)

Stanley “Pete” Taylor ’50 of Decatur, April 11, 2013.

Luther “Luke” Thornton ’50 of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Feb. 15, 2013.

Loren Veech ’50 of Blaine, Minn., formerly of Decatur, May 30, 2013.

James Welker ’50 of Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 27, 2012.

Marie Hockman Gallat ’51 of New Port Richey, Fla., May 26, 2013.

Joyce Tatman Goodrow ’51 of Los Gatos, Calif., June 12, 2013.

Glenn Houck ’51 of Macomb, Ill., March 2, 2013.

Joseph McAdam Jr. ’51 of Decatur, Aug. 16.

Robert McCarty ’51*** of Newark, Calif., Sept. 5.

Edward Root Sr. ’51 of Decatur, May 31, 2013.

Robert Carter ’52 of Indianapolis, June 30, 2013.

Arthur D. “Dan” Erickson ’52 of Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 27, 2013.

Asher Geisler ’52 of Decatur, April 28, 2013.

Donald Ward ’59 of Largo, Fla., formerly of Brookston, Ind., March 27, 2013.

Tony Innis ’52 of St. Charles, Ill., July 4, 2013.

Ruth Eagleton Fritts ’60 of Decatur, July 11, 2013.

Bob Postlewait ’52 of Bement, Ill., Aug. 9.

Kenneth Barker ’61 of Decatur, Feb. 14, 2013.

Robert Richards ’52 of Decatur, July 1, 2013.

Jack Gordy ’61 of Decatur, Sept. 17.

Robert Wiederin ’52 of Noblesville, Ind., formerly of Naperville, Ill., Feb. 27, 2013.

Kenneth Hartrich ’61 of Newton, Ill., May 17, 2013.

William Briggs ’53 of Leeds, Mass., formerly of Rochester and New York, N.Y., March 9, 2013.

Jim Fitzgerald ’53 of Highland Park, Ill., Sept. 23. (See related article, previous page.)

Metta Adams Quinlan ’61 of Decatur, May 15, 2013.

Bob Gendry ’62 of Bedford, Texas, Sept. 20.

James Holden ’62 of Bluffton, S.C., Feb. 10, 2013.

William Lytle ’53 of Marietta, Ga., Oct. 17, 2012.

Judith Storment Masson ’62 of El Paso, Texas, Dec. 21, 2012.

Rita Hess Bunn ’54 of Columbia, Mo., March 15, 2013.

Dennis Bunting ’63 of Statesboro, Ga., May 24, 2013.

Janis Katz Di Lullo ’56 of Medford, N.J., April 20, 2013.

Bea Platt ’66 of Decatur, formerly of Maquon, Ill., May 23, 2013.

Leroy Hubbard ’56 of Long Grove, Ill., formerly of Wood Dale, Ill., March 16, 2013.

Selma Richter Horton ’68 of Pana, Ill., July 5, 2013.

Bob Davis ’57 of Decatur, June 28, 2013.

Daniel Ogden ’70 of Scottsdale, Ariz., Feb. 19, 2013.

Gerald “Hoot” Ewing ’57 of Sarasota, Fla., Feb. 14, 2013.

Marilyn McDaniel Long ’76 of Decatur, May 16, 2013.

Roger James ’57 of Matteson, Ill., Oct. 21.

Susan White ’77 of Elk Grove Village, Ill., June 2, 2013.

Paul McKelvey ’57 of Bay Village, Ohio, Jan. 27, 2013.

Richard Disney ’78 of Decatur, May 28, 2013.

Drew Meldahl ’57 of Washington, Ill., April 15, 2013.

Sue Moore Elliott ’78 of Englewood, Colo., July 6, 2013.

Michael Johnson ’80 of Mt. Zion, Ill., May 22, 2013.

Susan Kesl Karim ’85 of Gurnee, Ill., Sept. 3.

Eric Gardner ’87 of Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Jan. 19, 2013.

Jim Belk ’88 of Las Vegas, Sept. 3.

Patricia Wilner Crowder ’88 of Indianapolis, March 31, 2013.

Susan Natyshok Residori ’89 of Shorewood, Ill., formerly of Coal City, Ill., July 1, 2013.

Tyler Brewer ’90 of Loves Park, Ill., July 17.

Jerry Brummitt ’90 of Oreana, Ill., July 17.

Michael Baird ’92 of Bloomington, Ill., Aug. 26.

Jane Mason-Webb ’92 of Decatur, July 25.

Paula Lawhorn-Coate ’93 of Decatur, Sept. 12.

Brenda Davis Powell ’93 of Decatur, May 1, 2013.

Pamela VanMeter Knudsen ’08 of Columbia, S.C., formerly of Mattoon, Ill., May 5, 2013.

Dawn Austin Briggs ’09 of Decatur, July 28.

Paula Hyde Gaddis ’09 of Pesotum, Ill., Sept. 23.

Tricia McConnell ’09 of Lisle, Ill., July 7, 2013.

Amanda Puckett ’16* of Orland Hills, Ill., Aug. 25. (See related article, page 3.)

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sister Christine Ford ′11. 9 Justin Marshall with aunt Judy Fitzgerald ′80, mother-in-law Kathryn Fitzgerald Bragg ′79, uncle David Fitzgerald ′82, fiancee Erin Bragg ′12 and aunt Cynthia Hogan Fitzgerald ′81. 10 Jodi Van Uytven with father John Downs ′83 and mother Janet Downs ′93. Not pictured: sister Jennifer Pieper ′07. 11 Michelle Augustine with father Michael Augustine ′82 and uncle Gary Augustine ′85. 12 Ariel Robinson with sister Amanda Robinson Taylor ′06. Photos by Grad Images.

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4 Christine Holl Hoffman with father Timothy James Holl ′80.

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5 Elizabeth Merrill with mother Joan Shoemaker Merrill ′73.

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7 Amanda Erickson with uncle Harry W.

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10 Amber Freund with aunt Cheryl Williams-England ′89.

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2 Ashley Eiland with father Alex Eiland ′82

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4 Jamie Kowalczyk with mother Mary

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Kyle Nicholson with mother Tina Nicholson, professor of music. 7 Kendall Robison with cousin RJ Podeschi ’02, assistant professor of Information Systems; fiance Jordan Trump ’10; cousin Mandi Landacre Podeschi ’02, director of development/ Millikin Fund; and aunt Cindy Landacre, 3

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Raushana Pender ’02, Quantrell Willis (assistant dean of inclusion and student engagement), Niki Fenderson Allen ’99, Wayne Dunning ’83, Gilbert White ’09, Ronald Branch ’81, Michael Halbert ’79. Reunion photos by DR Roberts, www.drroberts.com/muhomecoming.html.

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Stoutenborough (son of Delilis Stoutenborough). 2 CLASS OF 1948: Dorothy Baker McFadden, Merill Cameron Dees. 3 CLASS OF 1953, Row 1: Patcie Wieland ’54, Nancy Fisher Eichenauer, Eileen Eberhardt Tertocha-Langley, Doris Ryan McElwee, Lillian Vasiloff Wisham, Constance Bennett Oakes, Jeannine Maxwell Freyling. Row 2: Roy Schaub, Jackie Dunkel Sward, Betty Harrington White, Barbara Burgis Zuegel, Janet “Bunny” Keeler Williams, Joan Adams Avis, David Freyling (husband of Jeannine Maxwell Freyling).

Row 3: Bill Heyduck, Rod Sward ’52 (husband of Jackie Dunkel Sward), Kirke White, Gregg McElwee (son of Doris Ryan McElwee), Herb Zuegel ’52 (husband of Barbara Burgis Zuegel), Joe Williams ’54 (husband of Janet “Bunny” Keeler Williams), Duane Avis (husband of Joan Adams Avis).

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David Rayhill). Row 2: Larry Peters ’57 (husband of Clara Henson Peters), Bill Stocks, Hal Fuson, Judy Tucker Cain ’59, Bob Cain (husband of Judy Tucker Cain), John Connolly, David Rayhill, Alice Mueller LeFevre, Ed LeFevre ’57 (husband of Alice Mueller LeFevre). 2 CLASS OF 1963, Row 1: Janet Bolin (wife of Jerry Bolin), Brenda Gadberry (wife of Roger Gadberry), Pat Norton King, Dona Olson McLaughlin, Julie Vernon, Sheila Shrout Ford, Donna Waller (wife of Mike Waller), Betty Cordes Chapman ’64. Row 2: Jerry Bolin, Bruce Dillingham ’61, Karen Mains (wife of Mike Mains), Kathy Hengst (wife of Steve Hengst), Richard Ford ’60 (husband of Sheila Shrout Ford), Mike Waller, Larry Chapman, Ron Frystak. Row 3: Roger Gadberry, Jim King (husband of Pat Norton King), Mike Mains, Steve Hengst, Tom Greanias, Bob Byrkit, Don Walker ’60.

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Row 2: Tom Cordts (husband of Paula Koyak Cordts), Paul Chuzi ’69, Charles Currie (husband of Cheryl Currie), Dennis Kelly (husband of Lois Kramer Kelly), Chuck Yurieci, Dave Osborne. Row 3: Chris Brown Franklin, Sharon Liston Yeakley, Carol Black Phillips, Fran Coutant Peterson, Lynne Wheeler Mormino, Diane Lohr Coen ’72. Row 4: Anne Heinle Edsall, Jim Deremiah, Karen Maurer Krows, Mary Fran Dick Willis, Dave Coen (husband of Diane Lohr Coen). 2 CLASS OF 1978, Row 1: Amy Vaughn Pritchard, Diane Williams Dunn, Jane Thomas Croxton, Kathy Gardner Thomforde, Jeanine Harris Buttimer. Row 2: Judy Mason, Jim Croxton (husband of Jane Thomas Croxton), Sara Miner Franklin (holding photo of Leslie Hannapel Kessler), Sue Wallace Strauch, Norm Hoback.

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’75, Janet Perkins Rund. Row 2: Robert Hess, Richard Davis, Dave Wiegers (husband of Wendy Overocker Wiegers), Paul Foster, Tom Bucy, Dennis Weller, Austin Rund ’75 (husband of Janet Perkins Rund). Row 3: Lucinda Bumber Burke, Jan Bosak Munz, Mary Hartlaub (wife of Don Hartlaub), Nancy Joy (wife of Frank Joy), Francys Cross Norton, Debbie Donnelly Akers. Row 4: Patrick Burke (husband of Lucinda Bumber Burke), Tom Munz (husband of Jan Bosak Munz), Don Hartlaub, Frank Joy, Robert Guenther.

Row 5: Joyce Tuecke Burkhart, Carol Heynen Price, Joan Shoemaker Merrill, Fred Miller, Gwen Miller (wife of Fred Miller). Row 6: Millard Everhart, Thomas Rasler, Peter Churukian, Dan Parker, Carvel Johnson, Edward Porter. 2 CLASS OF 1983, Row 1: Susan Pearman Arp, Kristi Salman Geggie, Karen Klein, Jean Schafer Oesterreich, Lora Pearson Huebner. Row 2: Sandy Cristy Kinahan, Faith Delatte Carr, Vicky Yedinak Dose ’81, Bonnie Yedinak. Row 3: Karen Livingston Farnum, Kathy Springer Kuddes, Kent Kuddes (husband of Kathy Springer Kuddes), Sheri Kaiser Eichelberger, Dena Kareotes Arendt, David Throne.

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Younker Gilson, Troy Kitner (husband of Blythe Holmes Kitner), Elizabeth Ryerson Osborne, Thomas Massutti (husband of Lori Liles Massutti), Lisa Hoffman Waight.

Row 3: Brian Hunt, Denise Ciesielski Williams, Beth Cubbison Zych, Diana Miles Huntoon. Row 4: Jay Marshall, John Marshall. Row 5: A. Shawn Freeman.

2 CLASS OF 1998, Row 1: Jessica Busjahn Buttimer, Heather Burk Schmidt, Mary Reece Alexander, Michelle Tucker Smith, Amanda Johnson Butterick ’99. Row 2: Alan

Buttimer (husband of Jessica Busjahn Buttimer), Emily Oshita Layton, Carmen Fisher Hamilton, Jason Butterick (husband of Amanda Johnson Butterick), Patrick Butterick (son of Amanda and Jason Butterick, age 10). Row 3: Christine Claytor Harshman, Seth Morrell (holding son Sedgwick, age 3 months), Patrick Dill.

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Peck. Row 2: Matthew Argo, Lisa Hokamp Mason, Kevin Jett (husband of Michele Solomon Jett), Angela Benson, Michael Cox, Gina Bianchi. Row 3: Jennifer Canter Vogland, Kim Stacey-Hazucka, Kristin Mikkelson Hawkins, Laura Kelly Kapala ’94. Row 4: Brian Abbott, Tom VanHowe, Dustin Hawkins (husband of Kristin Mikkelson Hawkins), Kevin Kapala (husband of Laura Kelly Kapala), Denise Bell Tomano, Marc Strathman. 2 CLASS OF 2008, Row 1: Liz Ciaccio, Jon Popovitch, Cathy Thomas Popovitch (wife of Jon Popovitch), Erin Wyant. Row 2: Miranda Schuett Watson, Alisha Goebel, Magon Hallowell, Cassandra Logsdon, Sara Askins Wilson. Row 3: Christopher Weisenborn, Nick Bley, Alex Rowe, Verneil Phillips.

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1 CLASS OF 2003, Row 1: Elizabeth Hensen Ehler (holding daughter Natalie Ehler, age 6 months), LeAnne Hunt Bergschneider (holding son Trey Bergschneider, age 3),

Tanell Hopkins Spears (holding daughter Audrey Spears, age 1 and son Ben Spears, age 5), Katie Harp Anderson (holding daughter Nora Anderson, age 9 months), Cate Parish Kaufman (holding daughter Claire Kaufman, age 1), Miranda Baker Bolanos, Meghan Morgan Adams. Row 2: Bobbi Mielcarski, Stacy Radliff Smedley, Ryan Spears (husband of Tanell Hopkins Spears), Shaun Anderson (husband of Katie Harp Anderson, holding daughter Ava Anderson, age 3), Alan Kaufman (husband of Cate Parish Kaufman), Sandy Hodge Garza, Anna Edwards. Row 3: Sara Patterson, Brenden Wilson (age 12, son of Sara Patterson), Ryan Jones, Sara Ray Helmus, Sarah Ritter Garner, Monique Garcia Runnels. Row 4: Amanda Moloney, Heather Hoke, Heidi Castleman, Laura Goodman, Sarah Carson, Courtney Ruffner Reed, Rachel Kraft. Row 5: Meg Schleppenbach Bates, Kerry Hammergren Heckman, Anna Forslund Hartmann, Colleen Heffernan, Katie May Potts, Katie Liesener, Amy Middleton Miles, Sara Krows Walstrom. Row 6: Pamela Schneider Pendelton, Kelly Ferrell Durkin, Jason Welsh, Jaime Haege Welsh (wife of Jason Welsh), Andrew Weatherford, Joni Kash Nightingale, Graham Nightingale (husband of Joni Kash Nightingale).

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Homecoming photos by Alida Duff Sullivan ’06.

ALPHA CHI OMEGA 100 YEARS

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ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR:

MICHAEL WALLER ’63

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ICHAEL WALLER ’63 is recipient of the 2013 Alumnus of the Year award, the most prestigious award presented by the university.

Waller has demonstrated a strong commitment and dedication to Millikin for many years, both through service and generous financial support.

Now an emeritus trustee, Waller served on Millikin’s board of directors from 2000-10, and continues to serve as co-chair of the “Transform MU” capital campaign steering committee. He had been the national Millikin Fund chair since 2006; in 2013, he shared chairmanship duties with trustee, Dr. Steve Huss.

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capital campaign, “Transform MU,” as well as the previous “Advancing the Vision” capital campaign. He also was a generous supporter of renovations to Albert Taylor Theatre.

Waller’s distinguished career in journalism began at the Decatur Herald newspaper, where he worked as a sports clerk while attending Millikin. He then progressed to reporter, copy editor and finally, wire editor.

After leaving the Herald in 1965, he worked for the Cleveland Plain Dealer in copy editing for two years. From 1967-78, he worked for both the Louisville Courier Journal and Louisville Times, where he assisted with two Pulitzer Prize-winning stories, one about riots following school desegregation and one about a fatal fire at

the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Covington, Ky.

In 1978, he joined the Kansas City Star as managing editor, where he edited coverage of the 1981 collapse of a skywalk at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, which killed 115 people. After hiring an engineer and studying records and architectural drawings, the newspaper revealed that the collapse was caused by a design flaw.

The Star’s coverage of the tragedy earned a Pulitzer Prize. Waller was then named managing editor of the Star’s sister paper, the Kansas City Times, and in 1983, he was promoted to editor of both papers.

He is the only journalist in the history of the papers to serve in the top three news positions.

In 1986, Waller was named executive editor of the Hartford Courant, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the country. He became the Courant’s editor in 1990 and was appointed publisher and CEO in 1994. While Waller was the paper’s editor, the Courant won its first Pulitzer Prize.

Waller was named publisher and CEO of The Baltimore Sun and senior vice president of Times Mirror Co. in 1997. During his tenure, The Sun received two Pulitzers. Waller retired from The Baltimore Sun in 2002.

In recognition of his achievements in journalism, Waller received Millikin’s Alumni Merit Award in 1987. In 2002, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Delta Sigma Phi national fraternity.

Waller has authored two books: “Durand’s Marvelous Merchants: A Tale of Small-Town Life and Big-Time Softball,” and “Blood on the Out-Basket: Lessons in Leadership from a Newspaper Junkie.”

In addition to serving on several nonprofit boards while in Hartford and Baltimore, Waller was also chairman of the United Way campaigns in each city, raising a total of nearly $70 million.

Waller and his wife, Donna (pictured above), live in Hilton Head Island, S.C. He has four children: Eric Waller ’87, Danielle “Dani” Waller ’90, Heather Kean and Katharine Waller. Q

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MERIT-LOYALTY AWARD Kathryn Springer Kuddes ’83 is director of fine arts and special academic programs for the Plano (Texas) School District, teaches music education at Southern Methodist University and has taught classes at the University of North Texas. She joined the Plano School District in 1995 as an elementary music specialist and in 1998, was named vocal music coordinator for the district. The Plano School District serves more than 54,000 students in pre-K through grade 12, with more than 70 percent of the students involved in the district’s award-winning fine arts activities. Prior to Plano, she served as elementary music specialist and choral director for the Stafford, Killeen and College Station school districts.

In 2010, she received the OAKE (Organization of American Kodály Educators) Outstanding Administrator Award for her advancement of Kodály-inspired music curriculum in the Plano schools. Kuddes served as vice president of the Kodály Educators of Texas from 1994-98. She also has served the Organization of American Kodály Educators as Southern Division president from 1997-2001, administrative liaison from 2000-04, and on the conference planning committee in 2002 and 2004; and the Texas Music Administrators Association as secretary/treasurer.

A loyal ambassador for Millikin, Kuddes organized a University Choir performance in Plano in January 2013, when the choir performed with 200 high school students and also provided a workshop for another high school. In 2001, she also helped Dr. Guy Forbes, associate conductor of choirs and chair of music education, arrange a Chamber Chorale tour throughout Texas.

Kuddes has served as her class agent for fundraising and has also volunteered for the Millikin Admissions Support Team (MAST). At Homecoming 2008, she served as a career connections panelist for the School of Music. Q

MERIT AWARD

MERIT AWARD

Janet Heinie Clark ’91 of Terre Haute, Ind., earned her doctorate in chemistry from Purdue University in 1996, then accepted a position as a research chemist with Exxon Research and Development Laboratories in Baton Rouge, La. In 2002, she was a member of ExxonMobil’s Process Research 2002 Innovator of the Year research team. She worked for ExxonMobil until 2003, receiving 13 U.S. patents in the areas of gas conversion and low-sulfur fuels.

Clark left ExxonMobil to begin her teaching career at Saint Mary-of-theWoods College (SMWC) in Terre Haute, Ind., as an assistant professor of chemistry and physics in 2003. Since then, she has served as president of the college’s faculty assembly and also received one of the highest teaching honors at SMWC — the Sister Mary Joseph Pomeroy Award for Faculty Excellence in Service. In 2008, she was named chair of the department of sciences and mathematics, and in 2011, she was named vice president for academic affairs (VPAA) after serving as interim VPAA since July 2010.

The author of numerous publications and presentations, Clark was also co-coordinator of the Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science Conference, which encourages young women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Clark is a founding member of the Wabash Valley Women of Influence committee, which was established in 2012. She also served as national president (200508) of Iota Sigma Pi honor society for women in chemistry. She served 12 years on the organization’s national council and as president of two local chapters, one at Purdue University and the other in Baton Rouge.

In 2008, Clark delivered the Sixth Annual American Chemical Society Alumni Lecture during Career Connections at Millikin’s Homecoming. Q

Sunny E. Hull ’69 of El Paso, Texas, worked as a materials handling engineer at Allis-Chalmers in Springfield while attending night classes at Millikin.

After earning his degree in industrial engineering, Hull accepted a position as a consulting engineer for Booz Allen Hamilton in Chicago. In 1971, Lozier Corp., a client of Booz Allen Hamilton based in Omaha, Neb., hired Hull as a manufacturing executive.

In 1981, Hull and an Omaha neighbor formed Mid-West Textile Co., a textile recycling firm. Although most of the company’s operations are located in El Paso, where Mid-West employs nearly 350 people, the company also has a facility in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso. The company sorts and sells textiles for several different uses, including clothing for third-world countries, vintage clothing, recycled fibers, industrial cleanup and more, with the added benefit of increasing the textiles’ useful life and keeping them out of landfills. Now one of the largest clothing recycling centers in the world, Mid-West reports annual sales of nearly $50 million.

Since 1982, Hull has been a member of the Secondary Materials and Recycled Textile Association (SMART), a recyclingbased international trade association, and has served on SMART’s nominating committee, which submits nominations for officers and directors.

A member of the El Paso Downtown Lions Club, Hull is also a supporter of the local United Way, with Mid-West Textile leading the corporate donor board each year. He and his wife, Linda, also support local Christmas aid programs and the Wounded Warriors Foundation.

Hull is a faithful and generous donor to The Millikin Fund, and his unrestricted gifts to the annual fund continue to support areas of need throughout the university. Q

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LOYALTY AWARD Charles J. Yurieci ’68 of Bloomington, Ill., a devoted alumnus and former student-athlete, is an avid MU football fan and attends many games, as well as other campus events, including Vespers and Kirkland performances.

Through more than 40 years of giving, Yurieci has provided generous support through The Millikin Fund, the Big Blue Club and Friends of Kirkland. He supported the “New Horizons” capital campaign and contributed to the ADM-Scovill building project in the “Advancing the Vision” capital campaign. During the current capital campaign, “Transform MU,” he has contributed toward football field enhancements and equipment for the Exercise Science and Sport program.

A member of the U.S. Army Reserve from 1968-74, Yurieci also completed a master’s degree in business administration at Illinois State University in 1972.

After more than 33 years of service, Yurieci retired in 2002 as crops division operations manager for Growmark Inc., a North American cooperative serving farmers with agricultural supplies and grain marketing services.

As a Millikin student and accounting major, Yurieci was the recipient of several scholarships and awards, including the Mueller Co. Scholarship all four years; the Murphey, Jenne and Jones Accounting Excellence Award and the Steagall-Sarran Scholarship in 1967; and the Millikin National Bank Outstanding Business Student award in 1968. A four-year letterwinner in football and baseball, he also played junior-varsity basketball his freshman year. Q

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YOUNG ALUMNUS AWARD John Robert “Jay” Schleppenbach ’00 of Chicago is an assistant attorney general in the criminal appeals division of the Illinois Attorney General’s office. Prior to joining the Attorney General’s office, he was a partner and associate at the Chicago law firm, Jenner & Block LLP from 2005-12.

He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois School of Law in 2003, and was chosen by his fellow students to give the commencement address.

Schleppenbach has had more than a dozen articles published in legal journals, and has assisted with instruction of an international arbitration course at Northwestern University College of Law. He also coached Northwestern’s award-winning international arbitration Moot Court team in Vienna.

He has served as a volunteer with the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago’s “Lawyers in the Classroom” program, helping second- through eighth-grade students better understand the Constitution and our legal system. He has also volunteered with the “Saturday School” program at Chicago’s KIPP Ascend Charter School, a tuition-free college preparatory middle school.

Schleppenbach has served as his class agent for fundraising since 2006. A regular contributor to The Millikin Fund, he has also assisted with numerous other fundraising efforts, including providing funding for Millikin’s Outstanding Journalism Award and helping solicit former James Millikin and presidential scholars.

A Career Connections volunteer, he also attends Millikin events in the Chicago area and hosted University Choir members at his home during their 2008 tour.

Schleppenbach is a graduate of Chicago’s famed Second City Conservatory programs in improvisation and writing, and writes and performs sketch shows at the Second City Skybox Theater and other Chicago venues. Q

ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Ryan Ash ’01, of Normal, Ill., the goalkeeper for the men’s soccer team from 1997-2000, staked his claim to several spots in the MU record books.

Ash still holds the record for career wins (25); most wins in a season (15 in 2000); career shutouts (19.5); most shutouts in a season (9.5) and the lowest goals-against average (0.41).

He was the starting goalkeeper for the 2000 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) championship team that went 15-1-1 — the best men’s soccer season in Millikin history. During his senior year, he was also named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s All-Midwest team.

Ash gives back to soccer by serving as a certified national collegiate referee. He is a member of the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NISOA), and was recipient of the NISOA’s George Faragallah 2008 National Referee Achievement Award. He is a member of the Central Illinois Soccer Officials Association, serving as rules interpreter and clinician. Q Joanna Conner ’06 of Decatur was a starter for the Big Blue’s 2004-05 national championship women’s basketball team.

During that tournament, Conner was named the Final Four Most Valuable Player. Her performance during the sectional tournament leading up to the championship netted her selection to the 2005 NCAA Sectional All-Tournament Team.

Conner was named to the CCIW’s All-Conference First Team in 2004-05; selected for the D3Hoops.com All-Region and All-American Third Team in 2004-05; named Women’s D3News Preseason Honorable Mention All-American in 2005-06; earned All-Conference Second

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Team honors in 2005-06 and Third Team honors in 2003-04. She also served as the Big Blue co-captain her senior year and was a four-year letter winner.

Conner currently serves as assistant women’s basketball and strength and conditioning coach for the Big Blue. Q Jim Kettelkamp ’59 of Pana, Ill., was recognized for his accomplishments in recruiting student athletes and supporting Millikin athletics.

Kettelkamp joined the Millikin staff in 1964 and worked in various positions in admission and financial aid for eight years. He was named director of admission in 1972 and dean of admission in 1987.

In 1993, Kettelkamp retired as dean emeritus of admission after 29 years of service to the university. During his tenure, he was responsible for recruiting more than 13,000 students to MU.

A loyal fan and supporter of Millikin athletics for many years, Kettelkamp was an active member of Millikin’s Quarterback Club. In addition to assisting with recruitment of student athletes, Kettelkamp was also a valued adviser and advocate for the Big Blue coaching staff. Q Stacey Stegeman Lambert ’05 of Bloomington, Ill., was a standout volleyball player for the Big Blue and was chosen by the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) as freshman player of the year in 2001.

Serving as team captain during both her junior and senior years, she led the team in service aces and kills in 2002, 2003 and 2004. At the time she graduated, she held the school record for career kills with 1,528 and was No. 4 in career digs with 1,364. She still holds the No. 2 position for career service aces with 218, and is now No. 3 in career kills.

The CCIW named her “player of the week” twice during her senior year. She was also named to the All-CCIW first team in 2004, and was named to the second team in 2002 and 2003. She was named tournament MVP several times and recognized on numerous all-tournament teams during her Millikin career, including five in her senior year.

Lambert joined the Illinois High School Association as coordinator of marketing and special events in 2008. In 2009, she was promoted to the organization’s assistant executive directorship, serving as administrator for boys and girls volleyball, boys and girls bowling and for girls golf and badminton. Q Jeff Monken ’89 of Statesboro, Ga., began his coaching career as a graduate assistant football coach at the University of Hawaii during the 1989-90 season.

There, Monken tasted success as his team ended the season 9-3 and participated in the 1989 Aloha Bowl — the first bowl game in school history.

Monken also served as a graduate assistant wide receivers coach at Arizona State University for one season, then moved on to the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he was assistant coach for the wide receivers and tight ends, and also served as recruiting coordinator from 1992-94. After a brief stint coaching at Morton High School in Berwyn, Ill., and at Concordia University in River Forest, Ill., Monken headed to Georgia Southern University, where he was the slotbacks and punters coach from 1997-2001. During this five-year period, the GSU Eagles were the national runner-up in 1998 and national champions in 1999 and 2000.

In 2002, Monken became the slotbacks coach for the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. During his six seasons with the team, the Midshipmen set numerous school records, including notching 18 victories in two seasons. Among their successes were the first back-to-back bowl

victories in school history.

As slotbacks coach and special teams coordinator for the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2008-10, Monken helped lead the team to an 8-4 record and an appearance in the 2008 Chik-fil-A Bowl.

In 2009, they won the conference championship with a 10-4 record and made an Orange Bowl appearance.

Monken returned to Georgia Southern University as head football coach in 2010, where his 31 victories in three seasons rank first in the Southern Conference and second nationally. He was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year and American Football Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year in 2011, and was a 2012 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year finalist.

Under his direction, the GSU Eagles earned national semifinal appearances in the NCAA Division I football playoffs in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Q David Peabody ’94 was an award-winning member of Millikin’s track and field and football teams from 1990-94.

In 1992, he earned College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) honorable mention status as a defensive back for the Big Blue football team. In 1993, he was named to the 2nd Team All-CCIW as a defensive back.

A member of the 1992 CCIW championship 400-meter relay team, Peabody achieved Outdoor All-American status when the team took seventh place at the 1992 NCAA Division III championships.

The track team captain and co-MVP in 1993, Peabody was a member of the 1600meter relay team that set a new Millikin outdoor record with a time of 3:18.27 — a record that still stands. In 1994, Peabody was CCIW champion in the long jump and at the NCAA DIII championships, he was named an Outdoor All-American again when he finished eighth in that event.

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2012-13 Honor Roll of Donors

As national chair of the Millikin Fund, it is my distinct pleasure to present to you our Honor Roll of Donors for the academic year July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

I am pleased to report that, during this period, commitments to The Millikin Fund, the university’s annual fundraising effort, exceeded our established goal during one of the toughest economic climates in decades. On behalf of those students who come to Millikin with a great work ethic – and a great deal of financial need – I offer sincere thanks for your philanthropic support.

Our generous donors gave a total of $2,345,766 to The Millikin Fund, surpassing our goal by nearly $146,000. Key to our success was generous support from all Millikin donors, including alumni, parents, friends, corporations and foundations. This is a remarkable accomplishment and a testament that our constituents see Millikin as an excellent investment for their charitable dollars.

At Millikin, we also endeavor to be good stewards of your philanthropy. One example of this ethic may be found in our low cost of fundraising: The university spent less than $.13 to raise a dollar this past academic year, compared to the national average of $.25. Your gift goes right where it is needed most, to support students through annual student scholarships, as well as enhanced facilities, technology and academic programs.

Please join me in giving to MU and continue supporting our mission: to deliver on the promise of education by preparing students for professional success, democratic citizenship in a global environment, and personal lives of meaning and value.

Sincerely,

Dr. Steve Huss National Chair, The Millikin Fund Archive photo.

Millikin University Trustee

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THANK YOU

TO OUR DONORS FOR HELPING MILLIKIN DELIVER ON THE

Promise of Education.

Benefactors: $25,000 and greater A.D.M. Farms Inc.

David C. and Catherine Demirjian

Julius W. Hegeler II Foundation

Mrs. Virginia Holben Rogers

A.E. Staley Jr. Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. J. Gerald Demirjian

Kelly Construction of Decatur Inc.

Jim Romano

Amherst F. Hardy Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Demirjian

Kelly Construction of Indiana Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Romano

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Andreas

Anne Heinle Edsall

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Schmalz

The Andreas Foundation

Eli Lilly & Co. Foundation

Kelly General Construction Co. of Decatur Inc.

Archer Daniels Midland Company

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Associated Colleges of Illinois

Patricia Rannebarger Ford

Estate of Arne Edgar Ballew

Estate of Joda Louise Harington

Douglas Basler

Estate of Anne Louise Hassebrock

Simone and Randel S. Beazly

Mr. Julius W. Hegeler II

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip B. Blankenburg

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Hein

Bodine Electric Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Campbell

Lyn Gallion Houston Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Huss

Caterpillar Foundation

M. Stephen Huss, M.D. and Carol Hopkins Huss

The Coleman Foundation Inc.

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Community Foundation of Decatur/Macon County

The James Millikin Estate

Charles A. and Suzanne A. Demirjian

John C. Griswold Foundation John Ullrich Foundation

Leona Stanford Vollintine Charitable Trust Lincoln Diagnostics Incorporated Schrodt Family Foundation Mrs. Margaret Madden Robert and Charlotte Moorehead

Dr. and Mrs. M. Joseph Schrodt Estate of Mr. Robert W. Sleeper John C. Snyder Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Swartz Symphony Orchestra Guild of Decatur

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Oberhelman

Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Alf R. Thompson

Mr. Charles D. Perkinson

Tillotson Industries Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Pilling

TK Partners LLC

PNC Foundation

T.S. and Juanita Ballance Foundation

John and Sue Prange

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Estate of Herschel W. Pritchett Mr. and Mrs. David J. Rathje Estate of Leroy B. Ritter

Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Waller Ward C. Rogers Foundation Gary Workman

Patrons: $10,000–$24,999 Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Ferre

James Koonce

Joan Rothfuss

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Adney

Scott and Kathy Flora

Mr. and Mrs. Burnell D. Kraft

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Skeffington

Aramark Corporation

Bob and Connie Givens

Dr. Mark and Janet M. Kuhnke

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Staley

Duane and Joan Adams Avis

Mrs. Robert L. Grissom

Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. LeFevre

Mrs. Henry M. Staley

Beam Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hanna

Mrs. Marilynn A. Madden

Mr. and Mrs. Lucas J. Bills

Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas Harrington

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Marshall

T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving

Mr. and Mrs. Randell S. Blackburn

Dr. Carla Diane Hayden

Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. McIntyre

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Blalock

Mr. Gary L. Hendrickson

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murray

Mr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Borders

Henry M. Staley Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Neff

Gene W. Broadbear and Barbara Walmsley Broadbear

Dr. and Mrs. John T. Hortenstine Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Nims

Jim and Marjy Humphrey

Mr. and Mrs. Norman V. Oberto

Illinois Arts Council

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Peterson

Robert C. and Debra B. Johnston

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Richardson Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. Wendell J. Kelley

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Roth

Elta Turner Cooke Estate of Lyle V. and Katharyn E. DeWitt Mr. Patrick W. Evans

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Mr. and Mrs. Brian Curtis Taylor Estate of Luke Thornton Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Tyrolt U.S. Department of Education Dr. and Mrs. James M. Vascik Marianne Milnes Wattley Michelle H.H. Wong Eric Zollinger

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Lois Adams Lawrence [48] (6) o

Estate of Florence Birks [34] o

Betty Birmingham Moorehead [64] (4) ■ Margaret Gill Parkinson [39] (8)

Caroline Elizabeth Adams Williams [38] (8)

Mary Imogene Isringhausen Gillmore [18]

Eloise Mae Hurtt Williams [20] (6)

David Gene Glasscock [11] John Ernest S. Hale [44] (8)

1929 Estate of Mrs. Robert Russell [45] o

1948

Belva M. Curry Edwards [43] (7)

Michael Edward Waller $6,105.00 | 18 | 30%

Donald Wayne Kaminski [33] (8)

Emily A. Lyons Abbott [45] (7)

Martha Ann Daigh Lansden [39] (6)

M. Joanne Roney Armstrong [59] (7) o

Glen Alice Young Lazier [42]

Martha Ann Carlson Attaway [31]

Mary Virginia Singleton Linder [49] o

Shirley Ann Miller Billings [54] (7)

Russell John Mueller [42]

Lawrence E. Brewer [5]

Harry Chilton Muffley [47] (8)

Merrill C. Cameron Dees [50] (8) s

Jack Elliott Parker [46]

M. Jane Norris Gray [29] (8)

Juanita Rose Peifer Pensinger [22] (8)

Mary Elizabeth Frushour Hill [40] s

Marie T. Alice Rademacher [23] (6)

Joan Purdue Jack [59] (7)

Warren George Reckmeyer [30] (7)

D. Jane Hanke Jahn [31] (8)

Martha Holden Reid Reinhardt [20]

Marilou Christman Shuff [26]

Jay Dee Trimmer [33]

1930

William A. Hickman [2]

Estate of Dolores E. Eshelman Graves [41] o

William Ray McGaughey [53] (5) ● ■ ◆

1932 Virginia Holben Rogers [27] (1) Estate of Dan O. Henry [10] (8) 1933 John F. Regan [26] (8) 1935 A. Pauline Requarth Smith [78] (8) ● o ◆ Estate of Dr. William Requarth [3] 1936 George E. Coutant [37] (6) ¡ Estate of Roberta Beck Henry [7] (8) 1938 Bruce C. Lorton [31] (8) Estate of Janet Alberta Mertz [6] (7)

Claud Thompson [41] (5) Helen Virginia Brown Woare [45] (4) 1944 George W. Ecklund [35] Eileen Josephine Holm Hudgins [15] (6) Mary Ellen Emerick Penneman [17] (8) 1945 Helen Louise Wood Binkley [48] (8) Madeline Adele Sprunger Gidel [45] Rachel Haug Long [39] (8) Mavis Lorraine Breuer Talbot [26] (5) William Eugene Thalman [53] (8) 1946 Mildred Alexander Cave $50,2013.51 | 13 | 29% Marian A. Olson Allen [14] Mildred Alexander Cave [52] (8)

1940

Emily Greenberg Engelhardt [9]

Estate of Joanne M. Baird [1] (5)

Charlotte Catherine Caldwell Frantz [37]

John H. Baird Sr. [49]

James Sherwood Fritz [35] (8)

M. Lois Holcomb Sheehan [28]

Richard Irving Gray [29] (8)

Murl Julius Sickbert Sr. [36] (8)

Marilynn Marie Hatcher Logan [54] (7)

Harry R. Sparks Jr. [6]

Marilyn Jean Markley McLaren [49] (6) Robert Davis Moorehead [58] (1)

1941

Patricia Elizabeth Stitt Ott [40]

Virginia A. Patterson Bersuder [49] (8)

Phyllis Jean Bowen Stiehl

[63] (8) ● ◆

Dorothy A. Allen Coutant [37] (6) ¡ Pauline Elizabeth Ritchie Hessler [38] (8)

1947

Nancy Stookey Hunter [30]

Charlotte Ann Beesley Moorehead $502,695.06 | 13 | 30%

Helen Genevieve Warnack Magill [63] (5)

Shirley Yvonne Lindros Bartee [22]

Waneta Mae Trick Moses [51] (8)

Grant Wilcox Bramel [46] (5)

Julia Alice Tuttle Owen [45] (5)

Norma Janet Brussell Hough [51] (8)

Anne Margaret Harp Peabody [30] (8)

Mary Alice Launtz Lane [61] (8) ●

Robert Allen Penneman [17] (8)

Alice Esther Weidner Logan [29] (8) ◆

Estate of Robert W. Sleeper [1] (1)

Nancy Joan Morarity Michiels [17]

L. Paul Stark [16] (5)

Charlotte Ann Beesley Moorehead [58] (1)

1942

Marshall Junior Pollock [55] (8) ■

Margo Lineback Blades [28] o

Phyllis Jene Robinson Seaman [28]

Charles W. Dunn [35]

Paul Edgar Sobel [56]

George Henry Fathauer [26] (7)

Bette Lou Geneva King [30]

Mary Lou Henson Snelson [30]

William Edward Warren [13]

John Richard Waltrip [58] (5)

Daniel Richard Weiss [41]

John William Weatherford [29] (5)

Betty Louise Zimmerman Whitham [23]

Betty Ann Belshaw Weiss [41]

Ralph Willard Wilcox Jr. [46] (6) ¡

Mary Louise Irish Wilcox [46] (6) ¡

Walter Eugene Winch [58] (8)

Emmy Lee Buchmann Williams [44]

S'Monne Joey Shinneman Elder [46] (8) ●

Naomi Belle Edwards Davis [47] (8)

Willard Irwin Helme [35]

1943

1950 1949

Robert Kenney Murray $348,782.00 | 68 | 35%

Michael Edward Waller $4,600.00 | 32 | 34%

James Ard Alexander [39] (7)

Theodore William Bean [49] (7)

Estate of Arne Edgar Ballew [1] (1)

Jack Elworth Bolen [53] (8)

Barbara Marie Barta [44] (8)

Dona Maxine Morine Burwell [22] (7)

Shirley Marilla Gilman Bennett [26] (7) ¡

Evelyn Rose Timmons Creager [52]

Helen Lenoir McEvoy Blount [1] (6)

Robert Clark Culp [39] (8)

Jane Duby Boyer [15]

James William Curry [13]

Harriet Ina Pope Burgett [28]

Richard Eugene Ferry [53] (7) s

Nick W. Carperos [44]

George Gilbert Gillmore [18]

D. Richard Cole [47]

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Giving Clubs

Contributors

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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1951

Raymond Henry Downey [25]

James Harold Lundquist [21] (7)

Alfred Louis Dammann [20] (6)

James Milton Butts $36,058.05 | 42 | 31%

Arthur Danforth Erickson [5] (5)

JoAnn Delores Bourland Luttrell [52]

Jack Edward Erickson [32]

Mary Louise Murphy McBride [26]

Alfred E. Braun [52] (7) ¡

Charlotte Ann Vandervort Eshelman-Moore [5] o

Doris Ryan McElwee [52] (8) o

Gene William Broadbear [55] (2)

David F. Fathauer [44] (5) ◆

Betty Jane Price Brown [46]

Mary Lou Asbury Fochtmann [52] ◆

Marilyn Eva Winslow Brozio [37] (8)

Nancy Jean Ross Frankland [41] (8)

James Milton Butts [48] (4)

Wilma Joann Brett Gepford [50] (8)

Marnita Kendall Carli [15]

Florence Mae Hagen Heyduck [46] (6) ◆

Charles Frederick Clayton [33] (8)

Beverly Ann Logan Hinton [4]

Victor David Durchholz [25]

Lloyd Dale Kenyon [51]

Barbara Jean Kellington Fitzpatrick [19]

William George Klein [47] (5)

George Bill Fyke [36] (8)

Harry Frederick Lovejoy [22]

Kenneth William Gehrig [56] (8)

Norma Jean Keller Markel [42] (8)

Dorothy Ann Drysdale Gilbertson [39] (8)

Carol Louise Koch McCarty [52] (8)

Jacquelyn Corinne Dunkel Sward [48] (6) ¡

Richard Eugene Horst [36]

John Raymond McDonald [34]

Helen Lou Foster Swiney [25] ¡

Mary Carol Goltra Hubbard [21]

Donald Franklin McIntyre [35] (2)

Eileen Mae Tertocha-Langley [28] (8)

Dean Willis Jacobsen [21] o

Gwen Lou Klitzing North [43]

Daniel R. Weisman [21]

Doris Elaine Koehler Johnson [55] (5)

Caroljean Natalie Zwetschke Peters [51] (8)

Elizabeth Ann Weeks Wharton [17]

Carolyn Ann Frink Dammann [20] (6) Gloria Alice Schweizer Davidson [36] (8) Paul Harrison Davidson [36] (8) Helen Louise Joynt DeWitt [37] (7) Robert Keith Etheridge [23] Donald Knapp Graham [37] (7) Stuart Harvey Green [48] Robert Clyde Hanna [31] (2) Beverly Angell Harper [39] Carolyn Hendrix Hart [31] (8) John A. Hart [33] (8) Julius W. Hegeler II [50] (1) ● Alice Ann McNely Hughes [12] Regina Ann Daws Johnson [51] Richard Earl Jostes [43] (8) Robert Paul Keener [48] Elmer F. Kostenski [24] Alice Aletta Jones Lambrick [40] (8) Wilfred Chen-Sun Ling [50] (6) o Charles Andrew Lugo [38] (8) Larry Donovan McGowan [45] (8) Elizabeth Louise Hamblen McShane [41] Lois Knight Mitchell [48] (8) Ralph Mervin Monts [37] Betty Arlene Bloomquist Mullen [37] (8) Robert Kenney Murray [35] (2) o ■ Julia Lee Hudson Nash [32] (8) ¡ James Henry Norman [27] (6) Jean Cornwell Parker [46] Gwendolyn Ruth Newbould Peiper [38] (5)

Mary Frances Austin [7] ◆

Jo Anne Williams Keener [48] James Gilbert Lester [22] (7) Norma Krenzer Malerich [22] (8) Robert Warren McCarty [52] (8) Walter Franklin Meinert [43] (8) Norma Jean Stone Miller [46] (8) Roger L. Mulholland [39] Charles Arthur Norman [45] (7) ■ Shirley Ann Simcox Parkinson [29] ■ Robert Rix Pensinger [37] (8) Betty Lou Farley Ploeger [7] ● Richard Dean Radasch [19] (8) Frederick Reed [15]

Max Edward Pensinger [22] (8)

Leland Dale Riggins [12]

Robert Eugene Pollard [28] (8)

Reta Heinzelmann Riley [45] (8)

Estate of Herschel W. Pritchett [2] (1)

Robert LeRoy Scherer [35]

James R. Raupp [49]

Richard Eugene Sefton [30] (6)

Robert Lee Rhodes [35]

Marilyn A. Morthland Shroyer [61] (4) ●

Betty Ann Mack Ritscher [24]

Robert Dean Tully [22] (7)

Richard C. Ritscher [24]

Marianne Milnes Wattley [51] (2) o ◆

John Reed Roesler [42] (8)

Nanette Carle Smith Williams [33] (8) ●

Mollie Lee Bence Roesler [42] (8)

Estate of William C. Wombacher [2] (4)

A. Raymond Roth [13] (8) William Lawrence Rotz Jr. [54] (8)

1952

Joan Weilepp Saas [42] (8)

William Jess Swiney $42,283.95 | 38 | 26%

Frances Sadako Hara Sexauer [32] (8) Donald Gene Shroyer [61] (4) ● Mary Helen Penney Smith [6] Joan Marie Uhl Stauder [34] (8) Estate of Luke Thornton [1] (2) Michael J. Venezia [32] Jean Ashemos Vogler [31] Cyril Wadzita [57] (8) ■ Barbara Jeanne Hackman Williams [51] Edward Mattes Woare [45] (4)

66

John William Banks Jr. [22] (8) Eleanor Mae Hawkins Behrend [36] o ◆ Alice Joan Syfert Bird [20] Barbara Ann Walmsley Broadbear [55] (2)

Herbert DuBois Quarles [27] (6) ◆ Peter Joseph Sandknop [26] (8) Roderic Douglas Sward [48] (6) ¡

Nancy Elsa Todd McIntyre [35] (2) Albert Ross Mullen [19] (8) o Donald Lewis Myers [14] (7) ■ Constance Ann Bennett Oakes [40] (8) Carol Francis Pullen [14] R. Dale Richards [23] Sven H. Ruetman [19] (8) Roy Fred Schaub [13] (8) ■ Phyllis Elaine Nelson Schmidt [16] William Frederick Schwesig [43]

Betty Ann Harrington White [53] (8) H. Kirke White [53] (8) Janet Maye Keeler Williams [25]

William Jess Swiney [25] ¡ Richard Alvin Unrath [57] (8)

1954

Irvin Hugo Wangelin [26]

Martha Sue Robinson Grohne $31,919.00 | 45 | 35%

Henry Goff Williams Jr. [51] 1953 James Emmett Fitzgerald $113,170.95 | 49 | 35%

Robert Edwin Anderson [50] (7) Orie Jack Ballion [5] (8) Donald Hugh Brock [43] (8) Patricia Lou Miles Chambliss [15]

Frances Jane Anderson [22]

George Allen Churukian [36] (6) o

Duane Scott Avis [50] (2) o

Frederic John Conville [56] (5)

Joan Louise Adams Avis [50] (2) o

Russell William Davidson [45] (8)

JoAnn Lytle Beggs [34]

Richard Lee Dechert [52] (4) ■ ¡

Richard Louis Beverly [2] o

Marjorie Parker Devore [37]

Dorothy M. Eickhoff Brooker [30]

Virginia Lee Wayne Gehrig [56] (8)

Howard Martin Brown [38]

David L. Gobert [53] (8)

Kenneth Alva Burris Jr. [27]

Rjurik Golubjatnikov [35] (8)

Dolores Ann Glogau Chambers [30] (8)

Martha Sue Robinson Grohne [46] (8)

Mary Frances Prust Damon [19]

Guido Guidotti [20] (8)

Nancy Lee Fisher Eichenauer [54] (4) ● ■ ◆

Marilyn Ruth Blotter Hazenfield [15]

James Lee Fisher [32] (8)

James August Henigman [5] (8)

Patricia Ann Rannebarger Ford [37] (1)

Ben Ramsey Howenstine [58] (8) o

Anne Fowler Foster [20]

Janet Breckenridge James [32] (5)

Jeannine Adair Maxwell Freyling [52]

Nancy Eleanor Bolen James [43] ¡

Billy Joe Heyduck [46] (6) ◆

Richard Uin Lansden [45] (8)

Charlene Jones Houghton [37] (8)

Ronald Martin Lofgren [16]

Charles Edward Irle [11] (8)

Franklin Loucks Jr. [39]

Norma Jean Janes [56] (8)

Barbara June Gregory Mahaffa [48]

Jeanne Lee Fitzgerald Johnson [40] (8)

Donna Mae Schiltz Manuell [14]

Jacqueline Mae Davis Kreker [25] (8)

Nancy Ann Titchenal Mattsey [38]

Jon Atkinson Kreker [25] (8)

Kenneth Earl Merwin [50] o

Edwin F. Kuny [31] (8)

Charles Louis Mueller [28] (7) ■

Edward Herman Chant Jr. [42] (7) ■

James Frederick Lally [35] (8)

Shirley Anne Branom Paterson [45] (8)

Elta LaVerne Turner Cooke [33] (2) o

Nancy Mei-Feng Zi Li [28] (8)

George Morton Prust [51] (5) o

Janet Elaine Wadsworth Deakins [30] (7)

Carolyn Skinner Lofgren [16]

Jo Ann Young Rausch [52] (8)

L. Priscilla Schrag Brown [51] (8) Orville Eugene Brown [46] Robert C. Brozio [37] (8) Jacqueline Anne Traughber Calamello [52] (6)

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Clinton Louis Whitrock [54] (4) ¡

Richard Eugene Chamblin [22] (8) ● s

Louis Edgar Dechant [44]

Bob R. Sefton [56] (6)

Mary Jean Hubbell Word [35] (8)

John Kelly Collins [27] (8)

David Melvin Diehl [4]

Donald Theodore Sesslar [1] (4)

Audra Adele Christner Zumwalt [34] (8)

Carl T. Craft [40] (8) ¡

Charles William Gaw [55] (7)

Gordon W. Short [40] (7)

Carol Dean Cuttill [39] (8)

James Oscar Grace [48] (7)

Nancy Sue Hatch Smith [32] (8)

1956

Carol Mae Zimmer Elder [43] (8) ¡

Mary Ann Colbert Groves [41] ●

Patricia L. Talbert Smith [55] (6) ¡

Donald Lee McCann $19,324.00 | 40 | 28%

Julia Ellen Raffington Erickson [48] (8)

Charleen Marie Heileman Heyduck [46] (8) ¡

Sidney Paulsen Smith [55] (6) ¡ Charles Henry Stats [43] (8) Frank Christ Tyrolt [50] (2) o ■ Leo Vitali [20] (7) ■ Margaret Ellen DeGroot Whitrock [54] (4) ¡ Patricia Deane Wieland [27] (7) o ■ Forest Gale Wikoff Jr. [22] o Joe Mendle Williams Jr. [25] 1955 Franklin Dorian Beaman $20,796.00 | 44 | 30% Judith Augusta Gilman Ambrose [39] (8) Charles Richard Armstrong [21] (8) Jerald Lee Babel [39] (7) Franklin Dorian Beaman [40] o Robert Earl Brame [36] (8) Robert Val Browning [33] Elmer George Buese [49] (8) Marilyn Elizabeth Cole Butler [35] Ellen Lou Scherer Conville [56] (5) Nancy A. Hoglund Davidson [45] (8) Marilyn Elaine Trainer Dechert [52] (4) ■ ¡ s

Mary Lou Deal Anderson [50] (7) Charles Allen Ball [54] (6) Robert Eugene Bloomquist [27] (8) Sharon Lee McFadden Bloomquist [27] (8) Zeal Bonnet Zimmerman Brock [43] (8) Margaret Vivian Carter [49] (8) o Alfred Louis Coen [57] (7) Merry Mirth Cole [36] Laura Ann Lefmann Corbo [21] Richard Allen Cram [38] Eugene Allen Degner [36] (7) Janis Rae Katz DiLullo [18] (8) Sally Durbin Fechner [16] (6) Joseph James Giblin [34] (8) William Douglas Grant [36] (8) Jerry Walker Groves [41] ● Dennis Dale Harrell [11] William Joseph Hawkins [16] Clete Henry Hinton [23] (8) ■ James Dale Howie [23] Donald Gordon Kennedy [41] (7) Helen F. Cox Kersting [9] (6) ◆

Thomas William Ewing [56] (5) Mitzi Jeane Abner Goldstein [36] Joanne Carol Sparks Hantel [59] (7) Carol Harper Hawkins [16] Clarence William Jabusch [20] (6) ◆ Roger Arden James [43] ¡

Paul Leander Heyduck Jr. [46] (8) ¡ Linda Lee Giller Hicks [26] (8) Paul Howe Hunt [53] Jimmey Lee Kaiser [36] (5) Alice Lydia Mueller LeFevre [58] (2) o Nancy Elizabeth Griffin Massaro [48]

Masaru Kameya [36] Marilou Anne Wasem Krzewinski [29] (8) Edward Deyo LeFevre [58] (2) o

William Augustine Morrissey [22] (8) Lola Edith Conley Nelson [6] Lynn Pirtle Partington [47] (8) ¡

Roger Williams Lotchin [27] (5) ■

David John Rathje [32] (1)

Paul Neill McKelvey [33] (8)

David Eugene Rayhill [37] (6) ¡

Drew Barclay Meldahl [38] (8)

Mary Virginia Brookbank Reed [40] (8)

Robert LeRoy Mills [49] (8) Thomas James Naughton [46] (8) Donald L. Petty [47] (8)

Duncan Reid [31] (8) Thomas Arthur Ross [35] (7) Alfred Frank Schroeder [45]

Betsy Branstetter Rude [17]

Gene Allan Scott [13]

George Nicola Salaita [6] (8)

Suzanne Wood Shambaugh [7]

Donald Earl Shuey [26] (8) Rosa Lee Galloway Stevens [40] ◆ James Keele Stillman [38] (7) Marylyn Louise Quigley Welch [50] (8) Kenneth V. Whitsitt [9]

Theodore Jacob Shambaugh [7] Jeanne Elizabeth Littleton Stillman [38] (7) Bill David Stocks [31] (8) Carole Rosalea Knudson Tinsley [44] (7)

J. Eugene Wolanin [13] (8)

John Stanley Wasson [39] (8)

Doris Martin Stephenson Lally [35] (8)

Susan Lee Davidson Werner [31] (7)

Bernard Leroy Evans [25] (8)

Donald Lee McCann [53] (6)

1958

Kathryn Landes Workman [21] (8)

Robert McLean Gentle [46] (6)

Raymond Gale Moore [36] (7)

James Adrian Young [28] (8)

Sandra Sampson Gobert [53] (8)

Mary Colleen Myers [21]

David Eugene Rayhill $549,857.00 | 39 | 27%

Laura Belle Smith Hawkins [43] (8)

Ruby Loretta Smith Pracht [39] (6)

Carlene Fae Stegenga Heiden [46] (8)

Neva Louise Currie Pruess [27] (8)

Barbara An Swisher Holland [49] (6) o

Ruth Irene McDonald Prust [51] (5) o

Verne Carol Borse Kelly [53]

David Eugene Richardson Sr. [61] (2)

Carole Jean Getz Killpatrick [44] (4)

Martha Louise Kopp Sefton [56] (6)

Joseph Emery Killpatrick [44] (4)

Donna Lavern Hiser Stradley [42] (8)

DuWayne Earl Zank [45] (6) ■

David Clinton Allen [26] John Joseph Barnes [15] Miriam Ruth Beyer Bengston [27]

1959

Jan Franklin Branthaver [44] (8)

Jeffrey Cuin Taylor $61,807.90 | 46 | 26%

David Olen Cooprider [16]

William Michael Abene [14] (8)

Margaret Louisa Borchers Cuttill [39] (8)

Jan Wiese Anderson [5]

Sally Jane Henry Kuny [31] (8)

William Bernard Taylor [44] ■

Marlene Sweet Price Lattner [23] (6)

James Dennis Wakeman [44] (8)

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY

Paul Douglas Lattner [23] (6)

Nancy Jean Walker Watson [34] (8)

Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave

John Patrick Magnuson [1] (8)

Barbara Joan Lentz Widicus [53] (8)

Richard Phillip Massaro [48]

Mary Ann Lally Willson [33] (8)

Daniel G. McLaughlin [11] (8)

Marda Dian Hastings Young [31]

Bernadine Glenda Hinton Metzger [45] (8) Shirley Irene Scott Naughton [46] (8)

1957

Jacqueline Grabb Olsen [44] (7)

Edward Deyo LeFevre $27,936.00 | 44 | 30%

Dorothy June Pride [38]

William Edward Adcock [54] (3) o

David L. Pritts [55] (7)

Duane Elmer Beals [20] (5)

Melvin Dale Sheets [32] (8)

Judith Elma Beaman [31] (8) o

Alynda Ann Ryerson Stengel [51]

Barbara Jean Taylor Bechtel [17] (6) ¡

Floyd Richard Stradley [42] (8)

Donald Lawrence Bechtel [17] (6) ¡

Rita L. Rambo Wack [30] (8)

Barbara Ellen Walker Breeding [35] (8) ◆

Mary Joan Kellams Wagner [22]

Wayne Calvin Brei [31] (8) ¡

A. Alliene Hoogestraat West [31]

James Robert Brown [21]

Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Giving Clubs

Contributors

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Q Dean Thomas Austin [10] (8)

Michael Dean Fay [13] (8)

Gary Eugene Maddox [21] ¡

Douglas Odell Nichols [10]

Jo Ann McDonald Boll [36] (6) ¡

John Carl Fink [39] (6)

Frederick Eugene McTaggart [32]

Virginia Nicholson Nichols [10]

Erna Lynne Tripp Bringe [4] o

Richard M. Gill [46] (8) ●

Virgil Dean Merritt [9]

Dennis Albert Noonan [20]

Merle Wayne Chapman [40] (8) ■ s

Delores Jean Hicks Hoover [36]

James C. Myers [7] (8)

Jo Anne Rizzuti Orndorff [26] (5)

J. William Coffey [34] (8)

Judith A. Lumsden Jefferson [23]

Joseph Eugene Orndorff [26] (5)

Roy Allan Osth [38]

Nick Evangelista [27] (8) ■

Herbert Elwood Knutson [23]

Bruce Gilbert Park [37]

Sue Logan Prange [54] (1)

Carol Mae Bardelmeier Ferry [53] (7)

Leslie Irwin Larsen Jr. [21] (8)

Orville Bruce Perry [13] (8)

James Gordon Quiram [28]

Angela V. Davis Grace [44]

Thomas David Layzell [17] (8)

Marilyn Alice Dongoski Peterson [37] (8)

William Rosario Severino [14] (7)

Clifford Frederick Gray [53] (6)

Norman Eugene Lents [7] (7)

Konnie Thornton Pirtle [37]

Barbara Alice Duewer Sirovatka [17] (8)

Ann Geddes Haab [44] (3) o

Edward Louis Mabry [4] (7) ¡

Sandra Pauline Sampson Pryde [28] (8)

Edward George Sirovatka [17] (8)

Larry David Haab [44] (3) o

Barbara Ann Witzeman McCoy [49] (3) ■ ◆

Eleanor Helen Ferguson Ranney [35] (8)

Robert William Smith [32] o

Sandra Sue Smith Reid [31] (8)

Ronald Roy Smith [14] (5)

Patricia Rae Aukland Reilly [22] (8)

Joy Ellen Peterson Stimac [45] (5)

Barbara Jean Zimmer Hazelrigg [45] Richard Hunt Hazelrigg [45] Sandra Kay York Hennegan [43] (8) Lyn Gallion Houston [42] (1) o Shirley Sue Marion Jagger [28] (8) Marian Hope Jenne Johnson [30] James Dean Jolley [32] (7) Mona Ann Slater Kaiser [36] (5) James F. Kettelkamp [45] (4) ● ■ s Joe Milton Koger [32] (8) ■ Mary Esther Brame Koonce [22] Barbara Jo Colburn Link [53] (6) o Phyllis Jo Morris Lotchin [27] (5) ■ Wayne Stanley Martin [53] o John Woods McClarey [36] (6) ◆ Jack Eugene McCoy Sr. [49] (3) ■ ◆ Robert Roscoe Miller [22] (8) Nancy Adele Sturies Nash [17] Dorothy Ann Kelley Ovelgoenner [27]

William Anton Mueller III [48] (8) Joseph Anthony Nies [10] (7) ¡ Carol June Frede Pirtle [37] Mary Jane McKee Potrafka [18] (8) Richard Dean Potrafka [18] (8) John William Prange [54] (1) Jerry Allen Pryde [28] (8) Joseph Cy Rayhill [40] (7) Thomas Fred Richardson [35] (7) James Romano [15] (1) Richard Patrick Ryan [37] (8) Carole Lynn Brooks Schroeder [47] (8) Jeanne Elaine Gross Schwarz [43] (6) Richard Frank Sebok [40] (7) Carol Timm Booker Serre [36] Judith Anne Littleton Slade [47] (4) Richard Scott Warnick [28] (8) Helen Estelle Patrick Wells [31]

Gayanne Newman Petty [47] (8) Dale Lee Scott [47] (7) William Thomas Slade [47] (4)

Shashana Herschler Schaar [61] (8)

James Henry Talbert [9] (6)

Donnell Joseph Schwarz [43] (6)

Donald Arthur Upper [42] (8) ¡

Allen Luther Short [34] (8)

Janet Louise Clough Upper [42] (8) ¡

H. Russell Shulke [45]

Robert Eugene Weber [36] (8)

Judith Ann Heinlein Switzer [48] (8)

George David Wesoloski [37]

Jerry Ray Tobias [27] (6) ●

Madeleine Jean Weber Wright [54] (5) ■

Richard Dale Vlk [17]

Suzanne Michl Wyness [28] (5)

Robert Laverne Watson [16] (8)

Judith Ann Troxell Zumwalt [21] (8)

1962

1963

Mary Werries Gendry $81,258.00 | 57 | 29%

Larry Edward Chapman Michael Edward Waller $89,889.00 | 36 | 17%

Larry Keith Ball [8] ◆ Dana Hallihan Biehler [35] Phillip Beck Blankenburg [27] (1) o David M. Brobst [33] (6) ¡ Elizabeth Ann Shaw Campbell [11] (8) Roderick M. Carlin [25]

1961

Beverly Ann Gulick Carmean [39] (7) ¡

Susan Pepper Lindholm Anderson [43] (8) Kristin Ann Wiedbush Ball [8] ◆ John A. Beadles [4] (6) Lawrence Bentley [29] Mary E. Blumle [15] (8) Joseph James Briscuso [15] (8) ◆

Linda Ann Chapman Arends $117,427.55 | 48 | 29%

Bill Compton [15] (8) ¡ Nancy Colean Henry Dare [14]

Marian Grayce Schneller Briscuso [15] (8) ◆

Jeffrey Cuin Taylor [46] (7) ■

John Paul Ahlenius [37] (8)

Garry Enlow Davis [43] (8)

Robert Eugene Byrkit [43] (8)

Janice Lee Gallatin Toma [35] (8)

Linda Ann Chapman Arends [50] (3) o ¡

Joann Ida Hartke Dennis [48] ¡

Larry Edward Chapman [50] (8) ● ■

Barbara Love Cannon Weaver [34] (8)

Edwin Doyle Belcher [25] (8)

Gerald Domescik [44] (5)

Carolyn Rankin Cowgill [26] (7)

Charles Joseph Weaver Jr. [34] (8)

Barbara Ann Borders Boston [26] (8) ● ■

Alice Ann Dashiell Douthit [31] (7) ¡

Robert John DiPlotti [15] (8)

Janis Kathryn Miller Wendle [38]

Dale Eugene Brown [26] (8) ¡

John Leroy Eaton [30]

James Dean Edwards [39] (8)

H. Willard Wright Jr. [54] (5) ■

Barbara Helen Butler [40] (8)

Maris Diane Behrend Edwards [39] (8)

Ronald Wayne Frystak [17]

George Lawson Clucas [33] (5)

Gerald Clyde Freeman [30] (7)

Carla Ann Harrison [42] (8)

Carolyn Sue Collins [17] (8)

Ruth Dechant Gale [51] (3) o

Nancy Stewart Hindman [32] (7)

Barbara Ann Witzeman McCoy $1,827,436.55 | 42 | 23%

John Robert Comerford [1]

Betty Garrett [33] (8) ¡

Marla Mae Gross Hoffman [19] (8)

Marilyn Louise Mitchell Davis [27]

Robert Louis Gendry [37] (6) ¡

William Bertrand Hopper [26] (4)

Barbara Mary Kern Ahlenius [43] (4)

Barry Henry Devlin [25]

Marylan Zell Hubbard Gorsegner [2]

Gail Ann Knobloch [36] (8) o

Charles Hilmer Ahlenius [43] (4)

James Edward Donahoe [14] (8)

Raymond Peter Harrison [5]

Russell William Koch [6] (6)

Nancy Yvonne Hopper Armstrong [13]

Scott Edward Dowell [1] (7)

Jimmy George Hoffman [19] (8)

Stanley Ernest Lee [46]

Ted Allen Barnes [6] (8) ¡

Leah L. Skadden Fink [39] (6)

Phyllis Jean Thompson Jackson [21]

Marilyn Alice Mullins Maccanelli [25] (8)

Russell Curtis Benson [38] (5)

James Philip Flint [41] (8)

Ryan Edward Jorstad [31] (6) ■ ¡

Karen Marie Berryhill Maddox [21] ¡ s

Terry Lee Black [15]

Mary Catherine Gage Gray [53] (6)

Myung C. Kim [15] (5)

Michael Earl Mains [33] (8)

Bryce Dale Boston [26] (8) ● ■ s

Carol Hadley Grimley [30]

Kay Lynette Gray Lents [38] (8)

Carolyn Ruth Roltgen Minor [42] ¡

Robert Earl Broom [29] (8)

Donna Rae Rosenberg Heider [38] (8)

Frederick J. Luckenbill [16] (7)

Larry Wayne Neuzel [33] ◆

Charles William Burns [47] (8)

Ronald Fay Holler [38] (7)

Ellen Marie Galloway Marvin [41] (8)

Thomas Alton Raduenzel II [35] (8)

Robert Allan Campbell [14] (8)

Lyle Keith Judge [27]

Nancy Ann Dehner Mathews [43] (8)

David B. Reed [7] (8)

Charles George Davelis [45] (8) ●

Carol Sue Kloboucnik Knutson [23]

David Lee Miller [1]

David John Roth [33] (2) ●

Donald Duane Davis [1] (8)

Nancy Jane Nottelmann Koger [32] (8) ■

Sharon Kaye Skidmore Mueller [48] (8)

Jean Ann Mickelson Rowe [45] (8)

Philip R. Durbin [15] (7)

Harold Ivan Lents [38] (8)

J. Stephen Mumma [33] (7)

Charles Donald Scanavino [9] ● ◆

Elizabeth Jane Lord Spires [44] (8) o

1960

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Richard Franklin Stupp [48] (6) ●

1966

Raymond Charles Williams [30] (7) ◆

John David Staedke [37] (8)

Craig Arno Thies [21] (8) ◆

Ronald Melvin Steinberg [2]

Thomas Edward Walden [16] (8)

Robert Maurice Givens $29,047.27 | 44 | 18%

Linda M. Crim Workman [2] (8) ● ◆

John Wells Usborne [28] (8)

Paula Sue Sturgeon Walton [34] (8)

Julia Anne Vernon [39] (7) ◆

Richard Alan Ward [45] (6)

Michael Edward Waller [32] (1) ■

Melvin Dean Williams [9] Dale Allan Workman [2] (8) ● ◆

1964 Stephen William High Patricia Ann Edie High $93,088.77 | 59 | 29% Paul Berry Bilyeu [19] (6) Elsbeth Rose Bormann [6] (8) Gary Kester Bowen [49] (5) Jean Ann Gerber Bowen [49] (5) Sally Ann Blickensderfer Brown [30] (8) Judith G. Keller Campbell [7] Robert Don Carnahan [48] (8) Betty Jane Cordes Chapman [50] (8) ■ s Linda Faye Cassell Davis [43] (8) Suzanne McWhirter Davis [24] (8) Judith Ann Hutton Domescik [44] (5) Barbara Jean Moose Flint [41] (8) Larry Wayne Foster [49] (6) o¡ Beth Emily Gage [28] Richard Dale Gulick [40] (6) Linda Sue Short Hanfland [36] Larry Harold Harris [40] Jane Elizabeth Horaney Harrison [5] Joyce Irma Heidkamp [29] Dan Marshall Herzberger [2] Patricia Ann Edie High [37] (8) o ¡ Stephen William High [37] (8) o ¡ James Leonard Hohenbary Jr. [14] (8) Jerome Cyril Imming [26] Allen Adrian Kaisor [36] (8) Allen Ross Killpatrick [48] (8) Carolyn W. Whitaker Koch [6] (6) Christine Louise Powell Langan [40] (7) Sharon Ann Mattern Leman [40] (8) Sharon Ann Bernardini Lindstrom [11] Nancy Bell McClelland Lynch [32] (7) James Franklin Mason [14] (8) Linda Lee Downs May [44] (8) Rachel E. Mershon [23] David William Miller [32] (8) Mary Agnes Roche Miller [32] (8) Emma Jean Maxwell Moulton [22] (8) Frances Carole Fuller Nicholson [38] Joyce Merlene Wolters Placek [46] (8) Sherill Anderson Qazzaz [5] Sandra Lee Smith Quiram [28] Karen Dee Kelley Reed [7] (8) Beverly Ann Lenz Rickert [2] William Charles Sheppard [40] ¡ Jennette Alvey Simkins [25] Kenneth Dale Spitzer [30] (8)

Gary Lee Workman [48] (1) ■

Nancy Jane Maxwell Wing [42]

Mark Edward Bateman [30] (7)

James Martin Yeakley [27] (6)

Charles David Brown [30] (8)

Christina Gale Kloker Young [33]

Mary Kay Gisolo Burton [26] (8)

Douglas E. Zemke [41] (4) ● s

L. Jean Haher Buttz [11] William Richard Corum [41] (8) ¡

1967

LeRoy Ellsworth Cramer [38] Robert William Deimel [2] (8)

Stephen Andrew Mathias $118,782.38 | 55 | 26%

Marjorie Darlene Heit Harshbarger $25,684.50 | 45 | 19%

Emily Ann Reynolds Dobson [1]

Rolf Edward Anderson [3]

Dennis Jay Downey [29] ● s

John Harris Baird Jr. [30] (8) ●

Diane C. Albert [28]

W. Frank Elston [43] (6)

Glenn Stephen Bohmer [44]

Pamela Marilyn Allen [28] (8)

Christine Ann Hundley Forbes [23]

Sally Jo Holmer Bohmer [44]

John Lawrence Amato [44] (6)

Robert Maurice Givens [24] (2)

Linda J. Smith Brissenden [31]

Gary Lee Anderson [29] (8)

Gary Richard Gregory [29]

James Hader Budde [24] (8)

Karen Faye Lepp Baird [45] (5) s

Jill Lynn Breese Gregory [29]

R. Michael Campbell [31] (1)

Jerri Lynn Bunce Beadles [4] (6)

Richard Dale Hall [13] ■

John Curtis Colvis [8] (8)

James Allan Bohnsack [5] (7)

Melinda Jean Lehman Hardt [31] (8)

Betty Ellen Hansen Culley [25]

James Leslie Brissenden [31]

Linda Carol Zientara Harris [40]

Mary Jenane Brennan Dietrich [22]

George Douglas Browning [30] (7)

Dale Robert Hoffman [7]

William Thomas Dietrich [22]

Barbara Jean Grissom Busch [5] (8)

Edwin McLean Hughes [45] (8)

Michael Fred Eandi [36] (8)

Wendy T. DeVos Carnahan [48] (8)

Robert Eugene Jackels [14] (4) o

Janet Ruth Evans [24] (8) ◆

Deborah Danoff [36]

David Harold Johnston [41] (7)

Sybil Marie Davis Foster [46] ●

Kay Ellen Swartz Devlin [25]

Michael Eugene Jurgens [30] (8) ■

Joseph Donald Fryman Jr. [48] (7)

Michael Edwin Garrett [19]

Barbara Pauline Swanson Kuhns [24] o

Janet Karen Miller Geibel [41]

Sarah Ann Gillogly Garwood [43]

James Leroy McBride [26] (5)

Thomas Walter Gendry [11] (7)

Patricia Ann Downing Miers [27] (5)

Connie Josephine Richeson Givens [24] (2)

James Hamilton Harris [45] (8)

Kenneth Charles Mitchell [2]

Marjorie Darlene Heit Harshbarger [32] (7) s

Doris Kay Fuesting Moazed [14] (8)

1965

Donald Raymond Hayton [22] (8) ■ John Thomas Hortenstine Jr. [36] (2) Alice Joan Talbert Huffman [38] Edwin Henry Kaufman Jr. [47] o Steven A. Livesey [24] (8) Gerald Lee Marietta [7] Samuel Gardner McClugage [40] (7) Lynn Ward McCrary [13]

Beverly Joyce Moore Pettit [9] (8) ◆ Marilyn Jean McCane Schoettle [42] (8) Karen Lee Rubins Sebok [40] (7) Joan Pittman Foulk Sladek [2] (8) Janice Elaine Rubley Thies [21] (8) ◆ Donald Benson Titus [39] (7)

Darla K. Warner Gollings [11] (8) ● Judith Ann Green [25] (7) o Henry Charles Hagen [24] (7) Marilyn Jean Wiegand Hartzog [18] (8) Walter Henry Hoffmann [26] J. Stephen Jarzembski [10] (7) Beverly J. Rinkel Keller [26] Walter Arthur Koch [38] (8) Robert Austin Kuhns [24] o

Elmer Ray Turner [13]

Ruth Ann Smith Lacey [40]

Nike Susan Smyth Whitcomb-McKechnie [34] o

Donald Walter Livesay [22] (6) ◆ ¡

Arlene Truscott Miller [44] (4) Susan Hudson Montague [17] Karen Lee Newcome Neece [33] (8)

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY

Barbara Jean Noren Pelati [36] (8)

Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave

John Marshall Ragsdale [19] Rita Ann Eckert Scanavino [9] ● ◆ Roberta Jane Traxler Schlacter [38] William James Schoettle [42] (8) Carol Joan Scribner [10] (8) Stuart Raymond Sellers [21] (5) Kathleen Matthias Shearer [32] (8) Sharen Sue Talbert [9] (6) Mary Ann Suter Tilton [36] (8) Tim Joe Toney [27] (6) Jane Helene Looft Turner [13] o Lawrence Waggoner [2] (6) ● Sheila Kay Bradley Yanko [33]

Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Giving Clubs

Contributors

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Marjorie Haines Humphrey [41] (2)

Dennis R. Hunniford [12]

John Thomas Manner [23] (4)

George Butler Irish [43] (6)

Patricia G. Ranken Hunter [21] (8)

Ember Eakin Davis [26] ¡

Stephen Andrew Mathias [35] (6) o ■

Lois Elaine Kramer Kelly [18]

Barbara Helen Hughes Janes [32] (6)

Olivia Loretta Davis [37]

Carol Ann Bradish McAllister [21] (8)

Karen Jean Maurer Krows [56] (4) ● o

Michelle Rae Flaherty Johnson [26] (8)

Norma Louise Dystrup Fathauer [44] (5) ◆

John Harper McDaniel [25]

Charles William Lawing [29] (8) ¡

James Richard Keith [24] (8)

Linda Carrol Sullivan Fellows [27] (8)

Mary Jean Bruer McGuire [35]

A. Wood Johnson Locke [9] (8)

Marilyn Elaine Gipson Lashley [7]

Westley Arthur Field [29] (8)

Mary Ellen Mulliken [21] (8)

Dennis John Lohnes [40] (5)

Rosemary Lemanski [19] (8)

Jessie Ann Carr Fyffe [12]

Sharon B. Harrison Nichols [3] (8)

Janet Kay McArthy Malsan [5]

Rebecca Rae Holman Lohnes [40] (5)

Thomas Alden Gleason [27]

Linda Joyce Harper Patton [19] (8)

Camilla Ann Buckley McKinney [10] (8)

John F. Majors [25] (7)

Anna Marie Crum Greenhalgh [16] (5) o

Jay Thomas Peniwell [28] (6)

Nadine Emma Knoll Meyer [1]

Paul Mark Malan [34] ¡

C. Thomas Harrington [23] (2)

Lauren Launer Shaw III [29] (4)

David Bruce Moorehead [26] (8) ●

Susanne Manner [23] (4)

James Harvey Henson [23] (8)

Emilie Sue Monical Shelton [23]

Donna Lynne Wheeler Mormino [27] (8)

Larry Sanford McGee [45] (5)

Carole Ann Carter Hill [30] ●

Sandra Filis Sheppard [40] ¡

Ann Leslie Davidson Peel [36] (6)

Gary Ross Mormino [27] (8)

Larry Michael Hill [41] (6)

Lois Anne Farley Shuford [22] (8)

Terry Robert Peel [36] (6)

Charles Gregory Nahatis [40] (6)

William Lewis Horton [20] (7)

James Timothy Skadden [35]

Frances Ann Coutant Peterson [37] (6)

Edward Ralph Neighbors [8]

Christine Louise Johnson Hughes [17]

Eileen Frances Kreutzer Sleeth [15]

Timothy M. Peterson [42] (2)

Ronald Lee Nickelsen [39] (8)

Kathryn Lynn Beaman Hurst [25] (7) ● o

Lucy Lindsay Smith [32] o

Carol E. Black Phillips [26] (7)

Curtis Lynn Older [23]

Steven Robert Hurst [25] (7) ●

Sheri Louise Wiersma Smith [37] (8)

Allyn Dixon Reilly [17]

Phyllis Ann Westphal Pence [18]

Carol Kay Hopkins Huss [37] (1)

Mary Ann Springer Stark [42] (7) ◆ ¡

Marsha Lynn Derby Reilly [17]

Joe Roger Petty [12] (8) ●

Brigitta U. Kapp [6] (8)

Patrick Eugene Stark [42] (7) ◆¡

Kerry Alan Richmond [36] (8)

Dale Wayne Pinkley [7]

Michael James Karasis [5] o

Dail L. Stutsman [29]

Dwight William Ridgley [42] (5) o

L. Sue Hawk Ridgley [42] (5) o s

Richard Paul Kleinfeldt [29] (6) ◆

Beverly Irene Gindler Turner [25] (8)

Mildred L. Maly Saathoff [33] (6)

Jamie Louise Lisle Robe [22] (8)

James Robert Kramer [38] (8)

Mary Helen Winters Turner [13] s

Stephen B. Saathoff [33] (6)

Beverly Ruth Brown Warner [46] (8)

Cathy Jo Martin Schley [26] ■

Charlotte Dorothea Rickleff Saponas [15] (7)

Frank Anthony Werstein [5]

William Corydon Shaffer [41] (8)

M. Ann Pearse Williams [30] (7) ◆

James William Short [29] (8) Linda Sue Baker Short [29] (8) Robert Alton Spaulding [23]

1968 Karen Jean Maurer Krows $195,870.00 | 69 | 25%

Letitia Ann Koepke Spelbring [43] (6)

Lynn Carol Canny Alfers [20] (8) ◆

Steven Linley Swarthout [45] (6) ■

Phillip Douglas Alward [10] (5) ●

Linda Louise Clark Theobald [35]

Pamela Kay Barclay [6]

Lynn Anne Molling Titus [39] (7)

Pauline J. Shaw Bayne [26] (8)

James B. Weilepp [30] (7)

Michael Clinton Brilley [17] (6)

Sharon Ann Liston Yeakley [27] (6)

Bonnie Lee Alt Stryker [31] (8)

M. Susan Ires Campbell [31] (1) Marilyn Alice Thielsen Canon [11] (8) Edward Earl Cave III [37] (8)

1969

Gretchen Ann Greider Schade [20] (8) Sally R. Storms Schaefer [30] (7) ● ◆ ¡ Douglas H. Schuemann [24] (8) David Paul Seifert [2] (8) Mary Lou Doehring Shea [13] Robert Jay Stiehl [43] ◆ Sharon Virginia Stone [3] (8) Susan Jane Reid Stonesypher [15] (8) John Diehl Swayze [13] (8) Marilyn Lee Eilers Tashakkor [25] Dale Eugene Theobald [35] Michael Ernest Tufts [38] (7) Carol Ruth Manock Tullis [21] Kellun Jo Turner [21]

Carlton B. Cummings [3] (7) ¡

Mary Jane Overbay Linton [34] (6) ● o s Elizabeth Jean Currie Mason [15] (8) Marilyn R. McClain [8] Martha Ann McClelland [13] (6) Joanne Abell Moorehead [26] (8) ● Danny Neal Morris [8] Kendra Clarwinn Otwell Newland [29] Michael Gary Newland [29] David Ward Nordstrom [24] (8) Leslie Muriel Kot Noyes [6] (7) Cynthia Ann McIlwain Petty [12] (8) ● Charles Alexander Platt Jr. [25] (7) Joseph Hanan Rieber [8] David Lawrence Rogers [39] o C. Joan Rothfuss [34] (2) o Bruce Zink Sanders [42] (5)

David Lynn Coen [30] (5)

L. Sue Hawk Ridgley $20,180.08 | 61 | 19%

Paula Jean Koyak Cordts [30] (5)

Martha Sue Petersen Anderson [29] (8)

Thomas Marshall Cordts [30] (5)

Frank Charles Baldwin [42] (8)

David Michael Coventry [34] (8)

George Hursey Carnall [38] (8)

Cheryl Elizabeth Gary Currie [31]

Sandra Lynn Attig Colvis [8] (8)

Dianne Marie Hamilton DeVore [16] ●

Anthony Alan Cork [37]

Anne Elizabeth Heinle Edsall [37] (1)

Mary Ann Chomiak Corum [41] (8) ¡

Bruce Zink Sanders Martha Jane Haupt Sanders $279,064.93 | 66 | 22%

Rose Ann Elzy Elston [43] (6)

John Steele Day [46] (6)

John Edward Albers [38] (8)

Dale Everett Slagel [34] (8)

Daniel W. Farrell Jr. [30]

Judy Kay Lederbrand Day [46] (6)

John Joseph Bingham [11] ◆

John Cortland Stuart [22]

Lois Browning Feider [36] (8)

Paul Joseph Dudiak [2] (8)

Linda Ater Bookwalter [6]

Barbara Ann Traxler Tester [32] ●

Harry C. Futrell [5] (8)

David Joseph Duez [29] (8)

Joan Elithe Warren Borders [17] (2)

Linda Rae Hegstad Walker [37]

David C. Geibel [41]

Dale Allan Dykstra [8] (8)

Joe Arlen Browning [21] o

Phyllis Irene Warkentin [22] (5) ●

James Ronan Gollings [11] (8) ●

George E. French [37] (7)

Helen Frances Vass Burke [40] (8)

Tamra DeVault Winters [22] (8)

Connie Lee Custis Hahn [36]

James Frederick Greenawalt [13] (8)

Caroline Kanakis Burton [15] (8)

Mary Hancock Wirch [10] (8) ◆

Thomas William Hill [30] ●

Mary Ann Maierhofer Handley [3]

Carolyn Jean Bartley Butler [42] (7) o

Judy Lynn Yeager [33] (8)

Lana Sue Towell Horton [20] (7)

William Denby Heinz [36] (7)

Janet Sue Spaulding Carnall [38] (8)

Selma G. Horton [42]

Timothy Stapleton Hershey [10] (6)

Carol Helen Fitch Collins [27] (8)

D. Mark Huddleston [18]

Janet Louise Hoppe Hiser [45]

Anthony James Comerota [32] (5)

James Elmer Humphrey [41] (2)

Sunny Elwin Hull [14] (4)

Jack Leon Coventry [16]

70

Mary Lou Zucco Wortman [26] ● s Edward James Wunderlich [37] (7) Kathleen White Wynn [32] 1970

Martha Jane Haupt Sanders [42] (5) Dennis Raymond Schley [26] ■ Gregory Lee Schreiner [33] John Ray Scrimpsher [4] (8) Linda Selsor [24] (8) o Dan K. Shappard [17] Mary Louise Chao Shoemaker [27]

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1972

Cathy Ann Huffington Smithson [22]

Terry M. Jayroe [35] (7)

L. Ann Fisher Austin Daniel William Austin $43,603.20 | 53 | 19%

Bruce Nims John Thomas Adney $41,190.00 | 67 | 18%

Christina Kit Henson Sponsler [20]

Linda Lee Gardner Kirn [20]

Daniel William Austin [35] (5) ●

John Thomas Adney [38] (2) ● o

L. Ann Fisher Austin [35] (5) ●

Martha Jane Raber Alford [23] ¡

Geoffrey August Axt [17]

Linda Marion Anders [11] (8)

Ruth Ann Brown Axt [17]

Mary Carr Donaldson Anderson [20] (8) ¡

Cheryl Lynn Parson Beckner [24] (8)

Roseanne Lucille Apyan [19] (8) ¡

Frederic Thomas Bockmann [28] (5) o

Carol Ann Bailey Barnes [6] (8) ● ¡

Sue Ann Duff Bockmann [28] (5) o

James Leonard Belman [25] (8)

Stephen Michael Buha [20] (6) ■

Bruce Edwin Beverly [2] (8) ◆

Bryden Keith Carnahan [32] (5) ● o

Alan Norman Brown [31]

Joyce Camille Mann Craig [1]

Ellery Brown [17] (6)

Harlan Dressler Geiser [26] ◆

Vicki Angia Williamson Carius [7]

Brian Ray Green [16] (8)

Linda Christine Crocker Cave [37] (8)

Pamela Ann Lockart Green [16] (8)

Martha Lynne Heck Stiehl [14] (8)

Richard Michael Knox [17]

Joanna Stuhrenberg Stuart [22]

David Lee Logan [2] (8) ●

Jon Rex Switzer [48] (8)

Sally Pottle Mathieson [24] ¡

Lloyd George Thompson [2]

Delos Dean Messinger [17] (5)

Jean Marie Nees Tulin [5] (8)

Fred Louis Miller [3] (8)

Frances Fraser Weisman [35]

Janet Louise Bosak Munz [38] (7) ¡

Cassandra Lou Pollard Welch [15] (8) ¡

Thomas Conrad Munz [38] (7) ¡

Donald Lee Wolford [42] (8)

Timothy Michael Murphy [28]

Mary Louise Covert Yakes [35] (8)

Glenn Eugene Nickleski [16] (8)

Stuart Arthur Yakes [35] (8)

Karen L. Ribordy Nims [35] (2) Francys Anita Cross Norton [8] (8)

1973

Georgianne Parrish Oman [9] (7) M. Curtis Petty [18] (8)

Mark Hill Chamberlin [13]

Janet Louise Bosak Munz Thomas Conrad Munz $36,582.00 | 61 | 18%

Frederick Allan Haddad [8] o

Cynthia Diane Rentfro Cheviron [7]

Audrey D. Baker [28]

Christine Ann Mauterer Pogue [28] Edward George Porter [10] (8) Sonja Ann Kerr Reece [11]

Dennis Ray Hamilton [27] (7)

Sara Diane Lohr Coen [30] (5)

Laurie Beth Finney Beard [36] (7)

David Alan Jones [22] (6)

Jerald James Cross [34] (6) ¡

Marshall James Beard [37] (7)

David Wayne Kanervo [33] (7)

Mitzi Floy Massey Dare [34]

Darol Jean Ferneau Belman [25] (8)

William Karl Keip [25] (8)

James Mason Davidson [17] (7)

Danelle Bradford [30] (7) ■

Bradford Alan Kickle [7] (8) ●

Gary Steven Eckstein [18] (8) ■

Marilyn Kay Quick Brown [31]

Shirley Ann Huch Kraft [41] (2) o

Jeanine Mary Genter Field [29] (8)

Lucinda Ellen Bumber Burke [24] (8)

Kathy Kay Kaufman Kramer [38] (8)

Paula Gene Walton Garrott [32] (8)

Patrick Reed Burke [24] (8)

Richard Irvin Leach [1] (8)

Kathleen S. Daschler Gholson [32] (5)

Elaine Suzanne Chapman [26] (8)

Fred Kyle Lehning [12] (8) ◆

Joseph F. Gill [37] (8)

Peter Van Churukian [28] ◆

John Ray Lograsso [33] (7)

William Warren Graham [22] (8)

James Eugene Cordts [12]

Judy Lynne Galloway Malan [34] ¡

Timothy Gene Henry [13] (7) ■

Richard Alan Davis [27] (8)

Janet Ruth Quick Mansfield [16]

C. Kimm Hollis [14] (3) o

Millard Scott Everhart [23] (7)

Linda Lorraine Booth Marshall [9] (7)

Carrol Lee Hubbard [4]

John Allan Fluss [27] (6)

Carole Ann Noland McClarey [36] (6) ◆

Janice F. Mintel Jack [21] (5)

Paul J. Foster [6]

John R. Mitchell Jr. [18] (8)

Randy Darryl Jackson [2]

Dan J. Gholson [32] (5)

David Ray Morgret [24] (7)

Robert Floyd Jamison [24] (6) ◆

Evelyn Rosalie Coen Gill [37] (8)

David Griffith Morrow [11] ◆

Kristina Maria Hoyert Kaetzer [1] ¡

Robert Ashton Glenn [13]

Rosemary Munton-Evans [6] (8)

Mary Ann Ladic Koucky [37] (8)

Carin Sutherd Harner Grady [23] (7) ●

Sue Ann Pilling Michael Edward Waller $62,052.00 | 64 | 19%

Maryalice Phillips Nelson [4]

Mary Anne Simpson Logan [2] (8) ●

James John Grady [23] (7) ●

Mark Richard Allen [28] (5)

Elizabeth Louise Moore O'Meara [1]

Randall LeRoy Martz [37]

Robert Louis Guenther [24]

Gayle Helene Murphy Anholt [2] (8)

Thomas Frank Payton [29] (8)

Carole Ann Medal [15] (8)

Linda Sue Alexander Hanson [9]

Ronald Charles Austin [26]

Mary Ann Reed [1]

Bonnie Lynn Kessinger Metcalf [18]

Earl Andrew Harner III [16] ◆

Gail Anne Roberts Banek [13]

Alma Beatrice Hunt Ritter [42] (8)

Nancy Jane Hill Mitchell [4]

Linda Lou Helman Rouse [22] ◆

Nancy Lois Kurtz Mohn [20] (8)

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Richard P. Rouse [22] ◆

Robert Calvin Moore II [32] ●

Phillip H. Schaefer [30] (7) ● ◆ ¡

Sue Jane Hill Moore [32] ●

Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave

Barbara Boston Shearer [22] (3)

Mark Alan Neville [35] (7) s

Joseph Edward Siemer [31] (6)

Bruce Nims [35] (2) s

Patricia Ann Gamble Siemer [31] (6)

Peggy L. Doyle Ostermeier [7]

James Bowen Stiehl [14] (8)

Kathleen Ann Morris Pessin [1] ● ◆

Sidney Parker Stone [1]

Janice Lea Channels Pierce [28]

Michael Joseph Surak [29] (6)

David Thomas Ping [27]

Donald Jeffry Voigt [8]

Leslie Helen Bain Randle [31] (7) ¡

David George Weber [34] (8)

Robert William Randle [31] (7) ¡

Elizabeth Church Gerlach Weber [34] (8)

Nancy Joanne Snyder Rucker [20] (8)

Laurie J. Andropolis Whitman [3]

Mary Elizabeth Schruben [18] (8)

Robert Joseph Zaruba [28]

Douglas Paul Simler [26] Richard Rathmann Smith [10] (8) ■ Stephen Lynn Smith [16] ● ■

Stephen Charles Rice [19] (8) Janet Elizabeth Perkins Rund [16] (8) ● Robert Edward Stallworth [27] (7) Keith Linus Stoner [16] (7) s James Michael Vascik [18] (2) Marilee Elizabeth Brooks Vear [3] ● Karen Marie Godier Vehrs [36] Dennis James Weller [23] (8) John Sayre Wells [24] ¡ Gene Edward Wiggs [24] (4) Patricia Helen McCormick Winn [18] Mary Kathryn Peter Witlock [27] ◆ Tracey Ann Schaub Wolfer [22] 1974

Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Giving Clubs

Contributors

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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1975

1976

Blake Paul Frodin [27] (8)

Gary Keith Berns [9]

Jeffrey S. Black $2,621,041.79 | 61 | 20%

Alan D. Colby Jr. Stephen Eugene Schepper $28,124.00 | 45 | 15%

Sheryl Lynette Cummins Frye [25]

Lyndsey Anne Warner Birky [23] Randell Stephen Blackburn [31] (2) Noel Champoux Brennan [20] Cynthia Sue Brown [22] Michael Reed Canty [29] (7) Jeffrey Alan Clemens [11] (8) Charles Roy Clinard [1] (8) ◆ David William Coverstone [29] (8) Kenneth R. Davis [35] (7) o Dorothy Naomi Day [18] (8) Gary Robert Deitelhoff [22] (8) Linda Marie Herbst DeMarco [15] (8) Wayne Francis DeMarco [15] (8) Carlton J. Doctor [15] (8) Alan Lee Dumbris [32] (8) Beatrice Lucille Wilson Fisher [20] (8) Katherine Louise Smetts Fueger [21] ● John William Harris [27] (8) Gary Lynn Hendrickson [21] (2) Evelyn Violet Kimpel Kelley [35] (2) o Valerie J. Harding Kowalski [11] (8) Robert Warren Larson [28] (6) Nancy A. Brugioni Machens [13] Carol Elizabeth Attig McConnell [28] David Lynn McGee [20] (8) Robert Henry Menke Jr. [28] (8) ● Patricia Ann Ray Messinger [17] (5) Mary L. Mitchell Miller [26] J. Scott Moore [22] (6) Norman Virgil Oberto [19] (2) Deborah Joyce Moore Olsen [35] (7) ¡ William Christian Olsen [35] (7) ¡ Nancy Alison Soukup Peterson [28] (8) Sue Ann Pilling [38] (6) ● o James Mathew Ralston [23] (8) Linda Ann Gunning Ralston [23] (8) Karen Sue Rumgay Rotondi [11] (7) ◆ Thomas Rotondi Jr. [11] (7) ◆ Bonnie Darlene Rubin [8] Cynthia Louise Whiteman Ruszkowski [31] (8) William E. Ryan [8] (7) L. Neil Sallee [17] James Zeller Schwarz [21] (7) Sidney Elizabeth Shellabarger Shonkwiler [30]

Douglas Stuart Beach [6] (7) ● ◆ Kathryn Marie Lake Bernard [22] (5) Nanci Anne Zatt Bjorling [27] Jeffrey S. Black [29] (4) Eric George Bremer [9] (6) Deborah E. Cannon [2] (6) Mary Kathryn Heck Clinard [1] (8) ◆ Mark Wayne Coppenbarger [18] (7) Sally Ruth Kohl Correll [20] Sally Ann Douglass Deibert [9] Susan Powell Blair Farris [18] Thomas Michael Ferriell [8] Timothy Kent Gustin [18] (8) Debra Jo Curfman Harner [16] ◆ Thomas Louisiana Henricks [11] (6) Joyce Ann Hill [2] (7) Phyllis G. Dietrich Hunt [24] (5) ¡ Patricia Senn O'Donnell Knotek [26] H. Bruce LaRowe [30] (6) Elizabeth Anne Ebert Laughlin [38] (5) ● Jean Louise Marchiando Lauzon [25] (8) Gary Eugene Maaks [13] Patricia June Bukowski May [6] (6) ¡ Patrick Brian McCullough [11] (8) Paul Michael Metcalf [23] Alice Priscilla Elder Miller [18] Emmy Lou Adrian Moore [22] (6) William Orrin Morrison Jr. [23] (8) Douglas Ray Oberhelman [17] (1) Lori Jean Gould Oberto [19] (2) Pamela Jean Hickman O'Connor [32] (8) Teri Anne Johnson Oja [13] Randall Brent Parson [11] (8) Dennis Edward Rademaker [29] (8) ■ Kerry Anne McGregor Rademaker [29] (8) ■ Annette D. Benner Reichart [1] (8) Norma Gail Morrow Reiman [27] Austin Benjamin Rund [16] (8) ● Kristin Armine Sewell Sager [23]

Robert Stephen Black [25] (8) Carol Marie Trolia Condon [13] o Lisa Christianne Stewart Cope [20] (7) ¡ James W. Coulter Jr. [22] (8) David Harden Doyle [12] (8) William Ward Durrett [3] Barbara Jean Ehling [12] (8) ◆ David James Ferre [32] (2) ● Jeffrey LeRoy Fessler [31] (7) James William Finn [15] (6) o s Andrew Harold Haber [21] (8) ◆ Diane Phyllis Dammeier Hayward [20] Annette Binkley Heim [20] Karen Lynn McAlister Hill [14] (8) Gregory J. Jachino [2] (8) Donald Eugene Jack [21] (5) Teresia Sue Johnson [2] Eric Weber Kruzan [6] (8) David Lewis Marshall [1] (6) ¡ Nancy Sawrey McCoskey [27] (8) Diane Ross Henderson McCullough [11] (8) Mary Constance Strine Miller [32] (7) ● Bryan Mitchell [29]

Lynn Ellen Morford Theobald [22]

Jane Elizabeth Norton Sumrall [32] (8)

Jennifer Lee Lenz Thominet [24] (8)

Susan Lee Suria [24] (8)

Deborah Lyn Nyberg Ulmer [6]

Nellie Snyder Templin [25] (8)

Deborah Goodrich Weller [23] (8)

Garry William Vosahlik [23]

Thomas Andrew West [32] (8)

Michael Kent Woods [7] (6) ■ ¡

Judith Gail Whitaker Wise [11] (8)

Marjean Kathleen Kelley Yagen [8]

Deborrah Jean Miller Wray [22] (6) s Annette Wyckoff [9]

Carol L. Brehm Hood [23] (8) s Scott J. Kaminski [19] (8) ● Andy H. Knotek [26] Mark Kuhnke [24] (2) Thomas Edward Little [5] ¡ Mark Gregory Matlock [8] (6) ● Marilyn S. Leffelman Morrison [23] (8) Roy B. Mosser Jr. [20] (8) Mark S. Ridlen [24] (5) Rodger Lee Sager [23] Joan Adair Martin Schrag [25] (8) Robert J. Skanse [1] (8) ◆ ¡ Karen L. Baumgarten Thies [8] Sara Ann Holmes Thorne [19] Tanya L. Selby Wheeler [7] (8) Dale G. Wills [18] (6) David Leroy Wiss [6] (7) Julia Quick Wolf [18] (8) ¡ Ellen Radcliffe Woods [7] (6) ■ ¡ 1978

Benedict Joseph Beck [24] (8)

Lisa Ann Heneghan Pinkham [23]

Mary Aileen O'Hara Beck [24] (8)

Paul D. Potter [27] (8)

Robert Harold Behrend Jr. [31] (6)

Paul R. Rosteck Jr. [25] (6) o

Patricia Jean Heywood Black [25] (8)

Janet Torline Sickbert [28]

Bonnie Fraggos Bock [6]

Sidney Talbert Smith [22] (5)

Ann Catherine Mansfield Carr [35] (5)

Ann Lynette Hartweg Terry [23]

William A. Cope [20] (7) ¡

Steven Randall Thorne [19] ◆

Diane Carol Williams Dunn [26] (8) ¡

Brian Doud Watkins [17] (5)

Janet Marie Ernst [27] (4) ¡

Vicki Lynn Davidson Whitted [1] (8) ● ■

Gregory James Finigan [11] ■

Stephen Louis Wittmer [27] (8)

Scott Dunning Flora [20] (2)

Joseph Blaine Wolfe [5] (8) ◆ ¡

Sara Jean Miner Franklin [25] (5) ¡ Frances Annette Coduti Geier [1] (5)

Jennifer C. Friday $31,497.95 | 37 | 10%

Otis L. Taylor [19]

Nancy Jean Walpole Hogan [13]

Amy Anne Bucher Pease [20]

Frances Elizabeth Sperry [11]

Kathleen Ann Campbell Stevenson [31]

Karen Sue Skowronski Harlin [14]

Janet Marie Ernst $66,660.25 | 49 | 14%

1977

Malcolm Jerome Sweet Jr. [34] (8)

Phillip Lynn Gillen [16] (8)

Marion Louise Johnson Molnar [21] (8)

Robert Charles Smith [26] (5) Duane Howard Swank [29]

Paul A. Germano [29] ◆ s

Steven F. McNulty [33] (5)

Susan G. Bennyhoff Skeffington [20] (2) ●

Robert David Sindelar [7] (8)

72

Debra Jeannette McDonald Bagley [1]

Robert David Geier [1] (5)

Cheryl S. Krell Bradt Gewing [22] Kent Raymond Hamilton [31] (8) Norman Allen Hoback [33] (5)

Richard H. Bergman [13]

John Edward Hoots [9] (5)

Angela R. Ward Brockley [28] ¡

Susan E. Weakley Johnson [3]

Gary J. Cook [13] ■

Iva Jean Johnson Jones [4]

Gayle A. Milligan Cordes [23] (8) o

J. Mark Kincaid [34] (8)

Kerry L. Black DeAngelis [23] (4)

Vicki L. Lee [16]

James W. Dunnan [5] (5)

Gary Lynn Libell [21] (7)

Susan Dianne Etherton Dunnan [5] (5)

Kathy Ann Littrell [1]

Anita L. Eckhardt [9]

Mark R. Livasy [6] (8) ¡

Christie Lynn Etling [34] (8)

Michael Jon McCracken [13] (6) ¡

William B. Franklin [25] (5) ¡

Robyn Lynn Steagall McCracken [13] (6) ¡

Jennifer C. Friday [25] (5) o

Cathy Ann Mulholland McFadin [28] ¡

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1980

John P. Fleming [5] (8)

Terese Ann Jacobson Carman [12] (8)

Scott Alan Moninger [13] (8) ◆

Leslie McLean Hellemann Leah Huhnke Hellemann $22,415.12 | 39 | 11%

Shirley Kaye Hanstein Heisser [22]

Sally Annette Smith Cummins [12]

Craig P. Ingold [17] (6)

Jean Burns Simpson Dixon [9] (6)

Susan Rae Boroian Moninger [13] (8) ◆ James Ralph Neff [28] (2) ● ■ Tracy Ann Simpson Perrings [14] Richard Grant Piper [15] (8) Janet Corrine Moore Rayburn [22] (8) ¡ Randall W. Rentfro [30] (3) s Joyce A. Drummer Robinson [32] (8) Matthew Paul Rottman [21] Debra Lynn Helmkamp Stauffacher [11] Robert Louis Steinkamp [13] (6) Danette M. Cilibraise Stout [13] (8) Natalie Dee Levy Sweet [35] (7) Kathy Gardner Thomforde [32] (8) James A. Thommes [1] (6) ◆ 1979 Lee Willus Morgan $120,996.85 | 38 | 11% Sally Ann Whitley Andreas [17] (1) ● Angela Christine Beck [24] (8) ■ Tony L. Beckett [4] (8) Michael M. Bourisaw [2] (7) Mikel Sterling Briggs [27] (4) ● Robert S. Cahill [3] (8) Craig A. Calas [28] (8) Thomas A. Connors [18] (5) Kimberly Ann Davis [18] Anne Harris Sherrill Deary [24] (5) ● ¡ Norman O. L. Deets [29] (6) ■ Rick Alan Edwards [25] Brice Adams Elliott [8] (8) Martin John Franek [32] (5) William R. Friend [3] Thomas J. Ginter [14] Gregory Griffin [17] (6) Debra Jean Hampton [1] Jeffrey Keith Harris [16] Robert James Hayward III [20] James Lindsey Heinzel [8] o Patricia Ann Coleman Jackson [7] (8)

Mike J. Aukamp [2] (8) Steven Allen Bates [24] (6) Gerard A. Bernard [22] (5) Karen Aleen Shirley Buck [12] (6) Linda Flentje Crews [30] ● Cynthia Elizabeth Warner Crowell [8] (8) Kevin Craig Deary [24] (5) ● ¡ Marti Lynn Haines Deets [29] (6) ■ Lee Harold Eichenauer [4] (4) ● ■ Jonathan Louis Ferguson [13] (6) Pamela J. Gerhardt Ferguson [13] (6) Leah Huhnke Hellemann [14] (5) Leslie McLean Hellemann [14] (5) Shelly Schaefer Hinck [7] (8) Heather Ann Reid Hoback [33] (5) James V. Howard [6] (8) Bert Ernest Kooi [2] Timothy N. Malavolti [6] Catherine Ann Etling Mitchell [29] Steven Craig Mosier [15] (7) Gina Lynn White Ore [1] ◆ Kaye Ann Dillon Pearson [27] ¡ David W. Peters [12] (8)

John K. Strine [20] (8) Daniel William Walker [2] ● Michael P. Walsh [27] (6) Kevin David Weikart [10] (5) Richard Allen Zehnacker [17] (8) Robert G. Zimmerman [13] (5)

Douglas Stewart Elliott [14] (8)

David W. Kupish [17]

Mary E. Keller Falzone [2] (8)

Steve Duane Lake [3] (8)

Cynthia Marie Hogan Fitzgerald [17] ■

Charles W. LeHew [12] (6)

Betina M. Diaz-Pons Fleming [5] (8)

Ellen Jean Winchell Miller [28] ● ¡

Mary E. Fowler [22] (8) ◆

Cindy D. Nobbe Nail [10] ●

Elizabeth Ann Livesay Fry [16] (8) ¡

Gary A. Riggs [23]

Gregory D. Halford [10]

Joyce Luise Seckendorf [16]

Suzanne C. Lemmermann Hough [10] (6)

Kathleen Marie Smith [16] (8)

Susan Marie Kiefer-Griffin [21] (8)

Nancy P. Adrian Smith [14] (8) ¡

Kevin Ray Krows [12] (8) ■ ¡

Gordon William Stengel [25] (7)

Kurt Kuhnke [10]

Kerry Gay Kettelkamp Stengel [25] (7)

Michael John Ludwig [8] (8)

Susan Kay Kaminke Stern [22]

John Kelly McDonagh [26]

Susan Mary Polcyn Stevens [18] (5)

Roy Robert McNaughton [4] ● ◆

Brian Dennis Stine [2] (8)

Mary Alice Adrian Nunlist [22] (7)

Cheryl A. Lapham Ward [19]

Kent Russell Olson [28] (6)

Carl Lee Wiggs [5] (8)

Susan D. Junge Dial Peters [12] (8) s

Tony A. Wilkins [3]

Mary Ann Ernst Pollard [10] (8) s

John Woolridge [2] (8)

H. Robert Sanders [2] (8) ■

Robert L. Wysong [13] (6) ¡

Diane Gay Nagy Schermer [30] (8) Rick D. Simms [5] (5) ●

Susan Marie Kiefer-Griffin $18,669.12 | 42 | 13%

James Clark Schock [22] (7) ■ Julie Ann Scott [25] (8) Gary Lee Simms [4] (5) Gwen Ellyn Klein Skanse [1] (8) ◆ ¡ Timothy Allen Sparks [17] (8) ■ Scott Thomas Stevens [18] (5) Sharon Jane Swan [31] (6) o ■ Sandra Jean Fendley Theriault [15] (8) Martin G. Van Kanegan [22] (7) Laura Lee Harris Walker [2] ●

Susan Mae Pogue Syrcle [34] Alan M. Taylor [17] (8) Nola Rae Thompson Wilkinson [16] ● ¡

John Kevin Althoff [16] ● ■ Kimberly D. Ballog Aukamp [2] (8) John Blakeman [1] ●

1983

Margaret Ellen Drew Bono [19] (8)

Nicholas William Smith $51,370.99 | 41 | 14%

John Patrick Borders [17] (2)

Susan Elaine Pearman Arp [10] ●

David Edward Boyer [12] (6)

Dee Lyn Batty Balensiefen [24] (8)

Karen L. Wolfer Brown [13] (8)

Jonathan W. Barkley [8] ■ ◆

Rebecca Sue McCabe Bruckert [9] (8)

Douglas Sprague Basler [30] (1) ◆

Jay Walter Carman [12] (8)

Lisa Michelle Bierman [18] (8) ◆

Karla Jean Brady Wilhelm [32] (8) James Edward Wrigley [5] (7) ●

Ellen Jean Winchell Miller $9,006.13 | 40 | 13%

David W. Pistorius [2] (5) ■

Gregory Earl Eichelberger [23] (5)

Linda M. Boyd Karch [10]

Annette Marie Russo [6] (8) s

1981

Janet Kay Weinrich Paterson [30] (5)

Marti Louise Meyer Johnson [13]

1982

Gretchen Ann Lienhop [19] (8)

Leonard Carr Owens Jr. [26] (5) ¡

Susan Pochert Nesmith Dudek [18]

William Michael Reif [10] (8)

John Kapovich Jr. [13] (6)

Lee Willus Morgan [31] (5) ¡

Jo Alice Harner Dobbs [4] (8) ¡

Arthur U. Johnson [13]

Cynthia Diana Reed [34]

Carol F. Josefson [31] (5) ●

Kay Lynette Dees Mason [23] (8)

Gary Lynn Jackson [23] (6) ■

Linda Sue Allison [14] (5) Rebecca Lynn Bowers Bailey [13] Elizabeth Jones Bartimus [3] ◆ Angela Joy Dinatale Bates [24] (6) Stephen Gale Bishop [1] Ann Marie Fisherkeller Borders [12] s Sharon Elizabeth Strawniak Boyer [12] (6) Terry Ivan Bruckert [9] (8) Victoria Suzanne Yedinak Dose [13] Paula L. Goga Eppenstein [13] Meghan Mary Flannery [18] (6)

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Giving Clubs

Contributors

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Tina Leanne Rodmaker McElroy [1] ● ■

Edwin Gene Walker [16] (8) s

Paula Ann Jacobs Brooks [15]

Charles F. Miller [28] ● ¡

John Arthur Watts [4]

Christopher D. Clark [14]

Douglas M. Callison [6]

Ruth Ann Abbott Miller [11] ¡

Craig A. Wells [9]

Carol Ann Degenhardt-Basham [20] (8)

Donna Jean Dial Canham [24] (8)

Melodie Dawn Ahrens Minger [14]

James H. White [5] (5)

Katherine Marie Bezak Dill [8]

Alison Anne Guinn Coffey [11] (7)

Jeffre Trent Moma [8] ◆

Roseanna L. McEvoy Wiegand [18]

Stephanie Rae Samford Gage [11] ■ ◆

Joseph D. Coffey [11] (7)

James B. O'Malley [22] (8)

David Mark Wilcoxen [23] ¡

Warren Scot Gill [3] ◆¡

Thomas William Dalluge [18] (7)

Debra Kay Refine Price [23] (8)

Stacy Leann Shanks Wince [6] (8) ◆

David Richard Gray [2]

David G. Dixon [29] (4) o

Robin L. Rainke Quackenbush [28] (8)

Craig R. Wright [18] (8) ■

Douglas S. Hein [2] (1)

Sheri Anna Kaiser Eichelberger [23] (5)

Tara L. Harvel Rozum [24] (6)

David A. Fitzgerald [17] ■

Rodney Daniel Sanders [23] (8)

1986

Nancy Kay Kester [23]

Karen Jane Selby Frahlman [15]

Cheryl Elizabeth Robb Sappington [48] (7)

Thomas Edward Wells $35,959.08 | 46 | 15%

Christine Sheila Magallanes Kushner [6] (8)

Stephen Alan Slavick [19] (8)

Daniel L. Allen [18] (7)

Carol Janet Zuegel Longman [19] (8) ¡

Laura Lynne Thompson Slusarski [26] (8)

David Joseph Basso Jr. [19]

Jessica Lynne Madsen [15] (7)

Denise S. Smit [5] (8)

Mark Alan Boline [3] (8)

Judith Marie Madura [3] (8) ¡

Carol L. Smith [18] (8)

Linda Kay Brobeck [17] (8)

Kent Allen Matteson [12]

G. Scott Sober II [20] (8) ¡

Sharon Kay Burbes [23] (8)

Ann Harper Clayton Pilackas [1] (8) ● ■

Susan D. Stremming [10] (6) ■

John W. Cardamone [17] (8) ¡

Michael Allen Reid [10] ¡

Eric Weissenstein [13] (8)

Joy E. Burris Eshleman [8] (8)

Darren Dean Reynolds [8] (5)

Brenda Kay Winkeler [5] ■

Shari M. Butler Fitzgerald [17] (5)

Kraig Rogers [2]

James Donald Woodrum [13] (8) ◆

John Charles Frank [15] (6)

Christopher Martin Shroyer [23] (5)

Constance Marie Sample Zoller [2] (8)

David L. Giertz [11] (4)

Lisa Michele Gundy Strubhar [11]

Joseph Michael Godsil [10] (6) ■

Eric Dale Swenson [8] (8)

Natalie Antoinett Olson Godsil [10] (6) ■

Eunice J. DeHaven Terry [11] (8)

Susan Lynn Hertel Goodwin [11] (7)

Teresa Lynn Orchard Thies [21] (8)

W. Curtis Grant [21] (8)

Cara Elizabeth Proud Vasconcelles [3] (8) ¡

Carol Susan Weinrich Helsel [27] (5) Fredia Crushell Rawls Hess [2] R. Caroline Edwards Higgins [5] (8) Lora Ellen Pearson Huebner [13] (8) Scott Edward Keele [11] (8) Karen Ann Klein [26] (7) s David L. Krizka [16] ■ Kathryn M. Springer Kuddes [26] (8) ◆ James Richard Lamar [26] Margaret W. Maish [5] Amy McLaughlin Mauser [18] (7) ¡ Pamela Ann Hollenstine McCallops [17] Tina Beckett Noland [15] (3) Jean Ann Schafer Oesterreich [17]

1985

DeeDee Chapman Olson [28] (6)

Lisa Lynn Pirtle Hoffbauer $7,844.80 | 41 | 12%

Heidi Ann Hantel Overton [21] (8)

Teresa L. Periman Acker [17] (8)

David Lee Reeble [25] (5)

Janet E. Shonley Baird [30] (8) ●

Katherine Gail Rucker Rosebraugh [7] (8)

Lynn Marie Degenhardt Barnes [19] (5) ¡

Joni Anne Rosenow Simms [5] (5) ●

Jeffery A. Bonnett [21]

Nicholas William Smith [18] (4) o ¡

David L. Brumme [24] (8)

Lori L. Schmidt Starbody [24]

Nancy Margaret DeWitt Bruno [11] (8) ◆

David Bruce Throne [8] (8)

Lisa Ann Hemp Carr [18]

Jana Lynn Vieck [23] (8)

Beth Elaine Horneker Christ [28] (8)

Bonnie Kaye Yedinak [23] ¡

Marica L. Heagy Cullen [12] (6) Marcilene Dutton [27] (6) Julia Ann Bowen Frank [15] (6)

1984

Beth Ann Boarman Chausse [2] (8)

Lynne Ann Black Jackson [19] (8)

David Lee Gray [13] Brian David James [18] (8) Scott David Jones [18] (5) Daniel A. Kampwerth [24] Christine Dee Perry Kramer [2] Thomas R. Kreller [3] (5) Lynn Rochelle Decker Lake [3] (8) Mark Anthony Langston [1] (8) Patrick Donald Leitgeb [14] (8)

Darin Keith Via [4] (8) Michel Marie Horton Walker [16] (8) Megan Anne Mazenko Walters [5] Bruce William Watkins [8] James Earl Wells [3] (8) ¡ Lisa Halvorson Wilcoxen [23] ¡ Mark E.M. Yonan [12] (5) Jean Ann Brady Zerfowski [3] ■

Susan M. Wrincik Lutz [4] (8) ◆ Louis Lido Manfredini [19] (8)

1988

Karen Jeanine Lamb Slunder Miranda [16] (5) ¡

Karen Faye DeWerff Crapse $18,117.75 | 51 | 14%

Gregory Samuel Montgomery [11]

Douglas F. Bales [21] (6)

Catherine Ann O'Dea Pallardy [22] (8) ¡

Daniel W. Becker [6]

Walter Casmir Plywaczewski [12] (8) ■

Robert David Beckwith [6] (8)

Jody Ann Holthaus Puckett [14]

Tatia Lyn Rue Beckwith [6] (8)

Kimberly Dee Schafer [3] (8)

Anne-Marie Alice Proske Berk [25] (5) o ¡ s

Tara L. Harvel Rozum $6,187.13 | 41 | 13%

Thomas A. Garrison [22]

Catherine Mary Murray Aiello [14] (8)

Gregory R. Huck [21] (6)

Jeffrey Michael Arp [10] ●

Paul S. Karl [18] (8)

Carol Barbara Redford Basso [19]

Lori Ann Kerans [22] (8) ■ s

Pamela Sue Woodburn Behnke [13]

Jeffrey D. Klinck [14] (8)

Sally Jo Bumpus Cavanaugh [15]

Sarah Francis Redford Krull [23] (8)

Gregory Edward Collingwood [18]

Mary Beth Kuenstler [10]

Janet Hilsher Saum Dorn [19]

Rodney Joe Logan [17] (7)

James L. Feriozzi [6] (7) ●

Eileen Yukiye Yada Martina [10] (8)

David E. Franklin [14]

Rebecca L. Creager Massey [2] (8) ● s

Julie Hilsher Saum Gedgaud [15] (8) ¡

Jean Kay Newburn Munson [8]

Jennifer Johnson Higginbotham [8] ¡

Ronald A. Price [23] (8)

Nancy Lee Hanks Humphreys [11]

Bradley Floyd Rademaker [1] (8) ¡

Sarah Leigh Blazier Jacobs [20] (8) ¡

Randall Wayne Renshaw [19]

Robin Elizabeth Harman Kolar [19]

Scott Alexander Sarran [9] (7)

Carolyn Pascucci Koop [28] (8)

Lincoln R. Schneider [4] Patricia G. Smith [13]

Teresa Lynn Orchard Thies $31,382.00 | 36 | 11%

Anna Rose Contarino Frehn [12] (7)

Autumn Vivienne Kraus [14] Matthew Bradford Lane [7] (8)

Geri Ann Clark Spelbring [6]

Michael John Behnke [13]

Annette Renee' Younker Gilson [12] (8)

Rhonda Pauline Bacci Marcucci [13] (5)

Sarah Ann Scott Stupek [19] (8)

Linda Marie Denby Bowen [10] (8) ◆ ¡

Gordon Douglas Hack [16] (6) ◆

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Lisa Lynn Pirtle Hoffbauer [21] ¡

Kristina Ann Rafferty Sherwood [21] (8) Laura Diane Sleade [16] ◆ ¡ Michael Patrick Sullivan [18] (8) Brian Curtis Taylor [3] (2) Joseph Norman Weier [2] (6) Thomas Edward Wells [18] (8) Michelle Hsiao-Hung Wong [8] (2) ● Vicki Ann Ferguson Wrigley [5] (7) ● s 1987

R. Joan Hendon Bird [20] (8) Cynthia Jane Buob [20] Marci LeeAnn Reeve Carballido [23] (5) Karen Faye DeWerff Crapse [20] (4) o Penny Lee Beach Cuneo [19] Judith Marie Hand Dobai [15] (8) ¡ Holly Ann Sullivan Dolan [2] Lori L. Nelson Donley [2] (7) ¡ Peggy J. Good Druessel [28] (8) Erin Kathleen Ritts Fry [13]

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Clifford E. McClure II [7]

1991

1992

Carolyn Jo Temples Haney [13]

Sandra D. Grabowski Meyer [6]

Andrea Rosemary Taylor Johnson [17]

Ruth Ann Milhauser [15] (8)

Lisa Diane Goble Curcio $10,418.00 | 50 | 12%

Jeffrey R. Johnston [12] (8)

Cody L. Moore [13] (6)

David Joseph Toby Melissa Ann Becherer Toby $6,979.00 | 38 | 10%

Dena Jo Cox Keeling [8] (8)

Jean Lynn Wolgast Moore [13] (6)

Jodi Lynn Creek Larson [1] (8)

Ellen M. Niebrugge Moreland [17]

Mark V. Lewandowski [10] (8) ◆ ¡

Nancy L. Jordan Rosenbery [18]

Julie Ann Parks Linn [5]

William Louis Roth [2] (6) ¡

Mary Beth Jaskowiak Manfredini [19] (8)

Paul L. Sbragia [10]

Lane Edward Marsh [1] (8)

Kathleen Anne Sexton Schanefelt [8] (8)

Jay Henry Marshall [17] (6) ■

Kevin Stewart Stump [3] (8)

John Hayner Marshall [10] (6)

Donna Gay Nolen Truax [17] (7)

Lori Ann Liles Massutti [23]

Terri A. Freeman Via [4] (8)

Erin Amber Keith Matteson [12]

Dixie S. Groezinger Zietlow [10]

Amy Jane Runkle Mercer [22] (8) Susan Beth Rous O'Bryan [19]

Tracey Lynn Jimison Albert [16]

Tanya Jo Cyrulik Adams [19] (6)

Susan Elizabeth Walkington Argo [15]

Andrew H. Argo [15]

Michael Todd Baird [3] ◆

Robert Matthew Barker [13] (8)

Renee Lynn Hattendorf Brammer [13] ¡

Richard C. Beckwith [22] (8)

Daniel Matthew Bridges [18] (8)

Joetta M. Krepps Benjamin [7]

Kyla Jo Brown [18]

Ellen Marie Beyers [4] (8) ■ Stacey Elise Cullen Evans Boland [12] (8) Rachel D. Chamberlain [17] Gina Renee' Griffiths Coonrod [20] Guy C. Cravatta [1] (8)

Yvonne Marie Bauer Stroud [9] (8)

Patrick Michael Garrett $14,578.16 | 43 | 11%

Denise Marie Fogle [7] (7) ¡

DeEtte Lynn Major Stump [3] (8)

Robert Patrick Bergland [22] (8) ■

Brian Gene Telford [11] (5) ◆

Tammy S. Fletcher Bergland [22] (8) ■

Janet R. Varvil [4] (7)

Glenna Gordon Brazzell [1] (8)

Thomas Glenn Velek [20]

Joseph Bridge [18] (6) ¡

Lisa S. Hoffman Waight [23] (8) ¡

Susan Lee Speers Cardamone [17] (8) ¡

Jeanette Ann Pope Wells [3] (8) ¡

Daniel A. Clark [15] (6)

Glen Steven West [1] ◆

Bartlett D. Cleland [9] (8)

Denise Lynnette Ciesielski Williams [2] (8)

Lewis W. Cline [10]

1989 Martha Diane Gulick Leeper $16,964.00 | 40 | 11% Scott P Alfeo [1] (8) Jeffery D. Benjamin [7] Beth Anne Brown Bettis [10] (8) Laura Anne Smith Birch [19] (8) s Pamela Sue Branham [5] (8) David Edward Cannon [13] (8) ◆ Susan Elizabeth Steen Cannon [1] ◆ Mary Grace Ongjoco Chapman [3] (5) ◆ ¡ Kip Allan Crandall [6] (8) Christopher J. Enge [21] (7) Cheryl Ann Williams England [20] Philip J. Feinsot [21] Lesa Lynn Kraus Friedrich [16] Daniel Paul Gaspari [1] Lisa Lynnae Justison Hack [16] (6) ◆ s Lesa Ann Leinberger Haggerty [3] (8) Brian L. Horst [4] (7) Stacy Ellen Hoult-Saros [12] Janet Lynne Koleson Hubbard [12] (7) ¡ Debra Ann Breeding Johnston [22] (2) ● George Robert Krebs [5] (7) Martha Diane Gulick Leeper [26] ● Cathryn E. Edmison Leibinger [22] (8)

David Lynn Coonrod [20] Kirsten A. Jensen Day [17] Kathleen Ann Vinci Elzy [13] Patrick Michael Garrett [18] (5) ¡ Kathleen M. Schnarr Hayden [5] (5) Carol Lynn Knoche Helmus [19] (8) ¡ Barbara J. Hipple [12] (7) ¡ Richard Kent Hooper [11] (6) Tawnya Rene Hooper [17] Michele Sue Kufa Horst [4] (7) Kelley Ann Swick Jerome [13] Rebecca Josefson Wright [15] (6)

Lynnette M. Green [1] Melinda May Marques Hawbaker [16] David P. Hentrich [6] (8) ■ Jennifer Marie Smith Hentrich [6] (8) ■ Michael C. Klauser [4] (6)

Barbara Jeanette Ware Dove [18] (8) William Douglas Dowell [15] (8) John Eugene Farquhar [1] ● Laura E. Sullivan Ferguson [7] (7) ◆ Sherry Sue Daugherty Fitzjarrald [5] Anne Marie Jeffrie Fleming [5] Robert S. Fleming [5]

William E. Krueger [22] (7) o ■ ¡ Angela L. Schlueter Mahoney [17] (7) Naomi E. Gotoh Marsh [4] (8) Elisabeth Lee Nohling Marshall [17] (6) ■ Jill Margaret Wagner Miller [3]

Harold Everett Gossard [8] Patricia Lynn Honacki [21] Jeffrey S. Kelly [5] ■ Sara Lynn Belcher Klein [14] Maryann Mai Bui Le [5]

Peter John Nennert [5]

Barbara Ruth Blume Love [10] (8) ● ■ ¡

William Baker Posegate [11] Jayma Layne Branch Proctor [12]

Matthew Evan McClure [1] (8) ¡

Rebecca Rae Revis [12]

Annalisa Michelle Eisenberg McMaster [14]

Amy Sue Movitz Schiciano [6] (6)

Jenetia D. Rothe Meyer [10]

Cynthia Diane Stone Soebbing [20]

Kevin Edward Miller [11] (8)

Timothy David Sterling [15] ◆

James Guy Montgomery Jr. [3]

David Joseph Toby [14]

Edward Melvin Moss [6] (6)

Melissa Ann Becherer Toby [14]

Regenia Marie Sasse Moss [6] (6)

Anna-Marie Zurlinden [8] (7)

Daniel Anthony Nieves [20] (6) ■ Jennifer Nicole Bain Patterson [3] Christina L. Winney Pursell [7] (5)

John Robert Krimmel [8] (5) Barry Eugene Lasswell [16] (8)

Lisa Diane Goble Curcio [15] (8) ¡

Susan Louise Rebok Edie [14] (8) ●

Victoria Lynne Blasucci Knepler [14] Kristin Ann Parkinson Larsen [12] (8)

Shelli Ann Coffey [9] (5) Lynn Marie Hewing Deters [16] (7)

Umana M. Essien [7] (8) Janet Marie Ballard Farquhar [1] ●

Michael Gene Zachman [20] (6)

James E. Cloney Jr. [4] (8) Elizabeth Ann Hennessy Cockrell [21] (8)

Janet Renee Heinie Clark [15] (6)

1990

Douglas Eugene Owens [13] (5) ● o

Janellen Heger Canham [16] (8) ●

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY

Kathleen Ann Fletcher Lisciotto [5]

Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave

Martha Elizabeth Bower Lynch [11]

Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Thomas Daniel Mahoney [17] (7) Kevin L. Mathews [2] (5)

Giving Clubs

Contributors

Michael C. McBride [5] ¡

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

Syren Jo McElvain [23] Robert Patrick Nellis [5] Jennifer Amber Letterer Podesky [6] Jennifer Caryn Schmidt [13] (5) Suzanne Kay McConkey Smalley [6] (8) ● ¡ Tammy Lynne Kinsey Stanton [16] Lorne Anthony Sturdivant [2] (8) ● Roberta Lois Walker [8] ¡

Anna Marie Arms Lewandowski [10] (8) ◆ ¡

Angela Michelle Wilson [8]

Natalie Brown Matteson [5]

Gregory M. Zinkl [10] (7)

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Q Elizabeth Jane Roll Whitney [7] (8)

Patrick Wayne Evans [7] (2)

John Nicholas Reed [4]

Dawn Jene' West Row [9] (8)

David Andrew Ferguson [7] (7) ◆ s

Patrick J. Schrappen [12] (7) ¡

Kimberly J. Twa DiCamilla [6] ¡

Deborah K. Elston Shierling [20] (8)

Terri Sue Fletcher [6]

Peter J. Smith-Phillips [6] (6)

Laura A. Dopheide Dotson [3]

Reneé Margaret Lahey Solano [15] (8)

Travis R. Fritsche [9] ◆

Michelle Denise Stremmel [12]

Janice L. Earl [8] (8)

Stacey L. Sparks [7] ■ ¡

Sara Elizabeth Roth Hanebutt [17] (8) ¡

Karen R. Thursby [9]

Rebecca A. Hohenstein Hale [15] (8)

Lynn Kay Stoike [14]

Dianna L. Heyer [8]

Ian Jaret Toberman [19] (8) ◆ s

Patrick M. Heneghan [6] (8)

Jon M. Tiede [7] (7)

Stephen F. Hubbard [9] (6) s

Jennifer Elizabeth Milkman Vettrus [2]

Sarah A. Stopek Hirsch [10] (6)

Lynn Marie Hartley Tiede [7] (7)

Tate Thomas Jones [1]

Cynthia M. Turner Wagner [8] (8)

Brandon J. Hissong [4] (7)

Janet L. Reeser Whitsitt [9]

Laura Lynn Kelly Kapala [10]

Jennifer Lyn Carnahan Weidling [13] (8) ¡

Angela K. Younger Judkins [15]

Edina Renae Marx Wilkening [9]

Brett Lee Keller [8] (8)

Jennifer M. Ross Wolff [3]

Carol S. Davidson Kennedy [9]

Amy Lynn Kindred Johnson [10] s Kari Lynn Ball Kraus [9] (5)

1993 Gina L. Bianchi $7,765.00 | 38 | 8%

Angela Lanette Goodwin Locascio [10]

Janean M. Thompson Baird [3]

Julie Beth Winney Neubauer [2] (5)

Heidi R. Balsley [17] (7)

Cheryl R. Edwards Parrott [10] (8)

Angela M. Benson [10]

J'Amy J. Reece Payne [10] (6)

Gina L. Bianchi [17] (8) s

David Matthew Peabody [6] (7) s

Laura A. Shipley Bishop [4]

Tara Ann Voorhees Pottala [6] (8)

Lorri J. Bates Britsch [6]

Deandra Laine Mansfield Pruiett [1] (8) ◆ ¡

Joel L. Chapman [12] (6) Jennifer B. Ciaccio [14] s Gwendolyn Joy Dillow [6] ● Nancy Melissa Carter Dopke [4] (8) Mary R. Frankson Elliott [2] Julie Ann Henrichs Fox [3] (8) ¡

Stacie Jo Bell Mize [13] (7)

Tonia E. Sergeant Ritchie [13] Shuree Suzann Sockel [2] ¡ Jessica Anne Fercho Solano [5] (8) Paula R. Weiss Stickles [5] (8) s Brenda S. Wohlers Wilson [2] (8)

Rachel L. Hampton Gebhardt [13] (6) Cindy R. Woodmansee Happ [8]

1995

Kristin Marie Mikkelson Hawkins [16] (8)

Patrick J. Schrappen Michelle Denise Stremmel $8,713.16 | 38 | 9%

Maureen P. Spizzirri Heun [5]

1996 Stephanie Lynn Karau Skuodas $7,130.63 | 37 | 9% Joshua Andrew Allison [5] (8) Shane C. Allison [2] Kyle B. Anderson [17] (8) ■ Gail L. Dennis Balling [12] Heather L. Johnson Baseler [1] Nathan A. Calcari [15] Stephanie L. Sciutto Calcari [15] Deborah L. Coggins [1] Christy L. Langenbahn Colerick [8] Ryan S. Colerick [8] Allen W. Cook [1] (8) Michael S. Engelhardt [3] ◆ ¡ s Patricia A. Engert-Williamson [2] (8) Natalie N. Gingrey [3] (7)

Melanie L. Melcher Cuthbertson [1]

Julie A. Roe Lach [16] (5) ■ Laura M. D'Agostino Lavery [4] Mark E. Lavery [4] Matthew Ryan Lavery [9] (8) Kristine M. Kjeldsen Lecocq [4] ◆ s Mary M. Lewis [1] Bradley E. Palmer [7] Darrell J. Sampson [6] (8) ◆ Jennifer L. Petitgout Schmidt [14] (7) Dirk I. Tiede [2] Michael J. Weightman [6] (7) Stacy L. Oertwig Wood [7] (8) ¡ Eric L. Zollinger [7] (2) ¡ 1998 Alan M. Buttimer Case M. McGee $2,935.00 | 11 | 3%

Leeann R. Albro Hissong [4] (7)

Robyn Ellen Achelpohl [1] ◆

Kendra A. Holler Jones [1]

Alan M. Buttimer [12] (8) ¡

Shannon Leigh Sapp Killion [13]

Jessica S. Busjahn Buttimer [12] (8) ¡

Jana Lynn Albrecht [11] (6) ■ s

Kristen A. Levey Kopinski [12] (5)

Charles Stuart Craig [1]

David J. Anderson [1] ◆

Mary Elizabeth Chase Kunzer [6]

Jennifer Marie Talty Hall [12]

Jennifer A. Armstrong [5] ◆

Elizabeth A. Stevens Landig [1] ¡

Jennifer Lyn VanVertloo Hoeferlin [8]

Tricia Lynn Ballard Aylesworth [9] (6)

Jeremy T. Landig [1] ¡

Matthew Douglas Holley [11] o

Brandon Nicholas Baker [2]

Christina M. Hill Magoulias [7] (8) ¡s

Jefferson Davis Lilly II [15] (5)

Michael E. Barham [3] (6) o

Travis J. Magoulias [7] (8) ¡

Tanya Evelina Marquez [2]

Matthew W. Burki [2]

Donald G. McCloud Jr. [4] (6)

Case M. McGee [7] (7)

Kerrie L. Dotson Chapman [12] (6)

Chad N. Mitchell [5]

Stacey Lynne Ingrum Randall [13] (7)

Anthony T. Riedlinger [14] (8)

Nanette Elizabeth Wargo Donohue [10] (7) ¡

Gail L. Burrus Mitchell [5]

Joseph Benjamin Scanavino [4] (8)

Robert M. Ruehrup [20] (7)

Stephen Curtis Doores [10] ¡

Charles J. Russell [17] (8)

Jennifer Lynn Wilson Erickson [10] (6)

Nathan L. Saltus [17] (7)

Jon Erick Erickson [10] (6)

Carolyn Marie Stewart [12]

Tara L. Fisher Henry [4]

Joe A. Stickles [5] (8) s

Jerilyn Green Hutson [9]

Jennie D. Turner Thompson [4]

Christopher Paul Kopinski [12] (5)

Alicia R. Mills Vollmer [20] (8)

John Thomas Kruep [18]

Susan K. Wade [18] (5)

James J. Kunzer [6]

Gregory R. Howell [7] (6) Kevin W. Kapala [10] Robert R. Kraus Jr. [9] (5) Jean A. Kleine Litchfield [7] Melissa A. Hoff Marty [2] (7) Tammy L. Maxwell Mitchell [3] Elizabeth A. Mulvaney Montgomery [3] Rebecca Lynn Klepzig Pedersen [17] (6) Karen L. Green Peterson [2] (6)

Vicki L. Brilley Livasy [6] (8) ¡ Julie Marie Lynch [3]

1994

Michael A. Naylor [14] (8) ¡ Dana A. Noble [13] ¡

1999

Robin L. Wallen Noble [13] ¡

Nicole J. Tester $8,317.16 | 33 | 8%

Joseph D. Pottala [6] (8) Jeffrey A. Schutt [3] (7) Stephanie Lynn Karau Skuodas [15] (8) Patricia L. Smith-Phillips [6] (6) s Ann Louise Sumner [3] (8) Irene J. Johnston Trimberger [1] ◆ Jessica R. Tyler Wright [5] (5) ¡

Lucy Jane Blakely Acheson [31] (5) o Sue L. Adams-Snelson [3] (8) Amanda A. Strange Allen [10] (7) Letitia B. McLaughlin Barry [8] Christopher W. Berry [5] (8) Catherine Agnes Traynor Carroll [5] (6) Margaret R. Clark [16] ● s

Stephen F. Hubbard $18,747.50 | 31 | 7%

Timothy Jon McCauley [17] (8)

George Franklin Adam Jr. [18] (7)

Matthew Gene McDermott [7] (8)

Julie A. Roe Lach $16,217.25 | 34 | 9%

Kimberly Marie Schmit Barker [13] (8)

Jennifer Lyn Frevert Moats [4]

Sandra K. Brady Barnett [4] (8)

Kendall W. Kirchner [20] (5) ● ◆ ¡

Kathrine Elizabeth Durham Cain [5] (8)

Audra Sue Musselman Newton [3] (7)

Holly M. Slaymaker Busboom [2] (8)

Marika J. Beals Kraus [5]

David John Cooper [4] (8)

Carolyn Carteret Quigley Parker [2] ¡

Paul D. Combes [9] (8)

Rosalind R. Leeck [13] (6) ■

Tracy Lynn Wright Doubet [2] ¡

Kevin Patrick Pruiett [1] (8) ◆ ¡

Angela L. O'Neal Cushing [11] (8)

Jaime L. Shoup Macklin [3]

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Jodi Ann Ball McDermott [7] (8)

1997

Samantha L. Stephens Eberhardt [2] Alex Gorbonos [2] (5) Leah M. Jones [4] (7)

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Allison C. Wannemacher Hannam [13] (7)

Jean N. Morgridge Peterson [11] (8)

Elizabeth A. McLeod-Smith [4]

Temethia T. Joyner [2]

James M. Menges [6] (8)

John T. Kravanek [9] (8)

Amanda B. Landacre Podeschi [12] (5) ■ ¡ s

Jennifer A. Chapp Menges [6] (8)

William J. Lindholm [2]

Andrew S. Meyerkord [12] ¡

David Norbert Martin [3]

Denise M. Loomis Meyerkord [12] ¡

Anna M. Osladil McCormick [7] (7)

Tait D. Moline [1]

Karilyn J. Morris [2] ◆

Christa K. Berens Pessin [11]

Francine D. Acuna Moyer [2]

Joshua P. Pessin [11]

Sara M. Brown Murdick [4] (6) ■

Katherine A. Davis Phillips [4] (5)

Kathryn L. Jurco Parchert [5]

Nicole Janina Erlenborn Poer [3]

William H. Pettit [12] (6) s

Mark Arthur Potter [2]

Megan E. Macke Pistorius [7]

Megan L. Coughlin Sweeney [4] (8)

MeLinda Sue Bostic Potter [2] s

William P. Sweeney [4] (8)

Tasha J. Reisz [4] (8) ■

Nicole J. Tester [14] (8)

Andrew D. Rucker [3] (8)

Howard J. Vitek Jr. [13] (7)

Gabriel J. Serrano [2] (7)

Marcell Dionne Fields Ward [1]

Tina M. Lazzara Smith [4]

Angela M. Thielke Zuidmulder [4]

Michael W. Steers [4] (8) ■ Amy M. Cassity Tate [1]

2000 John Robert Schleppenbach Lora Anne Boryszewski Vitek $4,466.00 | 19 | 4% Robert James Archer [2] (8) Nicholas J. Bausch [2] (7) Matthew Edward Campbell [3] Marilyn S. Davis [17] (8) s Melissa L. Eich-Richardson [9] (6) ■ s Deanndre Lee Lanckton Gabor [8] Benjamin C. Hickok [8]

Tessi M. Taylor [4] (6) ■ Rebecca J. Thompson [2] (8) Crystal L. Tyus [1] Daniel M. Vorona [12] (7) Ulysses M. Wafford [5] (6) ¡ Renee L. Estes Welch [7] Matthew W. Wilhelm [3] (8) ◆ Monica L. Smith Wilhelm [11] Amanda L. Wimmer-O'Brien [3] Steven Todd Zemke [8] (8)

Tela Sherray Jackson [2] Christopher D. Liljedahl [1] Joni J. Liljedahl [1] Casey J. Aden Long [10] Teryn Jo Robinson [8] Shannon M. Saunders [2] (7) John Robert Schleppenbach [16] (5) Susan Elizabeth Meyer Scott [9] (8) David L. Stewart [1] Lora Anne Boryszewski Vitek [13] (7) Nicole M. Boykin Wafford [5] (6) ¡ Todd R. Wilkinson [2] (7) 2001 Allison C. Wannemacher Hannam Timothy Michael Carrigan $12,318.08 | 44 | 9%

2002 Joshua E. Jacobs Richard "RJ" P. Podeschi II Kristin E. Bloom Pritts $7,146.08 | 36 | 7% Michelle L. Weber Brady [4] (8) ■ Kristen E. Goodman Bronke [8] (5) ¡ Benjamin J. Brown [2] Courtney S. Dobbs Clagg [2] Kelly C. Connors [10] (8) Vernadene Cook [2] Sarah A. Crecelius [7] (8) ◆

Kathleen A. May Potts [5] (8) ◆ Kenneth E. Potts [5] (8) ◆

Richard "RJ" P. Podeschi II [12] (5) ■ ¡ s Edward C. Raffenetti [12] ¡

Tamara K. Ripley [5] Jason A. Salters [5] (8) Megan R. Schleppenbach [11] (6) s

Andrew J. Roberts [4] (8) ■s

Daniel E. Solberg [2] ◆

Lindsey N. Easley Shaub [7] (8)

Erin K. Crow Usher [10] (8)

William D. Shaub II [7] (8)

Brice Edward VanSant [2]

Seth W. Thornley [2] (8) ¡

Jason R. Walstrom [10] (6)

Rebecca K. Langmeyer Waldbusser [8] ¡

Sara J. Krows Walstrom [10] (6) Jaime L. Haege Welsh [4] (4)

Howard M. Walters [7] (8)

Jason L. Welsh [4] (4) Kathleen R. Tyrrell [3] (8) ◆

2003 Megan R. Schleppenbach Jason R. Walstrom Sara J. Krows Walstrom $30,154.03 | 39 | 7%

2004

Kristine I. Biggs [9] (6) ■

Douglas D. Shapiro Paul N. Scherschel $7,560.00 | 40 | 6%

Jodi L. Fearday Bills [11] (2)

Patrick T. Anderson [2] (8) ■

Lucas J. Bills [11] (2)

Nicol S. Bachtold [3]

Jessica M. Cameron [6]

Theodore Alan Bliefnick [6] (8) ¡

Stephanie A. Elliott Challand [6]

Emily K. Bloesch [2]

Kevin R. Cox [2]

Christopher A. Bronke [8] (5) ¡

Jennifer A. Stone Enrietta [3]

Maria G. Camareno [2] (8)

William R. Flowers [3] (8)

Tyler G. Clapp [4]

Michelle T. Gallione [2]

Megan J. Timpe Engelhardt [3] ◆ ¡

Colleen M. Heffernan [8] ◆ ¡

Joseph D. Fortner [2]

Lindsey A. Stowell Hotopp [2] (8)

Andrew P. Fueger [4]

Megan A. Kelly Hubbell [5] ◆

Cara L. Gatchel [10] ■ ¡

Erik J. Koelling [2]

Courtney E. Goodwin [6]

Rachel M. Kraft [6]

Christopher Sutphin Ibanez [1] (7)

Donovan D. Marschner [2]

Pamela J. Borgers Jenkins [5] (8)

Roberta P. Mielcarski [6] ◆

Thomas J. Johnson [3] (8)

Amy B. Middleton Miles [3] ◆

Eric C. Kohn [3] (8) ◆

Abigail Elizabeth Wessler Miller [11]

Paul J. Lidy [7] (8) ¡s

Ryan P. Miller [11]

Brett W. Linn [2] (8)

Amanda E. Moloney [2] ◆ ¡

Mary Anne McTigue [3]

Flint N. Ory [4] (8)

Amanda L. Miller [9]

Theresa R. Collora Ory [4] (8)

Alex J. Mueller [4] (8)

Isabel N. Ososki [25] s

Emily A. Laughlin Mueller [4] (8)

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY

Jason M. Elder [3] (8)

Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave

Scott T. Goetter [4] ◆

Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Robert L. Greten [8] Jerome M. Healy [3]

Giving Clubs

Contributors

Korrin L. Stanek Anderson [5]

James J. Henson [3]

Brad J. Becker [2]

Joshua E. Jacobs [11] (8)

Scott M. Bilyeu [3] (8)

Marlis Elaine Johnson [3]

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

Jean O. Bridge [18] (6) ¡

Seth A. Killey [9] (8)

Timothy E. Brylka [4]

Paul M. Kueterman [5] ■ s

Timothy Michael Carrigan [12] (7)

Crystal C. Walline Lytle [7]

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

Patricia L. Bean DeMark [3]

James B. Mason [7]

Neysa N. Thiele Downs [9] ¡

Melissa L. Harres Maupin [2] (8) ¡

Shannon M. Hoyt Farlow [13] (8)

Ryan A. Maupin [2] (8) ¡

John H. Gaczewski [4] (8) ◆

Danielle M. McCormick [2] (8)

Erik M. Grebner [2]

Cory J. Moffat [2] (8)

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Q Christopher J. Neff [6] (8)

Julia L. Nagy [3]

2007

Alayna F. Hirsch [4] (6) ■

Mary E. Nolan [5] (7)

Marc Jacoby Reed [1]

Lori M. Hoffman [4]

Emilee A. Oldenburg [2] (8)

Paula Burnett Sontag [7]

Ashley Condie Osmond [1] (8)

David R. Stewart [12] (7)

Christine Eve LaPorte John Robert Miller $6,837.07 | 43 | 6%

Vanessa Lee Cohan Patient [2]

Kristin A. Kofron Sur [3]

Elizabeth Sherol Baugher Bangtson [5] (8) s

Kelly L. Pflum [2]

Thomas D. Sur [3]

Lyndsay M. Brault Byers [6] ◆ ¡

Kelsey M. Ransdell LeVault [4]

Melissa J. Polley [3] ¡

Kristin Ann Trotter [9]

John P. Donze [2]

Nathaniel G. Lyons [2] (8)

Thomas A. Pruser [4]

Jeffery Carl Tucker [2] (8)

Andrew A. Dreier [2] (6)

Candace M. McCarty [2] (7) ■

Michael A. Richmond [2]

Amanda N. Russell VanderZyl [8]

Matthew Glenn Geary [3] (7)

Jacqueline B. Moutray [5]

Kira K. Bulva Scherschel [9]

Timothy D. Weber [3]

Jerry Goldsmith [1]

Patricia J. Reichart [3]

Paul N. Scherschel [9] s

Bryan E. Williams [2] (8)

Christopher J. Howse [4] ¡

Vanessa Rice [3] (8)

Brenda Kay Schoeneberg [8]

Timothy G. Yeakley [4]

Leah N. Hurt [2] (8)

Angela A. Wetzel [2] (8)

Lindsay Marie Senalik [7]

Jeanette M. Skewes Young [4]

Kerrie Ann Israelson [3]

Douglas D. Shapiro [8]

2006

Jeanelle Sharae Fletcher Keck [3]

Dustin Nathanial Huffstutler [4] (7) Michelle Ann King [3] John M. Larcher [5] (7)

2009

Stephen L. Larson [4]

Jaclyn R. Weisenborn Donald A. Glowinski $4,180.09 | 34 | 4%

Mary C. Little [5] ¡ s

Shana M. Cordts Bailliez [3]

Emily A. Marshall [3] (7) ¡

Mark S. Beanblossom [2]

Christopher R. Bass [4]

Nicholas J. McNamara [7] (7)

Alex H. Berry [5] ¡

2005

Cinnamon D. Bell-Williams [2]

Rita Maureen Mickler [15] (7)

Amanda Rae Morse Bird [2]

Courtney Lee Condon Sarah D. Johnson Jacobs Lisa L. Landacre $6,898.78 | 49 | 5%

Dary W. Burnett [3] (8)

John Robert Miller [7] (8)

James M. Brase [13] (8)

Nicole L. Shoudel Buschman [4]

Joy E. Mysliwiec [3]

Rex P. Coker [2]

Vincent Maurice Clayton [5]

Alex R. Nation [2]

Danielle A. Daykin [3]

Charles J. Aldous [3] ◆

Joanna J. Conner [4] ■ s

Carrie Elizabeth Meyrick Norton [7]

Sarah E. Dial [3]

Bryan William Allie [2] (5)

Heather Renee Douglas [2]

Adam J. Nowicki [2] (7)

Amanda J. Lindsey Donze [2]

Anne Marie Androff [2]

Michael C. Ensign [2]

Michael V. Pariso [1]

Danielle R. Ford Fields [3] (8) s

Molly Bridget Bendell [2] (8)

Kent L. Fitzjarrald [11]

Josh B. Parmenter [4]

Julie R. Fults [3] (6) ¡

Karen Lynn Bender [4]

Matthew L. Gazda [8] ◆

Jeffrey John Poulos [7] ■

Amy J. Gagnon [2] (8) ■ ¡

Brandon L. Bordner [1] (6)

Cory D. Gumm [5]

William M. Reidy [4] (8) ¡

Kayleen C. Gifford [4] ■

Ethan S. Burkhardt [3] ◆

Angela B. Hawk [8] ■ s

Jonathan B. Rincker [4] (8)

Donald A. Glowinski [5] (7) ¡

Eric D. Burton [2]

Emily J. Johnson Howse [4] ¡

Julia A. Rincker [4] (8)

Kathryn L. Bass Glowinski [5] (7) ¡

Samuel J. Byndom [2]

James D. LeVault [4]

Kimberly Marie Ryan [4]

Tamara L. Gosnell [2]

Deborah Marie Myers Campbell [8] s

Sarah Rae McReynolds Lidy [7] (8) ¡

Erik K. Schroeder [7] (6) s

Kelsee B. Hankins [4] ◆

Courtney Lee Condon [9]

Rachel M. Maxwell [3]

Brandon Stover [5] ◆

Benjamin W. Hendricks [2] (8)

Susan Marie Crews Cook [8] ◆

Zachariah J. Maxwell [3]

Robert B. Taylor [4] (6) ¡

Elizabeth M. Henkel [2]

Christina L. Daniels [2] ¡

Anthony R. Militello [4]

Lauren T. Thomas [3]

Annie E. Kennedy [3]

Brianne M. Dilbeck [2]

Julia L. Witty Miller [5] ¡

Hannah E. Karcher Walters [3]

Claire Kuypers [4] (8) s

Albert Dillow [6] ● s

Shaun P. Miller [8] (8)

Amy B. Warters [2]

Maura K. Spangler Leanna [3]

Emily L. Evans [5]

Angela M. Mircsov [5]

Diane Marie Wells [24] ¡

Jonathon R. Leganski [2] ◆

Megan Marie Freeman [6]

Robert N. Pica [6] (8)

Kimberly M. Henon Wickline [3] (7) ¡

Craig A. McCormick [4] (8)

Karen J. Gagnon [6] (5) ■ s

Laura E. Podeschi [2]

Brittany N. Shawgo Wilson [2]

Emily M. Beck Miller [3] (8) ■

Aindrea D. Dooley Gerber [3]

Karen Jean Reed [3]

Cody T. Wilson [2]

Jared P. Miller [5] ¡

Jason B. Goldfarb [6]

Michael D. Scherer [2]

Cory C. Yontz [3] (8) ■

Melissa K. Donnan Reidy [4] (8) ¡

Rachel Ann Payne Hall [2] (8)

Renee S. Stivers [6]

Betty J. Hughes [4]

Ryan Scott Stuckemeyer [1]

Sarah D. Johnson Jacobs [11] (8)

Alida Duff Sullivan [3] (5) ¡ s

Sarah D. Gordon Krueger [3]

Hugh M. Sullivan [3] (5) ¡

Sarah Kilja Johnson Courtney E. Goodwin $2,472.08 | 24 | 3%

Lisa L. Landacre [9]

Samantha J. Synowiecki [3]

Steven P. Andreas [3]

Emily K. Sundin Stover [5] ◆

Randall S. Lanoue [2]

Nathan D. Towne [8] (8) ¡

William L. Bangtson Jr. [5] (8)

Clint M. Van Grevenhof [3] ◆

Lori T. Landacre Leeper [9] ¡

Nicole E. Silverman Vann [3]

Kathryn E. Cryns [4]

Jaclyn R. Weisenborn [5] ¡ s

Leon F. Lippie [9]

Rebecca Ann Voigt [2] (8)

Cassie Jo Fouts [2] (8)

Renee Merriman Lippie [9]

John A. Watterson [3]

Alix A. Frazier [2]

John P. Marshall [5] (8)

Rachel L. Hott Watterson [3]

Rachel K. Fry [3]

Sarah E. Guffey Steers [4] (8) ■ Ian P. Wickline [3] (7) ¡

Nathan D. Towne Matthew L. Gazda $4,317.00 | 39 | 4%

Russell H. Wilson II [9]

Blair Nicole Jones Angel [5]

Claire Elaine Nicholson Taylor [1] (8) s

Christine Eve LaPorte [7] ¡

2008

J. Nathan Reisman [2] Kyle Lance Risby [6] (7) Jaclyn A. Smith [3] Zachary A. Solomon [4] (8) ¡

2010 Emily E. Pittner Cropper Donald J. Cropper $1,341.00 | 33 | 4%

Mark Stephen Massey [2] (8) ●

Evan D. Weatherford [9] (7)

Meghan Maureen Sims Goldfarb [6]

Ryan J. McClarey [2]

Lauren C. Weber [3]

Katherine A. Hazel-Jackson [4]

Justin A. Allen [4] ¡

Monique Shaunte Mead [1]

Kimberly D. White [2]

Andrew P. Heise [3] ◆ ¡ s

Marcus L. Brown [3]

Mary K. Herrod [3]

Dustin T. Clark [2]

John Scheppler Morel [3]

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Nicholas P. Rousseau [1]

Cassaundra Joye Gunning [1]

Anna M. Nunez [2]

Emily E. Pittner Cropper [4]

Jordan W. Russell [3]

Cara J. Hails [1]

Laura Anne O'Brien [1]

Kelli L. Davis [2]

Yasmine N. Scott [2]

Taylor Paige Hart [1]

Amber P. Outlaw [1]

Victoria J. Dudleston [5]

Kara L. Sedlack [3]

Danica Rose Henry [1]

Sheri Lynne Piper [1]

Arielle Evans [1]

James B. Spillane [2] (8)

Christopher R. Hinton [1]

Nicholas K. Polley [2] ¡

Brandon C. George [4]

Magan R. Strong [3] ¡

Rachel Hooker [1]

Shelby Ann Pray [1]

Cole Daniel Gutmann [1]

Kayla J. Vogel [3] (7) ■ ¡

Christi Nicole Huss [1]

Caitlin F. Reed [2] (7) ■

Summer C. Hallenstein [2]

John D. Wagner [3]

Megan M. Jackson [2]

Lauren Rochelle Rehmel [1]

Molly E. Pearce Heise [3] ◆ ¡

Sarah A. Wika [2]

Andriaqua Shalesheann Johnson [1]

Ian Michael Rhode [1]

Rebecca S. Hof [2] ◆

Gregory Michael Woods [1]

Chelsea Lynn Jones [1]

Meredith Rae Richards [1]

Corbin R. Kupferschmid [3] (8)

Phillip Kenneth Kaiser [1]

Leslie L. Risby [6] (7)

Matthew W. Laude [3] ■

Kassie D. Knoll [1]

Spencer J. Rockford [2] ¡

Stephanie Marie Krueger [1]

Destiny Elizabeth Ann Rodgers [1]

Jessica S. Leeseberg [2]

Tanya D. Rolfe [1]

Jenna P. Moore Leman [2]

2012

Kenneth J. Mentzer [3]

Audra Marie Davis Eric G. Burgett $1,865.12 | 115 | 16%

Donna K. Musson [3]

Timothy J. Martin [4] (8) ¡s

Sarah D. Lehman [1]

Kelsey E. Rollins [1]

Cody M. Acree [1]

Aicha Lengane [1]

Amber J. Sanderfield [1]

Jeniece A. Nickles [1]

Cecily Renee Aldridge [2]

Colleen Michelle Lynch [1]

Erika S. Schwengel [1]

Julie C. Norcross [2]

Amanda J. Alsbury [1]

Ashley Michelle Major [1]

Matthew B. Shelton [2]

Allison N. O'Field [4] (8) ¡

Emilie A. Altenberger [2]

Amanda Arielle Mandrell [1]

Steffen J. Shook [1]

David M. Perrino [3] (8)

Matthew V. Amato [2]

William H. Manley [2] (7)

Peter B. Skeffington [1]

John P. Ptak [2]

Melissa A. Bajric [2]

Louis W. Maxedon [1]

Vanessa R. Stephens [1]

Abigale G. Razo [2]

Bridget Marie Bakke [1]

Victoria Richards Maxwell [1]

Steven D. Sumpter [1]

Catherine L. Shepherd [1]

Brandon James Barney [1] (8) s

Shauna J. Mays [2]

Glenda L. Tabor [1]

Tara A. Stokes [2]

Deborah Lea Bearup [1]

Malloree Beth Buhr McMorris [1]

Matthew Robert Taylor [2]

Kaleigh M. Tarpley [3] ¡

Thomas M. Beavers [1]

John Edward Meadows [1]

Elise K. Thorpe [1]

Vanessa L. Taylor [2]

Jacob W. Behrens [2] ¡

Emily K. Meginnes [1]

Ryan D. Tierney [1]

Christopher G. Tefft [2] ¡

Christin Mary Birmingham [1]

Linsey Meloche [1]

Wade M. Tischhauser [1]

Amanda J. Wiegel Van Spankeren [3]

Kelly S. Blumberg [2]

Laura Leigh Miller [1]

Rebecca S. Cox Van Meter [1]

Brandon D. Walker [3]

Luke David Wayne Boros [1]

Matthew M. Miller [2]

Jennifer Ann Vanselow [1] s

Jodi M. Bowman [1]

Claire E. Minnis [2]

Kassie L. Waggoner [1]

2011

Jasmine Nicole Broadie [1]

Autumn J. Morgan [2]

Zachary R. Wakid [1]

Michelle A. Patrick Dian E. Romonosky $4,691.59 | 36 | 5%

Heather A. Brown [1]

Lauren Bond Mudge [1]

Justin S. Walsh [1]

Kailey Renae Buenting [1]

Andrew Lee Nail [1]

Megan L. Watson [1]

Keith W. Burczak [2]

Benjamin E. Nehmer [1]

Merle E. Weaver [1]

Eric G. Burgett [2] ¡

Jannic A. Nielssen [1]

Kelsey M. Wheeler [2] ¡

Kevin Timothy Campbell [1]

Leah Nicole Norton [1]

David G. Zemke [1]

Devin L. Cheatham [1]

Christopher N. Ntor-Ue [2]

Amanda K. Aukerman [1] ◆ Melissa B. Bartholomew [2] SuEllen Jean Benson [1] Laura E. Bentsen [3] (7) ◆ ¡ Christine Natalie Botts [2] Mary E. Brandenstein [2] (5) Franklin H. Byers [2] Bobbi C. Clark [2] Brett T. Coffman [3] (6) Rebecca L. Dunn [2] Evan A. File [2] (8) Ashley S. Hallowell [2] ■ Brittany E. Hassee [2] (5) ■ Zachary T. Hays [3] (7) Karen Emily Luka [2] (8) Sarah R. McKinney [2] Andrew W. Merkle [3] ◆ Casey Renae Petersen Montgomery [2] (8)

Kimberly M. Cooper [1] Stephanie Cranston [2] Tiara Marie Crusoe [1] Adam William Cunningham [1] Kelli A. Daugherty [1]

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY

Jane Marie Davis [1]

Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave

Stephen R. Eades [2] (7)

Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Thomas W. Eddleman [1] Westley J. Ekiss [1]

Giving Clubs

Contributors

Tosha Nicole Ellis [1]

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

Patricia A. Erbe [1] Alyssa Marie Esch [1] Eunique Decarla Eubanks [1] Trevor J. Ferre [2] (8) Lauren Michelle Ferry [1]

Paige N. Mueller [3] ◆

Hannah E. Fitch [2]

Sheila L. Hall Myers [1]

Chris L. Flesher [2]

Zane A. Peterson [2]

Andrew Gallegos [1]

Dian E. Romonosky [3]

Ashley Gorman [1]

William Louis Roth [2] s

Melissa Marie Gray [1]

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Peter S. Bushnell [2]

Sarah C. Feste [1]

William Joseph Hunt [1]

Allison M. Schipma $2,890.28 | 418 | 71%

Erik R. Canham [1]

Marissa B. Ford [1]

James Hunter [1]

Brittany A. Cardott [1]

Tawny L. Forehand [1]

Alexandrea Kai Huston [1] s

William Trevor Abbott [1]

Rebekah Darlene Carlson [1] s

Jennifer E. Fortner [2]

Charles G. Huth [1]

Ryan T. Abernathy [1]

Carrie Lynn Casch [1]

Nicole S. Foster [1]

Brooke James [1]

Amber M. Adams [1]

Sean P. Cassidy [1]

Charlotte E. Fox [1]

Jane E. Jarvis [1]

Emily McDermott Adams [1]

Emanuel G. Chacon [1]

Andrew D. Frank [1] ¡

Cora L. Jeffers [1]

Tyler M. Albright [2]

Joseph E. Cheeney [1]

Rebecca L. Freier [1]

Shanell R. Johnson [1]

Nashana C. Alexander [1]

Brittany A. Childress [1]

Amber Nicole Freund [1]

Lori B. Jones [1]

Courtney L. Allen [1]

Olga A. Cholewick [2]

Ethan C. Funkhouser [1]

Mary F. Jones [1]

Emily A. Allen [1]

Abigail M. Christensen [1]

Seth M. Gabriel [1]

Erin M. Kehoe [1]

Dustin John Altenbernd [1]

Kelsey N. Christian [1]

Brittney E. Gallivan [2]

Sean T. Keil [1]

Jade A. Anderson [1]

Thomas J. Cincotta [1]

Devon L. Gant [1]

Jennifer Jeanne Kemling [1]

Oliver Thomas Anderson [1]

Kristina Marie Clow [1]

Brennan T. Garcia [1]

Nicole Kersting [1]

Valerie J. Anderson [1]

Catherine R. Colletta [1]

Emily J. Gardner [1]

Peter Khiev [1]

Ryan T. Andrews [1]

Kelsey Lynn Collins [1]

Melissa A. Gillis [1]

Brittany M. Kincheloe [1]

Ryan M. Armstrong [1]

Kelly Anne Commons [1] s

Heather Gilmore [1]

Maxwell James King [1]

Cameron C. Arndt [1]

Kelsie N. Corcoran [1]

Sierra R. Goldberg [1]

Taylor M. King [1]

Brandon Ashley [1]

Heather M. Croyl [1]

Jessica S. Golden [1] ¡

Lauren A. Kitterman [1]

Michael Atoyebi [1]

Levi D. Cushing [1]

Christopher Dale Goss [1]

Shauna Dianne Klauser [1]

Arielle Kourtney Austin [1] s

Lee W. Dahlhauser [1]

Mariko Goto [1]

Jessica J. Knackstedt [1]

Sherie L. Baker [1]

Ashley E. Daniels [1]

Kevin R. Gottlieb [1]

Madeline H. Knott [1]

Jennifer L. Balzer [1]

Heather N. Darby [1]

Alexis R. Graven [1]

Robyn E. Konen [1]

Carolyn L. Banks [1]

Aaron M. Davis [1]

Toni Graves [1]

Jamie E. Kowalczyk [1]

Aubri N. Barnes [1]

Patrick E. Davis [1]

Zachary W. Groeblinghoff [1]

Kathryn E. Krekel [2]

James Dewayne Barnes [1]

Eric J. Dawson [1]

Eric Lone Wolf Grooms [1]

Vitaliy V. Kulik [1]

Lee A. Barnes [1]

Adrian de Vitry D'Avaucourt [1]

Daniel F. Guerra [1]

Melissa M. Lamb [1]

Brandon Barringer [1]

Monuaye V. Deah [1]

Amanda Guyse [1]

Tyler S. Lamensky [1]

Ashley L. Batchelder [1]

Ian T. DeJaynes [1]

Jonathan D. Haley [1]

Allison A. Lanzerotte [1]

Tyler Paul Beals [1]

Daniel M. Delaney [1]

Kristen Michal Hall [1]

Chelsea N. Lappin [1]

Jonathan T. Bee [1]

Amanda Dempsey [1]

RaSheila Ashley Harmon [1]

Rodney Dale Larson [1]

Megan N. Hanley Bein [1]

Brittney A. DeRoo [1]

Chloe C. Harris [1]

Tiana M. Ledvina [1] ¡

Alexander N. Belanger [1]

Megan E. Dirr [1]

Anna N. Hartman [1]

Michelle L. Lee [1]

Kyle W. Bennett [1]

Ashley R. Doll [1]

Ryan K. Heeren [1]

Paige D. Legue [1]

Jeffery L. Bensmiller [1] (7)

LeAnn Nicole Dossett [1]

Molly K. Heffernan [1]

Jackson B. Lewis [1]

Steven A. Berger [1]

Eric D. Du [1]

Stephanie A. Helfgott [1]

Lauren C. Lewis [1]

Joshua A. Betz [1]

Stephen C. Duncan [1]

Bret A. Henderson [1]

Haley A. Light [1]

Sanjeev Bharani [1]

Michael J. Durnavich [1]

Matthew J. Herek [1]

Melissa A. Lindow [1] s

Jeffrey Lee Birschbach [1]

Caitlin T. Dyson [1]

Jennifer Herrerias [1]

Hannah Rae Little [1]

Donna J. Bisby [1]

Megan B. Dyson [1]

Richard M. Highland [1]

Kendall M. Love [1]

Taylor K. Black [1]

Jeremy Eaton [1]

Brian M. Hilderbrand [1] s

Jeffrey M. Luczak [1]

Sara Whitney Nicole Blair [1]

Margaret J. Eby [1]

Wesley G. Hillen [1]

Hugues Malejac [1]

John R. Blakeman [1]

Melissa A. Economou [1]

Matthew D. Hoaglund [1]

Sheri L. Martin [1]

Lia M. Blankenship [1]

Emily Elizabeth Edbrooke [1]

Michelle A. Hoerber [1]

Jeremiah L. Maxwell [1]

Lane E. Bloome [1]

Brandon Edwards [1]

Christine M. Hoffman [1]

Tammy M. Maxwell [3] ● s

Nathan R. Bohannon [1]

Christin J. Egli [1]

Ellen C. Hoffman [1]

Mackenzie J. McAlindon [1]

Logan Bolton [1]

Ashley N. Eiland [1]

Tessa M. Hoffman [1]

Carissa M. McCallister [1]

Kelsey R. Borchelt [1]

Vanessa K. Elam [1]

Brianna M. Hogan [1]

Michelle M. McCarthy [1]

Brandi M. Bramlett [1]

Janet L. Ellis [1]

Mary G. Hoke [1]

Kimberly R. McClay [1]

Julia M. Brandt [1]

Amanda J. Erickson [1]

Heather N. Holm [1]

Jenna M. Widner McCrady [1]

Chelsea Christene Bray [1]

Elizabeth A. Eustice [1]

Matthew W. Holmes [1]

Michelle Marie McDonagh [1]

Joshua McCain Brinkley [1]

Kale R. Ewing [1]

Penny Eilene Hood [1] ●

Morgan E. McDougall [1]

Troy Joseph Brown [1]

Theodore Facer [1]

Zachary M. Hosking [1]

Kelsie L. McKean [1] ¡

Jacob A. Browning [1] ¡

Brittany A. Falardeau [1]

Cheyenne M. Hosselton [1]

Eric L. McKinney [3] s

Alexander Brumfield-Meyers [1]

Tyler A. Fawbush [1]

Cody N. Hubble [1]

Shawanda J. McMurtry [1]

Elizabeth M. Buenting [1]

Amy M. Fehr [1]

Sarah J. Huber [1]

Beth Ann Melnick [1]

Caleb R. Buscher [1]

Olivia C. Fehrenbacher [1]

Keegan C. Huckfeldt [1]

Elizabeth M. Merrill [1]

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Michelle Rose F. Micor [1]

Emily Rene' Richardson [1]

MacKenzie Lynne Thorman [1]

Robert T. Mikeworth [1]

Amanda Nicole Rios [1]

Nicole G. Tipsword [2]

Brian N. Barry [1] (6) ■

Samantha M. Miles [1]

Nicole M. Risolute [1]

Erik R. Tobey [1]

John Tucker Easter [1]

Alexandra M. Miller [1]

Natalie K. Robertaccio [1]

Dominique L. Trebble [1]

Jarred W. Leeper [9] ¡

Sam D. Miller [1]

Thomas Dale Robertson [1]

Danielle N. Tuggle [1]

David D. Leimbach [1] (8)

Megan E. Mitchell [1]

Cory J. Robison [1]

Caroline J. Turner [1]

Jessica A. Manning [1]

Marquette R. Moore [1]

Kendall R. Robison [1]

Brandon M. Tyler [1]

Brian P. McLane [1]

Marissa C. Morin [1] s

Anne G. Rogers [1]

Kathy Vaca [1]

Hillary Patrice Mosier [1]

Brittany M. Rohling [1]

Anibal Valentin [1]

Jordan B. Moxey [1]

Chelsea Rottiers [1]

Michael C. Valoon [1]

Alexandria M. Mueller [1]

Tyler A. Roush [1]

Alexandre Van [1]

Michael P. Mulhearn [1]

Bailey L. Russell [1]

Aaron Michael Villarreal [1] s

Ashley S. Muse [1]

Alison M. Ryan [1]

Russell Waller [1]

Cole Deidrich Namken [1]

William Rzeszutko [1]

Jamiahus D. Walton [1]

Alyssa M. Navarro [1]

Samantha J. Sabath [1] ¡

Jenna M. Warner [1]

Rosalie Marie Neumann [1]

Amanda R. Sagan [1]

Olivia K. Warren [1]

Sarah Ruth Neumann [1]

Faaria Salik [1]

Samantha J. Wassenhove [1]

Kyle Joseph Nicholson [2] (5)

Amanda J. Saul [1]

Autumn N. Watkins [1]

Simon E. Nicholson [1]

Patrick J. Scharff [1]

Sherri M. Weaks [1]

John M. O'Brien [1]

Allison M. Schipma [1]

Daniel G. Weber [1]

Sarah M. Odle [1]

Emily O. Schneider [1]

Jacob M. Weston [1]

Andrea Oesch [1]

Ryan M. Schneider [1]

Kelsy C. Whitney [1]

Jennifer Oglesby [1]

Samantha J. Schnorf [1]

Nicole M. Wiedmann [1]

Nicholas C. Olendorf [1]

Laura K. Scoville [1]

Laura Diane Williams [1]

Brooke D. Oliver [1]

Jacob Shasteen [1]

Jillesa S. Willis [1]

Elyse M. Oskvarek [1]

Katherine R. Sheridan [1]

Cari M. Wilson [1]

Justin A. Ostergard [1]

Garth M. Sherman [1]

Emily E. Wilson [1]

Joseph M. Palazzolo [1]

Julienne W. Shields [1] s

Susanna M. Wirthlin [1]

Jacob B. Palmer [1]

Christina R. Shipley [1]

Kaley A. Wittrock [1]

James D. Panozzo [1]

Christian Silva [1]

Mia Christine Wolf [1]

Michael D. Panozzo [1]

Samantha Kay Sloman [1]

Allison Renee Wright [1]

Timothy J. Parcel [1]

Cody L. Smith [1]

Lindsey E. Wright [1]

Tom Franklin Pardo [1]

Alexa M. Snyder [1]

Sally F. Yoder [1]

Brittany N. Parker [1]

Lauren E. Snyder [1]

Zachary L. Young [1]

Samantha R. Parks [1]

Jaime L. Spears [1]

Blanca A. Zozokos [1]

Tyneshia M. Patterson [1]

Rachel E. Spenn [1]

Jacob T. Pearson [1]

Le Ann Spesard [1]

Christopher M. Pelikan [1]

Marie G. Spidale [1]

Alyssa R. Pennington [1]

Chelsie S. Spinner [1]

Lucas R. Petersen [1]

Jessica K. Staire [1]

William R. Petersen [1]

Rebecca M. Stark [1]

James Robert Pettyjohn [1]

Allyson B. Staudenmaier [1]

Eric C. Pfaff [1]

Kristina P. Stavroplos [1]

Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave

Edward A. Pluhar [1]

Kevin F. Stocks [1] ¡

Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Lainey E. Poor [1] ¡

Valerie Jo Stoll-Egger [1]

Katherine Ann Price [1]

Katherine A. Stoltz [1]

Giving Clubs

Contributors

Heather N. Pruemer [2]

Teresa M. Strang [1]

Jordan C. Rahar [1]

Matthew T. Stuckel [1]

Jacob T. Rathman [1] ¡

Sara A. Stuehm [1]

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

Macy L. Luedtke Raycraft [1]

Nicole B. Suedbeck [1]

Owen Raymundo [1]

Michelle Dawn Swanson [1]

Daniel P. Rear [3] ¡

Nikiya E. Takemoto [1]

Meghan M. Redding [1]

Heather Kay Talbert [1] ¡s

Alice E. Reed [1]

Xavier Tarica [1]

Morgan L. Reed [1]

Audrey D. Taylor [1]

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

Allyson M. Reis [1]

Precious Taylor [1]

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

Nathan M. Rhodes [1]

Jonathan Jarrett Tharnstrom [1]

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Business and Friend Contributors 18 Hole Woman's Golf Association – Country Club of Decatur [1]

Ms. Pamela J. Anderson [1] ●

Mrs. Kristi Barham [3] (6) o

Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. Anderson [12] ●

Amanda R. Barnes [1] s

Mrs. Natalie D. Bernard [10] ● s

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Anderson [2] (8) ■

Mr. Gerald E. Barnes [19] (5) ¡

Mrs. Molly Berry [5] ¡s

The Andreas Foundation [11] (1)

Mr. Ritchie G. Barnett [31] (4)

Mr. Merle Bertrand [11] ●

Mr. Michael D. Andreas [17] (1) ●

Mrs. Sandra Barnett [31] (4)

Ms. Lois Andrus [2]

Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Barnhart [21] ●

Bertrand Hopper Memorial Foundation [15] (4)

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Angel III [3] s

Mr. Dave E. Barnowski [44]

Mr. Zachary C. Angel [5]

Ms. Patty Barr [1]

Applebee's [2]

Gary and Denise Barry [1]

Aramark Corporation [3] (2)

Ernest and Beth Bartholomew [1]

Aramark Dining – Millikin University [2]

Scott E. Baseler [1]

Dr. Edward Acheson [31] (5) o s

Archer Daniels Midland Company [21] (1) p

Mr. Barry Basham [20] (8)

Mr. Mitchell Acker [17] (8)

Mr. Erwin O. Arends [50] (3) o ¡

Dan and Nancy Adair [1] ■

Argo Group US [7] p

Mrs. Brandy Adam [18] (7)

Arlington Heights Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi [1] (8)

A.D.M. Farms Inc. [2] (1) A.E. Staley Jr. Foundation [20] (1) Bethany L. Abbott [1] Abbott Laboratories Fund [15] (6) p Christine J. Abel [1] ● Mrs. Louise M. Abene [14] (8) Ms. C. Jean Aberle [5] (5) John and Sheri Abernathy [3] ● Mrs. Lynda L. Able [3] Ms. Dianna L. Abrahamson [2] (7) ● ■

Mr. Neal Adams [19] (6) Ms. Rebecca A. Adams [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adcock [3] (5) Mrs. Susan Adney [38] (2) ● o Adrian and Vondy P.L.C. Attorneys at Law [1] (8)

Bruno Armalas [1] Connie Armer [1] Barbara Armington [1] (8) Arts Midwest [3] (5) Associated Colleges of Illinois [21] (1)

Michael W. and Cynthia D. Albright [2] ●

AT&T [9] (5)

Alchemetric Solutions Inc. [5] (6)

AT&T Foundation [19] (6) p

Carol S. Alexander [1] ■

Carl and Chris Ator [1] ■

Mr. Robert H. Alfers [20] (8) ◆

Mrs. Amy Bass [14] (8) ● Mr. John Bass [14] (8) ● Bass Family Rev. Trust DTD [1] (8) Ms. Lee Ann Batchelder [1] (8) Mr. Lewis Batchelder and Mrs. Norma Maddio [4] (8)

Larry W. and Gay A. Bernard [1]

Mr. Teddy Bettis [10] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Beukema [13] (8) ● Dr. Ezra J. Beyda [23] Mrs. Lorrie M. Beyda [23] Susan Beyda [1] (8) ◆ Kirk and Joan Beyers [20] ● Mr. Rick Bibb [9] (8) s Ms. Rachel A. Bicicchi [3] s Mike and Gina Biggs [14] (6) ● ■ Mike and Laura Billimack [3] (8) ● Mr. Terry L. Biondo [2] (8) ● Helen A. Bird [1] ■

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bateman [2]

Matthew J. Bird [2]

Mr. and Mrs. George Batson [2]

Mr. and Mrs. William G. Bird III [2] ■

Battelle [2] (8)

Mr. Matt Bishop [4]

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Batterham [40] (7)

Dale Bjorling [27]

James G. and Patricia A. Baumann [1]

BKD LLP [31] (6) p

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Baumgart [16] ●

Mrs. Cindy Black [29] (4)

Sherry D. and Nancy J. Ator [1] ■

The Baxter International Foundation [11] (5) p

Black & Co. [48] (5)

Mr. Thomas Alford [23] ¡

Estate of Osa Ault [2]

The Beach House 1 Inc. [1]

Donald Allen and Elizabeth Galloway [1] ■

Mrs. Dean T. Austin [10] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Donn P. Beals [3] ● ■

Mr. Mark E. Avery [3] (5)

Beam Inc. [6] (2)

Mr. John R. Aylesworth [9] (6)

Simone and Randel S. Beazly [1] (1)

David J. and Carolyn A. Babb [1] (7) ● ■

Mr. Matthew A. Beck [7] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Bachman [13]

Mrs. Natalie Beck [7]

Mr. Dennis Backstrom [26] (8)

Ms. Sonia R. Becker [2] ●

Dr. Paul Bacon [1]

Mrs. Deberah Beckett [4] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baeres [2] ■

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bee [1] ●

Mrs. Sharon T. Alpi [24] (5) s

Stratis A. Bahaveolos Jr. and Nadine Bahaveolos [1] (8) ●

Dr. Ann E. Behrend-Uhls [1] (5)

Larry and Dee Altenbaumer [16] (5)

Charles N. and Mary Lyn S. Bailey [1]

Dr. John W. Altman [4] o

Bainbridge Gee Milanski & Associates [1]

Mr. Jerry J. Allen [10] (7) Ms. Joyce Y. Allen [1] Larry Allen [1] Randall D. and Pamela S. Allen [1] ● ■ Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alling [24] o Mrs. Michelle Allison [5] (8) Mr. James E. Alpi [24] (5)

Alumni Association of DMH School of Nursing [13] (6)

Mr. James W. Baird [2] (7)

Mrs. Sandra Belcher [25] (8)

Mrs. Mary Blalock [33] (2) Mr. William S. Blalock [33] (2) Mrs. Carol Blankenburg [27] (1) o BLDD Architects [38] (6) Mrs. Joan M. Bliler [10] Allen D. and Christine C. Bloom [1] ■ Dan and Pauline Bockhorn [6] ● Robert P. and Julie A. Boczek [1] ■ Bodine Electric [20] (1)

Dr. C. Elliott Bell Jr. [19] (7)

Dr. Ray Boehmer and Ms. Liesel Wildhagen [3] s

Mr. Gary Bell [4] (8) ●

Boeing Co. [11] (8) p

Mrs. Kim Bell [4] (8) ●

Mr. Michael L. Boggess [21] ●

Mrs. Nancy Bell [19] (7)

Ms. Margaret Bolin [2]

Ronald E. and Dianne Bemis [13] (8)

Mr. John F. Boll [36] (6) ¡

Donald R. and Carolyn J. Benedict [1]

Philip A. and Stephanie L. Bollier [1] (8) ● ■

Mr. and Mrs. Greg Alvis [2] (7) ● ■

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Baird [10] (6)

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Alward [1] ●

Ms. Candace L. Baker [5] (8) s

Ameren UE [8] (5) p

Dr. and Mrs. Stuart F. Baker [1] (8) ●

American Endowment Foundation [2] (5)

Ms. Vicki J. Baker [1] ●

American Fidelity Corporation [19] (8) p

Mr. John A. Balling [12]

American International Group Inc. [5] (5) p

Mr. Larry T. Balsamo and Charlene G. Callison-Balsamo [9] (5) ● ◆

Amherst F. Hardy Foundation [9] (1)

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Balzer [17] (8) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Benson [1] (8) ●

Deborah and Stephen Amrein [12] ●

Bank of America Foundation [11] (6) p

Mrs. Sandra Benson [38] (5)

Brent and Cathy Anderson [19] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Banks [4] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Benson [1]

Mr. Gerald Anderson [20] (8) ¡

Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Bankson [3]

Steve and Amy Bergevin [5] ●

Mr. Jack A. Anderson [43] (8)

Geno and Peggy E. Bardelli [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Keith F. Bergholz [1] (8) ●

Ms. Jane M. Anderson [2]

Mr. John S. Bargielski [11] ●

Mr. Terry Berk [25] (5) ¡

Jeff S. and Cheryl L. Anderson [1] ■

Mrs. Kathleen Bargielski [11] ●

Mr. Gary Bernard [10] ●

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Mr. Denny R. Benner [5] (8) s Mrs. Marjorie I. Benner [5] (8) Mrs. Patricia A. Bensmiller [4] (6) ● ◆ Mr. Robert L. Bensmiller [4] (6) ● ◆

Mrs. Vicki Bonnett [21] Kenneth Bono [19] (8) Mr. and Mrs. William J. Borger [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. David Bossert [16] (8) ● Bossert Farms [5] (8) Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bothwell [2] ● Marilyn M. Bottin [1] Bourbon Barrel Lounge [2] R. Scott Bowers [1] Mr. and Mrs. William F. Boys [1]

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Q BP Foundation Inc. [16] p John Bradbury [6] Mrs. Louise S. Bradbury [6] Mrs. Jeanette Bradley [19] Dr. and Mrs. John G. Bradley [7] (5) Mr. T. Graham Bradley [19] Mr. Thomas B. Braham [10] (7) Steven J. Brammer [13] ¡ Mr. and Mrs. David P. Brandenstein [4] (7) ● ◆

Buffalo Wild Wings – The Cekander Group [1] Fred and Sue Bumpus [23] ● Mr. Howard E. Buoy [8] (8) Mr. and Mrs. David W. Burczak [4] ● Eric and Lisa Burkhardt [5] (8) ● Mr. and Mrs. Michael Burnett [5] (8) ● Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Burns [2] (8) ● ¡ Baxter and Tracy Burton [3] (7) ● Mr. and Mrs. Edson N. Burton Jr. [2] (8) ■

Mr. and Mrs. David Brandon [16] (5) ■ s

Mr. Laurel A. Burton [26] (8)

Pamela S. Branham [5] (8)

Busey Bank [44] (4)

Mr. Bradley J. Brannon [3] ●

Robert D. and Ardith R. Butler [1]

Mrs. Connie L. Brannon [3] ●

Mr. Barrett Byers [6] ◆ ¡

Cleaves and Rosalie Branson [1] ■

Edward and Florence Cahan [11]

Mrs. Ruby F. Brase [13] (8) s

Alonzo and Dottie Cain [18] (8) ●

Mrs. Elizabeth Braun [49] (8) o ¡

Mack V. and Rhonda L. Cakora [1]

Mr. William J. Braun [49] (8) o ¡

Mr. Joe Callan [2] (8) ●

Mr. Erik C. Brechnitz [29] (4)

Ms. Anita Campbell [3]

Mrs. Nancy Brechnitz [29] (4)

Janet C. Campbell [1] ■

Mr. Kevin Breheny [16] (5)

Mr. P. Bruce Campbell [11] (8)

Mrs. Susan Breheny [16] (5)

Dr. Jeffrey R. Canham [16] (8) ●

Mrs. Wayne C. Brei [31] (8) ¡

Mr. Randy Cannady and Ms. Laura A. Cornille-Cannady [5] s

Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Brettschneider [2] ■

Mr. Rick Cannon [1] ◆

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Brickey [1] (8) ●

Vito and Jeanette M. Caponigro [1] ●

Bridge Publications Inc. [3]

Mr. Jim Carballido [23] (5)

Bridgestone/ Firestone Trust Fund [21] (7) p

Carl A. and Karie L. Carlson [1] (8) ■

Mrs. Amy M. Brilley [4] (8) s Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Bristow [1] (7) Mr. Ken Brobeck [17] (8) Mr. Robert Brockley [28] ¡ Ruth Bromley [18] (8) ● Mr. Kenneth Brooks [15] Dr. Randy M. Brooks [17] (8) s Mrs. Shirley Brooks [17] (8) s Mrs. Ruth A. Broom [29] (8) Brenda S. Brown [1] Mr. David L. Brown [4] (7) Jay A. and Jessica J. Brown [1] Ms. Joan Brown [3] (8) s Ms. Kathy Brown [1] Nigel Brown [15] (8) s Mr. Phillip Brown [13] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Rex L. Brown [45] Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Brown [8] ● Mr. Willard A. Brown [8] s Mrs. Clyde Browning [28] (5) Mr. Louis E. Bruce [7] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Brunaugh [2] (8) ■ Mr. and Mrs. Duane D. Bruninga [4] (8) ● Mrs. Ann Brunson [5] Mr. Jerry Brunson [5] Mr. and Mrs. Craig Bubenicek [2] ● ■ Ms. Mary A. Bubenicek [2] ● ■ Mr. Stephen N. Buck [12] (6) Samuel D. and Janice D. Buckner [1]

Sonja and Dan Carlson [17] (8) Mrs. Carolyn Carnahan [32] (5) o Dr. and Mrs. Robert Carney [18] (7) Ann Carnock [8] Mr. David Carr [35] (5) Mr. Michael D. Carr [18] s Mr. Nathan M. Carroll [5] (6) Mr. Gregory A. Carter [26] (8) Dr. Nancy J. Carter [26] (8) s Gregory A. Castanias [1] (6) Keith and Kathy Casteel [9] Caterpillar Foundation [21] (1) ■ p

Mrs. Linda K. Chitwood [16] (8) s

Johnny M. and Betty J. Connor [1] ■

Mr. Thomas L. Chitwood [16] (8)

Victor and Carol Connor [1] ● ■

Mr. Kevin Christ [28] (8)

ConocoPhillips [19] p

Mark and Nancy Christensen [8] ●

Consociate Dansig [1] (5) ■

Patricia L. Christman [1] (7) ■

Constellation Energy Group Foundation [4] (7) p

Mrs. George A. Churukian [36] (6) o Gregory G. and Penny A. Cieply [1] ● Brad and Lilly Cimo [1]

Cheryl A. Conway [1] ● Mr. Nicholas I. Cook [8] ◆ Mrs. Shannon Cook [1] (8)

Earlene Cimo [1] (8)

Mrs. Carol Cooley [13] (6)

Vickie Clark [1]

Mr. Thomas E. Cooley [13] (6)

Mr. William R. Clark [16] ●

Mrs. Carol Coppenbarger [18] (7)

Dorothy M. Clausen [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Copple [1] ● ■

Mrs. Dawn M. Clayton [5]

Sandra Coryell [9] s

Mr. Bartlett D. Cleland [9] (8)

Cosler Management LLC [1] (8) ■

Dr. Tina Cloney [4] (8) s Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Clow [2] ● Mrs. George L. Clucas [33] (5)

Aisha S. Coulson-Walters [7] (8) Mr. Bart Coulter [7] (5) Mrs. Cathy A. Coulter [7] (5)

Dr. Peter F. Coccia [22] (5) ●

Country Club of Decatur [2]

Mr. Donald Cockrell [21] (8)

Country Insurance and Financial Services [5] (8) p

Gershom R. Cohn [1] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Cole [1] (8) ● The Coleman Foundation Inc. [9] (1)

Country Journal Publishing Co. Inc. [6] (5)

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis K. Coleman [1]

Country Market Inc. [1] (7) ■

David R. Collier [1]

Jeff Cover [5] ●

Mrs. Michelle Collingwood [18] s

Mrs. Patty Coverstone [29] (8)

Mr. Kevin R. Collins [3] s

Covidien [6] (6) ◆ p

Richard and Kathleen Collins [1] (8)

Stephen A. Cox [1] ■

Dr. Linda L. Collinsworth [4] ● s

Mrs. Nancy Crandall [6] (8)

Ida M. Colson [1] (8) ■

Mr. Marion L. Crapse [20] (4)

Amy and Rick Coltrane [1] (8) ● ■

Mrs. Lee K. Crecelius [11] (5)

Mrs. John R. Comerford [1]

Dr. John E. Crew [14] (7)

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan [1] (5)

Mr. Tony M. Crosier [2]

Community Foundation of Central Illinois Depository [12] (4) Community Foundation of Decatur/Macon County [12] (1)

Mrs. Jerald J. Cross [34] (6) ¡ Guy and Alexa Crumley [8] ● Daniel A. and Vinnie S. Cufaude [1] ■ David A. Cufaude [1] (8) ● ■

Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Condon [3]

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Culbertson [1] ◆

Coney McKane's [1]

Mr. John B. Culley Jr. [25]

Wayne and Barb Conner [10] (6) ● ■

Sylvia M. Cummings [3] (7) ¡

Dean and Doris Cates [25] (7) ● Mr. John Cerasani [3] (5)

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY

Chad Mitchell Photography [3]

Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Chadwick [9] (7) Ms. Martina Chaidez [2] ● Mrs. Barbara Y. Chamberlin [13] Dr. Cheryl Chamblin [22] (8) s Mr. James R. Chambliss [15] Mrs. Beverly A. Chapman [40] (8) ■ s Mr. Matthew Chapman [3] (5) ◆¡ Charles Koch Foundation [1] (4) Mr. Edward Chausse [2] (8) Mr. Mark Cheviron [7] Chevron Humankind [5] (6) Chicago Bears [1] Mr. Andrew Chiligiris [1] (8) Mrs. Melissa Chiligiris [1] (8)

Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Giving Clubs

Contributors

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Q William H. Cunningham Jr. [1] ●

David C. and Catherine Demirjian [1] (1)

Richard M. and Lillian A. Dunsmore [1] ■

Mrs. Esther Ferre [32] (2)

Brad Curcio [15] (8) ¡

Mr. and Mrs. J. Gerald Demirjian [21] (1)

Holly S. Dunsworth [17] (6) s

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Feyen [1] (8) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Curry [14] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Demirjian [3] (1)

Richard L. Dunsworth [17] (6) s

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund [12] (1)

Mrs. Claudia Curry [6] (8)

Dent Free Inc. [2] (8)

Mrs. Victor D. Durchholz [25]

C.J. and Molly Fields [9] (7)

Mr. Matthew Cushing [11] (8)

Ms. Billie Jean Denton [5]

Terry L. Duzan [1] ■

Mr. William C. Fields [3] (8)

Dr. Ralph A. Czerwinski [27] (5) ◆ s

DePaul University [4] (5)

James M. and Carol A. Dvorchak [1] ●

The Finn Group [8] (6) ■

Mrs. Phyllis Daffron [2] ●

Detroit Edison Foundation [5] (5)

Ms. Alma Mae Dyer [2]

Dr. Paula S. Finn [15] (6) o s

Mr. William R. Daffron [2] ●

Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Gehl Devore [24] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Dykstra [2] (8)

First Presbyterian Church – Decatur [3] (8)

William O. Daggett Jr. [1] (5) ■ Dr. and Mrs. James G. Dahl [22] (5) ● s Daily Farms Inc [1] Mr. Glen G. Dalluge [7] (8) ¡

Dr. Janice G. Devore [31] (3) o s Estate of Lyle V. and Katharyn E. DeWitt [6] (2) Mr. Frederick DiCamilla [6] ¡

Mr. and Mrs. Francis R. D'Ambrose [2] (8) ●

Mrs. Sue Dickes [25] (3) Mr. Thomas R. Dickes [25] (3)

Carla J. Daniels [3] (7) ●

Scott L. Dicks [1] (7)

Mitchell D. Daniels [3] (7) ●

Carol Diehl [4]

Dennis Danowski [1] (8) David Vaughan Investments Inc. [2] (7) p Mr. Donald F. Davis [2]

Dean and C. Ann Dietrich [13] (8) ● ■ Mr. Wayne D. Dill [8] Dennis R. DiLullo [18] (8)

Mr. Jack D. Davis [26] ¡

Discover Financial Services [6]

Sandy S. Davis [1] (8)

Mr. Tom R. Dykstra [2] (5) ■ Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Eades [5] ● Mrs. Joyce M. Eandi [36] (8) Suzanne Eastman [11] (8) Mr. David Eberhardt [2] Dale R. and Roberta Edwards [1] Kara Eich-Richardson [9] (6) ■ Eisenhower High School – Elite Energy Show Choir [1] (8) ◆ Lynn E. and Sharon L. Elbert [21] (8) ● Mr. and Mrs. Kay Eldridge [2] (8) Eli Lilly & Co. Foundation [20] (1) p

Dr. and Mrs. Burnell C. Fischer [4] (8) Anne Fisher [8] Mr. W. Richard Fisher [20] (8) Mr. Edward Fitzgerald [17] (5) Ginny L. Fitzjarrald [11] Fix-It Enterprises Inc. [7] (8) Flanders House [5] Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Flesher [1] (8) ● ■ Ken Flesner [1] Florence East Trust [2] Margaret Foley [10] o

Ginny Disney [1]

Rene L. Elks-Cedillo and Julio Cedillo [1] (8) ●

Richard J. and Lori K. Dixon [1] (8) ●

Cheryl Ellegood [2] ●

Mrs. Dennis Forbes [23]

Mr. Frank Dobai [15] (8) ¡

Mrs. Jaci Elliott [14] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Carroll G. Ford [7] (7) ●

Mr. Steven Dobbs [4] (8) ¡

Harrell W. Ellis [1]

Jason Foreman [1]

Mr. Dennis Dolan Jr. [2]

Lisle E. and Margaret J. Ellis [1]

Jon Fortune [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Donahue [8]

Ms. Barbara S. Ellson [42] (8)

Mrs. Deborah L. Foster [49] (6) o

Mrs. Diane Donaldson [12] (6) ●

Emerson Electric Company [6] p

Mr. Rich Fox [3] (8) ¡

Mr. Arvin Donley [2] (7) ¡

Bob and Nina Emmons [26] (8)

Sandra Frakes [1] ■

Mr. Timothy G. Donohue [10] (7) ¡

Joe and Betsy Empen [22] (8)

Dwight L. Francis [1] ■

Tim and Joyce Donovan [8] (5) ■

Mrs. Cheryl A. England [20]

Jeffrey A. and Tonya M. Francis [1] ■

Elizabeth J. Doores [10] ¡s

Mr. Tony Enrietta [3]

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Francis [3] (8)

Mr. Joel Dopke [4] (8)

David Eppenstein [13]

Todd M. and Lisa M. Francis [1] ●

DCC Marketing Group [1] (5)

Mr. and Mrs. David Dorn [22] (8) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Erickson [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Kennard B. Franks [11] ●

Dr. Paul H. DeBruine [30] (5) ◆

Mr. Dustin V. Dotson [3]

Mr. and Mrs. Keith B. Erickson [2] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frazee [20] (8) ●

Mrs. Ruth DeBruine [30] (5) ◆

Mr. Cale Doubet [2] ¡

Ms. Shelley Erni [1] ● ■

Mr. Benjamin M. Frazier [2]

Decanter Fine Wines [1]

Mr. William L. Douthit [31] (7) ¡

Lisa D. Ernst [1]

Mrs. Gerald C. Freeman [30] (7)

Decatur Area Arts Council [8] (6) ◆

Dr. Douglas J. Dove [18] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Freeman [1] ●

Decatur Audubon Society [4]

Mrs. Ruth A. Dowell [20] ●

Erwin and Linda Arends Foundation [4] (5)

Decatur Choral Society – Opus 24 [6] (7)

Mrs. Stacia Dowell [15] (8)

Decatur Earthmover Credit Union [2]

Mr. Darrin Downs [9] ¡

Decatur Memorial Foundation [12] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Doxsie [18] (8)

Decatur Paint and Varnish [8] (4)

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Doyle [2] (8) ■

Decatur Yogurt LLC [1] (8)

Justine Doyle [10]

Kimberly B. Dedeker [1] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Doyle [2] (7) ● ■

Mr. James Dedera [3] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Drumm [15] (8) ●

William J. and Connie Davis [1] Tracy A. and Sandy Davison [2] ● Mr. and Mrs. William C. Davison [2] (8) ● Mary L. Dawson [1] (6) ■ Patrick J. and Ann Dawson [1] (4) Mr. Lester Day [2] Mr. Raymond E. Day [1] Mrs. Regina M. Day [1] Rodney L. and Cheryl L. Day [1] ● Mr. Scott L. Day [17] Dayton Foundation Depository Inc. [6] (4) ■

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Degenhardt

[2] ●

DeKalb County Community Foundation [6] (6) Mr. Steven Delaney [7] Frank Delgado [14] ● Spiro G. and Maria M. Deligiannis [1] (8) ■ Del's Popcorn Shop [5] Delta Dental of Illinois [2] p Delta Sigma Phi [1] (6) Charles A. and Suzanne A. Demirjian [1] (1)

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William J. and Cynthia Duggan [1] (8) Mrs. Patti J. Dukeman [9] (3) Mr. Van A. Dukeman [9] (3) Mr. and Mrs. William Duncan [4] ● Mrs. Barbara B. Dunn [16] (6) ◆ Mr. John F. Dunn [16] (6) ◆ Mr. Robert E. Dunn [26] (8) ¡ Mrs. Sandra L. Dunn [4] ● Mr. Stephen R. Dunn [4] ● Mr. Thomas P. Dunn [2] Dunn Company [17] (5)

Mr. Scott Eshleman [8] (8) Mr. and Mrs. William T. Eustice [1] ● Mrs. Thomas W. Ewing [56] (5) Exelon Corp. [5] (6) Express Scripts Foundation [1] (8) p Exxon Education Foundation [20] (4) p Judith Fabiniak [1] (8) Janet L. Fabry [15] ● Mr. and Mrs. William H. Falardeau [3] (8) ● Brian G. and Lisa M. Falasz [1] (8) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Foltz [2] (7) ● ¡

¡

Jeffery Frehn [5] (7) Mr. David Freyling [52] Mrs. Margaret J. Friend [3] s Dr. Alan F. Frigy [20] (6) Mrs. Elizabeth Frigy [20] (6) Dr. Herbert C. Fritz [46] (8) Mrs. Herbert C. Fritz [46] (8) Miriam Fritz [35] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fron [2] ● Mr. John S. Fry [16] (8) ¡

Robert Fallstrom [15] (8) ◆ ¡

Linnea Fryman-Viniard and James Viniard [5] (8)

Mr. Ronald Falzone [2] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Fuller [2] (8) ■

Mr. Scott Farlow [13] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Funderburk [4] (6) s

Jay E. and Betty L. Farr [1]

Mr. Brian Gabor [8]

Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Farrington [29]

Ms. Tracy L. Gabriel [1] ●

Mr. Steven R. Fasick [12] ●

Mrs. Cheryl J. Gaddis [1] (8) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Fearday [12] ●

Mr. Stephen L. Gage [11] ■ ◆

Mr. Karl Fechner [16] (6)

Mr. Michael G. Gagnon [6] (5) ● ■

Ms. Pixie P. Fennessey-Woolen [2] s

Ms. Carol L. Gaich [2] (7) ●

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Q Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Galasso [2] ■

Monica J. Graham [1] ■

Mr. Melvin R. Heisserer [22]

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hissong [1]

Mr. Walter W. Gale [51] (3) o

Mrs. Amy Gray [13]

Dan Heller [1] (8) ■

Ryan Hoch [1] (8) ■

Jaime and Albina Garcia [1] ●

Mrs. Kimberly Gray [2]

Eugene D. Heller [1] ■

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Hodgin [2] ■

Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo A. Garcia [1] (5) ● ■

Ms. Denise D. Green [5] s

Mr. Jerry Heller [5] (8) ●

Laurie A. Hodgman [1] ■

Garden Club of Decatur [2] (8)

Suzanne and Steven Green [4] ●

Mrs. Rhonda Heller [5] (8) ●

T.J. Hoeferlin [8]

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Gardner [15] (7)

Greenawalt and Associates Inc [1] (8)

Todd Helm [4]

Peter and Lisa Hoekstra [1]

Sean Garren [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Greene [1]

Mr. Mark Helmus [19] (8) ¡

Mr. Russ Hoffbauer [21] ¡

Mrs. Becky Garrett [18] (5) ¡

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Greenslade [2] ●

James L. Helsel Jr. [27] (5)

Mrs. Kathryne L. Hoffland [37] (8) ● s

Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Garrett Jr. [4] (8) ■

Mr. Charles Griffis [33]

Jeffrey A. and Connie J. Henderson [1] ●

Chuck and Kim Hoffman [3] ●

Garrett/Mosier Insurance Services Inc. [1] (7)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Griffith [7] ●

L. Jean Hendrickson and Kevin M. Reeder [1]

Dr. Darlene H. Hoffman [27] (5) ● s

Mrs. Kimberly A. Garrison [22] Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Garrison [5] (8) Daniel J. Garvey [1] (8) ■ Mr. Larry A. Garwood [43] Mr. and Mrs. Terry M. Gaston [3] (8) ■ Dennis L. Gatchel [14] (8) ● ■ s Mary Kay Gatchel [14] (8) ● ■ Mrs. Claudette Gates [9] Jeff Gates [1] ● ■ Michael and Jamie M. Gattone [1] ■ GE Fund [20] (4) p Jacquelene Geary [1] ■ Mr. Kenneth D. Gedgaud [15] (8) ¡ Michael K. and Shawn M. Geller [1] ■ Gary and Kim Genenbacher [9] (8) ■ Mr. Josh Gerber [3] Dean W. and Joan L. Gerhardt [1] Ms. Anne Gerhart [4] (5) Mrs. Joan Germano [29] ◆ Ms. Sasha L. Gerritson [2] (8) Mr. Martin L. Gewing [22] Mr. and Mrs. Kerry S. Gifford [2] ● Mrs. Jean E. Gift [19] (8) ● Mrs. Richard M. Gill [46] (8) ● Mrs. Susan Gillen [16] (8) Ms. Carol Gillette [9] (5) Mr. William Gingrey [3] (7) Mr. Terry J. Ginsberg [28] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Giuffre [4] (8) ● Ms. Mary Glasscock [19] (7) ● Kimberly S. Glaysher [1] (8) ■ Mr. John A. Glimco [1] ● Mrs. Rebecca R. Glimco [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. Ellis G. Godwin [1] (8) ● ■ Goehl Schering Cassens & Bier [1] Ms. Eunice M. Golden [2] (8) ■ Steve Goldsmith [1] ■ Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Gonzalez [38] Patricia A. Good [1] (8) ● GoodFellas [1] GoodSearch [5] Mr. Marv Goodwin [11] (7) Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Gorman [2] (8) Mrs. Stephanie Gossard [8] Grafton Winery [2] (8) ■ Mrs. Catherine Graham [22] (8)

Dr. Thomas E. Griffith Sr. [27] (8) ¡ Mrs. Virginia Grissom [16] (2) o Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grobengieser [2] ● Gary D. and Janet L. Gronewold [1] (8) John M. Guzzetta and Wendy S. Wilhelm Guzzetta [1] ■ Roque' L. and Rebecca A. Gwaltney [1] (8) ● Mr. Oscar D. Hadley [2] (8) Mr. Jeffrey Haggerty [3] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Marvin R. Hahn [2] ● Christopher Hale [15] Dolores A. Hall [13] ■ Mrs. Jean Hall [33] (8) Seth Hall [2] (8) Mr. Stanley R. Hall [33] (8) s Mr. and Mrs. Rudy P. Halteman [3] ● Ronald L. and Garry D. Halvorson [1] (7) ■ John and Ruth Ann Hamilton [12] ● Kathleen Hamilton [2] (8) ■ Kenneth and Mary T. Hamilton [1] Mary I. Hamman [1] Ms. Clarice M. Hancock [1] Robert A. Hancock [1] Mr. Scott Hanebutt [17] (8) ¡ Ms. Charlotte Hanks [17] Dorothy Hanna [31] (2) Mr. Matthew W. Hannam [13] (7) Dr. Leonard J. Hannapel [15] (4) Mr. James E. Hansen [1]

Mr. Eugene C. Hoffman [27] (5) ●

Mrs. Tara Heneghan [6] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hennessy [22] (8) ●

Mr. Joseph Hogan [13]

Mrs. Janice Henry [13] (7) ■

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hohenstein [17] (7) ●

Mr. Jeff Henry [4]

Mr. and Mrs. James Holeton [22] ●

Henry M. Staley Charitable Trust [5] (2)

Mr. Richard C. Holland [49] (6) o

Denny and Christy Herald [1] (8) ■

Mrs. Ray F. Holler [38] (7)

Dr. Mary E. Herald [18] (8)

Mrs. Joan Hollis [1] ● o

Herald & Review [31] (5)

Mr. and Mrs. Phil Holloway [14] ●

Chris and Cynthia Herms [1] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Holmes [2] (7) ● ■

David Hess [2]

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Holmes [1] (6)

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hettinger

[2] (7) ●

Barbara Baird Holowka [12] (7)

Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Heyl [2] ■

Home Brite Ace Hardware [1] ■

Frank D. Hibler Jr. [1] ■

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Hood [14] ● s

Roberta L. Hibler [1] ■

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hood [3] (7) ●

Kevin D. and Sue E. Hickey [1] (8) ●

Mr. Wayne Hood [23] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hickey [3] (8) ●

Mrs. Sandra Hooper [11] (6)

Dr. Morris A. Hicks [26] (8)

Mrs. William B. Hopper [26] (4)

Mr. and Mrs. James L. Higdon [12] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Horn [6] (6)

Mr. Michael Higginbotham [8] ¡

Georgia and Terry Hornbacker [8] ◆ s

James and Cheryl Higgins [1] ■

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Horneker [6] ●

Mr. H. Michael and Dr. Cheryl S. Hilgenberg [16] s

Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Hosking [2] (8) ● Mr. Kevin A. Hotopp [2] (8)

Mr. Scott H. Hillen and Ms. Colleen A. Covington [2] ■

Joe and Carol Houston [36] (7) ■ ◆ s

Mr. and Mrs. Terry G. Hillen [1] (7) ● ■ Mr. C. Douglas Hindman [32] (7) James A. and Myra F. Hinze [8] (7) Mr. Scott Hirsch [10] (6)

Mrs. Laurie Howard [6] (8) Mrs. Lauren Howell [7] (6) Wendell H. Hoyle [1] (8) ■ Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hubbard [12] ● Douglas A. Hubbard [12] (7) ¡

Maxine P. Hisle [1]

Mr. Dion Happ [8] Sol and Susan Hara [1] ■

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY

Mr. Joseph A. Hardenbrook [6] s

Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave

Thomas L. and Peggy J. Hargis [1] (6) Harris Pillow Supply Inc. [2] (8) Mr. Larry Harshbarger [32] (7) Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Harshman [12] (6) Mr. Scott D. Hawbaker [16] Mr. Edwin Hawkes [16] ◆ ¡ Mr. Dustin J. Hawkins [16] (8) Dr. Carla Diane Hayden [1] (2) Mr. Randall Hayden [5] (5) Patrick Hayes [1] ■ Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hazlehurst [12] (7) Mrs. Stacey A. Hedden [3] (8) s Mr. Bret A. Heim [20] Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heinie [20] (8) ●

Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Giving Clubs

Contributors

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Q Mrs. John L. Hubbard [8] (8)

Ms. Mary Frances Jett [3] (5)

Mrs. Linda Kehart [27] (8)

Theresa A. Kreischer [1] ■

Mrs. Stacey L. Hubbard [9] (6) ● s

Jim Romano Investments [8] (5)

Mr. Michael J. Kehart [27] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Krekel [2] ■

Mr. and Mrs. Scottie O. Hubble Jr. [3] ●

Mr. Michael David Jobe [2] ■

Linda Keiss and Rhonda Trower [1] (8)

Mrs. Denise Krimmel [8] (5)

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huber [21] (8) ●

Stephen R. and Lisa A. Johansen [1] ●

Dennis Kelly [18]

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Krohn [2] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Huck [3] (7) ●

John C. Griswold Foundation [19] (1)

Kelly Construction of Decatur Inc. [1] (1)

Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Kroll [4] ◆

Mr. Donald R. Hudgins [15] (6)

John Deere Foundation [1] (8) ◆ p

Kelly Construction of Indiana Inc. [1] (1)

Mr. and Mrs. John Krueger [4] (5)

Mr. Mel D. Huffman [38]

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. [16] (7) p

Kelly General Construction Co. of Decatur Inc. [1] (1)

Mrs. William Krueger [22] (7) o ■ ¡

John P. Fleming P.C. [3] (8)

The James S. Kemper Foundation [21] (7)

John Ullrich Foundation [9] (1)

Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kendrick [1] (7) ● ■

Mr. and Mrs. Darrell G. Johnson [14] ●

Paul Kennedy [1] (7) ■

Dr. and Mrs. David M. Johnson [5] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Kennel [1] ●

Mr. Eric Johnson [17]

Ms. Jennifer L. Kennelly [2] (8) ■

Mr. Eugene D. Johnson [55] (5)

Morris B. and Dolores E. Kennerly [1] ■

Mrs. Jill D. Johnson [11] ● ■ s

Frederic L. Kenney [12] (5)

Mr. Neal K. Johnson [11] ● ■

Kimberly D. Kenney [12] (5)

Mrs. Robert B. Johnson [8] (8) ●

Mr. Brian W. Kester [23]

Ms. Ronette Johnson [1] ●

C. Ray and Mary K. Ketchum [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Johnson [9]

Kevin P. Ryan DDS PC [1] ■

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Johnson [1]

Mrs. Lynne A. Kickle [7] (8) ● s

Johnson & Johnson Associated Industries [17] (4) p

Mr. and Mrs. William Kight [9] ●

Dan and Mary Huggins [8] ● ¡ Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Hughes [5] (5) s Bruce Alan and Nancy A. Hugon [1] (8) Mrs. Linda L. Hull [3] Dale R. Hultgren [1] (8) ■ Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hunt [1] (8) ● Dr. Jerald F. Hunt [24] (5) ¡ s Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hupp [16] ● Ms. Maxine Hurst [1] David M. Husel [1] (6) ■ Mrs. Adair Huss [14] Mrs. Kara Huss [1] (1) Mr. Mark A. Huss [1] (1) Dr. Stephen Huss [37] (1) David P. and Susan L. Husted [1] ● Ms. Judi Hutchcraft [1] Alan J. and Alice R. Hutchinson [1] (8) Mr. Trevas Hutson [9] IBM International Foundation [20] (3) p Illinois Arts Council [17] (2) Illinois Board of Higher Education [12] (1) Illinois State Society of Washington DC [1] Illinois Tool Works Co. Inc. [1] (7) p Mrs. Barbara Imming [26] Indiegogo [1] (6) Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Ineich [23] ● Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Insolia [3] ● ■ Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Ippel

[2] ●

J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation [8] p James T. Jackson [13] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Jackson [26] (6) Mr. Ronald J. Jackson [7] (8) Dr. Jon Jacoby [15] (4) Mr. Loren Jahn [31] (8) The James Millikin Estate [21] (1) Mr. and Mrs. George Janacek [1] (8) ● Mr. Larry D. Janes [32] (6) Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Jankovich [2] ■ Thomas H. and Elizabeth M. Jannusch [1] ●

Mrs. Kathleen M. Johnston [41] (7) Mr. Robert C. Johnston [22] (2) ●

Jennifer L. Kinkade [1]

Jolene Struebbe Trust [1] (8)

Shawnta D. and Keith D. Kinmon [1] (8) ● ■

Dale and Liz Jones [18] (8)

Ms. Susan W. Kinnamon [1]

Dolores W. and D.E. Jones [1] ■

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Kirby [2] ●

Jean MacRae Jones [17] (8)

Deborah Kirchner [20] (5) ● ◆ ¡ s

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Jones [19] (7)

James Kirn [20]

Mrs. Mary P. Jones [18] (5)

Mrs. Margaret Kirschner [7] (4)

Mr. Rick Jones [4]

Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Kisly [2] ●

Rick L. Jones [1] ■

Pat Kitner [8] ●

Kimberley M. Jordan [1] ■

Terrence R. and Myrna C. Klatt [1] ■

Tasha M. Jordan [1] ■

Mr. David Klein [14]

Mrs. Marlene S. Jorstad [31] (6) ■ ¡

Alan F. and Sylvia Klokkenga [1]

Clarence Josefson [31] (5) ● s

Mary Lou Klokkenga [1]

Mr. Jason R. Judkins [15]

Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick J. Knapp [2] ● ■

Julius W. Hegeler II Foundation [13] (1)

Ms. Kanne S. Knezz [1] (8) ● ¡

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Juntune [8]

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Knott [1] ●

Mrs. Connie Jurgens [30] (8) ■

Andrea C. Kohl [5]

Mrs. Emmett H. Jurgens [34] (7)

Mr. Eric Kohn [3] (8) ◆

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Jurgens [2]

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kondrup [1] ●

Paul and Mary Jane Jurgens [31] (8)

James Koonce [11] (2) ● ■

Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Jurges [6] ●

Stuart M. Koop [28] (8)

Carol L. Justice [1] (8) ■

Mr. Jeffrey D. Kopetz [13] (8) ■ s

John P. and Kathryn J. Kachanoski [1] (8) ■

Mr. John R. Koucky [37] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kale [3] ● Mr. and Mrs. Randall Kampfe [11] (7)

Japanese Literature Publishing Project [3]

Mrs. Cheryl Kampwerth [24]

Diana Hoffman Jarvis [13] (8) ●

Ms. Katherine Kane [1] (4)

Mrs. Alicia Jarzembski [10] (7)

Patrick and Meaghan Kane [1] ■

Dr. Harold G. Jeffcoat [3] (5) s

Ellen Kanervo [33] (7)

Mrs. Marie Jeffcoat [3] (5)

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Kaplan [1]

Mrs. Lori Jensen [26] o

Mr. Lucien C. Kapp [6] (8)

Dr. Norman Jensen [26] o s

Sally Karlin [1]

Jerger Pediatric Dentistry P.C. [2] (7) ■

Katz Spiritz on Merchant [1]

Mr. Tom Jerome [13]

Mrs. Virginia Keele [11] (8)

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. King [1]

Mrs. Carlee M. Kruep [18] Arthur D. and Nancy A. Krull [1] (7) ● ◆ Mr. Mark Krull [23] (8) Mr. Lawrence Krzewinski [29] (8) Mr. Kenton Kuddes [26] (8) ◆ Donald C. and Paulette M. Kueker [1] ■ Mr. and Mrs. Curt A. Kuempel [4] ● Mr. Todd A. Kuiken [18] (8) ◆ Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Kulasa [3] ■ Stephanie M. Kupferschmid [3] (8) Lori Kurz [1] ● Mr. Donald Kushner [6] (8) David A. and Lynn H. LaBrot [1] Mr. David Lach [16] (5) ■ Michael and Nancy Lacy [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. Keith Laidler [11] ● Marcia Laird [1] Mr. and Mrs. Toby Lambert [7] (8) s Lana's Cakewalk [1] Mrs. Cindy Landacre [15] (8) ● s Mr. Michael N. Landacre [15] (8) ● Ms. Diane Lane [16] (7) s Mr. Thomas R. Langan [40] (7) Doris M. Langston [10] ● Mrs. Sue Lansden [45] (8) Mr. John Larsen [12] (8) Kirk B. Larson [1] (8) Beverly A. and Bob Lasater [1] Mr. and Mrs. Sean D. Lattimore [2] (8) ■ Mr. Ray F. Laughlin [38] (5) ● Ms. Neva Laurie-Berry [5] (8) Mrs. Rose Marie Lawing [29] (8) ¡ Christopher L. and Christine A. Lawson [1] ● ■ Pamela Lawson [1] ■ Mr. Quy Le [5] Jacob V. Leanna [3] Mr. Scott Lecocq [4] ◆

Harry and Aspasia D. Koulos [1] (8) ■

Laura A. Ledford and Tomasz Kulakowski [7] (8) s

James and Jill Koulos [1] (7) ● ■

The Lee Foundation [2] (5)

Dr. John C. Kowalski [11] (8)

James P. and Patricia A. Lee [1] ●

KPMG Foundation [21] (4) p

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lee [2] (8) ●

Mr. Charles A. Kraeger [2]

Ms. Phyllis Lee [1]

Mr. Burnell D. Kraft [41] (2) o

Cynthia Leeck [17] (8) ●

Kraft Foods [8] (8) p

Thomas Leeper [26] ●

Mr. Mike Kramer [2]

John and Judy Leeseberg [2] ●

Mr. Joshua D. Kraus [5]

Mr. and Mrs. John LeFort [2] ●

Mrs. Cindy Krebs [5] (7)

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Leighty [13] (6)

Barbara Kreher [1] ■

Howard and Susan Lemons [1]

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Q Dr. Ron Lennon [30] (3)

Macon County Medical Society [4] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. McCarty Jr. [7] ● ■

Mr. Steven G. Metsch [1]

Leona Stanford Vollintine Charitable Trust [11] (1)

Mr. Rupert Macpherson [3]

Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. McClintock [12] (7) ◆

Mr. Christopher Meyer [10]

Mrs. Margaret Madden [19] (1)

Nadine McClintock [1] ■

Dr. James Meyer [4] (7) s

Mrs. Marilynn A. Madden [13] (2) ¡

Susan P. McCord [1]

Mr. John R. Mickler [15] (7) s

John R. Magner [1] ■

Mr. Silas McCormick [7] (7) s

John and Virginia Middleton [21] ●

Paddy S. Magnuson [1] (8)

Paige L. McCrory [1]

Midwest Office Supply [1] (6)

Ms. Nancy K. Mains [1]

Mrs. Virginia McDonald [5] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Milford G. Mikkelson [13] ●

Mr. Timothy N. Malavolti [6]

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. McDougall [2] ●

Mr. Kevin R. Miles [2] ●

Mr. Thomas R. Malenshek [17]

Katherine L. McDowell [1]

Mr. Carl L. Milhauser [15] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. William Malfese [17] ●

Mr. Claude McElvain [23]

Mrs. Megan Militello [4]

Phillip C. and Susan E. Mallers [1] ■

Kimberly McEvoy [4] ●

Mr. Brit Miller [3] (8) ■

William G. Maloney [1] ■

Mr. and Mrs. James McFadden [14] s

Mr. Cole Miller [3]

Teena H. Lichtenberger [1]

Frank and Kathleen Manderscheid [15] (8) ●

Michael J. McFaddin [28] ¡

Ms. Gladys M. Miller [3]

Ms. Ann Lienhart [1] (8)

Ms. Barbara Mangrum [18] (8) s

Mr. W. Douglas McGaughey and Dr. Carol McGaughey [9]

Gwendolyn Miller [3] (8)

Illenna Liggins-Riley [1] ●

Louis W. and Sheila J. Mansfield [1] (8) ■

Brian A. and Jennifer R. McGee [1] ■

Mrs. Jeanne Lilly [15] (5)

Marathon Oil Company Foundation [6] (8) p

Rebecca McGee [45] (5)

Mr. Bruce B. Leonard [28] (6) o Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Leonard [5] (8) ● Mrs. Betty Leppard [11] (8) ● Susan M. Leskis [1] J. Allan and Zanet N. Lester [1] (8) ■ Ms. Heather J. Letto [1] (8) ● Mr. Theodore Lewandowski [13] ● Jeffrey S. and Kristine M. Lewis [1] (8) Charles and Joanne Leyden [11] ● Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc. [2] (3) p

Rong Lin [9] Lincoln Diagnostics Inc. [27] (1) Lincoln Square Lounge [1] Ms. Ruth Linder [1] Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lindsay [2] ■ Mr. and Mrs. Ron Lindsey [1] Sherril D. Lindsey [1] ● Mr. Robert D. Linton [34] (6) ● o Mr. Carmelo Lisciotto [5] Mr. Craig S. Lithgow [11] (8) ● Mrs. Gail P. Lithgow [11] (8) ● Mr. Roger J. Litwin [1] ● Mrs. Roberta A. Livesay [22] (6) ◆ ¡ Lloyd Beynon Family Trust [1] (4) Mr. Karl L. Locascio [10] s Lock Stock & Barrel Inc. [17] (5) Mrs. Judy Locke [32] (4) Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Logan [2] (8) ■ Mrs. Pamela J. Logan [17] (7) Carla J. and Derek Long [1] (8) ● ■ Mrs. Jean Long [12] Mr. Wayne W. Long [10] Mr. Scott Longman [19] (8) ¡ Michael S. Love [10] (8) ● ■ ¡ Robert E. and Ruth A. Lowder [1] Deborah Ludwig [8] (8) Cindy Luedke [1] Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Luedtke [1] ● ◆ Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lundeen [11] (5)

Jean Marella [3] (8) ● Joe D. Marella [3] (8) ● Mrs. Laura M. Marietta [7] Thomas P. and Diane Markus [1] ■ John and Diane Marlin [8] (8) ● Mr. David H. and Susan Marshall [44] (2) o s Mr. Donald O. Marshall [9] (7) Jeri Marshall [1] Arlan G. Martin [1] Gary L. and Jennifer Martin [1] (8) ● Janet M. Martin [1] ■ Mr. and Mrs. Philip Martin [1] (8) ◆ Mrs. Wayne S. Martin [53] o Mr. Mark Martina [10] (8) Mary Wiegard Notary Service [1] (8) ■ Gregory A. Mason [7] (8) ● Mr. Jerome M. Mason [15] (8) MassMutual Financial Group [17] (7) p Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mastronardi [1] (8) ● Mr. Lester B. Mathieson [24] ¡ Cynthia A. Matre and Eric J. Krull [1] ●

James D. Miller [12] (8) Janet M. Miller [12] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Jay B. Miller [2] ■

Mr. James McKechnie [34] Mr. and Mrs. Jack McKenzie [15] ● Ms. Jean McKey [1] (6) Mr. and Mrs. Thearon T. McKinney [1] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McLane [3] ● Patricia McLaughlin [4] ●

Mrs. JoAnn Miller [12] ● ◆ Dr. J. Roger Miller [44] (4) s Mr. Keith Miller [26] Mrs. Kimberly Miller [11] (8) Mr. Leland B. Miller Jr. [18] Mr. Ralph Miller [32] (7) ●

Mr. Patrick S. McLean [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. H. Alan McMaster [20] ● Janis A. McMillin [1] ● Mrs. Frederick E. McTaggart [32] Mr. Walter E. Mechtoldt [27] (6)

Mr. Robert W. Miller [12] ● ◆ Millikin Bookstore [1] (8) Steve and Betsy Mills [7] (6) Mr. Daniel Minger [14] Mr. Joe Mitchell [3]

Renee A. Mehrmann [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Meilink [2] ■ Randy and Kimberly Meilink [1] ■ Ms. Donna Meinhold [8] (8)

Mr. Robbie Mize [13] (7) Mr. and Mrs. Leon J. Mizeur [2] (8) Ms. Mary Ann Moeller [1] ● Mr. George D. Molnar [21] (8)

Mr. John F. Melcher [13] (6)

Mrs. Laura L. Moma [4] ● ◆

Dr. and Mrs. Garry Melnick [1] ●

Monsanto Fund [13] (8) p

Memorial Medical Center [7] (6)

Mr. Gregory Montgomery [11]

Ms. Becky Menke [9] (8) ●

Robert F. and Michele Moody [1] ■

Jill Merrill [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Moore [3]

Carol L. Merritt [1]

Mr. Daniel M. Moore Jr. [25] (7) ◆ ¡

Marilyn Mertz [15]

Ms. Marianne Moore [1] (8)

Mr. Russ L. Matteson [12] Mr. Steven Matteson [5] Bruce L. and Jill A. Maxey [1] (6)

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY

Mr. Don Maxwell [3] ●

Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave

Ms. Connie May [1] (8)

Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Matthew J. May [1] Mr. and Mrs. Robert McAlindon [4] ●

Giving Clubs

Contributors

Neil and Pamela Lunsmann [3] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. McAllister [38] (8)

Dr. Karla L. Luxner [18] (6) s

George J. McArdle [1] (8) ■

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

Dr. Michael Luxner [18] (6) s

Patrick and Katherine L. McCafferty [1] ■

Lyle Jones Rental [9] (7)

McCall and Almy Inc. [7] (5) p

Dr. Robert T. Lynch [32] (7)

Mr. David McCallops [17]

M.C. Petty & Co. Inc. [7] (8)

Ms. Mable M. McCane [2]

MAC Capital Partners Inc. [1] (5)

Mr. Douglas McCarthy [14] (8)

Craig L. and Lara J. Macklin [1]

The Hon. Kitty McCarthy [14] (8)

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

Joseph L. and Kathy A. Macklin [1] (8)

Mrs. Mary H. McCarthy [15]

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

Mr. Steve Macklin [3]

Mr. Robert W. McCarthy [15]

Mrs. Beverly J. Lundquist [21] (7)

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Q Priscilla Moore [1]

Duane and Karen Neuendorf [19] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Parker [24] ●

Mr. Brad Poer [3]

Shirley Moore [25] (7) ◆ ¡

Mrs. Larry W. Neuzel [33] ◆

Dr. Judith Parrish [10] (8) ● s

Mr. James E. Pollard [10] (8)

Moran Technology Consulting Inc [1] (8)

Mrs. Mark A. Neville [35] (7) s

Mr. Mark O. Parrish [10] (8) ● s

Mrs. Lois D. Pollard [17] (8) o

Dr. Payson Moreland [17]

David P. and Mary P. Newell [1] (8)

Jim Parrott [11] (8)

Mary E. and Robert Pollard [1] (5)

Mrs. Dorothy Morey [14] (8) o

Mrs. Frank S. Newell [5] (6)

Mr. Mario Pasin [2] (5)

Mrs. William Posegate [11]

Mrs. Kathryn A. Morgan [31] (5) ¡

Mrs. Lola Newgard [2]

Mrs. Mary Kay Pasin [2] (5)

Posterity Press [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Morgan [12] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Newman [2] ●

Kerry L. and Anne Pate [1] (8)

Dr. and Mrs. Gary A. Potempa [10] (8) ●

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Inc. [12] (6) ■

Mr. Jeff Newton [3] (7)

Dr. and Mrs. Gaurang Patel [2] (8) ●

Dr. Robert M. Powers [23] (5)

Mr. and Mrs. Noel E. Morgridge [11] ●

Michael E. and Stacey D. Nichols [1] ■

Dr. Brent Paterson [30] (5)

Dr. Ruthann Powers [23] (5)

Mr. Roger Moroney [1] (8) ◆

Mrs. Tina R. Nicholson [13] (8) ● ◆ s

Mrs. Mary K. Paulin [16] (5)

PPG Industries Foundation [29] (3)

Morris A. Hicks D.D.S. [6] (8)

Mr. Jared Nickles [1]

Mr. Peter J. Paulin [16] (5)

George and Jeanine Prack [4] (8) ● ◆

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Morrison [5] (8) s

Mrs. Lisa Nieves [20] (6) ■

Dr. William Payne [10] (6)

Prairie Rise Farms [5] (6)

James W. and Nicole V. Morton [1]

Nims Foundation [5] (4)

Mr. Barry N. Pearson [9] (5) s

Dr. Marilyn Prasun [2] (8) s

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Moser [18] (8) s

The Noble Foundation [8] (4)

Gregg A. Pearson [27] ¡

Mr. Monte Prasun [2] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Mosier [14] ●

Stephen and Sarah Noelle [9] ●

Terry Pease [20]

Mr. and Mrs. John Pratt [3]

Edward J. Moticka and Eunice J. Adrian [1] (8)

Nokomis Veterinary Clinic [9]

Nickla Peck [1]

The Presser Foundation [13] (4)

Mr. N. Duane Noland [15] (3)

Robert and Nancy Peck [1]

Ms. Barbara L. Preston [2] ●

Mr. Jim A. Norcross [2]

Mr. Bradley Pedersen [17] (6)

Mr. Glean Price [1]

Mrs. Jane Nordlund [22] (5)

Alicia Pedroso [1]

John Proctor [12]

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Norman [1] ●

Sandra E. Pendola [1]

Prometheus Books [1]

Northwest Comprehensive Inc. [2] (5)

Penguin in the Park [6] (4)

Prudential Foundation [18] (6) p

Mrs. Laura L. Novick [7] ●

Jean E. and George M. Pennell [1]

Ms. Sharon L. Purcell [2] (8) ●

Mr. Steven G. Novick [7] ●

Mr. Thomas Pennington [23]

Scott Pursell [7] (5)

Mrs. Adam Nowicki [2] (7)

Jennifer and Jerimiah Penny [1] ■

Don R. Pyatt [1] (8) ● ■

Nowlin Family Farms LLC [1] (5)

Mrs. Cynthia P. Pensinger [37] (8)

Judy Pyatt [1] ■

Roger Nunlist [22] (7)

Pepsi Refreshment Services [5]

Mr. John Quackenbush [28] (8)

Mr. Tom O'Brien [3]

Martin Perenchio [17] ●

Quanex Foundation [6] (8) p

Dr. Michael O'Conner [18] (8) s

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Perry [6] ●

R. & R. General Contractors Inc. [2] (8) ■

Mrs. Roslyn J. O'Conner [18] (8) s

Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Perry [2]

Mrs. Lois Raber [14] (8)

Patrick H. and Marjorie A. O'Connor [1] ■

Mr. Bruce Pessin [1] ● ◆

Joan E. Rademacher [1] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Cary H. Peters [3] (7) ● ■

Mrs. T. Al Raduenzel II [35] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Peters [1] ●

Mrs. Amy Raffenetti [12] ¡

Peters Machine Inc. [5] (5)

Mr. and Mrs. Danny Ragan [1] (8) ●

MountainSong Music [2] ◆ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Mouser [3] (8) ● Mr. James Moyer [2] MQBC Endowment [4] (5) Yingdong Mu [1] (8) Mr. William A. Mudge [2] (7) ● Eugene E. and Nancy L. Mueller [1] Mr. Michael R. Mueller [7] (5) Mr. and Mrs. Vernon C. Mueller [24] Michael C. and Jennifer K. Muhlbauer [1] (7) ● Richard E. and Sue A. Munge [1] Mr. David J. Munson [8] Mr. and Mrs. Tim Murdick [1] (6) Mrs. Walter W. Murfin [21] (8) Charles D. and Jennifer Murphy [1] (7) ■ Gretchen L. and John P. Murphy [1] (7) ● ■ Mrs. Melinda Murray [35] (2) ■ Mr. and Mrs. Russell Murrell [1] ● Mr. Robert D. Musson [3] Ms. Denise M. Myers [20] s Dianne Myers [1] ■ Mr. Gerald B. Myers [1] Mrs. Joyce Myers [7] (8) Richard C. and Joan Myers [1] (8) ■ Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Myers [6] (8) Robert L. and Amy T. Myers [1] ■ Mr. Gus Nadelhoffer III [2] (8) ■ Gus Nadelhoffer Jr. [2] (6) ■ National Alliance for Musical Theatre [3] (5) National Christian Foundation West Michigan [2] (8) ■

Ryan P. and Tonya J. O'Connor [1] ● ■ Mr. Timothy O'Connor [32] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. O'Donnell [2] (8) ● Mr. William Oesterreich [17] Mrs. Curtis Older [23] Dr. James C. Olendorf [30] (8) James R.G. Olson [29] ● s Mr. and Mrs. Paul O. Olson [2] ● Mrs. Cindy O'Malley [22] (8) Mr. Frank O'Neill [3] (8) ● Michael Oremus [5] ● Robert S. and Phyllis E. Orr [1] Anthony V. Ortez [4] Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Osmond [5] (8) ● Ms. Ruth Pace [1] (8) Paco's Sol Bistro [1] Ms. Melissa A. Padilla [3] ●¡ Mr. and Mrs. Chris J. Pagano [2] (8)

Nationwide Foundation [12] (5) p

Richard C. Paine [20] (8) s

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Naylor [20] ●

Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Palazzolo [3] (5) ● ■

Mrs. Alexis Neff [6] (8) Mrs. Cynthia Neff [28] (2) ● ■ Mr. Ron Neideffer [27] (4) ¡ Mr. Edward A. Nelson Jr. [6] Mr. and Mrs. Neal Nelson [1] (8) Mr. Peter J. Nennert [5]

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Mr. Lee Pallardy [22] (8) ¡ Ron and Sherry Palmer [16] (8) ● ◆ Mr. and Mrs. James J. Panozzo [1] ● Mr. Nicholas Parchert [5] Mr. John E. Parker Jr. [2] ¡

Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Peterson [2]

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Rahar [1] (8) ●

Mr. Jon C. Peterson [37] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Randall [6] (5)

Mr. William Peterson [2] (6)

Rapid Reproductions Inc. [2]

Mrs. Patricia A. Pettit [12] (6) s

Rare Pest Control Inc. [1] (8)

Mr. Timothy J. Pettway [1] ●

John and Judy Rasche [12] (8)

Deborah G. Petty [18] (8)

Mrs. Linda Rash [14] (8) ● s

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Pfeifer [3] (8) ●

Mr. Rick W. Rash [14] (8) ●

Pfizer Foundation [12] (7) p

Mrs. Rebecca A. Rauff [1] (8) s

Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club [1] (8)

Mr. James L. Raver [3] ●

Mr. John Pierce [28]

Mrs. Joyce Raver [3] ●

Mark and Patricia Pieske [21]

Mrs. Carol Rayhill [37] (6) ¡s

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Pilling [23] (1) ● o

Mr. and Mrs. James P. Rebman [24] ●

Marilyn T. Pilon [1]

Mrs. Barbara Redford [37] (6) o s

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Pinaire [1]

Mr. Gerald A. Redford [37] (6) o s

Mrs. Hee Ju Piper [15] (8)

H. Lynn Reed [3]

Jerald and Gerrie Pippin [1] ■

Mrs. Lana Reed [4]

Ms. Amanda L. Pippitt [3] s

Mrs. Marc J. Reed [1]

Jesse Pisors [1]

Vanessa S. Reese [1] ■

Peter B. Pistorius [7]

Eric J. and Lynne M. Reger [1] (7) ●

Mr. Jesse Plasencia [2] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer B. Reichert [2] (7) ■

Ms. Lisa Pluhar [1] ●

Mrs. Michael Reid [10] ¡

PNC Foundation [7] (1)

Janice Reifsnyder [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Podeschi [4] (5) ●

Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc. [1] (5)

Mr. James Podesky [6]

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Q Connie H. Requarth [14] (5) o Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Reschke [19] (8) ● Mr. and Mrs. Danny R. Reynolds [18] (4) ● Mr. Michael F. Rhoades [3] (8) ● ◆ Mr. and Mrs. Bill Richards [2] (6) ● ¡ Kent M. and Pam K. Richards [1] ■ s Mr. and Mrs. C. Kent Richardson [27] s Mr. and Mrs. Gene Richardson [1] ● Mrs. Liz Richardson [61] (2) Mr. Randall W. Richardson [9] (8) Douglas E. Riegel [1] (8) ■ Mr. and Mrs. David P. Ries [1] ● Donald Riley [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Ringgenberg [2] (8) ●

Samuels Miller Schroeder Jackson & Sly LLP [15] (5) William and Lois Samuelson [10] (7) ● June A. Sandell [1] ■ Mrs. Debbie Sanders [2] (8) ■ Tony A. and Angel M. Sanders [1] ● ■ The San Diego Foundation [9] (7) Mrs. Audrey G. Sanner [3] (8) Mr. Thomas A. Saponas [15] (7) Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center [1] (8) Mr. Daniel Saros [12] Mrs. Alex L. Sarran [15] (8) ● Dana Sayles [1] ● Robert N. and Rita L. Scales [1] Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Schanefelt [4] (8)

Marie B. Sesslar [1] (4)

Daniel L. and Ila J. Slagell [1] (8)

James D. and Carole Seyfert [1] ■

Ms. Linda M. Slagell [25] (5) ■ s

Jeffrey D. and Jacee M. Seyfert [1] (8) ● ■

Marie and Burdell Slagell [1] (5)

Wesley M. and Shirley Shadowen [1] (7) ■

Aridell Slaughter [1] ■

A. James Shafter [10] (8)

Jimmy C. and Kisha N. Slaughter [1] ■

Virginia Shafter [10] (8)

Kendra Slaughter [1] ■

Eugene and Janice Shapiro [12] (8) ●

Dr. Deborah Slayton [27] (5) o ◆ s

Dr. and Mrs. Philip H. Sharkey [6] (8)

Mr. Douglas Sleade [35] (8) ● ■ ¡

Mr. Scott E. Shearer [32] (8)

Mrs. Patricia L. Sleade [35] (8) ● ■ ¡ s

Shell Oil Co. Foundation [21] (4) p

Mr. Jerry Slunder [16] (5) ¡

Mr. and Mrs. Jack O. Shelton [2] ●

Dale Slusarski [26] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Jon P. Sheridan [2] (7) ●

Mrs. Joanne Sly [15] (8)

Mr. Keith Sherwood [21] (8)

Ms. Sherri Smart [12] (8)

Mr. Gregory Shierling [20] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Smith [2] ● Mrs. Corinne S. Smith [16] ● ■

Estate of Leroy B. Ritter [1] (1)

Mr. Rodney V. Schanefelt [8] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Shipowick [8] (6)

Mr. Bruce L. Rives and Mrs. Lisa K. Denson-Rives [1] ● ◆

Rebecca Scheiblauer [1] (8)

Mr. Owen Shoemaker [27]

Al Scheider [1] (8)

Mr. Charles Shonkwiler [30]

Patrick J. and Kathy E. Schell [1]

Ms. Janice J. Short [2] ■

Wayne and Bonnie Schell [1]

Mrs. Jeanette A. Short [34] (8)

Mr. Herman M. Schermer [30] (8)

Daniel A. and Emily J. Shreve [1] ■

Mr. Geoffrey Schiciano [6] (6)

Ms. Pamela L. Shriner [2] (8) ● ¡

Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Schiesher [2] ■

Mrs. Jeana Shroyer [23] (5)

John S. and Sara J. Schilling [9] ●

Robert Shuford [22] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schirding [1]

Mrs. Mable E. Shuman [16] o

Mrs. Barbara Schleppenbach [14] (7) ●

Ms. Sarah Shupenus [2] (8) s

Mr. John M. Schleppenbach [14] (7) ●

Gary L. Shutter [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Schmalz [12] (1)

Gloria A. Shutter [1]

Mr. Karl Schmidt [14] (7)

John J. Shutter [1]

Snedeker & Murphy Inc. Investment Planners Inc. [1] (7) ■

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Schmitz [2] (8) ●

Siemens Corp. [3] (8) p

Mrs. Virginia Snell [13] (6)

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Schneider [2] ●

Bernard R. and Lila T. Silver [1]

Joseph L. and Maureen Snow [1]

Mrs. Lori A. Schneider [4]

James D. and Christine A. Sinclair [1] (7) ● ■

John C. Snyder [13] (1)

Anthony P. Robbins [1] (7) ● ■ Dana L. Robbins [1] (7) ● ■ Krista Roberts [4] (8) ■ Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Robertson [2] (6) ● ■ Mr. Don L. Robinson [32] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Robinson [5] (6) Mrs. Verne E. Roby [15] (6) Rockwell Collins [6] (7) p Mrs. Eileen M. Rogers [39] Mrs. Bill F. Rohrscheib [7] Keith and Kara Rollins [4] (8) ● Mr. and Mrs. Tony Romano [2] (1) Charlie, Steven, and Sherry Rose [1] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Rose [2] (8) ● Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Rosenberger [24] (8) Mrs. Donna Rosteck [25] (6) o Mrs. Janet Roth [2] (6) ¡ Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Roth [2] ■ Mrs. Gloria Rotz [54] (8) Richard L. and Rita M. Rounds [1] (8) ■ Theodore C. and Mary E. Rounds [1] ■ Mr. Verl Row Jr. [9] (8) Hugh and Linda Rowden [13] Roy Mosser & Associates [4] (8) ■ Mr. Daniel J. Rozum [24] (6) Mr. Gerald L. Ruff [13] (5) ¡ Mrs. Peggy Ruff [13] (5) ¡ Mrs. Dorothy E. Russell [1] (8) ● Kathryn Russell [1] Mr. and Mrs. Wayne T. Russell [3] (8) ● Charles R. and Beverly A. Rutherford [1] Thomas M. and Susan M. Ryan [1] ● Mr. Jud Sabath [1] ● Saintyonan Revocable Trust [3] (5) Mrs. Linda Salaita [6] (8) Marlena Middlebrook Salters [5] (8) Ms. Carol M. Sampson [14] (6) s Ms. Mary Sampson [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Keith T. Schnepp [19] (8) ● Mrs. Brenda Schoeneberg [8] Mrs. Roger W. Scholes [14] (8) s Dr. and Mrs. Charles Schranck Jr. [5] ● Mrs. Ardath N. Schrodt [19] (1) Dr. M. Joseph Schrodt [19] (1) Stephanie K. and David I. Schrodt [1]

Mrs. Cynthia Smith [26] (5) Danny Smith [4] David and Susan Smith [19] (8) ● Don R. and Sharon M. Smith [1] (8) ■ Dr. and Mrs. Homer A. Smith [11] (7) s Jeff Smith [1] (7) ■ Kevin Smith [14] (8) ¡ Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Smith [1] Ms. Moleska Smith [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Smith [14] ● Mr. James Smithson [22] Ilisha K. Smith-West [1] ■

Society of Pi Kappa Lambda [1] (6)

Mrs. Arlene M. Sindelar [7] (8)

Sharla J. Sola [1] (8) ●

Ann Singer [1]

Mr. Pedro C. Solano [15] (8)

Sit Investment Associates Foundation [12] (7) p

Dottie F. Solomon [7] ● Mr. and Mrs. Keith L. Solomon [1] (7)

Mr. John G. Skeffington [20] (2) ●

Leo and Lois Sondgeroth [6] (8) ●

Mr. Mike Skuodas [15] (8)

Schrodt Family Foundation [11] (1) Frank S. and Julie A. Schrohe [1] ■ Les and Kris Schroll [12] (7) o◆ Ms. Christie Schuetz [1] Barney and Joan Schultz [11] (8) ● Dr. Jennifer R. Schroeder [2] s Schwab Charitable Fund [2] (5) Mr. Dennis E. Schwieger [2] (8) s Mr. Jason Scott [9] (8) Jack and Mickey Scoville [24] ● Mrs. Joanne Sea [14] (6) Ms. Llewellyn Sears [24] (8) ● Ms. Laura E. Sechrest [2] Mrs. Ann M. Seidman [11] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sekura [2] ● Seno Formal Wear [13] (5) Sentel Trust [17] (5) Mr. and Mrs. Rick D. Servey [5] ●

2012-13 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KEY Class Agent Name (in blue) Total $ given by class | # in the class who gave | % of those in the class who gave Alumnus or Organization Name [# of years given to MU] (Giving Club)

Giving Clubs

Contributors

A number following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that giving club.

An icon following the individual's or organization's name designates membership in that group.

(1) = Benefactors – $25,000 or greater (2) = Patrons – $10,000-24,999 (3) = Gold – $6,000-9,999 (4) = Silver – $3,000-5,999 (5) = Bronze – $1,000-2,999 (6) = President's Club – $500-999 (7) = Tower Club – $250-499 (8) = Century Club – $100-249

■ = Big Blue Club o = Investors Society ◆ = College of Fine Arts Patrons Society ¡ = Loyal Blue Club ● = Parent s = Faculty or Staff p = Matching Gift Company

The Honor Roll of Donors reflects gifts given from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

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Mr. and Mrs. William T. Stuckel [1] ●

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Thurston [13] (4) ¡

Mr. Mark VanderZyl [8]

Mr. Timothy Sontag [7]

Albert Stupek [19] (8) ●

Rev. and Mrs. Joel W. Tibbetts [16] ●

Soy Capital Bank and Trust Co. [48] (5)

Mrs. Carolyn Baird Stupin [8] (5)

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Tiede [20] (6) ● ¡

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program [8] (5)

Ms. Dianne Spaniol [1] ●

Sonje L. Sturdivant [2] (8) ●

Dr. and Mrs. Russell L. Tiede [11] (8) s

Fredric W. Spannaus [14] (5)

Carolyn J. Styninger [1] ■

Tillotson Industries Inc. [7] (1)

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Sparks [12] ●

Superior Elevator Inspections & Consulting [1] ■

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Tish [4] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Spear [8] (5) s Speed Lube [9] (5) Mr. Allan D. Spelbring [43] (6) Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer [5] Virginia R. Spencer [1] ■ Mr. and Mrs. James D. Spillane [5] ● Vincent Spinosa [4] ●¡ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Spires [23] (8) ● Dr. and Mrs. Allen Splete [10] (6)

Mrs. Shirley Sutor [6] (6) Mr. Shawn Sutter [26] (5) Svendsen Florist [27] (8) James A. and Barbara J. Svoboda [1] ■ Mr. Lloyd S. Swanson [5] (7) Mrs. Shirley Swarthout [45] (6) ■ Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Swartz [8] (1)

TK Partners LLC [1] (1) Mrs. Jerry R. Tobias [27] (6) ● William and Carol Tolone [15] (8) ● ■ Mrs. Tim J. Toney [27] (6) Kathryn L. Torre [1] ● Dr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Totel [1] (8) Dr. Paul N. Toure [1] s Dr. A. Wesley Tower [18] o s Mrs. Marjorie L. Tower [18] o

Mr. Thomas Sponsler [20]

Rev. and Mrs. B. Lawrence Sweeney [16] (8) ●

Springfield Electric Supply Co. [4] (7)

Dr. Arthur Sweet [35] (7)

Town and Country Bank [1]

Mr. Robert W. Springman [2] (8) ●

Ms. Jeanette A. Sweet-Lauderdale [17] (7) ●

Sara Towne [8] (8) ¡

Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Spurling [2] (8) ● Square D Foundation [7] (6) p Mr. and Mrs. Mark Staley [8] (2) Mrs. Violet Staley [10] (2) The Standard [2] (7) p Dr. Paul R. Stanley [37] (6) o Mrs. Shirley Stanley [37] (6) o Mr. Denny Stanton [16] State Farm Companies Foundation [21] (3) p State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. [7] (5)

Mr. and Mrs. Dirk T. Swiderek [2] (8) ● Mr. and Mrs. Troy Swinford [20] (5) Symphony Orchestra Guild of Decatur [29] (1) Mr. Reginald N. Syrcle [34] s Randall E. and Terri L. Taake [1] Mr. and Mrs. Melvin M. Takemoto [2] ● Nicole L. M. Talbot [1] (5) Marlon R. and Inez L. Talley [1] ■ Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Tarr [4] ● Tate & Lyle Americas Inc. [19] (5) p

State of Illinois - Comptroller [1] (4)

Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Tatman o

Henry and Elvira Stawarski [4] ● ◆

Jeff Taviner [17]

Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Stegeman [9] ●

Tawani Enterprises [1]

Ms. Stephanie M. Steiner [1] ●

Bill and Janet Taylor [12] (8) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford F. Steinkraus [25] (6) ●

Mr. Chad Taylor [1] ◆

Mr. John F. Stengel [51] Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Stengel [12] Dr. Arthur Stern [22] Mrs. Joselyn Stewart [1] Mrs. Louise Stewart [12] (7) ● Mark A. and Phyllis K. Stewart [1] (8) Norma I. Stewart [25] s Norman L. Stewart [25] Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stillson [21] ● Melanie J. Stimeling [6] s Dr. Travis D. Stimeling [6] s Ms. Evelyn Stocks [2] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Taylor [4] (8) s Ms. Kathleen Taylor [1] Mrs. Sylvia Taylor [19] Mrs. W. Bernard Taylor [44] ■ Mrs. Linda Techner [7] (8) ● ¡ Mr. Stephen J. Techner [7] (8) ● ¡ Mrs. Brian Telford [11] (5) ◆ Mr. John R. Theriault [15] (8) Mr. John Thies [21] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thomas Sr. [1] ● Mrs. William P. Thomas [2] (8) John Thominet [24] (8)

Towers Watson [1] (6) p

Mr. and Mrs. Brian R. Townsend [1] (5) Travelers Co. [4] (8) p Timothy M. and Sheila M. Treacy [1] ■ Mr. Eric Trimberger [1] ◆ T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving [6] (2) Rhonda Trower and Linda Keiss [1] (8) Dr. Lawrence Troy [4] (5) s Mr. Brad Truax [17] (7) Mrs. Marshall S. True [20] (7) T.S. and Juanita Ballance Foundation [4] (1) Anthony P. and Christine M. Tsigolaroff [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. David P. Tucker [3] (8) ● Ms. Katherine Tucker [2] (7) ■ Paul and Jane Tucker [1] James E. and Linda Tueth [1] (7) ● ■ Mr. Steven C. Tullis [21] LeAnne Tully [1] Mr. and Mrs. Steve Turner [5] ● Mr. John V. Tuschhoff [14] Jacob E. Tyler [5] (5) ¡ Col. and Mrs. Robert R. Tyler [3] (8) Mrs. Frank C. Tyrolt [50] (2) o ■ Mr. Mark S. Ulbrich [2] ■ Mr. Ronald Ulmer [6] os Union Pacific Corp. [21] (4) p University Dogs [2] Mr. and Mrs Duane Uphoff [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry S. Stocks [2] (7) ●

Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Alf R. Thompson [11] (1)

Mrs. Linda Strate [2] (7) ■ ¡

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Thompson [14] (8) ●

Mr. Arthur Urfer [18] (8) ●

Mrs. Carol D. Streckfuss [16] s

Herbert W. Thompson [12] (8)

U.S. Department of Education [9] (2)

Mr. George Streckfuss [16]

Mr. James Thompson [4]

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Strick [2] ●

John A. and Denise M. Thompson [1] (8) ■

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [1] (1)

Marlon L. Strong [1] (8) ■

Sharon C. Thompson [12] (8)

Mr. Andy Strubhar [11]

Mrs. Brenda Thornburgh [6] (8) ●

Ken and Joan Struttmann [18]

Mrs. Rose Throne [8] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Struzik [3] (8)

Mr. J. Alan Thursby [9] s

Mr. Thomas Stryker [31] (8)

Estate of Betty L. Thurston [1] (3)

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Mr. and Mrs. Roger Uphoff [1]

Cory Usher [10] (8) Nate Vaagen [1] Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Vaccarello [2] ● John and Marilyn Van Ausdall [7] ● Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Vance [4]

Kenneth VanMilligan [1] Michael Van Spankeren [3] Mr. R. Douglas Varvil [4] (7) Mr. Mark T. Vasconcelles [3] (8) ¡ Milli Jackson Wray Velek [30] (8) ● Stephanie M. and Anthony P. Verardi [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. Victor Verdooren [18] ● Dr. D. Rene Verry [9] s Christian Vettrus [2] Mr. and Mrs. William G. Vlcek [1] ● W.W. Grainger Inc. [15] p Mr. Billy J. Waddell [2] (7) ● ¡ Mrs. Melissa Waddell [2] (7) ● ¡ Dr. James L. Wade III [18] (5) Judy Waggoner [2] (6) Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Wagner [1] (7) ● ■ Mrs. Gertrude H. Wagner [9] Mr. Mark Wagner [8] (8) Gerald M. and Gloria S. Wahl [1] Mr. Mike Waight [23] (8) ¡ Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Walbaum [3] Mr. Scott Waldbusser [8] ¡ Mr. Bob W. Walker [38] (6) Mr. Andrew Walters [3] Mr. Thomas Walters [5] Mary A. Waltrip [58] (5) WAND-TV [1] (8) ■ Mrs. Deborah J. Wannemacher [16] (8) ● Mr. Steven J. Wannemacher [16] (8) ● Ward C. Rogers Foundation [11] (1) Mr. and Mrs. Tony A. Warden [2] ■ Mr. John E. Warner [46] (8) Peggy S. Warnick [1] Mrs. Ellen K. Warren [2] (8) ● Nick T. and Judy Waszczuk [2] (8) ● Sally S. Waterbury [1] (8) Mrs. E. Margee Watkins [8] Gwendolyn and Titus Watkins [1] ● Ms. Bonnie O. Watson [2] ■ Mrs. Linda E. Watson [3] (5) s Mary A. Watts [4] Watts Copy Systems [4] (6) Mrs. Evan Weatherford [9] (7) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Weaver [19] (8) ● Ms. Mildred Weaver [14] The Hon. A.G. Webber IV [13] (8) Leonard J. and Debra M. Weber [1] ■ Albert Weidlich [1] Mr. Kris Weidling [13] (8) ¡ Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Weiss [4] Mr. Evan Welch [7] Mrs. Tharine Wells [18] (8) Wells Fargo [8] (4) p

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Mr. Brad Wilhelm [11]

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wilson [14] (7) ●

Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wooley [2] ● ■

Mrs. Carol A. Wendt [6] ●

Mr. C. Scott Wilhelm [32] (8)

Perry and Imogene R. Wilson [1]

Mrs. Jacqueline Wrigley [11] s

Mrs. Cindy Wene [10] (7)

Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Wilhelm [2] ■

Rickey L. and Jo Ann Wilson [1] ■

Mrs. Nina Wunderlich [37] (7)

Mr. Thomas R. Wene Jr. [10] (7)

Ms. Virginia Wilhelm [1]

Mrs. Russell Wilson [9]

Mr. David K. Wyness [28] (5)

Jason and Stephanie Wenzelman [1] (8) ■

Richard T. and Maureen Wilke [1] ●

Mrs. A. Nadine Wimmer [3] (8) ●

Mrs. Lois YaDeau [20] (8) s

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Wessler [12] ●

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wilken [2] (8) ●

Mr. Ron Wince [6] (8) ◆

Dr. W. Ronald YaDeau [20] (8) s

Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. West [2] ●

Mr. Kevin Wilkening [9]

Mr. F.R. Winchell [12] (8) ●

James Yagen [8]

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Weston [4] (7) ●

Floyd and Pamela Wilkins [1] (8) ■

Milton D. and Martha K. Yeakel [1]

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Westphal [5] ●

Dr. Harold L. Wilkinson [16] ● ¡ s

Steven M. and Jeanne M. Windemuller [1] (7) ● ■

Jeffrey A. Wheeler [12]

Mr. Scott Wilkinson [4] (7) ◆

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Whitaker [4] (8) ● ■

Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Williams [2] ■

Ms. S. Kae Whitaker [4] (8) ■ Clint and Carol White [1] (7) ■ Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. White [6] ● The Hon. Lisa Holder White [5] (5) Suzanne L. Whitlow [1]

Donald J. and Lisa R. Williams [1] ● Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Williams [12] (8) Mrs. Joann W. Williams [4] (8) ● Mrs. Margie Williams [7]

Mrs. Genevieve H. Whitney [13] (8) Mr. and Mrs. Vance A. Wiegel [3] ● Cheryl Wienand [1] ● [2] ●

Dr. Travis E. Wilcoxen [4] (8) s Robert J. and Heidi L. Wilfer [1] (7) ● ■

Mr. Jeff Young [4]

Mr. and Mrs. Joel A. Winick [1]

Dr. H. Gale Zacheis [17] (3)

Ron and Dianne Winney [23] (5) ●

Mary Lou Zacheis [17] (3)

The Winney Foundation [5] (5)

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zachman [17] ●

Joyce A. Wise [13] (7) ●

Mrs. Tamara Zachman [20] (6)

Phillip C. Wise [13] (7) ● Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Woare [1] (4) Woare Builders Supply Co. [12] (4)

Mr. W. K. Williams [4] (8) ●

Mr. Eric Whitney [7] (8)

Mr. and Mrs. James Wika

Dawn Williams [4] (5)

Ronald Yedinak [14] ●

The Winery Inc. [2]

Glenda Williamson and Curt Perkins [3] Mr. Rick Williamson [2] (8) Wesley T. and Sarah M. Williamson [1] ■ Pam Willis [1]

Roman and JoAnne Wojcik [16] ● Robert E. Wolf [18] (8) ¡

Mr. and Mrs. Doyle W. Wilson [1] s Mr. Gerald Wilson [2] (8)

Mrs. Ellen B. Zemke [41] (4) Jeff Zerfowski [3] ■ Gary and Janice K. Zoet [1] ■

Mr. David C. Wolff [3]

Mr. Hank Zuidmulder [4]

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Wood [1] Robert B. Woods [1]

Betty Zeaman [27] (5) ◆

Ms. Doris A. Zerrusen [2] ●

Mrs. Sherrie E. Wolfe [5] (8) ◆ ¡ Mr. Mark Wood [7] (8) ¡

Mr. Bob Wilson [28]

Mrs. Mary Zachry [8]

Mr. Glen Zumwalt [21] (8) Onis and Carol Zweck [11] (8) ●

HELP MILLIKIN DELIVER ON THE

Promise of Education BY GIVING TODAY! www.millikin.edu/give

THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF ALUMNI AND FRIENDS, our university can continue to pursue James Millikin’s original vision of “an institution where the scientific, the practical and the industrial shall have a place of equal importance, side by side with the literary and classical.”

There are many ways to give. Whether through cash or stock, property or in-kind gifts, a matching gift, or a planned gift of a bequest, trust or annuity, your taxdeductible gift of any size makes a meaningful difference to our students, our faculty and the Millikin community.

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MY TURN

GROWING UP MILLIKIN

by Debbie Shelton Fisher ’77

I

STARTED GOING TO MILLIKIN in kindergarten. That was the year my father began teaching mathematics there, a position he kept for 34 years. Drawing on his office chalkboard and playing with the gigantic slide rule propped behind his door were activities to keep a young girl entertained.

In second grade, I became a piano student in the School of Music’s preparatory department. My first teacher had a basement studio that was a bit creepy, but evidently I got over the feeling since I spent the next 14 years visiting that building.

Piano recitals in Kaeuper Hall were oft-dreaded affairs. All the pianists would gather in a classroom until it was our group’s turn to descend the stairs to the tiny backstage area. In winter, the stairwell was freezing, but we’d thaw by the hissing radiator while waiting our turns. With nerves on high alert and brain hoping my fingers would remember all the notes, I sometimes secretly wished my parents weren’t there. They always were.

My family seldom missed choir and jazz band concerts.

Most of my babysitters were Millikin students, and some were choir members. I always looked for them as soon as the choir filled the risers and felt especially proud if one of them had a solo. We began taking students to church with us. They quickly became my adopted brothers and sisters, and many of them still stay in contact.

Along with other faculty wives, my mother made and served cookies for the annual Cookie Party. My sister and I always “helped” make the cookies and sometimes attended.

When my father became faculty advisor for Alpha Chi Omega, we were invited to their Christmas parties and occasional dinners. It was a treat to have dozens of big sisters for a night.

During junior high, I met another faculty brat, Judy Marshall Kuypers ’77, who became my partner in crime for the next decade. We enrolled at Millikin as seventh graders. (Okay, it was just a beginning Spanish class taught at night.) It was no surprise we both decided to attend Millikin after graduating

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LEFT: The Shelton family Christmas card photo from 1960, the year the Sheltons came to Millikin. From left, Winnie, Debbie, Ronald and Kathie.

RIGHT: Debbie and her parents the day she graduated from MU in 1977.

from high school.

Being a Millikin student after having been around campus for 13 years brought me a different perspective than most freshmen. My family’s home was close by, so homesickness, moving and laundry were not issues. I had attended school with or babysat the children of many of my professors. Trips to the bookstore were more expensive, since I was now buying textbooks instead of sweatshirts. My job in the admission office was a great fit, since it was easy for me to give campus tours, knowing the buildings so well.

Having professors as my teachers in addition to family friends was a new experience. I remember Dr. Ferry, now professor emeritus of education, proudly displaying his corn belt during a social studies methods class. My ear training class soon learned to discern Professor LaRowe’s chords by noting the expressions on his face. The hours in the choir room were probably my favorites, even when going over the same phrase a multitude of times to fix some imperfection that only Professor Hoffland could hear.

After graduating and marrying my alum husband, we stayed connected with Millikin. Concerts and other MU events appeared on our calendar. If the Quarterly had published wedding photos back then, ours would have qualified.

All those of college age in our wedding party were Millikin students or alums.

Today, we have lived in the Pacific Northwest for almost 30 years. I seldom get to attend official Homecoming weekends, but any visit to Millikin is definitely a part of coming home. Q Debbie Shelton Fisher ’77 and her husband, Forrest Jay Fisher ’79, live in Union Gap, Wash., where she works as a para-educator for the Union Gap School District. She is the daughter of the late Dr. Ronald Shelton, professor emeritus of mathematics and computer science, who taught at MU from 1960-94.

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HIGH-FASHION HEADLINES: A dress display at Staley Library was designed and assembled from newspapers by BFA theatre design/ production students (from left) Sierra Goldberg ’13, Lilly Suwinski ’14, Kate Burton ’14 and Emily Wilson ’13.

“The paper dress project was conceived as a 3D project for the Costume Design course. The guidelines were pretty loose, other than they were to explore the Principles of Design through paper.

Each student approached the project from their own perspective.”

– Jana Henry Funderburk, costume director and associate professor in the department of theatre and dance

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Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Decatur, Illinois Permit No. 127

Office of Alumni and Development 1184 West Main Street Decatur, Illinois 62522-2084 www.millikin.edu/alumni

THEN & NOW

How much can change in

40 YEARS?

As we gear up for Homecoming 2014, Oct. 10-12, here’s a brief look at how it will compare to the 1974 Homecoming weekend.

Watch the mail for your HC14 brochure, or visit millikin.edu/homecoming.

HOMECOMING DANCE

1974: Formal, Hotel Orlando 2014: Neon Paint Dance Party, Football practice fields

KIRKLAND PERFORMER

1974: Comedian David Steinberg 2014: Broadway star Sierra Boggess ’04

FOOTBALL GAME RIVAL

1974: Wheaton (MU won 34-21) 2014: Illinois Wesleyan

AMONG STUDENT ACTIVITIES

1974: House Decs contest 2014: Alumni share advice at Career Connections

AMONG ALUMNI ACTIVITIES

1974: Hospitality Room at Holiday Inn 2014: Reunion Rally All-Class Dinner at Holiday Inn (now Decatur Conference Center)

CLASS REUNIONS

1974: ’54, ’59, ’64, ’69 2014: Five-year increments of classes 1944-2009

ATTENDANCE AT REUNION LUNCH

1974: 144 2014: 500+ expected (bring the family!)

REUNION LUNCHEON ATTIRE

1974: Plaids and stripes, often together 2014: Anything blue (Just sayin’.)

ABOVE: In 1974, pant suits for women, and ties, jackets and sideburns for men were popular choices among the class of 1964 at their 10-year reunion photo.

HAVE AN IDEA FOR THEN & NOW? Send an email to millikinquarterly@millikin.edu.

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