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1952

Ralph Whiteman 301 Courtyard Blvd. Monmouth, IL 61462-1098 njwherry@gmail.com We had a very upbeat card from Barb Atchison Bailey and husband, Jim Bailey ’51, who celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary in March. They both are still quite active in their retirement home in Penney Farms, Fla. Janie Black Snyder has moved to assisted living in Indianapolis. Having lived in many places, she is struggling to keep up with friends and family from Maine to California, with some in St. Petersburg, Russia. Barb Watt Johnson of Moline, Ill., was given a surprise 90th birthday party—of the drive-by variety—last August. Shirley Moser Irion of Normal, Ill., and her husband, Ron Moser ’51, are keeping busy during the pandemic planning future trips. “If you keep moving, the virus can’t find you!” she contends. Pat Acosta Wiedenman checks in from Avinger, Texas, where the community threw a big boat parade to celebrate her 90th birthday—a really special event. Pat is physically pretty active and swims regularly. Her Christmas letter closing says it all: “With loving thoughts,” and she does. She’s very grateful to have made it to 90 and reveres and regrets those ’52ers who did not.

1956

Sally Smith Larson 5135 Davantry Dr. Dunwoody, GA 30338-4554 njwherry@gmail.com

1960

Nancy Van Natta Wherry 1910 Highwood Ave. Pekin, IL 61554 njwherry@gmail.com Joe Suffield and his wife, Janis, moved back

Ken Knox ’62 of Libertyville, Ill., and his wife, Judith, took their granddaughter, Emma Celaric, on a European cruise in the summer preceding her senior year in high school—a fortunate decision rather than waiting until the COVID-19 travel shutdown after her senior year. Emma entered Monmouth College as a freshman last fall.

to Peoria, Ill., in 2008 to be closer to families. He has become an author of historical fiction, set in Colonial America, and is currently at work on book No. 5. Joe has seen Pete Margetis, Bob Smith, Mary Ann Smith Work, Ken Rager, Gary Wellman and Darrel Edson (in the Phoenix and Peoria areas). Judy Lamb of Tamarac, Fla., is enjoying retirement following a high school teaching career in Egypt and the Philippines, but has still managed to travel extensively, including Habitat for Humanity trips working in Ecuador, Mexico, Romania, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. She has also backpacked in India, Morocco and Peru, and loves to go kayaking with a companion. Judy maintains contact with the Rev. Martha and Skip Schmidt. Floyd Sours of Zanesville, Ohio, is a retired clinical psychologist who has written three books based on his experience, including Burnt Offerings: The Art of Politics and the Consequences of Freedom. His website is burntofferingsbook.com. Patty Baird Link of St. Louis has retired from Pi Beta Phi headquarters after having served as its receptionist for 30 years. Over the years, she enjoyed visiting the Alpha chapter at Monmouth 14 times. William “Soapy” McBride of Elyria, Ohio, is on Facebook and would love to hear from classmates.

1962

Deeks Carroll 12433 Steamboat Springs Dr. deekscarroll@yahoo.com After 20 years of hiking and backpacking I was in great shape. But because of a knee

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injury and doing more sedentary things I have quickly gotten out of shape. My New Year’s resolution is to get out every day and build up my endurance. I do not want to be dependent on someone else for my daily needs. And I want to be able to walk around campus for our 60-year reunion. How will we celebrate our 60year reunion? It is only a year away, and you can contribute if you would like. For the past two reunions, we have had Dave Jones speak after the Saturday class dinner. Bill Irelan gave a presentation to the general alums at our last reunion. So if you are doing something of interest and want to present it, contact me and I will include it in our planning meetings. For example, how do you fill each day at our advanced age? What kind of life experiences have you had that gives you something to look forward to? Another example: Harlow Blum, the last living faculty member from our era, will turn 87 in March. He is still working on his art and had a show last July.

1966

Susan Kauzlarich Kuster 1863 Township Rd. 2850N Seaton, IL 61476-9608 susan.kuster@gmail.com

1972

Nick Tucker 429 Linden Ave. Apt. 1-W Wilmette, IL 60091 njtuckersr@gmail.com Lon Helton of Nashville was named National Air Personality of the Year for the 10th time by the Country Music Association. The longtime radio host of Westwood One’s Country Countdown USA, he first won the award in 2002.

1974

Gail Simpson Owen 14 Oak Ridge Point Morton, IL 61550 gowen@itv-3.com

1975

Dave Boyd 11237 OH-38 SE London, OH 43140-9716 jdb00750@gmail.com 614-477-9383

It’s hard to fathom, but more than 45 years have passed since our graduation, seemingly, too quickly. Certainly, the pandemic that snuffed out many jobs and businesses, many personal interactions, many family and institutional gatherings certainly crippled our country last year and continues to disrupt our day-to-day life journey. All the more reason to recover and massage our friendships and memories as long as we’re alive. Who am I and what’s my story? I’ve always been a grateful Monmouth alum. English literature was my focus before arriving and through graduation. As a freshman at age 20, this caused me to focus on what I felt was “productive” pursuits, such as writing for The Oracle and establishing The Wells Elevator tabloid with Duncan Hill. Collaboration among fellow students was particularly awesome, because once an idea was voiced, we all pitched in for hours, days and weeks following. I left the campus in 1973 to study art and literature in London. The College naturally supported me in this adventure with nearly full credit. In ’74, I was a teaching tennis professional, and that allowed me to pay for my final year at Monmouth. Today, my wife, Amy, and I live in southwestern Ohio at the 1,200-acre Procter Camp and Conference Center we oversee. We have two kids: Aubrie, age 21, soon to graduate from The Ohio State University; and Eddie, age 23, who is a Triple Crown Hiker and works at a local urban brewery. That’s my story, now what’s yours? I can be reached by email (fastest), snail mail or phone. The Rev. William Pyatt of Godfrey, Ill., has retired after 42 years as a United Methodist minister. 1976 The Rev. R. Bruce Weiman of Fisher, Ill., was asked by his bishop to deliver the sermon for the retirees’ recognition service for the Illinois Great Rivers 2020 Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Due to covid-19 restrictions, the service and conference were presented online.

1978

Kathleen Clark Kimmel 347 Blackhawk Dr. Hopewell, IL 61565-9457 kckcat@gmail.com

1980 Carl Forkner, a research psychologist and veterans advocate in Mesa, Ariz., spearheaded an expansion of his local Disabled American Veterans (DAV) service office to begin providing services at the Mesa Veterans Resource Center. Opened three years ago, MVRC provides assistance and resources to veterans and their families. With the addition of DAV services, the center can now help veterans navigate the VA System and file their disability, education and VA home loan paperwork. Robin Johnson, a faculty member in the Monmouth College political science department, organized a roundtable on Presidents Day featuring six young Monmouth alumni who are involved in politics. Over Zoom, the participants discussed their personal experiences from the 2020 campaign trail. Speaking were: Josh Perschall ’19, a member of Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra’s staff, who was holed up in the Longworth Office Building on Capitol Hill during the Jan. 6 insurgency; Alex Altamirano ’19,

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FARR ’89

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Matthew Katsenes ’14 of Moultonborough, N.H., was presented with the Matthew I. Wiencke Teaching Award by the Classical Association of New England. The award recognizes excellence in precollegiate teaching. Katsenes has been teaching Latin at Moultonborough Academy—a small rural public school—for more than 10 years. He is active in the classics field, regularly attending regional and national classics conferences. who campaigned last summer in Jacob Blake’s Kenosha, Wis., neighborhood; Libby Meyer ’15, a writer for the Iowa Starting Line political news outlet; Steve Oaks ’16, who campaigned for the Democratic Party in Iowa; Tony Salgado ’20, who campaigned for Republican candidates in Omaha and Georgia; and Alex Cruz ’20, who worked for the Progressive Turnout Project. 1981 Dr. Harvey Echols of Plano, Texas, has accepted a new position as pharmacy medical director for Oscar Health, a New York-based health insurance company.

1983

Paula Rundell Brooks 1702 Aster Ln. Godfrey, IL 62035-5612 dogpau2@charter.net 1984

Chris Pio 4262 Maple Dr. Galesburg, IL 61401-9510 pip5@grics.net

1989 Don Farr of Roseville, Ill., retired as principal of Monmouth-Roseville High School in December, capping off a 31-year career as a teacher and administrator. After attending a year and a half of pharmacy school at Drake University, Farr decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a high school science teacher. He finished his degree in education at Monmouth and, after working in the College’s admission office for a year, embarked on a teaching career, which led to an administrative career a few years later. He was named Middle School Principal of the Year in 2014 by the Illinois Principals Association. 1991 Ray Doswell, vice president of curatorial services for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, presented a Monmouth College Tartan Talk in February. Titled “Black Baseball & Black History,” the presentation was given via Zoom. Doswell, who has been with the museum since 1995, holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Kansas State University. The museum welcomes nearly 60,000 visitors annually.

2001 Sarah Crummy Wolek of Arlington Heights, Ill., was promoted to technical director of the Agricultural Solutions R & D Division of Stepan Company. Her group develops new materials to improve the performance of crop protection and plant health products. 2003 Lauren Williams, a firstgrade teacher at Windsor Elementary School in Imperial, Mo., was among 100 St. Louis-area educators to receive Emerson’s Excellence in Teaching awards. Sponsored annually by St. Louis-based Emerson, a diversified global manufacturer, the awards pay tribute to educators—from kindergarten teachers to college professors—for their achievements and dedication to the field of education. This year, in lieu of in-person awards, winners were presented with custom gift boxes, which included an engraved crystal apple keepsake from Tiffany & Co.

2005 Sara Poggi Potter of Marquette, Mich., was recently presented with Northern Michigan University’s Excellence in Online Teaching Award. She is only the third recipient of the prestigious award. Now in her 15th year in the university’s Communication and Media Studies Department, Potter teaches courses in public speaking, argumentation, interpersonal communication, crisis communication, health communication, and small group process.

2011 Alex Tanney has retired as quarterback for the New York Giants, after a nine-year playing career for the NFL. He has accepted a new position as offensive quality control coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. (See story, page 34)

2012 Kathleen Murtagh Jones has published her first children’s book, Finding Your Magnificence. It is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

2014 Zachary Dixon of Apple River, Ill., is district sales manager for the Upper Midwest region for Hibbett Sports.

2017

Jacob Marx 106 S. Front St., Apt. 2D Philadelphia, PA 19106 jacob.p.marx@uscg.mil

Jacob Marx has been named assistant chief of intelligence for the United States Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia.

GIANNA SAGERT ’08 AND HENRY JOERN

RACHEL WHITLOCK ’14 AND JEFFREY KELLEHER ’13

HALEY JONES ’12 AND TYLER STOCKTON

WEDDINGS

2005 Ryan Danzinger and Sherwin Chan July 19, 2020

2006 Sean Fitzgerald and Amy Crocilla November 9, 2019

2008 Gianna Sagert and Henry Joern September 12, 2020

2012 Haley Jones and Tyler Stockton July 3, 2020

2013 Amy Kerulis and JP Schmucker October 3, 2020

2014 Rachel Whitlock and Jeffrey Kelleher ’13 September 18, 2020

2015 Jayme Homer and Drew Luster October 10, 2020

2018 Rebecca Guinea and Christian Jones ’18 August 15, 2020

2019 Tyler McDonald and Jenna Gingrich January 4, 2020

REBECCA GUINEA ’18 AND CHRISTIAN JONES ’18 JAYME HOMER ’15 AND DREW LUSTER AMY KERULIS ’13 AND JP SCHMUCKER

RYAN DANZINGER ’05 AND SHERWIN CHAN

TYLER McDONALD ’19 AND JENNA GINGRICH

OLIVIA GRACE DeBOER

2002 Heather Weber Green and Jeremy a son, Zechariah Weber January 7, 2020 2008 Nicole and Zak Edmonds a son, Zak Mason May 29, 2020 2010 Kelly Sheets Zimmerman and Will ’11 a daughter, Emersyn Louise February 15, 2021 2012 Jessica Avila-Cuevas and Alejandro a son, Diego Martin January 16, 2021

ZECHARIAH GREEN WITH BIG BROTHER, JOSHUA

BIRTHS

QUINN MARIE AND LINCOLN MICHAEL MILROY ZAK MASON EDMONDS

2013 Shelby Courtois DeBoer and Ray a daughter, Olivia Grace January 30, 2020 Mackinsey Marquith Milroy and David ’12 twin son and daughter Lincoln Michael and Quinn Marie May 15, 2020 2014 Melinda Craddock Dixon and Zachary ’14 a daughter, Cara March 29, 2020

CARA DIXON DIEGO MARTIN CUEVAS

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1944 Eva Voetberg Reeck, 95, of Kalispell, Mont., died April 28, 2018. 1946 Marilyn Jones Altman, 94, of Santa Barbara, Calif., died in September 2019. During her two years at Monmouth, she studied history and was a member of Pi Beta Phi. Later in life, she completed an art history degree at the University of California-Santa Barbara, graduating summa cum laude. Altman held positions in law offices in her native Kewanee, Ill., and in Santa Barbara. Jean Hill Ost, 95, of Venice, Fla., died Feb. 5, 2021 of complications due to COVID-19. She was an English major and a member of Alpha Xi Delta. She served as chair of the Lake County (Ill.) Soil and Water Conservation District and, after moving to Florida in 1979, was a member of the Sarasota Soil & Water Conservation District. She was also a member for many years of the League of Women Voters.

1947 Jean Liggett Burnham, 94, of St. Paul, Minn., died Sept. 6, 2020. She studied music at Monmouth before completing her degree at Simpson (Iowa) College. After teaching for several years in Sigourney, Iowa, she earned a master’s degree in music education from Northwestern University and taught music at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and Doudna Lab School. Bonnie Osborne Watson, 94, of McFarland, Wis., died Jan. 18, 2021. Watson and her twin sister, Mae Osborne Dyer ’47, attended Monmouth before graduating from Aurora University and becoming home economics teachers. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi. Survivors include her twin sister.

1948 Joanne Hedstrom Worrell, 94, of Oneida, Ill., died Dec. 19, 2020. She studied elementary education and completed her degree at Western Illinois University. 1949 David Petersen, 94, of Washington Township, Pa., died Dec. 2, 2019. A decorated veteran of World War II, Petersen studied physics at Monmouth and also attended Iowa State University and Indiana Tech College, receiving a degree in electrical engineering. He worked for Hanlon Electric Company for 30 years and helped build Three Rivers Stadium, home to his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers from 1970-2000. Louise Lauder Roos, 93, of Rock Island, Ill., died Dec. 20, 2020. She studied biology and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma before attending Bradley University. In the 1970s, she returned to Monmouth, assisting her attorney father, Frederick Lauder (Class of 1918) and then managing the family’s farm interests. While in Monmouth, she stayed connected to her alma mater and was part of the team that remodeled Stewart House, the founding home of KKG. Many of Roos’s extended family members attended Monmouth, including her sister, Cherry Lauder McIlvain ’47, who survives. Elizabeth “Bette” Davis Vance, 92, of Monmouth, died Oct. 23, 2020. She graduated with a degree in elementary education and was a member of Pi Beta Phi. Vance taught grade school in Monmouth, Galesburg and Springfield. Later in life, she earned a master’s degree from the University of Illinois. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Donovan Vance ’52, and a brother, William Davis ’50. Survivors include a granddaughter, Nichole Hofmeister ’06. Molly Ann Wilkens, 93, of Indianapolis, died Oct. 19, 2020. She graduated with a degree in physical education before earning a master’s degree from Indiana University. Much of her 35-year career teaching P.E. was done at Riverside-Brookfield Township High School near Chicago, where she was department chair for 23 years and coached badminton. She also counseled campers in Maine, Washington and Indiana. 1950 Robert Ady, 92, of Los Altos, Calif., died Sept. 23, 2020. He was born in China to Presbyterian missionaries, who along with his brother, were held in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Hong Kong. Ady had left China before World War II began. He served in the Navy after his 1945 high school graduation, then attended Monmouth, where he was a physics major and a member of the swimming and track teams and Tau Kappa Epsilon. Ady earned master’s degrees in applied mathematics and statistics at San Jose State University and Stanford University, respectively. At the age of 79, he retired from a career in electronics and systems engineering. He worked on a very diverse set of applications, beginning with underwater sound and ending with satellite systems engineering. Donald Brown, 93, of Downers Grove, Ill., died June 10, 2019. He graduated with a degree in mathematics and was a member of the tennis team. Claire McWilliams Growden, 91, of Maryville, Tenn., died Oct. 12, 2020. She majored in Spanish. Growden worked in legal offices and as co-operator of a family-run cemetery. Mary Bannon Johnson, 91, of Berkeley, Ill., died March 17, 2020. A member of Pi Beta Phi, she married her Monmouth classmate, Theador Johnson ’50. Jane Bakker Morgan, 92, of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., died in November 2020. A mathematics major and member of Kappa Delta, she married her Monmouth classmate Charles Morgan ’50, and the couple built a successful business, Morgan Electric, in Pomona, Calif. 1951 Lyle Bogott, 93, of Alvin, Texas, died Jan. 4, 2021. After serving in the Army for two years, he attended Monmouth, graduating with a degree in physical education and playing on the football, basketball and baseball teams. The St. Louis Browns drafted him to play baseball, but he chose a different direction. Bogott taught and coached in the Illinois communities of Byron and Dixon, serving as athletic director at the

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IN MEMORIAM

Kenneth R. Geiger ’53

Kenneth R. Geiger, 89, of Berwyn, Ill., died Jan. 21, 2021. Although he was a multiple letter winner in football and baseball, Geiger’s greatest contribution to Fighting Scots athletics occurred following his graduation with a degree in physical education. As a high school coach and administrator at Morton East and West high schools for 34 years, he influenced many all-conference student athletes in football, wrestling and baseball to attend Monmouth. During Monmouth’s 1972 undefeated football season, Geiger served as offensive coordinator and scout for the Fighting Scots. He also coached at the University of Missouri for three years.

Geiger entered professional football in the 1980s as a scout for the Chicago Bears and was with the team when they won Super Bowl XX. He later worked for the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. Internationally, he was a moving force in bringing American football to Europe, teaching football to European youths and representing the NFL as a clinician.

In 1996, Geiger was inducted into the M Club Hall of Fame. A member of Theta Chi, Geiger also received Monmouth’s Distinguished Service Award. His family was honored as Monmouth College Family of the Year in 2011. Geiger was also inducted into the Illinois High School Association Hall of Fame.

After graduating from Monmouth, Geiger served in the 101st Airborne Division in Korea, then earned a master’s degree from the University of Illinois, where he helped coach the freshman football team.

He later earned a Ph.D. in education at the University of Missouri, where he was a varsity assistant coach. Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Sheryl Johnson Geiger ’56, a son, Gary Geiger ’76, and a grandson, Sean Geiger ’10.

latter school. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame at both Dixon and nearby Rock Falls, where he attended high school. Bogott was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 70 years. Dr. A. Byford Anderson Jr., 91, of Rapid City, S.D., died Feb. 3, 2021. A third-generation physician, his medical school training was interrupted by a serious automobile accident, but he finally earned his M.D. from the University of Nebraska in 1959. In 1961, he became a practicing physician for Homestake Mining Co. in Lead, S.D., a position he held for 30 years before retiring. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and played football at Monmouth. Wendell Chestnut, 91, of DeKalb, Ill., died Sept. 26, 2020. He majored in history and was a member of the baseball team. After graduating, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, which led to a 39-year career in government service, which included four years of active service and a career at bases in Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, Morocco and Japan. Chestnut spent nearly a third of his life overseas serving his country. He also stayed closely connected to Monmouth College and served as a class secretary for many years. He was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years. Lucille Sallee Hanna, 97, of Monmouth, died Nov. 28, 2020. A native of nearby Gerlaw, Ill., she taught at a one-room school at Tylerville, at multi-grade rooms in Gerlaw and Rio and, for 23 years, at Garfield Elementary School in Monmouth. Neil Stewart, 91, of Carlisle, Pa., died Nov. 24, 2020. He graduated with a degree in biology and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega before receiving his M.D. from Temple University. Stewart served in the Army Medical Corps and Army Reserves for a number of year before starting his own practice in Camillus, N.Y. Later, he was a founding partner of Pediatric Associates, and he served on the faculty at SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse. 1952 Patricia Mellon Helfer, 90, of Woodstock, Ga., died Nov. 19, 2020. She attended Monmouth for two years, majoring in business administration, and was employed throughout her professional career by several small businesses as an office manager and financial assistant. Nancy Owen Schmitt, 90, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., died Oct. 5, 2020. She studied history and was a member of Alpha Xi Delta. A professional model in the Chicago area, she later completed an international studies degree in England at Selwyn College at the University of Cambridge. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roland Schmitt ’49. Lois Tornquist Smith, 90, of Rockville, Md., died Dec. 28, 2020, after a short battle with cancer. She graduated with a degree in psychology and was a member of Kappa Delta. In 1968, Smith founded the preschool program at Millian United Methodist Church in Rockville, where she worked for 25 years as a teacher and director. Smith also had a 40-year career as a quilter, instructor and judge in the fabric arts, authoring two books, teaching and winning numerous awards. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Donovan Smith ’52. Survivors include a brother, John Tornquist ’60, and a daughter, Kristen Smith Curling ’81. 1953 Shirley Schacht Ellis, 89, of Tallahassee, Fla., died Oct. 14, 2020. She graduated with a degree in history and was a member of Alpha Xi Delta. She taught at Rancho Bernardo Elementary School in the San Diego for two decades before moving to Florida in 1977, where she continued teaching.

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IN MEMORIAM

Dr. Tom Nichol ’54

Dr. Tom Nichol, 88, of Estes Park, Colo., died Jan. 4, 2021. Nichol graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biology and served as president of the Theta Chi fraternity and the senior class. While a student, he served as a Presbyterian elder, making him the youngest in the United States to do so at the time. A member of the M Club Hall of Fame, Nichol earned three letters each in football and track, helping the Fighting Scot thinclads to the 1954 Midwest Conference title. He had medaled at the state track meet in high school while competing in the discus for the Monmouth Zippers. After graduation, Nichol earned his M.D. from the University of Illinois School of Medicine in Chicago and spent 10 years as a medical missionary serving the Presbyterian Church in rural western Ethiopia.

People waited in lines for him with conditions ranging from malnutrition, tuberculosis and trauma to parasitic and tropical diseases. He performed surgeries and delivered babies, including the two youngest of his five children.

Perhaps most fulfilling to Nichol during that time were the eye surgeries he performed, helping people from as far away as Sudan who had cataracts. He also assisted in the construction of the hospital in Dembi Dollo, where the ICU was later named in his honor.

Above all, Nichol ministered to the people of Ethiopia through kindness and humor.

After his service to the church, Nichol worked in family practice at a clinic in Estes Park, which included making house calls. He later played a major role in establishing and running a hospital there. In all, he served the Estes Park community for 27 years, retiring in 2000.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Barby Williamson Nichol ’53, and a son, Dr. Tom A. Nichol ’82.

Sidney Shepardson Hoover, 89, of San Rafael, Calif., died Nov. 24, 2020. She came to Monmouth from Hawaii, where she spent much of her childhood, including the attack on Pearl Harbor. She studied speech/ communication/theater and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She and her husband of 68 years, Lyle Hoover ’51, lived in two states and two countries before settling in California, where she resumed her education at San Francisco State University and began her career teaching the hearing impaired. 1954 Gini Hansen Casey-Maines, 88, of Forsyth, Ill., died Nov. 2, 2020. A mathematics major, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She later received a master’s degree in mathematics from Colorado State University. Her 39-year career teaching math concluded at Eisenhower High School in Decatur, Ill. 1956 Sally Ward Hickerson , 86, of Knoxville, Ill., died Sept. 9, 2020. She taught high school in Cicero, Ill., worked in the admission department at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and assisted her husband’s medical practice as a bookkeeper. Waring S. Jenkins, 86, of Park Ridge, Ill., died Jan. 14, 2021. He studied speech/communication/theater, then joined the Army, serving for six years and rising to the rank of sergeant. Jenkins worked for Stamar Packaging for his entire career. Miriam Smith Voors, 86, of Oklahoma City, died Nov. 23, 2020. She followed her father to Monmouth, studying sociology and joining Kappa Delta, before graduating from the University of North Carolina. She was an elementary school teacher and reading specialist in Chapel Hill, N.C., and New Orleans and a library associate in Metairie, La. Diane Wilcox, 86, of Oro Valley, Ariz., died Aug. 15, 2020. An English major, she worked as a Superior Court clerk in Tucson. 1957 Sandy Kelley Morrison 85, of Quincy, , Ill., died Jan. 10, 2021. She graduated with a degree in elementary education and was a member of Crimson Masque and Kappa Delta. Morrison was a longtime teacher in Quincy and continued to tutor students for many years following her retirement. She was preceded in death by one week by her husband of 62 years, Theodore “Bup” Morrison’ 58, who she met while serving as a Spanish tutor on campus. 1958 JoAnne Waddelow Cook, 84, of Des Moines, Iowa, died April 23, 2020. She studied art and was a member of Alpha Xi Delta. George Jamieson, 83, of Moline, Ill., died Nov. 13, 2020. He majored in business administration and was a member of the football team and Tau Kappa Epsilon. Jamieson retired in 2017 after a 61-year sales career with C.J. Duffey Paper Company. Survivors include his wife of 62 years and children Todd Jamieson ’82 and Ann Jamieson ’85. Theodore “Bup” Morrison, 90, of Quincy, Ill., died Jan. 3, 2021. He graduated with a degree in business administration and was a member of the golf team. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army as a member of the military police. Prior to enrolling at Monmouth

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and following his graduation, he worked at Moorman Manufacturing, retiring as manager of the purchasing department. His wife of 62 years, Sandy Kelley Morrison ’57, died one week later. 1959 David Schwiebert, 86, of Bluffton, S.C., died Sept. 15, 2020. After serving two years in the Air Force, he graduated with a degree in business administration and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega. Schwiebert was employed by Ford Motor Company as a zone manager in Salt Lake City and later in the vehicle leasing industry in San Diego. He was also a commercial pilot and flight instructor.

1960 Nancy Lee Graves, 82, of Collinsville, Ill., died Dec. 13, 2020. A member of Alpha Xi Delta, she studied elementary education and became a teacher, retiring from Collinsville Unit 10. Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Dean Graves ’60. Leon Martin of St. Charles, Ill., died Sept. 15, 2017. He graduated with a degree in psychology and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. 1961 Tom Bollman mouth, died , 81, of MonOct. 30, 2020. A Monmouth native, he majored in physical education and was a member of the football and track teams and Theta Chi. Bollman served in the Illinois National Guard from 1957-65. He taught social studies and coached basketball for four years in the Illinois towns of Nauvoo and Lafayette before returning to Monmouth and becoming a licensed plumber. He had a 45-year career as an estimator and project manager for several contractors in the areas and held executive offices with several plumbing and contractor organizations. For several years, he was a radio color commentator for Fighting Scots sports. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Betty Bollman ’71, and a daughter, Kimberlie Bollman Squier ’84. 1962 Larry Candor, 83, of Galesburg, Ill., died Nov. 10, 2020. He graduated with a degree in business administration and was a member of Theta Chi. Candor worked for Yemm Chevrolet in Galesburg for 47 years, serving as a salesman and later general manager. He was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Janice Youngquist Candor ’56. Guy Welch, 81, of San Pedro, Calif., died Feb. 15, 2021. He was a member of Theta Chi and a talented athlete who set a Fighting Scots record in discus his senior year. Upon graduation, Welch joined the Air Force, where he would work his way to lieutenant colonel. His first assignment was with one of the initial Titan II Missile Combat Crews. After the CIA’s U-2 spy plane was shot down, aerial photography over the Soviet Union became impossible, and Welch was assigned to a top-secret mission to build the first camera capable of taking spy photos from a satellite. The camera now resides in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. In 1965, Welch was selected by the Air Force Institute of Technology to attend Rochiester Institute of Technology, where he received a master of science degree in electro-optics and was appointed a research and development engineer for military space systems. In 1974, he was named a deputy for payloads for two nationally important satellite programs. He ended his military career in 1982, after serving on special assignment to the Air Force chief of staff responsible for development of ICM treaty inspection and verification methods. He then became a satellite development program manager for TRW Space & Electronics Group. JeanAnn Kimmel Roberts, 78, of Lake in the Hills, Ill., died Jan. 12, 2019. She studied home economics and was a member of Alpha Xi Delta before completing an education degree at Northern Illinois University. Roberts was a newspaper columnist and longtime realtor. 1966 Rosalie VanRaam Brownell, 76, of Monmouth, died Nov. 19, 2020. She graduated with a degree in physical education and was a member of Kappa Delta. She spent 30 years teaching P.E. and coaching in the Monmouth high school and junior high, serving as athletic director at the latter school.

1967 Catherine Wetz Bennett, 75, of Amherst, Mass., died Oct. 5, 2020, after a short bout with cancer. A member of Alpha Xi Delta, she graduate with a degree in music before earning a master’s degree in music performance from Eastern Illinois University. Bennett was instrumental in the creation of Jessie’s House, one of the first family homeless shelters in Massachusetts. She directed both Jessie’s House and Grace House, a residential treatment center for mothers suffering from addiction, until her retirement in 2008, receiving multiple awards for her service to women and to the families with which she worked. Bennett was also actively involved as a singer, musician and composer for her church and for Valley Light Opera. 1968 Dawn Schuldt Eckstein of Eagle River, Wis., died June 22, 2019. She studied history during her time at Monmouth and was a member of Crimson Masque. Norman Steider of Michigan City, Ind., died Sept. 15, 2020. He graduated with a degree in business administration. 1969 Frank Goodwin, 73, of Pewaukee, Wis., died Jan. 30, 2021, after a valiant two-month battle with COVID-19. He graduated with a degree in government and was a member of the baseball team, the Sound of Five and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Goodwin earned a master’s degree in education from Illinois State University. Survivors include a daughter, Amy Goodwin Bickett ’96.

1971 Calvin Rudman, 73, of Southport, Conn., died Nov. 8, 2020. Christopher D. Edmonds died suddenly on March 14, 2020. An Alpha Tau Omega alumnus, he was a successful attorney, a U.S.C.G. Yacht Charter Captain, Black Dog Distillery proprietor, master woodworker and avid scuba diver. Survivors include his brother, Jay Edmonds ’67, and nephews Adam ’99 and Zak Edmonds ’08.

1972 Chris Brooks, 72, of Monmouth died Jan. 26, 2021. He graduated with a degree in sociology and was a member of the football and track teams. A talented musician, Brooks was a drummer for many years in various ensembles, including the Brooks Brothers Band. He also worked a series of jobs in the area, most recently serving as a residential specialist for Warren Achievement Center. Part of the Brooks family that received Monmouth’s Family of the Year honor in 2016, Chris was one of eight Brooks children who attended the College. Survivors include siblings Ada Brooks Groff ’59 and Glenn Brooks ’61.

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Charles Donovan, 70, of Crown Point, Ind., died Sept. 20, 2020. He majored in business administration and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega. Donovan served eight years on the Indiana Union Credit League and retired from Members Source Credit Union with more than 20 years of service. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Lucy Steudel Donovan ’73. Laura Jensen Faust, 74, of Topeka, Kansas, died Sept. 9, 2020. Born in Monmouth, she followed her parents, Dr. Russell ’31 and Alice Jensen ’33, to Monmouth College. Richard Henle, 70, of North Sandwich, N.H., died Sept. 25, 2020. The Monmouth graduate was a member of Zeta Beta Tau. Timothy Naylor, 70, of Chicago, died Oct. 18, 2020. He graduated with a degree in physics and was involved in several musical groups on campus. Naylor also earned a degree in engineering at the University of Illinois. He worked on nuclear submarines; nuclear, gas and electrical power plants; and advanced solar plants. 1973 Michael Kramer , 69, of Grayslake, Ill., died Dec. 7, 2020, after a battle with T-cell lymphoma. He graduated with a degree in English and was a member of Crimson Masque and Tau Kappa Epsilon. Kramer spent his life in the news publishing business, and joined Law Bulletin Media in 1997. He became publisher of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer magazine in 2007 and company president in 2015. The Law Bulletin won the Illinois Press Association’s General Excellence Award in 2015. In 2019, Kramer received the IPA’s Distinguished Service Award. “Mike was everything that newspapers are supposed to be,” said one colleague. “He believed in the value of building relationships—with your readers and community. He did that better than anyone else I know.” He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Ann Doherty Kramer ’73.

1974 Robert Flannery, 68, of Glenview, Ill., died Aug. 26, 2020. He studied geology at Monmouth. For more than 40 years, Flannery led White Way Sign Company in Chicago as well as the Water Safety Patrol in Lake Geneva, Wis. Robert Hutson, 67, of Arcadia, Mo., died April 3, 2019. He graduated with a degree in physical education and was a member of the tennis and swim teams. He worked as a manager at Walmart until he retired. Gary Pynckel, 68, of Ft. Myers, Fla., died Jan. 11, 2021. He graduated with a degree in biology and was a member of the football team and Alpha Tau Omega. He went on to receive his doctorate from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and maintained a medical practice for 41 years. Beatrice Zavorski Szaltis, 68, of Monmouth, died Nov. 11, 2020. After graduating from Monmouth, she was a special education teacher for many years at Warren Achievement. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Szaltis ’75. 1979 Jeanine Allison Muzik, 63, of Brookfield, Ill., died Oct. 1, 2020. She graduated with a degree in government. She is survived by her husband, Andrew Muzik ’74.

1984 Mark Cox, 64, of Morton, Ill., died Sept. 29, 2020. He graduated with a degree in physical education and was a member of the football team and Zeta Beta Tau. He taught industrial arts at five schools, completing his teaching career at Morton High School, and he also coached a variety of sports. 1993 Robin Engle Boyd, 49, of Galesburg, Ill., died Nov. 13, 2020. A member of Pi Beta Phi, she also studied at Carl Sandburg College and the Chamberlain School of Nursing. Boyd served in the U.S. Army for eight years and was a nurse for 13 years, including at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg the past several years. Althea Flowers Myers, 48, of Kankakee, Ill., died March 8, 2020. She graduated with a degree in art. 2009 Eric Magny, 31, of Philadelphia, died in a hit-and-run accident Oct. 14, 2020. During his time at Monmouth, he was involved with ScotSpeak. Faculty, Staff & Trustees:

Thomas Burek, aquatics director and swim team coach, died Dec. 12, 2020. See story, page 32. The Rev. Margaret Morris, 79, of Grand Rapids, Mich., a former member of the Board of Trustees, died Dec. 27, 2019. George C. Nieman, emeritus professor of chemistry, died at his Monmouth home Oct. 8, 2020. He was 81. Nieman, who previously taught at Muskingum College and the University of Rochester, earned his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He retired in 2002 after 23 years at Monmouth. Douglas Peterson, 94, of Las Vegas, died May 27, 2020. He came to Monmouth to teach chorus in 1962 after having been a music teacher in five states. He left in 1967 to help start the music program at what is now the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, where he taught for 36 years. Patricia Kay Felkins, assistant professor of speech communication arts from 1975–78, died Jan. 29, 2021, at the age of 73. She was the founder of Monmouth’s Bridgebuilders, a reader’s theater group that toured the Midwest. After leaving Monmouth, she taught public relations and organizational communication at Chicago’s Loyola University until her retirement in 2016.

Dean St. Ledger, superintendent of buildings and grounds from 197495, died Oct. 9, 2020, at the age of 89. His employment at Monmouth College began in 1957, and he steadily rose through the ranks from custodian to utility man to electrician, a position he held for 17 years. After a brief retirement in 1996, he returned to the College in 1999 as the Wells Theater scene shop and lighting supervisor, working four hours a day. Upon his second retirement, he had given 50 years of service to the College. Survivors include his wife, Nancy St. Ledger ’69, a longtime academic secretary at Monmouth College, and children Aileen St. Ledger ’85 and Raymond St. Ledger ’85.