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The University of Idaho and the College of Law presents

“Confronting Injustice” delivered by Bryan Stevenson Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative Thursday, October 10, 2002 4 p.m.

Student Union Ballroom University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho Bryan Stevenson is the Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. A graduate of Harvard Law School and the Harvard School of Government, he has represented capital defendants and death row prisoners in the Deep South since 1985 when he was a staff attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia. Since 1989 he has directed a non-profit organization that defends the legal rights of the poor and people of color in Alabama. He has been recognized by several national publications and organizations as one of the nation’s top public interest lawyers and is the recipient of the Thurgood Marshall Medal of Justice.

Past Bellwood Lecturers

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Charles F. Wilkinson, Sandra Day O’Connor, David Halberstam, Martha Nussbaum, Antonin Scalia, Janet Reno

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Cover story National Security — UI’s contributions to the nation’s welfare

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Why did the Towers Fall?

UI alumnus leads investigation

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Hemingway En Cuba A historical and cultural connection

Illustrations Nathan Nielson Class Notes Editor Angela Helmke

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Editor Jeff Olson Magazine Design Julene Ewert

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Alumni Association President Jan Selberg University of Idaho Foundation President J. Patrick McMurray

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Southern California Alumni Lights, camera, action

Writers and Contributors Hugh Cooke Kathy Barnard Leslie Einhaus Nancy Hilliard Dan Hunt Steve Kirkwood Bill Loftus Ivar Nelson Tom Nugent Becky Paull Cindy Popich Tim Rhodes Bob Wilson

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Photographs as credited The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer and educational institution. © 2002, University of Idaho Here We Have Idaho magazine is supported by private funds from the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc. Published three times a year in January, April and August, the magazine is free to alumni and friends of the university. ❚ Send address changes to: PO Box 443147, Moscow, ID 83844-3147. ❚ Send information, Class Notes and correspondence regarding alumni activities to: Angela Helmke, Alumni Office, University of Idaho, PO Box 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232. ❚ Send editorial correspondence to: University Communications and Marketing, University of Idaho, PO Box 443221, Moscow, ID 83844-3221; phone (208) 885-6291; fax (208) 885-5841; e-mail uinews@uidaho.edu .

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Additional photo credits for the Spring 2002 issue include: Ken Williams, page 18 and bottom left on page 19

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We welcome letters to the editor. Correspondence should include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number. We reserve the right to edit letters for purposes of clarity or space.

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Dave Smaldone calls himself a struggling amateur photographer with an interest in nature and outdoor photography. At UI, Smaldone found he had to go no farther than the Arboretum and Botanical Garden to find inspiration. Originally from Arnold, Maryland, Smaldone received his doctorate from UI this spring in resource recreation and tourism. His thesis was conducted at Jackson Hole Valley in Wyoming, and focused on “place attachment” — how places become meaningful to people.

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rom their beginnings, land-grant institutions of higher education were designed to be solvers of real-world problems. Whether it means breeding a new variety of disease-resistant wheat or developing a computer chip smart enough to go to Mars, the University of Idaho has been at work solving the problems of business and industry, agriculture and families for more than a century.

I am proud — and you can be too — that University of Idaho faculty, staff, students and alumni are among those addressing our country’s most recent and most monumental challenge — national security. The cover story of this issue of “Here We Have Idaho” gives you an inside look at the innovative research being conducted by UI faculty members on everything from information assurance to biological warfare sensors.

We also examine the network of UI graduates now working in the private sector in all aspects of national security and what that means for the university’s research enterprise, and more importantly what it means for our nation.

The events of Sept. 11 are permanently etched in the mind of every American. However, we can take some consolation in the fact that some of the best minds in the country are working to ensure that such a tragedy never occurs again.

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Sept. 13 — Legends’ Banquet, Portland, Ore. Sept. 13 — Four Seasons of Jazz presents pianist Walt Wagner Sept. 14 — Alumni pre-game barbecue in tailgate area, east of Autzen Stadium, Idaho at Oregon football Sept. 19 — James A. McClure Lecture presented

by Dale Bosworth, chief of the U.S. Forest Service Sept. 19-22 — School of Family and Consumer Sciences Centennial Celebration Sept. 20-21 — Ag Days Sept. 20-22 — Dad’s Weekend Sept. 28 — Alumni pre-game barbecue in baseball perimeter, next to Husky Stadium, Idaho at Washington football Oct. 3 — Auditorium Chamber Music Series presents Ensemble Amarcord Oct. 10 — Bellwood Lecture presented by Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama Oct. 18 — Four Seasons of Jazz presents the Jeff Hamilton Trio Oct. 24-27 — College of Business and Economics All-Alumni Reunion Oct. 25 — J. A. Albertson Building dedication Oct. 26-27 — Homecoming Nov. 9 — Alumni pre-game barbecue in the tailgate area, near Murchison Center, Idaho at North Texas football Nov. 19 — Auditorium Chamber Music Series presents Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Dec. 13 — Awards for Excellence Dec. 13 — Holiday Concert Dec. 14 — December Commencement 2002

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Aug. 26 — Fall semester begins Aug. 30 — UI Pep Rally and Block Party, 5:308:30 p.m. Historic Basque Block in downtown Boise Aug. 31 — UI at Boise State football, with postgame celebration at Boise Centre on the Grove

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TODAY@IDAHO For details on these stories, go to www.its.uidaho.edu/today/

NIATT Earns $2 Million Award UI’s National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology has received a two-year green light on new funding for its research on national transportation issues and successful education programs in transportation engineering.

NIATT, one of 33 University Transportation Centers in the nation, will receive two additional years of grant funding at approximately $1 million per year through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Special Programs Administration.

UI Research Librarian Named “Mover and Shaker”

Three Faculty Fellows Chosen to Promote Humanities Mary DuPree, professor of music; Rodney Frey, professor of American Indian Studies and anthropology, and Kenton Bird, assistant professor of communication, are UI’s newest group of Humanities Fellows.

They will lead a university-wide exploration of how the landscape of the Pacific Northwest influences memory, imagination and creativity.

The Humanities Fellows program began in 1997 to foster excellence in teaching the humanities. The group will plan faculty seminars, organize a series of presentations and invite visiting scholars to campus.

Deans Announced for Law and Natural Resources Piotr Jankowski

Donald L. Burnett, Jr., former Idaho appellate judge and dean of Maria Anna the University of Louisville School Jankowska, a research of Law, is returning to his home librarian at the UI state to become dean of the UI Library, has been Maria Anna Jankowska College of Law. named a “Mover & Steven B. Daley Laursen, a UI Shaker” for 2002 by alumnus and associate dean of the the Library Journal. The list recognizes College of Natural Resources at the 50 library workers throughout the University of Minnesota, returns to United States “who are shaping the his alma mater to become dean of the future of libraries.”

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UI Researcher Studies Mineral Dust on Earth and in Space Mickey Gunter, mineralogy professor in geological sciences at UI, is up to his eyebrows in dust. He lectures about the health effects of mineral dusts to regional farmers and miners, and New York firefighters. He researches the possibilities in environmental cleanup. And he examines interplanetary dust, and eventually will sample mineral dust from Mars as part of future unmanned missions.

Gunter has been selected as a distinguished lecturer for the Mineralogical Society of America to present seminars at universities and colleges throughout the United States and Canada in the coming academic year.

UI Scientist Explores Life in Space

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Entomologists Release One-of-a-Kind Field Guide

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Anyone armed with the newly released “Field Guide to the Bark Beetles of Idaho and Adjacent Regions” and a basic knowledge of Idaho trees can seek out and identify any of Idaho’s more than 100 species of bark beetles and their close relatives. The field guide was written jointly by UI’s top authority on bark beetles of western North America, Malcolm Furniss and James “Ding” Johnson, head of the Idaho Insect Survey and curator of UI’s William F. Barr Entomological Museum.

UI scientist Ron Crawford earned a prestigious NASA fellowship allowing him to spend the summer at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on a problem that’s out of this world: planetary protection. A microbiologist and director of the UI Environmental Research Institute, Crawford worked with NASA scientists on issues related to the search for life elsewhere in the universe. “The research group is trying to find ways of avoiding contaminating other planets with organisms from Earth when we send probes there. There also are concerns about bringing back from Mars or Europa organisms that may be harmful to Earth or people,” Crawford said.

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College of Law Earns Top 10 Ranking of “Best Schools for Your Money” National Jurist Magazine has named the UI College of Law among its Top 10 “Best Schools for Your Money.”

The magazine considered six factors — non-resident tuition, bar exam pass rates, unemployment rates, median grants, clinics slots and faculty-student ratio, using 2000-01 academic statistics.

“While tuition and grants try to capture the cost of the investment, bar passage and unemployment rates try to measure the results of that investment,” the magazine writes. “The other two categories try to measure quality of education — clinics as a measure of practical training opportunities and professor ratios to measure comfort in the learning environment.”

UI was one of nine public schools in the United States that scored what the magazine calls “A Great Value.”

UI Provost Brian Pitcher attributed UI’s ranking to the quality of the college’s faculty. “The College of Law consistently provides a quality of education that reaches far beyond its resources,” he said.

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“The College of Law consistently provides a quality of education that reaches far beyond its resources”

Open for Business The new $15.5 million J. A. Albertson Building, home to the College of Business and Economics, is open for business this fall. It is the first campus facility to be funded totally by private donations.

Located between the Administration Building and the College of Education Building, the new facility incorporates a renovated Administration Building Annex in its design.

The new facility boasts nine classrooms, including two lecture halls designed for teaching the college’s integrated business curriculum; faculty offices; a trading room where students can trade stocks, bonds and equities; and plenty of space for faculty, staff and student interaction.

The building will be dedicated Oct. 25, which coincides with the College of Business and Economics’ 77th anniversary as a college and the birthday of the building’s namesake, Joe Albertson. There also will be an all-alumni reunion Oct. 24-27.

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UI is moving from its position as one of the “most-wired campuses” to an expanded wireless system for computing and electronic learning.

This summer, additional transmitters or “access points” fixed to walls inside buildings were installed. These and outside antennas will blanket the campus in a single network, giving users freedom to roam and still remain connected to UI’s wired network.

At some point, visitors to UI will be able to tour or locate sites via wireless interactive kiosk devices that provide real-time information about current events.

UI first provided wireless network access in the UI Commons last year when it offered wireless laptops students could check out and use within the building.

The program was so popular student leaders assisted the university in offering wireless computing in the UI Library, the Student Union Building and the Polya Math Lab.

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UI Students Gain National Awards UI students continued their success in earning prestigious national scholarships that carry the names Goldwater, Fulbright and Udall. This year, six students were chosen, based on their academic achievements.

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship— Michael C. Holcomb of Nampa, a biology major, is one of 309 college students nationally awarded the $7,500 scholarship. The awards honor the late Arizona Republican senator and aid students who plan to earn advanced degrees in the sciences.

He has worked for zoology professors Rolf Ingermann and Joe Cloud on studies related to salmon reproduction. Holcomb plans to earn a doctorate in marine biology and conduct research on the factors causing coral bleaching events that threaten marine animals.

Fulbright Award— Aaron C. Mosher from Spokane, Wash., a master’s degree candidate in chemical engineering, will work with a leading paper mill in Finland on a computer simulation to help develop tools in operations management and dynamic optimization.

Ralph M. Kern, a long-time educator in Nampa, is earning a doctoral degree in educational administration at the UI Boise Center. Kern will work with counterparts in the Finnish school system to develop an understanding of the extent to which six essential learning skills are developed.

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The climbing wall at the new Student Recreation Center is a hit.

In the three-month period following the center’s opening in April, more than 7,000 people of all ages have attempted to ascend the 55-foot-high pinnacle.

“It’s the best of the outdoors, indoors,” said Mike Beiser, Outdoor Recreation coordinator.

Locals are not the only ones impressed with the rugged structure. UI’s climbing wall recently was featured in Recreational Sport and Fitness, a magazine of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association.

An article highlighting the surge of climbing walls reads: “More and more schools are taking the time to build a wall that the whole campus community (from novice to expert climber) can use. Schools such as the University of Idaho are raising the bar as to what constitutes a state-of-the-art climbing wall.”

Udall Scholarship— Eric Larson, a fishery resources junior from Santa Fe, Texas, receives $5,000 as an Udall Scholar.

Amy Campbell, from San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Matthew Corsi, from Rathdrum, earned honorable mention and $375 each.

The Morris K. Udall Foundation makes the awards to students in fields related to the environment, and to Native American and Alaska Natives in fields related to health care or tribal policy.

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Get YOUR Gear The UI Bookstore will have VANDAL merchandise on sale in Boise, Aug. 30-31 at the following locations and times: Aug. 30 • 9 a.m. — 2 p.m., Clearwater Room in the Grove Hotel • 5:30 — 9:30 p.m., at the UI pep rally and block party in the historic Basque Block in downtown Boise Aug. 31 • 9 a.m. — 2 p.m., Clearwater Room in the Grove Hotel • After the football game, at the post-game function in the foyer of the Boise Centre on the Grove.

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Perfect score cleans up

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Two dozen students in wildlife biologist Lisette Waits’ Conservation Biology class got a chance to join a unique, real-world effort to conserve rare plants and animals.

Their assignment: help Soulen Livestock of Weiser prepare a candidate conservation agreement to help a wide range of vulnerable plants and animals.

The pact would cover both private holdings and public lands leased for grazing.

Ranchers Margaret Soulen and Joe Hinson have worked with federal officials to help protect the southern Idaho ground squirrel and other species.

A dozen students did research papers on plants or animals that might be included in the plan, analyzing the species’ life histories, ecology and potential survival threats.

“This project provided an excellent opportunity to get the students out into the field and gave them an opportunity to learn about the ranchers’ perspective and challenges,” Waits said. The student papers will be used in developing the agreement with the federal government.

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Milk production depends on dairy cows being in a family way, so a new pregnancy test developed with UI technology is vital to dairy producers.

The test can tell producers whether a cow is pregnant within a couple of weeks after breeding. The test relies on proteins produced by the Mx gene. Reproductive physiologist Troy Ott, discovered the novel use for the telltale proteins.

Ott’s studies of the Mx gene’s role in reproductive biology and infectious disease are funded by both the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

For dairy producers, knowing within weeks which cows are not pregnant can cut down the amount of time when the cows are not producing milk. With dairy herds numbering hundreds to thousands of cows, savings of $2 per cow per day, or more, can quickly add up to a lot of moola.

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Nuclear waste cleanup is an endeavor where anything short of perfection invites disaster. Two UI chemical engineering students were up to that challenge in a recent engineering contest — the first team to post a perfect score in the event’s history.

Ryan Carlson and Josh Johnson demonstrated a bench-scale solution to removing glass from metallic surfaces.

The students used non-radioactive materials, but their demonstration applies to the real world challenge of removing vitrified nuclear waste from pipes.

Their presentation during the 12th Annual Environmental Design Contest at Las Cruces, N.M., earned a perfect score, first place and a $2,500 prize.

Another UI team, Jay Hoover, Mica Hutchison and Jeff Mohr, won the Judges’ Choice Award for Technical Innovation and a $750 prize.

The contest drew 350 students from 25 universities worldwide. It was sponsored by the Waste-management Education and Research Consortium.

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Even before 9-11, some recognized the need for an overhaul of America’s national security enterprise. In “The Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change,” the U.S. Commission on National Security is clear about the need to rework government to meet the challenges of the 21st Century – globalization, “the information revolution and the accelerating discontinuities in a range of scientific and technological areas.”

Written in March 2001 – six months before the terrorist attacks – the report is a detailed road map of what needs to happen to protect America’s citizens and its position in the world. Higher education is at the center of the discussion.

“We have concluded that, despite the end of the Cold War threat, America faces distinctly new dangers, particularly to the homeland and to our scientific and educational base,” U.S. Sen. Gary Hart and Congressman Warren B. Rudman wrote in the report’s foreword.

The commissioners made recommendations in five key areas – “recapitalizing America’s strengths in science and education” is one of them.

“Americans are living off the economic and security benefits of the last three generations’ investment in science and education, but we are now consuming capital,” the report says. “…the inadequacies of our systems of research and education pose a greater threat to U.S. national security over the next

quarter century than any potential, conventional war that we might imagine.”

The report writers were optimistic about the opportunities, however, and called for a doubling of the federal research and development budget by 2010.

“The world is entering an era of dramatic progress in bioscience and materials science as well as information technology and scientific instrumentation. Brought together and accelerated by nanoscience, these rapidly developing research fields will transform our understanding of the world.”

That list of priorities reads like a page out of the UI catalog in terms of areas of emphasis. For Lewis, it is the starting point for matching the expertise of UI researchers with the needs and initiatives of private industry and the national government.

“Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make Me a Match” Lewis acknowledges that university professors — at UI and elsewhere — have always done research. What he and IRIS bring to the table is a broader perspective of how different research results can be applied.

“A university researcher may have a particular application in mind for his or her work and doesn’t have anything beyond that,” Lewis explains.

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Rand Lewis is broadening the scope of UI efforts in national security as director of the Initiative for Research on Infrastructure Security.

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n Sept. 11, we, as a nation, held our collective breath as one of our worst nightmares unfolded.

But within a matter of days, we began the process of analyzing what had happened, drawing on the expertise of historians and policymakers, military officers and politicians.

Rand Lewis, executive director of the University of Idaho’s Martin Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution and a UI alumnus with a 20-year military career in anti-terrorism, was the Inland Northwest’s expert in those dark days. He appeared on television stations and radio talk shows. He gave newspaper interviews and spoke in numerous classes on the Moscow campus about the threat of terror and how to keep the nation secure.

Lewis is just one part of an evergrowing, University of Idaho national security network. As sophisticated and far-reaching as the newest computer chip, the network includes alumni and friends working at the highest levels of government, in America’s growing national security industry, on the Moscow campus, and at UI locations around the state.

While the informal network has worked well for years, there is a new energy — and formal organization — at UI that is broadening the scope of possibilities: the Initiative for Research on Infrastructure Security or IRIS. Also under Lewis’ direction, IRIS is poised to patch together partnerships all over the country for the benefit of America’s national welfare.

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By thinking small, Gary Maki and Greg Donohoe at UI’s Center for Advanced Microelectronics Biomolecular Research in Post Falls, may make big contributions to U. S. Homeland Security needs.

Their radiation-tolerant electronic chips require ultra-low power and can increase computing capabilities in space to gather intelligence and aid ground operations. Such microchips consume about .01 the power of ordinary chips and would be useful for portable data processing by ground personnel and warriors of the future.

Surveillance spacecraft using these new technologies could become sharper “eyes in the sky,” Maki believes. High-performance, specialpurpose processors installed in remote locations and powered by solar energy could monitor and detect unwanted activity on the nation’s borders or be used by other security patrols.

“Using our newly designed processor, in conjunction with satellite or airborne data links, could even allow target recognition, which requires a large amount of computer power,” said Maki.

He adds that electronic biosensors also can be used to ensure food safety by guarding against contamination.

Donohoe helps develop new tools for even more sophisticated information processing on spacecraft or remote sensors. This “Reconfigurable Data Path Processor” can “rewire” itself internally and adapt to whatever processing task is at hand.

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Lewis describes his responsibilities as threefold: knowing and understanding the basic research concepts developed by UI scientists and engineers; developing or finding new applications for that work; and examining the policy and social issues that might surround a given application. “We are working on interdisciplinary solutions to homeland security problems,” he said. “It is a holistic approach that can involve faculty from every discipline at the university.”

And, Lewis says, that approach is much more effective. “If you take a problem and only solve it scientifically or technologically, you haven’t solved the problem. But if you solve it with all three elements – research, application and policy – then you have really solved the whole problem.

“Industry and academics have not always worked together well, but we are finding now with this new approach that industry is very receptive. My role in IRIS is to bring different players together to solve problems in infrastructure and homeland security. I’m not a scientist, but that seems to be an advantage. It’s all about partnerships, and I’m the matchmaker.”

Partnering for Success His success as a matchmaker hinges on the strength of the UI national security network. “The reason we’re doing what we’re doing right now is because of that network,” Lewis says. As a UI alumnus and career officer in the U.S. Army, Lewis already knows — or is getting to know — many of the key Idaho players in government and industry, and there are many.

Former U.S. Sen. James McClure, U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, Idaho Gov. and former U.S. Sen. Dirk Kempthorne and former U.S. Rep. Larry LaRocco all are UI alumni. “Actually, all of our senators and congressmen have been very key players in our efforts to get into the homeland security business,” Lewis says.

UI graduates Garry Stubblefield and Pat Pentland are executives in two of the major security firms in the world. Dozens more work in the military or the Department of Defense.

“The Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change” details what needs to happen to protect America’s citizens and its position in the world.

Gary Vest a 1969 graduate of the UI, spent 30 years as a planning and public administration professional in Washington D.C. and nearly eight years as the senior career executive in charge of policy formation and implementation of all environmental, safety and occupational health concerns for the Department of Defense. He worked closely with NATO, the United Nations, the European Union and a number of non-governmental organizations. He currently is a principal and co-founder of MVLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based business development consulting firm.

He applauds UI’s IRIS as a practical and efficient way to address homeland security.

“An issue like homeland security really should be touching every aspect of what we’re thinking and doing,” he says.

“We need to look at the missions and core strengths in our existing agencies and activities, and enhance, integrate and build on those.”

Friends of the UI are just as key, Lewis says. Drawn to the university by the research already under way, people like NASA Administrator Daniel S. Golden and Richard Clarke, former White House National Coordinator for Critical Infrastructure Protection, have come to know UI’s capabilities well and

Taking Research to the Marketplace— UI Alums Provide Safety and Security Two spin-off businesses from UI’s premier research initiative in computer security are marketing cyber-products for the world’s homes and businesses.

TriGeo Network Security’s founder and president, John Shovic, has patented and launched its first product line, “Contego.” This manages firewalls, intrusion detection and anti-virus devices, and provides detection and automated response to cyber-attacks. It effectively quarantines and contains the damage, while systems staff remedy the problem. It is especially designed for complex organizations in multiple locations.

Shovic, who earned a UI doctoral degree under Gary Maki in the 1980s, and his company are models in innovation and technology transfer. He has led the company through the prototype, testing and venture stages into the black and now is working on the next-generation product. The technology on which TriGeo products are based was developed at UI under a $3 million grant from multiple government and military agencies.

John Shovic — TriGeo When Shovic recognized its commercial application, he decided to build a company and business model around it.

“There was a risk, to be sure,” says the entrepreneur, “as there is with adapting any research-based technology to the commercial market. I’m convinced that more products and ideas could result from university-based research.”

Cylant, another UI research spin-off located Scott Wimer — Cylant in the UI Business Technology Incubator in Moscow, builds tools to deflect “hacktivity.” The products secure software systems, web servers and operating systems.

“We make gray boxes for black boxes,” says Scott Wimer, chief technology officer for Cylant, and 2001 UI graduate in general studies.

“The historic information security model has been to run in a circle chasing vulnerabilities,” says Wimer. “Each time a new risk is discovered, the security industry [responds to this] vulnerability-driven process. The Cylant approach constrains a computer system’s behavior to just its approved operational profile. This lets organizations control their security risk rather than being controlled by intruders.”

John Munson, UI professor of computer science and the company’s chief scientist, believes Cylant’s novel technology is the only defense to date that can block “first strike attacks to the Internet and its infrastructure. This is a big contribution to homeland security to prevent hackers from intruding in the first place.”

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are in positions to share that information with others in D.C.’s Beltway.

Part of that familiarity comes from several key partnerships initiated by UI President Bob Hoover, Lewis says.

In March 1999, UI was one of the first seven Centers of Excellence in Information Assurance named by the National Security Agency. It was “reapproved” for another three years as a center this past March.

That same spring, Hoover spearheaded creation of the Inland Northwest Research Alliance, which now has nine universities as members. INRA is an operating partner in the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory in Idaho Falls.

In December 2000, Goldin came to the Moscow campus to finalize an agreement between UI and NASA to help the agency research new ways of responding to the every-increasing threat of cyber attacks on its computer systems.

The NASA administrator also addressed graduates during the winter commencement ceremony that year.

In June 2001, UI and Idaho State University became two of five institutions that comprise the National Alliance for Information Assurance. The other three members are James Madison University and George Mason University in Virginia, and the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma — also centers of excellence in information assurance. Lewis currently serves as interim director of the alliance.

Hoover himself served as part of President Clinton’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, to advise the White House on formation of an Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection to protect America’s cyberspace from attack and other failures.

He understands the value of partnering. “With a scarcity of financial resources, the issue is how do you offer the kinds of programs that are important to a state and to a region, and that are important nationally,” Hoover says.

“Joining forces with our colleagues strengthens each alliance member’s ability to make a meaningful contribution in the area of homeland security.”

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Why did the Towers Fall?

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One thing Lewis emphasizes whenever he talks about the Initiative for Research on Infrastructure Security is the nearly endless possibilities there are for study and improvement.

So who are the active UI players today? The College of Engineering, the Computer Science Department and its Center for Secure and Dependable Software, which was founded by UI professors Deborah Frincke and James Alves-Foss; the Department of Political Science; Professor Ray Dacey and others from the College of Business and Economics; Professor Sam Froes in the Department of Materials Science; and professors Ron and Don Crawford in microbiology.

Who are the potential players?

Professor Gary Maki, who is brought his micro processing research enterprise back to UI at Coeur d’Alene this summer. Faculty and staff in UI’s National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technologies could play a key role, as could architects and artists, biologists and hydrologists, statisticians and sociologists.

“We are only limited by our imagination,” Lewis says. “Idaho — and Washington State University, potentially — have unbelievable resources to do some really important and long-term research and application. There are people sitting at both places who don’t even realize they could play a role in this or that what they are doing could benefit the entire nation in terms of homeland security.” I

UI Alumnus Leads Federal Probe Into WTC Building Collapse

By Tom Nugent

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hy did the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center quickly collapse into a heap of fiery rubble last Sept. 11, and what can America do to protect other high-rise buildings from such Arden L. Bement, Jr. catastrophic “structural failure” in the years ahead?

Hoping to find detailed, authoritative answers to those questions, the U.S. Congress recently handed Arden L. Bement, Jr. ’57 what undoubtedly will be the toughest engineering challenge of his long and colorful career.

Bement’s assignment: As the recently appointed director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), he is going to lead a two-year, $16-million investigation into the causes behind the WTC collapse ... while also directing a massive research and development program aimed at improving building fire codes and engineering standards throughout the American construction industry.

For the 70-year-old Bement — a veteran materials engineer with blue-chip credentials as a former researcher and administrator at the U.S. Department of Defense — directing the probe into the destruction of the Twin Towers will require a huge investment of time and

energy. It also will require “every bit of the experience and insight” he’s gained during 39 years in materials engineering, after writing his Idaho master’s thesis on “the physical properties of uranium,” in 1957.

“Our assignment will be to study the collapse of the buildings in depth and detail,” explains the director of NIST, the nation’s agency for developing engineering and manufacturing measurement standards. “Through exhaustive research, we hope to pinpoint the causes of the collapse — and then to come up with recommendations for new building standards.

“Hopefully, we can help make America’s high-rise buildings much more resistant to the type of collapse that occurred during the tragedy of last September.”

The terrorist attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center last year triggered the worst building disaster in recorded history, killing more than 2,800 people.

According to Bement, a former director of the DOD’s Office of Materials Science (1976-79) and a leading U.S. expert on nuclear materials engineering who taught that highly specialized subject at MIT from 1970 through 1976, the “biggest challenge” in the planned WTC study will be to understand exactly how the burning jet

Ask Bement to tell you how he fell in love with the arcane science of materials engineering, and the hard-charging nuclear energy expert won’t miss a beat.

“I think my love of science and metals goes all the way back to the University of Idaho,” he says with a smile. “I’ve never forgotten the excitement I felt while I was working on my master’s thesis out there.

“This was 1956-57, and I was studying the physical properties of uranium. And you have to remember that this was during the Cold War years, when uranium was a key element in the development of nuclear weapons.

“So I spent a lot of time working in the lab. I’d pull the material apart and

The father of eight children and grandfather to 23, Bement says he’s “never felt more hopeful” about America’s future. “I really think we’re turning out better science graduates at our universities and colleges than ever before. And that’s absolutely crucial if we’re going to keep this country on the road to economic prosperity.

“The President has said often that we must prepare for the future by educating our young people about science, and he’s absolutely right. I can’t think of a more important goal for America right now — and we’re going to do everything we can to help.” I

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UI researchers Axel Krings and James Alves-Foss join a team of others from Schweitzer Engineering Labs and Washington State University to help safeguard the nation’s utilities.

With a Critical Infrastructure Protection Grant of nearly $1 million from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, they focus on protecting the electric power grid, now highly controlled by computer, from cyber attacks and intrusions.

The purpose is to avert hackers and saboteurs from penetrating the computerized control systems. Such malicious activity could jeopardize property, services, and even cause life-threatening damages.

The team seeks safeguards against unauthorized remote access to substation, control center and power grid networks and communications.

The investigators also develop seminars, educational courses, and technical publications to bring awareness and share solutions within the electric power industry.

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Pushing the “Frontiers of Knowledge”

• The development of frequency standards that allow radio and television stations to reach their audiences with much clearer signals.

• The discovery of the coolant (liquefied helium) that helped trigger the creation of magnetic resonance imaging, now a key tool in medicine.

• The development of universal data encryption standards, which have helped to make Internet-commerce a reality – while also protecting our electronic privacy in many other ways.

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fuel that was released contributed to the collapse of both towers.

“We suspect from preliminary studies that the temperature was probably in the range of 1,500 or 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit,” says the nation’s top materials engineer. “It now seems likely that the temperatures in the building were sufficient to cause softening of the steels used in construction. Our job will be to examine that softening process and learn all we can about protecting buildings from it in the future.”

examine it with electron microscopes.

We were pushing at the frontiers of knowledge, and it was all quite fascinating to me.”

Sworn in as the 12th director of NIST last December, Bement is responsible for daily research on engineering and manufacturing standards among the agency’s 3,000 employees and its many clients. A former vice president for science and technology at TRW Inc., he’s also charged with making sure that his century-old (founded in 1901) federal research organization lives up to its historic mandate to “strengthen the U.S. economy and improve the quality of life by working with industry to develop and apply technology measurements and standards.”

In practical terms, this crucially important assignment calls for NIST to engage in hundreds of laboratory research projects each year, frequently in partnerships with private industry.

Among the hundreds of major research breakthroughs achieved by NIST are:

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In March, the UI LatinAmerican Studies Program conducted its first U. S. State Department-licensed trip to Cuba. The UI travelers made a historical and cultural connection with the earlier life of a famed Idaho resident.

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e didn’t even try to follow in his footsteps. Ernest Hemingway’s life in Cuba was an extraordinary mélange of brilliant writing, heavy drinking and serious deepsea fishing. In between, he managed to fit in two of his four wives, some overdramatized U-boat searching and many, many Cuban friends. I don’t think our group was in his league in any of these.

But we did retrace his path to Cuba, and then to Idaho, the path of his last journey before returning permanently to Ketchum and Sun Valley where he died in 1961. Hemingway had moved his household from Key West to Cuba in 1939, after falling in love on earlier visits with its people and their lifestyle. Maybe the Cuban passion for living matched his vision of himself.

By the time he came to Cuba, Hemingway’s self-image had become confused with his celebrity-image. Being famous at an early age —“The Sun Also Rises” was published in 1926 — he lived most of his life in the public eye. Yet, many of his Cuban years marked a hiatus in his writing, and it wasn’t until “The Old Man in the Sea” in 1952 that he again demonstrated the literary power that made him the foremost American writer of the 20th century.

Hemingway En His house, Finca Vigia, in San Francisco de Paula outside Havana, is owned by the Cuban government as a result of an exchange made by Mary, his fourth —and last — wife, after Ernest’s death. The Cubans gave Mary special permission to come back and take belongings, art, and writings from the house, in return for which she gave the house, and his boat, the Pilar, to the Cuban government.

This unusual trade resulted in the house and its contents remaining exactly as Hemingway left them during his last visit in July 1960. The Cuban government has treated Finca Vigia as an artifact, from the huge book library covering many of the walls to the place settings in the dining room. The bottles of rum and mixer still are next to the armchairs, with faded, peeling labels.

Hemingway’s house, from the portable typewriter used for his writings to the game trophies on the walls, still exudes a joy for living that Cubans share with him. Hemingway also had an intoxication with struggle, regardless of outcome, which also is evident throughout Cuban history.

The house is the most visited cultural spot on the island, a shrine to the only American who is honored and admired on both sides of the Florida Strait

separating Havana from Florida.

Hemingway bridges that Strait, his Cuban life being both pre-Castro and non-Batista. Because of that, he represents both a romantic past and a possible future.

During that brief trip, we were part of that future — curious and querulous yanquis continually wondering what will happen next to Cuba. We were tourists looking down on colorful stilt dancers from the rooftop terrace of Hemingway’s hotel, Ambos Mundos. We were academics grilling our doctoral student guide about the disastrous Russian— Cuban economy of the 1980s. We were jealous of Cuban education, horrified by their housing, and beguiled by their music.

Visit Cuba if you have a chance.

You’ll be as intrigued as we were. And visit soon before there’s a McDonalds on every corner. I Ivar Nelson is director of the UI Press, which publishes The Hemingway Review and books about Hemingway. Bill Voxman takes photographs when not teaching mathematics or organizing the University Core Curriculum.

Top, Cubans built this memorial to Hemingway in Cojimar, a small seaside village where he kept his fishing boat, the Pilar; side, The encased typewriter in Hemingway's room, #511, at the Ambos Mundos Hotel in Habana Vieja is in memory of his work there on “The Sun Also Rises.”

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Now Showing: UI Alums in Southern California Lights, camera, action

By Leslie Einhaus

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he glitz and glamour of Hollywood attracts, entrances and entertains.

The stories behind many of the University of Idaho’s famous and fortunate in Southern California create the same sort of buzz and brilliance as those on the silver screen.

Many of these talented alums credit their alma mater for giving them the tools they needed to make it on the grand marquee from their behind-thescenes beginnings in Idaho.

In Moscow, stars arise in all disciplines, and off they go, pursuing their dreams. If the Hello Walk becomes a UI Walk of Fame, the following have enough star power to be included among the UI’s most celebrated students.

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“A Hollywood movie star just arrived.”

— Lloyd Richard in “All About Eve” Judi Dickerson has shared many barbecue chicken pizzas with Will Smith.

She often met the actor/rapper on the set of “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” to prepare him for the role of Paul in the 1993 film, “Six Degrees of Separation.”

More recently, Dickerson worked with Russell Crowe on the 2002 Academy Award winner, “A Beautiful Mind.” It’s the fourth time she’s been paired with the Australian actor. “We work well together,” says Dickerson, a Hollywood voice coach.

In June, she began working on Peter Weir’s epic, “The Far Side of the World,” in which Crowe plays a British admiral during the Napoleonic era.

Working with Crowe, Ralph Fiennes and others is a treat, she admits.

However, it is the crew - not the actors that often provide the laughs and memories. On the set of “Gladiator,” Dickerson chatted with a man who makes Roman-era bows and arrows for a living. Once on a Hollywood set, she rode on the tusk of a German-trained circus elephant - to quell some stress.

“Every person I’ve worked for I’ve enjoyed,” she notes. “Each film experience is its own unique adventure.”

Dickerson also enjoyed life in Moscow. At UI, she was engrossed in theater life like many of her peers. In “The Apple Tree,” Dickerson played opposite UI student Bill Fagerbakke, who later captured a supporting role in the television sitcom, “Coach.”

“We were obsessed,” she remembers.

“We were so passionate about theater.”

Bill Stoneman ’66 It is like tracking the second hand of a wristwatch or the rise and fall of a baby’s chest as they drift away to Dreamland.

Bill Stoneman eyes the playing field with precision, never missing a single moment — every at bat, home run, stolen base and foul ball into the stands.

The best part of baseball for this Anaheim Angels’ vice president and general manager is “the last out when you win.”

Stoneman has had his share of wins through the years. He pitched in the majors for nearly a decade, sporting uniforms for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and the Anaheim Angels. He pitched two no-hitters during his professional career, and played on the National League All-Star team in ’72.

Before his major league appearance, Stoneman pitched three years for the Vandals. The spring of ’66 roster featured an incredible crop of good players, he recalls. Four of that year’s starting pitchers signed major league contracts. When the Vandals hit the field, “you couldn’t score on us.”

Many of his UI buddies come far-andwide wanting to catch up while watching America’s favorite pastime. “I love running into Vandals everywhere,” he says.

Russ Leatherman ’86 "Why don't you just tell me the name of the movie you would like to see?" — Kramer pretending to be Mr. Moviefone on the sitcom, “Seinfeld” The real voice behind Moviefone operated his first television camera and finished his first movie reel at UI. "In southern California, it's hard to get that kind of hands-on experience without having an uncle in the business," says Russ Leatherman, president and cofounder of Moviefone, the largest interactive movie listing guide and ticketing service in the country. Three years ago, Leatherman sold Moviefone to AOL for $488 million.

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“The Pacific Ocean is nice, but it doesn’t have the same calming effect as those rolling green hills. It’s magical.” entertainment guru. The Los Angeles native remembers, "It was like going to another country."

Culture shock aside, it was experience that served him well. The studentoperated television and radio stations at UI were first-rate. "It was a wonderful experience. I learned more at UI than I probably would have at any other place," says Leatherman, who headlined a heavy metal show on KUOI-FM in the mid-tolate '80s and worked on sportscasts and other productions at KUID. Mr. Moviefone has managed a successful enterprise in the entertainment mecca of Hollywood without a formal education in business.

His diploma from UI secured his eventual stardom.

"I admire people who start out with nothing and make something happen."

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John Mead’s office is proof of his passion for everything wild.

Mead, an avid backpacker, is president of Adventure 16, an outdoor outfitting company based in San Diego with stores in Los Angeles and Orange County.

The photo frames lining the walls consist of twine and bark. Photographs capture past adventures in the Great Wide Open. His desk and wall paneling are made of weathered wood. A quip from the legendary mountaineer John Muir hangs on his office door.

He likes to get out-and-about in the Grand Tetons and the Sierra Nevada. “I like to strap on a backpack and go discovering,” says the Twin Falls native.

“It allows you to feel small ... in a good way. It puts the world in perspective.”

Mead and his colleagues are helping the younger generation get outside. In 1997, the company started the non-profit foundation, Donate-a-Pack, providing mountaineering gear to underprivileged youth in Southern California.

When Mead was a kid, he visited the Moscow campus. The Administration Building stood out in his mind. “It was the image of college for me.”

At UI, he learned to “focus on what you are good at.”

He surely has taken that lesson to heart.

James Whistler ’70, ’73 Clutching a kitchen sprayer in one hand and cleaning dishes with the other, a red-faced James Whistler asked a member of the Pi Beta Phi house on a movie date. “She said ‘yes.’ If she didn’t say ‘yes,’ I think she thought I would spray her,” he says, grinning.

Whistler was equally ambitious when it came to business enterprises. He remembers toting extra chili to the Figi house after his shifts as a hasher. “I sold it for 25 cents a bowl.”

Today, he totes his briefcase to his downtown San Diego office that overlooks one of the most pristine natural harbors in the world. He works as managing director for CCI, a compensation consulting company, and is the senior adviser of the Estate Strategies Group.

Two etchings by the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler are tacked on his office wall. His fascination with the artist, besides sharing a name, came after a trip to a Carmel art gallery more than two decades ago. Now UI’s Whistler has more than 50 etchings by the Americanborn painter.

Reminiscing about UI, Whistler notes, “It was not a finishing school. It was a beginning school. UI helped me grow up ... to the extent that I did.”

Seemingly simple moments lead to big time opportunities for UI alums, including Whistler. The talented, albeit timid, UI student came away with a quality education and a friend forever.

You see, the girl he asked out on that Friday afternoon became his wife. Jim and Kathy have been married 33 years.

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A wellspring of opportunities are available to those who come searching for California gold. The sun illuminates the faces and fortunes of many here in the Golden State.

For many hearty and hopeful alumni, it is truly a paradise on Earth. Dickerson reminds her fellow alums, “It’s unrelentless sunshine.”

Here are a few other rising stars: Carlos Del Valle ’75 Not many people have a parking space at work a few feet away from Jay Leno’s Dodge Viper. That’s the case for weekend sportscaster and UI alumnus Carlos Del Valle, who works at the NBC studio in Burbank, home to The Tonight Show.

He covers a wide array of sporting events for the Los Angeles news agency, including Lakers games and the Olympics.

Being a UI graduate: “Because of my Latin heritage, people automatically think I am from California. I like to tell them I grew up in Moscow, Idaho, and that I graduated from the University of Idaho.”

Sharon Allen ’73 Being a resident of Los Angeles for the past several years has made it a challenge to stay in touch with UI. “Now that Rich and I are further away, the connection to UI is more important,”

The Adventure 16 store near Beverly Hills not only sees a few movie stars a week, but is frequently used as a set for movies and television shows. The staff taught Brad Pitt to rock climb in preparation for his role in “Seven Years in Tibet.”

In an episode of Seinfeld, Kramer learns his phone number is nearly identical to Moviefone, the dial-in movie prompt. Kramer pretends to be Mr. Moviefone whenever he gets a stray call. He replies in computerized fashion, counseling listeners on their movie options. George calls the dial-a-flick service (well, he thinks so at first) and uncovers his friend’s voice.

Judy Dickerson’s first gig in Hollywood was on the set of “How To Make An American Quilt.” She coached Anne Bancroft for her role as Glady Joe Cleary in the 1995 film starring Winona Ryder.

February 16, 1958 says Sharon Allen, managing partner for Deloitte and Touche.

Becoming manager of the firm’s second largest market has given her a true voice at the table among her professional peers. “They listen to me a lot differently now,” she admits.

Giving back: “If you have a chance to work with a young professional as a mentor, it is very rewarding.”

Golden rule: “Treat everyone fairly. Deal with people ‘straight up.’”

Cordelia Manis ’87

Brothers Jim and Eric Stoddard came to California searching for success. With the right amount of ambition, skill and sunshine, Jeffry, a real estate investor and developer, and Eric, a Wells Fargo Bank executive, have made their dreams come true in the Golden State. With a flexible career, “I can live anywhere,” Eric says. “I remain here because I enjoy it.”

Jeffry and his family spend a great deal of time at their McCall cabin. A black flag with a golden “I” whips in the breeze. Boaters pass by honking in approval or yelping praise for another Idaho university.

“My brother has the best of both worlds,” Eric admits. “McCall for two to three months in the summer and Southern California the rest of the year.”

The UI experience: “What a great education with great friends. It was one of the best times of my life,” Eric said. I

By Dan Hunt John Wooden’s mighty UCLAans were toppled 73-67 on the maples of Memorial Gym last night, victims to the Vandals’ all-consuming defense and the amazing Gary Simmons.

A lively crowd, estimated at 4,500, stuffed into the gymnasium to watch the Vandal cagers on what was surely their most historic night of the year.

Senior captain Gary Simmons was again the hero for Idaho’s Vandals, who made grand entry into the race for the Pacific Coast Conference championship.

Simmons set a school record for free throws made and free throws attempted by converting 15 of 20 shots from the gift stripe. He notched 37 points for the night with the help of 11-for-19 shooting, and he came within one point of the school’s single game record, which he set earlier this season.

With his 19th point he captured the school’s new single-season scoring title.

Hartly Kruger set the previous record in 1953 with 414. Simmons, who has 432 points on the year as well as 969 for his career, needs only nine points in the next five games to surmount Kruger’s career mark of 978.

Junior Whaylon Coleman also assisted in the colossal upset with 10 points.

Though his refined jumpshot and smooth dribbling skills certainly befuddled the Bruins, his usual defensive tenacity left the greatest impression. The fleet-footed guard persisted in bothering the Bruin backcourt all night, especially UCLA’s feisty Denny Crum. The aspiring coach fouled Coleman in frustration and was promptly booted for “malicious behavior.”

The fundamentally sure Vandals completed 23 of 58 field goals and 27 of 41 free throws for the night.

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As a wife and mother of four, Cordelia Manis finds happiness in the simple things — a brisk walk around the neighborhood, reading a good book and spending quality time with family and friends.

Manis also has another reason to be content. She recently participated in a walk to raise money for breast cancer. In April, she walked 60 miles over three days.

“I have four sisters and three daughters, and my mother-in-law is a survivor,” says Manis, who raised $4,500 for the cause.

The Palouse: “The Pacific Ocean is nice, but it doesn’t have the same calming effect as those rolling green hills. It’s magical.”

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CLASS NOTES

Compiled by Angela Helmke, UI Alumni Office

(To be profiled, please mail information, including graduation year, to Angela Helmke, Alumni Office, PO Box 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or e-mail information to angela@idahovandals.com (photos can be e-mailed in a jpg format). In the interest of accuracy and privacy, we will list only items submitted by an alumnus or their family. Submission deadline for the winter issue is October 8, 2002.)

50s Allen Derr ’51, ’59 is featured in a book, “Days of Destiny,” an account of happenings that changed the course of U.S. history.

Eugene R. (Dick) Tirk ’54 received the 2002 Arts Education Advocacy Leadership Award in Minnesota.

60s Sister Mary Ellen Rosholt ’61 has been named to the Mount Saint Mary’s College Board of Trustees.

C. Richard Wendle ’63 was named recipient of the 2002 TIME Magazine Quality Auto Dealer Award.

Alicia Morgan ’64 retired after 29 years at the Central Peninsula General Hospital laboratory in Soldotna, Alaska.

Ray Murphy ’67 is executive director of the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce.

Douglas Ehlke ’68 has been designated by his peers as a Super Lawyer for leadership in his area of legal practice. He lives in Federal Way, Wash.

Kathleen Whitlock ’68, ’73 has retired from teaching after 30 years of service. She lives in Yelm, Wash., and is active on the Employees Retirement Benefit Board.

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Phillip O. Walch ’71 is featured on two songs on the “Glory Album” released by Hilltop Records. He has lived in Santa Ana, Calif., for the past 30 years.

Rubyann Poulson ’72 has received a D.M.A. from the

University of Kansas and will become the director of the Vocal Department at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minn.

Robert M. Nowierski ’73 is the national program leader for BioBased Pest Management with the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service in Washington, D.C. Craig Rasmussen ’76 lives in Kula, Hawaii, and operates Paradise Flower Farms, Inc. He was named the 2001 Small Business Person of the Year for the island of Maui by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Tom Lyons ’77 has been named the Paula Knickerbocker Jazz Pianist-In-Residence at UI Lionel Hampton School of Music. He will travel to campus several times each semester to teach and perform.

Doug Staker ’82 is vice president of Mobile and Network Telemetry Systems with Itron.

Daniel G. Nordquist ’88 is director of the Office of Grant and Research Development at Washington State University.

90s Christopher W. Boyd ’90 has been named chief of the Menlo Park Police Department, becoming the youngest chief of police in the state of California.

Jay Pence ’90 is district ranger for Teton Basin Ranger District in Driggs.

Nichole Reeve Bradshaw ’88, ’91 a staff member at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center in Boise, has been appointed to the 2002 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive.

Michael Horton ’92 lives in Kodiak, Alaska, and has written a book, “A Life on the Line.” He works as a mental health clinician and drug counselor.

Alex Lewis ’98 is employed by University of Notre Dame Law School as the public interest legal adviser designing public interest programming for Notre Dame law students.

2000 Brad K. Juelfs ’01 is teaching reading and U.S. history at Hyde-Park Middle School in Las Vegas, Nev. Jennifer K. Medeiros ’01 completed Officer Candidate School at Naval Aviation Schools Command.

Tyler Wolf ’01 was commissioned to ensign in the U.S. Navy in Pensacola, Fla.

MARRIAGES Kristin K. McKie ’82 to Loren Bergeson John A. Barinaga ’93 to Melissa Wells Michael B. Olson ’95 to Cynthia Elaine Jackson Sandra Marie Larsen ’96 to Aaron Hebshi

Amy Anderson ’95 lives in New Mexico and is project manager of Health and Benefit Services Division at Intel Corporation.

Dana Wohlschlegel ’97 to Michael Kroeke

Terry D. Ratcliff ’79 has accepted a new position as center director of the Keller Graduate School of Management in Charlotte, N. C.

Michael B. Olson ’95 has completed a master’s in oceanography from Western Washington University and lives in Bellingham.

Holly D. Parkins, ’98 to Matthew B. Lefebvre ’98

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Jason D. Gage ’96, ’98 received his Ph.D. in psychology from Utah State University in May 2002. He was assigned to Fort Lee, Va., for his military tour of duty.

Dan Tarter ’80 is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army assigned to the American Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, as a military attache. His wife, Marilyn Dokken Tarter ’83, is the community liaison office coordinator at the American Embassy.

Bob Urso ’80 is chief operating officer of EER Systems, a technology services subsidiary of L3 COMM (LLL).

Rae Ellen Moore Lee ’82 lives in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, and has written a memoir, “If the Shoe Fits: Adventures of a Reluctant Boatfrau,” (Sheridan House, 2001) and a novel, “Bluebird House,” (Five Star, 2002). She formerly was a landscape architect with U.S. Forest Service.

Chris J. Garrett ’97 is a licensed physical therapist at Ironwood Drive Physical Therapy in Coeur d’ Alene.

Emily A. Stegner-Schwartz ’97 is working in New York City with Ferguson Shamamian & Rattner Architects.

Skits, smiles and sun at the 1979 Turtle Derby.

Kathy A. Hall ’98 to Stanley S. Slagle

S.C. Danielle Quade ’98, ’01 to R. Clayton Storey ’00 Sam Shaw ’99 to Janel Silflow ’01 Leslie Hutchenson ’00 to Brandon Miller ’99 Amy Kathleen Moore ’00 to Chad Roe Angela Hill ’01 to Rick Baldwin Donald G. Hulsizer, Jr. ’01 to Mandalyn A. Vanhoozer ’01 Loridee Sager ’01 to Jason Wetzel ’02

CLASS NOTES

IN MEMORY 20s Raymond Harsch ’22, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 5, retired civil engineer Harriet Featherstone Davies ’26, Spokane, Wash., Jan. 24 Leona McMonigle ’27, Spokane, Wash., Feb. 13 Edward Thomason ’27, Spokane, Wash., March 27, retired Army Reserves Josephine Harland Berryman ’29, ’33, Lewiston, Nov. 2001

30s Mary Brooks ’29, Twin Falls, Feb. 11, former U.S. Mint director, member of UI Hall of Fame David C. Yule ’31, March 26, worked at Boeing in Renton, Wash., for more than 30 years Caryl Kotok ’31, Annapolis, Md., May 22, a teacher for many years in Idaho and California.

Hazel Lawton ’31, March 21 Ruth J. Abbott ’32, Las Vegas, Nev., Dec. 14, 2001

Ernest Bauman ’32, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 17, 2001 Kenneth E. Kail ’32, Twin Falls, Nov. 20, retired Twin Falls High School teacher and administrator Mildred Clare Fitzgerald ’33, Boise, Jan. 2, retired professional secretary with more than 40 years of service Susan M. Frazier ’33, Hayden Lake, Feb. 1 Elvon Hampton ’33, Genesee, Feb. 3, farmer and retired member of Idaho Legislature Florence E. Pratt ’33, Grangeville, Jan. 25, retired school teacher Nettie Snow Ratcliffe ’33, Portland, Ore., March 7, school teacher in Magic Valley area Charles O. Wamstad ’34, Boulder City, Nev., Dec. 20, 2001, retired civil engineer Horton Herman ’35, Spokane, Wash., Feb. 21, retired attorney Helen Johnson ’35, Moscow, Jan. 6, teacher and UI staff member Robert Earl Newhouse ’35, Boise, April 5, retired farmer, rancher, bank loan officer

Mary Jensen Smith Oldham ’35, Rexburg, Jan. 26, first Idaho woman to pass the bar exam and Idaho’s first female justice of the peace Myra “Twit” Pfaff ’35, Nampa, March 17, longtime Nampa resident June Ramstedt ’35, Moscow, Feb. 28, former co-owner of Creighton’s Clothing Store Joseph Gauss ’37, Naples, Fla., Jan. 29, retired from General Electric Co. Earl Conrad Herkenhoff ’37, Reno, Nev., March 14, retired mining engineer

Lyle R. Kauffman ’38, Peshastin, Wash., Jan. 26, retired principal and teacher at Peshasitin Elementary School Freeman Woodrow Snyder ’38, Chelsea, Mich., Dec. 24, 2001 Theo Anderson ’39, Moscow, Feb. 23 John R. Baldwin ’39, Riverside, Calif., Sept. 11, 2001 Arthur J. Petersen ’39, Kerrville, Texas, Aug. 12, 2001 Elden Westergard ’39, Springville, Utah, Dec. 24, retired high school teacher

Maynard Herrmann ’37, Lewiston, Feb. 4

Hans Wetter ’39, Lewiston, Jan. 10, retired journalist and insurance agent

Waletta Morrow ’37, Boise, Jan. 7

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Jack Oliver ’37, Reno, Nev., April 11, retired insurance executive

Doris Anderson ’40, Moscow, Jan. 10

Courtney E. Stevens ’37, Bellingham, Wash., May 13, 2001 D.C. Barnett ’38, Contra Costa, Calif., May 3, 2001 Bruce Bowler ’38, Boise, May 2, longtime Idaho conservation leader

Kenneth H. Berkley ’40, Virginia Beach, Va., May 2, retired naval aviator, and employed by Norfolk Health Department Glen Judge ’40, Sandpoint, retired Bonner County farmer and rancher

FUTURE VANDALS

Nicholas William to Bernadette Hughes McIver ’99 and Jeremy McIver ’00

Carter Joseph and Mia Nicole to David Ruby ’95 and Nicole Ruby ’95

Ben Maxwell to Jason DeWitt and Amy Birge DeWitt ’98

Savannah Lee to Greg Robinson ’99 and JulieWright Robinson ’99

Kendall Joy Lun Meng Nakai to John Nakai '76 and Teresa Sigl Nakai '74,'78

Kelsey Jordan to Stacie Sonius ’95 and Mark Sonius ’93, ’95

Shaylee Renee and Ashlee Elisabeth to Vanessa Gill Bachman ’93 and John Bachman

Jack Brian to Lexie Browning McKevitt ’92 and Brian McKevitt

Ashley Erin to Alan C. Swanson ’96 and Kristi Swanson

Lucas Ivan to Christopher Bush ’94 and Sandra Bush

Cheynne Erika to Scott Dredge ’88 and Christine Anderson Dredge

Stephanie Sara to Kelly Mullen ’90 and Robert Mullen

Jonathan Taylor to Jennifer Mickle Graening ’97 and Michael Graening ’98

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Regan McKenzie to Harlan Zenner ’94 and Marnie Henson Zenner

Kellen to Jill Carr ’88 and Mike Carr

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Jason Gordon to Kalista Barclay Bernardi ’93 and Chris Bernardi ’93

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CLASS NOTES In Memory Robert J. Lamphere ’40, Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 7, retired FBI agent Dr. Robert J. Revelli ’40, Hayden Lake, March 7, practiced medicine and surgery in Wallace for 35 years.

Taking root at UI – four join UI Alumni Hall of Fame

By Leslie Einhaus

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John D. Hunt ’59, ’61 is clear about his passions: traveling (he sported a Hawaiian style button-down dress shirt during a recent tour of campus) and the University of Idaho.

Hunt is one of four UI Alumni Hall of Fame inductees for 2002.

The former head of the resource recreation and tourism department is honored to be recognized by his peers, colleagues and fellow alumni. “It’s fun for me,” he says smiling.

“I had a wonderful experience as a student and as a member of the faculty.”

What’s also fun is staying in touch with students. On commencement weekend 2002, Hunt hosted a graduation party for students in the College of Natural Resources.

When he was a UI professor, he hosted a dozen or so treeplanting parties at his home on 60 acres near Troy. These gatherings have been successful — socially and environmentally.

He says more than 8,000 trees have been planted on his property through the years.

Sharon Allen ’73 of Los Angeles has prospered as well. She is currently managing partner for the southern California and Nevada accounting practice of Deloitte and Touche.

Allen is a member of the board of directors of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of Greater Los Angeles and Town Hall. She is a member of UI President Bob Hoover’s Advisory Committee and co-chair of the National Campaign Council for The Campaign for Idaho.

Allen gives the university credit as a guiding influence; a place to grow. “I got my bearings here,” she says.

Thomas Nicholson ’59 also says he owes much of his success to the university; it has remained his cornerstone. “I have had a lot of good fortune and good luck,” says the longtime contributor to the Idaho agricultural industry and cofounder of Micron. “Actually, it’s been a lot of both for me.”

Tom and his wife, Diana, are members of The Campaign for Idaho’s National Campaign Council and Steering Committee.

Upon receiving his Hall of Fame award, Nicholson smiles, “It’s wonderful to have my name associated with such talented individuals. But I don’t belong in such an elite group.”

Rotchford “Rotchy” L. Barker ’61 spends his retirement saddling horses and eyeing the stock market at his ranch in Cody, Wyo. Barker is a former director and honorary life member of the Chicago Board of Trade. “I had nothing to retire from … except the big city,” he says. “It never felt like ‘going to work.’ I enjoyed every day.”

He is quick to add: “If you love what you do, then everything else falls into place.”

Joel H. McCord ’47, Boise, Jan. 22, retired from banking Margaret “Peggy” Goetz ’48, Yakima, Wash., Feb. 5 Russell G. Lindstrom ’48, Rupert, Dec. 19, 2001, retired farmer and rancher

John C. Robertson ’40, Gooding, Nov. 29, retired farmer and rancher

Clarence E. McBride ’48, Boise, April 24, 35 years in Arbon Valley and Butte City school systems

Kenneth T. Kormehl ’41, West Lafayette, Ind., March 9, retired professor of political science at Purdue University

Donald R. McKinley ’48, Sacramento, Calif., May 7, retired teacher and California educational leader

Lynn Dewey ’41, St. George, Utah, July 29, retired Department of Indian Affairs employee

John A. Wolfe ’48, Boise, March 26, electrical engineer with Honeywell

Roy T. Honsinger ’41, Boise, Jan. 13, retired teacher David Little ’41, Emmett, Jan. 13, longtime Gem County rancher and agriculture leader, served six terms in the Idaho Senate Keith Petty ’42, Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 15, retired San Francisco business lawyer Fred W. Siebe ’42, Custer, March 7 Virginia Anderson Stuiber ’42, Altadena, Calif., Oct. 30, retired medical technologist Amy Knapp Dodds ’43, Twin Falls, Dec. 15 Gerald W. O’Connor ’43, Indian Head Park, Ill., Oct. 21, retired superintendent at Cook County Forest Preserve District Catherine C. Finlay ’43, San Diego, Calif., March 2, 2001

James A. Defenbach ’49, ’55, Brownsville, Texas, April 29, former UI accounting instructor John (Jack) Menge ’49, Lyme, N.H., Feb. 20, longtime Dartmouth University economics professor Alba Libera Marra Rossi ’49, Cœur d’Alene, Jan. 6, taught school in northern Idaho for more than 40 years Rita Walker Tamplin ’49, Huntington Beach, Calif., Oct. 6, 2001 Dr. George J. Wald ’49, Jefferson City, Mo., April 11

50s John N. Burkhart ’50, Yellowstone, Mont., June 22, worked with Bureau of Indian Affairs Dale J. Braucher ’50, Walla Walla, April 25

Herman E. Renfrow ’43, Kendrick, Feb. 15, farmer

Lloyd D. Browning ’50, Pocatello, Dec. 25, worked with Idaho Bank and Trust

Elizabeth Ahrens Forslind ’44, Alta Loma, Calif., Dec. 8

Cabell J. Fearn ’50, Boulder, Colo., Dec. 19

James A. Glenn ’45, Boise, March 24, operated businesses in Hailey and Ketchum

Lester M. Haagensen ’50, Columbia, Calif., August 12.

Florence Butler Rist ’45, Boise, Jan. 13, teacher in Mountain Home and Boise Byron W. Adams ’46, Moscow, Jan. 30, owner of plumbing and heating business Joseph C. Barroetabena ’46, Boise, Jan. 23 Audrey Allen Wardrop ’46, Fountain Valley, Calif., Sept. 30 Helen Marie Honstead Young ’46, Nampa, Jan. 10, longtime resident of Nampa

Kay Hult ’50, Moscow, Feb. 19, owned and operated a Moscow restaurant Wilson C. Jasper ’50, Moscow, March 11, operated a dairy and farmed Dorothy Kelly ’50, Gooding, Feb. 15 Winona “Nonie” Landes ’50, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 22

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Elizabeth Winegardner ’50, St. David, Ariz., Aug. 15 Donald E. Cooper ’51, Pasco, Wash., May 15 Robert A. Fischer ’51, Hollis, N.H., Oct. 30

Lester C. Diehl ’53, ’65, Genesee, Jan. 31, high school instructor and principal

Thomas O. Webb ’57, ’60, Idaho Falls, Aug. 8 Valerie K. Lunstrum ’58, Longmont, Colo., April 5

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Orlin A. Moe ’58, Lewiston, Jan. 24, retired salesman

Shirley J. Lent ’55, Bremerton, Wash., Feb. 16, singer, piano player and entertainer

Harold J. Morin ’60, March 7, retired science teacher

Emerson R. Purcell ’58, Lewiston, June 8.

Darolene Smith Mauro ’62, Clemson, S.C. May 22

Joseph Ames McDonald ’55, Fenn, June 30, medical and dental data processor

Donald E. Webster ’58, Weippe, Jan. 11, retired logger, rancher and schoolteacher

Virgil Brown ’63, Greshem, Ore., Dec. 19, worked for Bearings, Inc. retiring in 1997

John Herrett ’56, April 7

Billie Furey Cannon ’59, Salmon, March 9, retired teacher and bookkeeper for family business

Doris Ethelyn Fortin Killgore ’63, Riggins, March 30, retired teacher

Gerald L. Miller ’51, Lewiston, May 9, an analytic chemist for Potlatch Corp.

Zella Ruth Skillern Godfrey ’57, Boise, Feb. 28, retired schoolteacher

Albert K. Smith ’51, Leadville, Colo., July 25

Gerald Thorton Sweeney ’57, Milton, Wash., Feb. 9, inventor

James (Mick) Smith ’59, Spokane, Wash., Feb. 23, retired truck driver

Herbert J. Heldt ’52, Clinton, Iowa, Feb. 19

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Camperdownii memories To my delight, your last issue of “Here We Have Idaho” featured the Camperdownii on campus.

While a student with my four children, foster daughter and nephew, I became enthralled with those special trees. My son, Ron, remembered them because he loved to study in their shade on a hot summer day. He found two trees in Seattle for our landscaping project several years ago and hauled them to Montana where we’ve lived since 1990. Then he and his dad planted them.

So, count us among the owners of Camperdownii in the Northwest. There is one other tree in our town of Kalispell.

I wish the article had been more informational on how to care for trees, such as pruning, feeding, what to use to prevent disease and insect infestation. Is it possible to write to your horticulturist for more information?

Thank you for this

Thomas O. Webb ’59, Idaho Falls, Aug. 8, retired high school teacher and coach

gratifying article and the news that a Camperdownii memorial will be planted. UI is a special place to me and the source of some of the happiest days of my life!

Louise M. Biggs Kalispell, Montana UI horticulturist David Rauk contacted Ms. Biggs to assist her efforts in the care and feeding of her Camperdownii.

Greeting from Magic Valley!

As a 1954 UI graduate, I enjoy the university magazine, especially pictures of the campus. So I loved the pictures and feature on the Camperdownii elms.

When I went to the university in 1950, it was the first time I had seen one and was fascinated! They are just charming. I lived at Hayes Hall and walked by them each day.

When we go up to northern Idaho, we drive through the campus and it is

still beautiful. I was proud to have two children graduate from the university. That way, we got up there more often. It has a special place in my heart.

Thanks to Judy McDonald for the article and great pictures. I also enjoyed the story on weddings at UI. Jessie DeKlotz Olson Filer

The eye of the beholder I just received my copy of the current “Here We Have Idaho,” and what a beautiful production it is. You folks really out did yourselves this time.

I really was blessed to see the UI was making such a concerted effort to make Native Americans feel so “at home” on the campus and with the programs offered.

I was also quite interested in your little biographical sketch of Dale Bosworth. We were almost contemporaries. I graduated in 1963, and he must have graduated in ’6566. I was with the USFS several years myself.

Shalom, Br. Jim Marron Pecos, New Mexico

Joseph McElroy ‘63, July 29, accountant Jan Colvin ’64, Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 24, elementary school teacher

Remembering Alf Dunn I am saddened to hear of the recent passing of Alf Dunn, who instructed art students at UI until his retirement in 1972. I will always appreciate the years I spent in his watercolor class for four hours each Wednesday afternoon — two hours painting, one hour picking each others work apart, and one magical hour watching his demonstrations.

Paintings flowed from his brush, not much unlike those Disney lead-ins where a brush sweeps across the screen and a beautiful landscape takes form out of nothingness. I was always awed with his mastery of the medium.

I’d not seen Alf since his retirement until this February when I took my wife and daughter to Moscow to meet the man I admired so much.

The day ended with my being able to fulfill a 29-year-old dream of owning one of his originals with the purchase of a recently completed painting.

I’ll treasure it always as a reminder of the man who had such an important influence on my life.

Ward Tollbom ’73 Sandpoint

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Lorna D. Ryset ’50, Lewiston, Feb. 18, operated a Lewiston bookstore

Carol “Digby” Moens ’52, Coeur d Alene, May 6, retired from Farm Home Administration

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CLASS NOTES In Memory

Parviz Faramarzi ’67, Boise, March 4

Howard F. Bell ’74, Troy, March 16, retired Navy officer

Patrick L. Sheridan ’79, Boise, March 8

Jan Marie Garrison ’64, Camarillo, Calif., Jan. 24

John C. Meyers ’67, Twin Falls, Oct. 9, operated a landscaping business

Cynthia Rae Smith ’74, Sandpoint, July 31, worked for Bonner County School District for 26 years

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Susan M Hamilton ’75, Oct. 24

John Moore ’89, 91, Moscow, March 21, school counselor

Henry Gotz ’65, Coeur d’Alene, Jan. 24, executive director of Idaho Board of Scaling Practices Merle LeRoy Newell ’66, ’67, Pocatello, March 5, retired mining engineering consultant Juliette Coleen Ryan ’66, Boise, June 9, a lawyer, prosecuting attorney, county court commissioner, and Superior Court judge in California Stephen W. Smith ’66, Hailey, Jan. 31, accountant and past president of Idaho Society of Certified Public Accountants Monte K. Brackee ’67, Martinsville, Ind., May 8, a mechanical engineer.

Ron Warrick ’68, Spokane, Wash., Feb. 24 Kathleen (Katy) McCarthy Anderjack ’69, Lewiston, Jan. 19 Eileen Harris ’69, March 4, kindergarten teacher in Coeur d’Alene schools

70s Paul Harrington ’70, Fairfield, Wash., Feb. 22, U.S. Forest Service wildlife biologist Nick Chenoweth ’72, Orofino, April 23, lawyer, pilot, builder, teacher and community advocate in Orofino

Ralph J. Paasch ’75, Wallace, May 7, a mining consultant in Silver Valley Merle Isaac Sargent ’76, Moscow, Feb. 28, sociologist James L. Yamamoto ’76, Boise, Jan. 18, Micron Technology employee

Peggy Mary E. Murray ’84, Marsing, Feb. 5

90s Jean Elizabeth Overholt-Emery ’91, Lewiston, March 7, leader and provider for the developmentally disabled

George T. White, Jr. ’77, Boise, Jan. 10, director of special education services

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ings and queens, bishops and knights. This medieval game of power has become more than just a game to University of Idaho political science doctoral student Mark Anderson. It has become a way of life.

“Chess is a lot like life,” Anderson said. “Do you go for the quick win, or do you play one move at a time?”

Anderson definitely has been taking things one move at a time. This 40-year-old doctoral student has gained his undergraduate degrees in broadcast communication, economics and political science, and a master’s in education.

Along with earning an education, he’s spent his life glued to a chessboard. From the time he taught himself chess at age eight, he has worked his way up to the top 10 percent of chess players in the nation.

Over the years, Anderson has spent his time teaching kids this age-old game. “I try to be a role model for the kids,” he said. While being a role model, he also hopes to teach his students etiquette, patience and problem solving.

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“Chess is a game you don’t have to be six-foot-five and 280 pounds to play. You don’t have to be a world class athlete to play. You can play it your whole life.”

At UI, Anderson is working in tandem with Raúl

Sánchez, assistant to the president for diversity and human rights, to use chess as a vehicle to bring people together.

“It’s a world game, and it doesn’t matter what race, creed, color or national origin

you are. When you get on a chessboard, it’s all the same.”

Until he graduates next May, Anderson will spend as much time as he can devote to teaching kids around the Palouse the wonderful game of chess. I

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The stardust has settled for Zeljka Vidic, a Croatian refugee who came to the University of Idaho in 1998 on a tennis scholarship and in May finalized a stellar career.

After helping lead the Vandal women’s tennis team to victories for four years, working odd jobs and earning two bachelor’s degrees, she won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship award and a NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship Award. These are firsts for UI women athletes.

“Z,” as she is known on campus, also received Associated Press notoriety as an inspiring graduate for her academic and athletic accomplishments, as well as having rebuilt a war-torn life with an incredibly positive spirit to overcome hate. The AP article reads: “While Sept. 11 was a new nightmare to many of her classmates, terror and sudden death were well known to Vidic. Practice was canceled the day of the terrorist attacks, and Vidic showed up the next day wearing a big blue ribbon, Greg South (her coach) recalled. She told her teammates about how she had survived a war with her humanity intact... ‘I chose not to hate,’ South recalled Vidic saying.

“Instead, I chose to fight back for freedom and a better life.”

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Z came to Moscow after seven years of unpredictability, she says. Her home in Vukovar, Croatia had been destroyed in the Serbian occupation, and her family barely escaped “ethnic cleansing” by invading Serbs.

Reluctantly, she left family behind to make a new life. “In this small college town, I blossomed,” said the 23-year-old.

“Your friendly people, rewards for hard work, values for independence and the area’s natural beauty helped heal me.”

Her “15 minutes in the spotlight” barely phased Z, who graduated on a Saturday, and by the following Monday, had begun her next pursuit as a teacher.

While starting a master’s degree program in Sports and Recreation Management at UI, she teaches tennis in the physical education department as well as being a teaching assistant for the department of health, physical education and recreation.

Coach South says Z will try to earn enough money for a car to get her to a few professional tournaments of her own.

“Whatever she endeavors, I believe in her ability to achieve,” says South. Z not only survived such turbulent growing up years, but overcame three knee surgeries, scarce resources and having to make intermittent emergency trips home to care for her family throughout her college career.

South concludes, “She doesn’t believe she’s anything out of the ordinary, and wonders, ‘Why all the fuss?’” I

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Catch the Action Vandal Football on TV

Sophomore defensive end Brandon Kania (86) from Pasco, Wash., earned a starting role as a true freshman last year. Sun Belt Conference coaches were impressed and voted him to the league’s preseason all-conference team.

Vandal football is on the air again this fall with at least two games on Fox Sports Net Northwest and one on ESPN regional.

When the Vandals play Montana on Oct. 5 and Middle Tennessee State University on Oct. 26 at the Kibbie Dome, Fox Sports Net Northwest will be handling the broadcast. Both games start at noon Pacific Time.

Idaho’s Nov. 9 game at the University of North Texas is part of the Sun Belt Conference’s ESPN regional broadcast package. Kickoff for that game is 1 p.m.

Pacific (3 p.m. Central).

And, there might be more. UI Director of Athletics Mike Bohn continues to work on expanding the Fox Sports Net Northwest package. Keep an eye on the Web at http:// www.uiathletics.com for updates.

Legends’ Banquet in Portland The Legends’ Banquet continues its annual run this fall but it has a change of location for the 2002 event.

This year’s legends will be honored Sept. 13 — the eve of the UI-University of Oregon football game — at the Portland Art Museum. The social begins at 5 p.m. with dinner to follow. Contact Willie Alderson at williama@uidaho.edu or 208885-0230 for further information.

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Track and Field Produces All-Americans UI athletes continued their string of impressive performances at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in June.

Joachim Olsen and Simon Stewart both earned all-American status with their top-eight finishes in the shot put. It was no surprise that Olsen, a past NCAA champion, would battle for the national title. Stewart, on the other hand, surprised everyone with his third-place finish.

Stewart, who is from Sandpoint, was seeded 12th entering the competition but had a put of 63 feet, 11 inches to claim third.

Their efforts propelled the University of Idaho to a 17th place finish overall.

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The University of Idaho women’s soccer team begins a new chapter in its history with the hiring of Arby Busey as the second head coach of the Vandal program.

UI enters the 2002 season with more talent and depth than ever before, with seven of its 11 starters in 2001 returning.

The Vandals posted a winning record the last three seasons, and Busey sees continued improvement.

“Our expectations of ourselves are higher than they have ever been in the past,” Busey said. “We have more depth than ever before, which should keep our training very competitive.”

Jenell Miller and Kim Carey will protect the net for the Vandals in 2002. Miller split time defending the goal in 2001 and could solidify herself as the full-time starter this season.

Although the Vandals lost two starters from the backfield it should not be hard to find their replacements.

“The defense is going to be a bit inexperienced, but is still a very talented group that will make up a strong and stingy defense as the season progresses,” Busey said.

Midfielder is the most experienced position on the team and senior Jennifer Kiebel was one of three Vandals to start every game in the 2001 season. She has the ability to stay calm in big games and make the big plays to break the game open.

“Kiebel is our go-to player in the midfield. She is a game breaking player who has the ability to make plays and win games,” Busey said.

Junior Emily Nelson wasn’t a surprise to opponents in 2001 and teams focused on the gifted forward. This year, she has a talented group surrounding her.

“I am really excited about this group,” Busey said. “A defense will not have the opportunity to focus on just one player. This is a group that can work well together and all have the ability to put the ball in the back of the net.”

After graduating four starters, the Vandal coaching staff brought in eight recruits who can contribute immediately.

The Vandals open their season Aug. 31 at Boise State at 3 p.m. (PDT). Idaho’s home opener is Sept. 4 versus Eastern Washington at 4 p.m. at Wicks Field.

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Vandal Football Plans for a Comeback Tom Cable knows one thing — the University of Idaho football team has nowhere to go but up. That’s where he and his revamped staff plan to take the Vandals in 2002.

“It’s a big year for us because this is the year we come back,” Cable said. “It’s the year we get back on our feet.

“Our goals haven’t changed. We want to win the championship. We want to go out and try to win every game. But, we have a long way to go.”

2001 opened with a loss to eventual Sun Bowl champion Washington State and ended with a double-overtime setback at Division I-AA national champion Montana. In between, there was only one win blended with a number of near misses — often times with the Vandals breaking down on special teams or defense in crucial situations.

Cable believes a cure is in the making with the hiring of Ed Lamb as defensive coordinator, George Booker as defensive line coach, and Gary Coston as special teams coordinator.

Where the Vandals were solid last season was on offense. They finished sixth nationally in total offense with 464.82 yards per game and fourth in passing offense at 347.82.

The problems, though, were clearly on defense where they were 110th in total defense and 115th in scoring defense.

Special teams haunted the Vandals routinely with missed field goals, short kickoffs and a punt-return average that wound up 107th in the final national rankings.

Cable said the 2002 Vandals have shown the fortitude that can change their fortunes.

“This group has proven to me they can handle the adversity,” he said. “We can learn from it and get better and grow from it and make up our mind that’s not who we’re going to be.

“If any group can come back from 1-10 and turn it around, this is the group that can do it. Not just coming back and feeling good about ourselves but coming all the way back to where we can compete for the championship.”

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Football Schedule

Aug. 31 at Boise State Sept. 7 at Washington State Sept. 14 at Oregon Sept. 21 San Diego State Sept. 28 at Washington Oct. 5 Montana Oct. 12 at Louisiana-Monroe * Oct. 26 Middle Tennessee * Nov. 2 at Louisiana-Lafayette * Nov. 9 at North Texas * Nov. 16 Arkansas State * Nov. 23 New Mexico State * All times Pacific and subject to change * Indicates Sun Belt Conference Game Home games played in the Kibbie Dome

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Soccer Schedule Aug. 31 at Boise State Sept. 4 Eastern Washington Sept. 8 at Washington State Sept.13 at University of Iowa Sept. 15 at Depaul Sept. 20 at Sacramento State Sept. 22 at San Francisco Sept. 27 San Jose State Sept. 29 Idaho State Oct. 4 *UC Irvine Oct. 6 *Long Beach State Oct. 11 *at Cal State Fullerton Oct. 13 *at UC Riverside Oct. 18 *Cal Poly Oct. 20 *UC Santa Barbara Oct. 25 *at Cal State Northridge Oct. 27 *at Pacific Oct. 31 Gonzaga Nov. 3 *Utah State All times Pacific and subject to change *Indicates Big West Conference Game

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at Oregon State (OSU Tournament) 7 p.m. vs. Missouri (OSU Tournament) 10 a.m. vs. Idaho State (OSU Tournament) 5:30 p.m. at Northern Arizona 7:30 p.m.

(Fiesta Bowl Tournament) Sept. 7 vs. Santa Clara 9:30 a.m.

(Fiesta Bowl Tournament) Sept. 7 vs. Eastern Illinois 5 p.m.

(Fiesta Bowl Tournament) Sept. 13 at Gonzaga 7 p.m.

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Sept. 19 *Long Beach State 7 p.m.

Sept. 24 Boise State 7 p.m.

Sept. 28 *Utah State 7 p.m.

Oct. 4 *at Cal Poly 7 p.m.

Oct. 5 *at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m.

Oct. 8 Washington State 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 *Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m.

Oct. 12 *UC Riverside 7 p.m.

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Oct. 22 Montana 7 p.m.

Oct. 26 *at Utah State 6 p.m.

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Nov. 9 *at Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m.

Nov. 14 *Pacific 7 p.m.

Nov. 16 *Cal State Northridge 7 p.m.

Nov. 22 *at UC Irvine 7 p.m.

Nov. 23 *at Long Beach State 7:30 p.m.

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Talk about a youth movement. The 2002 University of Idaho volleyball team is the youngest program in the Big West this season, but there’s been plenty of seasoning for this year’s squad.

“This is the youngest team we have had here, but it’s our most physical team yet,” Idaho coach Debbie Buchanan said. “This team is very athletic – it’s just a matter of getting more experience and learning.”

There isn’t a senior on the team, and two of three juniors walked on the squad during spring drills. That shouldn’t stop the Vandals from building on the gains of the previous two seasons, however.

Junior Anna-Marie Hammond, one of the conference’s best middle blockers, returns to the starting lineup for a third season. Sophomores Brooke Haeberle, Laura McCaffrey and Sarah Meek all were fixtures in the UI starting six in 2001.

Haeberle and McCaffrey were all-Big West Conference freshman team honorees a year ago. Classmate Mandy Becker shifts gears from defensive specialist to setter and will direct the offense this season.

That gives Buchanan five experienced, albeit young, players to complement a host of inexperienced newcomers. The Vandals welcome 10 rookies of all varieties this year: two juniors, seven true freshmen and one redshirt freshman.

“We have a group of recruits that should be able to step right in,” Buchanan said. “We think this is a class similar to last year’s – one that will be able to contribute immediately.”

The Vandals’ schedule keeps them in the West this season. UI plays tournaments at Oregon State and Northern Arizona to open the season. Idaho also travels to Gonzaga, before the Vandals host Boise State, Washington State and Montana in non-conference action. The Big West once again will feature homeand-home series among all 10 teams for an 18-match league slate.

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UI is uniquely positioned to become the leader in serving Idaho’s war against terrorism.

Planning for Terrorism

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September 11 was a shocking event for everyone in this country. Idahoans felt much of the pain and sadness despite being thousands of miles away from “Ground Zero.” A handful of Idahoans, although shaken by the events of 9-11, were not surprised by the tragedy. Since 1997, a concentrated effort by local, state and federal public officials had been planning for the potential use of a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) within Idaho.

This group was formed to focus on potential acts of terrorism specifically within Ada County.

Local, state and federal law enforcement, emergency responders, and public health representatives made up the committee to address the question, “What do we do if terrorism strikes Ada County?”

The question, while narrow initially, broadened to address the potential usage of WMD such as nuclear, chemical and biological agents. The committee studied in detail a number of terrorist attacks that had occurred both domestically and internationally. The committee found from the 1996 Tokyo subway system nerve agent attack that a variety of everyday chemicals could be lethal when deployed by a would-be terrorist.

The group also learned from studying the 1984 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh deployment of salmonella in The Dalles, Ore., that biological agents also are of concern. Conventional explosives and nuclear weapons also were examined.

The result of this two-year effort was the completion of a comprehensive terrorism response plan for local emergency responders that was eyed by many within neighboring counties and states as impressive and detailed.

What the committee lacked was input and experience from private industry and academia. In retrospect, the committee, which went on to form part of a statewide terrorism planning task force, lacked the experience and research from university professors with years of studying terrorism and terrorist groups,

both domestic and international. Private industry was not involved to explore new technology or ideas that could have resulted in valuable contributions.

Idaho now has the opportunity to leverage the experience within our university system and within our private industry to combat terrorism. Idaho

companies, such as BioMatrix Solutions and Trigeo, are on the forefront of dealing with national security issues such as cyberterrorism and biological terrorism. Professors Rand Lewis from UI and Sean Anderson from Idaho State University are leading the charge of forming public-private partnerships to develop new policies and technology to address acts of terrorism in the U.S. A handful of other companies exist in Idaho that are moving to support local, state and federal terrorism response, and national security issues.

However, most can benefit from increased relationships with Idaho universities. UI is uniquely positioned to become the leader in serving Idaho’s war against terrorism.

From the research and work performed within the Martin Institute for Peace Studies to the engineering and biological labs, UI has the experience and leadership to boost the anti-terrorism efforts in this country. I am proud that UI has taken on this role and only see this role increasing as Julene Ewert others take notice of the actions and work coming from the school.

Tim Rhodes is the former chairman of the Ada County Terrorism Task Force and currently serves as CEO of Provizio, a Boise-based private competitive intelligence firm.

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