Here We Have Idaho - Fall 2019

Here We Have

Fall 2019

Always a Vandal

Scott Green Returns to Help Break Down Barriers for Students

THAT MOMENT BETWEEN

PLANTING A SEED AND MAKING AN IMPACT. Ranked in the top 10% of best colleges in the nation by the Princeton Review, University of Idaho provides opportunities for students to do more, see more and learn more. Vandals go beyond classrooms to solve tough problems, all while doing the work that positively impacts our state and the world.

Your breakthrough awaits.

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University of Idaho magazine | Fall 2019

Here We Have

On the cover: C. Scott Green graduated from the University of Idaho in 1984. He is now the institution's 19 th president.

Above: The Vandal Marching Band, celebrating its 100 th year, performs in the summer sun outside the Administration Building at the President's BBQ during Welcome Week.

Photos by Melissa Hartley

IN EVERY ISSUE 3 From the President 4 News Gems 30 Class Notes

FEATURES 6 In Search of the Light 8 From Burley to the Big Apple 9 New Perspective Ignited a Passion for Giving Back

10 A Job Jump-Start 13 A Boost to Study Abroad 14 To Live for the Game 16 Coming Home 20 Taking Criminology Across the Pond

23 Voices of Idaho: Dan Davenport 24 Our Vandal Promise 26 27 28 36

Scholarship The Opportunity to Succeed Should Be Available to Everyone The Wildest Job Vandal Alumni Offer Homegrown Help for Southeastern Idaho Students For Love of Food

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HERE WE HAVE IDAHO The University of Idaho Magazine Fall 2019 • Volume 36, Number 1 President C. Scott Green ’84 Vice President for Advancement Mary Kay McFadden ’80 Executive Director Communications and Marketing Stefany Bales ’96 Executive Director, U of I Alumni Association Kathy Barnard ’81 Alumni Association President Randy Luten ’83 University of Idaho Foundation Chair Andrew Emerson ’97 Managing Editor Jodi Walker Creative Director Emily Mowrer Copy Editor Brad Gary Writers and Contributors Rosemary Anderson ’17 Kathy Barnard ’81 Amy Calabretta ’03 Leigh Cooper Dan Davenport Kathy Foss Brad Gary Brian Keenan Kate Keenan Joshua Nishimoto ’09 Katie Marshall Christi Stone ’06, ’09 Jamie Wagner ’94 Ross Wulf Sara Zaske Photography U of I Photo Services Michael Boren Melissa Hartley Joe Pallen ’96

For detailed information about federal funding for programs mentioned in this magazine, see the online version of the relevant story at uidaho.edu/magazine.

The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and educational institution. © 2019, University of Idaho Here We Have Idaho magazine is published twice per year. The magazine is free to alumni and friends of the university.

The University of Idaho has a policy of sending one magazine per address. To update your address, visit uidaho.edu/alumni/stay-connected or email alumni@uidaho.edu.

Contact the editor at UIdahoMagazine@uidaho.edu.

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Photo by U of I Photo Services

From the

PRESIDENT

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he University of Idaho is a special place. With the hardwood floors of Memorial Gym as my childhood playground, I grew up with a firsthand appreciation for Vandal excellence. Earning a degree at this institution in 1984 proved to be a lifechanging experience for me; like so many alumni, I just wouldn’t be who I am today without this university.

It has been the honor of a lifetime to return to campus as president. I’ve spent time in Moscow and traveled to meet with people in communities, organizations and industries across Idaho over the past several months.

I’ve been connecting with our faculty, the drivers of our academic and scholarly excellence, as well as our students and our staff. It has also been a highlight to engage with our alumni, whose passion and pride set the standard and motivate us to be our best.

As we look to elevate our institution, I’ve asked our community to come together on progress toward three key priorities: supporting student success, ensuring excellence across our research and scholarship, and championing the excellence found at this university.

I've hired two Vandals to help achieve these goals. Chandra Zenner Ford, based in Boise, rejoins U of I to manage the progress of the working groups assembled to address our priorities and challenges.

Toni Broyles comes back to U of I to lead stakeholder engagement with the priority being the Idaho State Board of Education.

This issue of Here We Have Idaho looks at the intersection of all three priorities, focusing on opportunities for students made possible — directly and indirectly — by donor generosity. I hope you’ll be struck, as I have been, by the exciting things our students are accomplishing. Whether they are learning computer science in Coeur d’Alene, studying criminal justice in London or understanding bighorn sheep habitat at the Taylor Wilderness Research Station, our students are benefitting from our research university strengths with hands-on learning and faculty mentorship.

The generosity of our Vandal friends and family makes the difference for these students. This year we’ve rolled out our Vandal Promise campaign to offer additional need-based aid to well-qualified students. That commitment will help more students realize their dreams as members of our brave and bold Vandal Family. We can also bolster our academic programs and scholarly initiatives to ensure we deliver on our mission as a great research university. With that combination of affordability and excellence, U of I will continue to be one of the outstanding values in higher education — in Idaho and anywhere.

Thank you for believing in this institution. If you’re reading this magazine, chances are you are proud of our history and achievements. The work showcased here offers proof that our future is just as bright.

C. Scott Green ’84 President

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NEWS GEMS Students

TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD for field work

during summer 2019. View their adventures, ranging from investigating antelope diets in Mozambique to studying how evolution is taught on the Galápagos Islands, at uidaho.edu/summerexplorers.

The Vandals women’s basketball team’s 16-4 CONFERENCE RECORD was the best in the Big Sky in 2018-19 and earned them a spot in the WNIT — where they made it to the Sweet 16.

Led by the Idaho WWAMI Medical Education Program, Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), uses video conferencing to conduct virtual clinics with community healthcare providers around the state, allowing primary care doctors, nurses and other clinicians to solve specialty care problems for patients in their communities. ECHO sessions focus on opioid treatment and behavioral health.

THE VANDAL THEORY PODCAST, which takes a deep

dive into U of I research, will return this fall with interviews and analysis from university researchers on everything from why we click on web links to the relationship between photography and slavery.

Download it on Apple Podcasts, Google Play and Stitcher.

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COMMON READ

Freshmen are reading Tommy Orange’s “There There” this fall. The book focuses on 12 urban Indians in Oakland, California, and examines what it means to be a Native American. Orange will speak at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the International Ballroom of the Bruce M. Pitman Center.

News and feature stories from around the state. Read more articles at uidaho.edu/news or follow the University of Idaho on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Construction of the 4,200-capacity, masstimber IDAHO CENTRAL CREDIT UNION ARENA — the future home for Vandal basketball and events — began in June. It is expected to open in 2021. See the progress at uidaho.edu/arena.

A new $17 MILLION GRANT to the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) will boost the Gem State’s biomedical research and workforce.

Led by U of I, the statewide network of educational institutions will continue the work for another five years.

A new facility to house Vandal Brand Meats is coming to Moscow. Funded in part by a $2 million commitment from Agri Beef Co. of Boise, the Agri Beef Meat Science and Innovation Center Honoring Ron Richard will replace the existing meat science facility on the Moscow campus.

CONGRATULATIONS

2,400 to the more than

students who earned a 3.5 GPA on 12 graded credits to qualify for the spring 2019 Dean’s List.

Researcher Jason Barnes will help send a drone-like rotorcraft to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, in 2025. The aircraft, known as

DRAGONFLY,

will sample the alien moon’s atmosphere and surface. The mission, with a cost cap of $850 million, is funded by NASA.

New Athletic Director

TERRY GAWLIK

brings 25 years of leadership experience to Vandal Athletics. She joined U of I in September.

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IN SEARCH OF Outdoors, Shantytowns of South Africa Inspire Architecture Student's Designs

By Kate Keenan iovanni Florenca’s parents arrived in California as immigrants from South Africa in 1996. Concerned about the poverty, crime and political turmoil in Johannesburg — prevalent even as the apartheid era ended and improved race relations hung on the horizon — they sought stability near family.

In pursuit of their American Dream, however, they met an unexpected reality.

Florenca’s dad couldn’t find a job in his specialized field of butchery. And his mom, an optometrist’s assistant, didn’t

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have the education required to pursue a similar path in the U.S. So they became janitors in Los Angeles high-rises. The family lived in a one-room apartment and furnishings were scant. A cardboard box served as their dining room table. As a result, Florenca spent a lot of time outdoors.

“My mom, to this day, says all I need is a ball and a set of wheels and I’m set,” Florenca said. “That’s basically all I did growing up because I did not like being indoors.”

Now a master’s student in the University of Idaho’s College of Art and Architecture, Florenca, 24, tries to infuse the natural world into his designs. He attributes this influence to his out-of-doors upbringing and return trips to South Africa, where he witnessed an architectural aesthetic, based on security and necessity, that he considers a complete juxtaposition to his own.

“In South Africa, people give

themselves a lot of protection with buildings,” Florenca said. “You can go by any community and there’s going to be barbed wire or electrical fencing around the top of the housing — or gated communities or high walls.”

Florenca also remembers the pervasiveness of shantytowns, “basically houses made of tin and pieces of wood,” surrounded by clouds of smoke as people burned combustibles to stay warm.

Pursuing a Childhood Passion for Design The first-generation college student stayed the course after singling out architecture as his career ambition during an elementary school career fair. Florenca started his undergraduate studies at California Lutheran

Giovanni Florenca's design concept shows a potential University of Idaho Visitor Center.

The design won Florenca the 2019 Building Technology Educators' Society Student Award.

THE LIGHT University with the help of academic and athletic scholarships in soccer and track and field. During his second year, he concurrently enrolled in design courses at Ventura College — with hopes his coursework would transfer to a nationally accredited architecture program.

Florenca soon found the program at U of I, along with substantial needbased scholarships, and planned a trip to Moscow. He was struck by the campuswide ivy-clad architecture, the accessibility of faculty and success of the program’s alumni.

Now in his second year of the master’s program, Florenca expects to graduate in May 2020, and he’s received several student design awards, merit-based scholarships and teaching assistantships. Most recently, he won the 2019 Building Technology Educators’ Society Student Award for design concepts he created for a potential U of I Visitor Center.

Interested in how “architecture can influence people’s subconscious and social interactions within a space,” Florenca seems the perfect fit for designing such accommodations.

The young designer is also intent on achieving innovation by “relating nature back to architecture.” Accordingly, he incorporated a sophisticated daylighting model into his winning design.

Eventually, Florenca wants to give back to the university by educating future students on “how architecture affects people’s lives.”

“My other goal involves going around the country and designing small mobile homes, out of shipping containers and reusable materials, for instance, that are inexpensive and innovative,” he said.

In pursuing that path, Florenca hopes to help others achieve upward mobility, regardless of social class or circumstance — the essence of the American dream his parents chased.

GIOVANNI FLORENCA

With support from the Bruce T. Haglund and Tisha Egashira Earth Stewardship Scholarship, Florenca traveled to Portugal in July 2019 to present a paper he co-authored at the International Conference in Structures and Architecture. The paper deals with teaching innovative uses of concrete masonry units in building construction, like installing filters inside the blocks so an entire building façade purifies the air. Florenca wrote the paper with Professor Emeritus Diane Armpriest, Associate Professor Carolina Manrique and Graduate Teaching Assistant Shudan He.

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FROM BURLEY TO THE BIG APPLE

By Ross Wulf

Alejandra Mojica's efforts in finance and accounting have landed her rewarding internships on Wall Street

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lejandra Mojica has been working her entire life to get ahead in the classroom.

With the help of three summer internships ahead of her senior year at the University of Idaho, the senior finance and accounting major may soon be making waves in the boardroom as well.

Mojica returned this fall after spending summer 2019 at investment bank J.P. Morgan in New York City as an intern.

Impressive on its own, it followed an internship with multinational corporation Johnson and Johnson in 2018.

And while the trading floor and capital management skills of the U of I Barker Trading Program helped prepare Mojica for her future jobs, seeking that opportunity was something she’d long been looking for.

“I grew up in Burley. Animals and field work were my childhood,” Mojica said. “Agriculture is backbreaking work, though, and like so many families doing seasonal work, our family lived paycheck-topaycheck. My parents wanted more for me, and my mom saw education as the way to a better life.”

Mojica’s mom and dad migrated from Mexico to the United States in the 1990s. Her mom worked in sewing and manufacturing factories while her father labored in the fields and orchards of California. They eventually made their way to Idaho’s Magic Valley.

“The University of Idaho was very appealing — I could double major in both accounting and finance, and it was the most affordable,” she said.

With the discipline learned from a childhood in agriculture and encouragement from family, Mojica eventually saw college as a real option. Like many first-generation college students, though, neither she nor her family had any experience navigating the higher education pipeline.

That wasn’t a problem for Mojica.

“Alejandra is a tenacious self-starter beneath a calm disposition,” said Darek Nalle, director of the Barker Trading Program.

Mojica has taken on leadership positions in the Barker Trading Program and the Association of Latino Professionals For America, a student group, while studying in the College of Business and Economics.

She will graduate in spring 2020 having funded two Bachelor of Science degrees with scholarships.

Doing so provided the financial flexibility for Mojica to take advantage of the high-profile internships — and ignited a passion for her future.

Mojica hopes to pursue a career helping minorities get better access to financial services and banking systems.

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rank Fletcher ’53, a passionate Vandal who was a friend to many at the University of Idaho, was the first to admit he was not a great student while attending U of I. From 1948-53, Fletcher made sure to devote his time to “having fun” and “wasting time.” It wasn’t until he was in graduate school that he changed his perspective on higher education, and made sure to devote his time to studying, and later giving to support Vandal students.

“Education became a mantra for me after my experience as a graduate student at the University of Arizona,” Fletcher said. “As I recognized my personal ineptness at Idaho, I sought to ‘make amends’ by giving back what I squandered.”

Throughout his life, he followed his father’s words of wisdom to “work, save, invest.” With a strong work ethic and savvy investments, he was able to save enough to feel comfortable in retirement, while continuing to give back in a way that mattered deeply to him.

“I understood that my parents did not pay fully for my education,” he said. “In those days the state of Idaho paid a significant amount. And with that in mind, when I became financially able to give back, I wanted to do that.”

After a stint in the U.S. Air Force, Fletcher decided to go back to school and earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Arizona in 1959.

“It was something I needed to do to prove to myself that I was good enough,” he said. “I began my real estate career near my home in San José, California, where I continued to live after my retirement in 1993.”

Fletcher was a member of the boxing team during his years at U of I, but, he said, “I never made it ‘big time.’ I admired Herb Carlson (’50) the most; he was a three-time NCAA champion and one of the best collegiate boxers in the nation.”

Later, when U of I Athletics staff contacted Fletcher about supporting current and future student-athletes through the Vandal Scholarship Fund (VSF), those conversations ignited a passion in him for his alma mater that he had never felt before.

He had always loved sports and was able to make an annual gift to help Vandal student-athletes find success through education.

Fletcher’s relationship with Associate Athletic Director Tim Mooney, along with Executive Director of the U of I Alumni Association Kathy Barnard, further fueled his passion for U of I, inspiring Fletcher to give to other areas as well. In addition to annual contributions to VSF, his giving designations included the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena, the Vandal Promise Scholarship Program and even a $500,000 estate gift to establish the Frank “BullMoose” Fletcher Athletic Scholarship Endowment for studentathletes in a variety of sports.

“What truly matters is how I inspired others to study and learn,” he said. “I want students to be able to take full advantage of the opportunities offered at U of I.” Fletcher passed away Aug. 5, 2019, in his home in San José at the age of 88. He was honored to be able to share his story with his beloved Vandal Family, and his generosity lives on through the many students and programs helped by his unwavering support.

NEW PERSPECTIVE IGNITED A PASSION FOR GIVING BACK

By Joshua Nishimoto ’09

Frank Fletcher served in the U.S. Air Force prior to returning to school to earn his Master of Business Administration with a newfound respect for higher education and learning.

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Career Services Co-op program combines classwork, employment

By Katie Marshall

uke Hill has a knack for seeking out the most efficient and productive path.

So when the Sagle native came to the University of Idaho to complete his degree, he was quick to sign on for the new Cooperative Education Program (Co-op) — combining well-paid, on-the-job experience with his education.

“I didn’t expect to be in this position this quickly when I decided to go back to school,” Hill said from his desk at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) in Spokane Valley, Washington.

For half of his junior year, Hill was a full-time computer science student attending classes at U of I Coeur d'Alene For the other six months, he was a software developer earning a regular paycheck at SEL and applying what he learned in the classroom to

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JUMP-START

JOB challenges under the guidance of an industry mentor.

“The idea here is that the university and the company are cooperatively educating the student,” said Larry Stauffer, dean of U of I’s College of Engineering.

Pairing college students with companies is common practice through internships, but the Co-op takes that idea of experiential learning a step further. Co-op students take at least one semester away from school, immerse themselves in industry work related to their major and earn a near-market wage for their position.

“The students we’ve had so far are earning about $20,000 during one Co-op period,” Stauffer said.

“So if you can imagine — you’ll be at the company, get a $20,000 infusion, come back to school, do

Safeguard Equipment is one employer taking part in the Career Services Co-op program.

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I realized that I enjoy the work more than I expected I would.

DEVIN DRIGGS

I didn’t expect to be in this position this quickly when I decided to go back to school.

LUKE HILL

another Co-op and earn another $20,000 — you know, $40,000 really helps with your education.”

For some it doesn’t only help, it makes the path to a degree a

reality.

“I’ve got a family — a wife and a 1-year-old daughter,” Hill said. “So being able to work has been really helpful for us.”

Employers see the Co-op as an extended job interview with some of the region’s top emerging talent.

“With an internship, we get maybe two solid months, so things have to be started and finished quickly,” said Phil Tallman, an engineering manager at SEL and Hill’s supervisor. “I know I’m going to have Luke here for six months so I can start assignments that I know are going to last longer.”

Classmate Devin Driggs of Rathdrum also joined the first Co-op cohort, working for international tech firm Micron at its headquarters in Boise. His lifelong affinity for technology led him to computer science, but the Co-op affirmed that choice.

“I realized that I enjoy the work more than I expected I would,” Driggs said. “The creative aspect of coding — how you solve a complex problem — it never gets old and that’s got me fully hooked on it.”

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Given the responsibility and extended time of his Co-op period at Micron, Driggs was able to develop a software automation tool and release it into production.

“I am leaving my mark on the company,” Driggs said. “I accomplished something that was truly helpful to them, and it will be here long after I leave.”

Funding from the Idaho STEM Action Center helped jump-start the Co-op for its successful first run with four Coeur d'Alene computer science students in 2018. Students from multiple engineering disciplines, studying in both Coeur d'Alene and Moscow, have since taken part in the program. Together, the Idaho Department of Labor and Idaho STEM Action Center recently provided a half-million dollars to help U of I expand the offering.

“We really have ambitions for this program to provide opportunities for students across campus,” Stauffer said. “If we can help the student gain more practical hands-on work experience that makes them a better graduate, which helps us do our job better.”

Driggs and Hill are now back in class, completing senior projects ahead of their upcoming graduation. They both returned to school more confident, focused and invested in the career track that Co-op participation allowed them to begin.

“The university setting and the work setting are completely different,” Hill said. “Education provides all the theory, the information and the knowledge, but in the workplace you’ve got a large project, you’ve got people who are all working on something together and you can’t replicate it on that same scale in college."

A BOOST TO STUDY ABROAD

By Rosemary Anderson ’17

Mary Ortman and David Poe

ary Ortman ’16 is a world traveler. She can speak two languages and is certified to teach both. In 2018, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to teach in Croatia and now has her sights set on changing the lives of children both in northern Idaho and abroad.

Her accomplishments, she said, are due in part to the generosity of David ’70 and M.A. ’69 Poe and their scholarship, the David A. and Mary Alice Poe Study Abroad Scholarship.

Studying Spanish and secondary education at the University of Idaho, Ortman had a passion to teach the Spanish language. She searched for opportunities to travel to a Spanish-speaking country to learn more.

A semester-long trip to San Sebastián, Spain, soon opened up through University Studies Abroad Consortium, a U of I study abroad partner. She knew travel would enhance her college experience and future career, but she couldn’t afford the plane ticket.

“The main consideration was money,” Ortman said.

“Traveling abroad was going to be a financial sacrifice, instead of something I could enjoy.”

Under the direction of the university’s Education Abroad office, Ortman was encouraged to apply for the Poe scholarship. She filled out the forms and wrote her essays but felt unsure she would be awarded.

“Being selected gave me confidence,” Ortman said. “The whole process taught me it was OK to ask for help and trust in others. As humans, we all speak the same language of generosity.”

For the Poes, the language of generosity came fluently.

“We are lucky to have the finances to be able to give

back and see its positive effects,” M.A. Poe said. “We are so grateful to help students receive opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t have.”

The Poes, now residents of Santa Rosa, California, have been heavily involved in the university since graduating, volunteering with the U of I Foundation and helping to create the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences advisory board.

As students, David and M.A. Poe built strong, lifelong friendships and studied subjects outside of their major, including music and the arts. To this day, the couple support students who explore new interests and are excited to assist students like Ortman in their own exploration.

“We believe the university is not just the classroom,” David Poe said. “Academic excellence is created when students’ learning environments include experiences like bonding through Greek life, extracurriculars and studying abroad. The broader your education, the more well-rounded a person you have the opportunity to become.”

Because of Ortman’s educational experience, she has discovered other ways to help students learn and thrive through her own efforts.

Now pursuing a career in library sciences, Ortman has returned to Moscow to become a library assistant at Moscow High School and hopes to donate to the university in honor of the Poes.

“I hope all donors, especially the Poes, know how great of an impact they have on my life and others,” Ortman said.

“Their kindness changed my worldview. Because of their support, I have learned that you can’t grow, you can’t discover yourself without the help of others.”

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After beating cancer, Chase Thompson looks toward the future as an athletic trainer

By Leigh Cooper

Junior Chase Thompson is studying athletic training with the hope of helping other athletes after beating cancer as a high school basketball player.

rom the bleachers, college basketball fans only get to experience the action on the court. They see 40 minutes of play.

That just doesn’t satisfy Chase Thompson.

“I want to be an athletic trainer,” said Thompson, a 20-year-old University of Idaho junior from Troy. “They arrive multiple hours before the ball drops and are there for hours afterward looking after the players. They get to go behind the scenes.”

Thompson has always loved sports, but the decision to go into athletic training started in spring 2014. That March, doctors diagnosed him with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He was a freshman in high school at the time and shooting guard on the Troy Trojans basketball team. And, although he went into remission roughly a month after his diagnosis, Thompson underwent chemotherapy for more than three years to prevent a relapse.

“I was a big sports person before cancer, and chemo took away a lot of my strength and stamina,” Thompson said. “I figured that if I didn’t get to play sports very much in high school or college, I could stay in the game by becoming an athletic trainer.”

A high school senior project sparked Thompson’s interest in athletic training. He shadowed the athletic trainers at U of I, attending Vandal basketball games, the spring football game and track and field meets. He witnessed the pre-game preparations and post-game activities needed to keep players at peak performance.

Through his senior project, Thompson became familiar with the campus and wellacquainted with U of I’s athletic training program. So he asked the Wishing Star Foundation — an organization that provides hope, memories and community to children and families battling severe illnesses — for help paying tuition at U of I. On hearing Thompson’s story, Dan Davenport, who retired over the summer as director of student financial aid services, reached out to discuss how U of I could help.

“I said, ‘We’ve got to do this.’ It’s just such a cool thing to do, especially after Chase’s principal and the Wishing Star Foundation talked about how he was always such a positive person despite his struggles,” Davenport said.

U of I offered Thompson a combination of scholarships that would fully fund his tuition and fees for four years. And in January 2018, during a Vandals men’s basketball game at the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center, the Wishing Star Foundation presented Thompson with tickets for him and his family to attend that spring’s NCAA basketball tournament games in Boise. They also gave him a huge bag of basketball gear and other prizes.

“That was a big thing for me. I was not expecting it whatsoever, and then all of a sudden, I’m down on the court and they present me with this huge gift,” Thompson said. “It was an exciting night.”

Thompson is now living cancer-free. An exercise science and health major, he plays intramural basketball and hits the gym — which helps him de-stress. He is also active in the Theta Chi fraternity.

After his junior year, Thompson will enter the Department of Movement Sciences’ Master of Science in athletic training program, meaning he will graduate with both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees over the course of five years.

“The 3-2-year program will help me find a job because it allows me to get the proper training and experience that I would need to have to be an athletic trainer,” he said.

In the long run, Thompson wants to stick with basketball and work for either a professional or college team.

“Before he enrolled, Chase would always ask, ‘Is there some kind of catch? Is this really real?’” Davenport said. “For a long time, he wouldn’t believe it was happening.

What’s nice about this institution is the people really understand the humanistic side of things and create opportunities for us to do special things for special people, and Chase has just been a great example of what a university student should be.” uidaho.edu/ed

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Coming Home

By Brian Keenan

n 2018, Scott Green '84 was the chief operating officer at global law leader Hogan Lovells when the thirdgeneration Vandal saw an opportunity. His U of I accounting degree had taken him a long way from the hardwood courts of Memorial Gym he'd grown up playing on in Moscow.

After three post-graduation years with Boise Cascade, Green had headed east for a Master of Business Administration from Harvard and a 30-year ascension in the banking and legal sectors.

But an opening for U of I’s presidency caught his attention. Green had volunteered with the U of I Foundation, Alumni Association and College of Business and Economics Advisory boards over the years. He contributed to scholarship funds.

He came back for football games and maintained a family cabin near Harrison. He was passionate about seeing his alma mater succeed.

As he weighed applying for the top spot, a conversation with mentor

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and friend Bill Lee — a one-time colleague from law What was your favorite firm WilmerHale class or academic and a senior fellow experience? Favorite What’s a of Harvard’s professor and why? story you tell governing board — the most about put the options in Bob Clark was my your college perspective.

Principles of Accounting experience?

“His response professor and kind of a legend was, ‘Scott, do you at the university. He’s one A lot of my want to go and turn of the reasons I stayed with growth as around another accounting and got my degree a person came law firm and help in it. from my fraternity, lawyers make more Kappa Sigma, money,” Green where I learned said. “Or would you to live and work rather look back 10 with other people. years from now and I learned study hall have helped educate What spot on campus do habits. I learned 100,000 kids?’” you identify with? good manners at The answer the dinner table. was obvious for Memorial Gym — my They taught me the future 19th grandfather’s office. things that sound president of the “Doc” Green was the athletic simple, but those University of Idaho. director for many years. When social skills become “How do you I was really small he’d leave important later respond to that?” he me in the gym and I’d shoot in life. I owe my said. “I hung up the basketballs. When I got older fraternity brothers a phone and was all he’d put me to work. lot for that. in, whether I got the job or not.”

He did, setting the stage for an emotional return to the Gem State. To guide his administrative efforts, Green established working groups to discuss issues and offer recommendations. He also laid out three critical priorities for Green envisions a comprehensive the year ahead. effort to support the student experience at every stage, from enrollment to

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Supporting Student Success

Scott Green, a freshman president, greets just-arrived freshmen in August, helping the newest members of the Vandal Family move in and feel at home.

fraternity network.

“You have to make it financially possible to succeed,” Green said.

“That can make the difference between a student elevating themselves and going to college, and staying in college, or just going right into the workforce.”

Learn more about scholarships available to Vandals on Page 24.

Ensuring Research Excellence

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Where’s the most unusual spot you’ve met a fellow Vandal alum?

St. Peter’s Church in the middle of New York City. You’ll find Vandals in all walks of life, in all kinds of places.

graduation and careers.

“The experience will be very different for each student,” Green said. “But what we can do is create the conditions for a positive experience.

We can lower the barriers to entry.

We can create a safe and collaborative

campus environment, so students can learn from some of the best in the country. We can ensure students graduate on time, with little or no debt as they begin their careers.”

Affordability is an important factor.

As a sophomore, Green himself faced financial challenges, nearly dropping out before finding a combination of scholarships, work opportunities and support from his Kappa Sigma

Green has toured the state to gain firsthand insight into the impact of the university’s $112 million research enterprise. He’s traipsed forested northern Idaho with faculty, industry and agency experts. He’s visited research facilities in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, Boise, Hagerman, Sun Valley and more to learn about research programs in everything from water to grazing to fish genetics to cybersecurity.

He’s also continuing to build relationships with industry, meeting with leadership from Idaho National Laboratory, Chobani, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, the Idaho uidaho.edu/president

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5-4-3-2-1 with President Green

What are five career highlights?

Dairymen’s Association and others as U of I collaborates on basic and applied research, as well as workforce development.

“At the end of the day our research will improve living conditions in the state of Idaho and for the nation as a whole,” Green said. “And I can’t tell you how many employers I’ve talked to who say they want more Vandals. When our students hit the field, they know what they’re doing.”

Championing Our University Green has come a long way from the battered Dodge Omni he drove leaving Idaho for the East Coast. He’s personally leasing a “Vandalized” Ford pickup truck as he travels the state — a symbolic choice designed to send a brave and bold message.

“I want people to know when the president is in town,” he said. “I want them to know that we’re there to support their communities.”

Green’s touring has provided the chance to meet all stakeholders in the Vandal Family. His goal is to listen and learn, but also to extol the positives at the university. He also emphasizes collaboration with the Idaho State Board of Education.

Green is especially grateful for the warm

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n U of I president n First non-lawyer CEO at American Lawyer 100 firm (Pepper Hamilton) n U of I Alumni Hall of Fame n Named one of the Top 50 Big Law Innovators of the last 50 Years by The American Lawyer magazine (2013) n Inducted into the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Business and Industry Hall of Fame.

Scott Green stands next to his Vandalthemed pickup truck, ready to hit the road across Vandal Country.

What are four fond memories from your Vandal experience? n Kappa Sigma n ASUI President n Chair of campus lighting committee (safety) n Great sports with Don Monson basketball and Dennis Erickson football

Who are three people you care about the most? n My wife, Gabriella n My daughter, Christina n My son, Nick

What are your two favorite places to travel? n Exploring Idaho, of course n Safari in Botswana

What’s the No. 1 thing you’re excited about? n Easy: working with students, alumni, faculty and the community.

welcome he’s received from the alumni community in events ranging from rafting on the Salmon River to meeting a new alumni chapter in New York City.

“I get a lot of energy from our alumni,” he said. “The fact that they’re so fired up makes me fired up, and it powers me to keep moving on and push our university ahead. U of I has a very, very bright future.”

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TAKING CRIMINOLOGY ACROSS THE POND Idaho Criminology Abroad

By Kathy Foss

he Westminster Magistrates’ Court. A high-security psychiatric hospital that treats violent criminal offenders. The Metropolitan Police Department’s counter-terrorism unit.

This list is far from the traditional “must-see” itinerary for tourists spending a week in England’s capital city.

But, this is exactly how 15 University of Idaho criminology students — including Saydie Garcia — spent their spring break in March 2019.

“I had always wanted to go abroad, but I did not want to take a full semester,” she said. “The Idaho Criminology Abroad program was a perfect match for me. We went so many places. I really enjoyed seeing the U.K. justice system in action.”

Now in its fifth year, the program takes students from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, along with students from neighboring Washington State University, for a weeklong trip to different locations throughout Europe to compare and contrast global justice systems. Past trips have taken students to Amsterdam and London.

“The goal of the program is to help students examine patterns of crime and systems of criminal justice in an international, comparative setting,” said Joseph De Angelis, an associate professor of sociology in U of I’s College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. “These trips help get students out of the classroom and provide them with a practical, ground-level view of how systems of justice operate in another country.”

For Garcia, a senior from Pocatello, this contrast was most evident at the Southwark Coroner’s Court — which investigates the cause and manner of unnatural, unknown or suspicious deaths.

“I was so intrigued with how different the U.S. and U.K. coroner systems were,” she said. “I think the oddest thing for me was realizing that the U.S. system was originally based on the English system, and yet, the two are still so different.”

Garcia said while the U.K. requires five years of legal experience for someone to be a coroner, the U.S. requirements

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range from none at all to very little compared to counterparts across the Atlantic. Other Provided Photo differences include the role and power British coroners have in investigations.

Additional highlights included receiving a briefing on terrorism threats from the Metropolitan Police Department, observing the operation of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court and meeting at-risk youth participating in a volunteer police cadet training program.

“The places we stopped were very informative,” she said.

“They were places that we would not have been able to go to or they would not have been the exclusive tours and opportunities that we had, without it being a school trip.”

But it wasn’t all about the criminal justice system — students also toured many of London’s historic locations, including the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey and the British Houses of Parliament.

“I liked the balance of ‘work’ and free time,” Garcia said.

“My favorite touristy part of the trip was seeing the crown jewels. They were so beautiful.”

Participating in the Idaho Criminology Abroad program was Garcia’s first time traveling outside of the U.S. independently. For her, doing so as part of a class enhanced the experience.

“The trip was so much better because I was able to create closer friendships with my classmates,” she said. “Since we all were criminology majors and had been in the same classes, it made for better questions and discussion at the sites.”

Thanks to scholarships and university grants Garcia received, the weeklong trip was a more affordable way for Garcia to take part in an international study abroad experience.

“I used my leftover financial aid, including scholarships and an International Experience Grant, to help pay for the trip,” she said. “I would not have been able to afford to go without this support.”

The experience is one Garcia will take with her as she finishes her senior year and starts a career in intelligence with the U.S. Air Force.

In England, lawyers must complete additional rigorous training and apprenticeships after they finish their law degrees. In the U.S., lawyers can begin practicing law in whatever specialty they choose after passing a bar exam (and generally without the need for any additional training/ apprenticeships).

Legal systems were grounded historically in common law.

I really enjoyed seeing the U.K. justice system in action.

SAYDIE GARCIA

The structure of courts — low-level and less serious criminal and civil cases are heard by magistrates, while more serious cases are heard by District Courts (called “Crown Courts” in the U.K.).

Decisions can be appealed to appellate and supreme courts.

COMPARING JUDICIAL SYSTEMS

Lawyers in England wear wigs and black robes when they appear in Crown Court while U.S. lawyers wear suits when they appear in District Court (which is equivalent to Crown Court).

The U.K. does not hold elections for judges, prosecutors or sheriffs as happens in many parts of the U.S.

The police are required to protect the civil liberties of the accused. For example, police officers in both places must generally warn criminal suspects about their right to remain silent.

The presumption of innocence and trial by jury are also concepts rooted in English traditions.

While almost all U.S. law enforcement officers carry firearms, it is far less common for English police officers to carry guns. The legal rules relating to when and how police officers can use force are stricter in England than they are in the U.S.

By Brian Wolf and Joseph De Angelis, associate professors, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

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ince America was originally an English colony, it retains many of the features of the British criminal justice system, though there are some notable differences.

Students who participate in the Idaho Criminology Abroad Program have the opportunity to explore these similarities and differences in depth.

l l = Differences = Similarities

Closed circuit television surveillance is more common in Britain than in the U.S.

Both systems struggle with maintaining a balance between security and civil liberty.

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FIVE DECADES OF GENEROSITY — of I's Loyal Donor program GOING STRONG Uhonors longtime supporters

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he University of Idaho established a program in 2014 to celebrate individuals and organizations who have made philanthropic gifts to the university for 20 or more cumulative years. The Loyal Donor program recognizes consistent giving to U of I, regardless the amount, because every gift makes a difference for our students.

This year, we recognize the first group of Loyal Donors to reach 50 cumulative years of giving to support what they care about at U of I. We thank them for their generosity and dedication to the University of Idaho.

• Mervin E. '61 and Barbara M. Crowser • Marylinn M. Heikkila • Julius “Pete” Peterson '62 • Duane W. Jr. '68 and Phyllis Y. Rimel • Shirley K. Severn '48 When these Loyal Donors made their earliest gifts, the university and student life looked a bit different than it does today. In 1969, the Buchanan Engineering Learn more about the University of Idaho’s Loyal Donor Program by visiting uidaho.edu/loyaldonor.

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Laboratory, Education Building and Theophilus Tower were newly completed. Ernest W. Hartung was president. Students stood in long lines to register for classes, and “royalty” included a Miss University of Idaho and an Ugly Man. The campus welcomed musical group the Don Shirley Trio, whose unique style melded classical, jazz, spiritual and popular elements. A part of Shirley's life was featured in the Oscar-winning 2018 film "Green Book."

The Loyal Donor program is symbolized by the lampposts that illuminate Campus Drive and Hello Walk. Like those campus icons, gifts from Loyal Donors brighten the future of Vandals for generations to come.

VOICES OF IDAHO

SCHOLARSHIPS ARE NO LONGER A PRIZE BUT ARE VITAL TO PAYING FOR COLLEGE

By Dan Davenport

Dan Davenport retired earlier this year after 36 years as director of student financial aid services at the University of Idaho.

have seen significant changes in the way students finance their college degrees during my 36 years as director of financial aid at the University of Idaho.

Some changes have been positive, like the increase in scholarships made possible

by U of I’s generous donors. Others have been more difficult, like the increase in loan debt faced by our graduates. But the most difficult change for me has been the increase in qualified students who are simply not able to attend college — or who drop out — because they can’t pay the basic costs.

Some say students should work more to pay for college, like my friends and I did when we attended many years ago. For an increasing number, they simply can’t make enough money to make those ends meet.

I recently talked with our distinguished Golden I group, 50-year-alums, about their college experience in 1968-69 being paid minimum wage. Back then a student could work 40 hours a week during the summer and five hours per week during the school year and pay for a year of college.

In 2018-19, working at minimum wage would take an average of 48 hours per week for 52 weeks to pay for a year of college. Working your way through college is no longer an option.

We see it every week at U of I. Students are working. They are borrowing as much as they can in student loans. Parents are contributing as much as they can. But it’s still not enough. For over 35% of our students, the cost of a year of college is 50% of their total annual family income.

Students want nothing more than to be

able to get a college degree. Scholarships are the only pathway for many of these students to attend college.

Earlier this year, I met with a current U of I student named Sue. She is the first in her family to go to college, has a 3.4 GPA and plans to graduate in spring 2020 with a degree in sociology with an emphasis in criminology. Sue’s parents both work minimum-wage jobs and together earn about $50,000 a year. There’s little opportunity for financial help from home, and Sue’s not alone in her family — her two younger siblings also want to attend college.

Sue stopped in to tell me that even though she works and takes out student loans, it is not enough to cover her college costs. She was contemplating dropping out of college just one year shy of graduation. Luckily, we were able to get Sue some additional donor-funded scholarship support so she can stay in school and graduate this spring.

Unfortunately, we can’t help every “Sue.” We just don’t have enough scholarship funds. Some will start college and drop out while others will never even start college because they cannot see a successful financial path to a degree.

So what has changed over 36 years? Our limited scholarship funds that were “prizes for performance” have become the only pathway many students have to pay for college.

We owe it to our students to give them the opportunity to better their future by obtaining a degree. Scholarship support is a major key to their success. uidaho.edu/financial-aid 23

Scholarship

U of I is proud to provide more than $25 million each year in scholarship support to our students.

But these scholarships, while immensely helpful to the Vandals who benefit, fall short of what is needed to cover the costs for most students.

Even with grants, support from the state of Idaho, the university’s scholarships and student loans, the average U of I student still falls short by $5,000 each year in making ends meet.

Here's how that need breaks down, and what the university is doing to help bridge the gap. ​

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THE SUPPORT U of I provides about

$25 million 6,000 6,000 4,000 $12 million 46 states 60% $100 million Of the approximately

in scholarship support to nearly

students each fall.

undergraduate students who receive support, more than

are from Idaho and will receive over

Students come from

in scholarships.

and all backgrounds.

U of I students will receive a total of over

in financial assistance and scholarships each year through state and federal programs.

Over

of U of I students receive federal assistance to help them pay for college in addition to scholarships and state financial assistance.

THE $5,000 GAP Even with those scholarships and financial aid, many students are faced with a gap. The average U of I student falls about $5,000 short in making ends meet each year.

Idaho families that can’t afford one year of college:

7 of 10 1,200

Idaho students admitted to U of I who aren't able to attend because they can't afford it.

THE DRIVE U of I scholarships have historically been given to students based on merit:

Approximate total cost of attendance for one year:

$22,000 Estimated typical family contributions, federal grants, student loans, part-time work, scholarships:

$17,000 Average unmet need:

$5,000

80% 20%

for merit as opposed to

for students who have a need.

THE VANDAL PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP

aims to increase scholarship support for those with a need.

Renewable scholarships valued at up to

$5,000

for students with the demonstrated financial need help fill their gaps. Renewable for up to five years. Support comes from alumni and others who donate $5,000 annually for five years or provide a one-time $25,000 gift.

Can you help? Go to uidaho.edu/give for ways to support today's students.

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THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE Alumni Dan and Leah Frye help support the next generation of scientists

By Christi Stone

Dan Frye ’79

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Leah Frye ’79

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t was their ability to work in labs as undergraduates that Dan and Leah Frye ’79 credit with helping them elevate their careers when they left the University of Idaho.

“The faculty spend one-on-one time with you,” Dan said, “That isn’t something that you find at larger, more well-known schools.”

Dan was able to study neutron activation analysis with Physics Department Chair Henry Willmes during his time in Moscow. Leah studied chemistry, and her undergraduate research was a combination of organic and inorganic synthesis. She worked with Professor Jack Richman.

“We felt well-prepared,” Dan said.

The couple went on to graduate school and earned their doctorates from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland.

And while they were later surrounded there by students from schools with big names, “our education was of that same caliber,” he said.

They want to make sure today’s generation of Idaho students has that same experience.

Following successful careers — Dan retired as a vice president of IBM and

Leah Frye is a distinguished fellow in the drug discovery group at Schrodinger — the pair have set up a scholarship for students who have done well in their studies and could use a boost.

Setting up the Daniel and Leah Frye Chemistry and Physics Scholarship geared toward students from underrepresented groups is a way to give back to U of I for the foundational education they received four decades ago.

The most recent recipient is sophomore chemistry major Rachel Casiano of Boise.

“For us, this scholarship is about letting other people have the same opportunity to succeed in life that we have had,” Leah said.

The Oregon couple not only want to help fill the diversity gap in STEM fields, but help promote those fields in science, technology, engineering and math for Idaho’s workforce — drawn primarily from residents of the Gem State.

“We don’t have enough people in STEM at the professional level for either academia or industry,” Dan said. “And supporting diversity during the education process is a good way of increasing the potential pool of professionals.” uidaho.edu/sci

THE Internship gives students chance to work at Taylor Wilderness Research Station

By Sara Zaske

layton Christensen is from Meridian, one of the fastest-growing cities in Idaho, but he jumped at the chance to spend his summer scanning cliffsides for bighorn sheep in one of the most remote areas of the country.

Christensen, a sophomore in environmental science, undertook a 10-week internship in summer of 2019 at the Taylor Wilderness Research Station deep in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. It’s the largest wilderness area in the lower 48 states.

“I wanted an experience where I could do some actual hands-on research and enjoy the beauty this state has to offer,” he said. “I found that in this internship.”

No other university has a property quite like Taylor — also known as “America’s Wildest Classroom.”

Accessible only by plane or a three-day hike, the research station is surrounded by 4 million acres of wilderness.

It’s home to Semester in the Wild, a program that allows students to study wilderness while living in it and earning 17 credits through subjects such as ecology, environmental writing and wilderness management. Taylor also hosts a variety of research projects, including studies on wildlife, plants, stream ecology and wildfire impacts. Every summer, students help advance these research activities through internships funded by the DeVlieg Foundation and alumna Clara Bleak ’46.

Christensen was one of six interns at Taylor this year. His summer work was part of a bighorn sheep population monitoring project. Since he hopes to go on to graduate school, he said he’s especially grateful for the opportunity to do research at Taylor. “This experience helped foster my love for the outdoors and confirmed my desire to pursue a career in preserving these precious resources for the future,” he said.

Clayton Christensen studies bighorn sheep during a summer 2019 internship at the Taylor Wilderness Research Station in central Idaho.

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OFFER HOMEGROWN HELP FOR SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO STUDENTS

By Kathy Barnard ’81 merican Falls may have more Vandals per capita than anywhere else on the planet thanks to a dedicated group of alumni working to help local students attend the University of Idaho.

In 2008, the southeastern Idaho chapter of the U of I Alumni Association added an annual barbecue and auction to an established golf tournament, all to raise scholarship funds for area students. In just over a decade, the chapter has raised more than $93,000 for scholarships, including matching funds from the Alumni Association. Thirty-six students have received $2,000-$4,000 each to attend the university since 2008. Recipients hail from American Falls, but also the surrounding communities of Aberdeen, Bear Lake, Soda Springs and Pocatello.

“Watching these kids, especially those in need, get a little extra money to go to school is really rewarding,” said Jeff Schutte ’00, president of the chapter for the past nine years.

“It’s why we keep going.”

The auction, held annually at the Lions Club shelter, features Vandal gear purchased and shipped from Moscow, as well as donated items from local alumni. A Vandal T-shirt may bring up to $50, a Vandal coffee mug $25, the Vandal pop-up tent $300.

The last item to be auctioned off every year is the traveling trophy. A “vintage” Vandal statue donated by then-U of I Assistant Athletic Director Jim Centre that’s glued to a homemade base. It always brings the highest bid of the evening and is a coveted symbol of support. The winning bidder brings the trophy back the following year to be auctioned off again.

Tom Kress ’97 received a chapter-funded scholarship in 1993 and said it helped make his U of I education possible. He has been a stalwart supporter of the event ever since.

“I have always liked this event,” he said. “We are giving to local kids. You can see where your money goes. I haven’t missed a year since 1997.”

Breianne Rudeen Bauer and Katie Rudeen McCarthy ’08, fourth-generation Vandals who received the scholarship in 2005 and 2008, respectively, agree. They attended the annual event as children and now bring their own youngsters to the party.

Members of the southeast Idaho chapter of the University of Idaho Alumni Association gather for the group's annual summer get-together. The chapter has been a passionate supporter of Vandal scholarships.

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I am so grateful for what these people have done for me. I will definitely want to do that for local kids in the future.

ALEANA CATALUNA

Aleana Cataluna of American Falls is one of this year’s scholarship recipients. The first in her family to attend college, she is a freshman majoring in interior design at U of I. “Without my scholarships, I don’t know how I would attend college without going into incredible debt,” she said. “I am so grateful for what these people have done for me. I will definitely want to do that for local kids in the future.”

Raising scholarship dollars has been the primary focus of the chapter that formed in the early 1980s. What started as a backyard picnic has evolved into today’s annual confab that produces significant results.

“My first job out of law school was with the Bannock County Prosecutor’s Office,” said Gary Riedner ’81, ’84, one of the founding members of the chapter who now serves as city manager for the city of Moscow. “Mike St. Marie, who was working for the alumni office at the time, approached me about the fact that there was no active alumni chapter in southeastern Idaho even though there were tons of Vandals in the area.”

Riedner said one of the group’s first tasks was raising money to get a local radio station to air Vandal games. After that, activities included meetings around U of I football and basketball games or visits by university representatives.

The first annual activity for the group was the Vandal Golf Scramble in American Falls.

“All of the courses in Pocatello were too expensive, but Bob Schreiber suggested the course in American Falls,” Riedner said.

And in 2008 the group added a barbecue following the golf tournament. Today, chapter members meet in May to determine who receives the scholarship and plan the festivities.

Schreiber ’57 said many of them see each other outside of meetings. “Other schools consider themselves a nation,” he said. “Idaho is a family.” uidaho.edu/alumni

ALUMNI 1970s John Hall ’70 has been elected as the vice chair of the University of Idaho College of Science Advisory Board and chair of the University of Idaho Physics Advisory Board.

Danny C. Rich ’73 was awarded the Isaac H. Godlove award for long-term contributions to the science of color measurement. Rich is the senior color physicist for the Sun Chemical Corporation based in Carlstadt, New Jersey.

Blaine Cook ’74 retired from the U.S. Forest Service in May. Dan Riggers ’75 of Wenatchee, Washington, retired in August 2018 from Chelan County PUD No. 1 after 30 years of service. He started in the grounds/maintenance department and finished his career as foreman in the lands/facilities department.

Bruce Spotleson ’76 was named vice president of fund and partner development for The Neon Museum, which collects, preserves and exhibits the historic and iconic signs of Las Vegas.

Shane W. Sorey ’76 is president/ founder of Choices Counseling Services and is partnering with United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Malaysian Royalty and the government to provide humanitarian aid for Rohingya, Malay Champa and homeless refugees in Malaysia.

Joseph Scorcio ’77, ’84 retired after 42 years in local government service with cities and counties in Idaho and Washington. During 29 years with Pierce County in Washington, he oversaw the planning, construction and operation of Chambers Bay Golf Course.

Terry Ratcliff ’79, was appointed executive dean of Antioch University Online, where he oversees online degree programs and academic technology for all five university campuses.

1980s Lorena Boyd ’81 and her daughter, Lisa Galbraith Heneghen ’10, ran the 2019 Boston Marathon.

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CLASS NOTES Mark T. Berreth ’81 retired with his wife in January 2018 to Lenore after 20 years destroying the nation’s chemical weapons stockpile at the Umatilla Army Chemical Depot and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Sue Darden ’82 received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

Darden teaches sixth-grade math and history for the West Ada School District in Meridian.

Kathryn Roeder ’82 was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in research. Roeder is a professor of statistics and life sciences at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Robert “Craig” Hoover ’83 retired from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Los Angeles district after 31 years as a consumer safety officer.

James J. Bauder ’84 is the architecture and engineering branch director for the U.S. Marine Corps base camp in Pendleton, California. He is serving a two-year assignment as the facilities management director for a naval support activity at Souda Bay in Crete, Greece.

David Walker ’85, ’94 was invited to join the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training Partner Advisory Committee. Walker is the chief operating officer and training director with Strategies for Youth, an organization dedicated to improving police/youth interactions.

Tina (Old Mouse) Karratti ’86 retired after 21 years with the Stockton Police Department. She was part of the Family Crimes Unit the past 11 years and spent her first decade patrolling the streets.

Patrick T. Evans ’87 retired in 2017 after serving 30 years with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

David S. Troy ’87 was awarded a certificate marking more than 25 years of leadership as a designated chartered investment counselor, which requires annual completion of advanced education and training.

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Dan Nordquist ’88 received the National Council of University Research Administrators’ top honor, the 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Research Administration award.

Nordquist is the Washington State University associate/deputy vice president for research support and operations.

Jill Pagano ’88 recently published her first book, "Getting Happy with Your Body: How to Live in, Learn From and Love your Body Once and For All."

1990s Bernard Lo ’90 celebrated more than 25 years as a lead anchor for CNBC Asia’s business news division.

James Rogers ’91 received second place for Teacher of the Year of Idaho from the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 2017.

Jonna Hall-Weber ’94 recently completed Luxury Home Marketing training offered by The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, the premier independent authority in training and designation for real estate agents working in the luxury residential market. Hall-Weber works for Jonna Weber Real Estate.

Kirstin Armstrong ’95 celebrated the grand opening of the PIVOT Lifestyle + Fitness by KA in Meridian — the first of four health and wellness programs slated to open in the Treasure Valley.

Michelle Nelson ’95, ’01 was named the chair of the Business Technology and Service Division at Lewis-Clark State College, effective July 1, 2019.

2000s Ryan White ’01 was hired as U.S. Sen. Jim Risch's (R-Idaho) deputy chief of staff after a decade in the national security and intelligence community.

Nancy Chaney ’02 joined the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, overseeing fellowships that link health and environmental justice in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 — the Pacific Northwest. She joins nine other mentors and 30 fellows from across the country.

Jeffrey Beck ’03 was promoted to full professor at the University of Wyoming, July 1, 2018. He teaches wildlife habitat restoration ecology in the university’s Department of Ecosystem Science and Management.

Jerry M. Entze ’03 was hired as curriculum coordinator/academic advisor at Walla Walla University.

Anna Lee Bowes ’04 published the book "Dogs and Autism." The book examines the relationship between dogs and those on the autism spectrum.

Katie (Wilkins) Dahlinger ’05 is proudly serving the University of Idaho Alumni Association as communications and marketing manager. She took over the role in October 2018.

Chris Dockery ’05 is working at Salient CRGT as a senior congressional analyst providing support for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Megan Thompson ’06 joined U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen’s (D-Nevada) Washington, D.C., office as a senior policy advisor. She previously worked for Sens. Dianne Feinstein and John Kerry.

Emily Davis Arthurs ’07 was promoted to director of marketing at Talking Rain Beverage Company, makers of Sparkling Ice and Talking Rain sparkling waters.

Nicholas Nelson ’07 accepted a position as executive director of Idaho Rivers United.

Andrea Christensen ’08 is now a licensed insurance agent with Wood River Insurance of Hailey. She joined the company in April.

2010s Amaya Amigo ’15 was hired as a consultant for the United Nations with the World Food Program in Bangui, Central African Republic.

Taryn Basauri ’16 joined Williams Kastner Green and Markley in Portland, Oregon, as an associate.

Chelsee Kucera ’17 accepted the position of membership and events director for the Downtown Missoula Partnership in Missoula, Montana.

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IN MEMORIAM The University of Idaho extends its condolences to the family and friends of our departed Vandals.

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1930s Edward H. Johnson ’39, ’40, Coeur d’Alene, May 21, 2019

1940s Lucille M. Pederson Hardgrove ’41, Michigan, June 26, 2019 Daniel K. Phippen ’41, Tempe, AZ, Jan. 27, 2019 Betty-Jo Jeffers Angell ’42, Tacoma, WA, March 5, 2019 Marjorie T. Birch ’42, Boise, April 21, 2019 Marian H. Ruyle ’42, Sandpoint, Feb. 19, 2019 Jean Rudolph ’42, ’53, Moscow, Dec. 14, 2018 Bonnie T. Fossum ’43, Coeur d’Alene, March 27, 2019 Egan W. Drenker ’44, Twin Falls, May 31, 2019 M. Arloine Howard ’44, Boise, Feb. 21, 2019 Vivian M. Pinson ’44, Anacortes, WA, June 15, 2019 George W. Pomeroy ’44, Cincinnati, OH, April 24, 2019 Julien M. Axelson ’45, Blacksburg, VA, April 8, 2019 Kenneth B. Marshall ’45, Roanoke, VA, Dec. 14, 2018

Louise J. Manion ’47, Superior, WI, May 15, 2019

Paul A. Hoskins ’50, Idaho Falls, April 28, 2019

Naida J. Skinner ’52, Greenville, MI, Feb. 13, 2019

Donal Brislain ’48, Walnut Creek, CA, Dec. 24, 2018

Betty L. Lallman ’50, Redmond, OR, Feb. 5, 2019

Martha J. Taylor ’52, Logan, UT, Jan. 3, 2019

Ellsworth Brown ’48, ’58, Spokane, WA, Dec. 21, 2018

Robert E. Lewis ’50, ’51, Denver, CO, March 31, 2019

Walter R. Youngstrom ’52, Sheldon, WA, Feb. 8, 2018

Edward N. Gronneberg ’48, Cranston, RI, June 15, 2019

John T. Mast ’50, ’51, Medford, OR, May 4, 2019

Marlene Yragui ’52, ’54, Tempe, AZ, Feb. 2, 2019

E. Lucile Harrison ’48, Brigham City, UT, Jan. 18, 2019

Delno H. Moore ’50, ’66, Kalispell, MT, Dec. 17, 2018

John B. Hopkins ’48, Lewiston, Feb. 12, 2019

Rex F. Moulton ’50, Driggs, June 14, 2019

Howbert W. Bonnett ’53, New Bern, NC, April 29, 2019

Eve S. McClaran ’48, Great Falls, MT, March 22, 2019 Carl E. Neiwirth ’48, Kimberly, Jan. 29, 2019 Donald W. Roberts ’48, Frederick, MD, June 11, 2019 Ellen E. Dial ’49, Garfield, WA, June 27, 2019 Marylou Dion ’49, Coeur d’Alene, April 16, 2019 Howard C. Faux ’49, Sandpoint, April 11, 2019 Kathryn Hoffbuhr ’49, Ashland, OR, July 1, 2018 Katherine R. Larsen ’49, Pocatello, March 13, 2019 Andrew G. Nielsen ’49, Boise, May 22, 2019 Donald E. Smith ’49, Moscow, Dec. 22, 2018 Mary A. Straub ’49, Boise, Feb. 29, 2019 Edith L. Torgerson ’49, The Dalles, OR, May 21, 2019

1950s Robert N. Acock ’50, Preston, March 28, 2019

Shirley T. Myers ’50, Salt Lake City, UT, June 7, 2019 Bradford T. Neff ’50, Idaho Falls, June 17, 2019 Jack C. Rainey ’50, ’54, Albany, OR, March 17, 2019 Cecil W. Rasmussen ’50, Lewiston, Feb. 18, 2019 Ray W. Rigby ’50, Rexburg, June 12, 2019 Lewis H. Williams ’50, Boise, Dec. 4, 2018 Robert W. Worthington ’50, DuBois, PA, Feb. 23, 2019 Christy A. Bermensolo ’51, Mountain Home, April 4, 2019 John G. Harris ’51, Surprise, AZ, May 1, 2018 John R. Jordan ’51, Boise, Feb. 12, 2019 Merton W. Lallman ’51, Redmond, OR, March 21, 2019 Jack N. Lein ’51, Fall City, WA, March 31, 2019 John C. Peterson ’51, Fairfield, CA, March 19, 2019 Barbara J. Spink ’51, Boise, Jan. 24, 2019 Cort. A. Zimmerman ’51, Idaho Falls, Dec. 9, 2019

Emma Margaret Byce ’53, Chubbuck, Nov. 25, 2018 Mary R. Faraca ’53, Kellogg, Dec. 8, 2018 Larry B. Kerr ’53, Gresham, OR, April 5, 2019 Laurence L. Monroe ’53, Elko, NV, March 25, 2019 Katherine L. Reid ’53, McCall, March 23, 2019 William “Bill” F. Rigby ’53, Idaho Falls, Jan. 12, 2019 Archie W. Service ’53, Boise, March 3, 2019 Dewey P. Almas ’54, Coeur d’Alene, Oct. 6, 2018 Virgil Bentley ’54, Lewiston, Jan. 16, 2019 Stanley M. Bray ’54, Bremerton, WA, Dec. 9, 2019 Robert “Bob” A. Cruikshank ’54, Ontario, OR, June 18, 2019 Ray Faraca ’54, Kellogg, Dec. 23, 2018 Margaret A. Fisher ’54, Boise, March 26, 2019 Douglas L. Horne ’54, Moses Lake, WA, June 23, 2019 Herbert V. Hymas ’54, Medford, OR, April 21, 2019 James B. Johnson ’54, Post Falls, March 16, 2019 Terrance D. O’Brien ’54, Idaho Falls, June 30, 2019

Mary A. Florence ’46, Boise, March 29, 2019

Aris M. Boyle ’50, Idaho Falls, Feb. 17, 2019

Betty J. Haskell ’46, Austin, TX, March 25, 2019

Richard “Dick” G. Boyle ’50, Idaho Falls, May 15, 2019

Joseph V. Basile ’52, ’54, Hillsboro, OR, Nov. 21, 2018

Mary L. Taylor ’54, Portland, OR, Feb. 10, 2019

Barbara A. Kriley ’46, Meridian, Jan. 9, 2019

John E. Cutler ’50, Idaho Falls, Feb. 19, 2019

Wallace Combelick ’52, Columbiana, OH, Dec. 16, 2018

Doreen A. Terril ’54, Hayden, Dec. 27, 2018

Thomas J. McDevitt ’46, Pocatello, Dec. 29, 2018

Gwendolyn R. Galey ’50, Boise, March 23, 2019

Wendell Herrett ’52, Pullman, WA, Dec. 3, 2018

Mary F. “Peggy” Varley ’54, Twin Falls, April 14, 2019

Jerome J. Dahmen ’47, Carson City, NV, April 11, 2019

O. Wendell Hanson ’50, Salt Lake City, UT, June 14, 2019

Fern A. Johnston ’52, Coeur d’Alene, Feb. 20, 2019

Patricia A. Wamsley ’54, Lewiston, Feb. 16, 2019

Alan D. Dunn ’47, ’49, Boise, Dec. 4, 2018

Rose M. Hoalst ’50, Meridian, Nov. 19, 2018

Genevieve R. Nicholson ’52, Caldwell, April 19, 2019

Edward L. Claiborn ’55, Logan, UT, Jan. 15, 2019

Carolyn R. Bancroft ’52, Meridian, June 5, 2019

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William D. Collins ’55, Aurora, CO, Feb. 18, 2019

Thomas R. Glass Jr. ’58, Boise, Dec. 16, 2018

Michael J. Killien ’61, Mount Vernon, WA, Feb. 4, 2019

Robert L. Osburn ’66, Portland, OR, June 18, 2019

Thomas J. Harding ’55, Pocatello, Feb. 11, 2019

Frederick A. Morse ’58, Tucson, AZ, April 12, 2019

Hylon T. Plumb III ’61, Boise, May 16, 2019

James V. Roberts ’66, Lewiston, May 22, 2019

Barbara Jones ’55, Rigby, June 21, 2019

Wilma “Willie” Smith ’58, Moscow, May 12, 2019

Don M. Sorensen ’66, Lacey, WA, Jan. 5, 2019

Herb Nagel ’55, Rathdrum, Dec. 26, 2018

Jerome J. Williams ’58, Nampa, Dec. 16, 2018

William O. Scholes ’61, Rathdrum, Jan. 8, 2019

Gary Stapleton ’66, Lewiston, Feb. 14, 2019

Marilynn C. Neal ’55, Moscow, Dec. 29, 2018

Janice Lou Willms ’58, Bothell, WA, May 31, 2019

Ralph B. Brown ’62, Grinnell, IA, May 14, 2019 Robert A. Cushman ’62, ’75, Seeley Lake, MT, June 23, 2019

Robert C. Strauss ’66, Miami, FL, Dec. 9, 2018

David L. Hood ’62, Bonners Ferry, May 6, 2019

Charles W. Walton IV ’66, ’68, Kennewick, WA, Dec. 12, 2018

Gerald D. Myers ’62, Fairbanks, AK, June 12, 2019

Dennis Wheeler ’66, ’67, Coeur d’Alene, Feb. 25, 2019

Phyllis L. Ownbey ’62, Garfield, WA, Dec. 26, 2018

Delbert Elliot ’67, Billings, MT, Nov. 18, 2018

JoEllen Ratliff ’55, Stockton, CA, Nov. 15, 2018 Norma H. Rugg ’55, Clarkston, WA, May 4, 2019 James E. Faulkner ’56, Twin Falls, March 23, 2019 Theodore R. Frostenson ’56, Bend, OR, Dec. 8, 2018 Blanche R. Branson Kohli ’56, Coeur d’Alene, Jan. 9, 2019 David Nordby ’56, Boise, Feb. 18, 2019 Iieta J. Pierson ’56, Fresno, CA, March 29, 2019 Hadley Roberts ’56, Salmon, April 7, 2019 Doris L. Schermerhorn ’56, Harrisburg, OR, March 9, 2019

Robert “Bob” T. Coats ’59, Moscow, Jan. 16, 2019 Dale L. Geaudreau ’59, Lewiston, June 19, 2019 Donald M. Harris ’59, McCall, May 22, 2019 Don W. Johnson ’59, Meridian, March 2, 2019 Mary Melody Meese ’59, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 24, 2018 Arthur D. Scholes ’59, Olympia, WA, Nov. 2, 2018 William L. Stephens ’59, Clarkston, WA, Jan. 11, 2019 Laroy R. Tollbom ’59, Richland, WA, May 23, 2019 Kay Vinson ’59, Anchorage, AK, March 17, 2019

Dewayne R. Andrew ’63, Menan, March 17, 2019 George B. Benson ’63, Eagle River, AK, May 8, 2019 Pauline Rae Durham ’63, Pullman, WA, June 2, 2019 Donald H. Howard ’63, La Mesa, CA, May 6, 2019 Anna M. Krasselt ’63, Mesa, AZ, Feb. 25, 2019

Donald K. Engdahl ’67, Spokane, WA, Nov. 20, 2018 Gregory D. Higgins ’67, Meridian, June 29, 2019 Otis D. Kent ’67, Grangeville, March 24, 2019 James R. Nedrow ’67, Ashton, June 21, 2019 James Kunka ’68, Great Falls, MT, May 24, 2019

Homer E. Milford ’63, Albuquerque, NM, April 5, 2019

Leray “Ray” Huff ’68, Vale, OR, March 27, 2019

Dr. George W. Woodbury Jr. ’59, Fort Collins, CO, July 2, 2019

Roger H. Tutty ’63, Lewiston, Nov. 23, 2018 O. Lee Baker ’64, ’69, Pittsburg, KS, Feb. 23, 2019

Owen G. Adams ’69, Wenatchee, WA, April 28, 2019

Albert L. “Lefty” Wilson ’56, Kirkland, WA, April 24, 2019

1960s

James V. Baiar ’64, Kalispell, MT, May 1, 2019

Frederic H. Burrow ’57, Bainbridge Island, WA, Jan. 11, 2019

Jack L. Bloxom ’60, ’63, Coeur d’Alene, May 14, 2019

Monte J. Fiala ’57, Boise, April 30, 2019

Michael B. Faucher ’60, Philadelphia, PA, March 2, 2019

Norma J. Harris ’57, Soda Springs, March 30, 2019 Sherman Duane Kirk ’57, ’58, Boise, May 6, 2019

Keith L. Heezen ’60, Lansing, MI, March 27, 2019

Delroy K. Lechelt ’57, Oak Harbor, WA, Dec. 28, 2018

Robert E. Jacobson ’60, Sandpoint, March 6, 2019

Caroline L. Mader ’57, Hermiston, OR, May 11, 2019

Ellen P. Johnson ’60, Walnut Creek, CA, Feb. 5, 2019

Patrick L. O’Donnell ’57, Wilmington, NC, Dec. 13, 2018

Loretta Kilgore ’60, Spokane, WA, Feb. 11, 2019

Betty A. Patten ’57, Saint Paul, MN, May 16, 2019

Harry D. McAllister Jr. ’60, Portland, OR, June 6, 2019

Donald J. Carpenter ’58, Meridian, Feb. 25, 2019

Meldon B. Anderson ’61, Meridian, March 25, 2019

L. Deane Crawforth ’58, Albuquerque, NM, June 23, 2019

Richard J. Baughman ’61, Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 4, 2019

Darryl C. Dixon ’58, ’67, Ontario, OR, Dec. 6, 2018

Marilyn Marvel Behre ’56, Stamford, CT, Oct. 24, 2018 Jim E. Russell ’56, Rockville, MD, June 20, 2019 John R. Simmons ’56, Seattle, WA, June 19, 2019

Neal E. Williams ’59, Boise, Feb. 1, 2019

James E. Holden ’60, Twin Falls, Dec. 10, 2018

Robert B. Bradshaw ’64, Hailey, Jan. 7, 2019 Joe U. Kantola ’64, ’66, Boise, Jan. 9, 2019 Richard L. Boxleitner ’65, Lewiston, May 18, 2019 Gary J. Crandall ’65, Colville, WA, Nov. 28, 2018 Sandra Hill Evans ’65, Herndon, VA, June 7, 2019 Wallace “Wally” Dean Gray, Jr. ’65, Napa, CA, April 29, 2019 Darwin D. Faia ’65, Salem, OR, March 22, 2019 Stephen R. Haasch ’65, Boise, April 5, 2019

Jolene Reed ’68, Twin Falls, Jan. 28, 2019

Arthur D. Earl ’69, Salmon, April 5, 2019 Duane H. Erickson ’69, Lewiston, Feb. 21, 2019 Richard L. Haynes ’69, Spokane, WA, April 3, 2019

1970s Richard P. Litzenger, ’70, Spokane, WA, March 20, 2019 Stephen D. Bunnell ’70, Midway, UT, May 3, 2019 Wayne R. Brydon ’70, ’78, New Braunfels, TX, March 31, 2018 LaDena E. Graves ’70, Pullman, WA, May 25, 2019 Diane B. Hall ’70, Boise, May 6, 2019

Jere R. Robertson ’65, Boise, April 1, 2019

James A. Thomas ’70, Salt Lake City, UT, April 20, 2019

Helen J. Trupp ’65, Boise, April 15, 2019

Merilee A. Young ’70, Spokane, WA, May 6, 2019

Peter L. Corwin ’61, Centralia, WA, Jan. 13, 2019

Frank C. Valentine ’65, Fredericksburg, VA, June 28, 2019

Bruce R. Darrington ’71, Coeur d’Alene, May 25, 2019

Dennis R. Evans ’58, ’60, Burley, June 16, 2019

William A. Grunst ’61, Oroville, WA, Dec. 6, 2018

Ronald R. Elledge ’66, Boise, March 14, 2019

Donald G. Dunlap ’71, Boise, Jan. 20, 2019

Leroy W. Fletcher ’58, Zillah, WA, Dec. 20, 2018

David R. Hurst ’61, Canton, MI, May 1, 2019

William R. Etter ’66, Boise, Dec. 7, 2018

John “Bud” Glasby ’71, Nampa, Jan. 24, 2019

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Col. Michael L. Heinemeyer ’71, Lewiston, April 23, 2019

William “Bill” Damon ’78, Hillsboro, OR, May 1, 2019

Carole J. Johnson ’89, Sandpoint, March 6, 2019

Martha A. Hopkins ’71, Boise, June 26, 2019

Jeanne Goodenough ’78, Boise, April 1, 2019

Ronald Howell ’71, Idaho Falls, March 6, 2019

David J. Miles Jr. ’89, Coeur d’Alene, June 2, 2019

Janice M. Heimgartner Groseclose ’78, Juliaetta, June 22, 2019

John R. McKinney ’71, Boise, April 30, 2019

Lawerence O. McLaud ’78, Santa Clara, NM, Feb. 28, 2019

Linda R. Remmick ’71, Coeur d’Alene, Nov. 29, 2018

Richard K. Scott ’78, Mapleton, UT, Jan. 28, 2019

Dwight R. Schuh ’71, Nampa, Feb. 5, 2019

Dr. Walden Hughes ’79, Nampa, March 26, 2019

Stephen A. Voysey ’71, Winchester, VA, March 10, 2019

Craig W. Pagel ’79, East Helena, MT, June 13, 2019

Lawrence D. Wier ’71, Spokane, WA, Feb. 25, 2019 Randy D. Black ’72, Pendleton, OR, March 15, 2019 Brian C. Jain ’72, Nampa, April 24, 2019 Patrick H. Johnson ’72, Boise, June 27, 2019 Daniel Parpart ’72, Moline, IL, April 4, 2019 Lyle E. Points ’72, Alta, IA, April 21, 2019 Michael L. Rose ’72, Anchorage, AK, April 15, 2019 Valeda L. Sawyer ’72, Sandpoint, Jan. 21, 2019 Durward A. Smith ’72, Lincoln, NE, Dec. 16, 2018 Michael J. Green ’73, Wallace, March 12, 2019 James L. Kerns ’73, Potlatch, May 20, 2019 Richard K. Talbott ’73, Lewiston, March 9, 2019 William M. Walters ’73, Jerome, Jan. 28, 2019 Debra L. McNeil ’74, Spokane, WA, Feb. 1, 2019 James “Jim” Yetter ’74, Spokane, WA, Jan. 8, 2019 Ted Cottingham ’75, Portland, OR, March 5, 2019 Dr. Robert L. Kirchmeier ’75, Clermont, FL, June 15, 2019 Gregory M. Kristof ’75, Clarkston, WA, June 4, 2019 Joan K. Par ’76, Rupert, June 3, 2019 Carol A. Stopplecamp ’76, St. Helen, MI, Dec. 4, 2018

Carolyn D. Sands ’79, Salem, OR, Jan. 21, 2019

1980s David A. Darling ’80, Sandpoint, Jan. 4, 2019 Gale L. Huffman ’80, University Place, WA, Jan. 27, 2019 Albert Matsuura ’80, ’85, Pocatello, Aug. 23, 2018 Joseph P. Naras ’80, Chicago, IL, June 12, 2019 Monte W. Bruhn ’81, Salmon, June 9, 2019 Brian J. Hull ’81, Boise, Dec. 6, 2018 James H. Humphries ’81, ’86, Chincoteague Island, VA, March 18, 2019 Michael T. Kolowski ’81, Glendale, AZ, Feb. 14, 2019 Bruce M. Rickerson ’81, Summerville, SC, June 7, 2019

1990s George M. Grant ’90, Caldwell, April 20, 2019 E. Scott Paul ’90, Shoshone, May 23, 2019 Parley D. Williams ’90, Lewisville, June 30, 2019 Kurt L. Othberg ’91, Walla Walla, WA, Feb. 10, 2019 David G. Pena ’92, Heyburn, Jan. 18, 2019 Michael A. Swenson ’92, Vancouver, WA, Dec. 18, 2018 Edward W. Lynn ’93, ’94, Missoula, MT, Dec. 26, 2018 Deborah A. Evans Reece ’93, Logan, UT, July 13, 2018 Dalyn L. Drake ’94, San Antonio, TX, March 25, 2019 Curtis R. Hanson ’94, Kuna, April 14, 2019 Joanne G. Mathews ’94, Coeur d’Alene, Nov. 29, 2018 Mark E. Morrison ’94, Newport, WA, Nov. 27, 2018

Albert Matsuura ’85, Pocatello, Aug. 23, 2018 Steven E. George ’86, Lewiston, Dec. 3, 2018

Ricardo Lopez ’20, Moscow, March 2, 2019

Faculty Thomas E. Bitterwolf, Moscow, Jan. 30, 2019 Maxine (Max) Dakins, Moscow, March 6, 2019 Kent Dunnam, Troy, Dec. 16, 2018

Honorable Mentions Employees/People who attended the University

John Anacabe, Eagle, Feb. 13, 2019 Leroy Beeson, Sparks, NV, Nov. 25, 2018 Rose S. Bolton, Salmon, Feb. 18, 2019

Edward B. Cogswell Jr., Great Falls, MT, April 16, 2019

Daniel H. James ’98, Idaho Falls, July 21, 2018

Marie L. Gummerson ’85, Boise, April 16, 2019

Current Students

Robert B. Hancock ’95, Boise, Dec. 28, 2018

Tony Harold ’82, ’86, St. Maries, April 12, 2019

Jeffrey E. Grove ’84, Meridian, Jan. 23, 2019

Rebecca Winzer ’16, Sitka, AK, June 17, 2019

Luther W. Brady, Redlands, CA, March 22, 2019

Matthew William Zoll ’95, Medford, OR, March 19, 2019

Robert “Bob” Carey LaBau ’83, Osburn, Dec. 28, 2018

Bradley K. Anderson ’12, Post Falls, Jan. 27, 2019

Rowena D. Eden ’95, ’96, Moscow, Jan. 28, 2019

John F. Porter ’82, Troy, March 2019

Morris D. Lund ’82, ’85, Golden, CO, March 1, 2019

2010s

2000s

Richard C. Dexter, Mahwah, NJ, March 2, 2019 Robert “Rob” D. Hampton, Moscow, April 17, 2019 James L. Huffman, Sullivan, IL, March 19, 2019 Melissa Jaynes, Los Angeles, CA, March 9, 2019

Montrell Williams ’01, Marysville, CA, March 29, 2019

Mabel L. Kaiser, Spokane, WA, March 20, 2019

Chancey Del Hall ’02, Portland, OR, April 9, 2019

Thomas A. Rudy, Burley, Dec. 28, 2018

Allyson B. Koski ’02, Nampa, Dec. 30, 2018

Frank P. Walker, Viola, March 16, 2019

Kirk Chadwick ’03, Ririe, June 12, 2019

Jane Yahraus, March 17, 2019

Clark R. Strobel, Boise, March 16, 2019 Harold J. Wasem, March 21, 2019 Lester L. Zelle, Waverly, IA, March 21, 2019

Olaf Landsgaard ’86, Palmdale, CA, April 23, 2019

Matthew D. Rieger ’04, Boise, May 5, 2019

Phillip E. Crosby ’77, Lewiston, April 19, 2019

Teresa R. Morgan ’86, Clarkston, WA, April 29, 2019

Loren T. Gray ’05, Lewiston, Dec. 29, 2018

William D. Hosking ’77, ’79, ’81, Moscow, Jan. 26, 2019

Rod Thomas ’87, Idaho Falls, Feb. 8, 2019

Jamie Bone ’07, Idaho Falls, March 10, 2019

Friends of the University

Georgia H. Barros ’78, Lewiston, Jan. 31, 2019

Judy Waterman ’87, Albany, NY, May 25, 2019

Solomon M. Meyer ’07, Spokane, WA, May 1, 2019

Kathleen F. Heath, Albany, OR, March 9, 2019Quis

Peter S. Wagner ’76, Des Moines, IA, Nov. 22, 2018

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1. Joseph Aaron Davis Arthurs, son of Joseph Arthurs ’07 and Emily Arthurs ’07 2. William John Cole, son of Bill Cole ’10 and Abby Cole ’11 3. Charlotte Deschamp and Kate Deschamp, daughters of Ty Deschamp ’08 and Bethany Deschamp ’09, granddaughters of Doug Deschamp ’72 and Cindy Deschamp ’77 4. Anna Grace Foss, daughter of Kathy and Matt Foss ’12. Pictured with her brother David 5. Fiona Rose Freudenthal, daughter of Aaron Freudenthal and Lynsie Clott ’08 6. Tanner and Makayla Goodman, son and daughter of Brian and Stacie Goodman ’05 7. George Hill Gruesen, son of Lt. Cmdr. Nicolaus Gruesen and Emmalee (Kearney) Gruesen ’10 18

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17. Taylor Christine Rowe, daughter of Kelsi Nagle-Rowe ’10 and Cody Rowe ’11 18. Weslyn Aeris Ryffel, daughter of Jessica and Cameron Ryffel ’06 19. Andrena Lois, daughter of SheilAnne (Davis) Smith ’11 and Marlin Smith ’92 20. Mdina Michelle Stafford, daughter of Melinda Jean (Lewis) Stafford ’11 21. Finnley Jackson Warner, son of Theo Warner ’10, ’16 and Melissa (Piekarski) Warner ’10, ’16 * Charlotte Grace Hlebichuk, daughter of A.J. and Sarah Hlebichuk ’07 *

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The University of Idaho was such an important part of her life and I think that the field she was in, she totally believed in the value of that program. She thought it was important for people to have the opportunity to go on.

oxie Simcoe was a seventhgrader from Shoshone when she first fell in love with the University of Idaho.

A teacher from her hometown came to Moscow for a class in 1951 and invited Roxie to tag along. The two spent a month that summer on campus. Roxie would eventually return to explore her love of food and pursue a degree in home economics.

A biology class at U of I introduced Roxie to another love — her husband of 53 years, Doyt Simcoe.

The couple married after Roxie graduated in 1960 and moved to the Burley area after Doyt earned his biology degree in 1961.

“The University of Idaho was such an important part of her life and I think that the field she was in, she totally believed in the value of that program,” Doyt said. “She thought it DOYT SIMCOE was important for people to have the opportunity to go on.”

Roxie accepted a home economics teaching position after graduation, but her real interest was dietetics. She spent the summer of 1961 working as a dietician for St. Anthony Hospital in Pocatello before her teaching contract began. The hospital was so impressed with her work that they held the job for her while she spent the next year teaching. At the end of the school year, Doyt and Roxie moved to Pocatello where Roxie worked as a dietician until the day before their first son was born.

Although Roxie didn’t return to a professional career in dietetics, her love for food carried on throughout her life.

“Food was what she really loved,” Doyt said. “I think she was way ahead of her time in terms of what she knew about food and nutrition.”

After staying at home to raise the couple’s three children — Scott, Stephanie and Bryan — Roxie re-entered the workforce as a consumer science representative for Idaho Power. She spent 13 years in this role, traveling across the Magic and Wood River valleys to present programs about conserving energy.

Education was also important to the Simcoes — Doyt spent most of his career as a school administrator in Twin Falls — and the couple were fortunate that all three of their children were able to pursue higher education. Scott and Stephanie followed their parents’ footsteps to U of I and the oldest Simcoe grandson is carrying on the tradition as a freshman this fall.

When she was 55, Roxie and Doyt bought a travel agency and spent many years leading group trips both domestically and internationally. Roxie also remained active with U of I, serving as the alumni chapter leader for the Magic Valley and as a member of the U of I Alumni Association advisory board.

After Roxie passed away in 2013, Doyt decided to honor her memory — and her love for food and sewing — by establishing the Roxie Simcoe Scholarship Endowment in U of I’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The scholarship is awarded to students studying food and nutrition or apparel, textiles and design in the Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences, with preference to those students who demonstrate financial need.

“She was an excellent seamstress but I think her number one love was food. Both were very important to her,” Doyt said. “We had 53 great years together. I’m kind of a critical person and I never could find anything wrong with her. I think she was just perfect.”

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You are an example for other institutions.

We can’t wait to see the result of your great vision.

Vicki Christiansen U.S. Forest Service Chief

ith a little help from some special friends, the University of Idaho celebrated the start of construction on the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena June 6, 2019. This 62,000-square-foot, engineered wood facility is slated to open in 2021, providing a stunning gathering space for students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members.

To watch construction as it happens or make a gift, please visit

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