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Hope has launched
a
$25,336,185, or 51 percent of the goal, had
major
campaign designed
to
assure
been raised.
the college’s position as one of America’s leading
components: enhancing
Christian liberal arts colleges.
The $50 campaign
million
is
Hope
in the
Future capital
the largest single fund-raising effort
in the college’s
The campaign has four primary
125-year history. As
of
the
campaign’s public unveiling on Friday, Jan. 24,
the academic
improving student financial Christian
improving
life
aid,
program,
strengthening
and witness, and selectively
facilities.
For more about Hope
in the Future, see
pages seven through 10.
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HOPE COLLEGE
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HASP
Published for Alumni, Friends and
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Director Barbara Schipper, Office
Manager
HASP UPDATE: The
Hope Academy of
Senior Professionals (HASP) continues to in popularity among
West Michigan
projects. Currently, members meet monthly to discuss Soviet and East
European affairs,
and can attend multi-session courses on topics like “Islam and Its Impact on the
retirees.
Established in
HASP
that year
May
of 1988, by the end of
had 65 members.
The
HASP
of the retirees are
Hope alumni;
some are from the faculty and staff; some are from the general community. All are interestedin what HASP has to offer.
help evaluate and develop career and personal goals, and provide course selection
also hosts social events, such as
counseling.
specialtrips to museums, theatre presentations and concerts.
Members are
Other members of the Hope
made
also
aware of events at the college,and may secure library and campus parking privileges. In addition,
HASP
an environmenton campus which supports and encourageseducational and personal
organizes service pro-
jects, such as preceptor
growth. The advising process has been enhanced by a variety of publications for
programs for Hope’s
pre-medicaland pre-dental students,career
of
committed to
should
concept equal rights, equal opportunitiesand is
equal protectionunder the law.
to
Hope
my
nationaland ethnic origin, sex, creed or
was
the rights, privileges,
my Quote, unquote of
scholarshipand loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered
programs. With regard to employment, the College complies with all legal
requirements prohibitingdiscriminationin
employment.
from
is
a statement by Hope's founder,
referringto the Pioneer School, the college’s predecessor, he said, "This is
my Anchor of Hope for this people
in
the future."
More than 125 years after was chartered,Van Raalte'
s
the college
vision
endures — as does the need to sustainit. The college'snew Hope in the Future
campaign will help meet
that need.
The cover illustration features the anchor on the lawn of Graves Hall, with Voorhees Hall standing in the background. Artist
Karen Michmerhuizen,secretary in
the department of religion, rendered the
work, one of several water colors she crafted for the
campaign viewbookand
video. In keeping with the
campaign's
significance, future issues of news
from
Hope College will also examine ways that the Hope in the Future campaign will affect the life of the college.
TWO
is
major. If you wanted to was
like, ‘Well,
good living and supported
a
us.
Maybe that’s as far as I’m supposed to go. Maybe what all of this is telling me is that “I talked to
me to talk about today is the fact that I am doing something in my life right now that I never “What’s most important
I
It
is
the scope of our own perspective.
“We can do anything we want to do, if we apply ourselves to it, and dare to dream. I’m doing things now that I enjoy, but I’m still dreaming about other things I want to do. “I challenge each of you to maintain a
dream, no matter how strange,or exotic or farfetched or overblown it might seem. “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but you always have to try.”
I’m aspiring too high.’
College. to
tell
you a
my
professor— even took
him out
to dinner— and asked
thought
I
had any talent at
little
bit about
my
background. If you know Spring Lake, you know it’s very small, and it’s very white. At the time of my growing up, I was the ‘racial problem’ in my town. “I thought, growing up and being surroundedby some really honest, and hard-working and good-heartedpeople, that that was the sphere that I was going to be in. For me, ‘moving out’ would be like going to Grand Haven: ‘If I could just go from Spring Lake to Grand Haven, that would be so cool.’ “And things happen. Things change in your life, and you go through experiences and you go to college. “I had a wonderful education at Hope, and I branched out to do other things. I’d never wanted to do what I am doing now. I wanted to be a TV star, a movie star. I wanted to be a disc jockey. But it didn’t work out. “The moral I have for me is that you have to keep your options open. “While I was pounding doors in Grand Rapids, and having radio stationsslam doors in my face, I was saying ‘What
him
all; if I
if
I
he
was just
barking up the wrong tree. He said, have talent.The only reason
would do.
“Let me
the Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte. In
capital
an eclecticsampling things being said at and about Hope
thought
the cover
taken
took journalism was because
dad worked on a line for years, and
made
its
educational policies, admission policies,
The college's symbol, the anchor,
I
part of the
was so depressed.
“I
On
was so disgusted, I was so I went back
graduate, you had to take the course.
programs and activities generally accorded or made availableto students at Hope College, including the administrationof
I
college journalism professor. The
only reason it
all
do?’
disappointed at one point that
College admits students of any race, color, handicap to
I
the
community
strengthen the advising system by creating
Notice of Nondiscrimination
Hope College
liberal arts
advisors assist in the transition to college,
World Scene,” “Biography — The Auto Barons” and “The Boundariesof Freedom.”
group’s membership has since grown to 134.
on-going discussion groups, a variety of mini-coursesand social events, and service
Karen Bos, Secretary
two
The Selection Committee for the award judged proposals for their innovative quality, creativity, currency, impact and transferability. Hope’s proposal stressed the college’s strong institutional involvementin and commitment to academic advising. The college was awarded a recognition plaque at the 1991 NACADA Annual Conference in Louisville,Ky. Maura Reynolds,directorof academic advising, accepted the plaque on behalf of Hope. Each student at the college has a faculty member as an academic advisor. Faculty
Alex Haley (center),author of Roots, spoke at Hope on Thursday,Jan. 30. Haley was brought to campus through the efforts of Student Congress.Also pictured are President John H. Jacobson (left) and Brad Votava '92 of Sylvania, Ohio, comptrollerof Student Congress. Additional coverage of the visit will appear in the April issue.
HASP-sponsoredactivities include
Diana Fowler, Receptionist- Scheduler
of only
colleges in the country so honored in 1991.
Some
Gregory S. Olgers ’87, AssistantDirector Janet Mielke ’84 Pinkham, Assistant
Academic
students.
grow Hope College Office of Public Relations DeWitt Center, Holland, MI 49423-3698. Thomas L. Renner ’67, Director Mary Lammers ’60 Kempker, Associate
American College
AdvisingAssociation (NACADA) have recognized Hope College with a Certificate of Merit for innovative and exemplary practices in the academic advising of
published
October, and December by Hope College,
is
th Street, near the
Testing (ACT) and the National
Editor: Thomas L. Renner '67 Managing Editor: Gregory S. Olgers '87 ContributingWriters: Eva Dean Folkert '83, Larry J. Wagenaar '87 Layout: Holland Litho Service,Inc. ContributingPhotographers: James Doslie, Lou Schakel
during February, April, June, August,
1
gave
‘You you
“Ds” while you were in class was because you never showed up.’ “But he encouraged me to at least apply for a job here in Grand Rapids, even though the paper in my hometown, circulation2,000, turned me down. “A lady was quittingthe moment I came in. She was actually going out the door as I was coming in. It was kind of like the editor went, ‘The next guy who comes in here, I don’t care how bad he is, we’re hiring him.’
“And
that started a long career for
me,
and one I’m very happy with. I’ve had experiences
I
never dreamed I’d have.
Since I’ve been covering televisionthe last seven years I’ve had a chance to hang out with Will Smith
—
the ‘Fresh Prince,’ not
the Kennedy.. .I’ve laid around Arsenio
—
Jim McFarlin ’74
of Detroit,Mich.,
a columnist for the “Detroit News,”
He was Grand
covering televisionand radio. addressing a luncheon of the
Rapids AdClub, held at the Amway Grand Plaza for students of the Kensington School, with which the
AdClub is in partnership. Originally from Spring Lake, Mich., McFarlin majored in communication at
Hope. He
was a reporter with
“The
Grand Rapids Press” from 1974-79, and worked briefly for the “Flint Journal” before joining the “Detroit News.”
Helping young people realizethe importance of pursuing their dreams is a long-timeinterest.In 1986 he told “Muskegon Chronicle”reporter Susan K. T rentier, “I speak to young people about careers and I tell them to bet a good educationand to be as well-roundedas possible. You only get one shot at life and you have to make things happen for yourself.”
Hall’s dressing room and tried to steal his
shoes. I can honestly count among my friends now people like Bob Seger...and Jason Priestlyof 90210. “These are things that a little kid from Spring Lake shouldn’t aspire to — that’s what you think. But what I’m here to tell you
is
the only thing that limits any of us
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992
advisors,advisees and parents.
During the 1991 conference, ACT and NACADA presented 12 Advisor Awards, 53 Advisor Certificateof Merit Awards, six Outstanding Program Awards and 17 Program Certificate of Merit Awards. The other private liberal arts college recognized for its program was BloomfieldCollege of Bloomfield, N.J., which received an Outstanding Program Award.
HISTORY PRESENTATION:Marc Baer, associate professor of history, and
Hoss and Little Joe. It seems that Hoss
FACULTY HONORS: suffers
amnesia
following an accident in the episode titled The Dark Gate, and
temporarily adopted
is
by an elderly Dutch couple. Complicating
luncheonon Monday, Jan. 6. chemistry and chairperson of the
back in the Midwest, and wish to take Hoss with them.
They think it would be
good place for him — especiallysince the community’s founder, the Rev. Van Raalte, is even starting a new college... a
faculty/studentresearch grant from the
more than 22 years, finished her time at December, during the final week of the fall semester. “I don’t know what I’ll do without her,” said Sharon Blanksma, directorof health services at Hope. “She’s been a very loyal person that’s dways there when she’s been needed. She’s been very caring and very
was
based on research the two carried out last
summer through
a cooperative
J.
(mathematics). Dr. Paul Van Faasen ’56 (biology) and Dr. James D. van Putten ’55 (physics).
concerned, and
our work with the students.”
the American HistoricalAssociation.
Dyke, a registerednurse, joined the Hope September of 1969. She was one of three part-time clinic assistants working with Blanksma and the Health Clinic’s receptionist/secretary.
editors, officers of professional
HOSS CARTWRIGHT, CLASS
OF
1870?: Syndicated remns of the television series Bonanza have prompted some interestinginput from Hope alumni. Fans of the long-runningwestern may remember the members of Cartwright clan and their ranch, the Ponderosa. Among the show’s regular characters were Ben, the father, and his three sons:
Faculty
Adam,
She earned her R.N. from Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Before
Dr.
organizations,those with accomplishment
coming
Hope she had worked at Holland City Hospital, with the Holland Board of
in their profession,those serving on the
college’s Teaching Enhancement Workshop Committee, and the recipientsof
to
Education, and at Riverside
Community
fellowships, grants, awards and other honors.
Hospital in Riverside, Calif.
Kudos
John Cox, professor of English and
William Mayer, associateprofessor of
and chairperson of the department, won the
humanities editor of the Christian Scholars
Biology, traveled
$500 Outdoor Sculpture Award of the Business Consortium for Arts, Southfield, Mich. He is preparing for two exhibits: one at the Forum Gallery in Minneapolis, Mirin., in April-May; the other at the Battle Creek (Mich.) Art Center in May-June. Nancy Nicodemus, professor of English, has a review of The Dramatic Landscape of
to Cairo, Egypt,
Steinbeck’s Short Stories, by John H.
on Thursday, Jan.
Timmerman,in
Review. Jim Gentile, dean for the natural sciences and the
Kenneth G. Herrick Professor of
1
6, to present his
“First International
| Conferenceon Environmental Mutagenesisin
Human
summer
issue
Populations
at Risk.”
Nicodemus, formerly Professor Taylor, married Paul Nicodemus on Oct. 26. Robert Palma’s “What God Has Joined Together”is in the fall, 1991, issue of Faculty Dialogue. It deals with the concept of the union of polarities as an underlying principlein the creation and in
The conference was designed
(MCTM) for
human
his
mathematics students.
MCTM’s executive veteran teachers and administrators its
of
Pre-K through
the
awards were given
MCTM
environmental contaminants — chemical, physical or biologicalagents.
issue of Mirrors 4:4.
The conference was organized by the members of the Faculty of Medicine of Ain Shams University and is sponsored, in part, by UNESCO, USAID, the Deutsche Gesellschaft Fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH and the
In addition,Mirrors has named him a winner in its 1991 InternationalTanka Awards contest. His was one of 31 selected from 516 entries submitted from 10 countries. Dr. Ralph’s tanka and the other 30 winning entries will be published by AHA Books under the title Tanka Splendor this month. Dr. Ralph has seven haiku in Four Seasons: Haiku AnthologyClassifiedby Season Words in English and Japanese, published in Japan, and two of his haiku appeared in the North Carolina Haiku Society's 1991 Halloween Chapbook. Frank C. Sherburne jr., associate professor of mathematicsat Hope, was recognized by the Michigan Council of
populations at risk of exposure to different
Academy of
Science.
Dr. Gentile was invitedto make a major presentationon his work involving the associationbetween parasiteinfectionand cancer induction in humans. In addition,he
was
the chairperson of a
panel discussion at the conclusion of the conference. The panel’s focus was to
summarize the conference’s results and to make projectionsfor future research in this area of study.
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992
million
$14
million
$12
million
$10
million
$8
million
$6
million
$4
million
$2
million
Neal Sobania, director of interna-
a haibun, “California Coast”
Briefly,”accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of Modern Haiku. His five-poem tanka sequence “Winter, Suddenly...” was published in the Autumn
$16
Annual Conferencein Grand Rapids,
Mich., on Oct. 24.
of history, has
A
million
in 1991, with
certificates of recognition presented at the
associate professor
human
$18
college mathematics.Approximately 180 of
extensive recognition for his writing.
specialinterest was given to
million
board to recognize
Frank C. Sherburne Jr.
chairperson of the department, has received
risk for genetic diseases,including cancer.
$20
establishedby the
biological,genetic and reproductive
He had
million
The award was
tional education
monitoring studieson human populations at
$22
education of
community together to discuss the current state of knowledge about environmental,
leading scientists from the international
million
and service to the
knowledge. Dr. Palma is professor of religionat Hope. George Ralph, professor of theatreand
to bring
$24
years of dedication
of
Christianityand Literature. Professor
research at the
Jim Gentile
the
Teachersof Mathematics
art
directorof IDS, has been appointed
Egyptian
S25.3 million
Cotter Tharin (geology),
college. The meeting was held in
staff in
WATCH
Dr. Richard A. Vandervelde
conjunction with the annual conference of
real asset to the staff in
Future
Jr. ’56 (philosophy), Joyce
Recognized for 20 years of service were Wayne G. Boulton (religion). Dr. Jane R. Dickie (psychology), Dr. Stephen I. Hemenway (English),Dr. Carol Juth-Gavasso (library), Dr. Joseph W. MacDoniels (communication)and Richard L. Smith (theatre). Also honored were Hope authors and
a
the
RAISED TO DATE
(music), Dr.
Conventionof Phi Alpha Theta, the history honorarysociety, in Chicago, 111., on Sunday, Dec. 29.
the college’s Health Clinic staff
in
CAMPAIGN
Faculty members recognized for 30 years of service were Dr. Arthur H. Jentz
for
Ruth Dyke, a
member of
BritishPolitics,” the paper
department, was recognized for 35 years of service.
the college in
STAFF RETIREE:
presented a paper at the Bi-Annual
Modem
Hope
Dr. Irwin J. Brink ’52, professor of
M. Morrison (music) and Dr. Hubert P. Weller (Spanish). Recognized for 25 years of service were Dr. George C. Kraft (physical education), Dr. David G. Myers (psychology), Dr. Robert A. Ritsema ’57
history major from Barrington, 111.,
Titled “Aesthetics, Political Violence,
achievementand professional involvement during the college’s annual recognition
the situation is that the husband and wife are planning to move to a Dutch community
Richard Lumsden, a Hope junior and
and
Hope honored
faculty members for service,academic
and
been
elected to positions with two different organizations relatedto
J international | education and 12 studies. Neal Sobania
’68
Dr- Sobania was re-elected to the
Board of Directors of the Council on InternationalEducational
Exchange (CIEE) during
the council’s annual
conference in Boulder, Colo.,. in November. In addition,he
Board. He has
was appointed secretary of the
Hope is a
in the
Future
$50 million fund-raising
effort that has four primary
components: enhancing the academic program, improving student financial aid,
also been elected to a three-year
term as chair of the General Conferenceby
strengtheningChristianlife and witness, and selectively
the representativesof the colleges and
universitiesaffiliated with the Institutes of European Studies (IES) and Asian Studies (IAS). The election took place during the
improving facilities.
Watch
the giving
grow!
Institutes' annual conference in Chicago, 111., in
November.
THREE
EVENTS ACADEMIC CALENDAR
(1991-92)
Spring Semester Feb. 7, Friday — Winter Recess begins at 6 p.m. Feb. 12, Wednesday — Winter Recess ends at 8 a.m. March 12, Thursday— Spring Recess begins at 6 p.m. March 23, Monday — Spring Recess ends at 8 a.m. May 2, Saturday — Alumni Day May 3, Sunday — Baccalaureateand Commencement
ADMISSIONS Visitation Days For prospective Hope students, including transfers,high school juniors and seniors. Visitations are intended to
show students and their parents a typical day in the life of a Hope student. There will be ample opportunities to meet students, faculty and staff. Contact Peggy Hallacy ’86 for details. Friday, Feb. 14.
1992
Friday, March 27, 1992
Friday. Feb. 28. 1992
Wisconsin/Chicago/Detroit Area Bus Trips
—
Feb. 13-14
An
opportunity for high school juniors to visit the
campus and experiencecollege
Hope
The $50 cost includes round-trip transportation,housing with a current life.
Hope student, meals, activitypass and New York Plane Trip — Feb. 13-14
entertainment.
The planes are scheduled to leave from Albany and Rochester. Students attend classes and academic seminars, and stay with current Hope students. The $210 fee covers transportation,food, lodging and entertainment.
Holland Area Program — March 17 This special program is geared particularlyfor Holland area students who have applied for admission at Hope. The program will give students an opportunity to learn more about “the college in their own back yard.” Junior Day — Friday, April 24 Pre-Medicineand Pre-Engineering Day — Friday,
May
The college
March
Fourth Annual Musical Showcase at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Monday, p.m. Tickets cost $9 each, and may be purchased through the Office of Public Relations.Please call (616)
will present the
9, at 8
394-7860 for additional information.
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht, Feb. 14-22
Eleemosynaryby Lee
Blessing, April
adults and $3 for students. Please call the theatre ticket office between 10 a.m. and 5
be
opening for ticket reservations. The office
is
event, please call (616) 394-7850 or write: Office of Admissions,Hope College, Holland,Mich. 49423.
CHAPEL CHOIR TOUR Sunday, March 1 First Reformed Church; Fremont, Mich. (Pre-Tour) Thursday, March 12 First Reformed Church; South Holland,
111.
Friday, March 13 Brunswick Reformed Church; Brunswick, Ohio Saturday, March 14 Brighton Reformed Church; Rochester, N.Y. Sunday, March 15 First Church in Albany; Albany, N.Y. Monday, March 16 Wellesley Hills UCC; Wellesley Hills, Mass. Wednesday, March 18 The First Reformed Church; Fishkill, N.Y. Thursday, March 19 Griggstown Reformed Church; Princeton, N.J. Friday, March 20 The Presbyterian Church; Sewickley,Pa. Saturday, March 21 Memorial Presbyterian Church; Midland, Mich. Sunday, March 22 Midland Reformed Church; Midland, Mich.
Please see page 14.
ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Regional Events
Clearwater/Tampa,Fla. — Monday, Feb. 24 Lunch with President John H. Jacobson and Robert DeYoung ’56, vice president for college advancement, at Days Inn on Rocky Point Island. Sarasota,Fla. — Tuesday. Feb. 25 Lunch with President Jacobson and Robert DeYoung
’56 at the Sara Bay Country Club. Lansing, Mich. — Tuesday, Feb. 25 Dessert buffet reception at the Kellogg Center (MSU campus) with Dr. Harvey Blankespoor, 1991 national Professorof the Year and the Frederich Garrett and Helen Floor Dekker Professor of Biology at Hope. Punta Gorda, Fla. — Wednesday,Feb. 26 Lunch with President Jacobson and Robert DeYoung ’56 at the Holiday Inn. Naples, Fla. — Thursday, Feb. 27 Lunch with President Jacobson and Robert DeYoung ’56 at CountrysideCountry Club. Grand Rapids, Mich. — Monday, March 9 Musical Showcase at DeVos Hall. Rochester, N.Y.— Saturday, March 14 Chapel Choir performance and reception at Brighton
Reformed Church. Albany, N.Y. — Sunday, March 15 Chapel Choir performance and reception
Musical Showcase
Hope Sports Hotline — (616) 394-7888 ActivitiesInformation — (616) 394—7863
POOR
foreign and classic
for senior citizensand
Hope College students. For more
information on programs and films at the Knickerbocker ,
— Monday, March
9 At DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids, Mich. Alumni Day — Saturday, May 2 Annual Golf Outing — Monday, July 13
WINTER HAPPENING Saturday, Feb. 22 9 a.m. — Registration
at First
Church. Sunday, March 29 Wellesley (Boston), Mass.— Monday, March 16 Home Concert; Dimnent Memorial Chapel (Post-Tour) Chapel Choir performance and reception at Wellesley Sunday, April 5 Hills United Church of Christ. 1st CongregationalChurch; Manistee,Mich. (Post-Tour) Midland, Mich. — Saturday, March 21 Sunday, April 12 Chapel Choir performance and reception at Memorial First Christian Reformed Church; Grosse Pointe Park, Presbyterian Church. Mich. (Post-Tour)
INSTANT INFORMATION
art,
films, and a number of live events. Admission to the theatre'sfilms costs $4 for adults and $3
closed Sundays.
juniors and seniors in high school in the fall of ’92. For further information about any Admissions Office
86 East Eighth Street The Knickerbocker Theatre, open Monday through
p.m. at (616) 394-7890 two weeks prior to each play's
THE ARTS will
Downtown Holland at
Saturday, features a variety of
9-18
Tickets for The Caucasian Chalk Circle and Eleemosynary cost $4 for senior citizens,$5 for other
8
Explorientation’92 — July 13-18 A “mini-college”experiencefor students who
KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE
THEATRE
10 a.m. — Seminars “In Pursuit of Happiness”— Dr. David
Myers
“The King of Instruments; The Instrumentof Kings” — Dr. Huw Lewis “The Russians Came" — by Dr. Sander DeHaan and Soviet students 11 a.m. — “Snails, Streams,
Swamps and Scourges”
Dr. Harvey Blankespoor, 1991 national “Professor of the Year” 12:30 p.m. — Luncheon Maas Center auditorium, featuring a brass quintet 3 p.m. — MIAA Men’s Basketball Versus Olivet College in the Holland Civic Center. Halftime will feature special activities involving the audience.
Admission
to all
Winter Happening events
is
free except for
the luncheon, which costs $6.50, and the basketball game. Tickets for the game cost $3 for adults and $1 for students.
For additional information, contact Relations at (616) 394-7860.
DE PREE
the Office of
Public
GALLERY
Dark Decor — Through March 6 An investigation of the continuing
evolution of the use of
pattern as a means of communicating provocative philosophical, social and political issues.
Recent Accessions — March 16-30 Recent additions to the college’s permanent collection. Senior Art Show — April 5-May 3 The work of graduating seniors. Gallery hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday,10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 1-10 p.m. Admission is free.
WOMEN'S LEAGUE FOR HOPE Kalamazoo Chapter — Saturday, March 7 Style Show at Jacobsons. Contact Jenni Liggett at (616)
343-6464.
Grand Rapids Chapter — Thursday, March 26 Spring Fashion Show. Contact Betty Beemer at (616)
538-8927.
Village Square — Wednesday, June 24
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992
c^k
Hope College: The
Experience
of
Fir st 125 Years
Hope
women
reflected society’s shifting expectations by Larry
J.
Veldman ’24 made who knew her well
Wagenaar ’87
this
remark in 1950: “those
will never forget her.
Intensely interested in the creative talents of This story is part of an on-going series
young people, she was imbued with a desire to counsel and encourage her students to become men and women of character and accomplishment. Her keen enjoyment of the best in music, drama and books was contagious, and a rare talent in play directing stimulated and challenged
appearing in celebration of the college's 125th anniversary.
/j arch is Women’s History Month X nationwide.The contributions of women in the history of Hope College have been significantand their roles have mirrored developments in the nation at large, from being discouragedto pursue higher educationto sharing in the same opportunities available to male students. It was in 1878, slightlymore than 10 years after most of the first eight male graduates left Hope to become ministers, that Dr. Philip Phelps persuaded the Board of Trustees to admit the college’s first female students— his own daughterand one of her friends. Four years later Frances Phelps Otte and Sarah Alcott became the college’s first female
those studying under her.”
i.
Other faculty names you might remember are Laura Alice Boyd, Professor of German (1921-55),Metta J. Ross, Instructorin English and History (1926-41),and Jantina W. Holleman, Professor of Piano and Music Theory (1946-87). Each of these women and many more have made a lasting impact on the life and history of Hope. After World War II an interestingflip-flop from the few women enrolled before 1900 occurred.The war drained more men than women for military service and the number of female students far outstripped the number of male students on campus. Following the conflict, and to this day, Hope has maintainedsimilar numbers of men and women as part of the student body. Except for the First female students who lived at home, women were required to live on campus — first in Voorhees and later in dorms like Durfee (now a male dorm). As" was true in
graduates. For most of the rest of the century, only a handful of
women
received their sheepskin
names include some of the most prominent families in Holland and Hope community history,and these women went on to make their mark. They included Emma Kollen and Cornelia private colleges across the country, until the Cappon, Fannie Steffens and Julia Van Raalte. 1970s rules for women were more strict than Some of the early female graduates had to those for the male students. Many female Hope’s first female graduates. Pictured from left to right are: upper row, endure some interestingtreatment in a time graduates have told me stories of curfews, Sarah G. Alcott 1882 Whitenack,Frances T. Phelps 1882 Otte; lower row, when higher education was seen nationwideas closing hours and receiving a “campus,” a form Lizzie Phelps 1885 and Mary E. Alcott 1885 Diekema. Photograph courtesy a male domain. When Frances Phelps of discipline that severely restricteda student’s of the Hope College Collection of the Joint Archives of Holland. graduatedfrom the preparatory department her activities. male classmates could sit on the platform but In the “Rules Governing Women’s Residence Phelps and Alcott were assigned chairs in the Halls,” in place in the 1940s and ’50s, one can front row. find that freshman women were required to be in Julia Van Raalte ’95 Riemold noted in the reflected the bed with lights out one hour after closing time October, 1950, issue of the Alumni Magazine, Monday through Thursday, all female students in a of cases, as “it was my fate (or fortune) to be the lone had to sign in and out in the evening, and closing woman in the class not only, but the lone hours — when students had to be in — were 0 in the woman in the college department for four p.m. for freshmen and sophomores, 10:15 p.m. years. [The] Preparatory School never swelled of other, colleges. for juniors and 10:30 p.m. for seniors. the number to more than twenty. Daily all During the 1960s, the dual rules for men and girls assembled in an English [department] women were slowly merged into one student basement room in Van Vleck to attend chapel in South America. code. The Archives has documents which in the one-time gymnasium. Once a week we trudged In higher education Grace Durrin ’21 served on the demonstratethe evolution — at one interim point it was across campus to the inviting home of Mrs. Gilmore, our permissible for women to wear bermudas and slacks, but faculty of Bowling Green University as an English Lady Matron, who sought to quicken us to gracious living only after 5 p.m.! professor, Martha Barkema became Professor of Voice at after four years of study. Their
national experience and
Hope
number
women
such 1878, was on
edge
similar
and higher thinking.” Reflecting the
mood
of the time
“During my college course,
Riemold went on,
[the] Sorosis Society
was
inaugurated. But a girl’s society with evening meetings
was too great a departure for a country-sidelass to win parental consent to membership. So there is nothing to remember.” The turn of the century, while the suffrage movement was taking shape, brought a significantincrease in the number of women admittedto Hope. A total of eight women graduatedfrom Hope between 1878 and 1900, but by the time Winifred Durfee came to take the position of Dean of Women in 1909 there were 32 women among the 1
15 students.
women
at that time.
The Alumni Magazine dedicated included N. Elizabeth Esther De
Weerd
The changing role of women both as part of the student body and as members of the faculty and staff have reflected the changes in the society at large. With suffrage, the emergence of politicalrights, and an increasing number of fields opening to women came a larger number of women to Hope to pursue higher education. As the country emerged from World War II and more women could be found in the workplace,it led to an even larger number of fields being open to women and nearly equal numbers of men and women attended Hope.
hospitals and teaching positions before serving in the
brought changes in career goals and student rules on the campus. It could be easy, from the perspective of the 1990s, to look harshly on these developments. But it is much more helpful to place them in a wider context and see how Hope reflected the national experienceand in a number of cases, such as admitting women in 1878, was on the leading edge
mission field
in India.
women across the U.S. moved out-moded ideas and worked toward equality of opportunity, the Hope community reflected these
six
pages to women in
Zwemer
These
’21 Pickens in China,
'28 in India, and Martha Vanderberg ’32
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992
—
past
in some cases taking leading steps. remarkable women often associated with Hope are graduates; many were (and are) part of the faculty or staff. Winifred Durfee was one of them, serving as Dean of Women from 1909 until her retirement in 1936. Many students rememberedDurfee’stalents. Pearl
changes
Not
various mission fields in the October 1950 issue.
1
Baylor University, and Eva Van Schaak ’29 taught Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. As the college entered the 1930s the field of medicine was beginning to open up. Of the six women profiled in 1950 who entered the medical field, all but one graduated between 1929-34. These graduates included Bemadine Siebers-De Valois ’30, Head of the Ear, Nose Throat Department at Vellore Medical College and Hospital; Vivian Behrmann ’34, who was serving as a Research Physiologist at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit; and Eva Tysse ’29 McGilvray, who served in a variety of biology at
At each juncture, as
As the century progressedmore of these graduates were going on to noted careers in higher educationand missions, two of the growing number of fields open to
admitting leading
all
movement for
Finally the
equal rights and opportunities
of other, similar colleges. Larry J. of
Wagenaar '87
is
Holland, which cares for
archivist of the Joint Archives the
Hope College archival
collection.
FIVE
Olympic dreams why not? by Eva Dean Folkert ’83
Why
not indeed! She was
be invited
career. Now what do
revered things. Tucked away and
who
held safely in memory, those dreams fantasy of adulthood. Only a fortunatefew have an opportunity to make their dreams
come true. Rob Peel ’87 and DeeAnn Knoll '88 are part of that rare class who are turning their childhood dreams into adulthood reality. Both Peel and Knoll are 1992 Olympic hopefuls, each in a different sport, each with a
dream. Both were superior athletes
The odds
still carry
to
is
I
do?’ confesses Knoll,
single.
from team. But after finding that arrangementwas too hard on the company and herself, Knoll went cold turkey last June, moved out of her apartment with two-months still left on her lease, put her furnitureinto storage, packed up the car and moved permanently to the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Initially,she took a leave of absence
symbolize the aspirationsof youth and the
while at Hope and both
good enough
join the team.
“When I made the team, I was excited but I was thinking,T can’t do this. I’ve got a
hildhood dreams are fragile and
different
to
her job to train with the
Springs.
“Many times
that label.
I’ve said to myself, T can’t
new
believe I’m doing this.’ But this is a
of their reaching top-flight
God has
internationalcompetition seem great but
challenge and
when dreams are put to the test, the desire to make them come true can be great enough to silence the oddsmakers.
put things in place for me to be here,” says
“This
is a
chance at
dream,” says Knoll,
a
“and I’m just glad to have “I I
remember watching
the
Olympics when
was younger and thinking how great it must
be but never thinking it could possibly happen to me,” says Peel. “But now.
.
.
Knoll. It has not been easy, though. Knoll has struggled a bit with learning the new sport and dealing with the ultra-intense competition
chance.”
a
like that. I also feel
I
”
and a myriad of administrativepolicies that are very
much
and knowing
But now both are one step from
a part of international
competition. “I was used to walking out on to I
was going
court
a
to be able to play
for a
well. I was also used to the Christian environmentat Hope and the laid-back recreationleague in Chicago. But I’ve
officially
decided I’m going to stick with this and keep
Barcelona’s door. Their routes to Spain, though, are quite different.Knoll
is
training
team sport; Peel’s is individual. Knoll is employed by a divisionof the United States Olympic Committee;Peel holds
going as long as God wants me to play.” Knoll
a full-timejob while he trains. Knoll recently “fell” into her sport; Peel has been with his for
more than
10 years.
a
$200
living on her savings and the
is
month she makes from
the U.S.
Team
Handball Federation. (She also gets room and
Amazingly,these
two excellentathletes didn’t even know each
board from the Federation.) Some support
other while students at Hope.
from
• •
•
friends and family, as well as a little
financial aid from the
For a shot at Olympic glory, Knoll found
combines the specialized 2 letters,four all-MIAA selections, and one league MVP award while at Hope. Employing her jumping ability from volleyball, her the one sport that
talents that she used in three sports tOv’yin
1
Olympic Committee,
helps her pay off her student and car loans.
“Team handball
not exactly a visible sport,
is
doing well enough to keep
Olympic
and her arm strengthfrom softball, Knoll
Barcelona. Though she
a
positionon the national women’s
Team handball is a fast-paced European sport. “The best way I can describe it,” says it is
squad, she
is
like water polo without the
water.” On an indoor court, six court players and a goalie dribble and pass, but can hold no longer than three seconds, a palmable soccer ball with the intentionof scoring a goal in a
six-foot by nine-foot net. The players must
make
Knoll’s arrival on the nationalteam of an accident.
And
volleyballwas the vehicle that drove her there.
An advertisement calling for athletes to come to open volleyballtry-outs for the 1991
Pan-Am Games caught fall
Knoll’s eye in the
of 1990. The MI A A
MVP
in volleyball
her senior year. Knoll had remainedactive in an “A” level league in Chicago after graduation. (She was a systems support consultantfor Hewitt and Associates in Lincolnshire,111.) With some encouragement from friendsand former Hope coach
Donna
Eaton, Knoll decided, “Why not? I’ve got nothing to lose.” At those try-outs with Knoll got cut the
first
is
30 other hopefuls,
competing with 23 women openings.And to her disadvantage, Knoll is nursing a knee injury that kept her from travelingwith the team to Europe for a second time. is
“Many people just
day. (The national
nationalteam handball squad was doing
tall;
Olympics,”she says, “but you have to be really good and make sacrifices to get there.” Knoll is learning how to do both. 1
• •
some
cut from volleyball
to give their sport a shot. Again, Knoll said
SIX
1992 Olympics — Knoll
•
remember my approach then and
negative pressure. Now I’m just trying to see
finished two places behind Peel in seventh.
most enjoyable thing about swimming for me was being a part of a team,” says Peel. “The only reason I went back was because a co-worker talked me into taking a swim fitness class at the YMCA in Grand Haven. “Now, all of the sudden I’m swimming as fast as I thought I could go while at Hope but “I took all that time off because the
together the things I’ve always needed. And
Since then. Peel has continued to
10-time All-America,1987 league
and Division
III
nationalchampion in
50-yard freestyle while
at
Hope, Peel has vengeance.
gotten back in the pool with a And he says his only intentionwas to see
my event, those things are strengthand power.” The 50-meter freestyle is an all-out sprintingevent in which Peel bursts off the for
blocks and maintains the explosion for the
how
how
it
was all
fast I can go. I’m very confident,not
necessarilythat but that
I’ll
go
I'll
my
make
the
Olympic team
best time. If I do that, I’ll
be happy.” A stock broker for Raffensperger, Hughes
& Co.
in Holland, Peel, a bachelor “with
no
social life,”covers all his training expenses.
His travelingexpenses, however, are paid by his sponsor, The Associated Group, the parent
company
of Raffensperger.
At the Olympic Trials in March in Indianapolis,only the two top swimmers from each event make the U.S. team. In 1988, Peel
knew he was a long shot; in 1992, he has upgraded his chances to “dark horse” status. “Right now, it’s not a matter of physical
me
ability but mental toughness that separates
from
the big boys.”
All this comes from a man who never intended to be a swimmer. Only because he
length of the pool, taking only two breaths the
got cut from the varsity basketballteam as a
way. His training regimen now includes more weight lifting and fewer hours in the pool. Currently,Peel swims with the Hope team, and coach John Patnottfeels his former pupil has a chance at becoming one of the top eight swimmers in the country. “The way I look at it, I’m 26, and I almost
junior in high school did Peel turn to the pool
entire
feel as though
make
doing so, has qualifiedfor the Olympic Trials
MVP
chance
swimming.
Most recently, Peel placed fifth at the U.S. Open meet in Minneapolis, clocking 22.98 in the 50-meter freestyle, the sixth fastest time by an American in that event this year. Superstar and 1988 Olympian Matt Biondi
Olympic Swimming Trials in Austin, Texas. He had qualifiedfor the trials a year earlier after graduating from Hope. Flashback March, 1989; Peel has not put one toe in a pool since the Olympic Trials. Flashback August, 1989: Peel is still not swimming. Flashback August, 1990: Ditto, Flashback March, 1991: Peel returnsto competition at a Masters Regional swim meet in Grand Rapids, Mich. With only a couple months of training, he sets a state record for the 25-29 age group with a 21 .4 time in the at the U.S.
the
are pursuing a
fast he could still go.
out of 83 swimmers in the 50-meter freestyle
A
Hope athleteswho
in team handball, and Peel in
never did,” admits Peel. “I’m putting
again.
recruitingthere and invited some of the
who had been
see the glory part of the
Masters state and nationalrecords fall and, in
only five-foot-eleven.) But the
athletes
the
50-yard freestyle. 1
team was not taking anyone under 6-foot she
member of
Flashback August, 1988: Peel finishes 27th
goal when attempting to score.
bit
is a
for a chance at one of 16
stay behind a six-meter arc in front of the
handball squad was a
the travelingteam to
not guaranteed a spot at the
Olympics. She
team handball squad last spring.
Knoll, “is that
Trials to
'88 and Robert Peel '87 are stand-out
head above
water.” This June, Knoll must “try out” again at the
quickness and ball-handling from basket-ball, earned
my
DeeAnn Knoll
to participatein the
so we’re not raking in the bucks, but I’m
I
know
I
have an obligationto do this.
that sounds weird, but I’ve gotten to
the point where I feel I have a lot
improvement in me. Time
is
more
short. In terms
much of one. knew the Olympic Trials would be my last meet. I thought I had to have the race of my life and it didn’t happen. I of sacrifice, I don’t feel this is
“In 1988,
1
instead.
“Back then, I thought basketballwas it for me. I was devastated when I got cut. As it turns out, it’s the greatest thing that ever
happened to me.” The greatest thing that could happen to both Knoll and Peel would be to need to book a flight on Iberian Airlinesthis summer. Either way, though, the memories they’re making now are surely of the somedayril-tell-my-grandchildren variety. And in telling those stories, Rob Peel and
DeeAnn Knoll
might possibly perpetuate
those childhood dreams,
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992
Hope to build an
Presidential perspective
endowment
in the
Future
to help the college stay up to date in
laboratory equipment. Our faculty have done
yeoman
service in obtaining grants to buy specificpieces of equipment, but the college needs to provide, in a regular
Hope family helped
set goals for vital
way, for the periodic replacement of equipment.
new campaign
What news from Hope College asked President John H. Jacobson to share his thoughts concerning Hope in the Future and the profound impact the capital campaign will have on Hope College.
will
strengtheningthe college’s Christian
life
and
witness entail?
One major dimension is adding a Dean of the Chapel who Chapel program.Providing access for our
will strengthen the
improvement improvement
what makes possible the we are now seeking to fund.
to our facilities is in
program
that
students to outstanding Christian speakers of national stature is
part of it. Other
dimensionsinclude providing support for
our faculty and students to pursue scholarly interests which
Why
unite faith and learning,and enhanced opportunitiesfor
$50 million?
Several lines of thought converge on the setting of the
$50
million goal. The strategic plan set directionsfor academic
program improvement,student financialaid, the enhancement of the Christian life of the campus, and facilities improvements that will require a sum of that magnitude to carry out. Other colleges with whom we compare ourselves, and with whom, in a sense, we compete, have recently conducted successful major fund drives with goals of $50 million. These include Kalamazoo College, Albion College and Ohio Wesleyan College.Finally, professional counsel whose help we have sought has informed us that given the attitudes and means of Hope’s constituencies,the goal of $50 million is achievable.
You mentioned building endowment to support the campaign’s foci, and that most of the funds raised will In 1989 and 1990, the college conducted the
Hope
in the
Future strategic planning process.Certainlythe fact that the campaign shares the name is significant. What role did the strategic plan play in developingthe campaign’s goals? The goals of the campaign came from the directionsset by the strategic plan. The purpose of the campaign is to enable Hope to continue to do well and to build upon its strong foundation. The strategic plan identifiedspecificgoals for Hope in the 1990s. The campaign will give Hope the means
endowment. What is endowment? Endowment is like the money a family puts in
the
bank to
help defray major expenditures and to guard against financial reverses. It provides an element of predictability in the
endowment is
will the facilities
is
improvementsmean
to
Hope?
an important aspect of the campaign, though it
is
How
strong has support for the campaign’s goals been
so far?
The reaction among our constituencieshas been extremely positive. Over half of the goal has already been received in gifts and pledges— even before the
campaign has been announced publicly. Enhancing our academic program, improvingfinancialaid, developing the Christian life and wimess of the campus and selectivelyimprovingfacilitiesare
also gave me, as a fairly new president in 1989, a way of administration through dialogue with
the college’s constituencies. It assured that the directionsfor the college in the 1990s
What
prominent that it was in the last campaign. Some facilities improvement is always necessary. Purposes include the improvement of the Kletz and the Buys Athletics Field (already concluded), improvement to the Chapel and a new instructionfacility for the Department of Modem and Classical Languages.
constituenciesin the task of setting directionsfor the future.
my
American minorities,including those who are members of Reformed Church.
the
far less
Why was the strategic plan undertaken? Hope has been a strong institution for many years. The strategic plan aimed at identifyingareas in which Hope’s strengths could best be developedover the next few years. The strategic planning process involved all of Hope’s It
college to make attendance possible for members of
This
to achieve those goals.
setting the goals of
Why the emphasis on strengtheningstudent financial aid? While Hope has kept tuition and fees below those of comparable colleges,our financialaid funds are also less than those of comparable colleges. There is danger that, unless we can improve our financialaid resources, many students who would be right for Hope, and for whom Hope would be right, will be prevented from attending. We need to improve our financialaid resources for the sake of students of all kinds and backgrounds.Two special categories of concern are Reformed Church young people and young people who are members of American minorities. Adequate financialaid will help the college to continue to attract Reformed Church young people, who have been so important to the college in the past. It will also help the
build
finances of a family— or of a college. An
students in significantchurch and community service.
would be widely understood and
goals that our constituentsunderstand and strongly support.
supported by our constituencies. Hope in the Future, the
well-understood base Future, the campaign.
strategic plan, provides a rational and for the goals of
Hope
in the
invested and the proceeds of the investment are used to fund
And now Hope in the Future, the campaign, will help Hope realize the future envisionedin the strategic plan? Yes. The major goals of the campaign are enhancingthe academic program,improving student financialaid, strengthening the college’s Christian life and witness, and selectivelyimprovingour physical facilities. The strategic plan identifieda variety of ways in which these overall goals would be pursued.The campaign will supply the financial means to undertake the specificimprovements recommended
specificaspects of the college’s program. For example, the library
endowment we
are seeking will
help to fund acquisitionsof books and periodicalsand
some
library services. Endowed professorships are used to attract
and hold outstanding faculty in critical areas of the academic program. Endowed scholarship funds are used to provide needed assistanceto deserving students year after year. Endowment is used to support ongoing needs rather than one
What do you hope the constituencywill remember about Hope in the Future? 1 hope Hope in the Future will be remembered as having had a substantialimpact on life at the college — from helping more students realize the dream of pursuing a Hope education, to enhancing the value of the academic program to providing an even more meaningfulChristian experience. I believe the campaign’seffectsin these areas will be significant, and all who help make possible their realization should be quite proud.
^
time needs.
in the strategic plan.
The decade of the 1980s was a period of outstanding development of our campus facilitiesand the major thrust of the last campaign, which concludedfive years ago, was building construction. The major emphasis of the current campaign is upon endowment to assure high program quality.
Why
those areas in particular?
Colleges, like other institutions, have differentneeds at differenttimes in their historical development. Having
come
to the end of an era of rapid and dramatic facilities
improvement,we now have
the opportunity to concentrate
our effort on new priorities, the priorities identifiedin the strategic plan.
To
illustrate,the centerpiece of the last
campaign was the construction of the magnificent new Van Wylen Library. An element of the current campaign is to build a library endowment that will upgrade the strength of our library collectionand library services. The earlier
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992
We’ve mentioned the campaign’s four major commitments — enhancing the academic program; strengtheningChristianlife and witness; strengthening student financial aid; and improving campus facilities. Perhaps we can examine each a bit more closely. What will enhancing the academic program involve? Enhancingthe academic program happens in many ways. The addition of endowed professorshipsis one. Thus far in the campaign four such professorshipshave been pledged, of which two have been designated,and more are expected. These professorshipsenable the college to attract outstanding faculty to areas of currentacademicneed, or possibly to retain
outstanding faculty we already have who are being recruited elsewhere. Over time endowed professorshipscan have a major, positive impact on the quality and morale of the faculty. 1
have already mentioned the impact of the
the collectionand services in the library.
We
endowment on are also seeking
SEVEN
Hope
Future
in the
Co-chairs share belief in value of Hope experience T^hey’d
X
never say
describe
it
themselves,but ask others to
Max Boersma '46 and
and you're likely to encounter words like “hard-working” and “dedicated.” Prompt Boersma and Miller to describe why they are involved in the life of Hope College, and you’re likely to hear “fun” and “worthwhile.” The truth found in both lines of questioningis that Hope in the Future’s national co-chairsare hard-working and dedicated, all the more so on Hope’s behalf because what they do is done as a labor of love. “I have come to value Hope as something that is irreplaceable,and as a result something that needs to be nurtured, grown and protected, all at the same time — because if it were ever to disappear, it couldn’t be replaced,” Miller said. “I find
family — we’re probably typical Hope loyalists.”
myself seeking in business associates people
who have ethics and values, and that’s what I find that Hope offers that is so unique,” he said. “The college not only offers academic excellenceand motivated
be associated in whatever
Hope
“It’s fun to
And the campaign’s co-chairshave been associated Hope in just about every way. Both are Hope alumni; both married Hope alumni;
with
both have children that attended or are attending
Hope. They
are each currently
members
and officers of
the college’s Board of Trustees. Miller’s wife
Nancy
is
Hope, while Boersma’s wife Connie is the daughter of the late Milton L. Hinga, who served Hope as dean of students, coach and teacher from 1931-60. In addition. Miller’s mother is a Hope alumna: Martha Muller ’24 Miller. Boersma, who lives in Grand Rapids, Mich., is executivevice president with Mazda Great Lakes, and has been with the company for 31 years. He holds bachelor’s and master’s of business administration degrees from the Universityof Michigan. He has been a member of the college’s Board of dean
young people, but helps instill a sense of right and wrong — and I find that most people without that sense of right and wrong eventually fail.” “The college’s size and academic program, its commitment to the whole Division III idea in sports, and of course its Christian orientation all become even more importantto me as the years go by,” Boersma said. “Hope has done so many good things for my
si
Boersma said. way.”
“It’s just fun to be here,”
Phil Miller '65,
for the social sciences at
Trustees for
1
0 years, serving as secretary for the
duration, is past president of the college’s
Alumni
AssociationBoard of Directors and has been an active supporter of Hope in general — including as co-chairof the very successful
Campaign for Hope
Chairs
for
the
Future Goals
Academic Program
$22,750,000
School Board, and together they have served as foster parents through the juvenile court system and initiated a Big Brother program in Grand Rapids. They are long-time,and active, members of Central Reformed Church in Grand Rapids. Boersma is retiring in March, shortly after which he and Connie will move to Holland,providing an opportunityfor him to become involved in Hope in yet
Distinguished Professorships
Library Endowment
Research Center Life
and Witness
$ 3,250,000
Chair for the Dean of the Chapel The Chaplain’s Office The Institute for Christian Scholarship
Strengthening Student Financial Aid
$16,000,000
Endowed Scholarship Funds, Need-based and Merit-based RCA Endowed Scholarship Fund
Improving Campus Facilities
$8,000,000
Language Arts Facility Athletic/IntramuralFacilities
Dimnent Chapel Renovations DeWitt Theatre Renovations Peale Science Center Renovations
EIGHT
Appropriately,their new home will be on 24th Street, from campus. “I always said I’d like to retire halfway between the football field and the library — and that’s not too far off that," he said. Miller, who lives in Holland, is executivevice president of Howard Miller Clock Company of Zeeland, Mich. Howard Miller is the world’s largest manufacturer of grandfather clocks and the only full-line clock maker in the United States. He notes that he literally grew up in the business, beginning at age 10 when he started caring for the company’s lawn. Until he completed his education, when he joined the company full-time, he worked in the firm’s factory every night after school and during the summers, working in every department,such as machining, cabinet assembly, finishing and clock assembly. Like Boersma, he holds an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. A member of the college’s Board of Trustees for three years. Miller is currently the Board’s vice chairperson.He is also on the Board of Directors of Bethany Christian Services, the largest adoption agency in the United States. In addition, he is a past president and board member of the NationalAssociationof HousewaresManufacturers of Chicago, 111. He and his wife, Nancy Sonneveldt ’62 Miller, have three children:Christopher, Derek (a Hope freshman) and Melinda. Active supporters of the college and active members of Christ Memorial Church in Holland, of which Phil is past vice president, they also help coordinate Christmas gifts for 350 foster children and orphans under the care of Bethany Christian Services. Jt less than a mile
Academic Equipment Student-Faculty Research Faculty Development Funds
TOTAL GOAL
intends to enroll in courses at both the
history, to music to literature.
Faculty Development Chairs
Strengthening Christian
way. He
college and Western TheologicalSeminary, pursuing his interestin subjects ranging from theology, to
Senior Faculty
Social Science
national
’75, Elizabeth’77 Jasperse and Paul ’82. The Boersmas are also interested in young people in general — Max spent nine years on the Grand Rapids
another
Enhancing
Max Boersma '46,
co-chairsof Hope in the Future, have many Hope connections.Both are Hope alumni; both married Hope alumni; both have children that attended or are attending Hope; both are currently officers of the college's Board of Trustees. They also believefirmly in what Hope has to offer.
capital
campaign. He and his wife, Connie Hinga ’49 Boersma, have three children, all of whom attendedHope: William
in the
Phil Miller '65 (left) and
$50,000,000
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Hope
Campaign an opportunity A s far as Max DePree '48 is conJr\. cemed, Hope in the Future is the right
campaign, at
One reason DePree
feels the
reasons.
received the acceptance
And DePree, chairperson of the college’s Board of Trustees, is confident the campaign
of the
will succeed — because it’s too important to
process of 1989 and 1990.
is
essential,
enjoyed
in the Future strategic
“I feel very
“Christian,liberal education
it’s
campaign has is
that
goals are derived from the con-clusions
Hope
other dimensions. Accordingly, the campaign has an
million goal.
its
good about
planning
endowment
focus
— endowmentfor
scholarships,for an institute for Christian scholarship,for facultychairs, and the Carl Frost Center for Social Science Research and the library, among other needs.
that,” he said.
Conventionalwisdom holds
that the
“The process brought together a wide variety
public can more readily accept a plea for
of people, not only geographically, but also
“bricks and mortar” than for endowment, but
DePree said. “Tuition alone doesn’t come anywhere near
from
to covering its cost.”
the college.”
DePree believes the Hope constituency will understand the profound importance of building the college’s endowment base.
and
its
survival depends upon people giving
sacrificially to support it,”
“Without this campaign, Hope would find it much more difficult to compete in what is becoming an increasingly competitive world of higher education,” he said. “We wouldn’t be able to attract the faculty that we need. We wouldn’t be able to compete for the students that we need. And we wouldn’tbe able to keep up with the changes that are taking place.” Fortunately,all signs thus far are good.
DePree has been impressedwith
the positive
response the campaign has received— from
the perspectives of gender and age, as
well as both alumni and others interestedin
“And
1
think they did an absolutely
“Increased
endowment will
help
Hope
outstanding job of analyzing the situation and
continue to be, and continue to develop as,
coming up with projectionsfor the future and makes a lot of sense,” DePree
the outstanding, Christian liberal arts college
a strategythat
that it is,” DePree said. “It will do so,
said. “I think the fund drive is based on a
moreover,while allowing qualifiedstudents of many economic backgroundsto afford
very legitimatestrategic study.”
—
assistanceit will provide or by enabling the
Christian faith,” he said. “It
not be the current drive’s primary concern.
college to keep
essentialthat we foster the sense that
The planners did concludethat there are improvements and additions to be made, but
possible.”
noted that the success of the college’s
our society faces, it becomes obvious that
“And
either through the scholarship
I
its
tuition as low as
think as we look at the challenges
Hope
previous two campaigns in particularhad so
there is
offers — not only for quality academic
Hope
instruction, but for a
in the Future's
emphasis should be on
a
is
absolutely
we
must all be wise stewards of the world in
well fostered the campus’ development that
Campaign has endowment focus
the
college’s Board of Trustees.
Hope
of the
behalf,to the financialcontributionsthat
Max DePree '48, chairpersonof
One conclusion reached by the planners was that the college’s physical facilitiesneed
the reception of its aims, to the
involvement hundredsof volunteers working on its
Future
“shape leaders”
already exceed more than half of the $50
the right time for the right
fail.
to
in the
desperate need for what
grounding in the
which we
live, and that
we each have an
obligationto use our gifts well.”
“We
have an opportunity through this
campaign to shape the leaderswho will shape the world of tomorrow,”DePree said.
^
Hope campaigns make major impact
JJope
in the Future emphasizes adding endowment, which will be invested. The proceeds of the investment will provide on-going support for the needs addressed by the campaign. The campaign will provide $22,750,000 for enhancing the academic program. Components include endowed chairs for senior faculty members, faculty development
campaign especially appropriate, since he closed his 5-year presidency with the conclusionof the Campaign for Hope in
chairs, distinguished professorships,
1987.
academic equipment,support for student facultyresearch, faculty development funds,
million campaign brought the college the
M.
A.
Dr. Gordon
Van Wylen was
before the public announcement of the Build
Hope campaign. That made
the
timing of the next (and most recent)
1
Launched
in January of 1985, the
$26
receive $16 million through Hope in the
Van Wylen Library, the Maas Conference Center and the Admissions House. The Campaign for Hope also provided additional endowment for
Future. Several need-based and merit-
student financial aid, operation of the
based scholarships will be created, including
Student and Cultural Center, and the start
new library, and the purchaseand maintenance of up-to-dateinstructional equipment. Ekdal Buys ’37 of Holland, Mich., has played a leadership role in each of the campaigns, and was chairperson of the college’s Board of Trustees from October of 1961 through October of 1966. He is currently an honorary trustee and a member of the Hope in the Future Steering Committee. The campaigns’ impact on the campus itself would be obvious to someone able to go back in time and experienceHope before each occurred. In addition, however. Buys values benefits that are
of funding for the Peale Science Center,
not as apparent — such as the
library
endowment and
support for the Frost
Center for Social Science Research.
The college’s financialaid program will
many through
a $5 million fund
designed
specificallyfor students from the
RCA.
Christian life and witness at Hope will be supported by $3,250,000.Emphases include
endowing
a chair for a
new Dean
of the
Chapel, supporting the programs of the Chaplain’s Office and developing an Institute for Christian Scholarship.
The remaining$8 million will be devoted campus’ physical plant. A new
The college's successful capita! campaigns have played a major role in shaping the college, both physically and academically.Ekdal Buys '37, who has played a leadership role in each, stands in the lobby of Graves Hall with the honor roll of donors who contributed to Looking Ahead with Hope, which was launched in 1959.
to the
ope in the Future follows a series
language arts facility is planned, as are renovations of the college’s athletic and intramural facilities,Dimnent Memorial Chapel, the DeWitt Center theatreand the Peale Science Center. Students are already benefittingfrom the
new campaign. Renovationsof
the college’s
track and field facilities,including the
construction of the new Lugers Fieldhouse,
named
t
J.
inaugurated as college president shortly
James and Leona Lugers, and the addition of a second soccer field, were completed in the fall of 1991. The college has also already received 36 endowed scholarships. In addition,two endowed facultychairs, which the college is in the process of filling,have been designated: the "Robert W. Haack Chair of Economics” and the “Elmer E. Hartgerink Endowed Professorship in Chemistry.”Jr for donors
JL-EGE, FEBRUARY
1992
of successful capital campaigns have contributed significantlyto the quality of Hope College. Looking Ahead with Hope, formally launched late in 1959 with a $3 million goal under President Irwin J. Lubbers ’17, raised funds for the construction of Van Zoeren Library, VanderWerfHall, the Nykerk Hall of Music and several residence halls. The campaign’s other that
foci included additional endowment for faculty salaries.
Not
a capital campaign in the
sense as
its
same
colleagues, the Centennial
Decade Master Plan, introduced in conjunctionwith the college’s 100th birthday in 1966, developed an outline
for the campus’ growth through 1976. The Master Plan, initiated under President Calvin A. VanderWerf'37,
realized the construction of the
the
DeWitt
Wynand Wichers Addition to Nykerk
relationshipsthat have been built through
Hall of Music and two residence halls.
the years. He has also been touched by
Build Hope, which, went public in October of 1972, was an $8.85 million campaign that helped bring the college the Peale Science Center and the Dow Center, and enabled Hope to transform Lubbers Hall from a science building to a center for the humanitiesand social sciences. Also among the goals was
the selflessnesswith which others have
obtaining
endowment for
scholarships,
faculty development and faculty salaries.
become involved. “I think that the process of involvementhas been one of the great things in the campaigns,”he said. “We used to call on alumni, then we startedto call on parents of students and friends of the college, and it’s developed into a loyalty of people that we never really saw before."
^
NINE
Hope
in the
Future Campaign Co-Chairs
The Steering Committee Nearly 750 volunteers nationwide will be involved
in
meeting
Hope
in the
of
Future’s $50
million goal. All will be coordinated through the
Campaign’s Steering Committee, which is comprised of the chairpersons of the campaign’s eight major committees and divisions: the Board
Board
of Trustees
Max
Trustees Fund, Leadership Gifts,
Holland/ZeelandArea, National Alumni, National Parents and Friends, National Church, Faculty and Staff, and National Corporate and Foundations. Several regional committees will
Philip Miller
Co-Chairs
complete the volunteer network.
Leadership Gifts
Fund
DePree
Boersma
Max
John
Schrier
- Cook Peter
Theresa Staal
Tri-Chairs
Joel
Bouwens
John
Hanson
Kris
DePree
-
Peter
Co-Chairs
Huizenga
Richard Cantos Marianne Hageman
Jerrald Redeker Fred
Vandenberg
Rachel
VanderWerf
Divisional Chairs
Gary
DeWitt
-
-
Larry Mulder
Beth
TEN
Marcus
Co-Chairs
National
Vandenberg
Alumni
Dave Cole and Carol Cole
Co-Chairs National Parents and Friends
-- -
Roger Vander Kolk Phyllis Hooyman William Reynolds Co-Chairs Hope College Faculty and Staff
Co-Chairs National Church
-
- -
Vandenberg Gretchen
—
Co-Chairs Holland / Zeeland Area
-
Fred
-
Richard Kruizenga
-
Chair National Corporate and Foundations
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBROARY 1992
ALUMNI NEWS by Janet Mielke ’84
Hall, one of the Midwest’s finest
Pinkham
more than 200 students. A review of last year’s performance describedthe quality and diversity of the ensembles and music as “astonishing.” The Hope College Chapel Choir begins its annual spring tour on March 2 and 13, with stops in suburban Chicago and Cleveland,followed by performances in New York State, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Every stop on the Chapel Choir’s tour is special,but their Sunday, March 15, event is unique. The performance marks the beginningof a year-long celebration honoring the nation’s second-oldestRCA church. 1992 is the 350th anniversary of First Church of Albany, N.Y., and if you live in the Albany area this is a celebratory event you will not want to talent of
ith the
T
snow having formed a
sparkling white blanket, the
campus seems even more
beautiful than
enchantment
before. There is a sense of
as one strolls the campus at night. Passing
Dimnent Chapel, the
brightly
tower cross shines through the thickly fallingsnow flakes. It is as
lit
bell
campus is arrayed
if
in preparation for
the
our
annual Winter Happening celebration. This year’s Winter Happening will take place on Saturday, Feb. 22. Always a highlight of the winter njonths, the
event features a full day of entertainment and education.
Among the scheduled activitiesare seminars by faculty members on everythingfrom pipe organ music, to “who is happy and why,” to a panel presentation hosted in part by our visiting Soviet students. A special Juncheon with music by the brass quintet will be held in the Maas Center auditorium.Capping off the day is the final basketball game of the regular MIAA season, which pits the Flying Dutchmen against the Olivet Comets. Don’t miss your opportunityto return to college for a day! Many of you who live outside the West Michigan area will also be able to attend Hope events. President Jacobson and Vice President Bob DeYoung ’56 will be hosting luncheons in Florida the last week of February. Feb. 24 will find them in Tampa, followed by Sarasota on Feb. 25, Punta Gorda on Feb. 26 and Naples on Feb. 27. Share in all the latest Hope news and enjoy the warm fellowship of other Hopeites. On Feb. 25, mid-Michiganalumni, parents and friends will gather in East Lansing at the Kellogg Center for a reception with the 1991 National Professor of the Year — Hope’s own biology professor, Harvey Blankespoor. Dr. Blankespoor will present an encore of the slide presentation he
made
at the
Smithsonian Institutionupon receipt of his award. Join us for this fascinating chronicle of his unique research. March ushers in a host of musical events designed to lift your spirits with melodious harmonies. Musical Showcase, a special concert performed by the choirs, orchestra, jazz and wind ensembles, and soloistsof the music department,will take place on March 9. Held in Grand Rapids, Mich.’s DeVos
ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers Jeffrey
Cordes '80, President,Dallas, Texas
John Abe '79, Vice President,Naperville,111.
Thelma Leenhouts
'66,
Secretary.Washington, D.C.
Board Members William Aardema '79, Parchment, Mich. John Broadbcnt '79, Livonia,Mich. Cal Bruins '61, Phoenix, Ariz. StanleyC. Busman '73, Minneapolis, Minn. Garrett E.
DeGraff '71, Averill Park, N.Y.
Sue Bruggink '73 Edema, Grand Rapids, Mich. Marianne Hageman '58. De Pere, Wis. Betty Whitaker '62 Jackson, West Melbourne, Fla. Janet Lawrence'80, Albany, N.Y. JenniferPayette'92, Flint, Mich. Chris Turtcstra '93, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
1
30s
class notes
auditoriums, the concert highlights the
Bernadine Siebers ’30 DeValoisis enjoying News and information for class notes,marriages, births, advanceddegrees and deaths are compiled for news from Hope College by Greg Olgers '87. All submissions received by the Public Relations Office by Monday, Jan. 13, have been included in this
issue. Because of the lead time required by this
publication'sproduction schedule, submissions received after that date (with the exception of obituarynotices), have been held for the next issue, the
deadline for which is Monday, March 2.
20s
seniors'group and women's ministryat Springs
Community Church (RCA). Carl Postma ’30 of Sanborn, Iowa, has been teaching the same Sunday School class for 30 years. During the summer of 1991 he attended the 40th wedding anniversary of H. Sidney Heersma ’30. Evelyn Wierda ’33 Monroe in November resigned as Pittsford
Alonzo Wierenga ’26 of South Haven, Mich., has writtenOur Heritage of Hope, a historyof Hope Reformed Church in South Haven. He notes that copies are availableat the church office: 365 Monroe Blvd.; South Haven, MI 49090
(Mich.) township treasurer after serving
30-and-one-half years. She is a member of the Republican State Committee from the Michigan Second District.
1
60th Reunion Class of 1932
Alumni Weekend May 1-3
65th Reunion Class of 1927
Alumni Weekend May 1-3
A rich sampling of composers and styles promises a choir program to the complete tour scheduleplease consult page four of this
Hartger Winter ’27
issue.
on Dec. 6, 1991.
hope you are planning now to attend one of the biggest alumni events of the year: Alumni Weekend 1992, May 1-3, when 11 classes from 1927-1977 will be celebrating their reunion anniversaries. The planning committees are already hard at work to ensure that this will be the best reunion ever.
Mary Crouch
I
Residents' Council, and continues to beactive in the
for
miss.
remember. For
retirementin Colorado Springs,Colo.,at the Viewpointe retirementcommunity. She has been electedto a second term as a member of the
of
Allegan, Mich., and his wife
Katherine celebratedtheir 65th wedding anniversary ’27
Zwemer
recentlymoved from
Annette Witanek '33 White of South Hadley, Mass., is busy showing slides (travelogs), of which she has 8,000. in schools,churches and clubs. She has been in 55 countries,from Asia, Europe, South America and Africa,including Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Siberia, Mongolia and South Africa. Jim Zwemer ’33 of Punta Gorda, Fla., had a slight
Augusta, Maine, to “a very nice retirementhome:
stroke in August, but reports that he
The Highlands
George Douma ’36 is serving as winter pastor at the
Brunswick, the
Topsham, Me., just outside home of Bowdoin College.”
of
is
doing fine.
Palmetto Palms Trailer Court in Fort Myers, Fla.
Bring Hope into your
home
alumni alert If you have not already receivedit, a preliminarymailing should be arriving in your mailbox shortly. It will fill you in on all the special activitiesbeing organized for this memorable weekend. There is still time for you to join in the fun and provide your input. If you would like to be a part of your class reunion committee, we would welcome your talents. Please contact me or your class
representative.
Reunions for the classes of 1982 and 1987 are scheduled for Homecoming Weekend, October 16-18, 1992. Planning committees are now forming.
Alumni Office for more information. I am excited about the many upcoming Please contact the
gatherings and treasure the opportunities to celebrate our
mutual Hope bond.
As
the scheduled activitiessuggest, there truly is something for everyone to enjoy. I hope you will reserve these dates to enjoy rich Hope fellowshipand look forward to seeing you at one or more of the events. Should you have questionsor would like additional information regardingany of the events, please contact me at the Alumni Office (616) 394-7860. Another reunion reminder: Camp Geneva and Conference Center will be hosting their first alumni reunion on July 11-12, 1992. Anyone who has worked or volunteeredin summer ministry at
Camp Geneva is invited to Geneva requests
attend.
Camp
that you send your name, address and year(s) of ministry as soon as possible. Additionalinformation will be mailed to your home.
Kay Moores '76 Walker, Traverse City. Mich. Anne Walvoord '73 VanderByl, Williamson. N.Y. David Veldink '91, Jenison,Mich. A. Jeffery Winne '73, McMurray, Pa.
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBROARY 1992
Through stunning, full-color photography, Hope College: Then and Now provides a glimpse into a year in the life of Hope, from campus scenes and the first days of classes, to traditions like Christmas Vespers and graduation. The contemporary images are complemented by black and white photographs from the Joint Archives of Holland that survey the college’s first 125 years. Now, this popular, limited edition book Hope-GenevaBookstore for $39.95 +
the (for
available through
books shipped within Michigan, please add $1.60 sales tax).
MasterCard or Visa orders may be phoned to (616) 394-7833 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST.
money order and be addressedto: Hope-Geneva Bookstore P.O. Box 9000, Holland. MI 49422-9000
Mail orders should include a check or
Hope Book
UcLmjzt
is
$3.50 for shipping
Offer,
All orders are shipped within 48 hours of receipt.
ELEVEN
Reunion
55th
Abraham DeVries ’50
Class of 1937
Weekend May 1-3
Alumni
pastor of
he
is
of
Muskegon,Mich.,
teachercurrentlyworking for Love Inc. She
is
a retired
is
also interested in
Habitatfor Humanity, and
is
a priest of the
Catholic Diocese of
Book House Company book's purpose
May
Italy,where he
board from 1955-70, includingas chairperson
Tube and
Iron
Co. after 30 years of service.He enjoys
one of the oldest and largest executive
first
hole
Chester Postma ’40 recently completed serving for
Club (hole #17; 143 yards). Donald Lenderink ’51, pastorat Brooklyn Reformed
Church in Cleveland, Ohio, is
Kathryn Douma '41 DePue of Grand Ledge, Mich., has had the Kay DePue Scholarship,a state scholarship for Latin students, establishedin her name by the Michigan JuniorClassicalLeague. She is presently
the
a
superintendentof the
1-3
Clarke Borgeson’72 has formed a new business,
St. Joseph
Huron Technologies, locatedin Ypsilanti, Mich. The
Mendon
company specializesin release agents for the molding
County. Mich.
of plastics.
Margaret Bossenbroek’72 Taylor
25th
Reunion
of
Kentwood,
Mich., was transferred in September of 1991 from being supervisorof Bissell Inc's West Coast
Class of 1967
distribution facility back to
Alumni Weekend May 1-3
special
corporateheadquartersas
markets coordinator.
David Boersma
’73 in
January visited the United Arab
Emirates and Bahrain to gain informationabout the
Reunion
40th
region following the Gulf War. A professorin Pacific
Ruth Ziemann
Weekend
Alumni
’67
Sweetser of Lombard,111., has
University’sPeace and ConflictStudiesProgram, he
been included in Who's Who in the Midwest,
made
announcedthis month. Caryl Yzenbaard ’67 has had ResidentialReal Estate Transactions published by Clark Boardman,Callajhan
Fellows from six states. The delegatesmet with
O. Betty Cross ’52 of Gaylord, Mich., is a lay reader
(1991).
allies during the
and cup bearerwith St. Andrew'sEpiscopal Church.
Harold Lay
Doris DeYoung ’52
pastor of First Reformed Church of
May 1-3
Reunion
Class of 1942
1-3
is
Community Schools in
new board member on
Class of 1952
May
May
earn an M.A. degree as a reading specialist.
Coalitionfor Appalachian Ministry (CAM) Board.
state chairperson,emerita.
Alumni Weekend
Alumni Weekend
one on May 6, 1991 — at Peridia Golf and Country
Ministriesin Winter Haven. Fla.
Reunion
Class of 1972
Washington. D.C., in April.
Jay Van Hoven ’66
in
50th
Clay, N.Y.. is the
sabbaticalfrom North Syracuse Schools this semester to
search firms in the world, with 40 offices in 28 countries. Bernie Smink ’50 of Bradenton, Fla., hit his
in
of financial aid at
Carol Roberts ’66 Thompson of Clay, N.Y., is on
bowling, golfingand gardening. years as interim pastor at Cypress Garden
of
Asian Studies, and will attend the nationalconference
Barrington Hills, 111., was
’50 of
electedchairpersonof Ward Howell
International,
Mich., since 1983, since his retirementfrom Chicago
20th
treasurer/secretary of the New York Conference on
rosaryas a gift from the Pope.
assistant
Smith College in Northampton, Mass.
an officer of the collegeby the board of trustees.
personallyin a private audience. Each priest was given
recently
Saugatuck,
Study at Northwood Institute in Midland, Mich., and
Don Thompson’64
Laurence Masse
living in
Myra Baas ’71 Smith is director
dean of the External Plan of
chapel in the Vatican and the opportunityto meet him a
40s
is
dean of graduate studies.He has also been elected as
day of October in his private
is
Theological Seminary. Robert Serum ’63
was recentlynamed to the newly-created positionof
first
missionaries, mission
professorof the theology of mission at Fuller
was the Mass they celebratedwith Pope
John Paul II on the
Grand Rapids, Mich. The
congregationsin the world. Van Engen
from the United States.A major highlight
for the priests
from 1967-70.
Donald De Kraker ’40 has been
attendedthe Institute for the
of
to excite
concerning their strategic role in buildingmissionary
1-3
through December he spent a three-month sabbaticalin
Rome,
is
executives,church planters, pastorsand leaders
Alumni Weekend
Apostle Parishin Ithaca. Mich., and St. Martin De
other priests
Public Library. He had been with the municipal
eight
Reunion
30th
currentlypastor of St. Paul the
is
God’s Missionary People: Rethinking the
Purpose of the Local Church, published by the Baker
Class of 1962
is
needs in the Caribbean. Charles Van Engen ’70 of Glendora, Calif., has assess
written
ministryat the
Continuing TheologicalEducation of Priests with 39
a
member of First Congregational Church. Peter Veltman ’38 was included in an article in the Wheaton Daily Journal that discussedthe Wheaton library
KishwaukeeSymphony
Porres Church in Perrinton, Mich. From September
78.
Dorothy Parker ’37 Luyendyk
(111.)
of the
He was most recentlythe
RiversideCommunity ReformedChurch in
Saginaw, Mich., and
Palm Harbor, Fla., noies that
’37 of
.
member
a
Cleveland, Ohio.
Max Frego ’50 SpencerHulse
1
is still
Orchestra,playingcello.
retired from the
end of December of 99 1
J.
III. She
50s
is
servingon the executive
’68
on Aug.
Murphy ’68.
1
1.
1991, was installed as
one of 20 Joseph
the trip as
governmentrepresentatives, felloweducators in the
UAE
J.
Malone Faculty
private sector leaders
Gulf War. to leant more about Arab
and politics. Brad Williams’73 had an exhibitionin the Krasl Art history, culture
Saddle Brook. N.J.
Nelson in the
Professorof PediatricsEmeritus at the Universityof
Lavina Hoogeveen ’52 is teachingoverseas at the Hanau Argonner School. Classmates Elaine Bolthouse '52, JoAnn VanderWerp '52 Dobben and Carol Crist ’52 Fern visited her for one month in June and July of 1991 , and togetherthey toured Belgium, The Netherlands.Germany and Ausnia. LucilleRowell ’53 McGahney of Leavenworth.
North Carolina,where he has been on the faculty since
Wash.,
1955. On Jan. 1 he began a seven month term as
graduate in June of 1993. She writes, “I'm excitedthat
developing a 40-minute video resourceon a Reformed
an
while others are retiring I finally will have a good
understandingof the sacraments of baptism and the
international
careerafter raising my four children."
Lord’s Table. The project is scheduled for completion
manager of the Fairfax Operations Hazardous and
Rod Wissink ’54
by the
Industrial
from India, where he spent 15 years teaching in various collegesand seminaries. Currently a psychotherapistin family psychiatry,he has just had a novel. Search for Freedom, published by Creative Publications.
Judson Van Wyk
visiting the
on Jan.
’43
1
became Kenan
professorand consultantin endocrinology at
Universityof New South Wales in Sydney,
accompaniedby his wife. Persis Parker '43 Van Wyk. When his time in Sydney is done, he will
Australia,
return to
Chapel Hill as co-investigatorof his research
on peptide growth factors.The grant has been
grant
is
enrolledin a nursing program, and plans to
is
presidentof the Grand Rapids
Chapter of the Michigan Head Injury Alliance. In October he was presented with an award for his efforts in the field of
manager of informationsystems
Joseph. Mich., from late November
committee of Words of Hope. Blaise Leva! ’42 recentlyreturnedto the United States
RCA's New York
Center in
through early January. The exhibitionwas titled"The
resignedeffective Dec. 31 to accept a similar position
Stages of Invention: Puppets, Masks and Theatre Arts
with the National Council of Churches.
of
70s Ken Bradsell '70, RCA ministerfor education,is one of three
people on an ecumenical team which
fall
is
of 1992.
Mark Nieuwsma '70 is the new pastorat Second Grand Haven, Mich. His last charge was in
in
continuouslyfunded by the NIH for 36 years.
preventionof head injury.
Christine Hansen ’70 Sackett of Rochester Hills.
Del Vander Haar ’44 and Trudy Maassen ’47
Maurice Witteveen’55
Mich., is an itinerant preacher/beggarfor Food for the
Vander Haar
be with Yokohama Union Church in
from the Michigan Department of Transportationafter
1992. In the springof 1991, an
a
will
Japan until July
1,
article they wrote
on the ministry of the church was
published inthe Japan ChristianQuarterly,which
is
leadingEnglish quarterlyrelating to the life and issues of the
Wilbur Brandli of
’46
made
a
nostalgicvisit to the island
Gulangyu, Xiamen, South China, from Oct. 27 to
Nov. 9 of 1991 . He was stationedthere in 1949-50 as a
RCA
missionary under the
there
he did some investigating in regard to
ownership of properties.He First
Board of Missions. While is
RCA
PresbyterianChurch in White Pigeon, Mich.
Reunion
45th
February
is
’47 of
retired. his
is
the
Waste Department. CharleneBos ’75 Alexanderand husband Dave are missionariesunder the ReformedChurch in America. Gordon Callam ’75 has been admitted as a partner in the Holland, Mich., office of De Boer, Baumann & Company, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants. He has been a member of the firm’s
The company was started in the early 1900s by
Reunions are times
to
remember
and many other days
at
that special day,
Hope, and
to
meet
grandfatherand a partner.
RichardE. Ten Haken
’56 of Pittsford, N.Y., has
been reappointedto the Retirement Board of the
old friends
New
and make new ones.
new
three-yearterm runs until June of 1994.
Thomas TenHoeve ’56 has been awarded the Eisenhower Peace Medal of Sister Cities International for his services to the organization.He was (111.)
Sister Cities
chapter and in solidifying the
between Des Plainesand
its
sister city,
Cremona,Italy. He is the presidentof Oakton Community College in Des Plaines.
1-3
35th
East Lansing, Mich., in
retiring as a
1,000 employees throughout Michigan.
Glen DePree ’56 of Zeeland, Mich., recentlyclosed the
relationship
Alumni Weekend
Robert Danhof
environmental consultingfirm. He
instrumentalin the establishmentof the Des Plaines
Class of 1947
May
maintenance
staff of
York State Teachers’ Retirement System. His
pastoremeritus of the
associateof Engineering-Science Inc., an
MOOT. He was most recently engineer for MOOT, overseeing a
family business.Quality Home Furnishings,and
United Church of Christin Japan.
Poor Inc. She recentlymade a pilgrimage to Jamaica to
Brad Williams.”
Kathy Poll ’74 has been selectedfor inclusionin the 1991-92 edition of Who's Who of American Business Leaders. She is currentlya store managerfor the J.C. Penney Co. in Rochester,N.Y. Dale Rice ’74 of Fairfax, Va., has recently been named
32-year careerwith
chief
the
of St. Johns, Mich., has retired
St.
nine years,
office for the past
Parkersburg,Iowa.
publicawareness, education and
and
and Bahrain, which were
Judge of the Michigan Court of
Reunion
Class of 1957
Appeals, following 23 years on the court.
Alumni Weekend
Dale Drew ’47 of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., urologist,
May
has assumeda two-year positionas chief of staff at St.
1-3
Joseph Mercy Hospital of Pontiac,Mich., where he has been in practice since 1956. Carol Jean Hermance ’48 Kennedy retired from the
Saginaw(Mich.) Public Schools in June of 1991 teaching kindergartenfor 28 years. She
is
after
active in
theatre.She and her husband, Walter Kennedy ’49, also retired, have four
been married for 43 years and have
Graduate School has responsibility for the PhD,
MBA
and Executive MBA programs, several other master's programs and executiveeducation. He was previously chairpersonof the Department of Accounting, where he
children.
Henry “Bud” Shaw
Richard Brown ’59 is assistant dean of the Graduate School of Management at Kent State University.The
Marine Corps Historical Foundation’s Distinguished
a full professor. Russell Yonkers ’59 of Bedford, Ind., is moderator of
Service Award for his achievements as historian, chief
Ohio Valley Presbyteryof the PresbyterianChurch.
historian
’49
on Oct. 27, 1991, received the
is
and senior editor during more than 40 years of
Marine Corps and the History and Museums Division,and for his “heartfelt personal commitmentto the researchand writingof Marine Corps history.”General Carl E. Mundy Jr., commandant of the Marine Corps, presentedthe award
Barbara Monroe
during the Foundation's annual awards dinner in
Diane Sluyter ’60 Wells
Quantico, Va.
coordinatorwith Royal Travel and Tours of Sycamore.
60s
service to the
TWELVE
Reunions are also times to express your commitment to Hope College through a special
reunion
a gift to ’60
gift to the
Alumni Fund...
keep Hope’s future bright.
Page is teachingchemistry and
advanced placement chemistry at West Valley High School in Fairbanks,Alaska. is
in her third year as travel
Be a part of your reunion, and join your classmates in supporting Hope’s Alumni Fund.
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992
professionalstaff for nine years.
Deborah Joy Kalkwarf ’77 Fergusonis a
Donald Troast ’75 is a lieutenantin the United States Navy Chaplain Corps, servingas chaplainaboard the amphibious assault ship USS Cleveland (LPD-7),
programmer-analyst at Provident National Bank, and presentlyattendingSt. Peter's Lutheran Church in North Wales. Pa.
homeported in San Diego. Calif.
Jan Buelow ’77 Ibbotson of Downers Grove.
Joni Stevens '75 for
Wagenmakeris teachingpart-time
Muskegon (Mich.) Public Schools,giving piano
lessons
and directing children’schoirs at First
ReformedChurch in Muskegon,as
well as
continuing
organistat the church. Eugene Sutton '76. preaching professorat
as
New
Brunswick Seminary, presented the annual Martin Luther King
Western Seminary on
Kenneth have moved to Heidelberg,Germany.
Julie Maire ’88 has taken a position in St. Louis. Mo.,
Lydia Straw ’83 Dice has taken a new position with
to
Business DevelopmentDi\ ision of SteelcaseInc. in Grand Rapids. Mich.
center.
Tim Laman ’83 is picturedon page 103 of the December.1991, issue of Na liana I Geographic, in a story titled."Rain ForestCanopy: The High Frontier." He is shown using a bow to shoot a fishing line over the
been promoted to account executiveat the firm's Grand Rapids. Mich., office.Her account responsibilities
Grand Am. with tax, title, license and insurancepaid.
branch of a tree in Borneo, prior to using the line to
Steve Williams ’77
haul a climbing rope over the branch.
Technologies/Filtran Division:and Essex Specialty Products Inc.
the
III., as
independent skin care/beautyconsultantwith Mary
is
an
Kay
Cosmetics has promoted herself into mid-management and has earned a brand new 1991 burgundy Pontiac servingas presidentof the South
is
Indianapolis(Ind.) Kiwanis Club for the 1991-92 year.
James Dykstra '78
is
pastor of
Bethany Reformed
Carolyn Parsons ’83 Mendrek is a social worker with the Department of Human Resources in
Church in Des Moines. Iowa.
Huntsville.Ala.She
Tuesday, Jan. 21. His topic was "Black
Todd Harburn
Crisis Investigations,
Preaching/White Preaching: Are the Distinctions
board cenifiedin orthopedicsurgery. He
Helpful?"
certified in sports
David Whitehouse’76 has accepted the positionof
team physicianfor Alma College intercollegiate
organistand choirmasterof St. Mary's Episcopal
He is in a group onhopedic practice. Mid-MichiganOrthopedics,in Owosso. Doug Knapman ’78 is businessmanagerfor
Jr.
lecture at
Church in Park Ridge. III.
15th
Reunion
Class of 1977
Alumni Weekend
May
1-3
December
’91
is
also
with Child ProtectiveServices,
is
and
is
responsiblefor
medicine, and continues to serve as a
child
sexual abuse.
employedwith the Jenison
his
"88 of
Royal Oak, Mich., is completing
senioryear at Wayne State Universityof Medicine,
July.
Debbie Broadfield '89 has been living in Japan,
David Michael’89. a second lieutenant, has graduated from The Basic School of the U.S. Marine Corps.
ChampionshipBiathlonin Santa Fe. N.M.. in his age group. He was 14th overall.On Nov. 30, he was third
accidentin early December.1991. He suffered
During the course at Marine Corps Combat DevelopmentCommand in Quantico. Va.. newly-commissioned officers are prepared for
in the
world biathlonin Palm Springs.Calif.
paralysis
and will requireextended physicaltherapy.
Notes of encouragement and news from his Hope
Keith Cahoon ’79. a vocal music teacherin Plainwell,
friends
Mich., co-founded in 1989 and continuesas the
should be mailed to: 920 N. Loomis Street: Naperville.
musical director of the PlainwellCommunity Players.
IL 60563.
would be greatly appreciated.Correspondence
He was recently a recipient of the firstannual Merit
Chris Peterson '84 has recentlymoved to Logan, Utah,
Award
and
for
teacherexcellencepresented by the
PlainwellSchool District. Keith also served as one of judges for this year'sNykerk Cup competition.
Patricia Pulver ’79
is
a
physicianassistant in two Albany, N.Y., area. She
the
is
account managerfor SADI Advertisingand
Design.
Mark Slid ’84 completed ship in
June of 1991 and
practice staff of
his
family practice intern-
working on the family
is
Naval Hospitalin Okinawa, Japan.
State
master'sdegree in education with an emphasis in
’84
is
studies
of
Holland, Mich., is a social
teacherat West Ottawa Middle School.
Bonnie Silver, Holland, Mich.
Sharon Felton
Kristi L. Waterloo, Ann Arbor, Mich.
grade Sunday School class at the Gardiner (N.Y.)
1991 received the MidwestRegional
ReformedChurch.She
a special television project.
'80
Gambino teachesa also assists
fifth and sixth
with the children
and worship program there, and has been elected to
RCW
serve as co-presidentof the newly-formed Patrica Walker ’80 Stokes
editor of
is
Elizabeth
Braham ’86
of
Hinsdale.III., in October of
Jane Ekleberry’86 Pontious
ComericaBank
Emmy Award for
Farmlife
Jack Veld ’86
branch managerfor
a
in
is
with West Michigan Office Interiors
Magazineat EasternMilk Producers in Syracuse,N.Y. Gary Van Dyke '80 of Pompano Beach. Fla., is
in
Sarah B. Genzink, Zeeland. Mich. Laura E. Greij, Holland. Mich.
teaching and coaching in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
orthodonticresident at the Universityof Southern
Terri Land '81
California.
is
presidentof the Byron Township
(Mich.) Histroical Society,and was recentlyfeaturedin
request, Inn's
sharingthe methods for preparingCottage
main dishes, garlic bread and award-winning
pizza.
90s Dave Byrne ’90 has been admitted to Universityof Michigan Law School. Steven Ullenius ’90 of Champaign.111., is attending Universityof IllinoisCollege of Medicine. Kristina Wallace’90 lives in Madrid, Spain, where she works on the Iberia and Lladro accounts at Tapsa/NW
is
Grand Rapids, where she has been working for five years.
chapter at the church.
Jim Michos '89. manager of the Cottage Inn restaurant in Ann Arbor. Mich., taughtchefs in the cafeteria of the Motsumoto Dental School in Motsumoto, Japan, to make his restaurant’s popular Greek meatballs. He spent a month in Motsumoto at the school owner's
Universityin San Luis Obispo, pursuing a
Susan Bosch-Veld ’86
80s
Brenda Schout, Holland, Mich.
assignment to the Fleet Marine force.
attendingCaliforniaPolytechnic
counseling and guidance.
Lissa A. Nienhuis, Holland, Mich.
Brian D. Morehouse, Fremont, Mich.
is
Alan Noerenberg’84 was involved in an automobile
with the ChristianMedical and Dental Society in
S. Cole, Bellaire, Mich.
'88
(Mich.) Public Schools as a special education teacher at Bursley Elementary School.
Herkner Jewelers in Grand Rapids. Mich.
November of 1991.
CatherineJ. Carlson,Rockford, Mich.
Joan Van Noord
Brian Stauffer ’78 on Nov. 3. 1991, won the National
Sabina M. DeWitt, Zeelapd, Mich.
Amy
Dow
Chemical Company: Sealed Power
gemologist,and along with his family has purchased
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Brandt,Midland, Mich.
includeDow Plastics, a businessgroup of The
ProfessionalBilling Systems in Michigan City. Ind.
Randy Warren
J.
Sefton AssociatesInc. has
and plans to start residency in orthopaedicsurgery in
John Beery '84 is trust officer for the Second National Bank of Saginaw's Trust and Investments Department. Randy Dice ’84 is studyingto become a certified
went on a medical mission to San Fernando, Mexico,
Gwynne
'88 of
working with Young Life and teachingconversational English,for almost a year-and-a-half.
emergencydepartments in
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Sharron Stephens
Raymond Woo
investigating repons of child abuse and neglect, and
athletics.
the
graduation honors
Owosso.Mich., recentlybecame
’78 of
II
begin and be the director of a brand new community
Ayer, one of the world's most successfulpublicity agencies. She is looking forward to enjoying the
OlympicGames Seville in
in
Barcelona and the World Expo in
1992.
Holland. Mich.
Doug Williams
’86 of
Glendale.Calif., is a senior
Sarah VanWingen’86 Williams
of
Glendale, Calif., is
THEY’RE HERE: The 1991 Milestone Yearbooksarrivedon Tuesday, Jan. 7, and the Alumni Office had them in the mail
Heather S. Van Diepen, Sibley, Iowa
the
CUM LAUDE
District.
by Friday, Jan. 10.
township hall.
Jon Beyer ’87 was ordained on Nov. 3, 1991, at Third
Judith D. Brewer, Holland, Mich.
Betty Buikema '82 Birner was granted a National
Rosa M. Embil, Holland. Mich.
Science Foundation (NSF) fellowshipto attend a
two-week Workshop on Prosody and Discourse,held in
ReformedChurch in Kalamazoo,Mich. Lancelot Bourne ’87 is teaching in Tamsui, Taiwan, “...and I love it.” he writes.He also enjoys learning
$33 (and your name and address)to the Alumni Office.
Grand Rapids (Mich.)Press for her and the
society's role in
Eric D. Good, Waterford, Mich.
teachingfifth grade in the Los Angeles Unified School
restoringthe 13-year-old former 1
If
you didn't order a copy, send
Santa Cruz. Calif., in conjunction with the Linguistic
more about Taiwanese culture.
Joel Kooienga '91
KristenN. Lambrides. Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Society of America’s biennialLinguisticInstitute. The
Funding Inc. in Southfield,Mich.
Joan K. McConnell. BloomfieldHills, Mich.
workshopwas held on
Suzanne Mitchell ’87 is an export servicesassociate with the PillsburyCompany in Minneapolis. Minn.
Chad M. Reuschel, Hamilton, Mich. Timothy V. Kuzma, Holland, Mich.
California.
Terri L. Veen. Holland, Mich.
U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division,Office of
three-yearterm on the Board of Directorsof Habitatfor
Jeanne L. Wesseling, Holland, Mich.
Transportation, Energy and Agriculture.
Humanity. Seth Kaplan ’88
Lisa B. Wise, Grapevine, Texas
Dawn M. Zandbergen, Hudsonville,Mich.
the
campus of
the
Universityof
Santa Cruz (UCSC) during the weeks of
June 24 and July
is
the transfer
counselor in the
a
mortgage banker for Stratford
Eric Lindstrom ’91 has been working at Deloitt and Touche in Ann Arbor. Mich., since August. 1991.
studentsupport servicesat Grand Rapids (Mich.)
1.
Theodore Bolema
Jennifer Phelps ’87
is
’82 of
RichardSchlott Jr.
Alexandria.Va.,
’82 of
Chicago.
is
111., has
with the
opened
Community College,and has been named
Boston Cabot, an executive search firm that specializes
Irish studies at
in MIS/EDP recruiting for the Chicagoland market. Susan Wiseman ’83 Browder and her husband
internship.
is
to
a
currentlyreading for his master’sin
Catholic Universityof Americain
Washington. D.C. In January he left for Ireland for an
marriages Robert
Amoys '89
and Dawn Krannitz,Aug. 17,
1991, Muskegon,Mich. Steve Bennett and Anne Power '80, Nov. 23, 1991,
Wheaton.111. William Brust and Katharine Dyer '73, July 21. 1990.
Thomas Bryant and Susan Kempker
'87.
May
4,
1991, Holland. Mich. David Byrne ’90 and Rhonda Boelkins '90. Aug. 24. 1991. Grand Haven, Mich. Paul Bright '90 and Lauri Fens, Aug. 10. 1991,
HOPE COLLEGE
Holland, Mich. Philip
Chen and Janet Lootens
'81, Sept.
21, 1991.
Royal Oak, Mich.
Howard
P.
Cohen and
Sigrid
V. Heuser '88, Sept.
28. 1991, Rockville.Md. ChristopherCurtisand Dawn Talbot '88, Aug. 17. 1991, Saline. Mich Michael Doyle and Kristin Tiejema '91. Aug. 17, 1991, Remus, Mich. William Frye and Lisa McCorvie. Dec 27. 1991. Williamston, Mich. Daniel Heidenga and Melissa McEvers '88, Sept. 7, 1991, Grayling. Mich. Eric
Lindstrom '91 and Nancy Harrell'88, June 22,
1991. Robert Mannes and KristenYeomans '89. Oct. 5. 1991. Holland. Mich. Nels Michelson and CrystalVan Anrooy '35. Oct. 3. 1991. Palm Beach Gardens. Fla. Joseph Pontious and Jane Ekleberry '86. Sept. 7. 1991. Vinne Prochilo and Melissa Nastase '88. July 13. 1991, Holland, Mich.
Saturday, February 22, •
“In Pursuit of
1
992
Happiness” • “The King of Instruments: The Instrument of Kings” • “The Russians Came” • “Snails, Streams, Swamps and Scourges" • Basketball against Olivet College See the schedule on page four for details.
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992
Douglas Santucci and ElizabethHoffman '90, July 20. 1991, Wheaton,Md.
TimothyShaffer '82 and Laura Ackley. Sept. 14. 1991. Sharon. Pa. Steven Ullenius '90 and Lisa Linning. July 27. 1991 John VanDenBeldtand Jean Cook '90, Dec. 7. 1991.
THIRTEEN
Brian ’78 and Shelley Driesenga '79 Stauffer,
Amy
He was bom
in
Coopersville,Mich. He served in the
. John Vega and Yolanda De Leon '88, June 29, 1991, Jenison,Mich. David Veldink '91 and Mary VanZoeren '91, Aug. 3,
Jean, Dec. 14, 1991. Gordon Jay and Sue Herman ’85 Toering, Stephanie
Schools for more than 36 years.
1991. Stephen Zylman '88 and Tracy Allen, Aug. 17, 1991,
Lynn, Aug. 29, 1991. Mark and Anita Gunneman ’86 Tuneff, Daniel Mark,
teacher at
Holland, Mich.
Sept. 16, 1991. Bryon '84 and Mary Vanallsburg '85 Vande Wege, Caleb Joseph, Nov. 27, 1991. A1 '79 and Diane Watson, BenjaminAlfred, Sept.
births
1991. Noel ’78 and Sue VanSkiver ’79 Wing, Marlaina
11,
Dave and Charlene Bos
'75
Alexander, Grant
ChristianBos Alexander, Sept. 15, 1991. Alan and Mary
Homa
'87
Anderson, Michael
Joseph,Dec. 7, 1991. Roger and Carol Morse '75 Argetsinger,Timothy Leigh, Aug. 29, 1991. Mark and Colleen Vander Hill ’83 Bankert,Rebecca
Elizabeth,May 10, 1991. Dale '82 and Dawn Tetzlaff'83 Wolfe, Justin Dean and Kyle William, March 5, 1991.
advanced degrees
Charlone, June 16, 1991.
Mike
'84
and Cheryl Barbati ’84 Bast, Ellen Marie,
Oct. 15, 1991. Thomas and Nancy Roberts ’80 Bryer,Sydney Alice, Nov. 7, 1991. Arthur ’83 and Mary Buys, Andrew Clark, Nov. 5, 1991. Michael '88 and Wendy Derrick,Jordan Michael,
Andrew Bimer '80, master of science in computer
Following his retirementin 1988, he was a volunteer Southern Normal School in Brewton, Ala.,
almost three years. He was also a former organistat
for
Busman of Coopersville,and the Rev. John Busman of Lakewood,Colo.;four sisters,Irene Walt, Ruth Post and Ruby Alberda, all of Coopersville,and Francis Hoving of Allendale,Mich.; one sister-in-law, Thelma Busman of Grand Rapids, Mich.; and several niecesand nephews.
CatholicSocial Services, and in private practice.
on Thursday, Dec. 19, 1991, in a Memphis hospital.He
Universityof Michigan.
was 88. Carmel, Iowa, the son of the late Rev.
in
Harm
Church in Americafrom 1925-28. He married Bernice Peck of Schuylerville, N.Y., in
Nov.
Western Michigan University,Dec., 1991.
1933. She preceded him in death in 1961.
Dice, Justin Randall,
1991. Rob and Lesley Kamps '77 Geiger, KristenJoy, Jan. 20,
27, 1991. Ray and Ann Boluyt '80 Hackney, Katie Marie, April 26, 1991. F. Scott ’83 and Carolyn Ridder ’84 Hofftnan,
Julie
continuingeducation,Michigan State University. administration, College of St. Rose, Albany, N.Y.
Christine,Dec. 6, 1991. David ’78 and Jayne Blemly ’79 Huyser, Kathryn
Literature,
Jayne, July 20. 1991. Todd ’83 and Nancy Scholten ’82 Kamstra, Jacob
Lisa Jurries ’86
C.W. Post
Sandy Kelley ’79 Wcislo, master'sof education, Universityof Illinois,Aug., 1991.
20, 1991. and Dawn Newhouse ’86 Kutsche. Elyse Renee,
Carl
Aug. 2, 1991. Tom ’79 and Judy Dombos-Langejans,Haley Rose, Aug. 20, 1991. Jon and Sandy Meeter ’77 Martin,Colleen 1991. John and Wendy Martin-Vamer’78, Hannah Martin
Fitzgerald, Jan. 7,
Varner, Sept. 18, 1991. Rocco '80 and Tracy Van Mouwerik '80 Massimiano, Adam Joseph, Nov. 30, 1991. Scon and Patti Bolman '82 McCormick, Alexander Jack,
Dec. 3, 1991. and Joreen Domkowski ’85 Redeker,
Joel '84
Jeff '78 2,
and Beth Siderius, Christopher Edward, Oct.
1991. Bryan and Karen Okker ’79 Siebenthal,Nathan
Goetz of Riga; sisters Kendra and Kristenof Riga; grandparentsWarren and Zelma Phillips of Blissfield; and her mother-in-law, Helen Beiswenger, of Jackson. Phillips, and
grandparentsCharles and ElfriedaGoetz.
Word has been receivedof the deaths of Gordon Groenewoud ’38 and Lois Dykhuis ’40 Groenewoud of Dunnellon, Fla., both whom died on Tuesday, Jan 28, 1992, in Tampa, Fla. Additionalinformationwill appear in the April, 1992, issue of news from Hope College.
Particular
Synod of Albany,
retiring in
1972.
Surviving are his wife, Lillian; his children, Mrs. (Elaine)Klaasen of Mt. Prospect,111., and Neil
Dykhuizenof Westchester,Ohio; several grandchildren; a brother, the Rev. Arnold Dykhuizenof Holland; and a sister,Minnie Bell of Oneonta, N.Y.
Peter Hamelink ’19 of Holland, Mich., died on Thursday, Jan.
9,
1992, in an area nursing home.
deaths Dorothy VanderKolk ’26 Andrews
of
Grand
Haven, Mich., died on Saturday,Jan. 1, 1992. She 1
was 90. She was bom in Vriesland,Mich., on Sept. 28, 1901,
Monday, Dec. 23, 1991, in Holland Community Hospital. He was 77. He was bom in Overisel. He taught English and mathematics in the Marne and Middlevilleschool districts,and retired from the Hamilton Community
and in additionto Hope attendedthe Universityof
Schools in 1977. He was a past member of the Hamilton Lions Club.
Michigan. On July 6, 1948, she married MillardW.
A member
Andrews, who preceded her in death in June of 1965.
its
Until her retirementin 1963, she taughtin the
Muskegon (Mich.) Public School system. She was a member of Fruitport Congregational United Church of
of
Hamilton Reformed Church, he served on
Bom
in
Holland, he was a 1914 graduate of Holland
High School. A U.S. Army veteran,he served in World War
moved
to
of
Augusta, Ga.;
grandchildren;10 great-grandchildren; and one
brother, the
Rev. Justin VanderKolkof PleasantHill,
Tenn.
Jacob Busman ’SO
of
Holland, Mich., died on
RussellStephen, Oct. 19, 1991. Steve ’80 and Brenda Smallegan, Hannah Marie,
Sunday, Dec. 29, 1991, at his home following a lengthy
June 6, 1991.
illness.
Surviving are his wife, Della; his children, Vivian
Rapids, Mark and Mary Folkertof Overisel;a SOn_in-law, Steven Hook of Holland;
1
1
grandchildren;
Surviving are his children, Fred and Shirley Porter of Holland, William and Betty Hamelinkof Bloomington,
Macatawa,Don and Rosemary Den Uyl of Greer, S.C., and Dan Den Uyl of Auburn, Ind.; 18 grandchildren;14 great-grandchildren: niecesand nephews. Serena Harriet Top (Prep ’23) Kleinheksel of Holland, Mich., died on Monday, Dec. 9, 1991. She
Holland; sisters,Ethel Haan, Marie Grit, Catherine
was 86. She was bom in Overisel.Mich., the daughter of the
Kuite,Agnes Darbee and Hazel Jalving, all of Holland;
late Henry
one great-grandchild;a brother, Myron Folkertof
and GertieTop. She attended Overisel
Schools and Hope PrepartorySchool, and receiveda
nephews, niecesand cousins.
uncles,
teaching degree from Allegan County (Mich.) Normal
Wanda Goetz-Beiswenger’74
He was 64.
member of Lansing Lodge No. 33, Free and Accepted Masons. He was preceded in death by his firstwife, Rena Byron Hamelink, in 1960; his second wife. Hazel Kuhl Den Uyl Hamelink, in 1981; and a son, Richard Hamelink.
Folkertof Lansing, Dale and Sharon Folkertof Grand
Survivors includea son, Willis Andrews of
Muskegon;a daughter,Mary Henry
he served trucks built by Reo
step-children. Dean and VirginiaDen Uyl of
and RussellDubbink of Hamilton, Lynn and Charlotte
Christ.
II,
Motors and supplied parts to the troops. He was a life
Minn., and Dona Hamelinkof Davison; his
Hook, in June of 1991.
and
Reo Motors Inc. for more than 40 years.
He was preceded
death by a daughter,Ardith
I,
Lansing, Mich., where he was employedby
consistoryand as a Sunday school teacher. in
He
was 96.
During World War
five
Jonathan Hale, Dec. 20, 1991.
Jackson. She is survived by her husband, William
Beiswenger, of Jackson; her parents, Wendell and Alice
Francis Folkert ’37 of Holland, Mich., died on
Adrian, Aug. 9, 1991. Michael and Linda Gnade '84 Katz, Melanie Rose, Oct.
worker for special education in Jackson Public
She was a member of First United Methodist Church in
Jack (Ann) Pitcherof Cordova, Term., Mrs. John
Waldorf, master's of arts in British
Inc., a shelter for
Schoharie and Canajoharie,N.Y., also Annville,Ky.
Karen Okker ’79 Siebenthal,M.B.A., Western Michigan University,Dec., 1989.
as a social
He was field secretary, and in 1943 presidentof, the
Ellen Heath ’70 Read, M.S., educational
AWARE
victimsof domestic violence.Most recently, she worked
He and his wife served Reformed churches in
Maire ’88, master's degree,adult and
Catherine Fay, April 13, 1991. Mark ’83 and Ruth VanSlooten’80 Howard, Kaleigh
founder and past director of
She was preceded in death by her grandmother. Ester
Bom
July?, 1991. Karl '82 and Lori Visscher ’83 Droppers, Nina Jane,
'83
healingof troubledchildrenand families. She was the
brotherLauren, of the DominicanRepublic; Cornelius Dykhuizen ’25 of Memphis,Tenn., died
Western Theological Seminary. He served as a missionary to Japan for the Reformed
Randy '84 and Lydia Straw
life
Schools. She also worked as a familytherapist for
JenniferCarr ’85 LeMieux,master’sdegree, management,Aquinas College,Aug., 1991. Nancy Harrell’88 Lindstrom, master’sin school counseling K-12 and a limited license in psychology.
1991.
work from the Universityof Michigan.
She celebratedher Christian faith throughout her
N.Y.; 10 grandchildren;three brothers, James and Earl
Northern Illinois University,Dec., 1991.
6,
social
and dedicatedher professional life to the nurturing and
a
and HenriettaDykhuizen, he was a 1931 graduate of
Nov.
degree from Hope, she held a master’sdegree in clinical
member. Surviving are his wife. Pokey; children, Philip and Mary Busman of Alpharetta,Ga., Dr. Paul and Denise Busman of Coopersville,Kurtisand Cindy Busman of Charlevoix, Mich., Kent and Jill Busman of Scotia,
ReformedChurch in Holland, where he was
Technology, May, 1991. Rhonda Boelkins ’90 Byrne, master’sof social work. Kelly Paris ’83 Hunter, Ph.D..clinical psychology,
1991, at Flower Memorial
21,
and Alice Phillips Goetz of Riga. In additionto her
CoopersvilleReformedChurch and later at Maplewood
Graduate School of the Illinois Institute of
science, the
died on Saturday,Dec.
Hospitalin Sylvania,Ohio. She was 39. She was bom on Nov. 25, 1952, to Wendell Goetz
U.S. Army, and taughtin the CoopersvillePublic
of
Jackson, Mich-
School.
Events (continued from page four) THE ARTS Senior Recital— Friday, Feb. 14: Katherine Grace, soprano, Wichers Auditorium,8 p.m. Alumni Recital— Saturday, Feb. 15: Rob Hodson ‘88 and Carrie Terpstra ‘88, duo-pianists, Wichers Auditorium, 8 p.m.
Faculty Recital— Sunday, Feb. 16: Thom Working, French horn, Wichers Auditorium,4 p.m. Guest Recital— Tuesday, Feb. 18: Mary Preston, organist, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Faculty/Alumni Recital— Friday, Feb. 21: Robert Kraft and Arlene Arends ‘64 Walters, duo-pianists, Wichers Auditorium,8 p.m. Junior/SeniorRecital— Saturday, Feb. 22: Michelle Goodman, oboists;Debra Caljouw, soprano, Wichers Auditorium,8 p.m. Faculty Recital Series— Sunday, Feb. 23: Knickerbocker Theatre, 4 p.m. Artist Piano Series— Saturday, Feb. 29: Valery Bukrinski,
Dimnent Memorial Chapel, senior citizensand $5 for
p.m. Tickets cost $3 for other adults. Admission is free 8
two weeks
prior to the
performancesat the DeWitt Center
394-7890. Faculty Recital Series— Sunday, March 8: Knickerbocker
ticket office, (616)
Theatre, 4 p.m.
Musical Showcase — Monday, March 9: DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids, Mich. Please see page four and call (616) 394-7860 for information. Great Performance Series — Tuesday, March 10: Dawn Kotoski, soprano, Evergreen Commons, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for senior citizens, $12.50 for other adults and $6 for students,and information concerningsale datesmay be
8 p.m.
Chamber Winds-StudentEnsembles
Sophomore Recital— Wednesday, March 11:
Erin
Van
Houzen, trumpeter, Wichers Auditorium,8 p.m. Wind Ensemble Concert— Friday, March 27: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Senior Recital— Saturday, March 28: Jeffrey Christensen, trumpeter, Wichers Auditorium,8 p.m. Chapel Choir Concert— Sunday, March 29: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Senior Recital— Monday, March 30: Kristen Koole, flutist; Jeffrey Vanden Bosch, French horn, Wichers Auditorium,
Junior Recital— Wednesday, March 4: Greg Laman, trumpeter, Wichers Auditorium,8 p.m. Orchestra Concert — ^Thursday, March 5: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Dance 18— Thursday-Saturday,March 5-7: DeWitt Center main theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $4 for senior citizens, $5 for other adults and $3 for students,and will be available
7 p.m.
1
Friday,
Series
—
Saturday, April
1
1
:
Turtle Island String Quartet, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8
p.m. Tickets cost $10
for senior citizens,
$12.50 for
other adults and $6 for students,and information concerning sale dates may be obtained by calling (616) 394-6996. Faculty Recital Series — Sunday, April 12: Knickerbocker Theatre, 4 p.m. Wind Ensemble Concert — Tuesday, April 14: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Orchestra Concert — Tuesday, April 21: featuring student
winners of the Concerto/ Aria Competition,
8 p.m.
Faculty Recital— Tuesday, March 31: Joan Conway, pianist; Russell Floyd, clarinetist; Laura Floyd, soprano, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Junior Recital— Wednesday, April : Cynthia Kortman, pianist, Dimnent Memorial, 8 p.m. Student Recital— Thursday,April 2: Wichers Auditorium,
—
Concert
April 10: Wichers Auditorium,8 p.m.
Great Performance
obtained by calling (616) 394-6996.
with a valid Hope College identification.
FOURTEEN
Senior Recital— Friday, April 3: Holli Holstrom, violinist; Emily Baker, pianist, Wichers Auditorium,8 p.m. Guest Recital— Sunday, April 5: Martin Jean, organist, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Junior Recital — Tuesday, April 7: Greg Pratt, clarinetist, Wichers Auditorium,8 p.m. Collegium Musicum and College Chorus Concert — Thursday,April 9: Dimnent Memorial Chapel,
Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Student Recital— Thursday,April 23: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 7 p.m.
Studio Opera — Friday-Saturday, April 24-25: scenes from various operas, Wichers Auditorium,8 p.m. Senior Recital— Sunday, April 26: Juliet Hasley, pianist, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 4 p.m.
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992
She taughtschool in the Albers School in Overisel for six
years. In 1928 she married Julius Kleinheksel
and at that time moved to Holland, where her husband
Korstange of Saxton's River. Vt„ Sally and Jeff Voss of
districts from
San Angelo. Texas; three granddaughters;a sister-in-
Tampa. Fla., in 1978.
law,
was associatedwith Dykstra Funeral Homes. She was a member of the First ReformedChurch, the
Surviving are her husband, the Rev. William G.
Gertrude Douwstra of Holland; and a niece.
Maat '21 Harriet Helen
Dykema ’42 Laackman
Zeeland.
1949-69. She and her husband moved to
Tampa; two
of
sons.
David '55 of Douglas.
Adult Sunday School Class and the Mission Aid
Mich., died on Saturday,Nov. 23, 1991, at her home.
Alaska, and Howard of Saranac Lake. N.Y.; two daughters,Phyllis Maat '56 Klarup of Mitchell.S.D..
Society,and a former member of the FriendshipClub.
She was
and Lois Schier of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren;
7
of
1 .
She was bom in Raymond, Minn., on Aug. 25, 1920,
Surviving are her husband. Julius; her children, Victor to
High School, Hope and the Butterworth Hospital School of Nursing in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Holland; six grandchildren; 1
1
great-grandchildren; a
She served as a firstlieutenant in the U.S. Army in
sister-in-law, Mrs. Gordon (Sadie) Top of Zeeland, Mich.; and several nieces, nephewsand cousins.
the
than
28 years as a
registerednurse at Zeeland Community Hospital before retirement.
Hospital. She was 77.
She had served on a number of boards in Greenwich, includingfor the Y.W.C.A.. the Woman's Club, the
Living in Hanford. Conn., and supervisorof the Shock
She was a graduate of Holland High School in additionto Hope. She served in the
World War
Rapids, Mich., and Dale and NatalieLaackman of
Presbyterianchurches in Detroit, Mich.; Buffalo,N.Y.;
Illinois;four
and Rochester,N.Y. He retired in 1969 and moved to
Elmer Morgan of New York, and Matjorie and Robert
Institute and
Visser of Holland; and her brother, Allan and Mary
Township.
Holland, Mich., then to Lakeland, Fla., and Redford. Surviving are his wife, Helene E. Post; children of
Saginaw, Mich., and Tod Klerekoper of Hillman,
and Bonnie Laackman of East Grand
Fruena Douwstra ’37 Korstangeof Holland, She graduated from Hope with a degree in music. She taughtat Holland Public Schools for five years, and 1942 she married Gordon Korstange, moving to
Bellevue,where she was a piano teacher in the school
Raised in the West Olive area, she attended Ferris
Jane Dykema of Spring Lake, Mich. Josephine Lippenga ’29 Lenters of Deerfield,111.,
An of
Tampa, Fla., died
She was bom on March 16, 1908, to Henry and
She was a member and organist at the Bellevue Methodist Church for 25 years. She and her husband Holland area, where she was a member of
Hope Church. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1983,
graduated from CoopersvilleHigh School in 1925, and time at Hope did additionalstudies at College Albany, N.Y., in the 1940s.
Coldwater, Mich., during 1929-30. She married the
Surviving are her children, Gordon and Jeanne
of
Hope College,she
1963-75. She also establishedthe Lynn Szabo Smith Scholarshipfor deserving students, with preferenceto studentsmajoring in nursing. She was an avid traveler. Her other interests ranged from art, to music, to museums, to baseballto bowling.
to
Lombard.111., where she residedfor 52 years.
artist,she
Doreen Adolphs '68 Stuart of two-year illness. She was 45.
was a member of the Women's Club
She was bom on May 8. 1946, in Petoskey, Mich., the
EasternStar.
She grew up in Petoskey and attended Petoskey
She was preceded in death by her husband,
Raymond, in 1982, and
a son,
Frederick,in 1990.
Surviving are her children, Louis N. and Lois Sines
daughter of Doran and Lillian (Leismer) Adolphs.
schools,graduatingfrom Petoskey High School in 1964. In additionto her bachelor'sdegree in mathematics from Hope, she held a master's degree
of
Belknap, 111., Wanda and Kenneth Hepler of Cameron Park, and Patricia and Ronald Burke of Blue
from ButlerUniversityof Indianapolis, Ind.
Eye, Mo.; 17 grandchildren;13 great-grandchildren;
1973-83. She taughtmathematics and was a volunteer
one great-great-grandchild; and a sister-in-law, Mrs.
counselor at the Crisis Pregnancy Center in
Theron (Christine) Stone of West Olive.
Indianapolis.
She taughtin ZionsvilleMiddle School from
On March 26, 1983, she married C. Michael Stuart
with her husband in Reformedchurches in the Albany
Ilona (Lynn) Szabo ’32 Smith of Greenwich,
area; Nassau, Beme, Schenectady, DeFreestvilleand
Conn., died on Thursday, Dec. 26, 1991. She was 81.
Hagaman.
She was bom on March 10, 1910, and was raised in
Greenbush, Amsterdam and Hagaman, N.Y., school
Zionsville. Ind.. died
on Sunday, Dec. 1. 1991, at her home following a
Rev. William G. Maat '27 on June 19, 1930, and served
She was an elementary school teacherin the East
and a brother, Howard Douwstra, in 1984.
life
and Republican's Club, and was Grand Lecturerof the
Sarah VanderLindenin Coopersville,Mich. She
of St. Rose in
Hope, teachingschool in Blendon
She returnedto the Holland, Mich., area in 1968.
on Friday, Jan. 10, 1992. She was 83.
after her
Actively involved in the
She married Raymond Sines on June 7, 1916, and
moved
She taught juniorhigh school English and historyin
system there.
on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1991. in Cameron Park, Calif.
She was 96.
died on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1991.
Mich., died on Friday, Jan. 10, 1992. She was 77.
retired to the
Vida Stone (Prep ’13) Sines of West Olive,Mich., died
grandchildren;her sisters,Florence and
grandchildren.
in
and a sister-in-law, Ruth Zonnebelt of Albion, Mich.
survived by her husband, Harvey Laackman;
Ruth VanderLinden ’29 Maat
GreenwichHospitalVolunteer for many years.
served on the college'sBoard of Trusteesfrom
Marcia Orr of La Mirada, Calif., William P. Klerekoper Mich.; eight grandchildren;and five great
the Church Council Second Congregational Church. She was also a
Her husband was Harrison Smith, an engineer. He died in the 1950s.
her sons, Blair
is
Community Chest and Council,and
Surviving are her sisters,Leonora Zonnebelt, Gertrude Zonnebelt and June Zonnebelt, all of Holland;
worked for Michigan Bell Telephone Co. for 17 years. He resignedin 1944 to enter the ministryand serve
She
during
of
community organizations.
volunteerfor Meals on Wheels and other
WAVES
and taughtelementary school in the Dearborn, Mich., area for 36 years. II,
preceded in death by a brother, Fred. A graduateof Hope and Wayne State University,he
also a
Her work experience included being a first aid nurse Yellowstone Park, supervisorwith the Institute of
Therapy Department of the Neurological Instituteof New York City.
her
Zeeland and the AmericanLegion Auxiliary. She was
graduated in 1935, and studiedadvanced psychiatryat the Institute of Living in Hanord, Conn.
Bernice Zonnebelt"37 Merkle of Holland. Mich., died on Sunday, Dec. 29. 1991. in Holland Community
Wednesday,Nov. 27, 1991. He was 87. Bom in Amsterdam,the Netherlands,the son of Moses and Jane (Nooitgedaacht)Klerekoper,he came to the United States at age nine months.He was
She was a member of the Faith ReformedChurch in
ColumbiaPresbyterianNursing School, from which she
at
228th Station Hospitalin Sherborne. England, from
1943-45.She worked for more William Klerekoper’26 of Redford, Mich., died on
where he went into the grocery business. Following her graduationfrom Hope, she attended
and five great-grandchildren.
Alice and Herman Dykema. She attended Muskegon
and Dorothy Kleinheksel,Carrow and Eleanor Kleinheksel,and Randall and Sheryl Kleinheksel,all of
miner in West Virginia, later moving to New York City,
New York. Her parentswere emigres from Hungary who met in the United States.Her father had been a
in
Indianapolis. She was a member of the Second Reformed
PresbyterianChurch; a member of ZionsvilleWelcome
Wagon and was
with the IndianapolisSki Club.
a skier
She enjoyed square dancing and skiing. Survivors includeher husband; one son, Sean Stuart, and one daughter,Megan Stuart, both at home; her parents, Doran and Lillian Adolphs of Petoskey; one brother,
Randy Adolphs
of
Mount Horeb, Wis.; and one
sister,Betty Griffingof Sterling,
Gladys Van Anrooy
’29,
Va.
formerly of Holland,
Mich., died on Wednesday,Nov. 20, 1991, in Hollywood, Fla., following a long illness. She was 84, She was bom on July 12, 1907, in Grand Rapids, Mich. A graduateof Holland High School, she attendedHope and graduated from Western Michigan
University.
)
She taught school in Michigan, Arizona and Florida. She was a
life
member
of
Third Reformed Church.
Surviving are two sisters,Viola Van Anrooy of Holland, and CrystalMichelsen of North Palm Beach. two brothers, Oscar Van Anrooy of Zeeland,
Fla.; and
Mich., and Nevin Van Anrooy of Grand Rapids.
Word has been receivedof the death of Elizabeth Martin ’28 Van Raalte of Montague, Mich., who died on Monday, Jan. 20, 1992. Additional informationwill appear in the April, 1992, issue of news from Hope College. Chester Wing '38 died on Sunday, Oct. 27. 1991. He was 76. He served the followingRCA churches: New Salem, Voorheesville,N.Y.; Johnstown, N.Y.; Neighborhood, RidgefieldPark, N.J.; Second, Hudson City,
JerseyCity, N.J.; and Mamakating.Wurtsboro,
N.Y. He
survived by his wife, Virginia, and by three
is
children
— Mary Nagase, David Noll and JeffreyNoll.
StephenWise ’49 of Whitehall,Mich., died on Wednesday,Dec. 18, 1991. He was 69.
Bom the
Tom J asperse, Betty Boersma Jasperse (’ 77 Class Rep), Bill and Claire Campbell Boersma ('75 Class Reps), Max Boersma '46 (Hope in the Future co-chair), Connie Hinga '49 Boersma (Former Class Rep.), Paul Boersma '82 and Melody Meyer Boersma ('83 Class Rep). (Left to right:)
on Jan. 1, 1922, in Dunbar, Pa., he had lived in
White Lake area since 1955. On Oct.
Paris, France, he
1
1,
1945, in
married the former Barbara Leighton
and had been a registered nurse at Hackley Hospital. He was
a
communicantmember
of
Lebanon Lutheran
Church and served in the U.S. Army in Europe during
World War O. Surviving are his wife, Barbara;four daughters, Linda (Al) LaRue of Illinois.Nancy (Gary) Oliver of
They give
their time and resources because they believe in
Hope College:
Indiana.Denise (Bruce) Atchison of Colorado and Elizabeth(Donald) Rutherford of Grand Rapids. Mich.; eightgrandchildren; one sister,Mary Ainsley of
mission, its educational opportunities and, most important, its students. its
Pennsylvania;and three brothers, George Wise of Indiana,Frank Wise of Pennsylania and Thomas Wise of
Virginia.
sympathy to
Please join the Boersmas in supporting Hope College.
The family of Benjamin Jones of Two Rivers,Wis.,
Please give
to the
Alumni Fund
today.
who
died
on Sunday, Jan. 5. 1992.
Survivors includehis wife, Alice VanHattem ’28 Jones.
NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992
FIFTEEN
Hope senior wins Marshall Scholarship won campus awards for his work by Greg Olgers ’87
— poems in writing
TT
XX
ope College senior Mike of
in
philosophyand his writing, and has also received off-campus recognition for his
Theune
Spring Lake, Mich., has
received a prestigious British Marshall Scholarships presented nationwide, the
second year in a row a Hope student has been granted one of the highly-competitiveawards. Heidi Hudson-Mairet ’91 received a British Marshall Scholarship last year. Theune’ s honor also follows 1987 graduate Dan Stid’s receipt of a similarlyprestigious Rhodes Scholarship only five
including publication of three
an upcoming issue of The WittenbergReview. And althoughhe declines to reveal his college grade point average, he admits he has been named to the Dean’s List throughouthis time at Hope. He has also earned respect from his instractorsfor the aplomb and good nature with which he handles all with which he is involved. “I think Mike
is
especially enthusiastic
as a scholar and an intellectual, and that his
enthusiasm is contagiousamong others,”
years before.
“Mike Theune
is
said Dr. Arthur H. Jentz Jr. ’56, professor
certainly an
outstanding student,” said Hope College
of philosophyand chairperson of the
President John H. Jacobson. “He has been
department. “He’s an exceedingly
an excellent student in an academic sense,
friendly, outgoingperson — a lively wit
and also very active in the life of the
a fine person to talk
honor and
a very substantial
recognition of merit to receive a British
Marshall Scholarship,” Dr. Jacobson said. “It is also wonderful for Hope College, too, that for a second consecutive year one of our students has received this
recognition.” The British Marshall Scholarship
program was established by the British government in 1953 as a way of recognizing the United States’ role in Europe’s recoveryfollowing World War II. Designed for citizensof the United States who are graduates of U.S. colleges and universities,British Marshall Scholarships
may
be used at any British
university,and are of two-year duration.
The scholarships were awarded to only 40 American undergraduatesthis year. Hudson-Mairet, last year’s Marshall Scholar, was a Hope special education major who is currently studying special educationand internationalspecial educationat the University of Manchester in England. The college’s previous Marshall Scholar was Lynne Vande Bunte ’64, a philosophy major now residing in San Jose, Calif.
“I think
Hope
being human. I
among the students, and excellent company for both other students and members of the faculty.”
I
“In one conversationwe can be talking about Martin Buber, the Detroit Pistons,
William Stafford, what he’s going to get his brothers for Christmas, tell two jokes and get back to Martin Buber — somehow — in the end,” said Jack Ridl, professor of English.
“He has this ability to settle in and hunker down with any kind of experience,” Professor Ridl said. “He can get all A’s, and the next thing you know he’s out on his roller blades or something. It’s this wonderful,down-to-earth quality, with a fellow who’s certainly brilliant.” “He is one of the most engaging people that I’ve met,” said Dr. William Cohen, professor of history,who helped guide Theune while applyingfor the scholarship. “He manages to make you feel as if you are talking with a fellow faculty
member — and not only
member, but a own realm, he
a fellow faculty
faculty member within your is so well read.”
His selection ended
a
process of several
that involved his nomination by Hope College faculty,the submission
months the
promoter
is a
and spiritual qualities if
emotional which are vital parts of of.
..the
couldn’t have done belter
had gone anyplace else.” — Mike Theune
Theune, the son of the Rev. Peter ’65 and Judy Theune of Spring Lake, is majoring in English and philosophy and minoring in writing. He will be studying philosophy at Oxford University. Beyond his course work, Thefine’s activities have ranged from editing the college’s literary magazine for two years, to being a disc jockey on the college radio station, to winning MIAA honors as a letter-winning
member
and
a real
leader
college during his time here.” “It is a great
with. He’s also
of the college’s
’92
of an essay and recommendations, reviews
the search ultimately will lead
him he cannot say, but he hopes someday to guide future students in their own quests for understanding. “For me, what I’m doing is personally important.And I have a sense that perhaps what I come across, what I discover, might be importantto others also, and in that case I’d simply like to share that,” Theune said. “I think that’s where my interestin teaching comes in — it’s just a desire to share and communicate ideas.” When asked to identify the sort of institutionat which he someday would like to see himself, he is quick to respond that he would most like to return to a small, liberal arts college like Hope. “My professors have provided more than the facts they have taught me and the fragments of information I’ve picked up,” he said. “They’ve also given me a sense of their lives, of their outlooks, that they are
remember those
character as evidenced both by their scholastic attainments and by their other activities
it is
possible to objectively consider,
cultures guide their lives. At Oxford, he
classes, has assisted professors preparing
hopes to work with members of the philosophyfaculty who have been investigating some of the same questions
SIXTEEN
Where
not
were and
selected on the basis of their intellect
assistantfor both writing and religion
and
and helped get
that intrigue him.
and achievements. Theune’s interest in English and philosophy reflects a broader personal desire to examine, and identify whether or
interview in Chicago, 111. Scholars
an
the systems by which individuals and
modem fictionand writing, tutors modem philosophy.He has
of Spring Lake, Mich., will use his British Marshall
beings who care about what’s happening in the student.” “They’ve provided guidance in not only my intellectualgrowth but my emotional and spiritual growth as well,” he said. “And truth to tell, I think I’ve needed that emotional and spiritual growth — because sometimes that intellectualstuff can get very weighty, and it’s important to
at the regional and national level, and
track team. He has been a teacher’s
courses in both
Mike Theune '92
Scholarshipto
study at Oxford University, where he will pursue his interestin philosophy.
human
other aspects of life.”
Theune also feels that atmosphere of caring helped make him a viable candidate for the British Marshall Scholarship. “They knew about my grades and activities — that came through on paper,
said. “But
I
me
to the interview,” he
think when
I
went
to the
interview they were hoping to answer, ‘Do
we have somebody that cares — that’s concerned with issues they raise and struggles to search out possibilities?”’
“And that
—
I
think that
Hope
is
a
promoter of
of not only the intellect, but the
emotional and
spiritual qualitieswhich are
vital parts of being
human,” he said. “I
couldn’t have done better if
I
had
gone
anyplace else.” Theune learned he had received the scholarship in the midst of the fall semester’s
exam
week
—
not exactly the
best time to leam one’s academic dreams
have come true. After the initial wave of elation had passed, however, and he rededicated himself to the exams
and
papers yet due, he devoted some thought to the route that had led to the scholarship.
He
is
careful to note he feels the credit is
not his alone. “One of my reflectionson this think this award to
is
not only to
Hope College, and
me
is
that I
but also
to specific people
who have given me opportunities to use my abilities and to challenge me at the same time,” he said. “It reflects the work of numerous people — of family, friends, faculty and staff. This is a tributeto them as well.” But he also can’t resist a bit of wit.
“One
of the nice things about this
scholarship,” he said, “is that
now when
people ask me, ‘Well, what are you going to be doing after Hope?,’ I finally have an answer.”
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NEWS FROM HOPE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 1992