Westwind, Winter 2009

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The Journal of Walla Walla University Winter 2009

Campus Treasures Pages, Pottery and More Powering the Future Annual Report

Come Back to the Valley Alumni Homecoming Weekend April 23-26, 2009

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Plan to join us for a special weekend reconnecting with classmates and friends.

FirstServe Speaker–Paddy McCoy ’99 Second Service Speaker–Gary Patterson ’59

Your homecoming will feature class reunions, Sabbath services, a reunion performance by the Messengers with Mike Loewen, a 45th anniversary Evensong led by Melvin West and Loren Dickinson, and much more.

Homecoming Banquet Friday, April 24 at 5:30 pm

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Honor Years

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See more at alumni.wallawalla.edu

Messenger Reunion Concert Sabbath, April 25 at 2:30 pm Honor Class Reunions Sabbath, April 25 at 4:00 pm 45th Anniversary Evensong Sabbath, April 25 at 7:30 pm

Contents

4 Going Down?

9 Lights, Camera, Action!

10 Campus Treasures: Pages, Pottery and More

14 Powering the Future 16 Alumnotes 19 In Memory

9 WWU Joins

31 When Compassion Is the Cure 32 College Avenue Crossings

Eric Ashley

the NAIA

21 Annual Report 2007-2008

Westwind Winter 2009, Volume 28, Number 1 Editor Rosa Jimenez ’85 Campus Current Editor Rebecca St. Clair ’05 Copy Editor Lisa Krueger ’93 Alumnotes Writer Sarah Radelfinger Design Robert Car ’99 Cover Photo Eric Ashley

About the cover This 1516 Latin Bible is part of a collection of treasures carefully preserved at Walla Walla University. It is the oldest of the Bibles in the collection.

Westwind is published three times a year for alumni and friends of Walla Walla University, a Seventh-day Adventist university. It is produced by Marketing and Enrollment Services/University Relations. This issue was printed in December 2008.

Third-class postage is paid at College Place, Wash. © 2008 by Walla Walla University.

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Campus Current

Aviation Taking Off Welcome, Faculty Joining NAIA

Going Down?

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felt completely detached from the rest of the world.

It was all at once grotesque, alien, wondrous, and beautiful.

Outside our windows animals of all shapes and sizes were flashing brightly all around us. It was a display that would make a Christmas tree jealous.”

No, this is not a deep-space adventure. Kirt Onthank ’06, a biology graduate, was on his way down under the ocean surface to the Mothra hydrothermal vent field on the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the North Pacific.

Onthank completed a master’s degree in biology at WWU in the summer of 2008, focusing on octopuses. This dive to the thermal vents was the opportunity of a lifetime to observe some of 4 Westwind Winter 2009

these creatures in their natural habitat.

“It was an enormous privilege to be able to look at life and phenomenon that only a handful of other people have ever been able to glance at with their own eyes,” says Onthank.

The dive was made possible through Onthank’s doctoral program at Washington State University. His lab professor, Ray Lee, is studying animals that live at the vents, particularly focusing on how they can survive the high temperatures and high amounts of sulfide in the water, which is

very toxic to humans.

The space in the submarine was quite cramped. Three people were crammed in a six-foot-diameter titanium sphere, along with all the computer and equipment needed to operate the sub.

“It sounds claustrophobic,” says Onthank, “but I was so enthralled with what was outside, I barely noticed my tight quarters.”

While on the ocean floor, Onthank and those with him on the dive collected animals and rock samples from areas of the vents and switched out an incubator, among other things.

Alvin, the sub Onthank dove on, is one of the most famous deepsubmergence submarines. It has been in operation since 1964, and has done some noteworthy explorations, such as locating a sunken U.S. submarine armed with nuclear missiles, and exploring the Titanic when it was rediscovered in the 1980s.

“Honestly, this was one of the most amazing experiences of my life,” says Onthank. “I feel like it was something of a rite of passage for me into marine biology.” n

Kirt Onthank ’06 (center) went on the deep dive to expand his graduate research on octopuses.

Campus Current

Set for Success Carolyn Denney ’92 and Mel Lang (center) lead a team of trained mentors who are helping WWU freshmen get a strong start in college.

Two new initiatives give students a solid start at WWU

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ommitted to excellence in thought, the University seeks to impart a broad knowledge of the arts, sciences, and professions by careful instruction and open inquiry at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.”

As that excerpt from the Walla Walla University mission statement implies, we’re passionate about cultivating “excellence in thought” on our campus. For that reason, we’ve launched two initiatives to help our newest students take full advantage of our academic programs.

Chris Drake

New entrance GPA

WWU has adopted a new minimum grade point average entrance requirement. Starting in fall 2009, students should have a 2.5 cumulative GPA for admittance.

“This new GPA standard is one that we’ve carefully considered,” says Ginger Ketting-Weller ’85, vice president for academic administration at WWU. She says research indicates raising the entry-level GPA requirement is important for both the students it affects and WWU. “A student has higher chances for success in life when they have the tools they need to be successful in college,” Ketting-Weller says.

“No student should feel set up to fail. WWU provides an academically challenging and socially stimulating college experience. Without developing and practicing good study skills, a student could be easily overwhelmed and drop out or be academically dismissed. And that kind of experience is definitely not in the best interest of the student.”

While WWU provides academic support in the form of reading and study skills courses for students at risk, the data shows that the success rates for students entering with a GPA below 2.5 are very low. “If students do leave our program, it represents not only a significant loss to them and us, but their departure affects our retention rate. This in turn could affect the level of student aid we can provide,” KettingWeller adds. Our student retention rate is one of many variables considered by lenders when student aid is provided. Though our retention rate (approximately 70 percent from freshman to sophomore year) is higher than many other Seventhday Adventist colleges and universities, student loan companies prefer a stronger retention rate through to graduation, Ketting-Weller says.

“We want to be sure we can continue to provide financial assistance to as many students who need it, and improving our retention rate is one way to do that.”

The new 2.5 GPA standard was endorsed by the WWU faculty senate, and the Board of Trustees voted to adopt the recommendation in August.

demic success, encouraging them to seek additional resources when necessary, and connecting the students with each other.

The success program was required for every freshman student after a pilot program showed impressive results. “Students who were mentored last year had higher grade point averages, were less likely to drop or fail a class, and were more likely to stay in Christian higher education,” reports Carolyn Denney ’92, WWU registrar.

Denney helped to develop the program and explored options as she pursued her master’s degree in educational leadership. She eventually published a thesis titled, “The Effects of Formal Mentoring on First-Time Freshmen GPA, Course Persistence and Retention Rates.”

Mel Lang, former WWU professor and associate academic dean, volunteered to help launch the ambitious program. “We want students to come to Walla Walla University and accomplish their goals,” says Lang, now the Freshmen Student Success Program director. Mentors were chosen carefully and are required

to connect weekly with their students and each other. “The majority of mentors are WWU alumni. More than half of them have master’s degrees or above.

We select them through an interview process, and ask for recommendations. But the biggest thing we look for in our mentors is a heart for students,” he says. He notes that mentors are collectively spending about 150 hours a week with freshman students.

Some students who were mentored in last year’s pilot program asked to continue with the program, and other non-freshman students are asking for mentors as well. “Right now we have a waiting list; we have our hands full.

We’re stretched to our funding limits,” Lang reports.

The mentoring program complements other dedicated services offered by faculty and staff, and Denney is energized by the stories she hears from both students and mentors. “The whole campus is working together.”

To learn more about how you can support the Freshman Student Success Program, contact Mel Lang at (509) 527-2715. n

Freshman student mentoring program

Every WWU freshman student has the support of a dedicated mentor, thanks to our new Freshman Student Success Program.

More than 30 trained mentors work with each of their freshmen students weekly, helping the students eliminate barriers to acaWinter 2009 Westwind 5

Campus Current

Aviation Education is Taking Off Our FRASCA flight training device displays images on a screen that wraps 220 degrees around the pilot, giving students more preparation before taking to the air.

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ields of wheat are getting smaller and smaller beneath the craft. The altimeter reads 7,000 feet and climbing.

The pilot has his eyes on the gauges and his hands reach for this button and that switch. Behind him, at a desk, his aviation instructor observes the student’s progress on a computer.

No, this isn’t a classroom in an airplane. In essence, this is an airplane in the classroom.

Through generous donations, the Walla Walla University aviation program recently acquired two 6 Westwind Winter 2009

flight training devices.

The first Flight Training Device (FTD) is an ATC 810, which represents a multi-engine aircraft.

There is no vision simulation, just an aircraft instrument panel with mechanical flight instructs.

This device was donated by Phil and Demptha Bingman of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and is valued at approximately $40,000.

The second FTD is produced

by FRASCA, a company which produces both helicopter and fixed-wing craft training devices.

This FTD has the capability

of converting between different airplane types. It will replicate a Cessna 172, and a Piper Seminole, both of which WWU currently owns.

The FRASCA is unique from the ATC 810 because it also has a visual database, allowing the student to do visual as well as instrument training. Projectors display images on a screen, which wraps around the pilot for 220 degrees of vision.

The FRASCA training device also allows the student pilot to do more emergency training. The

ATC 810 allows for this, as well, but the FRASCA has the option of having even more systems fail.

The benefits of having FTDs are almost infinite. When weather is bad, or the planes are down for maintenance (which happens every 100 hours), there is a lot of downtime without flying. The FTDs can be utilized in all kinds of weather, at all times of day.

“Training will be more efficient with these new FTDs,” says Shawn Dietrich, director of training for the aviation program at WWU. “Students can be prepped in the FTD before going up in a real aircraft. They’ll learn exactly what they’re going to do before they even set foot in the actual plane.”

This will not only give students better preparation, but it will also save them money. Each time the planes are taken up for a practice session, the student is charged for use of the aircraft. If they already know what to do when they get in the cockpit – how the plane works and what to expect – their flying time will be more efficient and productive.

To learn more about WWU’s four-year and two-year aviation degrees, visit wallawalla.edu. n

Matthew B Zimmerman, Courtesy of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Project Prompts Outpouring of Support

Campus Current

A Summer to Remember

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his past summer, Paul Dybdahl ’92, assistant professor of theology, spent two months teaching at Mission College in Muak Lek, Thailand.

In addition to teaching, Dybdahl, who has a doctoral degree in the area of mission, conducted some research. He recorded personal interviews with students from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and hopes to use them in classes at WWU. He also

collected a written survey from theology and religion majors in Thailand. The survey centered on their view of pastoral function. Dybdahl plans to compare their view of the pastoral role and function with that of Walla Walla University students.

Paul Dybdahl ’92 (back row, blue shirt) taught more than 60 students during his summer in Muak Lek, Thailand.

Dybdahl’s history with Thailand goes back to before he was born. Dybdahl was born in Chiang Mai, and spent the first six years of his life there. After his sophomore year at WWU, he returned as an Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) volunteer, teaching English and Bible, and helping with church services.

“This summer reminded me how quickly we can become

attached to other people,” says Dybdahl. “I said goodbye at Mission College knowing that the students would soon be scattered all around the world, and I would likely never see them again. They were beautiful, fun, good people, and I wished we didn’t have to say goodbye.” n

On a mission Summer was especially busy for some enthusiastic Walla Walla University students, faculty and staff. These fine folks shared their talents and their faith in locations around the world.

Honduras The WWU chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) sent a team to Honduras. They spent a week talking with the community and surveying the school site where they plan to make massive improvements this March.

Thailand A missions and nursing class traveled to Thailand to put into practice what they’d learned in the classroom. Others in the group taught English classes and helped a paraplegic farmer.

El Salvador Theology professor Zdravko Stefanovic accompanied seven students to El Salvador to present an evangelistic series in eight different places in two weeks.

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Bryan Aulick

Campus Current

Eric Ashley

WWU Welcomes New Faculty Nine new faculty joined the university at the start of the 2008-2009 school year Doug Logan ’74, dean of the School of Engineering, received a bachelor’s degree from WWU, and his master’s and doctorate degrees from Stanford University.

Brian Roth ’01, assistant professor of engineering, completed undergraduate work at WWU, and continued his education at Purdue and Stanford universities.

Onduru Odongo, assis-

tant professor of chemistry, received his doctoral degree from State University of New York at

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Binghamton after doing undergraduate work in Kenya.

Heidi Haynal, assistant pro-

fessor of mathematics, completed undergraduate work at Ohio State University. She was awarded her master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of California in Santa Barbara.

Emily Tillotson ’97, assis-

tant professor of social work, has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from WWU.

Rosemarie Buck Khng ’81, assistant professor of nurs-

ing, holds a bachelor’s degree from WWU and a master’s of science from Loma Linda University.

Bob Cushman ’79, biology

department chair, completed his undergraduate work at WWU, and holds a doctorate degreee in geology from Colorado School of Mines.

Richard Scott, assistant librarian, has a bachelor’s degree from Union College and a master’s from the University of Kentucky.

Karin Thompson ’91, mu-

sic department chair, received a master’s degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, and a doctorate degree from the University of Maryland after doing undergraduate studies at WWU.

From left: Doug Logan ’74, Brian Roth ’01, Onduru Odongo, Heidi Haynal, Emily Tillotson ’97, Rosemarie Buck Khng ’81, Bob Cushman ’79, Richard Scott.

Not pictured: Karin Thompson ’91.

Alyssa Stanley

Bits & Pieces

Alumni Staff Notes

Breanna Bork ’06, a business graduate, has joined the full-time professional ranks of fund raising for Walla Walla University as the associate director of capital campaigns and annual giving.

For nearly two years prior, Bork was gaining experience and knowledge of WWU as the administrative assistant to the vice president of advancement.

Darius Fleck ’06, also a business graduate, is director-elect of the Trust Services department at WWU. Fleck has served as an associate for over two years, and will begin his position full-time on Jan. 1, 2009.

Lights, Camera, Action!

Carl Canwell ’08, a mass communications graduate, was recently awarded third place and $1,000 in a nationwide video contest for college students, sponsored by the Christophers. Entrants’ videos had to be less than five minutes and interpret the theme, “one person can make a difference.”

Canwell’s music video told the story of one man’s lifechanging encounter with a stranger, utilizing the song, “The Gospel According to Luke,” by Aaron Roche. Canwell has an internship at Loma Linda University, and hopes to be hired full-time at the conclusion of his internship.

In October, Walla Walla University students, staff, and faculty went out into the community to sweep, clean windows, rake leaves, pick up trash, and visit and sing with the elderly, among other things. It happens every quarter, and hundreds participate. It’s the tradition known as Service Day—a chance to give back to the community that has supported WWU for 116 years. Here, Greg McKelvey, sophomore theology major, sorts papers at the Walla Walla Humane Society.

New WWU Vice President In July, Jodeene Wagner ’92 was appointed vice president of marketing and enrollment services. She will lead the university’s strategic marketing initiatives in recruiting, enrollment, public relations and other programs. Wagner holds a degree in mass communications and completed concentrated studies in business and English. Prior to her appointment at WWU, she worked for Coffey Communications, Inc., in Walla Walla, Wash.

WWU Joins the NAIA

The Walla Walla University athletics program recently learned that they were accepted into membership at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

The NAIA is the governing body for athletics programs at its nearly 300 colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada.

As a member, WWU will be held accountable to the NAIA mission, which is to promote the education and development of well-rounded students and productive citizens through intercollegiate athletics.

“Joining the NAIA helps us to continue just the right kind of athletic program,” says WWU president John McVay. “One that prioritizes academic performance and character development over sport.”

Eric Ashley

A Tradition of Service

The WWU soccer team is now playing on a brandnew field. A ribboncutting ceremony was held before the first game on Oct. 4. The field includes covered team seating, and a two-story building for the announcer and scorekeeper.

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WWU’s unique collection of pages, pottery and more

“History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pro Publio Sestio Indeed, we study the past to learn, to understand, to remember.

Museums house collections of photographs and artifacts—often the only remnants of vanished cultures. Archeologists sift through evidence of entire civilizations to satisfy our curiosity and desire for knowledge.

It is in this spirit of remembrance and enlightenment that Walla Walla University maintains a collection of uncommon treasures, each offering a unique testimony to our past. Here are some of the treasures that quietly await discovery on the WWU campus.

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WWC/OPS Animals. These fluffy mascots were owned by Ione Morgan and donated to Walla Walla University from her estate.

She moved from Chicago to College Place in the 1930s and later worked at Color Press here in College Place. Mrs. Morgan died in May at the age of 99.

The Curtis Collection. The Peterson Memorial Library is home to 18 volumes of the 20-volume main set and six of the 20 large portfolios of The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis.

Purchased by the Walla Walla College librarian in 1950 for $200 from Barnes and Noble in New York City, these partially leather bound books include numerous photogravure plates depicting the culture and lifestyles of 80 Indian tribes. Limited editions sold for $3,000 in 1907 and cost about $4,200 in 1924. Flury & Company Ltd. Gallery in Seattle, Wash., notes that it was Curtis’ intention to depict as many tribes as he could because he knew that these cultures were quickly fading.

Nuremberg Chronicle, page 18.

The oldest item in the library collection is this 1493 page from the illustrated world history. It is called an Incunabula, meaning it was published in the earliest stages before 1501. Dr. Earl Malcolm Hause gifted this page to the Walla Walla College sometime before 1968. The fragile nature of the piece keeps it from open viewing by the general public.

First WWC Accounting Ledger. To view past Walla Walla College bookkeeping ledgers, one may make an appointment to visit the university archives. This photo shows detail of the very first college ledger. All construction costs are neatly recorded by hand—long before computers!

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Large Storage Jars. This is one of 75 three-foot high ceramic storage jars kept in the archaeology lab in Bowers Hall. They each weigh around 60 pounds when empty.

In 1200 BC, when it would have been in use in Jordan, this jar might have stored wheat, barley, lentils, or garbanzos. When full it would weigh over 275 pounds. It was obtained from the Madaba Plains Project site of Tall al-`Umayri, according to Doug Clark, former WWU archaeology professor and theologian. This jar, and the others like it, came from the same house’s pantry store rooms. Most of the items from the location were found intact.

1516 Latin Bible. Hailing from Lyons, France, this Bible was printed by Jacobus Sacon for Antonius Kolberger of Nuremberg, Germany. It is the oldest of all the Bibles in the library’s collection.

Hand-colored pictures number 100 in the Old Testament and 29 in the New Testament. Walla Walla College acquired this Bible in 1992, along with others from Dr. Charles Gibson’s collection, which he graciously donated.

Food Container, Cold War Era. Emergency rations stored away from the Cold War era were discovered on the Rosario campus when old cabins were demolished during renovations. A few years ago Jim Nestler ’84, professor of biology and director of the Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory, opened up a container to discover still edible crackers. This container was the last unopened one.

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1875 Encyclopedia Britannica.

The library ledger shows that this was purchased in 1910 for $30.

It is one of the very first WWC library acquisitions.

Guttenberg Bible Replica.

Elwood Mabley ’48, former library director, purchased this treasure in1985 for $3,000. It is now worth about $30,000, due in part to the passage of time and its gold leaf pages. Around a dozen donors helped fund this acquisition to have it included in the special Bible collection. The Bible is displayed occasionally, usually for special events such as Alumni Weekend.

Grinding Stones. Heavy stones from ancient homes lie by the hundreds in the WWU Archaeology Lab. Every day, housewives would use these to grind wheat flour, spices, and herbs. Not only food turned to grain when pounded into the stones, however. Archaeologists discovered that bits of sand from the stones worked their way into the food and then people’s mouths, eventually wearing down the teeth of the chewer.

When can you see these treasures and others archived on our campus? Call (509) 527-2134 for information, or for appointment hours visit wallawalla.edu/special-collections.

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Interview

Powering the Future

By Jodi Wagner

Doug Thomsen ’93 always liked to burn things. So it seemed natural that he’d build on his Walla Walla University mechanical engineering degree by accepting a full-ride scholarship to study combustion at Purdue University. There, he earned a doctorate degree, and nearly a decade later, his fascination with fire has proved quite useful—he has helped to design the most powerful gas turbine engine in the world.

What is your role at GE Aviation?

My title is senior engineer for combustor aero technology and design at GE Aviation, and I work as combustor aero team leader for the GEnx Engine program.

The GEnx Engine is a new centerline engine designed to power the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 747-8.

My office is in Springdale, Ohio, but testing for the engine project takes me to our main plant in Evendale and to our engine test facilities near Peebles, which is in the Appalachian foothills of South Central Ohio. I also travel to our flight test operations headquarters in Victorville, Calif., on the edge of the Mojave Desert.

How has your work with the GEnx program evolved to where you are today?

I started working on the GEnx program in 2004, although the technology programs supporting it started long before that.

When I joined GE in 1999, they were already working with NASA to develop a new generation of low-emissions, gas-turbine combustors. My first program was an 14 Westwind Winter 2009

internally funded effort to take these technologies, improve and demonstrate them in a commercial CFM-56 engine. This was a very successful program for which my boss received GE’s highest award, the Edison Award.

Basically, to get more efficient, engines have to get hotter. But high temperatures in the combustor result in high amounts of nitric oxide production, a greenhouse gas that also impacts ozone depletion and when emitted near the ground becomes nitrogen dioxide, a basic component of smog. Our combustor seeks to change the way fuel is burnt in order to minimize the peak flame temperature and enable a more efficient yet environmentally sound engine.

To bring this technology to production has taken over a decade of labor by a combustor team varying in size from a handful of engineers in the beginning to 20 or so on the current program. Our team is divided roughly in half between mechanical and aero design engineers. In addition to our combustor team, bringing this to production has required working with test organizations,

systems, controls, operability and performance groups within the company. Overall, there are hundreds of engineers working on this engine program.

What has surprised you during the course of your work? What discoveries have you made?

The most surprising thing about a gas turbine combustor is that it is small. Imagine taking a fire hose and shooting it through a coffee can with the bottom cut out.

Now imagine that instead of water you are flowing kerosene and by the end of the can all the fuel must be burnt, products mixed out and a uniform temperature obtained to prevent hot streaks from destroying the turbine.

In the early days of gas turbine propulsion the combustor was the biggest component, stretching more than 2 to 4 feet in length in

order to meet these requirements.

Today, the biggest commercial gas turbine engines have combustors 6 inches in length. There isn’t a day that goes by that I’m not amazed that it works at all.

How will your work and this project impact the aviation industry?

I see this program as the beginning of a new generation of low-emissions combustors. High fuel prices and global warming concerns will continue to drive the need for high efficiency and low emissions. This design and others like it will continue to be optimized and improved over the coming years as we gain field experience and apply our learning.

On a personal level, I look forward to the day I step onto a commercial airliner and see my engine on its wings.

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What do you enjoy most about your work?

Doug Thomsen ’93 (second from right) leads the “combustor aero team” that helped to design a new centerline jet engine for GE Aviation.

The best thing about my job is that gas turbines are endlessly fascinating. You have parts rotating at a couple thousand revolutions per minute, flowpath temperatures over 3000 degrees Fahrenheit, and pressures exceeding 700 psi. On top of this, we want to be able to light the engine at 30,000 feet; accelerate it from idle to takeoff in a few seconds; ingest birds, rain, hail, snow, and ice; and do it all with a reliability that ensures the health and safety of the hundreds of thousands of passengers flying in commercial aircraft on a daily basis.

The combustor is just one part of this story, but the first day you test your design is like a first date.

You are excited and nervous, confident but a little scared. My best moments at GE have been in the testing arena. Whether I am running a single-cup prototype burner in a test cell or flying at 5,000 feet over the Mohave Desert trying not to lose my lunch, watching my design become reality is priceless.

think you must like tinkering in your garage. While that has some appeal, the other side of mechanical engineering is the thermal sciences, to which I have dedicated my professional career.

A lifetime pyromaniac, I took my fascination with fire and got a PhD in combustion from Purdue University. Now I have made a career out of burning things. Combustion is the ultimate science—it takes the fields of chemistry, thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, physics and turbulence theory and merges them together. Because of its complexity, the field is far from mature, and science often becomes art. One of my colleagues often says that engineering is the art of making sound technical decisions based on incomplete and often erroneous information. Those who seek absolute answers and cut-and-dried results better stick to the pure sciences.

Engineering is much more frustrating, painful, experimental and ultimately rewarding than that.

How can tomorrow’s engineers pursue the kind of work you’re doing?

If you want a job right out of school, co-op. Most companies in the industry use their co-op programs as screening tools for their direct hire programs. While they are no guarantee of employment, the programs give you a chance to see if the company fits your interests and career goals. In addition, the co-op jobs pay well

and provide valuable experience, even if you decide to go a different direction with your career. If you wish to get a graduate degree, recognize that many companies offer educational programs at work so that you can get a good salary and seniority while finishing your education.

There are a lot of jobs in the aerospace industry, although hiring is cyclical. If your preferred job is not available when you are ready to interview, consider grad school. You can gain valuable knowledge while waiting for the job market to open up again.

If you are interested in a PhD, consider your interest and go to a school that has recognized expertise in that area. Also, choose a grad school with a professor who has ties to the industry you eventually want to work in. That first connection and referral are your most likely paths to future employment. That is how I got my job.

You will find that the fundamental education you received at Walla Walla University will have prepared you well for your graduate level work. I was specifically surprised to find that my undergraduate math background was in many ways superior to that afforded many of my grad school colleagues. n Doug Thomsen ’93 lives in Lebanon, Ohio. He and his wife, Laura (Fish) att., have two children—Peter, 10, and Catherine, 8.

What prepared you for the work you’re doing today?

I graduated from Walla Walla with a mechanical engineering degree, and that degree prepared me well for my work as the combustor aero team leader on this program. When people think of mechanical engineering they

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Alumnotes

1940s Lowell Bock ’46 resides in Banning, Calif. Lowell received the Charles E. Weniger Award for Outstanding Achievement in Loma Linda, Calif.

He has served as a pastor and a conference administrator for 45 years.

1950s Dick McCoy ’50 and his wife, Thelma (Johnson) ’46, live in Port Angeles, Wash.

Although they are retired, they both teach a class of 25 piano students.

Thelma has taught 64 years of piano lessons to hundreds of students.

Dick and Thelma celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary September 2007.

They have two children Nancy Nedderman ’74 and Colette Sharer att.

Susan (Fosdal) Comeau ’58 and her husband, Cliff, live in Beltsville, Md. Susan works as an administrative assistant for the General Conference of Seventhday Adventists. She has had the opportunity to travel to Kenya, Costa Rica, India and Brazil for special assignments during General Conference sessions. Cliff and Susan have two grown sons, Don and Ken ’86.

Jerry Dawes ’59 and his wife, Marie (Hiner) att., currently live in Wenatchee, Wash.

Some of Jerry’s college memories include Dr. Westermeyer’s chapel talks. Jerry and Marie have six grown children, Geri, Roger, Jason, Ashley, Carlee, and Jena.

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Carlene (Heid) Johnson ’58 and her husband, Glenn ’58, live in Berrien

Springs, Mich. Carlene works as the administrative assistant to the vice president for academic administration at Andrews University. Glen and Carlene volunteer around the community. In their spare time, they like to travel and have been to the British Isles, Fiji, Maritime Provinces, and will soon be traveling to South Africa. Carlene’s college memories are making new friends and working for Mrs. Aplington.

biology and anatomy labs as a graduate student and working in the printing press and bindery as part of the janitorial crew in the old Ad building. Bobby and Elizabeth have two children, Serena and Darren.

Arthur Nelson ’58 and his wife, Ester (Miller) att., are enjoying retirement in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Arthur was employed by the Seventh-day Adventist church for more than 41 years where he worked as a principal, academy teacher and secretarytreasurer of the Wisconsin Conference. In 2007, Arthur and Esther celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They have two children, Jere and Debi.

Mary (Cleveland) Noah ’58 and her husband, George ’55, live in Spokane,

Frances (Welch) Mathison ’58 and her husband, Wellington ’60, reside in Dayton, Nev. Frances is a retired registered nurse health educator. She enjoys living near her grandchildren and playing the piano for two local churches. Her college memories include the friendliness of fellow students and walks to the Whitman monument. Frances and Wellington have two grown children, Jeff and Brenda.

Wash. Mary worked for 40 years as a teacher at Philippine Union College, Walla Walla University, and Whitworth University. Mary and George have two grown children, Narlita and Anita att.

Elizabeth (Ashley) Myers ’58 and her husband, Bobby ’60, reside in Madison,

G. Corinne (Elliott) Pestes ’58 and her husband, Michael ’57, live in Sierra

Ala. Elizabeth works as the vice president for Myers Agency Services. In her spare time, she enjoys singing with the Sweet Adelines, Metro Nashville Chorus, and the community chorus. Her favorite college memories were teaching micro-

sewing for her grandchildren. Corinne and Michael have three grown children, Laurin ’82, Jean Boller ’86, and Ryan Pestes ’88.

Norma (Reistad) Reiswig ’58 and her husband, Oran, live in Chico, Calif. In their

spare time, Norma and Oran enjoy spending time with their grandchildren and boating on Lake Oroville. They also actively support the local symphony and community church. Norma and Oran have three children, Lisa, Colette, and Kent.

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Vista, Ariz. After retiring, Corinne and Michael enjoy volunteering in their local church. Michael is a head deacon and Corinne works as the primary Sabbath School leader and clerk. In her spare time, Corinne enjoys knitting, gardening, and

Anton Andersen att., is a retired civil engineer living in San Diego, Calif. The bulk of his career was spent within the rail transit industries. He is currently involved with the San Diego Model Railroad Museum.

Fred Christensen ’68 and his wife, June Rasmussen att., live in Pasco, Wash. Fred works as a pastor in the Upper Columbia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. In his spare time, he enjoys camping, reading, and motorcycle riding. Fred and June have four children, Erick ’97, Mark att., Stephanie att., and Deidre att.

Francie (Glenn) Davidson ’69 and her husband, Russ ’71, live in Rhododendron, Ore. Francie works as a fourth grade teacher for Portland Adventist Elementary School. Francie and Russ sold their home in Portland and moved up into the mountains where they both enjoy the view of Mt. Hood and the Sandy River.

Alumnotes Viola (Sayles) Hufman ’67 att. and her husband, Gary, live in Nampa, Idaho. Viola works as the secretary for the retail operations vice president at Pacific Press. Some of her favorite college memories include band trips, hayrides, and working in the library. Gary and Viola have two children, Derek and Diana.

Margaret (Shannon) LePique ’63 and her husband, Thomas att., live in Shelton, Wash. Margaret retired after more than 30 years of teaching. They are active in their church. They also enjoy family vacations at the beach with grandchildren and visiting lighthouses. Some of Margaret’s favorite college memories were of Helen Evan’s worship talk in Conard Hall and meeting people while working at the College Dairy. She boasts that she can still make a nicely shaped ice cream cone. Thomas and Margaret have two grown children, Kimberly Cole att., and Todd ’92.

Don Loomer ’63 lives in College Place.

He retired from teaching and in his spare time he enjoys running, traveling, and backpacking. His favorite college memories include the dedicated teachers and the field trips. Don has two grown children, Todd ’86 and Rodney.

Darlene (Barnhart) Perry ’68 and her husband, Allen, live in Sun City, Calif.

From her years at college, Darlene remembers working for Helen Evans Thompson. Darlene and Allen have one daughter, Nicole.

Thomas Siaw ’63 resides in Germany.

He is looking forward to his trip to Hong Kong for medical missionary work. In his spare time, Thomas enjoys riding unicycles and oil painting. He has two children, Steve and Sonia.

Donald Wagner ’66 and his wife, Marolyn (Eiseman) ’65, live in Walla Walla.

Marolyn works as an registered nurse for an assisted living facility. Donald’s favorite college memory was being married in Conard Hall Chapel. Donald and Marolyn have two children, Donald II and Mindy.

family practice clinic. In her spare time, she enjoys bicycling, playing the harp, and skiing trips with the family. Betty and Herbert have two grown children, Carolyn and Jocely.

Ken Walters ’63 and his wife, Karla, reside in Bellevue, Wash. Ken works at the University of Washington. Some of Ken’s favorite college memories include two summers of “colporteuring,” and his professors Ralph Jones, Nancy Bull, and Joseph Barnes. Ken and Karla have two children, Karen and Mary.

William Fritz ’75 currently works as the senior vice president for academic affairs/ provost at the College of Staten Island.

William previously worked at Georgia State University for 27 years.

1970s Gary Beck ’78 and his wife, Fukuko, reside in Orofino, Idaho. Gary works as a pastor for the Upper Columbia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. In his spare time, Gary enjoys reading books on history and theology and gardening.

Gary and Fukuko have two children, Ernest ’03 and Erika att.

Ron Carroll att., and his wife, Beatrice (Brown) ’97, live in Meridian, Idaho. Ron works as a healing facilitator. In their spare time, Beatrice and Ron enjoy participating in ballroom dancing competitions. They have four children, Victoria, Patricia, Andrew, and Traci att.

Ron Cate ’79 and his wife, Bonnie, live in Walla Walla, Wash. Ron works as a registered nurse in the med/surg unit at Providence St. Mary Medical Center. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his grandkids and traveling. Ron and Bonnie have five children, Michael, Erica, Christopher, Tiffani, and Cassie.

Betty Choi-Fung ’78 and her husband, Herbert, live in Toronto, Canada. Betty works as a medical doctor and owns a

Jeanine Kablanow ’79 and her husband, Wayne att., live in Athol, Idaho. One of Jeanine’s favorite college memories include hiking at North Fork. Jeanine and Wayne have two children, Crystal and Eric.

Scott Parmele ’74 lives in Coos Bay, Ore. He works as an elementary teacher for Goldcoast Adventist School. In his spare time, Scott enjoys hiking, golfing, and reading.

Robert Pielaet Jr. ’79 and his wife, Patricia (Shobe) att., live in Creswell, Ore. Robert works at Sacred Heart Medical Center as a part of the biomedical equipment team.

Wayne Schafer ’78 and his wife, Pamela (Maxey) ’79, live in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. Wayne works as a senior counsel member in the Aboriginal Law Section in the Department of Justice where he defends the Government of Canada in major land claim litigation cases. In January 2008, he was awarded a Queen’s Counsel designation, a high honor. He has also had the privilege of contributing a chapter to the Law Society’s of Alberta’s 100th Anniversary Celebration Book. His college memories include vespers with Loren Dickenson, living in Hallmark apartments, and history classes with professors Blaich and Schwantes.

Maxine (Meador) Shumate ’78 and her husband, Frederick ’78, reside in Covington, Wash. Maxine works at Buena Vista Seventh-day Adventist School. She enjoys collecting various items including cassettes, clocks, Tupperware, and thermometers. Her favorite college memory was skating in Columbia Auditorium.

Lynn (Barter) Yanke ’78 and her husband, Ed ’77, work in Gresham, Ore. Lynn works as a registered nurse at Legacy Mt. Hood Medical Center. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and golf. Lynn’s favorite college memories include the Canadian students and worship with friends. Lynn and Ed have two children, Roderick att., and Royce.

1980s Holly (Ingersoll) Abrams ’83 and her husband, Ron ’82, live in Sequatchie, Tenn. Holly works as a teacher for the Georgia Cumberland Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. In her spare time, she enjoys scrapbooking , traveling, and backpacking. Her favorite college memories were Friday night vespers. Ron and Holly have four children, Mishala, Honiko, Ryissa, and Nikolas.

Mark Aden ’84 and his wife, Stephanie, live in Spokane, Wash. Mark works as the principal of DCI Engineers. Mark and Stephanie have two children, Erik and Nicole.

Bernice Beddoe ’89 and her husband, Ken Roberts, live in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Bernice and Ken are licensed clinical social workers and have worked in the mental health field for the past 15 years.

She is currently the director of the residential unit for pre-teens and teens with extreme behavior and mental health issues. Some of Bernice’s favorite college memories include working with her freshman biology lab partner Debbie Kaye and the organ music at the college church events.

Bob Berdan ’80 lives in Beaverton, Ore. He works as a paramedic field trainer and educator. Every year he has had the privilege of visiting remote regions of various countries to do medical and dental work. In his spare time, he enjoys Winter 2009 Westwind 17

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Bob has three children, Melissa ’07, Jeremy and Julie.

Richard Froelich ’83 and his wife, Robin, reside in Boonsboro, Md. Richard works as the senior engineer for GSE Technologies. His favorite college memories are of his years at the Haffner House. Richard and Robin have two children, Rose and Caleb.

Stephen Harden ’83 and his wife, Ruby (Eastwood) ’84, live in Wenatchee, Wash.

Stephen is the owner of Affordable Realty.

Tracy (Winter) Harder att., and her husband, Thomas, live in Roseburg, Ore. After teaching in California, Tracy and Thomas enjoy moving back into the Northwest. Some of Tracy’s favorite college memories include ASWWC days, trips into Walla Walla, and the English department in the old ad building.

Bruce Kay ’83 and his wife, Julia (Hiner) ’90, currently live in Kirkland, Wash. Bruce

Charles Reel ’89 and his wife, Karla (Peck) ’90, live in Pierre, S.D. Charles works as the vice president of finance in the Dakota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. His favorite college memories include rainbows over the campus and dating his wife.

Cheryl Swanson ’89 and her husband, Charlie, live in Puyallup, Wash. Cheryl works as a psychiatric social worker. In their spare time, Cheryl and Charlie enjoy birding, canoeing, day hiking, and reading. Some of Cheryl’s favorite college memories include being part of the first computer couple-matched banquet. She has two children, Brian ’92, and Bradley att.

Jennifer (Perry) White ’89 and her husband, Robert White II ’91, live in Oregon City, Ore. They have two children, Zachary and Benjamin.

1990s Shane Atkins att., and his wife, Heather, live in Roseville, Calif. Shane is a pilot for Virgin American Airlines.

works as the senior director of engineering at Green Point Technology. In his spare time, he enjoys flying, wakeboarding, and vacations to Mexico. Bruce and Julia have two children, Meghan and Hampton.

Thomas Lyon’84 lives in Clinton, Utah.

Thomas works as the owner of Lyon Graphic Design. He enjoys mountain biking, and his favorite college memories include the friendships made.

Julia (Silcox) Payaban ’84, and her husband, Ruel, live in Oceanside, Calif. Julia has worked as the principal of Oceanside Adventist Elementary for the past 13 years. She enjoys traveling, especially her most recent trip to Hawaii, where they traveled to four different islands. Julia and Ruel have one child, Angela, who attends La Sierra University.

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Nicole (Peschong) Batten’99 and her husband, Stephen, live in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Canada. Nicole recently started her own business, GoFish Publicity Solutions. Nicole serves on the board of directors for the Society of Adventist Communicators (SAC) and is the vice president of recruitment for SAC. Her favorite college memories include the many hours talking to Dr. Dickinson and meeting her husband.

Nicole and Stephen have two children, Joshua and Seth.

Heidi (Ham) Evans ’98 and her husband, Daniel att., are currently living in Tualatin, Ore. Heidi works as a musician and a teacher. In her spare time, Heidi enjoys hiking, walking, gardening, and rafting. From her college years, Heidi remembers the many fire alarms in the girls’ dorm as a result of burnt popcorn, especially during finals. Heidi and Daniel have two children, Ellia and Berren.

Jenny (Dull) Evans’99 and her husband, Larry, live in Dayton, Ohio. Jenny works as the senior accountant of WinWholesale, Inc.

marrying her husband. From her college days, Pamela remembers an impromptu chocolate party with the girls living in her hall.

Jennie (Mede) Furness ’98 is currently living in Laguna Hills, Calif. She works as a teacher at Laguna Niguel Junior Academy.

Melinda (Rainey) Russell ’98 and her husband, Craig, are currently living in Meridian, Idaho. Melinda works as a licensed clinical social worker at Montgomery Counseling Center.

Allison (Tait) Melino ’98 and her husband, Marc, reside in Seattle, Wash. Allison works as the health and wellness director at Bellevue Family YMCA. Allison and Marc have traveled to Botswana, Africa, where they camped out with the hippos! One of Allison’s favorite college memories was going for long jogs down Whitman Ave. during spring afternoons.

Stacy Schwarz ’98 and her husband, Tracy ’96, live in Walla Walla. Stacy works as a stay-at-home mom and works two Sundays a month as a registered nurse at Blue Mountain Medical Group. In her spare time she enjoys reading and sewing. Stacy fondly remembers Friday night vespers and sledding at Tollgate.

Debra (Magretta) Meredith ’98 and her husband, Robert, live in Spokane, Wash. Debra works as the case manager for Premera. Debra enjoys baking, reading, working with animals and spending time with her family. While at WWU, she remembers the amazing professors, and having study groups at the library. Debra has two children, Krystal and Christine.

Mary Strubhar ’98 lives in Hubbard, Ore. Mary works as a registered nurse at Providence Newberg Medical Center. In her spare time she enjoys crocheting, calligraphy, gardening, and visiting with friends. Her favorite college memories are working in the library with Shirley and the friendships with the faculty, especially Lois Whitchurch.

Anthony Mohr ’99 lives in Camarillo, Calif. He works as a staff engineer for a local company. In his spare time, he enjoys skiing and swing dancing.

Andy Toms ’98 and his wife, Karla, are currently living in Bend, Ore. Andy works as a dentist.

Jennifer (Korb) Oetman ’98 and her husband, Greg att., are currently living in Walla Walla. Jennifer is a self-employed clinical social worker. Upon graduation, Jennifer worked as a medical social worker for the Veteran’s Administration Healthcare system for five years. Currently, she is a stay-at-home mom with 3-year-old son Owen and maintains her social work practice on the side.

William Parker ’92 and Carolina Salido were married on Oct. 12, 2007, in Lancaster, Mass.

Pamela (Duncan) Rodman ’98 and her husband, Jere, make their home in College Place. Pamela works as the office manager for the English department. Since graduation in 1998, the highlight of her life was finding and

Steve Wilson ’98 and his wife, Kelly Jo, are living in Touchet, Wash. Steve is currently employed at Andy’s Market. In his spare time he enjoys snowmobiling, and restoring/building automobiles. Some of Steve’s memories include countless hours spent in computer and hydraulics labs.

2000s Natalie (Davis) Hager ’00 and her husband, Earl, currently live in Princeton, W. Va. Natalie works as an attorney for Harvey and Janutolo law offices. In March of 2007, Earl and Natalie adopted a 15month-old boy, Alexander, from Russia.

They are planning to go back soon and adopt a sister for Alexander. In Natalie’s spare time she enjoys hanging out with her husband and her son.

In Memory

Anderson—DeEtta (Olson) att., was born April 6, 1917, in Tolstoy, S. D., and died May 2, 2008, in Yakima, Wash. Surviving: husband Phil of Grandview, Wash.; sons Thomas att. of Spokane, Wash. , and Phillip Jr. att. of Grandview; and daughter Donna (Olson) Montague att. of Nashville.

Blake—B Lorene (Gibbon) att., was born April 15, 1917, in Eagle, Idaho, and died Feb. 17, 2008, in Walla Walla, Wash. Surviving: sons Darrell of Tonopah, Nev., Gardell of Selah, Wash., Melin att. of College Place, Wash., and Gaylend of Walla Walla, Wash.

Bohlman—Raymond att. was born Feb. 4, 1915, in Goodwater, Saskatchewan, Canada, and died June 11, 2008, in Walla Walla, Wash. Surviving: wife Alta (Chaney) att., of Walla Walla; son Larry ’79 of Walla Walla; and daughter Donna Shelman att., of Apison, Tenn.

Cook—Claire att., was born July12, 1934, in Colfax, Wash. , and died April 12, 2008, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Surviving: wife Connie of Palm Springs, Calif.; son Paul Cook of Seattle, Wash.; and daughter Lisa Hirst, of Riverside, Calif.

Clifford—Lawrence ’61 was born March 31, 1919, in El Paso, Texas, and died March 14, 2008, in Paradise, Calif.

Surviving: wife Donna of Paradise; sons Lawrence of Chico, Calif., Sidney of Grass Valley, Calif., and Douglas of Sacramento, Calif.; and daughter Carol McHenry of Laurel, Md. Chrowl—C. Eugene att., was born Dec. 23, 1931, in Seattle, Wash., and died Oct. 24, 2007, in Klamath Falls, Ore. Surviving: wife Nola of Klamath Falls; daughter Jan Chrowl ’75 of Klamath Falls; brothers Keith of Salem, Ore., and Roger of Salem, Ore. Devitt—Archie ’50 was born Dec. 4, 1920, in Milner, N.D., and died Dec. 16, 2007, in Longview, Wash. Surviving: wife

A lifetime of service “

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hen I get older and have finished college, I want to become a minister. There are many ways to spread the gospel, but I want to be a minister because I want to preach the gospel.” Earnestly handwritten and signed by 11-year-old Jere Patzer, this simple note reveals the beginning of what was to become a lifetime of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Jere received degrees in business administration and religion in 1969 from Atlantic Union College (Lancaster, Mass.), followed by a Masters of Divinity degree from Andrews University (Berrien Springs, Mich.).

He directed youth ministries in the Pennsylvania Conference and in the Oregon Conference before he was named youth ministries director for the North Pacific Union Conference in 1977. For five years Jere worked at the NPUC—the headquarters for the Seventhday Adventist Church in the Northwest—before receiving the call to become vice president for the Upper Columbia Conference in Spokane, Wash. In 1985 he was

named president for the Upper Columbia Conference, a post he held for 11 years.

In 1996, Jere returned to the NPUC as president, and was also named chair of the Walla Walla College Board of Trustees.

During his tenure as chair, the board was involved in a number of initiatives, including Faith in the Vision, the $18 million campaign that replaced our administration building and funded other efforts to revitalize key areas of campus.

Under Jere’s chairmanship, Walla Walla College changed its name and identity to better reflect its curriculum, becoming Walla Walla University in September 2007. Jere served on the WWU Board of Trustees until his death from complications related to non-Hodgkins lymphoma on Oct. 26, 2008.

Jere earned an MBA and a Doctor of Ministry degree, authored four books, hosted the radio program Issues and Interviews, and served as chair of the Adventist Health Board of Directors. Those who worked with Jere appreciated his lifelong dedication to serving others. During a memorial service for Jere on Nov. 15, 2008, at Meadow Glade Church in Portland, WWU President John McVay recalled, “He served energetically and ably, with a passionate dedication to the Adventist message and to seeing the church strengthened in the great Northwest.”

Jere is survived by his wife, Sue; two sons, Darin ’96 and Troy ’99; one daughter, Carissa Britcliffe; and his father, Arthur ’43. He was preceded in death by his mother, Pearl att.

Mickey of Longview; and daughter Kathleen Moor ’74 of Kelso, Wash.

Gates—Lee Orville ’63 was born June 7, 1940, in Denver, Colo., and died March 20, 2008, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Surviving: son Warren Gates of Seattle, Wash.; daughter Heather Wilson of Santa Rosa, Calif.; father Lee Gates Jr. of Grand Junction, Colo.; brother Garry Gates of Placerville, Calif.; and sister Sandra Drobny of Grand Junction, Colo.

Green—Iris (Booth) ’41 was born Jan. 21, 1918, in York, Pa., and died Jan. 29, 2008, in Franklin, Ga. Surviving: son Jordon of Guatemala; daughters Bethel Gordon and Esther Recinos of Franklin.

Greene—Marilyn (Stickle) ’70 was born Feb. 11, 1947, in LaCombe, Alberta, Canada , and died Nov. 4, 2007, in Big Pine Key, Fla. Surviving: husband Tyrone of Big Pine Key; son Andre of Big Pine Key; daughter Krystal of Big Pine Key; father Stanley Stickle; mother Ruth Stickle; and brother Donovan Stickle.

Hallock—Sylvia (James) att., was born Jan. 3, 1923, in Eugene, Ore., and died March 14, 2008, in Walla Walla. Surviving: husband Howard ’47 of Walla Walla; son Kenneth ’75 of Buckley, Wash.; daughters Judy Schneider att., of Gentry, Ark., Brenda Mulder of Shafter, Calif.; brothers Gordon of Spokane, Wash., Wilbur of Dallas, Ore.; and sister Arlean Bechtel of Talent, Ore. Hamilton—Robert ’34 was born Feb. 15, 1914, in Missoula, Mont., and died June 5, 2008, in Walla Walla, Wash.

Surviving: son Robert att. of Conrad, Mont.; daughters Melissa Craik att. of Walla Walla, Candace Shermeta att. of Largo, Fla., and Shelley Kaylor att. of Walla Walla.

Kruger—Sandra (Edwards) att., was born Sept. 22, 1946, in Toppenish, Wash., Winter 2009 Westwind 19

In Memory

Loyal WWU Supporter

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hyllis Hall loved hiking. As a marathoner and Pacific Crest Trail hiker, she had hiked all of Washington and Oregon trails and 700 miles of the California Trail. Phyllis and her husband, Don, founded Wellsource, Inc., a health promotion firm that develops health management

and died Jan. 23, 2008, in College Place, Wash. Surviving: spouse Roger ’68 of Pendleton, Ore.; sons Timothy att. of Walla Walla, Wash., Todd att. of Joseph, Ore.; father Donivan Edwards of MiltonFreewater, Ore.; mother Eilene Edwards of Milton-Freewater; sister Twyla (Edwards) Kruger att. of Walla Walla.

Lamberton—Ned ’61 was born March 18, 1925, in Brewster, Wash., and died Jan. 30, 2007, in McMinnville, Ore. Surviving: wife Margie Lamberton of Sheridan, Ore.; sons James of Brewster, Wash., and Thomas of Yakima, Wash.; daughter Ruth (Lamberton) Corson ’78; and brothers Clark of Chiang Mai, Thailand, Lyn Lamberton att. of Harare, Zimbabwe; and sisters Chloetta (Lamberton) Kruegar att. of College Place, Wash., and Kay (Lamberton) Hanson ’55 of Brewster.

McLendon—Duane att., was born July 12, 1960, in Rapid City, S.D., and died Feb. 28, 2008, in Walla Walla, Wash.

Surviving: wife Shelley of College Place, Wash.; son Thomas of Deltona, Fla.; daughters Jenna McLendon of Walla 20 Westwind Winter 2009

software and training systems for organizations that provide health and wellness programs for their employees. Wellsource products are used by more than 2,000 organizations throughout the United States, Canada, and China. Phyllis was also a loyal supporter of Walla Walla University. She graduated from WWU in 1968 with a degree in home economics, and contributed to WWU’s most recently completed campaign, Faith in the Vision, which resulted in the new administration building and other capital improvements. She is survived by her husband, Don ’68, of Happy Valley, Ore., son David ’93 of Happy Valley, and daughter Heather Tourville ’97 of Portland, Ore. Walla, Christian Kennedy of Cleveland, Tenn.,Tawney Minkel of College Place, Arica Schwedtfeger of Libby, Mont., Junnifer Cotton, of College Place, and Rachel Kline, of Walla Walla; father Thomas and mother Evelyn of Offerman, Ga.; brothers Ripley of Enterprise, Ala.; Marty of Deltona; Billy of Offerman; and Lance of Titusville, Fla.; sisters Wendy McLendon of Enterprise; Monica Allen of Offerman; and Eva Wandersee of Liberty, Pa. Merickel—Charles ’54 was born Sept.

20, 1916, in Mapleton, Minn., and died March 17, 2008, in Portland. Surviving: wife Stacia Merickel of Portland; son Charles of Gnomes, Texas; daughters Phyllis (Merickel) Wilson ’71 of Portland; and Donna (Merickel) Judy att. of North Port, Fla.; and brother Robert of Chippewa Falls, Wis. Poole—Joan (Selfe) ’52 was born Sept. 7, 1923, in Wales, England, and died March 19, 2008, in Salem, Ore. Surviving: husband Vernon Poole ’51 of Salem; son David of Orlando, Fla.; daughter Elizabeth Poole of Salem; and brother William Selfe of Prineville, Ore.

Pritel—Philip ’36 was born Oct. 12, 1910, in Butte, N.D., and died July 19, 2007, in Vancouver, Wash. Surviving: wife Betty of Vancouver; sisters Emma Coffin of Watkinsville, Ga., and Alice Livadney of Harrah, Okla.

Rasco—Jimmy ’76 was born Feb. 17, 1938, in Borger, Texas, and died March 19, 2008, in Pullman,Wash. Surviving: Joanne (Carcich) att. of Albion, Wash.; sons Donald att. and Ronald att. of Moscow, Idaho; and brother Eddie of Borger, Texas.

Stewart—Kenneth Lynn att. was born April 6, 1956 in Leavenworth, Wash., and died Jan. 31, 2008, in Port Orchard, Wash.

Surviving: wife Carolyn of Port Orchard; daughters Crystal Jutte of Lynwood, Wash., and Tara Stewart of Port Orchard; father Kenneth of Cashmere, Wash.; and sister Jeannie (Stewart) Leno att. of Boise, Idaho.

Wallace—Dorothy (Calvert) ’87 was born July 19, 1920, in Hillsboro, Ore., and died Aug. 24, 2007, in Kent, Wash. Surviving: husband Felix ’49 of Kent; son Edelidio of Las Vegas, Nev.; and daughters Elaine Phelps ’76 of Kent, Beth Robison

’76 of Lyle, Wash., and Rebecca Ryan of Tacoma, Wash.

Watson—Roger att., was born April 16, 1929, in Milwaukie, Ore., and died July 26, 2007, in Forest Grove, Ore. Surviving: wife Mary of Gaston, Ore.; son Brian att. of Gaston; daughters Roma Clewell ’84 of Carson City, Nev., Corinne Nieman att. of Gaston; and brother William att. of Grants Pass, Ore. Wilson—Roen (Bernard) att. was born Dec. 8, 1928, in College Place, Wash., and died March 6, 2008 in Longview, Wash. Surviving: husband Everett ’51 of Longview; sons Duane ’78, Daryl att. and David of Longview; daughters Diane Weseman ’80 of Fife, Wash., and Debbie McClusky att. of Vancouver, Wash.

Ziebarth—Verna ’46 was born June 29, 1919, in Spokane, Wash., and died Sept.

13, 2007, in Grants Pass, Ore. Surviving: husband Lovel of Duarte, Calif.; son Jim Jr. of Grants Pass; and daughter Janet Hackleman att., of Grand Terrace, Calif.

Blazing a Trail

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esides teaching as many as 24 credit hours per quarter, Dr. Eugene Winter ’41 founded and shaped the physical education program at Walla Walla University. Dr. Winter was the chairman of the WWU physical education department for 32 years, and it is entirely appropriate that the Eugene Winter

Educational Complex, dedicated April 27, 1990, bears his name.

Dr. Winter is remembered for building up the physical campus as well. During his tenure both the Alumni Gymnasium and Tausick Memorial Pool were built. He was a knowledgeable “rock hound.” In 1979, he started “Prof ’s Rock Shop” in College Place. Predictably, he pressed his hobby and his students into service, teaching his students to make rocks into pins, end tables and coffee tables to help raise money for the pool.

Dr. Eugene Winter graduated in 1941 with a history degree.

He was born May 18, 1916, in Clinton, Miss., and died Sept.

12, 2008, in College Place. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn ’71, of College Place.

Annual Report 2007-2008 As I became acquainted with the opportunities of my new role, there were several “big numbers” that I wanted to know. Fortunately, I arrived at Walla Walla University in May, near the end of our reporting year. It is truly amazing to see the sheer quantity of financial support for the university, while recognizing that each gift came from the heart.

Here are some amazing numbers to remember: 7,933 donors gave 10,752 times to the university in a wide range of support that you will see in the report in this issue of Westwind. And alumni and friends of our university voluntarily gave $8,317,890.

Please be assured that the purpose for which each gift was given was carefully noted and faithfully followed. The leadership of WWU highly values that trust you place in us, as we, together, move forward in the mission.

It is a pleasure to see the new administration building standing so strong and tall and serving so well. That was the centerpiece of the “Faith in the Vision” campaign recently completed. Now, there are several gift initiatives for lesser, but also very important capital projects that will increase the capacity of Walla Walla University to train students for service.

In future issues of Westwind, you will hear about providing more classroom and lab space at the School of Nursing in Portland, which will allow the school to accept more of the applicants who desire training in this vital service ministry.

Also, the School of Business and its advisory board have dreams to enhance the offering of this part of the university by moving to a new location on campus and increasing enrollment through marketing.

These were recently voted by the university Board of Trustees to be official projects. The leadership of the university has even bigger dreams that will be opportunities for even more donors to give even more dollars to enhance the mission of the university.

Thank you for making a decision to give to Walla Walla University.

Dennis N. Carlson, Vice President for University Advancement

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2007-08 Revenues and Expenditures Gifts and Grants $4.3 million Tuition and Fees $36.5 million

Sales $0.9 million Church Subsidies $3.8 million Auxiliary Enterprises $7.6 million

Revenues

$53.1 million

Walla Walla University obtains operating funds from five major sources: tuition and fees, church subsidies, gifts and grants, sales, and auxiliary enterprises (room and board, and bookstore income). The largest share of revenue comes from student tuition payments.

Student Services $3.9 million Academic Support $2.5 million Public Service $1.4 million Instructional $15 million

Expenses

Institutional Support $7.4 million Operating and Maintenance $6.7 million

$52.3 million

The largest annual expenditure is for the instruction of students (faculty salaries, equipment, and books).

Scholarships $8.9 million

Auxiliary Enterprises $6.5 million

Gifts $5.6 million 3rd Party Lender $2.7 million Government $16 million

Sources of Student Aid

$35.4 million

The university operating budget provided $11.1 million in aid to students in 2005-2006. Government aid programs, gifts from alumni and friends, and the endowment make up the remainder of student aid funds.

Walla Walla University $11.1 million

Alumni $2.6 million

Gifts From All Sources

Foundations $189,380

$8.3 million Other Individuals $828,692 Fund Raising Consortia $164,559 Other Organizations $146,551 Business/Corporations $413,739

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Religious Organizations $3.9 million

Graduates Giving

Percent Class Agent Year Graduates Donors Participation

Total

Henry Bergh

1923-1940

162

19

12%

$44,308

Earl and Vera Dean Gregg

1941-1945

140

29

21%

$31,463

Lester Rasmussen

1946

52

12

23%

$11,288

Muriel Chapman

1947

61

22

36%

$3,416

Verona Schnibbe

1948

67

32

48%

$77,035

Bill Loveless

1949

118

30

25%

$75,858

Bruce Johnston

1950

146

55

38%

$6,747

Ken Spady

1951

145

43

30%

$9,915

Olen Nations

1952

105

33

31%

$60,913

Ed Norton

1953

106

29

27%

$11,680

Stewart Shankel

1954

93

38

41%

$10,385

Joe Riederer

1955

93

39

42%

$3,365

Tom and Brooke Stafford

1956

103

33

32%

$61,685

Victor Fitch

1957

108

33

31%

$4,548

Ed* and Pat Johnston

1958

137

63

46%

$10,602

Ralph and Bobbie Jo Davis

1959

131

42

32%

$29,834

Shirley Thomas

1960

154

51

33%

$12,318

Don Dawes

1961

169

53

31%

$13,453

Dale Beaulieu

1962

136

45

33%

$7,324

Ed Scheresky

1963

162

39

24%

$79,806

Robert Brody

1964

160

51

32%

$15,497

Gerry Miller

1965

147

43

29%

$25,578

Carlton Cross

1966

204

49

24%

$5,205

Gary Fresk

1967

166

32

19%

$3,644

Don and Phyllis* Hall

1968

203

36

18%

$4,478

James Robertson

1969

222

50

23%

$3,978

Larry Evans

1970

226

44

19%

$3,590

Bruce and Mary Ham

1971

234

53

23%

$6,995

Fred Biesenthal

1972

261

57

22%

$12,776

Sheila Palmer

1973

285

42

15%

$10,261

Rick and Karen Mace

1974

277

58

21%

$613,932

Ted and Linda Carpenter

1975

288

58

20%

$13,162

Diana Pierce

1976

283

51

18%

$7,491

No Class Agent

1977

277

52

19%

$9,514

Beverly Foster

1978

277

53

19%

$30,067

Warren Kay

1979

269

42

16%

$7,990

Jeff Kinne

1980

260

47

18%

$19,416

Lisa Bissell Paulson

1981

293

47

16%

$4,626

Helen Teske

1982

291

43

15%

$9,907

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Graduates Giving

Percent Class Agent Year Graduates Donors Participation

Total

Gabriel Acosta

1983

296

60

20%

$6,776

Bob McGhee

1984

259

46

18%

$7,251

Dean Tupper

1985

238

37

16%

$20,823

Jerry Bauman

1986

273

48

18%

$8,528

Kevin Krueger

1987

264

39

15%

$13,523

Keith Perrin

1988

223

30

13%

$10,192

Linda Abdel-Malek

1989

230

15

7%

$8,468

Mike Devitt

1990

200

28

14%

$3,702

Cecily Geschke

1991

237

37

16%

$7,759

Stacy Peterson

1992

299

34

11%

$1,649

Julie Sanders Keymer

1993

249

34

14%

$13,282

Peter Fackenthall

1994

343

32

9%

$50,244

Jim Kneller

1995

318

26

8%

$2,648

Tom Hamel

1996

326

23

7%

$20,710

Ken Aso

1997

359

37

10%

$9,214

Jorge Barcelo

1998

328

25

8%

$1,662

Les Zollbrecht

1999

374

23

6%

$1,296

Greg McCulloch

2000

354

24

7%

$4,025

Chris Drake

2001

347

21

6%

$7,342

Mike Vercio

2002

363

14

4%

$2,358

Chris Santana

2003

337

19

6%

$1,456

Jessica Stone

2004

430

25

6%

$2,285

Steve Sanders

2005

435

12

3%

$1,317

Michelle Santana

2006

454

12

3%

$4,178

Melinda Hebbel

2007

460

18

4%

$3,229

Totals

15,007

2,367

20%

$1,587,967

Giving Throughout the Years $11,119,841.00

$10,267,448.48 $8,317,890.71

$7,160,794.84

2003-04

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$6,468,531.63

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Loan Funds

Loans Balance African Engineering and Computer Science Fund------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$96,610 Wade L. Barnes Memorial Fund-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$12,621 George W. Bowers Fund--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $10,357 Ruth E. Burgeson Memorial Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $1,557 Roy F. Carpenter Memorial Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$27,043 Harold Chastain Memorial Fund-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$12,146 Class of 1924 Fund-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$14,865 Class of 1958 Fund--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $8,683 Class of 1961 Fund--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $5,592 Class of 1976 Fund--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $6,940 Engineering Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $1,585 Andrew and Evelyn Fisher Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $2,037,401 Andrew and Evelyn Fisher Special Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $189,854 Ford Foundation Faculty Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $144,101 Elvin C. Gaines Fund---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $29,698 Clifford A. Graves Memorial Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $2,938 Bertha E. Gray Fund------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $6,679 William Grettner Fund-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $2,270 Idaho Conference Laymen Worthy Student Fund---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $162,764 International Students Fund------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $12,566 Jacob G. Mehling Fund---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $68,276 Perkins Nursing Student Fund--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $3,780,485 Nursing Student Fund------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $1,236,444 Nursing Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $14,020 Orpha Osborne Worthy Student Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $26,567 John Potts Fund------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $17,377 Dr. Eng Saw Chinese/Asian Fund---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $18,974 Bertha Schneider Fund------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $3,416 Sloop Family Fund-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $49,839 Hyretha Smith Memorial Fund---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $3,792 Starr-Larrabee Memorial Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $3,446 John E. Weaver Memorial Elementary Fund------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $15,622 Carrie Welch Memorial Fund------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $91,907 Eugene Winter Family Fund-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $56,479 Robert G. Wirth Loan Fund------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $844,644 Women In Ministry Fund------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $25,166 Womens’ Loan Fund---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $34,230 Worthy Students Fund-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $217,310 WWU Loan Fund----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $1,172,255 Total-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$10,466,519 Winter 2009 Westwind 25

Endowments

ENDOWMENTS Administration Building Maintenance Fund ASWWU Student Aid James and Ruth Bebee Computer Science Scholarship James and Ruth Bebee Nursing Scholarship Beverly Math Faculty Improvement Fund Shannon Marie Bigger Memorial Christian Service Volunteer Scholarship Shari Booth Memorial Scholarship Alice I. Bowden Memorial Theology Scholarship George W. Bowers Excellence in Chemistry Scholarship Boyson Family Communication Scholarship John F. Bregar Memorial Scholarship Junior Senior Business Scholarship School of Business Endowment Clair and Myrtle Calkins Library Book Fund D. Ordell and Margaret A. Calkins Business/Education and Faculty Development Merle Clairon Calkins Computer Science Faculty Development Lewis Canaday Memorial Technology Scholarship Dr. James R. Chambers Memorial Scholarship Janice P. Chance Memorial Endowed Nursing Advancement of Chemical Research at Walla Walla University Fund Percy W. Christian Excellence in History Scholarship A.J. and Gladys E. Christiansen Memorial Scholarship Class of 1954 Scholarship Class of 1955 Scholarship Class of 1965 Scholarship Class of 1971 Scholarship Class of 1978 Scholarship Class of 1983 Scholarship Class of 1984 Scholarship Class of 1989 Edwin Zaugg Memorial Scholarship Class of 1996 Scholarship Class of 1997 Scholarship Class of 2003 Scholarship Verlin L. and Thelma Kumalae Cochran Memorial Scholarship Communication Development Course Computer Science Magazine Fund L.P. “Jim” Corbett English Scholarship L.P. “Jim” Corbett History Scholarship L.P. “Jim” and Jane B. Corbett Student Aid Scholarship Lee Crain Memorial Music Scholarship Edward F. Cross Engineering Scholarship Vera Davis-Michel Memorial English Scholarship Edward F. and Clara M. Degering Memorial Educational Scholarship Claude and Annie Deming Memorial Fund Loren Dickinson Communications Scholarship Dietrich/Wilkinson Aviation Scholarship 26 Westwind Winter 2009

Balance New Gifts $897,148 $47,800 $31,037 $126,031 $75,426 $38,339 $195 $77,756 $7,058 $16,799 $28,139 $12,413 $28,121 $147,117 $145,004 $30,001 $36,610 $10,843 $14,854 $2,041 $21,804 $46,956 $35,545 $7,813 $49,705 $14,586 $10,889 $17,581 $19,962 $17,193 $106,783 $4,104 $6,602 $19,612 $36,561 $1,044 $77,770 $47,305 $88,779 $1,450 $149,158 $9,973 $125,723 $28,290 $54,122 $183

$5,000 $14,000 $8,000 $500 $1,490

$1,000

$6,000 $6,500 $4,450 $100

$33 $1,000 $2,277 $500 $2,650 $1,350 $50 $500 $50 $20,700 $4,285 $950 $32,035

$1,000 $2,100 $1,002

ENDOWMENTS

Balance New Gifts

Fraces Dixon Special Education Fund Dr. Ralph A. Drake Scholarship Lars and Anna Dybdahl Scholarship Josephine Cunnington Edwards Memorial Scholarship H. Russell and Genevieve Emmerson Memorial Scholarship Engineering Chair Endowment Mary Garner Esary Memorial Scholarship Faculty/Staff Scholarship Dena W. and R.B. Farnsworth Nursing Scholarship Ray and Alice Fowler Scholarship Norma S. Gardner Memorial English Scholarship Wilford and Emma Goffar Scholarship Graduate Dean’s Award Albert E. and Reta J. Graham Memorial Scholarship John J. Hafner Music Scholarship Lovyl and Mary Hagle Memorial Worthy Student Scholarship Richard and Dena Hammill Memorial Scholarship Thomas Hampson Humanities Merit Scholarship Clyde and Mary Harris Challenge Grant Pauline Hart Memorial Social Work Scholarship Richard and Georgianna Hayden Christian Service Scholarship Wilma E Hepker Endowed Scholarship Fund Paul and Frances Heubach Memorial Theology Scholarship Jess Holm Memorial Scholarship Juanita Wagner Holm Memorial Nursing Scholarship Helen and Archie Howatson Nursing Fund Oland F. Hubbs Memorial Theology Scholarship Vera Johnson Hubbs Memorial Business Scholarship Dr. and Mrs. Harold Huber Scholarship Fund Wynelle J. Huff Nursing Scholarship Jess M. Hutson, M.D., Memorial Scholarship IBCC Fund Jensen Memorial Math Scholarship Murray L. and Ilene Johnstone Scholarship Carl and Lucile Jones Nursing Scholarship Peggy Henderson Kaye Nursing Scholarship Helen Wineberg Kendall Women in Business Scholarship KGTS Endowment A.H. and Mary Koorenny Memorial Scholarship Robert H. and Thorna Koorenny Scholarship Kretschmar Hall Maintenance Fund Laura G. Larson Memorial Nursing Scholarship H. Lloyd Leno Memorial Music Scholarship Lewiston/Clarkston Scholarship Harold Lickey Scholarship Jennie M. Livingston Memorial Library Fund

$9,214 $194,745 $27,461 $17,809 $11,629 $338,939 $24,652 $95,706 $95,422 $5,692 $71,305 $25,833 $3,794 $202,852 $15,078 $189,000 $20,458 $93,101 $38,629 $41,625 $105,103 $1,973 $39,341 $13,831 $16,565 $122,848 $25,504 $20,880 $96,436 $99,276 $33,156 $29,674 $28,922 $149,468 $18,829 $8,945 $61,322 $17,868 $31,270 $44,517 $1,722,005 $369,420 $16,577 $60,960 $2,314 $102,703

$5,315 $1,000 $610 $3,600 $2,448 $101,295

$10,000

$5,000

$1,000

$300

Endowments ENDOWMENTS Kelly Logan Social Work Scholarship Mary E. Marker Memorial Theology Scholarship Roy and Lois (Dorland) Martin English Scholarship Mathematics Scholarship Sukhdev Mathaudhu Engineering Scholarship Warren Matheson Memorial Christian Service Scholarship Matiko Theology Award Harden M. McConnell and Alvin L Kwiram Award Eldena McDow Scholarship Messenger/Loewen Scholarship Jack Evan Miles Memorial Scholarship Joseph & Beth Murray Memorial Scholarship for Resident Assistants Music Scholarship Llewellyn and Vivian Nixon Scholarship Nursing Scholarship Daniel A. Ochs Memorial Theology Scholarship Dr. and Mrs. Howard Osborne Scholarship Blythe Owen Music Scholarship Doreen Paulson-Evans Memorial Scholarship Yvonne Pickett Memorial Scholarship Piper-Johanson Scholarship Helen L Popoway Endowed Library Fund Robert L Reynolds Excellence in History Scholarship Robert M Reynolds Memorial Scholarship Donald W. Rigby Biology Faculty Research Fund Donald W. Rigby Biology Award Donnie Rigby Drama Award Rigby Hall Maintenance Fund Lilah Schlotthauer Risinger Mathematics Scholarship Lilah Schlotthauer Risinger Memorial Mathmatics Scholarship John D. Rogers, M.D., Memorial Scholarship Rosario Marine Station Maintenance Fund

Balance New Gifts $472 $76,334 $27,094 $25,466 $14,512 $18,223 $10,440 $21,353 $6,966 $11,144 $18,628 $55,098 $19,406 $52,201 $35,757 $9,327 $23,246 $33,492 $20,924 $34,021 $58,917 $72,897 $19,925 $19,116 $68,717 $119,835 $7,638 $122,542 $12,496 $12,622 $65,596 $413,151

$500

$7,000

$1,000

$25

$150

$75,000

$2,960

$1,000

ENDOWMENTS Thomas C. Rowsell Memorial Scholarship Gayle L. Saxby Memorial Scholarship Eleanor B. Schofield Memorial Teachers Scholarship Cecil W. Shankel Memorial Chemistry Scholarship Shattuck/Zitterbart Memorial Nursing Scholarship Donald and Virginia Sherwood Memorial Scholarship Carolyn Stevens Shultz Scholarship Dan Shultz Music Scholarship Solomon Endowment Scholarship Gene and Betty Soper Music Scholarship Robert L. Spies Memorial Scholarship Glenn Spring Music Scholarship Joseph L. Stubblefield Memorial Scholarship Janis Suelzle Memorial Fund T5 Foundation Business Excellence Fund Theology Library Book Fund George and Lola Thompson Memorial Scholarship E.E. and Jane Breese-Trefz Christian Service Scholarship Clarence O. Trubey Memorial Music Scholarship Undergraduate Advanced Study Verde Fund for Graduate Marine Research Eva Stratton Vliet and Jess Vliet Scholarship Stanley E. Walker Music Scholarship Francys C. Welch Unitrust Melvin K. West Music Scholarship Lois Whitchurch Nursing Scholarship Monte Wilkins Memorial Scholarship John and Inez Willey Family Memorial Scholarship WWU Student Aid Randy Yaw Pi Contest Scholarship Young Memorial Lecture in Biology Norma R. Youngberg Scholarship Totals

Balance New Gifts $41,771 $18,828 $899,609 $20,430 $175,405 $116,974 $13,779 $150 $13,128 $123,952 $50,418 $10,447 $11,866 $257,856 $10,000 $105,510 $144,021 $16,989 $46,961 $154,964 $1,000 $11,827 $5,914 $3,429 $27,605 $1,000 $14,149 $382,338 $6,392 $9,390 $8,700 $49,450 $14,387 $1,741,228 $5,941 $3,780 $57,338 $20,821 $13,613,182 $362,516

New Scholarships The Shari Booth Memorial Endowment Fund

Appreciation of Elementary Education Scholarship

The Booth family established the Shari Booth Memorial Endowment Fund in honor of Shari Booth, a freshman biology major, who passed away in a tragic drowning accident in May of 2008. This scholarship goes to help students who are in the “financial middle” needing tuition assistance.

John ’02 and Christy ’01 Dukaric of Canton, Mich., established the Appreciation of Elementary Education Scholarship. This scholarship goes to benefit elementary education majors who have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Frances Dixon Special Education Endowment Scholarship

The Frances Dixon Special Education Endowment Fund was established by James ’61 and Louise (Leeper) Dixon, of Newport, Wash.

This scholarship is used to assist students with special learning needs.

The Bivocational Ministry Scholarship was established by Schuan ’01 and Holly ’00 Carpenter of Seattle, Wash. This scholarship helps to encourage well-rounded professionals as it is awarded to religion and theology majors who are also taking an additional major.

Kelly Logan Social Work Endowment Scholarship

The Romulo and Mercedes Lozano Scholarship

To assist graduate social work students who will be working with developmentally disabled students for their practicum, Ralph and Anne Wiseman established the Kelly Logan Social Work Endowment Scholarship. The Wisemans reside in Touchet, Wash.

The Romulo and Mercedes Lozano Scholarship goes to benefit worthy engineering students who are of Latin descent. This scholarship has been established by Elias Lozano ’87, who currently resides in Campbell, Calif.

Bivocational Ministry Scholarship

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Benefactors Society and Independent Colleges Of Washington

Benefactors Society

Companies and Individuals Giving Through Independent Colleges Of Washington (ICW)

Earl and Vera Dean Gregg

Philip and Betty Pritel

Don and Phyllis* Hall

Robert and Barbara Richards

Members of the Benefactors

James and Ruth Hall

Lois Norton Ritchie-Ritter

Society have included Walla

Beatrice Ham

Geneva Smith Roberts

Walla University in their

Bruce and Mary Ham

Robert and Alberta Roth

estate plans.

Howard and Elizabeth Hanafin

Donn and Glenna Ryder

Edward Harding

James and Thais Sadoyama

William M Garvin

Alice Ames

Lewis and Ruth Hart

Don and MayBelle Sargeant

Kenneth J & Beryl N Goodchild

Kirk and Melody Ayers

Eugenia Hixson

Doyle and Lorelei Saxby

The following companies and

Don and Alyce Bais

Stanley and Mary Hixson

Donavon* and Marcella

individuals support higher

Beverly Beem

Lloyd and Lorena Hoffman

Schwisow

education by contributing to

Groninger & Co.

Darold and Barbara Bigger

Helen Holiak

Jaclin Smith

ICW (a consortium of private

Richard W. & Pamela B. Gross

Alma Binder

Archie Howatson

Lloyd and Edith Smith

colleges), which directs its gifts

Gull Industries, Inc.

Tim and Lois Blackwelder

Wynelle Huff

Louis and Marguerite Smith

to the state’s private colleges

Chris T. & Jennifer M. Heman

Maxine E. Blome

Esther Jenkins

Sam and Carol Smith

and universities.

HomeStreet Bank

Robert and Georgene Bond

Floyd Jepson

Ralph and Franice Stirling

Lester and Geraldine Border

Lois Johannes

Myrtle Tall

Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air 1

Rosamond Bowman

Eunice Johnson

Everett and Shirley Tetz

The Anderson Foundation

Burton and Carolyn Briggs

Ed and Marilyn Karlow

Mary Tetz

Loren J. & Maryann W. Anderson

Merrilyn Brown

Mary Kincaid

Roger Thiesen

Edwin and Grace Cafferky

Charles and Irene Kirkpatrick

Griffith and Shirley Thomas

D. Ordell and Margaret Calkins

Clarence and Helen Klopfenstein

Ella Thornton

Babieri Charitable Foundation

Merle Calkins

Melvin and Joyce Lang

Margaret Trautwein-Cook

Bank of America Foundation

Lois Carscallen

William and Louise Lawson

Gordon Travis

Banner Bank

Sue Cason

William and Winona Lee

Phil and Reid Wasser

Richard E. & Betty Jane Bangert

Muriel Chapman

Nancy Ann Linder

Ray and Pat Watson

Richard E and Dawn Bangert II

Douglas and Carmen Clark

Walter and Luella Litchfield

Ray and Rosemary Watts

George D Bartell 6

Macy’s Northwest Fund 5

Naomi Cochran

C. Stanley Lloyd

Dorothy Weisz

R. W. Beck

John K. & Pamela S. McVay

Ruth Copeland

Sandra Love

Melvin and Betty West

C. Michael and Delona Lang Bell

Carlton and Nancy Cross

Delpha Lundeen

Sylvia Wilson

Ben Bridge Jeweler

Walden and Ellen Davis

Dan and Betsy Matthews

Virginia H. Wilson

BNSF Foundation 5

Donald and Orletta Dealy

Lyman and Victoria Miller

Tim and Cheri Windemuth

The Boeing Company

Donald and Elaine DeVries

Eldon and Opal Mills

Gerald and Vicki Winkle

Violet A. Boyer 5

James and Joyce Dutro

William and Marjorie Moreno

Wade and Rosalee Wolfe

George Bridges

Jon and Kathryn Dybdahl

James and Alice Nash

Yew-Chong and Lilly Wong

Brooks Manufacturing Company

Paul and Kristyn Dybdahl

Olen and Mary Nations

Wilder Eby

Dan and Mary Necker

James and Vicky Edwards

Ted and Nancy Nedderman

John H Edwards

Jim and Nancy Nestler

CH2M Hill 5

Tim Eiseman

Joan Ogden

Columbia Bank

D. Joyce Engel

Calvin and Alyse Olson

Conner Homes Company

Dorsett Feyen

Howard and Monta Osborne

William M. Conner

Howard Finke

E. Glen and Ester Paine

Costco Wholesale

Allan and Donna Fisher

Effie Pampaian

Crane Fund for Widows and

Lawrence Folkes

Jim and Della Park

James and Christine Forsyth

Deulah Payne

Alice J. Cunningham

Brant and Marion Foster

Tom and Barbara Pelett

Joseph & Sandra DePaepe

Marcene Garriott

Harold and Fyrnn Pendry

Philip W. & Sharon K. Eaton

Henry and Mayme Gerber

Lloyd and Fern Piper

Expeditors Internation of

Oscar Gerst

Hoe T. and Mary Poh

28 Westwind Winter 2009

The J.B. Reynolds Foundation 4

The O.D. Fisher Charitable

Charles E. & Karen L. Riley 7

Foundation 5

Bill & Bonnie Robinson 7

Fluke Electronics

Kathleen Ross, snjm 7

1

Foss Maritime Company Frontier Bank

Safeco Insurance 7

5

Sahlin Foundation 6

5

Cynthia & Greg Schriderer 7

7 4

Green Diamond Resource

Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers 3 Sojitz Corporation of America 6

7

Robert Spitzer, S. J. 7

7

The Spokesman-Review 5

5

Kate Stano 7

7

Sterling Savings Bank 4

4

Steven T. Seward 7

7

Independent Colleges of

Ronald R. & Mary D. Thomas 7

Washington 4

1 7

Titus Will Families Foundation 6

The Foundation for Independent Higher Education 6

Ash Grove Charitable Foundation 6

Don & Ann Jenkins

Isabelle S. Lamb

7

The UPS Foundation 3

James T. Linardos

5

6 7

3

Ellen J. Wallach 7

7

WaMu 4

6

Washington State Auto Dealers

7

McVey Marketing Inc. Miller Nash LLP

4

Association 5 The Wollenberg Foundation 2

7

Wright Runstad & Company 6

7

5

R. Steven Mitchell 7

1=$ 100,000+

Greg Montgomery 6

2=$50,000-$99,999

Jim & Eve Moran 7

3=$25,000-$49,999

Mulvanney G2 Architecture

7 6

The Norcliffe Foundation Nordstrom

7

Cascade Natural Gas

5

4

3

Norman Archibald Charitable

Corporatioin 7

Foundation 4 Ober Tyus 7 PACCAR Inc 2

5

Pacific Metal Company 6

6

Parker Smith & Feek, Inc. 6

5

PEMCO Foundation, Inc 2

2

Children 5

Washington, Inc. 2

Principal Financial Group 4 ProBuild Holdings, Inc. 6 Rodney G. Proctor 7

7 7 7

US Bancorp Foundation 3 Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 6

Leigh Ann Lucero

6

4

7

Lawton Printing, Inc.

6

Totem Ocean Trailer Express 4 Town and Country Markets 6

7

William W. Kilworth Foundation

6

Douglas W. & Amy L. Schutt 6 The Seattle Times 3

Company 4

Tom & Mary Ann Huff

Paul Cantor *Now deceased

Ferguson Construction 5

Puget Sound Energy 4 The Rabel Family Advised Fund/ The Seattle Foundation 5 Red Lion Hotels Corportaion 5

4=$10,000-$24,999 5=$2,500-$9,999 6=$1,000-$2,499 7=Below $1,000

Volunteers and Activities

Alumni Association Officers

Alumni Event Hosts

WWU Volunteers

Virginia Hoffarth

Doris Smith

Janet Anderson

Ilo Hutton

Mary Smith

Loma Linda, California

Jeanne Bakland

Bernie & Carolyn Janke

Chair, Fred Field President, David Hutton

Ward and Lois Soper

Melissa (King) Bassham

Don & Lois Barrett

Echo Johnson

Otis Standley

Vice President, Robert Wood

John & Ione Brunt

Valerie Bass

Ruth Joice

Carl & Jeanette Sullivan

Secretary, Lori Ann Wilkinson

Bert & Eveyln Connell

Ed and Jackie Beck

Matthew Joice

Vi Swanson

Treasurer, Richard Hellie

Heather Pope

Jane Ann Bennett

Della Keele

Wilbur & Lola Sylvester

Jack & Evelyn Bergman

Frances Kinzer

Karl & Rebecca Thompson

Board Members

Desert Hot Springs,

Robert Bergman

Richard & Twyla Kruger

Benjamin Thompson

Edward Ammon

California

Garnet Bigger

Durwood and Irma Lee

Suzannah Thompson

Toni Busby

Bev & Jerry Brass

Rella Brandenburg

Viola Lenz

Sarah Thompson

Jennifer Castleman

Pat & Dorothy Larson

Margie Bregar

Curtis & Audrey Lindsay

Walter Thompson

Sherrice Croft

Carl Brenneise

Katrina Lyons

Mike Tohivsky

Rosa Jimenez

Portland, Oregon

Jonna Buell

Glen and Martha Masden

Caroline Torkelson

Mike Kearbey

Paul & Deanne Rhynard

Alex Buell

Walt Meske

Gina Tsujimura

Todd Schroeder

Tom & Brooke Stafford

Victoria Buell

Deana Miller

Janice Tsujimura

Randall Unterseher

Jim & Judy Zachrison

Cheryl Cain

Dolores Morgan

Randall Unterseher

Larry & Lois Canaday

Lois Pegal

Helen Vandenburgh

Executive Committee

Seattle, Washington

Dorothy Canwell

Milford and Carol Perrin

Nancy Vaughn

Edward Ammon

Gary & Udell Fresk

Casey Casebolt

Don & Shirley Peterson

Barbara Vories

Fred Field

Richard & Carmen Graham

Barb Casebolt

Clara Prehoda

Jim & Kara Wagner

Richard Hellie

Rick & Betsy Claridge

Charleen Rogers

Cheri Wallace

David Hutton

Spokane, Washington

Sandra Clark

LaVerne Rudolf

Verlie Ward

Rosa Jimenez

Bradley & Susan Davis

Goldie Connell

Lester and Vera Ruud

Rosemary Watts

Lori Ann Wilkinson

Bernard & Margaret Cook

Teri Sannar

Tim & Cheri Windemuth

Robert Wood

British Columbia, Canada

Ann Cornell

Shirley Sarve

Kittee Wohlers

Adriana Scuka

Bill & Beth Dickerson

Aileen Saunders

Parliamentarian

Rosemary Dressler

Greg & Kathy Saunders

Thomas Knoll

Marion Dressler

Sara Saunders

Bonnie Eichner

Lorelei Saxby

Jean Fletcher

Luba Schmidt

Carolyn Gaskell

Eileen Sha

Paul & June Giarde

Ruth Simon

Norma Glatt

Edith Smith

Helen Wineberg Kendall Alumni Endowment Fund Committee Edward Ammon

Virginia Gonthier

Janine Childs

Larry & Jacque Goodhew

Fred Field

Sherolyn Graham

Richard Hellie

Bill & Marilyn Greenley

David Hutton

Charleene Grellmann

Duane Meidinger

Stan & Kathy Hazen

Loren Peterson

Frances Henderson

Many more volunteers than those listed on this page give their time to Walla Walla University. Although we do not have their names in our records, we extend our appreciation to these individuals as well.

Allan Roth Randall Unterseher Ray Watts

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Board of Trustees and Administration

Board of Trustees 2007-08

University Administration 2007-08

Chair

President

Jere D. Patzer, in memory

John K. McVay

Vice Chair

Vice President for Academic Administration

Russell Gilbert

Ginger Ketting-Weller

Secretary

Vice President for Financial Administration

John K. McVay

Steve Rose

Members

Vice President for Student Administration

Tom Allen

Ken Rogers

DeLona Bell Alex Betancourt

Vice President for university Advancement

Gary Botimer

Dennis N. Carlson

Kenneth Crawford Larry Dodds

Vice President for Marketing and Enrollment services

Mumtaz Fargo

Jodi Wagner

John Freedman George Gainer

Vice President for Spiritual Life and Mission

Carmen Graham

Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid

Yoswa Gwalamubisi Don Hall

Associate Vice President for Academic Administration

Alan Hurlbert

Clinton Valley

Marshall Keymer Norman Klam

Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies

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From My Point of View

When Compassion Is the Cure

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s I write this article, I am paged by the emergency department about a gentleman with advanced lung cancer who has developed worsening shortness of breath. He was on hospice at home but his family became overwhelmed and brought him to the hospital. I am asked to admit him to keep him comfortable as he dies. His family knows we cannot make him better … they were just afraid of him dying at home.

When I went to medical school, I had no idea that a major focus of my practice would be on helping patients die comfortably. Like most medical students, I came with the ambition of fixing and curing people, getting them better. As I went through my family medicine residency, I learned the reality was quite different.

Medical advances over the past few decades have dramatically changed how we care for patients.

People live much longer with chronic illnesses and, indeed, a few can be cured from ailments that were once thought untreatable. But despite this tremendous progress, patients still suffer.

Sometimes their suffering stems from symptoms caused by their illness, but other times it’s from treatments we inflict upon them.

During residency, I remember caring for an 88-year-old man who came in from a nursing home with advanced dementia.

He had been bed-bound and could no longer eat or speak.

He had multiple other medical problems and had now developed pneumonia. We admitted him to the intensive care unit to give fluids and antibiotics. He continued to get worse and was soon placed on a ventilator. His hands were tied to the bedrails so he could not remove any of the tubes or IV lines we had so carefully placed.

After many weeks in this state, in which he had seemed to look uncomfortable most of the time, my patient died, leaving me wondering if this was the best medical care we had to offer.

My medical education taught me to listen to patients’ symptoms, perform an investigatory workup to make a diagnosis, and then treat the underlying illness.

Sounds fairly straightforward.

But what if we can no longer fix what’s broken: we have no more chemo for a patient’s cancer, no more surgery for their heart disease, no more antibiotics for their overwhelming infection? Then physicians are often left struggling to know how to keep patients comfortable and guide them through the final part of their journey. This is not something that has traditionally been focused on in medical school.

During residency I became interested in medical ethics, and one of my mentors taught me that 90 percent of the ethics consults he did in the hospital were really difficult end-of-life issues that needed a skilled communicator to help guide patients and

families. Thus, I was introduced to palliative medicine. I had not heard of this medical specialty before starting medical school and it was barely even mentioned there. But in further exploring it, I found that it offered what I had found lacking in my medical education.

Simply put, the goal of palliative medicine is to improve quality of life and decrease suffering in those with serious, potentially life-threatening illness. You may ask, “Isn’t that the goal of medicine already?” Unfortunately, what I have seen is that our healthcare system treats diseases fairly well, but often neglects to care for the person with the disease. Palliative care offers attention to the whole person, not just their physical pain, but also their social, emotional and spiritual suffering.

After residency I was invited to join the Loma Linda faculty and helped start the Palliative Care Program. I am privileged to care for patients who have often been told by their physician, “I’m sorry, there’s nothing more I can do for you.” I am able to tell these individuals that actually, there is something more we can do. I do not offer false hope for a cure when medically this does not appear possible. But I try to help them find other hopes … hope for a pain-free day, hope to be at home, hope to be with family, hope for peace and dignity. There is a tremendous amount of heal-

Gina Jervey Mohr ’92, an English major, earned her M.D. degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Board certified in family medicine and palliative medicine, Gina is an assistant professor at LLU and the director of the Palliative Care Program.

ing that can take place even when someone is dying.

I am grateful for the lessons my patients have taught me. Lessons about love and forgiveness, courage and honor. And although my patients may be dying, they have taught me much more about living. n

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College Avenue Crossings

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Eric Ashley

rom books to mechanical pencils, the New Students Only Book Night at the University Shop is a time for new students to shop ’til they drop.

At the beginning of each school year, the University Shop, also known as the U-Shop, opens its doors exclusively for new students to shop for books for the upcoming school year, mingle with others and win door prizes. On Sept. 25, over 150 students attended the book night which is held during JumpStart, a weeklong new student orientation program. Here, freshman Robert Hill, bio-chemistry major, looks for just the book he needs.  n

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