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Join the UI Alumni Association Board of Directors byparticipating in the Vandal Football 12th Man Program.Support the Vandals and assist in providing football ticketsto deserving members of our community. Contact KateJorgensen at (208) 885-0259 for additional information onhow to participate in the 12th Man Program.

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Here We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho Magazine

FALL 2003 • VOLUME 20, NUMBER 3

University Interim PresidentGary Michael

Vice President for University AdvancementJoanne Carr

Director of UniversityCommunications and Marketing

Bob Hieronymus

Alumni Association PresidentScott Green

University of Idaho Foundation PresidentJ. Patrick McMurray

EditorJeff Olson

Magazine DesignJulene Ewert

IllustrationsNathan Nielson

Julene Ewert

Class Notes EditorAngela Helmke

Writers and ContributorsKathy BarnardLeslie EinhausDonna EmertJane L. FreundNancy Hilliard

Bill LoftusJulie Monroe

Photographsas credited

The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educational institution.© 2003, University of Idaho

Here We Have Idaho magazine is published three timesa year, in January, April and August. The magazine isfree to alumni and friends of the university. ❚ Sendaddress changes to: PO Box 443147, Moscow, ID 83844-3147. ❚ Send information, Class Notes andcorrespondence regarding alumni activities to: AngelaHelmke, Alumni Office, University of Idaho, PO Box443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232. ❚ Send editorialcorrespondence to: University Communications andMarketing, University of Idaho, PO Box 443221,Moscow, ID 83844-3221; phone (208) 885-6291; fax (208)885-5841; e-mail uinews@uidaho.edu.

Letter PolicyWe welcome letters to the editor. Correspondenceshould include the writer’s full name, address anddaytime phone number. We reserve the right toedit letters for purposes of clarity or space.

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6 Presidential TransitionPresident Hoover resigns

12 It’s a Mule!UI produces first equine clone

17 $100 MillionResearch funding hits record

18 Messy Life of IdeasGetting a real and virtual education

22 Alaska is HotUI’s Alaskan connection

25 A Force ofUnique AthletesSome extremely active alumni

28 Those Who ServedStories from Iraq

On the Cover:Idaho Gem, photo by Phil Schofield

Departments5 Calendar of Events8 Campus News

11 Quest30 Class Notes35 Vandal Sports38 To Be Considered

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Aug. 25 — Fall semester classes begin

Aug. 30 — Seattle alumni baseball gathering at SafecoField, Seattle vs. Baltimore, 1:05 p.m.

Aug. 30 — UI football opener vs. WashingtonState in Seattle at Seahawk Stadium, 7 p.m.

Sept. 5-7 — Dads’ WeekendSept. 18 — Sherman J.Bellwood Lecture featuringU. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sept.18 — UI Alumni Association Silver and GoldAward presentation to Lucinda Weiss ’73 withCollege of Law

Sept. 26-28 — Pi Beta Phi 80th AnniversaryCelebration

Sept. 26-28 — Alpha Phi 75th AnniversaryCelebration

Oct. 9 — UI Alumni Association Silver and GoldAward presentation to Richard Hermens ’63and Ruben Guevara ’80 and Idaho TreasureAward DinnerOct. 10-11— HomecomingOct. 10-12 — Honors Program ReunionOct. 17-18 — Ag Days

Nov. 30 — Vandal women’s basketball vs.Portland State at Richland, Wash., with AlumniAssociation and Vandal Scholarship Fundreception and gathering, 2 p.m. tipoff.

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Dec. 12 — Awards for Excellence BanquetDec. 13 — December Commencement

Fall Days at UITop: Studying by the library; at left: view fromNez Perce Drive, Administration Buildingstained glass windows and practicing music inRidenbaugh Hall.

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The Idaho State Board ofEducation has initiated a searchfor the University of Idaho’s

sixteenth president following the recentresignation of Bob Hoover. The boardanticipates selecting a new UI presidentin 2004.

The board also appointed retiredAlbertson’s, Inc. CEO and UI alumnusGary Michael as interim president.Michael, who insisted upon accepting theappointment without compensation,began his duties in June.

“As a former Vandal, I know theUniversity of Idaho is a qualityinstitution that has served this state wellfor more than a century,” Michael said atthe time of his appointment. “If I canbring my business expertise to bear onthe challenges the university faces, I amhappy to do it.”

Hoover resigned on April 16 and tookfull responsibility for the controversysurrounding the financing of the

University Place project in Boise.University Place was planned as a $136million multi-institutional education,research and public-service complex indowntown Boise. When aspects of theproject’s financing came into question bythe State Board of Education, the boardordered an independent managementreview, which is currently underway.

“The university is facing significantfinancial challenges, which are madeworse by difficulties surrounding thefinancing of the University Place projectin Boise,” Hoover said at the time of hisresignation. “As I have indicated before,I take full responsibility for what hashappened. It is clear that I did notpursue my oversight of this projectaggressively enough.”

Interim President Michael now hasreduced the scope of the University Placeproject. Only one building, currentlyunder construction, will be completed infall 2004. It will house all UI programs in

A PRESIDENTIALTRANSITION

Boise, along with space for the IdahoDepartment of Water Resources and theU. S. Forest Service.

In his nearly seven years leading UI,Hoover was tireless. Perhaps no other UIpresident has left such a significantlegacy.

One of his first efforts was to preparea strategic plan for UI. It became a livingdocument that guided the university to anew vision of what it could, and should,be.

Hoover used the vision of UI’s futureto enlist faculty, staff, alumni and friendsas active partners to reach the goals ofthe strategic plan. The accomplishmentsinclude:• UI was ranked 48th among more

than 500 American publicuniversities by Kiplinger’s PersonalFinance magazine on the basis ofquality and affordability.

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• Private giving more than tripled fromapproximately $9 million a year tomore than $30 million as a result ofThe Campaign for Idaho initiated byHoover. The Campaign exceeded its$100 million campaign goal by raising$128 million, 18 months ahead ofschedule.

• Student enrollment broke recordsfive of the past six years and a recordenrollment is expected again this fall.Moreover, the quality of thefreshman class increased and theuniversity introduced significant newmerit scholarships.

• UI’s research enterprise hit the $100million mark at the conclusion of thisfiscal year, up from $30 million sixyears ago. UI is considered among thetop 125 research universities in thecountry.

• A new core curriculum wasintroduced that provides greatercoherence and connectivity to thegeneral education requirement.

• More than $100 million in newconstruction has been initiated,including the Idaho Commons, theStudent Recreation Center, theCollege of Business and Economics’J. A. Albertson Building, the AgBiotechnology Laboratory, the neweast entrance to the campus, theVandal Athletic Center and newresidential student housing.

• Despite increasingly tight budgets,Hoover reallocated funds to bring UIsalaries more in line with marketaverages.

• The UI was the lead institution in theInland Northwest Research Alliance,an alliance of eight Northwestuniversities, which is an operationalpartner with Bechtel BW Idaho inmanagement and operation of theIdaho National Engineering andEnvironmental Laboratory.

• Yahoo! Internet Life magazine in 2002ranked UI the 12th most wireduniversity in the country and themost wired public university in theWest.

TheGary Michael File

Gary Michael’s association with theUniversity of Idaho now can be said to reachfrom the classroom to the President’s Office.Michael will serve as UI interim presidentduring the State Board of Education’s searchfor a permanent UI president.

• Born and raised in Laurel, Mont.• Came to UI on a track scholarship in

1958 and was a member of Delta TauDelta fraternity

• Received a bachelor’s degree inaccounting in 1962

• Served two years in the U. S. Army• Joined Albertson’s in 1966 as an accountant/controller• Served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Albertson’s, Inc., the

nation’s fourth largest retail food and drug chain, from 1991 until hisretirement in 2001

• Married to Meryle Kay Michael, a 1963 UI alumna who earned a degreein education. They have three grown sons and eight grandchildren.

Service to UI• UI Foundation member since 1975• Chaired the College of Business and Economics’ campaign cabinet to

build the J.A. Albertson Building• Co-chaired the National Steering Committee for The Campaign for

Idaho• Received an honorary doctoral degree from UI in May 2003.

Other Activities• Served as a board member for the Counselors of the YMCA of the USA• Past chairman of the Board of Trustees of Saint Alphonsus Regional

Medical Center• Past president of the Boise Public Schools Foundation• Named “Top Manager of the Year” in 1995 by the Boise Sales and

Marketing Executives• Selected as “Idaho Business Leader of the Year” in 1997 by the Boise

Area Chamber of Commerce. In May 2002, Michael received an honorarydegree from his alma mater.

• Retired chairman of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco FederalReserve Bank.

Ranked 48th, $128 millionCampaign goal, student enrollment

records, most wired, researchuniversity, and campus growth.

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TODAY@IDAHO

The University of Idaho, University ofChicago and the Argonne National Laboratoryhave signed a memorandum ofagreement to begin a research alliance innanoscience, infrastructure assurance, nuclearenergy, transportation, and other mutuallybeneficial fields. Summer student internshipsat the national laboratory along with studentsupport and scholarships from ANL areparticularly attractive elements of theagreement, according to UI representatives.

CipherSmith is a new product inventedby UI researchers to protect computing andnetwork media from intrusion. It deflectshacking or cracking on cell phones,e-commerce transactions, transportation,utilities, satellite, remote telecommunicationsor other electronic transmissions. The novelelectronic toolbox was designed by UIdoctoral student Albert Carlson and a team ofcomputer engineering students.

Students using the UI HumanPerformance Laboratory on the Moscowcampus can thank Litehouse Foods and Dougand Edward Hawkins for new equipmentrecently installed in the lab. The lab providesundergraduate and graduate students theopportunity to measure how their bodiesperform under varying conditions. The newequipment is valued at $50,000 and includesa metabolic measurement cart,electrocardiogram with oscilloscope,pulmonary function, and electromyogram.

A new Virtual Technology Designdegree program will be offered for the firsttime this fall. Students in VTD will learnabout and create real-time walk-throughs, 3-Dproducts, virtual environments, and otherrevolutionary forms of communication.

The program will groom students for jobsthat need creative, critical-thinking designerswho can make things move. VTR is offeredthrough the College of Letters, Arts and SocialSciences.

Marji Evenson of Spokane, Wash., wascrowned 2003 Mom of the Year during theannual Moms’ Weekend last spring. Herdaughter, Katie, who faced a life-threateningillness a year ago, said, “I can’t say how mostmothers would have dealt with the situation.All I know is that my mom embodies suchclass and unconditional love for me and mybrother that she should be Mother-of-the-Century.”

For daily UI new stories, go towww.uidaho.edu

Human Powered VehiclesMeet the Challenge

UI’s Roadrunner and LastChance human-powered vehiclestook high honors at the AmericanSociety of Mechanical EngineersWest Coast Human PoweredVehicle Challenge at the Universityof California, Davis in April.

The Roadrunner is a two-seattricycle. But unlike commontricycles, Roadrunner has twowheels in the front, which are usedfor steering and braking, and onewheel in the back for drive. It has afiberglass partial fairing andwindscreen.

The Last Chance bicycle is atandem back-to-back recumbentstyle low racer. It sits eight-inchesfrom the ground and the rear rider,or “stoker,” faces backwards. Asimple drive gear makes it possiblefor the stoker to pedal normally. Itstop competition speed is 28.8 mph;cost to build was approximately$1,500, and it took about 400hours to design and manufacture.

The two UI engineering teamstook first and second in design of amulti-rider vehicle, and placedsecond and third in the combinedsprint and overall judging of multi-rider models.

Presenting UI’s BestUI honored 10 faculty members

for outstanding achievement inteaching, research, outreach andadvising at the annual FacultyExcellence Awards Banquet lastspring.

Excellence Awards in Teaching• Debbie Storrs, assistant professor

of sociology• Candida Gillis, professor of

English• Nick Sanyal, assistant professor

of resource recreation andtourism

Excellence Awards in Research orCreative Activity• John Oldow, professor of

geological sciences• Nicholas Gier, professor of

philosophy• Michael Laskowski, professor of

biology and director of theWWAMI Medical EducationProgram

Excellence Awards in Outreach• Gary Fornshell, associate

extension professor• Carolyn Keeler, professor of

educational leadership• Douglas Pals, professor of

agriculture

Excellence Award in Advising• Chris Dixon, academic adviser

for the Environmental ScienceProgram

Potential Students get Vandal PreviewThis fall, New Student Services is launching a series of weekend visits for

prospective students. Five events are scheduled on home football weekends.Activities include campus tours, on-campus housing tours, and visits with

academic departments and financial aid presentations. Each visitor also receivesa ticket to that weekend’s football game. Current UI students will host visitorsovernight in residence halls or Greek houses. Contact New Student Services formore information: (208) 885-6163, 1-88-88-UIDAHO or nss@uidaho.edu.

The student recruitment weekends are: Sept. 5-6, 12-13, Oct. 10-11, 17-18and Nov. 21-22.

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New Deans Take the HelmNew deans are leading two UI colleges.Michael J. Weiss was appointed dean of the

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Heserved as the college’s acting dean followingLarry Branen’s decision to step down as dean atthe end of February.

“He knows the college and theconstituencies the college serves. Heunderstands the critical issues, has passion forprogram excellence, and is a problem-solver,”UI Provost Brian Pitcher said. “He will be anexcellent dean.”

Judith Totman Parrish joins UI as dean of theCollege of Science. Parrish previously wasassociate dean at the University of Arizona,College of Science.

“Dr. Parrish brings first-hand experiencethat will be valuable as we grow and developour new College of Science,” Pitcher said. “Herdecision to come to the UI speaks well of thequality of the research enterprise, faculty andstaff here.”

Parrish earned her bachelor’s degree andmaster’s degree in biology from the Universityof California, Santa Cruz. She completed amaster of science degree in earth sciencesthere in 1977 and her Ph.D. in 1979.

Power Sawing,Anyone?

UI doesn’t producemany lumberjacksanymore — the forestproducts departmenthas a more modernview of the industry.But that doesn’t meanforestry students can’thonor their heritage.

Axe throwing,crosscut sawing, poleclimbing and powersawing are just some ofthe skills honed bymembers of the UILogger Sports Club.This spring, the clubdedicated its new arenaduring the annualLumberjack Classic.

A fund-raising event is scheduled forlater this year. More than 500 loggersports alumni will gather to generatefunds for a water facility at the site. Thatwill allow students to expand their skillsin birling — also known as log rolling —and the log boom run.

Michael J. Weiss

Judith Totman Parrish

UI Art at Washington, D.C.The talent of several UI artists

currently is on display at the Idahodelegation offices on Capitol Hill.Sen. Larry Craig initiated theproject, “UI in D.C.,” which runsthrough December.

The exhibit features painting,photography, collage, mixed mediaand graphic design by faculty in theDepartment of Art and Design atUI. Among the exhibitors are AmyMcMurtry, Byron Clercx, DavidGiese, Glenn Grishkoff, LynneHaagensen, Bill Woolston,Delphine Keim Campbell, SallyMachlis and Gail Siegel.

“We hope that the art will beenjoyed not only by the membersof Congress and their staff, but alsobe viewed with pride by visitorsfrom the state of Idaho and thenation,” said Machlis, chair of UI’sDepartment of Art and Design.

Sally Graves Machlis, “The Hand of Progress”, mixedmedia on paper. 30” x 22”

UI is Top 40 for AdventureOutside magazine has listed UI in

their Top 40 ranking of schools with“smart grads with top-notch academiccredentials, a healthyenvironmental ethosand an A+ sense ofadventure.”

UI ranked 29th onthe list of the coolestcolleges to learn, live,work and play. Themagazine listed UI’s“outstanding”outdoor program andthe StudentRecreation Center’sclimbing wall as standoutfeatures. Adding to UI’s adventure valueare bike trails on Moscow Mountain, theChipman Trail, access to the Snake andSalmon rivers, and a music scene thatfeatures the Lionel Hampton JazzFestival.

Competitor at UI’sLumberjack Classic.

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Laptop Lease ProgramNew state-of-the-art laptop

computers will be in the

backpacks of 200 businessstudents this fall as part of a

new technology program.

UI’s College of Business andEconomics will lease IBM

wireless laptops to all first-

semester juniors enrolled inthe college’s innovative

Integrated Business

Curriculum. Students will pay$500 a semster and at the end

of the two-year lease period,

can buy the computers for $1.By fall 2004, most upper-

division business students will

have laptops.It is the first such program

in a public university in Idaho

— but one of manynationwide — to pursue the

idea of a “laptop” campus.

Julene Ewert

2003 is a milestone year — the 50thanniversary — for UI’s annual UtilityExecutive Course, formerly known as thePublic Utility Executives Course. Since1954, executives from utility companiesfrom around the world have come to UIfor the three-week summer session.

Idaho Power Company originallysparked the idea for the executivelearning experience, when it asked UI tohelp prepare its managers to becomebetter, more informed leaders. It was adesire other regional, national andinternational utility companies shared.

Since the first class in 1954, morethan 1,900 executives representing 100utility companies from around the worldhave gone back to school at UI. It’s theonly course of its kind held annually inNorth America.

Pressing issues in earlier eras includedfinding ways to create new power,adhering to federal regulations andexpanding services. More recent trendsdealt with environmental issues, newtechnologies and standards, deregulation,and survival in a competitive and down-sizing market economy.

“PUEC has been distinctive inshowcasing the learning environment atthe University of Idaho and for attractingtop-flight faculty and participants. Theprogram is guided by an industryadvisory committee and is hosted by theCollege of Business and Economics,”said Dan Smith, PUEC executivedirector.

This year’s course, in June and July,drew registrants from the U.S., Canada,Malaysia and Thailand.

Celebrating a Powerful Course — PUEC turns 50

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Universit y of Idahoresearch news

Attacking E. coliIn the fight to make the nation’s food

supply safer, UI microbiology professorCarolyn Bohach has come up with anelegant solution: a process that pits onenatural force against another to fight thebad-news bacterium known as E. coliO157:H7.

The Idaho Research Foundationfiled for patent protection for abiological treatment developed byBohach that uses a mix of bacterialphages — viruses that only attack thespecific E. coli that injures people.

Bohach ranks among the world’sleaders in efforts to identify how and whythe particular serotype of Escherichia colibecame such a threat to human health.

A major breakthrough by Scottishresearchers identified the specific region— where the bacterium colonize in cattle— aided her efforts.

She spent part of June at Edinburgh,Scotland, participating in the fifthinternational conference on the toxin-producing E. coli. UI student J. W. Yoonaccompanied her to present the results ofresearch by a team, which also includedUI’s S. A. Minnich, that found a uniquetemperature-controlled protein.

Leaky circuits— better chips

The campaign to miniaturizecomputer chips may make a significantadvance as a result of a new approach byUI electrical engineer Rick Wells.

The new chip design resulted fromWells’ study of neural networks fundedthrough a $9 million National ScienceFoundation EPSCoR grant. It processes

information about the same way thebrain does, he said.

The first goal for the new chipwill be its use as a tool to helpbiologists better understand

biological systems, such as the retina.His work also may mean future chips

can drop a component, the onboardcapacitor, which functions as a battery.Wells has designed and conductedpreliminary tests of a new circuit designthat relies on a leaky integrated circuit.The electricity leaks through the circuitat just the right pace to keep the chipoperating properly. Less is more in Wells’design because it allows furtherminiaturization of current chips, orpacking more features aboardconventional designs.

Green chemistryGreen chemistry has nothing to do

with the summer action film “Hulk” inwhich a scientist is transformed into amean, green superhero. The greenchemistry practiced at the University ofIdaho and Washington State Universitypromises good deeds ahead nonetheless.

UI chemistry professor JeanneMcHale and her WSU colleague SueClark provided 10 undergraduates withopportunities to learn how chemistry isstriving to become more environmentallyfriendly or ‘green’. The National ScienceFoundation-funded Research Experiencefor Undergraduates program placedstudents from across the nation in UIand WSU labs.

At UI, Peter Griffiths’ lab usednew spectrometry methods to analyzehair for drug or other tests which

now rely on urinalysis, whichrelies on relatively large amountsof chemical solvents. Otherprojects involved using a chemicalfound naturally in chamomile andguaiac wood oils during synthesis ofcomplex compounds, or usingcarbon dioxide under heat andpressure as a solvent.

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Amule foal named Idaho Gemfinished first in the race toproduce the first clone bornto the horse family. The

victory for a University of Idaho-UtahState University team drew attentionworldwide.

News media from Sydney to London,Brazil to Russia reported Idaho Gem’sbirth, which was announced in a reportin Science magazine, the pinnacle ofscientific publishing in the U.S.

The UI College of Agricultural andLife Sciences produced two thirds of thesuccessful team. Gordon Woods andDirk Vanderwall, UI Animal andVeterinary Science Department facultymembers and both UI alums, celebratedthe successful completion of a five-yearcooperative effort with Ken White ofUtah State University. Woods earned abachelor’s degree at UI in 1974, andVanderwall earned his doctorate in 1992studying with Woods.

The team finished first in the equinecloning race that also included teamsfrom Italy; Cambridge, England; TexasA&M University, and Louisiana StateUniversity. The reactions fromcompetitors were sometimes muted,sometimes amusing. The Italian teamtold a Science reporter in mid-May that itexpected a horse foal by month’s end, aprophecy apparently unfulfilled as Juneended.

Cambridge professor Twink Allenresponded with humor and grace to thenews. He told London’s Guardiannewspaper, “I have to say the key driveuntil now has been scientific arrogance;we wanted to be first. I am feeling verycheesed,” he said. “But they deserve greatcredit. I am just jealous as hell of them.”

They added a place, or second inhorse-racing lingo, June 9 with the birthof Utah Pioneer, the world’s secondequine clone and Idaho Gem’s littlebrother. A third clone from the sameDNA was born July 27.

All three clones draw their geneticsfrom skin cells cultured from a 45-daymule fetus collected in 1998. The

nucleus of a skin cell was inserted intoa horse egg that had been stripped of itsnucleus. A small pulse of electricityshocked the egg so cell division couldbegin. The egg was then transferred toa surrogate mother.

That is the essential differencebetween sex and cloning. Sexualreproduction relies on an egg anda sperm to each supply half of the DNA.A clone is given a full complement ofchromosomes.

Part of the scientific interest in IdahoGem reflected another uniqueaccomplishment: cloning a sterile animal.Mules are infertile hybrids, in all but rareexceptions, created by crossing a maledonkey, a jack, with a female horse,a mare.

Horses have 64 chromosomes;donkeys have 62. Mules’ 63chromosomes split the difference. Whenit comes time to reproduce, the odd

researchers produce first equine cloneIT’S A P R O J E C T I D A H O

By Bill Loftus

Above: Idaho Gem, born May 4, gained international attention as the first equine clone.At right: Dirk Vanderwall holds Idaho Gem, while Gordon Woods stands with surrogate mother, Idaho Syringa.

Part of Idaho Gem’snews appeal

hinged on both hisexcellent health and

vigor, and on hispersonality. “He’s like a

spring when we lethim go,” Woods said.

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number of chromosomes apparently putsthe kibosh on breeding.

“Since mules can’t do it themselves,we figured we’d give them a hand,”Woods quipped during the newsconference to introduce Idaho Gem.

Post Falls businessman and longtimeUI benefactor Don Jacklin savored thesuccess as well. A mule racing enthusiast,Jacklin supported much of the work bythe Northwest Equine ReproductionLaboratory, which Woods directs.

Jacklin’s racing mule Taz, a brother tothe clones, attracted a fair share ofattention recently as half of the bestrivalry in horse racing during 2002,according to a fan vote sponsored by thetelevision channel TVG.

Part of Idaho Gem’s news appealhinged on both his excellent health andvigor, and on his personality. “He’s like aspring when we let him go,” Woods said.

The team’s timing worked well, too. Ahandsome chestnut thoroughbred namedFunny Cide won the Kentucky Derby inMay, the first gelding to win that racesince 1929. Then Funny Cide won thePreakness and made a run for horse

racing’s triple crown before a third in theBelmont crushed those hopes. Equinecloning supporters see it as a tool tobring the genetics of horses that havebecome infertile back into thebloodlines.

French scientist Eric Palmer beganwatching the Idaho project long beforethe derby. He flew from Paris in April tovisit Woods and Vanderwall in Moscow.

In Europe, equestrian sports take anegalitarian approach, relying less onpedigrees and more on performance.Palmer noted that the result is some 80percent of the champions in sports likedressage, endurance riding and eventingare geldings.

Cloning those great champions offersa way to turn back the clock, restoringthe stallion and reinjecting those provengenes into the bloodlines. Palmerestimated that cloning could increase therate of genetic improvement by 50percent.

Vanderwall believes Idaho Gem mayalso lead to new hope for endangeredspecies. “With the development of ourbreakthrough with the cloning

Two of a kind — Utah Pioneer and Idaho Gem. Gordon Woods holds Utah Pioneer,as Idaho Gem and Don Jacklin look on.

Surrogate mother Idaho Rose and UtahPioneer. The second UI mule clone wasborn June 9.

A third mule was born July 27.He will get his name through anaming contest for kids. AfterSept. 1, go to www.uidaho.edu/clonezone for contest information.

technology, we foresee it will have directapplication for enhancing further rescueof endangered equine species such asPrzewalski’s horses,” he said. The SanDiego Zoo, Vanderwall noted, has morethan 300 tissue samples from theMongolian wild horses that could beused for cloning to restore geneticdiversity. A zoo spokesman called thenews “awesome,” adding, “I’mdelighted.”

Woods sees beyond Idaho Gem’sappeal as a first in equine cloning, andbeyond his appeal as an animal“personality,” both roles the mule foalhas gotten a kick out of by allappearances.

His goal now is climbing the nextmountain, and Woods acknowledges it islikely to present a steeper challenge. Hewants to focus on using the horse as aresearch model to study human diseases.

In that sense, Idaho Gem and hisbrothers represent a full circle forWoods. He founded a private company,CancEr2, to explore his observation thatthe scientific record holds no reports ofstallions with prostate cancer. Woodsenlisted the support of venture capitalistsKen Hatch and Mel Reeves to explorethe reason why horses appear immune toprostate cancer while so many older mendevelop the disease. That in turn led tothe basic cell biology breakthrough thatmade the UI - Utah State team the firstworldwide to produce an equine clone.

The clones demonstrate that the teamis on the right track. And while theultimate understanding of Woods’observation is likely to be years away, ifhis bet is right, the payoff could improvethe lives of millions.

The goal now is to focus on using thehorse as a research model to study

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By Kathy Barnard

The same chemistry that led to thesuccessful mule cloning by UIresearchers also may shed new light onthe causes of specific cancers and otherage-onset diseases, such as diabetes, inhumans.

“The real value of our work is yet tobe realized,” UI researcher GordonWoods says. “We have two beautifulfoals to point to with pride, but in myopinion what we discovered along theway may be even more important.”

What the researchers discoveredwas a connection between betweencloning, calcium and cancer.

“The mortality rate for horses withmetastatic cancer is eight percent forall cancers and zero percent forprostate cancer,” Woods said. “Bycomparison, the mortality rate inhumans is approximately 24 percentfor all cancers, of which 13 to 14percent are for prostate cancer.”

The team learned that calcium —more importantly, the relationshipbetween the amount of calcium withineach cell and outside each cell — is key.“Members of the horse family have alower amount of intracellular calciumthan humans and a correspondinglyslower rate of cell activity,” Woodssaid. “Research shows the amount ofintracellular calcium is higher thannormal in humans with metastasizingcancer.”

In July 2001, the cloning teamreceived new information fromCancEr2, a private company doingcancer research in Moscow. Thecompany gifted its intellectual propertyto the university because of theopportunity to critically test its theoryin the cloning process.

“In light of that new information,our team increased the calcium in themedium holding the clone embryosand saw a seven-fold increase in ourweek-two pregnancy rates,” Woodssaid. The team concluded the increasein calcium within the implanted clone

cells directly impacted the speed of celldivision.

“Think of calcium as a cell activityregulator,” Woods said. “Too muchcalcium in cells speeds cell activity; toolittle slows cell activity.

“Two other chemicals play importantroles in how much calcium is available incells, acting like separate heating and airconditioning thermostats,” he continued.“One chemical suppresses or slows cellactivity; the other promotes or speeds cellactivity. We believe understanding howthose chemicals work may lead to bettercontrol of abnormal cell activity anddisease. Our team will be working towardcritical testing of the effects ofdeficiencies in the suppressor chemical inhuman clinical trials.”

The cloning project provided “awonderfully dynamic system in which totest our theory that the low intracellularcalcium in horses was responsible for lowcell activity and low cancer mortality inhorses,” Woods said. “The science thataccompanied our four-leggedaccomplishments will last long after theheadlines. The concepts that we tested inthe process of cloning Idaho Gem can besolid building blocks for the ongoingunderstanding of age-onset diseases.”

Ken White oversaw the somatic cell nucleartransfer — the creation of a clone. But researcherswere successful after they adjusted the clone cellcalcuim level.

EXPLORING THECONNECTIONCloning, Calciumand Cancer

Gordon Woods, UIprofessor of Animal andVeterinary Science.Woods was team leader forProject Idaho with aninterest in the humanhealth aspects of theresearch. He also is directorof the Northwest Equine

Reproduction Laboratory, based on the UIcampus. Raised in northern Idaho, Woods is aUI alumnus. He earned his doctor of veterinarymedicine degree at Colorado State University,then completed his residency in large animalreproduction at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dirk Vanderwall, UIprofessor of Animal andVeterinary Science.Vanderwall served as thehorse expert with an interestin horse health andreproduction. He also isaffiliated with theNorthwest EquineReproduction Laboratory

with responsibilities in teaching and publicservice, which includes continuing educationand consulting with veterinarians and horseowners. He is a Diplomate of the AmericanCollege of Theriogenologists, the association ofveterinary reproduction specialists. Vanderwallalso is a UI alumnus; he earned a doctoraldegree in animal physiology in 1992 at UI.

Kenneth White, UtahState professor ofAnimal, Dairy andVeterinary SciencesWhite oversaw the technicalportion of the research —somatic-cell nuclear transfer,or cloning. He is director ofthe Center for Development

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Anti-cancer drug researchers include, from left to right; graduate students Kevin Rider and Chun Li; undergraduate students Rebecca Memmott and Katie Myers;and UI chemistry professor Nick Natale.

UI chemist Nick Natale is in thevanguard of a new generation of

health scientists. He and his studentsfocus on mining the human genome forclues about how disease works within thebody and synthesizing molecules to blockthose disease processes.

Natale’s lab has produced 17compounds with potential as anti-cancerdrugs that have been screened by theNational Cancer Institute for possibleuse in treating human patients.

The compounds Natale synthesizesare complex molecules that may or maynot exist in nature. He pursues a processknown as hypothesis-driven, structure-based drug design. It means buildingmolecules to fit with others suspected ofplaying important roles in cancerouscells.

Natale’s work develops compoundsthat may become or lead to new drugs tofight cancer. The work is long andcomplicated.

First, Natale and his laboratory, whichis staffed mostly by undergraduate andgraduate students, must synthesize thetarget compounds. Not only must his

team succeed in the difficult synthesis, itmust also produce enough of thecompound for testing.

The first step is a standard test of thenew compound’s bioactivity. Cells fromseveral dozen lines are exposed to thepotential new drug and their responsesare tested.

Two of Natale’s candidate compoundshave passed the initial screening, whichrelies on tests against 60 tumor cellcultures.

In addition to actually producingnovel chemical compounds, Natale’swork is expanding the knowledge aboutchemical synthesis techniques.

The journal Tetrahedron publishedTeam Natale’s prescription forsynthesizing potential anti-cancer drugsby targeting specific DNA structures. TheJournal of Medical Chemistry publishedanother report by Natale and hiscolleagues at Harvard and the Universityof Calgary about another class ofcalcium-regulating compounds.

Synthetic chemists like Natale havebecome the front line troops in animportant new approach to disease.

“From what we know about currentthinking on the disease process, we try toidentify a target that could be useful tointercept,” he said.

In the traditional thinking aboutdisease and chemistry, scientists haveapproached it with a lock-and-key model.That means one molecule can slow theproduction of neurotransmitters thatmay otherwise trigger an epilepsy attack.Or another molecule could speed theproduction of neurotransmitters tocombat other diseases like Alzheimer’s.

After 22 years working with potentialdrugs and following the advance ofscientific understanding of the chemicalbasis for disease, Natale’s own thinking isevolving. Rather than believing that theproteins influential in disease processeslock into stable configurations, he nowbelieves they flex and change shape asbody processes cycle.

And that could help explain why theeffectiveness of drugs vary, and suggestnew ways for synthetic chemists toimprove drugs for the future.

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RESEARCHFUNDING HITSRECORD:

$100 MILLIONUniversity of Idaho researchers posted

a record $100 million in researchfunding during the 2003 fiscal year. Thefunding reflects a broad mix of state,federal and private support for projectswith important implications for the livesand livelihoods of residents of the state,nation and world.

Charles R. Hatch, UI vice presidentfor research, helped tally the researchsupport. He had predicted in Februarythat the university would post a record ifthe early pace continued.

“I’m pleased to announce that UIfaculty and staff were awarded grants andcontracts and research appropriationstotaling $100,806,751 to be exact — but

who is counting,” Hatch quipped.That’s nearly $2 million a week

flowing through the university todestinations throughout Idaho. Theprojects range from basic research thatenhances fundamental understanding ofthe world to applied research to solvespecific problems.

The $100 million target was chosensix years ago when the university adoptedits strategic plan, which set a goal forIdaho to join the nation’s top researchuniversities.

“If you look at the list of the top 100research universities,” Hatch said, “youhave to be in excess of $100 million toget into that group.”

“Investment in talented faculty andstaff pays dividends to the state’seconomy,” UI Provost Brian Pitcheradded. “Our scientists and staff earnedthis support through competitiveprograms by demonstrating that theircapabilities and expertise rank themamong the best in their fields.”

During fiscal 2003, Hatch’s analysis

Students Score NationalScholarships

UI students have an impressive recordof earning prestigious, nationalscholarships. This spring, those amazingaccomplishments continued.

Aimee Shipman, a Ph.D. student ingeography, received the 2004-05 RotaryFoundation Ambassadorial Scholarshipworth up to $25,000.

Shipman, from Oakland, Calif., willbe traveling to Botswana in the fall of2004 to conduct research on the HIV/AIDS epidemic there. The infection ratein Botswana is the worst in the world,according to Shipman. Forty percent ofthe 1.6 million who live in Botswana areHIV positive. “The numbers really bringit home,” she said.

Shipman will be examining thefeasibility of implementing preventionprograms, especially in the country’srural areas.

UI sophomore and physics majorBenjamin Pollard of Boise won anational Goldwater Scholarship, one of300 awarded this year. He also isstudying astronomy and mathematics.

A National Merit Scholar and aNASA Scholar, Pollard has assisted

showed the university won some $77million in competitive research funding.Appropriated funding for research fromstate and federal sources yielded nearly$24 million more to the bottom line.

Compared to the previous year, fiscal2002, competitive funding rose 22percent from $62.5 million. Theuniversity’s total research budget rose 14percent overall from $88.2 million.

Four major projects from theNational Institutes of HealthInstitutional Development Awardprogram will contribute nearly $30million over the five-year span that beganin 2000.

The NIH grants focus on research asdiverse as infectious diseases andbioinformatics — the blending ofcomputer science and biology. Anotherproject focuses on improving thestatewide biomedical research networkthrough cooperative efforts by UI, IdahoState University and Boise StateUniversity.

faculty with research on planetaryatmospheric structures. His own interestin astrophysics is as fundamental ashumanity’s inherent quest to understandthe heavens. Pollard said, “It’s just sofascinating, and there’s so much tolearn.”

Pollard joins five UI students whohave won Goldwater Scholarships since2000. The Goldwater Scholarship is apremier undergraduate award in thefields of mathematics, the naturalsciences and engineering. Thescholarship pays up to $7,500 a year forthe final one or two years of a winner’sundergraduate career and recognizesstudents for academic excellence. Its goalis to stimulate science and technologycareers.

Two students from the College ofNatural Resources have been selected toreceive $5,000 Udall Scholarships.

UI recipients are Eric Larson, fromSanta Fe, Texas, a junior studying fisheryresources; and Adair Muth, fromMissoula, Mont. a sophomore studyingnatural resources ecology andconservation biology. Larson won aUdall Scholarship last year as well.

Only 80 Udall Scholarships wereawarded nationally this year to studentsstudying in fields related to theenvironment.

This is the third consecutive yearstudents in the college earned thenational recognition.

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How to wring experience fromidea has been the guidingconundrum of public education

since its inception.The University of Idaho and many

universities across the nation are nolonger attempting to gain experience outof idea. Instead, they’re offering newapproaches to education based firmly inthe belief that experience is the bestteacher.

New ways of teaching and learningrequire students not only take in

By Donna Emert

“The great difficultyof education is to

get experienceout of idea.”

— George Santayana,The Life of Reason

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information, but also organize it, analyzeit, discuss it, and ultimately, apply it.Education research finds that everyonedoes that a little bit differently. Aslearners, we’re as individual assnowflakes. There are right-brainers, left-brainers, and those synapses spark morebrightly on every node in between.

“The key is that experience plus theright genetic construction yieldslearning,” says Terry Armstrong, UIeducation professor emeritus andcurriculum consultant. “Some people

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respond to the emotion of music, someto the logic of mathematics. The richerthe experience offered, the more likely adiverse array of learning styles will beaccommodated. Simply readingsomething doesn’t always work.”

What does seem to work, and what isbeing employed at UI, is learning-by-doing in an enriched environment thatoffers students many options. The UI’sPOLYA Math Center is a shiningexample.

“In life you get the test first and thelesson afterward. That’s how peoplereally learn,” said Monte Boisen, UI chairof mathematics.

The “test first” approach adopted bythe POLYA Math Center enablesstudents to take a test as soon as they feelprepared. They can learn from theirmistakes through a structured learningprocess, then take another version of thetest. This process allows those who havealready achieved mastery to movethemselves quickly through the course. Italso identifies those who need more help,and the kind of help they need.

The POLYA Center is open 82 hoursper week. Tutors are available there at aratio of approximately 1 for every 20students. About 1,400 students use thecenter each semester.

“The POLYA Center allows studentsto be treated as individuals, and that’sthe real goal,” Boisen said. “Withindividualized programs, we canmaximize their success. When they finishtheir POLYA experience, they areprepared to be life-long, independentlearners.”

POLYA is a new-way-of-learningsuccess story: The math failure rate for UIfreshman in intermediate algebra hasdecreased by 40 percent and issubstantially below the national average.

Producing mature learners who canmaster process — like solving differential

equations, increasing market share orbalancing resource use and ecosystemhealth — is a paramount goal of a UIeducation.

“The goal of the core curriculum atmany institutions has just been exposureto broader information,” says UI ProvostBrian Pitcher. “The concept here is thedevelopment of critical thinking skillsand the ability to make connections.”

Teaching critical thinking skills beginsearly at UI. This fall, all enteringfreshmen will choose from one of 16Core Discovery courses designedespecially for them. All of theinterdisciplinary Core Discovery coursesplace a strong emphasis on criticalthinking and communications skills. Inaddition, UI offers courses grouped in“clusters” of interrelated, crossdisciplinary topics.

“We hope to give students anintegrated experience, where they can seeconnections among differentdisciplines,” said Bill Voxman, corecurriculum coordinator.

“The major part of core discoveryclasses are spent in discussion,” Voxmansaid. “There’s small group interactionbetween freshmen and some of theuniversity’s most distinguished faculty,and among students themselves.”

In the new educational paradigm,instructors’ roles change from “sage onthe stage” to “guide on the side.” Theycoach and mentor. They shapediscussion to explore key topics andencourage students to work together inteams. They guide the explorationthrough the rich, messy life of ideas.

“Students not only learn the materialmore thoroughly, but strengthencommunication skills and their ability towork in groups productively andeffectively,” Pitcher said, “and that hassignificant workforce and quality of lifebenefits.”

The College of Business andEconomic’s Integrated BusinessCurriculum is a model of experienced-based curriculum success as measured bythe real world yardstick. The year-longbusiness program for juniors combinesaccounting, finance, economics,operations management, human resourcemanagement, information systems andmarketing classes taught by faculty teams.

The courses require students not onlysoak up information, but also illustratemastery of it. For example, student teamsaddress and analyze corporate challengesfreshly clipped from the pages of theWall Street Journal.

IBC student teams also work on realprojects assigned from the boardrooms ofcorporations like Harley Davidson,Micron, Boeing, Columbia Sportswear,Coldwater Creek and Hewlett Packard.

Both faculty and students benefitfrom this corporate interface throughinteraction with visiting professionals inthe classroom, internship opportunities,and a fast-track hiring program at Boeingthat is open to IBC graduates.

Solving the complex, immediateproblems of real world business is the keyto honing students’ critical thinkingskills, skills much sought after byemployers.

“Text problems simply don’t drivecritical thinking,” explains Jack Morris,associate dean of the CBE. “But we allget excited about a real project, like howdo you redesign a seat for a HarleyDavidson so that aging baby boomershave a more comfortable ride? When yougive people real life problems to address,the creative juices just start flowing.”

This fall, both Accounting andManagerial Economics modules will beadded to the IBC program.

Curriculum innovations are spreadingacross campus. A $375,000 NationalScience Foundation grant is allowing the

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redesign of courses in a variety ofdisciplines, to create an “enrichedlearning environment.”

“The key is to keep challengingstudents in an environment where theyare allowed to fail safely until they graspdifficult concepts,” said Don Elger, whowrote the grant. . . . . “It’s not just abouthands on. It’s about continual growth ofstudents’ performance.”

To empower students and give themownership of their work and discovery,educators give up some of the power theyonce took for granted, Elger explained,in keeping with the “guide on the side”model.

New educational models don’t applyto just curriculum. Many facultymembers are reassessing how technologycan assist instruction. The UI Center forTeaching Innovation has played an activerole in that effort, and in helping facultybecome comfortable and effective intechnologically enhanced classrooms. Tomeet the demands of the modernworkplace, teaching faculty and studentshow to access, share and applyinformation with the latest technologieshas become as essential as knowledgeacquisition itself.

A UI education also acknowledgesthat not all learning takes place in theclassroom. About 90 percent of UIfreshmen live on campus. As a residentialcampus, what’s taught in the classroomcan be reinforced in the living room. TheUI’s 12 themed residence halls allowstudents with common academicinterests, from engineering to agriculture

to natural resources, to live together.Faculty and staff have an open invitationto hall events and social gatherings.Special programs are designed for specificliving halls.

Women in the Engineering andComputer Science Hall, for example, areinvited to strap on the project “How toBuild a Better Bra.” The task is all themore technically challenging, andpotentially hilarious, given the 3-Dtechnologies that can be engaged toaccomplish it.

The classroom also can extend intothe community. “One way to look at it isto see the community as a hugelaboratory where concepts, ideas, andtheories from an academic course may beapplied in a real-life setting,” said GinnaBabcock, director of the university’s CivicEducation Project.

Hundreds of UI students volunteeredtheir time to the campus and communitylast year. More than 30 faculty and staffhave incorporated service-learning intotheir courses and programs.

A well-rounded education is notsimply academic, Babcock contends.“When a UI football player has tears in

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In With the NewLiving and learning takes on a

new meaning this fall at UI.Students will be moving into theLiving and Learning Community, anew residence on the corner ofSixth and Line streets. It’s aresidential, classroom, and multi-purpose facility. The houses have ahome-style feel with a central livingroom, kitchen, dining room, familyroom, den, study rooms andlaundry. Most of the bedrooms — 80percent are singles — are arranged intwo to five person suites thatinclude a bathroom, common areaand kitchenette with microwave,refrigerator and sink.

Five multi-story buildings will behome to students this fall. Phasetwo of the project, currently underway, will add three more buildingsready for occupancy next fall. In all, the facility will house more than 600students.

Phase two of the project required demolition of the Gault-Upham residencehall earlier this summer. Bricks from Gault-Upham will be used to support aUniversity Residences Scholarship Fund. Donations of $100 or more entitlethe donor to a brick from either Gault or Upham. For more information,contact Kami Patik at (208) 885-7883, kpatik@uidaho.edu.

his eyes watching an athlete assist aninjured competitor in a track and fieldevent during Special Olympics, hisperception of the nature ofsportsmanship and winning are changedforever. These are the kind oftransformative events we see every day inservice-learning.”

Researchers estimate that the sum ofknowledge in an individual disciplinecan now potentially double in threeyears. Professionals can also expect anaverage of seven career changes in alifetime. The marketplace demands anadaptable learner, and that is what theUI aims to produce by challengingstudents to think critically.

“The residential campus provides awonderful opportunity for deep learning,where classroom learning is reinforced byexperience in the lab, in the residencehalls, in the clubs,” says Pitcher.

The University of Idaho’s newlyevolving methods of education aim atgrowing a knowledgeable, adaptable,lifetime learner. Fortunately, life ismessy, and therefore infinitely worthy ofinvestigation.

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Perhaps University of Idaho RegentJohn Remsburg was speaking frompersonal experience in his

dedicatory address at the Oct. 15, 1955,ceremony for the opening of the UI’snewest men’s dormitory, the Gault-Upham Residence Halls. Named inhonor of the UI’s first president FranklinB. Gault and Alfred H. Upham,president from 1920 to 1928, Gault-Upham was part of the University’s post-World War II building plan to replacetemporary student housing withpermanent dormitories.

While academic endeavors have beenknown to take place in dormitories, it isno secret that non-academic pursuitsoccupy an important place in studentlife. UI alum Chick Mabbutt ’72, recallswith fondness the times he joined in“mutual enterprises” as a resident ofUpham Hall during the 1960s. Now anarchitect practicing in Moscow, Mabbuttrecalls one such mutual enterprise withmuch delight. When the Universityexcavated the site for another newdormitory, Theophilus Tower, theexcavation produced a tremendous hill ofmud, which the men of Upham claimedas theirs. More than once, Mabbuttrecalls, he and his hall mates were forcedto defend their territory from trespassers.

Mabbutt also fondly recalls the eventthat initiated him into the community ofUpham Hall. As instructed, he and theother freshmen gathered at the building’sexterior entrance so that a group

In 1967, the men of Upham Hall, including brothers Chick and Bill Mabbutt, celebrate their victoriousdefense of the mud hill that resulted from the excavation of the site for the future Theophilus Tower.

The freshmen of the Class of 1967 are introduced to life in Upham Hall. Chick Mabbutt is in the frontrow, fourth from the right.

Brotherhood: Lifein Upham Hall

by Julie R. Monroe

“These very dormitories are an

example of the standard of living not

known to those of the past. But I

hope you all remember that the walls

are not important — it is what you do

within the walls that is

important...The principal purpose of

an education is to teach people to live

together in harmony and to join in

mutual enterprises.”

—John Remsburg

photograph could be taken. After thephotographer had readied his camera, hecalled out, “1, 2, 3” and seconds later,the hall’s upperclassmen, positioned atthe windows of the building’s upperfloors with buckets of water, dumpedtheir contents on top of the unwittingfreshmen.

Like Mabbutt, many residentsremember the Gault-Upham dormitories

as a special place, where, as MartinJohns, 2002-03 Upham Hall Associationvice president, puts it, “doors are alwaysopen.” Within their walls, young mennot only pursued the ideals of educationbut also those of friendship, loyalty, andservice. Through their brotherhood, theyembraced Regent Remsburg’s counseland achieved the often-elusive ideal ofliving together in harmony. I

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When Alaska becomes a topic ofconversation, adjectives escapethe lips without limits —

“amazing,” “beautiful,” “majestic” and“awesome.”

UI English Professor Phil Druker hastraveled to the 49th state to exploreterrain on foot and to lend expertise tothe Juneau Icefield Project sponsored byUI’s Glaciological and Arctic SciencesInstitute.

Describing his adventures in Alaska,Druker finds it difficult to keepsuperlatives out of the mix. “I keep usingthe word ‘incredible,” he says. “But it’strue. Alaska gives you an opportunity tosee things no one else has seen. Being inAlaska in an honor.”

Maurice ’51, ’76 and Alice Lynch’51, ’77 have lived in Anchorage formore than 25 years. From their home,the couple can view three activevolcanoes. “Since we’ve lived here, two ofthose volcanoes have dumped ash on us,”Maurice says.

As residents of Anchorage, the Lynchsand fellow alumna Helen (Dittman)Beime ’44 also can see the Aleutian,Chugach and Alaska mountain ranges —as they sip their coffee and read themorning news.

For UI, Alaska is hotThe UI boasts more than 1,000

alumni in Alaska with 350 settling inAnchorage. “With this growing numberof dedicated Vandals, the AlumniAssociation is planning additional visitsand program services for Alaska,”according to Hugh Cooke, associatedirector of Alumni Relations.

In addition to its routine recruitingmissions two to three times a year, NewStudent Services has been sendingrepresentatives to Anchorage for theannual Vandal Vision Program, a seriesof informational sessions aimed atprospective students.

“I really knew they wanted me here (atUI),” said Tennille Walker, a junior

studying sports scienceand recreational therapy.

Walker representsone of seven from hergraduating high schoolclass at Ketchikanattending UI.

“The universityrecruits hard in Alaska,”she says. “It has a lot to offer. Plus, it’snot too far away from home ... but farenough.”

During spring semester 2002, 37students from Robert Service HighSchool at Anchorage attended UI,according to Lloyd Scott, director of NewStudent Services. More students fromthat high school attended UI than anyother high school outside Idaho.

“We get a great number of ourundergraduate and graduate studentsfrom Alaska,” Scott says. “Last year, UIhad more students from Alaska than anyother state, except Washington andIdaho.”

ALASKA IS HOTGoing “outside” for an education

By Leslie Einhaus

Tennille Walker

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The Western UndergraduateExchange (WUE) allows students fromAlaska to attend UI for a reduced fee —an amount considerably less than non-resident tuition — for up to four years.

Perhaps part of the draw can belinked to the similarities between states.“Alaska and Idaho both have beautifulopen areas, high navigable rivers and amultitude of places to recreate,” Beimesaid.

Such similarities make for easiertransitions — and more convincingrecruiting messages. But it also can bewhat Alaska lacks that draws the students

to the GemState.

MicahHundrup, ajunior in theCollege ofNaturalResources,arrived at UIfrom Healy, atiny burg only11 miles fromthe entrance toDenaliNational Park.

Universitiesin Alaska, hesays, have morenon-traditionalstudents andthe degreeprograms are

not as extensive. He was searching for thetraditional college experience — includingfraternity row. “Greek life is animportant part of the collegiateexperience,” Hundrup says.

Being away from home has itsdrawbacks, though. “I miss themountains,” he admits. “I mean there’sMoscow Mountain, but that’s smallcompared to what we have.”

Alums and... chumsJack Helle’s business card is a

testament to his passion. Tiny sketches ofsockeye, chum and pink salmon borderhis name and contact information.

Helle ’58, ’61 is a fishery researchbiologist and program manager for theOcean Carrying Capacity Researchprogram at the Alaska Fisheries ScienceCenter.

He doesn’t call what he does “work.”“If I won the lottery tomorrow, I wouldstill do what I do. I love the science, but

I’m not fond of budgets,” he says.The program studies juvenile,

immature and maturing salmon andother marine species in the Gulf ofAlaska, Bering Sea and the high seas ofthe north Pacific Ocean. Helle and hiscolleagues are examining what influencechanging ocean conditions have on fishspecies.

Before his stint as program managerfor the Ocean Carrying CapacityResearch program, he was project leaderfor pink and chum salmon investigationsat the Olsen Bay Field Station at PrinceWilliam Sound and a task leader forstock identification research for theU.S./Canada Salmon Treaty ResearchProgram.

The former McCall smokejumperenjoys hiking, biking and takingphotographs of the wildlife in the bushof Alaska. Helle has plenty of nail-bitingtales of close encounters, including aneye-to-eye confrontation with a grizzlybear while wading through a streamtaking samples. “The bear was standingon his hind legs and must have been 10feet tall.”

Helle was inducted into the UIAlumni Hall of Fame in 1999 for his“national and international reputation ofaccomplishments and leadership infisheries science.”

Capturing Alaska’s beauty on film isone of Gina Bringman’s ’91 hobbies andtalents. A photo she took of ValdezHarbor was recently featured in Outside

magazine. For her nine-to-five routine,she works as a sales and productionmanager for a photo stock agency atAnchorage.

Bringman enjoys an array of outdooractivities, including sea kayaking,camping and hiking. She also is amember of a local auto club specializingin Land Cruisers. “It’s a fun activity inthe summer ... to go exploring in thebush of Alaska.”

The adventures available in Alaskaattract UI students, faculty and alumni.It is also what convinces them to stakeroots in the state — even for 30-somethings like Bringman. “It wouldtake a lot to get me to leave,” she says.

“The 49th state belongson your life list.”— Jonathan Dorn

of Backpacker magazine

Alaska is a prime destination foradventure, magnificence andopportunity. When John Muir wasstranded on an Alaskan glacier he calledhis adventure “the most memorable of allmy wild days.”

Alaska is wild — beyondcomprehension. That’s part of itsgrandeur, it’s mystique, its draw. AskHelle. Ask Beime. Ask Hundrup. They’lltell you straight out — adjective afteradjective.

Left to right are: Ben Rush, Phil Druker and Brian Keller. UI is one of only a few universities to mountfull-scale self-guided mountain climbing treks.

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Could you … participate in anexpeditionary research program into arugged glacial, mountain and arcticenvironment? Carry heavy loads ataltitudes from sea level to nearly 9,000feet? Conditions include intense snowglare, rapid changes of temperature,heavy rainfall, blizzard snow and strongwinds.

The physician’s release form quicklyputs the Juneau Icefield experience inperspective. Amidst such gruelingconditions, participants find their truestrength of character.

“Many participants say it is the biggestevent in their career, if not their life,”says Bill Davidson ’87. Davidson, a UIalumnus, geologist and longtimemountaineer, participated in theprogram in ’78-’79 and ’94. “It’s anexperience that burns its way into yourmemory – forever.”

For more than five decades, MaynardMiller, a UI emeritus faculty member,has led a group of scientists and studentsto the icefield. People from all over theworld, including many UI students andprofessors, converge at Juneau to beginan eight-week stint skiing across a 150-mile expanse of ice to Atlin, BritishColumbia.

The Juneau Icefield is the fifth largestin the Western Hemisphere, and one ofthe most sensitive in the world to globalclimate change.

Here, students walk on water.Bryan Haney, a junior in chemical

engineering, participated in 2002. Aftermissing the scholarship deadline, Haneydecided to fund the trip himself. “It wasworth every penny,” he says.

Haney remembers a whiteout thatlasted 10 days. Only spaghetti and Spamremained on the menu. Camp was quietthen, he remembers. “The professorswere even out of things to say.”

During the eight-week institute on ice,participants study geology, geophysics,mineral exploration, arctic ecology,

Participants inthe Juneau IcefieldProject learn to…walk on water

climatology and glaciology.“The experience requires four P’s,”

says Miller. “Passion, persistence,patience and performance.”

Before launching on the trek,students learn safety precautions andskills such as crevass rescue. Crevassescan be 40 to 150 feet wide. “When thesnow covers the crevasses that’s when itgets dangerous,” says Davidson. “You candrop right in.”

Miller is very forthcoming that thisexperience is rugged and demanding.The temperature, for example, can rangefrom 60 degrees to the zero mark. “It isphysically stressful, but the field scienceexperience is spectacular,” he said.

The Juneau Icefield Project is thelongest, continuous research program ofan icefield system in the world.Researchers and students on the trek areworking collaboratively to resolve thecomplex link between climate changeand glacier behavior.

The Juneau Icefield is home to nearly40 glaciers, including the Mendenhall,Taku and Llewellyn. Spruce and hemlocktrees skirt the ice field, along with deepgorges and fjords that make for primephoto opportunities.

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Rendezvous inAlaska

A reception

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February 2004 in

Anchorage. Staff members and

administrators will be on hand to

provide a campus update to all UI alums

in attendance. The Alumni Association

is sponsoring the event. For more

information, e-mail Hugh Cooke at

hcooke@uidaho.edu.

At the beginning of onetrek outside Juneau,Davidson began bangingpots together to keep bearsaway – a trick he learnedfrom his earlier reading inOutdoor Life magazine.Despite his efforts, he cameface-to-face with a bear

eating blueberries. “So much for whatthey say in Outdoor Life,” he said with asmile. “I wanted to write [the editors] aletter.”

Participants do rise to the occasionduring their research experience on ice.Some participants have never walked 30miles in day, according to Davidson.“You realize you can walk 30 miles in aday and feel wonderful.”

UI student Bryan Haney atthe terminus of the HerbertGlacier. Haney participated inthe 2002 Juneau IcefieldProject.

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UI’s Active Alumni— a force of unique athletes

By Jane L. Freund

Whether they swim, cycle, run

or climb, a growing number of

UI alumni are pushing the limits of their

athletic skills. While they may not be

household names and their efforts

infrequently get sports page ink, their

achievements remain remarkable and

inspiring.

“These kinds of individual, adventure

activities are a natural for college

students,” said Mike Beiser, director of

UI’s Outdoor Program. “There aren’t as

many opportunities to play team sports,

and rather than settle for just being

spectators, many students explore new

ways to be athletic.” An added bonus,

according to Beiser, is that a sport learned

at college often becomes a lifetime sport.

Some of these active alumni discovered

their athleticism and love of sports early

in life. Others grew into it. But according

to Beiser, they all are following the advice

of Thomas Jefferson, who said, “The mind

and body are one. Neglect one and the

other will suffer.”

KRISTIN ARMSTRONGLike the bicycles she rides, Kristin

Armstrong has learned how to shift gearsin her life. As she was growing up,Armstrong’s family moved a great dealand she eventually graduated high schoolat Okinawa, Japan. Since she had familyin Idaho, Armstrong chose to attend UI.However her gear shifting really beganafter Armstrong graduated in 1995 with abachelor’s degree in sports science.

While in Portland, Ore., on aninternship, Armstrong started runningraces. After moving to Boise, Armstrongand a group of friends decided toparticipate in the Y-Not-Tri Triathlon.She was “totally challenged” and begancompeting in other triathlons. Withintwo years, she had qualified for theNational and World TriathlonChampionships. In 1999, Armstrong wasinvited to train on the U.S. Olympic teamand qualified for the 2000 U.S. Olympictrials. Then a stress fracture in her footput her Olympic dreams on hold. Littledid Armstrong know that her life wasabout to shift gears again.

When her doctor discoveredArmstrong had osteoarthritis in bothhips, she faced the fact that she could nolonger do impact sports such as running.However, she knew she still could bike.So Armstrong began to compete in races

such as the Women’s Challenge. Theseraces gave her visibility and soon proteams were talking to her. In 2003, shesigned a contract with Team Mobile and isa full-time professional bicyclist.

Armstrong is looking forward tocompeting in the 2003 WorldChampionships and is hoping to qualifyfor the 2004 Summer Olympics. She“feels very fortunate” to be doing what sheenjoys as a full-time job.

LISA AND JOHN RUSTAs law students at UI in the early

1990s, John Rust and Lisa Lendenmanndiscovered a mutual love of climbing.When Lisa asked John to go climbing, afriendship was born. That friendshipturned to much more as Lisa and Johneventually were married. Now these twoUI alumni are taking their climbing tonew heights.

Lisa was an avid rock climber duringthe summers of law school and took tomountain climbing as well. In 1992, Lisaserved as a guide on the AmericanWomen’s Everest Expedition. Althoughthe Everest expedition came up 280 feetshort of the summit, Lisa scaled Mt.Aconcagua, South America’s highest

Kristin Armstrong strives for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

John and Lisa (Lendenmann) Rustare climbing to new heights.

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mountain, as well as Mt. McKinley inAlaska. John’s most recent climb was tothe top of Mt. Lhtose, the fourth highestmountain in the world. John also hasscaled mountains in Europe, SouthAmerica and North America.

John’s mountain climbing experiencebegan during his undergraduate years atUI. A football player, John was lookingfor an alternative to weightlifting forstaying in shape. John discovered rockclimbing and began teaching climbingclasses for the UI Outdoor Program. Inaddition, John became part of the first UIexpedition to Mt. McKinley.

Although they both graduated fromthe UI College of Law, neither ispracticing law; John is a professional skiracing coach and a climbing guide, andLisa is a middle school teacher. However,both are quick to credit their UIexperience for helping them succeed.John says that UI gave him “greatopportunities along the way” while Lisasays that her work in the UI OutdoorProgram “goes to show how far you cantake a skill you learn at the university.”

ORVAL HANSENWhen Orval Hansen arrived at UI in

1946, he was a World War II veteranintent on getting an education. Althoughinitially interested in joining theuniversity boxing team, Hansen realizedhis academics would suffer and decided tofocus on his studies. When Hansengraduated in 1950, he was only the third

graduate in UI history to finish hisundergraduate studies with a perfect 4.0GPA.

Hansen’s pursuit of excellencecontinued as he became a successfulIdaho Falls attorney, Idaho legislator, andU.S. Congressman. However, Hansenalways maintained an interest in athletics.When he left Congress in 1975, he tookup running as a way to get in shape formountain climbing. He discovered theadded benefit of weight loss and decidedto try running a marathon. At the age of53, Hansen ran his first marathon. Hecompleted 19 more marathons beforeretiring from the sport about 10 years ago.

Hansen also climbed a variety ofmountains in the U.S. and abroad. Hejoined his brothers in climbing the GrandTetons and several mountains in Ecuadorand Mexico. In 1992, Hansen and hisdaughter climbed Mt. Kilamanjaro, thetallest mountain in Africa.

Retirement from marathon runningand mountain climbing did not mean theend of Hansen’s athletic endeavors.Instead, he focused on his goal of runningaround the world. In 1979, Hansen begankeeping track of the miles he jogged witha goal of logging 25,000 miles, theapproximate circumference of the worldat the equator. On his 75th birthday,Hansen reached his goal, cheered on byfamily and friends at his family cabin inStanley.

Hansen knows that UI played a keyrole in his success. He gives credit to hisUI experience for teaching him that“unless you push yourself to themaximum you can’t improve yourmaximum capacity.”

CLARK RAUERAt the age of 27, UI alumnus Clark

Rauer ’86 found himself at an incrediblecrossroads in his young life. His marriagehad ended and he had battled cancer andsurvived.

Rauer’s response was to take on theultimate physical challenge: the triathlon.Triathlons include varying combinationsof distances of biking, swimming andrunning. In 1992, Rauer competed in hisfirst triathlon, at Coeur d’ Alene, and“was hooked.” After spending severalyears competing and succeeding intriathlons, he took on the toughesttriathlon: the Ironman. Originating inHawaii, the Ironman consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle race and afull 26.2 mile marathon.

Each Ironman component in itself canbe grueling, but taking on the entire eventtakes an incredible amount of endurance.Rauer demonstrated that he could notonly finish Ironman competitions but hecould do well. After competing inIronman Canada, he qualified to competein the 1995 Ironman World

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Orval Hansen after finishing his goal of logging 25,000 miles, theapproximate circumference of the world at the equator.

UI alumnus Clark Rauer ’86 on the toughest triathlon: the Ironman.

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Championships in Hawaii.Rauer continues to participate in

Ironman and other triathlons, callingthem “his healthy vice.” He says he’s “inbetter shape than he was in his 20s” andis remarried and has a young family.Although Rauer did not participate inintercollegiate athletics at UI, he says thatthe more personal attention he received atUI helped him reach the “level he’s beenable to achieve.”

KATIE (EGLAND) COXWhen Katie (Egland) Cox graduated

from Moscow High School in 1993, sheset her sights on leaving Moscow topursue higher education somewhere else.However, her father’s illness changed herplans and Cox enrolled at UI to pursuean elementary education degree. She alsoset her sights on a long-term passion:running.

At UI, she and her Gamma Phi Betabig sister, Jessie Ramsey, would runregularly. Her senior year, Cox ran thefirst of the five marathons she hascompleted to date. One of those races wasthe 1999 Boston Marathon, which Coxran with Ramsey.

After graduation in 1997, Cox took ajob as a development officer in the UICollege of Letters and Sciences. Herrunning continued as part of a group offaculty and staff who ran together during

their lunch hours and in local races. Cox says that the “University of Idaho

gave me the confidence to achievewhatever I sent my mind to.” Thatconfidence is being tested as she nowpursues a master’s degree in architectureat the University of Washington.

Cox says that running gives her “alittle accomplishment each day” andclears her mind. “You don’t run for thefeeling you have when you start, you runfor the feeling you have when you finish.”

PATRICK HARPERIt’s called adventure or expedition

racing — and it’s billed as “the new sportfor the new millenium.” In reality, it’s acrazy, grueling, off-road outdoor sportmarathon. It’s the perfect sport forsomeone like UI alumnus Patrick Harperwho admits to having “always been reallycompetitive.”

The race is a nearly non-stopcompetition that lasts anywhere fromthree to eight days. Racers are tested inany number of outdoor activities,including trekking and orienteering,mountain climbing and fixed rope work,mountain biking and canoeing, kayakingor rafting. It’s a mixed-gender team sport,with four members on each team.

In June, Harper’s Team Montrail wonthe biggest expedition race of the year, the950-kilometer Raid Gauloises in

Gamma Phi Beta big sister, Jessie Ramsey andKatie (Egland) Cox at the completion of the1999 Boston Marathon.

Kyrgyzstan. They finished in a time of sixdays and three hours. That included 11hours of sleep. Total.

“There’s a six to eight hour periodthat’s really miserable,” says Harper, whoalso serves as the team’s navigator. “But ifyou can get through that mentally, you getto a point where things are easy andyou’re not sleepy.”

Every now and then, a race includessomething new, like horseback riding orinline skating. Harper remembers, not atall fondly, a race in Morocco thatincluded a 16-mile camel ride.

Harper is a five-year veteran ofadventure racing. This year, his team willcompete in 11 races; they have alreadywon four.

“The thing that makes teams good inthis sport is teamwork,” said Harper.

“We’ve put together a team whereeveryone is good in all skills, but eachindividual also has a physical oremotional strength.”

Harper grew up and continues to livein Sun Valley where he’s a backcountryand fly-fishing guide. He attended UIfrom 1988-91 studying wild landmanagement. “I enjoyed school and Iloved the UI,” said Harper.

He is also the 2001 U.S. NationalWhitewater Champion, a member of theU. S. men’s whitewater rafting team andan internationally ranked Nordic skier.

Patrick Harper adventure racing.

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Vandals in Charge

What are the odds? Three UIahat are the odds? Three UIalumni, all Marines, serving in

the same unit? Last August, MajorGeneral James F. Amos ’70, Colonel CarlJ. Woods ’81 and Lieutenant ColonelRobert M. Miller ’88 found themselves inleadership positions with the 3rd MarineAircraft Wing.

Eight months later, they weredeployed to Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base inKuwait to participate in Operation IraqiFreedom.

Amos commanded all of the Marineaviation assets that were used in the war,including more than 400 jets andhelicopters, and approximately 15,000Marines and sailors assigned to the 3rdMarine Aircraft Wing. The wing wascredited with the destruction of eightIraqi divisions during the war.

Woods served as senior legal adviserand Miller served as Woods’ assistant onthe staff that provided direct support to

April 6, 2003 — Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base inApril 6, 2003 — Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base inApril 6, 2003 — Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base inApril 6, 2003 — Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base inApril 6, 2003 — Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base inKuwait. From left to right: Colonel Carl J. WoodsKuwait. From left to right: Colonel Carl J. WoodsKuwait. From left to right: Colonel Carl J. WoodsKuwait. From left to right: Colonel Carl J. WoodsKuwait. From left to right: Colonel Carl J. Woods’81 Law, Staff Judge Advocate, 3rd Marine’81 Law, Staff Judge Advocate, 3rd Marine’81 Law, Staff Judge Advocate, 3rd Marine’81 Law, Staff Judge Advocate, 3rd Marine’81 Law, Staff Judge Advocate, 3rd MarineAircraft Wing; Major General James F. Amos, ’70Aircraft Wing; Major General James F. Amos, ’70Aircraft Wing; Major General James F. Amos, ’70Aircraft Wing; Major General James F. Amos, ’70Aircraft Wing; Major General James F. Amos, ’70Business, Commanding General, 3rd MarineBusiness, Commanding General, 3rd MarineBusiness, Commanding General, 3rd MarineBusiness, Commanding General, 3rd MarineBusiness, Commanding General, 3rd MarineAircraft Wing; and Lieutenant Colonel Robert M.Aircraft Wing; and Lieutenant Colonel Robert M.Aircraft Wing; and Lieutenant Colonel Robert M.Aircraft Wing; and Lieutenant Colonel Robert M.Aircraft Wing; and Lieutenant Colonel Robert M.Miller ’88 Law, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 3rdMiller ’88 Law, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 3rdMiller ’88 Law, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 3rdMiller ’88 Law, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 3rdMiller ’88 Law, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 3rdMarine Aircraft Wing.Marine Aircraft Wing.Marine Aircraft Wing.Marine Aircraft Wing.Marine Aircraft Wing.

Above: Captain Larry Shea '90, Army Reserves.Above: Captain Larry Shea '90, Army Reserves.Above: Captain Larry Shea '90, Army Reserves.Above: Captain Larry Shea '90, Army Reserves.Above: Captain Larry Shea '90, Army Reserves.

Those Who ServedThose Who ServedVandals in Charge

National times of conflictsuch as the recent war in Iraqhave always had an impact on

the University of Idaho.Students and alumni in times

of peace become soldiers intimes of war. Other alumnichoose military service as a

career and become bothpeacemakers and defenders.The following profiles serve

as a tribute to all the UIalumni who encountered therealities of war by serving in

Operation Iraqi Freedom.

By Jeff Olson

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Gen. Amos. Their responsibilitiesincluded issues relating to interpretationof the Rules of Engagement for OperationIraqi Freedom. That included making suretheir Marines were trained in andcomplied with internationally-recognizedLaws of Armed Conflict, such as theGeneva and Hague conventions. They alsoassisted with bombing target developmentto limit collateral damage to the Iraqicivilian population and civilian structures.

According to Woods, their assignmentto serve together was purely by chance.

“The first time I briefed Gen. Amos, Imentioned that his two senior attorneyswere graduates of UI,” Woods said. “Hewas visibly surprised at the news, but thenhe smiled and said in that case, he knewfrom a legal standpoint that he couldn’tbe in better hands.”

Wounded in BaghdadTavis McNair ’00 arrived in Kuwait on

Feb. 3, a forward observer with the 5thMarines artillery regiment. When the warstarted, the regiment secured the oilfieldsin southern Iraq before moving north toBaghdad.

As a forward observer, McNair wasstationed in the forward hatch of anamtrac, “a swimming tank,” armed withmachine guns. “I had to have my eyessteady for 12 hours at a time with my headout,” said McNair. Armed with a radioand maps, McNair helped coordinate bothground and air activity. The regimentencountered some ambushes on the wayto Baghdad. “They weren’t well planned,”

McNair said. “Just a couple guys shootingat us. We’d reply with overpowering forceand that ended it.” Taking prisoners alsowas part of the job.

Entering Baghdad, the Marinesencountered a celebration. “It was aspectator sport,” said McNair. “If they hadbleachers, they would have filled them.And the crowd was rooting for us.”

The U.S. troops may have had crowdsupport, but there was still danger in theurban streets. An Iraqi soldier armed witha grenade launcher appeared at the end of

the street.McNair remembers

seeing a puff of whitesmoke out of the cornerof his eye before anexplosion knocked himout of the hatch of theamtrac. He took shrapnelin his neck and face.

“As close as I was, Igot lucky,” he says.

Medics gave himquick attention and hewas evacuated to a fieldhospital for surgery. Afew days later, he was ina military hospital inSpain undergoing moresurgery before beingshipped home toMedford, Ore., for amonth of recuperation.

The UI history majorreported back to Camp Pendleton, Calif.,at the end of May. His next assignment isscheduled for Okinowa.

“I have no desire to see much of thedesert again,” McNair said.

Restoring StabilityCapt. Larry Shea ’90 is helping to bring

stability to the people of Iraq. After thefighting stopped, Shea’s humanitarianwork began.

“I work in small villages to restorepolice, power, water and medical services,”Shea said. “Basically, we’re trying to makethese peoples’ lives a little better.”

Shea is part of the Army’s SpecialOperation Command. He works with asmall team of six soldiers, based in an areanorth of Baghdad called Taji.

“We travel in two Humvees and try toavoid enemy contact,” Shea said. “I spenda lot of time assisting villagers and farmerslocate and destroy unexplodedordinance.”

Shea is a member of the ArmyReserves, and his unit was called to actionearly in January. That meant aninterruption to his job as a manager forAirborne Express at Denver.

“It’s not something we planned on, butwe knew it was a possibility,” said AnnaShea ’90, Larry’s wife. “Initially, his orderswere for a year but were reduced to 270days. So we expect him home inDecember.”

Securing the Air FieldsAir Force Col. Greg Cook ’83

commands the 621st Air MobilityOperations Group, headquartered atMcGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Cookled a small, specialized team of expertsinto Iraq to assess and open up capturedairfields for use by U.S. and coalitionforces.

Inserted in Iraq on the heels of groundcombat forces, Cook and his eight-manteam successfully established bases at twoairfields, one in the western Iraq desertand another at the city of Kirkuk innorthern Iraq. The airfields wereimportant not only for supporting militaryoperations, but also for humanitarian airairlifts.

“We operated under field combatconditions, living in tents or abandonedbuildings and surviving on ‘Meals, Readyto Eat,’ or MREs,” Cook said.

Weather was a particular challenge,and the team endured freezing nights andhot, searing days in the desert, along withsandstorms, dust storms andthunderstorms of “biblical proportions.”

“We are proud of the role we served inthis conflict, and thankful that everyonein our unit returned safely from the war,”Cook said.

After spending nearly 60 days in theMiddle East region, he returned in earlyMay to his family, wife Tammy ’92 andtwo teenage daughters.

Cook received a bachelor’s degree inpolitical science from UI in 1983 andentered the Air Force with a commissionfrom Air Force ROTC. A command pilotwith more than 3,700 flight hours, Cookhas served two assignments at Air ForceHeadquarters in the Pentagon. He is aveteran of Operation Just Cause inPanama, and Operations Desert Storm,Northern Watch and Iraqi Freedom in theMiddle East, as well as numeroushumanitarian relief missions and airmobility operations around the world.

Air Force Colonel Greg Cook ’83 commands the 621st Air MobilityOperations Group

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To be profiled, please mail information, including graduation year, to Angela Helmke, Alumni Office,PO Box 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or e-mail information to angela@idahovandals.com (photoscan be e-mailed in a jpg format). In the interest of accuracy and privacy, we will list only itemssubmitted by an alumnus or their family. Submission deadline for the fall issue is October 8, 2003.

CLASS NOTESCompiled by Angela Helmke, UI Alumni Office

CLASS NOTES

40sWalt Wood ’49 has his WorldWar II military history publishedon forgottensoldier.com.

50sLt. Col. (Ret.) Reginald R.Reeves ’52 was inducted into theArmy ROTC Hall of Fame thisspring for his distinguishedcareer.

Dick Tirk ’54 received theService Above Self award fromthe Chaska, Minn., Rotary Club.

James Mann ’59 is an architectwith Yost Grube HallArchitecture in Portland, Ore.He will be retiring at the end ofthe year.

60sDennis Conley ’64, ’68 waselected chairman of theNorthwest Food ProcessorsAssociation Board of Directorsfor 2004. He has worked forBasic American Foods for thepast 34 years and is currentlyvice president.

Lee A.Edgerton ’64was honoredwith a GreatTeacher Awardby theUniversity ofKentuckyAlumniAssociation. He

is an associate professor anddirector of undergraduate studiesin the Department of AnimalSciences, College of Agriculture.He has been a member of theUK faculty since 1975.

Leland G.Heinrich ’65 isthe clerk ofValley County,Idaho, and thepresident of theboard ofdirectors of theIdaho

Association of Counties. He andhis wife live in Cascade.

James A. Carlson ’67 was namedpresident of the ClayMathematics Institute atCambridge, Mass. He will leadthe research activities of theinstitute, develop programs andwork with mathematiciansaround the world.

70sEloise Wilson Hanner ’71 hadher second book, “Letters fromAfghanistan,” published byBranden Books. It is based onthe letters she sent home as aPeace Corps volunteer in Kabul,Afghanistan. She and herhusband live in Sarasota, Fla.

Robert F. Syron ’71 is thenational credit manager forWilbur Ellis Corp.

Mike Davidson ’73 has beenelected a fellow of the Instituteof Food Technologists, aprofessional society for foodscience and technology.Davidson is a professor of foodmicrobiology at the University ofTennessee.

Elaine Ambrose Romano ’73 isthe author of a new children’sbook titled “Gators and Taters:A Week of Bedtime Stories.”Elaine and her husband createdMill Park Publishing to produceand market the book.

Peggy Jo Pond Jones ’75 is vicepresident of human resources forthe southern California divisionof Albertson’s.

Annette Shelton-Tiderman ’75,’87, ’91 works as a projectmanager for the OregonEmployment Department. Sheand her husband live inWoodburn, Ore.

Julie Monroe ’77, ’89 recentlyhad her book, a history ofMoscow, Idaho, entitled“Moscow: Living and Learningon the Palouse,” published byArcadia Publishing.

Tom Baskin ’78, ’81 washonored with a Boise Parks andRecreation DepartmentVolunteer of the Year Award.Baskin is a partner in the Boiselaw firm of Moore Baskin andParker.

Michael Workman ’78 retiredfrom teaching after 25 years. Hehas moved to Long Beach, Wash.

Leon J. Spicer’79 co-developed astudy abroadclass to Italy forOklahomaStateUniversity. Hehas been at the

Stillwater campus for the past 15years and is currently a professorof animal science.

80sTom Ramskill ’80, ’83, ’84 wasawarded a Ph.D. in structuralengineering from VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and is thepresident and principal ofRamskill Structural Engineeringlocated in San Diego, Calif. Hespecializes in the design ofcustom homes and commercialbuildings.

Capt. Mark A. Vance ’80 iscurrently participating inOperation Iraqi Freedom as thecommanding officer of CarrierAir Wing Three on board theaircraft carrier USS Harry S.Truman, which is homeported inNorfolk, Va.

Amy Woods ’81 won theOutstanding Teacher of theHumanities award from theIdaho Humanities Council. Shehas taught for 11 years atKamiah Middle School inKamiah.

R. Shayne Cofer ’82 wasappointed chair of theDepartment of Music atNortheastern Illinois Universityin Chicago, Ill.

Cmdr. Raymond B. Ginnetti’82 participated in the openingphase of Operation IraqiFreedom in the Arabian Gulfwhile assigned to the aircraftcarrier USS Abraham Lincoln,homeported in Everett, Wash.

CorrectionOn page 12 of the

Spring 2003 issue of “HereWe Have Idaho,” thename of the 2002Homecoming King wasincorrectly listed. JoshuaM. Preston, an economicsmajor from Spokane,Wash., was chosen for thehonor.

Maiden names,please.

I was one of those whoattended the Steel House50th anniversary, and Ihad a wonderful time.Those women really knowhow to plan an occasion.One of the discussions wewomen had was about themagazine. We were sorryto see that maiden namesare not included in write-ups anymore. For some ofus, we do not knowmarried names ofclassmates. Any chancethat practice can bereinstated? Really lookforward to the magazineeach time it is published.

Lucille (Palmer)Gordon ’57,’60

Helena, Montana

LETTERS TO THE EDITORWe make every attempt to

use maiden names, if they areavailable. Unfortunately, thatis not always the case.Alumna can check andupdate their UI informationonline at FindaVandal.comor by mailing updates to theAlumni Office, PO Box443232, Moscow, ID83844-3232.

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An Open Letter to Alumni — an Invitationto Participate from UI Alumni Association

We are proud alumni of the University of Idaho and, over the past year, we have takenactions to better align the interest of our association with that of the university. As a result, weare now positioned to implement strategic initiatives that will strengthen both the associationand the institution we serve.

Given the financial pressures experienced by both the university and the State of Idaho, itwould be easy for the association to rest on past accomplishments rather than to address ourcommon financial concerns with bold new initiatives. We believe it critical to our mission tocommunicate our accomplishments, our plans for the future, and a heartfelt invitation to ouralums to participate in a manner of their choosing.

This year, the association has set a measurable goal of connecting our alumni to theuniversity. Over a three-year period, we intend to double the number of alumni that we havetouched through one of our events or programs. Both the university and the associationrecognize the value and strength of our alumni base and believe it important to nurture thisrelationship. We have put in place and agreed upon a methodology to measure our progress.This initiative is particularly daring given the commitments already made by the association.During the past year, we pledged to distribute or save the university more than $1 million overfive years using revenue generated by our programs. Furthermore, $100,000 of fundingpreviously received from the UI Foundation is no longer used by the association, which makesthese monies available for use elsewhere.

While these numbers are small in relation to the overall financial challenge facing theinstitution, they are significant to us. Nevertheless, we support the movement of these funds toareas in need as this is what Vandal alumni do in tough times. We also are developing newsources of revenue to help continue our existing programs and develop new ones that will helpus reconnect our alumni to the university.

One such program involves the preparation of an alumni directory. Working with ourpartner, Harris Publishing, we are updating alumni records and searching for those alumni wehave lost. Once the records are updated, a directory will be published and made available forpurchase as a tool to help our alumni renew past ties. We also are planning to producecollectable merchandise that is featured elsewhere in the magazine (see page 34). Revenuesderived from this program will be available to further help the university address its fundingneeds, further association programs, and fund student scholarships. In addition to ourtraditional Alumni events planned around sporting contests and Silver & Gold AlumniChapter celebrations held throughout the country, we are extending our reach to help theuniversity recruit a quality, diverse student body by participating in college fairs throughout thenation. We have represented the university in places as diverse as Minnesota, Texas and NewYork. These students also help to incrementally add to the financial health of the university.We welcome your participation and support of our events, wherever they may be. A calendar ofevents can be found on our Web site at www.uidaho.edu/alumni.

The programs discussed above are only a few components of the initiatives planned for 2003- 2004. The National Board of Directors has adopted a business plan which will continue toimprove the association in new and exciting ways. Our association has never been stronger ormore energized. We will continue to communicate our progress to you. We also invite you toutilize our free e-mail forwarding service available to all alums and friends. This service makes iteasy for other alums to contact you even if you change e-mail service provider. To learn of thisservice visit www.supportui.uidaho.edu/benefits/lifetime_email.asp. As always, your commentsand suggestions are welcome. Please feel free to contact us at www.alumni@idahovandals.comto inform us of your interest in or ideas for the associations.

Go Vandals!

The University of Idaho Alumni AssociationBoard of Directors 2003-04Scott Green ’84 - PresidentBrian Hill ’65 - Vice-PresidentPeter Soeth ’93 - TreasurerHarold Gibson ’74 - Executive Director

CLASS NOTESLt. Cmdr. (Ret) Clayton Flowers’83 was recently hired as thefinancial training and policytechnician for the OregonDepartment of Transportation.He assesses the training needs,develops curriculum andmaterials and presents trainingto all levels of the department.

Fred Pond ’83 is the director ofinformation services for TheSchnitzer Group of Companiesbased in Portland, Ore. He wasrecently a featured speaker at theComputerworld IT LeadersConference in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Chris Anton ’84 was namedchief financial officer andtreasurer at Albertson College ofIdaho. He is responsible for thecollege’s financial planning, debtand equity financing and cashmanagement.

Tracy Carmack ’84 was recentlycertified as a blood typepractitioner. She is a certifiedclinical nutritionist at CarieBoyd’s Prescription Shop inHurst, Tex.

Tony Mai ’88 is a processspecialist for Dow Chemical Co.in West Virginia.

William Crew ’89 received anMBA from the University ofChicago, Barcelona campuswhile managing internationalbank consulting teams in centraland eastern Europe. He hasfounded two small privateequity/venture capital funds incentral Europe and is currentlybased in Bucharest, Romaniaand Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Kathy Lenz ’89 is a Title Onereading teacher at SkywayElementary School in Coeurd’Alene. She has been thepresident of Coeur d’Alene LittleLeague for the past six years.

90sDavid Olson ’90 was electedsecretary of the Idaho HayAssociation for the 2003 term.

Evan C. Wirig’90 wasselected as the2003OutstandingFaculty for theDivision ofCommunicationsand Fine Artsat Grossmont

College in El Cajon, Calif. He isthe chair of the MediaCommunications Department aswell as general manager of thecampus radio station, KGFN.

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FUTURE VANDALS

Scot D. Nass’92 is a newpartner atPaine,Hamblen,Coffin, Brooke& Miller LLPin Spokane,Wash.

Anthony Icayan ’93 received anM.A. in International Studiesfrom Old Dominion Universityand the Elizabeth ThorontonPrize in International Studies foroutstanding work at ODU’sCollege of Arts and Letters.

Glen Landrus ’93 received theRegional Educator of the Yearaward from the NationalAssociation of AgriculturalEducators. He has taughtagriculture for seven years atAsotin High School in Asotin,Wash.

Jonathan Force ’94 completedmedical school and anesthesiaresidency at Henry FordHospital in Detroit, Mich.

Rob Haggart ’94 is the photoeditor for Outside magazinebased in Santa Fe, N.M.

Matthew R.Schaefer ’94has beenregistered as alicensedarchitect by thestate of Idahoaftercompleting the

requirements of the architecturallicensing exam. He works forZGA Architects and Planners,Chartered in Boise.

Mark Crouter ’95 was recentlyhired by US Borax in Boron,Calif., as an engineeringgeologist. He is responsible formine de-watering and fieldmapping.

Darrel L.Hammon ’95is the newpresident ofMilesCommunityCollege inMiles City,Mont. He was

previously the associate vicepresident for extended programsat Lewis-Clark State College inLewiston.

MichaelSommese ’95most recentlysang the role ofTony in WestSide Story forLaScala inMilano, Italy.Previously, he

sang with the Lyric Opera ofChicago.

Jennifer S.McFarland ’96was a finisherin the Valley ofthe SunMarathon inMesa, Ariz. Shewas recentlypromoted to

graphic design manager atGlobal Video, LLC, in Phoenix,Ariz.

Carolyn Hicklin ’97 waspromoted to assistant director inthe Government ServicesDivision at SchweitzerEngineering Laboratories inPullman, Wash. She has beenemployed by SEL since 2001.

John Martin ’97 received hisprofessional animal scientistdegree, with specialization indairy cattle, from the AmericanRegistry of Professional AnimalScientists. He is the retailmanager for Hunt & BehrensInc., a Petaluma feed company.He and his wife, Natalie, ownand operate Spear Six CattleCompany, raising commercialbeef cattle, dairy heifers andcalves.

Lauri A.Thompson ’97,’00 was the1,038th overalland 51st femalefinisher in the107th runningof the BostonMarathon. She

also was a finisher in thePortland and New Yorkmarathons.

Brad Kaul ’99 received hiscertificate of registration topractice architecture in the stateof Washington. He is one of twoproject architects/designers atSteven P. Elkins Architects inBellevue, Wash.

Taylor, Sydney and Cody,children of Larry ’87 andKimberly Sorensen ’88 Seid

William Savidge ’99 accepted aposition as social studiesdepartment chair at the QingdaoInternational School inQingdao, China.

Jamie Waggoner ’99 lives inAtlanta, Ga. and is the artdirector for Aveno Inc., anationwide manufacturingcorporation. She directs thedesign and production of avariety of sampling andmarketing materials, and recentlyaccepted a Printing IndustryAssociation of Georgia Best ofCategory 2002 award forsampling design.

Austin Jacob toKelly ’97 andCourtney ’98Kolb

Alexander toRyan ’94 andKara Huettig’94 Klaveano

Noah Benjamin Louis and ZoeLaura Morgan to Ian andJohanna Smith ’98 Kirk

Brayden Todd toTodd ’89 andStephanie Wynn ’91 Chipman

Michael Patrick to Mark ’99 andJana Dunphy ’99 Gallina

Anthony Mark to Clay ’90 andAmy Widman ’92 Gehring

Jalen Allen toErika J.Bronson ’97and J.B. LaDay

AlexandraNoelle toEverett ’98and JenniferFenich Burger

Olivia Ray toAllan andDanielleScofield ’92Neimi

Jack Douglas toJason ’00 andKristy ’00Mayer

Geonna, Addisonand Ryanne,daughters of Joe’88 and BeckyShira ’90 Travis

Evan Leo toPaul ’91 andLynnettePixley ’91 Blas

00sJames A. Oliver ’00 wasdesignated a naval aviator whileserving with Training SquadronSeven, Naval Air Station,Meridian, Miss.

Kathryn L. Purviance ’00recently completed Navy recruittraining with honors at RecruitTraining Command in GreatLakes, Ill.

Kreg Jones ’03joined John G.WaiteAssociates,Architects,PLLC inAlbany, N.Y.,as an internarchitect.

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MARRIAGES IN MEMORYAnnette Shelton ’75, ’87, ’91 toRon Tiderman

Kenneth Rice ’81 to Janet Plett

Phillip Levi ’90 to Jill Gatenby

Danielle Scofield ’92 to AllanNeimi

Heather A. Storey ’94, ’97 toRaymond E. Patricco, Jr.

Christine Ermey ’96 to AveryRichardson ’95

Ryan E. Hasselstrom ’97 to LisaC. Glenn

Jamie Kim ’98 to David Montz’98

Eric Nuxoll ’98 to KimNollenberger

Hydee Tubbs ’99, ’01 to DennisBecker ’02

Katie A. Hess ’00 to Aaron C.Simpson ’99

Jennika Davis ’00 to Shane M.Zenner ’00

Amy Kathleen "Katie" Moore'00 to Chad Roe

Jennifer Gish '01 to DavidEshelman

Heidi Judge ’01 to Jason Hough’99

Mindy E. Ruskovich ’01 toMichael D. Russell

Rachael L. Peterson ’02 toShawn M. Hicks ’03

20sAlice S. Wood ’21, Pocatello,July 26, 2000

Stanley C. Johnson ’24, Dec. 29,2002

Gladys P. Madden ’26, Spokane,Wash., Feb. 8, 2003

Annabelle Belknap ’27,Clarkston, Wash., Jan. 30, 2003

Marian Ellen Dick Emery ’28,Boise, Feb. 8, 2003

Virginia Cornell Gittins ’29,Pocatello, Nov. 27, 2002

Melcher W. Priebe ’29,Spokane, Wash., March 25, 2003

30sAntonio Delara Benliro ’30

Merle D. Stoddard ’30, Coeurd’Alene, Jan. 23, 2003

Edythe Nelson Wallen ’30,Moscow, Jan. 15, 2003

Edna M. Richards Bucknum ’31,St. George, Utah, Jan. 2, 2003

Thelma Melgard Yancey ’31,Springfield, Mo., Feb. 14, 2003

E. Dean Peterson ’32, Boise,Jan. 15, 2003

Gertrude M. DeWinter Pomada’32, Pasco, Wash., Dec. 4, 2002

Merlin L. “Mert” Geddes ’33,Lewiston, Jan. 6, 2003

Wallace P. Monnett ’33, Aug.13, 2002

John J. Peacock ’33, Kellogg,March 18, 2003

Anna Margaret McHenry Neely’34, ’63, Federal Way, Wash.,Nov. 9, 2002

Clarence E. Stilwell ’34,Sandpoint, Jan. 3, 2003

Frederick F. Quist ’34, Boulder,Colo., March 18, 2002

Charles R. Doucette ’35,Bellingham, Wash., Nov. 23, 2002

Lillian Sorenson Ellerson ’35,Colton, Wash., Jan. 19, 2003

Margorie W. Sorenson ’35,Peoria, Ariz., Aug. 8, 2001

Charlotte L. Ahlquist Kroll ’36,Twin Falls, Sept. 23, 2002

Edwin M. Atwood ’36, ’67,Spokane, Wash., Sept. 22, 2002

Betty Hatfield Brummund ’36,Prosser, Wash., Dec. 27, 2002

William Simon ’36, Clarkston,Wash., April 13, 2003

Oscar V. Smiset ’36, Manzanita,Ore., Feb. 20, 2003

Oral F. “Andy” Andrews ’37,Ogden, Utah, March 18, 2003

Palmer K. Berge ’37, ’51,Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 2, 2002

Lenn B. Cruse ’37, Nampa,March 8, 2003

Violet E. Summer Porter Hinz’37, Burley, Dec. 13, 2002

Ralph L. Hossfeld ’37, ’39,Minnetonka, Minn., Jan. 31, 2003

LuDeen Waldram Jergensen ’37,St. Anthony, July 8, 2002

Gretchen Woodcock Strawn ’37,Boise, March 6, 2003

Robert L. Anderson ’38,Wallace, Jan. 20, 2003

Robert N. Breckenridge ’38,Salt Lake City, Utah, March 8,2003

Walter L. Brown ’38, ’39,Missoula, Mont., Feb. 15, 2003

Addison W. Dodds ’38, TwinFalls, Dec. 3, 2002

Helen Irvin Hellweg ’38,Bellevue, Wash., Jan. 9, 2003

Lyle R. Kauffman ’38, Chelan,Wash., Jan. 26, 2002

Victor O. Sellers ’38, ’40,Omaha, Neb., Aug. 18, 2002

Richard W. Hassinger ’39,Lewiston, March 13, 2003

Harold C. Lukens ’39, Orinda,Calif., Feb. 16, 2000

Jean Chandler McNaughton’39, March 8, 2003

Elizabeth Blake Passmore ’39,Boise, Dec. 22, 2002

Wayne K. Yenni ’39, Lewiston,Jan. 10, 2003

40sHarold S. Davis ’40, Springville,Utah, Jan. 6, 2003

Harold E. Luoma ’40, Post Falls,March 6, 2003

Richard C. Galbraith ’42, SealRock, Ore., Dec. 26, 2002

Ivan A. Hanson ’42, Feb. 25,2003

Maxine E. Musiel ’42, Orofino,Jan. 18, 2003

John F. Neely ’43, Moscow, Oct.2002

Vivian Reed Riesbol ’43, SantaMaria, Calif., March 1, 2003

Harold K. Thomson ’43,Emporia, Kans., Feb. 2, 2003

Raymond L. Dills ’45,Louisville, Ky., Nov. 27, 2002

Billie Marie Jensen ’46, Boise,Dec. 27, 2002

Raymond A. Bafus ’47,Lynnwood, Wash., Jan. 23, 2003

Henry J. Crowley ’47,Ellensburg, Wash., Aug. 12, 2002

William D. “Dean” Lewis ’47,’54, Ontario, Ore., Dec. 24, 2002

James L. Titmus ’47, Boise, Feb.10, 2003

A. Henry Behrman ’48, Boise,Dec. 10, 2002

Lyle J. Fagnan ’48, ’52, GrantsPass, Ore., April 16, 2003

Robert W. Stephan ’49, TwinFalls, Feb. 20, 2003

50sJohn H. Fredericksen ’50,Roseville, Calif., Nov. 17, 2002

Patton A. Ross ’50, Moscow,Jan. 22, 2003

Helen P. Newell Ball ’51, Boise,March 15, 2003

W. Donald Hunt ’51, ’52, ’68,Orem, Utah, Oct. 24, 2002

John R. Jasper ’51, Nezperce,Jan. 27, 2003

Earl R. Campbell ’52, Wasilla,Alaska, Sept. 27, 2002

Benjamin A. Jayne ’52, GigHarbor, Wash., Sept. 8, 2002

Dean D. Thornton ’52,Ketchum, Feb. 25, 2003

David S. Vance ’52, Boise, Jan.19, 2003

Alton R. Harris ’53, Boise,March 6, 2003

Harry O. Kurtz ’53, Sandpoint,Feb. 14, 2003

Kenneth G. Wiegele ’53, Coeurd’Alene, Feb. 1, 2003

Marguerite R. Gandiaga Neville’54, Twin Falls, March 17, 2003

Robert W. Olson ’56, Post Falls,Jan. 14, 2003

Gail Torpey Bolingbroke ’57,Moscow, April 10, 2003

Marjorie Ann Wyatt Berscheid’59, Portland, Ore., Feb. 24, 2003

1996 members of the marching bandproudly wore their Vandal helmetsduring the homecoming game.

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William G. Carlson ’59, Arco,Dec. 17, 2002

60sLeonard E. Kawula ’60,Moscow, Dec. 19, 2002

C. James Spencer ’60, Boise,Feb. 14, 2003

Jay V. Anderson ’61, ’67, IdahoFalls, Dec. 16, 2002

Marvin DeLuga ’61, Lewiston,Feb. 27, 2003

Dwayne D. Hines ’62, Nampa,Feb. 23, 2003

Carl B. Moss ’62, NewPlymouth, Dec. 10, 2002

James A. Raymer ’62, ’64,Prescott, Ariz., Nov. 28, 2002

Maryjean Allan Riel ’63, Sparks,Nev., Feb. 24, 2003

Harry Davey ’64, Moscow,March 11, 2003

Merle W. LaMott ’64, Boise,March 18, 2003

Marilyn M. Flink Lindsay ’64,Tigard, Ore., Dec. 28, 2002

Anita R. Knutson Calkins ’65,Coeur d’Alene, Jan. 31, 2003

Melanie J. Dillard ’66, Dallas,Ore., Dec. 10, 2002

Robert A. Molyneux ’67, TwinFalls, March 2, 2003

Eugene L. Berry ’68, IdahoFalls, Nov. 2, 2002

Merle L. Brandau Malmberg’68, ’70, Marsing, Feb. 3, 2003

In Memory Margaret F. Davis Tunnell ’69,Lewiston, Feb. 7, 2003

70sGerald L. “Gary” Poor ’70,Lynnwood, Wash., April 3, 2003

Kim Culp ’72, Temple, Tex., Jan,14, 2003

Neil H. Foote ’72, Stanwood,Wash., April 6, 2002

Anna Jim Erickson ’73,Pullman, Wash., Aug. 24, 2002

Jeanne B. Black ’74, LibertyLake, Wash., Jan. 11, 2003

John “Chris” Mullen ’78, St.Marys, Pa., Nov. 25, 2002

Treiva L. Carter ’79, LongCreek, Ore., Dec. 8, 2002

80sElizabeth “Merle” CasebeerCurtis ’80, Boise, March 12, 2003

David M. Ballard ’83, ’93, June22, 2000

Nikolas Hartshorne ’85,Portland, Ore., Aug. 6, 2002

90sSuzanne Croft Olson ’96, SaltLake City, Utah, March 13, 2002

Peggy L. Adams ’97, Chatsworth,Calif., Sept. 17, 2002

00sIan T. Mastropaolo ’02,Moscow, Dec. 26, 2002

Tracey Egan ’03, DaltonGardens, Feb. 17, 2003

Jennifer M. Hess ’03, Holbrook,Feb. 17, 2003

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Vandal Football —Questions WillBe Answered

There may be questions asthe University of IdahoVandals head into the 2003football season but coach TomCable is confident there is agood answer to each of them.• Who is the starting

quarterback? Cable isn’tsure yet but he is surewhoever wins the job willhave what it takes to do itright.

• What about the offensiveline? Young and talented,the head coach says, yetwith some decisions to bemade about who starts where.

• How do you replace all-conferencelinebacker Jordan Kramer? WithPatrick Libey, who will be flanked byChad Kodama and Mike Anderson.

• And that oft-asked query, what aboutthe secondary? Have faith withtalented returnees in Rod Bryant,Robert Ortega and Darryl Murphy,and promising newcomers BrandonMascorro, J.R. Ruffin and Ben Allento go with experienced lettermenChad Troxel and Simeon Stewart.And don’t forget new position coach

Greg Jackson, whose college days werespent at football titan LSU and whoseprofessional days include two Pro Bowlseasons and one Super Bowlchampionship.

In the eyes of Cable, who is doublingas the offensive line coach, here’s howthings look for the Vandals.

Quarterback: Senior BrianLindgren and sophomore MichaelHarrington both are talented and have asolid grasp of the system. Their duel forthe starting nod has pushed both to getbetter every day.

“That’s a good problem to have,”Cable said. “The decision is going tocome down to one thing — who can winfor us.”

Tailback: Seniors Zach Gerstner andMalfred Shaw are the known entities.What isn’t known is where threenewcomers — junior college transferKevin McKenzie, redshirt freshman MikeLowry and true freshman Akeem

Anthony — fit into the mix.Fullback: Headed into fall camp, the

starter’s role was in the hands of juniorBrian Yarno. But senior Jordan Lamposhas moved from linebacker andsophomore Keith Greer from tight endto battle for playing time along withWillie Sipoloa, a junior who has beenhampered by injury.

Receiver: Senior Orlando Winstonnow anchors the receiving corps andthere is promise in senior CedricThompson and sophomore Jeff Stowe.With JC transfers Matt Miller and BobbyBernal-Wood in the picture, Cable likesthe potential he sees.

“We’re pretty solid at receiver,” Cablesaid. “But the summer is prettyimportant for them. They’re making a lotof progress.”

Tight end: Sophomore Luke Smith-Anderson returns to the fray aftermissing 2002 with a knee injury andsenior Mike McCoy is back full strength.Sophomore Tyler Scott and 2002 backupKelly Nead also compete for playingtime.

“I know this,” Cable said. “We’ll begood at tight end.

Offensive line: Solidly entrenchedare seniors Matt Martinez (center), JasonCobb (guard) and Jake Scott (tackle).Cable bills Scott as one of the premierlineman in the league if not the nation.Behind the three veterans are two groups— one of players who’ve served asbackups, the other of the fresh faces of astrong group of redshirt freshmen.

“All of those kids are going tocontribute this year,” Cable said.

Defensive line: Joiningreturning tackle Brian Howard arelast year’s starting ends — BrandonKania and Kody Kraus. But therewere many who saw action last fallwith sophomores Kelly Talavouand Mike Bonelli showingtremendous ability and potential. Itdoesn’t stop there with Jason Jones,Jeff Edwards and Michael Togafaureturning and newcomers ErnestDavis and Eric Davis — twins fromLos Angeles — adding to thepromise. So, too, does redshirtfreshman Andrew Stobart, whocould play either tackle or end.

Linebacker: Senior PatrickLibey returns to cap a career thathas continued to escalate since hefirst walked on four years ago. He

joined by senior Chad Kodama andsophomore Mike Anderson — both withexperience, skill, size and speed.

“We have three guys who are veryphysical,” Cable said. “They can run.They’re smart. They’re mature. They willgive it up for their team in a second.”

Secondary: It’s been said manytimes, many ways but this Vandalsecondary really does have the potentialto be a factor. The experience of cornerRod Bryant and safeties Darryl Murphyand Robert Ortega bodes well.

“I’m as optimistic and excited as canbe,” Cable said. “I believe we can finallygo out and play pass defense.”

Special teams: Punter RyanDownes has worked his way into beingan effective weapon for the Vandals. He’shas become one of the nation’s best.

“We’re really, really lucky to have aweapon like him,” Cable said. “He reallyis weapon. He can change the flow of agame.”

Three candidates have their sites seton kicking for the Vandals. But, thebattle continues in August betweensenior Brian Pope, freshman MichaelBarrow, and walkon sophomore SamParry.

Idaho opens its season Aug. 30 withWashington State University in therelocated Battle of the Palouse. It’sWSU’s home game, and it has scheduledthe match at Seattle in Seahawk Stadium.Kickoff is 7 p.m.

UI 2003 Football scheduleis on the back cover

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UI Joins Sun BeltConference asAll-Sports MemberBeginning 2005-06

By Becky Paull

What is the Sun BeltConference?

And why is it good for theUniversity of Idaho?

It’s a 14-member, coast-to-coastenterprise that has been in existencefor 27 years. It offers championships in18 men’s and women’s sports. It isaffiliated with a bowl game. And, mostimportantly for Vandal athletics, it is aDivision I-A football league.

“This isn’t just about today for UIathletics,” Director of Athletics MikeBohn said. “It’s about our tomorrows.With the ongoing conferencerealignment, it is vital to the future ofVandal athletics that we are in positionto be a part of any movement thatmight take place in the western part ofthe country.”

To maintain its stature as a DivisionI-A football team, UI needed a DivisionI-A conference home for the Vandals; aconference home that meets the ever-changing NCAA Division I-Amembership requirements. Amongthose requirements now for Division I-A football conferences is to have atleast eight full-time football-playingmembers. With the addition of UI andUtah State — and next year Troy State,the Sun Belt meets that requirementwhen the changes in regulations gointo effect for the 2005-06 competitiveseason.

“Our ultimate goal is to be a part ofa western conference,” Bohn said. “SunBelt Conference membership offers theopportunity for competition against adivision of western schools andenhances our ability to schedule non-conference games against our longtimeregional rivals.”

UI won’t make the full jump to theSun Belt until the 2005-06 season.Until then, the Vandals football teamwill compete in the Sun Belt while therest of the teams remain in the BigWest Conference.

Granted, Bohn says, there will becosts incurred with becoming a full-time member of the Sun Belt. But the$80,000 in projected travel costincreases is a far more appealing pricetag then the hundreds of thousandsthat would go with playing as a I-Aindependent or going back to I-AAfootball.

“It just is not fiscally responsible forus to return to the Big Sky or to play asan independent in football,” Bohn said.

Teams won’t be criss-crossing thecountry every weekend. Golf, tennisand track — as they now do in the BigWest — will compete in the Northwestand advance to single-site conferencechampionships at the end of the regularseason.

As for volleyball, basketball andsoccer, Sun Belt teams will be dividedinto divisions with each divisionplaying a home-and-home conferenceschedule. Teams will play a single gameagainst the other league teams, on theroad one year; home the next. Again,conference tournament action followsthe end of the regular season.

Solidifying its position in a I-Afootball league is more than a footballissue. It enables UI to proceed with theaddition of women’s swimming anddiving to strengthen its women’s sportsofferings and Title IX compliance.Furthermore, it is a key element in theathletic department maintaining its $23million enterprise in the quad cityregion - Moscow and Lewiston inIdaho, and Pullman and Clarkston inWashington,

“This isn’t the right move justbecause of football,” Bohn said. “Itbenefits the university community, thecommunity in which we live, and ourstudent-athletes, student body, facultyand staff, boosters and alumni.”

Joining forces with the Sun Belt alsoputs the Vandals in a conference with asuccessful 28-year history. It’s been a1-A football conference since 2001. Italso offers a bowl game for the footballchampion, a trip to the New OrleansBowl in mid-December.

“Very simply,” Bohn said, “this isthe right move for UI athletics. As thenational scene related to leagueaffiliation continues to evolve, we needto make sure UI is strategicallypositioned.”

FOOTBALL MEMBERSIdaho

Utah StateNew Mexico State

North TexasLouisiana-LafayetteLouisiana-Monroe

Arkansas StateMiddle Tennessee State

Troy State (2004)

NON-FOOTBALL PLAYINGMEMBERS

DenverArkansas-Little RockWestern Kentucky

Florida InternationalNew Orleans

South Alabama

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Great Defense is Key forVandal Volleyball

The Vandals are coming off an 11-17season but showed much improvement.Head coach Debbie Buchanan’s missionof rebuilding the UI volleyball programcontinues with the return of nine playersand two redshirts from last season.

The team still is young. One seniorand four juniors will provide valuableexperience on the floor and the foursophomores each saw significant playingtime last season.

“I think we are a great defensiveteam,” Buchanan said. “We are stilllearning how to be better volleyballplayers but I think we are bettercompetitors now and the players havemore confidence in themselves after lastseason.”

The Vandals face another difficultpreseason schedule as they meet two Pac-10 teams and a Conneticut team thatfinished fourth in the Big East. TheVandals will face four teams this yearthat finished in the top 25 last season.

“UCLA and Washington will be twoof our really tough competitors but we

Soccer Offers Plentyof Potential

The Vandals struggled in 2002 afterlosing players to injury, but it’s a newseason and many of the young athletesgained valuable experience.

“I am excited about the potential ofthis team, but that’s all it is right now,potential. We need to do a better job ofusing and applying our potential ingames,” head coach Arby Busey said.

Lindsay Smith and Kim Carey willprotect the net for the Vandals in 2003.Smith earned time as a part-time starteras a freshman, but should have theopportunity to solidify herself as the full-time starter this season.

Smith recorded 54 saves and posted a1.63 goals against average last year. In herfirst collegiate start, Smith had nine savesin a 1-0 shutout of the EasternWashington Eagles.

The coaching staff is working toimprove the defense. Look for seniorJamie Lewis to anchor the defense withhelp from junior Katie Swajkoski.

Sports Briefs

Track and Field. Angela Whytecapped her stunning collegiate trackcareer this spring. At the Big West Trackand Field meet, she was chosen asFemale Track Athlete of the Year andwon the 100 and 200 meters, the 100-meter hurdles and was a member of thewinning 4x100-meter relay team.

At the NCAA Regional meet, sheraced to the regional championship inthe 100-meter hurdles with a time of13.12 seconds.

In her last meet as a Vandal, theNCAA Outdoor Track and FieldChampionships, she earned All-Americahonors by placing third in theheptathlon and seventh in the 100-meterhurdles.

White also was one of the 72 femaletrack-and-field athletes recognized byBlack Issues in Higher Education for herathletic and academic accomplishments.

Whyte graduated this spring with adegree in crime and justice.

Jan Eitel earned the 2003 Big WestMale Track Athlete of the Year honorsfor his victories in the 3,000-metersteeplechase and the 5,000-meters.

At NCAA Regionals, he not only wonthe steeplechase, he did it with a lifetimebest of 8 minutes, 47.33 seconds. Heplaced 18th at the NCAA Outdoor Trackand Field Championships.

Co-head coachYogi Teevens washonored as Big West track coach of theyear after the UI women won the leaguetitle. It was their second team title in thelast three years.

The Vandal men’s and women’s golfteams both finished in second place atthe Big West Tournament. SeniorNicole Keller was chosen Big Westwomen’s golf player of the year.

Since 1985, sports announcer TomMorris has reported on the UI athletics.This spring, he became a part of UIathletics as he joined UI as an AssistantAthletic Director, overseeing sales andcoordinating the department’s electronicmedia.

His voice should be familiar toVandal fans. He’s been the colorcommentator for Vandal football gamesand play-by-play announcer for Vandalwomen’s basketball.

Senior Emily Nelson enters the seasonwith the chance to become the Vandals’career goal leader. Nelson has scored 18goals in her three years with the Vandals,just four behind 2001 graduate MeganCummings.

The 2003 recruiting class is ladenwith skilled, speedy and athletic players.

“This class is exactly what we needed,”Busey said.

2003 SoccerAug. 29 at Northern Arizona

31 Central Michigan at Flagstaff, Ariz.Sept. 5 Montana

7 at Oregon State10 Portland State12 at Boise State University14 at Idaho State University19 at Gonzaga21 New Mexico26 Air Force Academy

Oct. 3 *University of Pacific5 *Cal State Northridge

12 * at Utah State University17 * at UC Irvine19 * at Long Beach State University24 *UC Riverside26 *Cal State Fullerton31 * at UC Santa Barbara

Nov. 2 * at Cal Poly

look at everyone,” Buchanan said. “Inthe Big West, all of our opponents aretough and we don’t overlook anyone.”

2003 VolleyballAug. 29 Quinnipiac at Storrs, Conn.

30 Western Michigan at Storrs, Conn.30 Connecticut at Storrs, Conn.

Sept. 5-6 University of Montana TourneyUCLABoise State

12 University of Idaho TourneyWashington

14 Northern Arizona18 * at University of Pacific20 * at Northridge26 * at Utah State

Oct. 2 *UC Irvine4 *Long Beach State

10 * at Cal Poly11 * at UC Santa Barbara14 Gonzaga16 *UC Riverside18 *Cal State Fullerton21 at Boise State25 *Utah State28 at Washington State31 * at Long Beach State

Nov. 1 * at UC Irvine6 *UC Santa Barbara8 *Cal Poly

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TO BE CONSIDERED

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By Interim President Gary Michael

I am a lucky man. Over the course of

my 62 years, I’ve had the benefit of

a terrific family. I’ve received a great

education and the opportunity to prove

my skills with a great corporation. Most

importantly, I’ve had the privilege to

work with some incredible people. And it

is the people I’ve known that helped me

make the decision to serve as interim

president of the University of Idaho.

Some may wonder why I gave up

retirement and the golf course to tackle

this challenge as interim president. The

life of a retiree was comfortable and laid

back; why take on the hassle of a new

position in a totally new, academic

environment, especially at a time when

money is tight and issues are on the

table? The answer is relatively simple.

There are three major loves in my life

— my family, Albertsons and the

University of Idaho. When Gov.

Kempthorne called and asked for my

help, I felt honored to have the

opportunity to give back to a place that

has given me so much.

The importance of giving back was

one of the primary lessons I learned from

Joe Albertson. I worked for Mr.

Albertson for nearly 30 years. He was a

remarkable man. He was a shrewd and

effective businessman; the Albertson

Corp. is testimony to that. He also was a

caring and compassionate member of the

community and a strong, strong

supporter of education at all levels.

I remember he once read in the

newspaper about a young girl whose

violin had been stolen. The next day she

mysteriously received a brand new violin,

compliments of Joe Albertson. There was

never a question about whether to give

back to the community, only how. The

Albertsons Foundation has donated

millions of dollars to public schools and

higher education institutions throughout

the state, and Idaho is a better place as a

result.

One of the unique aspects of the

University of Idaho is the strong tie

many of us, as alumni, feel to the

institution. I came to UI on a track

scholarship. A kid from dusty, little

Laurel, Mont., just outside Billings, I feel

like I came into my own at the UI. I got a

great education from people like

accounting Professor Bob Clark, which

allowed me to compete among the top

business professionals in the world. I met

my wife, Meryle Kay. I made friendships

that have lasted a lifetime. Your stories of

your time at the University of Idaho may

be very similar.

When I looked at all that I received at

our alma mater, the decision to spend

the next several months helping prepare

her for a new president was easy. As I

said earlier, I am a lucky man. I am now

working with a group of faculty, staff,

students and administrators who are

intelligent and dedicated to this

institution. I truly believe that the

University of Idaho’s best days are ahead

of us — in part because of the ongoing

and strong support of all of its graduates.

Interim President GaryMichael is the formerchairman of the boardand CEO of Albertson’s,Inc., the nation’s fourthlargest retail food anddrug company. Heretired from Albertson’sin 2001 after a 35-yearcareer with the company.

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Thank you formaking last year

such a great success!• Your contributions through phonathon totaled

$882,000 — the most in UI history.• Your support of academic programs and

scholarships helps us attract the best professorsand students, building on our tradition ofexcellence.

• We’re counting on you to make this anotherrecord-breaking year!

Office of Development • The Idaho Annual FundMoscow, Idaho 83844-3201 • (208) 885-7069

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