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Here We Haveidahouniversity of idaho magazine | fall 2008

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Cover Story

18 Food Science Has a Tasty Future University of Idaho and Washington State University create a joint School of Food Science.

Features

6 Tim White’s Idaho Legacy

2008 Commencement 8 Being a Vandal is a Family Tradition

10 Commencement Highlights 12 Honorary Degree Recipients

14 Fresh Thinking and Healthy Eating A tribe of Vandals leads Pita Pit USA.

20 Investing in the University’s Future Jeff ’75, ’76 and Kris Stoddard provide leadership gift for academics and athletics.

22 A Vision Takes Wings The Child and Youth Study Center benefits the University and community.

42 Swoosh! Vandals enter the Nike era and a stroll down football memory lane.

Departments Letter From the President 2 Campus News 3 Class Notes 25 Sports Briefs 37 Events Upcoming 45

ON THE COVER:Assistant professor of food science

and toxicology Jeff Bohlscheid is part of the new opportunities being offered

by the Food Science Department.

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The University of Idaho Magazine

FALL 2008 • VoLume 25, Number 3

University President Steven Daley-Laursen ’79, ’84

Vice President for Advancement Chris Murray

Assistant Vice President for Communications

Wendy Shattuck

University of Idaho Alumni Director Steven C. Johnson ’71

Alumni Association President Tim Limbaugh ’79

University of Idaho Foundation Chairman William G. Gilbert Jr. ’97

Editor Jeff Olson

Magazine Design Julene Ewert ’91

Class Notes Editor Annis Shea

Writers and Contributors Leah Andrews ’02

Hugh Cooke ’74, ’77, ’02 Cheryl Dudley Leslie Einhaus Donna Emert

Spencer Farrin ’07 Cheryl Haas

Tim Helmke ’95 Joni Kirk Ian Klei

Sandy Larsen Bill Loftus ’81

Sue McMurray Becky Paull ’79

Don Shelton ’76 Tania Thompson

Photographs Joe Pallen ’96 Kelly Weaver

and as credited

www.uidaho.edu/herewehaveidaho

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

© 2008, University of Idaho

Here We Have Idaho magazine is published three times a year, in January, April and August. The magazine is free to

alumni and friends of the University. Send address changes to:

PO Box 443147, Moscow, ID 83844-3147. Send editorial correspondence to:

University Communications and Marketing, PO Box 443221, Moscow, ID 83844-3221;

phone (208) 885-6291; fax (208) 885-5841; e-mail: uinews@uidaho.edu.

Letters PolicyWe welcome letters to the editor. Correspondence should include the writer’s full name, address and

daytime phone number. We reserve the right to edit letters for purposes of clarity or space.

From the President

I am delighted and humbled to pen my first letter as president of the University of Idaho for Here We Have

Idaho magazine. As I write, the themes of the season are apparent here in Moscow: beautiful weather and a remarkably alluring campus environment; staff and faculty with renewed energy and dedication as they prepare for the academic year; wonderful summer arts, thanks to Idaho Repertory Theatre’s 55th season and the annual Arboretum concert; and students immersed in truly inspiring summer academic programs. As one summer student noted recently, “my professor is really impressive…he’s scary-smart. I haven’t had anything other than great classes and teachers here.”

These are positively dynamic times for our University, as we continually enhance the academic quality this student enjoys and build upon our aspirational vision and solid strategic direction. I recognize President Tim White for his leadership and thank him for guiding the University to this exciting stage in our history. It’s a privilege to inherit a vibrant, strategic institution and to devote myself to accelerating the momentum that President White, Provost and Executive Vice President Doug Baker and faculty, staff and student leaders have built here.

And that you have built: our University of Idaho alumni and friends. As president and a proud alumnus, I ask for your continued interest in and support of this institution. Together, we will continue to make strategic progress and build upon the foundation of quality and achievement – the legacy of leading – that we enjoy today. Together, our dreams will come true.

This issue of Here We Have Idaho offers proof of that quality and achievement. Take Pita Pit, one of the fastest-growing food franchise operations in the U.S. We know about the lifelong friends and valuable connections students make at the University of Idaho, and the story of 13 alumni who came together to manage this business is an inspiring example.

On another food front, we are joining with Washington State University to present a joint program in Food Science. CNN.com recently called food science one of the coolest careers, and our faculty, students and alumni prove that claim.

This issue also focuses on the College of Education’s Child and Youth Study Center. The Center is a place where families can get help for children with behavioral and developmental disorders, learning disabilities and other conditions that impede normal development. It also serves as a place where doctoral students in our school psychology program can gain hands-on clinical experience under the guidance of trained psychologists.

In athletics, we’ll find out about a change on the football field this fall and read some funny, warm football recollections from Vandals going back to the 1930s. In these reflections you’ll sense the integral tie between athletics and academics – a hallmark of our great University.

Over the next year, I look forward to sharing even more such stories with you. I am proud to be your president. I am proud of our University. Our momentum and progress will ensure that many others are proud of us, too.

Steven B. Daley-Laursen,President

NewsCampus

TODAY@IDAHOFor more on these stories and for daily University of Idaho news, go to www.today.uidaho.edu.

The Bob Woodruff Family Foundation has awarded a $48,000 grant to the University’s Operation Education Scholarship Program for use in educating veterans from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan who have sustained traumatic brain injury and/or post-traumatic stress disorder. A roadside bomb in Iraq nearly killed Woodruff, a journalist with ABC News, in early 2006.

Professor of Geology Simon Kattenhorn, who conducts planetary geology research, has received nearly $360,000 in funding from NASA to study the tectonic evolution of Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The moons are of great interest to NASA because of the existence of liquid water beneath the ice shells of each moon, and the possibility of the existence of habitable environments.

NASA was the summer destination for 12 University of Idaho students who were selected for summer internships. The undergraduates worked and studied at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., the NASA Ames Education Associates Program and the NASA Academy. All students worked on projects related to one of NASA’s current missions.

Joseph bray Wilkins, a graduate student in vocal performance, has been accepted into the Seattle Opera’s Young Artist’s (SOYA) program. Wilkins will take a year off to pursue the professional performance opportunity before completing his master’s degree in the Lionel Hampton School of Music. He also garnered a Metropolitan Young Artists honorable mention at regional competition in Seattle and won both University of Idaho and Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra aria competitions.

Eachyear,theIdahoBusinessReviewhonorstheyoungleadersinthestatewithitsAccomplishedUnder40award.Thisyear,nineIdahoalumniandoneemployeeearnedrecognitionfortheirprofessionalaccomplishments,

leadership,communityinvolvementandlong-termgoals.Congratulations,Vandals!

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Saving One of the World’s Earliest Fishes

University of Idaho researchers are working to recover dwindling numbers of the eel-like Pacific lamprey in the Columbia and Snake rivers.

Like steelhead and salmon, Pacific lamprey migrate to the ocean as juveniles and return to spawn as adults, and must deal with a river

Science Inspires ArtYou might call Holly Wichman

an avid beader but a reluctant artist. The professor in the Department of Biological Sciences finds artistic inspiration in the viruses she studies in her lab to create beaded sculptures. Now, those creations are on display at the American Association for the Advancement of Science gallery in Washington, D.C.

“Crystal Structures: Viruses in Glass” features 16 pieces created by Wichman and colleague Bentley Fane from the University of Arizona. The show runs through Sept. 5.

The pieces debuted last October in the Reflections Gallery in the Idaho Commons.

“As soon as they put the first piece up, I was blown away by the difference it made and for the first time I realized it probably really was art,” said Wichman.

The beaded sculptures are delicate and most are only a few inches in size. They feature a variety of colorful beads and crystals. Wichman learned to bead in her 20s, set the hobby aside, and returned to it when she turned 50.

“Prima Ballerina” by Holly Wichman represents a tailed bacteriophage as a dancer. Civil engineering professor Erik Coats with graduate students Nicholas Guho and Chris Horgan.

Great Job, Civil Engineering

It’s official. The Civil Engineering Department has excellent students and professors. The department received the inaugural Walter LeFevre Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) that recognizes the department’s dedication and commitment to licensure, ethics and professionalism.

“This is national recognition that we are doing something that few other institutions actually achieve,” said Ed Schmeckpeper, civil engineering professor and ASCE student adviser.

The award is based on the percentage of students who opt to take the national Fundamentals of Engineering exam, the percentage of students who pass the exam, and the percentage of faculty in the department who are licensed engineers.

“Our faculty have a strong design background gained through professional experience, and I think that is reflected in how the students see us and how seriously they take the Fundamentals of Engineering test,” said Sunil Sharma, department chair. “You can have great faculty, but it also helps if you have good students.”

Academic Success Leads to Adventures

It’s going to be an exciting year

of study and research – at home

and around the world – for seven

University of Idaho students and

recent graduates. These students

earned a variety of prestigious,

national scholarships to support

their educational pursuits.

Cassie Byrne, an international

studies major, and Nathan Larson,

a computer science major, both

received the National Security

Education Program David L. Boren

Scholarship that funds a year of

Arabic language and culture studies

in Jordan.

Lissa Firor, an environmental

science major, was awarded a

Morris K. Udall Scholarship – one

of 80 students nationally chosen for

the award.

Bryan J. Wilson, a mathematics

major, and Joshua R. Pohlman,

a natural resources major, are

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

recipients. Since 1991, University

of Idaho students have garnered 22

Goldwater scholarships, the most in

the state.

Chris Chandler ’08 received a

Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial

Scholarship that allows him to

study nutritional anthropology in

Zimbabwe.

Anna Makowski ’08 is the

recipient of a Fulbright Teaching

Assistantship award and she

will study and teach English in

Columbia.

How Hip is Moscow? The June 2008 edition of

Men’s Journal magazine lists Moscow as one of the five “Best Places to Live: College Towns.”

They like our location – “an hour from Hells Canyon and five from the Bitterroot Mountains…”

The magazine also describes Moscow as “a hip little city.”

Very cool. But, we already knew that, didn’t we?

Bloomington, Indiana, topped the list, and Moscow joins Durham, North Carolina; Madison, Wisconsin; and Missoula, Montana, in the top five.

“I just thought it would be nice to have something to do that was creative.”

She saw an article in a beading magazine for a Christmas ornament for mathematicians and realized the ornament’s structure was like a

viral structure. “I thought, ‘Oh, I

can make viruses with that structure, and I started beading viruses.” It was a small step to get more creative.

Her piece “Country Western Guy” is a stylized representation of a guitar-playing tailed bacteriophage in cowboy hat and boots. The whimsical “Carmen” is a bacteriophage in fruity headdress that pays tribute to Carmen Miranda.

Wichman admits she is very attached to many

of the sculptures, and she’s never sold any of her pieces.

“If I get an idea for a sculpture, I write it down in my notebook,” said Wichman. “I’ve got lots of ideas for new pieces.”

Learn more at www.uidaho.edu/biology/labs/wichman/reflections/.

system highly modified by dams, habitat loss and now, global climate change.

Lamprey represent an ecological link to the earliest fishes and evolved 450 million years ago, or about 400 million years before salmon appeared.

Christopher Peery, assistant research professor in the College of

Natural Resources, and a research team in the Fish Ecology Research Lab received funding that totaled $800,000 for several studies investigating factors that may be limiting migrations and productivity for Columbia River lamprey populations.

“Right now they are not doing well, and we are trying to learn as much as we can about factors that may be limiting their success,” said Peery.

Ecologically, lamprey are an important food source to other fish and birds as juveniles, and for sturgeon and sea lions during the adult migrations. They also are an important part of cultural heritage for Native American tribes. They still are harvested from the Willamette Falls near Portland, Ore., for ceremonial feasts, when numbers permit.

How well does Idaho civil engineering meet those requirements?• Thedepartment’spassrateforthe

exam has been almost 100 percent for the last 10 years. The national average pass rate is 73 percent.

• 100percentofthefacultyareprofessional engineers.

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Timothy White’s Idaho LegacyFour-year tenure as president features a “transformation” of the UniversityBY JEFF OLSON

Timothy White stepped down as president of the University of Idaho in June to accept the position of chancellor of the

University of California at Riverside.“I will forever be humbled and honored to have had

the special privilege of being part of this enduring and noble University,” said White in his announcement to the University community. “I am proud of the broad, ambitious and aspirational agenda that we embarked on together. The people of the University of Idaho have undergone a tremendous transformative renewal, returning integrity, transparency, trust and optimism to a place that deserves no less. We have laughed together, cried together and done great things together.”

The University of Idaho Board of Regents appointed Steven Daley-Laursen, dean of the College of Natural Resources, as president on an interim appointment while a national search is conducted to identify the University’s 17th president.

The TransformationWhen White was introduced as the University’s new

president in 2004, news reports bounced between campus optimism and some gloomy realities.

“The warm reception and bright mood was a possible indication of just how welcome a fresh start is for the UI. The long-awaited appointment came after what has been an excruciating year for the university…” reported the Lewiston Morning Tribune.

The Associated Press had its own interpretation: “…the school has suffered through questionable financial dealings, budget woes and reduced faculty in the past year.”

White told the audience he was “…enthused, optimistic and confident that together we can do great things for Idaho and beyond.”

Less than four years later, in December 2007, the Idaho Statesman’s two-part series, “The University of Idaho: The Road Back,” noted remarkable renewal.

How did it happen?Initially, White called on the wisdom of faculty, staff and

students. The Vision and Resources Task Force worked to develop a vision for the University’s future that strategically brought its array of programs in line with the institution’s anticipated resources.

White instructed them not to look back, but to look to the future.

The task force report guided White and other University administrators to impressive results as the University:• Installed stable, innovative finance and budget systems

and balanced budgets;• Reallocated funds to significant, multidisciplinary

academic areas;• Emphasized integrity, transparency and trust;• Enhanced lagging faculty and staff salaries; and• Introduced a marketing campaign to provide a new

look and messaging for the University.White continued to exhort, “Don’t look back, look to

the future” – and the University continued to attract gifted undergraduate and graduate students, confer the most degrees, have the fastest completion rate to graduation, and the largest research portfolio in Idaho. Faculty, staff, students and alumni continued to gain recognition for their accomplishments and impacts on the state, region, nation and world.

White spoke with pride of the University’s renewal; its new energy and new confidence.

In a commentary piece in the Idaho Statesman, White wrote:

“…Our future is bright because we aspire today to the same values that are the legacy of the University of Idaho. We will be successful through our support of leading scholarship, leading faculty, leading students, leading research and leading service to the people of Idaho.

“Reports of our demise may have been a bit exaggerated, but it is no exaggeration to say that the University of Idaho’s very best days are ahead.”

Idaho Board of Regents President Milford Terrell paid tribute to White by saying, “During his time as president, Tim White has provided leadership that has helped the University of Idaho move forward in ways few thought possible.”

Q&A with Timothy P. WhiteQ: The transformation of the

University over the last four years is, as you’ve said, palpable. From the long list of accomplishments and achievements – of which are you most proud?

A: It would be a bit unfair to highlight just one outcome, as there have been many vital ones throughout the fabric of the University in terms of people, programs and place. But perhaps at the core of our transformation is the establishment of a determined aspirational vision – a belief of all people associated with the University that “we can” rather than “we cannot.” In Spanish the notion of “Si se pueda” comes to mind; also the Henry Ford quote, “Whether you believe you can or whether you believe you can’t, you will be correct.”

Q: What remain as the greatest challenges for the University?

A: A university is like remodeling your home in some respects. You always have ideas and projects that are in some state of formation or completion. The minute you’re done with one, there’s something else. Indeed, great universities never reach equilibrium.

The obvious projects that are queued up right now deal with medical education, legal education, facility issues such as improvement to the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center and our deferred maintenance backlog. Other projects, including our work to improve our already powerful research engine, to increase multi-disciplinary efforts in the curriculum and among creative activities, to

Presidential Search CommitteeThe Idaho State Board of Education will

lead the search to find a new president for the University of Idaho. Board Vice President Paul Agidius and Board Secretary Sue Thilo will co-chair the committee. Joining them are:Katherine Aiken, dean, College of Letters,

Arts and Sciences;Rich Allen, community member, McCall; Thomas Bitterwolf, chemistry professor;Bill Gilbert, Jr., University of Idaho Foundation

chairman;Karen Guilfoyle, teacher education professor and

Faculty Council chair; Jim Hawkins, community member and former

director of the Department of Commerce, Coeur d’Alene;

Garrett Holbrook, Associated Students of the University of Idaho president;

Senator Shawn Keough, vice-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sandpoint;

Paul Kimmell, community member, Avista Corporation;

Tom Limbaugh, University of Idaho Alumni Association president;

Chris Meyer, education director for the Coeur d’Alene Tribes;

Matt Powell, associate director of the Aquaculture Research Institute, Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station;

Rob Spear, athletic director; andRobert Smith, distinguished professor of biological

and agricultural engineering, University of Idaho, Idaho Falls. The committee anticipates it will have finalists

for the Board to interview in six to nine months. Learn more at www.boardofed.idaho.gov.

increase private giving, our efforts in enrollment management and our nationally recognized commitment to sustainability have all moved nicely, but gosh, there’s a lot of work to do in each of them.

Q: What sets the University apart? What makes Idaho, Idaho?

A: Quality matters. That, coupled with the immersion learning experience primarily at our main campus in Moscow are, at the end of the day, the variables that really transform our students. Our students come here and they and their fellow classmates are immersed – in the Palouse, in campus and in the community. I think that asset is even more important today than in the past. It’s what people learn about each other, about themselves, and about their major. Some people like to use the word isolated – I don’t. I like to use the word focused. We need to come up with the word that describes the interaction among students, faculty and staff and the environs in which we live that somehow, in a sound bite, captures what differentiates us from just about any public research university.

Q: Are there lessons in leadership that you learned here at Idaho?

A: Yes. I think the most positive ones are the power of integrity and the power of never flinching on quality. With those, you can build trust.

I think I learned about being aspirational, and looking at the big issues out there and how the University of Idaho can help position the state to be competitive in the global marketplace.

I think I learned lessons in being patient and yet persistent. I didn’t lose my patience, but it certainly tested my patience.

I affirmed my belief in the power of being student-centered in decision-making…thinking about every transaction we do as a university through the lens of its impact, currently and in the future, on our students’ experiences here, and their ability to live, compete and prosper in the global economy once they leave the University of Idaho.

Q: What will you and Karen take with you from your time here at Idaho?

In just one phrase – the positive power of community. We have made wonderful lifelong friends here. We’ve been embraced, supported, encouraged and occasionally criticized – but criticized in a manner to make us better and to make the community better. That’s one thing we will take with us. As I go from a rural setting to an urban setting, that’s going to be a lesson that will help keep me guided.

Q: Once a Vandal, always a Vandal?A: You bet. That was confirmed

when Karen and I received our honorary alumni certificates. We are honorary alums of the University of Idaho. And I already have the last Saturday of September marked on my calendar, when the mighty Vandals play football in San Diego. I

Tim White watches as his son, Logan, helps plant an Idaho white pine in the Presidential Grove on Administration Lawn.

Karen White with Operation Education Scholarship recipient Jeremy Fountain.

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BY LESLIE EINHAUS

It’s Commencement Day. You can count on the pearly white smiles representing pride and excitement, the shiny black robes of scholarship, and the golden tassels

jangling from the mortarboards that evoke a graduate’s bright future. Picture also the colorful plaid kilts worn by the bagpipers who usher in these giddy grads who will become the newest generation of University of Idaho alumni.

This scene has played out for more than a century in Moscow – 113 times, to be exact. This spring’s procession featured senior Melissa Newhouse from Pendleton, Ore. Newhouse is all too familiar with Idaho traditions and practices. She is the 48th member of her family to attend the University of Idaho.

“I enjoy knowing that I will leave here with the same degree my grandfather did more than 50 years ago,” she said.

Newhouse ’08 received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the College of Business and Economics.

The University of Idaho is etched into her family tree, forever a part of her family’s legacy.

“My first relative at the University of Idaho was my great-great grandpa, John Ross Good, around 1903,” explained Newhouse.

There’s also great grandpa Robert Earl Newhouse, who was active in various student activities, including student government and athletics.

“He was student body president and held a pole-vaulting record on the Vandal track team for several years,” she added.

The Newhouse family enjoys the unequaled student experience at Idaho.

“The University has given my family a diverse and

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successful education,” she said. “Being here has allowed my relatives – grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins – to pursue their passions in life and shape the people they are today,” Newhouse added.

Inheriting a love for the University of Idaho is a special gift.

“Since I was a little girl, I can remember my parents bringing my sister and me to the University of Idaho, and

taking our picture on the ‘I’ Bench,” she said.

Upon her official arrival on the Moscow campus, Newhouse recalls a visit to the alumni office to peruse the library of yearbooks from days gone by. Of course, she spotted a few familiar faces.

“I went looking through the yearbooks, getting an idea of what certain family members were involved in and what it was like during their college years,” Newhouse explained.

On commencement day, Newhouse was greeted by numerous family members who

know just how it feels on commencement day in Moscow. For a photo shoot, relatives wore Idaho’s signature colors, smiling much like the procession of graduates a few hours before. As they gather in front of the Administration Building, memories unfold amidst laughter. They huddle together on the “I” Bench – the perfect family portrait.

Even with a diploma in hand, Melissa’s story – her family’s story – is far from over. There’s the next generation of family members to consider. When it’s time to have children, Newhouse hopes they too will step on that well-traveled path toward the University of Idaho.

“I would love for my children to come to the University of Idaho so that way they can write a story about being a sixth generation Vandal.”

To be continued…

Another family photo – Three-year-old Melissa Newhouse, at right, with her sister, Elizabeth, on the I Bench.

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Roberta Knapp Newhouse ’83, Charles Newhouse ’83, Robert Newhouse ’56. Front: Mindy Newhouse Pals, Gretchen (Holmes) Newhouse ’58

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Idaho’s 113th Commencement

More than 1,700 students were honored at 2008 University of Idaho commencement ceremonies in Boise, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Falls and Moscow.

The candidates for graduation applied for:1,301 baccalaureate degrees;95 law degrees;68 doctoral degrees; 23 specialist degrees; and 353 master’s degrees.

Be persistent. Get a sense of humor. Get a life.

Those were the three pieces of advice Kirstin Larson ’91 offered to the more than 1,400 graduates at the University’s commencement ceremony at Moscow. Larson, a retired Microsoft executive, drew on her life and career experiences in a personal and inspiring address. Here is a portion of her comments.

“Each and every one of you will struggle at some point; and each will make mistakes. There is just no getting around this…even for you overachievers out there. And it is in these times that you need your sense of humor.

And by the way, if you are not making mistakes, you are probably not learning.

One of my most memorable mistakes happened to involve my first face-to-face meeting with Bill Gates. I was excited to meet him. I couldn’t wait for my chance to make a good impression. But as it turned out, this meeting involved a lot of yelling – and that yelling did not come from me.

It was at a rehearsal for a huge presentation during Comdex, which is a big computer tradeshow. Just to set the scene, Bill also was being shadowed by a camera crew for an NBC special. He was on stage reviewing a demo of a new version of Excel. Truth be told, I thought all was going extraordinarily well, when all of a sudden there was a lot of hand-waving from his staff and I was summoned to the stage.

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Kirstin Larson ’91, featured speaker at the University’s 113th commencement.

Now, Bill is quite famous for being, shall we say, “expressive” when he doesn’t like something – and he HATED this presentation. He absolutely hated it.

So there I am, standing toe-to-toe with my idol for the first time, and he is red-faced and shouting. Meanwhile, there is a microphone boom dangling between us, and I am practically blinded by a white-hot light from the camera. Bill’s voice jumps up an octave or two and out of the corner of my eye I can see Tom Brokaw visibly perk up.

I can’t remember most of what Bill said, but I do know for certain it included the phrase, “this is the stupidest presentation I have ever seen.”

Meanwhile, I am absolutely dumbstruck. I am unable to respond intelligently because I am having some sort of out of body experience. I felt as if I were floating somewhere above that exchange, thinking the most absurd things, like, “Bill is shorter than I thought. He needs to shave. Am I going to be fired? If so, will my parents be able to view this glorious moment on national television?”

Later, as I retold this story to my husband over the phone, it was such a relief to be able to laugh at the prospect of my shining moment memorialized forever on film. No TV sitcom could have fabricated a more classic “deer in the headlights” moment.

Needless to say, we made significant changes to the presentation. I was not fired. I didn’t even appear in the TV segment, and had many later opportunities to make a better impression in front of Bill. I doubt he even remembers the exchange.

But I always remember that absurd out of body moment with the film crew and livid Bill Gates when other events in my life have gone awry. It cracks me up every time. It reminds me that it is not such a bad thing to view yourself from what I call the “sitcom perspective.”

Learn from your mistakes and apply them to new situations – certainly. That being said, you’ll get through those mistakes a lot easier if you can learn to laugh at yourself along the way.

And, it will probably save you a trip to the therapist.” I

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Human rights and the dignity of all people have been lifetime commitments for Tony Stewart. He is one of the region’s leading figures in ongoing efforts to promote human rights in Idaho and the Northwest that formed in the 1980s to address concerns about a menacing white supremacist threat.

“Nothing is more important than how humans interrelate with one another,” said Stewart. “That’s what life is all about.”

Stewart’s impact on the lives of people in northern Idaho has been

Duane Hagadone leans forward, pauses for a moment to build the suspense, and then reveals the key to his success.

“I haven’t worked a day in my life, ” said the chuckling chairman and CEO of the Hagadone Corporation.

Hagadone knows his quip also imparts a fundamental lesson: “I have a passion for what I do, and I love what I do,” Hagadone explained. “If I didn’t have that passion, there would be no interest. That, to me, is the whole key. I was fortunate as a young kid to know what I wanted. Today, at 75, I jump out

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Recognizing Leadership

Three distinguished

citizens receive honorary degrees

Roger Ottmar tells the story about how he became a research forester with the Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory in Seattle, Wash.

After earning a master’s degree in atmospheric science from the University of Washington, he was at a crossroads in his life. He could return to teaching, join the Forest Service or become a meteorologist with the Air Force.

“I happened to be waiting for a bus to go see an Air Force recruiter, when I ran into David “Sam” Sandberg, who was a project leader with the Pacific Northwest Research Station,” recalls

Ottmar. He told me I didn’t want to go into the Air Force – why not pursue a career with the research station.”

Ottmar took the advice, not the bus.During a 30-year career, Ottmar

has pioneered deep understanding of wildland fires by providing critical knowledge on how the amount of fuel contributes to fire behavior, fire effects, smoke production and atmospheric pollution.

Perhaps, Ottmar’s greatest contribution has been his commitment to technology transfer.

“I wanted to see our research going out into the land management arena so we could see our tools making a difference in the way land is managed,” said Ottmar.

His influence extends to the University of Idaho College of Natural Resources. Ottmar’s leading fire science research is an important element in the college’s bachelor degree program in Fire Ecology and Management. The college also has worked with Ottmar to present special courses for fire professionals.

“Our research group tries to get our tools put together and out to the

managers very quickly,” said Ottmar.

As a result, land managers in Idaho, the U.S. and the world have had quick access to new information to make wise, science-based decisions.

Ottmar says he is honored to become a part of the University legacy of leaders. “Now, I have the doctorate I never had time to earn.”

profound. As a professor of political science at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, he has taught and mentored more than 12,000 students during his 38-year career. He founded the college’s Popcorn Forum Lecture Series that has brought more than 540 distinguished guests to the community. He also has produced and moderated more than 1,800 weekly “North Idaho College TV Public Forum” programs that have elevated the quality of public discourse.

“I greatly appreciate getting the Doctor of Humane Letters degree from

such a great university,” said Stewart. “But, this degree has to be shared with everyone who has been part of our work and our movement. Any success I have been a part of is a result of a great coalition of people.”

Stewart’s list of people he wishes he could have interviewed includes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Mother Teresa.

“The great leaders of the world, in all fields but particularly in the political field, all are visionary individuals,” said

Stewart. “They make decisions based on the ability to see the consequences in the future.

“Some people think you can teach vision. I don’t think you can. I think it’s something innate. I think certainly you acquire the knowledge and information, but I’ve never seen a course that successfully taught vision. If they could, there would be many more visionary leaders today.”

of bed in the morning at 5:30 to go to work.”

The newspaper business is in his blood. His father published the Coeur d’Alene Press and Hagadone loved being around the paper. He started selling advertising, moved up to advertising manager, and never looked back.

Today, he owns the Coeur d’Alene Press and 16 other newspapers. The corporation, based in Coeur d’Alene, has diversified and now includes publishing, property management and hospitality interests, including the Coeur d’Alene Resort that earned accolades from

Conde Nast magazine as the nation’s top resort hotel.

It’s quite a success story for a college dropout.

“For my parents, it was quite critical that their son get a college education,” said Hagadone. He enrolled at the University of Idaho, but soon was drafted for the Korean War. He returned home, and after four months he learned a shoulder injury would keep him out of the Army.

“I didn’t want to go back to school,” said Hagadone. “My dad was heartbroken. He made me get a job at the Wallace Miner newspaper with a

friend selling subscriptions door-to-door to miners. He figured that after a week going door-to-door, I’d be on my hands and knees asking how fast I can get to Moscow. I was a bull-headed kid and I was going to prove him wrong, and I did. I sold a lot of subscriptions.”

A wiser man now, Hagadone regrets not earning a college degree.

“Many times it would have been very helpful to me. I – well, I don’t know what my poor dad would think if he knew I was getting a doctorate.”

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Ifyoubegininmediasres–inthemiddleofthings–likeaGreekdrama,thestoryofPitaPitUSAstartsinLosAngeles.Butifyoubeginat

thefirststepofthejourney,thestoryoriginatesinMoscow,specificallyattheUniversityofIdaho,trailheadofapathlesstraveled.

The scene is Hartung Theatre, 1999. A couple of young thespians with the Idaho Repertory Theatre grab a sandwich. Not just any sandwich but a soft, Lebanese pita bread sandwich, custom made with grilled meats, fresh veggies and zesty sauces from the Moscow Pita Pit.

The young actors, Peter Riggs ’01 and Paul Erwin ’96, invite friends to join them for lunch. They all like the sandwiches. As the semesters pass, they get together often and eat well.

For several years Riggs and Erwin strut and fret upon the stage, honing their craft. They knock back 70+ credits each and graduate with bachelor of fine arts degrees in theater. One plies his profession on the stage, acting in regional theater. The other heads to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film.

Meanwhile, one of the friends they lunch with, Corey Bowman ’01, opens a Pita Pit restaurant in Eugene, Ore. His business is booming. He tells two other lunch buddies, Charlie Linder ’02 and Devon Craychee, about it, and they open their own Pita Pit in Southern California. The story so far seems well scripted: talented young entrepreneur invites trusted friends

to share in business success.In modern dramas, this is where they make that needle-

being-pulled-across-the-vinyl sound as the story veers from an established groove.

“I had restaurant management experience from my days in college,” said Riggs. “So Charlie and Devon called me up to see if I could give them a hand — just to help make sure they had all their ducks in a row. I came down to California for the acting and started helping them out as kind of a side project. My involvement quickly escalated to a point where I was more than just helping out.”

Riggs recognized a great business opportunity and called his friend, fellow actor and brother-in-law, Erwin. They soon opened their own Pita Pit restaurant near the University of California Santa Barbara.

The Pita Pit Company, founded near Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, was eight years old at the time. The restaurants were strategically built in college towns, targeting a clientele largely of students.

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Guiding the growth of Pita Pit USA; Jack Riggs ’76, CEO; Paul Erwin ’96, vice president of administration; Corey Bowman ’01, vice president of franchise development; and Peter Riggs ’01, vice president of corporate development.

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The first American restaurant opened in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1999. Its second location opened just a few weeks later in Moscow, Idaho. The owners were drawn to a Western anomaly – two universities located within eight miles of one another. The Pullman, Wash., Pita Pit that served Washington State University was the fifth to open its doors in the U.S.

Pita Pit had grown into a successful chain of more than 100 restaurants in Canada, and the company was breaking into the U.S. market. While the founders were visiting Los Angeles., Riggs and Linder initiated discussion about expanding their territory in California.

Over the course of just two months, the discussion led to an offer for the group that included Peter’s father, Jack Riggs ’76, to buy the operating company for the entire U.S. They purchased Pita Pit USA in 2005.

Peter Riggs is now vice president of corporate development for Pita Pit USA and Erwin is the company’s vice president of administration. The two successful entrepreneurs believe their acting degrees have played a role in their success:

“We don’t actually have business degrees, but we act like we do,” quipped Riggs.

“I think with the restaurant industry, one of the biggest things you have to deal with is your human resources,” said Erwin. “Being in the theatre and around all the different people that you work with there prepares you for that pretty substantially.”

Bowman, now vice president for franchise development, also is a driving force in the success of Pita Pit USA, and appreciates the synergy of the company’s diverse educational backgrounds.

“When you build a business like we’re doing now, obviously there’s a lot of traditional business moves and decisions that need to be made, and business training certainly helps,” said Bowman. “There is also a need for creativity, because we’re actually creating something new. In a lot of ways, the two complement each other very well.”

“When you’re preparing for a career in acting, you’re already doing something that’s nontraditional, and you don’t have specific pathways already set up for you,” added Riggs. “Running a business – especially like we do, trying to think up new ideas and trying to get outside the box – it’s kind of that same mentality: You have to be ready to blaze your own trail. You have to be comfortable taking the path less traveled.”

Pita Pit USA CEO Jack Riggs

leads a life that might be described as an

invigorating jog down the path less traveled. He holds a pre-medical degree from the University of Idaho

and an M.D. from the University of Washington. He is a physician and entrepreneur who established North Idaho Medical Care Center, a successful chain of quick care medical facilities. Motivated by a desire to shape healthcare and welfare reform, he later served as Idaho state senator and lieutenant governor. He also is the father of Peter, Jennifer Riggs ’03 and Shannon Riggs Erwin ’99.

Jack Riggs was just getting out of office in 2003 when his son and son-in-law became franchisees.

“When I was in Boise there was a Pita Pit in the building complex where I lived,” said Riggs. “So while my kids were

becoming familiar with it in Moscow, I was becoming familiar with it in Boise. Peter got a franchise started at University of California Santa Barbara, and I was helping with some of the financing with that location, so was involved with some of the process. I went down for the opening and it was just a mad house, just incredibly busy. We thought it was a good concept and could have a good future.”

Now, 13 of the company’s 29

corporate employees are University of Idaho alums. Several more alumni are franchisees.

“We were looking for good people and it became a question of who do you know?” said Jack Riggs. “Who would be good and who would be interested? Who would want to commit time and energy to this project? You may not recognize the value of the connections you make at the University. It may unfold six months, or a year, or years later. There’s a whole group that spun out of the University of Idaho and that connection.”

As a physician, Jack Riggs has seen the dark side of the cheeseburger, and stands behind Pita Pit’s product.

“It’s healthy food but it’s not health food,” he said. “Our stuff tastes great and it’s healthy, especially compared to traditional fast food.”

The Pita Pit era may also mark the beginnings of a cultural uprising against the tyranny of the cheeseburger. If this were a Greek drama, the chorus would clarify that point. In the absence of a chorus, the numbers speak for themselves: Since 2005, Pita Pit USA has grown from 71 to 165 locations across the U.S.

Not only does it offer alternatives to traditional fast food, Pita Pit also offers an alternative business model, Peter Riggs suggests.

“We focus on running our business from the standpoint of the consumer. We base a lot of our decisions on asking ourselves, if we were customers, what would we want? We don’t have to fit into the mold of the rest who came before us.”

Case in point: Pita Pit USA corporate headquarters is located in Coeur d’Alene.

While Pita Pit has traditionally built its restaurants near university campuses, they are now moving into additional markets.

“That was just a natural progression,” said Erwin. “Pita Pit was in college locations, and students were graduating and moving into business districts, so it’s a natural fit to expand into those markets.”

“The cheeseburger nation was established in a time before we really knew what we were doing in regards to health,” says Peter Riggs. “When we began to learn that greasy fast food was as bad for us as it is, it was too late: There were burger chains as far as the eye could see. Enter Pita Pit. People want healthy food, freshly prepared, that is still quick and inexpensive. They just haven’t had the option before.”

The healthy option is quickly becoming available across the U.S.: In the last three months alone, Pita Pit USA opened 12 new restaurants and recently hired yet another Vandal.

“As long as the University of Idaho keeps putting out strong graduates, we’ll keep looking to them to be a part of our future growth,” said Peter Riggs. I

Vandals at Pita Pit USA – front row: Cassie Thompson, marketing intern and Idaho student; Jaime Denham ’02, director of Pita Pit gear/action sports; Jennifer Riggs ’03, director of enterprise development; Jane Roletto Hammons ’88, ’94, director of training and education; and Christina Nickel Hatfield ’95, director of national marketing. Back row: Ben Johnson ’02, director of pitas and bakeries; Ryan Keller ’07, regional support specialist; Peter Riggs ’01, vice president of corporate development; Jack Riggs ’76, CEO; Corey Bowman ’01, vice president of franchise development; Bob Fasnacht ’83, ’86, corporate counsel; and Paul Erwin ’96, vice president of administration.

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University of Idaho student magazine, BLoT, ranked Pita Pit delivery in Moscow number one for “Best Finals Food in a Flash.”

• 165–PitaPitUSAlocationsnationwide,upfrom71in2005.

• 3,200–employeesatthose Pita Pit locations.

• 15million–that’showmanypitasandwiches the company expects to sell in 2008.

• $100million–thecompany’sprojected sales in 2009.

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BY BILL LOFTUS

After a long engagement, and an even longer friendship, the food science departments at the University of Idaho and Washington

State University are merging. The move to form the joint School of Food Science will make them unique among the nation’s universities.

“This step will help us to serve students, support research and the industry while taking advantage of strengths at both universities,” said John Hammel, Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) dean.

Dan Bernardo, dean of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at WSU, agreed.

“A combined School of Food Science broadens the opportunities available to students, expands the research possibilities, and offers a wider range of professional expertise to better serve both states,” he said. “It is a smart move at the right time.”

Students will continue to take required courses at each institution, and faculty members will work together on issues important to both states and the nation.

Food science recently earned the label as one of the coolest careers around, and with an average salary of $53,810, one of the most lucrative. CNN.com posted the assessment this summer, noting that “food scientists spend their days in laboratories developing and perfecting new flavors.”

Clarisse Vaury ‘06, who graduated from the Idaho food science program, lives that dream. While an undergraduate, she developed a new sherbet flavor, pina colada, for Schwan’s Home Service. Pina colada continues to entice customers in Schwan’s catalog.

Now, Vaury works for Dominos Pizza International and is based in The Netherlands where she works with franchisees and suppliers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Her summer work schedule included trips to Egypt and Lebanon.

Several impressions remain strong from her cross-border food science education. Vaury said one was the presentation that shifted her focus from pre-veterinary studies to food science. A tough food chemistry class at Washington State impressed her because of its high expectations. Idaho Professor Gulhan Unlu’s class on food microbiology, and work experience in her lab, helped equip Vaury for her present job.

“She was a very good teacher. I learned a lot from her,” Vaury said. “She’s a very good person, and she had very high standards, which is okay with me.”

One major strength of the combined department will be food safety, with faculty members conducting research and providing outreach through Extension activities. Both food science departments rely on specialists in many disciplines.

“There is no question that food science is one of those programs that has been an interdisciplinary program,” said Larry Branen, associate vice president for northern Idaho and a food scientist. “We are all trained as food scientists to work across all the lines. The expectation is you have chemistry, biology, physics and engineering as part of your training and in many cases the business side, too. The food scientists in my opinion are the integrators; they’re trying to bring in those other disciplines.”

As science advances, and sometimes as tastes change, food science departments change course. At Idaho, both long established food scientists and new faculty members reflect those changes.

For his own part, Branen works with physicist David McIlroy and other scientists in the Biological Applications of Nanotechnology (BANTech) program that integrates nanomaterials research with cell biology and bioscience research at the University. They’re building biosensors to detect disease-causing microbes in food or the environment.

Nanotechnology, the new front across many scientific disciplines, uses the unusual properties of the tiniest materials in novel ways. Professor Sea Min looks at how coatings made from low-value food byproducts can prevent contamination and lengthen shelf lives of processed foods.

“Culinology is one of the next steps, maybe it’s one of the basic steps that always should have been there,” Branen said. It combines the science with culinary art.

Jeff Bohlscheid, an assistant professor of food science and toxicology at the University of Idaho, is interested in culinology and provides an example of the links between the schools as a recent WSU graduate. “Most cooking is some sort of chemical and physical transformation of the food ingredients,” Bohlscheid said. “Food science allows us to understand why things happen in food, and understanding the underlying chemistry and physics of food allows cooks to be more creative.”

In addition to innovation, the standards that professors like Unlu impress on their students are a hallmark of Idaho’s food science program, said John Foltz, CALS academic programs director. They also reflect education standards developed by the Institute of Food Technologists. The institute bases its approval of food science programs on reviews about once a decade, which in turn makes students eligible for industry scholarships.

Providing industry-ready graduates is a priority for both schools, which maintain close links with the Northwest Food Processors Association and the Institute of Food Technologists. Al McCurdy, a WSU food science professor who has served as the Idaho department’s interim head since 2007, attended the institute’s annual meeting in New Orleans this summer.

McCurdy helped cheer on a team coached by Unlu and Idaho Food Science Professor Caleb Nindo that was among the eight regional winners from across the nation that competed in the institute’s College Bowl finals.

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“It was really exciting,” McCurdy said. “Our team did exceptionally well. It was the only one with only one graduate student on it, which I think says a lot about the strength of our undergraduate program.”

The team, led by graduating senior Jennifer Cholewinski, beat the University of Nebraska team in its first match. Idaho bowed out in triple overtime to the University of North Carolina team that met this year’s champion Ohio State in the finals.

Cholewinski was also a member of a team of Idaho food science undergrads that won the 2005 Danisco Knowledge Award for new product development. That team was coached by WSU Food Science Professor Stephanie Clark, who also attended the New Orleans meeting and cheered

on the Vandal team.The student competitions

reinforced her lessons and gave her a chance to get to know professors better, Cholewinski said. “You use the base knowledge you get in the classroom and actually apply it to real-life situations,” Cholewinski said. “I think it made my education more well rounded.”

The culture of academic cooperation reaches across the two universities, which cross-list hundreds of classes. The two food science departments cross-listed 21 classes for the next academic year. Classes start at Idaho on the half hour and on the hour at WSU so students can travel the seven miles between campuses and get to class on time.

The cooperation began nearly two decades ago. Branen sparked the revival of the food science program at Idaho during his first of two stints as agriculture dean.

“We tried to actually develop exactly what is happening now,” Branen said. “It was difficult to get it developed in a collaborative way, but we did start sharing things.”

The relationship became more formal in 1996. The new agreement between the two universities to create the joint School of Food Science will strengthen ties further. I

Jeff Bohlscheid, an assistant professor of food science and toxicology, knows about food. He was a chef before he earned a doctoral degree at Washington State University and joined the Idaho faculty.

Donna Emert contributed to this story.

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BY CHERYL HAAS

When Jeff Stoddard ’75,’76 graduated from the College of Business and Economics – first with a degree in management, then with a degree in

accounting – he began a lifelong tradition of supporting both athletics and scholastics at the University of Idaho. As a young graduate he gave what he could afford: donations of $5, $25 and $100. Over the years, his commitment never wavered and his generosity grew.

Now, Jeff and his wife, Kris, have presented the University with a leadership gift of $1 million. The gift supports the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center Renovation and Expansion project and establishes the Jeff and Kristine Stoddard Distinguished Teaching Scholar Endowment to attract and retain top-notch faculty in the College of Business and Economics.

“Faculty members define a college, and the best have profound impacts on their students,” said College of Business and Economics Dean Jack Morris. “Jeff and Kris personify the values that our faculty members hope to instill in each and every one of our graduates – entrepreneurial spirit, integrity and a sense of community.”

The Stoddards’ gift has generated significant momentum to the fundraising efforts for both the Kibbie Dome and the College of Business and Economics. Their

generosity is a direct reflection of what Jeff says was the most important lessons he learned at Idaho: Plan ahead, aim high, and invest in a solid foundation.

“I spent some of the best years of my life at the University of Idaho, and I have a strong emotional connection to the place,” said Jeff. “However, the more important reason for our support is that the University urgently needs help from its alums. With financial support from the state lacking, the only way the University can maintain its academic standing and hope to remain the University in the state is with significant financial assistance from its friends and alums.”

As a student, Jeff says that he was deeply influenced by accounting professor Hal Jones who gave him a framework for success.

“He was the one who encouraged me to build the best foundation you possibly can for later in life,” recounted Jeff. “He saw that I was doing well in school and told me I might want to consider Harvard Business School. Well, at that time Harvard just wasn’t on my radar – but he helped me believe that I might be admitted.” Jeff graduated from Harvard with an MBA in 1978.

Jeff began his career in Chicago in commercial banking where he helped developers secure financing. That experience proved to be invaluable when, in 1983, he became one of the founding partners

I AM MAkING A DIFFERENCE AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAME. At the University of Idaho, students have the opportunity to follow their dreams while reaching out to better their community. There is a commitment to volunteerism and a growing culture of giving. At Idaho, earning a degree also means creating a stronger future for others…and for the University. I AM MARIE MUSTOE. I AM THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO.

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of the Buie Corporation, a commercial real estate development company. Now known as the Buie-Stoddard Group, the company specializes in developing commercial properties and residential communities throughout Southern California.

In 2007, Jeff was presented with the University’s Silver and Gold Award, an honor given to a select few alumni that signifies exceptional success in their chosen field.

Few people know that Jeff might have had a career acting and directing. A Boise native, he graduated from Borah High School and acted in several community productions.

“I actually wanted to go to film school but my dad was an executive for Morrison-Knudsen and it was clear that wasn’t in the cards,” smiled Jeff. “Right before I left for Idaho, my dad told me ‘make sure you don’t major in theatre arts!’ Well, that fall I was cast in a traveling production of ‘The Fantastiks.’ The only problem was they put out a press release with a picture of the two cast members – one of them being me. My mom saw it in the Statesman and showed it to my father…I got a very interesting phone call afterward!”

Still, his fondest college memory is his freshman year at Idaho.

“How can that not be the greatest time?” he asked. “Freedom, a wide open path, innocence and youth – it doesn’t get better than that! And, of course, that’s when I met the girl who became my wife.”

Kris and Jeff both lived in the Wallace residence hall complex. After her first year, Kris left Moscow to study physical therapy at the University of Utah. “She was dating my friend but I pursued her and eventually she – reluctantly – succumbed!” laughed Jeff. “I am persistent and I’m determined. But seriously, I consider it an achievement to be married 30 years.”

They have three children: Rachael, age 24; Slayton, age 21; and Zachary, age 15.

Jeff is an avid Vandals fan. With Rob Spear and Gary Michael, Jeff formed the Quarterback Club as a means of raising additional money for the athletic program. Last summer, the Stoddards held a fundraiser for the Vandal Scholarship Fund at their summer home on Payette Lake in McCall.

“It’s the house on the lake with the large lawn and the Vandals flag!” laughed Jeff. “Kris is a Vandal fan but doesn’t bleed silver and gold like some of us. I’m the kind of guy all the coaches got to know over the years because I went to all the away games.”

“Jeff is one of Vandal Athletics’ best friends,” said Rob Spear, director of athletics. “I was tremendously excited about the Stoddards’ leadership gift because it indicates that Jeff believes in the vision we have for our athletic program. When Jeff Stoddard shows support and commitment to a project, those projects become successful.” I

Jeff ’75,’76 and Kris Stoddard have made a leadership gift to the University of Idaho that supports academics and athletics.

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The VisionThe Child and Youth Study Center began 10

years ago when psychologist Rand Walker took a student intern into his practice to help with a rapidly increasing need for services for children and families. It worked so well that soon he began to envision a place where students could gain the hands-on clinical experience they needed under the guidance of trained psychologists while offering a much-needed service to the community.

With that vision, Walker eventually partnered with the College of Education’s Center on Disabilities and Human Development (CDHD) to open the Child and Youth Study Center. CDHD Director Julie Fodor and Walker consolidated resources and grew the program to five supervisors and up to nine University of Idaho and Washington State University student interns per year, in addition to post-doctoral fellows.

“One of the reasons we were inspired to start this program was so many 8- or 9-year-old children were emerging in the system with issues that needed early attention,” said Walker, who is also an affiliate associate professor in the College of Education. “Another factor was that I had many students starving for this type of experience.”

When Mary Steffens-Schweitzer of Boulder, Colo., talked with Walker about the project, she wanted to know how she could help. As a philanthropist, Steffens-Schweitzer has given generously to causes that serve children and families, especially as it relates to healthy development.

“I told her that I really needed her help, especially her expertise for fund raising,” said Walker. Not only did the she donate $45,000 to the center through the Steffens-Schweitzer Foundation to help remodel new office and clinical space, she was instrumental in helping the team develop a plan to sustain their program financially, which is dependent on grants and donor contributions.

“Helping kids is what it’s all about,” Steffens-Schweitzer said. “The need was there, there were good people ready to help, but they needed the space to make it happen.” When she toured the newly remodeled space in the CDHD building, she was pleased that the vision had become reality. “Children are being served, making for a healthier, happier community,” she said.

The mission of the University of Idaho Child and Youth Study Center is to deliver services to children and families with severe behavioral disorders, pervasive developmental disorders, learning disabilities, and other mental illnesses that impede normal development. These services are made available to families and agencies with limited resources at a cost determined according to the individual needs and ability to pay. The beauty of the center is that it’s a win-win for both doctoral students who need clinical experience and the clientele they serve. Add to that a third beneficiary – the CDHD that now has a way to provide clinical services, fulfilling the requirements of the national standards of Centers on Excellence.

The University of Idaho CDHD is a member of a network of centers nationwide that serves individuals

with disabilities and their families. Essentially, it functions as a bridge between the University of Idaho and the community by providing resources that achieve meaningful change for people with temporary or permanent disabilities.

Student TrainingThe Child and Youth Study Center is a collaborative

effort of clinicians and faculty from both the University of Idaho and Washington State University and is now a major attraction used to recruit high caliber graduate students from around the world to the area’s two universities. It serves as the primary practicum site for doctoral students from the University of Idaho school psychology program and the WSU clinical and counseling psychology program.

“This internship program is rigorous, thorough, and complements the students’ theoretical training well,” said Walker. “These are special, high-achieving students and it’s a privilege to be the first to witness them make a difference in other people’s lives as young professionals.”

Maria Gartstein, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Washington State University, views the center as a critical component to the success of her program. “This partnership makes a number of significant contributions to our graduate students’ clinical training,” she said. “One notable contribution is the fact that all the graduate students from our program who participated in the practicum have secured internship positions of their choice – and generally of considerable prestige. They typically leave with an exceptional repertoire of clinical skills because of the diverse nature of training experiences they get at the University of Idaho Child and Youth Study Center.”

Although the internship is for one year, most students stay for an additional two to three years because of the hands-on experience they receive. The students collectively provide 2,000 to 2,500 hours per year to the clinic, but they don’t consider the extra work burdensome.

“The most inspiring aspect of this internship,” said Idaho student Lori Meiers, “has been the Friday morning training

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1940George ’43 and Laurene Ploss ’42 Engler recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.

1950L. Dean ’58 and Aljean Higgins ’59 Muncey celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 15, 2008.

John Rosholt ’59, ’64 received the College of Law’s Award of Legal Merit at commencement ceremonies in May. The award recognizes the contributions of an Idaho law graduate whose career exemplifies the best in the legal profession, according to the law school. Rosholt now practices law on a limited basis from his Twin Falls-based firm Barker, Rosholt & Simpson.

1960Herb Fritzley ’60 was honored with a plaque in front of Homedale Elementary School in Homedale, where he served as principal for 31 years. He has been a city councilman and still serves on the Homedale Planning and Zoning Commission.

Keith Kilimann ’64 retired after 40 years with the Information Technology Department of King County, Wash. During his career, he held several management positions with the organization. Mary Lee Frye Kilimann ’64 retired after 13 years as the CFO and administrative manager for glass artist Dale Chihuly. Prior to that, she held several other financial and administrative management positions in the area.

Stuart J. Hilton ’66 retired after 30 years in the military, federal and state law enforcement and corrections. He and his wife, Signa, live part of the year in Draper, Utah, and part in Williamsburg, Va., to be closer to grandchildren. He will continue to write military history in retirement. He is a honorary member of the Royal Marines Association, Exmouth.

Laura Catherine Kast ’68 was named the Idaho School Counselor Association’s 2007 Elementary School Counselor of the Year. She has worked at Ponderosa Elementary School in Post Falls since 1999 and has been the school counselor there for the last eight years.

1970Valorie Godwin ’70 retired as a teacher in the Kellogg School District and is living in Clarkston, Wash.

Jim Greene ’71 is finishing his first two-year post as a consular in Manila, Philippines. After some training in Washington, D.C., he will be reassigned to Mozambique, on the southeast coast of Africa for two years. In this position he will use his business background to be the operations manager for the embassy and will oversee its internal operations.

Judy Aitken ’72 of Twin Falls was honored as a 2008 Idaho Woman of the Year by the Idaho Business Review.

Fred Ducat ’72 was recognized as the Navajo County, Ariz., Educator of the Year.

M.E. (Gene) Bowman ’74 is a specialist in national security law and retired as a captain from the U.S. Navy in 1995. He then spent 11 years in the Senior Executive Service of the FBI and is currently the deputy, National Counterintelligence Executive. The Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive is the mission manager, under the Director of National Intelligence, for U.S. government counterintelligence activities.

Jay Dorr ’75 has received the Richard L. “Larry” Barnes Memorial Award from the Sawtooth National Forest. This award is given each year to an individual employee, as recognized by the other employees, for having displayed a working attitude and continual enthusiasm which exemplifies the Forest Service mission statement: “Caring for the land and serving people.” He now is the trails manager for the

sessions by the psychologists. I get an extra level of training from highly qualified instructors and it provides me with a network of students and counselors to collaborate with and learn from.”

Kyoung Baik, an Idaho student from South Korea, agrees with Meiers. “As a student, it’s good to experience the clinical setting and to help with testing and assessments,” she said. “It really reinforces for me what I love to do, which is to help children.”

Some of the student interns have stayed at the center to serve as supervisors or have returned to the center after spending time elsewhere. Psychologist Jeanne Bulgin, a former center intern and now assistant director, returned to Moscow from Marquette University to work in the center as a supervisor. “I get excited about training students, and I love to see them gain confidence and develop as professionals,” she said.

School psychologist Gwen Mitchell supervises school psychology interns who work at the Moscow Charter School. She did her internship in the center and took over the school psychology aspect after she graduated. “We’re working with very young children with autism, comparing them to where they were a year ago,” said Mitchell. “Seeing their progress has been phenomenal. The center emphasizes helping the parent help the child, and they are so grateful.”

Not only are students receiving hands-on training, they are actively engaged in scientific discourse with faculty. They are involved in data collection, writing publications, and in presenting research findings at conferences. These activities equip WSU and Idaho students with the tools, experiences, education and resources to help them address their clients’ issues.

Service to the Community Psychologist Laura Richards, center director, has

created a library of testing equipment from grant funds that places the center first in the region for assessing pervasive developmental disabilities, ADHD and learning disabilities. The center also provides therapeutic services for disruptive behavioral disorders and a wide range of mental health issues including depression and anxiety

disorders. It provides assistance to those with academic problems, helps parents improve their relationships with their children, and consults with schools and agencies to offer technical assistance. In general, the center provides services for these problems:• Infant/toddlerdevelopmentandearlyintervention• Learningdelays,challengesanddisabilities• Socialdevelopment• TeamorientedservicesforindividualswithPervasive

Developmental Disorders • Disruptivebehavioraldisordersandat-riskissues• Diagnosticclarificationandassistance• Parentingandparent-basedinterventions• Healthylifeskillsdevelopment

“Over the last nine years, University of Idaho and Washington State University students have provided 20,000 hours of treatment and psychological services to underserved families,” said Walker. Because of the most up-to-date testing library and variety of services, the center serves on average about 50 clients per month from all over the state of Idaho.

The Child and Youth Study Center is a special place born out of a desire to help those in need combined with a passion for educating future professionals. With its triple-win mission, the center’s heart for service is destined to continue growing.

“We’re making a difference in people’s lives,” said Walker. “It’s been very gratifying for everyone.”

To find out more about the Child and Youth Study Center, visit their Web site at http://cysc.idahocdhd.org or call (208) 885-3588. I

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Parentinginstinctsarepowerful,andparentsneedtotrustthoseinstinctswhenconsideringgettinghelp.Noconcernistoosmall,whetheritbeachildwhoisanxiousorunhappytoonewhorefusestosmileorreturnahug.Trustyourinstincts.

ThecenterisanapprovedmentalhealthclinicforIdahoMedicaidandalsoacceptssomeotherinsuranceplans.Familieswithnoinsuranceareofferedaslidingscalefee.

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I Want to Shake Your HandLeading comes naturally for Tom Limbaugh ’79, who

was elected in May to serve as president of the University of Idaho Alumni Association (UIAA). Steve Johnson, UIAA executive director, believes Tom personifies the University of Idaho’s “Legacy of Leading.”

During his high school days, Tom was elected state FFA president. Choosing the University of Idaho for his higher education and to further hone his leadership skills was a natural progression. After graduation from Idaho, Tom went on to serve on the city of Fruitland Planning and Zoning Commission from 1982 to 1988, city council from 1988 to 1993, and as mayor from 1994 to present. He also served in the Idaho House of Representatives in the first session of the 55th Legislature. In 1999, Gov. Dirk Kempthorne ’75 appointed him bureau chief of the Bureau of Occupational Licenses. In 2001, Gov. Kempthorne appointed him as a commissioner of the Idaho Industrial Commission, and Tom was reappointed by Gov. Butch Otter in 2007.

“The University of Idaho provided me a great education plus the training, the network and the confidence to take on greater leadership roles. Now I have the chance to give some back,” Limbaugh said.

During his term as UIAA president, Limbaugh will serve on the selection committee for a new president for the University of Idaho. He also will guide the associations planning for a new Alumni Center to be built on campus.

“This is a great time to be a part of the University,” Limbaugh said. “I am honored to serve on the President’s Selection Committee. I also want to set the stage for an alumni center that all alumni and friends can call home and will utilize as their “first stop” when they come back to campus.”

Tom Limbaugh ’79 and Alumni Director Steve Johnson ’71.

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Sawtooth National Recreation Area and manages the Air Quality Monitoring program for the Sawtooth Wilderness.

Bahlul Eliagoubi ’75 returned to Libya after graduation and has held positions as a geology department chairman, college of science vice dean, and dean. In 1988, he became president of the University of Al Fateh in Tripoli. In 1990, he was undersecretary for scientific research in Libya and in 1992, he established and headed the National Education and Vocational Training Center. In 1994, he joined the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization. Currently, he is the director of Science Sector in Tunis, Tunisia. He is married and has six children.

Sue Mitchell ’75 recently joined Placid Pet Inc. The business offers pet care services including pet sitting and daily dog walking in Whatcom and Skagit counties in Washington. Before moving to Burlington, Wash., in 2007, Mitchell lived in Seattle, where she owned and operated Sound View Pet and Garden Care for nine years.

Kevin Kelleher ’76, is a real estate broker in Big Sky, Mont., and has been a resident of that area since graduation from Idaho. His daughter, Keely, has been named to the U.S. Alpine Ski Team for the sixth straight year.

Forrest Kneisel ’76 retired in November 2006 after 30 years in the U.S. Army. Currently, he teaches disabled adults and children to swim. He also is a part-time consultant for a laboratory computer company. He has been married for 28 years and has three grown children, a son-in-law and daughter-in-law. He lives in Virginia and enjoys the rich history of our nation’s capital and the northern Virginia area.

Peter Wagner ’76 was named the National Technical Engineer of the Year by the U.S. Forest Service. He is employed at the Sedro Woolley, Wash., office of the Forest Service.

Craig Crowley ’77 has been promoted by DCI Engineers to principal for the company’s Spokane, Wash., office.

Lloyd Mues ’77 has been appointed to a permanent position as vice president for finance and administration at the University of Idaho. Mues has served on an interim basis for the last two years.

Tom Richards ’77 was reappointed to a four-year term on the Alaska Retirement Management Board. The nine-member Board is comprised of the commissioners of the Departments of Revenue and Administration and seven trustees appointed by the governor who are professionally credentialed or have recognized competence in investment management, finance, banking, economics, accounting, pension, administration or actuarial analysis.

Sally Savage ’77, has served in key administrative positions at Washington State University for nearly 30 years, She currently serves as general counsel and acting chief human resources officer. She previously served as vice president for university relations, vice president for advancement, vice president for administration, and as general counsel for two presidents. Sally plans to retire in March 2009.

Jonathan R. Kellett ’78 was named the 2007 Washington State High School Principal of the Year by the

Association of Washington School Principals. He currently is principal at Tacoma’s historic Stadium High School. He has been married to the former Ludy Nelson of Moscow for 30 years. Jon and Ludy have two grown daughters, a high school sophomore, and one granddaughter. They reside in Tacoma, Wash.

Pamela Mostek ’79 founded her own company, Making Lemonade Designs, in 2000. Her fabric creations, through her use of color, shape and subjects, have the appearance of paintings. She has authored six books on the art of quilting, designs fabric for RJR Fabrics, has shown her work at a number of national shows and exhibits, and has taught nationally. In July she taught at a seminar in New York, and in October she will be teaching at a quilters guild in Florida.

Terry Ratcliff ’79 has been appointed dean of Continuing Studies at Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. He is responsible for academic administration of programs for working adults.

1980Pat Clinch ’80 has retired from the Helena, Mont., Fire Department after 27 years of service and has accepted the position of deputy state fire marshal with the Montana Department of Justice.

Diane Rowen Garmire ’80 traveled to Seoul, Korea, with 19 other teachers from the United States on a Korean Society fellowship this summer. While in Korea,

Diane taught a lesson on Northwest coastal tribal art forms to a class of 55-60 Korean high school students. The three-week fellowship was awarded to 20 U.S. social studies and humanities teachers. Visit http://eduk8r2.blogspot.com to view Diane’s daily entries while in Korea.

Greg Godwin ’80, ’88 retired as superintendent of schools in the Kellogg School District in Kellogg. He is now the superintendent of schools in the Asotin-Anatone School District in Asotin, Wash.

Steve Gorshe ’80 earned his Ph.D. in electronics engineering in 2002 and was elected IEEE Fellow in 2007 “for invention and standardization of elements of optical transmission systems.” He is a principal engineer at PMC-Sierra, and works in their Portland, Ore., office on applied research and telecommunications standards. He also is director of magazines for the IEEE Communications Society.

Kerrin McMahan ’80, ’90 was appointed dean of academic affairs at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, Calif., after serving as chair of the Philosophy Department from 1998-2006, and as interim dean from 2006-08.

Tim Mooney ’80, ’81 joined the University of Idaho University Advancement team as associate athletic director for external operations.

Allen Rowley ’81 has been selected as the forest supervisor for the Fishlake National Forest. He will have the responsibility for managing national forest land in central Utah. He currently is serving as the acting forest supervisor for the Nez Perce National Forest.

Scott Howarth ’83, ’84 of Los Altos, Calif., was elected chief executive officer for Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. He has served as ISSI’s president and chief financial officer since December 2007 and as vice president and chief financial officer since February 2006.

Nancy Morris ’83 announced she is leaving her position as secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission to become an executive vice president at Allianz Global Investors of America, where she will have broad U.S. legal compliance responsibilities.

Alice Williams ’83 was named the associate administrator for infrastructure and environment at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Established by Congress in 2000, NNSA is a separately organized agency within the U.S. Department of Energy responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science.

Craig Hobdey ’84 was named to the Idaho Water Users Association Hall of Fame at the Association’s 70th annual convention in Boise. Craig was recognized for his long and distinguished service on important water related activities.

Jeff Mosley ’84 of Montana State University has been elected to lead the international Society for Range Management (SRM). He will serve as second vice-president in 2008-09, first vice-president in 2009-10 and

president in 2010-11. SRM is the professional and scientific voice for rangeland scientists and managers throughout North America and the world.

Andrew Pooler ’84 has been appointed as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Vancouver, B.C.-based Abacus Mining & Exploration Corporation. He will oversee the development, construction and eventual operations at Abacus’ Afton-Ajax Project at Kamloops, B.C.

William Barton ’85 has been named state veterinarian and administrator of the Division of Animal Industries with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. Dr. Barton has been acting administrator since late February.

Lorene Oates ’85 of Caldwell was honored by the Idaho Business Review as a 2008 Idaho Woman of the Year.

Tammy L. Fitting ’86, ’89 was sworn in as an immigration judge at an investiture ceremony at the Executive Office for Immigration Review headquarters in Falls Church, Va. Her appointment is with the Tacoma, Wash., Immigration Court.

Pamela Johnston ’86 has completed her first novel. “Little Lost River” is published by the University of Nevada Press. Pamela grew up in Boise, graduated from the University of Idaho, and has an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a doctoral degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She currently is an associate professor of English at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas.

Carol Mallory-Smith ’86, ’91, is an associate department head at Oregon State University’s Department of Crop and Soil Science. She received the Weed Science Society of America’s highest honor for her scientific contributions.

Lisa Steele ’86 of Boise was honored as a 2008 Idaho Woman of the Year by the Idaho Business Review.

Ross Borden ’87, ’92 was named Boise’s first full-time Intergovernmental Affairs manager. This includes directing the development of Boise’s legislative agenda at the state and federal levels, working with the mayor, city council and city departments to generate priorities and coordinate efforts.

Gregory Eiselein ’87 was named as the 2008-09 Coffman Chair for University Distinguished Teaching Scholars at Kansas State University. He is recognized as a leading teaching scholar and will advance the interests of undergraduate teaching and learning at Kansas State.

Alan Griffitts ’88 is the director of the Bayview Acoustic Research Detachment on Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho. He supervises 40 Navy civilians and 32 full-time contractors, plus coordinates with the University of Idaho on various research projects. Some of the cutting-edge research projects now being tested are autonomous underwater vehicles. These are information/locator packages, not weapons platforms, and they search for underwater objects such as items at a depth that submarines cannot reach.

Reagan Oliver ’88 has been appointed as senior executive assistant to the Spokane, Wash., mayor.

Cliff Green ’89 is the executive director of iSucceed Virtual High School, the state’s newest offering in

educational excellence focused specifically on high school students. Before accepting this position, Green spent six years as the executive director of the Idaho School Board Association where he directed legislative, programmatic, operations and leadership efforts. He spent more than five years as the state technology program

coordinator with the State Division of Professional-Technical Education and six years as a technology coordinator for Kuna School District.

1990Cyndi L. Faircloth ’90, ’93, ’06 is working as special projects coordinator for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Idaho. Cyndi and her husband, Daryl ’94, have three daughters: Jordan, age17; Hailey, 14; and Caitlyn, 14.

Katherine Hansen ’90 of Meridian was honored by the Idaho Business Review as a 2008 Idaho Woman of the Year.

Janet Avery ’91, ’05 has been named principal of Jerome Middle School in Jerome. She previously served as assistant principal. She graduated from the Educational Leadership program in May 2005 while teaching senior English and serving as English Department chair and the senior project coordinator at Jerome High School.

Patrick Brennan ’93 is the committee administrator for the House and Senate Transportation Committees of the Oregon State Legislature. He has worked as committee staff for the Oregon State Legislature since 1999.

Tammy Everts ’93 has been appointed business development director for New Vision, the Yakima County, Wash., Development Association. Tammy previously was the marketing and development coordinator for the organization.

Gregory D. Haddock ’93, ’96 is an associate professor of geography and the chair of the Department of Geology/Geography at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo. The governor of Missouri recently appointed him to the Land Reclamation Commission.

Vandal Jack Hetherington ’72, at right, sent in greetings from Nepal. “This photo was taken at the top of Mera Peak, approximately21,247feetabovesealevel,”saidHetherington. “I am sure it is not the highest a Vandal has ever gone, but it might be the highest flying the Vandal banner. And yes, that is Mt. Everest in the background.” Hetherington, from Twin Falls, waspartofatrekkinggroupthatraisedmorethan$125,000for the Little Sisters Fund that helps provide educational opportunities for young girls in Nepal.

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Daniel Manning ’93 has been promoted to controller of the Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. In this role, Daniel will oversee Plum Creek’s financial reporting and related Securities and Exchange Commission compliance activities, as well as other financial activities such as management’s assessment of internal control.

Jeff Crouch ’94, ’04 has been promoted to associate professor of criminal justice at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, Conn. He is the Criminal Justice Program coordinator and chair of the Social Science Department. He previously served as the Latah County, Idaho, sheriff for two terms and was a police officer for the city of Moscow.

Tim Meserth ’94, ’99 is an advisory development engineer in the user technology organization of the IBM

Systems and Technology Group, and has recently been named an IBM Master Inventor. This exclusive designation is reserved for only the best and brightest of inventors at IBM. Tim has seven issued and 24 pending U.S. patents. He currently is working to improve the ease of use and design of IBM’s BladeCenter portfolio.

Robert Strope ’94 is the new city manager for La Grande, Ore.

Greg Doyon ’95 was named the city manager for Great Falls, Mont.

Dan Whiting ’96 has been named chief of staff for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington, D.C.

Derrick Gayle ’97, is the managing member of Treasure Valley Investment Group LLC, and acquired nine Moxie Java shops in Boise and one in Garden City. He previously worked for Micron Technology for nearly

11 years. While at Micron, he held ownership interests in businesses that included software development, compact disc and digital video disc manufacturing, and real estate development.

Paula Landholm Kluksdal ’97 of Boise was recently honored as a 2008 Idaho Woman of the Year by the Idaho Business Review.

Ryan ’98 and Jennie ’98 Fiske have purchased Twin River Gymnastics in Clarkston, Wash. The Fiskes renamed the business 360 Gymnastics and Cheer as part of a plan to update the business that offers gymnastics, cheerleading, tumbling and rock-climbing classes, along with birthday parties and inflatable jumping castle rentals. They also own Quad Cities Mobile Drug Testing and Anacline Engineering in Lewiston.

Jonathan Prewett’s ’98 ability to engage students, coupled with his work with teaching assistants and his efforts to enhance curriculum, have earned him the 2008 Beatrice Gallatin Beuf Golden Apple Award at the University of Wyoming. The award annually recognizes teaching excellence in freshman-level courses in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Matt Reed ’99 has earned his Idaho state license to practice architecture. Reed joined the firm CSHQA in 1999. He is involved with various new construction, remodels and tenant improvement projects for retail and religious facilities.

Rachel Stemach ’99 became a registered architect in Oregon in December 2007. She is also a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited professional.

Sheree Willhite ’99 received her Idaho State Professional Engineer license while working with Boise-based CSHQA. She joined the firm in 2004 and has several years experience in design and development of mechanical systems.

2000Captain Brian D. Gilbert ’00 received the 2007 Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award presented

annually to the top 28 company grade officers in the U.S. Army. The award is designed to promote and sustain effective junior officer leadership in the Army.

Michele Lee Gouley ’00 has been qualified as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited design professional. Gouley, an architect at Parker/Mudgett/Smith Architects Inc. in Fort Myers, Fla., earned the credential to consult on green building for the firm’s multiple projects throughout southwest Florida.

Brian Buckham ’01, ’05 has accepted a position as an attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP in its Phoenix, Ariz., office. Greenberg Traurig is a firm of more than 1,750 lawyers with 29 offices around the world. He will continue his practice focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and securities. Brian previously worked in the Portland, Ore., office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.

Toby Robin ’01, art director for Oliver Russell in Boise, won a Silver ADDY in the District Eleven ADDY awards competition for his mural design for Boise’s Hitchcock Building. His design advances to the national competition in Washington, D.C. The ADDY Awards is the largest creative competition in the country with about 55,000 local entries competing in more than 200 cities coast to coast.

Mica Hutchison ’02 has had her research paper, “Providing a Voice: Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a First-Year Engineering Experience on Students’ Efficacy Beliefs,” published in the Journal of Engineering Education April 2008 issue. Mica is a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.

Nick Williams ’02 has been promoted to associate with TVA Architects in Portland, Ore. He also is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited professional.

John Diamond ’03 is a project manager and professional engineer with Kleinfelder Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah. In February, he was awarded the Energy Project Excellence Award at the 2008 Kleinfelder Technical Seminar in Denver, Colo.

Kristen Berberick ’04 has graduated magna cum laude from Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Ore. She is now an assistant attorney general with the Oregon Department of Justice.

Ben Greenfield ’04, ’05, is director of sports performance and personal trainer at Champions Sports

Medicine in Spokane, Wash., He received the 2008 Personal Trainer of the Year Award from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Candidates for the award are judged on continuing education, credentials, publications, volunteer service, and clinic and committee involvement.

James A. Hail III ’04 has been appointed to the Post Falls Parks and Recreation Commission. After graduation, he attended law school in Michigan.

Jonathan Smith ’04 works as the manager of communication and research for the Grant County, Wash., Economic Development Council. He assists companies that are expanding or relocating in the county.

Ian C. Toevs ’04 was promoted to engineer II by the environmental engineering group Barton & Loguidice at its Syracuse, N.Y., office.

Jeff P. Jones ’05 has published his first poetry chapbook, “Stratus Opacus,” with Main Street Rag Publishing Company. It is available on their Web site, mainstreetrag.com.

Treva Smith ’05 works as a registered dietitian in the Women, Infant and Children program at the Moses Lake, Wash., Community Health Center. Treva teaches nutritional education classes for parents and their children.

Daniel Haley ’06 is one of the youngest company actors at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore. He also recently directed a play at the Lake City Playhouse in Coeur d’Alene.

Chris Powell ’06 from Ellensburg, Wash., received the Association for Fire Ecology Outstanding Graduate Student Nationwide Award. He currently is pursuing a master’s degree.

Brandon Schrand ’06 has written a memoir, “The Enders Hotel,” that could be considered a time capsule of boyhood in a hardscrabble western town. The book has been selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. The book’s title essay was selected for Best American Essays 2007. It also won the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize, a yearly national contest to identify the best book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction sponsored by Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio.

Saxony Brown ’07 made her professional volleyball debut with the Indonesian Proliga national semipro indoor volleyball league.

MarriagesKari Lynn Alldredge ’02 to Aaron Donald Hill

Tracie Bidlake ’05 to Jeffrey Sinkbeil

Tiffany Blake ’03, ’04 to Darrin Goin

Krissy Dennler ’03 to Shawn Ellis ’05

Dana Dettmers ’02 to Aaron Swift ’00

Angela Sue Dutchak ’02 to Nathan Anthony Pipinich

Ashley Everson ’04 to Brian Yarno ’05

Alicia Lynn Ewing ’04 to Gavin James Heider

Breanna Lyn Feely ’05 to Jason Philip Owens.

Tiffany Nicole Faylor to Andrew Clifton Forth ’04

Michele Griffin ’07 to Robert Wilmonen

Monica Gayle Higgins ’03 to Corey Ray Garner ’06

Sara Hill ’06 to Jake Dorman ’06

Kelsey Elizabeth Hoskins to Joseph Paul Plummer ’07

Brittany Mariotti to Brian Scopa ’00

Kari Miller ’03 to Charles Lindemood

Erica Margaret Ohman to Christopher Thomas Worden ’06

Krista Orthel ’02 to Douglas Huettig ’02

Cindy Marie Schneider ’05 to Kevin Russell Tower ’05

Kari Spofford ’07 to Steven Scott Burkett ’07

Jennifer Scoggin to Daniel Stewart ’97

Jami Rae Silflow ’99 to Preston Anton Schram

Cecilia Wilkerson to Darren Owsley ’04

Future VandalsJonah, Jalen and Jonson, sons of Jons and Amber Stonecipher ’99 Brotnov and grandchildren of Dwight Stonecipher ’74

Tegan, daughter of Chad ’02 and Jaclyn Gotch

Matthew Edward, son of Cary ’98 and Barbara Griffin and grandchild of W. Brent ’62 and Marilyn Wilson ’62 Hoit

Agnes, daughter of Stephen E. ’05 and Stephanie N. Jacobs ’06 Hardy

William Harrison, son of Will ’94 and Julie Hart IV

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Ava Rae, daughter of Tim and Dana Zenner ’02 Scharping

Matthew den Breeker, grandson of John ’62 and Patricia West ‘62 Travis

Margot Athena, daughter of Garrett ’04 and Crystal Herzog ’04 Pence

Kaila Louise, daughter of G. Francis “Cisco” ’05 and Kaui Torres Reyes

Julia Rose Marie, daughter of Jason ’98 and Kimberly Sandusky

Adam, son of Jonathan ’04 and Treva Heath ’05 Smith

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In Memory1920Inger Clara Hove Byrne ’29, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 28, 2008

Carl A. Nelson ’28, Huntington Beach, Calif., Nov. 30, 2007

Violet L. Shulsen ’29, Fortuna, Calif., Nov. 24, 2007

1930Chloie Shaw Bacharach ’33, Duluth, Minn., March 24, 2008

Howard M. Ballif ’32, Sandy, Utah, March 6, 2008

Bessie Clare Bancroft ’33, Junction City, Ore., Feb. 29, 2008

Roy A. Bell ’38, ’56, Issaquah, Wash., Feb. 17, 2008

Harold G. Bergen ’35, Yakima, Wash., Aug. 1, 2007

Katherine Kearns Dungan ’32, Spokane, Wash., May 24, 2008

Angeline Helmholz Elder ’39, Sumner, Wash., Jan. 22, 2008

Edward Gregory Elliott ’38, ’52, Eagle, March 5, 2008

Dorothy Nixon Frahm ’30, Pocatello, Jan. 26, 2008

George H. Handy ’38, Sun City, Ariz., Feb. 21, 2008

Marie Amelia Hopkins ’34, Plymouth, N.H., April 5, 2008

Rosalea Sanderson Moore ’38, Coeur d’Alene, April 20, 2008

Ruth V. Mortenson ’31, ’32, Seattle, Wash., May 27, 2008

Bert P. Munthe ’35, Eau Claire, Wisc., Feb. 1, 2008

Helen Parmley Nelson ’37, Coeur d’Alene, Feb. 8, 2008

Harriet Hitchcock O’Leary ’35, Boise, Feb. 11, 2008

Helen Martin Orr ’37, San Antonio, Texas, March 7, 2008

John E. Roice ’39, Eden, April 25, 2008

Elena M. Sliepcevich ’39, Norman, Okla., March 3, 2008

Ruth Miller Strickfaden ’37, Boise, Nov. 7, 2007

Ernest L. Wales ’33, Spokane Valley, Wash., Feb. 14, 2008

1940Robert F. Adams ’49, Williamsburg, Va., Feb. 5, 2008

Dwight M. Akers ’49, Laverne, Calif., March 2, 2008

Dorwin L. Boller Anderson ’41, Troy, March 7, 2008

Elwood M. Andy Anderson ’48, Boise, May 18, 2008

Guandolyn Fowler Arnold ’49, New Bern, N. C., Feb. 5, 2008

Donald F. Baldus ’42, Nezperce, Dec. 13, 2007

Frances Hardin Craig ’42, Des Moines, Iowa, April 19, 2008

Roberta Cone Crea ’49, Emmett, Jan. 22, 2008

Ernest E. Day ’41, Boise, Feb. 12, 2008

Wesley W. Deist Jr. ’49, Idaho Falls, Jan. 17, 2008

Barbara Frances Sutcliff Drenker ’44, Twin Falls, Feb. 7, 2008

Orie L. Dudley Sr. ’44, Eagle, Jan. 26, 2008

Allen J. Estep ’43, Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 25, 2008

Eleanora Arms Fry ’48, Horseshoe Bend, Feb. 3, 2008

Elizabeth Mackin Gega ’42, Portland, Ore., Feb. 4, 2008

Rufus S. Gilbert ’41, Enterprise, Ore., Jan. 27, 2008

Joseph E. Gordon ’47, Coeur d’Alene, March 9, 2008

Zelva Hodge Greenlaw ’47, Monterey, Calif., July 16, 2007

Robert W. Harris ’41, Portland, Ore., March 25, 2008

Clark C. Hege ’48, Burley, Jan. 27, 2008

Leo Darrold DeWain Heppner ’48, Bel Air, Calif., March 31, 2008

Clark C. Hinkelman ’46, Lewiston, April 1, 2008

Ferdinand Jaussi ’42, Provo, Utah, July 17, 2007

Gordon E. Joslyn ’49, Rockville, Md., April 9, 2008

Willa Hasbrouck Kirk ’49, McCall, April 22, 2008

Merl L. Delp Kytonen ’42, Post Falls, March 18, 2008

Foster A. Larson ’42, Coeur d’Alene, March 2, 2008

Melvin G. Lewis ’44, Caldwell, May 24, 2008

Thomas B. Lyda ’49, Spokane, Wash., Dec. 8, 2007

Shirley Hyde McCracken ’41, Seattle, Wash., April 27, 2008

Florence Mooney McDonald ’46, Moscow, April 18, 2008

Dorothy Erickson McMahon ’43, Boise, May 12, 2008

Chester A. McQuinn ’49, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 18, 2008

Elton W. Miles ’49, Coeur d’Alene, Oct. 28, 2007

Marjorie Constance Stapleton Morris ’44, Gresham, Ore., Feb. 29, 2008

Richard N. Morse ’47, Yucaipa, Calif., March 3, 2008

Robert B. Moss ’47, Boise, April 21, 2008

Eleanor Mae White Mueller ’44, Charleston, S.C., Jan. 25, 2008

John E. Muller ’45, Yakima, Wash., May 17, 2008

Nelson G. Park ’42, Los Angeles, Calif., April 6, 2008

Arlene Hinchey Parkinson ’48, Las Vegas, Nev., May 1, 2008

Nelse W. Petermann ’43, Kennewick, Wash., March 10, 2008

John L. Rawlings ’42, Eugene, Ore., Nov. 27, 2007

Melvin D Sargent ’40, Weston, Mass., May 24, 2007

Rachel Swayne Schild ’43, Burley, Feb. 21, 2008

Douglas Schow ’43, Twin Falls, April 15, 2008

Norman H. Skjersaa ’47, Orlando, Fla., March 24, 2008

W. Lloyd Southam ’43 Arlington, Va., March 25, 2008

Elmer Sperry ’49, Kamiah, Dec. 31, 2007

Robert C. Strom ’49, ’52, Craigmont, March 18, 2008

Harry J. Taylor Jr. ’48, Yreka, Calif., April 9, 2008

John R. Taylor ’49, San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 24, 2008

Jean Elizabeth Vollum ’49, Portland, Ore., June 5, 2007

Carl N. Westberg ’43, Moscow, Jan. 9, 2008

1950Roger W. Adams ’59, Lewiston, May 18, 2008

T.J. Aune ’50, Spokane Valley, Wash., Feb. 10, 2008

Marilyn Joan Light Barrett ’59, Boise, March 23, 2008

Gary W. Bassett ’53, Blackfoot, Dec. 15, 2007

Frederick A. Bowen Sr. ’53, Salem, Mo., Jan. 18, 2008

William B. Brockman ’55, Peoria, Ariz., June 17, 2007

Clair “Charlie” Brown ’50, Yuma, Ariz., April 4, 2008

Ruth A. Caple Campbell ’50, Coeur d’Alene, March 29, 2008

Franklin H. Cole ’54, Mercer Island, Wash., March 3, 2008

Frederick R. Cully ’52, Pensacola, Fla., May 25, 2008

Wiley Daniels ’58, Moscow, April 20, 2008

Ralph E. DeMarr ’52, Albuquerque, N.M., Oct. 10, 2007

Carl G. Devin ’55, ’56, Longview, Wash., Feb. 19, 2008

Ramona L. Bills Dymoke ’50, Boise, March 3, 2008

Myrtle I. Farley ’57, Spokane, Wash., May 16, 2008

Charles E. Gilb ’50, Arcadia, Calif., May 18, 2008

Donal L. Hardy ’52, Boise, Feb. 10, 2008

Norman V. Haroldsen ’50, Rexburg, May 12, 2008

Stanley J. Hiserman ’54, Everett, Wash., May 20, 2008

Dudley Homer ’59, Land O Lakes, Fla., Feb. 22, 2008

Andrew F. Kirsch ’53, Edison, N.J., March 13, 2008

Robert S. Kleffner ’53, Boise, Feb. 6, 2008

James Kruger ’56, Leduc, Alberta, Canada, Jan. 24, 2008

Paul C. Kunkel ’51, Twin Falls, March 16, 2008

Gene F. Larson ’50, Spokane, Wash., March 24, 2008

Ronald Dean Leppke ’58, Castro Valley, Calif., Dec. 28, 2007

Dale Joseph Ludick ’59, Bluffton, S.C., Nov. 12, 2007

Richard E. McCarthy ’53, Warm Springs, March 17, 2008

Edward A. Moe ’52, Deptford, N.J., Feb. 23, 2008

Jack C. Morse ’55, Moscow, Feb. 23, 2008

Larry Neil Norby ’58, Rupert, May 10, 2008

Jack Perciful ’51, Olympia, Wash., March 13, 2008

Shirley A. Meese Pettit ’58, Idaho Falls, March 27, 2008

Joy J. Playfair ’57, Chewelah, Wash., March 15, 2008

Phyllis L. Parrott Rahn ’54, Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 25, 2008

Willard B. Rood ’58, Emmett, May 7, 2008

Frank C. Seaman ’51, Boise, March 16, 2008

Lester Smith ’51, Twin Falls, Feb. 23, 2008

Thomas W. Smith ’58, Athena, Ore., Feb. 22, 2008

Frederick N. Stallworth Jr. ’51, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., May 5, 2008

William A. Stott ’58, Lincoln, Neb., April 21, 2008

Darrel M. Stuart ’58, Logan, Utah, Feb. 23, 2008

George B. Sullivan ’50, Gresham, Ore., Feb. 4, 2008

Helen Louise Pohlod Sullivan ’53, Riverside, Calif., Dec. 27, 2007

Joseph J. Thackaberry ’52, Kuna, March 23, 2008

Glen L. Tiede ’57, ’77, Lewiston, Feb. 6, 2008

James Todd ’59, Yuma, Ariz., March 13, 2008

Bernadean J. Reese Tudder ’51, Lewiston, Nov. 4, 2007

William B. Wallace ’55, Sequim, Wash., Jan. 17, 2008

Fred J. Walmsley ’54, ’65, Hagerman, Dec. 20, 2007

Francis Louise O’Maley Werry ’53, Peoria, Ariz., Feb. 16, 2008

Bruce Williams ’59, Boise, Jan. 17, 2008

1960James R. Bair ’66, Longview, Wash., March 21, 2008

Stephen Michael Blair Sr. ’63, Pocatello, Jan. 31, 2008

Ruby Strong Cherry ’66, Boise, Feb. 11, 2008

Patrick G. Costales ’67, Kailua, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2007

Michael H. Czerwinski ’64, Trout Creek, Mont., April 14, 2008

Marilyn Martin Dayries ’61, ’65, Missoula, Mont., Feb. 15, 2008

Jane Elizabeth Dwight Decker ’67, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 21, 2008

Howard R. Halsey ’67, Bend, Ore., Jan. 31, 2008

Michael E. Hawley ’66, Portland, Ore., April 7, 2008

Willis A. Hestir ’65, Harlingen, Texas, March 10, 2008

Marilyn Wilson Hoit ’62, Kent, Wash., Nov. 22, 2007

Anthony M. Humbach Jr. ’66, Jerome, April 23, 2008

Mark Randall Hutchison ’68, Ketchum, Feb. 8, 2008

Allen Wayne Imgard ’66, Ely, Nev., Feb. 28, 2008

Roger W. Johnson ’61, Lima, Ohio, March 27, 2008

Dale W. Kisling ’64, Pocatello, March 9, 2008

LaVerne Kaehler Luke ’69, Nampa, March 31, 2008

Vena Grace Lucas McProud ’65, ’71, Moscow, March 22, 2008

Jane F. Goodell Moe ’63, Austin, Texas, March 27, 2008

William L. Paris Jr. ’65, Palm Desert, Calif., Feb. 3, 2008

Gerald W. Philpot ’63, Orofino, Feb. 6, 2008

Lillian Manthey Ratts ’67, Yakima, Wash., Jan. 7, 2008

Robert L. Roland ’61, Burley, Jan. 14, 2008

Lorraine Jones Sall ’64, Meridian, Dec. 22, 2007

John Thilenius ’60, Juneau, Alaska, May 9, 2008

Gary L. Thompson ’60, Tacoma, Wash., March 3, 2008

Robert R. Thompson ’60, Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 13, 2007

Robert L. Tromp ’63, Idaho Falls, March 31, 2008

Helen C. Dundas Wennekamp ’64, Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 1, 2008

Richard E. Weston ’62, Boise, Feb. 24, 2008

1970Susan Stark Baumeister ’70, Billings, Mont., April 17, 2008

Kurt C. Billmeyer ’77, Pocatello, April 18, 2008

Carolyn Helton Churchill ’73, Charleston, Maine, March 18, 2008

Monta Fahrenwald Fullinwider ’74, Boise, April 5, 2008

Donald Grady ’76, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., May 19, 2008

James Curtis Haire ’75, Idaho Falls, March 14, 2008

Bruce W. Kenney ’72, Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 14, 2008

Diana Appenzeller Latch ’77, Southfork Valley, Feb. 6, 2008

Jane Ann May Munkres ’71, Portland, Ore., May 17, 2008

Kurt E. Olson ’78, Hayden, Feb. 18, 2008

Robert J. Olson Jr. ’78, Coeur d’Alene, April 22, 2008

Orville A. Reddington ’72, Boise, Nov. 24, 2007

H. Elizabeth Shelton Rhodes ’76, Las Vegas, Nev., March 24, 2008

Roswell E. Round III ’79, Richland, Wash., May 23, 2008

Patrick R. Sprute ’72, Silverton, May 24, 2008

Lynn Albert Teele ’75, Westport, Ore., Jan. 7, 2008

Martha Dean Winum ’79, Glenwood, Iowa, March 7, 2008

1980Walter E. Bigelow ’87, Pullman, Wash., April 30, 2008

Lloyd J. Brabb ’85, Coeur d’Alene, Jan. 15, 2008

Kim F. Goetz ’84, San Diego, Calif., March 17, 2008

Thomas J. Kiblen ’83, Huntington Beach, Calif., Feb. 15, 2008

Jeffrey G. Kinnell ’83, Minneapolis, Minn., May 18, 2008

Kathryn Schreiber Scott ’83, Kennewick, Wash., May 25, 2008

Robert C. West ’88, Cascade, March 16, 2008

Kim Harold Young ’88, Idaho Falls, April 14, 2008

1990James D. Aiken ’98, Lewiston, Feb. 29, 2008

Teresa A. Arnold ’92, St. Maries, Jan. 15, 2008

Alan L. Chapman ’94, Culdesac, April 23, 2008

Cleo Marie Till Fleming ’98, Moscow, March 19, 2008

Brian M. Kirby ’97, Keene, N.H., Feb. 8, 2008

Ronald S. Thaemert ’91, ’96, Bellevue, Feb. 25, 2008

Dennis Wilson ’91, Sacramento, Calif., May 22, 2008

2000Joel J. Greene ’05, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 23, 2008

David L. Zwerneman ’05, Spalding, April 29, 2008

keep Your Alma Mater Informed!

Please notify the Alumni Office of your new

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marriage or career changes for our records.alumni@uidaho.edu or

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Dear Friends of IdahoIn this issue of Idaho Outlook, we at Gift Planning Services are reminded that frequently, the simplest

method of doing something is also the most effective. Complexity can be avoided and simplicity is a goal in itself. A very straight forward approach may seem less glamorous and less dramatic, but the trivial approach should indeed be taken when it can have a dramatic impact on your philanthropic goals.

Supporting the University of Idaho is no different. We would like to provide each of you some ideas of how you can be a big help to us here at the University of Idaho without stretching your daily financial budget beyond your means. In one method, you will not even need to change your daily finances at all.

So please take a moment to consider some simpler planned gifts and call our office should you need further assistance.

Pete Volk, Robert Scholes, Director of Gift Planning Services Associate Director

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Todd Kuiken, Otis Livingston and Dayaldas Meshri were inducted into the Alumni Association Hall of Fame in May. They are recognized as alumni who have achieved national or international distinction by their accomplishments.

Dr. Todd kuiken• DirectoroftheNeuralEngineering

Center for Artificial Limbs and Director of Amputee Services at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Ill.

• ProfessorandresearcheratNorthwestern University, Evanston/Chicago, Ill.

• Globalleaderinthedesignandimplementation of new prosthetic systems that include thought-controlled artificial limbs

• GrandAwardwinnerforBestNew Technology of 2005, Popular Science magazine

• AttendedIdahofrom1978-81What are some of your best memories of Idaho?

“I had a ball. I busted out of my background in conservative Twin Falls and just had a great time. The people were friendly. The thing that stands out is just how friendly the faculty were. I went on to larger, maybe more prestigious universities, but never had the same feel and approachability to the faculty. I was doing research as a freshman and that’s almost unheard of. It was a great time in my life.”On being inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame

“It’s a very great honor and I’m much appreciative. It’s also like coming home for me, and the closing of a circle. Professor Joe Cloud was my first true science mentor and coming back and visiting with him – it’s really neat.”

Otis Livingston ’91• Sportsanchorfor“Todayin

New York” on WNBC-TV in New York City

• CoveredsportingeventsincludingOlympic Games, Stanley Cup finals, the World Series and the U.S. Open Tennis championships

• Earnedabachelor’sdegreeintelecommunications from Idaho

• Teamcaptainonthe1990men’sbasketball team and helped lead Idaho to the NCAA Tournament

On being a student-athlete“College sports taught me a lot

about competition; about going for what you want and hard work. I came here as an athlete and thought I would go on to play professionally. Then I got slapped by reality and realized that it wasn’t going to happen. I had professors here that steered me in the right direction –Allen Lifton and Roy Atwood. Lifton taught me about the real world because he worked in broadcasting. He was always a guy I could lean on to talk about things. He’s still one of my good friends to this day.”On being inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame

“It’s really special. I thought I would be best remembered as an athlete, and to be recognized for something beyond my athletic career is, well, it’s humbling. It’s awesome. It means I’ve been able to go on and perform at a high level in another area of my life.”

Dayaldas Meshri ’68• PresidentandCEOofAdvance

Research Chemicals in Tulsa, Okla., one of the world’s largest producers of custom fluorine-based chemicals.

• Earnedhisdoctoraldegreeinchemistry at Idaho

• Memberofboardofdirectorsfor the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology and the American Institute of Chemists

On the perils of chemistry at Idaho"President Kennedy’s goal was

to put a man on the moon, and researchers were looking for new rocket fuels. We were working with very unstable compounds. I had an explosion and ended up with plexiglass in my face and chest. They took me to the student infirmary and put me in a tub and five or six nurses came with tweezers to pull out the glass. They called my wife, we were married only three days and she had just come from India, and she just cried and thought I was going to die. But I was fine. Later, I worked for a company and was developing a material for lithium batteries. Every day for six months I had an explosion. This is the life of an experimental chemist who tries new energetic materials.” On being in the Alumni Hall of Fame

“I’ve very excited. I brought my whole family here, even my grandchildren. I want them to see how beautiful Idaho is, and how great the school is, and how the teachers treated us like family and inspired us. This is the place you want to be. If you work hard, the sky is the limit.” I

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Future University of Idaho Students

$1,000 scholarship tomorrow

Dennie L. Byram Scholarship Endowment

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StrengthenYourInvestment Througha“Flex”Endowment

An endowment is a permanent fund for your gift to the University of Idaho. Endowments are the lifeblood of our private support initiatives and the principal is designed to never be depleted. The endowed funds are held and managed in the University of Idaho’s Consolidated Investment Trust (CIT) and are invested with the objective of

optimizing total return—growth in principal as well as income for expenditure. These funds often make the difference between a good program and a great one. A minimum of $25,000 activates an endowment. To hedge against inflation, 4.5% of the return on principal from the account is distributed to the programs designated by the donor, the balance of the earnings are re-invested in the principal ensuring its continuance in perpetuity.

“Flexible” endowments are a form of planned giving allowing highly motivated donors to give endowment-level funding to a program at the University of Idaho before they are able to gift the entire $25,000 required to establish an endowment. The donor commits to giving the University of Idaho the amount required to establish an endowment and makes the gift payments in a schedule that fits their personal situation. In the meantime, because the endowment is not yet fully funded the donor makes a much smaller annual gift of the amount the endowment would have generated each year until the endowment principle is fully funded. This way the donor can see his or her gift in action right away.

To learn how a "flex" endowment can work for a program that interests you, contact the University of Idaho Foundation Office of Gift Planning Services.

Dennie Byram – Creating a Flexible EndowmentDennie Byram ’58 grew up in the small town of Edwall, Washington,

southwest of Spokane. He came to the University of Idaho in 1953 as an out-of-state student to study forestry, with the desire of becoming a forest ranger. However, when the dean told him there were limited job opportunities, Dennie changed his major to agriculture. An adviser in the Dairy Science Department took him under his wing and helped Dennie plan a curriculum that allowed him to progress toward a degree.

As an upperclassman, Dennie felt the pinch of paying out-of-state tuition. Out of necessity, he moved out of Chrisman Hall into the Presbyterian Church, along with several other students. Dennie graduated from the University of Idaho in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in animal science and an emphasis in dairy science.

For more than 20 years, Dennie has made it a practice to consistently “give back” to his alma mater. His generosity includes creating a "flex" endowment.

“This endowment is created to recognize my affiliation with the University of Idaho and the impact of higher education on my life. My purpose for creating this fund is to provide scholarships for students who find themselves in the same situation that I found myself in as an upperclassman – I ran low on funds to finish my education. The Dennie L. Byram Scholarship Endowment is intended to provide scholarships for deserving students at the University of Idaho who need additional funding to complete their undergraduate degree.”

Thanks to a "flex" endowment, Dennie has committed to a pledge of $24,000 payable over six years to the University of Idaho Foundation to permanently fund the endowed scholarship. Until his endowment is fully funded, Dennie also is providing an additional annual gift of $1,000 to award his scholarship to a deserving student today. At the end of six years, the endowment will have a principal balance of $24,000 plus all reinvested earnings to fund the $25,000 endowment.

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$4,000 f or six years plus earnings$1,000 scholarship TODAY!

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Emily Halliday ’08

Achieve My Goals“The Dennie L. Byram Scholarship

Endowment enabled me to complete my final year of education and receive my degree in dietetics. I am very appreciative of Mr. Byram. Because of his generosity, it allowed me to achieve my career goals. Currently, I am studying for the Registered Dietitian Exam to obtain my license. Receiving this scholarship also inspired my sense of community and a desire to help people. In the future, I hope to work in a clinic in a hospital where I will be able to help those in need and give back just like Mr. Byram has given back to the University of Idaho.”

–Emily Halliday ’08

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WhereThere’saWill, There’saWay

A gift to the University of Idaho through your will or revocable living trust is a simple way you, the donor, can continue to support the University’s mission and make a difference in the lives of future generations. In addition

to supporting the University of Idaho, you preserve your philanthropic legacy by providing an example to your heirs of the values and ideals you hold dear.

With any bequest, you have the opportunity to direct the funds to support programs at the University that are important to you. Moreover, you can make a bequest without affecting your current assets, and because you retain control of your will, you may revoke the bequest at any time.

A charitable bequest in your will has numerous tax benefits. Your bequest is fully deductible from your taxable estate and lowers your federal estate taxes. It also may place your estate in a lower tax bracket. Additionally, your bequest is exempt from state inheritance tax.

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flourished in his career. Before graduating, he was able to interview on campus and get a job with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was the first step of many in his career that has taken him to his current position as chief information officer at North Pacific Group in Portland, Oregon.

Fred and Cherie keep the University of Idaho tradition alive in their family. They are blessed with two daughters, Natalie and Allison. Cherie reminisces about Fred singing them to sleep with the Idaho fight song. Now, the family makes pilgrimages to Moscow several times each fall to cheer on the Vandals at home football games. While they live in the land of the Oregon State Beavers and the University of Oregon Ducks, Natalie and Allison still wear the Vandal colors with pride when they are asked to wear their favorite university colors during spirit week at school. As Fred says, “the silver and gold run through all our veins!”

Fred and Cherie believe that their children will learn from their example and continue to give back to the communities and causes to which they are close. For Natalie and Allison, this will include the University of Idaho if they choose to become fourth-generation Vandals. While the Ponds donate to a number of other charitable organizations, the University of Idaho always will hold a special place in their hearts and in their final will.

“For me,” says Fred, “the frosting on the cake when I’m gone will be to leave a generous endowment to the University for the next generation of Vandals.”

BequestsThere are many ways to give

through a bequest – that’s why it is one of the most popular and flexible means of giving. A bequest is simply a provision in either your will or revocable living trust which provides that all or a portion of your estate is to pass to the University of Idaho. Here are just a few examples.

Specific Bequest states a certain amount of money or property you wish to give. …“I give and bequeath ten thousand dollars ($10,000) [or all of my Microsoft stock] to the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc.”

Partial Residuary Bequest gives the University a percentage of the estate that is not specifically devised in the will. …“I give and bequeath ten percent (10%) of the residue of my estate of the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc.”

Full Residuary Bequest gives the University the remaining portion of the estate that is not specifically devised in the will. …“I give, devise and bequeath the rest, residue and remainder of my estate to the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc.”

Contingent Bequest are only carried out if circumstances make it impossible to carry out a primary bequest. … “If my nephew does not survive me or is unable to inherit this bequest, I direct that it be paid to the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc.”

Drawing up a will is a wise step in financially planning for you and your family, as well as for any charitable organizations you support. A will allows you – and not state laws – to determine the distribution of your estate upon your death. When providing for your family and charitable organizations, you should always consult with an attorney and review the contents of your will or living trust regularly.

Will the Legacy Continue? A Charitable Bequest

Fred ’83 and Cherie Pond believe it is important to invest in the future. In doing so, they have left a charitable bequest in their will to the University of Idaho. For Fred, the devotion to the University of Idaho has a long history. Fred’s grandmother, both of his parents, and both his sisters attended the University of Idaho. He is a third-generation Vandal.

“Idaho was a part of growing up,” Fred recalls. “I learned the fight song as a kid attending road football games against ISU in Pocatello and Weber State in Ogden, Utah.”

Fred earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the College of Business and Economics in 1983. In his senior year, he received an accounting scholarship from the Presnell Gage accounting firm in Lewiston. The scholarship eased the stresses of his final year and allowed him to devote a significant amount of time to prepare for his CPA exam. Without the scholarship and the solid education he received from the University of Idaho, he may never have

Don’tForgetAboutIRAGifts

In May 2008, the House approved H.R. 6049, the Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008. This would extend the IRA Charitable Rollover, as included in the Pension Protection Act of 2006, through December 31, 2008. However, in June, two attempts to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6049 failed to get the requisite 60 votes in the Senate. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada reserved the right to bring the bill up again at a later date.

Even though Congress has yet to extend the IRA Rollover provision, which expired on December 31, 2007, donors age seventy and older should still consider IRA gifts. Even though we cannot promote IRA Rollovers right now – at least not until new legislation is passed and enacted – we would like to remind donors to consider naming the University of Idaho as a beneficiary on their IRA. Please understand that the University of Idaho – as a tax-exempt charity – will pay no taxes on these IRA distributions, which will be taxed for all non-charitable beneficiaries.

IRA gifts by beneficiary designation are easy to set up. You merely obtain a Change of Beneficiary Form, fill out the beneficiary section, sign it, and send it back to the company. You can leave any percentage of your IRA to the University of Idaho. This is not a choice between making a charitable gift and leaving assets to family members. You can do both. Even a 5 percent share of an IRA can be a very nice gift. These IRA beneficiary gifts are a great way to arrange for a planned gift. To find out more, please contact the University of Idaho Gift Planning Services.

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Ensurethe FutureoftheUniversityofIdaho

When you first bought a life insurance policy, you had a purpose in mind – probably to help ensure the financial stability of your family

should something happen to you or your spouse. Have your circumstances changed since then?

Life insurance can be a tool with many purposes. For example, it can provide liquidity for paying taxes and other expenses at death. You may be surprised to learn that some of the most satisfying uses for life insurance policies are connected with charitable giving.

If you have an old life insurance policy you no longer need, you might contribute it to a charitable cause in which you believe, such as the University of Idaho. Purchasing a new policy and naming the University of Idaho Foundation as beneficiary is another possibility. This often makes a significant future gift feasible and affordable, especially for younger donors.

Perhaps you are considering a sizable bequest to the University of Idaho, provided your family’s future inheritance is not affected. Life insurance can play a part in meeting this goal, too, by replacing for your heirs the amount donated. This versatility of life insurance makes revisiting its uses a good idea.

There are three simple ways to support the University of Idaho through a gift of life insurance:• NametheUniversityofIdahoFoundationasownerand

irrevocable beneficiary of a whole life policy that is paid up. You will be entitled to a charitable income tax deduction for the value of the policy at the time of the transfer.

• NametheUniversityofIdahoFoundationasownerandirrevocable beneficiary of a whole life policy on which you still are making payments. You will be entitled to a charitable income tax deduction for both the policy’s value and for subsequent premium payments.

• NametheUniversityofIdahoFoundationasbeneficiaryof a term or whole life policy, but retain ownership for yourself. While this gift will not result in income tax deductions, your estate will receive an estate tax charitable deduction for the amount of the whole life policy’s proceeds given to the University of Idaho Foundation. One of your fellow Vandals, Greg Kimberling of

Moscow, did just that; he made a simple gift with one of his life insurance policies. All he had to do was contact his insurance agent and change the named beneficiary to the University of Idaho Foundation. That’s it! It cost him nothing to change the beneficiary and the policy was already paid up so he did not have to come up with any further funds to make a gift.

Despite its simplicity, it will make a big impact here at the University of Idaho in the years to come. Greg was looking for a way to support his favorite area here at Idaho, the Vandal Scholarship Fund, and this was it.

As Greg said, “It was not a big deal for me to give the life insurance policy. I can’t use it anymore and I can’t take it with me, so it might as well go to the place that I support; the University of Idaho.”

Russell L. Chrysler served as chair of the Business Department from 1969-74 and dean of the College of Business in 1970-71.

MuchSimplerthanitSounds–CharitableRemainderUnitrust

Professor Emeritus Russell Chrysler is setting the standard for what can be accomplished by donating to the University of Idaho. Chrysler earned his bachelor of business administration and master of art degrees from the University of Minnesota. His master’s degree was funded by and dependent upon scholarships he received from the Advertising Club of Minneapolis. After he earned his doctoral degree from Northwestern University, Chrysler joined the University of Idaho in 1959 as a professor of marketing. He twice served as the Business Department

chairman and also served as the dean of the College of Business from 1970-71. He retired in 1974.

In preparing for the future, Chrysler wanted to provide for both his children and the University of Idaho. He created a charitable remainder unitrust in connection with his will. When the will disburses, certain assets will be placed into the unitrust, which in turn will make annual payments to his children, based on the income of the trust. The payments to his children will continue for the rest of their lives.

Once his children have passed, the unitrust will disburse into the Chrysler Marketing Scholars’ Endowment Fund that, eventually, will fund scholarships for marketing students. In this way, Chrysler is able to specifically support the programs he feels important.

Marketing is “quite broad” he says, because it includes advertising, retailing and market management. At any time, Chrysler noted, over one-third of the U.S. labor force is engaged in some division of marketing. It is no wonder that Chrysler’s support continues in a field to which he has dedicated his life’s work.

In donating to the University, Chrysler hopes his philanthropic legacy will inspire others similarly devoted to education to help support future students and education facilities. He knows firsthand how donations and scholarships can shape a student’s future, as he himself received a scholarship that funded his master’s degree. Professor Chrysler’s donation will set in motion a chain of events that can change people’s lives. His desire is that this chain will not stop with him, but continue on into the future.

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WaystoGiveThroughYourEstatePlanThere are many ways you can support the University of Idaho in addition to an outright gift. Below is a brief listing of how you can participate in this vital component of the University of Idaho’s mission.

Type What is it?What are the tax benefits? What are some other benefits?

Bequest in Will or Revocable Living Trust

A gift you make by naming the University of Idaho in your will for a certain dollar amount, percentage or the residuary.

Reduces size of taxable estate. Gives you flexibility in providing for family needs first. You become a member of our Heritage Society.

Charitable Gift Annuity

A contract in which the Foundation agrees to pay you back a percentage of your gift annually for your lifetime.

Immediate income tax deduction for part of gift’s value, capital gains spread out over life expectancy, a portion of the income is tax-exempt.

Gives you and/or another beneficiary a set income for life. Heritage Society membership.

Life Insurance Gift

A gift of an existing or new policy with the Foundation named as beneficiary and owner.

Immediate income tax deduction for gift’s value, plus possible estate tax savings.

Provides a way to make a significant gift with minimal capital outlay. Heritage Society membership.

Retirement Plan Gift

A gift made by naming the Foundation as remainder beneficiary after your death.

Heirs avoid income tax and possible estate tax.

Preserves 100 percent of plan’s value and allows you to leave heirs other, less costly bequests. Heritage Society membership.

Retained Life Estate

A donation of your home or farm, but with the right to remain there.

Immediate income tax deduction for the charitable value of the gift, plus no capital gains tax due.

Allows you to live in your home or farm and still receive charitable deduction; assures immediate passage of title on your death. Heritage Society membership.

Charitable Remainder Trust

A trust that pays a set or variable income to you or those you name before the University receives remainder.

Income tax savings from deduction, no capital gains tax liability, possible estate tax savings.

Provides guaranteed annual income that could increase if trust value increases. Heritage Society membership.

Charitable Lead Trust

A trust that pays the University an income for a period of years before you or heirs receive the trust remainder.

Gift or estate tax savings for value of payments made to a charity.

Allows you to pass assets to heirs intact at reduced or even no estate or gift tax. Heritage Society membership.

Wealth Replacement Trust

Life insurance for your heirs to replace the asset funding your charitable gift.

When properly established through a trust, the insurance passes to heirs estate-tax free.

Tax savings and cash flow from a life income plan may be enough to pay the premiums. Heritage Society membership.

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Please let us know if you have remembered the University of Idaho in your estate plans.

Pete VolkDirector

E-mail: pvolk@uidaho.eduOffice: (208) 885-5760

Robert ScholesAssociate Director E-mail: rscholes@uidaho.eduOffice: (208) 885-5371

Office of DevelopmentGift Planning Services

PO Box 443201Moscow, ID 83844-3201Phone: (208) 885-1201

Toll Free: (866) 671-7041Fax: (208) 885-4483

www.uidaho.edu/givetoidaho

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Idaho Outlook

Vandal All-AmericansThe Vandal men’s track and field team had a great showing at the NCAA

Outdoor Championships held at Des Moines, Iowa, in June. The Vandal men finished 18th in the team rankings and Marcus Mattox, Russ Winger and Elvie Williams earned All-American honors. Mattox took ninth in the hammer throw, Williams took fourth in the long jump, and Winger took fifth in the discus and third in the shot put.

Bob Curtis to Receive Chris Schenkel AwardFormer Idaho broadcaster Bob Curtis, who called a remarkable 540

consecutive football games over a career that spanned more than 50 years, is co-recipient of the National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame Chris Schenkel Award. Curtis will be honored at the NFF annual awards dinner Dec. 9 at New York’s Waldorf Astoria.

Curtis first broadcast Vandal athletics events in 1947 and continued in that role until he retired after the 2004 football season. He also broadcast men’s basketball games. Curtis is a member of the Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame.

Basketball NewsDon Verlin has

joined the University of Idaho family as head coach of the Vandal men’s basketball program. Verlin, who was the longest tenured assistant coach in Utah State history, brings his offensive expertise from the fifth-winningest Division I basketball program of the decade.

The offensive guru for the Aggies, Verlin has been a key component in Utah State’s nine successive post-season appearances and nine-successive 20-plus-win seasons. In his 16 years at the NCAA level, Verlin’s teams have won 73 percent of their games and over the past 20 years his teams have 467 victories. The teams with which he has been involved never have had a record below .500.

The Idaho women’s basketball team welcomes a new face to the sidelines in head coach Jon Newlee. Newlee has a history of turning around struggling programs, the most recent being Idaho State, which he had led to the postseason four of the past five seasons. Newlee has brought a pair of assistant coaches from ISU in Gavin Petersen and Christa Sanford. Sanford is very familiar with the Palouse, as she starred at Pullman High School during her prep career.

Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame Induction

Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame Weekend 2008 is Sept. 12-13. The dinner and induction ceremony, which will honor the remaining members of the charter class, are Friday, Sept. 12, at the Student Union Ballroom. The Hall of Fame game vs. Western Michigan is at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. Public reservations to the dinner, which are $175 per couple and $100 for an individual, will be accepted in August either by RSVP card or by calling (208) 885-0245.

Don Verlin

Jon Newlee

Marcus Mattox Russ Winger Elvie Williams

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Ask Carl Kiilsgaard ’50 whether he wore a facemask in the late 1940s and the 83-year-old Moscow resident issues a chuckle that sounds a little like a growl.

“Your facemask was your forearm,” says Kiilsgaard, a Vandal Hall of Fame lineman who played in the NFL.

Jim Prestel ’60, another Hall of Fame lineman who played pro football, wore three different facemasks at Idaho. First came a clear, Lucite mask worn directly on the face that had a nasty habit of fogging up and cracking. When Prestel, now 71 and living in Parker, Colo., was cut on the face by a shard, he switched to a single-bar facemask. By his senior year, Prestel sported a full cage that’s a first cousin to what players today wear.

Shoulder pads, first sewn into wool jerseys, evolved into the light, strong, cantilevered plates of today that absorb the shock of a hit. Pants, which once had cane strips sewn into the front for protection, added pads to protect thighs, knees, hips and shins.

The earliest college football uniforms were one-piece canvas coveralls worn over long-sleeved wool sweaters, says Kent Stephens, museum curator for the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., but heavy, tight-fitting synthetics became the norm in the 1950s. They gave way to flimsy tear-away jerseys, which were discarded in the 1970s for see-through mesh and eventually led to today’s breathable synthetic blends.

What is cool in one era may seem silly later. In the 1930s, three odd vertical stripes adorned the front of Vandal jerseys for a while, leather strips added to help players hang onto the ball. It didn’t work, but those stripes remained for several years because they seemed fashionable.

Swoosh!Vandals Enter the Nike EraBY DON SHELTON

asUniversityofIdahofootball

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2008,fansmaynoticesome

differences.ThatNikeswoosh,abitmore

gold,thesizeoftheIdahoscript.

“Somewherebetweensubtleand

significant,”ishowIdahoathleticdirector

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logoinsports.Willalogomakeour

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themselvesandprovideafreshoutlook.”

Theswitchinsponsorsisthelatest

inaseriesofchangesforIdahofootball.

Everyautumncollegeprogramstweak

logos,redesignuniformsandtryoutnew

gear.Viewedoverthe115-yearhistory

ofVandalfootball,thoseadvances

marknotonlytheevolutionofIdaho

footballbuttheprofoundtechnological

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Without Nike to outfit teams, budgets were as tight as jerseys. Tears are still repaired today, but back then, uniforms were worn almost until they disintegrated. Jerry Kramer ’58, a Hall of Fame lineman who became an NFL legend, still has one of his ratty Green Bay Packers jerseys.

“It must have 25 different tears that were mended,” said Kramer, now 72 and living in Boise. “The game was different. Teams didn’t have much money.”

Shoes have used cleats of wood, rubber, metal and plastic. Black high tops retreated down the ankle, turned white and now come in a rainbow of colors. Today’s shoes, built for artificial-turf fields like that in the Kibbie Dome, look like fashionable sneakers.

Wayne Walker ’58, another Vandal Hall of Famer with a long NFL résumé, preferred black three-quarter tops to the high-top “Frankenstein boots” lineman often wore.

“They looked cool,” says the 71-year-old Boise resident, “and I looked faster.”

Flip Kleffner loved black high tops made of kangaroo leather. “Good stuff,” Kleffner says. “It’s light and forms to your foot.”

Mouthpieces, wrist bands, gloves and even eye black have become fashion accessories. Burned cork and grease smeared under eyes to reduce glare have given way to decals with school logos and hip symbols.

Just as surprising is the equipment that today’s football players don’t wear to protect that most sensitive of male areas. Alas, athletic supporters and cups have joined leather helmets on football’s trash heap. Nearly all players now wear Spandex girdles - think bike shorts with pockets for thigh and hip pads.

1905 Idaho football player in uniform.

Flip Kleffner ’58 with two early Vandal football helmets. Kleffner remembers briefly wearing the helmet, left, in the 1950s. The helmet at right is from the 1920s.

Halfback Gene Bates in 1960.

1947, Coach “Dixie” Howell talks to Vandal football players.

The 1931 Idaho football team.

Historic pHotos courtesy oF speciAL coLLectioNs ANd ArcHiVes, uNiVersity oF idAHo LibrAry.

The 1893 Idaho football team. Idaho versus Washington State College, 1921.

A Stroll Down Vandal Football Memory LaneFrom dull wool jerseys to colorful synthetic mesh, from plain

leather headgear to shock-absorbing suspension helmets, football’s fashions march by. To this day, Vandal legends can recall what they wore, giving glimpses of the game at those moments, snapshots of bygone eras.

And awakening some powerful memories.Flip Kleffner ’58, a fullback/linebacker now in the Vandal Athletics

Hall of Fame, marvels at a flimsy leather helmet he acquired that was probably worn by his father, Sib ’26, another Hall of Famer.

“You can fold it up and put it into your pocket,” says Flip, now 75 and living in Moscow.

As a freshman in the fall of 1950, Kleffner remembers tugging on his first Idaho helmet – a strange marriage of a wood-fiber crown with leather flaps and straps. Before that first practice ended, a collision left his helmet dented and his ears ringing. He was issued a new plastic model –and a Vandal legend was born.

Plastic shells first used padding and suspension systems to absorb shock, but those gave way to polycarbon models with pockets of glycol or inflatable air.

Facemasks have undergone a similar evolution. For a half century, Idaho football was played largely without them, but broken noses and bloodied mouths throughout the college game led to helmets sprouting single bars, double bars and cages.

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oct. 24-25 Homecoming–“JoeVandalforPresident”

PhiDeltaThetacentennial

oct. 31-Nov. 2 SigmaAlphaEpsilonreunionandhousededication

NoVEMBERNov. 1 CollegeofBusinessandEconomicopenhouse,J.A.AlbertsonBuilding

Nov. 7 WomeninEngineeringDay

Nov. 8 FourthannualAlumniAssociationWineTastingCelebration,GlennsFerry

DECEMBERDec. 12 AlumniAwardsforExcellencebanquet

Dec. 13 DecemberCommencement

PLAN AHEADsept. 9, 2009 DepartmentofForestResourcescentennialkickoff

UpcomingeveNtS

EventsareinMoscowunlessstatedaselsewhere.Formoreinformationonalumnievents,gotowww.supportui.uidaho.edu

AUGUST/SEPTEMBERaug. 25 Fallsemesterbegins

aug. 29-31 MoscowVolunteerFireDepartment60-yearreunion

sept. 24 VandalNightattheIdahoShakespeareFestival,Boise

oCToBERoct. 1-4 AgDays

oct. 3-4 Dads’ Weekend AlphaPhi80thanniversary PhiGammaDelta1970sreunion

oct. 6 EngineeringCareerFairandEngineeringIndustryreception

oct. 8 Idaho-WSUCareerExpoofthePalouse

oct. 10-11 StudentMediareunioncelebrates110thyearoftheArgonaut

oct. 17 Women’sLeadershipConference

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Old-time Vandals scoff at some of these changes. Lyle Smith ’40, one of the oldest living Idaho football players at 92, can’t believe today’s trend toward multiple uniforms and helmets with crazy colors and fancy designs.

“Somebody’s gone off their rocker, haven’t they?” the Boise resident says with a laugh.

Walker, who missed only three games in 15 NFL seasons, remembers football of a simpler time when players rarely left the field, 250-pound linemen were monsters and slogging through ankle-deep mud was part of the game. Back then, even taping sprained ankles was a luxury.

“We couldn’t afford it,” Walker says. “We wrapped ankles with cloth and secured it with tape. That was standard procedure all four years.”

Fortunately, that has changed at Idaho. Athletic trainers closely monitor players’ injuries, and equipment is carefully fitted and maintained by Carlos Loaiza, director of equipment operations, who is responsible for about 20 employees and a six-figure equipment budget.

Irv Johnson, Idaho’s equipment manager from 1987 to 2001, screwed on facemasks and mended jerseys for hundreds of Vandals – so many that names sometimes escaped him.

“I couldn’t remember all their names, but I knew their helmet size, shoe size and number,” says the 69-year-old Moscow resident.

Johnson recalls some weird superstitions involving equipment. One coaching staff demanded new socks for each game and one obsessive-compulsive center couldn’t play without more air pumped into his suspension helmet.

“I can’t put any more air in there,” Johnson once complained. “I’d have to take some out and just put it back in.”

“That’d be fine,” the player replied. Powerful Idaho teams of the late 1980s and 1990s

insisted that at least one player practice in white pants even after gold ones arrived. That ritual ended when Tom Cable became coach in 2000.

“He said, ‘No more white pants’,” Johnson says, “and we started losing. We need to bring the white practice pants back.”

Win or lose, the incremental changes add up. John Friesz ’90, an All-American quarterback whose Idaho letterman’s jacket and helmet are displayed at the College Football Hall of Fame, has three sons playing youth football. Sometimes they look at their 41-year-old father’s Idaho helmet and make him feel like an old-timer.

“Wow, that looks really old, Dad,” one said to Friesz, a Vandal Hall of Famer living in Hayden.

Where will equipment take football in the future? Jim Parker, a helmet historian and managing partner for Helmet Hut, says high-tech helmets already are available that cost nearly $1,000 and include sensors to measure a blow and transmit a signal to trainers.

Parker says 10 years from now Idaho players may wear futuristic headgear that fit over the head and neck and sit on shoulders, much like astronauts and deep-sea divers. Neck injuries might be lessened because shoulders would absorb force.

It’s a far cry from the leather helmets Babe Caccia ’41 wore when he played at Idaho from 1938 to 1940. And

yet, for all the changes, it’s still basically the same game.

“Football is football,” says Caccia, now 90 and living in Pocatello. “It’s still blocking and tackling. You can say what you want, but if you can still do that, you can still play.”

No matter what you’re wearing. I

The 1971 Vandal football team were Big Sky Conference champions. The 8-3 record was the best in 77 years.

Ed Clauson, defensive tackle, 1967.

“Babe” Brown and Morris “Dusty” Kline in the 1920s.

Quarterback Gary Farnworth in 1960. 1992, Vandal Jeff Robinson pressures Eastern Washington University quarterback.

VANDAL PRIDE IN ARIzONAaug. 28 VandalAlumniandFriendsSocial6-8p.m.DFDInteriorArchitectureHaydenFerryLakeside60E.RioSaladoPkwy., Suite118,Tempe

aug. 29 Vandalfest6-8p.m. SamHughesChampionshipDining446N.CampbellAvenue,Tucson

aug. 30 Idahovs.UniversityofArizona,7p.m.VandalPre-Game4-7p.m.Marriott-UniversityPark880E.2ndStreet,Tucson

VANDAL PRIDE IN UTAHsept. 19Vandalfest6-8p.m.TheGrandAmericaHotel555S.Main,SaltLakeCity

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sept. 26 Vandalfest6-8p.m.DaveandBuster’s2931CaminodelRioN.,SanDiego

sept. 27 Idahovs.SanDiegoState, 5p.m.VandalPre-Game2-4:30p.m.Marriott–MissionValley8757RioSanDiegoDrive,SanDiego

VANDALOHA IN HAWAIINov. 21 VandalohaReception6-8p.m.OutriggerWaikikiontheBeachSuite123Deck

Nov. 22 Idahovs.UniversityofHawaii,6:05p.m.VandalTailgate3p.m.Visitingteamtailgatearea

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2008 VaNDal Footballaug. 30 – at University of arizona Vandal Pride Days in Arizona

sept. 6 – Idaho state University

sept. 13 – Western Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame Weekend

sept. 20 – at Utah state University Vandal Pride Days in Utah

sept. 27 – at san Diego state University Vandal Pride Days in Southern California

oct. 4 – University of Nevada Dads’ Weekend, Ag Days

oct. 11 – at Fresno state University Vandalfest in Fresno

oct. 18 – at louisiana tech University

oct. 25 – New Mexico state University Homecoming

Nov. 1 – san Jose state University Military Appreciation Day

Nov. 15 – boise state University

Nov. 22 – at University of Hawaii Vandaloha in Honolulu