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Engineering Outreach is evolving intothe digital age through its course

delivery conversion from videotape toDVD technology.

Each DVD includes:• High quality graphics, audio, video

and PowerPoint lecture notes.• A compact format resulting in higher

resolution courseware, enhancedscanning capabilities and the ability toplace three hours of lecture on a single disc.

• Internet supported components that are highlyinteractive.

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www.uidaho.edu/eo • 1-800-824-2889outreach@uidaho.edu

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

SPRING 2003 • VOLUME 20, NUMBER 2

University PresidentRobert A. Hoover

University Acting PresidentBrian Pitcher

Vice President for University AdvancementJoanne Carr

Director of UniversityCommunications and Marketing

Bob Hieronymus

Alumni Association PresidentJan Selberg

University of Idaho Foundation PresidentJ. Patrick McMurray

EditorJeff Olson

Magazine DesignJulene Ewert

IllustrationsNathan Nielson

Julene Ewert

Class Notes EditorAngela Helmke

Writers and ContributorsHugh Cooke

Kathy BarnardLeslie Einhaus

Karma Metzler FitzgeraldNancy Hilliard

Dan HuntJudy LaLonde

Greg M. LaraganBill LoftusJulie Pipal

Photographsas credited

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

Here We Have Idaho magazine is supported by privatefunds from the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc.Published three times a year in January, April and August,the magazine is free to alumni and friends of theuniversity. ❚ Send address changes to: PO Box 443147,Moscow, ID 83844-3147. ❚ Send information, Class Notesand correspondence regarding alumni activities to:Angela Helmke, Alumni Office, University of Idaho, POBox 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232. ❚ Send editorialcorrespondence to: University Communications andMarketing, University of Idaho, PO Box 443221,Moscow, ID 83844-3221; phone (208) 885-6291; fax (208)885-5841; e-mail uinews@uidaho.edu.

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

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8 Lionel Hampton CenterThe dream is becoming a reality

10 President’s Annual Report2002 — the year in review

13 Research UniversityUI moves into the fast lane

16 NIATTTransportation research that moves you

24 Slinging HashThe history of hashers

26 UI in BoiseAll in the family

Departments

5 Calendar of Events

6 Campus News

9 Quest

31 Class Notes

36 Vandal Sports

38 To Be Considered

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‘Vandal Spirit’ is a tall bearded iris developed by hybridizer Robert Schreiner of Salem, Ore.Schreiner named the iris for its black and gold colors and released it for sale in 1988 to honor theUniversity of Idaho Centennial. It is no longer commercially available. However, the iris can beseen on campus in front of the Administration Building when it blooms in mid to late May.

This watercolor painting is by Marie H. Whitesel ’38. Her watercolor paintings depicting Idaholandscapes have been shown at the New York World’s Fair and the Denver Art Museum, as wellas many shows at the UI Student Union Building and Idaho Commons. She also is an active UIsupporter, and serves on several university and college advisory boards.

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July - August

COMING EVENTS

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May

September - October

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○ ○ ○ ○ CommencementsMay 8 UI-Idaho Falls

May 10 UI-Boise

May 12 UI-Coeur d’Alene

May 17 UI-Moscow

June 3-6 — FFA Career Development EventJune13-14 — McCall alumni gathering withVandal/Bronco Golf ChallengeJune 19 — Seattle alumni gathering with SeattleMariners vs Anaheim Angels at Safeco Field

June 20-July 27 — Idaho Repertory TheaterJune 23-28 — State 4-H ConventionJune 23-July 11 — 50th Public UtilitiesExecutives Course

July 28 — Buhl Pig OutAug. 25 — Fall semester begins

Aug. 30 — Seattle alumni gathering withSeattle Mariners vs Baltimore Orioles atSafeco Field, 1:05 p.m.

Aug. 30 — Football - UI vs. WashingtonState University at Seattle

Sept. 5-6 — Dads’ WeekendOct. 11 — Homecoming

From thePresident

From itsinception asIdaho’s land-grantinstitution, theUniversity of Idahohas been chargedwith thedevelopment anddissemination of new knowledge. Formore than a century, UI faculty membersand students have spent a portion oftheir time conducting research in everyacademic area — agriculture andengineering, education and the socialsciences, business and law, and the artsand humanities.

Today, UI is ranked among the topresearch institutions in the country. Inmost cases, that research is not supportedwith state dollars, but with grant andcontract dollars UI faculty havecompeted for and won. In fact, weanticipate topping $100 million incompetitive external grants and contractsthis fiscal year.

This issue of “Here We Have Idaho”celebrates those research accomplish-ments. UI research is one of the state’slarger economic enterprises. It is theequivalent of a $100-million businessthat impacts every major industry in thestate. It employs more than 3,500 peopleat locations throughout Idaho. It is keyto the economic development of thestate, and it enriches the education ofstudents, both undergraduate andgraduate.

A primary goal of the UI’s StrategicPlan is to be “globally competitive inselected areas of research.” Thanks to thesupport of our faculty, staff and studentswe are making measurable progresstoward accomplishing that goal.

I also want to recognize anothersegment of our UI community; the menand women serving in the armed forceswho have been called to action in the warin Iraq.

Their commitment to our countryand our freedoms is immeasurable, andour thoughts are with them and theirfamilies.

Brian PitcherActing President

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TODAY@IDAHOFor daily UI news stories, go to

www.today.uidaho.edu

University of Idaho alumnae andstudents gathered in February to celebrateand reminisce 50 years of life in theEthel Steel House, Idaho’s onlyremaining “cooperative” residence hall.Steel House opened in 1953 and waspatterned after the earlier men’sengineering cooperative that began duringthe Depression.

College of Agricultural and LifeSciences Dean Larry Branen hasstepped down. He has begun a new role asa research faculty member in UI’s Centerfor Advanced Microelectronics andBiomolecular Research (CAMBRE) atCoeur d’Alene. Branen also will continueas an associate vice president for researchand outreach.

Michael Weiss is serving as acting deanwhile the college conducts a search for anew dean.

The College of Education hasbeen awarded $3 million in federalDepartment of Education grants to helpadults in Idaho and 10 Northwest Nationsachieve their higher-education dreams.Counselors in Coeur d’Alene, Moscowand Boise will assist eligible participantswith career advice, financial aidinformation, and assistance to apply forcollege.

The first building of theUniversity Place project in Boisenow is under construction. With theslowing economy and questions over theproject’s financing, UI is considering waysof phasing the proposed six-building, $135million complex over a longer period oftime. The State Board of Education hascommissioned an independent review ofthe financing and management of theproject.

The Spokane Joint TerrorismTask Force arrested a UI graduatestudent in late February. Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, a 33-year-old Ph.D. student incomputer science, was charged with sevencounts of visa fraud and four counts ofmaking false statements regarding his rolewith the Detroit, Michigan-based IslamicAssembly of North America. A federalcourt trial in Boise is pending.

Chair Affair winners are sitting prettyTwo architecture students designed their way to top awards at the 2002 Chair

Affair competition in Boise.Nathan Fox of Spokane, Wash., received the “Best Creative Design” Award. Amy

Jacobsen of Oregon City, Ore., won the “Best Sculptural Design” Award. The chairswere created in a furniture design class taught by Steve Thurston.

Fox designed a chair with a mahogany frame supported by a seat of nails featuring agrid panel with long, steel spikes penetrating upward on one-inch centers. “The resultis a paradoxical statement of perceptual discomfort and spiritual endurance,”Thurston said. “It also is a legitimate scientific study of pressure points, delivering trueand elegant comfort.”

Jacobsen designed a chair with four elfin, aluminum legs that stretch out and gripthe floor while supporting a delicately rotund, white vinyl body.

The Chair Affair is an annual design competition hosted by the Interior Designersof Idaho. Each year, a small jury of design industry professionals decide the winners.Submissions are received from design students and professionals from throughout theNorthwest.

More students — quality studentsEnrollment for spring semester is up by approximately 4.2

percent, and the majority of that growth is in areas where the UI hasthe most capacity — upper division and graduate courses. Statewideenrollment grew from 11,949 last spring to 12,446 this spring. It isthe first time spring enrollment at the institution has topped the12,000 mark.

UI also enrolled eight new National Merit Scholarship recipientsthis year. That is the third highest enrollment of these high-achievingstudents at public universities in the Pacific Northwest.

It brings the total of National Merit Scholars enrolled at UI to 31.12,4

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Shreeve appointed to chairPresident’s Committee onthe National Medal of Science

President George W. Bush has

appointed Jean’ne M. Shreeve, a UI

professor of chemistry, to serve as

chairman of the President’s

Committee on the National Medal of

Science through 2004.

The committee nominates

recipients of the nation’s highest

honor for scientists. Shreeve, a 42-

year member of the UI faculty,

presided over the university’s

research endeavors for 12 years

until 2000 when she stepped down

as vice president for research and

graduate studies to return to the

laboratory.

The University Research

Foundation recently licensed the use

of a patented process developed by

Shreeve and colleagues to

manufacture reagents useful in the

manufacture of chemicals,

agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Her accomplishments in fluorine

chemistry have led to more than 340

refereed technical publications, and

several national and international

awards for teaching and research.

Survey says “UI has quality education”According to a recent survey, 96 percent of graduating seniors at the University

of Idaho are “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the quality of education they receivedat the University of Idaho.

This year, 92 percent of the 1,487 eligible seniors applying for a degree fromAugust or December 2001 and May 2002 completed the survey. The university hasconducted the Graduating Senior Survey since 1992.

Student loans, summer job earnings and parents/guardians continued to be theprimary source of funding for students pursuing an education. Even so, the numberof students receiving scholarships continues to rise. Fifty-three percent of thosesurveyed received scholarships. Eighty-three percent of graduating seniors polledwere “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with costs associated with attending theuniversity.

Additionally, the students were asked about their post-graduation plans. Thesurvey showed that 54 percent reported they expect to be “employed full-time intheir major field,” while 27 percent will continue their education at the graduatelevel or pursue certificates.

UI is economic powerhouse inLatah County

The University of Idaho is theleading industry in Latah County,contributing 49 percent — nearly $500million a year — in sales, according toan ecomomic impact study.

Commissioned by UI, the study wasconducted by Steven Peterson, researcheconomist for agricultural economics atUI and lecturer for the Department ofBusiness, and economics ProfessorMichael DiNoto, also in theDepartment of Business.

“The University of Idaho was thelargest component of the economicbase of Latah County,” the study reads.“Contributing 49 percent of all sales inLatah County ($499 million), 54percent of value-added output($348 million), 54 percentof the employment(10,288 jobs), 55percent of all earnings($261 million) and 47percent of indirectbusiness taxes ($18.5million).”

Overall, the researcherssay higher education — including UI,Washington State University andLewis-Clark State College — is a “billiondollar business” in Latah, Whitman,Nez Perce and Asotin counties. “Whenthe economic impacts of all the majorcolleges and universities of the QuadCounty region were totaled, theyproduced $1.131 billion in sales; $279million in value added; $585 million inearnings, and 24,097 jobs.”

UI celebrates 2003May Commencements

Four commencement ceremonies areplanned around the state to honorstudents receiving degrees at the end ofspring semester.

May 8 - UI Idaho Falls, 7:30 p.m.,Colonial Theater at the Willard Arts

Center. Speaker: Blake Hall,president of the State Board ofEducation. President’s Medallionrecipient: Idaho Falls MayorLinda Milam

May 10 - UI Boise, 3 p.m.,Boise Center on the Grove.President’s Medallion recipient:

Esther SimplotMay 12 - UI Coeur d’Alene, 7:30

p.m. NIC Schuler Auditorium in BoswellHall. Speaker: Coeur d’Alene MayorSandy Bloem. President’s Medallionrecipient: Father Tom Connelly

May 17 - UI Moscow, 9:30 a.m.,Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center. Speaker:Peggy Phillips, adviser to Amgen andformer vice president of Immunex.Honorary degree recipients: Don Jacklin,Doyle Jacklin, Duane Jacklin, GaryMichael and Sam Penney.

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Cesar Pelli & Associates of New Haven, Conn., will oversee the planning,design and construction of the $40 million Lionel Hampton CenterEducation and Performance Facility. The building will support the UI’s

Lionel Hampton School of Music, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and InternationalJazz Collections.

The architects delivered a pre-design concept of the new building and madecampus presentations in January and numerous presentations during the LionelHampton Jazz Festival.

The pre-design of the facility includes:• 70,000 square feet of space,• classroom and rehearsal spaces,• an interactive music library,• archival space for the International Jazz Collections,• Jazz Festival administrative offices,• a jazz café,• a Jazz Alley central hallway,• an education and performance hall with flexible seating for up to 800.The building will be located adjacent to the current Lionel Hampton School of

Music Building. An entrance on Blake Avenue will tie the academic programs tocampus. The performance hall will face Sweet Avenue, and provide a connection tothe community. The hall will become the primary venue for Lionel HamptonSchool of Music student, faculty and guest artist concerts.

In February, the Lionel Hampton Center received a $1.6 million federalappropriation from the U. S. Congress. Planning of the facility now will proceed tothe schematic design and design development phases, where design concepts will berefined, materials selected, and the building will begin to take final shape and form.

UI JoinsSmithsonian InstitutionAffiliations Program

The University of Idaho’s LionelHampton Center and College of Letters,Arts and Social Sciences have been acceptedinto the Smithsonian Institution AffiliationsProgram. Representatives from UI and theSmithsonian made the announcement duringthe UI’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival.

As an affiliate, UI will receive access tothe more than 142 million objects in theSmithsonian’s collections, which includesitems in the Jazz History Collection housedin the National Museum of AmericanHistory in Washington, D.C. The programallows affiliates to incorporate Smithsoniancollections into their exhibition, educationaland research efforts.

UI also can utilize Smithsonian outreachinitiatives, such as curriculum developmentfor local schools, traveling exhibitions,workshops and lectures given bySmithsonian scholars and scientists. Inaddition, the Smithsonian can provideexpertise in areas of conservation,collections care and exhibitiondevelopment.

The College of Letters, Arts and SocialSciences will be able to take advantage ofstudent internships and faculty researchopportunities. The International JazzCollections also will benefit from theaffiliation.

“Given the significant collection of jazzephemera at the Smithsonian, as well ashere at the International Jazz Collections,and the great scope of the humanities,history and arts represented in bothinstitutions, we are tremendously excitedabout the partnership opportunities thatcan occur as a result of our affiliate status,”said Lewis Ricci, director of theInternational Jazz Collections.

UI is the first Smithsonian affiliate inIdaho, and regionally it joins the NorthwestMuseum of Arts and Culture in Spokane,Wash., in the program.

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Space sproutsFarming in space will take more than

a green thumb. For one thing, pottingsoil is out.

UI soil physicist Markus Tuller isdigging into the problem as part of aninterdisciplinary team of researchersfrom Utah State, Kansas State and CaseWestern Reserve universities, theUniversity of Connecticut and NASA.

Tuller joined other team members atNASA’s Johnson Space Center inHouston this winter to begin testingsynthetic materials that might mimicfuture materials useful for growing plantsin space.

Past problems for microgravityfarming stemmed from air pocketsaround roots, which need contact withwater and nutrients.

The team started testing aboardNASA’s “Vomit Comet,” a jet aircraftflying steep parabolic arcs, capitalizing on25 seconds of near weightlessness duringeach diving descent.

Once the $1.5 million study of howpore sizes affect fluid flow and similarissues bears fruit, the team has a loftiergoal: building a rooting module to testaboard the International Space Station.

Fire and rainElemental conflicts such as fire

management and water use inWestern states reflect one basicfact: the collision betweenpeople’s desires andenvironmental realities. Thosecollisions will shape the region’s

future, notes Gary Machlis, UIprofessor of forest resources and

National Park Service visiting seniorscientist.

In February, Machlis led a symposiumhe organized for this year’s annualmeeting of the American Association forAdvancement of Science, which drew6,000 researchers to Denver in February.

UI forest ecologist Penelope Morgan,a member of the symposium panel, saidpeople’s actions and climate shifts havechanged the effects of forest fires and theregion’s ecosystems.

The West always has been and willremain a fire environment, Morgan said.People’s response should reflect boththat reality and that the region’secosystem has been altered.

Even ice capshave a climate

UI glaciologist Vladimir Aizenventured where few glaciologists havegone before in his quest to understandclimate change: the eastern Himalayas insouthern Tibet.

The six-week expedition in late 2002took Aizen, UI grad student DanielJoswiak and other scientists where Tibet,Myanmar and China intersect. The areais influenced by the Pacific and Indianoceans, making its massive ice cap aparticularly sensitive record of climatechange.

The region’s fate affects a large shareof the world’s population because theglaciers feed the headwaters of some ofAsia’s greatest rivers — India’sBrahmaputra, China’s Yangtze andMyanmar’s Mekong.

Southern Tibet contains some ofthe most extensive glaciation in theNorthern Hemisphere, Aizen said. Thedifficulty of reaching the area and

contested political boundaries deflectedearlier exploration.

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JanuaryA state holdback for fiscalyear 2002-03 resulted incolleges and divisions cuttingtheir budgets by between 5.5and 10 percent.

The Margaret Ritchie Schoolof Family and ConsumerSciences celebrates itscentennial year.

Benny and Mary AnneBlick of Castleford receive theAlumni Association’s Jim LyleAward for their dedication andservice to UI.

FebruaryThe Center for AdvancedMicroelectronicsBiomolecular ResearchCenter, led by Gary Maki,returns to UI, housed at the UIResearch Park in Post Falls. Thecenter will focus on electronicbiomolecular technologyresearch.

The Lionel Hampton Centerreceives a $1million federalappropriation to begin pre-design work on the plannedLionel Hampton CenterEducation and PerformanceFacility.

The Lionel Hampton JazzFestival is listed in the ChicagoTribune in the column “Lots todo in 2002.”

An economic impact study onthe jazz festival shows the four-day event pumps more than $4million into the regionaleconomy each year.

Student musicians from morethan 180 schools across theU.S. attend the LionelHampton Jazz Festival.Lionel Hampton makes his finalappearance on stage.

MarchThe Center for Research onProcesses in Evolution iscreated through a $10.2National Institutes for Healthgrant.

Steven B. Daley Laursenreturns to his alma mater asdean of the College of NaturalResources.

UI doctoral student DavidAlexander is one of 33students in the nation honoredas Outstanding Students of theYear by the U.S. Department ofTransportation.

A continuing budget shortfallresults in universityreorganization. A College ofScience is created byincorporating the College ofMines and Earth Resources withscience departments from theCollege of Letters and Science.Humanities programs in theCollege of Letters and Sciencejoin with the College of Art andArchitecture to become theCollege of Letters, Arts andSocial Sciences.

The Vandal Trolley debuts oncampus. It’s a 30-seat shuttle busthat runs on biodiesel fuel.

AprilMore than 150 faculty and staffopt for an early retirementprogram created to meetongoing budget problems.

Former ASUI Vice PresidentBuck Samuel is included inUSA Today’s annual “All-USACollege Academic” team, thenewpaper’s student recognitionprogram.

Helen Ruguru Muchira ofMoscow is named UI Mom ofthe Year.

Three students in the College ofNatural Resources receivenational Morris K. UdallFoundation scholarships.

2002 in ReviewPresident’s Annual Report

“Thanks to the hard work

of dedicated students,

faculty, staff, alumni and

other friends, we are

making steady progress on

accomplishing the goals of

the UI Strategic Plan.”

— Bob Hoover

“We can be proud of the

progress we’ve made in

the context of these

difficult times.”

— Bob Hoover

Benny and Mary Anne Blick

Jazz artist Russell MaloneVandal Trolley

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MayA. Larry Branen, UI vicepresident for outreach, andMaurice E. Johnson,extension professor ofagriculture emeritus, are initialinductees of the National 4-HHall of Fame.

More than 1,500 studentsreceive degrees at Maycommencement ceremoniesstatewide. Including degreesawarded at Decembercommencement ceremonies, thenumber of degrees for the yearis more than 2,460.

JuneJan Selberg of San Diego,Calif., is elected president of theUI Alumni Association.

UI Athletic Department launchesthe Vandal Victory campaignto build a financial foundation toguarantee long-term Division 1-Aviability and success.

Donald L. Burnett, Jr.becomes dean of the College ofLaw. National JuristMagazine lists the UI Collegeof Law among its Top 10 “BestSchools for Your Money.”

JulyPresident Bob Hooverannounces he will leave theinstitution within the next year. Aweek later, flanked by IdahoGov. Dirk Kempthorne,legislative leaders and membersof the Idaho Board of Education,Hoover says he’ll remain in hisposition.

UI Coeur d’Alene moves intonew facilities in the HarborCenter Building.

AugustPrivate giving to UI reached arecord high for fiscal year 2002— $32.7 million.

Renovation of the UniversityClassroom Center is put onhold because of the state budgetsituation. The poor physicalcondition of the facility forces itto go off line.

UI soil scientist Daniel Strawnreceives the Presidential EarlyCareer Award for Scientists andEngineers from PresidentGeorge W. Bush.

Fall enrollment is a record —12,423 students statewide.

Namesake for the UI’s School ofMusic and Jazz Festival, LionelHampton, passes away at age94 in New York City.

You no doubt have read felt the downturn in the

national economy and heard of its impact on

higher education. Those same conditions

impacted Idaho and the University of Idaho in 2002. It was a

year of dramatic funding challenges for all of state government,

including higher education. UI dealt with a 10 percent budget

cut and continues to struggle with ongoing funding issues.

In spite of those challenges, however, I am very pleased to

share with you a list of some very significant accomplishments

of 2002. Thanks to the hard work of dedicated students,

faculty, staff, alumni and other friends, we are making steady

progress on accomplishing the goals of the UI Strategic Plan —

to become a residential campus of choice, to become globally

competitive in selected areas of research and to expand our

outreach in both capacity and content.

Bob Hoover

Commencement College of Law earns top ranking

UI Coeur d’Alene

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DecemberUI alumnus J. Richard Rock,who was instrumental indeveloping the e-commercewebsite “eBay,” is theDecember Commencementspeaker. More than 650students are awarded degrees.

The Campaign for Idahocelebrates raising more than$128 million in four-and-one-half years. The original goalwas $100 million in six years.

SeptemberThe Jacklin Science andTechnology Building at theUI Research Park in Post Falls isdedicated.

UI alumnus Dale N.Bosworth, chief of the U.S.Forest Service, delivers theJames A. McClure Lecture onScience and Public Policy.

U.S. News & World Reportlists UI among the top national,doctoral-granting universities inthe country.

OctoberKiplinger’s PersonalFinance magazine ranks UIas one of America’s Top 50universities based on qualityand value.

English professors Kim Barnesand Mary Clearman Blewattend a White Housesymposium on “Women of theWest,” organized by First LadyLaura Bush.

UI’s fight song is rankedthe No. 1 college fight song inthe country by a PortlandOregonian columnist.

A ceremony is held marking thebeginning of construction of theLiving and LearningCommunity, a new campusresidential facility that will houseas many as 600 students.

Jenny Brooks, an interiorarchitecture student fromHelena, Mont., is chosenHomecoming Queen. JoshKing, an economics major fromSpokane, Wash., isHomecoming King.

The J.A. Albertson Building,home to the College of Businessand Economics, is dedicated. Itis the first campus building to befinanced entirely through privateand corporate donations.

NovemberUI receives a $4 million giftfrom Idaho rancher Harry Bettisand the Laura MooreCunningham Foundation. It is theyear’s largest contribution to UI.

Internationally recognizedarchitect Cesar Pelli is selectedto design the Lionel HamptonCenter Education andPerformance Facility.

For me, the crowning achievement of 2002

was being named among the Top 50 public

universities in the country by Kiplinger

Magazine. UI was ranked 48th in the nation

based on quality and value. Breaking into the

Top 50 reflects the ongoing growth and

improvement the university continues to make.

We can be proud of the progress we’ve made

in the context of these difficult times. It has

been a team effort that positions us well as the

future unfolds.

Sincerely,

Bob Hoover

Jacklin Science and TechnologyBuilding in Post Falls

J. A. Albertson Building dedication

Cesar Pelli

Bob and Jeanne Hoover

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UIresearch movesinto the fast lane

he stars are aligned to guide theUniversity of Idaho’s scientific andscholarly enterprise across a significantthreshold this fiscal year: $100 millionin research funding.

That’s nearly $2 million a week flowingthrough the university to destinationsthroughout Idaho. The projects range frombasic research that enhances our fundamentalunderstanding of the world to appliedresearch to answer specific problems.

Charles R. Hatch, UI vice president forresearch, expects the trend will hold throughJune, the end of the university’s fiscal year.“I’m pretty confident that we’ll make $100million,” he said. “The likelihood of usstaying on target is pretty good.”

That target was chosen five years ago whenthe university adopted its strategic plan,which set a goal for Idaho to join the nation’s

top researchuniversities. “Ifyou look at thelist of the top100 researchuniversities,”Hatch said, “youhave to be inexcess of $100million to getinto that group.”

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That strategic goal was set when theUI’s research enterprise generated $30 to$40 million a year in grants andcontracts. Hatch’s analysis of this year’sfunding so far shows the university willwin some $80 to $85 million incompetitive research funding by the fiscalyear’s end.

The addition of some $25 million inappropriated funding from state andfederal sources brings the $100 milliontarget well within reach.

The signs that this would be a bannerfiscal year started early. In July 2002, theUniversity Research Office booked$11,260,380 in grant awards, the firsttime UI posted a $10 million-plusmonth. October produced another.

Then January rolled in at more than$9 million, itself a record month in anyyear previous. Every month this year, infact, was a record setter. With nearly two-thirds of the year gone, Hatch began tofeel comfortable making his prediction.

The $100 million threshold, althoughclearly important and substantialfinancially, is less important than thestory behind it, Hatch believes.

Major grants during the year included$1.65 million to provide employeeeducation at the Idaho NationalEngineering and Environmental

Laboratory in eastern Idaho. A $925,000federal grant will support construction ofthe new UI Center for Science andTechnology there.

Other major projects include a$750,000 federal grant to establish theInternational Jazz Collections. Faculty inthe social sciences, business, arts and lawalso bring significant grants to campus tofund their scholarly work.

More than $1 million from the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency willfund the search for a fix toenvironmental selenium contamination.

The results resemble more a powerfulengine than a jackpot win. Still, goodfortune rewarded diligent work. Thereare large projects that dramatically raisedthe total. Four major projects from theNational Institutes of HealthInstitutional Development Awardprogram will contribute nearly $30million over the five-year span that beganin 2000.

The NIH grants focus on research asdiverse as infectious diseases andbioinformatics, the blending of computerscience and biology. Another projectfocuses on improving the statewidebiomedical research network throughcooperative efforts by UI, Idaho StateUniversity and Boise State University.

The grants also reflect the success ofthe statewide National ScienceFoundation-funded ExperimentalProgram to Stimulate CompetitiveResearch (EPSCoR), which buildsIdaho’s research capability and boosts thecompetitiveness of its researchers. NIH’sIDeA program is that agency’s version ofEPSCoR.

Last year, Idaho EPSCoR yielded $9million to support researchers statewidefocused on nanotechnology, neuro-fuzzysoft computing and biocomplexity inextreme environments.

Hatch notes prospects are good thatNSF’s budget will double during the nextfive years. That could help UI continueits growth, much as Congress’ decisionfour years ago to begin a five-yeardoubling of the National Institutes ofHealth budget.

Students statewide benefit from theNIH projects through paid researchfellowships to work with researchers inthe university laboratories for thesummer. Twenty-eight studentsparticipated last summer, earningstipends of $5,000 for their 10-weekresearch experiences. The payback maybe more tangible and immediate thanone might expect.

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is co-inventor of a patent-pending infantrestraint device that promises to makethe youngest patients more comfortable.

She was among the first crop ofundergraduates who worked in universitylabs last summer in the NIH BiomedicalResearch Infrastructure Network project.She was supervised on her project by UImechanical engineering professor BobStephens, and collaborated with Dr.Wayne Ruby and nurse Norma Bishop.

“This was a unique project for me.Most of my work has been inbioremediation and working withmicrobes. But I have a background in

have been Ron and Don Crawford, twinmicrobiologists who have received theU.S. Department of Agriculture’s highesthonor for their career achievements.

Their joint work to develop a newprocess for cleaning up hazardous wastesites contaminated with TNT residues,mostly military testing ranges, yielded anindustrial-strength side benefit.

A major manufacturer of explosivesused for seismic exploration licensed theCrawford’s invention to producebiodegradeable charges called GreenEnergetics. The charges literally clean upafter themselves once they detonate.Charges that fail to explodeautomatically decompose to harmlessmaterials.

The university’s patents underscorethe ability and determination of UIresearchers to address real-worldproblems. Bringing the products tomarket through licensing the inventionsis the foundation’s goal, said GeneMerrell, UI assistant vice president forresearch and chief technology transferofficer.

The foundation, the inventors andthe inventors’ colleges split the revenueswith 60 percent remaining with thefoundation and the college. Last year,the licensing generated nearly $200,000that was used to fund additional researchand technology transfer.

Merrell expects licensing revenues toshow substantial growth in coming years.One key is expected to be a new bovinepregnancy test that relies partly ontechnology patented by animal scienceprofessor Troy Ott. It is expected toappeal to dairy producers worldwide.

For Hatch, the diverse nature of theuniversity’s research portfolio bodes well.Last year, College of Agricultural andLife Sciences researchers won $17.2million in competitive grants.

The College of Natural Resourcesbrought in nearly $9.3 million. Therechristened College of Science, theCollege of Education and College ofEngineering each topped $6 million.

The university’s researchers workhard to win the research funding. Ineach of the past three years, scientistsand administrators throughout the statesubmitted more than 900 proposalsannually. Two-thirds were funded, amajor league batting average over .600,and the makings of a championshipseason.

UI PatentsSince 1976, research efforts of

UI faculty and staff have resulted innearly 80 patents, 54 of those In thelast 10 years. Some examplesinclude:

4,554,256 Antigen associatedwith early detection of mammalianpregnancy, to R. Garth Sasser andWilliam C. Hamilton, 1983

4,839,851 Programmable datapath device to Gary K. Maki, 1987

5,225,173 Methods and devicesfor the separation of radioactiverare earth metal isotopes from theiralkaline earth metal precursors toChien M. Wai, 1991

5,785,246 Variable flowsprinkler head to Bradley A. King,Gary L. Foster, Dennis C. Kincaidand Rodney B. Wood, 1996

6,136,706 Process for makingtitanium to Vadim J. Jabotinski andFrancis H. Froes, 1999

6,348,639 Biological system fordegrading nitroaromatics in waterand soil to Donald L. Crawford,Todd O. Stevens and Ronald L.Crawford, 2000

Patricia Gardner, Norma Bishop, Dr. WayneRuby and Bob Stephens are co-inventors of patent-pending infant restraint device that promises tomake the youngest patients more comfortable.

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dance and the idea of working with thephysiology of the body, and being able todo some mechanical engineering workappealed to me,” Gardner said. Sheearned a bachelor’s degree in biologicalsystems engineering from UI last year.

Patents flow from the UI researchroutinely. During the last decade, 54patents have been issued for UIinventions to the Idaho ResearchFoundation, a non-profit entity formedto oversee technological transfer ofinventions by UI faculty, staff andstudents.

UI research has produced inventionsranging from bacterial cultures that canbe used as a biological pesticide to asimpler process for producing fluorine-based reagents that are expected to makethe production of agrochemical, cosmeticand pharmaceutical chemicals moreefficient.

Among the most prolific UI inventors

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World-class TransportationCenter Puts UI on the Map

On a heavy traffic day in Idaho, as

many as 100,000 vehicles pound the

pavement on I-84 between Meridian and

Boise, yet as few as 10 vehicles might be

traveling on a country road. Collectively,

vehicles using Idaho’s 46,310 miles of

roads drive millions of miles a day on city

streets, rural roads, and state, U.S. and

interstate highways.

An army of agencies is called upon to

keep them moving. Many turn to UI’s

National Institute for Advanced

Transportation Technology to help solve

some of the toughest snarls and

management issues.

UI’s NIATT, one of 33 university

transportation centers in the U.S., is an

institute that provides $2 million in

annual research, development and

education on traffic control, road

improvements and clean vehicle

technology. The institute helps train state

personnel, researches solutions and

develops new technology to make the

going smoother.

Some of its projects already at work

are Ada County’s intelligent

transportation system, Moscow’s

integrated traffic signal system, tools to

help redesign two-lane rural highways,

improvements on roadside erosion,

pavements, hazard control and bridge

reconstruction on the “Time Zone

Bridge” near Riggins.

The institute also focuses on

alternative fuels and vehicles to save

energy and reduce air pollution. The

Clean Snowmobile, FutureTruck,

Formula Car, Hybrid Electric Vehicles,

BioBug and non-fossil fuels and

technologies have captured the attention

of industry and government. One of

their most enthusiastic advocates is

Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, who

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urban streets and adjacentrural highways and

communities. These corridorsmust constantly be

monitored, assessed andmanaged to increase trade,

tourism, travel andcommunication.”

Idaho TransportationDepartment Strategic Plan

Research that moves you

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NIATT’s Driving Force— Mike Kyte

As a youth, Michael Kyte spent muchof his spare time watching airplanes takeoff and land at Los Angeles InternationalAirport. He says it was the choreographythat mesmerized him — the “large-scalemovement of the transportation system.”

Growing up in that car and freewaycapital and spending another decade ofservice with Portland, Oregon’s publictransit system, ultimately landed him atthe helm of one of the nation’s 33university transportation research centers.

Today, Kyte directs the dynamics of158 faculty, staff and students associatedwith UI’s National Institute for AdvancedTransportation Technology as its 50projects take off and land. As the researchcenter’s leader for the past nine years, heand the NIATT team work with industryand government to address transportationproblems.

“Even smaller communities likeMoscow don’t run out of challenges,” hesays of their traffic snarls, road andvehicle needs. He contends that trafficcontrols and routing, bridge repairs,hazard control, terrorism safeguards,emissions and road stress testing,pavement innovation and vehicleefficiency are needed everywhere.

Kyte’s mileposts in the past 12 yearsinclude helping license an automatedtraffic controller device — NIATT’s firstcommercial product, shepherdingresearch and development in cleanvehicles and fuels, seeing researchtransform into solutions and helpingprepare new leaders of the transportationindustry.

He realized the university was on thenational radar screen “when I received thephone call from the U.S. Department ofTransportation in 1992, notifying us thatwe had been selected to lead a nationalstudy of unsignalized intersections afteran intense national competition.” Thework on traffic flow at unsignalizedintersections also was included in theHighway Capacity Manual, a primaryguidebook for transportation engineersthroughout the world.

His latest thrill came last May, whenthe U.S. DOT informed Kyte that NIATThad won another national competition tocontinue its work in clean vehicletechnology and traffic control. The payoffwas $2 million in new funding.

With this money, Kyte and his teamwill double the number of student

internships, expand its traffic-signalworkshops and support more studentinvolvement in clean-vehicle technology.They will increase efforts in diversityrecruitment, research on HomelandSecurity issues that apply totransportation, and support regionalefforts to identify training and educationthe needs for the next-generation of trafficoperations.

“Mike’s a great partner,” says Jim Ross,ITD acting director. “He keeps in touchwith all of us in the industry andgenuinely wants to make a better worldwith cleaner air and transportationefficiencies.”

Lance Johnson, ITD’s state trafficengineer, says Kyte “goes out of his way tohelp us train district staff and providematerials for designers. Traffic SignalSummer Workshop is a superior hands-onlearning experience for our personnel.

“The best example of Mike’sdedication is that on his sabbatical nextyear, he plans to travel to various agenciesto learn more about the ‘big-picture’ oftransportation problems,” Johnson said.

Meanwhile the director quietly buildsalliances with other states, universities,industries and government. He jugglesseveral meetings a day, seeks grants,teaches and advises graduate students, co-chairs the Road Builders Clinic and thealliance of all 33 UniversityTransportation Center directors.

While Kyte’s work isn’t high profile, itgratifies the systems engineer, whosepassion is moving things toward theirdestination safely and efficiently. Hislegacy to his three grandchildren will beensuring they can breathe cleaner air andtravel safer roads.

Not inconsequential gifts.

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enjoys test-driving the cars and

spreading the word about them at

government gatherings.

NIATT’s outreach arm, the Idaho

Technology Transfer (T2) Center

with staff in Boise and Moscow,

assists and trains local and state

transportation agencies and workers.

The latest technologies and

procedures are shared at workshops

and through a library of publications

about such topics as culvert repair,

flagging, surveying, road building and

grading, asphalt innovations and

more.

“The best part of our work is

providing students with real-world

engineering experience while they

work on new technology for

government and industry,” says

Michael Kyte, NIATT director. He

particularly enjoys watching NIATT

students take their places in the

industry workforce.

“NIATT and its director have

significantly contributed to the

transportation industry in research

and development of high-tech

products, projects and problems,”

says Jim Ross, acting director of the

Idaho Transportation Department.

“Idaho transportation is better off

because of them. We’re more

efficient using their computer-aided

design materials; traffic moves

quicker because of their automated

signal controls; and their electric

vehicle research lessens the nation’s

dependency on fossil fuels.”

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MovingNIATT HelpsKeepMotorsRunning,TrafficMoving

By the time roads and bridges are built today,they often are already at capacity, says NIATTdirector Michael Kyte. “So our research mustcome up with strategies to improve their flow,

get through lights faster and devise emergency accesssolutions.”

“We also seek ways to reduce our dependence on foreignoil by research and testing of bio-fuels, hybrid electrictechnologies and other alternative power sources andtechnologies.”

Toward those ends, NIATT works on a number ofinnovative transportation projects.

Intelligent Transportation SystemsLed by civil engineer Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, research is

underway on Ada County’s I-84 corridor to identify areaswhere crashes most often occur, to test traffic signal controlstrategies to improve traffic flow, and evaluate emergencyvehicle response time so traffic can get moving more quicklyagain. Similarly, a $3 million project with Moscow’s trafficsignal systems enables NIATT to update its laboratories andreplicate Moscow’s 15 traffic signals and test new strategiesin a lab environment rather than on the road.

The centerpiece of this traffic control research is theNIATT/McCain Controller Interface Device, NIATT’s firstcommercial product developed by electrical and computerengineer Brian Johnson and 25 other NIATT facultymembers and students. It resembles a flight simulator forroad traffic signal systems. It allows traffic engineers to fine-tune and synchronize traffic controls under actualintersection conditions without risking traffic disruptions.

Fifteen of these CIDs and other equipment haveexpanded the capacity of NIATT’s traffic controller lab,“making it the best facility of its kind in the world,” saidKyte. The CIDs are used for the annual week-long TrafficSignal Summer Workshop for 12 top traffic engineeringstudents from across the country.

Beneath the SurfaceBeyond the traffic lie management challenges for roads

and underlying structures. Roadsides need to be stabilized,pavements improved, hazards controlled, forecasts devised,heavy loads managed and more. Such projects are onNIATT’s Center for Transportation Infrastructure agenda.

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Bridge research anddesign are the realms ofEdwin Schmeckpeper andRichard Nielsen, civilengineering. They find causesof concrete bridge deckcracking, monitor stresses inthe Goff (Time Zone) Bridge,contribute to a joint bridgemanagement system calledPONTIS (Latin for bridge),and help upgrade the ITDpre-stressed bridge girderdesign program.

Managing weight limitsof heavy trucks onhighways is addressed byJames Frenzel, in electricaland computer engineering.He developed a prototypeprocess for truckers toenforce their own limits.Digital cameras couldimage trucks along theroad, and farther downthe highway a roadsidescreen would reminddrivers of the weight limit,according to axle size.

Rockfall hazardprevention is the focusof Stanley Miller,geological engineering. Arecent survey identifiedstretches of Idahohighway with the worstproblems for motorists.They are Hwy 12 fromLewiston through LoloPass, Hwy 95/55 fromGrangeville to Boise,Hwy 75 from Stanley toChallis, and Hwy 93 bySalmon. ITD now hasthe data for roadwayplanning to reducerockfall hazards.

Right-of-way proximity damage, costs for landacquisition, impacts of tax structures regardingheavy vehicle user fees are part of the workdone by agricultural economists Jim Nelson andJames Jones.

Pavement design software and new mixdesign procedures are developed by pavementresearchers under Fouad Bayomy, civilengineering. They help Idaho engineers withstate-of-the-art pavement practices.

Forecasting future road usage and flow is thepurview of Mike Dixon, civil engineering, wholicensed a transportation planning software tool,TRANSIMS. It was developed at the Los AlamosNational Laboratory and UI is one of its firstusers for education and research.

A roadside vegetation managementplan was developed by James Kingery,natural resources, to stabilize soil, erosionand slope maintenance. Diverse nativeperennials are being “nursed” todetermine which combat weeds and holdsoil to avoid costly and dangerous slides.

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Ve h i c l e s , f u e l s w i t h a f u t u r e

A bright yellow Volkswagen Beetle has become the newest

symbol for UI’s efforts in biodiesel research. The BioBug firstappeared on campus in 2001. “We wanted to demonstrate

that common passenger cars can operate on biodiesel in an efficient

manner,” says Charles Peterson, professor of agricultural engineering. The vehicle runson 100 percent biodiesel with no modifications to the engine. The research, in

cooperation with Jack Brown, UI plant breeder, shows how products from a tiny

mustard seed can fuel the cars of tomorrow.NIATT’s Center for Clean Vehicle Technology, directed by Don Blackketter,

oversees a number of student transportation projects that include a campus trolley and

improved-performance snowmobiles.

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FutureTruck, a converted Ford Explorer withtriple power sources, will compete at Ford’sMichigan Proving Grounds June 2-12; the studentteam optimizes a conventional truck into a lower-emissions vehicle with at least 25 percent higherfuel economy, without sacrificing performance,utility, safety and affordability. This year’s modeluses both electric and hydraulic assists to powerthe engine. Student innovators entered the four-year challenge to address world energy and airpollution problems. The innovators enjoy showing“how amazing it feels to pull up to a stop light inan electric car and not hear a sound, or to blastaway from the green light with just the faint humof the electric motor.”

The UI Clean Snowmobile is a re-engineeredsled with improved emissions, performance andnoise control features. UI’s team captured firstplace for two years running at the SAE CleanSnowmobile Challenge, competing against 12other university teams. At the 2003 competition inHoughton, Mich., the NIATT team took the topawards for best fuel economy, quietestsnowmobile, best performance, lowest emissionsand best value in addition to earning first placeoverall. A re-engineered BMW K75RT four-strokemotorcycle engine powers the Arctic Cat sled.Team adviser Karen DenBraven also researchesalternative power sources for snowmobiles.

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Part of the FutureTruck team. Left to right, Andy Rajala,Fahad Khalid, adviser Frank Albrecht, Khurram Kemal,Nicholas Cunningham and Tamara Cougar.

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Other university vehicle and fuels researchprojects include the Vandal Trolley — a30-seat San Francisco-like shuttle. Itsengine burns 20 percent biodiesel fuel,thereby adding to its environmental appeal.It has become a demonstration project todocument the efficiency and long-termeffects of this alternative fuel on stop-and-start drives.

It started as an experiment in YellowstoneNational Park. The National Park Service,Montana Department of EnvironmentalQuality and University of Idaho tested afleet of vehicles on the feasibility ofbiodiesel use. Now, 22 national parksfrom Florida’s Everglades to California’sChannel Islands operate trucks, buses andboats on biodiesel.

UI biodiesel experimental vehicles alsoinclude a Kenworth T800 truck operatedby Simplot Transportation and a UI-owned1994 Dodge truck that has travelled morethan 100,000 miles powered by 100percent rapeseed ethyl ester.

SAE Formula Car, UIengineering studentsdesigned and fabricated asmall formula-style race car,souped up and ready forcompetition May 14-18 inPontiac, Mich. The “DarkHorse” will weigh in ataround 457 pounds.

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University of Idahoresearchers, along with aSandpoint inventor, are

using a potato by-product produced inCaldwell to develop a cleaner-burning,more efficient fuel. What makes thistechnology work is the university-industrypartnership that drives it.

A team of UI scientists, headed bySteven Beyerlein in Moscow and JudiSteciak in Boise, is working with anethanol and water fuel called Aquanol tofind a way to run over-the-road vehicleswith lower emissions and higher engineefficiency.

Aquanol is 70 percent ethanol and 30percent water. It’s a natural for a “Madein Idaho” label. Ethanol is an easily andaffordably produced biofuel made fromstraw, corn or in this case, Idahopotatoes at a Caldwell ethanol plant.Water also is readily available. Theproblem is the high water content in thefuel stymies conventional ignitionsystems.

Steciak said they’ve always knownwater-based fuels have the potential toburn stronger and cleaner, but past trialshave been unsuccessful because it is toodifficult to initiate and maintaincombustion.

Enter inventor Mark Cherry. HisSandpoint-based business, AutomotiveResources Inc., has developed an itemcalled the SmartPlug©. It is a CatalyticPlasma Torch — a self-contained ignitionsystem that replaces spark plugs ingasoline engines or glow plugs in dieselengines. It works with the high watercontent fuel because it drastically lowersthe ignition temperature of water-basedfuels.

“We have not found anyone burningfuels with this much water,” Steciak said.

The advantage is fuels like Aquanolsignificantly reduce nitrogen oxide — aculprit in acid rain, smog and hazeformation, and stratospheric ozonedepletion.

Even better, according to Steciak, isthat unlike other alternative fuelssources, Aquanol, when combined withthe SmartPlug© ignition system, providesa power boost not seen in other fueltests. That means everything frommotorcycles to SUVs to publictransportation buses can use thetechnology without losing any neededpower.

The SmartPlug© also permitscombustion of kerosene and diesel insmall gasoline engines. That has led to a

new development — UI and AutomotiveResources now are working with theUnited States military to find a way toachieve a “one-fuel” military.

The partnership between AutomotiveResources and the university beganformally 1998, although an informalarrangement had started a few yearsearlier. Since then, UI scientists,graduate students and Cherry’s companyhave worked together to research,develop and market SmartPlug©.

“We’re in the business of education,”Steciak said. “Students have the frontrow seats from research to technology,the modeling and the educationalopportunity of seeing real products getproduced.”

Steciak and Cherry say they hope thepartnership continues. Together, theycan develop grants and research projectsthat not only benefit a small, Idaho-basedbusiness, but also provide UI studentswith a valuable educational experience.

“Our university-industry partnershipbridges the gap between dusty archivesand engineering real products,” Steciaksaid.

in Your TankAn All-Idaho TeamIgnites a Smarter,Better Fuel

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By Leslie Einhaus

In the early half of the 20th

century, young men took to thekitchens across the University of

Idaho campus to serve sorority ladiesbreakfast, lunch and dinner. It wasn’tpart of a weekend retreat or even a role-reversal experiment; “slinging hash” wasan honest way for many male students toearn a living, and it continues today.

“In the beginning, hashers wereinstructed not to chat with the youngladies and not to even wiggle their ears,”says Jan Hinrichs, house director atGamma Phi Beta. “It was a time ofgracious living.”

Dressed in white dinner jackets andblack ties, these men set out silverwareand centerpieces; served appetizers,entrees and desserts; and assisted withcleanup in the kitchen. Hashers learnedproper meal etiquette while stealingglances at girls as they worked theirshifts.

“Being around the women — that wasthe best part,” remarks Bill Taylor ’53. Ashead hasher, Taylor had to handle jobsquickly and efficiently — no other waywould suffice. “You must be motivatedor you don’t stay around,” he says.

Today, 72 women live at the GammaPhi Beta House on the corner of Elmand Seventh Streets. Those six dozensmiling, hungry faces attract manyVandal men, eager to serve.

The respect factor must be there,according to Hinrichs. It is aboutcredibility, ethics and responsibility.

Slinging Hash at UI

“A hasher is a special kind of person,”she says.

UI sophomore Dave Spinazza of Boiseadmits being a hasher is easy, and itprovides a sneak-peek into how the otherhalf lives. At dinnertime, “they can be asmessy as us. It’s incredible.”

Fellow hasher Jeremy Baker, a seniorfrom Boise, says the job definitely has itsmemorable moments like the HasherAppreciation Dinner and the occasionalkitchen blooper — a five-second foodfight, a fork in the disposal or a brokengoblet.

Baker says being a hasher is rewarding— even without the free-for-all foodfights. “The hours are good and there’sfree food,” he adds. “What more could Iwant?”

Taylor remembers being treated as aspecial guest at Hasher AppreciationDinners. When sorority women becameservers, it was a fun evening, he recalls.“The girls tried to emulate us. But theyjust couldn’t do it,” he admits. “We werethe professionals.”

Rule Book for Hashers atGamma Phi Beta

The way it was then(in the ’40s-’50s)…1. You are not allowed to

date the girls.

2. You must wear a black tie andwhite jacket in the dining room atall times.

3. Be extra careful with the china,crystal and silver dinnerwareduring special meals.

4. An average meal served included:meat, potatoes, a vegetableserving, dessert and coffee.

5. Paycheck was $5 per month andall the food you could eat.

6. The house mother is escorted bythe sorority girls to the diningroom for dinner. She sits at thehead of the table. The hasherscannot begin serving the mealuntil the house mother ringsthe bell.

Through the Kitchen Door

Hashers in the late 1920s prepare for the next meal.

“The recipe that is notshared with others willsoon be forgotten, but

when it is shared, itwill be enjoyed by

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although you cannotfraternize with theladies during workhours.

2. Do not wear hats inthe dining room.

3. Paycheck is $50-$100per month and all thefood you can eat.

4. The average meal is abuffet with menu itemssuch as chicken strips,sandwiches, fresh fruitsand pasta.

5. The dining room ismade up of numeroussmall tables. The housedirector, formerly called thehouse mother, is escorted tothe dining room for dinner,and she is seated first.

White jackets and long aprons are not part of thejob for hashers today. Hashers Nate Heitzman,Jeremy Baker and Joel Johnson join cook MargotPeterson in the Gamma Phi Beta kitchen.

Jan Hinrichs, center, house director at GammaPhi Beta sorority.

When hashing reached its height inpopularity in the ’40s and ’50s, universityclasses were geared around mealtimes.Most dinners were formal, sit-downaffairs, Taylor remembers.

Nowadays classes begin earlier, runthrough lunchtime and continuethrough the evening hours. The girls grabtheir meals on-the-go in buffet style.

It may be more informal, but somestrict rules still apply. Hinrichs has onerule she makes sure everyone minds —visitors and hashers included. After all,the dining room is her domain. “Nohats,” she exclaims. “Not even Vandalhats.”

In the kitchen, the rules are few, buthashers must obey them at every meal.“These boys have to treat this job likethey are getting paid $25 an hour, andthey can’t complain,” says MargoPeterson, Gamma Phi Beta cook. “Theyhave to function well, so I can.”

Menu favorites include Margo’s fresh-baked bread. Salad fixings and fruit are atop request among the sorority sisters.“The girls like the fresh stuff. They feellike they are getting something good forthem,” says Peterson, who makes sureeach lunch plate includes fresh fruit –every day.

During each meal, the cook and thehashers depend on each other foreverything. “The better the cook, thebetter the hasher,” Hinrichs says.

To be a hasher, you have to work wellwith others, she notes. “It’s a lesson ingiving, and nothing you give is wasted.”

Becoming a hasher — ’50s styleLike with many jobs, it was who you knew. To become a hasher, you had to befriend acurrent hasher. “That was the only way to do it,” says Bill Taylor ’53. “Hashing jobswere passed on person-to-person.”

There were four levels of hashing, he says.• Level one — Duties include taking ashes out of the furnace on a regular basis and

cleaning up after breakfast.• Level two — He eats first, then washes all pots and pans.• Level three — Duties include setting out silverware and serving food.• Level four was “the most regarded and revered post.” Head hashers arrive just in

time to serve dinner (and wink at the girls).

“One cannot think well, love well,

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It is true, many University of Idahoalumni in Boise do remain close tohome. Home being the spot they first

opened a lemonade stand and drovetheir first car. There also is another placethey call “home” — the University ofIdaho.

Being a Vandal is more than fouryears of classes and camaraderie. It is alifetime commitment for Boise residents.

“There’s a root attachment to UI,”says Nate Calvin ’93. “I didn’t quiteexpect it.”

Many of his fellow Vandals feel thesame way. “After living in the Figi housefor four years, you get to know peoplewell,” says Tom Nicholson ’59. “There’sa closeness that is formed. You are withthem 24-7. It creates a special bond — fora lifetime.”

Wayne ’65 and Peggy Theissen ’65will celebrate their 40th weddinganniversary this summer. “My wife hasperseverance,” says Wayne, a retiredgeneral manager of Ore-Ida Foods, Inc.The two advised a men’s dormitoryduring their tenure on the Moscowcampus. “I remember the boys puttingplastic spiders in the salad during onemeal,” she smiles. Despite their

tomfoolery, the boys truly enjoyedPeggy’s presence. “They would haveprotected me from anything. They reallymeant well.”

Frances Ellsworth ’71 is a big believerin the silver-and-gold. “The Vandalconnection brings people together allover the United States.”

At a UI Scholars reception a few yearsago, Ellsworth spoke with sincerity to agroup of soon-to-be UI students andtheir families. “I am so jealous you get toexperience the beautiful fall days inMoscow,” she told them. “I am jealousI won’t hear the carillon playing atnightfall and the chance to make somany lifelong friends. It’s a wonderfulplace.”

Time well spent …UI alumni in Boise cherish time

spent with family and friends. They alsocherish being out-and-about — notnecessarily among the masses. “I can’timagine living on asphalt all my life,”says Nicholson.

In the evening hours at home, Tomand his wife, Diana, often enjoy battlesof gin rummy. Winner pays for a nighton the town. “We run in streaks,” saysDiana ’62. “I’ve been winning lately,”

she smiles.Time well spent also means going

away for a few days, spending time witha favorite four-legged friend or adding uptrail miles in the backcountry. Forexample, Karen Gowland ’84 enjoysbackpacking in the Sawtooth Mountainswith her son, Riley. Pat McMurray’s ’70favorite pastimes are mountain bikingand alpine skiing in the Wood RiverValley.

When Alan ’75 and Patti ’76 Headdecide to dine away from home, theytake it seriously. The couple journeyedwith friends to New Orleans’ FrenchQuarter, indulging their taste buds withspicy Cajun cuisine.

At their downtown Boise restaurant,Saffron, featuring Pan-American entrees,Alan’s favorite menu item is Emerald firepoki, Ahi tuna with wasabi, lemon, sweetsoy, chili sauce and tobiko. Othertempting items include: Thai shrimppurses, duck potstickers and Japanesebraised clams.

Besides Saffron, the couple ownsGoldie’s Breakfast Bistro and LittleRichard’s, a coffeehouse and bar. Withtheir trio of restaurants, the UI pair hasevery meal of the day covered — includingthose tiny indulgences like martinis with

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It’s the little touches that count,according to Alan. “It’s fun to suggest adifferent wine that goes well with acustomer’s chosen main course. Whenthey say how delicious it is, that’s mostrewarding.”

“A Few of My Favorite Things” The tiny ball of string and the plastic

play toy here-and-there are subtle cluesthat Frances Ellsworth is a bone-fide catlover. Taking a closer look, the visitorwill see cat décor in the kitchen, gardenand living area. Then you hear it:“Meow.” It’s one of Ellsworth’s five catsoffering a warm greeting.

“Cats don’t spend all their time withyou. So when they do decide to cuddle, itmeans a lot,” she says. “They can offer somuch.”

Ellsworth offers her own blend oftalents to the community. She is amember of the UI Foundation Boardand is the chairperson for SaintAlphonsus’ Festival of Trees gala. Shealso is a board member of the IdahoHumane Society in Boise, hosting a lawnparty fund-raiser at her home everysummer. “Children and animals — theyneed our help,” she says.

Ellsworth is quite modest, insisting shehasn’t made a lasting impression in theBoise community. But that is not true.One of Winston Churchill’s famousadages suits her nicely. It is one she livesby daily. “We make a living by what weget, we make a life by what we give.”

‘One of the bestdecisions of my life’

Originally from North Dakota, KarenGowland ’84 attended UI to be with herboyfriend. “I came to the university forall the wrong reasons, but it turned outto be one of the best decisions of mylife,” she said.

Gowland is the associate generalcounsel and corporate secretary for BoiseCascade. She has worked there sincegraduating from UI in the mid-80s. Shenotes that UI is a great starting point. “Itis a great place to network.”

The university also has “great” part-time jobs. Gowland remembers fondlyworking as the student manager of theStudent Union Building. “I would cashchecks and sell candy,” she says. “Iremember meeting so many peopleworking there.”

Gowland is content with her currentworking environment as a securitieslawyer. “I always say, ‘Do what you love;pursue your passion.’”

She certainly has.

Kali Kurdy ’73

Karen Gowland ’84

A-B-C’s of I-D-A-H-O“Take initiative.”This is a lesson Kali Kurdy’s students

at Borah High School know all too well –they see it in action every day as Mrs.Kurdy teaches, advises, mentors andmotivates. Another one of her famousone-liners is: “Can’t is not a choice.”

Seniors at Borah High School havethe choice of taking Kurdy’s DiscoverIdaho course, which highlights thehistory and culture of Idaho. Each year,the students take a five-day road tripthroughout Idaho learning about thestate’s geology, prison system, theindustries that make up Idaho andhigher education opportunities.

One of the highlights, Kurdy ’73 says,is staying overnight at the University ofIdaho. Students slumber at sororities andfraternities, and the next morning take atour of campus. The trek usually takesplace during the annual MoscowRenaissance Fair. “It’s always ahighlight,” she says. “The kids are wide-eyed.”

Kurdy has taught at Borah HighSchool for more than three decades. Sheis a recipient of the national NASDAQTeacher Award for Teaching Excellence.She also is a member of the UI Collegeof Education Advisory Board.

Educating teen-agers about Idaho’spast, present and future is rewarding.“I get to watch these students grow intolittle human beings. I like seeing it allunfold.”

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Dirk Kempthorne is living the dreamthat he recently relayed to a group of UIagricultural economics students in hisoffice in Boise. He told them that fromthe UI they could do anything theywanted; go anywhere they wanted.

“The University of Idaho is one of themost dynamic universities of its size inthis country,” says the 1975 UI graduatewho started his political career as thepresident of his dorm. “It offers the totalcampus experience and provides well-rounded academic and extra-curricularprograms, and UI graduates can competewith anyone in the world. Look at ouralumni and where they are now — CEOs,bank presidents, teachers, doctors,attorneys, musicians, engineers,astronauts, researchers, farmers andranchers.”

Not to mention a former mayor ofBoise and U.S. senator and Idaho’scurrent governor.

Now serving his second term in thegovernor’s office, the former UI studentbody president remembers well what itwas like to make presentations before theBoard of Regents. Now he is appointingthem.

“I never dreamed back then that Iwould be doing what I am now,” saysKempthorne. “The UI helped prepareme for the career path I chose, and itcontinues to prepare students fromIdaho and around the world for thecareer paths they will choose.”

In these tough economic times, thegovernor regularly withstands criticismfor his unwavering support of Idaho’seducation system. He believes in Idaho’syouth, and he believes in theopportunities that are available to themat the UI, giving a lot of credit to the

Most Likelyto BecomeGovernor —Dirk Kempthorne,Class of ’75

Gov. Kempthorne visits withmembers of the Vandal MarchingBand. “...We can all sing thewords to our alma mater andfight song — and we can singthem with gusto,” saysKempthorne.

strength of his fellow alumni.“When guests attend UI functions,

they are always amazed that we can allsing the words to our alma mater andfight song — and we can sing them withgusto,” says Kempthorne. “‘We don’thave anything like that,’ they tell me.”

Kempthorne readily admits — tostudents and alumni alike — that his daysat the UI were some of the best days ofhis life. “And I knew it.”

Today he encourages alums to makethat trip back to campus and walk thesidewalks and hallways with the students;to feel the pride that courses through thisvibrant university; and to make thecommitment to give something back.

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“The contacts and friends I have met at UI are some of the best people

in the world, the bond with them is indescribable. All you have to say is

‘I went to UI,’ and you have a connection.” — Bekki Madron ’90

Vandals in the Boise area arepassionate about their work, their family,their friends … and of course, their almamater. Alan Head puts it well. Grinning,he says, “UI is like the mob; you can’t getout.”

Not too many Vandals want out ofthe loop anyway. In fact they want to becloser than ever before. It’s like a family.There is an intricate network of faithful,eager and enthusiastic alumni that woulddo anything — day or night — to help afellow Vandal in need, no questionsasked. Bekki Madron ’90 speaks formany of her peers when she says, “I thinkof the University of Idaho as home.”

Vandal pride in theTreasure Valley

Bekki Madron ’90 enjoys being crafty— rubber stamping, scrapbooking,decorating cakes and making gift basketsfor birthdays, baby showers and Vandalevents. One of her specialities, as ownerof Bubbles, Inc., is designing Vandalsport cookie bouquets, complete with JoeVandal’s profile. “In Boise, I have loyalVandal customers whose kids request‘Bekki cakes’ for their birthday,” she says.The Vandal connection is strong in Boise

with more than 10,000 alumni callingBoise home, according to Madron. “Thecontacts and friends I have met at UI aresome of the best people in the world,”she says. “The bond with them isindescribable. All you have to say is ‘Iwent to UI,’ and you have a connection.”

In January, well-known Boise attorneyand UI Foundation board member D.John Thornton ’73 played golf alongsidesome of the best — Alex Cejka and HalSutton — at the Bob Hope GolfTournament at Palm Springs, Calif.When Thornton travels, whether it is toCalifornia, Oregon or the East Coast, heruns into fellow Vandals. “I have friendsfrom UI all over the country. Vandalsreally care about one another,” accordingto Thornton. To current UI students, headvises: “Be independent thinkers. Playby the rules, but think outside the box.And don’t let anyone set limits for you.”

Pat McMurray ’70 is president of theUI Foundation and CEO and presidentof Wells Fargo Bank’s Idaho Region.Being born and raised in Idaho,McMurray notes there’s a special spirit inBoise. “There’s a seemingly inherentattitude about being engaged in thecommunity. People are passionate aboutimproving the quality of life here inBoise.” McMurray remembers his quality

of life at UI always reaching new heights.“I looked forward to coming back tocampus every fall. It truly felt like home.”

Gary Michael ’62 is an avid basketballfan. He’s always up for watching Boise’sIdaho Stampede on the hardwood. “Mywife says I would go to Catholic gradeschool games if I had to,” he laughs.When he was at UI, Michael ran the half-mile for the Vandal track team. He alsowas a hasher and active in studentgovernment. Advice to UI freshman:“Step out and try new things. UI hastremendous opportunities awaitingstudents,” he says. Advice to alumni: “Beinquisitive and stay active,” says theretired CEO of Albertson’s, Inc.

Nate Calvin ’93 lives in Boise with hiswife, Susan, and their two-year-olddaughter, Hannah. Rule he lives by:Follow your inclinations to realize youraspirations. In his business career as co-founder of Sierra Flight Systems, he’sdone just that. After six years of research,development and testing, Calvin and twobusiness partners received FAA approvalin January for the world’s first synthetic-vision system approved as a PrimaryFlight Display (PFD). A computerizedscreen replaces the conventional gaugesallowing pilots do their job with moreprecision and ease. The product is nowavailable for use in 12-seat commuteraircraft. It will be available incommercial-sized aircraft within twoyears. “The end result will be safer flyingfor pilots. The technology will save livesfor many years to come,” he says. I

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To be profiled, please mail information, including graduation year, to Angela Helmke, Alumni Office,PO Box 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or e-mail information to angela@idahovandals.com (photoscan be e-mailed in a jpg format). In the interest of accuracy and privacy, we will list only itemssubmitted by an alumnus or their family. Submission deadline for the fall issue is June 10, 2003.

CLASS NOTESCompiled by Angela Helmke, UI Alumni Office

50sJoAnne Roulston Nixon ’53 hadher painting published on thecover of an issue of the P.E.O.Record, the official publicationof the International P.E.O.Sisterhood. She achieved theSilver Recognition status in theSan Diego InternationalWatercolor Society last year.

Arden L. Bement Jr. ’59 is thedirector of the National Instituteof Standards and Technology inGaithersburg, Md. He is workingon some 120 projects that arerelated to improving homelandsecurity.

60sKeith W. Renfrew ’63, ’64, ’76was honored as an OutstandingCitizen in Renton, Wash. He isretired from the Renton SchoolDistrict after 30 years of service.

Gary Crandall ’65, ’87 is thefederal programs director withthe Lower Yukon School Districtin Alaska. He supervises remoteschools in the Alaskan bush.

Patricia Cobb Pierose ’66retired in June 2002 from a 34-year career teaching English.Most recently, she taught atBorah High School in Boise.

Peggy Orton ’68 recently hadtwo of her historical novelspublished. “Shining Mountains,Western Sea” is about twocrewmen on the Lewis and ClarkExpedition and “Mission” tellsof the Kumeyaay Indians ofSouthern California and theSpanish in 1769.

Gary Grove ’69 is currentlyliving in Knoxville, Tenn.

Daniel S. Looney ’68 is the newlyappointed vice president of trustdevelopment for Farmers &Merchants Bank in Boise. He andhis wife operate Looney’s LandingGallery in McCall. A book of hispaintings titled “Artworks” waspublished in 2000.

Wade Rumney ’69 has retired aspostmaster in Gunnison, Colo.,after more than 18 years ofservice.

Edward Sanman III ’69 hasbeen appointed manager oftechnology and capacityplanning for The RegenceGroup. He is located in Lewistonand has been with The RegenceGroup and Regence BlueShieldof Idaho for 29 years.

OregonSubstituteTeachersAssociationselected CherillTate Tannehill’69 as OregonSubstituteTeacher of theYear for 2003.

This is her twelfth year as asubstitute teacher in MyrtleCreek, Ore.

70sJohn D. White ’72 is the chairof the philosophy department atTalladega College in Alabama.

Richard Glaub ’73 joined thestaff of the National DemocraticInstitute for International Affairsas country director, Uzbekistan.He will be moving to Tashkent,Uzbekistan, where he will be incharge of civic and politicaltraining programs designed toadvance democracy in thatrepublic.

Jim Gebhardt ’74 retired fromthe U.S. Army in 1992 andcurrently works for NorthropGrumman and travels to Africato teach peacekeeping to Africanmilitary personnel. His mostrecent published work,translated from Russian, is“Attack of the Airacobras”(Lawrence: University Press ofKansas, 2001).

Jane Eide Janssen ’75 receivedthe 2002 Outstanding ScienceTeacher Award for PhysicalSciences at the elementary levelby the Rocky Mountain Chapterof the American VacuumSociety. She teaches fourth gradeat West Grand Elementary inKremmling, Colo.

Ilone Macduff ’76 was listed inthe 2002-03 edition of Who’sWho in American Women. Shehad been a music educator inOlympia, Wash. for 38 years. Shewill be the president of theOlympia Music TeachersAssociation for 2003-04.

Mark M. Petzinger ’76 is theassistant general counsel –complex litigation for Wal-MartStores, Inc. and has relocated toBentonville, Ark.

Steve Verby ’76 was recentlyelected First District judge inBonner County.

Sherry Bijan ’77 is an investmentadviser in Palo Alto, Calif.

Dan Krahn ’78 received theIdaho Hospital Association’sCitation for Meritorious ServiceAward for his quality leadershipand deep commitment to theMcCall Memorial Hospital andthe McCall community. He hasbeen a member of the hospital’sboard for the past 20 years, with18 as board chairman.

Tom Kiblen ’79 received theFounder’s Club Award at DaleCarnegie Training’s InternationalConvention in Washington, D.C.The award is based on sales andinstruction excellence. Kiblen isthe president of Thomas J. Kiblen& Associates, Inc., of LongBeach, Calif.

80sTamara Degitz ’80 was appointedexecutive director of Big BrothersBig Sisters of North Idaho.

James Wright ’80, an assistantmetro editor who overseesmilitary coverage for the SeattlePost-Intelligencer, is thepresident and co-founder ofMRE, a military reportersorganization. The organization’spurpose ranges from forming aunited front to fight thePentagon for better access toproviding advice to newreporters assigned to the militaryaffairs beat.

Jeffrey A.Thomson ’81,’85 has beenelected to a five-year term asmanagingdirector of thelaw firm ofElam & Burke,

P.A., in Boise. In addition to hisrole in managing the firm, hewill continue an active litigationpractice.

Walt Tribley ’85, ’88, ’98 andJenny Kleffner Tribley ’82, ’85are living in Wenatchee, Wash.,where he is director of AlliedHeath and Safety for WenatcheeValley College. For three years,he was director of research at aRio Tech research firm in Irvine,Calif.

Elizabeth Goebel Mosher ’85has been a family and consumerscience teacher in New York forthe last 17 years. She and herhusband, Jeff, have two children,Philip and Abigail.

Lisa Steele Overstreet ’86 is arealtor with Windermere RealEstate in Boise specializing inresidential real estate.

Robert Overstreet ’86 joined theaccounting and tax firm ofHooper Cornell PLLC in Boiseas a senior manager.

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R. Everton Wanliss ’87 is a seniorreal estate acquisition specialistfor Broward County, Fla.

Brad Boudreau ’89 won theGolden Apple Award thatrecognizes excellence ineducation in public and privateschools across the state ofWashington. Boudreau is theprincipal of Roosevelt MiddleSchool in Port Angeles, Wash.

David Young ’89, ’99 is alicensed fire protection engineerwith Science ApplicationsInternational Corp. in IdahoFalls.

90sGina Bringman ’91 lives inAnchorage, Alaska and is theproduction manager for AlaskaStock, a photo agencyspecializing in professionalphotography for advertising,editorial and commercialapplications.

Capt. Jesse R. Basher ’92 iscurrently working in SaudiArabia at Prince Sultan Air Basein support of OperationEnduring Freedom.

Brian P. Oswald ’92 wasawarded the 2002 Carl A.Schenck Award by the Society ofAmerican Foresters foroutstanding forestry education.

Samuel Couch ’93 was selectedas an Educational Fellow on theEarthwatch archaeologicalexpedition, Ancient Nomads ofMongolia by the Raymond CashFoundation of Atlanta. Couchand 15 other scholars andvolunteers will excavate BronzeAge nomadic sacred sites andcemeteries in western Mongoliaduring the summer of 2003.Couch is a professor ofhumanities and social sciencesand director of Irish studies atYoung Harris College.

Henry MikeGibson ’93retired from theUniversity ofIdaho aftermore than 34years of service.

Sandra Holmes ’93 waspromoted to associate professorof education and naturalsciences, co-leader of the CraterPhenomena Group on theIturralde Crater Expedition atNASA Goddard Space FlightCenter in Greenbelt, Md.

Frank Vieira ’93, ’95 receivedthe IACRAO North IdahoCounselor of the Year award thispast fall for his service andsupport of students and post-secondary institutions in Idaho.He is a school counselor atLakeland High School inRathdrum.

David Morasch ’95 was electedto the board of directors of theAmerican Powder MetallurgyIndustry, based in Princeton,N.J. He is the press operationsmanager at Western SinteringCo., Inc., a specialty powdermetal parts manufacturer inRichland, Wash.

Chad Collins ’96 is a group salesaccount manager for MaloofSports and Entertainment inSacramento, Calif. His dutiesinclude event sales for theSacramento Kings, Monarchsand ARCO Arena events.

Charlie Mandis ’96 spent thepast summer in Columbia, Md.working on the specificationsand drawings for the design ofthe High Level and Low LevelWaste Smelters that will beimplemented at Hanford’s newVitrification Plant.

Sayed Shah ’96recentlyfinished hisMBA degree.

Garry Skinner’96 works forWyethPharmaceuticalsas a senior

territory representative.

Heidi J. Bruns ’97 was selectedas an Academic Chair forTeaching Excellence for herdedication, innovative classroomactivities and willingness toexpand her teaching skills. She isa fourth-grade teacher atHubbard Heights Elementary inFort Worth, Texas.

Kathryn “KayT” Jones Garrett’97 is an assistant attorneygeneral in the family law sectionof the Oregon Department ofJustice.

Bret Nedrow ’97 was promotedto Washington field operations

manager for the J. R. SimplotCo. Food Group PotatoDivision.

Misha Byxbee Smith ’97received her master’s of sciencedegree in interdisciplinarystudies from Boise StateUniversity in August 2002. Sheis a sixth-grade teacher in Boise.

Eric Swenson ’97 was named theMontana Association for Careerand Technical Education’s NewCareer and Technical Teacher ofthe Year in October 2002. Hewas recently elected to a secondterm as president of MontanaBusiness and InformationTechnology Educators. He is thebusiness education instructor atDenton High School in Denton,Mont.

Capt. Cindiemarie Blair ’98received the Navy and MarineCorps Commendation Medal forthree years of faithful service at1st Marine Aircraft Wing,Okinawa, Japan.

Ryan Donahue’98 is a seniordesigner atOliver Russell,an integratedmarketingservices firm inBoise.

Michelle YatesMandis ’98 has joined PortageEnvironmental Inc. as aspecialist engineer. She recentlycompleted her master’s degree inenvironmental engineering atWashington State University, Tri-Cities, and spent the summer inOkinawa, Japan, completinghazardous materials assessmentsat Kadena Air Base and severalsurrounding Marine camps.

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Scott Mizee ’98 accepted a newjob with the architecture firmMulvanny G2 in Portland, Ore.He will work as a job captain onthe Target design team.

00sArmy Spc. Merinda Jones ’00recently graduated from theCommunications SignalsCollection and ProcessingCourse at Naval TechnicalTraining Center Corry Station,Pensacola, Fla.

Kal Poole ’00 is returning for histhird season at the OregonShakespeare Festival in Ashland.This season, he has been cast asBalthasar, Ensemble in Romeoand Juliet, Bagot, Ensemble inRichard II and Sim in WildOats.

Rachel Meigs Manwaring ’01 isin her second year of teaching amulti-age first, second and thirdgrade class at SunnysideElementary School in IdahoFalls.

Toby Robin’01 waspromoted tolead designer atOliver Russell,an integratedmarketingservices firm inBoise.

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MARRIAGES

FUTURE VANDALS

Trayton Dane to Garry ’96 andKimberly Skinner

Beverly Cordes ’74 toStuart Denny ’75

Charles Diede ’80 toMartha Kalnin

Susan C. Elzenga ’91 toWilliam A. Lendvay

Andrea Vogt ’93 toMarco Bittelli

Neil P. Cox ’94 toAnna L. Steiger

Jason Schuknecht ’95 toMaureen Orchard

Havana Mills toKayT JonesGarrett ’97 andJeff Garrett

Lily Kathleento Jill Birchand Barton JayBirch ’01

Adam Drake toWendy Zerza’94 and SteveZerza ’93

Benjamin James, Linnea Joy andFern Elizabeth, children ofRhonda Cordray Ristow ’94 andRod Ristow ’94

Lexi and Emmato KarlaNearingHorton ’92 andPatrick Horton

Kayla JeenTaylor toKatrina K.Taylor ’98 andJason A.Kruger

Cameron Josephand DelaneyLynn to DavidYoung ’89, ’99and LauraYoung ’00

Ryan John toDavidMansisidor ’94and PatreceMansisidor

Hayden Jarradto WendyKelloggThompson ’97and BryanThompson

Samuel Hawkto KimKleckner-Miller ’01 andJason Miller

ThomasCrandell toAndrea GroatDittman ’99and DrewDittman ’99

Holley Anne toTimothyDennis ’93 andChristineDennis

Dillon, Austin, Sydney andChynna, children of JeannetteNuxoll Wilcox ’94 and JohnWilcox ’95

A. RiverGewehr toTammy JoAdams-Gewehr’98 and AubreyC. Gewehr

Kati (left) daughter of KrisWilkins ’98 and Bryan Wilkins’94 and Emma Lee (right)daughter of Patty Carscallen ’96and Wes Carscallen

20sRaymond Harsch ’22, Seattle,Wash., Feb. 5, 2002

Ralph L. Erickson ’27,Chandler, Ariz., June 27, 2002

Elva Reid Roberge ’28

Herbert J. Wunderlich ’28, St.Maries, Nov. 1, 2002

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

Orland C. Mayer ’29, Boise,Nov. 14, 2002

Louise E. Roden ’29, Hamilton,Ohio, Oct. 29, 2001

IN MEMORY

Mikayla Kay toLisa McDonaldRimsa ’83 andJoe Rimsa ’83

SolomonThomas toTalithaCorsetti Bandy’97 and KimikoBandy ’97

Allyson Rachelto RachelMeigsManwaring ’01and JonathanManwaring

Estella Mariato Jesse R.Basher ’92 andBrook A.Basher

Kristin M. Korsch ’97 toShawn J. Tanata

Mark T. Mills ’99 toJessica L. Peterson

Chad Murray ’99 toColette McGuire

Aaron C. Schab ’99 toMelinda C. Fenton ’94

Brian J. Casey ’00 toBarbara L. Simpson

Gina M. Hulsizer ’01, ’02 toRob Strobel ’01

30sJess Egurrola ’30, Boise, Aug.30, 2002

Marcella E. Parsell ’30, ’55,Kooskia, Aug. 23, 2002

Myrtle I. Rach ’30, Moscow,March 9, 2002

Alfred W. Jackson ’31, ’32,Chico, Calif., Aug. 20, 2002

George Jemison ’31, Dec. 8,2002

Hazel Lawton ’31, York, Nebr.,March 21, 2002

Thomas J. Kurdy ’32, Boise,Aug. 23, 2002

Joseph F. Pechanec ’32, Boise,Dec. 14, 2001

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

George F. Rieger ’32, Boise,April 24, 2002

Maude Craven ’33, Wenatchee,Wash., Dec. 20, 2001

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

Ethelyn C. Gibbs ’33, Spokane,Wash., Aug. 24, 2002

Melvin F. Stewart ’33, Eugene,Ore., Dec. 8, 2002

Mildred E. Trezona ’34, ’35,Spokane, Wash., May 26, 2002

Elden S. Bodily ’35, Phoenix,Ariz., Dec. 1, 2001

Rodney A. Pearson ’35, Moore,Sept. 6, 2001

Edward C. Lownik ’36,Lebanon, Ore., June 17, 2002

Howard W. “Bubs” Russell ’37,Harrison, March 12, 2002

Irene W. Schroeder ’37, Hayden,Nov. 10, 2001

Karsten S. Skaar ’37, ’39,Scottsdale, Ariz., March 30,2002

Clinton E. Alsop ’38, Jan. 25,2002

William F. Gratton ’38, Boise,May 19, 2002

Noble E. Palmer ’38, ChapelHill, N.C., Sept. 25, 2001

S. Stan Pavkov ’38, ’56,Modesto, Calif., Feb. 8, 2002

Kenneth L. Preston ’38,Pinehurst, Nov. 27, 2002

Morton R. Brigham ’39,Lewiston, Dec. 17, 2001

LaRele “Joe” Stephens ’39,Spokane, Wash., Dec. 1, 2002

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

40sClayton J. Campbell ’40,Richland, Wash., Nov. 17, 2002

W. Oleen Dummer ’40, Burley,Aug. 18, 2002

M. Jean Corneil Johnson ’40,Lynnwood, Wash., Nov. 20,2002

Wilma L. Johnson ’40, Aug. 17,2002

Lois Loacker ’40, Portland, Ore.,Oct. 13, 2002

Robert P. Schroeder ’40, Coeurd’Alene, May 31, 2002

Robert Bonnett Jr. ’41,Mountain Home, Ark., July 20,2002

Hulda E. Braden ’41, Payette,May 8, 2002

Lynn M. Dewey ’41, St. George,Utah, July 29, 2001

Nolan Probst ’41, Silver City,N.M., Sept. 20, 2002

John W. Rowe ’41, Ritzville,Wash., Jan. 26, 2002

John Kantjas ’42, Corvallis,Mont., Nov. 18, 2002

Frances M. Omberg ’42,Silverdale, Wash., Nov. 23, 2002

M. Marie Eskeldson GilyardSpilver ’42, Boise, Aug. 25, 2002

Llewelyn B. Stearns ’42, PicoRivera, Calif., Nov. 12, 2002

Virginia W. Stuiber ’42,Altadena, Calif., Oct. 31, 2001

Joy Kerestesi ’44, Las Vegas,Nev., Oct. 14, 2001

Carl S. Minden ’44, Salt LakeCity, Utah, Nov. 27, 2001

Merrie L. Newell ’44, Wichita,Kans., Feb. 25, 2002

Billie M. Chamberlin Jensen’45, Boise, Dec. 27, 2002

Muriel B. Axtell Smedley ’45,Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 12,2002

Shirley R. Hoffmaster ’46,Boise, Nov. 9, 2002

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

Wayne E. Harryman ’47,Lewiston, Nov. 20, 2002

James H. Meyer ’47, Davis,Calif., Oct. 12, 2002

John F. Neraas ’47, Spokane,Wash., Dec. 28, 2001

Peter P. Rowell ’47, Salem, Ore.,Nov. 7, 2002

Shirley R. Williams Stafford ’47,Mohler, Wash., May 29, 2002

John E. Hamm ’48, Boise, Nov.30, 2002

Walter G. Hegg ’48, Nov. 15,2002

George H. Unternahrer ’48,Pendleton, Ore., Oct. 8, 2002

50sDaniel G. Gardner ’50, Coeurd’Alene, Jan. 12, 2003

Philip A. Johnson ’50,Lewiston, Oct. 26, 2002

Calvin G. Jones ’50, Salt LakeCity, Utah, Oct. 13, 2001

Roger F. Maxwell ’50, Olympia,Wash., Nov. 25, 2002

M. Jean C. O’Connor ’50,Boise, Nov. 27, 2002

Jacqueline I. Yenor Ruggenberg’50, Spokane, Wash., Aug. 20,2002

George Skinner ’50, San Diego,Calif., June 30, 2002

Joanne M. Flores ’51, Lewiston,Nov. 13, 2002

James P. Jennings ’51, ’55,Lewiston, Oct. 8, 2002

Roland F. Olson ’51, Coeurd’Alene, March 8, 2002

Vance A. Wilburn ’51, Kamiah,Jan. 5, 2003

James H. Aston ’52, ’55,Spokane, Wash., Nov. 12, 2002

Donald M. Jensen ’52, Sept. 8,2002

John Koster ’52, Sept. 15, 2002

Irene McConaughey Brucks’53, Meridian, April 30, 2002

James H. Ballantyne ’54, Boise,Oct. 2, 2002

Giles G. Godfrey ’54, Bend,Ore., March 2, 2001

Robert R. Lee ’54, Rexburg,Sept. 27, 2002

Louis Mendiola Jr. ’55,Meridian, Oct. 4, 2002

Cecil L. Morris ’54, BonnersFerry, June 23, 2002

Robert L. Ackaret ’55, Houston,Texas, Nov. 30, 2002Remember when a good movie or a comedy show was just a buck?

1995 graduate Kelvin Falen performs to Steppenwolf’s “Born tobe Wild” at the “Fun Flicks.”

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Joan E. Lingenfelter ’57,Dearborn Heights, Mich., July 6,2001

Arlen L. Lobnitz ’57, Aurora,Colo., Dec. 4, 2002

Charles O. Brackett ’58,Reubens, May 13, 2002

Valerie Lunstrum ’58,Longmont, Colo., April 5, 2002

Dorothy Purser ’59, Ellensburg,Wash., July 28, 2002

Rodney “Buzz” Storey ’59,Lewiston, Oct. 14, 2002

60sCharles W. Blackhart ’60,Chattaroy, Wash., July 31, 2001

Marie J. Scott ’60, Edwards,Colo., Nov. 24, 2002

Norah S. Tisdale ’60, Oct. 28,2002

A. H. Parisot Jr. ’63, Coeurd’Alene, Sept. 7, 2002

Walter W. Pierson ’63, Ivins,Utah, Aug. 27, 2002

Thomas O. May ‘65, Oct. 12,2002

Cecil D. Meiser ’66, Portland,Ore., Feb. 10, 2002

Ronald P. Elsberry ’67,McMinnville, Ore., Dec. 19,2001

Bruce F. Scott ’67, Winslow,Ariz., Aug. 19, 2002

Yvonne K. Stickler ’68,Lewiston, Sept. 28, 2002

Eileen Harris ’69, Post Falls,March 4, 2002

Iris L. Montgomery ’69, ’79,Nov. 24, 2002

70sRonald J. Cash ’74, Nezperce,June 21, 2002

Mary B. Vanderwall ’74,Grangeville, Jan. 6, 2003

Kirk R. Miller ’75, Coeurd’Alene, Oct. 22, 2002

Penny M. Wikoff ’76, ’79, Feb.23, 2002

80sRick Hayes ’80, Gresham, Ore.,May 31, 2002

James R. Vogel ’81, Troy, June23, 2002

Guy T. Curtis ’84, Potlatch,Dec. 6, 2002

Barbara Rich ’84, Nov. 13, 2002

90sBradley A. Jarrett ’92, Moscow,Oct. 4, 2002

Brian T. Ellis ’97, Boise, Nov.24, 2002

A. Stephen Williams ’98, Boise,Oct. 20, 2002

00sKamara S. “Kami” Schnuerle’02, Bonners Ferry, Jan. 11, 2003

J oin the UI Alumni Association atSafeco Field for Seattle Marinersbaseball on June 19 (Deadline to

order tickets, May 15) and August 30(Deadline to order tickets, July 25).

Meet fellow UI alums and friends, andenjoy major league baseball whilecelebrating the Silver and Gold. For ticketsor more information contact UI TicketOffice at (208) 885-6466,1-88-88-UIDAHO orhttps://marketplace.uidaho.edu

On Saturday August 30, enjoy an excitingday in Seattle with the Mariners vs Oriolesat Safeco Field, followed by Idaho Vandalsvs WSU Cougars football at SeahawkStadium that evening — a complete VandalExperience!

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President: Scott Green ’84, Glen Head, New YorkVice President: Brian Hill ’65, Woodbury, MinnesotaTreasurer: Peter Soeth ’93, Westminster, Colorado

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Little Angela —Track’s Team Player

By Dan Hunt

Idaho Track will not forget AngelaWhyte. It can’t, even though her

records may someday, somehow, fall, astends to happen in the sport.

Even then, nobody could be sofoolish as to forget her. It won’t happenbecause Idaho track will never be blessedwith another Angela Whyte.

She is her own figure, incrediblyunique in personality and stature.

World class at 5-foot 6-inches? Can’tbe. She is so small. Coach Wayne Phippscalls her “Little Angela,” and insists thather legend has already outgrown herframe.

That’s a common theme that flowsfrom Whyte: a casual meeting does notresult in the realization that she is anational champion hurdler. She’s tooapproachable — “down to earth,” as hercoaches say.

“She treats you the same whetheryou’re a national champ or the last placerunner on your team,” Phipps said.“That’s what she’s about.”

Whyte thinks about and might workendlessly towards success. But she won’tlet it beat her. Even when those aroundher mention, opine, or realize she’s great,she stays low.

“I think a lot of the time people makea big deal out of winning,” Whyte said.“But I’ve always been brought up to behumble, so I try to not think of it.”

Whyte is a winner, though. She canoutrun even success itself.

“I always want to be the same crazy,have fun and laugh kind of person,”Whyte said. “I don’t want success tochange that.”

Whyte, the laugh-a-day worker,continues to win at these goals. Hercoaches may have to thank her forever

for that. Whyte is so devoted to helpingthe Vandals — so team-oriented — she willcompete in multiple events at the BigWest, even at the risk of her personalsuccess.

“She puts herself second to the team,which is truly amazing,” coach YogiTeevens said. “You just don’t see that.Most athletes at her level are only in itfor themselves.”

Whyte will enter in the 100-meterdash, 200-meter dash, 100-meter hurdles,the long jump and two relays. Everybodyexpects Whyte to dominate in theseevents, as she has done all season.

She’s that kind of athlete. Hercoaches are even considering Whyte forthe heptathlon, which requires throwingthe javelin and shot put. Whyte shouldscore so far ahead in the speed events,though, the heavier events don’t figure tomatter.

“She’s one of the most versatileathletes in the world,” Teevens said.

Whyte, Stewart earnAll-American honors

Simon Stewart and AngelaWhyte were honored as All-Americans after theirperformances at the NCAAIndoor Track and FieldChampionships in March.

Whyte qualified for the 60-meter hurdles with the secondfastest time in the country at8.01 seconds.

At the championships,Whyte finished in eighth with atime of 8.18, earning an All-American designation.

Stewart placed eighth in theweight throw with a mark of 67feet, 10 1/4 inches. He followedthat effort with another eighth-place finish in the shot put witha throw of 61 feet, 10 inches.He earned All-American honorsin both events.

“It’s so obvious. She’ll pick upanything and do it extremely well. Shecould take up heptathlon and be topthree in the nation.”

Obviously, when Whyte graduatesfrom Idaho this spring in criminaljustice, she will take this athleticism withher — on to the world stage, where sheexpects to compete for Canada in theOlympics.

“I’ve decided to put a hold on theLSAT and do this,” Whyte said.

Phipps believes Whyte can win anOlympic medal.

As Whyte steps into her world classacclaim, she undoubtedly will be missedby the Vandals. She probably willcontinue helping them win, though.

“She is the biggest reason thisprogram has risen to a national level,”Phipps said. “I don’t think we’ll ever getanother Angela.”

Angela Whyte is one of the most versatileathletes in UI track history.

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Jennifer Walsh, Angela Whyte, Heather Hoeck andHeather Dennis celebrate winning the women's 4x100relay at the 2001 Big West Championship. Whytealso won the 60-meter hurdles and the long jump tohelp UI women win the conference championship.

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training room. Student athletes line upfor their daily taping — ankles, elbows,arches, wrists, hands and toes. It’s astaccato hiss of noise as miles of adhesivetape is pulled, wrapped and ripped inquick repetitions.

Handling the rolls of tape are a corpsof athletic trainer students, and thetraining room is their classroom. It iswhere they get hands-on experience inpreventing injuries and assisting in therehabilitation of athletes who are healingfrom injuries.

UI’s athletic trainer major first wasoffered in 1999. Assistant athletic trainerJackie Williams upgraded the program,which had been offered as an academicminor, to meet national standards. Shecontinues to oversee the program.

“The athletic trainer major attractsstudents who have an interest in sportsand medicine,” said Williams.

Students quickly learn the basics ofanatomy, physiology and nutrition.Specialized courses are offered on thecare and prevention of injuries, injuryevaluation and therapeuticrehabilitation. There even is a class thatdeals with liability and working withinsurance companies.

Students start their clinical work inthe training room their second year. Theathletic department’s three-person

athletic training staff guides the studentsin developing their skills.

“When you get proficient in ankleinjuries and ankle taping, then you moveon to other areas,” said Williams. Thoseother areas include ultrasoundtreatments, electrical stimulation,cryotherapy and thermal therapy.

Students also have to learn thelimitations imposed on them. “Werecognize and refer injuries,” saidWilliams. “That’s what we do. Allcertified athletic trainers work under theauspices of a physician.”

Simonne MacDonald is a second-yearathletic trainer student from Cape Town,South Africa.

Lessons Fromthe Training Room-It’s a Tale of the TapeAssistant athletic trainer Jackie Williams and student athletic trainers. Above right: Studentathletic trainer Brian Giacomino takes his turn taping an ankle.

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“I was an athlete inhigh school,” she said. “Iwanted to continue withathletics, but also wasinterested in medicine.”

The program hasprovided her withsurprising rewards inhelping student athletesand their injuries.

“We share in theirsuccess,” saidMacDonald. “We seethem work through their

rehabilitation and get back tocompetition.”

What are the career goals of thesestudents?

Some want to work with professionalor college sports teams. Others seek jobswith sports medicine and physicaltherapy clinics or hospitals.

“The big demand right now is at thehigh school level where a person is acertified teacher and a certified athletictrainer,” said Williams. “They are aclassroom teacher during the day andthen serve as the certified athletic trainerfor the school’s sports teams.”

Whatever their goals, UI’s athletictrainer program has sent students outinto the world prepared. “Everyone whohas gone through our program has gottena job,” said Williams. “They are workingall across the country.” I

May 1 Spring Sports AwardsBanquet, Kibbie Dome

May 9 Ada County Vandal ScrambleAuction, Holiday Inn, Boise

May 10 Ada County Vandal Scramble -Quail Hollow Golf Course,Boise

June 5 Ada County Picnic, BoiseJune 6 Burley/Rupert Vandal Golf

ScrambleJune 7 Elmore County Chorizo

Challenge, Mountain HomeJune13 Colfax Vandal Golf Scramble,

Colfax, Wash.June 13-14 Vandal-Bronco Golf

Challenge, Meadow CreekGolf Course, McCall

July 18-19 National Vandal Booster BoardMeeting, Moscow

July 18 VSF “A Team” MembershipCampaign Kickoff Meeting,Moscow

July 19 Vandal Volunteer Social andBBQ, UI Golf Course

July 25 Canyon County Scramble,Purple Sage Golf Course,Caldwell

July 26 Western Treasure ValleyScramble, Scotch Pines GolfCourse, Payette

July 28 Buhl Pig Out, ClearlakesCountry Club, Buhl

August 7 Governor’s Gala, Boise Centreon the Grove, Boise

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By Greg M. Laragan

The Idaho TransportationDepartment and the Universityof Idaho have had a

longstanding collaborative relationship.Back in the days when the

Transportation Department was knownas the Department of Highways, prior to1976, the DOH had a highway materialslaboratory located at the university. UIstudents and professors benefited byhaving access to the latest testingequipment and exposure to highwayprofessionals with many years of practicalexperience. The DOH benefited fromthe lab space and the steady flow ofstudents who, by working in the lab,gained experience, becameknowledgeable about materials used forhighway construction, and graduated to

become valued employeesof the department. Both

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Idaho TransportationDepartment, and the University of

Idaho has spawned the NationalInstitute for Advanced TransportationTechnology (NIATT). ITD no longerhouses a materials laboratory at theuniversity. Instead, traffic signalcontrollers and Computer AssistedDrafting and Design (CADD)workstations are provided. In return,NIATT provides training to ITDengineers and technicians. Althoughtimes have changed, the collaborationcontinues. One constant has been thejoint research.

Since its creation, NIATT hasenhanced the university’s role in meetingthe research needs of the IdahoTransportation Department and othertransportation providers. Through itsability to draw research team membersfrom a variety of disciplines within theuniversity, NIATT is able to tackleproblems in many diverse areas of

Joining Effortsfor Better Transportation

transportation. Examples of this diversitycan be seen from the descriptions ofsome of the completed projects:“Evaluation of the Impacts of IncreasingTruck Weights on Two Pilot ProjectRoutes in Idaho;” “Development ofController Interface Device forHardware-in-the-Loop Simulation;” and“Biodiesel Fuel from Yellow MustardOil.”

Applied research — research that canbe directly put into practical use — is ofthe greatest interest to ITD.Development of the Controller InterfaceDevice (CID) is probably one of thegreatest success stories of appliedresearch. The CID provides a real-timelink between a traffic signal controllerand a computer model used to simulatetraffic flow. This allows for traffic signaltiming plans to be tested before they areimplemented in the field, thus avoidingpotential disruptions to traffic causingdelay and frustration. The value of thisdevice is demonstrated by the fact that ithas been licensed and is availablecommercially.

NIATT’s investigation of variousmeans for stabilizing erodible slopescreated from highway projects is anotherexample of applied research important toITD. By evaluating different vegetation,mulch and fertilizer combinations ondifferent soil and slope characteristics,NIATT has been able to help ITDdetermine what works best for erosioncontrol and also what doesn’t work.

With tight budgets and limitedresources, ITD will rely even moreheavily on outside research efforts. Thecontinuing collaboration with NIATTwill be a major part of this and will beimportant to the future of transportationin Idaho.

Laragan is theassistant chief engineer –operations, for the IdahoTransportationDepartment.

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FeaturingU. S. Supreme Court Associate Justice

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Student Union BallroomUniversity of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

Past Bellwood LecturersCharles F. Wilkinson, Sandra Day O’Connor, David Halberstam,Martha Nussbaum, Antonin Scalia, Janet Reno, Bryan Stevenson

The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburgbecame an Associate Justice of the UnitedStates Supreme Court in 1993, followingservice as a judge of the United States Courtof Appeals for the District of Columbiafrom 1980 to 1993. She served as professorof law at both Rutgers and Columbia andduring her career in legal education becameknown for her work to promote genderequality and civil rights. She assistedpersonally in the landmark Idaho case ofReed v Reed (1971), in which the U. S.Supreme Court held that gender-baseddiscrimination violated the equal protectionclause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In1999 Justice Ginsburg received theAmerican Bar Association’s ThurgoodMarshall Award for her significantcontributions to the advancement of genderequality and civil rights.