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March 2002

A publication of the University of Indianapolis

“ On the prairie beyond the Rockies,

I have a ranch with many horses and

cattle. The mountains are near, the

hunting good; our streams and rivers

are full of fish. Come with me to my

country, to my tribe, the Blackfoot

Indians.” See page 18.

President of fers glimpse of university histor y at Centennial Soirée

“It is such an honor and a pleasure to be standing here before you on such a momentous occasion for the University ofIndianapolis community. I’d like to thank the Indiana Historical Society, the civic and corporate leaders who havemade this evening possible, and each of you here tonight who has chosen to join us for this milestone in our history.

“And I must say what a glittering and elegant assembly this is. It’s tempting to observe that our founders back in1902 would have found it impossible to imagine this scenario, with so many of the city’s and state’s leaders assembledin this stunning building to celebrate the university’s 100th birthday.

“But I don’t believe that they would have found this impossible to imagine, because if anything has characterizedthis institution from its earliest days, it is a profound and steadfast belief that the university would survive, endure, andeven thrive. They believed this even when it was probably clear to every sane observer that this noble enterprise wascertainly doomed to fail, almost before it got started. It’s very difficult to distill one hundred years of history into a fewminutes’ worth of comments. That’s even more true when there has been the magnitude of growth and the degree ofchange we’ve seen at our institution. So I began to consider what has not changed, and that was much simpler. Thereis an incredible consistency in the kind of faculty, staff, and students the university has attracted throughout its firstcentury, right up to today. . . . It is extremely moving for me to consider the individuals who have shaped this enterprisefrom the beginning; virtually without exception, they are committed, devout, sacrificial, untiring, and hardworking.Their sense of mission is as remarkable as it is enduring. . . .

“Our first three presidents—J. T. Roberts, his successor L. D. Bonebrake, and I. J. Good—who led the universityuntil 1945, through two world wars and the Great Depression, would spend a significant portion of their administrationsattempting to somehow keep the institution afloat financially. The university’s doors seemed constantly on the verge ofslamming shut. Indiana Central was perennially, and painfully, in debt. Faculty, staff, and creditors were remarkably,incomprehensibly, patient in the absence of salaries and payments for goods or services rendered, occasionally writingdelicately worded notes to enquire about the possibility of receiving their due. Trustees were remarkably, incomprehen-sibly, patient in the face of one failed remedy for recovery after another, as prospective investors died inconveniently orlost interest, or economies soured, or tornados struck, or creative capital campaigns foundered. . . .

“Not until the administration of Dr. I. Lynd Esch, which lasted a dynamic quarter-century from 1945 to 1970, wasthe university able to become solvent. It is during this era, with the wars and the Great Depression behind it, that theuniversity was finally able to move from surviving to thriving. Campus acreage, buildings, and programs multiplied,enrollment grew, [and] faculty and staff were added. . . .

“The pace greatly accelerated as Indiana Central flourished under the administrations of Dr. Gene E. Sease andDr. G. Benjamin Lantz, Jr. . . . Let me share just a few numbers with you. Our historian, Dr. Fred Hill, points out that‘between 1970 and 2001 . . . [the] construction of new buildings, the renovation of existing buildings, and the majorsprucing-up of the campus raised the university’s capital value’ from a little over $8 million to well over $77 million.Net assets grew from more than $10 million to more than $106 million. Annual operating expenses, which totaled justover $3 million in 1970, were well over $38 million thirty years later. Student financial aid increased from $360,000 toalmost $9 million. The Endowment Fund experienced the most phenomenal growth, from $1.1 million to over $60million. Even more remarkable, ‘In each category more than half of the increase occurred between 1990 and 2000.’

“During Gene Sease’s 20-year tenure . . . [he] announced to an amazed Commencement crowd in 1986 that wewere now the University of Indianapolis. We have since been earning that name through countless community partner-ships, service projects, customer-driven programs, and resource sharing. During Ben Lantz’s watch, we amplified ourfaith-based partnerships and curricula as well as our understanding of ‘community,’ which we have come to interpretas a global one. Today we have campuses in Tripolis and in Athens, Greece. We have an extension in Nicosia, Cyprus.We have sister-school relationships with institutions in Israel, in Taiwan, and the People’s Republic of China. We haveaffiliations with colleges and universities in Taiwan and the People’s Republic. Our student body includes some 200students from sixty nations. In fact, students in a U of I classroom today are nearly as apt to have a neighbor fromBurkina Faso or Lithuania as from Greenwood. . . . .

“Long ago, in the university’s fourth year, President Bonebrake wrote . . . ‘The opportunities of the IndianaCentral University are many, but we must have money and a great deal of it. A college such as ours is a great work ofcharity and Christian philanthropy. It gives to youth and gives freely; it gives opportunity; it gives culture; it givesacquaintances; it gives good companions, both of books and men; it gives inspiration; it gives hope and lofty purposes.It arouses, awakens, inspires; it opens the eyes of those who do not see; it unstops the ears of those who do not hear; itgives a new language to tongues untrained to form to pronounce aright. Its libraries are rich storehouses; its laborato-ries are workshops; its teachers are skilled master workmen aiming to bring forth results proportioned after compre-hensive plans and purposes.’

“These things are just as true today as they were in our first decade. Today we are poised in a dramatic way for oursecond century, standing on the shoulders of a century’s worth of determined, committed, and visionary leaders.”

President Jerry Israeladdressed community leadersat the elegant “CentennialSoirée,” held at the IndianaHistorical Society on January19, 2002. For more on theSoirée, see page 11. For thefull text of President Israel’sspeech, go to http://centennial.uindy.edu/speech.htm.

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DepartmentsAlumni NewsActivities of the Alumni Association

Campus LifeWhat’s happening on campus

Sports UpdateNews of the Greyhound athletic program

PortfolioGift Annuities: Easy to do and beneficial, too

Class Notes

Births, obituaries, weddings, and more

Features

Father and son connect through artArtist Andreas Fischer “collaborates” with non-artist dad

Soirée kicks of centennial year in styleElegant evening downtown launches year of celebration

For the love of the gameFormer baseball pro Wimp Baumgartner champions women’s sports

Basking in the Blackfeet cultureEnglish professor goes to the source for Native American lit class

On the Cover

On the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, the lodgepoles ofa tipi converge, leading to a peek at the state’s famous Big Sky.The quotation is from Walter McClintock, Old Indian Trails,(Houghton Mifflin Company, New York: 1923).

2001-2002 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONBOARD OF DIRECTORSShelley Armstrong Voelz ’80, ’83,PresidentOscar Gardner ’74, President-electLeAnne Briggs Schemenaur ’79, ’84,Immediate Past PresidentMark Adams ’78Cindy Blackburn Bickel ’94, ’98,SecretarySteve Boggs ’82Haldon Cole ’54Tamiko Madden Grier ’90J. D. Hamilton ’94Brian Martin ’88Lora McCormick ’97Julie Seward ’89Jamie Melfi Shellenberger ’90Shariq Siddiqui ’96Kelli Carr Silcox ’97, ’98John G. Smith ’97Amber Harrison Stearns ’95David Swift ’72Todd Sturgeon ’94J. Todd Vaught ’98Christopher Walsh ’91James Wernke ’80, ’87Brett Williams ’94James Wilson ’69, ’87John Winkler ’63Amy Buskirk Zent ’58

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Portico is a quarterly publicationof the University of Indianapolisfor alumni, parents of students,and friends of the university.

University EditorR. Peter Noot ’77, ’84

Art DirectorJeannine R. Allen

Assistant Director, PublicationsJennifer L. Huber

Assistant Director, University RelationsCynthia Sequin

Director, Alumni RelationsMonica Woods

Alumni Relations CoordinatorRosalie Fletcher

Amy Alexander ’03, Class Notes

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H i g h l i g h t s o f r e c e n t a l u m n i e v e n t s

UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY MEN’S CLUBOctober 3, campus

A visit to campus, starting in the new Stierwalt AlumniHouse, was a treat for the approximately 25 alumnimembers and guests of the Men’s Club of Franklin(Ind.) United Methodist Community. Often referred tofondly as “U of I/ICC south,” the Franklin Communityhas a high percentage of residents who are our alumni,says George Jacobs ’42. The visit to campus was inaddition to quarterly updates at the community byspeakers from the university, including President JerryIsrael, Vice President of Enrollment Mark Weigand ’78,’84, and several others.

FUTURE ALUMNI INTERCULTURAL RECEPTIONDecember 4, Stierwalt Alumni House, campus

The Alumni Association played host to Class of ’02members of the Intercultural Association in a receptionand brief program. Of these students, whose studies arecompleted in either December or May, many contemplateeither returning to their homeland or seeking a visa to stayin America and pursue a career in their chosen field.Students heard from a panel of alumni who also hadenrolled as international students, and were entertained(above) by carolers from the Music Department.

Participating were Shariq Siddiqui ’96, Islamic Societyof North America and the Indianapolis College of Business& Computers (originally from Pakistan and England);Fidelia Nazegbulam ’01, Ernst & Young Tax ComplianceDivision in Indianapolis (originally from Nigeria); andShakeel Ahmad ’93, ’94, Lilly Corporation, Indianapolis(originally from Pakistan). Through an informal question-and-answer format, students learned firsthand what lifebeyond graduation may be like for them as internationals,tips on how to adapt to the American work culture andnetwork for jobs, and how to cope being away from theirfamilies in the homeland for extended periods of time.

FINALS WEEK DESSERT DIVERSIONDecember 11, Stierwalt Alumni House, campus

Students gathered at the new Stierwalt Alumni Housefor a much-needed break in studying to enjoy thesecond annual Finals Week Dessert Diversion, spon-sored by the Alumni Association. Alumni were on handto give the students encouragement as they workedhard studying for finals. Students enjoyed internationalcoffees, hot chocolate and hot cider, and an array ofchoices of cheesecakes and other yummy desserts.(Above: Members of the alumni board join the fun.)

PRE-COMMENCEMENT RECEPTIONOCCUPATIONAL THERAPY & PHYSICAL THERAPY GRADUATIONDecember 15, Schwitzer Center

More than 700 gathered in Schwitzer Student Centerfor a reception prior to the commencement ceremonyin Nicoson Hall, including graduates of the Occupa-tional Therapy and Physical Therapy programs,families, and friends. A continental breakfast buffet wasserved, and each graduate received a gift, complimentsof the Alumni Association and the School of OT.

NATIONAL CITY BANK ALUMNI GATHERINGJanuary 29, 2002

These alumni have more than a career in banking incommon as approximately 20 employees of National CityBank, Indianapolis, gathered at the Stierwalt Alumni

Celebrate the Centennial

by ordering your copy of

“‘Downright Devotion to the

Cause’: A History of the

University of Indianapolis

& Its Legacy of Service,”

by Dr. Fred Hill, professor

emeritus of history. To order,

write or call the Publications

Office (vcook@uindy.edu;

317-788-3218).

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During the dedication ofthe Stierwalt AlumniHouse in October,President Jerry Israelurged the large alumniaudience present to comeback during theuniversity’s centennialyear, 2002. He issued achallenge to everyalumnus and alumna to“touch” the U of I campusat least once during theCentennial Celebration,January 1—December 31,2002. This can be donephysically by visitingcampus or virtually byvisiting the CentennialWeb site. To be amongwhat surely will be amilestone number ofalumni visitors this year,visit the Stierwalt AlumniHouse and sign thealumni guest registrybook. You can also logon to the centennialWeb site at http://centennial.uindy.eduand be counted electroni-cally as a “virtual visitor”while you learn moreabout the many eventsthroughout this centennialyear. So, don’t be left out.Stand up and be countedfor the Centennial!

House for lunch, tours, and a university update byPresident Jerry Israel. Jan Faherty ’71 helped coordinatethis campus visit on behalf of NCB. Other alumnipresent were Chad Cassinelli ’93, Vicki Chalifoux ’79,Mark Cousineau ’92, Anita Epp ’87, Jan Faherty ’71, StanHarris ’82, Wes Klutts ’81, Joseph Keyler ’96, SherylMeuchel ’94, Connie Miner ’87, Kim Morefield ’97, JudyPadgett ’90, Madeline Read ’84, Jennifer Rockhold ’71,Richard Turley ’75, and Mike Waterbury ’87.

AMERICAN UNITED LIFE (AUL) ALUMNI GATHERINGJanuary 30, 2002

Approximately 45 U of I alumni who work at eitherAUL or one of its many subsidiaries, employees whoare students at U of I, and AUL executives and boardmembers joined at an after-work reception at theSkyline Club in Indianapolis. The audience heard briefcomments from two presidents: AUL President JerrySemler and U of I President Jerry Israel. This year, bothorganizations celebrate two historic milestones. AUL iscelebrating its 125th birthday and U of I is celebratingits 100th birthday. Incoming Alumni Board PresidentOscar Gardner ’74, President of Professional FinancialGroup in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (an AUL subsid-iary), provided a brief overview of the AlumniAssociation and its current and future initiatives, as wellas how alumni can stay connected to their alma mater.

Other alumni present were Deanna Baumer ’64,Rachel Bearhope ’98, Sherri Beatlley ’99, Cleda Cox’89, Bill Earl ’80, Chris Gardner ’96, Mary Hershberger,Sharon Jurasz ’88, Holly Lloyd ’87, Susan Long ’87,Brenda Pedigo ’91, Sharon Petrsen ’71, ChristineSanders ’00, Siraq Siddiqui ’93, Terry Sutherland ’97,Linda Tobey ’95, John Venter ’93, Teresa White ’78, andDavid Wiese ’97.

YOUNG ALUMNI COFFEE TASTING & NETWORKINGFebruary 7, Hubbard & Cravens Coffee Brew House

Young alumni and friends gathered at Indianapolis’sown Hubbard & Cravens Coffee Company, in the BroadRipple area of Indianapolis, to tour the coffee brewhouse, learn what makes a cup of coffee great, andsample various blends of java. (In between samplingthe various coffee blends, alumni pose in front of 150-lb. bags of coffee beans that are ready for roasting.)

ALUMNI CHILI SUPPER AND PACK-THE-HOUSE NIGHTFebruary 9, campus

A hot chili supper buffet topped off with warmgreetings from old friends: It was a great combinationfor fun at the perennial favorite, the Alumni ChiliSupper prior to the Pack-the-House Night Greyhoundbasketball game versus Northern Kentucky.

Recognized at the dinner were those present ofthe 92 freshman recipients of the alumni scholarship,their families, and the alumni sponsors involved in thisprogram. Alumni then continued the fun at NicosonHall by cheering for their Greyhounds in the alumnifan section.

GRADUATES OF THE HEART ALUMNI DINNER THEATRESaturday, February 23, Ober Dining Hall,Schwitzer Student Center, campus

Back by popular demand was the second annualGraduates of the Heart event, designed especially forthe nearly 1,200 alumni couples who left theuniversity with more than a degree in hand. Morethan 110 alumni joined other theatre patrons for anevening of dinner and theatre at the student-ledperformance of Lover’s Ledge by Daniel Wentz.Alumni couples enjoyed the company of their matesas well as hearing others’ stories of how they met andfell in love while students at ICC or U of I. Ladieswere presented with a fresh flower and each couple abooklet compiled of attendees’ stories of love andromance while students. In addition to a deliciousdinner, they enjoyed the U of I Department ofTheatre’s production of Lover’s Ledge, a clevercharacter play in which a young attorney develops arelationship with a female office worker as sheponders her fate on the ledge of a building.

U OF I ALUMNI FACULTY AND STAFF APPRECIATION DAYMarch 5, Stierwalt Alumni House, campus

In appreciation of the approximately 130 alumniwho work at the university, the Alumni Associationsponsored a first-ever faculty/staff alumni apprecia-tion day. To fit the busy schedules of those workingin administration, as full-time faculty, or as adjunctevening professors, alumni chose between twoidentical events at lunch or dinner. Those presentlearned that of all employers of U of I graduates,the University of Indianapolis is the fourth-highestvolume employer of alumni. This is testimony thatU of I, as their employer and their alma mater,values their education and contribution to thecampus community.

Trivia QuestionQuestion:The current address of theUniversity of Indianapolis is1400 East Hanna Avenue.What did it used to be?

Answer:It used to be the address ofGood Hall, 4001 SouthOtterbein Avenue.

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SENIOR SALUTE: HONORING THE CLASS OF 2002April 7Fountain Square Theatre, Indianapolis

President Israel, the Alumni Association, and facultyrepresentatives honor the Class of 2002 in a specialdinner program. This event is an opportunity to reflecton student life at the university and to celebrate theseniors’ academic achievements as they make thetransition from U of I students to alumni.

97TH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIESMay 4Nicoson Hall, campus

The commencement speaker is Alice Friman, anationally recognized poet and author and professoremeritus of English at University of Indianapolis. Theprogram will once again be simulcast live inside the air-conditioned Ransburg Auditorium to accommodateoverflow seating and those needing assistance.Approximately 750 degrees will be conferred with areception immediately following on Smith Mall forgraduates and their families.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CLASS OF ’02GRADUATION DINNERMay 25Rathskellar Restaurant, Indianapolis

The Alumni Association is helping to send off theoccupational therapy class of 2002 in style, as theywill gather for likely the last time as a class beforejourneying all over the country to begin their clinicalacademic requirements in the field and then seekemployment. Joining in what surely will be a festiveevening with the OT graduates will be their familiesas well as faculty members.

‘CELEBRATING THE PRESIDENTS’ CENTENNIAL DINNERMay 31Schwitzer Student Center, campus

In honor of the seven presidents of the university’sfirst 100 years—including special invitees Dr. GeneE. Sease, Dr. G. Benjamin Lantz, Jr., and Dr. JerryIsrael—a celebratory dinner will be held to honoreach president’s accomplishments. In addition to allalumni being welcome, also invited to return for thisspecial event are those alumni who served as studentpresidential assistants as well as family members ofall presidents.

ALUMNI WEEKEND 2002June 1-2On campus

It’s our Centennial year and Alumni Weekend—twogreat reasons to come back to your alma mater for thebiggest alumni event of the year! Special reunions willbe held for the classes of 1929-46, 1947, 1952, 1957,1962, 1967, and 1972. The annual Honors andRecognition Luncheon recognizes the distinguishedalumni and honorary alumni, and other awards arepresented. Relive your college days by staying theweekend in a residence hall—though you’ll find thenew Central Hall superior to the dorms you knew! Tourthe new Stierwalt Alumni House and get your personalcopy of ‘Downright Devotion to the Cause’: A History of theUniversity of Indianapolis & Its Legacy of Service, signed bythe author, Professor Fred Hill. Watch your mail for theregistration brochure, visit the alumni Web site, or callthe Office of Alumni Relations for more information.

FOUNDERS DAY OBSERVANCEOctober 6, 2002On campus

Join us in the University Heights United MethodistChurch as the Music Department offers a special liturgicalservice in honor of the Centennial of the university’sfounding, then move across the street to the lawn of GoodHall for the dedication of a permanent memorial markeracknowledging the insitution’s founders. Founders Day isthe perfect way to kick off Homecoming festivities!

HOMECOMING 2002: THE CENTENNIAL EDITIONOctober 12On campus

Homecoming Week activities promise to offer studentsan especially good time this year, with the weekculminating in the special events of CentennialSaturday. Selected departments and clubs will meet andgreet at reunion lunches before joining the masses atthe traditional Homecoming football game. After theGreyhound victory, we’ll gather in the huge tent on theSmith Mall for a hot buffet and picnic, where we’ll seethe dedication and grand unveiling of a stunningsculpture and gardens commissioned in honor of theCentennial. Then we’ll top the evening off with afestival of the arts, bringing together the Music, Art andDesign, and Theatre departments for a cultural eventin the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. You don’twant to miss it! Watch your mail for details!

What else could say “I’m well educated, I’m loyal, I’mfun, and I have good taste,” in an instant quite like agreat-looking Greyhound license plate on your car?

Issued in conjunction with the Indiana Bureau ofMotor Vehicles, the special plate is available to allalumni, faculty, staff, parents, students, and friends ofthe university, and can be used for passenger cars,recreational vehicles, and trucks weighing less than11,000 pounds. Indiana BMV will charge an additional$15 at the time of issuance for each plate.

For alumni and friends living in Indiana, Greyhoundplates are a great opportunity to support the U of I!

REDESIGNED LICENSE PLATES HIT THE ROADAs you drive the roads of Indiana this year, you’ll noticea newly redesigned Greyhound license plate on Indianacars and trucks.

“When the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehiclesapproached us with the potential for a plate redesign,we examined the existing plate and looked at how tobetter align this very visible marketing piece with theuniversity’s overall branding and marketing initiatives,”said Monica Woods, Director for Alumni Relations. Animportant change in the design is the small “UI” versusthe “GH” letters that precede the numbers.

“Alumni and the community most often refer tothe university as ‘U of I’ or ‘UIndy,’ so UI on the platemade perfect sense,” she said. Other design changes, byuniversity art director Jeannine Allen in the PublicationsOffice, were made to the greyhound portion of thegraphic; it was enlarged and angled slightly downwardand now breaks the plane of the circle to give theimpression of a fast-moving greyhound race dog—

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Name(s) (as listed on vehicle registration): ______________________________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________ City / Zip: ______________________________________

Daytime Phone Number: ( _____ ) ____________________________ My license branch is: _____________________________

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Send me ________ plate authorization forms (indicate quantity needed) @ $10 each = $ _____________________________

Check enclosed (payable to University of Indianapolis)

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For credit card orders, you may fax to (317) 788-3996.

Return to:University of Indianapolis, Office of Alumni Relations1400 East Hanna Avenue / Indianapolis, IN 46227-3697

(317) 788-3295 / alumni@uindy.edu

Check all appropriate boxes: U of I Student/Parent Alumnus/Alumna Faculty/Staff University Friend

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charging on to victory, no doubt. “The colors, typefaceand character spacing were also updated to make theplate fresher and more recognizable on the highway athigh speed,” said Jeannine Allen.

The greyhound plate continues to be one of thehighest-valued member services offered by the AlumniAssociation. It also holds a special place in the hearts ofmany Adopt-a-Greyhound dog owners around the stateas well as other university supporters. To obtain yourGreyhound license plate authorization form for 2002,contact the Office of Alumni Relations, located oncampus in the Stierwalt Alumni House, at (317) 788-3295 (M-F 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.) or at alumni@uindy.edu.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:Fill out the order formTo order, complete this form. If you have vehiclesregistered in different family members’ names, youmust submit a separate form for each platerequested (you may make copies of this form).Mail it today with your check or call the Office ofAlumni Relations to place your phone order withMasterCard or VISA.Return this form, your $10 payment, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: University ofIndianapolis, Office of Alumni Relations, 1400 EastHanna Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227-3697. Wewill promply return the validated form(s) to you.Take the validated form(s) to your license branchTake the validated form(s) to your license branch,along with your other paperwork, and get yourGreyhound plate! It’s that easy! This form is neededfor new or renewal plate applications.

2001 LEGACY SCHOLAR REC IP I ENTS ALUMNI FAMILY MEMBER

Denver Alexander (Fishers, Ind.) ............................ Diana Jones ’80 (mother)Ben Ancelet (Indianapolis, Ind.) ............................ David Ancelet ’79 (father) & Elaine Driscol ’77 (mother)Bethany Appleton (Trafalgar, Ind.) ......................... Mark ’79 and Rebecca Appleton ’81 (parents)Rachel Banks (Batesville, Ind.) ................................ Lisa Banks ’81 (mother)Bryan Beightol (Greenwood, Ind.) ......................... Michael Beightol ’86 (father)Whitney Boling (Elkhart, Ind.) ................................ Richard Boling ’50 (grandfather)Elizabeth Bosecker (Vincennes, Ind.) .................... Jon Bosecker ’84 (father)Alyson Brenton (Pittsboro, Ind.) ............................. Kathy Brenton ’92 (mother)Lori Bryant (Mooresville, Ind.) ............................... Arthur Bryant ’70 (father)Eric Burgeson (Huntingburg, Ind.) ........................ Mary Burgeson ’74 (mother)Adam Drake (Berne, Ind.) ....................................... Gregg Drake ’73 (father)Brittany England (Greenwood, Ind.) ...................... Debbie England ’80 (mother)Adam Everhart (Butler, Ind.) ................................... Janet Everhart ’72 (mother)Joshua Finke (Indianapolis, Ind.) ........................... Kim Finke ’78 (mother)Sara Galloway (Westport, Ind.) ................................ Ruth Galloway ’75 (mother)Jessica Gasper (Westport, Ind.) ............................... William Gasper ’78 (father)Lindsey Geesaman (Greenwood, Ind.) ................... Kerry ‘79 & Sue ’81 Geesaman (parents)Elizabeth Hall (Milan, Ind.) ..................................... Gary ’75 & Lynn ’76 Hall (parents)James Hammond (Greenwood, Ind.) ..................... James Hammond ’72 (father)Eric Highley (Wabash, Ind.) .................................... Donna Highley ’97 (mother)Emily Hill (Greenwood, Ind.) .................................. The Reverend Ralph ’81 & Lucy ’88 Hill (parents)Samuel Hurrle (Beech Grove, Ind.) ....................... Stephen Hurrle ’92 (father)Emily Kercheval (Monticello, Ind.) ......................... Bruce Kercheval ’78 (father)Laura Kloop (Indianapolis, Ind.) ............................ Janet Klopp ’77 (mother)Corrine Michel (Hunterstown, Ind.) ...................... The Reverend David ’76 & Anne ’76 Michel (parents)Joe Peters (Greenwood, Ind.) .................................. Dr. John Peters ’78 (father)Victoria Sahm (Indianapolis, Ind.) ......................... Paul Sahm ’92 (father)Blair Schneider (Mooresville, Ind.) ........................ Larry Schneider ’71 (father)Regina Schouten (Indianapolis, Ind.) .................... Cynthia Schouten ’75 (mother)Brett Sprunger (Berne, Ind.) ................................... Ronald ‘72 & Karleen ’72 Sprunger (parents)Kelly Thomas (Plainfield, Ind.) ............................... Michael Thomas ’86 (father)Bryan Treeter (Greenwood, Ind.) ........................... David Treeter ’80 (father)Lyndsey Weller (DeWitt, Iowa) ................................ Gerry A. Stevens ’55 (grandparent)Jennifer Wilson (Jewett, Tex.) .................................. Randall Wilson ’93 (father)Ryan Yates (Indianapolis, Ind.) ............................... Kimberly Yates ’79 (mother)

Family ties at this institution have long been suspected as running deep, but it has never been more evident thanwith the new Alumni Legacy Scholarship program. This year, 35 alumni families benefited by receiving $1,000each, renewable for up to four undergraduate years of study, from the new Legacy Scholarship for their incomingfreshmen. According to Admissions Director Ron Wilks ’87, ’95, this program is open to any high school-age child,niece, nephew, brother, or sister of a U of I graduate.

“My wife and I felt like we couldn’t have sent our third child, Blair, to U of I without the benefit of the LegacyScholarship,” said Larry R. Schneider ’71, ’76. “Our oldest daughter, Megan, graduated in 2001 and is a fifth gradeteacher at an Avon [Ind.] elementary. Our middle child, Jocelyn, is currently a junior at U of I studying communica-tions and student director of the campus radio station, WICR. When our third child was shopping for colleges, we ofcourse looked at U of I. Our son, Blair, is also interested in either communications or elementary education, but mywife and I didn’t know if a third round of private tuition was possible for our family.”

Larry and his wife, Deborah, both work in the Mooresville (Ind.) School Corporation, he as an elementaryschool principal and she as a sixth grade teacher. “This new legacy scholarship was the difference for our family inbeing able to send our third child to U of I versus a state school,” he added.

Congratulations to the 2001 Legacy Scholarship recipients and to their alumni family members (listed below)who are helping to pass on their legacy of learning to the next generation of U of I students.

To learn more about the

Alumni Legacy Scholarship

Program, contact the

Office of Admissions at

1-800-232-8634, 788-3216,

admissions@uindy.edu.

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Alumni who pray togetherstay togetherThe University Heights United Methodist Church(UHUMC), Indianapolis, has long been a house ofworship for many students, now alumni, who havepassed through the halls of U of I, ICC, or ICU. Butone group of alumni, who call themselves the “Samari-tans” and pray together as a Bible study group, hasbeen as faithful and constant as the sun rising.

Nestled in a classroom at the end of the hall at thechurch adjacent to their beloved alma mater is a groupof alumni who have been praying together and studyingthe gospel weekly since the late 1930s. According toRalph Coddington ’43, “We’ve had alumni come and goover the years, as none of us are getting any younger, butwe’ve kept our faith and friendships alive through ourweekly Samaritan Bible class.”

The group started out small, with a few malestudents gathering for Bible study in old Men’s Hall oncampus, according to Coddington. Founding memberIris Showalter, honorary alumna and widow to bothPaul Smith ’39 and Harvey Showalter ’41, said, “Manyof us came to Indiana Central from small Indianatowns, married within a few years of each other, andstayed in Indianapolis because there were jobs to behad.” More than 60 years later, the Samaritans stillmeet weekly and are composed of about 26 UHUMCmembers, some couples, widows, and widowers, ofwhom about three-fourths are U of I/ICC alumni.

“We gather every week to study the gospel andshare in our friendships and love of our Lord. We alsodo about four social outings per year as a group, one ofwhich was the recent U of I dinner theatre productionof Lover’s Ledge,” said Coddington.

Pictured above in alphabetical order are Mary ’72and Fred Bluebaugh, Mark ’40 and Mable ’41 Braford,Ralph ’43 and Esther ’63 Coddington, Frances Harman’34, Herb ’34 and Elnora ’61 Hiatt, Ben Miller ’40,Geraldine Rodebaugh ’40, Iris Showalter (honoraryalumna) Ken ’42 and Hallie ’43 Sidebottom, HerbSmith ’44, and Mary Whykowski ’43. Not pictured areJohn ’68 and Roberta Deever, who now live in theFranklin United Methodist Community.

When you think of studio artists, what typically comes tomind is an extremely creative person working over ablank canvas alone in a studio with creative juicesflowing. But Andreas “Andy” Fischer ’94 of Chicago is a“social artist,” prefering an unusual creative process toproduce art through collaborative efforts. And hiscurrent collaborator is his father, Bruce Fisher, seniorpastor at the Congregational United Church of Christ,Iowa City, Iowa, who, by his own admission, is no artist.

Andreas, a gallery artist and adjunct professor atthe nationally acclaimed Art Institute of Chicago, iscurrently preparing for his own art exhibit at the Zolla/Lieberman Gallery in Chicago. The exhibit is to open inlate May and is entitled “High Unitas” after a mountainin Utah. “When I was in grade school, my family lived inthe Rocky Mountains of Montana. My dad would oftentake me hiking and fishing,” said Andreas. “Everysummer since we moved away from Montana my dad hasgone on a backpacking trip in a mountain rangesomewhere in America. He always tries to talk me intogoing. I love the idea, but for some reason I never go,and every year regret it. On the last trip, my dad did aseries of small drawings of some of his experiences alongthe way. Since his return, I have been working my waythrough his experiences by listening to him talk aboutthe trip and by reproducing his drawings as paintings.”

“When my son asked me to collaborate on thisproject,” said Bruce Fischer, “I was intrigued, felt proud,and was honored that he would involve me in his art insuch a unique way. But at the same time, I wasn’t quitesure how it would all work.” When Bruce was planninghis annual mountain hiking trip, Andy asked his father ifhe would be willing to sketch, as best he could, thescenery of each day’s hike. Bruce captured sunrises overSinks Canyon and the towering mountain called HighUnitas among other spectacular natural wonders. “Myhiking partners wondered why I just didn’t takephotographs each day. Sometimes I wondered that aswell,” said Bruce.

From his dad’s thumbnail sketches, Andy went towork on bringing his father’s experiences to canvas. “Mypaintings in this exhibit are not perfect, but that isintentional,” he said. “My dad broke some art rules which Ichose to include in these paintings. His sketches were hisrecordings of the hiking trip. By including these imperfec-tions,” Andy said, “it’s my way of honoring my father.

“In a unique way, it was my way of participating inthe hiking trips that my dad for so many years asked meto join him on,” he said. “There was no point in

assembling artistically perfect paintings from my dad’ssketches,” he said. “It would have lost the heart and soulof what I could learn from my father’s experience andwhat he could share with me through my art,” he said.

Andy credits the University of Indianapolis forhelping him discover his true calling as an artist. Hecame to U of I originally as a pre-med major, but he saidthe liberal arts curriculum at his alma mater helped himfind his talent. He learned much from now-retired artprofessor Earl Snellenberger and left U of I questioning,“Do I really have what it takes to be a real artist?”

After earning a bachelor’s degree in art historyfrom U of I in 1994, he was accepted into the graduateprogram at the prestigious Pratt Institute of Art inBrooklyn, New York, working as a graduate assistant.When funding ran out for his assistantship, he no longercould afford to stay at Pratt and returned to Indianapolis,where U of I art professor Dee Schaad hired him as adirector of the art gallery on campus. After a year, herealized he would regret it if he never gave himself atrue shot at being an artist. It was then that he enrolledin the Art Institute of Chicago.

Andy locates the turning point in his maturation asan artist to when a longtime relationship with agirlfriend ended. He worked through his feelingsthrough an introspective piece of art painted with his ex-girlfriend’s lipstick. It was then that he stopped trying tocompete with other artists and began to paint with hisheart, which gained him respect from his peers.

“My art fills a void for me, like a compensation ofsorts,” says Andy. “I hope that something about who I amand my art can provide something for another,” he says.And how it has for this father-son pair. According to dadFischer, “A father-son relationship can be deeply movingand powerful because there is a deep love present. Butwith that comes some guilt because it may not be asstrong a relationship as either one desires. There’salways a bit of ambivalence about it,” said Bruce. “Butthe journey of this collaborative art project, withplanning and communication between us, is as good orbetter than the art is or will be.”

Andreas Fischer’s exhibit, “High Unitas,” will be ondisplay at the Zolla/Lieberman Gallery May 31 throughJuly 6 in downtown Chicago. Fischer will also be one ofseveral alumni artists participating in an alumni artexhibit in October in the Christel DeHaan Fine ArtsCenter Gallery on the University of Indianapolis campusas part of the many events celebrating the university’sCentennial. —Monica Woods

“My art fills a void for me, like

a compensation of sorts,” says

Andy. “I hope that something

about who I am and my art can

provide something for another,”

he says. And how it has for this

father-son pair.”

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S O I R É E K I C K S O F F C E N T E N N I A L Y E A R I N S T Y L E

The University of Indianapolis was saluted by approximately 200 community leaders at anelegant Centennial Soirée on January 19, 2002, in the Indiana Historical Society’s stunningGrand Foyer. The emcee for the evening, popular Indianapolis television news anchor BruceKopp of Channel 13, was introduced by Centennial Committee co-chair Gene Lausch ’60.

U of I Board of Trustees Chair Christel DeHaan offered a glimpse of what life was like in1902, when the university was founded (see back cover for an excerpt). Then the guests weretreated to a special private preview hearing of Ronen Chamber Ensemble’s performance of anew piece of music, Divertimento: Winter, 2001, commissioned by Harold Bretz in honor of hiswife, Ann Cory Bretz ’48, from composer Christopher Rutkowski, a contemporary classicalcomposer, jazz pianist, and Director of Composition Studies at the University of Indianapolis.

After the performance, the guests moved from the auditorium to the Grand Foyer fordinner. The Reverend Kent Millard, Senior Pastor of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church anda member of the University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees, offered the invocation, andBruce Kopp saluted the evening’s sponsors: Baker & Daniels, Sagamore Associates, R J Pile& Co., Shiel Sexton Co. Inc., and Thomas P. Miller & Associates. Sal Cilella, president andCEO of the Indiana Historical Society, presented university president Jerry Israel with anacknowledgment of the institution’s 100th birthday. President Israel then offered a briefsummary of the university’s past, present, and plans for the future. (See excerpt, page 2.)

Special letters of congratulations to the university were reproduced in the programs andwill be displayed on campus throughout the year. The letters are from U.S. President GeorgeW. Bush; Indiana Senator Richard G. Lugar, who has served as a faculty member and as a trusteeof the University of Indianapolis since 1970; Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, Indiana GovernorFrank O’Bannon, and Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson.

The next day, January 20, the first student observation of the Centennial took placewith a special dinner followed by games and activities. To learn more about upcomingCentennial events, see page 6—and be sure to check out the Centennial Web site(http://centennial.uindy.edu).

Clockwise from top left:(1) Channel 13’s BruceKopp and wife Paula joinCentennial Celebrationco-chair Dave Huffman ’64and his wife, Marcia ’63,at the pre-concert reception.(2) President Jerry Israel isperched at the lectern highabove the diners in theGrand Foyer of the IndianaHistorical Society.(3) Board chair ChristelDeHaan helped put theCentennial in context priorto the Ronen ChamberEnsemble’s concert.(4) Indianapolis MayorBart Peterson chatted withBen Blanton of Baker &Daniels (one of the Soiréesponsors) and Sandy Hastat the reception that kickedoff the evening.

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Dr. Bill Ayres (director, International Relations)published an article in the journal InternationalInteractions titled “Strategies, Capabilities, and Demands:Explaining Outcomes in Violent Intrastate NationalistConflicts.” He also spoke to the Southside Rotary Clubabout terrorism and U.S. foreign policy. Ayres alsoappeared as a guest panelist on the television show“Consider This,” which is produced on thecampus of IUPUI.

Dr. Victoria Bedford (School of PsychologicalSciences), along with three of her students, presentedtheir paper “Simultaneous trajectories of continuity andchange in relationships between middle-aged brothers”at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of Americain Chicago.

Lisa Berger (Nursing) recently passed her certifica-tion as a Family Nurse Practitioner. The certification isfrom the American Nurses Credentialing Center and isused by advanced practice nurses, nurse practitioners,and clinical nurse specialists. Board certification is arecognition of both educational and practice competencyof the highest order in the profession.

The Association of Baccalaureate Social WorkProgram Directors selected associate librarian ShirleyBigna’s Web site, “Shirley’s Social Work Web Resources,”as one of the top four search sites in the United States.

Sondra Hayes (Modern Languages) organized astring quartet from members of the PhilharmonicOrchestra of Indianapolis to perform during theholidays. The group performed at the Unity ofIndianapolis church, Zionsville Meadows, and CastletonHealthcare Center. Hayes also organized a Christmascelebration at the Julian Center in Indianapolis andbrought piñatas donated by the Latino Organizationat U of I.

“The Department of State,” an essay by universitypresident Dr. Jerry Israel and Dr. David L. Anderson(History; interim dean, College of Arts and Sciences),has been published in the second edition of theEncyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. As the editors ofthe encyclopedia describe this reference book, “Insteadof bringing together small batches of information onmany topics, it offers in-depth, original, interpretiveessays commissioned from distinguished scholars whoare experts in their field.” The article by Israel andAnderson analyzes the organization and management ofthe Department of State and its changing role in the

shaping of American foreign policy from the days of theearly republic to the present.

Dr. Sharon Isaac (dean, School of Nursing) waselected Treasurer of the Indiana State Nurses Associa-tion at their convention in October. She was alsoselected to be a delegate to the American NursesAssociation.

Dr. Sanford Pederson (School of PsychologicalSciences) has been named editor of a new journal to bepublished by the Division of Psychologists in Public Serviceof the American Psychological Association. The journal,Psychological Services, will publish papers on scientificoutcome studies of psychological services in a variety ofsettings. The first issue is expected to appear in early 2003.

Brenda Pedigo (director of Housekeeping) hasearned the “Certified Executive Housekeeper” designa-tion through the International Housekeepers Associa-tion (IEHA), a professional association for personsemployed in facility housekeeping at the managementlevel. Brenda earned this status by completing therequired 300-hour certification program over the lastthree years. Brenda also serves on the local board ofdirectors for the IEHA.

In October, Deb Sachs and Julie Meyer (ChallengeProgram) presented a session at the National ScienceTeachers Regional Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Thesession focused on Challenge Program activities that helpstudents to become actively involved in science class.

The ceramic work of Dee Schaad (chair, ArtDepartment) was featured this past September andOctober at the Richmond (Indiana) Art Museum. Theexhibit, titled “All Indiana Pottery,” included worksof contemporary potters from Indiana. His work waspictured on the announcement sent by the museum toits patrons. Schaad’s work has also been included thisfall in exhibits at Dean Johnson Gallery in Indianapolis,Barton Museum at Barton College in Wilson, NorthCarolina, Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia,and Concord College in Athens, West Virginia.

Graduate Nursing Program Director Dr. AnitaSiccardi has been appointed to the Governor’sCommission on Care Givers. This prestigious appoint-ment gives her the opportunity to work at the statelevel in the field of healthcare and for families of the ill.She also published her article titled “Healthcare needsof the older adult and competencies of the advancedpractice nurse.”

Christy Stone (First-Year Programs) wasrecently elected to the Indianapolis Jaycees Board ofDirectors in the position of Community Development

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Basket effort that donated, aembled, and delivereddirector. She recently co-chaired a Holiday Food Basketeffort that donated, assembled, and delivered over 700boxes of food and personal items to Indianapolisresidents in need.

Recent publications by Dr. Charlotte Templin(English) include “The Old Prole Woman in Orwell’s1984” in Notes on Contemporary Literature and an interviewwith Alix Kates Shulman in The Missouri Review. Shepresented papers on Margaret Atwood's comedy at theModern Language Association meeting in New Orleansand at the meeting of the Association of CanadianStudies in the U.S. in San Antonio. She also presentedpapers on regional comedy at the American LiteratureAssociation meeting in Boston.

Dr. George Weimer (Music, Teacher Education)received the Outstanding University Music EducatorAward for 2002 at the Indiana Music EducatorsAssociation state convention in January. IMEA is theprofessional association of Indiana music teachers at alllevels of education, and the award is a recognition oflifetime achievement in music teaching.

Dr. Lynne Weisenbach (dean, School of Education)presented with Dr. Mary McGann (School for AdultLearning, English) at the National Council for theAccreditation of Teacher Education’s January conferencein Washington, D.C. Their presentation discussed theways that Arts and Sciences and Education faculties cancollaborate in effective teacher preparation. Weisenbachalso served on the Indianapolis Charter School Board.

Associate Director of Athletics Dr. Sue Willey ‘75has been elected to a four-year term on the NCAADivision II Management Council. Willey, who willrepresent the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) onthe Management Council, had previously served oneyear as a member of the Division II Legislation Commit-tee. Willey’s Management Council appointments includeStudent-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Liaisonand Student-Athlete Involvement Project Team. Dr.Willey is also serving her second consecutive term as amember of the GLVC Executive Committee.

Associate Professor of Nursing Dr. Connie Wilsonwas elected to the Nominations Committee of theIndiana State Nurses Association.

WATCH FOR WENDY ON RACE WEEKENDSocial Work major Wendy Behnkendorf was selected asone of the 33 Indianapolis 500 Festival princesses. Ms.Behnkendorf will be involved with many of the 500Festival events, including the parade, race, andcommunity service activities.

PLAY EARNS THEATRE FESTIVAL HONORA student-written, student-directed play staged by theU of I Theatre Department was honored to be chosento participate in the American College Theater Festivalheld in Evansville, Ind., in January. Theatre studentRon Popp’s play Coming Home was selected to beperformed at the festival, a huge honor consideringthat some of the other participating schools are muchlarger and have graduate theatre programs. Popp’s playwas one of nine plays selected from more than 50entries. This is the first time in 32 years of participatingin the competition that U of I has been chosen toperform. U of I graduate Matt Gowin designed thelighting and the set for the play and also designedanother show at Purdue that was selected for thefestival. Jim Ream, department chair, serves on theACTF regional committee.

CIRCLE K FUNDS GO TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE INDIANAThe University of Indianapolis Circle K organization wasable to help the Indianapolis community in a verytangible way last semester. Circle K hosted a fundraisingdinner on December 8 and took part in many otheractivities to raise money for Prevent Child AbuseIndiana. Before students left for the holiday break,Circle K presented Prevent Child Abuse Indiana with an$800 check. The 49 inducted members volunteeredmore than 1,000 hours during the semester at commu-nity centers, shelters, and nonprofit organizations.“Throughout the years many of our students, nowalumni, have been involved with Circle K, and they areleaders on campus and in the community as adults,” saysToni Peabody, instructor of Social Work and Circle Kadvisor. “This group is an example of relationships andskills experienced in college that develop partnershipsand linkages that benefit the members and ourcommunity throughout their lives.”

Photo: Ron Popp (left), student

author of the play “Coming

Home,” consults with student

director Mark Michalak on the

script. Popp and Michalak

were invited to present the show

for production at the regional

American College Theater

Festival in Evansville.

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G r a n t p r o v i d e s o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r y o u n ga d u l t s t o e x p l o r e l i f e o f s e r v i c eA $1.5-million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will enhance opportunities for University of Indianapolisstudents to explore vocational career possibilities in ministry and examine other ways of living withintegrity, commitment, and service. The gift is one of 29 given to colleges across the country to create orimprove programs for young people to draw upon the resources and religious heritage of their institutions.

The U of I program, called “The Crossings Project,” will enable the university to build upon itstradition of “Education for Service” while providing young adults with expanded ecumenical andinterfaith initiatives through curricular and cocurricular programs. The project is an outgrowth of theuniversity’s Lantz Center for Christian Vocations, established in 1998 through an Endowment grant.

“Building upon our Christian vocations curriculum, this project will help the university provide itsstudents with a number of initiatives including enhanced opportunities for pre-theology majors, providingnursing students and parish nurses with more mentoring opportunities in their educational pursuits, andcreating a new youth ministry training program,” said Dr. Michael Cartwright, U of I associate professor inphilosophy and religion and the project’s executive director.

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Tr i o o f I n d i a n a l e a d e r s a p p o i n t e d t o U o f I B o a r dCarolene Mays, president and general manager of the Indianapolis Recorder, Robert Wingerter ’76, managing partnerwith Ernst & Young LLP of Indianapolis, and Tom Zupancic ’78, vice president of business development for theIndianapolis Colts, were appointed February 7 to serve on the University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees.

Mays is a member of the Indiana Sports Corporation Board, Indiana Neighborhood Housing PartnershipBoard, Indiana Supreme Court Commission for Racial and Gender Fairness, NCAA Citizenship Through SportsAlliance, Mays Family Foundation Board, Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee Board, and the Black Alliancefor Educational Options Advisory Board. She co-chairs the NCAA 2005 Women’s Basketball Final Four and chairsthe Coca-Cola Circle City Classic Gala, the 2002 World Basketball Steering Committee, and the Indiana FeverAdvisory Team. She is active in the Eastern Star Church and the Society of Professional Journalists. Awards includethe Martin Luther King Center Living the Legacy Award, Center for Leadership Development Mass Media Award,National Council of Negro Women/Indianapolis Chapter Award, Women’s Expo Trailblazer Award, and NationalNewspaper Publishers Association Presidential Citation. A graduate of Indiana State University, she lives inIndianapolis with her daughter, Jada.

Wingerter is a member of the Indianapolis Symphony Board of Trustees, Wheeler Mission Ministries Board ofDirectors, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Board of Directors, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, IndianaCertified Public Accountants Society, and the American Institute of CPAs. As an attorney, Wingerter is a member ofthe Indianapolis, Indiana, and American bar associations. He received the 2001 Master Mentor award from theOhio Valley Region of Ernst and Young. He earned his law degree from the Indiana University Law School. Heattends the Zionsville Fellowship Nondenominational Christian Church and lives in Zionsville with wife Deborahand their four children: Deidra (a junior at the University of Indianapolis), Robert III, Zachary, and Seth.

Zupancic is a member of the Leukemia Society, Children’s Bureau of Indianapolis, Wheeler Mission, BrokenWagon Ranch, Speedway Exchange Club, and PAL Club. Honors include the 2000 Jefferson Award, Sagamore of theWabash, NFL Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year, Leukemia Man of the Year, U of I Athletic Hall of Fame,Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Outstanding Alumni at U of I, World Record Bench Press (600 pounds), finalist forthe 1984 Olympic Wrestling Trials, and Strongest Man in America, second place. He is a partner of the IndianapolisIce Hockey Team. Zupancic co-hosts The Dog and Zup Pre-Game Scoop live radio show prior to Indianapolis Coltshome games on WFBQ-FM. He attends St. Malachy Catholic Church and serves on the St. Malachy School Commis-sion. He and his wife, Carrie, live in Indianapolis with their three children, Katie, Jacob, and John.

S e n a t o r L u g a r h o n o r e df o r 2 5 y e a r s o fn a m e s a k e s y m p o s i u mIn honor of the 25th anniversary of the Dick LugarSymposium for Tomorrow’s Leaders, the University ofIndianapolis announced the U.S. Senator Richard G.Lugar Academic Recognition Award for high schooljuniors and seniors entering the university. Thescholarship provides $3,500 each year up to four years.

Senator Lugar also received a plaque fromU of I president Jerry Israel commemorating the25th anniversary of the symposium. Joining PresidentIsrael (at far right in photo) at a ceremony to thankthe senator for his quarter-century of offering thesymposium at the University of Indianapolis wereformer U of I presidents Dr. G. Benjamin Lantz, Jr.(far left), and Dr. Gene E. Sease.

The Lugar Symposium for Tomorrow’s Leadersbrings many outstanding students to campus eachyear to learn about and discuss important domesticand world issues on such topics as the economy, theenvironment, and politics. The students are alsotreated to a speech by the longtime Indiana senatorand take part in a question-and-answer session. Morethan 600 high school juniors from around the stateattended the event.

“I value my relationship with the University ofIndianapolis,” said Lugar, who once taught at theuniversity and has served for many years on itsBoard of Trustees. “The Dick Lugar Symposium forTomorrow’s Leaders has brought about 600 high schoolstudents a year to the campus. I am honored that theUniversity of Indianapolis would create a scholarship inmy name for deserving students.”

President Israel was pleased to be able to acknowl-edge the Senator’s contributions to the students and tothe university. “We are very fortunate to call Dick Lugara friend of the University of Indianapolis,” he said, “andnaming this scholarship in his honor is just one smallway we can recognize the enormous contributions thesenator has made for all levels of education."

When The Reverend Sidney G. Hall ’80 lost his Indiana Central College class ringless than a year after he purchased it, he never dreamed he would get a call morethan 20 years later telling him that his ring had been found in the back seat ofan old Chevrolet.

The last time Sid remembered seeing his gold class ring was on a 1980 youth tripwith the Edgewood United Methodist Church to Cloverdale, Ind., to help build theCloverdale United Methodist Church. “All these years I thought I’d lost it in theconcrete or something like that,” Sid said. “I never thought I would find it again.”

The flat, tiger-eye ring was found by Truman Muse of Bowling Green, Ky. It waswedged beneath the back seat of a 1980 Chevrolet Monza. “I bought the car in 1989and I was cleaning it to sell it in 1992 and I found the class ring,” said Truman. “I justpitched it in a jewelry box because I didn’t know what else to do with it. Then last fallmy wife and I were talking about a ring she had recovered because it had initials in it,and that reminded me about the ring I had found. I went and got it and there wereinitials inside it, too.”

Armed with the 1980 graduation year, the “ICC” initials on the ring, and theinitials “SGH” on the inside of the ring, Truman and his wife, Melinda, went to work tofind the rightful owner. “My wife and I just got excited about it and we wanted to getthe ring back to its owner,” he said. “I called the Indiana Board of Education andwhoever I talked to knew that ICC stood for Indiana Central College and that thecollege had changed their name to the University of Indianapolis, so they gave me theright telephone number.”

Truman called and talked to Rosalie Fletcher, administrative assistant for theU of I Alumni Relations Office, and gave her what information he had.

“I just thought I’d start looking on a database and see if we could find someonewith those initials who also graduated in 1980,” Rosalie said.

With more than 600 alumni and friends whose last names started with the “HA”alone, she didn’t think it would be an easy task. “I opened the database and just typedin “H” and looked down the line for “S and G,” she said. “Luckily, his name was highon the list, and I found him rather quickly.”

Rosalie called Sid within an hour.“I couldn’t believe it when she called and asked me if I’d lost a tiger-eye ring, and

I told her I lost one more than 20 years ago,” Sid said. “I talked with Truman, and hewas terrific—I think he was as excited as me about this. After we spoke for a while, Iremembered that my car had broken down that day in 1980, so I borrowed myneighbor’s car, which was the Chevy Monza, and that is where I lost my ring. It was veryexciting to find it, and I called my family in Indiana.”

Sid and his wife, Ronda ’81, have family in the Kokomo and Fishers areas.The ring has sentimental value as well. “My grandmother, Gladys Hall, bought the

ring for me as a gift, and I did not plan to put my initials in it because it costs a littlemore, but she convinced me to and told me she was paying for it and that I should doit,” he said. “We sure didn’t think it work out like it did. My grandmother passed awayin 1991, and she wanted one of her children to be a Methodist minister. It didn’t workout that way, but she was very happy that one of her grandsons became a minister.”

After completing his studies at Indiana Central College/University ofIndianapolis, Sid earned his master’s and doctor of ministry degrees at the PerkinsSchool of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Sid is the pastor ofTrinity United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas, where he and his wife live with theirtwo children, Rachel, 17, and David, 14.

“I’m wearing the ring now and a lot of people ask about it, so I tell them the storyof how I got it back,” Sid said. —Cynthia Sequin

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You don’t have to explain the importance of providinga competitive sports arena for aspiring female athletesto Mary “Wimp” Baumgartner ’57—she’s spent most ofher life hurling baseballs through the glass ceiling ofwomen’s sports.

The former catcher for the women’s professionalbaseball league developed her love for the game duringher childhood in Fort Wayne, Ind., when she and herfive sisters played with the neighborhood kids near herfather’s grocery store. “My parents had six kids in eightyears, so it was always busy with lots of activity, and theneighborhood kids just congregated at our house, sowe played a lot of baseball,” said Wimp.

This early love for baseball, combined with herathletic talent, led to her placement as an outfielderfor the Fort Wayne Daisies in 1949. Wimp—whosenickname derived from the J. Wellington Wimpycharacter of Popeye fame because of her childhoodlove for hamburgers—was quickly transferred toChicago, where she moved to the catcher’s position.

“We played as a traveling farm team with a one-month schedule, and one of the managers traveledahead to set up the games and extend our playingseason,” Wimp said. “We’d play at night, take a shower,and then get on the bus and sleep until we got to thenext scheduled city. There wasn’t a toilet on the bus,either, so we had to stop for ‘tea time’ along the road.”

The team traveled constantly throughout theseason, hitting one state after another, includingIndiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee,Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, andFlorida. “The best field we ever played was in Memphis,Tennessee,” Wimp said. “It had rich, red clay, verygreen grass and very white lines. It was beautiful.”

Some of the fields weren’t so nice. “We playedmany games inside running tracks, so you’d be chasingafter a ball and you’d hit the blacktop with your cleatson, but you just kept running,” she said.

Being a good ball player wasn’t the only require-ment to join the league. Wimp and the other playershad to attend charm school lessons and wear skirtswhenever they were in public. “A lot of us wore shortsunder our skirts, and as soon as we got back in the bus,

we took our skirts off,” she said. “We also couldn’t wearour hair too short—no boys’ haircuts were allowed.Our hair had to have some curls.”

Wimp became the first player to be moved off the“farm team” when she joined the All-American GirlsProfessional Baseball League, or AAGBBL, by joiningthe Peoria Red Wings. “They put me on a little Piperairplane and I flew from Jackson, Mississippi, to FortWayne and had to play against the Fort Wayne Daisiesthat same night.”

Life in the big league meant being traded to theMuskegon Lassies in Michigan from the Red Wings overthe winter of 1949-50. After spring training with theMuskegon Lassies, Wimp was traded to the South BendBlue Sox. Wimp was lent to the Lassies for a month andthen returned to the Blue Sox. She finished her careerwith the Blue Sox in 1954 when the AAGBBL shut down.

“We had real good attendance; from ’44 to ’49 wepulled in a million people a year,” she said. “It startedtapering off in the early fifties when people startedwatching television, and they televised night games of theChicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, and the Cincinnati Reds.”

Although the league discontinued play, the effectthese ladies had on women’s professional sports remainstoday. Their contributions were chronicled in the 1992movie A League of Their Own. “The ladies who’d playedball got together in 1987 and formed the AAGBBLPlayers Association, and in 1988 we were inducted intothe National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown,”Wimp said. “Penny Marshall, who directed the movie,came to the induction ceremonies in the fall of 1988.She said she was interested in doing a movie. ThePlayers Association got paid $100,000 for our story.”

Wimp and some other players acted in small partsof the movie. “We didn’t get to speak, but if you knowwhere to look you can see me in the background insome of the scenes,” she said. “I got an autographedbaseball from Penny Marshall, and I got to meet RosieO’Donnell, Madonna, and Lori Petty. It got a lot ofpublicity for the league and our association.”

During her fifth year as a professional baseball player,Wimp decided to complete her education by attendingIndiana Central College, now the University of Indianapolis.

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“I went there because I wanted to go to thesmaller school, and because of their affiliation with theEvangelical United Brethren Church,” she said. “Also,my grandmother had visited ICC, as it was called backthen, and my aunt had attended the school.”

Wimp began her studies in the fall of 1953, and inthe spring of 1954 she tried to balance her baseballcareer with her education. “I had permission to take myfinals early from most of my professors, but two of themwouldn’t let me, so I had to drive down from SouthBend for finals. When I got to the school, I climbed upthe fire escape and slept for a couple hours, and then Itook my finals. After, I drove back to South Bend andplayed in a doubleheader that night.”

While a student at the university, Wimp playedvolleyball and basketball and participated in track. “Iplayed everything I could,” she said.

As a former professional athlete, Wimp brought awealth of experience and expertise to the playingfields when she decided to help young femaleathletes. She spent 28 years teaching and coaching atJimtown High School in Elkhart, Ind., and then at LeoHigh School near Fort Wayne. Softball, volleyball,basketball, track, gymnastics—she coached it all, andoften simultaneously.

“Oh, yes, the seasons overlapped and there weretimes when we were at the school every night of theweek for one sport or another,” said Wimp. “Therewere about 10 of us in the state running the GAA (GirlsAthletic Association). We had to schedule our owngames with other schools, and get the girls to and fromthe games. I drove and we got parents and families todrive. We did what we had to do. There was no helpfrom athletic directors back then, and we had to fightfor practice time in the gym.”

Wimp said many times she’d be practicing inthe school gym and the boys’ team and coach wouldenter to start their own practice. “My girls and Iwouldn’t get out of the way—I just told the boys toplay on their end and we would play on our end.Hey, if you didn’t practice you couldn’t get better,and that’s true for everybody.”

She coached for 16 years before competitive girls’athletics was officially recognized. “When I startedteaching and coaching in 1957, the athletic directorsand coaches had a ‘good-old-boys club’ and womenwere excluded from the athletic arena. It wasn’t untilTitle IX that we finally started getting some help,” shesaid. “I had an athletic director who didn’t supportgirls’ sports until his own daughter got into high schooland started running track. Then his daughter wonthree races against our Leo High School team and itcompletely changed his attitude. He even got a T-shirtthat said ‘I’m so-and-so’s dad.’ I never saw that before.”

Wimp said her athletes didn’t involve themselveswith the politics going on behind the scenes; “They justwanted to play.”

She coached a number of outstanding femaleathletes, including Tonya Burns-Cohrs, now a coach andteacher at Woodlan Junior/Senior High School in theFort Wayne area. “She was a great coach and a great rolemodel,” Tonya said. “She had a huge impact on me. Inever thought about going to college, but she encour-aged me and was probably the most influential person tohelp direct my career.”

“I remember being so scared about playing forWimp, because you had to toe the line with her. When Iwas a freshman volleyball player, I lifted the net andwalked under it. I can’t tell you how many times I had torun under the net that day and I never did that again.”

Tonya received a full scholarship in 1981 to attendIowa State, where she set 32 records in women’s basketball,including games played, rebounds, and points scored.

Wimp retired from coaching and teaching in 1985,but her involvement in women’s sports remains strong.

“She has such an interesting role in women’ssports, as a very skillful athlete, a respected coach, and apositive role model,” said U of I athletic director DavidHuffman. “She’s one of those delightful, unique personsyou hope on occasion to meet. She’s a totally honestperson who doesn’t put on airs.”

She and two of her sisters, Mildred “Millie”Baumgartner and Deloras “Teen” Baumgartner, recentlydonated funds to the university to light the women’ssoftball field and provide a high-quality playing surface.

“This means so much to the women’s softballprogram. Now we can host doubleheaders, and ifweather conditions cause delays in a game, we don’tnecessarily have to cancel the games because we can stillplay into the night,” said Huffman. “That’s what Wimpwanted to do—help women athletes.”

Women’s athletics today has reached levels evenbeyond what Wimp dreamed. “I enjoy watching women’sgolf, tennis, basketball,” she said. “I can’t believe thegood money our girls make in tennis, golf, andbasketball—they are finally getting what they deserve.”

Thanks in no small part to the role Wimp andothers like her played in the early years of women’sprofessional athletes. — Cynthia Sequin

Opposite page, left: Mary

“Wimp” Baumgartner

addresses the crowd during

the dedication of the

University of Indianapolis

Baumgartner Field softball

complex last fall. Opposite

page, right, Wimp stands

between two Greyhound ball

players at the event. Above:

Wimp’s signed All-American

Girls Professional Baseball

League baseball card.

In the northernmost reaches of Montana, the land-scape is constantly shifting. Billowing grasslands thatstretch for miles alongside the Rocky Mountains canquickly be overtaken by blankets of snow driven byfierce winter winds. In this isolated and unrestrainedregion, the Blackfeet developed their culture, lore, andsacred rituals. From lands north of the Great Lakes, theBlackfeet gradually moved west until they settledthroughout northern Montana. Generations ofBlackfeet from Montana and Canada hunted together,overcame hardships, and celebrated a common unity asthey lived a nomadic lifestyle. It was this rich historythat drew Dr. Elizabeth Weber and fourteen otherwomen together in the summer of 2001 on theBlackfeet Reservation to learn about its past, experi-ence its traditions, and understand the resilience ofthe Blackfeet people.

Stretching from the United States/Canadianborder south into the Lewis and Clark National Forest,the Blackfeet Reservation encompasses 1.5 million acres.Bordered on the west by Glacier National Park, thereservation is home to approximately 7,500 Blackfeet.To the east of Two Medicine Lake, in a clearing justbelow the mountain summit, Dr. Weber’s group set upcamp and constructed tipis made of lodgepole pine.“We came to learn about the lore, traditions, and cultureof the Blackfeet,” said Dr. Weber, and for the next eightdays, that opportunity was theirs.

With the help of two Blackfeet guides, the grouptraveled throughout the reservation and visited

locations that hold special significance to the Blackfeet.In the central part of the reservation, they visited oneof the sites of the pishkun, or buffalo jump. Woven intothe activities and very existence of the early Blackfeettribes were the migrating buffalo, providing a source offood, clothing, and material goods. At the pishkun, theBlackfeet would drive the buffalo over the edge of asteep cliff to tribal members below who killed anybuffalo that survived the fall. This practice continueduntil the buffalo all but vanished in the late 1880s. “Ireally enjoyed visiting places such as this so I could takepictures for my students,” said Dr. Weber. “They readabout it, but I want to show them through pictures thatthese places are real.”

The students who will benefit from Dr. Weber’sexperiences are those who take her Native AmericanLiterature class at the University of Indianapolis. Anassociate professor of English, Dr. Weber regularlyteaches creative writing classes and has taught theNative American literature class five times in the pasteight years. “The students read selections from ananthology of Native American literature that includesessays, poems, and short stories,” said Dr. Weber. Thesyllabus regularly includes novels that she feels areimportant to understanding Native American culture,such as Ceremony by Leslie Marmom Silko, Fool’s Crow byJames Welch, andYellow Raft in Blue Water by MichaelDorris. Students study not only the Blackfeet, but alsoNative American tribes all over the United States. AsDr. Weber traveled throughout the reservation with her

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English professor ElizabethWeber (left) joins other membersof her group in a tipi, where theyspent all of their nights inMontana. The waterfall in thelarge photo above pours from themiddle of a cliff from a cave; intimes of heavy rain or snowmelt,this waterfall is hidden by alarger one that falls from atopthe cliff.

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camera, she kept her class in mind. “I think that photosmake stories and literature stronger and moresignificant,” she said, “because sometimes the wordsjust aren’t enough.”

Leaving the middle of the reservation, the grouptraveled north along the border between GlacierNational Park and the reservation to Chief Mountain.Towering above the reservation at 9,000 feet, ChiefMountain stands as a central location of prayer andritual for the Blackfeet. “While we were there,” saidDr. Weber, “medicine women were on the mountainperforming a purification ceremony for the annualSun Dance, so we weren’t allowed to go near themountain.” Dr. Weber did have the opportunity to bepart of another Native American celebration and ritual:the powwow. Each year, tribes from all over Montanaand surrounding states gather in Arlee, Montana, tocelebrate their heritage. Dance competitions are held,and drum teams provide the music while competingagainst each other as well. The costuming is elaborate,full of color and detail, and sacred. “During one of thedances,” said Dr. Weber, “an eagle feather fell off of acostume. Everything came to a complete stop when anannouncement was made that an ‘eagle feather wasdown.’ We had to stand in complete silence and refrainfrom taking pictures while tribal elders performed aritual before the ceremonies could continue. Ofcourse,” she added, “the dancer was disqualified.”

For Dr. Weber, the powwow marked the highlightof the week. “I had not been to that particular powwowsince the 1970s, and it was better than I had remem-bered it,” she said. “It was a really joyous experiencethat was a celebration of a way of life. It showed me thatthe Native Americans are flourishing, and it served asan affirmation to me that they are gaining their cultureand identity once again.”

Montana and the Indian culture are not new toDr. Weber. For ten years, Dr. Weber lived in Montanaand taught poetry classes at three reservations. “Thechildren’s poetry and imagination and the way thatthey looked at the world was very interesting,” she said.“Stories, lore, and tradition are very important in somefamilies, which was evident in their writing.” Thoughmany Native American tribes have passed down stories

and traditions freely for generations, tribes such as theBlackfeet were forced to live under governmentrestrictions for much of the early 1900s. Theserestrictions had a negative effect on the Blackfeetchildren, who were not allowed to learn their language,religion, and traditions. Many changes occurred intheir culture as the children were taught at boardingschools away from their homes, and their parentsstruggled economically and politically. “Since thechildren didn’t learn about their culture at home,” saidDr. Weber, “they couldn’t pass it on to their families.Their children had to read about Blackfeet lore andculture or talk to the elders to learn.” In 1924, a youngYale-educated photographer named Walter McClintockwas asked by Chief Mad Wolf, a Blackfeet tribal leaderat the time, to chronicle the songs, stories, andtraditions of the Blackfeet. The book that he subse-quently wrote, Old Indian Trails, was used by Blackfeetchildren as a source of information and a way to learnmore about their past.

The necessity and importance of learning fromthe past is something that Dr. Weber hopes herstudents will understand. “I want them to know thatNative Americans are alive and well and are makingprogress,” she said.” I want them to know that NativeAmericans were not savages, but were part and are partof vital civilizations.”

In the short timespan of eight days, Dr. Weberconnected with the past and brought it into the future.From talking to a young man in training to become amedicine man to listening to Blackfeet legends beingtold around the fire each night, Dr. Weber knows thatshe had an incredible experience. “It not only helpedmy own scholarship, but I am able to bring somethingback for my students,” she said. “I want to give themthe background to better understand current NativeAmerican literature.” More than anything, she hopesthat her students will become more aware, not justabout the culture, but also about the sorrow andhardships that the Blackfeet endured. “The Blackfeetare people with a culture,” she said. “It has changed,and been forced to change, but their culture is notdead. The Blackfeet are a very resilient people. Theyare coming back.” —Jennifer L. Huber

“Then from a high elevationabove our camp, where ever-lasting snowdrifts lay underthe shadow of huge rocks, wehad a view of massivemountain ranges, with fieldsof snow and ice glistening inthe sunlight; great valleys withsky-blue lakes and vast forestsstretching toward the west tomeet blue and distant plains.Through a massive rent in therocky wall of the Divide, welooked eastward, toward theBlackfoot country and the endof our journey—a view ofplains so vast and distantthey looked like an oceanmeeting the horizon.”—Walter McClintock

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Hall of Fame Class of 2002The University of Indianapolis Athletic Hall of Fame classof 2002 was officially inducted at a dinner ceremony onFebruary 2 in Schwitzer Student Center on campus.

Ralph Davis ’42, Courtney Sands-Gault ’93, DebbieLaw-Marr ’85, and Dennis Young ’81 are the Hall’s class of2002. There are now 51 members in the Hall of Fame.

Ralph Davis has been active with the university andits athletic program for 64 years since enrolling at then-Indiana Central in 1938. He has served on the GreyhoundClub board since 1986, including stints as president. Hewas named the Club’s “I” Person of the Year in 1990-91.

Davis has been a member of the Greyhound Clubsince its creation by the legendary Angus Nicoson andhas volunteered in the athletic program for three decades.At age 82, he volunteers 6-10 hours per week for the Grey-hound Club and Athletic Department and attends majorathletic events and functions as a U of I representative.

Davis has been a key person in the development ofthe Greyhound Club Golf Outing. He is the committeechairman for the club’s Coach of the Year awardsprogram. The Manual High School product is alsoresponsible for coordination and preparation of annualathletic awards presented to current student-athletes.

Courtney Sands-Gault was a Kodak NCAA II All-American in 1992-93 after leading coach ChuckMallender’s women’s basketball team to the first GreatLakes Valley Conference championship in school history.She is one of two Greyhounds ever to earn GLVC Playerof the Year honors. Sands helped the team to a school-record 24 wins and the right to host the 1993 NCAA IIGreat Lakes Regional. She grabbed a school-record 309rebounds in her senior campaign. She is second on theGreyhound all-time rebounding list with 929 caroms,grabbing at least 200 boards in three different seasons.

The Logansport (Ind.) native is fourth on theschool all-time scoring list with 1,527 career points. Hertotal of 505 points in 1992-93 ranks fourth all-time. Sheholds school records for free throws in a season (146) andcareer (493); free throw attempts in a season (252) andcareer (790); and blocked shots in a game (8), season(62), and career (193).

The versatile Sands also earned All-GLVC honors involleyball and lettered in track for the Greyhounds.

Debbie Law-Marr is one of two players in U of Iwomen’s basketball history to earn All-GLVC first-teamrecognition twice. She was voted to the honor squad in1984 and 1985, earning Kodak All-America honorablemention accolades following her senior campaign in 1985.

Law was a two-time team MVP who served as teamcaptain in 1984-85 and earned the Most Improvedaward in 1982-83. She helped the Greyhounds to animpressive 72-25 record (.742) during her career.

Law is third on the school all-time scoring list with1,614 career points. She holds school records for fieldgoals in a game (17) and season (218) and field goal

attempts in a game (29) and season (475). She is secondall-time in career scoring average (17.4), and her total of531 points is second on the school all-time list. Law’s totalof 664 career rebounds ranks sixth all-time, as does herseason best of 231 in 1984-85.

The versatile Law also lettered in softball and tennis.She is in her ninth season as head girls’ basketball coachat her alma mater, Columbus North High School.

Dennis Young is another of legendary coach JerryEngland’s Greyhound throwers to be inducted into theschool Athletic Hall of Fame. Young won the NCAA IIchampionship in the discus in 1981 with a throw of 186’3.That effort ranks second in school history, behindOlympian and fellow U of I Hall of Famer Randy Heisler.

Young earned NCAA II All-America honors in 1980with a second-place finish in the discus and competed inthe 1978 and 1979 NCAA II Nationals. The team co-captain finished 12th at the NCAA Division I Nationals.The Southport product set the Heartland CollegiateConference record in the discus, earned the U of I Dr.Robert Brooker Athlete of the Year award, was a four-yearletterman in both track and football, and earned All-HCCfirst-team honors in football in 1979 and second-teamrecognition in 1980. He was a two-time team “MostValuable Defensive Lineman” and a football co-captain.

The 1963-64 men’s basketball team and the 1992-93women’s basketball team join the four undefeated teamsinducted into the Hall in 2001 as the only squads toreceive this distinction.

The 1963-64 men’s basketball team won a school-record 26 games under coach Angus Nicoson andassistant Bill Bright. The Hoosier College Conferencechampions (9-1) lost to eventual champion Rockhurst[Mo.], 76-74, in the second round of the NAIA Nationals.

The Hounds won 15 straight games during thatrecord-setting campaign. They established school recordsfor scoring average (94.3), points in a season (2,737), andfield goals in a season (1,103) that still stand.

Coach Nicoson’s widow, Bea, attended the festivitiesalong with assistant coach Bright, Steve David, DarrellHoyer, Dave Huffman (current U of I A.D.), Jack Johnson,Andy Moore, Tom Moran, Jack Noone, Doug Purtee, DaveSpurgeon, Hank Voss, Vasco Walton, and Roger Wathen.

The 1992-93 women’s basketball team made historyby winning the GLVC championship (16-2) and earningthe first NCAA II Nationals berth in school history.

The Hounds were ranked third in the final NCAA IIregular-season poll, winning 13 straight. The Houndshosted the NCAA II Great Lakes Regional at Nicoson Hall.

Coach Chuck Mallender received the GLVCCoach of the Year award posthumously following thecampaign. His 1992-93 team set seven school recordsthat still stand today. Coach Mallender’s widow, Tina,attended the induction with assistant/interim coachMary Maravilla Speckhard, Erin Duncan, SamanthaFenneman-Wilder, Sandy Herre, Lora Hottell, andCourtney Sands.

C a l e n d a r

April 18, 2002Senior Buffet

Nicoson Hall

June 28, 2002Greyhound Club Golf Outing

Otter Creek Golf Course

Columbus, Indiana

July 25, 2002Angus Nicoson Golf Outing

Royal Oak Country Club

August 7, 2002Football Kickoff Luncheon

Columbia Club

November 13, 2002Basketball Tipoff Luncheon

Columbia Club

February 2003Hall of Fame Induction

Schwitzer Student Center

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Hot StoverThe Greyhound Club honored 2000-01 Track Coach ofthe Year Rick Stover ’75 at halftime of the “Pack-the-House Night” men’s basketball game vs. NorthernKentucky on February 9.

Stover lettered in cross country and track for theGreyhounds. He has coached track and cross countryfor 26 years and is the head track and cross countrycoach at North Central High School in Indianapolis.Rick’s 2001 track team won the Marion Countychampionship before finishing second at the statemeet. Two of his relay squads captured state titles.His 2001 team had 13 state qualifiers, six all-stateperformers, and five Indiana all-stars.

Archer Academic All-AmericanSenior defender Erin Archer ’01 has been named to the2001 Verizon® Academic All-America College DivisionWomen’s Soccer First Team in voting by the CollegeSports Information Directors of America.

Archer is now a three-time Verizon® Academic All-American after having been voted to the 1999 and 2000Fall/Winter At-Large squads as a third-team selection.She joins men’s tennis player Scott Riggle ’99 (1997-99)as the only three-time Verizon® Academic All-Ameri-cans in University of Indianapolis history.

The Greyhounds have had 22 Verizon® AcademicAll-Americans since 1994. In 2000-01, the university ledall NCAA II institutions with seven Verizon® AcademicAll-Americans, tying for sixth among all divisions.

Archer is pursuing a master’s degree in curricu-lum and instruction, recording a perfect 4.0 GPA forthe first semester. She graduated summa cum laude inMay with a 3.859 cumulative GPA, majoring inelementary education.

The four-year letterwinner is a four-time All-GreatLakes Valley Conference selection. She led coach ChrisJohnson’s team to a 13-5-1 record and a number 24 NCAAII national ranking in 2001. A four-time NCAA II All-Region pick, she earned first-team honors three times.

She became the school’s first NCAA II All-American in 1999, earning NSCAA/adidas NCAA II All-America second-team accolades. The 1999 GLVCScholar-Athlete of the Year in women’s soccer finishedher career with 59 career points on 26 goals and sevenassists. She helped the Greyhounds earn the NSCAA/adidas College Team Academic Award twice.

GLVC Scholar-AthletesThe University of Indianapolis had a conference-leadingthree Great Lakes Valley Conference Scholar-Athletes ofthe Year for 2001 fall sports in voting by league facultyathletic representatives. Junior women’s golfer CourtneyTate earned GLVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year accoladesfor the second straight time. Senior women’s soccerstandout Laura Gregory and junior men’s golfer BrettHulse were first-time GLVC Scholar-Athletes of the Year in2001. They were among 54 Greyhounds to earn AcademicAll-GLVC honors in 2001.

Tate led coach Larry Bledsoe’s 86-13-3 women’s golfteam to its third straight GLVC championship and earnedAll-GLVC honors for the third straight year by finishingfourth among 50 golfers at the 2001 tournament. Tateaveraged 81.92 over 14 rounds this fall with a low of 76.Her scoring average is ninth in the NCAA II East Region.Tate was GLVC Freshman of the Year in 1999 and earnedan individual berth in the 2000 NCAA II Nationals with aschool-record 82.52 stroke average. The chemistry major,a three-time Academic All-GLVC selection, sports a3.948 GPA and has earned Dean’s List honors four times.She earned the Chuck Mallender Award for the highestGPA among female student-athletes in 1999-2000.

Gregory is a 2001 Verizon® Academic All-Districtselection. The three-time Academic All-GLVC pick is ahuman biology major and Spanish minor with a 3.557GPA. She is a two-time Dean’s List and Semester HonorRoll student. She earned All-GLVC first-team honors afterbreaking her own school records with 15 goals and 34points this season for coach Chris Johnson’s 13-5-1 squad.She earned NCAA II All-Region second-team accolades.Gregory is the university’s all-time scoring leader with 55goals and 123 career points and is a three-time all-regionand two-time all-conference selection.

Hulse led coach Ken Partridge’s 51-15-1 men’s golfteam to the GLVC title last fall by earning medalist honorsat the 50-player tournament. He shot 69-69-74 for a four-under-par total of 212 and a five-stroke victory. Hulseaveraged 75.4 over nine rounds this fall. He is a teamcaptain who has won the Kelso Reid Mental AttitudeAward and earned two letters. Hulse helped the 2001Greyhounds to a 13th-place finish at the NCAA IINationals by finishing 52nd individually. He is a manage-ment and marketing double major with a 3.33 GPA. Hulseis a three-time Academic All-GLVC pick. —Joe Gentry,Associate Director of Athletics

For more information aboutthese events or the GreyhoundClub, contact Matt Donovanat (317) 788-3359 or e-mailat mdonovan@uindy.edu.

Left photo: 1963-64 Men’s Basketball Team Front Row (L-R): Bill Bright, Darrell Hoyer, Dave Huffman, Steve David, Hank Voss, and Vasco Walton.Back Row: Jack Noone, Andy Moore, Roger Wathen, Jack Johnson, Doug Purtee, and Dave Spurgeon.

Middle photo: 1992-93 Women’s Basketball Team (L-R): Lora Hottell, Tina Mallender, Courtney Sands-Gault, Samantha Fenneman-Wilder,Sandy Herre, Erin Duncan, and Mary Maravilla-Speckhard.

Right photo: Debbie Law-Marr, Courtney Sands-Gault, Ralph Davis, Dennis Young.

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Aside from bequests, charitable gift annuities seem to be the giving method ofchoice these days. Generally, most donors tend to have a certain comfort leveland understanding when discussing charitable gift annuities. It is also evident,at least in my view, that donors have little fear entering into gift annuitycontracts as opposed to the more complex charitable remainder trusts.

Now, it is important to understand that I’m not promoting onegiving arrangement over another. On the contrary, it is essential that youconsult your professional advisors to determine if a gift annuity—or anyother giving arrangement for that matter—is right for you. Depending onyour situation, a gift annuity may or may not be appropriate. However, agift annuity (even a deferred gift annuity) might be a nice complement to a comprehensive financial and estateplan. My intent here is to inform U of I alumni and friends about the wonderful opportunities and benefits ofcharitable gift annuities.

So, why are gift annuities appealing to many prospective donors? I feel there are several reasons. First andforemost, gift annuities are simple and easy to understand: You will give highly appreciated assets in exchange for acharitable deduction and stream of lifetime income. Also, a charitable gift annuity contract can be outlined in a two-page agreement. Simple enough. With CD rates as low as 3%, it is clear why retirees are closely examininghigher payout rates of 7%, 8%, 9% and higher. Of course, rates are based on ages (see table); nevertheless, itdoesn’t take a financial wizard to understand the benefits of transferring assets to a charity in return for a sizeabletax deduction and a healthy stream of guaranteed income.

Another important feature is flexibility. Donors can fund gift annuities with cash, stock, and real estate. Havean estate exceeding the $1-million exemption level? Then “trim it down” by establishing a one-life charitable giftannuity. This will remove assets from your estate, provide an immediate tax deduction, and generate partially tax-free income. Want to provide for your spouse? Then consider a two-life gift annuity in which you both will receiveincome. Better yet, the surviving spouse will continue to receive full payments for life through a two-life plan. Whatabout transferring wealth to your kids and grandkids? You can simply fund a gift annuity designating payments to bemade to your child or children. Want to help that grandchild with education expenses? Try structuring a deferredgift annuity for the grandchild. You can delay payments until the child reaches age 18 and accelerate payments forfour to five years when the money is needed most. Depending on your desires, you can achieve a number offinancial and estate planning objectives with charitable gift annuities.

The biggest reason why gift annuities have caught the eyes of donors is due to extensive promotion. Anyliterature that you receive from a charity or nonprofit (and I know you get a bunch) has something about giftannuities. More and more donors are being exposed to such information. Also, more and more professionaladvisors (attorneys, accountants, and financial planners) are learning about the value of gift annuities for theirclients. With the financial markets yielding low interest rates, a charitable gift annuity might be a good way for youto receive a nice charitable deduction and a handsome stream of fixed income. Moreover, this particular arrange-ment will help you to achieve some of your financial and estate-planning goals and allow you to leave a wonderfullegacy—as designated by you—with the University of Indianapolis.

I invite you to contact me in order to learn more about the tremendous benefits of charitable gift annuities. Iwill be happy to provide you with illustrations and calculations at no cost. You may then consult with your profes-sional advisors to see if a gift annuity is right for you and your plan. I am always readily available to U of I alumniand friends to assist them in achieving their financial and estate-planning objectives and charitable giving goals.—David Dewitt, Director of Planned and Major Gifts

G i f t A n n u i t i e s : E a s y t o d o a n d b e n e f i c i a l , t o o !

ONE-LIFE GIFT ANNUITY RATES

Age Payout Rate65 .......................................... 6.7%70 .......................................... 7.2%75 .......................................... 7.9%80 .......................................... 8.9%85 ........................................ 10.4%

“I have found a way to

maximize my income while

reducing my estate. I have

confidence in U of I and they

have been good stewards of my

gifts. A charitable gift annuity

has allowed me to realize a

double-digit payout rate during

a time interest rates are low

and there is some uncertainty

in the market.”

—Dr. Harriet H. Capehart

HD’86

“We highly recommend a

charitable gift annuity! It

provides monthly or quarterly

income for the remaining years

of the donors’ lives. It benefits

the giver, the school, and future

generations of students.”

— Louise Dragoo Barnett ’50 &

Colonel Robert Barnett HD ’98

ClassNotes

1930sHulda Fort ’33 passed awayJanuary 7. She lived in St.Petersburg, Fla. She is survivedby daughter Muriel Jo.

Gordon France ’33 wasrecently honored for 50 yearsof membership at FranklinMid-Day Kiwanis Club. He livesin Franklin, Ind.

Elmer Brown ’35 and wifeDorothy celebrated their firstwedding anniversary onNovember 11. The newlywedsand octogenarians enjoy anactive life of regular swimmingand walking and conducting asmall recorder ensemble.Elmer is writing a bookreflecting on his 60 years inministry and as a professor ofdivinity. The couple lives inGreensboro, N.C.

S. Wilson Lovell ’36 passedaway September 30. He hadserved for several years as aminister in the EvangelicalUnited Brethren andMethodist churches insouthern Indiana. He issurvived by children JanetLawson and John Lovell. Helived in Muncie, Ind.

Genieve Cantrill Hoot ’37passed away August 18. Shetaught school at SterlingElementary in Sterling, Ill.,for many years. She lived inRock Falls, Ill.

Hal W. Walden ’38 died May30. He was a developmentmanager of tubes, valves, andflaps for 32 years at UniroyalInc., retiring in 1972. He issurvived by children Jo Ellen,John, and Stephen Walden. Helived in Indianapolis.

1940sRose Belcher ’49 had hersecond book, Woman, Thou ArtLoved!, published in Septem-ber. Rose is the vice principalof a Christian elementaryschool in Hemet, Calif.

C. Edwin Pellett ’49 andKatherine O. Pellett celebratedtheir fiftieth weddinganniversary on September 1 byvacationing for three weeks inHawaii. The couple lives inCincinnati, Ohio.

1950sRobert Robison ’51 passed awayOctober 12. Previously, he hadworked as a high schoolteacher, administrator, andcoach in Brownstown, Ind.,where he lived. He is survivedby sons Steven and Jon.

Vernon E. Hilton HD ’53 diedAugust 28. He was a UnitedMethodist pastor for over 60years. He lived in Fort Myers,Fla. He is survived by wife Maryand sons David, Bruce, andDonald.

William Bright ’54 (formerathletic director and associateprofessor emeritus of healthand physical education) hasbeen inducted into theIndiana Baseball Hall of Fame.He lives in Bloomfield, Ind.

Malcolm Crosby ’58 passedaway January 21. He was ateacher for 36 years for PerryTownship Schools in India-napolis. He is survived by wifeMyrna DeWalt Crosby ’79 anddaughters Suzanne and Sally.

William Yarbrough ’59 diedOctober 28. He worked 32years for CSA promotions inIndianapolis. He is survived bychildren Jeff, Jason, andJennifer Tucker.

1960sRichard A. Hughes ’63 has hada new book published entitledCain’s Lament: A Christian MoralPsychology. He lives inWilliamsport, Penn.

Patricia A. Paxton ’63 passedaway November 16. She hadbeen employed at Indital, Inc.in Louisville, Ky. She lived inPelham, Ala., at the time ofher death. She is survived byhusband Richard and children

Thomas, Robert, Ruth Simon,and Andrew.

Lance Riggin ’63 passed awayNovember 1. He was anengineer at Condor Aeronau-tics in Livermore, Calif. He issurvived by wife Ruth AnnSmith ’63 and children Mitch,Nathan, and Rachel.

John W. Brown ’64 haspublished his third mysterynovel, Death Wears a CockedHat, through the Guild Pressof Indiana, Inc. The book,which is set in Bloomington,Ind., is available (along withits predecessors Death Rides aCarousel and Rogues’ Bluff) atbookstores and can also bepurchased by contactingGuild Press/Emmis at eitherwww.guildpress.com or at1-800-913-9563.

Phillip Paswater ’66 wasnamed Teacher of the Year inPerry Township, where he andhis wife Karen ’67 both teachand live.

1970sJohn Wirtz ’71 was inductedinto the Indiana Baseball Hallof Fame. He lives in India-napolis.

Steve Wittenaur ’71 is thesuperintendent of CloverdaleCommunity Schools. He livesin Cloverdale, Ind.

Martha Bramlett ’72 passedaway December 25. She taughtelementary school for 42 yearsin various Indianapolis areaschools. She is survived by sonsCharles and W. Ken, stepsonsJames and John, andstepdaughters Thetta Wild andMarsha Neel.

Charles E. Cummings ’72 diedOctober 6. He had worked forIBM for 25 years and wasworking for Special Dispatchat the time of his death. Helived in Indianapolis and issurvived by wife Carolyn.

Lewis Hitchcock ’72 passedaway October 12. He had

previously worked for the FMCCorp. in Chicago, Ill. He lived inEnglewood, Fla., and is survivedby wife Frances and childrenSandra, Lewis, and Doris.

Robert Wingerter ’76 waspromoted to managing partnerat Ernst & Young accountingfirm in Indianapolis. He alsowas recently elected to theUniversity of Indianapolis Boardof Trustees. (See page 14.)

Randall R. Fearnow ’77 waselected chair of the IndianaState Bar Association Healthcareand Medicine Section. He livesin Indianapolis.

Jeff McClintic ’78 wasappointed secretary to theElders at Traders PointChristian Church in Indianapo-lis. Jeff is vice president ofappliance merchandising forH.H. Gregg Appliances &Electronics. He resides inBrownsburg, Ind., with his wifeand four children.

1980sPeggy Abney ’80 is in graduateschool at the University ofNorth Carolina-Chapel Hill inthe MPH program/occupa-tional health leadership.

Richard Rebber ’80 passed awaySeptember 26. He was vicepresident of quality assurancefor Aisin USA Manufacturing inSeymour, Ind., for 14 years. Heis survived by wife Erma.

Mark Campbell ’81 is themanager of field sales atSouthern Indiana Gas andElectric Company in Evansville,Ind. He lives in Newburgh, Ind.

Sue Workman ’81 is the directorof Teaching and LearningInformation Technology atIndiana University inBloomington, Ind.

Adrian Jackson ’83 passed awayOctober 23. He was the owner ofA & A Enterprises in Birming-ham, Ala., where he lived.

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Kyle Malone ’83 and wifeLatosha announce the birth oftheir son Noah Stewart. He wasborn October 13. The Maloneslive in Gaithersburg, Md.

James Barrett ’84 is thepresident of the board ofdirectors at Boone Center, Inc.in Clayton, Mo. He lives inFrontenac.

Ellen Yates ’84 passed awayDecember 5. She was a clinicalfacilitator of education in thepost-anesthesia care unit atCommunity North Hospital.She lived in Zionsville, Ind.Ellen is survived by husbandDavid and children Jama Tays,Joshua Davidson, SandiStraiton, and David Yates.

J. Kenneth Forbes HD ’85 diedDecember 23. He was theexecutive assistant to theBishops of the Indiana Area ofthe United Methodist Churchfor 16 years. He lived inFranklin, Ind. He is survived bywife Jane and children J.Patrick and Pene Ann Bell.

Mark ’86 and Catherine JacksonMastison ’87 announce thebirth of their daughter ElyseCatherine, born May 21. Shejoins siblings Mathew and Sarahat home in Evansville, Ind.

Brian Pease ’86 successfullycompleted the Doctor ofHealth Science degree at theUniversity of Indianapolis. Helives in Zionsville, Ind.

Suzanne Herrick Walker ’86 is anassistant professor in communi-cation studies at MariettaCollege in Marietta, Ohio.

Cathy Ann Hudson Ackerman’87 and husband Timannounce the birth of theirfirst child, Lucas Timothy. Hewas born July 8. The family livesin Gurnee, Ill.

Kelly Miller Delinger ’87 andhusband Dan are proud toannounce the birth of theirdaughter Haley. She was bornNovember 14. The family livesin Everett, Wash.

Connie Wenning Grider ’87and husband Jeff welcomedhome their second child,Hayden John, born December10. He joins big sister Emmaat home in Indianapolis.

Melissa Jinks Dennis ’88 andhusband Kevin announce thebirth of their daughter,Katelyn Jo. She was bornDecember 14. The family livesin Winona, Minn.

L’Jean McCaleb ’88 is theproject director of the FosterGrandparent Program inIndianapolis.

John Redenbaugh ’88 ’92passed away September 4. Hewas the vice president of theIndiana Association of CreditManagement in Indianapoliswhere he lived. John issurvived by his wife, Karen.

Paul Chen ’89 is a producer/director/account executive atCreative Street in Indianapolis.

Harvey Wallmann ’89 is thechair of the physical therapydepartment at the Universityof Nevada, Las Vegas.

1990sVickie Beineke ’90 is thefounder and leader of theUpstate ChristianHomeschoolers SupportGroup in Taylors, S.C.

Jamie Shellenberger ’90 andhusband Todd announce thebirth of Andrew Michael onJanuary 14. He joins big sisterErika at home in Indianapolis.Jamie serves on the board ofdirectors of the AlumniAssociation at the Universityof Indianapolis.

Paige Kurtz ’91 works at theCurtis National Hand Centerin Maryland and recentlyreceived a service award fromthe American Society of HandTherapy. She lives inBaltimore.

Amy DeGraff McNutt ’91 andhusband Bob are proud toannounce the birth of their

third child, Maria. She was bornOctober 9. She joins big sisterAmelia and big brother Robertat home in Akron, Ohio.

Laura Miller ’91 and ThomasMcPherson were married July16. Laura is a third, fourth,and fifth grade behaviordisorder teacher at DesMoines (Iowa) Public Schools.

Dennis Minniear ’91 is atrainmaster/road foreman atCSX Transportation inCleveland, Ohio.

Jennifer Ann Bombrys Wagner’91 and husband Donannounce the birth of theirfirst child, Danielle Lynn. Shewas born December 26.Jennifer is a nursing homeadministrator for ExtendicareHealth Services and Don is anaccountant for DigitalTechnologies in Toledo, Ohio.

Raeko Diemer ’92 waspromoted to programmanager for the TransitionsUnit at Caritas Peace Hospitalin Louisville, Ky.

Angela Heath ’92, ’96 is atherapy manager at Kindredin Broken Arrow, Okla.

Connie Himmel-Sander ’92 isa tax associate at KPMG inHarrisburg, Penn.

Scott McKenney ’92 and wifeRachel are proud to announcethe birth of their son, SeanThomas. He was born August14. The family lives in Avon, Ind.

Shakeel Ahmad ’93, ’94 is asenior systems analyst at EliLilly in Indianapolis. He livesin Camby.

Holly Austin ’93 and KristoferHebel were married September8. Holly is a technical writer forEli Lilly & Co., where Kristoferis an engineer.

Matthew ’93 and Stacy ParrishGriner ’95 are proud toannounce the birth of theirdaughter, Macy Rose LynnGriner. She was born October11. The family lives inIndianapolis.

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Kristi Rambis ’93 is a certifiedhand therapist at Western OhioTherapy Associates inGreenville, Ohio. She recentlycompleted the Honolulumarathon for the ArthritisFoundation as a member ofJoints in Motion. She lives inRichmond, Ind.

Terresa Moore Santos ’93 is acharge nurse in the endoscopydepartment at CommunityHospital Anderson. She lives inAlexandria, Ind.

Denise Novak Barr ’94 andhusband Rob announce thebirth of their son, NicholasBrayden. He was born April 9.He joins big sister Emily athome in Canton, Mich.

Terri Butler ’94 is a specialsearch department manager atChicago Title Corporation. Shelives in Shelby, Ind.

Denise Castille ’94 and RichardPowell were married September1. Denise is a catastropheadjuster for State FarmInsurance Co. Richard is amanagement consultant forDeWolf Boberg & Associates.The couple lives in Fishers, Ind.

Beth Milne Rolfsen ’94 andhusband Steve announce thebirth of their first child, IsaacJacob. He was born June 18. Thefamily lives in Canton, Mich.

Erin Ruff ’94 and Jon Stockertwere married October 27. Erinis a physical therapist at GroupHealth Associates. The couplelives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Michael Zimmerman ’94 andwife Jackie are proud toannounce the birth of theirson, Benjamin Stuart. He wasborn November 16. He waswelcomed home by big sister Jilland big brother Drew. Thefamily lives in Brownsburg, Ind.

Tony Abbott ’95 and AmySherrow were married August11. Tony works at Abbott’s AutoBody and Amy is a student atBall State University. Thecouple lives in Muncie, Ind.

Rachel Dorris Nicholson ’95and husband Joe announcethe birth of their son, LukeZachariah. He was bornSeptember 16. He joins three-year-old brother Noah at homein Indianapolis.

James Scifres ’95 and wifeNorma are proud to announcethe birth of their daughterGabriella Nikol. She was bornJune 1. The family lives inGreenwood, Ind.

Craig Thomas ’95 is doingpostgraduate research at theUniversity of Virginia inCharlottesville.

Shanda Connelley White ’95and husband Jeff adoptedeight-year-old twins, MichaelDrew and Marrisa Ann.Michael and Marrisa became apart of the family on May 31,2000, and were legallyrecognized as their childrenon March 16, 2001. The familyresides in Derby, Kansas.

Tricia Eason Scheibelhut ’95and husband David announcethe birth of their daughterSarah Dianne. She was bornOctober 2. The family lives inIndianapolis.

Robert Kriegbaum ’96 works atSt. Vincent Randolph Hospitalin Winchester, Ind.

Ann Perkins ’96 and MatthewScott were married November17. Ann is an assistantcontroller for Pacers Sportsand Entertainment andMatthew is the producer/editor for Pacers Sports andEntertainment. The couplelives in Westfield, Ind.

Andrea Shay ’96 and husbandChristopher announce thebirth of their first child,Abigail Nicole. She was bornAugust 25. The family lives inIndianapolis.

Jolie Wiese ’96 has beenpromoted to corporatehuman resources managerfor CompUSA’s headquartersin Dallas, Tex. She livesin Carrollton.

Ryan Ade ’97 is an accountrepresentative at FederalExpress in Phoenix, Ariz.

Steven Baute ’97 has beenpromoted to manager inIndianapolis’s Ernst & Young’sTechnology and Security RiskServices. He lives in Green-wood, Ind.

Jonathan Boberg ’97 and wifeShannon announce the birthof their second son, JacobThomas. He was born July 9and joins big brother Jonathanat home in Indianapolis.

R. Scott Frankenfield ’97graduated from the AmericanUniversity School of Medicinein August and is completing hisresidency in family practice atMercer University/TheMedical Center of CentralGeorgia in Macon, Georgia.He and Rayma Fisher weremarried August 18. She isworking as an independentgolf event consultant. Thecouple lives in Macon.

Elizabeth Haas ’97 is anoccupational therapist atIndiana Developmental TrainingCenter in Indianapolis.

Andrea Cook Lakin ’97 andhusband Jeff are proud toannounce the birth of theirtwin daughters, Audrey Kayand Olivia Ann. The girls wereborn December 17. The familylives in Indianapolis.

Candice Jones Mullendore ’97and husband Sean announcethe birth of Emma Mackenzie.She was born June 12. Thefamily lives in Bellevue, Nebr.

Judy Paris ’97 and Drake Millerwere married September 22.Judy works at St. FrancisHospital and Health Centers inIndianapolis. The couple livesin Nineveh, Ind.

Christopher Bloomer ’98 andMichelle Singer were marriedJune 16. Christopher is a staffaccountant for Birk Gross Belland Coulter P.C. Michelle is asixth-grade teacher and coach

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for Doe Creek MiddleSchool. The couple lives inIndianapolis.

Scott Crist ’98 is a contractadministrator with RaytheonTechnical Services Company inIndianapolis.

Anita Kolkmeier ’98 passed theIndiana bar examination andwas admitted to the bar of theIndiana Supreme Court onNovember 19. She lives inIndianapolis.

Chad Neal ’98 and Alyssa Shaul’99 were married July 7. Chad isa teacher at Monrovia Junior-Senior-High School, where heis also the varsity football andtrack coach. Alyssa iscompleting her master’s degreein education at Oakland CityUniversity. The couple lives inIndianapolis.

Craig Davis ’98 and StaceyRound ’99 were marriedOctober 6. Craig is anoccupational therapist withRepucare in Indianapolis andStacey is the assistant businessmanager for the Department ofMedicine at Indiana Universityin Indianapolis. The couplelives in Beech Grove, Ind.

Vladislav Dolgopolov ’98 is anadjunct professor ofeconomics at Lesley UniversitySchool of Management inCambridge, Mass.

Kim Nelson ’98 and John Lyonwere recently married. Kim isthe director of rehabilitationat Carmel Care Center. Thecouple lives in Indianapolis.

Kelli Carr Silcox ’98 andhusband Richard announcethe birth of their first child,Grace Abigail. She was bornDecember 3. The family livesin Knightstown, Ind. Kelliserves on the board ofdirectors of the AlumniAssociation at the University ofIndianapolis.

Krista Soltes ’98 ’00 and BryanCribbs were married August18. The couple lives inGreenwood, Ind.

Jennifer Wiese ’98 is anoccupational therapist at theOccupational TherapyDepartment at Library ParkRehabilitation Center inGreenwood, Ind.

Shannon Yoder ’98 and ChadStover were married June 2.Shannon is a shows and ralliesassistant at Monaco Coach

Summer program seekscoaches and academic specialistsThe University of Indianapolis seeks coaches, professional instructors, and academicspecialists to fill approximately 30 positions for the National Youth Sports Program(NYSP) five-week summer program at the university. The camp will run from July 15 toAugust 16, 2002. The program is designed to combine classroom learning, sportsfundamentals, and life skills in a summer program for low-income youth to improvetheir physical fitness and health habits.

This is the first year that U of I will host the NYSP. Students ages 9 to 17 spend aminimum of 15 hours in the classroom, building on lessons in math, science, reading,and writing. In addition to these academic offerings, the program will provide lifefundamentals, such as nutrition and healthy eating as well as drug and alcoholprevention. The project requires the creation of a number of paid positions includingproject aides (camp counselors), education specialists (teachers), professionalinstructors (coaches), and support staff (secretary, computer specialist, lifeguards,medical coordinator).

The National Youth Sports Corporation hosts about 200 such programs oncampuses across the nation. The program, founded in 1969, works in partnership withthe National Collegiate Athletic Association, higher education, government agencies,and the community. Funding for the program comes from the NYSC.

If you would like to be involved with this summer program or wish to apply for aposition, please contact Megan Schmidt (317-788-3540; mschmidt@uindy.edu). —MW

Corporation and Chad is aconstruction foreman at NewayConstruction. The couple livesin Nappanee, Ind.

Kari Hufnagel ’99 works atChildren’s Hospital MedicalCenter in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Heather Kornilov ’99 waspromoted to senior accountantat R.J. Pile & Co. in Indianapolis.

Kristi Genrich Langord ’99works in acute care at NazarethHospital in Philadelphia, Penn.

Tamsie Lundberg ’99 is aschool-based occupationaltherapist at Marysville SchoolDistrict in Marysville, Wash.She also continues to work asa hand (occupational)therapist for Cascade Rehabin Westem, Wash.

Joshua Marshall ’99 andShawnda Morgan were marriedJuly 28. Joshua is a leadmedical technologist at MidAmerica Clinical Laboratoriesand Shawnda is a commercialaccount manager forIndianapolis Investment andInsurance Advisors. The couplelives in Greenfield, Ind.

Heather Maxwell ’99 and JasonClay were married April 28.Heather was recently promotedto director of basketballoperations at the University ofNotre Dame. The coupleresides in South Bend, Ind.

John Pawlowski ’99 andKimberly Lund were marriedMay 12. John is a clinicmanager at Patricia HammerPhysical Therapy in WhitePlains, New York. The couplelives in Jefferson Valley, N.Y.

David Pennington ’99 andKelley Flynn were married July4. David is a project assistant atVorys, Sater, Seymour, andPease LLP law firm inColumbus, Ohio, and isattending Capital UniversityLaw School. Kelley is a secondgrade teacher at AnchorBaptist School. The couplelives in Galloway, Ohio.

Charles Schott III ’99 andAndrea Schuetter ’99 weremarried September 15. Andreais an intern for physicaltherapy in New Albany, Ind.,and Charles is a salesrepresentative for MedtronicSofamor Danek. The couplelives in Lexington, Ky.

Arthur E. Stoddard ’99 is aWeb applications developerat Indiana University PurdueUniversity at Indianapolis. Helives in Morristown, Ind.

Kara Terrell-Curtis ’99 is anaudiovisual manager atMarkey’s Audio/Visual inIndianapolis. Kara, herhusband, Christopher, andson, Jasper, live in Avon, Ind.

Chad Wolff ’99 is a baseballcoach at New Mexico StateUniversity. He and his wife livein Las Cruces, N. Mex.

2000sBeth Anderson ’00 works atChildren’s Hospital MedicalCenter in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Del Demao ’00 is a commercialreal estate broker at thePrudential Dickson & HughesGroup in Indianapolis.

Erin Dubach ’00 and EricSchoch were married June 23.Erin is employed by St. FrancisHospital in Indianapolis andEric teaches at Decatur CentralMiddle School in Indianapolis.

Sara Eck ’00 is pursuing amaster’s degree in clinicalnutrition at Auburn Universityin Auburn, Ala.

Eric Haverstock ’00 is theassistant purchasing managerin charge of inventory controlat Boss Industries, Inc. inLaPorte, Ind.

Dawn Ingalls ’00 and DavidMather were married June 30.Dawn is a primary gradespecial education teacher atIndianapolis Public School 91and David is a paralegal withConseco. The couple lives inFishers, Ind.

Cara Jones ’00 and BenjamenRhoades were married May 12.Cara is a graduate physicaltherapy student at theUniversity of Indianapolis andBen is a science teacher atPerry Meridian High School inIndianapolis.

Jill Pyles ’00 is an admissionscounselor at Hanover Collegein Hanover, Ind.

Chad Reynolds ’00 is amembership advisor at LifetimeFitness in Indianapolis.

Kariel Beth Sharp ’00 andJason Hoagland were marriedOctober 28. The couple livesin Lafayette, Ind.

David Walton ’00 is attendingthe University of DaytonSchool of Law. He lives inBeavercreek, Ohio.

Andrew Weaver ’00 is aninfantry second lieutenant inthe United States Army. He isleaving for a six-month tour inBosnia, where he will serve asa platoon leader responsiblefor forty enlisted men. He willreturn in September to rangerschool in Ft. Benning, Ga.

James Armstrong ’01 andChristina Daniel ’01 weremarried December 15 inNashville, Ind. The coupleresides in Greenwood.

Curtis Barkey ’01 and KellyPadgett were marriedSeptember 29. Curtis is adatabase administrator forPeregrine Systems and Kellyworks in human resources.The couple lives inNoblesville, Ind.

Peter Buck ’01 works for FallsChurch Fellow Program inFalls Church, Va.

Robert Carlson ’01 andMelissa Miller ’01 weremarried October 27. Robert isservice manager for Tires Plusin Greenwood, Ind., andMelissa is an accountant forEmployers Security InsuranceCo. The couple lives inIndianapolis.

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Mandi M. Clossey ’01 is a taxaccountant at Ernst & Young,LLP in Indianapolis.

Dale Eland ’01 is the vicepresident of manufacturing forAllison Payment Systems, LLCin Indianapolis.

Eric Gaudio ’01 and DenaSingleton ’01 were marriedOctober 6. Eric is operationsmanager at Earl Gaudio & Son.The couple lives in Danville, Ill.

Shalimar Holderly ’01 is aMaster of Divinity student atDuke Divinity School inDurham, N.C.

Emily Humes ’01 and ChristianMilovich ’01 were marriedSeptember 15. Emily is aregistered nurse at MethodistHospital in the labor anddelivery unit. Christian workswith children at the BaxterYMCA in Greenwood, Ind., intheir Before and After School(BAS) Program. The couplelives in Indianapolis.

Anthony Johnson ’01 works atMarvin Johnson & Associates inColumbus, Ind.

Amy Morrison ’01 is an accountspecialist in manufacturing atBKD, LLP in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Rachel Russell ’01 is a fifthgrade teacher at AvonIntermediate School in Avon,Ind. She lives in Indianapolis.

Christa Burkholder ’01 is acommunications specialist atUSFilter in Schaumburg, Ill.She lives in St. Charles.

Dale Eland ’01 is the vicepresident of manufacturing atAllison Payment Systems, LLCin Indianapolis.

Sarah Shindledecker ’01 andChristopher Bortone weremarred July 7. Chris isemployed by Pepsi Cola andSarah is employed byMishawaka Orthopedics andSports Medicine. The couplelives in South Bend, Ind.

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ALUMNI TARGET GROUPAlumni volunteers help the Office of Admissions bycontacting prospective students in their academicmajor and/or regional area. Personal contact byan alumnus or alumna by phone or mail makes apositive impression on a prospective student’sdecision to enroll in the university. Last fall, 67alumni volunteers made 411 potential-student contacts.

ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORSAlumni help convert prospective students into admittedstudents in the admissions process by sponsoring astudent applying for financial aid through the alumnischolarship program. Many students apply for thisaward, a one-third scholarship, through the sponsor-ship of an alumnus or alumna. (If they do not know analumnus or alumna, they will be assigned one.) Morealumni sponsors are needed to extend the geographiccoverage within Indiana. Alumni sponsors played hostto their alumni student scholar at the annual AlumniChili Supper at Pack-the-House Night.

ALUMNI LEGACY PROGRAMDo you have a high school-age child, niece, nephew,brother, sister, or other relative? If so, we would loveto help your family member become a futureUniversity of Indianapolis graduate. Please informthe Office of Alumni Relations the followinginformation: family member’s name, relation to you,their complete address with e-mail if known, theirhigh school and year in school. Also include yourname, grad year(s), address and e-mail.

YOUNG ALUMNIThis group is designed to meet the needs of graduatesof the last 10 years. This sector of the alumnipopulation comprises about one-third of the totalalumni population. They plan social events of interestto the younger alumni population and also work toestablish an outreach program geared towardincreasing participation of recent graduates in the

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ACROSS THE MILESAs a volunteer, you would serve as an alumni contactin your geographic area. If your area’s alumnipopulation is large enough, we can discuss agathering planned with your assistance. Occasionallywe have requests from alumni who are relocatingand want to talk to fellow alumni in their new town.Academic departments sometimes need an alumnicontact in another city. These projects are sporadicand are on an as-needed basis.

ALUMNI ‘WELCOME AMBASSADORS’TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTSThis unique alumni association program serves theneeds of newly arriving international students. Thisprogram, formerly known as the Home Away FromHome Program, directly affects internationalstudents as they are both new to this university andto the United States. Alumni International Ambassa-dors augment the services of the university’s Officeof International Programs in extending a warmwelcome to newly arriving international students atthe start of fall and spring terms. Volunteers may becalled upon to host an international student for aholiday meal in their home, extending bothhospitality and providing a living example ofAmerican culture. It also increases studentawareness of the Alumni Association.

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About 200 community leaders and VIPs attended an elegant, invitation-only dinner at theIndiana Historical Society on January 19, celebrating the university’s centennial. Music wasprvided by harpist Wendy Muston (left). The remarks below are excerpted from those made byU of I Board chair Christel DeHaan. For more on the Centennial Soirée, see page 11.

“I want to examine what it means for an institution to have been around for anentire century. Perhaps the best way to get a sense of what 100 years means is toconsider what was going on in the world when the university was getting its start.

“It’s 1902. Imagine yourself in this world of fast-moving technology and culture:An Italian inventor named Marconi recently transmitted telegraphic radio mes-sages all the way from Cornwall to Newfoundland, and someone has just invented anew mode of transportation, the motor-driven bicycle. A man named Bacon hasactually crossed the Irish Channel in a balloon. The United States has acquiredwhat is called ‘perpetual control’ over the Panama Canal. The great opera singerEnrico Caruso is making his first phonograph recording, although most people inthis country were singing a little tune called In the Good Old Summertime.

We’re sipping a new drink called a Pepsi Cola, or maybe an instant coffee,which was invented last year. A composer named Sir Edward Elgar has written Pompand Circumstance, which is destined to be played at thousands of graduation cer-emonies. Paul Gauguin and Claude Monet are exploring Impressionism. Chekhovis publishing The Three Sisters while Sherlock Holmes is facing the fearsome Houndof the Baskervilles. Children are getting their first taste of Kipling’s Just-so Stories andBeatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, and clutching teddy bears, which have just beeninvented. And closer to home, Indiana’s West Baden Hotel has built the largestunsupported dome in the world. Downtown Indianapolis is constructing a Soldiersand Sailors Monument that towers over the landscape.

“And just five miles from that monument, in a dusty cornfield by a dirtroad, a new college is being planned. There’s no money, no buildings, no students,and no faculty. But who knows? Maybe in 100 years all that will be a distant memory.”

Photos this page and on page 11 by Jim Barnett.

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