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A Prophet’s Place in American History

Historian Terrie Aamodt Looks at Ellen Harmon White

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Alumni Homecoming WeekendApril 24-27, 2014

Milestones

Celebrating

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60thAnniversary

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100th Anniversary

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40th Anniversary

Clyde and Mary

Harris Art Gallery

You are invited to attend a special weekend enjoying Walla Walla University’s rich heritage.

WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTSHonor Class Reunions1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 2004

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*For schedule, ticket, and lodging information, visit wallawalla.edu/homecoming or call (800) 377-2586.

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About the Cover Terrie Aamodt and other historians are examining the life of Ellen Harmon White. PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN BLOOD

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4 From the President Our vision for next decade

5 College Avenue The latest from across campus

10 A Historical View New book focuses on Ellen Harmon White’s epic role

15 Sabbath Jubilee Walla Walla University announces

plans for the next decade 18 2012–13 Annual Report Giving makes a difference

28 Alumni Currents 28 AlumNotes, 29 In Memory, 30 Alumnus of Note

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SabbathJubileeOur Vision for the Next Decade

It’s the cry of the ages, a centuries-old longing to balance the intensity of building a life with the sweet celebration of savoring it. ¶ Consequently, the Maker of all Creation deliberately provisioned a timeless tool to help us sharpen the best of who we are and who we are meant to be: the Sabbath. ¶ The seventh-day Sabbath, with its call to weekly rest and the rhythms of grace, is rooted in the creation story. Then, throughout Old Testament times, the year of Jubilee was celebrated as a year of rest and release. In Luke we read that Jesus powerfully joins Sabbath and Jubilee in a synagogue reading, announcing the arrival of “the year of the Lord’s favor” with good news offered to the poor, liberty to the oppressed, and sight to the blind.

Through these pages of scripture we discover that a Sabba-tarian lifestyle, with its roots in Old Testament Jubilee, offers a timeless and irresistible invitation to much more than a Sabbath afternoon nap.

Work hard, labor efficiently, save wisely and build your future. And then rest, and celebrate, pausing with your community to

relish the divine time deliberately set aside for the joyful indul-gence of God’s blessings.

But, in resting, also share…using your time of refreshment to provision the poor, to offer peace to those who struggle, and to restore the health and well-being of those who are broken.

It is in this context that we present to you Walla Walla Universi-ty’s vision: A Decade of Sabbath Jubilee. During the next 10 years, in service to our mission and core themes, we will enact bold strategies that advance God’s invitation to thrive in the pursuit of balanced, satisfying and service-oriented lives.

On page 15 you’ll find a brief introduction and five commitments for the coming years. These commitments were formed as a result of much prayer, careful study, and significant discussion with the university’s faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends. You won’t

be surprised to learn that our faculty and staff have already begun the careful work of enhancing already strong academic and service opportunities, exploring opportunities for more efficiency, and planning for much-needed campus improvements.

And it’s none too soon. This quarter our campuses bustle with nearly 1,900 talented

students eager to learn and even more eager to serve. Of course, that’s nothing new—WWU has always been known for curious and capable students. But today our graduates are especially valued to help make sense of a world where the intensity of earning, achiev-ing and succeeding so often dulls the God-provisioned joy of living a healthy, balanced, service-filled life.

Work, work, work, work, work, work. Rest…sweet, generous rest.That’s a message for the ages, a gift for all time. And together,

we can ensure that our students are fully prepared to recognize and celebrate its rewards, and, in turn, richly bless others in Christ’s name for generations to come.

Cordially,

John McVay President

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College AvenueThe latest from across campus

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D URING THE 12-YEAR civil war in El Salvador, more than 75,000 people were killed by guerrilla forces and the United States-backed Salvadoran

government. Unarmed civilians were targeted as suspected rebel sympathizers, and villages were terrorized with bombings and massacres. Those who could fled the country, settling in neighbor-ing countries, the U.S., and Europe.

Alma Alfaro, professor of languages and culture at Walla Walla University, grew up in San Salvador, the capital city, when the fighting was still mostly in the east, west, and northern parts of the country. She came to the U.S. in 1987, two years before the war would reach the capital.

“Because I didn’t experience it personally, I have read literature and nonfiction to familiarize myself with this part of the Salvadoran history,” says Alfaro. “I know people whose lives were affected greatly though.”

While on sabbatical in El Salvador in June, Alfaro was invited to speak at La Casa del Escritor, or The Writer’s House, a historical site operated by the National Directorate for Areas of Cultural Development.

In July, Alfaro spoke about exile and the Salva-doran diaspora as discussed in three novels by Salvadoran authors.

David Hernandez’s “Berlin: Años Guanacos” chronicles the physical and personal journey of an intellectual who leaves El Salvador for Germany.

“Odisea del Norte” by Mario Bencastro tells the story of a working class Salvadoran who flees the country for the U.S. when he is accused of being a guerilla.

In Horacio Castellanos Moya’s novel, “La Diáspora,” the characters—from upper class and working class backgrounds—escape the civil war by going to Mexico.

Alfaro presented on the different perspectives represented in the novels, noting how everyone was significantly affected by the civil war as evi-denced by the mass exile but also the difference in outcome and life after exile for the spectrum of social classes. “As usual, the war affected the less fortunate ones, the marginalized people, and those not well off.”

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Gym Gets New Floor, Bleachers Improved Venue for Events and for Athletes

MORE THAN 40 years after its construction, the gymnasium in the Winter Educational Complex has received a long-overdue remodel. The renovation includes a new wood floor, bleachers, sound booth, and scoreboard for the third court. In addition, there are reconfigured baskets, remodeled lower wall/stor-age space, and upgraded audiovisu-al and lighting control capabilities.

Though the new floor will not be as multi-purpose as the previous floor, it is an improvement for most of the activities it’s used for.

“The new floor is safer and has better performance for general recreation and athletic events,”

says Rodd Strobel, instructor and facility manager for the Health and Physical Education Department.

The remodel will also increase storage space. “The lower portion of the support columns for the building will be covered, eliminat-

ing all the corners along the walls and adding much needed storage,” says Strobel.

To keep the floor in good condi-tion, it will be refinished annually. Every seven to nine years, it will be sanded down, repainted, and finished. The expected life span of the floor is approximately 30 years. “Typically, gym floors are replaced because of some sort of cata-strophic event before they actually wear out,” says Strobel.

In addition to meeting current safety codes, the new bleachers will operate more efficiently, look better, and take up less space when not in use. With more space and better ca-pability to control audiovisual and lighting, the new sound booth will benefit many campus groups who use the gym for various events.

Planning for Student SuccessUniversity Welcomes New Administrator

College AvenueThe latest from across campus

I T’S MY DESIRE to make a difference in the lives of people,” says David Richardson, Jr., the new vice president for student life. Richardson comes to Walla Walla University after five years working in student life services at Concorde Career

Colleges. Born and raised on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., Richardson was inspired by his parents, both edu-cators. He is looking forward to working on an Adventist campus, a change he feels was providential.

“The door was open,” Richardson says. “When I visited here, it was electric. I saw the passion in the students’ lives. I felt like this was going to be a great fit, and I wanted to be a part of the vision.”

Richardson wants to help create an environment where students can be successful, where they feel socially connected and spiritually strong, and where they can achieve academically. “The model that I have is a progressive model,” he says. “I want to make sure I’m pro-viding the right programs and services and an environment that can help take students and staff to a higher level.”

Hope, he believes, is an integral part of a successful environ-ment. “We still need hope on an Adventist campus, and I’m going to be presenting that to everyone,” he says.

Transitioning from a commuter campus to a residential campus is also exciting, he says. Though his philosophy and the organization of student life will be the same, he will be able to create more opportu-nities for students.

This year, Richardson is working on building relationships with stu-dents, faculty, and staff. Passionate about leadership, Richardson is

not only interested in students’ success, but he also wants to provide campus staff members with opportunities for professional growth and development.

Richardson is an avid reader who enjoys books on leadership and spirituality. With hobbies of cycling and hiking, Richardson is looking forward to exploring the Pacific Northwest.

Richardson’s wife, Melanie, works as a speech pathologist in Pasco, Wash. Their sons, Brandon and Jaylin, attend Walla Walla Valley Academy in College Place.

The new wood floor replaces the original multi-purpose flooring.

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Volunteers Construct Rosario Cabins Even more students will be able to spend summer quarter studying at the Rosario Marine Labora-tory. Maranatha Volunteers International will build two residence cabins on the site next year. This year, the volunteers are completing maintenance projects at the campus. The two-level cabins will each house four students. Funds for the project were given by Walla Walla University alumni. The Class of 1962 contrib-uted as a 50th reunion gift. Graduates Carmen and Richard Graham also granted a major gift. The Rosario campus is located near Anacortes, Wash.

Seiple Awarded Honorary DegreeThe former United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Robert A. Seiple, was presented the doctor of letters degree, honoris causa at the 2013 Walla Walla University com-mencement ceremony. An advocate of international religious freedom, Seiple shared stories of mission-aries exhiting courage and faith in the face of grave circumstances.

2013 Journal Features Art, Poetry, PhotosThe new edition of Walla Walla University’s literary journal has been recently released. The “Gadfly” features creative works by students, staff, and alumni, including “Suspension” (below), a collage/mixed media work by graduates Rachel Smith and Stepha-nie Smith. The publication is a double edition and is dedicated to Gary Wiss, re-tired professor of English.

The journal has been published annually by the English Department since 1937. In this edition, other contributors include alumni Lori Henriques, Julie Nordgren, Katie Hickerson, Andrea Stout, and others.

To purchase a $15 copy, call (509) 527-2862 or visit wallawalla.edu/gadfly

SERVICE

Positive Life Radio Earns AwardIn May, the Minister of Cambodian Social Affairs, Ith Sam Heng, award-ed Positive Life Radio a medal of honor for generos-ity in donating rice to families in need of food. During the station’s 14-year annual fundraiser, called Rice for Cambodia Campaign, PLR listeners have given $1.3 million, which has provided for more than 3,435 tons of rice. One-hundred percent of the funds during the on-air fund-raiser go to buy the rice.

Unequal ChildhoodsBy Annette Lareau University of California Press, 2011This book is the most compelling reading on modern parenting and childhood to come along in years. Lareau’s research chronicles the ‘common sense’ notions of parent-ing, childhood, education, and fam-ily that we are all so familiar with. Yet, her findings are anything but expected. Lareau tells the stories of the families in her study with respect and candor. Despite a solid grounding in sociological theory, the work is very accessible and clearly written, leaving the reader with a new un-derstanding of how the role of social class cannot be dismissed in contemporary American society. My students regularly report it is a favorite text they look forward to discussing with their families. —Emily Tillotson, Assistant Professor of Social Work and Sociology

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympicsby Daniel James Brown Viking Press, 2013This book tells the story of the 1936 University of Washington nine-man rowing crew. The crew, mostly from working class families, won the National Championships, the Olympic Trials, and eventually the gold medal at the Berlin Olym-pics, just edging out the Italians and the Germans. This Olympic story—often overshadowed by the success of Jesse Owens—is a fascinating look at the obstacles faced and overcome by the crewmates. It is a rare example of selfless teamwork that makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts. —Rodd Strobel, Health and Physical Education Facility Manager

Reading and browsing recommendations from our experts

books sites

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New ProfessorsWalla Walla University welcomes nine faculty. Front row, from left: Conna Bond, assistant professor of business; Karen Clausen-Brown, assistant professor of English; Emi-lie Butler, Portland campus professor of nursing; Denise Dunzweiler, professor of education. Back row from left: Kirt Onthank, assistant professor of biology; Gerry Larson, athletic director; Joel Libby, professor of art; John Foster, assistant professor of mathematics; Brent Berglin, profes-sor of theology.

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Brown Bag / Faculty in first person

Julian Melgosa

WHEN I ATTENDED the 2000 Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, I was pleasantly surprised to hear reports about recent research on the positive effects of religiosity and spiritual-ity on mental health and well-being. It was shocking because since

the time I studied for my psychology degree in the 1970s, the only mention of God, religion, spirituality, or prayer in an academic context would be classified as superstitious, primitive, or at least non-scientific. My astonishment was even greater because this happened at meetings of the ABCT, an organization that prides itself in the use of scientific methods, evidence-based principles, objective assessments, and other ‘hard-nosed’ approaches to solve the problems of human suffering.

Since those days, I have been attentive to developments in the religion/spirituality and health interphase. Indeed, this area of research has experienced gigantic growth. To mention an example, Harold Koenig, a professor of psychiatry at Duke University, and possibly the researcher who has done more to advance this area, authored two editions of the “Handbook of Religion and Health” (Oxford University Press), containing reviews of about 1,000 recent quantitative studies in the area of religiosity/spirituality and health.

It is comforting to know that research is showing the benign effects of prayer, churchgoing, forgiveness, and so on. In this context, I find a wider confirmation of the promise of Proverbs 3:5–8: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.” Reflecting on this Bible promise and the growing body of literature, I wrote a book for the broad Christian audience—“The Benefits of Belief.”

I reviewed the professional literature over the last five years and found a large number of articles published in peer-reviewed journals supporting the connection between religious behaviors and health, both mental and physical. I chose the most relevant ones (about 20 per chapter) in order to support the areas benefitted by faith and religion. Some of the findings: Scripture-reading tends to work as a powerful tool to cope with stress and struggle, and to feel less pain in the midst of illness; it also helps to improve relationships and to protect against the use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs. Forgiveness is a healing agent that nourishes interpersonal interactions, improves the quality of sleep, enhances a sense of well-being and satisfaction, makes

the cardiac function stronger, helps people gain physical strength, and soothes pain.

Being genuinely committed to one’s prin-ciples and religious beliefs helps avoid risky behaviors, and promotes greater longevity. Service to others reduces the chances of depression and increases health and longevity. Regular church attendance appears to be a fountain of health: less incidence of heart dis-ease, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, dementia, immune dysfunction, endocrine

dysfunction, cancer, and mortality as well as low occurrence of mood dis-orders, higher personal satisfaction, less fear of disease and ailments, and better overall relationships.

Gratitude to God observed in religious persons is associated with overall health and well-being and a more frequent practice of healthy behaviors such as weight control, exercise, and diet. A good relationship with God protects from negativistic, catastrophic thoughts (precursors of depression) and improves the quality of interper-sonal interactions. Lastly, religios-ity serves as a successful coping resource in times of severe difficulty.

It is true that in spite of these findings, pain and suffering are part of life and that faithful people still get seriously ill and sometimes die young. But I am thankful that secular research is showing that, in general terms, our connection with

God may prevent and soothe the pain and suf-fering we encounter in this imperfect world.

Julian Melgosa has written 10 books on topics ranging from stress management to coping with old age. “Benefits of Belief” was published this year by Pacific Press Publishing Association and is available at adventistbookcenter.com. Melgosa, a native of Spain, began teaching at WWU’s School of Education and Psychology in 2006. He has taught in the Philippines, England, and Spain.

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WHAT A WOMAN. The undisputed facts of Ellen Harmon White’s life make a remarkable story.

Grant Wacker, a professor of Christian history at Duke University, observes, “however one judges the role of supernatural inspiration, White ranks as one of the most gifted and influential religious leaders in American history.”

Wacker’s thoughts about the Adventist prophet preface a new book about Ellen White’s place in American history. “Ellen Harmon White: American Prophet” will be published in 2014 by Oxford University Press, the oldest university press in the world.

The book took shape at an academic conference that brought together a diverse group of historians solely for the purpose of study-ing Ellen White’s significance in American history. One of its three co-editors is Terrie Dopp Aamodt, a longtime Walla Walla University

professor of history and English.She is also the author of another book about Ellen White, which

will soon be published as part of an Adventist biography series. It will have the distinction of being the first Ellen White biography written by a woman.

I recently had the pleasure of reviewing the manuscript of “Ellen Harmon White: American Prophet,” and then interviewing Terrie about the research she and other historians have conducted about Ellen White.

As Terrie and I talked about the conference, the researchers, and the book content, she said that for those familiar with Ellen White scholarship, much of the volume contains familiar research, but it also includes some new content and context. However, the many voices and perspectives together make it a powerful collected work.

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TERRIE AAMODT I need to talk first about how I became particularly interested in encouraging more historical scholarship on Ellen White. American his-tory textbooks that I use and conferences that I attend discuss the Great Awakening and, to some extent, Mor-monism and even Millerism, but the role of Ellen White and Adventism in the diverse story of American religion is generally absent, even though Adventists now outnumber Mormons. In recent years a handful of spe-cialized works and some brief encyclopedic references have emerged, but they have not yet been integrated into the larger story of the history of American religion.

I have not been the only Seventh-day Adventist historian talking and thinking about these issues. This book grew from conversations at Association of Seventh-day Adventist Historians (ASDAH) meetings, where participants have noted that very little schol-arly work on Adventism in general and Ellen White in particular has been readily accessible to the general academic community. Thus, a project developed to put together a composite biography of Ellen White, drawing in historians who have carried out research on some facet of her life and career, and seeking feedback from other scholars, both within and outside Adventism, who have studied the historical context of American religion. Our initial informal conversations developed into an academic conference that launched the book manuscript.

Our ASDAH conversations led Gary Land (Andrews University), Julius Nam (Loma Linda University), and me, in consultation with other historians, to organize

a conference in Portland, Maine, where Ellen White grew up. We enlisted the historian of American sci-ence and religion Ronald L. Numbers (University of Wisconsin) as a co-organizer and co-editor. The con-ference was designed to, as far as we could, “examine the full range and scope of Ellen White’s place in American history.”

And her place in American history isn’t trivial. Scholars have identified Ellen White with Anne Hutchinson [a religious dissident in the Massachu-setts Bay Colony in the 1630s], Harriet Beecher Stowe [author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and a prominent anti-slavery activist], Mary Baker Eddy [the founder of Christian Science] and Aimee Simple McPherson [founder of the Four Square Church], as one of the most prominent women in American religious history–yet White is one of the least studied and understood. We wanted chapters that would examine the breadth of Ellen White’s 70-year public career while avoiding extremes of iconoclasm or hagiography.

With so many themes that could be included, how did you decide what topics to address in one volume, or even in one conference?No single volume on Ellen White can be comprehen-sive, but we wanted to introduce significant themes that researchers are currently working on. In 2007, we began to review existing historical scholarship, choose themes of significant interest, and seek out authors with backgrounds on those themes. Almost all of them had begun their work because of their own Adventist context.

We then sought advice from a wide range of scholars on chapter drafts presented at the 2009 conference. Each chapter had two respondents: one Adventist scholar familiar with Ellen White and her Adventist context, and one scholar from outside the denomina-tion who was an expert in the thematic context of that chapter. All the participants—over 60 authors and respondents—read the chapter drafts and suggested how we could meet our goals of clarity and objectiv-ity. As the project moved from conference papers to a finished book, some chapter assignments shifted because of other author responsibilities and overlap-ping content. But we are very pleased with the wide breadth of the chapters included in this volume. My editorial colleague Gary Land commented: “Collabora-tive research, writing, and editing shaped the book. This project’s scholarly exchange between Ellen White specialists and students of her broader contexts would take decades to achieve in occasional meetings at professional conferences.”

We could talk for days about content of “American Prophet,” but let’s start our brief overview with a question about how Ellen White responded to the world around her, especially as that world changed a lot from 1827 when she was born until she died in 1915. What stood out for you in the chapter on culture by Benjamin McArthur and the chapter on society by Douglas Morgan? I think these chapters might be read differently by Adventists and non-Adventists, simply because of the differences in readers’ contexts. The culture chapter describes the conservative Methodist practices that influenced White and her lack of interest in upward mobility and cultural accommodation seen within other denominational groups. But for any of us who

TOP James and Ellen White ca. 1865 with sons William Clarence (Willie), born 1854, and James Edson (Edson), born 1849.

BOTTOM Ellen White addresses the 1901 General Conference Session in Battle Creek, Mich.

Let’s start with the background of the subject, key people, and conference in Portland, Maine, in 2009 that resulted in this book. What is the origin of the volume that you’ve worked hard with many superb scholars, in fact a total of 20 chapter authors, to produce?


grew up in an Adventism with many specific cultural strictures, it provides a useful and thought-provoking context for what we were raised to do and not to do.

The chapter on society describes how White advised church members about which societal issues to active-ly be a part of, and perhaps by their lack of mention, which to avoid. Morgan writes that Adventist believ-ers did “not invest hope in any human government or political program, however idealistic, but only in the coming reign of Christ. Yet White also recognized a historical pattern in which the prophetic minority

exerts a transforming influence in society.” Thus, she was able to blend her desire to help individuals pre-pare for Christ’s return while also strongly opposing some societal issues such as slavery and alcohol.

As the founding “mother” of a church, Ellen White inevitably had a major influence on its theology, but the three chapters that talk about her significant contribu-tions here also say that the systematic discussion or descriptions of theology weren’t her focus. What did you particularly find interesting in the three chapters talking about theology? As Fritz Guy points out in his chapter on Ellen White’s theology, she did not attempt to function as a system-atic theologian, yet she had a profound impact on the development of Adventist theology, including her central emphasis on Jesus Christ. In his chapter on eschatology, Jonathan Butler discusses how White’s and other founders’ roots in Millerism affected the development of Adventist doctrines related to Christ’s Second Advent. During his discussion of Ellen White’s practical theology, Bert Haloviak shows how Advent-ism’s founders drew on their own religious heritage—Christian Connexion ( James White and Joseph Bates) and Methodist (Ellen Harmon White), as they debated and discussed the shape of their own emerging group.

The chapter about Ellen White as an author deals with a subject that has been controversial for a long time—in fact, as I learned from this chapter, even during her lifetime. How did Arthur Patrick address it?In his chapter, Patrick, who recently succumbed to cancer, carefully and sensitively reviews the histori-cal details of Ellen White’s writing process, her use of sources, and the roles of the various editors she worked with during her long career as an author. He notes that the general outline of the issues, by now well known and widely documented in books, journals, and online publications, is complex and will continue to be the focus of spirited discussion. As a scholar of history, he seeks to lay out the issues, not to tell the reader what to think.

One chapter that was particularly intriguing was the overview of the “Testimonies for the Church”—not a set of books as easily read as the Conflict of the Ages Series–how did the chapter author approach the “Testimonies”?Graeme Sharrock is doing fascinating contextual

From a humble childhood and with limited formal education, Ellen White, after a lifetime of work, established a global denomina-tion exceeding 100,000 people, thoughtfully organized, with myriad institu-tions involved in multiple forms of

outreach around the world.

She was involved in cutting-edge technology during her entire life, leveraging printing presses and railroads to make it possible to stay in touch with the ever-growing number of Adven-tist believers.

Her book “Steps to Christ,” initially published by a non-Seventh-day Adventist press, has been trans-lated into 165 languages with an estimated 100 million copies sold or distributed.

Despite a frail constitution and significant health

issues during most of her life, she developed a very resonant and powerful speaking voice and spoke up to 150 times per year, decade after decade, to groups of often hundreds and sometimes thousands, without benefit of amplification.

She also became, as a woman in the male-leadership-dominated 19th century, a power-ful and influential consultant with extensive impact on the growth of industries and institutions across the United States and around the world.

She maintained extensive and detailed cor-respondence with hundreds of individuals– often providing unusu-ally insightful guidance to them and their church communities volumes).

CO-EDITORSTerrie Dopp Aamodt, professor of history and English, Walla `Walla University

Gary Land, emeritus professor of history, Andrews University

Ronald L. Numbers, Hilldale Professor Emeritus of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison

CHAPTER AUTHORSGrant WackerProfessor of Christian history, Duke UniversityForeword

Jonathan ButlerIndependent scholar, Ph.D. in church history, University of Chicago“A Portrait” and “Second Coming”

Ann TavesProfessor of religious studies, University of California, Santa Barbara“Visions”

Graeme SharrockDoctoral candidate, University of Chicago“Testimonies”

Ronald GraybillIndependent scholar, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University“Prophet”

Arthur PatrickSenior research fellow, Avondale College (deceased) “Author”

Terrie AamodtProfessor of history and English, Walla Walla University“Speaker”

Floyd Greenleaf (co-author)Emeritus professor of history, Southern Adventist University“Builder”

ELLEN WHITE A Religious Leader Makes History

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research on the “Testimonies.” Here we include some of his work that is being developed for his doctoral dissertation at the University of Chicago. He is pains-takingly going through specific testimony messages that can be traced back to the original recipients and communities. Then he provides context for the advice White has penned. One thing that really strikes me as I read his work is how intuitive and gifted White was as she worked to influence people and bring about harmony among disparate factions. It leaves a very different, and more nuanced, impression than her sometimes-very-directive messages to anonymous recipients that we see in print.

In your opinion, what is important for Adventists about this composite biography?One thing that has been very striking to me as I worked on this project is how many Seventh-day Adventist institutions Ellen White shaped and how the very way the church functions today is still based on priorities she set. For example, Adventist education at all levels–primary, secondary, and tertiary–owes its existence to the writing, speaking, general priorities, forethought, activism, and visions of White. The same is true of Adventist healthcare institutions, worldwide church organization, and international publishing systems. She was tremendously influential over the 70 years of her public ministry but has been equally important over the century since she died. While this may seem obvious, it is something Adventism needs to note and remember.

To really appreciate her legacy, I have found it help-ful to understand her life and times much more thor-oughly. Also, while Adventists who read this book will understandably measure it with their own previous experience and knowledge of Ellen White, they need to keep in mind the primary audience for this book, which includes academic historians and students who have no previous knowledge of White. How will this

target audience respond to the story of her life? When we met in Portland, Maine, I wondered about that question as we brought together a group of people who deeply understood White and a group of people for whom her name had no context and no particular significance. I wondered what they would think of her,

Jerry Moon (co-author)Professor, chair of church history, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University “Builder”

Fritz GuyResearch Professor of Philosophical Theology, La Sierra University“Theology”

Bert HaloviakFormer director of the office of archives and statistics, the Adventist World Headquarters (now retired)“Practical Theology”

Ronald L. Numbers (co-author)Hilldale Professor Emeritus of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Science and Medicine”

Rennie B. Schoepflin (co-author)Associate dean and professor of history, College of Natural and Social Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles “Science and Medicine”

Douglas MorganProfessor of history and political studies, Washington Adventist University“Society”

Benjamin McArthurProfessor of history, Southern Adventist University“Culture”

Eric AndersonPresident, Southwestern Adventist University“Race”

Laura VanceDirector of gender and women’s studies program, Warren Wilson College“Gender”

T. Joe WilleyIndependent scholar, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley “Death and Burial”

Paul McGraw (co-author)Professor of history, Pacific Union College“Legacy”

Gilbert Valentine (co-author)Professor, chair of educational leadership. La Sierra University“Legacy”

Gary LandEmeritus professor of history, Andrews University“Biographies”

what they would take away from this first encounter. I did not know what to expect.

As the conference ended, I was impressed with the level of interest and seriousness these scholars applied to learning what in many cases was entirely new infor-mation. Their level of engagement with her, respect for her story, and enthusiasm for supporting further research, made the effort—and bouts of trepidation—worthwhile.

As I’ve described here, I did not know what to expect from scholars who have not encountered Ellen White before. I also wondered how Adventists would receive the results of our work. Anyone looking for a book that exactly matches their own perspective will be disappointed, because this composite biography includes many perspectives. A majority of the chapter authors are Adventist historians who teach at Adventist schools or have recently retired from a career in Ad-ventist higher education. A smaller number of authors are former Adventists, and an even smaller number are those who have never had any connection to Adventist tradition. Knowing full well the risks inherent in put-ting together so many perspectives, we proceeded with the task, because we wanted to do something different, something other than Adventists talking—sometimes not very civilly—only to one another. My hope is that our work will be received as respectfully by Adventists of all persuasions as it was by the conference partici-pants who had never heard of her before.

As you’ve been working with these scholars, you have also been working on a biography of White. Tell me how your biography project compares with the Oxford book.The biography I am writing is different in purpose. It is the first Ellen White biography written by a woman. George Knight’s Adventist Pioneers biography series (of which my volume is a part) is intended primarily for a college-educated, Seventh-day Adventist audi-ence (the Oxford book is designed to be accessible to this group, but it is directed primarily to an academic audience of no particular religious orientation). Another contrast is that the Oxford book is written by multiple authors who follow specific themes; the bi-ography will have just one voice. It is also designed to provide a narrative overview of her entire life–though built on a foundation of careful research, it isn’t writ-ten as an academic book. One of my challenges is to make the book as inclusive as possible, though I real-ize scholars have spent their entire careers studying her life, and a thorough examination of her requires multiple volumes.

I hope the Oxford book piques the interest of read-ers in Ellen White, and they will read my biography as well as other volumes currently in the works. I am certain that over the next few decades many more academic researchers will produce works on someone as noteworthy as Ellen Harmon White. I am glad that Seventh-day Adventist scholars and researchers have been involved in this early contribution to what we expect will become an ongoing discussion among aca-demic historians. The fact that Oxford University Press has chosen to publish and distribute “Ellen Harmon White: American Prophet” is an honor.

Julie Lenée Scott holds a master’s in journalism from Univer-sity of Oregon, an MBA from University of Rochester, and a PhD from University of Washington. She runs a leadership development consultancy in the Northwest.

At various times in her life, Ellen White was credentialed as a Seventh-day Adventist minister by both local confer-ences and the General Conference.

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SABBATH JUBILEE The seventh-day Sabbath, with its call to weekly rest and the rhythms of grace, is rooted in the creation story (Gen 2:1-3; Exod 20:8-11). In Old Testament times, the year of Jubilee was celebrated as a year of rest and release (Lev 25:1-17).i Jesus powerfully joins Sabbath and Jubilee in a synagogue reading, announcing the arrival of “‘the year of the Lord’s favor’” with good news offered to the poor, liberty to captives and the oppressed, and sight to the blind (Luke 4:16-21). Together, trustees, administrators, faculty, staff, and students will tune our ears to hear this announcement of Sabbath Jubilee by Jesus, exploring and actualizing its meanings for Walla Walla University. Sabbath Jubilee will inform everything we do as we seek the margin, balance and rest it harbors.

OUR THEME

Our attention to this theme will be evidenced in five bold commitments:

Walla Walla University, in service of its mission and core themes, will pursue a Decade of Sabbath Jubilee—celebrating and sharpening the best of who we are

and what God has called us to be: a university offering unparalleled higher education in the

context of wholistic, Christian community.

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Walla Walla University will pursue, and celebrate, a biblical vision of academic Sabbath Jubilee. Our motivation for all intellectual inquiry is original and unsurpassed in importance: The Creator made the whole of creation very good. Upon completion of His creation, God invited human beings to join Him in an enduring admiration and celebration of His creative excellence: Sabbath Jubilee. In the next decade, in service of this commitment, we shall pursue the following four objectives. This means we will sharpen our identity as a university offering unparalleled higher education in the context of wholistic, Christian community.

PRIORITY ONE Balance and Wellness. We will ensure that the values of balance and wellness mark our academic life.

PRIORITY TWO Student Success. We will design and implement a more structured student success strategy that will feature an invigorated academic advising process and a personal suc-cess plan for each undergraduate student.

PRIORITY THREE Faculty Excellence. We will develop clear markers of excellence for faculty in teaching, advising, professionalism, and scholarship within a framework of heightened accountability and increased remuneration.

PRIORITY FOUR Innovative Curricula. We will em-phasize critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication as essential skills by integrat-ing them across the curriculum and student life. Early in this decade, we will redesign all curricula to ensure: 1) Scope of requirements encourages student success; 2) Delivery meets sustainability goals; 3) Each curriculum is in-novative and forward-looking.

ECONOMIC JUBILEE iiWalla Walla University will pursue, and celebrate, a biblical vision of economic Sabbath Jubilee—a fresh, resource reality marked by the absence of financial debt, the presence of fiscal margin, and the generous investment of funds toward academic innovation and campus life excellence. This economic jubilee will consist of three major objectives:

PRIORITY ONE Annual Budget Margin of 10%. Walla Walla Uni-versity will adopt a keystone habit of achieving an annual budget margin of 10% by the 2022–2023 fiscal year.iii This margin will be used to foster institutional sustainability and academic innovation.

PRIORITY TWO Comprehensive Campaign. Walla Walla University will introduce a comprehensive campaign for the purpose of grow-ing our endow-ment, renewing our physical campuses, and investing in academic in-novation. This fundraising goal shall be realized by the completion of the 2019–2020 school year.

PRIORITY THREE Enrollment Man-agement. Walla Walla University will determine an appropriate stu-dent population size and strategy. This proactive enrollment management will assist institu-tional economic predictability and year-to-year stability.

SABBATH JUBILEE COMMITMENT ONE

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i In the Year of Jubilee, captives were set free, land was returned to the original owners, and debts were forgiven. It was Sabbath extended: “The 50th year in a series of seven Sabbatical Years. The Year of Jubilee (from Heb. yobel, ‘ram’s horn’) is the last layer in the extension of the sabbath principle that begins with the day of rest every seventh day, extended in the Sabbatical Year fallow every seventh year, to the Jubilee.” Robin J. DeWitt Knauth, “Jubilee, Year of” in Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible (2000), p. 743.

ii Sabbath Jubilee calls us to economic Jubilee, to live with fiscal margin and the absence of debt. (Leviticus 25:1-17)iii The concept of a “keystone habit” comes from the book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (Random House, 2012).iv Sabbath Jubilee invites us to think on the excellence of God’s creation. (Genesis 1:31-2:3)

v Sabbath Jubilee invites us to serve our fellow human beings. (Deuteronomy 15:1-11; Luke 4:18-19)vi Sabbath Jubilee gathers us to celebrate the beauty of God and to express ourselves with grace and beauty. (Psalm 27:4; Mark 14:6)vii Sabbath Jubilee grounds us in faithful worship of God, and faith-ful following of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Exodus 20:8-11; Mark 2:27-28)

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Walla Walla University will pursue, and celebrate a biblical vision of humanitarian Sabbath Jubilee. This means all members of our academic community—the board of trustees, administrators, faculty, staff, and students will participate in service to our world. Walla Walla University will work to intentionally prepare our students for a lifetime of dedicated service to God, the church, and the world. In the next decade, in service of this commitment, we shall pursue the following three objectives:

PRIORITY ONE Department of Commu-nity Service and Mission. Walla Walla University will develop a department of community service and mission for the purposes of defining university-wide expectations for service and develop-ing service opportunities and service learning in both local and global evan-gelistic and humanitarian work.

PRIORITY TWO Signature Service Proj-ect. Walla Walla University will develop an institutional-level, long-term service relationship—whereby Walla Walla University serves its community with a signature project/relationship. WWU will become “known” for this endeavor.

PRIORITY THREE Low-debt and No-debt Trajectories. Walla Walla University will develop and implement low-debt and no-debt trajectories to help students more easily live as post-graduates in productive service to God, church, and the world.

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Walla Walla University will pursue, and celebrate, a biblical vision of aesthetic Sabbath Jubilee. We will, over the next decade, commit ourselves to these three objectives, three expressions of beauty:

PRIORITY ONE Campus Beautification. Walla Walla University will beautify its physical campuses with the elimination of all deferred maintenance and the renovation and renewal of existing buildings.

PRIORITY TWO Professional-ism. Walla Walla University will develop a new profes-sionalism program for all students, including aca-demic and non-academic experiences, wherein men and women are taught to live, act, and work—to express themselves, as leaders—with beauty, excellence, and grace.

PRIORITY THREE Sharing the Arts. Walla Walla University will infuse beauty into the Walla Walla Valley—deploying faculty, staff, and students in an effort to bring the arts to underserved com-munities, with particular attention to children who enjoy little or no access to music and visual art.

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Walla Walla University will pursue, and celebrate, a biblical vision of faith-focused Sabbath Jubilee, in the tradition of Seventh-day Adventist Christianity. To this end, we commit ourselves to the following three objectives:

PRIORITY ONE Center for Sab-bath Celebra-tion. Walla Walla University will form a Center for Sabbath Celebration. This new entity will promote—within Adventism and beyond—the way a Sabbath-keeping and a Sabbath lifestyle can bring glory to God, and health and beauty to human community.

PRIORITY TWO Partnering with Churches and Schools. Walla Walla University will strengthen its service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church through the formation of fresh partner-ships with local congregations and elementary and secondary schools of the North Pacific Union Confer-ence. We will form teams of skilled students who will provide support to these church and school communities.

PRIORITY THREE Religious Instruc-tion. Walla Walla University will consider carefully all major religious instruction on our campuses—the-ology courses, convocations, Sabbath Schools, church services, and other gather-ings—to ensure each student has opportunity to consider Christian faith and practice in a thorough and systematic way and to reflect on philosophical, doctrinal, and behavioral ques-tions relevant to the contempo-rary world.

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THIS REPORT INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT GIFTS AND OTHER SUPPORT THAT WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY RECEIVED FROM JULY 1, 2012, TO JUNE 30, 2013.

A N N U A L R E P O R T

Walla Walla University’s alumni make a difference every day. They are entrepreneurs, inventors, teachers, and lawyers. They are nurses, CEOs, and scientists. They are parents,

engineers, legislators, and some of the best volunteers in the world. They have not just the smarts to succeed, but the heart to know what that really means.

DURING 2012–13, WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY RECEIVED GIFTS TOTALING

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you for supporting my educational journey.I am a junior biology major and I’m in the

honors program. Joining the honors pro-gram was one of the best choices I made when coming to WWU. It serves to remind me of my interest in and the importance of the humanities—how much writing, litera-ture, and art bring to the human experience. The rigor of the classes is also welcome; the college writing sequence gave me more confidence in my writing abilities. The pro-gram serves as a balance to my otherwise science-focused curriculum.

The scientific side of my education began in high school, when I worked part-time as a student research intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in my hometown of Pasco, Wash. I worked in a proteomics lab that did sample preparation for the mass spectrometry group. This ex-perience was the single greatest influence leading me to become a biology major, and it also gave me the experience I needed to obtain a summer internship after my freshman year in Munich, Germany. There I worked at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center in a lab that focused on lung fibrosis; my own project focused on how microRNA could affect the expression of a protein linked to the fibrosis process in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The humanities side of my education led me to work at The Collegian, where I was a copy editor my sophomore year and head copy editor my junior year. These roles helped me become involved in student leadership and to gain more experience in leading a team in a work setting.

This fall, I will spend a semester at Keble College of Oxford University studying the history of England and medieval Europe as well as medieval literature.

Following my term abroad, I will return to finish my bachelor’s degree. My long-term plan is to become a physician with strong research involvement.

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New ScholarshipsIt is our pleasure to announce these new endowed scholarships. For more information on the stories and donors who made them possible, visit: wallawalla.edu/studentscholarships

Rodney Heisler Engineering Scholarship and GrantKnown as a visionary leader, Rodney Heisler’s legacy is in the continuing strength of the Edward F. Cross School. Heisler, a 1965 Walla Walla University engineering graduate, began his teaching career in 1970. Excelling as a teacher, Heisler also had the ability to discern students’ critical needs and find a way to help with them. Heisler served as dean of the school from 1987 to 1997. One of his most significant accomplishments was a $3.75 million building expansion project. Heisler also served as WWU’s vice president for academic administration from 1983 to 1986. A man of many talents, Heisler was also a professional fisherman, spending nearly 30 summers in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The scholarship fund was initiated by current engineering faculty to honor the gifts that Heisler exhibited over the nearly 40 years he served at WWU. The Rodney Heisler Engineering Scholarship and Grant provides scholarships for engineering students with GPAs over 3.0 or grants to students with financial need.

Robert A. Henderson Memorial ScholarshipAs a longtime professor and chair of the Department of History, Robert A. Henderson taught thousands of students to think coherently and write well-supported essays. Hen-derson, a 1962 Walla Walla University graduate, began teaching at WWU in 1967 and retired in 2003. He chaired the department from 1968 to 1979 and again from 2000 to 2003. “Bob Henderson was department chair when I was hired in 2001 and I could not have asked for a more kind, sup-portive, and dedicated mentor. It was obvious that students respected and loved him,” says Greg Dodds, current chair of the Department of History and Philosophy. Henderson also contributed to campus life, including at one point serving simultaneously on 17 committees. Henderson was a master storyteller and a craftsman who could finish a home interior to perfection or meticulously restore a Piper Cub. The Robert A. Henderson Memorial History Endowment pro-vides scholarships for history majors demonstrating academic merit and financial need.

Rudolf and Anna Klimes LearnWell Physical Education ScholarshipRudolf Klimes’ favorite greeting, “Blessings on us,” reflects the Klimes’ gratefulness for the opportunities that the couple has had. Rudolf and Anna, both teachers, met while attending Walla Walla University and were married in 1954. Both dedicated to education, they would later earn multiple post-graduate degrees. Rudy and Anna served as missionaries in the Far East for 26 years. After their service, they taught at the Andrews University School of Graduate Studies. In 1986 they returned to Korea and established the Sahmyook University School of Lifelong Learning. In recent years, now living in the United States, they have periodically taught in Ukraine. Rudy is the founder and president of LearnWell Resources, specializing in health and drug prevention and development assistance for Ukraine. The Rudolf and Anna Klimes LearnWell Physical Education Endowment provides scholarships for students majoring in health sciences who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.

Thais Thrasher-Sadoyama ScholarshipThais Thrasher Sadoyama made sharing her knowledge the focus of her life. After graduating from Walla Walla University in 1952, her goal to enter the Loma Linda Medical School was delayed a year because the annual enrollment limit of five female students was met. After completing her medical studies, Thrasher-Sadoyama taught pathology at LLU for more than 30 years. She earned the respect of her students not only for excellent teaching, but also for taking a personal interest in them. She and her husband, James Sadoyama, often hosted social events at their home, making many lasting friendships. Toward the end of her career, Thrasher-Sadoyama became board-certified in psychiatry and joined the staff of the Veteran’s Medical Center in Loma Linda. She was appointed chief of the outpatient psychiatry clinic and held the post until her retirement. In 2001, the couple retired in Walla Walla. The Thais Thrasher Sadoyma Scholarship provides assistance to students with financial need.


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THANK YOU FROM OUR STUDENTS

Brianna EcklerAVIATION TECHNOLOGYI want to thank you so much! I’m very blessed to be at this school. I love the atmosphere here, and I’m glad I followed God to this place. College is hard but very rewarding. Your dona-tion has made it possible for me to grow closer to Christ and further my

education and work for Christ. I can’t thank you enough!

Mari ChappellPRE-PHYSICAL THERAPYThank you so much for the scholarship, which will help me to continue attend-ing this amazing school and to have the chance to reach the goal I have

had my entire life. I just can’t thank you enough for helping me reach and fulfill my dreams. Next year is going to be one of the hardest years I’ve ever had since I will be taking several “weed out” courses. Your help gives me the oppor-tunity to focus on studying more than focusing on getting a job and working. I really appreciate your help.


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Chelsea AguileraPSYCHOLOGY Thank you so much for the scholar-ship. Without you, possibilities like Walla Walla wouldn’t be possible. I re-ally appreciate your investment in my future. I am a psychology and market-ing student and plan to become a mar-riage and family therapist. The money you are giving me helps me complete these goals. Thank you so much!

Caleb PopELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGI want to express my appreciation for your contribution. Because of you, my education is a little bit more afford-able. I am grateful for people who make it possible for people like me to go to a good school.

Claribel GonzalezELEMENTARY EDUCATIONI just wanted to thank you for believ-ing in me. This scholarship is more than I could have hoped for. Please know it will be a great help toward my education. Thank you for this wonder-ful blessing.

Madeline BoysonHISTORYThank you so much for your generous donation toward my upcoming school year. Your support means so much! The kind of community I get here at Walla Walla University is exceptional and it means a lot to me that your generosity ensures the continuation of that community. Thank you!

Rachael CoonENGLISHThank you so much for blessing me with a scholarship. Education is an

incredible treasure in my eyes, and you have helped me achieve more of that treasure. I have recently returned from volunteering in Belize for the school year and this is a lesson I have learned. Education is only great when you use it to serve others. This is what I will use my education for, to give to my community, society, church, and world. I deeply appreciate your gift to help me pursue my goal.

Amanda CarrithersELEMENTARY EDUCATIONI am so thankful to have received a scholarship. Attending Walla Walla University has been the best decision of my life, and your contribution has helped make it possible. I am so blessed to be in such a beautiful place with good, loving people that moti-vate me to be all that I can. I’m excited to continue my education here!

Ally NobleNURSING Thank you for your generous donation to this scholarship that will contribute to my continuing education to be-come a nurse. I am so grateful for your willingness to serve others as I strive to provide service in my near future. I hope to become the best nurse pos-sible by the end of my education, and you have now become a contributor and I appreciate it very much.

Samantha RecaldeNURSINGThank you so much for your generous donation! As you may know, college is becoming more and more expensive and at times it seems impossible to meet the financial demands it places on us. That is why your donation is an answer to my prayers. It is a small reminder that when we trust in God, all things are possible. My heartfelt

thanks to you. May God bless you and repay you for your kindness.

Zachri JensenENGINEERINGThank you so much for your kind generosity in offering a scholarship opportunity to students like me. I was surprised to hear that I had received a scholarship, and I know that it is a blessing from God. With two kids in college, my family can use all the help we can, and this is a tremendous help. Thank you again for helping me pursue my college dreams.

Laura HaytNURSINGYour act of kindness was by no means simple, it was extraordinary! Thanks to your gift, I can start dreaming about next year and the classes I’ll take, and the road I can continue. I know God led me here to Walla Walla, and through your generosity I have seen God’s provision for the road ahead. I have been accepted into the nursing program, and will be starting clinicals next fall. Thank you for help-ing me get there.

Anisha SukruthamHEALTH SCIENCEThank you so very much for your gen-erous donation! I greatly appreciate what you do for Walla Walla Univer-sity and its students. Scholarships like these have helped make it possible for me to be in Adventist education all my life. If it weren’t for caring people like you, I wouldn’t be able to achieve my goals. Because of the kindness I have been shown, I would like to someday give back to Walla Walla University just as you have.

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air

The Anderson Foundation

Ben Bridge Family Donor Advised Fund/Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle

The Boeing Company

Brooks Manufacturing Company

CIC and the UPS Educational Endowment Fund

Clark Nuber P.S.

Cowles Company

Ellen J. Wallach

Enterprises International Inc.

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

Foss Maritime Company

Groniger & Co., Inc.

Gull Industries, Inc.

Herbert Bridge and Edie Hilliard

Howard S. Wright Constructors

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Miller Nash LLP

Nordstrom

O.D. Fisher Charitable Fund/The Seattle Foundation

PACCAR Inc.

Parker Smith & Feek, Inc.

PEMCO Foundation and Washington State Employees Credit Union

Red Lions Hotels Corporation

The Seattle Foundation

Sheraton Seattle Hotel

Skanska USA Building Inc.

The Titus Will Families Foundation

Van Ness Feldman

Washington State Auto Dealers Association

Rabel Family Advised Fund/The Seattle Foundation

William Kilworth Foundation

The Wollenberg Foundation

Wright Runstad & Company

INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON (ICW)The following corporations, foundations, and individuals support higher education by contributing to ICW (a consortium of private colleges). The money from these donors directly benefits Walla Walla University.

As its class gift, the Class of 2013 contributed more than $11,000 to equip the library’s new collaboration study room.

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1923–1947 Lowell Bock $49,983 17.6%

1948 Verona Schnibbe $4,290 44.2%

1949 Bill Loveless $7,687 30.0%

1950 Edna Maye Loveless $6,620 25.4%

1951 Ken Spady $4,594 27.4%

1952 Olen Nations $110,425 27.8%

1953 Eddie Norton $76,310 24.7%

1954 Stewart Shankel $6,805 27.0%

1955 Paul and Lois Turpel $12,293 40.0%

1956 Tom and Brooke Stafford $67,110 28.8%

1957 Victor Fitch $11,210 35.0%


1958 Pat Johnston $9,420 35.5%

1959 John Sproed $6,230 40.3%

1960 Shirley Thomas $31,136 30.9%

1961 Pat Jones $10,180 27.0%

1962 Dale Beaulieu $85,365 40.9%

1963 Ed Scheresky $15,471 35.8%

1964 Bob Brody $8,305 33.1%

1965 Gerry Miller $47,182 32.8%

1966 Carlton Cross $11,360 26.9%

1967 Gary Fresk $8,701 26.5%

1968 Don Hall $23,079 18.7%

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Graduates GivingAlumni giving is considered a vote of confidence in Walla Walla University. Alumni support helps maintain the high level of quality education at WWU and also enhances the university’s reputation in many arenas, including nationally recognized rankings of colleges and universities such as U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges reports. Thank you to the class agents and their fellow graduates who support WWU during the last fiscal year (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013).


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1969 Lou Blanchfield $6,395 22.0%

1970 No Class Agent $8,365 14.5%

1971 Bruce and Mary Lou Ham $15,580 16.0%

1972 Fred Biesenthal $19,225 18.0%

1973 Sheila Palmer $16,595 13.7%

1974 Rick Mace $32,530 16.8%

1975 Linda Carpenter $7,663 11.2%

1976 Diana Pierce $8,624 14.8%

1977 Ralph Perrin $7,805 15.0%

1978 Beverly Foster $20,609 17.6%

1979 Warren Kay $21,303 15.8%

1980 Jeff Kinne $15,446 14.7%

1981 Lisa Bissell Paulson $31,330 13.6%

1982 Helen Teske $32,476 15.0%

1983 Gabe Acosta $26,133 13.0%

1984 No Class Agent $7,117 10.0%

1985 Dean Tupper $35,005 14.8%

1986 Jerry Bauman $13,436 13.6%

1987 Kevin Krueger $8,337 12.5%

1988 Keith Perrin $7,051 12.8%

1989 Linda Abdel-Malek $11,114 11.3%

1990 Mike Devitt $2,615 11.8%

1991 Cecily Geschke $7,885 10.5%

1992 Stacy Peterson $2,100 5.5%

1993 Kellie Bond $3,685 6.3%

1994 Peter Fackenthall $45,126 5.2%

1995 Jim Kneller $1,665 6.3%

1996 Tom Hamel $47,215 8.3%

1997 Ken Aso and Team $10,106 7.4%

1998 Jorge Barcelo $3,672 3.5%

1999 Les Zollbrecht $1,758 4.4%

2000 Greg McCulloch $12,965 5.1%

2001 Jeff Colburn $6,647 5.6%

2002 Mike Vercio $5,075 7.0%

2003 Chris Santana $4,300 4.6%

2004 Jessica Stone $2,120 5.1%

2005 Steve Sanders $3,135 4.8%

2006 Michelle Santana Beckner $19,715 6.4%

2007 Melinda Hebbel $3,937 3.4%

2008 Aaron Linfoot $4,152 3.3%

2009 Christina Stentzel $2,245 2.4%

2010 David Bowen $4,348 3.4%

2011 Greg Hannah-Jones $6,360 3.7%

2012 Frances Leaf $9,584 5.6%

2013 Amy Alderman $6,213 4.3%

Alice AmesKirk and Melody AyersDon and Alyce BaisBeverly BeemJack and Evelyn BergmanDarold and Barbara BiggerMaxine E. BlomeRobert and Georgene BondMarjorie BregarBurton and Carol BriggsMerrilyn BrownGrace CafferkyD. Ordell and Margaret* CalkinsMerle CalkinsLois CarscallenChallis CaseboltSue CasonDouglas and Carmen ClarkMargaret CookCarlton CrossSandra DahlDonald and Orletta DealyElaine DeVriesJoyce DutroJon and Kathryn DybdahlPaul and Kristyn DybdahlWilder Eby*James and Vicky EdwardsJames EisemanD. Joyce EngelDorsett FeyenAllan and Donna FisherDarius and Amanda FleckJames and Christine ForsythBrant FosterKenneth and Bernice FoxMarcene GarriottHenry GerberKeith and Elizabeth GibbonsTheo and Marianne GoltzVera Dean Gregg*Don HallJim and Ruth HallBeatrice HamLewis and Ruth HartStanley and Mary HixsonEugenia HixsonLorena HoffmanArchie HowatsonWynelle HuffEunice JohnsonEd and Marilyn KarlowRobert and Peggy KayeMary KincaidClarence & Helen KlopfensteinMel and Joyce LangWilliam and Winona* Lee

Nancy Ann LinderWalter and Luella LitchfieldSandra LoveDan and Betsy MatthewsOpal MillsWilliam & Marjorie MorenoAlice NashOlen and Mary NationsTed and Nancy NeddermanJim and Nancy NestlerJoan OgdenCalvin and Alyse OlsonMonta OsborneEffie PampaianJim and Della ParkBeulah PayneTom and Barbara PelettLawrence Perrigoue and Ruth

Anne MayJames and Jennifer PinderLloyd and Fern PiperHoe T. and Mary PohEdna PowersRobert and Barbara RichardsLois Norton Ritchie-RitterJohn and Katherine RobertsonNancy RomineAlberta RothGlenna RyderJames SadoyamaDoyle and Lorelei SaxbyJanelle and Robert SchmidtMarcella SchwisowJaclin SmithLouis SmithSam and Carol SmithRalph and Franice StirlingEldon and Barbara StrattonEverett and Shirley TetzGriffith and Shirley ThomasAlden and Wanda ThompsonGordon TravisPhil and Reid WasserRay and Pat WatsonRay and Rosemary WattsDorothy WeiszMelvin and Betty WestDeloris WhiteVirginia H. WilsonTim and Cheri WindemuthGerald and Vicki WinkleWade and Rosalee WolfeYew-Chong and Lily Wong

*Now Deceased

BENEFACTORS SOCIETYMembers of the Benefactors Society have included Walla Walla University in their estate plan. If you have included WWU in your estate plan, or would like to, please call (800) 377-2586 or visit wallawalla.edu/estateplanning

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$668,779.33Administration Building

Maintenance

ASWWU Student Aid Endowment

James and Ruth Bebee Computer Science Scholarship

James and Ruth Bebee Nursing Scholarship

Beverly Math Faculty Improvement

Shannon Marie Bigger Memorial Christian Service Volunteer Scholarship

Lester and Geraldine Border Christian Service Scholarship

Alice I. Bowden Memorial Theology Scholarship

George W. Bowers Excellence in Chemistry Scholarship

Boyson Family Communication Scholarship

John F. Bregar Memorial Scholarship

Junior Senior Business Scholarship

School of Business

Clair and Myrtle Calkins Library Book Fund

D. Ordell and Margaret A. Calkins Business/Education Faculty Development

Merle Clairon Calkins Computer Science Faculty Development

Lewis Canaday Memorial Technology Scholarship

Dr. James R. Chambers Memorial Scholarship

Janice P. Chance Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Dr. Muriel Chapman Nursing Scholarship

Advancement of Chemical Research at Walla Walla University

Percy W. Christian Excellence in History Scholarship

A.J. and Gladys E. Christiansen Memorial Scholarship

Class of 1954 Scholarship



Class of 1959 Student Missions Scholarship








Class of 1989 Edwin Zaugg Memorial Scholarship




Class of 2009 Student Missionary Scholarship

Class of 2011 Shari Booth Memorial Scholarship


Verlin L. and Thelma (Kumalae) Cochran Memorial Scholarship

Communication Development Course

Computer Science Magazine

L.P. “Jim” Corbett English Scholarship

L.P. “Jim” Corbett History Scholarship

L.P. “Jim” and Jane B. Corbett Student Aid Scholarship

Lee Crain Memorial Music Scholarship

Edward F. Cross Engineering Scholarship

Nancy Cross Memorial English Faculty Development Fund

Vera Davis-Michel Memorial English Scholarship

Edward F. and Clara M. Degering Memorial Educational Scholarship

Claude and Annie Deming Memorial Fund

Loren Dickinson Communications Scholarship

Dietrich/Wilkinson Aviation Scholarship

Frances Dixon Special Education

Dr. Ralph A. Drake Scholarship

Lars and Anna Dybdahl Scholarship

Josephine Cunnington Edwards Memorial Scholarship

H. Russell and Genevieve Emmerson Memorial Scholarship

Engineering Chair Endowment

Mary Garner Esary Memorial Scholarship

Faculty/Staff Scholarship

Dena W. and R.B. Farnsworth Nursing Scholarship

Ray and Alice Fowler Scholarship

Norma S. Gardner Memorial English Scholarship

Wilford and Emma Goffar Scholarship

Graduate Dean’s Award

Albert E. and Reta J. Graham Memorial Scholarship

John J. Hafner Music Scholarship

Lovyl and Mary Hagle Memorial Worthy Student Scholarship

Richard and Dena Hammill Memorial Scholarship

Thomas Hampson Humanities Merit Scholarship

Clyde and Mary Harris Challenge Grant

Pauline Hart Memorial Social Work Scholarship

Richard and Georgiana Hayden Christian Service Scholarship

Rodney Heisler Engineering Scholarship/Grant

Robert A. Henderson Memorial History Scholarship

Wilma E. Hepker Scholarship

Paul and Frances Heubach Memorial Theology Scholarship

Jess Holm Memorial Scholarship

Endowments THE FUTURE OF WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITYWalla Walla University students, faculty, and staff would like to thank the donors of the following endowments for their support. Your investment today goes a long way in securing WWU’s tomorrow.


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Juanita Wagner Holm Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Helen and Archie Howatson Nursing Scholarship

Oland F. Hubbs Memorial Theology Scholarship

Vera Johnson Hubbs Memorial Business Scholarship

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Huber Scholarship

Wynelle J. Huff Nursing Scholarship

Jess M. Hutson, M.D., Memorial Scholarship

IBCC

Jensen Memorial Math Scholarship

Dr. Gordon Johnson Physics Scholarship

Murray L. and Ilene Johnstone Scholarship

Carl and Lucile Jones Nursing Scholarship

Peggy Henderson Kaye Nursing Scholarship

Helen Wineberg Kendall Women in Business Scholarship

KGTS

Betty Klein Engineering Scholarship

A.H. and Mary Koorenny Memorial Scholarship

Robert H. and Thorna Koorenny Scholarship

Kretschmar Hall Maintenance

Luella Latham Kretschmar Memorial Scholarship

Laura G. Larson Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Rudolf and Anna Klimes Learn Well Physical Education Scholarship

H. Lloyd Leno Memorial Music Scholarship

Lewiston/Clarkston Scholarship

Harold Lickey Music Scholarship

Jennie M. Livingston Memorial Library Fund

Dr. C. Stanley Lloyd Jr. Scholarship

Kelly Logan Social Work Scholarship

Romulo and Mercedes Lozano Scholarship

Mary E. Marker Memorial Theology Scholarship

Roy and Lois (Dorland) Martin English Scholarship

Sukhdev Mathaudhu Engineering Scholarship

Mathematics Alumni Scholarship

Mathematics Scholarship

Warren Matheson Memorial Christian Service Scholarship

Matiko Theology Award

Harden M. McConnell and Alvin L. Kwiram Award

Eldena McDow Scholarship

Messenger/Loewen Scholarship

Jack Evan Miles Memorial Scholarship

MariAnne Jensen Moore Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Dan and Mary Morrison Necker Scholarship

Joseph & Beth Murray Memorial Scholarship for Resident Assistants

Music Scholarship

Llewellyn and Vivian Nixon Scholarship

Nursing Scholarship

Daniel A. Ochs Memorial Theology Scholarship

Dr. and Mrs. Howard Osborne Scholarship

Blythe Owen Music Scholarship

Doreen Paulson-Evans Memorial Scholarship

Yvonne Pickett Memorial Scholarship

Piper-Johanson Scholarship

Helen L. Popoway Endowment

Robert L. Reynolds Excellence in History Scholarship

Robert M. Reynolds Memorial Scholarship

Donald W. Rigby Biology Award

Donald W. Rigby Biology Faculty Research

Donnie Rigby Drama Award

Rigby Hall Maintenance

Lilah S. Risinger Mathematics Scholarship

John D. Rogers, M.D., Memorial Scholarship

Rosario Marine Station Maintenance

Thomas C. Rowsell Memorial Scholarship

Thais Thrasher Sadoyama Scholarship

Gayle L. Saxby Memorial Scholarship

Lilah Schlotthauer Memorial Mathematics Scholarship

Eleanor B. Schofield Memorial Teachers Scholarship

Seibly Family Endowed Scholarship

Cecil W. Shankel Memorial Chemistry Scholarship

Shattuck/Zitterbart Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Donald and Virginia Sherwood Memorial Scholarship

Carolyn Stevens Shultz Scholarship

Dan Shultz Music Scholarship

Solomon Scholarship

Gene and Betty Soper Music Scholarship

Robert L. Spies Memorial Scholarship

Glenn Spring Music Scholarship

Joseph L. Stubblefield Memorial Scholarship

Janis Suelzle Memorial Fund

T5 Foundation Business Excellence Fund

Theology Library Book Fund

George and Lola Thompson Memorial Scholarship

Harry and Ella Thornton Memorial Scholarship

E.E. and Jane Breese-Trefz Christian Service Scholarship

Clarence O. Trubey Memorial Music Scholarship

Undergraduate Advanced Study

Marilyn K. (Dammrose) Van Stee Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Verde Fund for Graduate Marine Research

Eva Stratton Vliet and Jess Vliet Scholarship

Stanley E. Walker Music Scholarship

Francys C. Welch Scholarship

Melvin K. West Music Scholarship

Lois Whitchurch Nursing Scholarship

Monte Wilkins Memorial Scholarship

John and Inez Willey Family Memorial Scholarship

WWU Student Aid

Randy Yaw Pi Contest Scholarship

Young Memorial Lecture in Biology

Norma R. Youngberg Scholarship

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Sonja GourleyCharleene GrellmannMaxine HargreavesKathy HazenFrances HendersonRoman and Linda HintzIlo HuttonBernie and Carolyn JankeGordon and Pat JohnsonEcho JohnstonRuth JoiceJim and Trudy KleinRichard and Twyla KrugerKaren LammersBarbara LeeCharles and Erma LeeDonna LowrieTom and Carol MaherWalt and Bonnie MeskeBill and Virginia NapierTom OsborneShirley PanasukLois PegelMilford and Carol PerrinCarmella PhillipsCassie RagenovichSandy ReevesPat ReynoldsSally ReynoldsSteve RoseLaVerne RudolfDavid and Maylene RussellTeri SannarAileen Saunders

Lorelei SaxbyRita SchroederDelores StowellVi SwansonWilbur and Lola SylvesterDave ThomasLoralee Thomas

Bill ThompsonTom ThompsonGina TsujimuraJanis TsujimuraDale and Evelyn VisgerBarbara VoriesVicki Wahlin

Verlie WardRosemary WattsTim and Cheri WindemuthHelen Thompson Zolber

WWU VolunteersThank you to alumni and friends who give their time to Walla Walla University. We appreciate

the support of those volunteers listed here and the many others who support WWU.

CHAIRMax C. Torkelsen

VICE CHAIRBruce D. Thorn

SECRETARYJohn K. McVay

MEMBERSHarold AltamiranoDennis BartsDeLona BellAndrew O. CarringtonKenneth CrawfordPaul HooverJohn FreedmanDon Hall

Alan S. HurlbertMonty E. KnittelMerlin KnowlesRhona KwiramGordon LaceyCameron LibbyJohn Loor Jr.Peter J. McPhersonGregory E. PaskellDavid Prest Jr.Barbara J. ProwantAl ReimcheMark RemboldtKevin RogersSandy SchnellLinda SloopRodney Wehtje

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

CHAIRClarence Anderson

PRESIDENTGeorge Fearing

PRESIDENT-ELECTArt King

SECRETARYTwyla Leiske Bechtel

TREASURERDan Reich

EX OFFICIOTerri Dickinson Neil

EX OFFICIOJodi Wagner

BOARD MEMBERSBunny BakerJeremy BeamAlan CoffeyCarlton CrossHeather JarnesFelix Tan

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2012–13

The university seal on the Centennial

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I ’m writing to thank you and express my immense gratitude for the scholarship you gave me.

I’m a returning college student at 31. I worked for the

Vancouver School District for seven years. When I lost my job due to budget cuts, I was given the nudge I needed to choose a career in health-care and pursue my dream of helping others. There are many difficulties when someone decides to return to school to follow his or her passion, and financing my education has been a major obstacle for me.

At a recent program announcing scholarship awards, I was shocked to hear that I had been chosen to receive a scholarship. I was so overwhelmed I nearly broke down in tears. The amount of the scholarship covered almost exactly what I have been at-tempting to pay for out-of-pocket.

This uncertainty about money had been creating a major stressor, on top of the already stressful and rigorous schedule of nursing school. Praise God! This stress will no longer be on my mind!

I want you to know that I’m truly grateful for your generosity. One day, when I’m settled into my career in nursing, it is my dream to pro-vide much-needed scholarships to students, just as you have done for me. I have always felt that God has been nudging me and opening certain doors for me in nursing, and this opportunity really proves what I have been feeling for so long. God is good and God provides. Thank you for your dedication to furthering education.

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Alumni CurrentsStaying in touch with our family of graduates

1970sCheri Lou (Christensen) Arm-strong ’73 lives with her husband, John, in Athena, Ore. Cheri Lou works at Walla Walla University as an adjunct professor. She teaches an advanced practice course for social work graduate students, and she also has her own private counseling practice in Walla Walla. Cheri Lou and John also operate a salmon fishing business in Bristol Bay, where she conducts seasonal tours of Alaska’s oldest continu-

ously-operating salmon cannery, Peter Pan Seafoods. John keeps busy with his duties as commo-dore of the Walla Walla Yacht Club and managing the autumn sales of their Alaskan Wild blast-frozen salmon fillets. Cheri Lou and John have four children, Amy Vander-Zanden, Kristen Osorio att., Lige Armstrong, and John Cacka. Cheri’s favorite memories of WWU are the lasting connections she estab-lished and the cherished memories that she made during her time on campus. “I had many committed professors who modeled the love of God for me at a time when I re-ally needed it,” she says.

Constance E. Casebolt ’78 majored in foods and nutrition in the Home Economics Depart-ment. Despite that being her first love, she decided to become a family physician. She practiced standard medicine before deciding to change her focus to functional

medicine, which emphasizes re-versing chronic illness and gives her the opportunity to apply her knowledge of nutrition. She is cur-rently in the process of becoming certified in this field. Constance started conducting cooking classes while she was in college and continues that pursuit now.

Rylla (Hicks) Riverman ’78 and her husband, Brian, live in Portland, Ore. Rylla is the president of her own consulting practice for healthcare information technology called Gorylla Inc. She also enjoys working for her church, volun-teering for groups, and serving as a trustee for the church’s trust fund. Her hobbies include knitting, sewing, walking, and helping her husband with his woodworking hobbies. “We are very proud of our nieces, nephews, and ‘honorary grandchildren,’” Rylla says. Her favorite memories of WWU are during her senior year under the instruction of Fred Troutman. She also recalls many fun memories of her time spent in Conard Hall.

1980sDavid Djernes ’83 and his wife, Becky, live in Chattanooga, Tenn. David is the director of guidance services at Collegedale Academy in Collegedale, Tenn. Becky is the interior design coordinator for Southern Adventist University and works as a realtor on the side. For the past several years, David and Becky have been involved in the motorcycling community through their local CMA (Christian Motorcyclist Association) chapter. David is the vice president and Becky is the treasurer. David and Becky enjoy motorcycles, camping, biking, photography, and having the Smokey Mountains in their backyard. David and Becky have

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currently retired from 26 years of teaching in Seventh-day Adventist elementary schools. She partici-pates in volunteer work and enjoys mission trips. Some of Carol’s hobbies are quilting, bird watch-ing, and tending to her yard and garden. Carol has two children, Kristy Bartlett and Robert Harg-reaves ’90.

Douglas Duffield ’94 and his wife, Melanie, are new residents to central California. In July, Douglas became presi-dent and CEO of San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakers-field. Douglas has worked as an administrator in several Adventist healthcare facilities including Florida Hospital Zephyrhills in North Tampa, Fla.; Sonora Regional Medical Center in Sonora, Calif., and Maluti Adventist Hosptial in Lesotho, Africa.

2000sAlodia (Fleck) Helbley ’03 and her husband, Kevin, live in Spokane, Wash. Alodia works for the Upper Columbia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists as a full-time administrative assistant in Human Resources. Alodia’s hob-bies include walking, baking and cooking, reading, yoga, traveling, camping, and relaxing with family and friends. She also volunteers for their church and participates in a few local service days. Alodia and Kevin have a baby named Norah. Alodia “thoroughly enjoys being her mama” and says that she and Kevin are “totally smitten with her.” Alodia’s favorite WWU memo-ries are the fun times spent with friends, especially when they were trying to find orange bikes, riding the Walla Walla Valley bus line with as many transfers as they could get, eating in the SAC (Student Association Center), making the rounds multiple times on bread night, and alerting each other on doughnut day.

Christopher Santana ’03 and his wife, Mackenzie (Fridlund) ’03, live in Firestone, Colo. Christopher currently works as a patient rela-tions manager at Avista Adventist Hospital.

three children: Karisten, who is a physician at Erlanger Hospital; Jessica, who has a master’s in business administration and works in the corporate office of the Ten-nessee Valley Authority (TVA); and Darrin, who is the general manager for Newstalgia Wheel.

Barbara (Stickle) Hall ’88 lives in Portland, Ore., with her husband, Eric. They both love to enjoy the outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. Barbara and Eric have seven children: Caitlyn, Christopher, Conner, Cecelia, Caroline, Chandra, and Channin. Currently, Barbara spends many of her days volun-teering at her children’s schools. Barbara’s favorite memories of WWU are the times she spent in engineering classes; enjoying the organ after church; afternoon bike rides to the Whitman Mission; being introduced to pierogies with onions, mushrooms, and sour cream in the Canadian Club; and enjoying hot cocoa with friends in the dorm.

Elizabeth Ann (Matthews) Simcock ’88 and her husband, Manford att., live in College Place. Elizabeth is co-owner of Winder-mere Real Estate in Walla Walla with her son, Douglas ’88. Elizabeth and Manford also have another son named Richard ’93. “Family is very important [to us],” she says, “and it is a delight to be a part of our four grandchildren’s lives.” Elizabeth’s fa-vorite memories of WWU are when she came back to college to finish her degree. She graduated the same year as Douglas, and she re-ally enjoyed the vibrant energy and open friendliness of her classmates.

1990sCarol (Rutan) Hargreaves ’93 lives in College Place. She is

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Coffin – H. Beth Armstrong Coffin ’44 was born Dec. 9, 1922, in Tokyo, Japan, and died Jan. 28, 2013, in Gresham, Ore. Surviving: daughter Kathy Marshall of Salem, Ore., and son David of Moreno Valley, Calif.

Dunker – Marlin Duane ’55 was born April 20, 1927, in Stapleton, Neb., and died Nov. 18, 2012, in Weiser, Idaho. Surviving: wife Susan of Weiser; sons Steven of Weiser, Ted ’96 of Leominster, Mass.; and daughter Janean Lewis of Weiser.

Fisher – Lois Wilson Kabanuk ’39 was born Feb. 14, 1918, in Crosby, N.D., and died April 10, 2013, in Spokane, Wash. Surviving:

sons Dean att. of Queen Creek, Ariz.; and Lowell of Spokane; and daughter Eunice Stern ’77 of Hailey, Idaho.

Ford – Venessa (Standish) ’43 was born Oct. 22, 1920, in Loma Linda, Calif., and died April 19, 2013, in Loma Linda. Surviving: husband Robert Elden att. of Loma Linda; sons Robert and Dan of Seattle, Wash.; daughters Kathleen att. of Bend, Ore., and Patricia.

Hehn – Albert ’48 was born in July 1921, in Jordan, Mont., and died Aug. 27, 2013, in Lincoln, Neb. Surviving: wife Violet; sons Randy of Boulder, Colo.; Bruce of Dalton,

Ga.; and Daryl of Lincoln; and daughter Lisa Truax of Lincoln.

Huffman – Laura “Tweedie” (McGee) ’48 was born July 18, 1926, in Longview, Wash., and died March 24, 2013, in Vancou-ver, Wash. Surviving: son Gerald McGee and daughter Carolyn Haakinson, both of Longview.

Nelson – Carol Rose (Wyman) ’54 was born Sept. 20, 1927, in Maymyo, Burma, and died June 23, 2013, in Federal Way, Wash. Surviving: sons Stanley ’92 of Caldwell, Idaho; and John of Tacoma, Wash.; and brother C. Lloyd Wyman ’50 of Paradise, Calif.

In Memory

Harlan Bates was a longtime beloved school principal who was also known as an exceptional music educator.

In 1964, Harlan began teaching music at Milton-Stateline Elemen-tary School in Milton-Freewater, Ore., and the same year he enrolled at Walla Walla University as a music student. Seven years later, he was asked to serve as principal in addi-tion to continuing to teach music and lead all music groups. He would fill that dual role until his retirement in 1992.

As a young adult, Harlan served for two years in the Medical Corps, during which time he played first chair horn in the 323rd Army Band in San Antonio, Texas. He would continue to play in music groups wherever he lived. Following his military service, he played in the Salt Lake Community Symphony Orchestra. When the family moved to Hawaii he played for the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He would also teach the band programs at three Adventist schools in Hawaii.

Harlan was a member of the Walla Walla Symphony for 20 years, even-tually serving as principal chair of the horn section. He was also a member of the symphony’s woodwind quintet and chamber orchestra.

Harlan married Coral Gordan Provonsha in 1981. Coral had four children from her first marriage. For many years, the couple was active in music activities at their church in addition to performing at other events.

Harlan was born Aug. 7, 1927, in Provo, Utah, and passed away July 29, 2013, in Walla Walla. He is survived by his wife, Coral, of Walla Walla; broth-er Leon; sons Randy Bates ’83 and Ryan Bates; daughters Diane Hendry and Dion Bates; and four step-children, Steve Provonsha, Terry Provonsha, Pam Hopkins ’82 and Renee Haynes ’84.

As both an artist and a teacher, Vernon Nye was an admired man. He taught at Walla Walla University from 1979 to 1983, instructing his students with humor, kindness, and encouraging high standards.

Vernon spent most of his teach-ing career at Pacific Union College, where he served as chairman of the department of visual arts from 1955 to 1976. He concluded his for-mal teaching career at WWU but continued to teach workshops for some time as well as continuing his artistic pursuits.

Vernon was raised in New York State and attended the Mechanics Institute, the Rochester Art Institute, and the Corcoran Art School. He also studied with artists Eliot O’Hara, Roy Mason, Ted Kautzky, and Harry Anderson, who Nye worked with as an illustrator for Review and Herald Publishing Association in Washington, D.C. Generations of Adventists saw Nye’s work on book covers, posters, and in church publications. As a freelance artist, he illustrated posters for the U.S. Treasury Department and the Department of Defense, and was also a staff illustrator for the Department of Defense.

Primarily known as a watercolorist, Vernon’s landscapes of coastlines, farmland, woods, and other West Coast scenes have been shown in exhibi-tions for the Society of Western Artists, the American Watercolor Society exhibitions, and in galleries in Northern and Southern California.

As a tribute, Vernon’s works will be shown in WWU’s Clyde and Mary Harris Gallery during Homecoming Weekend, April 24-27, 2014.

Vernon was born Dec. 16, 1915, in Batavia, N.Y., and passed away July 24, 2013, in Fresno, Calif. He is survived by son Gilbert of Fresno; daughter Pau-lette Diehl of Pendleton, Ore.; and sister Vivian Redmon of Inverness, Fla.

Harlan Bates

Vernon Nye

Roosma – Minne ’49 was born Nov. 19, 1919, in Hot Springs, Mont., and died Jan. 24, 2013, in Hot Springs. Surviving: wife Chloe ’47 of Hot Springs; sons Samuel ’80 of Hot Springs; Dirk ’75 of Hot Springs; Louis ’74 of Walla Walla; and Thomas ’78 of East Sound, Wash.; and sister Nona Ludeman of Berrien Springs, Minn.

Stevenson – Doyle Ivan ’73 was born Nov. 29, 1948, in California, and died Feb. 2, 2012, in Salem, Ore. Surviving: wife Erma (Hebert) ’71 of Portland, Ore.; son Andrew of Japan; daughters Sheila and Michelle of Portland; brother Dwayne Stevenson ’74 of Salem; and sisters Shirley Kimble att. of Portland; and Sandra Bobbitt att. of Seattle, Wash.

Wallace – Joyce C. (Eberhardt) att. was born Dec. 10, 1933, in Los Angeles, Calif., and died on April 20, 2013. Surviving: husband Allan of California; daughter Diana; and sister Jeanine Carter.

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The Walla Walla

UniversityFundPreparing tomorrow’s leaders

3 Reasonsstudents are calling you

(and why you should answer!)

Our year-end phonathon is

underway!

Every fall, our students call to ask for your

support. It’s not about how much you give but

that you give.

Your gift provides direct support, increases WWU’s ability to

receive grants from corporations and

foundations, and boosts our ranking in the U.S. News & World Report.

Thanks for your support!

Loren DickinsonLinda Emmerson

Joe Galusha

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learning enhancements

The WWU Fund helps create a better learning environment. Upgrading computer labs and increasing team study areas allow students to collaborate on projects and enhances the learning experience. Professors can use online resources, video and more to enhance lectures. Your support of the WWU Fund makes this possible.

if you’d rather not receive a call, make a gift online at wallawalla.edu/WWuFund*

Did you know more than 80 percent of WWU students received financial aid last year? Giving to the WWU Fund provides scholarships that can make a significant difference and help to reduce student loans.

Providing for faculty professional development helps WWU recruit and retain the best professors. This assures a quality education for students and boosts the university’s national ranking as well.

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Matthew Enders

Everyone is a driver. So everyone feels like an expert about roads. And everyone has questions about decisions being made on roads. Most of the time, in a non-work environment, when I am introduced as someone who works for the Washington State Department of Transportation, people immediately have a question about some road-related project or issue. It’s an interest area for everyone.

Working with cities and counties state-wide, I oversee the technical assistance and training that we provide in traffic engineer-ing and safety. It is a very people-oriented job. I spend significant amounts of time working with city and county engineers, law enforcement personnel, and individual citi-zens. The greatest challenge in my work is identifying the best methods to reduce fatal

and serious injury collisions in the state, and helping local agencies implement the best improvements to help achieve that goal.

Roundabouts are the safest type of intersection control. Unlike a traffic signal or a stop sign—which drivers can choose to run through if they choose—drivers must circle around a roundabout. There is no way to “run through” it. A roundabout eliminates angle “T-bone” crashes, which tend to be the most severe. All crash severities are also re-duced due to the low speeds required to go through a roundabout. Most crashes are just fender-benders. In addition to being very safe, roundabouts can also be very efficient since most times drivers do not have to stop. And because most drivers don’t have to stop, roundabouts also reduce vehicle emis-sions, so they cause less pollution.

People like roundabouts because they are safe and quick to get through. And since you can landscape the central island, they can look nice compared to open pave-ment at a traffic signal. Some people dislike roundabouts because they are different. Drivers confuse them with giant traffic circles from the eastern U.S. Drivers can almost drive on auto-pilot going through traffic signals. With a roundabout, drivers have to pay attention the entire time.

My favorite project is the Corridor Safety Program. We use low-cost solutions to improve safety on higher risk roads. We bring together engineering solutions, law enforcement, emergency medical services, and education programs to reduce fatalities and serious injuries. You can help by always paying attention to the task of driving.

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The Walla Walla

UniversityFundPreparing tomorrow’s leaders

3 Reasonsstudents are calling you

(and why you should answer!)

Our year-end phonathon is

underway!

Every fall, our students call to ask for your

support. It’s not about how much you give but

that you give.

Your gift provides direct support, increases WWU’s ability to

receive grants from corporations and

foundations, and boosts our ranking in the U.S. News & World Report.

Thanks for your support!

Loren DickinsonLinda Emmerson

Joe Galusha

1 2 3Faculty Development

learning enhancements

The WWU Fund helps create a better learning environment. Upgrading computer labs and increasing team study areas allow students to collaborate on projects and enhances the learning experience. Professors can use online resources, video and more to enhance lectures. Your support of the WWU Fund makes this possible.

if you’d rather not receive a call, make a gift online at wallawalla.edu/WWuFund*

Did you know more than 80 percent of WWU students received financial aid last year? Giving to the WWU Fund provides scholarships that can make a significant difference and help to reduce student loans.

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December 13The Department of Music presents

“Mysterium.” The Christmas concert repertoire features selections exploring the mysteries of Divine love, Mary’s experience, and Christ’s condescension. Concerts are at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the University Church.

January 20, 2014Bill Knott, editor of the Adventist Review, points to King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as a clarion call that galvanized a nation—and a church—to move toward racial reconciliation. The

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration begins at 11 a.m. in the University Church.

January 25Bringing together vocalists and instrumentalists from Northwest academies, the

Choir/Orchestra Festival Concert begins at 4 p.m. in the University Church. The performance showcases the talents of students participating in a clinic sponsored by the Department of Music.

February 6-8Basketball fans, time for

Friendship Tournament, an annual competition between more than 20 academy teams. (See the new wood gym floor!) View the schedule and sign up for Twitter updates at wallawalla.edu/friendship.

March 1-8Students direct and act in short drama productions for

wwudrama’s The Festival of One Acts. The curtains rise at 8 p.m. on the nights of March 1, 2, 6, and 8.

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November 19Paralympics gold medalist and WWU 2000 graduate David Wagner tells his story at 11 a.m. in the University Church. A spinal cord injury in college only temporarily sidelined the athlete. Today, he’s training to compete in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, his fourth Paralympic competition.

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Westwind, Fall 2013