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4 FroM tHe editor 5 on tHe Hill NSF Grant � Endowment commitment �

Nobel Conference summary

9 HillStroM MUSeUM acQUiSitionS 12 calendar 14 cice StorieS 18 a neW acadeMic bUilding riSeS 20 noteS FroM tHe kendall center 22 SPortS Hall of Fame Inductees � Athletes

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27 alUMni neWS Homecoming schedule � Marriages,

births, and obituaries

Managing editor steven l. waldhauser ’70 | [email protected] editorS randall M. stuckey ’83 | [email protected]

erin holloway wilken ’02 | [email protected] Anna deike | [email protected] WriterS Margaret Bloch Qazi, tim Kennedy ’82; chuck

niederriter, donald Myers ’83; Kristine straumann ’07; Matt thomas ’00, paul tillquist ’63

contribUting PHotograPHerS Al Behrends ’77; Brian Fowler; John noltner; Matt thomas ’00; stacia vogel

Articles and opinions presented in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the viewsof the editors or official policies of the college or its board of trustees.The Gustavus Quarterly is printed on domtar earthchoice paper (30% pcr andsustainable source certified by smartwood) using soy-based inks and alternativesolvents and wetting agents, by the John roberts company, Minneapolis, an epAgreen power partner.the gustavus Quarterly (USPS 227-580) is published four times annually, inFebruary, May, August, and november, by gustavus Adolphus college, st. peter, Minn.periodicals postage is paid at st. peter, Mn 56082, and additional mailing offices. it ismailed free of charge to alumni and friends of the college. circulation isapproximately 39,000.Postmaster: send address changes to The Gustavus Quarterly, office of alumni relations, gustavus adolphus college, 800 W. college ave., St. Peter, Mn 56082-1498.

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Henry Varnum Poor (1887–1970),Arthur graham, c.1915, lithographon paper, 10 x 13 inches (image),gift of Jeanne and Richard Porterin honor of the family of HenryVarnum Poor.

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gUStaVUS adolPHUS collegest. peter, Mn 56082507-933-8000 | gustavus.edu

cHair, board oF trUSteeS Mark Bernhardson ’71PreSident oF tHe college Jack r. ohleVice PreSident For Marketing and coMMUnication gwendolyn FreedVice PreSident For inStitUtional adVanceMent thomas young ’88director oF alUMni relationS randall M. stuckey ’83

gustavus Adolphus college is accredited by the higher learningcommission and is a member of the north central Association.

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the rev. Jon V. anderson, M.div., new ulm, Minn. (ex officio)Bishop, Southwestern Minnesota Synod, ELCA,

Redwood Fallsthe rev. rodney l. anderson, M.div., eden prairie, Minn.

Senior Pastor, St. Andrew Lutheran Churchthomas M. annesley ’75, ph.d., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Professor of Pathology, University Hospital, University of Michigan

al annexstad, excelsior, Minn.Chairman, Federated Insurance Companies, Owatonna

tracy l. bahl ’84, M.B.A., greenwich, conn.Special Advisor, General Atlantic, N.Y.Warren beck ’67, greenwood, Minn.President, Gabbert & Beck, Inc., Edina

rebecca M. bergman, ph.d., north oaks, Minn.Vice President, New Therapies and Diagnostics,

Medtronic Incorporated, MinneapolisMark bernhardson ’71, Bloomington, Minn. (chair)

City Manager, City of Bloomingtonthe rev. Åke bonnier, stockholm, swedenDean, Stockholm Domkyrkoforsamling

the rev. gordon a. braatz, ph.d., M.div., MinneapolisPastor and Psychologist, Retired

david J. carlson ’60, M.d., edina, Minn.Physician, Retired

ardena l. Flippin ’68, M.d., M.B.A., chicagoPhysician, Retired

the rev. brian Fragodt ’81, M.div., Andover, Minn. (ex officio)Pastor, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, East Bethel,

and President, Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations

James H. gale ’83, J.d., washington, d.c.Attorney at Law

Marcus M. gustafson ’73, d.d.s., edina, Minn.Business Executive, Retired

John o. Hallberg ’79, M.B.A.,wayzata, Minn.Chief Executive Officer,

Children’s Cancer Research Fund, MinneapolisPat k. Haugen ’70, sioux Falls, s.d.

Business Executive, RetiredJeffrey Heggedahl ’87, Minneapolis (ex officio)

CEO, Advantage IQ, and President, Gustavus Alumni AssociationSusanne björling Heim ’83, edina, Minn.

Business Executivealfred Henderson ’62, M.B.A., chanhassen, Minn.

Business Executive, Retiredgeorge g. Hicks ’75, J.d., eden prairie, Minn.

Managing Partner, Värde Partners, Inc., Minneapolislinda bailey keefe ’69, M.B.A., Atlanta, ga.

Vice President, NAI Brannen GoddardPaul koch ’87, plymouth, Minn.

Senior Vice President/InvestmentsUBS Financial Services, Inc., Wayzata

the rev. daniel a. kolander ’68, M.div., Marion, iowaSenior Pastor, First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids

Jack r. ohle, d.d., st. peter, Minn. (ex officio)President, Gustavus Adolphus College

Marilyn r. olson, M.div., valparaiso, ind. (ex officio)Assistant Director for Educational Partnerships,

Unit of Vocation and Education,Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Chicago

Martha i. Penkhus, Mankato, Minn.Registered Nurse, Retired

the rev. Wayne b. Peterson ’77, M.div., plymouth, Minn.Pastor, St. Barnabas Lutheran Church

the rev. dan S. Poffenberger ’82, M.div., stillwater, Minn.Senior Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church

beth Sparboe Schnell ’82, corcoran, Minn.Chief Executive Officer, Sparboe Companies, Wayzata

karin l. Stone ’83, M.B.A., cleveland heights, ohioPrincipal, Stone Strategy Group LLC

the rev. lori bergstrand Swenson ’82, M.div., depere, wis.Pastor,Ascension Lutheran Church, Green Bay

ronald c. White ’75, las vegas, nev. (ex officio)Chief Sales Officer, Growth Development Associates, Inc.,

and Past President, Gustavus Alumni AssociationSusan engelsma Wilcox ’73, edina, Minn.

Board Member, Engelsma Family Foundation

i’m a sucker for a construction site. i am fascinated by how agouged-out hole in the ground becomes a precisely measuredfoundation . . . how the jumbles of re-rod and other materialsstacked around the site are moved to their proper places and incorporated . . . how a grand edifice arises from those pieces . . .how much concrete is poured . . . how the workers scatteredthroughout the structure in a seemingly haphazard manner complete their individual tasks and like magicians reveal thelarger scheme as they combine their parts.

i’ve been marking the progress on the college’s new academicfacility—the three-story learning center sited just west of FolkeBernadotte Memorial library that will house the communicationstudies, economics/management, history, psychology, and sociol-ogy/anthropology departments along with classrooms, seminar

rooms, and resource areas (see p. 18–19). it’s a marvel to me how finely lined blueprints ofelectrical systems and ductwork are “translated” into the light and heat required for thebuilding. it’s mind-boggling to contemplate the sequencing of all these subplots in thelarger story of this facility.

But the real attraction of new construction is imagining what will soon occur on thoseyet-uncompleted floors, in those classrooms and meeting spaces so carefully drawn on the blueprints. how will the overall design shape and color student learning—and facultyteaching? how will the additional and open spaces and the dedicated resource areas enhance student-faculty collaboration? what synergies will arise from the new spaces and juxtapositions of the five departments that will share the facility?

Dthe new classroom building is scheduled to open by the start of the 2011–12 academic year,as gustavus kicks off its sesquicentennial celebration. the sesquicentennial gives us an op-portunity to celebrate both the past and the future of the college, and in that spirit we’dlike to hear from alumni about their memories of and hopes for gustavus. send us an anec-dote about a professor’s enduring advice or stern words, about a remembered campus vis-itor or a prank pulled, about an unforgettable classmate—or anything else . if you were oncampus in the ’60s when christ chapel and nobel hall of science were built, or in the ’70swhen schaefer Fine Arts center and Bernadotte library were erected, or in the ’80s whenlund center went up, send us a paragraph about your anticipation then (or maybe aboutre-purposing bricks!). we’ll sprinkle the notes we receive in coming Quarterlies as “sesqui-centennial Moments.” let us hear from you!

steve waldhauser ’70, Managing editor

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the national science Foundation hasawarded gustavus Adolphuscollege a $253,150 academic re-

search infrastructure grant to support thedepartment of physics. the grant will beused to upgrade several physics researchlaboratories in the lower level of F.w. olinhall for physics, Mathematics, andcomputer science. these upgrades willsignificantly enhance the capabilities foron-campus faculty-student research op-portunities for gustavus physics students.the award is funded under the Americanrecovery and reinvestment Act of 2009.

the grant will allow the college to com-plete the acoustical isolation of Associateprofessor tom huber’s acoustics lab,which houses a scanning laser doppler vi-brometer that the college obtainedthrough a separate $310,000 nsF grantreceived in February 2010.

several other upgrades will benefithuber’s acoustics lab as well as Assistantprofessor Jessie petricka’s cold moleculeresearch lab, professors paul saulnier andsteve Mellema’s optics labs, and professorchuck niederriter’s condensed matter re-search lab. it is expected that more than25 students will use these labs for inde-pendent faculty-student research projects

during the three-year grant period.the new grant will allow the college to

upgrade the heating and cooling systemin the basement of olin hall to minimizeproblems of humidity, noise, and vibrationthat limit many of the high-precision, low-noise experiments that students conductin several of the departmental laborato-ries. there will also be important up-grades to the electrical, network,mechanical, and safety systems to en-hance the productivity and safety of theresearch spaces.

the $253,000 academic research infra-structure grant is the fifth grant from thensF that the physics and other sciencedepartments at the college have receivedin the past 18 months. the five grants totalmore than $1 million and have significantlyimproved teaching opportunities for fac-ulty and research opportunities for stu-dents in the sciences. �

Matt Thomas ’00 has been media rela-tions manager at the College since 2007.

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Six members of the college’s Board of trustees have anonymouslycommitted to contribute a combined total of $5 million to thecollege’s endowment. they have designated their support for the

establishment of an endowed distinguished professorship for the de-partment of economics and Management as well as endowment to sup-port an existing position within that same department. the trusteedonors chose to remain anonymous but have asked that the positionsbe recognized as Board of trustees endowed faculty positions.

the announcement of the trustees’ support came at a gala dinner forfriends of the college held on sept. 23. president Jack r. ohle made theannouncement, saying, “this generous gift supports academic excel-lence, following through on the college’s commission gustavus 150strategic plan and priorities announced last year. importantly, it providesan exciting example to others and a tone and pace for the philanthropythat will propel the college dramatically forward to its 2012 sesquicen-tennial celebration and beyond.”

the Board of trustees endowed distinguished professorship will sup-port the work of an esteemed senior scholar in economics and manage-ment, for the benefit of gustavus students, the department, thereputation of the college, and the extramural advancement of the disci-pline. the distinguished professor will be identified through a national

search and will be a recognized scholar and intellectual leader who ispassionate about undergraduate education. the distinguished profes-sor will not only teach but also will devote significant time to writing,publishing, leading symposia, and other activities.

the additional endowment support will go to fund an existing facultyposition in the department of economics and Management. the en-dowment will support instruction as well as additional related extracur-ricular public colloquia, programs, and presentations on campus. thisBoard of trustees endowed chair will be held by an existing facultymember, and all holders of the chair will be appointed for three-yearterms.

“these two faculty positions will develop and sustain academic excel-lence for generations to come,” says david Fienen, provost and dean ofthe college. “the endowed distinguished professor will bring expertiseand insight to bear on the teaching and learning environment at gus-tavus, and will help develop and articulate a vision for the departmentfor the next five to ten years. the endowed chair position will enable anexisting faculty member to contribute in new ways to the college’s con-tinued strength and growth in economics and management. Both ofthese positions reflect the strategic planning of the department.” �

six board members commit $5 million to endowpositions in economics and Management

official figures from the registrar’s office indicatethat total enrollment for the fall semester is 2,393(Full time equivalent)

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gustavus chemists congratulatelarry Potts, emeritus professor ofchemistry, after he received the

Analytical division’s J. calvin giddingsAward for excellence in education at the240th meeting of the American chemicalsociety, held in Boston in August. picturedare from left tom annesley ’75, professorof pathology, university of Michigan hos-pital, and member of the gustavus Boardof trustees; Matt Shores ’97, assistant pro-fessor, colorado state university; potts;Scott bur, associate professor of chem-istry at gustavus; and Mike kamrath ’07, agraduate student at yale university. �

two key figures in the development of a baccalaureate nursing program at gustavusAdolphus college died in september. emerita professor Hazel Johnson, who served thecollege from the spring of 1969 to 1981, died in Minneapolis on sept. 6 at the age of 91.

emerita professor ruth dannehl, who taught at gustavus during the spring of 1965 and thenwas on the faculty from 1967 to 1983, died in st. paul on sept. 21; she was 92.

Johnson was a member of the class of 1941 at the swedish hospital of Minneapolis, one ofthe predecessor institutions to what is now the Metropolitan Medical center. pursuing nurseeducator credentials following service in the Army nursing corps during world war ii, sheearned her B.s., M.ed., and ph.d. from the university of Minnesota and then held faculty posi-tions at swedish and Abbott hospitals before joining the gustavus faculty in 1969. she servedas chair of the department of nursing from her arrival until her retirement in 1981. in 1986 shewas named recipient of a distinguished Alumnae Award from the swedish hospital AlumnaeAssociation.

dannehl earned a B.s.n. in 1943 from washington university in st. louis and was an instruc-tor at that city’s lutheran hospital school of nursing and an in-service education coordinatorfor the visiting nurses’ Association of st. louis before joining the lutheran church-Missourisynod’s Board of world Missions as a medical missionary and teacher at the concordialutheran school in hong Kong. returning to Minnesota after 11 years in hong Kong, she en-rolled at the university of Minnesota for an M.ed. in nursing education, which she received in1966 before joining the gustavus nursing faculty in 1967. dannehl maintained a lifelong interestin Asian languages, art, and culture. �

gustavus remembers twonursing professors

Hazel Johnson, Ph.D., 1919–2010

Ruth Proft Dannehl, 1918–2010

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“46 and counting”—These three men holdthe distinction of having attended everyNobel Conference held to date: seated,William Harvey, retired English teacher in theSt. Peter school system, and Bob Peterson’58, retired vice president for developmentand public relations at Gustavus; standing,Bruce Gray ’61, retired senior developmentassociate at the College.

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Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., was besieged byquestions from high school and college stu-dents following her lecture.

Dr. Jeffrey Friedman, whose research at the Rockefeller University has identified the relation-ship between the hormone leptin and obesity, addressed an overflow crowd on Day One ofthe 46th Nobel Conference.

by Chuck Niederriter

Nobel Conference 46, “Making Food Good,” was a hit by all measures. Approximately4,500 people attend the conference in person, among them 2,600 high school andcollege students in 80 delegations. In addition, over 2,500 from around the world

viewed the lectures online, with particularly high numbers of visitors from Japan, China,Vietnam, Europe, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Professor Marion Nestle of New York University started off the conference on a high note,describing the relationships between corporate decision-making, politics, our caloric intake,and public health and nutrition. Dr. Cary Fowler of the Global Crop Diversity Trust in Romeexplained the importance of maintaining crop diversity and described the construction andoperation of the Svalbarg Global Seed Bank. Closing the opening-day lectures, ProfessorJeff Friedman of the Rockefeller University, New York, reminded us not to judge too quicklyin his talk on the biological basis of obesity, in which he described the relationship betweenfat tissue, the hormone leptin, and body size.

Leading off Day Two, Professor Bina Agarwal of the University of Delhi explained food is-sues in the Third World and the connections with gender rights and access to land. She de-scribed some encouraging solutions to the issue of food security around the world andintroduced the audience to her idea of collectives. Professor Linda Bartoshuk, University ofFlorida, Gainesville, modeled how science is done with a demonstration of taste sensitivityand the appropriate use of scales for its measurement. Her talk also introduced the conceptof “supertasters” and connected the world of taste with the world of health. Professor PaulThompson of Michigan State University listed an inventory of food issues and suggested acombination of industrial philosophy and agrarian philosophy as a way to consider them aswe search for solutions to the many food-related problems. Finally, Frances Moore Lappéoffered some hope for changing the world by making use of “bold humility”, as she calls it.She reminded the audience to” take advantage of the courage of those around us to em-power ourselves to overcome the helplessness that we feel when facing the big challengeslike hunger in the world.” �

Physics professor Chuck Niederriter joined the faculty in 1985 and has been director of theNobel Conference since 2008.

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The Hillstrom Museum of Art has recent-ly acquired several artworks, includingan oil painting by Ashcan School leader

Robert Henri (1865–1929), two lithographsby Regionalist Grant Wood (1891–1942), anda lithograph by Henry Varnum Poor (1887–1970).The print by Henry Varnum Poor is a depic-

tion of his uncle, Arthur Graham (see p. 2).The artist explored printmaking, both lithogra-phy and etching, early in his career. Given theprimacy of drawing in his work, it is not sur-prising that Poor’s lithographs would be sofresh and attractive as this image. It may be re-

gretted that the artist did not continue work-ing in printmaking, although his many roles asan easel painter, muralist, ceramicist, and archi-tect, and his long history of teaching (whichincluded Stanford University, the Skowhegan[Maine] School of Painting and Sculpture, andColumbia University), meant that his careerwas somewhat fractured. Poor himself citedthis when comparing, late in life, his oeuvre inoil painting to that of other artists from his pe-riod who were more prolific in that medium.The donors of the lithograph, Richard and

Jeanne Chenault Porter, are noted scholars onPoor. Both were key contributors to HenryVarnum Poor, 1887–1970: A RetrospectiveExhibition (organized by the Museum of Art atPennsylvania State University in 1983), the

most encompassing exhibit of Poor’s work todate. The print was exhibited in conjunctionwith the Museum’s recent FOCUS IN/ONproject featuring Autumn Still Life, an oilpainting by Poor dated around 1937. Thatwork, a donation in 2002 from the ReverendRichard L. Hillstrom ’38, was the subject of anin-depth analysis by Museum Director DonaldMyers ’83 and Lisa Heldke ’82, professor ofphilosophy and Raymond and FlorenceSponberg Chair in Ethics. The essay is avail-able, along with previous FOCUS IN/ONprojects, on the Museum’s website.The Museum also received donation of two

more of Grant Wood’s lithographs from Dr.David and Kathryn (Rydland ’71) Gilbertson.The addition of In the Spring and July

Grant Wood (1891–1942), In the Spring, 1939, lithograph on paper, 9 x 12 inches (image), gift of Dr. David and Kathryn (Rydland ’71) Gilbertson.

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Fifteenth, both dating from 1939, brings theMuseum’s total lithographs by Wood to 15.The Gilbertsons own four additional lithos bythe artist, which they have promised as futuregifts to the Museum to eventually complete aset of all 19 of the artist’s prints.Both In the Spring and July Fifteenth are ex-

amples of the artist’s interest in subject matterrelated to his early childhood on his family’sfarm near Anamosa, Iowa, and his continuedinterest in farming throughout his career. JulyFifteenth is typical of Wood’s stylized, pat-terned approach to the rolling, cultivated land-scape of eastern Iowa. It was one of severallithographs by Wood that relate to specificmonths of the year. Wood seems to have envi-sioned a suite of all twelve months, althoughhe only completed this print plus January(1937), February (1941), March (1941)—alldonated earlier to the Museum by theGilbertsons—and December Afternoon (1941),promised as a future gift from the donors. JulyFifteenth suggests the lush fertility of the land,which will later bring an abundant harvest.The presence of humanity is indicated by thebarn visible down the hill beyond a stand oftrees in the lower right, by the farmhouse inthe upper left background, and also by thecareful cultivation of much of the land depict-ed. Wood’s lithographs became a key part ofhis artistic output in the final five years of hiscareer prior to his premature death from pan-creatic cancer in February 1942. He made farfewer paintings during this period than in theearly 1930s, when he produced numerouslandscapes that take a long, bird’s-eye view likethat in July Fifteenth.Farms and farmers became a principal source

for the artist beginning in the 1930s. His mostfamous work, the paradigmatic Regionalistpainting American Gothic, was painted in 1930and features a farm couple standing in front oftheir farmhouse. In 1935, just a few years be-fore making July Fifteenth and In the Spring,Wood published an essay titled “RevoltAgainst the City,” an explanation of his aimsfor Regionalist art. In it he urged artists to em-brace the life around them. For those workingin the Midwest, this meant both throwing offundue influence from the East Coast andEurope on their art, and recognizing the via-bility of the farm and farmers as a subject mat-ter for art. Although parts of Wood’s essayseem rather xenophobic, his attitude towardhis chosen subject matter and his region wasnot simplistically uncritical. While noting thatthe Midwest farmer was proud, and that his lifewas “engaged in a constant conflict with natu-ral forces” and was therefore “essentially dra-matic,” Wood stated that a “true regionalist is

not a mere eulogist,” but that “he may even bea severe critic.”In the Spring depicts a farmer resting briefly

in his task of digging a long line of postholes.Many viewers of Wood’s art tend to see a satiri-cal intent on his part, and the larger-than-lifefigure in this litho has an inscrutable expressionthat might be read as smug. The artist, whoseattitudes were generally more sophisticatedthan is often recognized, could easily havemeant there to be a degree of ambivalence inthe depiction. He shows a man who physicallytowers over the entire landscape, a giant over-shadowing the farm, the cattle, the very earth.At the same time, he gives the man an awk-wardness to his stance, an unheroic hunch tohis shoulders, and a superior quality to his gaze.Whatever the artist’s intent in the rural sub-

jects of In the Spring and July Fifteenth, the im-pact of these subtle, visually fascinating imagesrelies on the artist’s refined sense of design,pattern, and texture. The overall effect is sur-prisingly timeless, a classical conception thatcan be compared to artworks as diverse asthose of Italian Renaissance muralist Pierodella Francesca (c.1406/12–1492) or mod-ernist sculptor Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957). In the works of Wood, as in those ofthese fellow artists, there is a stillness that is un-canny yet very satisfying in its reliance on pat-terning and abstraction.In addition to the lithographs by Wood and

the print by Poor, the Museum has also ac-quired a painting by Robert Henri, HollandSky (Haarlem), a landscape from his 1907 tripabroad with students from the New YorkSchool of Art, where his career as an influentialart teacher was then beginning to flourish (seep. 13). Holland was at that time a favorite spotfor American artists to visit, and Haarlem, inthe west of the country, was a draw because itwas the birthplace of the great 17th-centuryDutch master painter Frans Hals (c. 1580–1666), one of Henri’s artistic heroes.Henri and his students made several visits to

the Halsmuseum in Haarlem, where they stud-ied and copied works by Hals, and they hadoutings to sketch and paint the local sceneryand inhabitants. Henri painted a number oflandscapes during this stay in Haarlem, oftenin the open air on an easily portable panel ofthe type used in the Hillstrom painting. Hewished to capture a spontaneous response tothe environment around him, a method hetried to teach to his students, whom he ad-monished to “. . . work quickly. Don’t stop foranything but the essential. . . . It’s the spirit ofthe thing that counts.” Henri followed that ap-proach in this painting, which is a subtle evoca-tion of the red-roofed dwellings and dramatic,

Alumni art exhibition on view at the Hillstrom Museum of Art

On view at the Hillstrom Museum of Artthrough Jan. 28, 2011, is the AlumniInvitational Art Exhibition: Ars Longa,Academia Brevis, featuring over 60 re-cent works by Gustavus studio art ma-jors ranging from the class of 2009back to the class of 1951—the earliestyear students could graduate with themajor. The exhibited works are in a variety of

media, including oil, acrylic, and water-color painting, photography, sculpturein bronze, ceramics, jewelry, and mixedmedia. All of the College’s nearly 500past studio art majors who have contactinformation with the Office of AlumniRelations were invited to participate.Around half of the artists exhibiting arefrom a class from 1990 or earlier, andmany of the participants have contin-ued to be active in art since leavingGustavus. The exhibition’s subtitle references

the first lines of an aphorism by theGreek physician Hippocrates, bestknown in their Latin translation, “Arslonga, vita brevis,” which suggests thatart endures even though life—or, in theexhibition’s variant, the length of one’scollege career—is brief.The Alumni Invitational Art Exhibition

will be on view during Christmas inChrist Chapel, and the Museum’s hourswill be extended that weekend onSaturday, Dec. 4, and Sunday, Dec. 5 (1–6 p.m.). Note that the Museum typicallyis closed during the holiday recess be-tween the end of the fall semester andthe beginning of January Term whenstudents are not in residence. Pleasecheck the Museum’s website, gus-tavus.edu/finearts/hillstrom, for possi-ble adjustments to the schedule.

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cloud-filled sky that characterize Haarlem andits expansive location by the sea. The paintingis not labored, but is spontaneous and ener-getic. Instead of concentrating on detail andtightly-defined forms, the artist relied on hisbravura brush work, of the sort practiced byhis idol Hals, suggesting the scene with boldand fluid handling of paint laid out in broadmasses of color. Henri layered the pale blues,grays, earth tones, greens, and masterfultouches of brighter reds to create a rich, tactilesurface that evokes transitory effects of lightand air and captures the immediacy of the mo-ment, for a wonderfully poetic work that has amonumentality far beyond its physical size.Henri can be considered the aesthetic leader

of not only the modernist Ashcan School butalso of the Hillstrom Collection. One of the

primary directions of collecting pursued byRichard Hillstrom in forming the HillstromCollection was to acquire an example of workby all members of The Eight, the group thatwas the genesis of the Ashcan movement andthat included Henri and seven artists withwhom he held an alternative, anti-establish-ment exhibition at New York’s MacbethGallery in 1908. The Hillstrom Collection hasworks by all these artists, who also includeJohn Sloan (1871–1951), Arthur BowenDavies (1862–1928), Maurice Prendergast(1859–1924), Ernest Lawson (1873–1939),Everett Shinn (1976–1953), William Glackens(1870–1938), and George Luks (1867–1933).Like Henri, John Sloan and Arthur Bowen

Davies are represented in the HillstromCollection not only by works collected by

Hillstrom but also by ones acquired using pro-ceeds from the Museum’s donated endow-ment. Any persons interested in assisting theMuseum in strengthening its holdings throughthe acquisition of additional key works byartists of The Eight or by other related artistsare encouraged to contact the Museum or theCollege’s Office of Institutional Advancement.Assistance in the form of donation of appropri-ate artworks, of donation to the endowment,or of direct donation of acquisition funds iswelcome. �

Donald Myers ’83 has directed the HillstromMuseum of Art at Gustavus Adolphus Collegesince its opening in 2000. He is also an instruc-tor in art history at the College.

Grant Wood (1891–1942), July Fifteenth, 1939, lithograph on paper, 9 x 12 inches (image), gift of Dr. David and Kathryn (Rydland ’71) Gilbertson.

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DECEMBERContinuing through January 28, 2011

Art Exhibition: Alumni InvitationalExhibition, Hillstrom Museum of Art.Open to the public without charge; reg-ular museum hours: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.,Mon.–Fri.; 1–5 p.m., Sat. & Sun.

3, 4, & 5 Christmas in Christ Chapel: “ARenaissance Nativity,” 3:30 p.m. (Dec. 4& 5) and 7:30 p.m. Ticket required; callMarketing & Communication (507-933-7520) to inquire about remaining tickets.

7 Music: “The Winds of Christmas,”Gustavus and Vasa wind orchestras,Douglas Nimmo, conductor; ChristChapel, 10 a.m. Open to the public with-out charge.

9 Festival of St. Lucia, Christ Chapel, 10a.m.; Lucia Luncheon featuring chil-dren’s author Ewa Rydåker, sponsoredby Gustavus Library Associates, AlumniHall, 11 a.m. Reservations required; callMarketing and Communication (507-933-7520) to inquire about remainingseats.

9–12 Theatre: Shakespeare PerformanceShowcase, directed by Amy Seham;Anderson Theatre, 8 p.m. (Dec. 9–11)and 2 p.m. (Dec. 12). Ticket required;order online at gustavustickets.com orcall the Gustavus Ticket Center (507-933-7590).

10 Gustavus Arts Performance SeriesEvent: Home Again: Michael Johnsonin Concert; Jussi Björling Recital Hall, 8p.m. Ticket required; order online atgustavustickets.com or call theGustavus Ticket Center (507-933-7590).

15 Twin Cities Alumni Breakfast, featuringNeal Hagberg ’81 and Leandra Peak ’83,singer-songwriters; Doubletree Hotel,Minneapolis–Park Place (Hwy. 394 &Hwy. 100), 8 a.m. breakfast, 8:30 a.m.program. To reserve, call AlumniRelations at 800-487-8437 or [email protected].

JANUARY17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture:

Bernard LaFayette, Civil Rights activistand author; Christ Chapel, 10 a.m. Opento the public without charge.

17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event:African America, by Warren C. Bowles,performed by Mixed Blood Theatre;Alumni Hall, 7 p.m. Open to the publicwithout charge.

19 Twin Cities Alumni Breakfast, featuringMike Carroll, woman’s hockey coach,and Brett Petersen, men’s hockeycoach; Doubletree Hotel, Minneapolis–Park Place (Hwy. 394 & Hwy. 100), 8a.m. breakfast, 8:30 a.m. program. Toreserve, call Alumni Relations at 800-487-8437 or [email protected].

FEBRUARY14–April 21 Art Exhibition: Origami by Robert

J. Lang; Hillstrom Museum of Art. Opento the public without charge; regularmuseum hours: 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Mon.–Fri.;1–5 p.m., Sat. & Sun. Opening reception,Feb. 14, 7–9 p.m.

14–April 21 Art Exhibition: Look! Works fromthe Hillstrom Collection; HillstromMuseum of Art. Open to the public with-out charge; regular museum hours: 9a.m.–4 p.m., Mon.–Fri.; 1–5 p.m., Sat. &Sun. Opening reception, Feb. 14, 7–9 p.m.

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16 Twin Cities Alumni Breakfast, featuringThomas Crady, vice president for en-rollment management; DoubletreeHotel, Minneapolis–Park Place (Hwy.394 & Hwy. 100), 8 a.m. breakfast, 8:30a.m. program. To reserve, call AlumniRelations at 800-487-8437 or [email protected].

27 Gustavus Arts Performance Series:Cantus: MPR Artists-in-Residence;Jussi Björling Recital Hall, 7 p.m. Ticketrequired; order online at gustavustick-ets.com or call the Gustavus TicketCenter (507-933-7590).

MARCH4–6 Dance: Balance Off Center: Gustavus

Dance Concert, directed by MelissaRolnick and including choreography byguest artist-in-residence Stuart Pimsler.Anderson Theatre, 8 p.m. (March 4 & 5)and 2 p.m. (March 6). Ticket required;order online at gustavustickets.com orcall the Gustavus Ticket Center (507-933-7590).

6 Lecture: Physicist and origami artistRobert Lang, 2011 Rydell Professor atGustavus Adolphus College; AlumniHall, 7:30 p.m. Open to the public with-

out charge.

SPORTS �Up-to-date sportsschedules may be found onthe Web, through theGustavus homepage(gustavus.edu). For a printedschedule of any or all of theGustie varsity athletic squads,download from the Web orsend a self-addressed,stamped envelope to TimKennedy ’82, sportsinformation director, GustavusAdolphus College, 800 W.College Ave., St. Peter, MN56082-1498. Also, you canlisten to selected Gustavusathletics broadcasts over theInternet through RealAudio.Broadcasts may be accessedthrough a link on Gustavusathletics website, where abroadcast schedule may alsobe found.

THE ARTS To receive a morecomplete fine arts scheduleor more information on finearts events noted in thecalendar, contact Al Behrends’77, director of fine artsprograms, by phone (507-933-7363) or e-mail([email protected]).

TICKETS �Tickets for theGustavus Arts PerformanceSeries and Department ofTheatre and Danceproductions may be orderedonline at gustavustickets.com.Tickets for Department ofTheatre and Dance offeringsare available two weeks inadvance of the performance.

PLEASE NOTE Times and dates of the eventslisted on this page are subject to change.Please call to confirm events of interest.

At the Hillstrom Museum: Robert Henri (1865–1929),Holland Sky (Haarlem), 1907, oil on panel, 5-1/8 x 6-3/8 inches, Hillstrom Museum of Art acquisition.

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Iam privileged in my job to interact with students who are on their way to, or comingback from, an exhilarating study-away experience. Those who are looking ahead to theirdeparture are both excited and scared, consumed by the details of the planning, and

filled with mostly idealistic images of what they will encounter.They don’t yet know how the experience will actually unfold forthem. Those who have recently returned almost always feelthey have changed in profound ways. They have both seri-ous and lighthearted stories to tell about their experience.Without question they have learned a lot, some of iteven in a classroom. The academic learning may havebeen important to them (and it is certainly impor-tant to us when we do our program reviews),but it is the experiential learning that usuallyhas the greatest impact on students.

This has become even clearer to methis semester as I read throughblogs of students currently onstudy away, as well as reflections ofalumni who studied abroad while atGustavus. Whether the experienceoccurred in 1976 or 2010—anddespite all the changes in the worldduring those 34 years—the impactoff-campus study has on a person isprofound, as these excerpts makeclear.To read blogs from current stu-

dents on study away, go to ourblog page at http://cice.blog.gus-tavus.edu/. And if you have astudy-abroad experience to sharefrom your time at Gustavus, pleasesend it to us! We love to hear thesestories.

Carolyn O’Grady, professor of educa-tion, has been director of the College’sCenter for International andCultural Education since 2008; shecan be reached at [email protected].


THE STORIES SAY

NOTES FROM INDIAby Annabel Landaverde ’12

Landaverde, a junior political science major,hails from San Francisco. She is studying thisfall on the Gustavus/Concordia program So-cial Justice, Peace, and Development: Semes-ter in India. Students are based at Visthar,an NGO located outside the city of Bangalore.These excerpts are taken from longer postswritten between August 20 and October 10,2010.The air in Bangalore is thick and humid,

just like it is in Minnesota. The end of mon-soon season brings showers to cool off the80-degree heat that makes the ever-linger-ing mosquitoes stick to me even more. It’shard to believe that I am finally in India, acountry that is deeply rooted in traditionbut is rapidly Westernizing all at once. I seemen walking down the red dirt roads in pol-ished collars and jeans at the same time thatI see women in saris whizzing by on oldmotorcycles. Oh, and let’s not forget the

LIFELONG FRIENDSby Mark Jaeger ’77

Coming off a tough fall semester of my junioryear at Gustavus in 1975 and feeling defeatedacademically, I faced the dilemma of forgingahead to salvage my college career on campusor taking some time off from school to reassessmy goals and purpose for being there. A goodfriend proposed a third option—studyabroad—after she had spent a semester at Kan-sai Gaidai University in Japan two years earlierin the inaugural years of a student exchangeprogram with Gustavus. This seemed an ap-pealing and reasonable alternative that wouldallow me to stay enrolled at Gustavus whilegaining new perspective on my educationalgoals in a vastly different setting. After closescrutiny of my academic standing and inten-tions by the selection committee, the head ofthe International Studies Department at thetime, Dr. Melva Lind, approved my application

WAIT—I’M HERE TO STUDY??by Samuel Hemmerich ’12

Samuel is a junior majoring in biology andart. He is currently on the Lorenzo de’ MediciInstitute program in Florence, Italy. Excerptsare taken from the blog he posted Oct. 4, 2010.Now, I know a very good reason to study

abroad is to simply get the cultural experienceand do something you’ll never have a chanceto ever do again in your life. For me, that wasjust one small reason to study abroad. Themain factor that influenced my decision was

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cows that chill on theside of the roads whenthey’re not busy walk-ing across them.

Friends have asked me, “Annabel, why India?” Really though, whynot? Anyone who knows me already knows that I love going on ad-ventures, occasionally getting into trouble, and discovering the un-known. India is the fastest developing democracy in the world rightnow and is one of the leading powers in Asia. India-based compa-nies, namely from the software engineering industry, are growing atan incredible rate, allowing India to rise as a significant trader in theglobal market. Yet the fact still remains that there is a huge gap be-tween the rich and the poor. Of a billion-person population, a heftymajority still live on less than $2 a day.jYesterday we were given 30 rupees to feed ourselves for the entire

day as we traveled into Bangalore for a city tour. We were chal-lenged to live a few hours like most of the Indian population does.In fact, we were told that most people who live in slums live on 20rupees a day. To put it in perspective, there are roughly 46 rupees tothe American dollar. I spent 14 rupees on breakfast alone. The dayhad barely started and I already spent about half of my rupees. Nowimagine having only 20 rupees for food, water, clothing housing,etc. It’s impossible, yet the majority of Indians live in that manner. During the first part of our Bangalore tour we found ourselves in

a relatively affluent area of apartments and condos with clean motor-cycles parked outside. It was only a two-minute walk from there tothe railroad tracks that separated the bustling city from the slumthat stood on the other side. It was its own city within the confinesof Bangalore. The smell of garbage lingered in the air as we walkedaround the neighborhood. Surprisingly, we were greeted with thesmiles and laughter of the children eager to see white people. Someparents would wave and say hi while others just stared as all 16 of uspassed. Stray dogs roamed everywhere. Yet I didn’t get the feeling ofpure misery as I was walking through. Maybe that was because they

all the knowledge I’d gain inthe art world. I was really ex-cited for classes to start and theexperience to finally begin!

As I signed up for classes last May, I strategically chose classes I feltI’d learn more about by taking them in Italy, or ones not offered atGustavus. After much deliberation I ended up choosing Intro to Pas-tels, Basic Printmaking, Intermediate Analytical Figure and ObjectDrawing, Art History 101, and (had to take this…) Italian. As the first

week of classes drew closer, the more excited I became.The first week of classes was very similar to classes back in the states.

However, one class stuck out from the rest as both terrifying and exhil-arating: Intermediate Analytical Figure and Object Drawing! It was mylast class of the week, and I was (at the outset) the most excited for thisparticular course. I’ve never studied the human body from a physicalpoint of view (oh, I know all about the digestive system and themakeup of macromolecules and such…). Therefore I went into thefirst session of this class with a positive mindset. Pastels (my least favorite class so far) consists of an elementary still-

life class in which we use an intuitive/layering approach to pastels. Ba-sically we draw what we see in monotones and then add layers slowly.

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Samuel Hemmerich and friends, in Florence, Italy

It’s monotonous, messy, and NOT accurate. However, it’s outside ofmy comfort zone, and I have created a few drawings I’m proud of. I’msuper interested to see where this class takes me.As for printmaking, things are a bit better than pastels. Lucy, our pro-

fessor, is very understanding but somehow pushes all of us to our limit.Drawing is continuing to be my favorite class. We have had a differentmodel both weeks thus far and have spent the two hours sketching herface. Art history is boring, but I expected that. However, this next weekwe’re taking our first of six field trips to a museum in Florence! I amvery excited for the change of pace and firmly believe this will changethe direction of this class. As for Italian, I am slowly learning the essen-tials of the language. Spanish definitely helps. Actually, if you know howto do conjugations in any language, you are already five steps ahead ofsomeone who knows only English. My prof for the class is bubbly andpassionate about Italian, which helps a ton.Overall, classes are amazing and I could not be any happier! I am

drawing, sketching, etching, and loving every second of it! Best. Se-mester. Ever.

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for study in Japan the fall semes-ter of 1976.Equipped with one semester

of Japanese language taught atGustavus by exchange professor Takeo Fuji, I departed August 30 withfour fellow Gusties for a semester of study near Osaka, Japan. A weekafter arriving at Kansai Gaidai University, we met our assigned host fami-lies and moved intotheir homes after briefinterviews to assesscompatibility. I wouldspend the next fourmonths as a memberof the Etsuo Yoda fam-ily, which included hiswife, Sachiko, and sonsKohei and Shohei. Lit-tle did I realize thatthose four monthswere the beginning ofa lifelong bond and alasting intrigue withJapanese culture.Since that first so-

journ in Japan, theclose relationship withthe Yoda family hascontinued to grow. Wehave kept in close con-tact through lettersand regular trips acrossthe ocean. We haveshared life’s triumphs and disappointments and had long discussions onissues of global significance to the mundane of daily living. The friend-ship began to expand long ago to include my wife, Mary (Hannon ’77),our parents, children, and many Gustavus friends who have hosted visitsor also traveled to Japan. Our family has had the pleasure of hosting eight visiting Japanese high

school students and teachers over the past several years through a localsister-city exchange program, which has provided many opportunities forreciprocal learning.The lasting relation-ships, learning oppor-tunities and newfriendships created bythis early internationalexperience are testa-ment to the successand mission of Gus-tavus Adolphus Col-lege and the Center forInternational and Cul-tural Education. �

Mark Jaeger ’77, whoworks with GoodhueCounty Court Services,lives with his family inRed Wing, Minn.

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were excited to see a group so foreign in their environment. Or per-haps they were proud that we acknowledged the slum’s existence.Whatever the case may be, no one came up to us and begged forfood or money as we have become accustomed to in the streets ofBangalore. Rather, children ran up to us to shake our hands andgreet us and adults shared their stories if we asked. The irony of the day came when we left the slum. After a five-

minute taxi-ride, we were suddenly in downtown Bangalore at oneof the bigger malls. There was a Puma, a Baskin Robbins, a Staplesamong other familiar names. With only 16 rupees in my pocket, Ihad no choice but to window shop for the hour we were there be-cause a cookie cost 30 rupees. I felt ridiculous at the mall. I startedout the day in a community of abject poverty and here I was in a re-ality that is only available to the top 20 percent of the Indian popu-lation. As Debbie, the German intern at Visthar put it, “India is thecountry of contrasts.” I couldn’t agree more. . . .Our group has the general sense that although we may not know

what to expect from our time in India, the courses of our lives willbe forever altered. I am in India for a reason. And despite the factthat I haven’t the slightest clue of what career or careers I want, Iknow that what I learn on this trip and from the people I am withhere will shape my thoughts and future aspirations.

This Indian farmer pictured with Annabel Landaverde works with theRural Agency for Social and Technological Advancement(http://www.rastaindia.org/), an NGO in Kerala state.

Mark (center) with the Yodas in 1976

Mark ’77 and Mary (Hannon ’77) Jaeger withhis parents and the Yodas in 2009

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building’s design features a looped circulation pat-tern, providing additional opportunities for informalstudent-faculty interaction. A three-story atrium alsoenhances the educational experience, serving as a fo-cused gathering place and allowing abundant naturallight. Sustainable design strategies (see accompany-ing chart) will offer value and efficiency and pro-mote a commitment to stewardship. �

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‘What the best teachers do’ —Kendall Center stages Faculty Development Day

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by Margaret Bloch Qazi

What did your best teachers do? Didthey give inspiring lectures? Werethey easy graders? Maybe they

learned your name and expressed interest inyou as an individual when you were in a largelecture class. Perhaps you were invited intoscholarly conversations that helped you devel-op a deeper conceptual understanding of atopic. Did your teachers help awaken in you aninterest in a topic that you continued to ex-plore long after you left their classes? Whilethe question “What makes a teacher good?” issimple, the answer is remarkably complex.

Seeking the answer, more than 80 Gustavusfaculty members gathered to participate inthe John S. Kendall Center-sponsored FacultyDevelopment Day, an annual early-fall eventthat explores issues related to engaged stu-dent learning and best practices for educators.

“What do the best teachers do?” The ques-tion of most effective teaching practices is fre-quently asked by educators and studied byscholars. It formed the central theme of theFaculty Development Day plenary session.The plenary was facilitated by a panel ofGustavus faculty who were recent Edgar M.Carlson Award recipients (see box at left):Professor Leila Brammer (communicationstudies), Associate Professor Richard Leitch(political science and environmental studies),Professor Rick Orpen (music), and ProfessorPaul Saulnier (physics).

Acknowledging the high quality of theteachers in the audience, the plenary panelturned the tables by asking their colleagues apair of provocative questions: When you werein college, what teaching practices do you re-member as being particularly effective in help-ing you learn?” and “What did ineffectualteachers do?” What followed was a lively dis-cussion as faculty participants thought backto their college days and shared what theyhad experienced to be better and worseteaching practices.

The resulting discussion generated manyideas and examples. However, several commonthemes of best teaching practices emerged, in-cluding showing passion and respect for sub-ject matter and students, engaging students inquestions that mattered to the students, andbeing organized in their approach to studentlearning yet flexible enough to make use of“teachable moments”—those unplanned timeswhen an opportunity for learning presents it-self. Members of the panel then invited reflec-tion by asking the assembled faculty what theirstudents would say about each of them, there-by offering an opportunity to explore areas inneed of strengthening. Before the hour wasthrough, the panel shared their opinions on“best” teaching practices. These included en-gaging students, treating students as individu-als, respecting each student’s educational jour-ney by modeling what they want their

About the Edgar M.Carlson AwardThe College’s highest accolade for teaching excellence is the Edgar M. Carlson Award forDistinguished Teaching. Nominations typicallyinclude examples and details that might illustrate:

• The nominated faculty member’s excel-lence in his/her discipline;

• The faculty member’s success in generat-ing enthusiasm, insight, and thought inclassrooms, studios, and laboratories;

• Practices that show the faculty member tobe creative, stimulating, or responsive;

• Teaching that is especially collaborative,supportive, or innovative;

• Mentoring and advising that inspire aca-demic excellence;

• The nominee’s support for student re-search, scholarship, and creativity; and

• The basis of the nominator’s special re-spect for the nominee’s teaching.

Recipients over the past 10 years have been: 2010 – Leila Brammer (communication studies)2009 – Rick Orpen (music)2008 – Richard Leitch (political science)2007 – Claude Brew (English)2006 – Paul Saulnier (physics)2005 – Robert Gardner (theatre and dance)2004 – Lisa Heldke (philosophy)2003 – Cindy Johnson (biology)2002 – Max Hailperin (computer science)2001 – Gretchen Hofmeister (chemistry)

Recent Edgar M. Carlson Award recipients (from left, Leila Brammer, Paul Saulnier, RichardLeitch, and Rick Orpen) made up a panel at the plenary session of Faculty Development Day, discussing “What some of our best college teachers do.”

The Mission of the John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning“The John S. Kendall Center for EngagedLearning supports faculty in achieving theirpotential as teachers and scholars. Responsiveto the professional needs and interests ofeach faculty member, the Kendall Center in-cludes support for teaching initiatives and fac-ulty research, scholarship, and creativity, andprovides on-campus opportunities for fo-cused conversation on pedagogy, assessmentof student learning, and collaboration amongcolleagues. Through its support of such op-portunities, the Kendall Center fosters the pur-suit of teaching and scholarly excellencethroughout all stages of each faculty mem-ber’s career and for all Gustavus students.”

~ from the John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning Strategic Plan (2/13/09)


students to accomplish, having fun with coursematerial and the learning environment, andcontinuously exploring and experimentingwith different approaches to teaching.

With a strong opening that modeled en-gaged teaching and learning, additional ses-sions, led by Gustavus faculty from a variety ofdepartments, explored a number of ways todevelop skills and enthusiasm for lifelonglearning. Faculty explored how to use campusresources, such as the Folke BernadotteMemorial Library staff and resources, to helpstudents go beyond locating texts in thestacks in developing research skills. Other ses-sions explored structuring classes in generaland assignments in particular to more clearlyidentify learning goals, developing assign-ments and activities to engage students in au-thentic and intellectually engaging ways, andmodeling appropriate scholarly habits to helpstudents learn appropriate ways to incorpo-rate information into their own work.

The sessions themselves were models ofscholarly teaching, as they explored questionsthat matter deeply to faculty, incorporated re-sults from recent studies on student learning,used new technologies (e.g., podcasts, clickers,and the like) and were full of questions and live-ly discussion. The sessions allowed faculty toshare challenges encountered in student learn-ing, discuss implications of the results for theirown teaching, and then explore ways to modifyand revise their practices to more effectivelyengage students in the learning experience.

Faculty Development Day is not the only op-portunity Gustavus teachers have to exploreand evaluate models of effective teaching.With the support of Gustavus alumni andfriends, the John S. Kendall Center forEngaged Learning coordinates several pro-grams aimed at supporting faculty scholarshipand student learning. During the course of theacademic year, faculty members have multipleopportunities to join each other for lunchtime

conversations about such topics as studentwriting and using technology, as well as the artand science of teaching. Faculty members whoare new to Gustavus can participate in a well-developed orientation and mentoring pro-gram. Undergraduate involvement in research,scholarship, and creative inquiry is supportedthrough internal grants and special program-ming and culminates in the campuswide, stu-dent-focused Celebration of Creative Inquiry.Faculty and departments are also able to applyfor mini-grants to learn about and develop newpedagogical approaches. Gustavus offersmany opportunities to help faculty developinto even more effective teachers, and manyamong the faculty here take advantage of theopportunity. To learn more about John S.Kendall Center activities and offerings, visitgustavus.edu/kendallcenter/.

So, what do the best college teachers do?In a book of the same title, Dr. Ken Bain de-scribes the results of a study on the attitudesand practices of the most effective collegeand university instructors. Based on study re-sults, Bain concludes, “Great teachers are notsimply great speakers or discussion leaders;they are, more fundamentally, special kinds ofscholars and thinkers, leading intellectual livesthat focus on learning, both theirs and theirstudents’. Their attention to the details of per-formance stems from a concern for the learn-ers, and their focus is on the nature andprocesses of learning rather than on the per-formance of the instructor.” (What the BestCollege Teachers Do, p. 134.) What do thebest teachers do? At Gustavus, they neverstop learning. �

Margaret Bloch Qazi, Ph.D., is an associateprofessor of biology at Gustavus and directorof the Kendall Center for Engaged Learning.

Faculty engaged in small-group discussions about effective teaching practices.

Student summer research growsby Brandy Russell

Students and teachers are engaged in re-search, scholarship, and creative workyear-round on the Gustavus campus.

During the academic year, students may con-duct projects as part of a class, independentstudy, or capstone project for their major. Inthe summer, no classes are held on campusbut a number of students and their faculty ad-visers and mentors stick around for the livelysummer research community. Interest in sum-mer research is growing, and this past summersaw the College’s largest group yet, with 45Gustavus students and 24 faculty membersparticipating in student-faculty research oncampus in 11 different academic departments,representing the humanities, performing arts,sciences, and social sciences.

Support for these projects comes fromalumni gifts as well as a number of significantinternal and external grants. Several studentsand faculty members from chemistry, physics,political science, religion, and theatre/dancereceived support from Gustavus’s PresidentialFaculty-Student Collaboration Grants. Recentawards from the Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute, the Merck Institute for ScienceEducation, the National Science Foundation,and other funding agencies supported a num-ber of science students.

Although the Gustavus campus is muchmore quiet in the summer, the atmosphere inthe summer research community is vibrantand engaging. Students and faculty get to-gether often to share research plans, progress,and results. Science researchers meet everyWednesday for student research presenta-tions. Students and faculty from across cam-pus are starting a new tradition of hosting sa-lons to discuss topics related to their researchinterests. Weekly socials, pick-up sportsgames, canoe trips, group lunches, gamenights, picnics, and more help to build a senseof community among the group. �

Assistant professor of chemistry BrandyRussell, Ph.D., is faculty associate for under-graduate research at the Kendall Center forEngaged Learning.

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NINE INDUCTED INTO ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME

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by Tim Kennedy ’82

ustavus Adolphus College inducted nine new members into its Athletics Hall of Fame at abanquet held on campus on Oct. 9. Eight were inducted as student-athletes and one—EvieCieslar Erdman ’73—as a benefactor of the College’s gymnastics program. With the addition

of the Class of 2010, the Hall of Fame now includes 231 athletes, 13 coaches, and 5 benefactors. Thenew inductees are:

Erik Allen ’92 (men’s basketball) – A versatile and athletic post player who was as dangerous onthe perimeter as he was in the paint, Erik Allen was a key component of the Gustie basketball pro-gram as it moved back into the national spotlight in the early 1990s. A four-year standout who playedin all 112 games during his career, Allen graduated as the seventh leading scorer in the program’s his-tory with 1,528 points, while also ranking fourth in career field goals (624), fourth in career field-goalpercentage (.550), and eighth in career rebounds (605). He helped the Gusties claim conference titlesin 1991 and 1992 and win league playoff titles in 1989 and 1992. In his senior season, he was tri-captainof a Gustie squad that won the MIAC regular season title with a record of 15–5 and then went on towin the MIAC post-season tournament and advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.Allen has worked with Boulay, Heutmaker, Zibell & Co. Certified Public Accountants for the past 18

years, becoming a partner in 2002. He and his wife, Susan (Larson ’92), live in Shakopee with theirthree children, Jackson, Brooks, and Lillian.

Pete Anderson ’92 (men’s golf) – A standout performer for the Gustavus men’s golf team duringthe “Golden Era” of Gustie golf in the early 1990s, Pete Anderson tied for first individually at the NCAAchampionships in 1991 with an impressive 72-hole total of 78-74-72-76–300, but was edged out in aplayoff for medalist honors. His efforts sparked the Gusties to their second consecutive runner-up fin-ish. A year later, Anderson would help the Gusties claim their third consecutive second-place finish atthe national tournament. He was also a member of two MIAC championship teams, posting second-place individual finishes in both 1990 and 1991. A two-time all-conference and two-time All-Americahonoree, he has recorded four of the lowest 18-hole rounds in the program’s history. He and his grand-father, Ren Anderson ’34, are the only grandfather-grandson tandem in the Hall of Fame to date.Anderson played golf professionally for the eight years before returning to Minnesota in 2002 to

begin a career in the mortgage banking business. He is currently a financial adviser with AmeripriseFinancial in the Twin Cities metro area. He and his wife, Jill, live in Chanhassen with their two sons,Jack and Will.

Leigh Stocker Berger ’92 (volleyball) – The most productive outside hitter in the history of theGustavus volleyball program, Leigh Stocker Berger shredded opponents with her laser-like kills from1988 to 1991. The all-time leader in career kill percentage at 28.5 percent, she converted 1,644 kills(which ranks second all-time at Gustavus) in 4,287 attempts with just 418 errors in 155 matches. In hersenior season, Berger led the MIAC and set the school record for attack percentage in a season at36.0 percent. She also set the school record for kills in a match with 33 against St. Scholastica onSeptember 13, 1991. A four-year starter and co-captain her junior and senior seasons, Berger wasnamed to the all-conference team in both 1990 and 1991 as well as being honored as a First Team All-Region selection in 1991.These days, Berger volunteers at the Blake School (where her children attend) while also coaching

youth soccer and volleyball. She lives in Chanhassen with her children, Makenna, Adam, and Cameron.

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Heidi Rostberg Carlson ’93

Heidi Rostberg Carlson ’93 (women’s tennis) – One of the most tenacious competitors in the his-tory of the women’s tennis program, Heidi Rostberg Carlson simply refused to lose when her team-mates needed her most during her standout career. The legend began in the spring of 1990, when shebroke a bone in her thumb in the conference tournament but then quickly taught herself how to hitwith a one-hand backhand, going on to post a perfect record in NCAA championship team play (4–0in singles and 4–0 in doubles), including the deciding doubles point with partner Molly McCormick ’93to help Gustavus win the national championship. Carlson helped the Gusties advance to the nationalchampionship match three times in her four-year career. A two-time All-American (1992, 1993) andfour-time MIAC singles champion, she compiled a career mark of 93–32 in singles and 87–17 in doubles. Since graduating in 1993 Carlson has served as the assistant women’s tennis coach at Gustavus.

She and her husband, Jon ’88, live in St. Peter with their three daughters, Calleigh, Grace, and Josie.

Evie Cieslar Erdman ’73 (benefactor) – In the early 1970s, Evie Cieslar Erdman was a balancebeam and floor exercise specialist on Gustavus gymnastics teams that placed eighth in 1971 and tenthin 1972 at the Division For Girls and Women in Sports (DGWS) National Championships. She wasnamed the team’s co-Most Valuable Gymnast in 1972. During those four years “on the Hill” Erdmandeveloped a passion for Gustavus and its gymnastics program, which started a friendship that haslasted for over 40 years. She has volunteered her time to help in virtually every aspect of the Gus-tavus gymnastics program over the past four decades. As a meet organizer, she has served as the di-rector for numerous state and regional competitions hosted by Gustavus. Erdman, a veteran rulesclinician and judge, has trained over 70 Gustie gymnasts who have gone on to become high schooland collegiate officials throughout the Upper Midwest. Since 1980, Erdman has focused her energies on officiating gymnastics at the high school and col-

legiate levels. She lives in Elysian, Minn., with her husband, Steve.

Erik Hendrikson ’94 (football and men’s hockey) – A quiet but fierce competitor on the football fieldand the hockey rink, Erik Hendrikson was a hard-hitting linebacker on the football team and a punish-ing defenseman on the hockey team from 1990 to 1994. One of only a handful of athletes in the historyof the Gustavus athletics program to play every contest in two sports for four years, Hendrikson was athree-time all-MIAC performer in football and a two-time selection in hockey. In football, he finished hiscareer ranked second all-time in solo tackles with 119 and second in total tackles with 266. In his seniorseason, he set the school record for tackles in a season with 122. In hockey, the savvy defensemanplayed in 107 games, scoring 31 goals and registering 36 assists for 67 points. He was named a SecondTeam All-America selection after the 1992–93 season. A natural leader who was highly regarded by histeammates, Hendrikson served as captain of both the football and hockey teams in his senior year.Today Hendrikson serves as president of Tradition Mortgage, a company he helped start in 1998. He

and his wife, Leah, live in Edina with their three daughters, Eva, Gwen, and Lily.

Duke Paluch ’84 (men’s tennis) – An athletic singles and doubles player with a high-powered serve-and-volley game, Duke Paluch was a two-time All-American on the dominant Gustavus men’s tennisteams of the early 1980s. As a freshman (1981), he won the MIAC #1 doubles crown with Per Ekstam’84 and the NAIA District 13 doubles title with John Gambucci ’81. In his junior season (1983), Paluchearned First Team All-America honors with doubles partner Mark Kruger ’86 as the unseeded duo ad-vanced to the semifinals of the NAIA doubles draw before falling to the eventual national champions inthree thrilling sets. Paluch saved his best for last as he played #1 singles and #1 doubles on a squadthat finished second at the NCAA championships and sixth at the NAIA national tournament in thespring of 1984, earning All-America honors for a second year with doubles partner Kruger. Paluch is a Certified Level 1 Tennis Professional with the United States Professional Tennis Associa-

tion and he is currently pursuing Master Professional designation, which is the highest professionalrating in the tennis profession.

Paige Tierney Sullivan ’95 (women’s soccer) – The most prolific scorer in the history of the women’ssoccer program, Paige Tierney Sullivan used her goal-scoring ability to kick the Gusties onto the na-tional soccer scene in the early 1990s. During her four-year career, she tallied 56 goals and 19 assistsfor 131 points, shattering the school records for career goals and points while also setting marks forgoals in a season (24) and points in a season (58). She earned all-conference and all-region honors in1992, 1993, and 1994. In her junior and senior seasons, she led the team and conference in scoring asthe Gusties posted a perfect 20–0–0 MIAC record, winning back-to-back league crowns and earningthe program’s first-ever NCAA berth in 1993. In her senior season, Sullivan scored 24 goals and regis-tered 10 assists for 58 points in 17 games, earning NSCAA Third Team All-America honors while help-ing the team post a 15–3–0 record.


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MACKLEY, MARTINSON NAMED ATHLETES OF THE YEARustavus student-athletes Melissa Mackley, a hockey playerfrom Burnsville, Minn., and David Martinson, a hockey playerfrom St. Louis Park, Minn., have been named the 2009–10 Fe-

male and Male Student-Athletes of the Year at Gustavus Adolphus Col-lege. Mackley and Martinson, the tenth annual recipients of the Athleteof the Year awards, were selected from a group of 20 candidates (9men and 11 women) who either were named one of nine Athletes ofthe Month during the past school year or were placed on the ballot bytheir head coach as a result of being their team’s Most Valuable Player.The winners are determined by a vote of the 15 Gustavus headcoaches.

Mackley was a four-year regular at forward onthe Gustavus women’s hockey team and a FirstTeam All-America honoree in both 2009 and 2010.She completed her career ranked ninth all-time incareer scoring at Gustavus with 33 goals and 69assists for 102 points. Mackley played in all 114games the Gusties played during her career, andher 69 career assists rank fourth all-time. Duringthe 2009–10 season, Mackley scored a career-high30 points (12 goals and 18 assists) and was captainof a Gustavus squad that went 22–6–2 and finishedfourth at the NCAA Division III national champi-onship. Mackley majored in biology and graduatedPhi Beta Kappa with a 3.96 grade point average.She was a 2009 CoSIDA Academic All-Americahonoree and was also selected to receive an NCAAPostgraduate Scholarship. She plans to pursue amedical degree at the University of Minnesota.

Martinson, the 2010 American Hockey CoachesAssociation (AHCA) Division III Player of the Year,was a three-year standout for the Gustavus men’shockey team. During the 2009–10 season, Martin-son helped the Gusties claim their first regular-sea-son title since 1993 with a league mark of 12–2–2and led the nation in goal-scoring with 29 goals in29 games. The two-time First Team All-America se-lection led the MIAC in scoring with 23 goals and

13 assists for 36 points and was named the MIAC Player of the Year.Martinson compiled 76 goals and 55 assists for 131 points in 85 careercontests. His 0.89 career goals per game average ranks third all-timeat Gustavus, and his 1.54 career points per game ranks fourth all-time.In the classroom, Martinson compiled a cumulative grade point aver-age of 3.75 with a major in accounting. He was a 2009 CoSIDA Aca-demic All-America honoree and was chosen to receive an NCAAPostgraduate Scholarship. �

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The 11 finalists for the Gustavus Female Athlete of the Year were: Taylor Drenttel, Eagan, Minn., sophomore, golf Kali Griggs, Burnsville, Minn., senior, golf Carrie Gundersen, Minnetonka, Minn., senior, swimming Janey Helland, Mapleton, Minn., junior, track and field Lindsey Hjelm, Minnetonka, Minn., first-year, hockey Sierra Krebsbach, North Oaks, Minn., senior, tennis Kaelene Lundstrum, Bird Island, Minn., senior, track and field Melissa Mackley, Burnsville, Minn., senior, hockey Carley Mosher, Great Falls, Mont., first-year, swimming Bri Radtke, Winsted, Minn., senior, basketball Katie Schenfeld, Indianola, Iowa, junior, golf

The nine finalists for Gustavus Male Athlete of the Year were: Mark Adams, Waukee, Iowa, sophomore, soccer Brian Anderson, Bloomington, Minn., senior, track and field Jens Brabbit, Winona, Minn., junior, nordic skiing Skylar Davis, Palatine, Ill., senior, swimming Kendrick Hall, Minneapolis, Minn., first-year, football Max Hanson, Montrose, Minn., senior, track and field David Martinson, St. Louis Park, Minn., senior, hockey Ryan McPartland, Le Sueur, Minn., senior, basketball Tony Palma, Lino Lakes, Minn., senior, football

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Since 2003, Sullivan has been at home raising her two daughters, Tierney and Parker, whilealso doing some freelance graphic design work. She, her husband, Casey, and their daughterslive in Anchorage, Alaska.

Angela White Vick ’92 (women’s track & field) – The first two-time All-America performer in the history of thewomen’s track and field program, Angela White Vick was one of the premier discus throwers in Division III from 1989 to1992. She wasted no time in making a name for herself, as she won the MIAC discus title in her first year at Gustavus(1989) with an effort of 142 feet 7 inches and went on to place third at the NCAA outdoor championships. She finishedsecond at the MIAC outdoor meet and tenth at the NCAA championships in both her sophomore and junior seasons. Inher senior season, Vick added another runner-up finish in the discus at the MIAC championships and then concluded hercareer with a third-place finish at the NCAA championships, breaking her own school record in the process with a dis-tance of 152 feet, 2 inches. Her mark stood for 17 years before being broken in 2009. She was the first track and fieldathlete at Gustavus to qualify for the NCAA championships in four consecutive seasons.Since 2007 Vick has taught in the Anoka-Hennepin school district. She and her husband, Darrin, live in Brooklyn Park

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Legacy

DONORS SUPPORT SABBATICAL LEAVESBy Paul Tillquist ’63

I t was in this context that William and Marilyn Ryerse engaged Paul Tillquist ’63 of the Office of Institutional Advancement in a conversation

about how they could support faculty to more fullyachieve their goals as teachers. Academic fields con-tinually develop and change. Bill and Marilyn recog-nized that sabbatical leaves provide opportunities forfaculty to read, research, and converse with otherscholars to share discoveries, and then present andpublish their ideas. However, sabbatical leaves canoften consume more financial resources than arenormally available to support desired outcomes. TheRyerses decided to focus their philanthropy on pro-viding resources specifically to support sabbaticalleaves. An outright gift created the William and Mar-ilyn Ryerse Sabbatical Endowment Fund. Earningsfrom the endowment fund provide stipends to allowfaculty to creatively plan their sabbaticals. Recipients of the stipend in the last two years rep-

resent several departments, including biology, Eng-lish, psychology, history, and chemistry. Sabbaticalresearch covers a broad range of interests. Eric Elia-son, English, has been in Sweden doing research onScandinavian literature including the culture of theSami. Sujay Rao, history, in preparation for comple-tion of a book manuscript, researched and wroteshort articles on conflicts in Argentina. Michael Fer-ragamo, biology and neuroscience, is focusing his re-search on systems-level neuroscience; he has a specialinterest in understanding the science of the neuro-degenerative Parkinson’s disease. Janine Wotton, psy-chology, is focusing on how auditory systems enableanimals and humans to perform everyday tasks (e.g.,how do humans distinguish one word or voice fromanother?). She will spend time with colleagues at

Boston University and the University of Minnesotato enrich the outcomes of her project. MargaretBloch Qazi, biology, had several goals for her sabbat-ical, including understanding the movement and fateof cells in the developmental process. She also spenttime in revising and revitalizing new technologiesfor the classroom. The stipends support continued enhancement of

professors’ expertise, not only for their own erudi-tion but also to bring new ideas and technologiesback to the classroom. As parents of a Gustie (Mac’87 and his wife Mary Sutherland Ryerse ’90) andgrandparents of another (Katie Ryerse ’00), Bill andMarilyn have long recognized the commitment tohelp Gustavus students attain their full potential aspersons, to develop in them a capacity and passionfor lifelong learning, and to prepare them in waysthat will result in lives that count. An important in-gredient to accomplish these goals is a well-informedfaculty maintaining professional skills. For more in-formation about how you also can support facultydevelopment initiatives, please contact [email protected]. �

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* From “The Faculty ‘Tool Shed,’” an article about the John S.Kendall Center for Engaged Learning by Laura Behling, formerEnglish professor and co-director of the Kendall Center, appearingin the Winter 2007–08 issue of the Gustavus Quarterly, p. 13.

Starting in the late 1960s Paul Tillquist ’63 has served inadmissions, the academic dean’s office, and more recently theinstitutional advancement area of Gustavus AdolphusCollege. He is currently an executive consultant in the giftplanning area of institutional advancement.

At Gustavus Adolphus College, students perform “The Four Seasons,” titrate solutions, and analyze King Lear. They perform plays, write lab reports and critical essays, research history, and think through ethical dilemmas . . . The goals[of a liberal arts education] are simple: to help students attain their full humanpotential and to develop in them a passion for learning throughout their lives. . . .Their best models and mentors are their professors . . . And the goals for the facultyare equally simple: to fulfill their potential as teachers, scholars, artists, and researchers and to continually learn in order to be more thoughtfully engaged inand responsible for their students’ learning. *

ONLINE RESOURCES Have you looked at the “Giving to Gustavus” website lately? Just enter gustavus.edu/giving. The list of resourcesincludes:

• Staff to contact for personal assistance

• Secure online giving and other electronic giving options.

• Matching gift database—will yourcompany match your gift?

• Information on giving stock and other appreciated assets

• Suggestions on giving for scholarships, both annual and endowed

• Planned and estate giving resources—everything you need atgustavus.edu/giving/plannedgiving/index.cfm

• Recommended language for including Gustavus in a will or estate plan

• Financial and estate planning ideas,and gifts that pay you (with a “giftcalculator” to help your planning)

• E-brochures on planned gifts, wills, estate planning, to study on your ownor to take to your financial adviser

• The Honor Roll of Donors, at gustavus.edu/giving/honorroll.


Legacy

LEADERSHIP EVENT RECOGNIZES PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORTOn Sept. 23, 2010, President Jack and Kris Ohle hosted the 2010 Leadership Dinner in AlumniHall. This event brought together Gustavus alumni, parents, and friends who have shown signif-icant leadership in the Gustavus community through their philanthropic contributions to theCollege. Guests had an opportunity to hear the unique story of Lonnie Ellis ’03, former pas-toral associate of social justice at the Saint Thomas More Catholic Church in St. Paul, Minn. Lon-nie, who is now a theology student in Washington, D.C., shared his journey from childhood toGustavus, and from Gustavus to where he is today. He spoke of the strong impact his Gustieexperience had on him, and how it would have never been possible without the scholarshipsupport he received. Helping to share his story were Richard Leitch, associate professor of po-litical science and Lonnie’s mentor; Ardena L. Flippin ’68, M.D., member of the Gustavus Boardof Trustees; and Arline Datu, a member of the Saint Thomas More community who workedclosely with Lonnie on some important social justice projects. The gala was also an opportunity for Gustavus to recognize and thank guests for their lead-

ership and support, particularly those who are members of the Gustavus Founders Society.President Ohle welcomed this year’s new members into the Society, presenting them with thetraditional framed portrait of Old Main.

DOES YOUR LEGACYINCLUDE GUSTAVUS? Your legacy gift can help “Give the Gift ofGustavus to Students for Generations.”An attorney or financial planner can helpyou leave your legacy using the following:“I, [name], of [city, state, ZIP], give andbequeath to Gustavus Adolphus College,St. Peter, Minnesota, [percentage of es-tate, specific amount, or description ofproperty] for its unrestricted use and pur-pose [or specify purpose].” For ideas,visit the Gustavus website atgustavus.edu, clicking on “Giving to Gus-tavus” and then “Planned (and Estate)Giving Resources.”

About that envelope . . .Enclosed in this Quarterly is a Gustavus Annual Fund envelope. Your participation in the Gus-tavus Annual Fund provides scholarship dollars to many of our students. It is with these dollarsthat students are able to complete research, study abroad, grow in their faith, and ultimatelyobtain a Gustavus education. With your help, we can continue to give the gift of a Gustavuseducation to many qualified students. Please consider making your most generous gift today.

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Louvers looming largeJonathan Granlund ’81, presidential projectmanager at Shaw/Stewart Lumber Company,St. Paul, is dwarfed by some of the nearly400 panels he helped to fabricate last sum-mer for the Minnesota Twins’ Target Field. Heheaded up the “Glue Team” for the project,making up 16-inch by 23-foot blanks fromFSC-certified Ipe (also known as Ironwood), aSouth American tropical hardwood, to use aswind-control louvers. The louvers he is stand-ing in front of are on the south side near themain entrance—along the first base side ofthe field. There is a similar set of louvers onthe opposite side of the stadium, facing thelight rail transit station. The louvers are fixedin the open position to help cut the wind.“The maintenance of the panels should beminimal for the most part,” Granlund says,“but we did provide spare panels as part ofthe contract if they should ever need to re-place them.” Some of the other projectsGranlund has worked on recently are thedoors in the Mpls/St. Paul Weddings maga-zine, a mock-up window for the SchubertTheater, and one of the holes for a miniaturegolf fundraiser (in the shape of one ofPrince’s guitars).

Granlund’s 10th-grade daughter, Roisen,took the photo.

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GustavusalumniassociationThe mission of the Alumni Association is tofacilitate among former students lifelongrelationships with Gustavus and with eachother, to enable alumni to actively advanceand engage in the mission of the College.

OFFICERSJeffrey Heggedahl ’87, President &

Ex-officio Member, Board of TrusteesChristopher Rasmussen ’88, Vice PresidentRandall Stuckey ’83, Executive SecretaryKelly Waldron ’84, TreasurerRonald White ’75, Past President &

Ex-officio Member, Board of Trustees

BOARD MEMBERSTerM exPIreS FALL 2011 Jennifer Krempin Bridgman ’96,

Alexandria, vAAdam Eckhardt ’08, MinneapolisJeffrey Heggedahl ’87, MinneapolisJanna King ’76, MinneapolisRichard Olson ’82, edina

TerM exPIreS FALL 2012Sandra Luedtke Buendorf ’62, St. PeterSara Tollefson Currell ’95, St. PaulChristopher Enstad ’96, CrystalBrian Norelius ’96, LindstromL. Charles Potts ’01, richfieldChristopher Rasmussen ’88,

Columbia HeightsPaul Schiminsky ’93, Las vegas, NvScott Swanson ’85, edinaGretchen Taylor ’08, MoorheadJoNes Van Hecke ’88, Pella, IA

TerM exPIreS FALL 2013Catherine Asta ’75, edinaMichael Dueber ’89, St. PaulLuther Hagen ’88, Apple valleyGordon Mansergh ’84, Decatur, GAJeffrey Marshall ’75, Houston, TxKay Rethwill Moline ’56, St. PeterMatthew Olson ’10, MankatoTina Wold Royer ’78, evelethMarisa Schloer ’09, Minneapolis

eMerITUSJim “Moose” Malmquist ’53, Scandia

STUDeNT MeMBerMegan Myhre ’11, Bloomington

CLASS NEWS and information to be included in the Alumni section of theQuarterly should be sent to:

Office of Alumni relations Gustavus Adolphus College800 West College AvenueSt. Peter, MN 56082-1498phone � 800-487-8437e-mail � [email protected] � gustavus.edu/alumni/submit

Peterson receives Nicollet County Outstanding Senior Citizen Award

Ellery Peterson ’49, St. Peter, was named the 2010 Nicollet County Out-standing Senior Citizen and attended the Minnesota State Fair for aspecial award ceremony honoring this year’s senior citizen recipients.Peterson received this award because of his involvement in the St. PeterKiwanis Club and other organizations around the Nicollet County com-munity. Peterson is Gustavus professor emeritus of economics andmanagement, having taught from 1957–91. His other service involvementhas been with the Rotary Club, First Lutheran Church, the St. Peter CityCouncil, and the St. Peter Economic Development Authority. Peterson isa Gustavus alumnus who has demonstrated the Gustavus core values ofservice and community.

Celebrating her 70th anniversary

Daughters Ruth Pearson Mc-Cutcheon ’72 and Kate PearsonHalverson ’67 helped EvelynStrom Pearson ’40 celebratethe 70th anniversary of hergraduation last May on campus.

Still in circulationLois Skillrud ’50 writes, “When we graduated from Gustavus in 1950, there were 12 of us friendswho agreed to have a round-robin letter circulated among us.” Now, 60 years later, that letter isstill in circulation. Five of the eight surviving members had dinner together during Commence-

ment Weekend (along withthe husbands of two—alsofrom the Class of 1950):seated from left are JohnEsbjornson and Marlys Pe-terson; standing are HaroldSkillrud, Lois DickhartSkillrud, Marie NorbergBergstrom, Carol Ost-gaard Esbjornson, andDonna Benson Barnett.Absent but still active inthe group are JoycePauley Gardner, MaryHarper Schultz, and Mar-jorie Swenson Gores.

Cartford publishes bookLarry Cartford ’59, Sun Lakes, AZ, has published a book titled FromPastor to Atheist, published by Xlibris. Religion has been a powerfuland determinative force in human life throughout recorded history, yetmany religions have flourished and then died out. Cartford argues thatwhat religions consider to be their exclusive domains—eternal life, spir-ituality, morality, and truth—are not solely theirs: he writes that moral-ity and spirituality are innate in the “human beingness” in all people,that eternal life is a noble destiny for all people regardless of whatgods if any they accept, and that truth is known through reason ratherthan revelation. Read more at frompastortoatheist.com.

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E-mail: [email protected] Peterson Manfred, Minneapolis,orgaized “Music with Mim,” a Fourth ofJuly musical revue at Summit Place,

eden Prairie. She has played gathering musicfor Gustavus Library Associates’ St. LuciaLuncheon and Author Day.

class agent: Arlene Sorenson HigginsE-mail: [email protected] Schuman Stein, Bloomington,

is retired from nursing and enjoys attendingFriends of Scandinavia and young In Heart.

50th Anniversary: May 27–28, 2011class agent: virgene Grack Sehlin

E-mail: [email protected] S. Lehman, Gainesville, FL, is a rosteredpastor in Lutheran Congregations in Mission forChrist.

class agent: position openE-mail: [email protected] Sten Asboe-Hansen, Denmark, is an

eye surgeon.

class agent: position openE-mail: [email protected] Jean Bjorling Young, Ghana, works at

Saboba Medical Centre in Ghana.

class agent: Todd DokkenE-mail: [email protected] Eric W. Stokhuyzen, Netherlands, is

director of alliances for KLM royal DutchAirlines � Julian L. Swanson, Dayton, IA, is aninterim pastor at Immanuel Lutheran inBurnside.

class agent: Paul HecktE-mail: [email protected] Elizabeth Gordon Sachs, New york, Ny,

started a project in Africa called the Children’sradio Foundation.

35th Anniversary: Sept. 30–Oct. 1, 2011class agent: Bruce Olson

E-mail: [email protected] Olson, Brooklyn Park, founding memberof Olson Sound Design, has been elected a gov-ernor for the Audio engineering Society, Inc., aninternational organization that unites audio en-gineers, creative artists, scientists, and studentsworldwide and is the only professional societydevoted exclusively to audio technology. �Scott E. Olson, North Mankato, is a pastor atGrace Lutheran Church.

class agents: position openE-mail: [email protected] S. Malmberg, Denton, Tx, is a staff

physician assistant for Southern region MedicalHub #1 for the Boy Scouts of America.

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� Class agent visits 1959 classmates in SeattleClass Agent Carol Johnson Heyl Stone ’59 was in Seattle last June and had a good time visitingother Gusties. Pictured from left are Roger Lund ’57, Connie Ostrom Lund ’59, Paul Borg ’58,Marian Fickes Borg ’59, Carol Johnson Heyl Stone ’59, Muriel Doherty Haegele ’59, Avis Baldwin Rill ’59, and Bill Rill ’59.

A presidential roundTwo “Oles”—St. Olaf graduateJon Nymo (left) and Gustavuspresident Jack Ohle—joined50th-anniversary classmatesJerry Thrall ’60 (second fromright) and Mark Anderson ’60for a round of golf at the Gus-tavus golf teams’ annualfundraiser event at the LeSueur Country Club.

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ALUMNI CLASS REUNIONS 2011Class of 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, and 50 Year Club

May 27 & 28, 2011

Classes of 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006September 30 and October 1, 2011,

Sesquicentennial Kickoff and Homecoming Weekend

If you wish to serve on your class reunion committee,

contact the Office of Alumni relations at 800-487-8437 or

[email protected].

Information will be included in class letters,

postcards, and on

the alumni website.

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class agent: position openE-mail: [email protected] J. Davidson, St. Paul, is a reg-

istered nurse and volunteers at LyngblomstenCare Center � Susan Wilke Follese, MapleGrove, is a senior account manager at FinancialConcepts Inc.

class agents: Cindy Holmes Carlson,Kent StoneE-mail: [email protected]

Joy K. Lintelman, Moorhead, received an Awardof Merit from the American Association forState and Local History’s Leadership in HistoryAwards for her book, I Go to America.

35th Anniversary: Sept. 30–Oct. 1, 2011class agents: Steve Heim,

Leslie NielsenE-mail: [email protected] Richard Klein, Lawton, OK, is the chair of the theatre arts department at Cameron University.

class agents: Brad Somero,Karin StoneE-mail: [email protected]

Linda S. Sibert, york, PA, received a master ofscience degree in nursing from york College.She is a clinical nurse specialist for the Heartand vascular Center at Memorial Hospital ofyork.

class agents: Carole Arwidson, Ken ericsonE-mail: [email protected]

Duke A. Paluch, Superior, CO, is the executivedirector at the rocky Mountain Tennis Center �Charles E. Schultz, Minneapolis, is president ofrebound Media, a communications and adver-tising company.

class agent: Susan Johnson ChwalekE-mail: [email protected] B. Olson, Brooklyn Park, is a com-

pliance specialist at Target � Eric S. Peterson,Moorhead, is assistant professor of chemistry atConcordia College � Mark A. Stenzel, Coonrapids, is a district sales manager at Tensionenvelope Corporation � Scott T. Swanson,edina, is vice president at PrAGMATeK Con-sulting Group � Julie Dee Weisenhorn, Mound,is the state director for the University of Min-nesota extension Master Gardener program andan extension educator in horticulture and sus-tainable landscape design.

25th Anniversary: Sept. 30–Oct. 1, 2011class agents: Melinda Moen Batz, Dave

Meyers, Dan Murray, Sara Freeman rekowE-mail: [email protected] A. Amsden, St. Peter, is a high school prin-cipal for the Sibley east school district � CaroleL. Rogotzke, Lakeville, works in the Delta Al-liances Information Technology group.

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Gusties sailed the Danube to the Black Sea in earlysummer 2010. Pictured in Romania near the end oftheir journey are, from left, Diana Jacobson Martens’62, Craig Martens ’62, Reet Lind Henze ’62, andMiriam Lind Lagus ’61.

Annual gathering traditionMeeting this year for lunch on Oct. 9 in Northfield,women from the Class of 1963 carried on their tradi-tion of an annual gathering each year since theirgraduation. Those attending the gathering this yearwere, seated from left, Peggy Kretschmer Brinkman,Addy Blotter Roadfeldt, Nancy Johnson Knoell, andJan Haeberlin; standing, Christine Swenson Wilmot,Mary Sundberg Larson, Sharon Shaver Pinney, Eu-nice Holm Fultz, Carolyn Helgeson Liebenow, LornaJohnson Breiter, Marlys Schneider Swenson, EdnaRask Erickson, Nancy Beck Strom, and HeatherHarshberger Fluck.

Celebrating 45Class of 1965 Gustavusgraduates met tospend a fun night atthe Bird House Inn andGardens in Excelsiorbefore attending their45th-anniversary classreunion at Gustavus.Pictured in the backrow, from left, areSusan YoungdahlHogan, Ethel LindRichard, Gloria SpongJohnson, Ilsa BerkaOlson, and Kathy Con-nor Schwandt. In frontare Linda JohnsonDiller, Sooty Spauld-ing Welte, JoanBernard Kojis, Shan-non Shawbold Foster,and Cindy StordahlSullivan. Not presentfor the photo wereKathy Noyes Mayerand Susan BergquistLindvall.

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class agents: Tom Alexander, LeeFahrenz, Steve HarstadE-mail: [email protected]

Kaye Andrews Peloquin, Lititz, PA, is wholesalesales manager at Primatives by Kathy � Peter D.Stapay, Breckenridge, CO, is vice president ofsales, marketing, and business development atHealthation.

class agents: Gail Chase ericson,Luther Hagen, Jamin Johnson, JoAnnWackerfuss Quackenbush

E-mail: [email protected] Riebesell Amsden, St. Peter, is a businessanalyst with Davisco Foods and Cambria � JulieNemetz Douglas, Geneva, IL, is director of com-munication ministry at rejoice Lutheran Church� Pedar W. Foss, Greencastle, IN, is dean of aca-demic life at DePauw University � Ann BarbergGeyer, Frederick, MD, is an academic officemanager at Frederick Community College andsells Jewels by Park Lane � Geoff Gorres,Amery, WI, was issued his second U.S. patent,for a device called Cath-Check � Luther J.Hagen, Apple valley, is the founder of the an-nual run for Blood 5K, which is now in its sec-ond year and benefits the American red Cross;he is an LPL financial adviser and branch man-ager for Hagen Financial Advantage, Inc. � DanJohnson, Golden valley, is the regional vicepresident of operations for the central regionfor Country Financial � Julie Musser Johnson,Golden valley, works part-time for MCS Litiga-tion Support � Rob Melin, Saukville, WI, is a reg-istered financial representative with Newengland Financial, the Wisconsin Group � Gre-gory Peterson, rochester, owns and runs Ma-chinery Pete, including a segment on theMachinery Show on rFD-Tv � Lara G. Peterson,Bellevue, WA, works with all product and chan-nel marketing for Windows Home Server world-wide at Microsoft � Dave Pieper, Caledonia, is adistrict sales manager with Mutual of Omaha �Christina M. Pierson, Minneapolis, is a publicand government affairs professional at PresenceStrategies � Isabel R. Rogan, Omaha, Ne,teaches critical care nursing, world civilizationand history, and nursing history at NebraskaMethodist College, where she was elected fac-ulty senate president this spring � Lynn Ander-son Tomlinson, rushville, IL, teacheskindergarten.

class agents: Liesl Batz, Dan Michel,Anne K. Miller, Scott NelsonE-mail: [email protected]

Jennifer Winters Meagher, Browerville, re-ceived her doctorate in education from SaintMary’s University of Minnesota � Kurt F.Tjossem, Columbia, MD, is deputy regional di-rector of the International rescue Committee.

class agent: Annie MarshallE-mail: [email protected] Johnson Hagen, eden Prairie,

graduated from Northwestern Health SciencesUniversity with a certificate in massage therapyand owns right as rain Massage.

class agents: Craig Anderson, KristenLamontE-mail: [email protected]

Paul D. Schiminsky, Las vegas, Nv, completed amaster’s degree in construction management atthe University of Las vegas-Nevada and is CeOat AACSS, Inc.

class agents: renae MunstermanLokpez, Anita Stockwell ripken,Gretchen Anderson Zinsli

E-mail: [email protected] Olson Cooley, Louisville, Ky, is pursuing amaster of divinity degree at Louisville Presbyte-rian Theological Seminary � Darin D. Pavlish,Savage, is a state sales coordinator at Aflac �Kris Koehler Vogel, edina, is a senior wellnessconsultant at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.

class agents: Beth Wiberg Barbosa,Karen Boschee Chenvert, SaraTollefson Currell

E-mail: [email protected] Strom Anderson, St. Paul, is a continuousquality improvement manager and complianceofficer at MHr, Inc. � Gina Goick Mangum, Boul-der, CO, is a body-centered life-purpose coachfor Sole Purpose, Inc.

15th Anniversary: Sept. 30–Oct. 1, 2011class agent: Andrea Solomon

E-mail: [email protected] D. Grussing, eden Prairie, is vice presi-dent/business development for MedventureTechnology, Inc. � Sybil A. Keesbury, Advance,NC, earned her doctorate of education fromGardner-Webb University and is a professor ofeducation at Mercer University � Stacy J. Klein,Burnsville, is an employment and training coun-selor for Scott County � John Kolden, InverGrove Heights, is vice president for agent serv-ices of Network F.O.B., a nationwide third-partylogistics firm based in eagan.

class agents: Melissa Levesque-Piela,Josh Peterson, Stef TuckerE-mail: [email protected]

Betsy Maloney Leaf, New Hope, is earning herPh.D. in art education from the University ofMinnesota � Brian D. Rolig, West St. Paul,teaches english in the St. Paul Public Schools �Jennifer S. Vickerman, Minneapolis, is an inde-pendent representative with Silpada Designs �Tara L. Zahler, Bloomington, IN, is a Ph.D. stu-dent in second language studies and is an asso-ciate instructor at Indiana University.

class agents: Karen Delgehausen, GigiWait Dobosenski, Brad Peterson, AliciaSutphen Schimke

E-mail: [email protected] DeLoach Deitner, Lindstrom, teachessecond grade at Lake elmo elementary � RohanPatell, Amsterdam, is a business project man-ager - revenue management at KLM.

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Join other Gusties for a morning cup ofcoffee and breakfast while getting an up-date on Gustavus—a great way to meetand network with Gusties in the TwinCities. The group will meet the third

Wednesday of each month at:

Doubletree Hotel, Minneapolis-Park Place

1500 Park Place Boulevard (Hwy. 394 & Hwy. 100)

8 a.m. breakfast, 8:30 program

$10 per person

Reserve by calling or e-mailingthe office of alumni Relations,

800-487-8437 [email protected]

SCHEDULED SPEAKERSDec. 15, 2010

Neal Hagberg ’81 and Leandra Peak ’83,folk musicians

January 19, 2011Mike Carroll, women’s hockey coach, andBrett Petersen, men’s hockey coach

February 16, 2011Thomas Crady, vice president for enrollment management

March 16, 2011Katherine Knutson, assistant professorof political science

April 20, 2011Warren Wunderlich, director of physicalplant

May 18, 2011Carolyn O’Grady, director of international and cultural education

June 15, 2011Grady St. Dennis ’92, director of church relations

July 20, 2011Dean Wahlund ’72, director of commu-nication services and special eventsSteve Waldhauser ’70, director of edito-rial services

August 17, 2011Barb Larson Taylor ’93, assistant to thepresident for special projects

Speakers’ schedules may change, soplease see gustavus.edu/alumni for

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Brett Aamot ’82Daughter, Mariel AamotWillmar, MN

Jeff Adamsheck ’79 Kim Amundson Adamsheck ’79 (deceased)

Daughter, Hallee AdamsheckMinnetonka, MN

Ted Almen ’80Daughter, Jordan AlmenKerkhoven, MN

Kathy Erickson Anderson ’81Son, erik AndersonAppleton, WI

Miriam Anderson ’81Daughter, Kelsey AbeleBelton, MO

Teri Carter Anderson ’79Sons, Cody and Duncan AndersonMaple Grove, MN

Marc and Wendy (Ericksen) Bachman ’88 ’87

Son, Beau BachmanSt. Peter, MN

Jeanette Solberg Baclar ’88Andrew Deardorff ’89

Daughter, Katherine DeardorffChanhassen, MN

Ronda Petersen Bayer ’83Daughter, Caitlin Bayerrogers, MN

Nancy Benjamin Belpedio ’77 (de-ceased)

Daughter, emilie BelpedioCoon rapids, MN

Kristi Molbert Benz ’88Daughter, elida BenzSteele, ND

Jonathan and Ellie (Dunlavey) Berg ’87 ’87

Daughter, estee BergStillwater, MN

Susan Erickson Dobbelstein ’67Daughter, Annalise DobbelsteinBemidji, MN

Mark and Emily (Nyblad) Dumais ’81 ’78

Daughter, Kelly DumaisIdaho Falls, ID

Mike and Cindy (Stark) Dysthe ’85 ’85Daughter, Julia DystheWhite Bear Lake, MN

Randy Erdahl ’75Son, Matthew erdahlChaska, MN

Preston Euerle ’86Son, Kellan euerleSt. Cloud, MN

Stu and Tammy (Olson) Flolid ’82 ’81Son, evan FlolidChanhassen, MN

Char Wurst Flotterud ’80Son, Matthew FlotterudCannon Falls, MN

Elizabeth Fritz-Hoekstra ’87Son, elliot HoekstraMendota Heights, MN

Jen Gilberg ’98Daughter, Haylee GoransonCloquet, MN

Betty Kopischke Gilchrist ’79 (deceased)

Daughter, rebekah GilchristMadison Lake, MN

Jon Hansen ’76Daughter, erin HansenBloomington, MN

Brent and Cathy (Villars) Harms ’82 ’85Daughter, Jennifer HarmsApple valley, MN

Gregory Hilding ’81Son, Kyle HildingSpicer, MN

2010–11 SECOND-GENERATION GUSTIES

Move-in day gallery1. Kathleen, Mariel ’14, Brett Aamot ’822. John ’12, Kathy Erickson Anderson ’81,

Erik ’143. Cathy Villars Harms ’85, Jennifer ’14,

Kelsey, Brent Harms ’824. Amy ’14, Frank Larson ’83, William,

Jennifer Strand Larson ’84, Anna ’115. Carol Chell Talus ’84, Eric ’14, Doug

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Corey Husu ’78Son, Jonathon HusuLino Lakes, MN

Bruce Jacobson ’80Daughter, Laurel JacobsonSouth Haven, MN

Jim Jensen ’75Daughter, rebecca JensenPrior Lake, MN

Jean Hels Keske ’83Son, Jonathan KeskeSavage, MN

Steve and Julie (Brudwick) Kjellgren ’86 ’86

Daughter, Grace KjellgrenSt. Peter, MN

Frank and Jennifer (Strand) Larson ’83 ’84

Daughter, Amy LarsonWayzata, MN

Lynn Flogstad Lenort ’80Daughter, Samara LenortBloomington, MN

Dean and Heidi (Ohr) Lundgren ’81’83

Son, erik LundgrenCannon Falls, MN

Jeff and Lynn (Regli) Mauston ’83 ’85Daughter, Casey Maustonvirginia, MN

Kevin and Laureen (Ross) McCalib ’79 ’80

Son, reed McCalibMahtomedi, MN

Marlys Sandve McDevitt ’82Daughter, Anna McDevittLakeville, MN

AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MESSAGE TO

CLASS OF 2014delivered by Christopher Enstad ’97at the Presidnet’s Banquet for the Class of 2014

Nineteen years ago I attended the President’s banquet as a first-year stu-dent. I remember trying very hard to be cool, not to look too nervous. I hadalready met a lot of people but first impressions were important so I had mynice church pants on and the sweater my mom bought me for the cool falldays here on the hill.

I sat down at the table; my plate was put in front of me. I grabbed my forkand knife, and proceeded to flip the entire plate onto the front of my newsweater and nice pants. Quite the suave first impression.

Twenty years ago almost nobody had their own computer. We had towalk across campus to a computer lab. I remember when one of our neigh-bors in North Hall bought a computer and we all stood around the door asit was wired into the phone line to dial up the campus Internet system.

Today we all carry around the Internet in our pockets, and in true 21st-century fashion I “crowdsourced” this welcome by asking all of my Gustiefriends on Facebook to tell me what they would say to welcome you intothe Gustie family.

So here are just a few brief words from some of the alumni cheering youon today:

“If you think you just had the best four years of your life, these next fourwill make those look tame, and if you do it right they will serve you as yourlaunch pad into the rest of your life.”

“Beating ’em and busting ’em is indeed our custom, but above all thesefour years ahead of you at this school are your chance to truly shine.”

“Don’t be afraid to talk to your professors—they’re human too.” Well,some of them . . .

“Use these four years to feed your mind, body, and spirit.”“Try new things; it’s only by stepping out of your comfort zone that you

will more fully discover your calling in this world.”“The people you meet here will be the ones you cherish the most the rest

of your life.”And of course one of my friends wanted to make sure that I tell you that I

met my wife here at Gustavus, and she is by far the best thing that I couldhave ever taken away from this place.

Those are just some of the comments made to me but the truth is thatthere are 25,000 alumni in the world cheering each of you on. We all have astake in this place, in you, and we are all curious to see how each one of youmake your life count. Being a Gustie is not just a four-year experience. youhave begun a lifelong journey of engagement with this place and thefriends you will meet here.

Twenty-five thousand Gustie alumni welcome you to the family. Workhard, study hard, play hard, get involved, and learn what it means for you tolive a life of faith, service, community, justice, and excellence.

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Joni Lind McLean ’80Daughter, Kristine McLeanSt. Paul, MN

Kimberly Murphy-Teigland ’92Daughter, Arynn TeiglandSt. Cloud, MN

Pete and Cassandra (Weltsch) Nelson ’84 ’84

Son, Mitchell NelsonSt. Peter, MN

Dean Nissen ’77Son, Mark NissenHutchinson, MN

Francis Nketia ’83Son, Kwesi NketiaPlano, Tx

Andrew Olson ’85Daughter, emily OlsonMinneapolis, MN

Karen Olson ’84Glenn Merrick ’84

Son, Kyle MerrickDuluth, MN

James O’Neill ’84Daughter, Claire O’Neilledina, MN

Pam Snell Osborn ’83Daughter, renee OsbornChanhassen, MN

Beth Lunden Palm ’82Daughter, Jenny PalmPark rapids, MN

Beth Nephew Pederson ’86Daughter, elisabeth PedersonDuluth, MN

Jane Gosselin Phillips ’78Daughter, Annie PhillipsShorewood, MN

Lori Feder-Pietsch ’89Son, Jason PietschMadelia, MN

Kurt Raatz ’87Daughter, Grace Henke-raatzApple valley, MN

Susan Ripley ’80Daughter, elizabeth JohnsonPlymouth, MN

Jim Roberge ’90Son, Colin robergeZimmerman, MN

Roger Rogotzke ’80Son, Jay rogotzkeSleepy eye, MN

Deb Johnson Rosenberg ’79Daughter, Andrea rosenbergeden Prairie, MN

John Sandstrom ’74Daughter, Kirstin SandstromSilver Bay, MN

Jeffrey Schramm ’80Son, Seth SchrammMinneapolis, MN

Darlene Hulstrand Schroeder ’75Son, Dempsey SchroederPennock, MN

David and Beth (Seamon) Schwarz ’92 ’88

Son, Jacob SchwarzGrand Marais, MN

Mark Stenzel ’85Daughter, Lauren StenzelCoon rapids, MN

Doug and Carol (Chell) Talus ’83 ’84Son, eric TalusPlymouth, MN

Russ and Sandy (Karow) Timmerman ’76 ’84

Son, Joshua TimmermanPrior Lake, MN

Paul Tinklenberg ’87Daughter, Alissa TinklenbergWillmar, MN

Tom and Linda (Williams) Tollefson ’80 ’84

Daughter, erin TollefsonNorthfield, MN

Todd and Gretchen (Gunderson) Wenzel ’84 ’84

Son, Wyatt WenzelSt. Paul, MN

Mark Wick ’85Son, Anders WickDuluth, MN

Carl Wicklund ’74Daughter, Callie WicklundNicholasville, Ky

Robyn Rucks Woods ’89Daughter, Alecia WoodsKasota, MN

6. Julie Brudwick Kjellgren ’86, Grace ’14,Steve Kjellgren ’86

7. Jim O'Neill ’84, Claire ’14, Ellen8. Lynn Regli Mauston ’85, Jeff Mauston ’83,

Callie, Casey ’149. Cassandra Weltsch Nelson ’84, Mitch ’14,

Peter Nelson ’84

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Words of gratitude from a student to alumniDuring the first week of classes this fall, a thank-you addressed to all Gustavus alumni arrived in the Office of AlumniRelations from Amanda Smith, a first-year student from Duluth.Her words provide the best reminder that the work we do is allabout our students and providing opportunities. The note reads:

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class agents: position openE-mail: [email protected] A. Hauschild, Minneapolis, is a

sourcing manager at Accenture � Kari Petrasek,Lynnwood, WA, was sworn in as 2010-11 youngLawyers Division president for the WashingtonState Bar Association.

class agents: Corey Bartlett, BonnieDahlke, Meghan KrauseE-mail: [email protected]

Linda A. Lanz, received a Ph.D. from rice Uni-versity in linguistics � Julie Mattson Zamora,Minneapolis, is a youth programs specialist atMothers Against Drunk Driving.

10th Anniversary: Sept. 30–Oct. 1, 2011class agent: Hal DeLarosby, Lana

elsenpeter MatzekE-mail: [email protected] L. Cederlind, Dulles, vA, is administrativeassistant for the National Symphony Orchestraat the Kennedy Center and is a member of theChoral Arts Society � Angie Erickson-Grussing,St. Joseph, is an instructor of Spanish at theCollege of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s Univer-sity � Jonathan T. Poole, Dulles, vA, is a specialagent in the Diplomatic Security Service, cur-rently assigned to Washington, DC.

class agents: Karen WarkentienOglesby, Katherine Medbery OlesonE-mail: [email protected]

Isaac Anderson, Minneapolis, is a business de-velopment consultant at Oracle Corporation �Jess Behrends, Annandale, is grant and perdiem liaison/homeless outreach social worker atSt. Cloud vA Medical Center � Maggie Berndt,Chicago, IL, is a publicist for the Chicago Sym-phony Orchestra � Marissa Kolander Letscher,Cedar rapids, IA, is director of children andfamily ministries at First Lutheran Church.

class agents: Audra Mueller, LeslieWilcox rosedahlE-mail: [email protected]

Katie Bradley, Minneapolis, played the title char-acter in the Children’s Theatre Company’s pro-duction of Disney’s Mulan Jr., staged in May andJune 2010 � Danny Dietl, Minneapolis, is a real-tor at realty executives Associates � Joel Fis-cher, Minneapolis, is a consultant at Carlsonventures enterprise at Carlson School of Man-agement � Sarah Grimsby McQuade, Sioux Falls,SD, is a copywriter for Meta Payment Solutions.

class agents: Amanda Frie, Marnie NelsonE-mail: 2004classagent@ gustavus.edu

Jake Hauck, Shoreview, is an attorney-editor atThomson reuters � Marnie K. Nelson is earning

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President Jack and Krisohle and other staff mem-bers from the college willbe attending a Gustavusevent in your area in 2011to provide an update ofthe major initiatives inplace for the 150th aca-demic year of the college.mark your calendarstoday; more specificarrangements will bemailed later.

chapter Event Dates January 7, 2011 Palm springs January 8, 2011 los angeles January 9, 2011 san Francisco February 8, 2011 tucson February 10, 2011 Phoenix January 27, 2011 seattleFebruary 11, 2011 Denver march 2, 2011 Boston march 4, 2011 new York march 5, 2011 Washington, D.c. march 26, 2011 Jacksonville march 28, 2011 orlando march 29, 2011 tampa march 30, 2011 naples april 29, 2011 chicago

GUSTAVUS ON THE ROAD

Dear GAC Alumni,

Thank you for the gener-

ous grant. I appreciate it as

it helped make Gustavus

my top college by making

it affordable for me. I’m so

excited to be a Gustie this

fall! I’m planning to study

pre-medicine and major in

biochemistry and molecu-

lar biology. I may even look

into learning more about

my Swedish heritage.

Thanks again!

your fellow Gustie,

Amanda Smith

MOMENTS FROM THE LAST 150 YEARS . . . SUBMIT YOUR PHOTO!

During the 2011–12 school year, Gustavus will celebrate its 150th academic year. Photographs are being collected for possible use in various Sesquicentennial proj-ects, including a 16-month wall calendar and an online Gustie Gallery. Photos—pastor present—of Gustavus landscapes, landmarks, special events, and Gusties in-ac-tion living out the core values of excellence, service, justice, faith, and communityare being sought. For more specifics, visit Gustie Gallery at gustavus.edu/150/.


her master’s degree in international educationpolicy and management at Vanderbilt Univer-sity � Natalie C. Rosengren, Minneapolis, is acustomer marketing manager at NBC Universal� Sarah R. Volz, Huntington, WV, is in the pedi-atric residency program at Good SamaritanHospital.

Class Agents: Liz Zappetillo Lewis,Becky Neitzke, Jessica Nelson, AnneShipley, Anne Michaletz Viljaste

E-mail: [email protected] A. Harrison, Minneapolis, is communica-tion coordinator for SKIP Peru and interactivemarketing producer at Target � Bethany HirstJensen, Minot, ND, graduated from CreightonUniversity School of Dentistry and is in privatepractice as a general dentist with her father �Mark J. Jensen, Minot, ND, teaches fifth gradeand coaches high school football for Minot Pub-lic Schools � Brandy Stuve-Shupien, Rockford,works in accounting at TCF Equipment Finance� Will Sutor, Brooklyn Park, is a personal injuryattorney at The Landau Law Group, PA � JoeUlwelling, Baudette, is a business officer forBorder State Bank.

5th Anniversary: Sept. 30–Oct. 1, 2011Class Agents: Katie Parks Cochran,

Mollie Peterson Dvorak, Anders Eckman, MattForbes, Jessica Olson, Matt Swenson E-mail: [email protected] Mattson Ask, St. Paul, received hermaster of divinity degree from Luther Seminaryand accepted her first call at Christ the KingLutheran Church in Atlanta, GA � Jonathan D.Carlson, Madison, WI, completed a master ofscience degree in forest ecology and manage-ment from Michigan Technological Universityand is working toward a master of arts degreein library and information studies at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin–Madison � Mollie PetersonDvorak, Little Canada, graduated from LutherSeminary with a master of divinity degree �Blythe Bittman Mitchell, Eden Prairie, gradu-ated from Northwestern Health Sciences and isa licensed massage therapist � Zach Mitchell,Eden Prairie, is in his last year of chiropracticschool at Northwestern Health Sciences �Becca Nolan, Eden Prairie, is a store operationsbusiness process consultant for Target Corpora-tion � Chris Van Fossen, San Jose, CA, is a net-work liaison at Hurricane Electric.

Class Agents: Erica Brown, BarryCattadoris, Travis Michelson, BenRichter, Adam Tehle

E-mail: [email protected] Bachelani, Topeka, KS, received a jurisdoctorate with certifications in tax law andbusiness and transactional from Washburn Uni-versity School of Law � Jo M. Ellison, St. LouisPark, received her master’s degree in clinicalpsychology from the University of North Dakota� Gregg A. Fuerstenberg, Luverne, is a law stu-dent at William Mitchell College of Law andworks part-time as an auditor for the Minnesota

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� Gustie theatre cast reunionLast July Gustavus friends gathered for a cast reunion of the campus production She Stoops toConquer, then planned to attend the Guthrie Theatre’s production of the same play, a play theseGusties performed 45 years ago at Gustavus. Unfortunately the Guthrie was staging A StreetcarNamed Desire, but the group still enjoyed a backstage tour and their time together. Pictured,front row seated, are Deidra Moehring Gustavson ’66, Sue Pepin Peterson ’65, Idelle SabesWalton ’68, Eric Gustavson ’66, Cheryl Downey ’66, and Gustavus professor emeritus LarryOwen. In the back row are Gary Rankila ’68, Bill Murphy ’67, Jim Walton ’69, Linda GulderHuett ’66, Jim Peterson ’64, Emme Lundeen Fallen ’68, and Vern Victorson ’66.

� OK fraternity reunionOmega Kappa fraternity brothers from the Classes of 1966 through 1973 gathered at John Moor-head’s home on August 20 to share fraternity stories, laughs, and an opportunity to renew oldfriendships that date back over 40 years. The spirit and the traditions of the fraternity live on.Pictured first row from left are Lee Tollefson ’68, Rick Zweig ’68, John Moorhead ’68, BlakeShelton ’69, Jim Lindberg ’68, John Menge ’66, Ted Schramm ’68, and Jim Schoenrock ’68. Inthe second row are Greg Benson ’69, Marlin Rudebusch ’68, Ken Losch ’68, Keith Witter ’69,Jim Krieger ’68, Chuck Lewensten ’68, and Ron Hobart ’69. In the third row are Jim Henrichsen’68, Mike Karels ’68, Paul Swanson ’71, Dave Swanson ’69, Bruce Anderson ’70, Jon Schoen-rock ’69, Ron Witter ’68, John Greupner ’70, and Terry Ische ’66. Not pictured are Phil Carlson’68 (photographer), Mark Bernhardson ’71, Tom Swanson ’73, and Jim Nolan ‘66.

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Department of Transportation � Maria A. Kas-dagly is working on her master’s degree incommunity nutrition at Colorado State Univer-sity � Katie Leaf, Center City, received a masterof architecture degree from University of Min-nesota � Eric D. Olson, Alexandria, VA, receiveda juris doctor from Georgetown University LawCenter in May 2010 � John C. Ryan, GrandForks, ND, is a marketing and clinical specialistat Bloodguys International Inc. � Breanne Sta-ples Stuckey, West Des Moines, IA, received adoctor of physical therapy degree fromCreighton University and is employed at Physio-therapy Associates in Des Moines.

Class Agents: Donny Bechtle, AdamEckhardt, Erin Larson, John Michaletz,Katelyn Nelson, Ben Olilla

E-mail: [email protected] R. Astrup, St. Louis Park, is attendingDes Moines University for a doctor of physicaltherapy degree � Cara A. Carlson, Alexandria, VA, works at Quad/Graphics in DC � Nhung H.Le, Medford, MA, is a supply chain management specialist at Maine Pointe, LLC � Mark Stuckey,West Des Moines, IA, is in his second year ofmedical school at Des Moines University � An-drew Twiton, Mount Horeb, WI, is attendingLuther Seminary � Brittany Krusemark Ward,Mankato, teaches kindergarten at Roosevelt Elementary School � Chris Ward, Mankato,teaches biology and anatomy at Mankato EastHigh School.

Class Agents: Holly Andersen, ChrisEdelbrock, Shawn Grygo, Nicole Parris,Maria Siegle

E-mail: [email protected] L. Gunderson, Shoreview, is a communica-tions and public relations intern at white-lightevents � Andy Haaheim, Chaska, teachesdiploma program and general biology at Inter-national Baccalaureate High School in Fridley �Sarah C. Hulke, is studying medieval and renais-sance studies at Durham University in northeastBritain � Heidi M. Larson, Avon, is pursuing amaster of arts degree in art and cultural man-agement at Saint Mary’s University and workingin ticketing services at the Minnesota Orchestra.

Class Agents: Mariah Bierl, Tara Blinn,Jennifer Broman, Katie Cummings,Casey Enevoldsen, Derek Holm,

Katelyn Johnson, Cathryn Nelson, Sara Schnell,Matt Schueffner, Jenn Syverson, Alison UtkeE-mail: [email protected] J. Blinn, Edina, is a management consult-ant with Genesis10 � Lauren T. Crome, Centen-nial, CO, is an administrative assistant atMaverick Systems � Amanda D. Fisher, Oakdale,is a provider advocate at CIGNA BehavioralHealth � Ryan T. Lee, Woodbury, is a master ofpublic policy student at the University of Min-nesota � Angel Matthes, St. Paul, passed hernursing boards and is a clinical/birthing assis-tant at Morning Star Women’s Health and BirthCenter � Amber M. Steffenhagen, Red Wing,teaches sixth grade at Garfield Elementary inMankato � Jill M. VanOsdol, is career programsassistant at Gustavus.

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Team members recall GYO Japan trip

The Gustavus Youth Out-reach (GYO) internationalteam that traveled toJapan in 1970 held a 40-year reunion in August.Seven of the eight stu-dents who served inchurches, schools, andBible Camps—and evensang at the ChristianPavilion at the World’sFair in Japan—met to-gether in the Twin Citiesfor nostalgia, fellowship,and sharing about life andthe place Gustavus had intheir life journeys. Theeighth person joined the group by webcam. Pictured from left are Jim Lobdell ’71, Jane Fed-dersen Timmerman ’70, Dennis Timmerman ’71, Kent Anderson ’71 (kneeling), Susan Kibler’72 (on monitor), Jeanne Sielaff-Daum ’71, Janice Hartsook ’70 (kneeling), and Linda JanischZiegler ’71.

In the halls of powerBy the age of 29, Steve Andreasen ’84 had what he calls “the best job in government.” Afterworking in Washington, D.C., with former counter-terrorism czar Richard Clark and then-Sena-tor Al Gore, he had joined the National Security Council to advise President Bill Clinton on de-fense policy and arms control. Nearly 20 years later, he was profiled in the April 2010Minnesota Monthly magazine by senior writer Tim Gihring in an article titled “Mr. Doomsday.”

These days Andreasen is teaching at the University of Minnesota, but he still consults withthe Nuclear Threat Initiative, a group comprising former Secretaries of State Henry Kissingerand George Schultz, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, and former Senator Sam Nunnthat is trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons. He told Gihring, “Two-thirds of all living for-mer secretaries of state and defense, as well as national security advisers, have endorsed ourvision. And since we came out with the original [plan], similar groups in European countrieshave written op-eds, some countries are explicitly embracing the plan, and others are workingin that direction.”

Each spring, as the final exam for the crisis management seminar he teaches at the Univer-sity of Minnesota, Andreasen runs his students through a simulated briefing of the presidenton security issues, something he’s had plenty of experience with, in settings ranging from AirForce One to the White House Situation Room. For last spring’s final, he asked Gihring to playthe president. “I sat in the middle of the classroom while students explained various eventsthat were supposedly unfolding around the globe,” Gihring recounted. “And then they offeredtheir advice. . . . My job was to question them.” It’s the advisers’ job to put things in perspec-tive for the president and balance priorities, Andreasen notes. “You can never lose sight ofmultiple balls.”

Murray meets Swedish ambassador at embassy dinner

Dan Murray ’86, Oakdale, MN, vicepresident, research, American Trans-portation Research Institute, metwith Volvo executives at the SwedishEmbassy. After the meeting thegroup attended a crayfish and aqua-vit dinner with Swedish AmbassadorJonas Hafström (pictured at left) andSwedish Minister Karin Olofsdotter.Olofsdotter told Murray that her visitto Gustavus last spring to present theRoyal Order of the Polar Star to for-mer Gustavus President James Pe-terson ’64 was one of the highlightsof her travels this year.

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On May 15, 2010,63 Gusties wentbirding. Many ofthese adventurerswere located righthere in Minnesota,but others werespread out throughout thecountry and stillothers were situated on differ-ent continents. Wherever theywere, these Gustiescompiled a list ofthe birds they sawon the first annualGustavus BirdingBig Day.


GUSTAVUS BIRDING A report by Robert Dunlap ’08

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BIG DAY A very respectable total of 370 bird species

was observed by participants across the globe,representing three continents (Africa, Europe,and North America), three countries (Sweden,Tanzania, and the United States), eight U.S.States (California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Min-nesota, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin),and eighteen different locations in Minnesota.To view the complete list of birds seen, visithttp://arboretum.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/07/27/gustavus-birding-big-day-2010-species-list/.The home team at Gustavus, led by arbore-

tum naturalist Bob Dunlap ’08, began birdingbefore dawn at 5 a.m. Joining him were BevMatson Gustafson ’56 and Steve Hogberg ’69,as well as a student from Jim Gilbert’s Environ-mental Studies class. Highlights of their earlymorning excursion included American Bittern,Sora, Virginia Rail, Trumpeter Swan, and GreatHorned Owl at Swan Lake, a large wetland com-plex ten miles west of St. Peter. As the daybrightened they briefly hiked the trails at Seven-Mile Creek County Park south of town; this areais known for attracting a variety of forest birdsduring spring and fall migration. Here the grouphad excellent looks at Veery and Blue-grayGnatcatcher among several migrating flycatch-ers and warblers. Back on campus in late morn-ing and mid-afternoon, several more studentsand faculty joined Dunlap for a stroll throughthe College’s Linnaeus Arboretum, catchingglimpses of Brown Thrasher, Blackburnian War-bler (a first for the arboretum), and the college’sever-present Cedar Waxwing flock. By the endof the day they had amassed a total of 87species, all within ten miles of St. Peter.A lazy backyard bird count from the north

side of St. Peter by “The Pams” (biology profes-sors Pam Kittelson and Pam Freeman) pro-duced the count’s only Eastern Screech-Owl; asingle bird was heard giving its tremolo call inthe evening. One of North America’s smallerowls, this species is very sporadically distributedthroughout Minnesota. And at the Econo Foodsgrocery store in downtown St. Peter, KristenLoken ’80 found a Killdeer frequenting the busyparking lot, the bird undoubtedly attracted tosome great deal on cut meats. Faith Walfrid Lindell ’56 spent her morning

observing the birds around Becketwood SeniorCo-op, a senior housing facility located alongthe Mississippi River about eight blocks from

Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, complete with12 acres of good birding and wildlife habitat.Among the more expected “city birds” thatFaith reported, a Northern Harrier entering anest in the same location as it had last year wasan especially nice find. Jess Schulz ’10 spent the day volunteering at

the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesotain Roseville. Among the birds that came in tothe center was a Chukar, an exotic species ofpartridge in Minnesota but one that has be-come naturalized in western North America.And Sarah Betzler ’10 observed two of theflashier species present at Seven-Mile CreekCounty Park: American Redstart and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.Chuck McGill ’84 is a regular observer of the

birds found along the nature trail near RiverCrest elementary in Hudson, Wis. As his sonplayed lacrosse at the elementary school, Chuckwas able to enjoy looks at Eastern Phoebe,Horned Lark, Northern Rough-winged Swallow,and Eastern Bluebird among other species.Chuck also blogs about his birdwalks and wel-comes readers (go tohttp://rivercrestbirds.wordpress.com). Elsewherein Wisconsin, Robert Schurrer ’02 spottedsome Sandhill Cranes while out turkey huntingin Hugo (he saw some Wild Turkeys, too), andLavonne Golnast Galbraith ’45 found a BarredOwl near Green Bay that she was able to sharewith both her daughter and granddaughter. Bruce Jones ’64 found a total of 80 bird

species in Washington, Virginia, located in thenortheast part of the state. On his list were bothBlack and Turkey vultures, Yellow-billed Cuckoo,Barn Owl, Acadian and Alder flycatchers,White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated and Prairiewarblers, Louisiana Waterthrush, and Yellow-breasted Chat. In Crawfordsville, Ind., LowellAnderson ’62 recorded Northern Bobwhite,Willow Flycatcher, Bell’s Vireo, Cerulean andWorm-eating warblers, Blue Grosbeak, and themost Red-headed Woodpeckers he’d seen in avery long time (this species is declining in manyparts of its range).In his Fort Collins, Colo., backyard, Lowell

McEwen ’52 found many species characteristicof the Rockies, including Pygmy Nuthatch,Lazuli Bunting, and Cassin’s Finch. A EurasianCollared-Dove in his yard might have been un-expected several years ago, but this introducedspecies once endemic to southern Asia has be-

come increasingly common throughout NorthAmerica since the first few birds were found insouthern Florida in the early 1980s. Elsewhere inthe West, Lois Wall Hellberg ’55 did someshore-birding around San Diego and found Lit-tle Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Brown Pelican,Marbled Godwit, American Avocet, Brant, andCalifornia Gull. Other good birds that Loisadded to the list include Lesser Goldfinch, BlackPhoebe, Anna’s and Allen’s hummingbirds,Western Scrub-Jay, Western Bluebird, HoodedOriole, Western Tanager, and California Quail, allfound near La Mesa.The largest species list came from Tanzania,

submitted by David Peterson ’73. Ninety per-cent of the 164 bird species he and Dr. ColinBeale found that day were observed within a ra-dius of one kilometer, which shows the differ-ence in diversity between the tropics of Africaand the more temperate zones of North Amer-ica. David describes their location as “right onthe edge of a large swamp that was pretty busy,with a minimum of 10 to 20 thousand waterbirds . . . on the other side was dry Acacia andDesert Date wooded scrubland where we got avery good representation of Somali Maasaibiome birds.” It’s difficult not to get excitedwhen one sees the names White-bellied Go-away Bird and Beautiful Sunbird. Equally im-pressive was a list from Gustavus biologyprofessor and Executive Director of the Lin-naeus Arboretum Cindy Johnson and herdaughter, Mara, who have been living in Tanza-nia for the past year on Johnson’s FulbrightAward. Among other interesting bird nameswere a Malachite Kingfisher and Lilac-breastedRoller; a quick online search for photos of thesebirds produces images that make our NorthernCardinals and Baltimore Orioles look like ordi-nary, ubiquitous House Sparrows.Many, many thanks to all of the Gustie birders

who went birding on May 15and reported theirlists back to Gustavus; their enthusiasm andeager participation in this first-annual eventmade it an undeniable success. You’re invited tojoin in next year for the second annual GustavusBirding Big Day on Saturday, May 14, 2011. Canwe break the 500-species mark?

Bob Dunlap ’08 has been campus naturalist andNobel Hall greenhouse coordinator at the Col-lege since graduating with biology and English majors in 2008.

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Martin named to Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Women in Business list

Last May Michele Vossen Martin ’86, Plymouth, MN, was named to a listof 51 winners of its annual Women in Business Awards byMinneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Each year, the Business Journalhonors 25 Women to Watch, leaders to keep an eye on for continuedsuccess, as well as 25 Industry Leaders who are at the forefront of theirindustries. Martin is managing director, Private Wealth Management atJ.P. Morgan & Co. Last year, J.P. Morgan’s private-client services busi-ness tapped Martin to expand its recently established Twin Cities office.Since then, she’s grown the local operation’s assets by about 60 per-cent, and expanded its client base by 90 percent. That accomplishmentis one of many for Martin, who has about 25 years’ experience in bank-ing. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, she was Minnesota director of privatebanking at M&I Bank’s wealth management division. Martin also serveson the boards of Family & Children’s Services and the Minneapolis Ro-tary Club Foundation.

Reporters meetTim Nelson ’89, the morning general assignment reporter for Minnesota Public Radio, was cov-ering an Amy Klobuchar press event during the State Fair in September. As he plugged in hisrecorder, Adam Carter ’98, the main day radio reporter from WCCO Radio, came up andplugged in beside him at the Agricultural Building. It was only as they engaged in small talk whileawaiting Klobuchar’s arrival that they discovered that they were both Gusties. “We’re often thetwo radio reporters covering Minnesota events,” says Nelson, “he AM and me FM.”

� Grant awarded Daytime EmmyIan Grant ’91, Minneapolis, has earned a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement inthe Special Class Series for his television show, The Relic Hunter with Ian Grant. The show re-ceived the award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on June 25 in Los An-geles. The Relic Hunter is produced by the Travel Channel and features Grant as he travels theworld to find amazing artifacts. From the steamy jungles of Peru to the remote mountains of Ro-mania, each episode showcases Grant as he immerses himself in the local culture with the ulti-mate goal of meeting and working alongside the master craftsmen who continue to use ancientmethods to create their traditional objects. Frequently invited into a village’s “inner circle,” Grant,who has studied at the National Gallery and the British Museum in London in a self structuredcourse and helped curate shows at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, is sometimes privileged towitness cultural celebrations and secret ceremonies—many of which have never been filmed. Hisbusiness, Björling-Grant, has earned a reputation in the design world as one of the best sourcesfor beautiful cultural objects from around the world.

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WEDDINGSLynn Anderson ’88 and Craig Tomlinson,

6/07/08, Rushville, IL.Kristie Koehler ’94 and Brent Vogel, 9/3/10,

Edina, MN.Kirsten Carter ’95 and Ben Rubenzer, 7/2/10,

Hudson, WI.Tom Walker ’00 and Mary Miheve, 5/29/10, Min-

neapolis, MN.Betsy Kumagai ’02 and Sam Cornelius, 5/1/10,

St. Louis Park, MN.Megan Wahlund ’03 and Jeremy Blaschko,

10/16/10, Minneapolis, MN.Ann Humburg ’04 and Joshua Crofton,

Rochester, MN.Meghan LaVelle ’04 and Blair Williams, 6/19/10,

New Richmond, WI.Tessa Anderson ’05 and Kurt Lahr, 1/23/10,

Morgan, MN.Marni Brigger ’05 and Ian Pearson, 7/10/10,

Mankato, MN.Rebecca Kuehl ’05 and Adam Hybbert,

5/22/10, St. Paul, MN.Jeff Stewart ’05 and Kristen Reinert, Fort

Thomas, KY.Brandy Stuve ’05 and Dan Shupien, Rockford,

MN.Amber Wilson ’05 and Jeremy Stevens,

8/28/10, Elk River, MN.Leah Amundson ’06 and John M. Gilbert ’02,

5/1/10, Waconia, MN.Blythe Bittman ’06 and Zach Mitchell ’06,

7/31/10, Eden Prairie, MN.Tara Brown ’06 and Jason McCabe, 8/7/10,

Richfield, MN.Ann Malkovich ’06 and Ty Haschig ’06,

10/16/10.Mollie Peterson ’06 and Dave Dvorak, 1/30/10,

Little Canada, MN.Brianna Sander ’06 and Nathan Borka ’04,

5/15/10, Grand Marais, MN.Maren Anderson ’07 and Matthew Webb,

8/14/10, Linconwood, IL.Pamela Bechtle ’07 and Allen Jacobson,

8/07/10, Montevideo, MN.Kristin Erb ’07 and Lorin Skoglund ’08, 8/21/10,

Eden Prairie, MN.Jennifer Jacobson ’07 and Kurt Heinen, Lake

Elmo, MN.Breanne Staples ’07 and Mark Stuckey ’08,

7/10/10, West Des Moines, IA.Carrie Williamson ’07 and Nicholas R. Bope

’09, 5/8/10, Stony Brook, NY.Lindsay Peak ’08 and Joey Kaufhold, Stillwater,

MN.Louis A. VanderStreek ’08 and Leanne

Townsend, 7/23/10, Johnston, IA.Jennae E. Gyllen ’09 and Elliot Saltzman ’08,

8/14/10, St. Croix Falls, WI.Erin Hirschey ’09 and Ian Wolff ’08, 8/27/10,

Delano, MN.Rachel Anderson ’10 and Jonathan Kamrath

’10, 6/26/10, Hutchinson, MN.Alexandra Brakke ’10 and Jeff Sedlmayr,

8/14/10, Alma, WI.Mary Cunningham ’10 and Cole Carlson ’10,

6/26/10, Boulder, CO.

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BIRTHSTwins, Madeleine and Sophia, to Julia Nephew

’88 and Eric Bergman, 2/1/10.Abigail, to Lynn Anderson Tomlinson ’88 and

Craig Tomlinson, 4/4/09.Twins, Joseph and Samuel, to Laura Koenig

Garner ’91 and Rick Garner, 8/4/10.Nathan, to Darin R. Zielsdorf ’92 and Monica

Zielsdorf, 1/9/10.Ford, to Christine Eilertson Bronson ’94 and

Ryan Bronson, 9/28/09.Alexander, to Michael T. Mertz ’94 and Victoria

Hagel Mertz, 12/4/09.Sven, to Kristin Brudvig Kenessey ’95 and Aurel

Kenessey, 2/27/10.Charlie, to Alana Gustafson Erickson ’97 and

Jeffrey A. Erickson ’93, 11/8/09.Logan, to Kimberly J. Miller ’97 and Steve Bui,

1/30/10.Ingrid, to Brian D. Rolig ’97 and Kristy Anderson

Rolig, 3/27/10.John, to Becky Blanton ’98 and John R. Batek

IV, 6/30/10.Elin, to Jennifer Pulford Brink ’98 and Derek D.

Brink ’98, 3/17/10.Sawyer, to DeAnn DeLoach Deitner ’98 and Jim

Deitner Jr., 5/27/10.Mallory, to Molly Bohn Lee ’98 and Zachary S.

Lee, 6/4/10.River, to Erika Jeffrey Vickerman ’98 and Peter

M. Vickerman ’99, 8/24/10.Ian, to Karen Wight Hoogheem ’98 and Joel W.

Wight Hoogheem, 2/25/10.Konrad, to Elin Ahldén ’99 and Anders Ullström,

6/23/10.Britta, to Becky Carlson Brand ’99 and Brian

Brand, 9/2/09.Sophia, to Dan Elling ’99 and Sonya Sotak

Elling, 7/17/09.Henrik James, to Alyssa Malinski Erickson ’99

and Stephen G. Erickson ’99, 7/18/10.Rocco, to Sarah Berg Kreykes ’99 and

Nathaniel S. Kreykes ’96, 7/27/10.Colin, to Angie Schuette Meagher ’99 and Rory

M. Meagher, 3/23/10.Corben, to Melaina Thorson Bjorklund ’00 and

Eric L. Bjorklund ’96, 5/5/10.Siena, to Tara Anlauf Hupton ’00 and Nicholas

E. Hupton ’99, 4/14/10.David, to Sarah Mullins Leonard ’00 and Keith

Leonard, 7/12/10.Franklin, to Laura Berg Menden ’00 and Jacob

Menden, 3/26/10.Tessa, to Katharine O’Connell Merrell ’00 and

Michael J. Merrell, 12/14/09.Ellie, to Travis W. Quast ’00 and Angela Loken

Quast, 4/28/10.Ingrid, to Anne Aageson Venable ’00 and

Thomas Venable, 10/11/08.Emily, to Regan Nitz Dose ’01 and Bradley R.

Dose, 6/14/10.Bode, to Angie Erickson-Grussing ’01 and

Michael R. Grussing, 7/12/10.Theodore, to Vanessa Linder Foy ’01 and Steve

Foy, 4/2/10.Bennett, to Ryan M. Meulemans ’01 and Nicole

Ostrem Meulemans, 5/21/10.Taycee, to Melanie Bitz Paape ’01 and Kevin

Paape, 8/14/10.Annabella, to Carlie Thompson Sevcik ’01 and

Joseph Sevcik, 7/4/10.

Gusties strong atFitness First

Steve Ritz ’91, Chaska, MN,founded Fitness First of MN,Inc., in Chaska in 1998 and ex-panded to a second locationin Excelsior in 2008. FitnessFirst is a premier fitness com-pany, offering appointment-only supervised strengthtraining, aftercare/rehabilita-tion, athletic enhancement,and nutritional advisementutilizing the Ritz-designedSEE-FIT training system. SEE-FIT was developed to accom-plish fitness goals with onlytwo intense 45–60 minutesessions a week. It’s a cus-tomized total-body workoutthat implements biomechani-cally correct training for com-plete safety, cutting-edge equipment for maximum efficiency, and scientific protocols andmethods that guarantee an effective workout.

Ritz has a master’s degree in exercise physiology from Minnesota State Mankato. He has 21years of experience training individuals of all ages, genders, and ability levels and offers experi-ence from working with the Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Indians, Villanova University, NorthDakota State, and other strength and conditioning staffs as well as cardiac and rehabilitationclients. He has also been featured on WCCO TV, KARE 11 TV, and KSTP TV and is a frequent gueston WCCO radio.

Ritz is not the only Gustavus connection at Fitness First. Since he founded Fitness First therehas been a very strong Gustavus influence, as Ritz has hosted eleven Gustavus students forhealth fitness program-required internships. Gustavus interns have included Eric Mattson ’99,Brian Bergstrom ’02, Mary Puder ’04, Nicole Buesgens Evenski ’05, Chad Guentzel ’05, GregViland ’05, Ashley Clemen Edwards ’07, Nick McCoy ’08, Ben Maisenbach ’09, Tony Austad’10, and Scott Mangen ’10.

“I find hosting the students to be very rewarding, and clients enjoy having the students onstaff. Hosting allows me to stay connected and give back to Gustavus, provides a rewarding ex-perience for me, and challenges me to continually stay sharp with science because, as JosephJoubert stated, ‘To teach is to learn twice.’ Internships provide diverse experiences, generatepossible employment opportunities with Fitness First, and in some cases, open doors for othercareer and educational opportunities. I certainly look forward to continuing my connection toGustavus through the internship program.”

Pictured are current Gustie grads on Fitness First staff. Kneeling is Tony Austad ’10. In theback row are Nick McCoy ’08, Ben Maisenbach ’09, and Scott Mangen ’10. In the middle, beingsupported by his staff, is Steve Ritz ’91. Learn more at fitnessfirstmn.com.

Marking her centenaryMarguerite Herberg Wold Schmidt ’32, Oak Park Heights, MN, celebrated her 100th birthday onApril 9, 2010, with 200 friends and relatives at a reception in her honor. Marg was born in St.Peter but attended schools in Hastings, MN, where she graduated as the salutatorian of her class.She majored in English and history at Gustavus. She is pictured at the party with relatives in at-tendance whoare all Gustavusgraduates: fromleft, Stuart Rome’82, John Lewis’71, Deb JohnsonLewis ’71, Eliza-beth JohnsonEkholm ’64, AmyRome ’88, Con-nie Wold Rome’57, KatelynJohnson ’10,Kelly RomeJohnson ’84, Al-lison Wold ’04,David Wold ’08,and NormanWold ’60.

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Douglas, to Diane Moberg Aikin ’02 and CarterAikin, 11/13/09.

Nadia, to Andrew Mulder ’02 and Leslie RuthMulder, 8/23/10.

Rigg, to Brie Stevenson Nelson ’02 and CullenG. Nelson ’02, 1/10/10.

Kaitlin, to Karen Warkentien Oglesby ’02 andCharlie Oglesby, 4/3/10.

Alexander, to Alyssa Stanley Stroemer ’02 andErik Stroemer, 4/9/10.

Owen, to Allison Opay Wong ’02 and JimmyWong, 5/28/09.

Vivian, to Nate Bergengren ’03 and AudreyPeeters Bergengren, 8/7/10.

Damian, to Alison Doppelhammer Gorsevski’03 and Alexander S. Gorsevski, 2/8/10.

Eden, to Emily Ament Wartsbaugh ’03 andKeith Wartsbaugh, 12/18/09.

Lucie, to Kristin Lunemann Comstock ’04 andMichael Comstock, 11/15/09.

Liam, to Sheri Rickabaugh Dack ’04 andJonathan Dack, 5/20/10.

Ayden, to Jon Farnsworth ’04 and ElyseFarnsworth, 6/13/10.

Megan, to Karen Gennrich Lewis ’04 and JohnE. Lewis Jr., 3/14/10.

Broden, to Barry R. Park ’04 and Bethanie Park,2/1/10.

McKenna, to Bethany Hirst Jensen ’05 andMark J. Jensen ’05, 7/7/10.

Mirenna, to Alisha Hussong Galle ’06 andJeffrey Galle, 5/8/10.

Reese, to Jenny Jacobson Heinen ’07 and KurtHeinen.

IN MEMORIAMLeslie Wiberg ’34, Eau Claire, WI, on September

6, 2010. He was a retired wholesale food sales-man for Delicious Foods and is survived byone son and one sister.

Claudia Estenson Slater ’36, Stevens Point, WI, onOctober 11, 2010. She is survived by threedaughters.

Ila Mae Erickson Dornfeld ’39, Golden Valley, MN,on September 20, 2010. She was a retired educator, served as Gustavus co-class agentfor eight years, and is survived by one son,daughter Jane Zenk ’68, and one brother.

Dorothy Peterson Harris ’39, Newhall, CA, on her93rd birthday, July 22, 2010. She was a life-longvolunteer and is survived by two sons.

Glen Spetz ’42, Largo, FL, on August 6, 2010. Hewas a retired guidance systems engineer forHoneywell and is survived by his wife, Peggy,three sons, and one daughter.

Willis Hoyt ’44, Underwood, MN, on August 22,2010. He was a retired owner and operator of afuneral home and a furniture store and is sur-vived by two sons and one daughter.

Karl Sturnick ’48, Olympia, WA, on August 9,2010. He was a retired salesman forRemington-Rand, Swift and Co., and UnitechChemical, Inc., and is survived by his wife,Lorraine, and three daughters.

Shirley Dawes Johnson ’49, Milaca, MN, onSeptember 4, 2010. She was retired Mille LacsCounty Family Services worker, supervisor,and director, and is survived by her husband,Walden, and one son.

Herbert Miller ’49, Blaine, MN, on August 7, 2010.He was a retired materials and process engi-neer for Honeywell, served as Gustavus class

� Maple River Hall of Fame strong on GustiesGustavus Adolphus College was well represented when the Maple River AAA Foundation (Acad-emics–Arts–Athletics) honored its inaugural Hall of Fame class of 16 inductees at a brunch inMapleton, MN, on Oct. 2. Among the teachers, students, and benefactors of Maple River HighSchool or its predecessor schools who were recognized were seven who were either Gustavusalumni or had significant connections with the College: Glenn Rippel ’50 (posthumously, repre-sented at the ceremonies by his family—daughters Nancy Rippel Miller ’69 and Judy RippelWaldhauser, administrative assistant in admission at the College, and son Robert Rippel); TedMays ’68; Kim Beyer-Fragodt ’83; Erik Leagjeld ’92; Jared Mays ’03; Julie Nelson, former assis-tant softball coach at Gustavus (1998–2001); and Jeff Annis, head softball coach at Gustavussince 2005. Pictured following the ceremonies, from left, were Annis, Steve Waldhauser ’70(son-in-law of the late Glenn Rippel), Rippel’s daughter Nancy Miller ’69, Steve’s wife, JudyWaldhauser (with Miller’s grandson—and Rippel’s great grandson—Björn Aune), Beyer-Fragodt,Jared Mays, and Ted Mays, Jared’s father and an inductee in his own right. (Nelson and Leagjeldwere unable to attend.)

Hansen and Seidel honored by Finance & CommerceRobyn Wieman Hansen ’71, St. Paul, an attorney and shareholder at Leonard, Street andDeinard, and Amy Seidel ’95, Minneapolis, a partner at Faegre & Benson LLP, were named by Fi-nance and Commerce among the Top Women in Finance. The award honors outstanding effortsof women who are making notable contributions to their professions, their communities, and so-ciety at large throughout Minnesota.

Hansen has extensive experience in public finance that includes being the lead finance attor-ney for the St. Paul Port Authority for the past 30 years. She is very involved in the St. Paul com-munity in many ways, including the Capital City Partnership, Minnesota State Fair Foundation,Park Square Theatre, St. Paul Foundation, Minnesota Institute of Public Finance, and Metropoli-tan State University Foundation, and as the current board chair for the Amherst H. Wilder Foun-dation. Hansen is now in the Circle of Excellence, which is designated for those who have wonthe award twice.

Beginning in 2010, Seidel was chosento co-lead her firm’s public companiesand securities practice. In addition to thefirm’s mentoring practice, Seidel alsoleads several associate training pro-grams. Seidel also is involved in alumnirelations for both Gustavus and the Uni-versity of Minnesota Law School, whereshe serves as an adjunct professor.Finance & Commerce is Minnesota’s

only daily business newspaper and on-line resource. Since 1887, the publicationhas covered all aspects of commerce,with a special emphasis on the real es-tate, construction, banking/finance, en-ergy, and technology industries.

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agent 1961–1967, and is survived by his wife,Aldys (Johnson ’49), two sons, and two daugh-ters including Janelle Gregg ’89.

Kathryn Peterson Peterson ’49, Trimont, MN, onSeptember 4, 2010. She was retired home eco-nomics teacher in Ceylon and is survived by herhusband, Leslie, two daughters including GretaChristianson ’80, one sister, and one brother.

Harold Swanson ’49, Inver Grove Heights, MN, onAugust 26, 2010. He was retired owner of PercyVittum & Co., South St. Paul Stockyards, and amember of the Gustavus Athletics Hall of Fame.He is survived by one daughter and sons Mark’73, Brad ’79, and Jeff ’85.

Pauline Nelson Gustafson ’50, Bloomington, MN,on July 9, 2010. She was retired employee forAnthonie’s Clothing and is survived by her hus-band, Wells, three sons, and one sister.

Rodger Johnson ’50, Lawrence, KS, on September15, 2010. He was a retired hospital administratorand is survived by his wife, Marcia (Anderson’49), two sons, and two daughters includingLaurel ’79.

Joan Goodman Halberg ’51, Murrells Inlet, SC, onSeptember 8, 2010. She was a retired adminis-trative assistant in the economics department atWesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., and issurvived by one son and two daughters.

Richard Brown ’52, Chanhassen, MN, on July 31,2010. He was a retired business consultant, anexecutive in commercial construction, andserved as Gustavus class agent for five years. Heis survived by his wife, Marilyn, two sons, daugh-ter Catherine Bahls ’76, and two sisters includingVicki Johnson ’66.

Harley Rex ’54, Albany, OR, on September 17, 2010.He was retired chief scheduler officer for Cham-pion Plywood and is survived by three sons, onebrother, and one sister.

Jean Brown Larson ’56, Edina, MN, on August 6,2010. She is survived by her husband, Bob, oneson, one daughter, her mother, and one sister.

Heather Peterson Davis-Peabody ’58, St. Paul, MN, onSeptember 3, 2010. She was a former office man-ager for the State of Minnesota and is survived byone son and friend Robert Lund.

Richard Sodergren ‘58, Seattle, WA, on August 30,2010. He was retired public health adviser forthe State of Washington and is survived by hiswife, Katherine, and two daughters.

Robert Ekstrum ’63, Minnetonka, MN, on July 7,2010. He was retired vice president of technol-ogy and development for CMS Direct and aself-employed consultant; he is survived by hiswife, Sheilah, two sons, one daughter, and onebrother.

Paul Iverson ’64, Spicer, MN, on September 9, 2010.He was a retired orthopedic surgeon and is sur-vived by his wife, Jean, son John ’93, twodaughters including Lisa Bolle ’94, and brotherBruce ’69.

Ed Lamp ‘64, Woodville, OH, on October 10, 2010.He was a professor of economics and psychol-ogy at Terra Community College and is survivedby his wife, Neta (Frykman ’64), two daughtersincluding Abby Heckman ’94, and one sister.

� A commitment to teach in South KoreaLiisa (Maki ’94) and Andrew ’93 Gilbert made an informal pact when they married. “We said wewould go into education and live overseas at some point,” says Liisa. “Then we had kids and every-thing got busy, but now we view it as an even bigger bonus to try it with our children.”

Liisa and Andrew have taken a two-year leave from their administrative positions with the ChaskaSchool District to teach at the Taejon Christian International School in South Korea. Andrew isteaching middle school social studies, while Liisa is teaching high school English. Adding to the ex-perience was moving with a family of four children—Lukas, Ailsa, Anja, and Lonne—ranging in agefrom 11 to 3.

Once they had determined that they were ready to follow through on their pact, the Gilberts at-tended an international job fair at the University of Northern Iowa. South Korea seemed to be thebest fit. “Asia, and primarily South Korea, had needs for teachers with both our licensures and couldaccommodate a family of six,” says Andrew.

They found an apartment in Daejeon, 90 miles south of Seoul, and moved in in time for the startof the Taejon school term on August 9. Daejeon has a population of 1.6 million people, just a fewmore than the 4,118 inhabitants of their hometown, Watertown.

Both Gilberts agree that the two-year commitment will provide an excellent professional experi-ence. Andrew recently finished his 16th year in District 112, the last two at Chaska High School as adean and activities director. Lisa has been with District 112 for nine years, the last six as district Eng-lish Language Learners (ELL) coordinator. “It will be fun to get back to teaching,” Liisa says.

“Taejon Christian International School is a certified International Baccalaureate program and usesAmerican curriculum,” Andrew notes. “I’ve never experienced the program but I hope to learn fromit and apply that to what we do in District 112.”

Petrasek sworn in as WSBA Young Lawyers Division presidentKari Petrasek ’99, Lynnwood, WA, was sworn in on Sept. 24 as the 2010–11 president of theWSBA Young Lawyers Division (WYLD) by the Washington State Bar Association. She is cur-rently one of three attorneys at Carson Law Group, P.S., in Everett.

Petrasek focuses her practice on juvenile law, and is also an advocate for children, serving as a volunteer and attorney guardian ad litem for dependent children.She was named Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem of the month in June2008 and March 2010 by the Snohomish County Guardian Ad LitemProgram. In addition to juvenile cases, Petrasek also handles businesslaw, collection, and trust and estate matters.

Petrasek is a trustee and founding member of the SnohomishCounty Young Lawyers Division board. She has served on the WYLDTrial Advocacy Program for the past five years, including two years asco-chair and one year as chair. She is the incoming District 29 (Wash-ington/Oregon) representative for the American Bar AssociationYoung Lawyers Division, and has also served on its awards and sub-grants team and member service team. Petrasek has been a memberof the Washington State CASA since 2003, and serves on numerousother boards and committees in her community.

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The Gilbert family (from left, Liisa, Anja, Lukis, Ailsa, and Andrew holding Lonne) traveled toBuson during the Chusok break. Chusok is the harvest holiday, similar to Thanksgiving, and oneof the biggest holidays in Korea.

GUSTAVUS ALUMNI

Correction - Gus Harms ’53, Waterloo, WI,on April 5, 2010. He was an attorney andis survived by his wife, Joanne, and twodaughters.

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Runners discover another commonality

Melissa Klaas ’02 and HeatherMoky ’97 met at Christ Evangeli-cal Lutheran, Chicago, IL, andbecame friends after joining awomen’s wellness small group.They both enjoyed a morningworkout so they met for a 5:45a.m. neighborhood park runthree days a week. One morningafter several months, Moky no-ticed Klaas’s Gustavus carsticker. They had no idea theyshared alma maters and hadmuch to talk about during thenext few workouts. On August22, 2010, they successfully par-ticipated in the DanskinTriathlon Series in PleasantPrairie, WI.

Takes post with Admission PossibleSara Brigger Dziuk ’02 was recently named executive director of Ad-mission Possible Twin Cities—a nonprofit organization based in St. Pauldedicated to helping low-income high school students prepare for andearn admission to college by providing ACT/SAT test preparation, ad-missions and financial aid consulting, and guidance in the transition tocollege. As executive director, she is responsible for all day-to-daymanagement and operation issues, leading strategic organizational de-velopment, raising funds, coordinating communications, and buildingrelationships with partner organizations in the Twin Cities. Dziuk joinedAdmission Possible after spending several years with Junior Achieve-ment of the Upper Midwest. In her most recent role as vice presidentof education, Dziuk was responsible for JA’s K–12 programs—impacting120,000 students annually with lessons on financial literacy, career andcollege readiness, and entrepreneurship. Prior to her work with JuniorAchievement, Dziuk served as vice president of the Greater MankatoConvention & Visitors Bureau.

Gusties sing in ScandinaviaGustie members of Normandale Lutheran Church Choir of Edina, MN,completed a two-week tour in Sweden and Norway June 11–25, 2010.This photo was taken in Stockholm under a statue of King Gustav. Pic-tured from left are Jon Grimsby ’06, Erin Crimmins Grimsby ’06, PaulElofson ’52, Holly Lipelt ’94, Amy Zenk James ’94, Cameron James’94, and Ruth Carlson Anderson ’70.

Pearson receives Educator of the Year honor

Ferial Mohamed Pearson ’01, Ralston,NE, an English teacher at OmahaSouth High School, was selected the2010 Educator of the Year by NEWYORK–GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian andStraight Education Network. Pearsonwas chosen from nearly 100 nomineesfrom across the country. GLSEN is theleading national education organiza-tion focused on ensuring safe schoolsfor all students.

Pearson has served as OmahaSouth’s Gay-Straight Alliance advisersince she started teaching nine yearsago and has been on the GLSEN Omaha Chapter board for threeyears; she also advises the school’s Unity Club.

A native of Kenya, Pearson moved to the United States at 19, atwhich point she had never read anything written by a person of color.She cried when in college she read a poem by a person of color forthe first time. Until that moment she had not realized that she couldbe important, too. After graduating from Gustavus, she went on toearn a master of arts degree in secondary education from the Univer-sity of Nebraska–Omaha. She now speaks six languages fluently andis in the process of learning Spanish from her students.

Pearson was nominated by a former student, who said, “She really does make a difference in people’s lives. She’s made a difference in mine.”

Zieglers coaching track championsErich and Chandra Daw Ziegler ’06 ’06, Crystal Falls, MI, coach theboy’s and girl’s track teams and have brought success to the CrystalFalls High School trackprograms. Erich is the headcoach of the boy’s teamand Chandra head coach ofthe girl’s team. The boyswon the UP championshipin each of the last twoyears, a feat that hasn’tbeen achieved in over 30years, and the girl’s teamwas runner-up last year.Erick and Chandra are pic-tured with their regionalchampionship trophies.

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ErrataIn the Fall 2010 issue of the Quarterly, we retired Marilyn Anderson Stephan ’55 pre-maturely. she is, in fact, retired since 1995from a long career in public education.however, stephan embarked on a secondcareer in 1999 when she was elected toserve on the city council of Berkley, MI. In2005 she was elected mayor of Berkley, aninner-ring suburb located north of Detroitrecently designated by Bloomberg Business

Week magazine as the “Best affordable suburb” in the united states (from amongmore than 850 communities). stephan wasreelected in 2007 and again in 2009; soshe’s certainly not “retired” as mayor, as wehad indicated.

On the other hand, we failed to retire RandyChase ’70, listing him as currently employedby 3M. “Though I was a 35-year employee

of that great company,” Chase writes, “I have been retired for four-and-a half yearsnow and am partner and CFO of The an-tique Chasers, antique dealers in elgin andGiddings, TX, and online with ruby laneshops.”

Our apologies to both Gusties for messingwith their retirements!

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR

assOCIaTION OFCONGreGaTIONsAWARDS

your help is requested identifying nominees for the two Gustavus adolphusCollege association of Congregations awards—the Covenant award and serviceaward. Criteria for selection is outlined below. Past recipients can be reviewed atgustavus.edu/churchrelations.

� COVENANT AWARDThe Covenant award is presented for distinctive contributions that havestrengthened the partnership between Gustavus and member congregationsof the association of Congregations. The selection emphasizes the level ofcommitment and the effort, innovation, and creativity used; support to theGaCaC and the partnership between Gustavus and lutheran congregations;and support to the mission of the College and/or of congregations. recipientsneed not be graduates, but may include alumni, pastors, delegates of theassociation, faculty, staff, and students.

� SERVICE AWARDThe service award recognizes alumni and former students of Gustavus whohave made distinctive commitments and contributions to the service ofothers based on “a mature understanding of the Christian faith, service toothers, a sense of community, an international perspective, and attitudesand behaviors that work toward a free and peaceful world.” effortscelebrated include service activities through volunteer work, church, and/orextraordinary professional accomplishments, with consideration given tolevel of commitment and effort and benefit to others without concern forpersonal gain. Further, a nominee would see their “life’s work as vocation, acall to service for the greater good of the community.” recipients includealumni and former students of Gustavus.

Please forward nominations with information in support of your nominee to Marilyn Beyer, assistant director of church relations ([email protected]). For more information, contact the Office of Church relations at 800-726-6194.

James Bean ’68, excelsior, MN, on July 31, 2010.he was business owner of Greenwood Marina,excelsior, and Green Parrot, Key West, Fl, andis survived by his wife, linda, one son, onedaughter, and two brothers.

Sandra Wahlberg Stocks ‘69, rapid City, sD, onaugust 21, 2009. she is survived by her hus-band, steven, three daughters, one son, twosisters, and her mother, lillian Wahlberg h’51.

Patricia McGill Jackson ’72, Coon rapids, Ia, onaugust 30, 2010. she was employed as a nursefor the Coon rapids-Bayard school Districtand is survived by her husband, Dean ’71, twodaughters, two sons, six sisters, and threebrothers.

David Baxter ’80, Chanhassen, MN, on October12, 2010. he was a grain trader, instructor forskijammers, and employed in sporting goodssales. he is survived by his wife, Deb (Toutloff’78), one daughter, one son, his mother, Patri-cia (Price ’53), and one sister.

Steve Sayre ’80, eden Prairie, MN, on august 23,2010. he was finance director for MedtronicInc., served as Gustavus class agent 1980–2010, and is survived by his wife, Katherine(Brown ’80), one son, one daughter, his par-ents, and two sisters.

Kathleen Kating Olson ’86, Marion, Ia, on august18, 2010. she was a homemaker and educatorand is survived by her husband, Jeff ’85, oneson, two daughters, her parents, and onebrother.

Nicholas Grieve ’07, richfield, MN, on august 1,2010. he was an auditor for Boulay, heutmaker& Zibell and is survived by his parents and twobrothers.

Ruth Dannehl, st. Paul, MN, on september 21,2010. she was an emerita professor of nursingat Gustavus and is survived by one brother andone sister. see page 6 for more information.

Marv Friedewald, la Crosse, WI, on June 24, 2010.he was a former economics and managementinstructor at Gustavus and is survived by hiswife, annette, one son, and two daughters.

Hazel Johnson, st. anthony, MN, on september 6,2010. she was an emerita professor in the de-partment of nursing at Gustavus, serving aschair from 1969–1981. see page 6 for more in-formation.

Marvin “Barney” Lewellyn, Mankato, MN, onaugust 28, 2010. he coached high school andcollege football for 50 years, including severalyears at Gustavus; he is survived by one sonand two daughters.

Phyllis Young, Baxter, MN, on september 23, 2010.she served on the Gustavus Board of Trustees1982–1989 and is survived by her husband,Dallas ’50, and four sons including Jon ’77,steven ’78, and Thomas ’88.

CHAPTERS AND CHAPTER AGENTSFor information about chapters and activities in your area, contact your chapter agent or the alumni Office at 800-487-8437 or e-mail [email protected].

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ARIZONAPhoenix

Brad Somero ’83 480-706-6236 [email protected] Streed ’82 scottsdale 480-502-6818 [email protected]

CALIFORNIABay Area

Judy Flom Shoemaker-Hill ’62 los altos 650-941-3087 [email protected]

Los AngelesPosition open

San DiegoJohn & Wendy Binger Morris ’84 ’84 Chula vista 619-656-4196 [email protected] [email protected]

COLORADODenver

Ross & Tina StrandvoldGustafson ’84 ’84 Golden 303-278-4772 [email protected] [email protected] vonLuhrte-Neugebauer ’00& Josh Neugebauer ’00 edgewater 303-478-5684 [email protected] [email protected]

FLORIDAOrlando

Kim Line Edwards ’83 407-859-5465 [email protected]

Tampa BayLaura Anderson Long ’86

[email protected]

GEORGIAAtlanta

Linda Bailey Keefe ’69 404-231-5007 [email protected]

ILLINOISChicago

Becky Anderson Fahrenz ’87 aurora 630-236-6864 [email protected]

IOWADes Moines

Mike Rooney ’92 ankeny 515-225-4531 [email protected]

MARYLAND/DISTRICT OF COLUMBIABaltimore

Theresa Lance Richardson ’94 Davidsonville, MD 410-798-7111 [email protected]

Washington, DC, AreaMelissa Barkalow ’02 arlington, va 703-271-0203 [email protected]

MASSACHUSETTSBoston

Charlotte Fagerberg ’[email protected]

MICHIGANEast Lansing

Position open

MINNESOTAAlexandria

Jessica Nelson ’[email protected]

Brainerd Lakes AreaDallas Young ’50

[email protected]

DuluthPosition open

MoorheadAnn Newgard-Larson ’80

Detroit [email protected]

RochesterJim Isaak ’86

[email protected]

St. CloudPosition open

Three Rivers AreaBrandon Hanson ’97 elk river 763-232-6663 [email protected]

WillmarBrett Aamot ’82

[email protected]

MISSOURIKansas City

Position openSt. Louis

Brenda Thomas Schnettler ’[email protected]

NEBRASKAOmaha

Steve Wilson ’91402-505-3849

NEVADALas Vegas

Paul Schminsky ’[email protected]

NEW YORKNew York City Area

Kris Rowe ’[email protected]

NORTH/SOUTH CAROLINACharlotte

Position open

NORTH DAKOTAFargo

Ann Newgard-Larson ’80Detroit lakes, [email protected]

OHIOCleveland

Peter Shriver ’[email protected]

OREGONPortland

Jim & Amber Shockey Nurmi ’97 ’97

West [email protected]@gmail.com

PENNSYLVANIAGreater Philadelphia Area

Position open

TEXASAustin

Bonnie Karp Amundson ’[email protected]

DallasPeter Wahl ’95

[email protected]

HoustonJeff Marshall ’75

713-862-3323

WASHINGTONSeattle

Nate Torgelson ’[email protected]

Richard Williams ’[email protected]

WISCONSINMadison

Benjamin & Britta Olson Lindberg ’01 ’02 Monona 608-663-1718 [email protected] Plumb ’98 608-798-1992 [email protected]

MilwaukeeBeth Jorgenson Gissibl ’03

[email protected]

WausauJason Hohenstein ’93

2214 seville rd., Mosinee 54455

GREAT BRITAINLondon

Amy Mickelson Thompson ’[email protected]

JAPANTokyo

Paul Hoff ’[email protected]

SPAINMadrid

Cynthia Javoroski ’[email protected]

SWEDENStockholm

Amy Herbert Leval ’[email protected]

MuresuK MeNa Is The GUSTAVUS ANNUAL FUND.

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Muresuk Mena ’13

HOMETOWNInver Grove heights, Minn.

ACADEMIC INTERESTSBiologyPre-Med

CAMPUS ACTIVITIESPan afrikan studentOrganization, louisstokes alliance forMinority Partnership,football, basketball,cancer and leukemiaresearch with biologyfaculty member sanjive Qazi

DREAMTo become a pediatrician,and help his family out asmuch as he can.

support Muresuk and 2,392 other Gusties byvisiting gustavus.edu/give, or by sending a giftusing the gold envelope enclosed in this issue.

Gustavus Annual Fund | 1-866-487-3863 | [email protected] | gustavus.edu/give

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ARTS ON CAMPUSThe critically acclaimed stuart PimslerDance & Theater (sPDT) opened the2010–2011 Gustavus arts Performanceseries with two performances on campus in september that featuredthe return of Brian Evans ’07 (picturedleft with sPDT founder and co-directorStuart Pimsler) to the anderson Theatre stage. The Minneapolis-basedcompany’s appearance was the first ofa year-long series of residency activi-ties that will be presented at Gustavus.

On sept. 14 evans, now in his fourthseason with sPDT, received the 2010Minnesota saGe award in the categoryof “Outstanding Performer.” The saGeawards, named after long-time dancechoreographer, performer, and philan-thropist sage Cowles, are the Minnesotadance community’s annual recognitionof professional achievement.

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