1989 Winter SJU Alumni Magazine Volume 28 Number 02

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Letters
Dear Alumni Office:
In March of 1977 you sent my husband
the 1919 Sagatagan.
You asked that maybe someday it could
be returned as it was somewhat of a rare
item.
What a joy it was to my husband over
the years and I'm happy to return it and
thank you for your kindness in sending it.
Leonard passed away October 16, 1987.
He loved the time he spent at Saint John's
University.
Mrs. Leonard T. Bauer
Fresno, CA
Dear Editor,
On page 13 of the fall issue of Saint
John's there appeared a story about Fr.
Richard Sinner who is involved in a
program called "underground railroad." I
believe the correct term is "overground
railroad." Underground implies something
outside of the law and/ or hidden, which
it is not ...
We try to influence our U.S. government
toward a more mature and feasible policy
in Central America as well as to assist
some of the wounded and fleeing victims
of the results of unjust U.S. policy.
I lived in Central America for ten years
and returned there just last year for a short
six-week trip so I know a little about the
subject.
I liked your publication.
Eugene A. Skelton
St. Cloud, MN
Elderhostel 1989
Saint John's University
Elderhostel is an international educational program for citizens over the age of 60 (a spouse may be under
the age of 60). The program provides senior citizens with an opportunity to enroll in a trio of week-long
classes on college campuses across the U.S. and in many foreign countries. This will be the sixth year for
Elderhostel at SJU. In response to the request of participants, two programs will be offered during the sum­mer
of 1989. The fee of $235 covers tuition, food, lodging, recreation and use of campus facilities. Enroll­ment
in each program is limited to 40 participants.
PROGRAM 1
June 11-17, 1989
Calileo versus the Church
Robert Spaeth
Liberal Studies
The Inquisition of 1633 convicted Galileo of "vehement
suspicion of heresy" for supporting Copernicus' theory that
the sun is the center of the universe. Background and issues
of this famous confrontation will be explored along with its
continuing effects.
Biblical Archeology - Past as Prologue?
Fr. Alberic Culhane, O.S.B.
Theology Department
Surprises ... from Sodom and Gomorrah? Modem studies
shed light and cast shadows on people, places and events
that shaped the Biblical mind from human "dawn" to today.
A Theology of Land: Who Shall Own It?
Bernard Evans
Theology Department
Fewer and fewer people own more and more of America's
fannland. Against this trend we will examine the ethical
questions: Who should own the land? How should it be
used?
PROGRAM 2
June 25 - July 1, 1989
Reading the Bible for Fun and Prophet
Fr. Daniel Durken, O.S.B.
Theology Department
A new look at an old book - the Bible, along with basic
guidelines for reading and understanding it. Selected stories
from the Scriptures. This is a B.Y.O.B. class - bring your
own Bible.
How can I tell if it's Bach?
Willem Ibes
Music Department
What is it that makes classical music different from roman­tic
or baroque different from renaissance? Explore the can­tata
and symphony, sonata and opera and music for the
Mass. Recorded and live piano performances.
The Real Lincoln
David Bennetts
History Department
A face familiar to every child who has held a penny, yet he
remains mysterious. Probe beneath the myth to uncover the
private, religious and military Lincoln - the Great
Emancipator.
For further
ELDERHOSTEL
information, write: Br. Stephen Lilly, O.S.B.
225 Nolte Center Elderhostel Coordinator
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321
(Be sure to mention that you are interested in the Saint John's Elderhostel Program
and indicate the program in which you are interested.)
COVER PHOTO BY LEE A. HANLEY
Vol. 28, No.2
Wintor, 1989
Editor
Lee A. Hanley '58
Associate Editor
Thorn W,odward '70
Dosign
John Eue
Saint John's is published quarterly
(Willter, Spring, Summer and Fall)
by the Office of Information Services.
Saint John's University
Alumni Associa1ion
ELECTED
Mike Philippe '80, President
Len Mrachek '58, Vice President
Jack Van de North 'ffI, Vice President
Aaron Franta '85, Vice President
Pat Garry '77, Vice President
John Grobe '72, Vice President
Bob Fischer '78
Steve Kennedy' 81
Tom Kozlak '77
Dan McDermott '84
Joe Willenbring '42
Pat Dolan '59
Bob Richter '77
Fr. Ray Schulzetenberg '43
Bill Turley '56
John Agee '70
Nick Hernandez '83
Joe Kruse '78
Pat Mahowald '61
Bruce Nolan. '77
John W,lsh '79
EX OFFICIO
Abbot Jerome Theisen, OSB '54, Chancellor
Fr. Hilary Thimmesh, OSB '50, President
Mike Dady '71, Alumni Representative to the Board of Regents
John Crosby, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Lee A. Hanley '58, Saint John's magazine editor
Patty Brooks, Director of Development
Casey Mahon '77, Annual Fund Director
Bill Johnson, '70, President, Twin Cities Chapter
Thorn W,odward '70, Director of Alumni Relations
Chris Coborn, '81, President, Central Minnesota Chapter
SPIRITUAL DIRECfOR
Fr. Don leMay, OSB '49
Saint John's Magazino Advisory Board
Robert Spaeth '59; Fr. Daniel Durken, OSB '52; David Bennetts;
Fr. Hilary Thimmesh, OSB '50: Fr. Don Talafous, OSB '48;
Michael Philippe '80; Paul Harris '87
In This Issue
Six College Presidents 1
He Directs the Course of Technology 6
Class Competition Results 9
News Review 8
Wheat That Springeth Green:
A review 14
Fiscal Report 20
Book Review 21
Jobs 'For Grads ads 22
Alumni News 25
Macalester College
Christian Brothers College
Colorado State University
Marian College
The University of Minnesota
Saint John's University
They carry
Saint lohn's to
college
presidencies
by Mike Kosir '89
Abstractions have long played a part in
defining Saint John's. For most students
community, academic excellence and Ben­edictine
spirituality are taken for granted,
their definitions rarely contemplated. But
as my mother once told me, upon the tragic
loss of my favorite Mickey Mouse shoes,
the value of a thing is never truly ap­preciated
until it is gone. I am reminded of
my mother's wisdom as I near the end of
my final year at Saint John's.
As alumni recalculate the value of Saint
John's in their lives, they tend to refer to
many abstractions, finding that the defini­tions
remain as difficult to articulate as they
were freshman year. Yet, six Johnnie alumni
have gained a valuable perspective of the
role these abstractions play in education,
especially here at Saint John's, for iliey have
experienced education not only as students
but also as teachers and now as presidents
of colleges throughout the nation. Listen­ing
to them has helped me understand and
appreciate a place very dear to me while I
am still a student. Yet, as I learn from these
men, it is never too late to appreciate Saint
John's.
SAINT JOHN'S 1
itting in his 100 Church Street
office in Minneapolis, Richard Sauer, a 1962
Johnnie graduate and University of Min­nesota
interim-president, glances out the
window and smiles as he comments on his
time at Saint John's. "I started at Saint
John's interested in engineering, but after
a year I switched to biology. I remember
taking engineering drawing from Fr. Hugh
Witzmann; he gave two Ifs all semester,
one of them to me. When he found I was
transferring out of engineering he chewed
me out as if he had wasted one of his Ifs on
me."
Sauer has fond memories of walks
through the woods and fishing on Lake
Watab. Although the woods haven't
changed over the years many other things
have. "I remember the family style meals
with eight people at a table. There was only
so much food for seconds and those who
ate fast enough could get them, so we
would heap as much food as we could on
one plate and have the table servers run
back to get more."
Sauer remembers having to be in his
room by eight o'clock every weekday night
in his freshman year, studying with the door
open. He also points out that students liv­ing
at Saint John' s were not allowed to have
cars on campus, but admits, "I actually had
a car that I kept in St. Cloud at my room­mate's
aunt's place. We would hitchhike in
to get it and then go out.
, 'Some of the rules and strictness were
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good for me," comments Sauer. "I think
I was a better student than I might have
been otherwise. The four years at Saint
John's gave me skills that have been very
rewarding both professionally and person­ally."
Receiving a bachelor's degree in biology
from Saint John's and then a master's
degree in zoology from the University of
Michigan in 1964, Sauer went on to earn his
Ph.D. in entomology at North Dakota State
University in 1967. He has held various
teaching positions and directed agricultural
research around the nation.
"I feel like I'm in ajob where I've never
had so much responsibility or so little
authority," Sauer says of his current posi­tion
as interim-president. "I don't have to
worry about job security and, in some
sense, that gives me more power to make
some changes that even a permanent presi­dent
couldn't make." Although Sauer has
announced his departure from the
presidency, he finds satisfaction in his posi­tion
knowing that he is working for the peo­ple
of a state who feel that the school, one
of the country's largest, "is truly theirs."
"When I go back and visit Saint John's,
it feels like a different environment," says
Sauer. "I think that's true for any alumnus
who goes back to their campus 20 or 25
years later and finds that the place has
changed. Most alumni want to remember
their alma mater as it was."
...... dward Henry comes from a
different era than Richard Sauer and is
president of a very different type of college.
Henry is president of Marian College in
Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, a private co­educational
college enrolling 456 students.
Graduating from Saint John's in 1943,
Henry served SJU at various times as pro­fessor
of government, department chair
and founder/vice president of the develop­ment
office. Henry served as mayor of St.
Cloud, Minnesota, for seven years and then
took on his first college-presidency chal­lenge
at Saint Mary's College in Notre
Dame, Indiana. Later, under his presi­dency,
Saint Michael's College of Vermont
was named one of the most improved
smaller liberal arts colleges in the nation.
Henry left Vermont to tackle the presi­dency
of Marian College and is now, in his
own words, "among the top two percent of
most senior officials in Catholic institutions.' '
Henry stresses his belief that a good
undergraduate education is best coming
from a smaller institution. "Students need
two things - intellectual development and
emotional development - as they're
maturing," Henry observed. "Both large
and small schools can promote intellectual
development, but small colleges do much
better on emotional development because
that requires a lot of one-to-one TLC by
people who are interested in students as in­dividuals."
Henry points out that he knows
most students at Marian College by sight,
if not by name, and they know him. "I think
Saint John's is too big right now. It is losing
some of the values of small size," Henry
observes.
Henry feels that Saint John's has been
very important in the formation of students'
character. Referring to his time at Saint
John's, he comments, ''At that point in my
life it was more important that I shape my
character than that I become a great
historian or political scientist. The main
purpose of education is the development of
moral virtue."
Distinguishing between private and
public undergraduate colleges, Henry
stresses the important role values play in
private institutions. "I don't say the public
schools don't have their values. They do.
But the First Amendment prevents them
from using theology or religion to bolster
values. George Washington said people can
be moral but that it is more difficult if they
don't have religion as a base for values,"
Henry says.
"I think Saint John' s left its mark on me,"
roo Theodore Drahmann,
F.S.C., is president of Christian Brothers
College in Memphis, Tennessee, a co­educational
liberal arts college with 1,792
students. Bro. Theodore spent only one
year - 1944-45 - at Saint John's. It was
during that year that he made some vital
changes in his life.
"I began at SaintJohn's as a business ad­ministration
major because I thought I
would go back to my home town of Perham
and succeed my father in the family
business, a grocery and clothing store. It
was during my time at Saint John' s that the
life of a teacher and member of a religious
order impressed me so much that I decided
to become a member of the Christian
Brothers, an order of teaching brothers
founded 300 years ago." The Christian
Brothers have schools all over the world, in­cluding
seven colleges and 75 high schools.
Graduating from St. Mary's College in
comments Henry. "The greatest influence
on students is still role modeling by
teachers. At SaintJohn's I learned a great
deal from role models about moral virtue
and the value of discipline in life."
Winona, Bro. Theodore went on to get a
master's degree in sociology from Loyola
University, Chicago, and a professional ad­ministration
degree from the College of
Saint Thomas. He also did graduate work
at DePaul University in Chicago and the
Christian Brothers International Center,
Rome.
Bro. Theodore sees American higher
education as succumbing to the danger of
professionalism. He feels that career prep­aration
is becoming too high a priority.
"Students should get a more coherently
related core as well as a strong preparation
in the liberal arts," says Bro. Theodore.
''Although I only spent a year a Saint
John's," Bro. Theodore commented, "it
had a profound effect on me. The strengths
of Saint John's are the family atmosphere
and Benedictine way of life that I hope all
alumni hang on to."
hilip Austin became the eleventh
president of Colorado State University on
March 1, 1984. Austin also attended Saint
John's for only one year, transferring after
his freshman year, 1960-61. Graduating
from North Dakota State University he later
went on to earn his Ph.D. in economics
from Michigan State University.
Prior to his Colorado State University ap­pointment,
Austin served as provost and
vice president for Academic Affairs at Ber­nard
Baruch College in New York City. He
was also the U.S. delegate to several inter­national
conferences on education and
economic policy planning (e.g., Iran,
Romania, France, Saudi Arabia).
For Austin, the job as president of Col­orado
State University came about as
something of a surprise. "I did not seek the
position as president but was nominated by
colleagues, and then elected," says Austin.
"It has been a great challenge."
SAINT JOHN'S 3
When speaking of higher education,
Austin comments on how curricular re­quirements
have been watered down over
the past few years. "Students are losing out
on basic fundamental education," says
Austin. lIe hopes as president of CSU he
can help give students that kind of fund-obert
Gavin graduated
with Richard :;auer in 1962, receiving a
B.A. in Chenustry. lIe is currently presi­dent
of l\1acales~er College in Saint Paul.
Gavin rec~s playmg football for Saint John' s
and willlllng two Out of his four games
against l\1acales~er. "Unfortunately, during
my time as preSIdent, SaintJohn's has won
all four games," GaVin mused.
Gavin responds to questions about his
ambitions a~ a college student by saying, "I
ended up domg exactly what I wanted to do.
I thought 1 wanted to be a college chemistry
professor and that's what I was. I never
planned to go into administration. As a mat­ter
of fact, 1 avoided it for a number of years.
''As a ~tudent, ~ thought being president
was a falfly easy Job to do and that if the
administration would do' what students
thought, everything would run right,"
Gavin comments. "I don't think that
perception on the Part of students has
changed at all."
4 SAINT JOHN'S U~IVERSITY
amental education.
Although Austin spent only one year at
Saint John's he has fond memories of his
time here and he still keeps in touch with
those people with whom he develop~d
friendships here. "Life at Saint John's IS
highly nurturing," he said.
Gavin feels that the choice of a college is
an individual matter and that there are a lot
of options available for students. "Options
are one of the strengths of this country's
educational system," Gavin points out. ~e
doesn't feel there is any one college that IS
best for everyone. "In general, I think the
number one priority ought to be to find an
academic institution that has a strong,
challenging academic program that will
stretch each student to the limit, whatever
that happens to be for an individual."
Gavin also feels that the interaction be­tween
private and public schools offers. a
"model of strength" to students. He IS
quick to mention that' 'Many p~ople. think
a private college is a place for nch kids. It
isn't. The average family income for
students that go to private colleges in Min­nesota
is about the same, and sometimes
a little less than the average family income
of students going to the University of Min­nesota."
The reason, he stresses, is that
private colleges have very good financial aid
opportunities.
At Macalester, Gavin is trying to stress
the importance of global awareness. This
is evident in Macalester's range of study
abroad programs and also in its campus life.
Ten percent of the student body hails from
other nations, and there are students
representing all 50 states.
Gavin feels that it is important for stu­dents
to know about the differences in the
world. He says, "We need to get into an at­mosphere
in which we can appreciate dif­ference
rather than fear it, and rather than
saying difference should lead to conflict, say
that difference should lead to a greater ap­preciation
of the human condition."
As an alumnus of Saint John's, Gavin feels
that the best thing alumni can do for their
college is "speak for it if they believe in it.
I let everybody know I am a Saint John's
graduate. I think Saint John' s is a fine place
with a good program."
here are few who would agree
with Gavin more than Fr. Hilary Thim­mesh,
O.S.B., a 1949 graduate and now
president of Saint John's. However, Fr.
Hilary's presence at Saint John's seems to
have come about somewhat by chance. "I
didn't even think of going to college until
one of my high school teachers urged me
to go to SaintJohn's, which I didn't know
anything about," recalls Fr. Hilary.
In high school Fr. Hilary was involved
with the student newspaper and was hoping
to go into journalism. It wasn't until later in
college that his interest in monasticism
grew. "My interest in the monastic voca­tion
and in the priesthood began on a man­datory
retreat in the middle of freshman
year. Up to that point I had not really liked
Saint John's. I was simply a shy farm boy
whose life was very closed in. Somehow,
during the retreat I began thinking that I
could become a part of this community. The
notion of joining the monastery scared me
and the notion of becoming a priest seemed
even scarier, but during the spring I made
a total turn around from first semester and
I fell in love with the place." Fr. Hilary
makes it clear that his decision to enter the
monastery came from within himself and
was not the result of family pressure. When
he informed his mother of his decision, she
said, "Couldn't you join the Navy?"
Fr. Hilary had a variety of role models
throughout his education at Saint John's:
Stephen Humphrey was one and Fr. Alfred
Deutsch, Fr. Hilary's faculty resident, was
another. Becoming colleague to a role
model was a strange experience, as Fr.
Hilary recalls. "It took me a long time
before I felt cOlnfortable calling Mr. Hum­phrey
'Steve'," says Fr. Hilary.
Yet, he not only gained close friendships
with his mentors, but he himself became a
mentor. "Holding a position as a role model
is a very important one," Fr. Hilary points
out. "People must recognize their roles as
models in students' lives. As a teacher I
always assumed that my first responsibility
was to know what I was teaching. Students
expected me to be an authority. In addition
to being a professor there is a second layer
to the element of modeling that comes from
being a monk. As monks we always carry
on us the burden of representing Saint
John's."
During his presidency, Fr. Hilary has
hopes to see Saint John' s gain more nation­wide
recognition. He would like to see an
increase in the "quality" of education here.
With that, Fr. Hilary says, "One of the
things I dislike most about higher education
is the jargon that absolutely defeats
thought, but the jargon seems almost in­escapable.
We all talk about excellence, we
all talk about quality, we all talk about
uniqueness. As you move about you realize
there are lots of fine colleges around the
country and they are all saying the same
things. I'm trying to cut through that to see
the genius of this place and how it can work
~better.
"There has to be some kind of defense
of civilization and civilization has to mean in­telligent
and thoughtful people. Not just
people helping themselves, but working for
the common good. I would hope that
graduates could leave Saint John's with a fair
sense of what a moral life is and be commit­ted
to leading such a life," says Fr. Hilary.
While remembering his college days with
fondness, Fr. Hilary's memories of Saint
John's multiply daily. He hopes that other
alumni can, to some extent, experience the
same sort of thing. Fr. Hilary also wants
graduates to be aware that people willjudge
Saint John's by what they see in its alumni.
He says, "The alumni of Saint John's carry
the reputation of this school with them."
For Fr. Hilary and the other presidents,
hindsight provides a clear perspective on
the value of a strong academic institution in
their lives. The forces that helped shape
them - those hard to define abstrations -
have benefited the lives of thousands of
Johnnie alumni. This bodes well not only for
the class of 1989 but for many classes to
come.
Michael Kosir is a senior Social Science
major from Bismarck, North Dakota.
SAINT JOHN'S 5
He directs more
than SDI
He directs the course
of technology
by John Zumerchik '82
Physics Editor, McGraw-Hill Book Company
fter the August, 1986
resignation ot"Gerald Yonas, the controver­sial
chief scientist of the Strategic Defense
Initiative (SDI), SDI Director LtGenJames
Abrahamson faced an enormous challenge
to find a replacement. Because of the
diverse demands of the position, not just
any scientist would be appropriate. SDI's
top scientific adviser must have a broad
understanding of physics, chemistry, com­puter
science and engineering. The chief
scientist has responsibility for directing and
evaluating the efforts of over 3,000 teams
of scientists across the nation, Europe, and
Japan drawn from these disciplines. These
teams, with proper coordination from a top
scientist, will be responsible for many of the
scientific and technological breakthroughs
reshaping the socioeconomic and political
world well into the 21st century.
When Abrahamson announced his selec­tion
of 0 'Dean P. Judd' 59 as his new chief
scientist and principal scientific advisor on
October 30, 1987, Dean saw this as another
exciting, personally rewarding challenge in
a life filled with many technical challenges
and rewards. Many in the scientific com-
6 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
munity saw him as the right man for the
right job.
In December, 1987 issue of Physics To­day,
R. Bruce Miller said' 'Dean's greatest
capability is in analysis. He's able to sum­marize
a lot of material in a short amount
of time and get to the heart of the matter.
If that's what General Abe is looking for,
Dean is the right guy for the job." Accord­ing
to the Physics Today article, Dean was
involved with ballistic missile defense pro­grams
long before the President's SDI
speech in March, 1983. He participated in
two Air Force studies of antiballistic
missiles in the early 80' s. Later he took part
in the celebrated defensive technology
study under the chairmanship of James
Fletcher, now a NASA administrator. In the
Fletcher study, Dean was part of a Yonas
panel dealing with direct-energy weapons.
More recently, Dean served on the ad­visory
panel for a study of SDI by the Con­gressional
Office of Technology Assess­ment
(afA). An afA staffer found Dean to
be "a solid physicist" and "intellectually
honest." A member of the panel remem­bered
Dean as being neither critical nor
combative in debates with other panelists
such as Richard Garwin of IBM and Com­puter
specialist David Parnes, both of
whom were steadfast antagonists of SDI.
Dean, an Austin native, received his
bachelor's degree in physics and math­ematics
from Saint John's in 1959. From
there he went on to UCLA, a leading
research institution, where he earned an
MS and Ph. D in physics. While a student
at UCLA, he also worked at the Hughes
Research Laboratory in Malibu, California,
one of the nation's leading defense depart­ment
contractors. During this time he was
awarded a Hughes Masters and Doctoral
Fellowship for graduate study. He remained
at the Laboratory for 13 years and concen­trated
on microwave and laser technologies.
It was under a defense contract at the
Hughes Research Laboratory that the laser
- a technology now common on college
campuses - was discovered in 1960.
In 1972, he joined the Los Alamos Na­tional
Laboratory in New Mexico. With 1700
Ph.Ds and 3000 scientists, the Los Alamos
Laboratory is continually pushing at the
edges of scientific frontiers. Much of his
""
scientific research at Los Alamos involved
using lasers to produce controlled ther­monuclear
fusion and applications oflasers
to the areas of laser chemistry and isotope
separation. He also is an Adjunct Professor
of Physics at the University of New Mexico.
Dean's areas of research evolved toward
high power lasers and particle beam
technologies, technologies which are an in­tegral
part of President Reagan's vision of
SDI. Therefore it came as no surprise to
many that, as the chief scientist for defense
research and applications at Los Alamos,
Dean was named the new SDI chief scien­tist.
His experience in an academic setting,
an industrial laboratory, and the federal
laboratory at Los Alamos gives him a
unique perspective to develop the technical
plan that will make SDI a success. As skep­tics
of the program would point out, the
likelihood of inefficient and wasteful alloca­tions
of funds is highly probable. Many
believe trying to manage a program with
such complex technology and lofty goals is
unrealistic and that monies could be better
spent elsewhere. Some are convinced we
should be funding other scientific research;
some that we ought to be reallocating funds
to social programs.
To the critics, Dean replies with op­timistic
enthusiasm. "The potential payoffs
are great. If successful, SDI could provide
a more stable and less dangerous strategic
relationship between the United States and
the Soviet Union. In addition, the scientific
and technological payoffs could be substan­tial.
We not only are trying to refine existing
technologies, but we are researching new
technologies which will have far reaching ef­fects
for the future of the world." These
large leaps in innovative technologies are
taking place in computer hardware and soft­ware,
technologies for directed energies,
electronics, materials, networking and
parallel processors. One of the recent SDI
accomplishments that Dean believes is
especially significant is the production of a
single-crystal diamond. The benefit of this
discovery may be very important in
semiconductor electronics because new
diamond crystal semiconductors will be
able to withstand higher temperatures and
conduct heat much more rapidly. As a result
they could operate at a much higher power
level than today's semiconductors, and be
much smaller in size.
SDI is expected to have many technology
spin-offs into other areas of defense,
science, and the commercial sectors. He
points to NASA's Apollo program as an ex­ample
of research that paid for itself just in
terms of the commercial application spin­offs.
And Apollo was a case of engineering
applications of existing technology in con­trast
with SD I which is strongly focusing re­search
into new and innovative technologies.
Despite the numerous critics, Dean
keeps everything in perspective. He states,
"If you look back at the history of science
- Galileo, Newton, Oppenheimer, Einstein
- whenever something new is presented
it is greeted with great resistance. The
three most common objections are that it
won't work scientifically or technically, it
will cost too much, and the results will have
a negative impact on society. As research
proceeds, however, most of these objec­tions
vanish. SDI is no exception." To date
most of the technical objections and many
of the cost objections have proven to be
incorrect.
ean doesn't particularly like
the "Star Wars" label that was originated
with the popular press and often used for
SDI. "We don't think it is very ap­propriate,"
he said, "because the whole
purpose of SDI is to deter wars, not start
them. It really is a system that preferentially
kills weapons, not people." If fully im­plemented,
he explained, SDI will incor­porate
space satellites, space and ground­based
lasers and rocket interceptors, and
particle beams to knock ballistic missiles
out of the air before they detonate over the
intended targets.
He pointed out that SDI is a system in­tended
to lessen the chances of nuclear
warfare. "The idea behind SDI is notto win
a battle, but to prevent one in the first
place," Dean said, adding that SDI affords
the nation the means to develop a new
stable deterrent strategy based on defen-
SAINT JOHN'S 7
sive systems rather than the thousands of
retaliatory offensive nuclear weapons. The
system also has the potential to immobilize
nuclear weapons which might have been
fired accidentally.
It is deeply troubling to Dean that many
non-scientific groups, including Pax Christi,
Greenpeace and the bishops of the U.S.
Catholic Church, have condemned SDI
research and development. The recent
draft of the U.S. Catholic bishops report
"Challenge of Peace and Policy" con­demning
both research and development of
SDI was particularly disappointing to Dean.
"The ,report lacked any semblance of
substance or depth," Dean explained.
"The subject could have been approached
with more of an open mind and serious
scholarship. They made no effort to consult
with anybody in our office, or to ask for any
information. Instead, it seems they relied
primarily upon the opinions of the critics of
the program." [For readers interested in an
objective presentation of the views of both
advocates and critics of SDI Research,
Dean suggests reading Star Wars and
Perspective by Keith Payne (Simon &
Schuster); or Nuclear Wiiapons and Hope
by Freeman Dyson (Harper & Rowe)].
Similar criticisms of the Bishop's report
were also advanced from organizations
within the church. [Archbishop]' T. Ryan,
et.al.]
The majority of public opinion as deter­mined
by polls now seems to support SDI.
Opinion has certainly swung since the ini­tial
announcement of SDI, as SDI, by Presi­dent
Reagan in his 1983 State of the Union
Address. Many people don't realize that ap­proximately
$2 billion was already being
spent on SDI research prior to 1983;
therefore out of the current $4 billion
budget, $2 billion was actually reallocated
from another area of the Department of
Defense's budget and only $2 billion was
new spending. The President's address
was the first attempt to rally public support
because the administration felt that defense
systems represented a more desirable and
moral approach to national security than the
current strategy of nuclear deterrence and
nuclear retaliation.
Although initially there was widespread
opposition to SDI, now the number appears
to be declining of those who object to the
ongoing research. In addition to the obvious
result of bringing the Soviets to the
negotiating table, Dean takes pleasure that
some of the harshest congressional critics
have come to tolerate SDI. As one group
of critics conceded in a critical review of the
program, "The scientists, engineers and
strategic planners involved with SDI are
8 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
unexcelled in breadth, expertise and talent.
Not since the Manhattan Project has so
much talent been focused so broadly on so
much. By sheer magnitude of effort, SDI
dwarfs any other scientific research and
development program in history." Current­ly
SDI supports 3000 technical projects in
the US, Europe, and Japan and supports
600 graduate students in universities.
n his spare moments, Dean enjoys
AlltrlAr,r sports, classical and country
western music, playing a few musical in­struments,
trips to the mountains of north­ern
New Mexico, and driving his classic
automobile. He also enjoys working on
theoretical physics and "pure" science for
recreation. Often putting in 12 to 14 hour
work days, Dean seldom has time to reflect
on his days at Saint John's. He doesn't
remember much about the technical
aspects of his undergraduate education ex­cept
that it provided him with' 'the basics' '.
He credits the liberal arts courses that he
had for helping him to put things into
perspective throughout his career. It was
also a foundation for developing skills which
have helped him as a scientist.
Education and the field of science share
the challenge of conveying the importance
of "discovering the facts and learning to
think", Judd asserted. This is particularly
true of scientists. When a problem is
presented, it is essential to know the facts,
but also to be able to separate the 90 per­cent
issues from the 10 percent issues. A
scientist who can't differentiate these
issues will be unable to identify the essen­tials
of a complex problem and will probably
not be successful in moving forward toward
a solution.
Continuing, he noted, "The scientist
carries the burden of convincing other
scientists that his theory or proposal is cor­rect.
The other scientist has no respon­sibility
to believe you based on your creden­tials
or reputation. You have to convince him
by clear and credible arguments." Dean's
latest position not only requires him to con­vince
other scientists, but to convince the
media, Congress and a horde of other
bureaucrats. "The trick is to do it simply
and to do it accurately."
On any given day, you might find Dean on
Capitol Hill, or giving talks at scientific
meetings, or being interviewed by the press
or sifting through proposals and briefings as
he applies his knowledge of a broad range
of science and technology that cover many
fields. He loves having opportunities to
analyze and evaluate problems and pro­posals,
to cut through to the heart of the
issues and identify what is really important.
Will it work? What are the goals? How are
we going to achieve them? His forte is
"back of the envelope" analysis and
estimates that quickly determine the reality
and validity of a problem or concept.
The state of science education in this
country is a deep concern to Dean and
other scientists in this country. The
number of undergraduate physics majors
has dropped from a peak of 12,000 in the
late '60s to about 5,200 a year today.
, 'We will see a big shortage of scientists and
engineers in the next ten years. There is
already a serious shortage in areas such as
optics and quantum electronics," Dean ex­plained.
"Unless we become innovative in
science education in the primary and
secondary schools, we will lose our world
technology lead very quickly. The place to
concentrate on science education is in the
secondary schools where the biggest pro­blems
remain," he continued. "The
teaching of science has to convey the ex­citement
of the field, and this excitement
and wonder is simply not being conveyed.
Science is being taught as a grueling ar­duous
subject. This has to change. I was
very fortunate in my career to be able to at­tend
many years oflectures on physics from
the Nobel Lauriate Professor Richard Feyn­man.
He was not only an outstanding
physicist, but an outstanding teacher who
always conveyed the excitement, wonder,
and beauty of the subject."
Dean believes Saint John's and other
liberal arts colleges ought to encourage
more students to study the natural
sciences. With low student-to-faculty
ratios, the fundamentals and excitement of
science can easily be conveyed. "Students
who receive a good background in science
and mathematics in the secondary schools
should be able to excel in the natural
sciences in college," Dean observed.
, 'Places like Saint John's can provide them
with the opportunity to excel."
Another major change Dean would like
to see is the public perception of scientists,
and physicists in particular. He is concerned
about the possible impact of the common
"mad scientist image" on youngsters who
might aspire to become scientists, and he
believes the distorted image is reinforced
by Saturday morning television cartoons,
print cartoons and the motion picture
industry.
Dean believes "people have to under-stand
that scientists have emotions and
strong desires just like everyone else and
that no one is more dedicated to his profes-sion
than a scientist. Scientists are per-ceived
in a different light however, than
other occupations. When I am at a party or
in a social situation and tell someone that
I am a physicist, it is a real conversation
stopper." Nonetheless, Dean finds the life
Class of 1980 takes
top honors
in class competition
"We're Number One," proclaims the Class
of 1980. Under the leadership of Terry
Geraghty, class agent, and co-agent Joe
Sokolowski, their class took top honors in
the second annual' 'Friendly Class Com-petition."
The Number One traveling
trophy now moves on to Geraghty from Joe
Wentzell and the Class of '77.
Sponsored by the Class Agents Program
of the SJU Alumni Association, the
"Friendly Class Competition" seeks to
promote contributions to the Annual Fund
as well as involvement at alumni events and
in volunteer capacities. Annual Fund points
are awarded within decade groups and
based on percentage of the class par-ticipating
and dollars donated, in the current
fiscal year and compared to the previous
year. "Events" points are pro-rated as if
each class had 500 members making the
competition fair for all classes.
The Class of '80 gained 7 points by tying
for fourth among classes from 1979 through
'87 with a five percent increase in Annual
Fund participation (see chart). Nine points
were added for finishing second in the
decade with 26 percent participation.
Dollar increase over FY 87 meant 5 points
with 8 additional points representing the
class's standing in FY 88 contributions
(subtotal: 29). By their involvement at
Standups, in the CANE Program and
through other alumni programs, the class
was awarded 220 points. Grand total: 249.
Steve Hawkins '73 picked up five bonus
points for his class by consistently writing
the best newsletters during the past year.
Older classes - while generous to the
Annual Fund and active in alumni affairs -
are not included in the chart because there
is no full ten-year grouping of classes.
of a scientist exciting and rewarding, and he science and technology into the 21st Cen-urges
everyone with an interest in science tury no matter who is in charge. "I have
to pursue it. '~a scientist, I am extremely always been attracted to concepts that
fortunate to have a job that pays me to do could dramatically affect the course of our
what I would do without pay and to have civilization, the way we do things, the way
fun." things evolve, and hopefully all of which will
As the new administration takes over, the lead to a better society," Dean said. He
future of SDI and Dean's influence on the looks toward the future with great hope, ex-program
will change. Just how it will pectation and enthusiasm.
change, no one is sure. Dean will continue
to playa proactive part in the direction of
SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY "FRIENDLY CLASS COMPETITION"
Annual Fund Participation Annual Fund Contributions Events Total Pts.
Yr. +/- Pts. FY Pts. +/- Pts. FY Pts.
vs. '87 '88 vs. '87 '88
'39 +1 % 7 28% 5 $ -235 5 $4,474 5 94 116
'40 +6% 10 29% 6 +161 7 4,016 3 73 99
'41 + 1 % 7 27% 4 +197 8 4,218 4 37 60
'42 +5% 8 32% 7 -670,180 1 16,278 9 81 106
'43 -3% 2 33% 9 -515 4 6,485 7 77 99
'44 +6% 10 22% 1 -117 6 1,378 1 38 56
'45 + 1 % 7 25% 2 -2,565 2 2,355 2 45 58
'46 -2% 3 26% 3 -2,428 3 8,316 8 131 148
'47 n/chg 4 34% 10 +1,647 9 5,995 6 126 155
'48 -3% 2 33% 9 +27,271 10 58,055 10 121 152
'49 +2% 7 34% 10 -22,081 2 9,952 3 77 99
'50 +2% 7 29% 7 -2,621 6 9,937 2 63 85
'51 +3% 9 25% 3 +2,055 9 14,690 7 67 95
'52 +2% 7 33% 9 -11,007 5 15,566 8 82 III
'53 +3% 9 24% 2 +6,497 10 21,491 9 74 104
'54 -2% 3 28% 5 -19,803 4 7,410 1 71 84
'55 + 1 % 4 26% 4 -34,247 1 35,217 10 64 83
'56 +4% 10 29% 7 +1,375 8 12,355 4 106 135
'57 + 1 % 4 30% 8 -679 7 14,170 5 82 106
'58 + 1 % 4 23% 1 -20,955 3 14,500 6 89 103
'59 +3% 4 32% 10 +5,965 9 17,148 7 113 143
'60 +5% 9 27% 6 -1,187 4 10,123 1 179 199
'61 +3% 4 29% 9 +620 5 19,295 8 95 121
'62 +3% 4 29% 9 +983 6 22,767 9 117 145
'63 + 1 % 1 28% 7 +16,793 10 32,903 10 112 140
'64 +4% 7 27% 6 -2,268 3 14,226 5 109 130
'65 +4% 7 27% 6 -6,801 2 10,652 2 101 118
'66 +6% 10 28% 7 +1,274 7 11,775 3 95 122
'67 +5% 9 26% 1 +2,310 8 13,185 4 139 161
'68 +4% 7 27% 6 -9,573 1 15,545 6 124 144
'69 +5% 5 28% 4 +989 4 13,286 7 III 131
'70 +3% 2 33% 10 +974 3 17,588 9 163 187
'71 +8% 10 30% 8 -667 1 12,573 6 86 111
'72 + 7% 9 32% 9 +4,045 10 17,755 10 167 205
'73 +5% 5 28% 4 +3,037 8 11,890 4 130 156
'74 + 7% 9 29% 7 +3,590 9 11,850 3 145 173
'75 +6% 7 27% 2 +2,385 6 12,550 5 133 153
'76 +3% 2 24% 1 -407 2 10,673 2 133 140
'77 +50/0 5 29% 7 +3,015 7 l3,593 8 215 242
'78 +6% 7 29% 7 +2,277 5 9,703 1 169 189
'79 +5% 7 31 % 10 +3,410 10 12,800 10 203 240
'80 +5% 7 26% 9 + 1,745 5 9,748 8 220 249
'81 +6% 10 25% 8 +2,014 9 9,981 9 201 237
'82 +5% 7 20% 7 +1,116 2 4,869 6 157 179
'83 +5% 7 17% 5 + 1,805 6 4,475 4 154 176
'84 +2% 2 13% 3 +2,004 8 4,568 5 112 130
'85 +5% 7 18% 6 +1,702 3 4,922 7 61 84
'86 +6% 10 14% 4 +1,864 7 3,713 3 49 73
'87 +6% 10 6% 2 +1,384 4 1,669 4 28 48
'88 N/A
SAINT JOHN'S 9
NeYlS RevieYI
Donovan '53
awarded Walter
Reger honors
JERRY DONOVAN '53 (Ieh) received the Fr. Walter
Reger Distinguished Alumnus Award for his many
contributions to Saint John's. With him at the annual
Homecoming banquet are University President Hilary
Thimmesh, O.S.B. (center) and Fr. Alberic Culhane,
O. S. B., who presented the award on behalf of the
Alumni Association.
Eisele ' 58 elected to
Board of Regents
10 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
Gerry Donovan '53, St. Paul, was presented the Saint John's Walter Reger
Distinguished Alumnus Award at University Homecoming festivities Oct. 7. He is
the 18th recipient of the award which annually recognizes one alumnus who has
made lasting and continuous contributions to the Saint John's Alumni Association
and University.
Donovan has been an active fund-raiser and was founding chairman of the
University's Fellows Program, a group of major donors. He was a member of the
Saint John's Board of Regents from 1970-84, serving as chair of the Board's
executive committee from 1978-81. He has also been active with the SaintJohn's
Twin Cities Alumni Chapter.
Donovan recently retired as executive vice president of Donovan Companies, St.
Paul. He is currently on the Board of Directors of St. John Vianney Seminary, St.
Paul; Hazelden Foundation, Center City; and Guest House Foundation, Detroit.
Two of his sons, George '84 and Jim '88, also attended Saint John's.
Donovan's award citation reads: "For a life of distinguished service, for his
contribution to the work of the University, for participation in continuing alumni
activities, for outstanding service to his alma mater, Saint John's University Alumni
Association, calling to mind Father Walter Reger and his life of dedication, service
and concern, in grateful assembly, confers the Father Walter Distinguished Alumnus
Award on Gerald]. Donovan."
Albert A. Eisele '58, director of communications for Control Data Corporation,
Washington, D.C., has been elected to a three-year term on the Saint John's Board
of Regents.
Eisele is responsible for Control Data's corporate communications policies and
public relations activities in Washington and the East Coast. He previously served as
director of communications for the Center for National Policy, Washington, D.C.;
press secretary and assistant to Vice President Walter Mondale; and national
correspondent for Knight-Ridder Newspapers. He is also author of the book,
'~most to the Presidency" (1972, The Piper Company), a dual biography of Hubert
H. Humphrey and Eugene]. McCarthy. In addition, Eisele is a member of Saint
John's National Advisory Council.
"ll!!\f I
Saint John's and Saint Benedict's have been awarded a $176,945 grant from the U.S.
Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
(FIPSE) program. The grant will support a project titled, "Integrating the
International Studies Program with the Core Curriculum."
Funds from the FIPSE grant will assist in integrating the new Core Curriculum
with study abroad programs currently offered in England, Ireland, France, Spain,
Austria, Greece, Italy and China. Each program is directed by a faculty member
from one of the colleges who is assisted by a liaison person at each foreign site.
Instructors are drawn from the two colleges' faculties and from educational
institutions abroad.
"This grant will enable us to undertake an essential, comprehensive program to
assure integration of our successful study abroad opportunities with the new
curriculum," said Joseph M. Friedrich, project director and associate professor of
economics at Saint John's. "Our plan includes faculty development, designing and
modifying courses, bringing site liaison persons to the campuses for an orientation
session with faculty and administration, strengthening relationships with foreign
professors, improving advising tools, and drawing upon students' experiences abroad
for greater campus awareness."
The SJU/CSB study abroad programs are administered by a joint Office of
International Studies. Andreas Kiryakakis, director of International Studies and
assistant professor of German at Saint Benedict's, commented that the grant will aid
the two colleges in enhancing the public's awareness and accurate perception of the
overseas study opportunities. "We will have the unique opportunity to have face-to­face
discussions with past program directors, students and various liaison personnel
from abroad," he added.
SJU, CSB receive
grant for
international studies
Twin Cities concert,
tree lighting draws
crowd
The annual Christmas concert and tree lighting at the
Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis attracted a
holiday crowd of 1,600. A number of musical groups
from Saint John's and Saint Benedict's performed.
SAINT JOHN'S 11
Annual Clemens
lecture features
economist Krueger
Ibes celebrates 40th
anniversary with
concert
Knights take first
place in national
competition
12 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
Saint John's University's second annual Clemens Lecture featured a presentation by
internationally-known economist Anne O. Krueger, Oct. 17. The lecture series was
established in 1987 to complement Saint John's Clemens Chair in Economics and the
Liberal Arts.
Krueger, Arts and Sciences Professor of Economics at Duke University, Durham,
N.C., spoke on "Debt, Policy Reform and Poverty Alleviation in Developing
Countries." She is recognized for her significant contribution as an author and
consultant on the application of economic theory to the analysis of commerce in
developing countries.
Virgil Michel House, Saint John's new residence hall, was officially dedicated this fall. The new building provides
apartment-style accommodations for 80 upperclassmen.
Pianist Willem Ibes, professor of music at Saint John's University, celebrated 40
years of performing at Saint John's with a concert titled, "Music, Memories,
Reflections," Nov. 22 in the University's Stephen B. Humphrey Theater.
A native of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Ibes performed publicly at SJU for the
first time Nov. 22, 1948, a day commemorated annually as the Feast of St. Caecilia,
patroness of music. Exactly 40 years later, he presented a musical program featuring
concerto movements by Grieg, Mozart and Beethoven as well as solo works by
Faure, Chopin, Liszt and Schubert. In addition, he added reflections on four decades
of music. Collaborating with Ibes were former students Jim Callahan '64, Michael
Mahoney '76, Jim March '76 and Fr. Bob Koopman, O.S.B., '68.
Congratulations to the Saint John's Chapter of the Knights of Columbus who
recently returned from a conference in New Haven. It was there that they took first
place in the National College Knights of Columbus convention. The competition was
based upon programs, membership and charity work. The Saint John's Knights have
a long-standing reputation as a leading collegiate chapter.
An overnight sleep-out, a food drive and a special presentation on the homeless
were among the many activities during "Peace With Justice Week," Oct. 23-29 at
Saint John's and Saint Benedict's.
The annual week-long observance began with an evening prayer service to mark
the beginning of the overnight sleep-out at Saint Benedict's Mary Commons Patio.
Throughout the week, 24 hours each day, volunteers lived in temporary shelters
(boxes) near Mary Commons to represent the 2.5 million homeless people in the
United States.
Activities for the week included a bread sale and the start of a food drive at both
schools, with proceeds benefiting the St. Joseph Food Shelf, as well as lectures,
information booths and the showing films.
"Peace With Justice Week" at Saint John's and Saint Benedict's was sponsored by
Amnesty International, Bread for the World, Social Action Coalition, Students
Opposed to Nuclear War, United Farm Workers, Pax Christi, Task Force on
Homeless, Peace Studies Department, Social Justice Committee and Campus
Ministry.
Saint John's dedicated its new Marrin Pipe Organ with two concerts Nov. 20 in the
University's Gertken Organ Studio. The studio was constructed adjacent to the
Auditorium during the building's recent renovation.
The 20-foot tall by 8-foot wide organ was designed and built by K.C. Marrin '71 of
Cold Spring. Marrin installed the instrument in the organ studio during the summer.
It consists of nearly 1,300 pipes ranging in size from 16 feet to one-quarter inch
long, and an oak case, hand-carved by Joseph O'Connell, artist-in-residence at the
College of Saint Benedict. The organ is being used for teaching, practice and recitals
by the Saint John's/Saint Benedict's joint Music Department.
The two dedication concerts were performed by Kim Kasling, associate professor
of music at Saint John's who also assisted in designing the organ. The programs
featured works by Bach, Clerambault, Lubeck, Brahms, Messiaen and a newly­commissioned
piece by Father Jerome Coller, O.S.B., assistant professor of music at
Saint John's. Abbot Jerome Theisen, SJU, chancellor, and Father Hilary Thimmesh,
O.S.B., president, led the dedication and blessing.
Saint John's faculty news review
Bernard Evans, occupant of the Saint John's University Virgil Michel Ecumenical
Chair in Rural Social Ministries, had an article published in the November issue of
USA Today, a publication of the Society for the Advancement of Education.
The article, "Can Rural Churches Survive?" examines the many issues that need
to be addressed by denominations concerned about the survival of their rural
churches.
"Whether rural churches will survive depends in large measure upon what we
mean by churches and by church," says Evans in his article. "If by church we mean
a community of believers, there is every reason to expect that the rural churches
will be with us for a very long time. If, on the other hand, we view churches as
institutions within the local community, the question of their survival in the rural
communities is less certain."
Thomas L. Amos, cataloguer of Western manuscripts for the Hill Monastic
Manuscript Library, was invited to serve a second term on the editorial board of the
Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) "Forum." The "Forum" is a quarterly journal
that publishes poetry and short stories as well as critical and scholarly essays.
Ernest R. Diedrich, associate professor of economics at Saint John's University,
chaired a discussion at the Minnesota Economics Association's annual meeting Oct.
21 at the Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis. Diedrich's presentation was titled,
"The Human Economy."
Activities highlight
Peace with
Justice Week
Marrin Pipe Organ
dedicated
November 20
SAINT JOHN'S 13
1962: J.F. Powers in the St. Cloud studio where he completed Marte D'U,ban. (If you look closely, you can see where Powers traced the title of the book in the plastic
window covering.) Photo by Lee A. Hanley.
14 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
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eat
That
Springeth
Green
James Joyce, one of the writers J.F. Powers
says influenced him, once was asked by a
contemporary author how he achieved
such unforgettable originality and
authenticity in his fiction. "You should
write what is in your heart and not what
is in your head;' the creator of the immor­tal
Ulysses replied. ''As for me, if I can get
to the heart of Dublin, I can get to the
heart of any city in the world."
e
By AI Eisele '58
he point should be obvious to
writers and artists. Master your subject, no
matter how peculiar or parochial. Pay atten­tion,
listen carefully, observe details, study
human behavior, write from the heart and,
maybe, with talent, persistence and luck,
you will discover something others have
missed, and even reveal universal truths
hidden in the mundane. By following his
own advice, Joyce produced one of the most
original and influential books of the 20th
century by constructing an inner universe
based on the events and conditions of a
single day in Dublin in June 1904.
And now discovering the universal in the
specific has worked for Powers, whose
long-awaited second novel, Wheat That
Springeth Green, gets to the heart of
midwestern Catholicism in the mid-20th
century by examining an ordinary priest's
struggle toward sanctity. Hailed by critics
as an extraordinary achievement of
storytelling and craftsmanship, the book
recreates the inner universe of Father Joe
Hackett, the down-to-earth, day-at-a-time
pastor of SS Francis and Clare parish in In­glenook,
Minnesota.
It's familiar territory for the 71-year old
Powers, who has been Regents' Professor
of English and a writer in residence at Saint
John's since 1976. His previous novel and
three collections of short stories - the first
of which was published 40 years ago - all
dealt with the conflict between spiritual and
secular values in a materialistic society,
mostly as seen through the daily life of the
clergy .
Powers defined this distinctive world a
quarter of a century ago in his novel Morte
D'Urban, which was about a Midwestern
priest -promoter who' 'found the time and
energy to make friends, as enjoined by
Scripture, with the mammon of iniquity,"
before eventually stumbling into salvation.
The book won the National Book Award and
establish~d Powers' reputation as an impor­tant
writer. Commonweal, the magazine
that more than any other speaks for those
who like Powers consider themselves
"cradle-to-grave Catholics," called Morte
D' Urban "the work of a master." Twenty­six
years later, the magazine said Powers'
latest book "is likewise the work of a
master and, like MorteD'Urban, a comedy
SAINT JOHN'S 15
of spiritual salvation played out in the story
of a priest."
The critical acclaim for Morte D'Urban
was a two-edged sword. It confirmed
Powers' vocation as a writer and made him
a household name among the Catholic in­telligentsia
and liturgical literati. But it also
saddled him with his two greatest burdens:
an identification as a Catholic writer and the
expectation that he would soon produce
more work of equal or better quality.
Being labeled a "Catholic writer" made
it more difficult for him to join the literary
mainstream and thus to gain a wider read­ership
that translates into greater earning
power. Powers partially avoided being
placed in this cubbyhole by virtue of his be­ing
a long-time contributor to America's
most prestigious literary journal, The New
Yorker. But he couldn't avoid the second
trap. His long silence between 1963 and
1988, which was broken only by a collection
of short stories in 1975 (Look How the Fish
Live), disappointed his readers and critics,
causing them to wonder if he was finished
as a novelist.
While the publication of Wheat clearly
proves that he isn't - the book is already
in its fifth printing and was nominated for
the National Book Award - Powers still has
never achiev~d the public acceptance of two
other American Catholic writers to whom
he is often compared, Walker Percy and the
. late Flannery O'Connor (who once wrote
to him,·' 'I admire your stories better than
any others I know of").
Although critical success never guaran­tees
commercial success for writers, it
would be nice to think that Powers finally
has claimed the broader readership he
deserves. The critics have lavished praise
on the book and its author, declaring un­equivocally
that he belongs in the front rank
of American novelists. The New York
Times, the quintessential organ of the
literary establishment, published rave
reviews in both daily and Sunday editions,
as well as a lengthy interview exploring
Powers' fascination with the priesthood and
religious faith. Equally favorable reviews ap­peared
in such major publications as the
Washington Post, Boston Globe, Time, Lon­don
Sunday Times, USA Today, Chicago
Tribune and Sun-Times, Philadelphia In­quirer,
Detroit News, Cleveland Plain
Dealer and The New Republic, to name a
few.
Many - indeed, most - of the reviews
focus on Powers' fascination with priests,
who figure in both his novels and most of his
short stories. In 1964, Powers explained in
an interview that he wrote about priests
"for reasons of irony, comedy and
16 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
philosophy," adding that priests' 'officially
are committed to both worlds in the way
most people officially are not." And in 1987,
when asked by the Saint John's student
newspaper, The Record, why he writes
about priests, Powers' answer was instruc­tive:
"The celibate priest or religious, if you
think of life as a horse race, has a ticket on
God to win whereas most people (like me)
if they bet at all, have a ticket on God to
place or show. Therefore, the priest or
religious stands to win or lose more, and his
or her situation is more interesting to me."
Powers elaborated on this in a recent in­terview
with Time magazine which was the
first to call national attention to his new
book. Declaring that a Powers book without
a priest would be like "a John Cheever book
without a commuter," the magazine said he
makes no apologies for writing about what
may seem a narrow subject to some be­cause
priests are not a narrow subject.
"From my point of view," said Powers,
"it's the big play. Good and evil, God and
man, life and death - that's where it is."
herever it is in terms of
his art, Powers lives in the real world where
he has to pay his bills, and it clearly rankles
him that he hasn't been able to cash in on
his literary reputation, even though he
seems resigned to never being a commer­cial
success by attracting more readers,
especially Catholic readers. "They don't
like what I have to say - don't want to
believe it," he told Time. "I don't want to
believe it."
In an unusually candid interview, Powers
told the New York Times recently that he
was "somewhat despairing" when his
publisher let Morte D' Urban go out of print
even though it sold 25,000 copies in seven
printings and won the National Book Award.
"I can't get an American publisher to keep
my books in print," he complained. ''There
was a time in the '20s and '30s when books
were kept in print, when they weren't items
like something in dry-goods stores, when
it was possible to think of yourself as a
writer."
Powers, whose previous works are cur­rently
available only in England (Wheat has
also been released in a British edition),
recently told the St. Paul Pioneer Press
Dispatch that "I don't sell any better in
England than I do here, but in Europe,
they'll keep a book in print." The inter­viewer
noted Powers' "cold anger" at the
fact that U.S. publishers can't keep books
in the warehouse long because of tax laws,
so that authors like him who don't sell in
volume can't build a readership. "It's crim­inal,"
he said. "It shows exactly where,
despite all the crap about the arts, writers
come in."
Powers has not had an easy time of it
while pursuing the vocation of serious
writer, a job second in difficulty, perhaps,
only to that of a parish priest. He and his
wife, Betty Wahl, also a talented writer who
was published in The New Yorker before he
was, raised five children while living on the
meager earnings from their writing and a
series of professorships and fellowships for
Powers in creative writing. He taught at
Marquette, briefly at SaintJohn's and at the
University of Michigan between 1949 and
1957 when he left to work in Ireland on a
grant. He returned to the U.S. briefly and
then went back to Ireland, where they lived
in County Wicklow from 1963 to 1975 (ex­cept
for a year spent teaching at Smith Col­lege),
before returning to Saint John's and
settling in a modest stucco house in Flynn­town
in 1976. Last May, after a long battle
with cancer, Betty died.
owers cites his somewhat no­madic
existence (' 'We went to Ireland
whenever we didn't know what to do with
ourselves," he once joked) and coping with
his wife's long illness as reasons for the
sparse literary output that has made him an
enigma to the publishing industry. The
average time between his books has been
ten years - his first book of short stories,
Prince of Darkness, was published in 1947;
a second collection, The Presence of Grace,
in 1956; Morte D'Urban in 1962; the third
collection of short stories, Look How the
Fish Live, in 1975, and his second novel thir­teen
years later, in 1988. At this rate,
Powers fans will have to wait until 2001,
when he will be 84 years old, for his next
novel or book of short stories.
Powers concedes that his own tempera­ment
("I'm lazy, anyway, so teaching is a
good excuse for not getting anything writ­ten,"
he said in a 1966 interview) and grow-ing
old are also part of it. "When you're a
young writer, you think you can do any­thing,
and therefore sometimes you can,"
he told Time. "But an old writer is like an
old boxer; he's cut up, he's been knocked
out, he knows all the ways you can get
killed. So he's careful - too careful."
The key to Powers' lack of commercial
success lies not so much in his subject mat­ter
or his slim output as it does in his stub­born,
rock-like integrity, what writer Col­man
McCarthy has called his "artistic
militancy." McCarthy, who interviewed
Powers at Smith College in 1966, recounts
in his book Inner Companions how Powers
turned down a Catholic book club that
wanted to make Morte D' Urban its monthly
selection because he didn't want it to be
labeled' 'Catholic." He also refused an of­fer
to make it into a movie - with Alec
Guinness playing the lead - because' 'I did
not want Father Urban to become the kind
of priest that Hollywood would decide the
American public would buy. That was one
button I'd never push."
The sense of integrity that illuminates his
writing and his refusal to cater to popular
tastes are Powers trademarks. During the
Depression in his native Illinois, he drop­ped
out of college after a year because he
didn't have the money to continue, and took
a series of jobs as a dishwasher and pack­inghouse
worker before finding work in a
Chicago bookstore. His exposure to
authors such as Richard Wright, Sinclair
Lewis and Nelson Algren whetted his ap­petite
for writing and by 1943, he had sold
his first short story and embarked on a
writing career. In keeping with what one
critic describes as his "socially minded
faith," Powers was a conscientious objec­tor
during World War II and spent 13 months
in a federal prison in Sandstone, Minnesota.
Writing about the experience for Dorothy
Day's Catholic Worker in 1943, Powers
stated: "Here I was in jail because I ob­jected
to war, and all about me were men
locked up for other reasons. It seemed to
me as I listened to these men, that I was
surrounded by innocence. I felt old and guil­ty
among them. These men, too, were ob­jectors.
They would know that if only they
knew themselves. The mild, floundering,
tender people, betrayed by leaders,
themselves betrayec., the young men
marching off to war with books of poetry
and New Testaments in their knapsacks.
They were the leaven. Without them in its
armies, the war would collapse instantly of
its own monstrous evil weight."
Despite his youthful pacifism and iden­tification
with the poor, Powers says he was
never much of a "cause man" and is prob-ably
less so now. He told the New York
Times in September that in his new book
he says "that the only force in the world
that has a chance - just a chance - is the
church. I don't think politics - whether the
Democrats or the Republicans make it, it
doesn't make much difference. The human
element rises. I guess I never did believe
in any system. Systems can't work, con­sidering
what people are like."
Powers seems to reveal a bit more about
his writing each time he talks about it. He
told the National Catholic News Service in
November that he first planned to call the
novel The Sack Race (in an early chapter,
Father Joe is prevented as a youth from
entering a race as a sprinter and is forced
instead to take part in a sack race, and later,
a fellow cleric compares the priesthood to
a sack race). But he felt that title was not
a "big enough" name for a book about the
death and resurrection of an ordinary priest
who lost his idealism but regained it by
"getting up off the floor." Powers is clear­ly
talking about life when he points out that
everyone laughs when someone in a sack
race falls on his face. But he adds, "nobody
has the last laugh [because] they're all in
their own sack races."
.. ... his dark view of human nature
is tempered, both in Powers' conversation
and writing, by a conviction that there is
humor in even the most serious or tragic
aspects of life. "You can go to your wife's
funeral, and something will happen that's
funny as hell," he told the Times. "Humor
is so much a part of life. It all gets back to
human pretensions." (Shortly after his
wife's death, Powers wrote to a friend that
"she is buried in the SaintJohn's cemetery,
as I presumably will be. 'Will you want a
double plot?' the pastor inquired when I ar­ranged
for Betty's plot. You really can't
beat life for coming up with questions.' ')
Still, he told one interviewer it was "in­furiating"
to watch helplessly as "this
devout, beautiful person was humiliated by
her own disease."
Those who know Powers, who attends
Mass daily at Saint John's Abbey Church,
probably agree with Colman McCarthy's
description in his 1975 book: ''A reflective,
generous man, and gifted with great per­ceptive
power and swift insight, Powers is
essentially a person who looks at the
primary colors. If there is despair in his
vision, it has one mark to distinguish it from
the many cults of desperation currently
abroad: it is not chic ... Although his
political thoughts are debatable they are not
irresponsible; he has paid in full for his in­clinations.
A profoundly and even touching­ly
spiritual man ... Powers' great belief is
that moral laws exist and that everyone, not
only the 'aficionado' of religion, must pay
some kind of homage to them or else suf­fer
the ruthlessness of reality."
There appear to be few certainties in the
Powers world beyond his writing, unless it
is a love of stimulating conversation, good
jazz and baseball. Even the existence of
God is a matter of uncertainty to Powers.
"Maybe there's no God," he told the New
York Times. "I'm aware of the arguments
against it, and I'm even sympathetic. But
I'm betting that there's too many things,
too much humor, too much intricacy. I'm
looking out the window now, as I speak, at
the grass and the trees. Somebody had this
in mind. But you never know. You can say,
well, it's comfortable to have that feeling,
but I don't always have it. Things can get
so bad sometimes, that you say, if there is
a God, why would he permit this bad thing
to happen? So we play the card that says we
know nothing, we can't follow the workings
of God's mind."
Powers conceded, "That's a Catholic,
and not a very good one, talking. And a lot
of people just say, the hell with that. I don't
want to come over as someone who has
worked this all out. I haven't. It's all in­stinct.
There are people who believe
nothing I've said about there being a God
and a next world. Maybe they're right.
Sometimes I bet the other way. I believe
the difference between the two is slight.
But most of the time I bet that there is a
God. But it's a photo finish, whether this
one wins and not the other." Nevertheless,
Powers says he believes' 'that God will pay
off. I have to believe, or else I can't believe
in anything."
In the end, what Powers seems to regard
as the one certainty in a world torn between
materialism and God's grace is the Cross,
which is the final word in his new book and
which he says plays a major role in the book.
(It's no coincidence that the inner-city
parish where Father Hackett ends up is
named' 'Holy Cross.' ') But he also believes
that people do not understand its meaning.
"Christ was crucified on the Cross," he
told the New York Times. "Without DNA,
there wouldn't be any life. The Cross is like
that. It is the very essence of human ex­istence.
You'll have it in one form or another
SAINT JOHN'S 17
as long as you're able to recognize anything
- all kinds of things that begin, and they
don't stop until you die. What I mean is, it's
not perfect. There are all kinds of imperfec­tions
we have to live with, which original sin
explains. There are people who don't see
it that way. They feel that if you buy a bad
pair of shoes, you simply shouldn't buy that
brand again. But I see these things as the
essence of mortality, little grace notes of
mortality. And if you say, 'that's life,' well,
you're right. That's life."
Future biographers of Powers will find
helpful insights from such candid inter­views,
which were extremely rare for
Powers until the interest triggered by his
new book. Nevertheless, like all writers,
Powers deserves to be judged not by what
he says or how he lives, but by what he
allows, after an agonizingly slow creative
process, to be published in his name.
erhaps he would settle for the
words of his best-known creation, the
world-weary Father Urban, to describe his
own approach to writing and to life.
Celebrating the closing of a successful
mission while on his way to the rural Min­nesota
retreat house to which he had been
exiled by his superior, Father Urban tells
the young priests from the local parish that
they will be responsible for the ultimate
success or failure of the mission. But don't
the people sometimes "get all hopped up' ,
and expect miracles? they ask.
"Father Urban let it appear that he was
temporarily at a loss for words, which was
not the case, for he had been over this
ground before, on many occasions. The
trick was in making it seem that each time
was the first time. "Hopped up? Has
anything ever been achieved in this world
except by people hopped up? Salvation least
of all. Our Lord said, 'Go, and teach ye all
nations.' He did not say, 'Go, and have ye
a beer.' Oh, I know what you're driving at,
but I think anybody who's ever seen me
work will fell you that I preach a pretty clean
mission. I keep the razzmatazz to a
minimum."
Like Father Urban, the notion of "razz­matazz"
is alien to Powers, either in his
writing or his personal style. What it all
comes down to for the writer, he told the
The Record in 1987, is having both talent and
18 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
vision, being both artist and entertainer.
"There are good bad writers - they often
write best sellers - and there are bad good
writers - they seldom do," he said. "A
question of talent and vision. I don't know
which of the two without the other is bet­ter
to have, but ordinary readers do; and
maybe they're right. The best writers,
though, are artists and entertainers."
One senses that Powers, like the old box­er
who has become too careful, lost some
of his confidence during the long, lean years
that followed his early success. On the night
that he won the National Book Award for
Morte D'Urban in 1963, he told a post­awards
dinner at Toots Shor's restaurant in
r New York that "awards are fine for those
writers who get them: But what do they
mean?" he asked rhetorically. "They mean
as much as any public, official recognition
of a writer's work can mean. They mean
that either someone has fooled a hell of a
lot of people or that his work is the real
thing. I think mine is the latter."
Powers has not had much' 'public, official
recognition" of his work in recent years,
but that is certain to change, and indeed
already has changed, with the publication
of his new book. But even if all the praise
and flattering reviews hadn't been written,
and yes, even if commercial success
doesn't follow, there is little doubt that
Powers will continue, as long as he lives, to
produce some of the finest prose of any
modern American writer. (He has two un­published
novels and a half dozen short
stories that he may go back to.) Whether
he will do it at SaintJohn's or in his beloved
Ireland or elsewhere is anybody's guess,
but he is too much a part of the world of
midwestern Catholicism that he has
described and defined and it is too much a
part of him for him to ever leave it, artistical­ly
or spirituallly. Like James Joyce, J.F.
Powers has finally gotten to the heart of his
Dublin. But, unlike Joyce who rejected the
faith of his fathers, and railed against the
clergy, Powers clearly recognizes that
writing is just as much a vocation as the
priesthood.
People write for many reasons, Powers
told Colman McCarthy in 1966 - to make
money, to achieve immortality or simply as
a means of putting on a show. ''To some ex­tent,
all these things motivate me, even the
part about putting on a show," he ex­plained.
"But I prefer to say it is the desire
and pursuit of the whole. It is the highest
form of creative activity given to men, proof
that we are made in God's image. I have
created a little world, with God's help."
"I wanted to create characters, people
who really existed, people who would walk
off the page," he declared in a remarkable
interview in the Minnesota Monthly in
December. "What's the essence of crea­tion:
You, God-like, make a character who
lives, who didn't exist before you made him
out of the slime of your dictionary. That's
the ultimate desire for a writer. I'd rather
do that than anything else. There's nothing
I can think of that I consider greater than
that.
''A priest can do that during Mass,
changing water and wine and hosts into the
body and blood of Christ. But I would rather
do it on my own, and not depend on the
power of the priesthood, as believed in the
Catholic Church. I don't want to be a com­pany
man to that extent. I want to have my
own little company depending entirely on
my own prowess. It's kind of Satanic,
Luciferian, a kind of pride in one's own
power. But I don't think of it as a competi­tion
with God. I figure God is on my side
if I write well enough."
At Eisele is director of corporate communica­tions
for Control Data, Washington, DC. He
is currently working on a biography of the late
Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston.
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methodical nature, zealous
individual with penchant for
abstract creativity, logic, ideology.
Seeking friendly responsible hands­on
position. Bio, Chern, Art,
Nature.
Patrick C. Bodine /427/
Mgmt / Fargo-Moorhead,Upper
Midwest
Management major/accounting
minor looking for entry-level
management position. Possess
solid academic background and
work record. Eager to help out
your company.
Steven M. Brielmaier / 447 /
English / Midwest
Psychology minor. Interested in
communications, public relations
area. Have flair for conversation
and better than average writing
skills. Captain, Johnnie football.
December graduate.
Michael E. Cashill /481/
Mgmt/Midwest
Management major with minors
22 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
in both accounting and government.
Vice president of the finance
department in the Organizational
Leadership Program.
Paul J. Charpentier / 487 /
Psych/No Preference
Looking for December graduate
who: a) has strong interpersonal/
leadership skills; b) received
Outstanding Student Award (,87);
c) loves to work with people; d) all
of the above? ME
Trace A. Christensen /493/
Bio/Upper Midwest
Hard-working biology major
looking for any position in medical
field. Extensive laboratory
experience and concentration in
cell and molecular biology.
Intelligent, fast leamer, personable.
Patrick G. Connelly / 504 /
Mgmtl No Preference
Self-starter, person-oriented,
young man looking for a career
where I can utilize my inter­personal
and problem-solving skills
to benefit your business.
Jay C. Cronin / 514 /
Mgmt / Midwest,west
Inquisitive and ambitious May
graduate looking for challenging
career in marketing or
management, where I can further
develop my leadership and
problem-solving skills.
Michael J. Davis / 527 /
Govtl Midwest,NW,SE
Hard-working, self-motivated,
dependable, honest Johnnie seeks
government job at any level or an
entry-level management or sales
position. Thank you.
Chris M. Deanovic / 529 /
Business / No Preference
Wanted: International or
domestic company seeking an
assertive enthusiastic individual
with well developed communication
skills. Strong work ethic.
Guaranteed return on investment.
Jeffrey S. Deters / 537 /
Mgmt / Midwest
Hard-working graduate with
strong leadership skills. Member of
Organizational Leadership Program
and captain of football team.
Interested in management and
finance.
John W. Donner / 551 /
Econ/Midwest,East Coast
Economics major, accounting
minor. Pursuing career in ,the
financial industry. Intern
experience as research analyst for
trust department of bank.
Interested in receiving MBA.
Dennis H. Dussik / 567 /
Mgmt / Midwest,East,SW
Hello, I am a personable leader
interested in finance and sales
opportunities. My experience
includes owner of "Take Two
Video" and treasurer of AKS
Fraternity.
Daniel T. Farniok /592/
MgmtiNo Preference
Ambitious, hard-working. Eager
to utilize analytical, leadership,
written and communication skills.
Math/ Accting minor. Practical work
experience. Resumes available
upon request.
Jeffrey T. Gewedik / 636 /
MgmtiNo Preference
Management major participating
in the Organizational Leadership
Program. Also am chapter
president of the Society for the
Advancement of Management.
Stephen J. Gohl / 644 /
Econ-MgmtiNo Preference
Desire an entry-level postion in
financial services organization
which will utilize my economics
and management background.
Hard-working, enthusiastic. Willing
to relocate.
Chris E. Guettler / 658 /
MgmtiNorthwest, West Coast
Help! I'm a desperate Johnnie
yearning to return to God's
country. I also have an accounting
minor and the desire to become a
productive employee.
Michael R. Hahn / 663 /
Accounting / No Preference
Highly creative senior pursuing
career in public relations or related
fields. Diverse experience,
including finance internship and
leadership in student services.
Strong communication skills.
Patrick M. Hall / 665 /
Accounting / Minnesota,Midwest
Accounting major, management
minor interested in a public or
private accounting position which
will utilize my communication,
computer and leadership skills. 3.4
GPA.
Erik D. Holstrom / 667 /
Business / Midwest,East
CEO of Organizational
Leadership Program Company.
GPA 3.5. Held previous internships
with consulting and investment
firms. Motivated and eager to
i-t
I
I i
begin career utilizing eperiences, Michael A. Holscher / 715 /
leadership and abilities. Govtl East Coast
Searching for full-time
Eric A. Haverkamp /677/ employment in journalism / public
GovtlNo Preference affairs realm. Intelligent, articulate,
Seeking career in sales or excellent interpersonal
management. Strong leadership communication skills. Presently
skills and hard-working. Member Editor-in-Chief of SJU's Record.
SJU Senate. Third year R.A. Two Excellent writing abilities.
years varsity soccer. Hard-worker.
Paul L. Heidecker / 683/ Evan S. Hudson / 724 /
Mgmt / Midwest,West Int'l Mgmt / South
Self-motivated person interested Management major with Spanish
in marketing or sales as a career. I fluency seeks position in marketing
have sales experience and am or personnel. Very flexible and
involved in numerous activities, willing to relocate.
including AKS.
Paul G. Hughes / 726 /
John A. Heinen / 684 / Govt/No Preference
MgmtiNo Preference Ambitious, hard-working May
Interested in a rewarding and graduate interested in marketing or
exciting sales career. I am a team sales rep position of other
oriented, ambitious, selfmotivated, challenging employment position
hard-working individual. I am with your company. Study abroad
seeking success. experience. Resume upon request.
David S. Heisler / 685 / William B. Huhner /726 /
Chern/Midwest Math / Midwest
Seeking entry-level position in Math major wishes to pursue
business that allows me to use my career in business. Also has
chemistry knowledge and/or lab knowledge of computer
and research skills. Chemistry programming. 3.7 GPA. Enjoy
club. Saint John's golf team. working with people. Reliable,
responsible, conscientious and
Joe A. Henry / 696 / enthusiastic.
MgmtiNo Preference
Management major/captain of Michael J. Izen / 733 /
football team seeking employment Math-Comp Sci/Upper Midwest
in areas stressing public relations. Mathematics/computer student
Three years experience in direct wishes to pursue career in
sales as top salesperson, trainer business. Special interest in
and recruiter. systems analysis and consulting.
Mark J.D. Herbert/698/
Enjoys working with people.
Personable, responsible,
Phil/No Preference conscientious. 3.6 GPA.
Philosophy major with
psychology minor. Unique, open-minded,
deep thinking individual. Douglas W. Jaeger / 734 /
Travel experience in Europe. Mgmt / No Preference
Possess "Entitlement of Abode" Hard-working, aggressive Johnnie
for U.K. Desire to travel. seeking position with developing
firm. Strong leadership, creative
Michael D. Hintz/ 704 / and analytical skills. Primary
Accounting / No Preference concentration: sales and marketing.
Interested in an auditing position Past experience with corporations.
in a growing accounting firm, Will travel!
where there would be room for
advancement. Enjoy travel and Peter D. Johnson / 745 /
willing to relocate. Econ/Upper Midwest
Looking to pursue career in
Richard J. Holetz / 712 / banking. GPA: 3.27. Very trainable
Mgmt / No Preference and responsible. Motivated and
Energetic, euthusiastic, amiable. excited to begin career.
Four years maintenance and
personnel manager for small Scott C. Kallsen / 756 /
business. Interests include sales Business MgmtiNo Preference
and marketing. Seeking sales or supervisory
Steve G. Holm /713/
position in organization with chance
for advancement. Excellent
Econ-Mgmt/Twin Cities communication skills. International
Wanted: Marketing, sales, management concentration.
consulting management experience; Baseball - four letters; captain;
have cumulative 3.62 GPA. Involved team MVP. GPA: 3.2.
in and worked as tutoring
coordinator, economics TA, Econ John C. Kenney /769 /
Club. Have desire; please hire. Mgmt/No Preference
Seeking a challenging sales expression of individual talent in
opportunity. Management degree service to others is what I'm all
with collegiate sports training. Am about!
interested in combining my sports
management experience in the Jeffrey S. Lewis / 858 /
sales field. Acct-MgmtiUpper Midwest
Enthusiastic double major,
Stephen M. Klein /783 / looking for sales position with
Accounting / Midwest growing and prosperous company.
Accounting major with a GPA of Have seven years sales and
3.625. Looking for a career in customer relations experience.
accounting in a strong, reputable
firm. Timothy J. Lincoln / 864 /
Math-Computer
Jeffrey E. Kline /785/ Science / Northwest
MgmtiTwin Cities Looking to use my math and
Ambitious, highly motivated May computer background at a job that
graduate seeking management gives an opportunity for
trainee position in operations. advancement in interpersonal
Many career related experiences. relationships and job status.
Selected to participate in
Organizational Leadership Program. Jason G. Lindquist / 866 /
Trainable. Enthusiastic. Mgmt-Acct/Twin Cities
Responsible. Interested in a challenging
position in management. Able to
Mark C. Krause / 806 / apply analytical skills developed in
Mgmt/Twin Cities accounting courses and work
As intramural director and OLP experience. Extensive
participant, I have utilized my communication and computer skills.
communication skills and developed
organizational and time- Paul S. Lundquist / 883/
management techniques. Reliable. Int'l MgmtiMidwest
Dependable. I enjoy challenging "We don't hire average
projects. people" - this is what my current
employer stated. I am a hard-
Steven C. Krebsbach / 808 / worker and am looking for a
Mgmt / Midwest challenging career opportunity.
Am interested in an entry-level
management position in a health Christopher A. Lorsung / 876 /
organization. Assisted the club Mgmt / Midwest
manager at Suburban Health Club Management major with finance
in St. Cloud. concentration and government
minor. Additional coursework:
Jason P. Kudrna / 816 / English literature and computers.
History / No Preference 3.075 GPA. Looking for entry-level
Would like employment in banking, management or finance
museums, historical societies, position.
archival work, art galleries,
anything dealing with history and Kyle A. Loven / 878 /
artifacts. Have two years of GovtlNo Preference
museum work experience. Government major with
emphasis in public affairs and
Brian W. Kueppers / 817 / minor in management, seeks
Mgmt/Midwest employment. Excellent writing,
Career wanted in sales, communication and organizational
marketing. Enthusiastic, highly skills. A highly competitive
skilled and experienced. individual.
Founder / owner and current
president of "On Campus Video Randy A. Lowenberg / 879 /
Store." Marketing vice president in Acct-MgmtiNo Preference
the OLP. Have seven months of accounting
internships at Control Data. During
John S. Lahti / 828 / my work experience, I have
MgmtiUpper Midwest written computer programs for
Self-motivated individual with cost and income tax accounting.
strong communication and
leadership skills. Organizational Thomas R. Lundstrom / 883 /
Leadership Program member. 3.0+ Accounting / No Preference
G.P.A. Varsity football quarterback Socially conscious, hard-working
four years, captain 1988. accounting major seeking to
employ the values this institution
Steven J. Levandowski / 859 / has helped me form in helping
Mgmt / No Preference
In Search of Excellence?
those less fortunate than myself.
Organizational Leadership Program Etienne Zammit Lupi / 1515 /
executive who values work as Math-Computer Science / No
Preference
SAINT JOHN'S 23
Seeking position that will Christopher A. Murphy 1 976 1 can use my proven verbal and
challenge and enhance my skills in History 1 Midwest,West,SE written communication skills as
an imaginative, innovative computer A summer's experience selling demonstrated in related positions.
engineering firm. Experience in books for a Southwestern company
leadership as resident assistant and has enhanced my skills of self- Karl O. Schnagl 1 1322 1
club president. discipline responsibility, Accounting 1 No Preference
communication, ambition and given Seeking entry-level position with
Dominic F. Mannella 1 897 1 me added self confidence. an accounting firm. Motivated,
Psych/No Preference dependable career-oriented, self-
Have job? Will travel. I am a Doug E. Neeser 1 988 1 starter with good communication
senior psychology major with good Accounting 1 North skills.
communication and personal skills. An awesome accounting student
Management? Marketing? interested in that special entry- Peter D. Seltz 113431
Anything? Please give me a call. level accounting job. Related work Mgmtl No Preference
experiences include a summer Ambitious, personable May grad
Christopher M. Manning 12981 accounting internship and tutoring seeking sales 1 management position
MgmtiNo Preference on campus accounting. in computer or financial industry.
Hello Alums! I'm an active Anxious to travel. Five years sales
varsity sports enthusiast looking Martin J. O'Brien 110071 experience. International business
for information and possible History 1 Twin Cities,Chicago concentration. 3.2 GPA.
internships in the following areas: I'm a History major and Record
hotel, resort and 1 or restaurant news editor seeking an entry-level Steven P. SimoneH 1 1352 1
management. Many thanks. position in business allowing me to Govt/Midwest
use my analytical and management Minor: computer science;
Timothy B. McConville 1 922 1 skills. concentrations: international
Mgmtl Twin Cities relations and French. I have
Looking for a chance in this Bryan J. Olson 1 1022 1 polished analytical and
advertising world. I am a creative Econ/No Preference communications skills with
genius and a fun person to work Eager, motivated May graduate supervisional work experience at
with. OLP, VISTO, CREW team. searching for employment. Looking SJU and Pillsbury/Green Giant.
for a challenging sales position in
wholesale anywhere in the U.S.A. David E. Sinner 1 1352 1
Sean P. McDermott 1 923 1 which demands strong Gov-HistiNo Preference
Mgmt 1 Midwest communication skills. Consider the social sciences.
Tactfully energetic, positively Social awareness is always an
creative management candidate. Mark J. Peller 1 1073 1 asset. Looking for an exciting
Seeking an active and personable Eng 1 Midwest opportunity to use my creative
management trainee position. I'm looking to pursue a career in abilities in advertising or
Experienced in customer service, journalism or any field which I personnel.
personnel management, public could use my writing skills. GPA
speaking and international 3.29. Football captain. Fast leamer, John D. Sipe, Jr. 113531
business. hard-working. Mgmt 1 Midwest
My experience at SJU has been
Christopher H. McLaughlin 1 931 1 Brian R. pfannenstein 1 1091 1 invaluable. Let me translate this
Math-Computer Sci/Upper Accounting 1 Midwest experience as well as creativity
Midwest I would like a job in a company and enthusiasm to your
Aspiring to put my major in in which I could use my management or marketing position.
Mathematics 1 Computer Science to organizational and communication
work as a computer programmer in skills. Would prefer the Midwest. Ronald L. Skrbec 1 1359 1
a respected organization, especially Social Sci 1 No Preference
one in the Upper Midwest. Henry L. Reichert 1 1191 1 Looking for a highly motivated
History 1 Midwest person to fill your management
Dan R. Misgen/9531 Market research is my thing, if needs? I'm that man. Psychology
Mgmt 1 Minnesota you are looking give me a ring. 3.4 and management minors; 3.0+
Seeking computer-related job (GPA) is my score; a record of GPA. Send for more information
where I can work at home during hard work, nothing more. today.
the winter. Have excellent
computer, management and Peter J. Rothstein 1 1243 1 Paul D. Sullivan 1 1402 1
problem-solving skills. Hard worker Music-Theatre Arts/No Preference Spanish/No Preference
and independent. I am anticipating a career in the Ambitious May '89 graduate
administrative or educational ends interested in international business
Thomas E. Morris 1 9641 of the performing arts. My or relations. Experience in
Econ-MgmtiNo Preference experience encompasses translating and other international
Economics and Management performance, production, education affairs. Concentration in South
major seeking finance or and administration. America and Spain. Resume upon
management career. Activities request.
include banking internship, Student David P. Ruelle 1 1252 1
Senate and student owned and Mgmt -Acct 1 Midwest Lance J. Swanke 1 1405 1
operated video store. 3.58 GPA. Young, enthusiastic and Mgmt 1 Midwest,ND,Indiana
energetic. Double major. Seeking a Management major with 3.2 GPA
James P. Mueller 19711 challenging position in sales with a seeking position to utilize my
Econ 1 Midwest growing company in the Midwest. managerial skills in accomplishing
Economics major, management organizational tasks and goals.
minor, additional coursework in Leonard A. Sarvela 1 12821
government, philosophy. 3.7 GPA. Govt/No Preference Timothy J. Teske 1 1419 1
Looking for an entry-level position Very interested in government Accounting 1 No Preference
in finance, banking or management. service or sales. In both fields, I Seeking an entry-level staff
24 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
accounting position that allows me
to use my computer,
communication, organizational and
leadership skills. Accounting Club
VP, newspaper ad representative.
Joseph R. Tinguely 11436 1
Math-Comp Sci/Midwest
Intelligent, hard-working
individual seeking position on a
VMS, preferably Unix based
system. Proficient in Basic,
Assembler, Pascal, C, Lisp and
Prolog. Available May 1989.
Timothy J. Trobec 11444 1
MgmtiNo Preference
Management major seeking a
trainee position in which I can use
my communication skills to aid the
organization. Activities include
varsity football and
telecommunications center.
John N. Tuvey 11452 1
Mgmt 1 Midwest
Creative, hard-working May
graduate with strong
communication skills seeks position
in advertising, marketing or public
relations. Background includes
experience in journalism,
advertising and sales.
Dennis R. Wilsonl14951
Econ-Int MgmtiTwin Cities,North
December grad with majors in
economics and international
management interested in a job
(international or domestic) in the
areas of finance, investment or
banking.
Thomas P. Wilson 1 1496 1
Mgmt 1 No Preference
Looking for a good communicator
who is outgoing and enthusiastic?
Make an investment in me. I'm a
prime candidate for an entry-level
management position.
Mark A. Wochnick 115031
Math-Physics 1 Midwest, West
A dependable, hard-working,
open-minded Johnnie is interested
in a career in engineering research
and 1 or production management in
a company with possibilities for
advancement.
Troy M. Zimmerman 1 15191
Social Sci 1 No Preference
Inquisitive bilingual social
scientist ready and more than
willing to work with other social
beings. Interests include: research,
psychology, economics and
sociology.
Scott L. Zipp 1 1518 1
Accounting 1 Midwest
Looking for staff accountant or
management consultant position in
mid-sized private business or
public accounting firm. Extensive
knowledge of Lotus. Very
dependable. Superb people skills.
1936 Jeff Hennes
712 Riverside Drive N.E.
St. Cloud. MN 56301
James '(Jeff) Hennes was elected
lieut gov of Kiwanis Internat'l. He
serves the Minnesota-Dakotas
district.
1947 Maurice Mischke
1993 Palace Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
Msgr James Habiger was elected
pres of the National Assoc of State
Catholic Conference Directors. The
election took place at the annual
meeting held this yr in Rome.
1949 Harry Post
Route 1, Box 171
Moose Lake, MN 55767
Ralph Opatz, a Mutual Service
Casualty Ins Co agent, was
designated as a 1988 quality agent
for his ability to develop and
maintain a profitable agency. Stan
Wilfahrt retired after 38 yrs of being
a teacher, coach and athletic
director in Gibbon (7 yrs) and
Cathedral HS at New Ulm (31 yrs).
His address is 922 Summit Ave,
New Ulm 56073.
1950 Need a Class Agent.
Any volunteers?
John Kosch returned to campus from
his home in Loveland, Colorado for
Homecoming - the first time he
was at SJU since leaving as a soph
in 1948.
1951 BobJ. Zitur
12185 - 48th Circle North
Plymouth, MN 55442
Chaplain/Colonel Bob Pryor retired
from the US Air Force on July 1. At
that occasion he was awarded the
Legion of Merit. His final Air Force
assignment was Chief of the
Education and Professional
Development Div in the Office of
the Chief of Chaplains in
Washington, DC.
1952 Need a Class Agent.
Any volunteers?
Dan Coborn has received a Grocers
Care award from the National
Grocers Assoc based in Reston, VA.
The award goes to independent
grocers who contribute to charity,
deliver free groceries to the elderly
or do some similar service for the
community.
1954 Need a Class Agent.
Any volunteers?
Louis GOHwalt sold his lumberyard
and built a year round home on
Cross Lake on the Whitefish Chain
north of Brainerd.
1955 Gerry Donlin
1728 Kilian Boulevard
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Jim Vick was appointed dir of Drug
Research & Testing, FDA,
Washington, DC, after some 30 yrs
with the military. He was recently
awarded one of the highest military
awards for his studies on venoms,
toxins and shock which included
work in South East Asia, the Middle
East, India and Central America.
During the upcoming yrs his work
will extend to mainland China and
South Africa. Jim and his wife have
3 sons and 1 daughter and are living
in the Washington, DC area.
1960 Austin Ditzler
3808 Drew Ave. South
Minneapolis. MN 55415
Allen Fournier was promoted to vp of
corporate tax for Honeywell Inc.
1962 Ron Bauerly
9935 - 4lst Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55441
Carl Luxem, 8248 Beard Road,
Minneapolis 55431, is doing
research on the Austrian school of
economics. Jim Randall is a judge on
the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He
and his wife, Monica, live at 31230
Oasis Road, Center City
55012-9606. Richard Thiel is a
project mgr for Rockwell Corp's
Space Transportation Systems Div
in Downey, CA. He was selected 1
of 17 engineers of the yr among the
corp's 19,000 engineers and
scientists in 1986. James Wrich was
appointed president of Parkside
EAP Inc, a nat'! provider of
employee assistance programs to
over 300,000 employees and
dependents in Park Ridge, IL.
1963
SOT
Dave W,ndt
6623 Londonderry Circle
Edina, MN 55436
Fr James Tuxbury celebrated the
25th anniversary of his ordination on
May 1.
1964 John Diffley
203 - 6th Avenue S.w.
Stewartville, MN 55976
Bill Draves started his own company
called Lyman Draves Inc in Mpls.
He and his partner have 15 yrs of
experience in the data processing
placement area. They are a full
service data processing placement
firm who locate jobs for
programmers, analysts and
managers. James Meger was named
the 1988 Artist of the Year by the
Minnesota Wildlife Heritage
Foundation. James Seckinger,
director of the National Institute for
Trial Advocacy and a law prof at the
U of Notre Dame in South Bend,
IN, recently was elected to the
'88-89 American Judicature Society
Board of Directors.
1966 Don Kinzer
35 Pandolfo Place
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Dr Michael Collins, chern prof at
Alumni News
Viterbo College, Wisconsin, was
named Professor of the Year by the
Council for Advancement and
Support of Education (CASE),
Washington, DC.
1968 Jim Nicholson
1805 Guilford Lane
Oklahoma City. OK 73120
Joseph LaMothe is an emergency
physician at the Emergency
Physicians Group Ltd in
Lincolnshire, IL.
1970 John Agee
1446 Delaware Avenue
west St. Paul, MN 55118
John Agee ran in the New York City
marathon this fall. Dan Alberts was
promoted to special investigative
supvr at the Federal Correctional
Institute in California. He and his
wife, Anne, live at #14 Reservation
Point, Terminal Island, CA
90731-7312. John O'Regan is director
of the psych dept at St Francis
Medical Center in laCrosse, WI.
Raymond Rossini is president­chairman
emeritus of Rossini &
Associates PA in Minneapolis. His
new address is 1114 Oakview Lane,
Minneapolis 55441.
1971 Need a Class Agent.
Any volunteers?
Richard Haugen is a learning
disabilities teacher at Bendix
Elementary School in Annandale.
Richard, his wife Adrienne, and
their 2 children live on Clearwater
Lake.
Vick '55 Collins '66
Spiritual Life
Retreat I
July 14 - July 16
Spiritual Life
Retreat II
July 21 - July 23
For additional informa­tion,
contact Fr. Don
Tauscher, O.S.B., Saint
John's Abbey.
Mark your calendars now
for these alumni events
Wednesday, Jan. 11
Thursday, Jan. 12
VVednesday, Feb. 1
Thursday, Feb. 2
Thursday, Feb. 9
Monday, Feb. 20
Monday, Feb. 27
Tuesday, Feb. 28
Wednesday, Marcl11
Wednesday, April 5
Saturday, May 6
Monday, July 17
Saturday, Sept. 30
Fargo/Moorhead Standup with SJU basketball
Jamestown Standup Thursday, Jan. 12 Bismarck
Standup
CAP Happy Hour, Downtown St. Paul
Washington, D.C., Standup (Alexandria, Va.)
T.C. Chapter President's Luncheon, Minneapolis
CAP Career Forum (tentative)
Tucson Standup
Phoenix Standup
CAP Happy Hour, Uptown Minneapolis
CAP Happy Hour, Downtown St. Paul
T.C. Chapter Derby Day
T.C. Chapter Golf Tournament
Homecoming with reunions for the Classes of '39,
'49, '64, '69, '79
Watch your mail for invitations to these and other alumni events such as the
Central Minnesota Chapter Dinner with Father Hilary, Great Lakes Chapter
Mass and brund1, spring Standups in Wisconson and in Detroit and the Doc
McCarthy Golf Open. For infommtion on any of the alumni programs, call
612/363-2591.
SAINT JOHN'S 25
Hams '87
Admissions
referral
While yau're reminiscing about
your days at Saint John's, you may
want to think of same young men
who wauld benefit from a similar
education in the years ahead. One of
the greatest gifts you can give your
alma mater is that of a promising
student!
Referrals of candidates for admis­sion
is an excellent way for us to
learn af potential students. Please
fill aut the accompanying form and
let us know the names and addresses
of students we shauld contact. Please
call (612/363-2196) ar drop a line
ta Rager Young, director of admis­sions,
Saint John's University, Col­legeville,
MN 56321. Women can­didates
will be referred to the Col­lege
af Saint Benedict and graduate
students to the Schaal of Theology.
Thank you for your help.
Student's Name: ______ _
Student's Address: (city, state)
Social Security #: _____ _
Telephone:
High School: ______ _
Year of graduation from high school:
Student's academic and extra­curricular
interests
(if known): ______ _
26 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
1972 Bill Finch
403 E. 6th Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
William Bros is an assistant prof in
the dept of biological sciences at
San Jose State U, California. Charles
Dopp was promoted to gen'l mgr of
Storer Cable TV of Groton, CT. He
is negotiating a 10 yr cable TV
franchise with the US naval base
there. Randy Langel is a systems eng
for IBM supporting Nissan. He is
the project leader for a new dealer
system. Randy and his wife, Jane,
live at 440-101 Burlington Court,
Long Beach, CA 90803. When
Randy is not at IBM, he can be
found traveling to the beach in his
red '52 MGTD which is fully
restored to its British glory.
1973 Steve Hawkins
4777 - 13th Street
Apple Valley, MN 55124
CarloS' Davila, an attorney in San
Juan, PR, returned to SJU for
Homecoming this year. David Ebnet
was elected pres of the Central
Minnesota Historical Assembly in
Royalton. John Elwell teaches
German and English at Zumbrota­Mazeppa
HS. Thomas Mahoney was
elected to the board of directors of
the Assoc for Corporate Growth.
He is pres of Hilldale Ventures, a
Minnetonka based corporate
development firm.
1974 Jim Platten
7563 \\est 165th Street
Lakeville, MN 55044
David Arch is a section head for
Honeywell's sensors and signal
processing lab in Mpls. John
Forsythe's restaurant, Bo Diddley's,
in St Joe was recently featured in
the St Cloud Times. Dr Michael
Sullivan was appointed to the
Advisory Board of the Catholic
Publishing Center in St Paul. Among
its other pUblications is the Catholic
Digest, the single largest Catholic
publication in the country.
1975
Kevin P. Murphy
Golden Bear Plaza
Shearson Lehman Brothers
11760 U.S. Highway #1
North Pabn Beach, FL 33408
Mike Fahey, Carver County attorney,
received the highest civilian award
presented by the US Dept of the
Treasury Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco & Firearms in JUly. Only
132 such awards have ever been
given. Mike's was presented for his
lengthy, difficult and extremely
complex investigation into the
deaths of 2 Carver Co residents
conducted by a team offed'l and
state officials. Dr Daniel Mareck is
medical dir of the student health
service at the U of South Dakota.
1976 Steve Halverson
M.A. Mortenson Co.
P.O. Box 710
Minneapolis, MN 55440
Tom Lais is mgr of operational
accounting for Pillsbury's Spanish
subsidiary. Tom, his wife, Doris,
and their 2 children live at Torres
dela Rioja, # Episo 3d, 26500
Calahorra, Carioja, Spain. Michael
McMenimen is a nat'! sales mgr for
Murfin, a Menasha company in
Columbus, Ohio. Pat Meier, a 12-yr
veteran of the Holdingford fire dept,
joined other firefighters to help
protect towns in Wyoming and
Montana last Sept. Roy Schumacher
is a nat'l sales mgr for Honeywell
Inc in Plymouth.
1977 Joe \\entzell
2054 Pleasantview Drive
New Brighton, MN 55112
Mike Carr is head football coach and
math instructor at Apollo HS in St
Cloud. He also provides the
commentary at SJU football games
over WWJO. Mike and his wife,
Sue, live at 1023-10th Ave N, St
Cloud 56301. Steve Hanson joined
the firm of DuWayne Peterson Piehl
& Co in Cokato where he is the
resident CPA. Joe Kastelic teaches
grades 7-12 in social studies and is
the head varsity football coach in
New Auburn. Dan McConnell's
company, Range of Light
Productions, specializes in
outdoor/recreational programs such
as their most recent production,
coverage of the 1988 World
Mountain Bike Championships held
in Mammoth Lakes, CA. The show
was produced in cooperation with
ESPN.
1978 Robert Backes
5824 Ewing Ave. South
Edina, MN 55410
Dr Andrew Cragg is an interventional
radiologist at The U of Iowa
Hospitals and Clinics. Dr Douglas
McDonald heads the Section of
Orthopedic Oncology and is involved
with total joint replacements at the
St Louis U Med Center in Missouri.
Patrick Murphy, div general mgr of
McGlynn Bakeries Inc, was elected
to the board of direcotrs of
Jamestown, a residential adolescent
drug treatment center, located in
White Bear Lake. Marc Shemesh is
vp of American Internat'l Group
Southeast Asia Division in Hong
Kong.
1979 Leo Miller
4208 Brendenwood Road
Rockford, IL 61107
Chris Deckas joined the investment
firm of Smith Barney in New York.
Chris is vp of the sales division.
Raymond Ganas returned from a 6
month deployment to the Western
Pacific with 11th Marine
Expeditionary Unit, Camp
Pendleton, CA. Wayne Liebhard is
keeping busy. A medical doctor at
the Sundance Clinic in Savage, he
also is involved in civic activities
(Prior Lake Rotary and Savage
Chamber of Commerce), sports
(softball and hunting) and music.
Wayne plays guitar and trombone,
writes music and sings with his
'50s/60s band "Solid Gold." He
believes family practitioners like
himself need to be wellrounded and
able to relate to different subjects.
David Linder is a member of a
religious lay community in Ontario,
Canada under vows of poverty,
chastity and obedience. Joe San and
his family have moved to 635 EGolf
Road, Libertyville, IL 60048. Joe is
chief financial officer at Federal Life
Insurance Companies in
Riverwoods, IL. Dan Zimmermann is
a partner of Willenbring, Dahl,
Wocken & Zimmermann lawfirm in
Cold Spring.
1980 Terry J. Geraghty
140 Christine Drive
Satellite Beach, FL 32937
Tom Casey moved to Jonesboro, AR
where he is personnel mgr of the
new General Foods Post Cereal
plant. Tom, his wife, Donna, and
their 2 children live at 2704 Nix
Lane, Jonesboro, AR 72401. Terry
Langan has completed his PhD in
econ. He teaches at Miami U of
Ohio. His home address is 119
Acorn Cir, Oxford, OH 45056. John
Linn, Ph.D., in his 4th yr at Williams
College, is currently a Dana Scholar
in economics at Yale. Stephen
Melcher is an attorney with
Fabyanske, Svoboda, Westra,
Holper & Davis in St Paul. William
Palmer moved to the Sierra Army
Depot in NE California in June '86.
While there, another Johnnie, Cpt
Mike LaDouceur '79 was assigned to
the same post. Tim Scott was
awarded a fellowship to participate
in the Young Lawyers' Program of
the German Academic Exchange
Service. He will spend 10 months in
West Germany studying the German
legal system. Tim can be reached
through his parents' address: 421
Vincent Str, Medford, WI 54451.
Stephen Sommers wrote and directed
the movie 9Catch Me If You Can9, a
romantic-action comedy filmed
entirely in St Cloud.
1981 Brad Neary
555 E. Washington Ave.
Fair Oaks Village #105
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Michael Brown is pres of Diversified
Marketing Resources in Grapevine,
TX.
1982 Rob Culligan
1413 Ross Ave.
Alamosa, CO 81101
Bill Cashman is an attorney with
Dunkley, Bennett & Christensen PA
in Minneapolis. Rob Culligan is a
marketing coordinator for Christian
Community Services in Alomosa,
CO. Fr William DeSalvo was
~_odJ~4'_H'."St Mary Nativity Church, 706 N
Broadway, Joliet, IL 60435. Tim
Rongitsch writes that he is still living
in Chicago and that he and his wife,
Alison, are expecting a baby in
Sept. Tim attended Steve Fling's
wedding in May and also Conn
McCarten's. He reports that Rich
Faber and his wife, also living in
Chicago, had a baby in June. Fred
Taccolini is a CPA employed as a
senior financial analyst with Zimmer
Inc, the orthopedic implant
manufacturing division of Bristol­Myers.
He and his wife, Kristy,
have 2 children: their daughter
Stafanie (2'12 yrs) and their new
son, Anthonie, who was born on
April 4. Fred sends his best regards
to Bob, Ron, John, Paul, Matt, Don,
Scott, Mark and Tom. Fred and his
family live at 2705 William Dr,
Winona Lake, IN 46590. Neil
Zimmer is attending Mankato State
and is a basketball coach at
Fairmont HS.
1983 Bill Hoye
456 Summit Ave., #108
SI. Paul, MN 55102
Jim Auron moved to 3233 47th Ave
S, Minneapolis 55406. Jim is
departmental liason to the council
on mental health for the State of
Minnesota Dept of Human Services,
Mental Health Program Division in
St Paul. In June he completed a 2yr
master's program at the Humphrey
Institute of Public Affairs. Brian
Bunkers is a family practice physician
resident at Appleton Family Health
Ctr in Appleton, WI. Bart Franta
teaches foreign language at
Fairmont HS. Bill Klaus is a
programmer/analyst at the St Paul
Companies in St Paul. His address
is 6149 Birchwood Rd, Woodbury
55125. Bob Seng accepted an assoc
position starting in 1989 with the
Mpls law firm of Dorsey & Whitney.
He is currently a 3rd yr law student
at the U of M where he is an Assoc
Articles Editor on the Minnesota
Law Review. Bob Tschida is a special
ed teacher in Mpls. John Young
received his Masters of Science in
Admin from Notre Dame.
1984 Dave Stumpf
P.O. Box 111
Long Prairie, MN 56347
Daniel Bowler began his Peace Corp
training in Kathmandu, Nepal last
Sept. He will be spending the next
2 yrs working in a Napalese village.
Peter Eichten is director of adult
education at the Church of St
Stephen in Anoka. John Graham
works for the GralIam Development
Co in Minneapolis. David Norby's
new address is: Rue Des
Bequinettes, 1170 Brussels,
Belgium. He will be teaching in
Belgium until next June when he
plans to return to the states,
hopefully to a teaching position.
Steve Sudbeck teaches English at the
YMCA in Taichung, Taiwan. His
address is: c/o Taichung YMCA, 174
San-Min Rd, Sect #1, 5/F, Taichung
400, Taiwan.
SOT
Jake Czarnik-Neimeyer is an
educational consultant and trainer in
Madison, WI 53704.
1985 Paul Elskamp
676 Summit Avenue, Apt. 12
SI. Paul, MN 55105
Nils Erickson is exec officer of a
mechani2ed company at the National
Training Center, Fort Irwin,
California. Vince Fahnlander
graduated from the U of Iowa Law
School and is working for the
Minneapolis firm of Hart, Bruner &
O'Brien, Attorneys at Law. Charlie
Mahler is the men's cross country
coach at Gustavus Adolphus
College. He will also be an assistant
coach for the men's and women's
track program. Charlie is also
working for the student activities
office at Gustavus. Daniel Mathews is
production mgr/designer for AIl-Star
Balloon Co in Minneapolis. Terry
(Thadeus) Moore graduated from the
U of Iowa Law School in May.
1986 John Wedin
3030 Ensign Avenue
SI. Louis Park, MN 55426
Philip Graayk works at Leander &
Assoc CPAs at 1628 Hwy 10 NE,
Spring Lake Park 55432. Bret Hagen
is a billing specialist for G E Capital
in Eden Prairie. Joseph Kestel is a
liturgist musician at St Augustine's
Parish in St Cloud. Michael Ryan
works in the gov relations div of
Norwest Center in Minneapolis.
Syed Zaki completed his bachelor of
science in mechanical eng at the U
of North Dakota in May and now
lives at 4949 West Pine Blvd, #8S,
St Louis, MO 63108.
1987
Mike Nawrocki
and Tom Mertens
217 Nebraska Avenue W.
No. 305
St. Paul, MN 55117
Mark Bingham works in sales for
Best Buy in Burnsville. His address
is 7013 McCauley Trail S,
Minneapolis 55435. David Hamlin is
a teacher at the sr high school in
Shakopee. Paul Harris received a
Dean Robert F Boden academic
scholarship for '88-89 by the
Marquette U Law School Honors
and Scholarships Committee.
1988 George Ramler
9520 Kingswood Drive
Chaska, MN 55318
Mike Cronin
c/o Rep. Penny
436 Cannon Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Corey Bonnema, 2853 Viking Drive
#149, Green Bay, WI 54304, is a
management trainee with G&K
Services, a textile leasing company
in Green Bay. Mike Cronin was
recently promoted to system mgr in
the office of Congressman Tim
Penny. His new address is 400
North Patrick, Alexandria, VA
22314. Wade Weisz is attending
Southern California College of
Optometry in Fullerton, CA.
SOT
Tony Haas is director of liturgy and
music at St Pius X in Cedar Rapids,
IA. His new address is 1621
Pinehurst NE, Apt 3A, Cedar
Rapids, IA 52402. Joe Pequignot
completed recruit training at Recruit
Training Center in San Diego, CA.
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Collegeville, MN 56321
Alumni Volunteers received a hearty
thank you at a reception in their
honor last fall. Having completed
terms of service on the Alumni
Association board of directors, Chapter
boards or as dass agents, they were
presented with University bookends.
Bottom, from left, are Steve Conroy
'74, Tom Ambrose '68, Tim Baum­gartner
'70, Randall Murphy '41 and
Jack Happe' 49; middle, John Krueger
'70, Slew Laird '59, Maury Meyer
'73, Bab Verkuilen '56, Lorry May
'39 and Class Agent Joe Wentzell '77
whose dass wan the first Friendly
Class Competition; top, Tom Farnham
'72, Jack Hickey '65, Dave Prem '57,
Mark Lambert '85 and Ed Laubach '74.
SAINT JOHN'S 27
Members of the Class of '78 attended
Homecoming reunion parties in St.
Cloud and on campus. At the brunch
were, bottom row, from left, John
Conlin, Joe Kruse and John Wocken.
Top, from left, are Gary Gustafson,
Val