1996 Fall SJU Alumni Magazine Volume 35 Number 04

              From the President
There is an air of excitement in Central Minnesota. September is a month of celebration
for the College of Saint Benedict and, with hearty congratulations, all of us at Saint John's
join our academic partners in a spirit of gratitude and optimism.
Saint Benedict's is celebrating the conclusion of its successful capital campaign, a cam­paign
in which enthusiastic alumnae, friends, corporations and foundations contributed over
$30 million, well more than the $26.lcampaign goal. (In the last decade our two colleges have
raised more than $70 million in parallel capital campaigns.) The CSB campaign included
funds for the Ardolf Science Center, the ?? Haehn Student Center, the new campus entrance,
endowment purposes and the annual fund.
We are grateful for the outstanding progress Saint Benedict's has made in the last decade
under S. Colman's leadership because as either partner in our collaborative venture in higher
education reaches new levels of excellence, both academic communities benefit, often equally.
In addition to celebrating the conclusion of the successful campaign, CSB will be inaugu­rating
its new president, Dr. Mary Lyons. Because of the distinguished leadership of presi­dents
like S. Colman, S. Emmanuel Renner and many who came before, Dr. Lyons is assuming
the presidency of an institution that is certainly more vibrant and stronger than ever in its
history.
I look forward to working with Dr. Lyons to continue to strengthen a model of collabora­tion
that is coming more and more to be recognized nationally for its distinctive coordinate
mission to provide "the very best residential liberal arts education in the Catholic university
tradition."
As we join in CSB's celebration, we thank God for having so many reasons to rejoice and
be glad.
Br. Dietrich Reinhart, o.S.B.
In This Issue
Johnnie athletes do more than peer
into alcohol, drug issues
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Saint John's and leadership­instilling
values,
cultivating leaders
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Saint John's Bread
About the cover:
Julian Tituana, an Ecadorean weaver, patiently guides
Caleb Heoft of St. Joseph through the use of a loom during
one of three summer workshops (see page 14). Julian's
hand-made loom dominated the Alice R. Rogers Gallery
(right) as the students practiced the stages of this centu­ries-
old craft, from working the raw wool to making hats,
scarves and panchos. (photos by Greg Becker)
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Ensuring athletic success
for a second century
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News Review
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Sports Review
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Alumni News
SAINT JOHN'S
The views presented in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the
views of Saint John's University or the Order of Saint Benedict, Inc.
Vol. 3S, No.4· Autumn, 1996
Editor
Lee A. Hanley '58
e-mail: lhanley@csbsju.edu
Associate Editor
Thorn Woodward '70
News Review Editor
Glen Beltt
Sports Review Editor
Tom Nelson
Design
Greg Becker
Gene C. Sands
Executive Director of Public Affairs
Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict
Saintjohn's is published in the
winter, summer and fall and
is published as CSBISjU Today
with the College of Saint Benedict
in the spring.
Saint John's University Alumni Association
Board of Diredors 1996-97
Elected
Brian Crevoiserat '81, president
Karl Baltes '89
Joe Cascalenda '52
Alberic Culhane, O.S.B. '52
Mike Fahey '76
Bill Farmer '69, vice president communications committee
Alex Ferguson '91, vice president activities committee
Eric Haverkamp '89
Dave Hutcheson '60
Dick Kelly '62
Joel Kozlak '82
Bob Martinka '54
Gerard Moss '91
Joe Mucha '66, finance committee vice president
Joe Nemanich '96
John Patterson '79
PatRyan'84
Mike Sabers '96
Eric Schubert '92
Tim Sellner '77
Will Steinke '93
Chris Thompson '99
Ex Officio
Abbot Timothy Kelly, O.S.B., '57, SJU chancellor
Br. Dietrich Reinhart, O.S.B., '71, SJU president
Pablo Montanez '81, Alumni Association past president
Mike Miller '76 and Sharon Kasel D' Agostino '85, Twin Cities
Chapter co-chairs
Bill Kemp '73, Central Minnesota Chapter president
Jim Ranweiler '64, Rochester Chapter president
Kim Ferlaak Motes '89, D.C. Chapter president
Nick Sinner '77, Fargo-Moorhead Chapter president
Sean McGee '91, Lake Superior Chapter president
Adam Solano '92, Great Lakes Chapter president
Fran Hughes '85, Milwaukee Chapter president
John Crosby, SJU vice president for insitutional advancement
Lee Hanley '58, Saint john's editor
Mark Young '85, director of annual giving
Thom Woodward '70, Alumni Association secretary
Chaplain
Fr. Don Talafous, O.S.B. '48
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Johnnie athletes do more
than peer into alcohol,
drug issues
E many alumni, staff, students and
parents the issue of alcohol and drug abuse
is a very personal and emotional subject.
The Athlete-to-Athlete Program (AAP),
launched in 1989, has had a positive effect on
the student-athletes involved and in the
wider Saint John's University community as
an initiative to change attitudes about alco­hol
and drug abuse on campus.
AAP was designed to encourage absti­nence
of alcohol and drugs among students
participating on the University's 11 varsity
athletic teams, Under the leadership of
former-Vice-President of Student Affairs Fr.
Roman Paur, O.S.B., AAP began with the
help of a grant from the Fund for the Im­provement
of Post-Secondary Education
(FIPSE) for the 1987-1989 academic school
years. The goal of the FIPSE grant was "to
strengthen the positive prevention charac­teristics
of the institution's learning, cultural
and social environments and create a safe
and disciplined campus environment that is
conducive to learning." Athlete-to-Athlete
tries to use the resources and skills of cur­rent
students as the primary means of com­bating
alcohol problems on the SJU campus.
Peer/peer involvement in the program is the
backbone of all the components of the pro­gram
and achieving its goals. This intense
and comprehensiveprogram was developed
with the help of the Hazelden Foundation in
Center City. It began as a cooperative effort
between the SJU Athletic Department and
the Counseling and Career Services Depart­ment.
During the past couple of years, the
Athletic Department has directed the pro­gram
with continued help given by the
Counseling and Career Services Department
for specific topics and issues, such as drug
and alcohol abuse counseling.
by Michael T. Hemmesch '97
AAP is a required program for all ath­letes.
The students must participate in
group sessions for every individual sport in
which they participate. The program in­volves
discussions about the impact of
drinking on academic and athletic perfor­mance,
social relationships, vehicle safety
and emotional wellness. Participants also
deal with the increased amounts of violence,
abuse and dangerous behaviors that are re­lated
to alcohol and drug abuse.
A key person who helped guide
and direct AAP was John Eisenschenk '81.
A former Johnnie basketball player, Eisen­schenk
has extensive training in facilitating
discussions about alcohol and drug abuse.
Eisenschenk was involved with the program
from its beginning in 1989 until 1995. His
expertise about drug abuse programs and
his knowledge of the attitudes about alcohol
at Saint John's and other college campuses
benefited AAP immensely.
Bob Alpers '82, assistant basketball coach
and director of intramurals at Saint John's,
is in his second year as the advisor of AAP
for the Athletic Department. According to
Alpers the focus of AAP is to "encourage
the student-athlete to make healthy lifestyle
choices."
After an individual meeting with the team
captains, the entire team convenes in a
"closed-door" session. This session includes
a content component and a process compo­nent
in which the team captains take leader­ship
roles in hypothetical situations. The
team captains playa vital role in acting as
strong role models for the underclassmen.
Captains often are looked to by younger ath­letes
to set the tone for drug choices. The
importance of role models has been reaf­firmed
by the evaluation process after pre­season
sessions have been completed.
Recent surveys of AAP suggest that the
more successful programs are the ones in
which the students take control, teach and
learn from one another. Students feel more
comfortable about talking about these issues
with other students and, with the increased
lines of communication among the students,
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AAP will continue to have a lasting effect on
the athletes involved even after the sports
season is completed. Alpers sees one of the
most exciting benefits of AAP being the fact
that the students take responsibility and
have a "shared mission and goal" for AAP.
Athletes find AAP helpful in terms of
building greater team unity, even before the
playing season begins. The team captains
are used as role models for the rest of the
team. AAP allows younger athletes the
chance to get to know their teammates and
upperclassmen. Also, any complaints about
the team can be handled and addressed in a
private, "closed-door" setting, without the
head coach being present in the room. Many
team members have expressed their in­creased
confidence and comfort in confront­ing
other athletes and students about drug
choices and problems.
AAP has been recognized as an outstand­ing
program by many associated with SjU
and in the larger higher education commu­nity.
Efforts have been made to expand pro­grams
similar to AAP to other CSB/SjU
student organizations with the help of a sec­ond
grant that SjU received in 1994 for
$236,000. Also, AAP has the potential to ex­pand
beyond the post -secondary level to
area high schools.
In the coming years, Alpers would like to
see AAP extend to more than just chemical
abuse issues and encompass other social
and academic issues. Some of these issues
include maintaining a balance between
school and athletics and creating good rela­tionships
with peers.
Beyond the SjU community, Roger
Svenson and Tom Griffin of the Minnesota
Institute of Public Health recently com­pleted
an analysis of the program's first five
years from 1989-1994. In their report, they
commend Saint John's for its work in estab­lishing
AAP. Statistics from this report sug­gest
that SjU athletes drink less, smoke less,
are less likely to use drugs and have higher
overall GPAs compared to non-athletes at
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AAPhas been
recognized as an
outstanding program
by many associated with
SjU and in the larger
higher education
community.
SjU. Svenson and Griffin listed seven gen­eral
themes that emerged from the Athlete­to-
Athlete program. These seven themes
suggest that SjU student-athletes: 1) have
more, clearer, and lower risk guidelines for
choices about alcohol use than do non-ath­letes;
2) are more willing and apparently bet­ter
able to talk with peers about alcohol
choices and problems; 3) are aware of and
willing to make use of helping resources on
campus; 4) drink differently and less than
other students; 5) reactions to team meetings
about alcohol guidelines are generally posi­tive,
but reflect problems with some aspects
of the sessions; 6) who lead discussions at
team meetings are generally respected by
other student-athletes; 7) like the idea of al­lowing
team members to set team guide­lines.
The perceptions of the Athlete-to-Athlete
Program by students and coaches are sup­ported
by data collected in three different
surveys at SjU about alcohol and drug use
on campus. The data reveal that even
though drinking large quantities at one time
by students is decreasing for athletes and
non-athletes, athletes are significantly more
likely to pace themselves when drinking and
more often choose to drink non-alcoholic
beverages.
The prevailing attitude of the athlete
about drugs and alcohol has a tremendous
impact on how much an individual gets out
of AAP. Similarly, there are many athletes
who already have made mature choices
about abstaining from drugs and alcohol
without the help of AAP. But there are many
students who do benefit from AAP. The
overall impact of AAP can only be mea­sured
by looking at the overall attitudes of
the students. Some students contend that
AAP is not the reason why athletes have
better results in the above mentioned survey.
Some would attribute the change to other
programs as well. Others would say that
athletes have more to lose by drinking in
terms of athletic ability and performance.
The overall degree to which AAP is effec­tive
is not the real focus. The fact that stu­dents,
coaches and staff at SjU say they see
benefits from AAP makes it worth the effort.
The students are the ones that directly ben­efit
from AAP and if they benefit, the entire
University and surrounding areas benefit as
well.
The fact that students continue to drink
also is not the real issue. If students can be
educated about how certain decisions will af­fect
their lives, and that they need to take re­sponsibility
for their choices and actions,
significant progress will have been made.
The successes of the SjU Athlete-to-Ath­lete
program and others similar to it will not
totally eliminate alcohol and drug abuse on
our college campuses, but looking at the at­titudes
of the students involved, a positive
change toward a more responsible type of
student-athlete emerges. This program con­tinues
to evolve into an exciting step toward
achieving the goal of encouraging students
to make healthy lifestyle choices now and
for the rest of their lives.
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Saint John's and leadership­instilling
values, cultivating leaders
"Leadership is not about being. Leader­ship
is about becoming. Leadership is dy­namic
and active, always changing, always
growing." So begins the book Making the
Grass Greener on Your Side, by Ken
Melrose, the CEO of the Toro Company,
writing about "servant leadership." While
the title of his book sounds typically self­centered
for a business non-fiction work, the
ideas within are anything but what you'll
typically hear from those who've made it to
the top of the corporate ladder. Melrose's
basic theme is that, in order to lead others, to
really cause others to want to follow us and
believe in our purpose, we have to come
down from the corner offices and act as ser­vant
to them.
Similarly, the book Real Power, by Janet
Hagberg, explores leadership from a view­point
of the various levels on which indi­viduals
have power. Interestingly enough,
these stages range from "powerlessness" to
the highest level of "power by living your
values."
Leadership and the creation of leaders is
a hot topic in many current books, periodi­cals,
tapes and other media. Much of the re­cent
press on the subject has focused on the
ideas of vision, values and service in leader­ship.
Saint John's has much to offer future
professionals by grounding them in these
key aspects of leadership.
Probably the best way to validate the
theory that Saint John's core focus breeds
good leaders is to solicit testimonials from
successful leaders who have strong roots or
ties with the Abbey or University. The fol­lowing
individuals offer some insights into
why Saint John's has done so well through
the years in providing graduates who an­swer
the call to lead. This small sample,
though, is dwarfed by the great number of
leaders from Saint John's who have left their
marks.
Fr. Arnold Weber, O.S.B. '48
Fr. Arnold is pastor at Holy Name of
Jesus in Medina; in just over a decade, he has
seen the parish grow from a little over 200
by Dan McDermott '84
families to over 2,500 families. He feels that,
while the concept of servant leadership is
making strides in the business community,
it has long been a model for religious com­munities
(Rule of St Benedict) and churches.
Archbishop Flynn in the Twin Cities is a big
booster of this concept, pointing out that a
service orientation is inherent in the very
founding of the Catholic Church.
He also feels that
the completion of a
Catholic education
is a deeper educa­tion,
adding to the
depth of the goals
in your life. The val­ues
that are instilled
in those young men
and women that
emerge from a reli­gious-
based degree
program cause them to be the ones to step
forward, to answer the call of leadership.
There's a real distinction between concern
and actually becoming part of the solution.
"I was hungry and you held a discussion
club" does not suffice when action is called
for.
Fr. Arnold frequently has occasion to in­teract
with Johnnies and graduates from
other schools. He finds that the Johnnies
have a healthy vision of success ... not just
a vision of personal success and keeping
track of the number of CEOs a school turns
out. SjU grads have a more holistic vision of
success as personal growth, commitment to
family and service to others.
In the Church, leadership is having pasto­ral
courage, having a vision of what can be
done and what should be done. In leading
the parish to a deeper personal commitment
to stewardship, Fr. Arnold has some chal­lenges.
First is to make people aware that
they are the stewards of the parish, the par­ish
is them, it's not his or anyone else's. The
second is that it's not the pastor's job to get
the affluent members to contribute finan­cially.
His challenge is to get people to be
more spiritual, and once they're spiritual,
they'll give freely of their time, talent and
treasure. Fr. Arnold said many of these les­sons
were learned on a "stewardship" trip to
visit alumni on the West Coast with Fr.
Walter Reger, o.S.B., some years ago. Fr.
Walter made it a point to show the alumni he
visited that they "owned" SaintJohn's.
The challenge of leadership is how to get
people to where they should be without
causing disunity. In his parting, Jesus said
"pray that all may be one." Fr. Arnold may
provide the vision, but much of the action is
delegated to the laity in such a large and
dynamic parish. He finds that people, when
given the opportunity, willingly step up to
new tasks. A comment that Fr. Arnold re­ceived
from a parishioner was "Thanks for
never stopping to challenge us."
While Fr. Arnold practices active leader­ship,
he's not convinced that it can be effec­tively
taught. You cannot teach it as a
science, for there are many successful ways
to lead. How many football coaches could
use Gagliardi's style as effectively in their
organizations as he has? You can, however,
instill the values that seem to be so impor­tant
among successful leaders.
Tom Schlough '64
Although he attended Saint John's only
during his freshman and sophomore years,
Tom Schlough maintains a strong affection
for those formative years at SjU. In addition,
he has had a daughter at Saint Ben's, one son
in the Class of '93 at Saint John's and an­other
who attended SjU for two years.
Tom is President of Park Industries in St.
Cloud, a small manufacturing company that
produces machinery for use in the stone
business. Earlier this year, Tom was named
the Minnesota Business Person of the Year
by the Minnesota Small Business Adminis­tration.
While he's been associated with a small
company for 20 years and feels it must be
quite different to be a leader in a large multi­national
company, Tom does have some dis­tinct
thoughts about leadership. He feels it's
important for people to share the same val-
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ues and for the members of a team to trust
one another.
When Park Industries went through some
difficult times, there was a lot of distrust, a
lack of enthusiasm, and individual and col­lective
performance slid. Part of regaining
the productivity was to make sure the
people on the teams were the right people.
Tom believes that people are good in gen­eral,
but that doesn't
mean they're right for
a particular culture,
company or role. Part
of getting the right
people on board and
making sure they're a
fit for a role is to have
a rigorous hiring pro­cess.
At Park Indus­tries,
consultants and
screening instruments are used to make
sure applicants have the basic skills neces­sary.
Next, teams of employees indepen­dently
interview each candidate to look for
culture fit, and to give the employees owner­ship
and a voice in the hiring process.
While most people are "good in general,"
perhaps 20 percent are positive, creative
thinkers who look for new opportunities.
The remaining 80 percent can be reactive,
pessimistic and resistant to change. Unfor­tunately
for those 80 percent, the world is all
about change. The leader is the one who has
the vision, knows the people and applies the
impetus for people to change and move
away from the status quo. The leader must
take some risks on their behalf and assure
them that they can do it.
As a young man arrives on campus at
Saint John's, he's trying to make the right
choices and looks for role models to help
him. Those that can make it into the "20 per­cent"
will be the kinds of thinkers that
emerge into leadership roles.
People may lack the courage to "go for it";
successful leaders motivate people to
achieve personal growth and change. Power
and leadership are two different things ...
according to Tom, "You can get any task
done with a big enough club, but that's not
leadership!"
Leaders must also be sensitive to the
whole person if they want meaningful, long­term
results. Humans are not merely re­sources,
they're intricate beings who feel
good one day, bad the next. They bring
problems from home that weigh heavily on
them and tax their concentration. They need
to know that somebody cares and that the
work they do is important.
In answer to the question "Can leadership
be taught?", Tom feels that leadership can be
learned, though not merely through tradi­tional
teaching methods. It also cannot be
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learned if people aren't listening. But if you
structure it right, the environment should be
conducive to mentoring leaders at all levels.
Ed Henry '43
Ed brings a multi-faceted view of leader­ship
to our discussion on values and leaders.
Ed is the former mayor of St. Cloud, taught
at Saint John's for 19 years and was presi­dent
of several colleges including St. Mary's
in South Bend, Ind. He retired at age 70 and
had three additional offers for college presi­dent
positions.
While at Saint John's, Ed's preoccupations
included the Greek philosophers. The idea
of the citizen politician and the belief that
everyone should give something back to so­ciety
were principal reasons Ed found his
way into political service. He believes that
leadership is greatly influenced by circum­stances.
You may have a leadership position,
but you need to do something with it!
Ed related that the underlying question
Plato tried to address
in The Republic was
"how can we shape so­ciety
so as to bring out
the best in man?" Saint
John's provides the
model of a virtuous
person to those who
will look for it. No mat­ter
what profession
you would choose, you
take these ideas of vir-tues,
of human nature, with you.
Among Ed, his wife, and their nine chil­dren
there are 33 alma maters. Saint John's
was his first as a student, and he was deeply
impressed with the self-discipline of the
monks. Fr. Walter was a close confidant as
was Fr. Baldwin Dworschak, o.S.B. Campus
leaders became his role models, picking up
where Ed's parents left off, to re-instill Chris­tian
values and sense of service and commu­nity.
Ed feels that true leaders are born, though
they might not discover it for some time.
They'll have inklings, he says, noticing self­confidence
as he did in extracurricular ac­tivities
like sports or debate, and they'll have
the strong influence of parents who've let
them know that they're important.
Saint John's kicks in at a time when a
young man is largely past the turmoil of
being a teenager, but is looking at how to
define himself as an adult. Saintjohn's mod­els
the belief that there is value in every in­dividual,
and that our roles as Christians
and as leaders requires us to look for that
value and tell people that you see it and be­lieve
in them. You can acquire some of the
tools of a trade here, but more importantly
you acquire the tools for life in society.
General George Steiner' 59
George Steiner is the commander of the
88th Regional Support Command for the
Army Reserve where he has a distinguished
37-year career. He directs 27,000 reservists in
a six-state area covering the Upper Midwest.
It's easier for George to describe leader­ship
than to define it. Leadership is the ex­ample
that you set, he says; it's consistency
in what you say and what you do. Being a
good leader means having a set of values
that serve as your foundation for behavior;
these values govern how you treat other
people and work with them. George's phi­losophy
is based on the edict "do to others as
you would have done to you."
About two years ago when there was a
significant reorganization of the Army Re­serve,
Gen. Steiner's command increased
from about 10,000 to the current 27,000 with
some impressive hurdles to overcome dur­ing
the transition. He feels two key things
got him through this with buy-in from those
affected: vision and communication. His
leadership team solicited input from various
levels, and spent the time to communicate an
overall sense of direction. As a result, the
plan for moving forward was a better one,
there was more buy-in since people had in­put
to the process, and everyone knew what
was to be accomplished.
George feels that leadership skills can be
learned. These skills come from personal
experiences and are based on a philosophy
of how you're going to exist as a person.
Saint John's was very important for him in
defining himself, but he adds, "How do you
put into words the effect of listening to the
chants of the entire monastic community?"
It's the environment,
both academic and
spiritual. It's the
friendships, the val­ues
and the way of
living ... you really
felt like a part of a
special community,
he says.
Stephen Covey,
the popular author
of several books on
effectiveness, concurs. In his book Principle
Centered Leadership, he writes ''In organiza­tions,
people perform essential roles, if there
is no leader, there is lack of vision and direc­tion.
People begin to lose sight of their mis-
S.lo n. "
To be a good leader, people must be com­fortable
with themselves and where they're
at. If you're truly living your values, then
you can adapt to the circumstances you face
without feeling like you're compromising
yourself or your beliefs. Saint John's pro­vides
an example of how to serve others, a
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service orientation that is portable when you
leave. Gen. Steiner was able to transfer this
to the military where there is a defined set of
values such as duty, selflessness and service.
Mike Dady '71
Mike Dady is many things, including an
unabashed supporter of Saintjohn's Univer­sity.
An attorney, he is a former SJU Alumni
Association president and former chairman
of the Saint John's Board of Regents. He is
also a disciple of the art of servant leader­ship.
Rather than try to define leadership,
Mike "knows it when he sees it." He sees two
things in a leader: a commitment to be in ser­vice
to others and a commitment that they
will influence others
to serve. They demon­strate
this "in word
and deed."
When he's been in­volved
with hiring
Johnnies, which he's
done often over the
years, Mike has been
impressed not only by
academic credentials
but by the "service
factor, that commitment to serve." Col­leagues
with allegiance to other alma maters
noticed Mike's propensity towards hiring
Johnnies. "First I'd get teased," he recalls,
"and later I'd get thanked."
In 1974 another modern-day Saint John's
backer, Diana Murphy (current chair of the
Regents), was interviewing young Mr. Dady
for a position with the law firm where she
was a junior associate. She liked his pros­pects
and so did two other young men at the
firm, and all three of the men were Johnnies!
Mike had two distinct mentors or role
models during his SJU years. The first was
Stephen Humphrey, who prodded and chal­lenged
Mike into leading a discussion group
for a topic outside his major that he was hop­ing
to limp through unnoticed. Humphrey
opened up a whole new perspective for him,
that he might be capable of filling leadership
roles, that there might be something more in­side
him.
Another mentor was Johnnie basketball
coach Jim Smith. Not only was he a talented
and respected coach on the court, he invited
the team into his home and he and his wife
showed them a model of a successful, active
family. Particularly memorable were the
holiday dinners with the team, Smith and
his wife, and their seven children!
Both of these showed "in word and deed"
their belief that all have different gifts, differ­ent
ways to contribute and take the lead for
a time. They had, in their own way, the abil­ity
to pull things out of you that you didn't
even know were there.
We closed on the subject of stewardship.
I mentioned to Mike that several had talked
about feeling an ongoing commitment to
Saint John's and that they were still part of
the community. He pointed out that our
alumni use the phrase "I AM a Johnnie!"
whereas with others he hears "I WAS a (in­sert
other MIAC school name!)". As such, we
should continue to offer our service to the
Saint John's community. He's noticed that
many almnni are extraordinarily generous
with their time and talents, and encourages
others to return to campus and make their
talents known ... it's enriching.
Conclusion
In different voices, these alumni have
touched on many similar ideas. Their
thoughts and experiences seem to validate
that the values Saint John's teaches inside
and outside of the classroom build the base
for productive citizens and good leaders in
all walks of life.
To synthesize their voices, it seems these
values are instilled at a critical juncture in
the college student's life. Family, the core
provider of our value system, is left behind
for the first time. Who will step in to fill the
vacuum as a 19-year old makes the transi­tion
to manhood? These young men are the
seekers; those who have come to look and
listen for people to model their lives after.
Saint John's has much to offer in the way
of a strong grounding for the purpose of
cultivating conscientious leaders for our so­ciety.
Through its various programs and
volunteer opportunities, SaintJohn's contin­ues
to provide alumni with a chance to serve,
and to encourage current students, through
their "words and deeds," to serve.
We, the alumni and friends of Saint John's
must keep in mind Fr. Arnold's and others'
comments about stewardship. We are Saint
John's. We can get involved like those in the
pages here and share our experiences and
talents to make a difference in another's life.
The experience will enrich you too, for we
are all still growing and learning (if we too
continue to look and listen!).
To end where we began, the first para­graph
of Ken Melrose's book continues as
follows. "In describing spiritual growth, St.
Francis of Assisi wrote: 'There is always
more growing yet to come, and more light
yet to shine'. The Master of Men fittingly
expressed the ideal of leadership in a de­mocracy
when He said, 'Whoever wants to
be great among you must be your servant.'
In my opinion, these few words from the
New Testament can stand up against all the
management books on the shelf today. The
great leader is a great servant."
SAINT JOHN'S 5
Saint John's Bread
The loaf that became a legend
Editor's note: Several years ago at a
History Department faculty dinner, archivist
Fr. Vincent Tegeder, aSH, commented that
there was "lots of good material" onJohnnie
Bread, and that it would be nice if someone
could produce "a little pamphlet" telling the
story. Diane Veale Jones (Nutrition Depart­ment)
responded that she and her husband,
Ken Jones (History Department) could have
fun collaborating on such a project. Fertilized
with gentle reminders from Fr. Vincent, that
conversation has now borne fruit: Diane and
Ken have finished a book on the famous loaf,
and hope to find a publisher soon. Excerpts
from The Loaf that Became a Legend: A
History of SaintJohn's Breadfollow.
Ken and Diane Jones
6 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
In 1858, Br. Wolfgang Beck, O.S.B., was
alone in a crude log house on what would
become the Collegeville farm when "the door
was softly opened and in stepped an Indian"
who indicated that he wanted something to
drink. Sharing the commonly held stereo­types
about his New World neighbor, Br.
Wolfgang assumed that the Indian wanted
whiskey. Since he had none, the frightened
monk shook his head and pointed to a pail
of water in the room. With some relief, Br.
Wolfgang reported that "the Indian seemed
to understand the invitation and quietly left
after the Brother had given him half a loaf
of bread." As anyone who has visited Saint
John's Abbey knows, this tradition of shar­ing
bread with visitors has continued as a
staple of Benedictine hospitality. Over the
years, the bread baked in the AbbeylUniver­sity
kitchens has delighted thousands of
monks, students and guests with its unique
flavor and texture. Johnnie Bread, as it came
to be called, thus established itself as as
much a part of the Saint John's tradition as
the Twin Towers, the Breuer Bell Banner
and famous coaches. But where did this de­light
come from, and how did the legend
evolve?
The originator of this new wheat-based
dark bread was most probably Br. Wil­liam
Baldus, O.S.B., the new community's
third cook. Br. William was born in Ger­many
in 1844, served in the German army
during the war of 1866, and then came to the
U.S. in 1868. After a brief stint in the kitch­ens
at the Ryan Hotel in St. Paul, Br. William
joined the Collegeville community and took
over the cook's duties soon after he entered
the novitiate in 1869. A very creative and
well-loved chef, Br. William earned praise
from both students and monks for the
"sumptuous feasts" he prepared. He was re­nown
for his cranberry pie, but was also
Bt William Baldus, O.S.B.
particularly adept at preparing wild game
shot in the woods. Skilled and inventive, Br.
William no doubt responded to the
community's changing tastes and the avail­ability
of relatively cheap wheat flour in the
New World by formulating what would be­come
known as Johnnie Bread.
By the 1890s, Br. William's health made it
difficult for him to continue to run the
kitchen, so replacements were sought. Over
the next decade, several male laymen came
and went in rapid succession. Finally, the
"continued difficulty of procuring suitable
male hands to conduct the kitchen" caused
the Abbey to break tradition and invite
women into the male preserve.
For 45 years, from 1913 until 1958, the
Franciscan sisters served those who
lived in Collegeville. One, S. Joffrieda
Kolnsperger, worked in the kitchens for the
whole period. Another of the stalwarts was
S. Witrada (Gertrude) Speer, who arrived at
Collegeville from Dillingen in 1938. In charge
of the dining room for most of the period, S.
Gertrude arose at 5 a.m. every day, helped
with all three meals, and fell into bed at 9
p.m. The rest of the daily routine included
Mass in the morning, office in the afternoon,
and a brief recreation period before bed. In
her spare time, she darned socks for the
seminarians. Still, as S. Gertrude recalled,
the monks "took nice care for us," by provid­ing
two Masses a day in the nun's chapel so
that work schedules didn't deprive them of
their daily communion.
No matter who made the bread, it played
a central role in the diet of the monks
and students at Saint John's. In the early
years, they followed the German pattern of
four or five meals a day, with bread either as
the sole item or as a central part of the meal.
As Fr. Alexius Edelbrock, o.S.B., one of the
first students and later the second Abbot, re­called:
"We had to rise at five o'clock, say our
morning prayers, attend daily Mass, then
study and at seven o'clock breakfast: i.e. a
cup of coffee - if such it could be called -
and a slice of dry bread, no butter or molas­ses
or sugar there ... At dinner a watery
black soup with plenty of bread in it invari­ably
made its appearance ... After soup
came potatoes and meat - never more than
one kind - then bread ... At three we re­ceived
a piece of dry bread. This, with fresh
water was relished with gusto ... at six
o'clock supper the first dish was again the
indispensable soup, the rest usually as at
noon."
Although the monastery's meals became
more varied, by all accounts Johnnie Bread
continued to form a major part of the
Collegeville diet. The slice of dry bread at
three o'clock remained a standard part of
the student's day until well after the turn
of the century, and Abbot Baldwin
Dworschak, O.S.B., remembered that in the
1920s "bread was there for every meal and
there was plenty of butter ... you could
make a meal of it." If the patterns stayed
relatively close to Fr. Alexius' account of the
early days, it is reasonable to conclude that
the young men at SaintJohn's ate one half to
a full loaf of bread per day well into the 20th
Century. Given the size of the loaf produced
by Br. William, this means that they would
have consumed 1,200 to 2,400 calories in
bread each day. To put this in perspective, a
person could meet the recommended serv­ings
for the entire bread and cereal food
group in the 1990s by consuming 400 to 800
calories worth of a bread like Br. William's,
or about one-third of what SaintJohn's stu-
Fr. Walter Rege~ O.S.B.
dents ate earlier in the century.
[Fr. Walter Reger, O.S.B., played a critical
role in the evolution of the Johnnie Bread
legend. Whether teaching history. or serving
as prefect, dean and alumni director, Fr.
Walter was treasured by generations of stu­dents
and colleagues for his enthusiasm,
warmth, and wisdom.]
No matter what particular job title he car­ried,
Fr. Walter was always soliciting money,
and in this his excellent rapport with former
students was most helpful. As Fred Hughes
'31, recalled, "when you wondered early on
whether you should give twenty-five dollars
or fifty dollars, if you thought of Walter, the
school got the extra twenty-five." Fr.
Walter's talents became particularly impor­tant
in the late 1940s, when, as alumni direc­tor,
he spearheaded Saint John's first
fund-raising campaign in order to build
Saint Mary's Hall. Buoyed by that success,
but knowing that more than alumni dollars
were necessary, Fr. Walter continued to
search for ways to build SaintJohn's and to
keep it affordable for students. "You got any
new ideas today?" he would ask. "Have you
thought of how you can make some money
on something or how you can save some­thing?"
The results of this relentless search
were eclectic. For example, in the mid-1950s,
he had the Franciscan sisters who worked at
Saint John's make rosaries that attached to
the steering wheel so that a person could
pray the rosary yet drive safely. Although
that effort didn't break even, Fr. Walter per­sisted,
"looking for that gold mine that
would make a lot of money so we could do
a lot of good things." Late in 1957, Fr. Walter
asked his friend, Canadian philosopher and
media critic Marshall McLuhan, for sugges­tions
on how to turn the Abbey's farm into
an asset. McLuhan, who had created a firm
called Idea Consultants to provide outsider
solutions to business problems, responded
the next April with the name of a person
who" could give Collegeville a productive set
SAINT JOHN'S 7
up that would be noted as well as enor­mously
profitable." Before Fr. Walter could
act, however, the Abbey decided to liquidate
the farm. While cows for cash didn't fly, Fr.
Walter was much more successful squeez­ing
money out of bread.
Having signed a contract with a major
chain like Interstate, and with Quality
Bakers of America promoting franchises
among its members, the scope of Fr.
Walter's dream increased dramatically
through 1959. At the beginning of the year,
12 companies with bakeries in 19 cities scat­tered
across the Midwest were producing
"the loaf that became a legend." A year later,
the program had not only entered the critical
Chicago market, but had expanded to 30
companies in 48 locations. What is more, it
was now available outside the Midwest in
places as diverse as Seattle, Los Angeles,
San Antonio, Valdese (N. Car.), Baltimore,
Charleston (W. Va), Pittsburgh, Buffalo
(N.Y.), Manchester (N. H.), and Biddleford
(Maine). Thus, although the South was
largely untapped, and coverage on the East­ern
seaboard was spotty, SaintJohn's Bread
had clearly escaped its regional boundaries
and was headed toward nationwide sales.
Although some of the new franchises
were relatively small enterprises, the
increased numbers and the presence of In­terstate
meant a corresponding growth in
sales. From the beginnings of the program
in 1958 through early 1959, Russell-Miller
fairly consistently shipped between 3,000
and 3,700 sacks of the mix per month, or
enough to make up to 481,000 loaves of
bread. During the summer of 1959, the
monthly average jumped to over 7,000 sacks
and then nearly doubled again, running at
13,000 for each of the last four months of
1959. With a royalty of $1.50 per bag, this
meant that payments to Saint John's went
from about $4,500 per month early in 1959 to
almost $20,000 per month by year's end.
Saint John's total royalties from bread sales
in the calendar year 1959 were $144,396, not
a bad sum at a time when the annual tuition
at the university $500. Skeptics in the busi­ness
office who had scoffed at the bread
project as "another one of Fr. Walter's ideas"
were singing a different tune.
8 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
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MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO,
Benedictine monks from Bavaria founded St, John's
Abbey and University in Minnesota. They brought
with them an Old World recipe for an unusual,
natural loaf of bread. It has been the "bread of
St. John's" ever since. To all the thousands who
ever sat at St. John's tables, it has become a tradition.
Speak to any "Johnnie" and he speaks of the
bread like a legend.
NOW, St. John's has adapted its
famed and rare old recipe for commercial baking.
TOMORROW, you will find it in most fine food
stores - in the traditional rough-groin DARK loaf,
and in a wonderful, full-bodied WHITE loaf.
ONLY YOUR OWN TASTE can tell
you how delightful, how different ST. JOHN'S
BREAD really is. It brings you all the old-country
flavor and texture and brown-crusted goodness
that have come out of St. John's ovens for over 100
yeors! Ask for it .•. try it ..• enjoy it!
ST.JOHN'S
• lU8 St. John's Abbe~, Collegeville, Minnesota, U.S.A. BREAD
SaintJohn's University recognized the "genius of the and' long before Stanford Business School
professors coined the phrase in their landmark study of corporate excellence: Built to Last.
Inspired by the Greek notion of "sound body; sound mind," SaintJohn's established its first rec­reational
club, the Athletic Baseball Club, in 1873, and built its first gymnasium (Rat Hall) in 1901.
Ever since, rigorous mental and physical activity have been a part of the Johnnie experience.
In marking the first century of Johnnie athletics it is appropriate that we honor the accomplish­ments
of the thousands of star student athletes who have embraced the genius of the and under
the guidance of people like Fr. Leo Winter, O.S.B., founder of the Athletic Baseball Club; Fr. Otto
Weber, o.S.B., long-time director of intramurals; Johnny "Blood" McNally; George Durenberger;
John Gagliardi; and Jim Smith. In ensuring a second century of success it is imperative that we
provide attractive, safe and functional space for the thousands of future student-athletes who to­day
are tossing miniature footballs in the end zone of the Natural Bowl and attending the many
SJU sports camps with the dream of one day wearing a Johnnie uniform.
We took our first major step in securing a second century of success inJohnnie sports last spring
when the Board of Regents approved a $6.5 million plan for the renewal of our athletic facilities.
According to our current schedule we hope to break ground in April, 1997, and complete the project
by January, 1998. As you might expect of SJU, this is a plan of balance and excellence. The reno­vated
and new facilities will benefit equally the varsity and the recreational athlete. This plan (de­tailed
below) preserves the beauty and charm of our playing fields and brings our facilities for
practices and competitions up to 20th (and 21st) Century standards. This plan enables a Johnnie
football fan to get a hotdog, go to the restroom and still see the entire game!
I am delighted to report the progress of this important project. I look forward to sharing the
drawings and models with you at Homecoming (Oct. 5), shoveling some dirt together at the ground
breaking in April and beginning with the 1997-98 season enjoying many, many more victories for
the Big Red in our new home.
Sincerely,
Br. Dietrich Reinhart, o.S.B.
President
SAINT JOHN'S 9
Renewal of Saint John's
athletic facilities:
Simple Problems: Simple Solutions
Problem # 1
Intensive Crowding:
Enrollments have nearly doubled at Saint
John's and Saint Benedict's since the comple­tion
of the Warner Palaestra in 1973. More
than 90 percent of students participate in
intramural activities, and more than 25 per­cent
in varsity sports. In addition, the de­mand
for health and fitness facilities is
overwhelming.
The Solution:
The renovated and new facilities will en­able
SJU to eliminate these concerns by
providing quality services in a safe environ­ment.
The plan calls for better use of exist­ing
space and the addition of much needed
practice space. The new 60,000 square foot
fieldhouse (approximately two and one-half
times the size of the Warner Palaestra), will
provide space for all sports. The higher ceil­ing
will allow for indoor football, baseball,
tennis, soccer, lacrosse, rugby, softball, golf,
etc. Unlike the Warner Palaestra, there will
be room in the new fieldhouse for two or
more varsity sports to practice simulta­neously.
The new facilities will also have
much needed space for current and addi­tional
weight training and fitness training
equipment, which is currently scattered in
several converted racquetball courts.
The new synthetic surface, drop nets and
the option for artificial turf in the new field­house
will allow for creative configurations
that will accommodate almost any sport.
Problem # 2
Outdated and Missing Facilities:
The status of the Warner Palaestra as a
first-rate facility was short lived. By the mid-
1970s, indoor track events began being mea­sured
in meters, dating our 1110 mile oval
10 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
almost immediately. The rubberized court
surface for basketball was considered state
of the art, but over time it has proved to have
a negative impact on athletes' legs and
ankles. Further, the sophistication of the fit­ness
industry has certainly dated our mea­ger
weight training facility. Currently, fitness
equipment is scattered in four separate loca­tions
(including two racquetball courts).
And finally, while the Natural Bowl is still
the most beautiful venue for football in the
country, the facilities and services for the
fans, media and visiting teams fall short of
Benedictine hospitality.
It is hard to believe, but Saint John's has
not hosted an outdoor track meet in more
than 23 years! Once the site of Minnesota's
largest high school invitational (hosting
more than 1,800 participants), the cinder and
weed track is empty and quiet.
Solution:
The plan calls for a new 200-meter
championship indoor track, suitable for con­ference
and national competitions. An eight­lane,
all-purpose outdoor track and new field
event stations will bring back a great spring
tradition and open the campus to track ath­letes
of all ages.
The new fitness center will be a first for
SJU. This state-of-the-industry facility will
be equipped to accommodate both the var­sity
and the recreational athlete. The facility
will be well designed, accessible and safe. It
will be equipped with a variety of fitness
machines and free weights, and provide for
a complete aerobic workout. This center will
also serve Saint Benedict's students and fac­ulty,
staff and guests of both schools.
The Natural Bowl will also receive a face
lift, with new and expanded seating, conces­sion
area, press box and restrooms.
Keeping the Competitive Edge:
The new and renovated facilities will sig­nificantly
strengthen SJU's position in an
extremely competitive marketplace, placing
it on par with (or above) all MIAC and large
metropolitan high school athletic programs.
The ability to host a range of local, state,
regional and national competitions will also
improve the perception of our programs
among prospective students, faculty and
coaches. Modern press facilities in the sta·
dium will mean expanded radio, TV and
print coverage of Johnnie athletics.
This project is also very important to cur­rent
students. As a male, residential college
in a state where winter lasts six months, SJU
must provide quality athletic and recre­ational
facilities for students year round.
Quality facilities will enable SJU to wel­come
even more guests by hosting local,
state, regional and national competitions
and expanding the summer camps, retreats
and conferences. A quality convocation cen­ter
will allow us to bring business, church
and civic organizations, as well as national
performers and speakers to campus.
Athletic Renewal Project
Leadership Team
(Final Phase)
Coaches:
Joe Mucha '66
Bill Sexton '55
Players:
John Agee '70
Jim Bassett '58
Joe Roesley '77
Wally Johnson '39
Dan McGlynn '76
Jeff Norman '78
Lee Torborg '51
Al Woodward '63
More information about the athletic
renewal program is available on the
Saint John's University sports homepage.
Address: http://www.csbsju.eduJ
public.affairs/sju.sports.
News Review
by Glen Beltt,
SJU Director of Public Affairs
Jon Hassler has teamed up once again with the Lyric Theatre of Minneapolis to bring an·
other of his captivating novels to the stage. The Lyric Theatre will produce Grand Opening,
the story of a family pursuing the American Dream in a small Minnesota town, at the
Hennepin Center for the Arts in downtown Minneapolis, Sept. 6-0ct. 6.
Hassler, Regents Professor and writer-in·residence at SJU, is nationally recognized as a
major novelist with several best-sellers to his credit. His devoted Minnesota fans will be grati­fied
that he has adapted a second novel for the stage. Several years ago, the Lyric Theatre
produced Hassler's Simon's Night, which received excellent reviews and played to sell·out
crowds at the Hennepin Center.
In Grand Opening, which begins in the mid '40s, Hank and Catherine Foster, their 12 year­old
son, Brendan, and Catherine's elderly father move from Minneapolis to open a grocery
store in Plum, a small town where residents of seven years are seen as newcomers, and Catho­lics
and Protestants shop at different stores. Each family member approaches being an out­sider
from a different perspective. The struggle is particularly difficult for Brendan, who
befriends Dodger, a hapless misfit with an insatiable need for acceptance. In his relationship
with Dodger, young Brendan must constantly wrestle with his conscience, weighing the value
of kindness over humiliation.
As World War II rages in Europe and the Pacific, the story of the Foster family builds to
its dramatic climax against the peaceful background of the Minnesota farmland. The war and
the novel end on the same day. Grand Opening is a tale of moral awakening which, accord­ing
to the New York Times Book Review, "effectively portrays the complexities of human
weakness and the joy of personal triumph ... much in the spirit of Flannery O'Connor."
Grand Opening will play Wednesday through Saturday nights at 8 p.rn. and Sunday after­noons
at 2 p.rn. between Sept. 6 and Oct. 6. Also, weekday matinees will be available for stu­dent
and senior groups and others who prefer daytime performances. Tickets will range from
$10-$16. Group rates are available. For more information call 612-824·9717.
The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library (HMML) hosted a unique conference focusing on the
history and tradition of the book arts from July 10 through July 14. Servi Textus: The Servants
of the Text, an international symposium on book arts, emphasized the interaction among the
scholar, the collector and calligraphic artist.
Servi Textus featured keynote presentations by Fr. Leonard Boyle, o.P., prefect of the
Vatican Library; Christopher de Hamel, director of Western Medieval and Oriental Manu­scripts
at Sotheby's in London; and Donald Jackson, M.v.o., scribe to her majesty Queen Eliza·
beth II, Crown Office at the House of Lords in London.
In addition to the three keynote speakers, other featured presenters included Elizabeth
Armstrong, curator of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; Mary Rouse, medieval/renais­sance
studies at UCLA; Richard Rouse, professor of history at UCLA; Christian Scheffler,
director of the Klingspor Museum der Stadt in Offenbach am Main, Germany; John Slorp,
president of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and Elizabeth Teviotdale, assistant
curator of the]. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, Calif.
The diverse voices of 450 individuals representing seven countries, 11 states and 19 choirs
were featured in concerts presented as part of the AmericaFest international festival for men
and boys choirs at SJU in early July. Two public performances by the choirs concluded a
unique six-day workshop at SaintJohn's, which attracted groups from Estonia, Latvia, Swe­den,
Norway, Holland, Sri Lanka and the United States. This was the first time that Saint
John's has hosted the event.
"AmericaFest has three objectives," said Carol Stewart, executive director of the
Lyric Theatre announces
premiere of Jon Hassler's
Grand Opening
Hill Monastic Manuscript
Library hosts unique
book arts conference
Choir festival features
450 singers from
around the world
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Mellon Foundation
provides grant
to Hill Monastic
Manuscript Library
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AmericaFest program and president of the Alliance for Arts and Understanding. "One is to
share the singing arts with a diverse Midwest audience, and in the process expose the mem­bers
of the international choirs to both urban and rural lifestyles in America. The second is
to use the singing arts for global education and human understanding, and the third is to
encourage boys in this country to sing."
The AmericaFest affiliation with the University came through the acclaimed Saint John's
Boys' Choir, which participated in the festival. Stewart also indicated that the campus' con­venient
location in scenic central Minnesota helped influence the group to bring AmericaFest
to Saint John's.
"SaintJohn's was attracted to hosting this event because AmericaFest is a non-competitive
international choir exchange," said Br. Paul Richards, o.S.B., director of the SaintJohn's Boys'
Choir. "The thrust of the festival is not only to share music but also to allow for an intense
cultural exchange, which is in line with the mission of Saint John's."
The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library (HMML) has received a $400,000 grant from The
Andrew W Mellon Foundation in support of a project to develop and evaluate the effective­ness
of electronic means of providing access to some of the world's oldest forms of written
communication. The grant will be used to develop Internet and on-line access to manuscript
catalogue records, including those from the HMML collection of 90,000 manuscripts on mi­crofilm
and the Vatican Film Library's (Saint Louis University) collection of 37,000 manu­scripts
on microfilm.
The initial goal of Electronic Access to Medieval Manuscripts is to develop guidelines and
systems for cataloguing medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in electronic form.'An inter­national
team of experts in manuscript studies and library and information science - includ­ing
representatives from the Vatican Library in Rome, the Institute de Recherch et et d'Histoire
des Texts in Paris, and several U.S. institutions such as Saint Louis University, UCLA and the
University of Pennsylvania - will be assembled by HMML to construct data models for manu­script
catalogue records.
Later, the project will undertake the development of guidelines for encoding these records
in two distinct electronic formats commonly used in bibliographic circles - MARC (Machine­Readable
Cataloguing) and SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language). Manuscript
records and images in this format will then be made available to scholars on-line and on the
Internet.
HMML will work in association with the Vatican Film Library at Saint Louis University
on the development of cataloguing guidelines for the MARC record and in collaboration with
a complementary project - Digital Scriptorium - at the University of California-Berkeley and
Columbia University on the development of SGML encoding.
"We are excited with the prospect of working with HMML on this project," stated Charles
Faulhaber, director of the Bancroft Library at UC-Berkeley. "Together our two projects will
make a significant contribution to the field of manuscript studies by developing electronic
methods to access medieval manuscript catalogue records, images, text and paleographical
tools."
HMML has a collection of nearly 90,000 manuscript books, 132,000 papyri and countless
archival documents which have been microfilmed in 29 countries over the past 30 years, mak­ing
this the largest collection of its kind in the world.
The library is dedicated to preserving and researching the contents of handwritten books,
studying the cultures which produced them and making these books and studies available to
scholars and the general public.
HMML has already established a site on the World Wide Web, which currently allows schol­ars
around the world electronic access to the library. Some of the information available at this
unique stop on the web includes a list of library collections, project information and digital
images of several manuscripts owned by HMML.
HMML has already established a site on the World Wide Web, which currently allows schol­ars
around the world electronic access to the library. Some of the information available at this
unique stop on the web includes a list of library collections, project information and digital
images of several manuscripts owned by HMML.
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Five Benedictine monks made their permanent commitment to membership in Saint John's
Abbey with their profession of solemn vows July 11. The vows dedicate these men to the
monastic way of life, that involves obedience, stability, poverty and celibacy.
Br. Kenneth Kroeker, o.S.B., 39, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has
a bachelor's degree in math from Canada's Simon Fraser University and a master's degree in
theology from SJU. He was a Trappist monk in Canada for eight years before transferring to
SaintJohn's Abbey in 1993. He has worked as a nursing assistant in the Abbey's retirement
center and taught Greek in the School of Theology. He is currently completing the program
in nursing at CSB/SJU.
Br. Neal Laloo, o.S.B., 33, comes from the Caribbean country of Trinidad-Tobago. After
high school he was trained in welding techniques and then spent five years working with the
Missionary Brothers of the Poor in Kingston, Jamaica. He began his monastic life at Saint
Augustine's Monastery in Nassau, Bahamas. For several years he has been the director of
maintenance at the Preparatory School.
Br. Bradley Jenniges, o.S.B., 34, was born in St. Paul. He studied mathematics at the Uni­versity
of Minnesota and worked at a residential care facility for people with multiple disabili­ties.
At Saint John's he has been the plant and utilities cataloger in the physical plant office, a
dormitory supervisor at the Prep School, and the chief of the Collegeville fire department.
He will teach mathematics at the Prep School and continue his fire department duties.
Br. Simon-Hoa Phan, o.S.B., 32, was born in Saigon, Vietnam. His parents, four sisters, two
brothers and he escaped from Vietnam the day before the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. He
has studied philosophy at SaintJohn's College, Camarillo, Calif., and theology at the Catholic
University of Louvain, Belgium. While completing his undergraduate degree in art at Saint
John's he was the assistant to the director of the Office of Multicultural Service and the art
adviser and graphic designer at the Hill Monastic Microfilm Library. During the coming aca­demic
year he will do a teaching internship in the art department at CSB/SJU before starting
graduate work in art.
Br. Jeffrey Hutson, o.S.B., 39, was born in Sparta, Wis., and has an undergraduate degree
in elementary education and a master of arts degree in theology from SJU. He has taught in
elementary schools and in an adult education program in St.Joseph, Minn., and Phoenix, Ariz.
During the past few years he has coordinated the Jerusalem Studies program and served as
administrative assistant in Saint John's School of Theology. During the coming year he will
work in the Alcuin Library and the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library.
At the urging of their episcopal board of directors, who represent 14 of the largest English­speaking
countries of the world, the advisory council of the International Committee on En­glish
in the Liturgy (ICEL) met in Rome June 5-10 to, among other work, counter the growing
pressure against inclusive language in ICEL translations. The bishops held their annual meet­ing
June 1O-l4, also in Rome.
ICEL (about 20 members) requested and on June 10 were granted the privilege of assist­ing
Pope John Paul II at his early morning Mass in his small private chapel. Because he was
celebrating the 65th anniversary of his ordination and is one of the two living members of
the original seven founders of ICEL in 1963 at the close of the second session of Vatican Coun­cil
II, Fr. Godfrey Diekmann, o.S.B., was asked by His Holiness to join him at the altar for the
concelebration.
Following the Mass, the Pope had his picture taken with each member of the ICEL indi­vidually,
and then asked that a group pic­ture
be taken of himself and all ICEL
members. He then spoke briefly to the
group, stating that he was familiar with
their work, that English is now the lingua
franca of the world to a far greater de­gree
than Latin or French ever had been
and that ICEL's work was therefore of
great importance. Following the audi­ence,
Fr. Godfrey expressed his hope that
the Pope's "extraordinary kindness" to­ward
the ICEL delegation may suggest
an openness to modifying (or even post­poning)
any drastic actions which could
already be contemplated related to inclu­sive
language in the liturgy.
Five monks make
solemn vows at
Saint John's Abbey
Fr. Godfrey continues
to promote . inclusive
language
SAINT JOHN'S 13
The Liturgical Press
receives awards
Art workshops
reach St. Cloud
area children
Faculty and staff news
14 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
Eight publications of The Liturgical Press were selected for awards by the Catholic Press
Association at its annual convention in Philadelphia on May 22-25.
The Bible Today, a bi-monthly magazine of popular articles on the Bible, received a F~~t
Place "General Excellence" award among similar journals in the category of prayer and spm­tuality.
According to Br. Robin Pierzina, O.S.B., managing editor, this is the seventh time since
1987, when the magazine became a member of CPA, that The Bible Today has been thus hon­ored.
The current editor of the journal is Fr. Leslie Hoppe, OFM, professor of Old Testament
at Chicago's Catholic Theological Union.
Seven of The Press' books earned awards as follows:
First Place (tie) in the category of Scripture to First and Second Thessalonians by Earl].
Richard in the Sacra Pagina series;
Second Place in the category of Scripture to Pau~ The Letter Writer by Jerome Murphy­O'Connor,
0.p.;
Third Place in the category of pastoral ministry to Once More from Emmaus by Cardinal
Carlo Maria Martini;
Third Place in the category of spirituality to Seeing and Believing by Br. Frank Kacmarcik,
Oblate of Saint John's Abbey, and Paul Philibert, 0.p.;
Honorable Mention in the category of popular presentation of the Catholic faith to Explor­ing
the Catechism by Jane E. Regan, former assistant professor of theology at S]U;
Honorable Mention in the category of spirituality to A Life-Giving Way: A Commentary
on the Rule of St. Benedict by Esther de Waal;
Honorable Mention in the category of liturgy to Augustine and the Catechumenate by
William Harmless, S.].
During the 1995-96 season, The Liturgical Press published a total of 96 titles.
School children from Central Minnesota
learned the finer points of Ecuadorean
weaving, mask making and calligraphy,
thanks to a unique partnership joining
area artists, a university, two local youth
organizations and a corporate sponsor.
The result of this partnership was a se­ries
of art workshops held on the S]U cam­pus
during June and July. The workshops
were funded by a grant from Target
Stores, and they connected artists with
groups of children from the Kennedy
Kidstop in St. Joseph (grades 3-7) and the
Catholic Charities Day Treatment Middle
School program (ages 11-14 years old).
"This program marks a new venture in
programming for the galleries at Saint
John's," said Deb Lehman, cultural pro­grams
coordinator. ''It was exciting to see
the galleries come alive as the students
gained a new appreciation for the creation
of visual art."
Fr. Nathanael Hauser, O.S.B., of Saint John's Abbey,
works with Amanda May Karow of Sartell during the
summer calligraphy workshop.
Aubrey Immelman, assistant professor of psychology, published a review of Theories
of Intergroup Relations: International Social Psychological Perspectives, by Donald M. Tay­lor
and Fathali M. Moghaddam, in the March issue of the journal Politics and the Life Sriences.
Kathy Lang, director of technology support services, has published an article titled, ''Per­sonal
E-Mail: An Employee Benefit Causing Increasing Privacy Concerns" in the June issue
of Employee Benefits Journal.
Kathleen Ohman, associate professor of nursing, received a Research Grant Award from
Sigma Theta Tau International, Kappa Phi Chapter. The research award will be used to con­duct
her research on Leadership Behaviors, Effectiveness, and Role Preparation of First-Line
Nurse Managers in Critical Care.
Dale White, associate professor of music, performed at the Festival of Trumpets con­cert
on June 10 as part of the International Brass Conference held in Long Beach, Calif.
Myers places 7th at
NCMmeet
Junior Jeb Myers, the two-time defending
MIAC 3,000-meter steeplechase champion,
completed the 1996 track and field season
with a seventh place finish in the steeple­chase
at the NCAA Division ill champion­ships.
In his first trip to the national meet, Myers
gained All-America honors with his time of
9:12.62 on the track at North Central College
in Naperville, I11. Myers is the latest in a long
line of great steeplechase athletes from S]U.
The NCAA Division ill record is still held by
S]U's Jim Gathje '83, who set the steeple­chase
record of 8:43.92 in 1983.
Another highlight of the spring track sea­son
was senior Dan Besemann's placement
on the 1996 GTE All-America College Divi­sion
At-Large team. A chemistry major,
Besemann graduated summa cum laude
from S]U and plans on attending graduate
school at the University of Wisconsin this
fall.
A two-time national qualifier and S]U
record holder in the decathlon, Besemann
was one of only 15 athletes selected for first
team honors from the nation's NCAA Divi­sion
II, NCAA Division ill and NAIA insti­tutions.
The At-Large category recognizes
student-athletes who participate in the
sports of track, tennis, lacrosse, golf or vol­leyball.
Football team gains
preseason honors
The national polls have once again se­lected
the Saint John's football team as a pre­season
powerhouse at the NCAA Division
ill level. The three-time defending MIAC
champs, SJU has been ranked fifth in the
preseason Division ill polls produced by
The Sporting News, Bob Griese's CoOege
FootbaOPreview and Street and Smith's Col­lege
FootbaO magazine.
S]U completed its 1995 season with an 8-
1-1 7-1-1 MIAC record, and the Johnnies will
be ied this fall by several seniors starters.
Sports Review
by Tom Nelson,
Director of News Service/
Sports Information
Tops on that list are offensive tackle Jesse
Redepenning, a consensus preseason All­America
choice; quarterback Kurt Ramler;
offensive guard Dave Schramel; tight end
Jon Widmier; running back Bill Larson; line­backers
Andy Scheck and Jeremy Rondorf;
and defensive linemen Kyle Kray, Brian De­ters
and Ted Ruzanic.
More awards for Palmer
Chris Palmer '96 added to his already im­pressive
list of athletic and academic accom­plishments
during the spring semester at
S]U. For his efforts on the baseball field,
Palmer was named to the All-MIAC team as
an outfielder and was also selected as a GTE
Academic All-America College Division
First Team member.
The baseball award marked the third time
during his career that Palmer received Aca­demic
All-America recognition and it also
marked the fourth time during the 1995-96
season that an S]U athlete was selected for
Academic All-America honors. In the past
two seasons, S]U has brought home 10 Aca­demic
All-America honors, including six
first team selections.
Palmer was also recognized by Midwest
Sports Channel as its Division ill male ath­lete-
of-the-year. MSC has presented this
award for the past four seasons at its annual
Sports Gala benefit in the Twin Cities. The
Johnnies have held a virtual lock on the
award as Palmer was the third consecutive
winner from Collegeville. Willie Seiler '94
and Matt Malmberg '95 won the MSC award
in 1994 and 1995 respectively.
1995-96 All-Sport
standings
The University of St. Thomas captured
the 1995-96 George Durenberger Trophy,
which is presented to the winner of the
MIAC all-sports standing. The Tommies tal­lied
105 points this year while S]U posted
100.5 points to place second. Gustavus
ranked third with 87.5 points and St. Olaf
was fourth with 84 points. Carleton (76.5),
Concordia (75), Augsburg (56), Hamline
(51.5), Bethel (50), St. Mary's (41) and
Macalester (41) completed the field. In 1995-
96, S]U claimed first place finishes in foot­ball
and hockey and second place endings in
cross country, outdoor track and wrestling.
SJU SpOrts
homepage update
Johnnie sports fans looking for a complete
rundown of their favorite teams from
Collegeville should check out the S]U sports
homepageat
http://www.csbsju.edu/public.affairs/
sju.sports/
This exciting World Wide Web resource is
constantly updated with the latest scores,
MIAC standings and other team data. The
site also contains team records, photos of
current and former S]U stars and links to
other college sports resources. There is also
a possibility that the Johnnie football game
broadcasts will be available live through
RealAudio on the www, so check the S]U
sports website on a regular basis. For more
information, call Tom Nelson at 320-363-
2595.
Saint John's University football coach John Gagliardi
and Grambling'S Eddie Robinson were honored at the
1996 National Association of Collegiate Diredors of
Athletics meeting in June at Marco Island, Fla.
Robinson and Gagliardi rank first and second on the
all·time college coaching vidory list with 402 and 325
wins respecilvely.
SAINT JOHN'S 15
Come on back
at Homecoming ...
to get a flavor of SaintJohn's today.
Here's the Homecoming menu for the Oc­tober
4-6 weekend:
A walleye banquet.
The increasingly popular "Taste of the
Saints."
Saturday morning brunch.
Johnnie Bread.
Add a pinch or more of memories.
Stir in lots of friends.
Garnish with a medieval festival and var­sity
athletics.
Simmer in Saint John's Pottery, then boil
over with great fellowship.
Serves thousands.
The Saint John's University Alumni Asso­ciation
Board of Directors cordially invites
you to Homecoming, Friday -Sunday, Oct. 4-
6. The Activities Committee of the Board
has helped establish a wide-ranging sched­ule
to appeal to alumni of all ages, their fam­ily
members and friends. Reunion activities
are planned for classes which end in -1 and
-6. Sexton Commons serves as registration
headquarters.
Highlight of the weekend is presentation
of the Fr. Walter Reger Distinguished Alum­nus
Award to Mike Dady '71 on Friday
night. The walleye banquet honors Dady for
his volunteer service to Saint John's and re­calls
Fr. Walter who was known as "Mr.
SaintJohn's" for his dedication to the Univer­sity
and our alumni. Following the meal,
there will be dessert and dancing in Sexton
Commons.
Members of the Alumni Association
Board will greet guests on Saturday at the
"Taste of the Saints." Introduced two years
ago, the "Taste of the Saints" offers alumni
a chance to meet current students, get a feel
for what's happening in campus life and
have a bite to eat.
There should be something for everyone
on Saturday. Reunion classes are featured
16 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
Alumni News
by Thorn Woodward '70
Director of Alumni Relations
but all are welcome at brunch. Be sure to
visit the Art Gallery and Pottery Studio dur­ing
the day. Interesting contrasts will be
most evident at the medieval festival at the
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library and at the
Quadrangle Computing Center. The Book­store
is also open. A general reception at 3:30
p.rn. in the Warner Palaestra is a good place
is catch up to friends you might have missed
earlier in the day.
Johnnie sports fans can get their fill Satur­day
with football versus Carleton at 1 p.rn.
and soccer against Macalester at 4. The
alumni soccer game is Sunday at 2 p.rn.
Johnnie sports fans can also get a glimpse
of the future with the unveiling of
architect's drawings of the new athletic fa­cilities.
MA Mortenson and Co. has been
selected to construct the new press box and
football stadium, install a new track, add
a fieldhouse and renovate the Warner
Palaestra.
Reservation for the dinner and brunch
should be made by Sept. 27 by using the
form on page 17.
Access to SJU via computer
becoming easier, cheaper
More and more alumni are finding their
way to Collegeville on the Internet. The ever­expanding
homepages for Saint John's and
the College of Saint Benedict can be reached
on the World Wide Web at http://www.
csbsju.edu. Alumni who don't have access to
the Internet might use one of several ser­vices
available, suggests Jim Koenig '69, di­rector
of computing services for SJU and
CSB.
"One of the institutional goals last year
was to explore effective but cost efficient
ways for alumni to have access to Saint
John's," Koenig says. "We didn't come up
with any good recommendations, however,
because we found nothing reasonable. This
summer," he adds, ''America Online (AOL)
has begun offering a package for $19.95 a
month for 20 hours of computer time. It's $1
an hour now and may get even cheaper."
Computing services staff will be available
on Saturday, Oct. 5., as part of the Home­coming
schedule, to give demonstrations
and answer questions. The open house will
be located in the former bookstore space in
the Quadrangle.
Students invite
alumni to 'pig out'
Members of the Saint John's University
Senate extend an invitation to alumni and
guests to participate in Homecoming events
sponsored by the student government. Ac­tivities
include a golf outing on Friday, Oct.
4, and a pig roast and fireworks display on
Saturday, Oct. 5.
Students kick-off their Homecoming fes­tivities
following the 9 p.rn. liturgy on Sun­day,
Sept. 30. A special event is plarmed for
each evening during the week with a bonfire
on Thursday and the traditional variety
show on Friday.
Alumni - fathers, brothers and uncles -
are especially invited for nine holes of golf
with their current student sons, brothers and
nephews on Friday afternoon. Use the reser­vation
form to indicate an interest; addi­tional
information will be provided. Phil
Kern '97, Senate member, hopes the "legacy"
golf outing will become a tradition for stu­dents
and alumni. All are welcome.
The pig roast outside the Old Gym fol­lows
the Saturday afternoon reception in the
Warner Palaestra. Kern hopes that alumni
will join the students for their evening meal
at the pig roast.
Saturday concludes with a bang: karaoke
in Willie's Pub and fireworks over the
Watab.
Please consult the Homecoming schedule
for other activities and use the reservation
form to register for meals and events.
F
Homecoming schedule
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
10 a.m .. 5 p.m. Art Gallery open
3 p.m.-5 Registration, pick-up dinner, brunch, football tickets; Sexton Commons
3 p.m. - 5:30 Students/alumni golf outing (please indicate if you might participate)
5 Liturgy; AbbeylUniversity Church (Fr. Ray Pedrizetti, O.S.B., presider)
5:30 Reception; Great Hall
6:30 Dinner and presentation of the Fr. Walter Reger Distinguished Alumnus Award to Mike
Dady '71; Alumni Lounge
8-11 Coffee/dessert; Fireplace Lounge, Sexton Commons
10-1 a.m. Willie's Pub open; Sexton Commons
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
9:30 a.m. Registration, pick up brunch, football tickets; Sexton Commons
lO-noon A "Taste of the Saints" (tickets available for evening pig roast); Mary Hall lawn, lower level
10- 4 p.m. Art Gallery open
10-4 p.m. Open house; Quad Computing Center (former Bookstore location)
11-5 p.rn. Open house; Pottery Studio
10:30 Alumni Association brunch honoring the reunion classes (all are welcome); Old Gym
10:30-1
11
11-6
11-12:30
11-5
11:30-1
11:45
1 p.m.
3:30
4
5
5-7
7-10
10
(Charged tickets will be held only until 11 and then released for others to purchase; brunch
will be served until 11:30; after that time, brunch tickets will be honored in the Refectory)
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library Fall Medieval Festival
Willie's Pub open; Sexton Commons
Bus service available from Mary Commons at the College of Saint Benedict to Sexton Com­mons;
parking available in CSB Lot 1 on Minnesota Street
Jon Hassler '55 book signing; Bookstore
Bookstore open
Shuttle bus available for those parking along the entrance road
SJU class reunion photos; Old Gym
Johnnie football versus Carleton
General reception; Warner Palaestra
Johnnie soccer versus Macalester
Liturgy; AbbeylUniversity Church
Pig roast sponsored by SJU Student Senate; mall outside Old Gym (please indicate on the
reservation form if you might join the students at the pig roast; tickets can be purchased at
Taste of the Saints)
Karoake; Willie's Pub
Fireworks sponsored by SJU Student Senate
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
10:30 a.m. Liturgy; AbbeylUniversity Church (Fr. Mark Thamert, O.S.B., presider)
2 Alunmi soccer; George Durenberger Fields
HOMECOMING REsERVATION FORM
Come on home to Saint John's October 4-6! Please complete and return by September 27 to the SJU
Alumni Office; PO Box 7222; Collegeville, lVlN 56321-7222. Pre-registration for the Friday banquet and
Saturday brunch and adherence to the September 27 deadline are strongly requested to assist the Dining
Service with advanced preparation of the meals.
Enclose with this form a check made out to Saint John's University for the total amount.
Members of the reunion classes should please consult their recent class letters for reunion activities and
a reservation form specific to their class.
Name ___________________ Class year __
NUMBER EVENT COST TOTAL
Students/alumni goll outing (indicate if you would like more information)
Friday evening Walter Reger Banquet *
Saturday Alumni Association brunch *
Adults
Children 10 and under
Football game (there are no reserved seats, no Associate passes)
Adults
Students
Post-reception pig roast (indicate if you expect to attend;
tickets can be purchased at Taste of the Saints)
Registration fee
Total amount enclosed (check made out to Saint John's University)
*Pre-registration for these meals is greatly appreciated!
$15
$8
$5
$4
$3
$1
$­$
­$-
$­$-
$-
SAINT JOHN'S 17
Saint John's Universally
set for Nov. 8, 9
Mark your calendars now and plan your
wardrobe for Friday, Nov. 8, and Samrday,
Nov. 9. Alumni everywhere should wear SjU
garb at work, at the football game in the
Metrodome, shopping, playing, hanging out,
whatever you're doing for those two days.
Make it known world-wide - universally, that
is - that you're a Johnnie.
If you don't have Saint John's apparel,
then shop the Bookstore in Sexton Com­mons
at Homecoming and every home foot­ball
Saturday. There is a great variety of
clothing available. If you can't make it back
to shop, here are some "We're Number One"
items you can purchase conveniently through
the mail. This exclusive offer is not available
elsewhere and orders must be placed by Oct.
15 so you can wear your Johnnies colors
proudly - especially on Nov. 8 and 9.
Admissions referrral form
Exclusive SJU/"We're Number One" merchandise mail order
Ordered by ____________________________________________________ __
Admffis __________________________ __
State ____ _ Zip __________ __ Da~llnephone ________________ _
Shipping address (if different from above)
State _____ _
Please complete and mail to Lakffihirts, PO Box 52, Detroit Lakffi, MN 56502.
Make checks payable to Lakeshirts.
Orders received by October 15 will be shipped UPS by November 1.
Zip ____ _
"Christmas prffient orders" received through December 1 will be shipped by December 15.
Item description Size Color Cost
Subtotal _____ _
Shipping and handling at ratffi below* _____ _
Total _____ _
*Shipping and handling ratffi Subtotal Add
up to $30 $3.95
$30.01 to $70 $4.95
$70.01 plus $5.95
One of the best ways to support SaintJohn's - and the College of Saint Benedict - is to rec­ommend
the colleges, School of Theology and Prep School to prospective smdents. Please
share the names of prospective smdents by completing and remrning the form below to
the Alumni Office, PO Box 7222, Collegeville, MN 56321-7222. The form be will forwarded
to the appropriate office of admission.
Business cards indicate
varied career paths
Saint John's University alumni are living
proof that a liberal arts background can
lead to any career. Proof can be measured
on 3 X 2 inch cards.
Smdenfsnmne ______________________________________________ __
__ SjU __ CSB SOT __ SjP
Alumni are asked to send their business
cards to the Alumni Office for display in the
Office of Counseling and Career Services.
Current smdents (and prospective smdents
on tour of the campus) will be able to see the
many career paths selected by Johnnie
alumni. The cards will not replace CANE
(CAreer NEtwork Program) computer
records but will be used as examples.
Homeaddress ________________________________________________ __
____________________________________________ Phone ____________ _
Current school _____________________________ Year of graduation __ __
Academic interests ______________________________________ _
Extracurriculars ________________________________________________ __
18 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
Cards should be sent to Alumni Rolodex,
SjU, PO Box 7222, Collegeville, MN 56321-
7222.
t"
1922
John Symanitz continues to work
for Inter-State Assurance Co, which
he joined in 1929. He also remains
actively involved with the Knights
of Columbus and the Basilica of St
Mary in Mpls. John and his wife,
Stella, enjoy making the occasional
trip back to campus.
1940
John Kobliska and his wife,
Anna, attended the N.C. FYI gather­ing
in July. They live in New Bern,
N.C.
1949
Ralph Opatz, 1500 Clearwater Rd .• St.
Cloud, MN 56301
Joseph Harren, a retired district
judge, lives with his wife, Jeanne, in
Red Lake Falls.
1954
Robert Forster, 14800 Carriage Place
Dr., Burnsville, MN 55306
Richard McCarthy has been
named prffi for Catholic Svcs for
the Elderly in St Paul. Richard has
been exec dir of Merrick Commu­nity
Svcs for 17 years.
1958
Thomas Melchior, 1901 W 125th St.,
Shakopee, MN 55379
Mark Lohmann is with Superior
Ford at Highway 169 and Bass
Lake Road in Plymouth; his work
number is 612-519-6393.
1959
Dale Craft, 1731 S. Eighth St., Fargo,
ND58103
Thomas Daly, 3729 Pillsbury Ave. S,
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Pat Dolan, Bateman Dolan &
Wffitlund, St Cloud, has been
named a knight of the Million Dol­lar
Round Table Foundation. This
foundation reprffients the top 6
percent of life insurance producers
worldwide.
1962
In Dec, Helmut "Fred" Hacker
became exec dir of the Armed Svcs
YMCA of EI Paso at Ft Bliss.
Curtis "Cowboy" Kurtz, a fam­ily
practitioner in Bozeman, Mont,
has self-published a book of his
verse.
1963
Kimball Devoy, 1060 Overlook Rd.,
Mendota Heights, MN 55118
David Wendt, 6623 Londonderry Dr.,
Edina, MN 55436
Rev Bernard Schneider received
his master of divinity degree from
St Paul Seminary.
1964
Merlynjerzak, 29458 Kiwi Ct., St.
joseph, MN 56374
Thomas Skoog, 846 E. Lake Cowdry
Rd. NW, Alexandria, MN 56308
John Chromy sold his bakery and
is now deciding what to do with his
life.
1965
Bernard Cahill, 10480 Nathan Ln.,
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Msgr James Dillenburg, working
for the Catholic Church's ministry
to merchant seafarers and fishers
for the past 5-1/2 years, will return
to parish work in the Green Bay
Diocese. His new admffis is St
Elizabeth Seton Parish, 2771
Oakwood Dr, Green Bay, WI 54304;
phone 414-499-1546. Ron Heard
attended his first alunmi event in
July at the N.C. FYI gathering. Ron
has his own janitorial firm in the
Raleigh area. Don Holec is a pro­gram
mgr at E-Systems in Arling­ton,
Va.
1966
Patrick jacobs, jacobs Associates, 550
County Road D, Suite 7, St. Paul,
MN 55112-3520
R. Patrick Maxwell, 5006 Emerson
Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55419
Jim Tegeder organized the N.C.
FYI gathering in July.
1967
John O'Connell took command of
the 19th theater command, Army
Rffierve unit in Des Moinffi, Iowa in
Oct '95. John was promoted to ma­jor
general in June.
1969
john McCambridge, Three Circle
East, Edina, MN 55436
Herbert Schulte, 5805 Stuart Ave. S,
Edina, MN 55436
The board of dir of the Natl Coun­cil
on Sexual Addiction and
Compulsivity (NCSAC) recognized
Dr Patrick Carnes by ffitablish­ing
the Patrick Carnes Award,
which he also received at the annual
meeting in Dallas. The Patrick
Carnffi Award acknowledgffi
Patrick for his singular contribu­tion
toward understanding the ad­dictive
nature of many sexual dis­orders.
He was crucial and instru­mental
in bringing the disease con­cept
of sexual addiction Out of the
Shadows (the title of his '83
groundbreaking book) and into
recognition and acceptance by
many mental health practitioners
and treatment organizations. The
Patrick Carnes Award will be given
at the annual meeting of NCSAC
each year. Bruce Gooding at­tended
the N.C. FYI gathering in
July. Denis O'Brien and Bruce
Gooding are organizing a mini­class
reunion in the nc. area; all are
invited Oct 17-22. Denis can be
reached at 301-530-3493 to discuss
accommodations, dining, golf,
sightseeing, tours, etc. He will have
a list of those planning to attend,
an agenda and other details later in
the fall, but welcomes all inquiriffi
in the meantime. Mike Pierce
visited campus in July from his
home in Baltimore. Terry
Underwood has a new business
admess: Asahi & Co, Asahi Center
Bldg, 1-2 Tsukudo-cho, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 162, Japan.
1970
john Agee, 1446 Delaware Ave., West
St. Paul, MN 55118
Tim Blackburn spent the sum­mer
studying Greek tragedy at
Stanford in a Natl Endowment for
the Humanities seminar.
1971
Robert Shannon, 1007 Wildwood Ct.,
Northfield, MN 55057
Patrick Vandrovec, Holdingford High
School, Po. Box 250, Holdingford,
MN56340
Michael Flood attended the N.C.
FYI gathering in July. He hopes to
make it to Homecoming from
Chapel Hill, where he works at the
D of N.C. Hospital. Lee Meyer
works for 3M in St Paul. His new
address is 1372 Awatukee Trail,
Hudson, WI 54016; phone 715-549-
5806.
1974
James Platten, 785 Pondhaven Ln.,
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Denis Boerjan has a new admess:
PO Box 215, St Ansgar, IA 50472.
Pat Lindsay retired from the
Army in June '94 and graduated
from the D of Ala College of Nurs­ing,
Huntsville, in April. Pat is now
an RN in the medical intensive care
unit of Huntsville Hospital. Rev
Brian Miclot has a new admffis:
St Ambrose D, Dept of Philosophy,
518 W Locust, Davenport, IA 52803.
Jim Platten has completed his
Jerry Donlin '55 meets his Holiness
Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in
June. Jerry and his wife, Colleen, ac­companied
Bishop Jerome Hanus,
O.S.B., archbishop of the Dubuque
Diocese, at his installation.
SAINT JOHN'S 19
20 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
master's degree. Mark Rotert is a
partner in the litigation dept of the
law firm Winston & Strawn in Chi·
cago.
1976
Alvin "Tom" Peterson left
Alaska for Seattle where he's the
night sports editor at the Seattle
Times. His address is 8429 NE
170th St, Bothell, WA 98011.
1977
John Haberkorn lives at 222 6th
Ave, Venice Beach, CA 90291;
phone 310-396-8001. His company
is Major Studio Productions/MSP
Video in Beverly Hills. Timothy
O'Connor was named mgr of the
Mpls office of Marsh & McLennan
Inc.
1978
Thomas Kost, 31230 Peninsula Ave.,
Lindstrom, MN 55045
Robert D Fischer, cum laude
grad of William Mitchell College of
Law, has joined the law div of
ReliaStar Financial Corp in Mpls.
He and his wife, Kimberlee, live in
South Mpls with their sons, Joe (13)
and Andy (11). Jeff Norman is an
account exec for DPS Creative, a
retail design agency in Mpls. S
Mary Irene Nowell, OSB (SOT)
gave the keynote address in June at
the 2nd annual Institute in Contem­porary
Spirituality at Clarke C?I­lege.
The title of her presentatIOn
was "God's Word in Human
Words."
1979
john Welsh, 1839 Rolling Green
Curve, Mendota Heights, MN
55118
Mike Jennings owns and serves
up great food at Rosen's in down­town
Mpls. Dr Patrick M~Kenzie
is an orthopedic surgeon With Or­thopedic
Assoc in Gree~ B~y, Wis.
John Schmidtbauer IS drr of
sales admin for Carter Wallace in
Cranbury, N.D. Paul Wotta is a
controller for Sunrise Resources Inc
in Golden Valley.
1980
joseph Sokolowski, 3716 Huntington
Ave. S St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Dave Osberg, a city administrator
for over 7 years, encourages any
students from the government pro­gram
interested in local gov~rn­ment
to contact him at Hastmgs
City Hall 612-437-4127. Dave, his.
wife Laurie Peichel '80, and 4 chIl­dred
have moved to 1620 Brittany
Rd, Hastings 55033.
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MN56321
1981
Scott Nelson, 3345 Zircon Ln. N,
Plymouth, MN 55447
Jeff Brand is corporate account
mgr for Northwestern Business
Travel in Edina and has moved to
3939 1st Ave S, Mpls 55409; phone
612-825-7626.
1982
David Bromelkamp was pro­moted
to vp/investment officer at
Dain Bosworth, Mpls. Casey
Eichler is the CFO for Visigenic
Software in San Mateo, Calif.
James Henderson was promoted
to dir of salon operations for 48
Regis salons in Ind, lower Mich and
eastern Ontario. Gregg
Marquardt is a Fingerhut writer
one moment and a creativity facili­tator
the next. He's also just real­ized
his childhood dream of becom­ing
a private pilot. Nate Nygren is
"network guru" for Connect Com­puter
in Mpls. He plays rugby for
the St Paul Jazz Pigs and is one
class away from finishing his MBA
at St Thomas. Robert Thissen is
a science technician at Walla Walla
Community College in Wash.
1983
Raymond Brau, 4612 Cedar Lake
Rd., Apt. 1, Minneapolis, MN
55416
Michael Spanier, Airborne Express,
7700 -24th Ave. S, Minneapolis,
MN55450
Matthew Moir visited SJU cam­pus
in June with his wife, Regan,
and daughter, Madison. Matt has
been managing the Alaska Pacific
Seafood Processing Co in Kodiak
for 13 years. He has been happy to
see other grads from SJU/CSB who
have found their way to Kodiak
Island. Matt's mailing address is
Box 44306, Kodiak, AK 99615.
John Rausch is an account exec
for Riverwood Conference Center in
Monticello.
1984
Daniel McDermott, 4625 Forestview
Ln., Plymouth, MN 55442
Dan McDermott is now with
Cambridge Technology Partners.
Russ Rooney is state chairman of
the Minn Republican Coalition for
Life; anyone interested in the orga­nization
can call 612-869-8625. Russ
and his wife, Mary, live at 1000
Mildred Dr, Richfield 55423.
r
1985
Paul Germscheid, 4635 Fifth St. NE,
Columbia Heights, MN 55421
Daniel McKeown, 1854 Prior Ave. N,
St. Paul, MN 55113
Michael Farley has been pro­moted
to asst vp for Allianz Life
Insurance Co in Mpls.
1986
Timothy Bot, 5008 Beard Ave. S,
Minneapolis, MN 55410
john Wedin, 14358 Fairway Dr.,
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Clint Bogard was promoted to
pres and COO of Granite Ready­Mix
Cos in St Cloud. Paul
Nakasone, a capt in the Army, has
been transferred to Ft Leavenworth,
Kan. Home address: 1306 Sanders
St., Leavenworth, KS 66048. Paul
had been very active with the joint
Wash Alumni Chapter and is eager
to get involved with Kansas City­area
alumni. Tim Zitur teaches
math at the School of Environmen­tal
Studies in Apple Valley. This is
the first year for the magnet school
in Rosemountl Apple Valley and
Eagan school district. Tim is still
JV golf coach at Rosemount HS.
1987
Thomas Mertens, 9008 Dunbar Knoll
Ct., Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
Michael Nawrocki, 3805 Chatham
Rd., Eagan, MN 55123
David Hamlin is an account exec
with Dean Witter Reynolds Inc in
Bloomington. Dave Anderla fin­ished
residence family practice and
began practice in Appleton, Wis, in
Aug.
1988
George Ramler, 14301 Stewart Ln.,
Minnetonka, MN 55345
Peter Stoddart, 2701 McKinley St.
NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
Timothy Ashwell received his
MD degree from the U of N.D.
School of Medicine and Health Svcs
in May. Tim will go on to residency
training in obstetrics-gynecology at
the U of Kan Medical Center in
Kansas City, Kan. David Barthel
is dir of research and development
for NTC Home Health Care Inc in
Duluth. Pierre Bernard is a natu­ral
resources specialist for the Dept
of Environment & Natural Re­sources
in Sioux Falls, S.D. Rob
Fairbank, political dir for the Colo
Republican party, recently returned
from the Ukraine where he served
as trainer for an IntI Republican
Institute (IRI) seminar in Kiev. IRI
conducts political party building
and parliamentary training to pro­mote
the ·creation and development
of democratic structures in nations
around the world. The seminar was
designed to develop the skills of
future Ukrainian political trainers
in the region. Tom Huot, his wife,
Barb, and daughters, Jessica (8),
Katie (6) and Ali (4), have moved to
P2329 North Pole Rd, Birnamwood,
WI 54414; phone 715-449-2450.
Daniel Keefe still feels a strong
sense of attachment to Saint John's
and the people, even though he
didn't actually receive his degree
here. He received a BA in political
science from St Ambrose U in Dav­enport
and received an MA in po­litical
studies from the U of Ill,
Springfield, in '94. Dan is a policy
analyst with the III Dept of Com­merce
and Community Affairs,
Office of Coal Development and
Mktg. He is in excellent health, with
no lingering problems from his bout
with Hodgkin's disease in 1984-85.
Dan lives with his wife, Melodie,
and son, Patrick (13 mol, at 2901
Biscayne Dr, Springfield, IL 62707.
John Kolb finished law school and
now works for the Krebsbach &
Haik law firm in Mpls. Thomas
Voller is an admissions counselor
at CSB/S]U; his new address is 720
Main St, Cold Spring 56320; phone
320-685-7349.
1989
Michael Moynagh, 5420 Tracy Lynn
Terrace, Minnetonka, MN 55345
Peter Seltz, 4800 Cheshire Ln. N,
Plymouth, MN 55446
Dan Becker and his wife, Kim Ste
Marie '90, moved back to Minn last
spring after 3 years in San Jose,
Calif. They are glad to be back and
are living in Eagan. Dan works at
Knutson, Flynn, Deans & Olsen,
specializing in labor and employ­ment
law for public schools. David
Howard attended the N.C. FYI
gathering in July. Paul Kruth is a
marketing analyst for ARM Finan-cial
Group. Paul lives with his wife,
Cate, and children, Ashley (4) and
Nicholas (2), at 7921 Barbour
Manor Dr, Louisville, KY 40241.
Eric Larson is a sr consultant in
the enterprise package systems
group of KPMG Peat Marwick in
Mpls. The group selects and installs
manufacturing systems that run
companies distribution, manufac­turing
and financial applications.
Bryan Olson is a sales rep at BFI
in Eden Prairie. Scott
Stoltenberg has accepted a
postdoctoral fellowship at the U of
Mich to study the relationship be­tween
components of the serotonin
system and anti-social alcoholism.
Scott and his wife, Shelley, live at
3193 Chelsea Cir, Ann Arbor, MI
48108.
1990
Timothy Coy, 2120 Xylon Ave. N,
Golden Valley, MN 55427
Timothy Gruidl, 1514 W Lake St.,
Apt. 5, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Thomas Norton, 4420 Harriet Ave.
S, Minneapolis, MN 55409
Michael Budka graduated from
William Mitchell College of Law
and is employed by the city of St
Paul. Capt Tom Habstritt trans­ferred
from Okla to Bosnia in Jan.
He serves as liaison between infan­try
and tank units as asst brigade
fire support officer. Tom's address
is HHC, 1st Bde, 1st Adl Attn: FSEI
Operation Joint Endeavor, APO AE
09789. John Killian works for his
uncle, a State Farm agent, in Phoe­nix.
John lives at 6830 W Emile
Zola Ave, Peoria, AZ 85381; phone
602-487-0227. Todd Stoffel is an
internal auditor for Target. Mark
and his wife, Molly, have moved to
4226 21st Ave S, Mpls 55407; phone
612-724-3750. James Yue com­pleted
his doctorate in computer
science at U of M and accepted a
position with Sun Microsystems Inc
in Calif.
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Positions open
The St. Paul Companies has sev­eral
openings in the computer de­partment.
Multiple positions are
available under the headings infor­mation
systems manager, informa­tion
systems specialist and pro­grammer
analyst. Lorrie Rogge '88,
who usually recruits seniors and
young alumni for the St. Paul-based
insurance company, said she is
looking for alumni with experience
to fill these jobs. Starting date is
immediate. For more information,
contact Marsha Othoudt, senior
staffing consultant, at 612/310-7719.
SAINT JOHN'S 21
1991 July. Mark Scholtes joined the home address is PO Box 7163,
financial operations group at Gen- Ketchikan, AK 9901l.
eral Mills Inc in Mpls. Dave
DoAuvgel.a, sM Lianwnereanpcoeli,s ,5 1M3N5 C55hi4c1ag7o SAcmheurilctean i sD ienvteerlonpinmge wnti tBha Innkte irn- 1994
Murray McCartan, 4435 Parklawn Santiago, Chile; he had been teach-
Ave., Apt. 302, Edina, MN 55435 ing English. Dave has been ac- Joseph Cavanaugh, 3220 Niagara Ln.,
Thomas Nicol, 4940 Devonshire Gir., cepted at the Kennedy School of Plymouth, MN 55447
Shorewood, MN 55331 Gov't at Harvard with classes be- Timothy Radaich, 5625 Xerxes Ave.
Timothy Flynn is an equity ginning in Sept. Dave Schwob is S, Apt. 112, Minneapolis, MN
trader for Norwest Bank in Mpls. network mgr for BORN Info Svcs 55410
Steve Haney is mgr of the stu- Group in Wayzata and lives with Scott Wilts, 10417 Thomas Ave. S,
dent insurance and special risk his wife, Lynn Gustafson '93, at Apt. 3, Bloomington, MN 55431
program with Insurance Consult- 15605 North Lund Rd, Eden Prairie John Bueckers and his wife,
ants Inc in Omaha. Rick Lanners 55346. Eric Swan and his wife, Jessie, are wrapping up their stint
has moved to 420 S Ramsey Ave, Kristine, live at 8465 Kimball Dr, as supervisors of a shelter in
Apt 1, Litchfield 55355. Rob Eden Prairie 55347. Todd Panama City, Fla, and will assume
Lovinger is in sales with Upsheur- Witcraft is the asst controller for direction of the Catholic Worker
Smith Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth. Steiner Development in Wayzata. House in Kansas City in Sept. Tom
Patrick McNab received his Fehringer finished a year teaching
master's degree in economics from 1993 and coaching soccer at St
Wash U in St Louis. He will be Raymond's in the Bronx and moved
working for Merrill Lynch in Lon· on to similar work on St Vincent's
don. Capt Keith Pritchard gradu- Andrew DeCoux, 2126 Fremont Ave. in the Caribbean. Chris Kocian is
ated from military intelligence of- S, Minneapolis, MN 55405 flying helicopters for the Army in
ficer advanced training in May and Paul Skrbec, 840 Randolph Ave., St. Thailand on an exercise. John
moved to Ft Lewis, Wash, in July. Paul, MN 55102 Laskowski received his MA in
Adrian Pulkrabek is completing Erik Sorenson, 14716 Gleason Lake clinical psych from Wheaton
a dental program at U of M. Brian Dr., Plymouth, MN 55447 Graduate School in Ill. John will be
Rademacher and his wife, Lisa, Brad Blaschko, dir of marketing/ a psych trainee at West Central
live at 803 Columbine Dr, Marshall sales of EMR Innovations, St Human Svcs in Bismarck, N.D., for
56258. Cloud, has completed certification 1 year before beginning work on his
as an Internet business consultant doctorate. Lt John Reynolds be- 1992 through SBT Internet Systems in came scout platoon leader in Apr at
San Rafael, Calif. Andy DeCoux Ft Carson, Colo. Brian Smith re-will
attend grad school at Notre ceived his MBA from St Ambrose U
Morgan Donohue, 910 Lawnview Dame this fall. His address at in Davenport, Iowa. He will be
Ave., Shoreview, MN 55126 school will be P.o. Box 668, U of working in the entertainment div of
Chris Fairchild, 1180 - 124th Ln. NE, Notre Dame, Notre Dame', IN 46556. the Minn State Fair. Justin
Blaine, MN 55434 Rev Francis Flood, OSB, a monk Webster received his master's
C.f Lyngen, 3150 Excelsior Blvd., of St Leo Abbey in Fla, recently degree in physics from Mich State
Apt. 101, Minneapolis, MN 55416 graduated from St Paul's U in Ot- UinMay.
Jordan Anderson, Pat tawa, Canada, where he was
Archbold, Bob Fischer, Jason awarded a BCL degree (magna cum Fodstad, C J Lyngen and Todd laude) in canon law and a JCL de- 1995
Witcraft are members of the Eden gree. St Paul's U is only 1 of 2 pon-
Prairie Men's Hockey League team tifical universities in North Patrick Melvin, 5511 Benton Ave.,
that took the championship this America. George "Geordie" Edina, MN 55436
spring. Pat Archbold works for Griffiths has received the Five Nathan Reagen, 214 Oak Grove, Apt.
NetLink IntI. R Travis Brunson is Wings Arts ProgramlMcKnight 304, Minneapolis, MN 55403
an attorney with Thomas L Steffens Foundation Individual Artist grant William Thom, 1759 Livingston Ave.,
and Assoc. Michael Gavin works which will allow him to exhibit West St Paul, MN 55118
at Arnold's Chevrolet in Watkins. recent photographs. Geordie will Chris Boys attends grad school at
Neil Kennedy is with KPMG's work on his photos this summer for Northern Iowa U. Christopher
TUPA ART EXHIBITED mortgage and structures finance exhibition in Crosby later this year. Cameron works as an independent
IN ARIZONA GALLERY group in Washington, D.C. He re- His address is 3675 County Rd 10 scenic carpenter for such places as
Fr. Jerome Tupa, o.S.B., invites cently co-authored the cover story NE, Deerwood 56444; phone 218- Metro Scenery, Disneyland, USC
alumni, family and friends in the for "Mortgage Banking" magazine. 678-2917. John Henningsgard School of Drama and Columbia!
greater Phoenix area to attend the Neil and Natalie '91 enjoyed the Jon works as an analyst for Piper Universal Studio scenic depart-opening
of his "M Series" show at Hassler '56 event in D.C. in the Jaffray in Mpls. Jeff Hoffmann ments. He has settled in Pasadena,
the Cynthina Woody Gallery, spring. Their address is 435 Scot- works for Remap Corp in St Paul Calif, with his college roommate
Marshall Way, Scottsdale, Ariz., land St., Williamsburg, VA 23185. and lives with his wife, Michelle, in Christopher Kurtz; their address
Saturday, Feb. 9, 5 - 7 p.m. The Capt Tim Kundinger transferred Eagan. Kris Jungels and his wife, is 140 N EI Molino Ave, Apt 8, Pasa-exhibit
features all new paintings to Bosnia for a 9 month deploy- Beth, live at 1210 36th St Sw, Roch- dena, CA 91101; phone 818-432-
he finished in 1996. ment. Chris Kurtzman is exec vp ester 55902. Jason Kelly is an 4732. Robert Carricaburu is a
For those unable to attend the with Bang Printing in Brainerd. admissions counselor at SJu. Jeff 2nd year med student at Creighton
show, "In Quest of the Spirit" is James Loeffelholz is in his medi- Lage is medical platoon leader for School of Medicine in Omaha, Neb.
now available from the Department cal residency at Abbot Northwest- the 3rd squadron, 3rd armored cav- Brian Clemen works for Pruden-of
Modern and Classical Languages ern Hospital. He has his MD degree airy regiment at Ft Carson, Colo. tial Insurance Co in the Twin Cities
at SaintJohn's. "In Quest of the from the U of Iowa. James and his David Leary has been promoted area. Brad Erbes teaches at a
Spirit" is a 114-page book from Fr. wife, Karalee Evenson '93, live at to regl mgr of food service for secondary school in a tough part of
jerome's exhibit at the North Da- 3908 W 28th St, St Louis Park Lloyd's Food Products in Clayton, the inner city of New Orleans, with
kota Museum of Art. The book has 55416. C J Lyngen coached the Mo; home phone 314-863-0868. barb wire on the walls and metal
42 color prints from the exhibit, an Bantam B hockey team for Benilde- Dave Lukinac is home from his detectors at the entrances. Robert
essay by the director of the mu- St Margaret's. Denis McDonough Peace Corps duty in Africa and is Hankey accepted a position with
seum and a biography of the artist. received a degree in public policy currently living with his parents in the Robbinsdale School District,
Cost for the book is $19, which from Georgetown U. Eric Myers Wash. Clifford Skillings is exec working with 4th grade students.
includes shipping. attended the N.C. FYI gathering in dir at SE Alaska Seiners Assn; his Jason Klinefelter is employed by
22 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
r I
Spring Green Lawn and Tree Care
and lives with his wife, Angela
Hawkins '95, at 1428 8th Ave N St
Cloud 56303. Christopher Kohler
and his wife, Jennifer Nathe '95,
have taken a new last name: Lopez­Kohler.
Christopher is an RN at the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Gardner
Lepp is a SUpvr with Dynamics
IntI in Mpls. Chris Metcalf was a
volunteer at Mercy Home for boys
and girls as a caseworker in a pro­gram
called "Aftercare." He pro­vided
former residents of the home
with support, guidance and an ex­tended
family. Chris obtained a full
time position with Aftercare in
June. Brian Reiner is a salesman
with Cenex Land O'Lakes. Michael
Sullivan is stUdying chemistry at
the U of M grad school. His address
is 940 Franklin Terrace, Apt 402,
Mpls 55406; phone 612-341-3542.
Rob Terry and his wife Terri
Perrizo '95, live at 13760 'valley
View Rd #224, Eden Prairie 55344;
phone 612-949-3007. Larry
Tucker works for Hearthstone of
Minn in South St Paul. His address
is 6010 65th Ave N, #226, Brooklyn
Park 55429; phone 612-533-1019.
Chad Virnig is with Andersen
Consulting in downtown Mpls. His
official title is "experienced analyst"
and Chad develops customer ser­vice
applications with the tool
Powerbuilder. While his job s~ems
unrelated to his chern major, Chad
said the concepts and problem­solving
skills he developed at SJU
enable him to learn quickly and to
receive more responsibility and
challenging assignments. He
spends most of his time outside of
work with his wife, April '94, a
Hamline Law School student. Chad
is eager to provide career network­ing
advice to alumni and students.
Home address: 2540 Grandview Ave
W, Apt 165, Roseville 55113.
1996
Mason Sorenson, Jason St.ruck
David Caughlin is serving with
the Peace Corps in the Ukraine.
Mason Sorenson is with The
Education Industry report in St
Cloud. Brian Tracy is employed as
a software consultant by Flex Solu­tions
in Eagan. John Vinje is em­ployed
by Andersen Consulting,
Mpls.
Births
'80 Katie (Bresnahan) and Mike
Bruckbauer, boy, Daniel
James, Feb. 1996.
'81 Mary (Meyer) and Len
Powell, boy, Matthew Joseph,
Aug.1995.
'81 Terry (Farley) '82 and Mark
Shimota, girl, Andrea Marie,
May 1994.
The l0,0OO-mile Expedition of the Americas is complete! 5.R. Nithy '95 (left) and Dave Johnson '98 (right) left from Tierra
del Fuego, Argentina, on their bicycles in December and returned to a big celebration in Central Minnesota on August 20.
The trek took them to 16 countries. En route, Joe 5kaja '72 joined them to bike from San Antonio to Austin, Tex. A number
of alumni and families in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota joined Joe to provide overnight accommodations
to Nithy and Johnson.
'82 Barbara and James Murphy, '88 Rebecca and Bill Pelfrey, '90 Donald Krieger to Ann Mar-girl,
Kelsey Jean, April 1996. girl, Halle Rose. tin, May 1996.
'82 Martha and Paul Norton, '89 Julie (Schueller) '84 and Rich '91 Christian Affeldt to Jennifer
boy, Noah James, March 1996. Brewers, girl, Elizabeth Joy, Faro, May 1996.
'82 Denise and Nate Nygren, Jan. 1996. '91 Kyle Kirsch to Kelly Quinn
boy, Davis Roy, Oct. 1994. '89 Julie and Joe Krekelberg, '91, Oct. 1993.
'83 Trude (Kaz) '86 and John girl, Elizabeth Joy, Jan. 1996. '91 Brian Rademacher to Lisa
Sowada, boy, Matthew Lee, '89 Jodi (Lynn) and Bryan Olson, Eblen, June 1996.
May 1996. boy, Shamus Riley Crane, April '92 James Clarke to Nicole
'84 Kathleen and David 1995. Torfin, April 1996.
Hermerding, girl, Maya '89 Joan and Thomas Reesor '92 Michael Gavin to Karen
Carolyn, April 1996. girl, Madeline, Oct. 1995. ' Kockendorf '89, June 1996.
'84 Beth and Kevin Lafeber, boy, '91 Gerilyn (Jacobs) '92 and Mike '92 Brian Lenzmeier to "Betsy Jo
Brennan, April 1996. Holmdahl, boy, Jordan Bialy '93, June 1996.
'84 Margaret (Young) '85 and Michael, Feb. 1996. '92 Adam Solano to Jennifer
John Perry, girl, Carly, March '91 Julie (Johnson) '90 and Tho- Hides, May 1996.
1996. mas Knutson, girl, Emily '92 Eric Swan to Kristine Olson,
'86 Carole and Joe Lehn, girl, Rachel, March 1996. May 1996.
Marta Faith, May 1996. '91 Lisa (Geissler) and Rodger '93 Jeff Bretherton to Julie
'86 Ann and Patrick Sauer, Narloch, boy, Jordan Horner, June 1996.
girls, Nicole Marie, March 1994 Emmanuel, Jan. 1996. '93 Jeff Hoffmann to Michelle
& Michelle Elise, March 1996. '92 Gina and Dan Strittmater, Ray, May 1996.
'87 Sarah '87 and Dave Anderla, boy, DanielJr., April 1996. '93 Kris Jnngels to Beth Menay,
boy, Grant, Dec. 1995. '93 Michelle and Bill McElmury, June 1996.
'87 Lori (Lamusga) and Marty boy, Cort William, Nov. 1995. '93 Jason Kelly to Suzanne
Devine, boy, Eric Lee, April Zobitz '95, June 1996.
1996. '93 Jason McCarty to Sarah
'87 Lisa (Anderson) and Gregg Marriages Moening, June 1996.
Leininger, girl, Sophie, May '94 Andy Genereau to Ann
1996. Ehrich '96, Summer 1996.
'87 Kimberly (peterson) and John '79 John Schmidtbauer to Su- '94 Bryan Saladino to Christy
Mullon, girl, Meghan Kay, san SwaIm, Aug. 1993. Stevens, June 1996.
April 1996. '84 Russ Rooney to Mary '95 Jason Klinefelter to Angela
'87 Michelle and William Vitt, Stogsdill, April 1996. Hawkins '95, June 1996.
girl, Theresa Rose, June 1996. '85 Patrick Bowe to Christine '95 Christopher Kohler to Jen-
'88 Linda (Gadbois) and Pierre Liu, June 1996. nifer Nathe '95, April 1996.
Bernard, girl, Simone Elise, '87 Ward Blaschko to Stacie '95 Rob Terry to Terri Perrizo
March 1995. Sowa, May 1996. '95, June 1996.
'88 Kim and Dean Daninger, '90 Michael Budka to Susan
boy, Jacob Dean, Feb. 1996. Weisman, April 1996.
SAINT JOHN'S 23
Deaths
'30 Fr. Severin Joseph Lauer, OSB,
July 1996.
'37 Rev. Roger Vossberg, May
1996.
'40 Herbert Iten.
'40 Jim Prueher, April 1996.
'40 Victor Stein, May 1996.
'59 Edward Weis, May 1996.
'60 Richard Lansing, July 1996
'61 Gary Gilette, April 1996.
'63 Thomas Braun, May 1996.
'67 James Sommerness, July 1996
'70 Mark Simons.
'79 Jeffrey Ilstrup, June 1996.
'79 Michael Voss, Nov. 1995.
'85 Elaine Smith (SOT), May 1996.
Rev. Louis Stovik '40 died August
7. He and fellow priest, Fr. Tom
Scheets, were murdered by an in­truder
at their home, St. Leander
Church rectory in Pueblo, Colo.
Born in Curlew, Wash., September
5, 1918, Fr. Louis graduated from
Saint John's Preparatory School in
1936, attended the University from
1936 to 1940 and studied at the
School of Theology from 1970 to
1971. He received his master of
divinity degree from St. Thomas
Seminary in Denver, and was or­dained
to the priesthood in 1949.
Fr. Louis was one of four brothers
to attend Saint John's and become
priests. The others are Fr. Jordan
Stovik, o.S.B. '39; Fr. Bartholomew
Stovik, O.S.B., '40; and Fr. Raphael
Stovik, o.S.B., '51.
E-Mail
addresses
Barrow, Paul '68
pbarrow@worldnet.att.net
Barthel, David '88
dbarthel@delphi.com
Bassett, Jim '58
jbassett@rconnect.com
Beck, Kim '78
kcb@csd.uwm.edu
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Boedigheimer, Scott '89
smboedie@aol.com
Boerjan, Denis '74
dboerjan@aol.com
Brand, Jeff '81
jfbrand222@aol.com
Burns, Harry '78
hebii@aol.com
Byron, J. Michael '81
jmbryon@stthomas.edu
Fischer, Robert D. '78
bob.fischer@reliastar.com
Flood, Michael '71
mflood.isdl@mail.unch.unc.edu
Foster, David '91
david_foster@bus.emory.edu
Goff, Robert '62
rfgoff@mail.mmng.com
Haney, Steve '91
shaney@inscon.com
Hilbert, Brent '95
bhilbert@umich.edu
Janey, Ralph' 49
75000.3315@compuserve.com
Kelner, Michael J. '76
mkelner@ucsd.edu.us
Killian, John '90
jk3@aol.com
Krieger, Donald '90
dakreig@aol.com
McDermott, Dan '84
dmcder@ctp.com
McElmury, Bill '93
bill@jmcinc.com
McGee, Tim '86
103422.1674@compuserve.com
Morris, Gerald '83
gjmorris@mmm.com
Muehlbauer, Robert '93
rmuehlbauer@smtp.microcom.com
Osberg, Dave '80 & Laurie
(peichel) '80
laurdav@aol.com
Peterson, Tom '76
tpete@gnn.com (home)
tpet-new@seatimes.com (work)
Pieper, John '81
angeljoy@pioneerplanet.infi.net
Powell, Len'81
bupz94a@prodigy.com
Sauer, Pat '86
mdvj40f@prodigy.com
Schwob, Dave '92
dave.schwob@born.com
Sheldon, Rick '76
sheldon@cse.uta.edu
Speltz, Bob '90
spelb@cof.org
St. George, Steve '83
104042.3453@compuserve.com
Strittmater, Dan '92
dstritt@gumby.npcts.edu
Sullivan, Michael '95
sullivan@prometheus.chem.umn.edu
Taylor, John '58
taylorjd@rascal.guilford.edu
Thissen, Robert '82
rthissen@mail.ww.cc.wa.us
Trobec, Jay'80
jaytrobec@ichange.com
Trobec, Michael '85
mtrobec@msm.unipac.com
Vandeberg, Peter '89
pihel_k@usa.pipeline.com
Voller, Thomas '88
trvoller@faribault.polaristel.net
Woodbeck, Dave '88
dwoodbeck@us.orac1e.com
Zitur, Tim '86
0196ses@informns.k12.mn.us
Hassler to lead writing workshop
in Italy's Tuscany region
Regents' Professor and writer-in-residenceJon Hassler will lead a tour to
Italy Sept. 29 through Oct. 10, 1997. Titled "Through Tuscany with Jon
Hassler," the tour will visit Florence, Sienna and Lucca, spending at least two
days in each city.
The journey features daily writing workshops with Hassler, author of such
novels as Staggerford, A Green Journey, Grand Opening and Rookery Blues.
At breakfast each morning Hassler will offer samples of travel writing he's
admired and review his own experiences as a traveler who has turned his
journals into novels. During the four group dinners, participants will share
their current writing efforts. "Ever since returning from my first visit ten
years ago," Hassler said, "I have longed to go back for another look at
Tuscany, that province of unimaginably beautiful architecture, galleries, and
landscapes."
Brochures are available by contacting Andrea Dow, Seminars International
Inc., (800) 541-7506, fax (312) 332-5509, email semint@aol.com.
Hassler is also conducting a writing workshop in Guatemala in January.
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