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Calendar of Events J U N E 21-25 Saint John's Prep Show Choir Camp, SJU 24-27 Blazer Tennis Camp, CSB 29 CSB Reunion, CSB 27-31 9th and 10th Grade Basketball Camp, 29-July3 Blazer Basketball Camp Grades 9-12, SJU CSB 27-Aug2 Saint John's Prep Leadership Camp, SJU 29-July 3 Upward Bound, CSB 28-Aug2 Blazer Volleyball Camp, CSB 29-July3 8th Grade Basketball Camp, SJU 31-Aug3 Blazer Tennis Camp, CSB 29-July3 Saint John's Prep Leadership Camp, SJU AUGUST JULY 5 Sununer Workshop: Tomorrow & 6-10 8th Grade Basketball Camp, SJU Beyond: a Workshop for Parish 6-10 Tennis Camp, SJU Planning, SJU 6-12 Elderhostel: Historic Homes on the Mis- 7-10 Blazer Tennis Camp, CSB sissippi, Off campus 10-16 Elderhostel, Off campus 6-18 Sununer Workshop: 7th Annual Liturgy 25 Pete & Tony's Alumni Golf Event, AI-in a Formative Environment, SJU bany 7-10 Blazer Tennis Camp, CSB 7-11 Upward Bound, CSB SEPTEMBER 13-17 Blazer Tennis Camp, CSB 13-17 Saint John's Prep Leadership Camp, SJU 3 Convocation, CSB 13-18 Saint John's Prep German Camp, SJU 6 SJU Football @ Bemidji State 13-16 Sununer Workshop: Social Concerns in 11 Clemens Lecture, Speaker: Rebecca the Parish, SJU Blank,SJU 14 Twin Cities Golf Scramble, Tartan Park 13 SJU Football vs. St Olaf, SJU 14-17 Blazer Volleyball Camp, CSB 14-20 Elderhostel, Off campus 14-18 Upward Bound, CSB 20 1997 Alumni Golf Tour, Somerset, Wis. 20-24 9th and 10th Grade Basketball Camp, SJU Football @ Augsburg SJU 25 Minnesota Orchestra Concert, CSB 20-24 Saint John's Prep Leadership Camp, SJU 27 Homecoming 1997: SJU Football vs. 20-25 Upward Bound, CSB Hamline 21 Doc McCarthy Open, Willmar 28 Millstream Arts Festival, CSB 21-24 Blazer Volleyball Camp, CSB In This Issue 1 Editorial: A farewell and a photographic remembrance 5 Catholic liturgical pioneer has lifetime of stories to tell 7 Students find there's no place like Homer Cover: 12 News Review 17 Sports Review 18 Letters 19 Alumni News Photograph of CSB/SJU students at the Roman-built aqueduct in Segovia, Spain by Clark Hendley, provost for academic affairs. For more on the colleges' study abroad programs, see page 7. 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. 36, No.3· Summer, 1997 Editor Lee A. Hanley '58 e·rnail: lhanley@csbsju.edu Associate Editor Thorn Woodward '70 News Review Editor GlenBeltt Sports Review Editor Michael Hemrnesch '97 Design Greg Becker Gene C. Sands Executive Director of Public Affairs Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict Saini john '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, vice president finance committee Joe Nemanich '97 John Patterson '79 Pat Ryan '84 Mike Sabers '97 Eric Schubert '92 Tim Sellner '77 Will Steinke '93 Chris Thompson '99 ExOjficio 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 '~6 ar:d Sharon Kasel D' Agostino '85, Twm C.lies Chapter co·chairs Bill Kemp '73, Central Minnesota Chapter president Jim Ranweiler '64, Rochester Chapter president Derus McDonough '92, D.C. Chapter president Nick Sinner '77, Fargo-Moorhead Chapter president Adam Solano '92, Great Lakes Chapter president John Crosby, SJU vice president for insitutional advancement Lee Hanley '58, Saintjohn's editor Mark Young '85, director of annual giving Thorn Woodward '70, Alumni Association secretary Chaplain Fr. Don Talafous, O.S.B. '48 TO CONTACT: Saint John's Preparatory School SJU Infonnation Center SJU Admission Office CSB Admission Office SJU Institutional Advancement Office CSB Institutional Advancement Office 1-800·525·7737 1-800-544·1816 1-800·245·6467 1·800·648·3468 1-800·635·7303 1·800·648·3468 4 SAINT JOHN'S 1 (Previous page) (c.1955) I had returned tram a long weekend early for some reason. Other students had not returned; it was a quiet evening and the campus was covered by a blanket of thick fog. The building to the left of the tree is the Auditorium; the street light is at the intersection between Mary Hall and where Alcuin Library now stands; the park bench was the campus Greyhound bus terminal. 2 SAINT JOHN'S UNNERSITY Ergive us if we part from the editorial third person for a personal note. I've never quite felt comfortable with the "editorial we." Frankly, I'd prefer a line in the Alumni News Notes, Class of '58: "Lee Hanley has retired. New address - Box 403, Walker, MN 56484." But Alumni Director Thom Woodward '70 stopped me in the hall one day and - I'm not sure if it was a question or a directive - said, "You are going to write something of a farewell in the magazine." ''Wrong,'' I replied. "I'd prefer simply to be gone - now you see him; now you don't." "If you don't write something, somebody else will;' Thom replied. Well, with that ominous option before me, I was persuaded to write an editor's adieu. In a nutshell, I joined the staff at Saint John's in August, 1959, and taught freshman English and directed the News Service Office for nearly six years. I left in January, 1965, and worked in a couple of Congressional offices in Washington, DC, for the next six years. In May, 1971, I came home to myoId job in Collegeville. And, though my job description has evolved over the years, here I remained. Essentially, my job has been a tailor-made concoction of my favorite things: writing/ editing, photography and an occasional stint in the classroom. Once in a while I would have a pang of guilt when an old friend would drop by and ask, "Hanley, when are you going to cut the cord?" (translate, "When are you going to join us in the real world?") but down deep I sensed and appreciated my good fortune and the quality of life for me and my family. As I sift through 38 years of memories and contemplate which ones are worthy of reviving, much less sharing, it seems an awesome task. The people I have had the honor to work with shape my most valued memories: Fr. Walter Reger, Steve Humphrey, George and Isabelle Durenberger, Frs. Colman Barry, Arno Gustin, Michael Blecker (the best "boss" I ever had), Virgil O'Neill, Emeric Lawrence,Joe "Prof" Heininger,Jon Hassler, Bob Spaeth, Julian and Harvey Botz ... but wait, it's dangerous to begin mentioning names. For each one mentioned there are a dozen more that ought to be included. Each deserves a book and, in a Early in the '60s 1F. Powers was in the midst of writing Morte d'Urban. Our mutual friend, Joe O'Connell, asked me to accompany him to take a few pictures of Powers in his sparse studio which was located over a men's clothing store in downtown St. Cloud. On the walls Powers had hung images clipped fram newspapers - faces of persons he thought "Iooked like" his characters. Look closely and you can see where the novelist scratched the title of his book in the pipesmoke film of plastic "storm window" that was tacked to the window frame. piece as long as I intend to write, I can't afford even a sentence. I will miss associating with college students. They are the most unchanging part of Saint John's. Believe me, Class of '58 (or '48 or '68), today's students and generations of Johnnies (and Bennies) who have come and gone have been at least our equal in nurturing, sustaining and becoming a part of the Benedictine community some feared might be threatened by crops of students society has stereotyped as the Me Generation, Generation X or worse. My friendships with students over the years - Jim Nelson or Glenn Reinardy in the '60s; Steve Conroy or John McTigue in '70s; Mark Kalla or John McGeary in the '80s; Marty Baker or Scott Torborg in the '90s - seem to me unchanged in intensity and durability (again, I have had so many student friends that it is perhaps a mistake to begin mentioning names). I am grateful to all those youthful friends who have modeled the value of thinking young, who have persuaded me to add Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen to my CD collection. We all experience milestones reminding us that the clock continues to tick. I find such a reminder in realizing that one of my first student employees, Jim Daugherty '63, retired four years ago from the Army as a full-colonel and, even more sobering, to know that his son, Jim Jr., is an attorney who graduated from Saint John's a dozen years ago. A couple of loud ticks, don't you agree? There have been three experiences that have given me the greatest satisfaction over the years. First has been editing this magazine. When Fr. Walter, George and Isabelle Durenberger and I brainstormed the value of an alumni magazine late in 1960, I thought it was a great idea. But I was terrified to realize that, by default, I was to be the founding- editor. My apologies for the typos, especially misspelling "insouciance" in Fr. Don Talafous' feature headline (can you imagine using such a word in a headline?); an apology to Fr. Godfrey Diekmann for my effort to stay within budget by presenting a full page of his 1962 magazine contribution in eight point type (pretty teeny, isn't it?); apologies to those who were dismissed with premature death notices (I hope, proving the power of the pen, all were resurrected in subsequent issues). Much of this publication's vitality springs from the generosity of alumni, friends and students who responded enthusiastically when they were invited to contribute (and I do mean "contribute") feature articles. I am grateful to people like Al Eisele, Bob Spaeth, Tom Joyce, Fr. Andrew Greeley, Jim Cesnik, Jon Hassler, Dan McDermott, Cleve Cram, Octobe~ 1956. Minneapolis Tribune sportswriter Ray Canton was on campus to do a feature on the Saint John's football program. He asked me to take the photos to illustrate his story. We were watching practice in the area that is now a hockey rink adjacent to the Warner Palaestra. Jubilee, a tame dee~ was also strolling the sidelines. I was kneeling on one knee, camera in hand. Ft Joachim Watrin, O.S.B., the Abbey's befriender of wildlife, picked up a football and tossed it on the ground about eight feet in front of me. I lifted the camera, took this picture as Jubilee sniffed the ball and the moment was gone. One summer afternoon Ft Alfred Deutsch burst into the office and said, "1 need a portrait of mysell" "Formal or informal?" I asked. "Is this ok?" he asked. "Looks fine to me" I responded, picked up a camera and took half a dozen shots. SAINT JOHN'S 3 Poet W.H. Auden visited Saint John's February 18, 1972. Auden, who apparently didn't like traveling in automobiles and was terrified of blizzards, arrived on campus after being driven from the Twin Cities through a raging blizzard. When Fr. Chrysostom Kim, O.S.B., brought him to my office so I could take an informal portrait, the poet seemed shaken. Each time I pressed the shutter button he looked more distraded, more dour. In a desperate effort to get him to change his expression, I observed, "You don't seem to enjoy having your pidure taken." AI that point Auden looked up with a grin and a twinkle in his eye and said, ''The camera is only second to the wheel as the worst of human inventions." This is that moment, and it's the only smile I got. 4 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY Steve Conroy for coming through for Saint John's readers. Thanks, too, to those of my colleagues on the Sa~nt ~ohn's staff ,,:ho have made this pubhcatlOn a rewardmg team effort. This issue of Saint John's is my 124th and last to edit. Next is Swayed Pines which just celebrated its 24th anniversary. The "first annual" Swayed Pines was a student production. I was on campus for a separate alumni event and dropped by the Warn~r Palaestra to hear the last few contestants m the fiddle contest. Convinced that S,,:a~ed Pines was a good "fit" for this Ben~dIctme institution's commitment to communIty, outreach, service and hospitality, Mike Ricci '8~ and I urged Fr. Michael to help us to make It an annual event. Fr. Michael agreed, pr?~ising to provide $1,500 to help sponsor It I? the second year, and a lesser amount, If needed in the third year. "Find a way to make it break even by then" Fr. Michael said "or it will be dead in the water." Tha~s to throngs of enthusiastic volunteers and selling lots of T-shirts and Coca Cola, Swayed Pines seems alive and well nearly a quarter of a century later. Her~, for one day each spring, person~ representing a true cross section of humamty - young, old, healthy or physically challenged in a variety of ways - have what mi¥h~ be their only glimpse of this rare Benedichne atmosphere that all Johnnies know so w~l~. . . Firlally, I have enjoyed wr:Ihng/editlng/coordinating proposals seekmg grants from foundations, corporations and the federal government. It is satisfying, for example, to look back on five successful proposals ~o the Kresge Foundation, and to recall bemg a part of the "conversation" that helped persuade the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to remove its limit of "one to a customer" challenge grants. As a result, Saint John'S applied for and won a s~cond NEH challenge grant that helped ralse an endowment of well over $2 million for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library ~). There, Thorn, it was perhaps much adIeu about nothing, but I did it. Now back to style: Lee Hanley has retired. New address - Box 403, Walker, MN 56484. The editor For the 1956 Saint John's centennial, Apostolic Delegate Amleto Cardinal Cicognani celebrated Mass outdoors in the area that is now the Science C~nter parking lot. Afterward he met and presented a gift to Fr. Thomas Borgerding, then the oldest memb~r of the monastic communi~ There was a story at the time that the cardinal asked Fr. Thomas if h~ wa~ supporting Eisenhower for president. Fr. Thomas IS said to have responded that he had "made the mista~ of !oti~g for a general once before. Ulysses Grant. ThiS picture took on a new meaning for me recently when I learned that Fr. Thomas was the first pastor at the church of St. Agnes, my new parish in Walker. COLLEGEVILLE, MINN. - My name is Peter, and I am the Rev. Godfrey Diekmann's guardian angel He believes in me, and has even caDed on me to flag down the pope. Last June, this was. We were visiting the Vatican with a few relatives, when the pope appeared at some distance. It looked as if we were going to miss him, but no, I whisked over and drew the pope's eye. Or maybe His Holiness saw Godfrey brandishing a bright~ colored cane to attract him. Whatever it was, the pope maneuvered toward Godfrey and said, "You are the Benedictine priest" having recognized Godfrey from a previous meeting Godfrey - an 88-year-old monk from Saint John's Abbey - vowed to donate the cane to the abbey archives, with a sign: "Father Godfrey waved this at Pope John Paul II, and he came running" "It's a lie" Diekmann said, "but only a halflie." Godfrey and I began our association in the 1930s, three decades before he helped to change the face and focus of Catholicism at Vatican II. He was studying in Germany and decided to go skating on a lake in his cassock. Godfrey never does anything very slowly - walk, talk, eat - and sped into an open patch of water. The weight of his wet cassock could have puUed him under, but it didn't. By the time he martYJ:ged to pull himself out of the water, he realized his life had been saved by ... me. He named me Peter, after his favorite saint. "I don't know what he looks like, but he doesn't look like anyone or anything" Diekmann said of me. ''He's a spirit, after all. But he's real to me. I wouldn't have named him otherwise. " Diekmann is a restless spirit himself, a Catholic liturgical pioneer has lifetime of stories to tell by Nolan Zavoral, Star Tribune Staff Writer Reprinted with permission of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul patient and principled doer. Let me tell you more about him. Diekmann witnessed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, marched in Selma, Ala., and hobnobbed with pacifist Dorothy Day. He speaks German fluently, and Italian nearly so, and is conversive in several other languages. A man of the world Abroad in the world, Diekmann has studied and taught, accepted tributes and tribulations with equanimity. For example; he was banned from the summer teaching faculty at Catholic University in Washington, nc., because he espoused offering the mass in a language familiar to followers. Years later, he accepted an honorary degree from the school. In 1932, studying in Europe, Diekmann attended an opera that he would never forget. He went to hear "Die Meistersinger von Norenberg" and had a box seat all by himself. Said Diekmann, "The usher came over and said, 'See that man there? That's Hitler.' "He was sitting in a box seat 10 yards away. I had a better seat than he did. I recognized Hitler immediately, of course. ''I've often wondered - really, I haven't, but I tell myself I have - (if) my trigger finger should have itched if I had known then what I know now ... " Patristics, anyone? Diekmann, the sixth of eight children, born and reared near Collegeville, is a recognized expert in patristics - the theological study of the thought and culture of the apostolic fathers of the church. For 62 years, until he retired in 1995, Diekmann taught the subject at SaintJohn's. A student jingled a Sanctus bell or rang a cowbell to start and end the class. The 11/2 hours in between were magic. Students and guardian angels were spellbound, as Diekmann, with his rapid-fire delivery, reached back to the first and second centuries to breathe life into Tertullian and Ignatius of Antioch. "It was like you were listening to them - like you were listening to Paul writing his letter to the Ephesians" said Tom Hokr, a financial planner from Brooklyn Park who took Diekmann's class 27 years ago. "That class was like a walk in the park, every time you walked in - an absolute delight." Diekmann parlayed history and histrionics. "He was so excited by patristics that he would write on the blackboard but never look to see what he was writing but would keep facing us and talking, said the Rev. Brennan Maiers, a former student who joined the monastery: Diekmann smiled at the memory. "They called me 'Mile-a-Minute Godfrey,'" he said. "I needed the bell because I got into such a fury and excitement when I was talking to classes." Diekmann's enthusiasm for patristics and its relevance still burns. His voice rising and cracking his hands fluttering and looping like butterflies, until they slap a table for emphasis, he begins: "In my last 15 years of teachmg I limited myself to the first three centuries, and the purpose was to make people realize we are not something that happened with Christ. We are the sons and daughters who share the light of Christ. "We share the light of God. This is the message of Christianity: On the face of it, it's SAINT JOHN'S 5 ridiculous. I mean, God is infinite. How can anybody share that nature? And yet, there is this constant, constant emphasis that God became human, that we become divine." Diekmann harkened to the Eastern church and its message. ''Before the break with the East, we (the Western church) included all the great things the East aspired to that was central to their lives" he said. ''But then we more or less neglected such things as the emphasis on the Holy Spirit and emphasis on the resurrection. ''We are saved by the resurrection. We are resurrection people. It wasn't until Vatican II that we got back to the resurrection, or body of Christ. It was most important - it was the meaning of Christianity - and we almost lost that." Background helpful For Vatican II, Diekmann served as a consultant to the Commission on the Liturgy. As one of the periti, or experts, chosen to advise the bishops attending the historic gathering, Diekmann offered his theological views on a range of issues, including Mary's role in the church. He was perfectly positioned for the ascendance. He had risen to prominence at Saint John's Abbey, whose brilliant theologian, the Rev. Virgil Michel (1890-1938), was his mentor and founded the American liturgical movement. After Michel died, Diekmann took over editorship of the bimonthly magazine Oratre Fratres, now Worship, which provided a forum for liturgical renewal. Slowly, passionately, Diekmann and the others shaped reforms that were passed by Vatican II and made Catholicism more accessible - the altar was turned to face the faithful, and the mass could be offered in English. The priorities of the Eastern church - spirit and resurrection through the body of Christ - coursed through the changes. "I gave an interview once, in which I said there was nothing like the council in 1,000 years. 1 was wrong" Diekmann said. "There was nothing like it in 2,000 years. It wa,s a· miracle" . Key figure Diekmann was central to the process, in the estimation of Rev. Martin Marty, a theologian and church historian and a longtime friend and admirer of Diekmann. "He's very Catholic" Marty said. ''He was always working under the assumption that you had to meet people at the ancient depths of thought to be faithful to who we are." For that reason, Marty said, "I have never felt more Lutheran than with Diekmann." Diekmann continues to ruminate upon the history and future of Catholicism. He finds hope where others lament that Pope John Paul, with his opposition to married and female clergy, is sabotaging the intentions of Vatican II. "'Sabotaging' is too strong a word" Diekmann said. "I think what we are suffering from now is a collective stomachache. We swallowed too much. "Vatican II by far was the most radical document, most productive document, the most changing document in the whole history of the church, and we weren't ready for it. It takes time." Personally, Diekmann expressed his love of the religious life and of Saint John's Abbey, although he says the abbey should not have allowed anyone as young as he -18 in 1926 - to take the vows. ''What does a kid of 18 know? 1 was happy it happened, but 1 was too young to realize what I was doing." Before he was ordained, Diekmann questioned his calling. "I thought it was more than 1 could handle. I went on a retreat outside Rome, and I went to confession, and the retreat master, who knew about me, said I should go ahead with ordination, that he would take responsibility. "He had no business doing that, but I'm glad he did." Living by a schedule Diekmann turns in by 8 p.m. and, because he can't sleep, arises at 4 a.m. and prays. He watches his diet, still trying to lose the beerand- black-bread weight he gained decades ago in Germany. He takes an hour nap every afternoon, but otherwise he barely betrays his age. Even at 88, clattering around the Saint John's monastery with his walker in front, he is as swift as forgiveness and as slippery as sin. Diekmann enjoys his association with other monks, many of whom are his former students. One noon in the monastic dining room he selects a small wedge of quiche, a spoonful of corn and a glass sits down at a long wOQq.en "We are, but you'd say that whoever you were sitting with" Maiers said, laughing. Bogged down Heart failures, prostate scares, falls on the ice, car accidents - Diekmann has kept his guardian angel busy over the last dozen years. He has given up hunting mushrooms, more because "I can't take my walker into the woods" than because he twice was poisoned by bad batches. Just as well. He'll never forget the time he stole into the woods around Collegeville and fell into a bog. "I was picking watercress and began to sink in my hip boots" he said. "Perhaps there was quicksand underneath, who knows? "I tried to pull my boots out, but couldn't. Pretty soon, the water was over my hips, so I yelled for help. Luckily, Brother Alfred heard me and came running, but he saw he couldn't do anything, so he ran to the garage, and they came with a hoist and a truck to pull me out. "The whole thing lasted 25 minutes, and it struck me afterward that for the whole 25 minutes, I didn't have a single pious thought. Here I'd been a monk for 65 years, and I didn't think of death or making an act of contrition. "I just thought, 'How the hell will I get out of here?'" Seems as though I am always saving Godfrey from one drowning accident or another. As his guardian angel, I have a lot of pressure on me. Thirty days from his 89th birthday, Godfrey holds a valued place among friends and admirers who don't want to give him up. Consider what Marty said of him: "Paul Tillich wrote an essay on nature and sacrament, in which he argued that conniving people have a lip line that's grim. But there. are otherkin$ of people - and this is archalcVlr(lt~:I"...:wnose visage portrays a !!aJn"ts, if· you will is one of thos~. ..H e can be sethink hard. you're being SAINT JOHN'S 7 Amidst the adventure of travel is the reality of actually moving from place to place. As the group departed for Rome, its baggage was gathered in the Istanbul airport before being loaded onto the plane. Our international odyssey wound through Greece, Turkey and Italy as we participated in a CSB/S]U study abroad program. Twentynine fellow students and I eagerly departed from Minneapolis on Sept. 12, 1996, bound for the marble monuments and narrow streets of Athens, Greece. With good-byes to families and friends behind us, we looked ahead to six weeks in Athens, one week in Istanbul, six weeks in Rome, and a month of independent travel throughout Europe. A community formed from the chemistry between 30 students selected by program director S. Emmanuel Renner, o.S.B., served as a living laboratory for a different sort of educational experiment. Sending students to 11 countries on three continents, CSB/S]U's Office of International Education offers incredible educational opportunities. Like the rest of our counterparts scattered all over the globe, courses in history, art history, literature and religion of the countries in which we studied were just a sliver of the entire educational experience that studying away from our home campuses provided. We saw two-dimensional photos on textbook pages transform into the three dimensions of the Parthenon and the Sistine Chapel. The National Archaeological Museum in Athens and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome became second homes for us. We retraced the mythical seafaring path of Odysseus both in the classroom and on the high seas. We put our fate into the hands of Poseidon every time we were ferried between Greek islands. Although the time spent in classrooms and museums was an essential part of our education abroad, ultimately our odyssey of experience outside of formal learning environments was where we learned the most. 8 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY Experiencing History Americans are often accused of having no concern for any history but their own. I suspect that the time gap between the discovery of bedrock of the Acropolis and the rock at Plymouth is just as worthy of blame. Everything we saw was so old. Our toes gripped the same starting blocks as did the first Olympians in 774 B.C. The feet of four of our students, Josh Coval '98, Nat Nelson '98, Kelley Pufpaff '98 and Anna Signorilli '97 pounded the same path Philippides traversed to report Athenian victory in 490 B.c. at the battle of Marathon. The history of the countries we studied was documented and recorded in our textbooks and explained in our lectures, but it didn't truly pass to our consciousness until we saw with our own eyes the Doric columns of the Parthenon, the figures carved into of the Arch of Constantine and the beautiful blue tiles of the Mosque of Sokullu Mehmet. Presidents emeritae We were lucky to have as program directors the two past presidents of the College of Saint Benedict. The combined effort of S. Emmanuel Renner, O.S.B., and S. Colman O'Connell, o.S.B., shaped not only the Saint Benedict's of today, but our sense of community. We could be nothing else when traveling as a group of 30. For three and half months, give and take was the rule. How strange that the Benedictine values that are sheltered by the woods of central Minnesota can also echo throughout the streets of Rome. Anne Schneider, CSB '98 explains: "Those were times when 1 learned how wonderfulliving in a community can be." Culture via people While crash-course language classes couldn't make us fluent, we certainly weren't prohibited from an essential part of education abroad meeting the locals. Personal contact provided us with a feel for the countries in which we studied. Greece - past, present and future - spoke to me with the voice of George Voudouris. ''Where are you from?" he said to me as 1 photographed his butcher shop in the Athens Central Market. Our discussion revealed that George, donning a bloQd-stained apron, cleaver in hand, happened to be the president of the market. ~ • .,.,.-:~ ~-~'-' responsible for the cities on the 'flQwed with his his current project. With the assistance of European Economic Community funds he was directing the renovation of the market to its original design. He spoke with the voices of both his ancestors and his current Greek brothers and sisters. "Do you like Greek people?" After assuring him that they were some of the friendliest I'd met, he proceeded to curse his trans-Aegean neighbors in Turkey, exposing the timeless ethnic rivalries that keep both the United Nations and CNN busy. With hindsight, I realize that the eager eyes of George's fellow butcher Michael predicted the latest round of conflict in that part of the world. Michael had left Albania to escape poverty and political instability. His smile and warmth showed the drive for prosperity that transcends political and cul-tural borders. "When will you go back to America? I want to go with you." My experience that day with George and Michael was not out of the ordinary. Throughout Europe, my classmates saw the same warmth from the local people. Little did George and Michael realize that they were teaching me so much. Switching perspective Catholics and other Western Christians necessarily root themselves in the only perspective they have available. Our inevitable side-by-side comparison of religions produced a true sense of identity for us as members of a community greatly influenced by the Christian tradition. Observing both the face of a Greek Orthodox priest overcome with dramatic expression and the piousness of the words of Pope John Paul II let us see the schism of Christianity in modern terms. Stepping into Istanbul's Hagia Sofia, considered the "mother church" of Christianity, let us observe the footprints of western civilization. The early morning call of the muezzin dashed stereotypes and brought Islamic faith close to our senses. For us, first-hand comparisons forged a new sense of identity. Anna Signorelli pursued an identity that had been long since buried in genealogy charts. Her quest to meet relatives living in Northwestern Italy ended with complete success: "I have never been accepted into anyone's home with such loving hospitality." Although our program was undoubtedly SAINT JOHN'S 9 different in some ways than that of other international students, I suspect it was identical in others. Studying abroad is an odyssey. The words of Josh Coval '98 recall the spirit of Odysseus; being "on the move from sunrise to sunset" was the essence of the experience away from our home campus. We knew how Odysseus must have felt. Loud applause came from the back of the plane that frigid evening in late January. This was our homecoming. Like all odysseys, ours had come to an end. JTinGhana A January Term course to Ghana, West Africa, was taught this year by Rodney Cunningham, visiting assistant professor in the political science department. The idea for the course originated from the "Black Men's Think Tank" a group of SjU students. SjU and CSB students studied at the University of Ghana with experts in the areas of women and the family, politics, chieftancy, modern religion and the slave trade. In addition to practicing royal dances and drumming with the Ghana Dance Ensemble, they also toured the Kakum Rain Forest, the WE.B. DuBois Center, Elmina and Cape Coast castles, Ashante villages, the Ashante royal palace, and attended services at St. Kizito Roman Catholic Church and the Central Mosque of Accra. The student-initiated course is another part of the emerging emphasis on the study of Africa at SJU/CSB. For further information, contact the SjU/CSB Office of International Education, (320) 363-3612. ColoradoJT by Jonathan Benson '98 Sarah Oberpriller '98 Every now and then, probably more often than we are made aware, SjU/CSB students make great discoveries that have far-reaching effects. This past January was one such time. We didn't discover the Sangre De Cristo mountains, or the town of Crestone, Colorado, or the various spiritual centers gathered there anymore than Columbus discovered America, or perhaps, say, anymore than one can discover the earth. Here's what we did discover. On the 5th of January, eight members of the SjU/CSB community left campus to "practice wisdom"; destination: Crestone, Colorado. Nestled in the Sangre De Cristo mountain range, Crestone is about 80 miles 10 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY In Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic games, students traced the path of the event's first athletes. These students competed in a footrace, beginning from the adual starting blocks used in 776 B.C. southwest of Colorado Springs. "Quaint" somehow falls short of describing Crestone. It is, on one hand, nostalgic with its one general store where you can buy books, groceries and fill up with gas, and, on the other hand, revolutionary in its environmental practices. Many houses are built of straw bales and rely on solar panels as their primary power source. This says nothing, however, of the distinctly different spiritual centers gathered there within walking distance of each other. Hindus, Tibetan Buddhists, Zen Buddhists and the Catholic order of Carmelites exchange bows, ''hellos,'' and handshakes at the Crestone Store. So what does a course titled "Practicing Wisdom" entail? Unlike other January Term courses, the focus of this course was to actively do nothing. This, as some of us came to know, is not as easy as it sounds. To do nothing, to abandon thoughts and worries and live mindfully - ever in the present - requires some learning. Or, more accurately, it requires concentrated "unlearning." Meditation and journaling, the basis of the contemplative life, filled our days with what would appear to some as laziness and futility. A few of us, children of a time when the click of a button produces amazing and prolific results, struggled with these notions as welL One member of the group reflects on and summarizes the experience: "As I look back over that time of supposedly doing nothing, I think of the farmer planting the field. To the anxious onlooker, there are no immediate results. Even the farmer, at the close of· the day, recognizes there is no proof of accomplishment. On the surface the field is unchanged, no different than it was yesterday. The passing of time, however, refutes what we may initially see as a lazy lifestyle; and the work of the farmer, we must admit, is fertile, not futile. Meditation is not about productivity, but it produces mindful living and inspires deliberate decisions about 'how to live.'" Perhaps our most intense and privileged encounter of meditation took place at the Zen monastery. Our visit to Crestone coincided with the Zen Center's Practice Period - an intense three-month session that centers around meditation. Normally, the Zen Center is closed to visitors during this time, but we were allowed to not only visit, but also participate. For three days we lived the life of a Zen devotee. We awoke at 3:30 a.m. for a zazen meditation lasting 90 minutes. Breakfast followed morning service, after which we meditated for another 30 minutes. The rest of our day consisted of work within and around the grounds of the Zen Center. Short meditation sessions preceded and proceeded lunch. After the evening meal, we were given an hour of free time and then capped off the day with another 90 minute meditation period. We were all in bed by 9:30 p.rn. preparing for another immense day. Course instructor Vachel Miller '91 purposely scheduled our stay at the Zen Center towards the end of the course. As a student of retired Prof. Ron Lane, Miller also visited Crestone, and knowing the intensity of the Zen experience, "feared mutiny" should he have called us out of bed at 3:30 a.rn. on the firstday. In retrospect, we all agree he prac- During their stay in Istanbul, many students purchased handmade Turkish carpets. A salesman makes his pitch to Josh Coval'98 and 5. Colman O'Connell, O.S.B. (foreground) as Chester Baldwin '98 and 5. Emmanuel Renner, O.5.B., observe. ticed wisdom in making that decision. Sitting in meditation for an extended period of time carries a certain amount of muscle cramping and physical pain. While the purpose of Zen meditation is to reach enlightenment, not inflict pain, most of us were satisfied in reaching the end of a meditation period without fidgeting. During a question/answer session at the end of our stay, we took the opportunity to ask the Zen community about the literal pain of sitting and what tricks they used to circumvent it. Even they, we came to learn, experience pain while sitting. The trick, if you want to call it that, is not to move. It hurts, yes, but attempting to wiggle away from pain only causes more pain - best to sit still and ride it ciut. One member of the Zen Center summed up her advice about meditation, and perhaps life as well, with the simple instruction, "Don't flinch." Not all of our time was spent in furrowed meditation. We made time to explore the Great Sand Dunes, study various forms of architecture and agriculture, volunteer at La Puente (a homeless shelter in nearby Alamosa), participate in an art class, practice Hotha Yoga every morning, chop wood, dance, laugh and walk in the mountains. We each, no doubt, nurture different seeds of meaning from the course and remember different experiences. Particularly moved by our conversations with residents of Crestone, Rocky Gonsoir '97 comments, "Everyone is so environmentally minded to the fullest extent in their daily lives that care for the environment is not something that people think about, it is just something which they do, as if it were a basic part of human nature. There is a definite connection with Mother Earth and a deep respect for all things. If there is one thing that I learned, it is that every moment is an opportunity for enlightenment." We approached the course with openness and the goodwill humor that is trademark of CSB/SjU students. One particular morning after our Zen experience Rocky Gonsoir and Phil Steger '97 were standing in the kitchen; Rocky was searching the cupboard for something to eat. "What are you looking for?" asked PhiL "Enlightenment" Rocky replied with a grin. Without missing a beat, Phil said, "Check behind the cereal boxes." Another moment especially stands out. We had time to ourselves and, accepting the unspoken challenge of mountains· everywhere, we decided to climb one of the peaks. The group eventually divided according to speed of ascension. We were, from what we could tell, about three quarters of the way to the top when we were met by the other group already descending. The sun was balancing on the horizon - not much sunlight left - so we were curious how much time it would take for us to reach the top. "How much farther?" we asked. TashaJohnson '98, exasperated yet unruffled at the elusive pinnacle, insightfully replied, "Let me tell you something about the top, it's never where you think it is." The members of the Practicing Wisdom trip were: course instructor - Vachel Miller, and students - Jonathan Benson, Rocky Gonsior, Abby Head '98, Aron Johnson '99, Tasha Johnson, Sarah Oberpriller and Phil Steger. SAINT JOHN'S 11 '" Reinhart elected to second term Steinfels receives Colman Barry Award Jaroslav Pelikan visit honors Fr. Godfrey Diekmann 12 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY News Review by Glen Beltt, SJU Director of Public Affairs Br. Dietrich Reinhart, O.S.B., president of Saint John's University since 1991, has been named by the University's Board of Regents to a second six-year term as president after nomination by Abbot Timothy Kelly, o.S.B. The reappointment of Br. Dietrich was approved at the board's regular March meeting concluding a thorough process by the board to evaluate Br. Dietrich's first-term performance. "Br. Dietrich has provided energetic leadership and strong vision during his six years as president of SaintJohn's University;' said Judge Diana Murphy, chair of the Board of Regents. "He has worked to ensure that students leave Saint John's with a superior education, as well as a commitment to public service." Among the highlights of Br. Dietrich's first term are the construction of the Sexton Commons campus center, completion of plans for major expansion and renovation of SJU athletic and science facilities, implementation of a strategic plan jointly with the University's educational partner, the College of Saint Benedict; and creation with former CSB President Colman O'Connell, o.S.B., of the first joint provost position for the colleges. During Br. Dietrich's tenure as president, the University completed the successful "Campaign for Saint John's in the 1990s" the largest fund-raising project in the University's history, and initiated the University's current $28 million campaign. ''In my estimation Br. Dietrich has done an outstanding job in his first term as president of SaintJohn's University" said Abbot Timothy Kelly, o.S.B., chancellor of SaintJohn's University. "It was with no hesitation at all that I placed his name in nomination for a second term." According to Murphy, "During his tenure the coordinate relationship with the College of Saint Benedict has developed and flourished, and new technology has been made available for teaching and learning. We anticipate further progress during Br. Dietrich's new term and feel fortunate to have him at the helm. His experience and understanding of the changing nature of higher education will help guide the University into the 21st century." Journalist Peter Steinfels, visiting professor at Georgetown University and former senior religion correspondent for the New York Times, received the 1997 Fr. Colman]. Barry Award for Distinguished Contributions to Religion and Society on April 18. During his visit, he spoke on "Alternative Futures for the Catholic Church in America" and participated in a panel discussion titled "Where is the Hope for Church Renewal?" Before joining the Times, Steinfels was editor-in-chief of Commonweal, an independent biweekly journal of political, religious and literary opinion published by Roman Catholic lay people. Steinfels worked at Commonweal in a variety of posts from 1964 to 1971 and again after 1979. The Fr. Colman]. Barry Award recognizes the contributions that Fr. Colman made during his life of scholarship and teaching. The author of several books, including his three-volume Readings in Church History and Worship and Work, Fr. Colman served as president of Saint John's from 1964 to 1971. He died in 1994. Steinfels' visit to SaintJohn's was part of a three-day series of events called "The Spirit of Renewal" examining the current state of modern Catholicism that included presentations by Kathleen Hughes, R.S.C.]. and Fr. Andrew Greeley honoring Fr. Colman and Fr Godfrey Diekmann, O.S.B. Jaroslav Pelikan, Sterling Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University and an internationally distinguished author, scholar and theologian, presented a lecture at SJU on March 13 in tribute to Fr. Godfrey Diekmann, O.S.B. Pelikan, a long-time friend and colleague of Fr. Godfrey, is president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the recipient of the 1966 Saint John's Pax Christi Award and the frrstrecipient of the Colman]. Barry Award for distinctive contributions to religion and society. Fr. Godfrey retired in the spring of 1995 after 62 years of teaching at SJU and SaintJohn's School of Theology/Seminary. Fr. Godfrey's activities were not limited to the classrooms of Saint John's. He was a consultant to the Pontifical Commission on the Liturgy in preparation for the historic Second Vatican Council and was one of a small number of scholars from around the world who served as periti (experts and consultors) durir:g the council. He also served as the editor-in-chief of Worship for 25 years and was a foundmg member of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. Over the years, Godfrey has been honored by Catholic ~niversity?f Ame:ica, the University of Notre Dame, the University of San Francisco, ~th?lic !heologlc:al ~le~ of ~eri~, the Catholic Theological Union and numerous other msntunons for hlS V1Slon m the liturgl-cal reform of the Church. "Clay, Wood, Fire, Spirit: The Pottery of Richard.Bresnahan~" an hour-long documen~ profiling Bresnahan '76, artist-in-residence at SJU Slr:C~ 1979, arred on KTC~-TV on April 2 and 6. The program also highlighted the inaugural frrmg of the Johanna kiln - the larg~t wood-fired kiln in North America - as a crew of 30 potters worked around the clock to fire more than 8,000 pieces of pottery at Saint John's. . .. " . According to John Whitehead, director of "Clay, Wo~d, Frre, ~pmt, th~ program ,;vas .mtended to illustrate the many ways in which Bresnahans ~ues .inform hlS process." Unl~ke many potters who buy their clay off the shelf, Bresnah<;m dlgS hlS from the ground, Whitehead said. ''When a county road crew unearthed a ?eposlt of usc:ble clay, Bresnahan arranged to have it carted off and stockpiled near his studlO. For the pnce of cartage, Bresnahan secured enough clay to sustain the Saint John's pottery for 300 years!" , Born and raised in North Dakota Bresnahan attended SamtJohns Prep School and SJU. During his senior year of college, h~ traveled to Japan to app~en.tice with Nakazato Takashi, a 13th generation potter. The experience changed Bresnahans life. He completed a full f0ll!year Japanese apprenticeship and was declared a Master Potter, the only Westerner m Nakazato pottery-making history. Jim Scheibel '69, vice president of the Corpor~tion for National Service and director of AmeriCorps, VlSTA and the National Senior Servlce Corps, was the keynote speaker for the Celebration of Service Week event held in April at SJU and CSB. Scheibel the former mayor of St. Paul spoke as part of this year's presentation of the CSB/ SJU Carita~ Award. Ann Bukoskey '76 ~d Efrem Smith '92 were chosen to receive the Caritas Award for outstanding service in the Twin Cities area. Bukoskey started a community-based program called.Health Partners, where she supervises a staff of 130 people who provide maternal and chll~ he~lth care .. She also volunteers for certain social justice efforts at the Basilica of ~t. Mary J? ~mneapolis... . Smith is the urban area director of the Fellowshlp of Chrlstian Athletes m Mlnneapolis. He works directly with urban youth to improve their lives by providing activities, role models, healthy relationships and new experiences. The Caritas Award is presented annually to recent .gra~uates of CSB and SJU, and it recognizes community involvement and commitment to ]usnce. (photo on page 20.) Henry Luce III has announced that SJU has been <1:warded a $57,500 gr~t from the Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. in support of an oral/visual hlSt?ry of. the theologlc:al scholar and architect/ designer, Br. Frank Kacmarcik, ObI. S.B., and hlS renowned collection, J\rca Artium. Formerly the Kacrnarcik Collection, Arca Artium - the ark of the arts :-conslsts of 4,000 rare books and manuscripts, more than 30,000 reference books, 3,000 mUS1C ~lbums and ~ :rast assortment of prints, oils, lithographs, sculptures, creche scenes, engravmgs and onglnal designs. Under the direction of Clark Hendley, academic provost for C:SB/SJU, a pro~essiona! film production company will be hired to plan and produc: ~ set of Vlde? presentations deslgned to introduce and promote the collection and KacmarClk s works to mternal and external audiences, including undergraduate and graduate students, professors, theologians, bibliophiles, art historians and patrons of art. . .. . . The video documentaries will explore the gen~ls of the collectlO~, ~e VlSlon ~ehmd the selection of its contents and the scope and signific.ance of the coll~tion ~tse~. It Wlll also explore Kacmarcik's work as a liturgical designer, hl~ art an~ graphlc de:'lgn m. church architecture, his relationship with SaintJohn's Abbey, wlth architects and wlth deslgners and his legacy in the field of liturgical design. KTCA documentary features Bresnahan pottery Jim Scheibel gives keynote remarks at Celebration of Service Week Henry Luce Foundation provides grant to SJU SAINT JOHN'S 13 I' i Former SJU athletic director George Durenberger dies CSB/SJU student research projects win recognition Br. Benedict Leuthner is new o.S.B. treasurer Faculty and staff news 14 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY George Durenberger '28, SJU athletic director for more than four decades, died at age 90 on March 20 in St. Cloud. A strong proponent of lifelong fitness, Durenberger helped foster the growth of Saint John's athletic program, including both intramural and varsity athletics, during its early years. Nicknamed "Big George" Durenberger began his association with Saint John's as a freshman student from Le Sueur in 1924. Upon graduation, Durenberger immediately accepted a position as SJU assistant football coach and head basketball coach. He was appointed athletic director in 1931 and held that position until his retirement in 1972. As a coach, Durenberger led SJU's football and basketball teams from 1937 to 1941 and served as track coach from 1942 to 1946. He completed a master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1948. "During his 43 years of tenure, George became one of the outstanding members of the University staff, and possibly the most widely known Saint John's alumnus" wrote Fr. Dunstan Tucker, o.S.B., describing Durenberger upon his retirement in a 1970s alumni magazine profile. "It is impossible to calculate how many hundreds of former students fell under his influence in one way or another, either as their friend, their counselor, coach, or professor of physical education." In recognition of his commitment to athletics as an athlete and administrator, SJU's ]-Club helped create the George Durenberger All-Sports Award in 1972, awarded annually to the school that wins the MlAC's all-sports ranking. A founder of the SaintJohn's Alumni Association, Durenberger helped establish the association in 1938 and later received its Fr. Walter Reger Award. In 1995, the University dedicated its north athletic field complex as George Durenberger Field. Durenberger is survived by his wife Isabelle, who served on the SJU's staff for many years, and five children: former U. S. Sen. David '55; Constance; George Mark '62; Thomas '65; and Mary; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Twelve CSB/SJU students presented research projects at the 11th National Conference in Undergraduate Research at the University of Texas at Austin, April 24-26. All participants presented their projects through either a 15-minute oral presentation or through a poster display. Before acceptance, students submitted abstracts about their topics. All 12 of the CSBI SJU abstracts were accepted to this prestigious conference, a credit to the quality of CSB/SJU students and faculty across academic divisions. The NCUR participants from CSB/SJU included: Brett Baloun, Darren Browen, Cynthia Forsman-Earls, Jill Jacoby, Karla Johannes, Shawn McNulty, David Radabaugh, Ryan Rubischko, Julie Schanilec, Sean Singwald, Joseph Tasto and Jason Woolwine. CSB/SJU faculty mentors included: Eric Ribbons, biology; Brian Johnson, chemistry; Marilyn Meinke, biology; Gary Prevost, political science; Jim Poff, biology; Andrea Shaker, art; Henry Jakubowski, chemistry; Holly Adrian, biology; Gordon Brown, biology, and Kate Graham, chemistry. Br. Benedict (Richard) Leuthner, o.S.B. '82, has been appointed treasurer of the Order of Saint Benedict, Incorporated, by Abbot Timothy Kelly, o.S.B. Br. Benedict, a theology major graduate of SJU, has been a member of the monastic community since 1987. As treasurer, Br. Benedict is an ex officio member of the boards of regents of the University and Preparatory School, of the Abbey's Senior Council and abbot's staff, and chief financial officer or procurator/cellarer of the monastic community. Terry Check, assistant professor of communication, presented a paper at the Speech Communication Association convention titled "Containing the Fury: Presidents and the Rhetoric of Disaster." Tom Creed, professor of psychology, recently had a chapter entitled "Extending the Classroom Walls Electronically" published in New Paradigms for College Teaching. A hypertext version of the chapter can be seen on Creed's website: http://www.users.csbsju.edul ~tcreed/ Rodney Cunningham, assistant professor of political science, presented a paper at the African Studies Association meeting in San Francisco in November titled ''Nigerian Students and Their Political Identities." SJU/CSB were well represented at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology in January. Michael Livingston, associate professor of psychology, and Thomas Creed, professor of psychology, presented a paper on "Creating Controversies in Introductory Psy- I chology" and Rodger Narloch '91 and Stephen Stelzner, associate professor of psychology, presented a paper titled ''Academic and Experiential Components to Teaching Psychology." Otmar Drekonja, professor of modern and classical languages, chaired a session at the 12th Annual Symposium on Austrian Literature and Culture at the University of California! Riverside in ApriL Drekonja will also direct two sessions of the yearly Elderhostel at SJU from June 22-28. Ned Dubin, professor of modern and classical languages, entertained the Medieval Society in March with readings of his own translation of several medieval fabliaux about peasants, tales that resemble Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." Carolyn Finley, Patricia Kent and Edward Turley performed a trio concert at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago in January. Daniel Finn, Clemens Professor of Economics and the Liberal Arts and professor of theology, has recently publishedJust Trading: On the Ethics and the &onomics of International Trade. Clark Hendley, provost for academic affairs, addressed a meeting of deans from the Annapolis Group, a consortium of selective liberal arts colleges, on ''Meeting the Challenges of Affordability in Private Colleges." Sanjay Jain, assistant professor of management, successfully defended his dissertation in business administration-finance at The University of Mississippi. The title of the dissertation is ''An Empirical Test of Investment Restrictions, NRSRO Certification, Market Structure Changes and Efficiency in the High Yield Debt Market." Linda Lierheimer, assistant professor of history, presented a paper titled "Civilizing Women: Ursulines and Salonni-res in Seventeenth-Century France" at the Annual Meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies in Lexington, Ky., in March. Mary Milbert has been named CSB/SJU dean of admission. Milbert is a 1974 alumna of CSB and has served in the admission office for the colleges for 20 years. She had been CSBI SJU director of admission from 1991 until her appointment as acting dean of admission last summer and served as CSB director of admission for two years prior to that. Br. Doug Mullin, O.S.B., lecturer in the education department and newly appointed subprior of Saint John's Abbey, on Feb. 13 successfully defended his dissertation for the doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Minnesota. His dissertation is titled ''A Follow-up on Students Who Took Courses Through the Minnesota Postsecondary Enrollment Options Program." Manju Parikh, chair and associate professor of political science, has published a review of From the Seams of History: Essays on Indian Women, edited by Bharati Ray, in The Journalof Asian Studies, August 1996 issue. She also attended the American Council on Education's conference on "Chairing the Academic Department" in November in San Antonio, Texas. S. Emmanuel Renner, O.S.B., professor of history, and Fr. Hilary Thimmesh, O.S.B., President Emeritus and professor of English, had their Pepperdine project response published in Models for Christian Higher Education: Strategies for Survival and Success in the 21st Century, ed. William Adrian and Richard Hughes. Eerdmanns, 1997. Their essay is one of 14 representing a range of liberal arts colleges under church sponsorship. Bela Petheo, professor of art, presented a paper titled: "The Joys and Sorrows of a Portrait Painter" at the Midwest Art History Society Meeting in Dallas, Texas, on March 20. Petheo was also invited to talk about Austrian painter, Oskar Kokoschka, at Baylor University's art department. Petheo retired from the faculty this spring. James Read, associate professor of political science, presented a paper for the Political Philosophy Colloquium at Carleton College in February. The paper, ''Alexander Hamilton as Libertarian and Nationalist" is a chapter from Read's book-in-progress titled Power, Liberty, and Popular Sovereignty: A Study of the Political Thought of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, andJames Wilson. Frank Rioux, professor of chemistry, recently published "Molecular Structures for Azatitanatranes" in the American Chemical Society's journal Organometallics. The article, coauthored with Michael Schmidt and professor Mark Gordon of Iowa State University's chemistry department, describes ab initio molecular structure calculations on a series of titanium cage compounds. Joan Steck, professor of communication, participated in Workshops on Oral Communication Across the Curriculum and on Assessment of the Communication Curriculum. Fr. Benjamin Stein, O.S.B., was honored at a reception on March 24 for his more than 50 years of service to SJU's library system. In his honor, a conference room in the Alcuin Library was named the Fr. Benjamin Stein Staff Conference Room. SAINT JOHN'S 15 jiiii Fundraiser for Jon Tupy Golf Tournament/Hog Roast/Raffle/Dance Friday, Aug. 22, noon to 1 a.m. Creek's Bend Golf Course Hwy. 13 north of New Prague Jon Tupy, a senior at SJU, was diagnosed in late April with medulloblastoma, a malignant cancer of the cerebral and spinal fluids. A brain tumor was discovered when he was admitted to St. Cloud Hospital. Now, after three surgeries, he's receiving treatment at Mayo. Unfortunately; he'll miss next year at SJU. He plans to return in fall 1998 for his final year in the management program. The Aug. 22 event will raise money for Jon to help de· fray his current and future medical expenses. For more information, call Marie Tupy at 612-898-9119 or Kelly Tupy at 612-871-8877. Attention Johnnie football fans! Listen to Saint John's football this fall on your computer through RealAudio, available on the SJU sports home page. You can listen to the game live on Saturdays or on a delayed basis at a later date. SJU will be one of the first non·Division I schools in the country to offer this service to its fans. The audio feed will be taken from WW]O (98.1 FM) Radio in St. Cloud, the broadcast home of Johnnie football. Check the SJU football home page at http:/ /www.csbsju.edulpublic.affairs/sju.sports/ fball.html throughout the year to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. SJU opens the season on Sept. 6 at Bemidji State. 16 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY Steve Stelzner, associate professor of psychology, had an article titled "The Jigsaw Exercise: A Learning Tool For The Community Psychology Course" published in The Community Psychologist. Fr. Columba Stewart, O.S.B., spoke at the annual meeting of priors of male U.S. Benedictine monasteries at St. Mary's Abbey in Morristown, NJ., last November. His topic was work and prayer in the writings of John Cassian. He also spoke at two Twin Cities Lutheran parishes in November and December on the Benedictine spiritual tradition. His book on Cassian, Cassian the Monk, is at Oxford University Press and should be available in the fall. Fr. Daniel Ward, O.S.B., professor of church and civil law, has been appointed the prior of St. Augustine's Monastery; Nassau, Bahamas, by Abbot Timothy Kelly; o.S.B., effective July 1. He has also been named by CSB President Mary Lyons and SJU President Br. Dietrich Reinhart, O.S.B., as the coordinator of the Benedictine educational mission within the Benedictine University College of Nassau. Philip Welter, professor of music, has recently been appointed by the Minnesota State Arts Board to serve as a "review panelist" as it reviews proposals for funding from arts organizations throughout the state. Welter will undertake site visits with each organization's management to generate an evaluation and description of the organization's work to the full Arts Board when it reviews all proposals received. '" "" J"':":"':,>',,,'/,:,, <:',,, ," ,:, ';/t>"" '~~~~>~~;~J~*~~~i~~l/i~,i'ii'>ill> ...... ........ ,'.. ....<~.:> ••• '..< •.• >. 'V'.' i" ,i',." ;claynatio¥l~o~{\!:"en~a,t;~int;John'&.QttlW1¢~,~O;?~9z~;if~~ ~ .... . .... 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Are you looking for a fascinating place in which to spend two weeks in June of 1998? How about coming along with SJU/CSB economics professor Ernie Diedrich (and his wife, Nancy) to take in breathtaking Costa Rica! Flanked by magnificent beaches (pacific and Caribbean), dotted with many protected habitats (25 percent of the country), and blessed with a social system that promotes peace with middle-class prosperity, Costa Rica is a magnet for visitors and American retirees alike. This is a country known for having more teachers than policemen (it abolished its armed forces in 1948), a higher male life expectancy than the United States, a strong sense of egalitarianism and commitment to peace and often-praised educational and social welfare systems. You'll see a great diversity of flora and fauna and come home with a new understanding of the opportunities and difficulties countries like Costa Rica face when they balance environmental conservation with economic development. The tour Oune 14-28) takes you from the central highlands (the San Jose area) to the cloudforest area of Monteverde, to the still active Arenal volcano and neighboring Tabacon thermal baths and, finally, to the gorgeous Pacific coast beach at Tamarindo. For more information, please call Seminars International at 1-800-541-7506, or e-mail them at semint@aol.com. You can also call Ernie direct at 320-363-3518 or e-mail him at ediedrich@csbsju.edu. r MIAC George Durenberger All-Sports Award The final results are in and the George Durenberger trophy has returned to Collegeville for the first time since 1978. SaintJohn's won the MlAC all-sports award for the 1996-97 academic year with 107.5 points. St. Thomas finished second with 106 points. St. Thomas had won the award the last 17 years. SJU wrapped up the trophy with a conference championship in track and field and a third place finish in baseball. This marks the first time since 1977-78 that SJU has won the award outright. The award was first presented in 1972-73. Since that time, only four MlAC schools have won the award. SJU has won or tied for the award in 1975-76,1976-77,1977-78,1989-90 and 1996- 97. The award is named after long-time SJU athletic director George Durenberger, who died on March 20, 1997. The award was officially presented to SJU at a groundbreaking ceremony on May 12 for the new athletic facilities· on campus. Track and Field The track and field team won the MlAC outdoor championship for the first time since 1973 at Macalester on May 9-10. The Johnnies defeated 14-time defending MlAC champion St. Thomas by 39 points. SJU had five individual champions, which included senior Ryan Steines, Cumberland, Wis., in the 10,000 meter run, senior Mike Sabers, Sioux Falls, S.D., in the 110 meter hurdles, senior Jeb Myers, Shakopee, in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, sophomore Brian Bernsten, Hermantown, in the high jump and first-year student Ben Sieben, Melrose, in the pole vault. Also meeting a NCAA provisional standard in the shot put was sophomore Darwin Dumonceaux, St. Joseph, who finished second at the meet. Sports Review by Michael Hemmesch '97 Assistant Director of News Service and Sports Information Baseball The SJU baseball team posted another winning campaign in 1997. The Johnnies completed the season with a 20-16-1 overall, . 11-9 MlAC record. SJU finished tied for third place with Concordia and Gustavus Adolphus in the always rugged MlAC. St. Thomas won the MlAC for the second consecutive year. Head coach Jerry Haugen completed his 20th season at the helm at SJU. Haugen ranks in the top twenty in the country on the winningest active coaches list. On the field, SJU was led by sophomore pitcher Joel Swenson, Holdingford, who went 5-0 in MIAC play, and senior first baseman Ryan Roder, Granville, Iowa, who won the MIAC batting title this year with a .585 average. Roder also led the MIAC in hits and RBI's and was named league MVP. Tennis The SJU tennis team finished its season by placing eighth at the MlAC meet. The top Johnnie performers were senior Mick Willette, Winnebago, and freshman Scott Vuong, Bloomington. Willette finished fifth at #1 singles and Vuong won the consolation title at #5 singles. As a team, SJU finished with a 6-15 overall, 2-8 MlAC record. The season included trips to Eau Claire, Wis., Lincoln, Neb., and Duluth for weekend tournaments. Golf Two SJU golfers, junior Brian Sinotte, Osakis, and junior Aaron Schmucker, Cold Spring, were nominated for Academic AllAmerican for the 1996-97 academic year. Both golfers finished their third varsity season with excellent years. Schmucker finished fourth at the MIAC championhips, qualifing him for AlI-MlAC honors for the second consecutive year. Sports Notes • The SJU hockey team finished its 1996-97 season with a third place showing at the NCAA final four. The third place finish was the best ever by a MlAC team in the NCAA tournament. SJU finished with 26- 6-1 overall, 14-2 MlAC record, including their second consecutive MIAC regular season and playoff championships. The Johnnies broke 17 team and individual records this season. • The SJU wrestling team finished ninth at the 1997 NCAA Division III national championships. Senior Matt Ryan, Zumbrota; senior Dan Tschudi, Delano; sophomore John Newman, Mayer; and freshman Brandon Novak, Becker, were all named AllAmerican. Ryan and Tschudi were also Academic All-American. Ryan was also named MIAC outstanding wrestler at the conference championships. Head coach John Elton was named Co-MlAC Coach-ofthe- Year for the 1996-97 season. The ninth place finish at nationals was the highest finish in school history and the four AllAmericans set a school record for most All-Americans in a single season. • The SJU swimming and diving team finished 32nd at the NCAA Div. III national championships. Sophomore Matt Zelen, Duluth, led SJU with a 6th place finish in the lOO-yard butterfly, a 14th place finish in the 100-yard freestyle and a 14th place finish in the 50-yard freestyle. Saint John's 1996-97 MIAC Finishes Baseball- tied for third; basketball- tied for fourth; cross country - champion, first MlAC title since 1983; football- champion, fourth consecutive MlAC title; golf - third; hockey champion, second consecutive MIAC title; soccer - tied for fourth; swimming & diving - third; tennis - eighth; indoor track & field - second; outdoor track & field - champion, first MlAC title since 1973; wrestling - second. SAINT JOHN'S 17 To the Editor: Your lead article "CSB/SJU Couples" in the spring issue 1997 of CSBISJU Today was most enjoyable and intriguing. I was not a "Johnnie" (actually I was a "Cornhusker") but I married a ''Bennie'' (Lucy Ann Bouska '44). Would our marriage have been stronger, more spiritual, more Catholic if I had been a ''Johnnie''? Possibly. But I had a great deal going for me/us as I was a good Irish Catholic boy!! The point I really wish to make is the beautiful young Catholic lady that the College of Saint Benedict graduated. Lucy was the lighthouse of our marriage and our family of four children. I have to give much credit to Lucy's father and mother as they sent a strong Catholic to Saint Ben's and St. Ben's polished, refined and made stronger. The Benedictines only made the diamond shine with more radiance. I am sure that the goodness she exuded, the Catholic traditions that she maintained in our home, the glow that seemed to surround her and the faithfulness and patience she lived and practiced can be attributed to The Rule, the Benedictine traditions and/or the instruction of the good Benedictines - whatever, the end result was beautiful. Keep up the standards that Lucy lived under in the '40s. This world needs more Bennies!! (Maybe Johnnies, also - but that is another issue to which I cannot relate.) Respectfully yours, Robert]. Gilbride To the Editor: I really enjoyed the "CSB/SJU Couples" stories, especially on classmate Ralph "Rosy" Opatz which dates back to my era. We (Mary and John R. Conlin) married in 1948 and lived in Waite Park. G.!. trailers were there and several Johnnies lived there. Tony TheIl, Chuck Kranz and many more from St. Cloud ... Those were great days and it looks like most of the marriages stuck together. We loved those days and right down to the Johnnie Bread which we all talk about! (We had great football, hockey, baseball teams because of same.) The priests were great advisors, guidance people who really were interested in where we were going (Fr. Adelard and Walter, Gustin, Conrad, etc.) Fr. Vincent was my mentor in history [and] I'm just now getting the drift of what it all means. [I have been working on] Lewis and Clark maps with help from DOT (Maps), Bismarck, N.D. Since this is almost 18 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY Letters 200 years ago, I've got to start now to have [the project] done by 2004. Some will also cover Montana, and I hope to do ten or more [maps]. I'll also be doing some sketches for the WWII memorial in Washington, nc. I would hope we will be finished with war memorials, but who knows but God above. RIP veterans of the past. Best regards, John R. Conlin '50 To the Editor: Many of us receive Saint John's magazine and enjoy the stories of what is happening at our alma maters and feel proud that both institutions continue to produce citizens for the world. I'd be lying if I did not admit that the next section I turn to is to discover where my classmates are and what they have been up to. Our news for the Class of '67 has grown fairly sparse. We used to be big in births and marriages, but with the passage of time, our class appears more frequently under the other category: deaths. I have always been shocked when a friend and/or peer of mine dies. I guess I am not ready to accept our mortality! In the fall of '96 I read a name I wasn't prepared for - Jim Sommerness '67. He died in July of 1996. I could not believe it. We're not that old. Why? What happened? My search for these answers was fairly unsuccessful to begin with. Finally, in April I found Jim's brother, Bill, through a business associate in Duluth. Bill informed me that Jim had suffered a disabling stroke. With immense perseverance, he had regained his mobility, but he was unable to regain his ability to read or to communicate clearly. He took his life. I learned much more from Bill aboutJim's productive life as a good citizen who always gave more than he took, and I regretted missing some opportunities to be with him over the years. A major part of my Saint John's experience has been the people with whom I shared my four years of college education. Many of these friends are friends for life. All gave me much more than I gave to them. Jim was one of these friends. He was funny, articulate' unpretentious and I thought he was a "brain." We were history majors. There were only seven or eight of us with that major, so we sort of bonded. We were friends not because of history, but because we were partners on an adventure, and we loved it. He was a voracious reader, a debater - pick whichever side you wish to defend; he could and ably would. He shared with his classmates friendship and respect for education, love of sports and the other extracurricular activities that we shared. Fred Crember, Don Johnson, Brian O'Leary, Steve Michaud - just a few, I am over 50, so forgive my lack of name recall. All good things end, so we graduated and we were gone. I know it may sound weird, but we only interacted maybe five times since graduating, at alumni functions or homecoming. We loved seeing each other, but were also busily building our careers. We had a Stand-up in Phoenix in March of this year, and I saw Tom and Nancy Foster, Class of '66, who now reside in Phoenix. Nancy stood up and said the reason she lets Tom write his checks to Saint John's is that Saint John's trains and teaches students to be involved and committed to their community. She graduated from St. Cloud State and believes we all need to be citizens of the world, but first citizens of our own community. Jim Sommerness stayed with life's struggles and was involved heavily in his community. First in Duluth and then in Two Harbors and Grand Marais, which are all in the Sixth Judicial District. He was a lawyer. His associates and the judges he appeared with and before said Jim was a good lawyer and he was dogged about making the system treat all people fairly, whether his clients or not. He was working at being a good citizen. Jim received awards for his pro bono service (that's where the lawyer does it for free) many times and will receive the Minnesota state pro bono award posthumously. His pro bono work was so significant officials have named the Sixth Judicial District (or Northern Minnesota) Pro Bono Award the James A. Sommerness Pro Bono Award which will include the following citation: "In recognition and appreciation for your outstanding effort to enhance the humanity of others by improving and delivering volunteer legal assistance to the poor." I guess that value of being a good citizen is achievable. Hopefully, each of us can hang onto values and principles and keep fighting the good fight. Jim surely did not leave those principles and values taught and learned at Saint John's - he used them and was a good citizen. Every monk I ever knew says anyone can pray. Perhaps the Class of '67 owes a good citizen named Jim a prayer. J.D. Ford '67 Alumnus recounts Red River flood by Fr. Don Tala/ous, aSB "Greetings from Grand Forks, North Dakota!" was the opening of Nate Modeen's letter in May. "I had the pleasure of moving to this fine city a short 23 days before the worst flood in its history." Nate and wife Jennifer '94 have experienced the whole catalog of changes since January. Their first child, Hannah, was born January 27. In March they moved from the Chicago area so that Nate could take a position with Child Protective Services in Warren, a few miles east of Grand Forks. "From the second largest metropolitan area in the country to one of the most sparsely populated." Nate started his new position on Aprill. On April 2 he was called out of the courtroom to be told that his father had died of leukemia. On April 15 the Warren courthouse was closed because of flooding. From then on it was sandbagging in Grand Forks, six hours straight at a time. "Sandbagging with 10 other people gave you a special feeling like being a member of some patriotic Revolutionary War fighting group." The Modeens' second floor apartment was not flooded, but they were forced to evacuate nevertheless. ''To date I've spent 17 days out of my home." He writes: "I'll wrap this up with some good news. I and Jennifer will be attendants at Greg Sayer's wedding coming up. Looking forward to a mini-vacation and seeing a lot of fellow alumni." This truncated account gives you little idea of the emotional toll involved. But, surely the Modeens deserve an award for going through in such a short time changes that are ordinarily and mercifully spread out over a longer time in our lives: birth, death, change of job and location, flood. We all pray that they and all the victims of flood and loss may soon be able to resume their lives in more peace and comfort. In an attempt to provide a small measure of assistance, donations were made to East Grand Forks Sacred Heart High School by the SJU Class of '97 and the ]-Club and to the Grand Forks Diocese by the Central Minnesota Alumni Chapter. Students and alumni also volunteered to help with clean-up. Alumni News by Thorn Woodward '70, Director of Alumni Relations The new and the old are coming together in Saint John's Alumni Association to make things bigger and better. Behind the leadership of Brian Crevoiserat '81, Association president, the 22-member Board of Directors has completed the 1996-97 year with progress on several fronts. Highlights include an e-mail registry for alumni, a continuing education seminar for alumni attorneys and steps to improve the class reunion tradition. The Communication Committee (Bill Farmer '69, vice president) continues its mission to enhance electronic communication among alumni. (See separate article.) (See alumni track photo on page 24.) The Activities Committee (Alex Ferguson '91, vice president) is sponsoring a seminar and reception for attorneys on campus on June 20. Paul Elskamp '85 and Doreen Mohs '89 are chairing the program, which is seen as a template for other professional groups to use. The Finance Committee Ooe Mucha '66, vice president) has developed a model for reunion classes to increase participation at a wide range of reunion events, activities, and giving. Brian and the entire Board - along with student members Joe Nemanich '97, Mike Sabers '97 and Chris Thompson '99 - have worked hard these past months to advance the Alumni Association mission: to forward the overall University mission; to foster lifetime communication and commitment to SJU; to structure programs and services that stimulate interest among alumni, build loyalty to alma mater, increase involvement, assist in student recruitment, and provide emotional and financial support. Thank you, all! The new and the old are also evident in the Alumni Office. We are pleased that Fr. Don Talafous, o.S.B. '48, "old friend" to hundreds of alumni, has taken on new responsibilities as Alumni Association chaplain. In addition to representing Saint John's at a variety of events, he continues his popular newsletter to former students. Three receive Alumni Achievement Awards Three alumni who have marked their careers with outstanding accomplishments were presented the Alumni Achievement Award in recent months. The recipients: Chuck Waletzko '77, Lee Hanley '58, and Don Schwarz '77. Waletzko is executive director of Bridging, Inc., a Twin Cities agency that helps families in transition. A former volunteer with the organization, he found he could make a bigger difference in the lives of the homeless and others by turning his service into a full-time job. Waletzko is also active with the pro-life movement and in counseling inmates. His presentation was made by SJU President Dietrich Reinhart, o.S.B., at the Twin Cities Chapter President's Dinner. Hanley is retired from Saint John's where he was editor of Saint John's magazine and director of foundation and corporate relations. In his 32 years on the staff, his responsibilities covered publicity and publications, career counseling, alumni relations, parent relations and the Swayed Pines Folk Festival. His award was presented by singer! song writer John McCutcheon '74, a former recipient who received his award in 1991 from Hanley. Schwarz, along with his wife, Catherine '74, owns Jonti-Craft and Puzzle Craft in Wabasso. They are the largest employers in the area, making wooden school furniture and puzzles for an international market. In their day-to-day operations, they try to make employees feel like members of the family. His award was presented by Fr. Don Talafous, o.S.B., Alumni Association chaplain. The Alumni Achievement Award is given each year to former students who have been successful in their careers and/or active in church or community service. Nominations are welcome and can be sentto Thorn Woodward '70, director of alumni relations. SAINT JOHN'S 19 John McCukheon '74 returns a favor to Lee Hanley in presenting his the Alumni Achievement Award. (See page 19) The second annual Caritas Awards and a preview of the Presidents' Summit by Jim Scheibel '69 hirhlighted Celebration of Service events in mid.Apri . Awards were presented to Efrem Smith '92 and Ann Bukosky '76 for their outstanding, on.going volunteer service in the Twin Cities by Mary Lyons (left), president of the College of Saint Benedict, and Bt Dietrich Reinhart, O.5.B., SJU president. Scheibel, vice president for the Corporation for National Service, delivered the keynote address; he coordinated the Summit in Philadelphia later in the month. 20 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY Alumni encouraged to use world e-mail directory SaintJohn's University alumni are using a flick of the wrist to stay connected to alma mater. A growing number of Johnnies are using e-mail to stay in touch with SJU. They turn to the College of Saint Benedict/SJU home page on the Internet (www.csbsju.edu).click on the Alumnae/Alumni button browse around and send a message electro~ically to the Alumni Office. The Communications Committee of the Alumni Association Board of Directors encourages alumni to register their e-mail addresses with the World Alumni Net. The free service maintains a directory of e-mail addresses by college under the Minnesota Alumni Net. As of May 19, 84 Johnnies had registered while several hundred electronic addresses are on record in the University data base. The Committee would like to see mor~ alumni use the Alumni Net directory servIce. Instructions are included at the ''Alumnae/ Alumni E-Mail Directory" button at http://www.csbsju.eduJalums. Registered alumni can then retrieve e-mail address of fellow Johnnies. Messages can also be left on the bulletin . board. Alumni, staff review CANE Members of the College of Saint Benedict Alumnae Council Relations Committee directed a review of the Career Network (CANE) Program this winter with Twin Cities Chapter alumni and staff. Eric Leaver '97, who works in Saint John's Office of Counseling and Career Services and with Central Minnesota CANE volunteers, also participated. The committee wanted to assess the overall program and how it serves students and alumni. There are more than 5,000 alumnae and alumni CANE volunteers. Initial recommendations include: • streamline the data base on campus, indicating which volunteers can offer internships, mentor students of color, offer job opportunities and visit campus to discuss careers in additional to being a general careerresource • recruit new volunteers and update the data base to reflect accurate business information on the current volunteers • track who uses the CANE volunteers and the results of the networking connection • re-enforce internship possibilities with the academic departments • consider providing long-distance phone access for students to contact volunteers living outside Central Minnesota • investigate ways to give alumni downloaded lists of contacts via e-mail and the Internet. sept: 26-28 SElPt.28 Ott,24:;26" Keep in touch with a custom Saint John's University alumni directory!. . It's easy to stay in touch WIth you: ~mt John's friends: the SJU cus~om alumm drrectory is available at a fractlOn of the cos~ ?f a traditional directory. You can order specific classes or chapters rather than the. full complement of alumni. Your custom directory will be cross-referenced alpha~etically, by class and by zip code. E~ch drre~t~ry comes bound in a SJU AlumnI ASSOCIation binder and includes the numbers of key University departments as well ~s the Johnnie Pages, a yellow pages sectIon of alumni advertisers. Here's how it works: an alumnus from the Class of 1982 living in Baltimore might order the classes of 1981-83 at $10 each (three classes at $30) and the Washington Chapter at $5 for a total of $35. Names/addresses of College of Saint Benedict alumnae are not included. . . Alumni who wish to promote therr bUSI-ness or service are encouraged to place an ad in theJohnnie Pages. The cost to have your business card reproduced in the alum~i yellow pages is $50, renewable on the first of each year. Contact the Alumni Office at 320/ 363-2591 or 800/635-7303 for more informa-tion. .c' h Send your completed, ior~ WIt. a check ade out to Saint John s Umversity to the ~JU Alumni Office; Box 7222; Collegeville, MN 56321-7222. Orders will be filled within one month of receipt. Choir reunion set for August While they were students, song was a common denominator for hundreds of alumni who performed with the SaintJohn's Men's Chorus and the College of Saint Benedict/SJU Chamber Choir. Song will again be the focus for the second tri-annual choristers reunion on campus August 15-17. Alumni, alumnae and family members are invited back for receptions, meals together, general rest and relaxation and to participate in the liturgy on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. "We had such a good time in 1994" Axel Theimer '71, choir director, recalls, "that we planned to have a reunion every three years. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and having them sing as a choir once again." For more information, contact Theimer at the SJU Music Department. Custom Directory Order Blank Major golf events set forJuly 14, 21 The "granddaddy of them all" and the Doc McCarthy Open highlight the alumni golf tour in July. The popular scramble format marks the Twin Cities golf outing in its 36th year. The July 14 event will again be at Tartan Park with carts and dinner part of the package. Tom Arth '66 serves as event chair. Austin McCarthy '38 continues to host the principal Central Minnesota Chapter golf tournament. The Doc McCarthy Open - open to alumni, alumnae, spouses and friends - will be July 21 at Eagle Creek Golf Club in Willmar. All are invited August 25 to join Pete Herges '52 and Tony Schulzetenberg '51 for their ''Excellent Golf Adventure" at the Albany Country Club. Alumni hole sponsors and/or those who wish to donate door prizes are encouraged to contact Thom Woodward '70 in the Alumni Office. Class rosters (generally 200-500 names) at $10 per class Classes of -------' __ , -------' __ $._-- Entire State of Minnesota at $30 Central Minnesota Chapter at $15 Twin Cities Chapter at $20 Lake Superior Chapter at $10 Rochester Chapter at $10 Fargo/Moorhead Chapter at $10 Great Lakes (Chicago) Chapter at $10 Washington, nc. Chapter at $5 New York Metropolitan area at $5 MilwaukeelMadison area at $10 Northern California at $10 Southern California at $10 Other states at $5 __ ----' ___ ~ ___ _ Entire Alumni Association roster (approx. 21,000) at $65 Official SJU Alumni Association binder Shippinglhandling Total enclosed (check made out to Saint John's University) $,--$._- $,-- $,-- $,-- $,-- $,-- $-_._- $._--$._-- $,--- $,---- $_--- $._--- No charge No charge $_--- NameJclassyear _______________________ _ Mailingaddress ________________________ _ SAINT JOHN'S 21 1943 1959 Lionel Spaniol, 5325 Northeast River Dale Craft, 1731 S. Eighth St., Fargo, Rd., Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 ND58103 Fr Gerard Farrell, OSB received Thomas Daly, 3729 Pillsbury Ave. 5, the papal honor Pro Ecclesia et Minneapolis, MN 55409 Pontifice on the occasion of the Roger Buscher was a member of 50th anniversary of his ordination a "communiversity" course steering as a priest and in recognition of his committee at Concordia College in contribution to the study and prac- Moorhead. The course included tice of the liturgical chant of the formal presentations by a panel and Catholic Church. Fr Gerard has participant involvement with recog-been a faculty member of the nized issues of primary relevance church music department at to a better understanding of the Westminster Choir College since diversity in the Moorhead-Fargo 1976. He was a member of the SJU community. Roger is also serving as music department for 30 years. Ed a commissioner on the Moorhead Henry returned to Marian College, Human Rights Commission and is Fon du Lac, Wis., receive an honor- the past president of the City of ary doctor of laws degree. Henry Moorhead Citizens Advisory Com-has headed four higher education mittee and is very active with the institutions as chief executive of- local alumni chapter. Peter ficer, including Marian 1986-89. Froehle, a science teacher at Saint John's Prep School, was chosen for 1955 inclusion in the Who's Who of American High School Teachers, 1996. All of the 120,000 listed Jon Hassler has retired after 43 teachers were selected by former years in the classroom. He will con- students who were listed in either tinue to write and maintain an of- Who's Who Among American High fice at SJU where he has been artist- School Students or the national in-residence. Hassler read from his dean's list. Bob Labat was among new book, Dean's List, at an alumni the first catechists to receive the event in Duluth in April. James Excellence in Catechists Award Sullivan retired as senior vice from the Mpls/St Paul Archdiocese president, United Way of the Mid- in April. The award is given to lands (Omaha), after 41 years in those who witness the good news human services, 36 of which were of Christ by the example they show with United Way. Rev Donald in their lives as well as by teaching Rieder has retired. and sharing their faith. Bob is ac-tive with a variety of youth pro- 1956 grams at Holy Name of Jesus Par-ish in Medina. John and Shay Mullally moved to 1925 Bielenberg William Turley, 2173 Sargent Ave., Dr, Woodbury 55125; phone 612- Sf. Paul, MN 55105 714-0429. Jerry Sweiger retired Bob Kleinschmidt, a member of from IES Industries in Cedar Rap-the Suburban Raquetball, Swim & ids and in Bella Vista, Ark, with his Fitness Club, was inducted into the wife, Barbara. 1997 Minnesota Racquetball Hall of Fame in January. Bob lives in St 1962 Cloud. Robert Olson retired from Champion International Corp and is working in a library for fun and Mike Brecount volunteered to cash. work on the committee planning the national TEC convention which 1958 was held in the Twin Cities in June. Bernie Kukar retired from Rogers Benefit Group and lives in Edina Thomas Melchior, 1901 W 125th St., with his wife, Mary. He continues to Shakopee, MN 55379 referee and discussed his NHL ex- Leonard Mrachek, 7301 Shannon periences at the Twin Cities Dr., Edina, MN 55439 Standup in March. Vince John Uldrich is prof of manage- Laubach is a retired government mentlmarketing and mass media attorney living near Washington, communications at Shanghai U of D.C., with his wife Kathy. Vince Science and Technology. John and enjoys seeing his old SJU friends; if Eva moved to 9-10, #19, 1020 Rong, anyone is planning a visit to Wash- Si Ping Lu, Shanghai 200092, China ington, call him at 703-978-9710. PRe. John says, "Eva and I have the latchkey out for stragglers and visiting firemen." 22 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY 1964 Kimball Devoy, 1060 Overlook Rd., Mendota Heights, MN 55118 David Wendt, 6125 Blake Ridge Rd., Edina, MN 55436 John Chromy is working for a non-profit, Cooperative Housing Foundation in Maryland, which helps bring affordable housing to low income people in 32 countries. 1966 Patrick Jacobs, Jacobs Associates, 550 County Road D, Suite 7, Sf. Paul, MN 55112-3520 R. Patrick Maxwell, Templeton and Associates, 10 South Fifth St., Suite 990, Minneapolis, MN 55402 Tom Arth is a retired chemist (3M) living in Dellwood with his wife, Mary. He is now selling Chrysler products. After working for the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic organiz-ing committee the past 3-1/2 years, Bill Carney is currently working for Turner Sports in New York City as the manager of sports competi-tion for the 1998 Goodwill Games. Thomas Foster was promoted to vice president and treasurer at Phelps Dodge Corp in Phoenix. He joined the company in 1987 as vice president and controller and direc-tor of investor relations for the corporation. Phelps Dodge Corp is among the world's largest produc-ers of copper, operating mines and manufacturing facilties and em-ploying more than 16,000 people in 28 countries. Michael Hollenhorst is a criminal defense and personal injury litigation attor-ney practicing in Plymouth. He has started and managed numerous medical device companies over the years and is currently president of Cardiac Instruments Inc of Mpls and chairman of ThermaSeed Inc (a prostate cancer therapy) of LaJolla, Calif. 1967 Bernie Weber, 5175 Dominick Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343 Joe Stencel is in his 2nd doctoral program at Princeton U He and his family returned to SJU in May for the graduation of son, Matt. 1968 Joseph Cronin, 4607 Browndale Ave., Edina, MN 55424 Michael Perry, 4810 Caribou Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55345 John Holbrook was named direc-tor of the Mid-State Telecommuni-cations Co-op which serves 9 Min-nesota school districts and several colleges with interactive television. Jim Mohs has been named 1997 Minnesota Family Physician of the Year. The Melrose doctor as hon-ored by the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians at their annual banquet in April. Mohs will be the state's representative for a similar award on the national level. In addi-tion to the close personal attention he gives his patients, Mohs was recognized for his community in-volvement including parish activi-ties and chairing the local school board. 1969 John McCambridge, Three Circle E, Edina, MN 55436 Herbert Schulte, 5805 Stuart Ave. 5, Edina, MN 55436 Col Gregory Beckel retired in December 1996 after spending 24 years in the Mass Air National Guard. His last position was vice air commander and logistics group commander and he took his last F- 15 flight on December 26. Gregory is enjoying some time off but will soon be looking for a job in upper level management or church related areas. He is planning to become a deacon. Bill Farmer is with Co-lumbia Gear in Avon. As vice presi-dent of the Alumni Board commu-nications committee, he encourages all alumni to use the Internet to stay in touch with SJU Bill can be reached at dOOO02@tigger.stcloud. msus.edu. John Irvine has re-turned from years in Malaysia and lives at 103 Depot Rd, Eliot, ME 03903; phone 207-439-8728. 1970 John Agee, 1446 Delaware Ave. IV; St. Paul, MN 55118 Steve Bucher has been involved in river transportation and book publishing and, for the last 7 years, as a partner in a video production company, Grant Booker Video in St Paul. He says he's having a ball producing documentaries and cor-porate videos and has found it's great having a new boss each week or two rather than the same one week after week. Don Garceau is raising grapes and kids on his farm in the hills of Los Andes, Chile; his address is Casilla 72, Los Andes, Chile, South America. Roy Glover is cultural affairs officer with the USIS in Santo Domingo. He helped coordinate a January term program there for 4 CSB students. Roy can be reached at 809-541-3030 or 809- 541-1828 FAX. Dave Heying says that the content of SJU home page is done extremely well and he ap-plauds the upgrades the staff con-tinues to make. Denis Weier relo-cated from Denver to Washington when he accepted a position of staff scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His new ad-f dress is 106 Fairwood Ct, Richland, WA 99352; phone 509-375-2281. 1971 Robert Shannon, 1007 Wildwood Ct., Northfield, MN 55057 Patrick Vandrovec, 43658 County Road 9, Holdingford, MN 56340 Ning Yuen Chen was named a principal at William M Mercer Inc. He is a senior actuary and consultant in Mercer's retirement practice, specializing in issues related to the design, implementation and costing of plans. Nick Miller was named the Minnesota Principal of the Year. He's been the principal at Buffalo High School for 12 years. He received his award at the state principals' convention in January and was honored at the national convention in March. 1972 Richard Speckmann, 2545 Queensland Ln. N, Plymouth, MN 55447 Tom Buchkoe, a professional photographer in Marquette, MI, is included in the latest edition of Who's Who in Executives and Professionals. Current address: Box 852, Marquette, MI 49855. Rick Speckmann is COO for Interior Resources in Edina. He is excited to head the planning for the class reunion in September. 1973 Peter and Susan Seykora live at 1159 S Cedar Ave, Owatonna 55060. Peter is a network technical consultant for Compuware Professional Services on contract to the Minnesota Dept of Revenue. His hobby is the theater and he's had small parts in the movies "Used Cars" "Raising Arizona" "Star Trek V-The Final Frontier" and ''Angus.'' Julian Whitley was promoted to manager of computer access, administration and security for The Boeing Co in Renton, Wash. As a It col in the USAF Reserve, he was recently assigned to the Office of Special Investigations, computer crime investigations office. 1974 James Platten, 785 Pondhaven Ln., Mendota Heights, MN 55120 Thomas Becker is a research engineer, charged with improving the technology of oil well development for Halliburton Energy Services. His new address is 421 S 27th St, Apt ]-6, Duncan, OK 73533; phone 405-255-6796. Roger Lindmark can be reached at Lindmark Law Offices, Suite 3, 1023 Three SJU alumni played key roles helping the Green Bay Packers through a season that culminated with the winning of Super Bowl XXXI. From left are team physician Pat McKenzie '79, team chaplain Ft John Blaha SOT '75, and team physician John Gray '76. Thre three were also featured speakers at the Milwaukee Stand-up on May 22. S Bedford St, Los Angeles, CA 90035; phone 310-659-0143. Leon Schilmoeller works for Integrated Network Technologies in Burnsville. The company provides computer networking services, both physical and soft services, including Internet access, web page design and hosting, and electronic messaging. 1975 Thomas Brever, 2717 St. Anthony Blvd., St. Anthony, MN 55418 Daniel Mareck, 5958 Highview PL, Shoreview, MN 55126 Richard Bayuk moved to 2210 Hughes Rd, Liberty, MO 64068. Gary Bellair was the recipient of the 1996 John Crews Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award presented by the Lubbock County Bar Assn. He is also a new partner in the firm of Carr, Fouts, Hunt & Wolfe. In February 1997, Gary received his board certification in appellate law from the state of Texas. Gary, Lorrie and son, Guy Michael (14), live at 3211 41st St, Lubbock, TX 79413; phone 806-799-1897. David Gilderman is director of development at Burke Museum at the U of Wash. Don Marion was the lead author in an article in the "New England Journal of Medicine" in February. He and his team have shown that hypothermia treatment may improve the outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury. It is the first study to show that a specific therapy can be used to treat a brain injury. In addition to the "Journal" article, Don was featured on NBC's Nightly News and by AP and Reuters. Don is director of the Brain Trauma Research Center at the U of Pittsburgh Medical Center. 1976 John Asmussen, 1305 Furlong Ave., Mendota Heights, MN 55120 Tim Raths is reporter/editor for AP Radio News in Washington, D.C. John Wright, a 13-year veteran police officer in St Paul, received his department's Medal of Valor for exceptional gallant service above and beyond the call of duty during an incident last August in which his life was threatened. The award is the department's highest honor. Class of 1971 graduates (from left) Bob Fisher; Ted Selbitschka and Jerry McCarter were reunited at the annual meeting of McGladrey & Pullen in Scottsdale, Ariz., in Septembet Bob is a partner in the M & P Rochester, Minn., office; Ted is a partner in the M & P St. Paul office; and Jerry is a partner in St. Cloud, Minn., with McMahon, Hartmann, Amundson & Co., an M & P network firm. of your change of address or your news items. Call us toll free: 1-800-635-7303 ext. 2598 New Address: Name Address City/State/Zip Code Phone E-mail Return to: Alumni Records Office Saint John's University Saint Luke's 112 Collegeville, MN 56321 E-mail: vkrueger@csbsju.edu SAINT JOHN'S 23 1977 Joe Wentzell, 2054 Pleasantview Dr., New Brighton, MN 55112 Michael Farrell is operations consultant at Enterprise Networking Services in Mpls. Jeffrey Hagen opened a new office for American Express Financial Advisors and lives with Sandra and daughter Kathyrn (infant) at 2659 Interlachen Ct, Stillwater 55082; phone 612-351-1361. Jerry Schnabel is director of information and technology services at Northern Trails Area Education Agency in Clear Lake, Iowa. Robert Zachman is a programmer with Siebens in Brooklyn Park. 1978 Thomas Kost, 31230 Peninsula Ave., Lindstrom, MN 55045 Pat Baldwin was asked to join Koch Industries in their agricultural department to be general manager of operations. Pat and his wife, Debbie, and daughter, Rachael (3), moved to 954 N Preserve Ct, Wichita, KS 67206; phone 316-684- 6374. Kevin Blanchette, a math teacher at Saint John's Prep School, was chosen for inclusion in the Who's Who of American High School Teachers, 1996. All of the 120,000 listed teachers were selected by former students who were listed in either Who's Who Among American High School Students or the national dean's list. Col Jim Pfaff is head of emergency medicine at the military hospital in San Antonio and was recently appointed consultant for emergency medicine to the US surgeon general. Matt Stergios coached his 10th consecutive state championship speech and debate team as Loyola Sacred Heart High School of Missoula, Mont, won its 14th straight title in February. The championship set the state record for the longest winning streak in any sport or activity. Matt has also picked up 5 state trophies in cross country and says he owes much of his success to his experiences at SJD. Matt says his career as a teacher and coach has been most fulfilling and adds that SJU helped prepare him well. Paul Theobald released his 2nd book, Teaching the Commons: Place, Pride and the Renewal of Community, by Westview Press. Paul draws on some of his SJU experiences to examine ideals and policies that shaped contemporary rural life and living in the industrial west. Paul and his wife, Jan, live at 2307 State St, LaCrosse, WI 54601, where he is associate dean in the College of Liberal Studies and director of the School of Education at UWLaCrosse. Jim Ward is director of 24 SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY life insurance with PrimeVest in St Cloud. Thomas Willenbring is a software engineer at I-Tech Corp in Edina. 1979 John Welsh, 1839 Rolling Green Curve, Mendota Heights, MN 55118 Philip Gammell's e-mail address is philip.j.gammell@healthpartners.com. Wayne Liebhard is with Fairview Clinic in Prior Lake. Nick Sinner, Fargo, is president of the local sugar beet growers association. As a member of the executive commitee of the American Sugar Beet Growers Assn, he has been doing lobbying work in Washington, nc. this past winter. R John Welsh directs the Minnesota office of Anatec Inc, a national consulting firm specializing in computer application development. 1980 Joseph Sokolowski, 3716 Huntington Ave. S, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 Michael and Kimberly Fischer moved to 3361 S. Beverly PI, Chandler, AZ 85248; phone 602-732-1666. Michael Malone is vice president of finance and CFO for Polaris. He was part of the team that took Polaris public in 1987 as a master limited partnership and helped manage the company's conversion to a publicly traded corporation in 1994. In 1995, Michael was named to the "40 under 40" list of business leaders to watch by CityBusiness, a Twin Cities business newspaper. Michael O'Shaughnessy was appointed vice president for Hoechst Vianova moved his wife, 2 kids and the whole 4-legged contingent to Charlotte, N.C. Mike moved a lot since his graduation (New England, West Coast, Europe) and also had a 3-year assignment in Latin America. He would love to get email from some of the old crowd: Oshags@aol.com or moshaughnessy@mindspring.com. 1981 Scott Nelson, 3345 Zircon Ln. N, Plymouth, MN 55447 Rich Hoban was promoted to president and COO at Frandsen Financial Corp in Forest Lake. William Kenney is vice president of operations at HealthSystems Minnesota in St Louis Park. Dan Leetch was promoted to unit manager for Pepsi Cola in La Junta. Dan and Marge live at 29676 N Hwy 71, Rocky Ford, CO 81067. Brad Neary is director of human resources at TRW Inc in Cleveland. His responsibilies include "the care and feeding" of the 500 employees at TRW headquarters, the company's management associates program, diversity activities and work along the Pacific Rim. Brad and his wife, Suzette Sutherland '84, who has begun a 6-year urology residency at University Hospitals, live in University Heights, Ohio. 1982 Gary Zweber, 17143 Sunrise Ave. SW, Prior Lake, MN 55372 Tom and Laurie Jarvis live at 1828 Brookview Ln, Hoover, AL 35216. Joseph Leo is a CPA with Kinsel Accountancy Corp in Houston, Texas. John Zumerchik was editor for the Encyclopedia of Sports Science, published by Macmillan Reference Marketing. The book gathers the knowledge of science as it pertains to sport and makes it readily available and accessible to all readers. Three generations of Johnnie track athletes participated in the annual varsityalumni track meet this winter. High jumper Brian Schletty '00 follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, sprinter Edwin Maus '37, and shot puHer dad, Rich Schletty '74. The photo was electronically transmitted to the Alumni Office via email and then forwarded to the SJU publications office for use in this magazine. 1983 Raymond Brau, 4612 Cedar Lake Rd., Apt. 1, Minneapolis, MN 55416 Michael Spanier, 5483 Sycamore Trail SW, Prior Lake, MN 55372 Dr Paul Linde passed the final examination for board certification as a psychiatrist by the American Board of Psychiatry and Necrology. Paul is currently assistant prof of psychiatry at the U of Calif, San Francisco Medical School and a staff psychiatrist at San Francisco General Hospital. John Miner was promoted to president of the Great American Insurance's personal lines division and recently moved to the Cincinnati area with his wife, Sharon, and 3 daughters, Elise (5), Abbey (2) and Ellery (infant). Their address is 5035 Village Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45244. Bob Pfefferle is property manager for Hines Interests in Mpls. Bob, Amy and children, Otto (7), Ingrid (3) and Anna (1), moved to 5428 Halifax Ln, Edina 55424; phone 612-927-5964. 1984 Daniel McDermott, 4625 Forestview Ln., Plymouth, MN 55442 Steve Leonard is assistant vice president of incentives and recognition for TCF Bank Minnesota. Dan McDermott was named a managing principal for Burlwood Media Corp in Edina. Dan helps firms identify and implement new technology and business solutions through the use of online electronic media. Burlwood is a rapidly growing firm that builds complex Internet, intranet and Web-based systems applications across various industries and geographic locations. Greg McHale is a national account manager for 3Com Corp. Greg, his wife, Renee Paradise '84, and children, Shannon (8), Allison (4) and Dylan (infant), live at 17314 Welch Ct, Omaha, NE 68135; phone 402-895-0153. Greg is president of both the Omaha Catholic Youth Soccer League and his parish league, coaches 2 teams and is a senior member on the board of directors of Prevent Blindness Nebraska. He has lowered his personal best 10K road race time to 36 minutes this past summer. Scott Meyer was named director of operations for Country Inns and Suites by Carlson. Brad Paschke moved to 8005 Ashwell Ct, Woodstock, GA 30189. 'f'" 1985 Paul Germscheid, 4635 Fifth Street NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421 Daniel McKeown, 1854 Prior Ave. N, Falcon Heights, MN 55113 Ben Mondloch was promoted to vice president and general manager of UMI's Education Divison. UMI (a Bell & Howell company), The Answer Co and its DataTimes subsidiary, collects, organizes and delivers value-added information to customers in businesses, universities, libraries and schools in more than 160 countries. Eric Olson is vice president of Fish & Schulkamp. Eric, Julianna and son, Evan (infant), moved to 5302 Kingsbridge Rd, Madison, WI 53714; phone 608- 222-4478. David Peters, his wife, Julia Skram '85, and children, Rachel (8), Michael (5), Eric (3) and Samuel (infant), have moved to 5042 Queen Ave S, Mpls 55410; phone 612-924-0451. Jim Reagan lives at 1357 W Escarpa St, Mesa, AZ 85201. 1986 Timothy Bot, 4816 Olde Mill Ct. NE, Cedar Rapids, fA 52411 John Wedin, 14358 Fairway Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Clint Bogard is president and general manager of Granite City Ready Mix Co in St Cloud. Clint and Stacy moved to 605 4th Ave NE, St Joseph 56374; phone 320-363-1245. James and Joy Dwyer moved to 384-B Great Road, Apt 201, Acton, MA 01720. Chuck Johnson is an attorney at Briggs & Morgan in St Paul. Paul, Anne and son, Cooper (infant) moved to 1833 Evergreen Dr, Woodbury 55125; phone 612- 730-8752. Peter Keith started a consulting business out of his home. Dr Michael Schroeder is a practicing psychologist at Montefiore Hospital in Bronx, N.Y. He is also employed by Assessment Solutions Inc in Manhattan. John Wedin was promoted to manager of information technology consulting at McGladrey & Pullen in Mpls. 1987 Thomas Mertens, 9008 Dunbar Knoll Ct., Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 Michael Nawrocki, 3805 Chatham Rd., Eagan, MN 55123 David Barthel was promoted to vice president of clinical operations at NTC Home Health Care Inc in Duluth. Craig Berdan was named treasurer of E F Johnson Co, a manufacturer of 2-way radio products and systems. Michael Broussard works for the Office of Family Support in Bossier City, La. His address is 645 Wilkinson St, Shreveport, LA 71104. 1988 George Ramler, 14301 Stewart Ln., Minnetonka, MN 55345 Peter Stoddart, 2701 McKinley St. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418 William Healey Jr is assistant electrician at the Ordway Music Theatre and lives at 3319 Portland Ave S, Mpls 55407. John Jernberg is a research analyst on local fiscal issues for the Minnesota State Auditor's office. John, Theresa and daughter, Maya, moved to 1531 Almond Ave, St Paul 55108; phone 612-615-5518. Bob Kapla is production/ maintenance supervisor for Kendall Healthcare Products in Green Bay, Wis. Capt Troy Loeb is a protocol officer at Ft Leavenworth. Troy and Brenda Lapos '89 live at 499 Eisenhower Rd, Apt A15, Lansing, KS 66043; phone 913-727-4115. Christopher Lohmann was promoted to general manager at Kohler Co. He will be responsible for the sales, marketing and operations functions. Gregory Neeser is account manager with Business Records Corp. Gregory, Kelley and children, Samuel (2) and Anna (infant), live in St Cloud. Matthew Schoen is the principal of St Mary's in Worthington (correction). 1989 Michael Moynagh, 798 SPring Hill Dr., Woodbury, MN 55125 Peter Seltz, 4800 Cheshire Ln. N, Plymouth, MN 55446 Ted Koppy was promoted at 10- NBC TV in Rochester, N.Y., and now anchors the news on "Live at Five" Monday through Friday. Ted and Maria lived at 138 New Wickham Dr, Penfield, NY 14526. Keith Leppert teaches math and is assistant football coach and head girls basketball coach at Hillcrest High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Joseph Majeski is a tax and small business professional at Eide Helmeke PLLP. Joe and Chris moved to 16753 Firestone Path, Lakeville 55044; phone 612-432- 7324. James Mueller returned from his work assignment in Amsterdam with Northwest Airlines and started a new position in the market planning department. He lives at 564 Brimhall, St Paul 55116; phone 612-690-9303. Kevin Putzke is a buyer for the Trek Bicycle Corp in Wis. Marc Schaefer is an occupational therapist with Sunbelt Therapy Management Services and lives at 463 Azure Dr, PO Box 2209, Camp Verde, AZ 86322; phone 520-567- 6859. 1990 Timothy Coy, 2908 Webster Ave. S, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 Tim GruidJ, 4217 W 42nd St., Edina, MN 55416 Thomas Norton, 4420 Harriet Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55409 Erik Aamot-Snapp received his law degree from U of M and is an associate in the litigation department of Winston & Strawn, a large Chicago law firm. Pete Amann has moved to 1250 Hennepin Ave, #420, Mpls 55403; phone 612-399- 1299. Stephen Behm is an attorney in Fergus Falls. John Calhoun works in the textile industry preparing nylon for sale to the surf, ski and snowboard industries in Newport Beach, Calif. He chairs the SJU Southern California alumni chapter. Tim and Susan Gruidl moved to 4217 W 42nd St, Edina 55416; phone 612-922-4262. John Kunkel has a new address: 245 58th St, Des Moines, IA 50312; phone 515-279- 9734. Jeff Licht moved to 354 bis rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France, with his wife, Margarita, and son, Nicholas (infant). Robert Speltz became a program officer at the MCI Foundation in Arlington, Va. Curt VanHyfte is the Minnesota division controller and finance manager for Pulte Homes of Minnesota Inc. 1991 Douglas Lawrence, 5135 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55417 Murray McCartan, 4435 Parklawn Ave., Apt. 302, Edina, MN 55435 Thomas Nicol, 4940 Devonshire Cir., Shorewood, MN 55331 Bob Chelberg opened a Disc-GoRound store off Weaver Lake Rd and 1-94 in Maple Grove. His new home address is 10721 Smetana Rd, #305, Minnetonka 55343. Alex Ferguson works for Norwest Banks in Mpls. David Chung-On Leung is assistant controller in KP Caps in Canada; his address is 2601-3303 Don Mills Rd, Scarborough, Ontario M2J4T6, Canada. Sean McGee has a preferred mailing address: c/o Paine Webber, 205 2nd Ave S, Virginia, MN 55792. Daniel Miller is a financial advisor for Prudential Securities in Mpls. Adrian Pulkrabek completed dental school, passed his dental board exams and is practicing dentistry in Tucson, Ariz. Capt Ryan Zipf is an attorney for the Army and has moved to Mons, Belgium with his wife, Donna McKenzie '91. They can be reached at CMR 451, Box 98, APO, AE 09708. Lohmann '88 NY Times has good words for Hayden Michael Hayden '87 and fellowplayer Angie Phillips received strong praise from New York Times theater reviewer Ben Brantley (New York Times, The Living Arts, May 5, "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller): "As portrayed with vital, mesmerizing conviction by Michael Hayden and Angie Phillips ... these touchingly embarrassed lovers come to embody the soul of the 1947 drama and the cheer-coated ambivalence of the era in which it was written .. . "Mr. Hayden and Ms. Phillips .. . wear their characters as if they were tattooed onto their skins. And in so doing, they turn what is nominally a secondary plot into a shimmering mirror of the unshakable, life-defining guilt of the men who survived World War II and the women who waited for them ... " ... it is Mr. Hayden and Ms. Phillips who give this 'Sons' its surprisingly sensual incandescence. They both appear to inhabit fully the period of the drama, without the usual contemporary irony. (It's not easy to say 'gosh' with absolute naturalness these days.) And Mr. Hayden turns his character's improbable saintliness into a willful assumed ignorance that will shatter to devastating effect. .. " .... For Mr. Miller, as his next play, 'Death of a Salesman,' would further attest, clashes between fathers and sons aren't just Oedipal business as usual. They embody an Ibsen-esque moral judgment passed by a younger generation on its predecessors. Mr. Hayden and Ms. Phillips register every agonized bit of the toll that making such a judgment takes." SAINT JOHN'S 25 r 1992 McKinsey & Co in Shanghai, China. 55405. David Moe moved to 1400 Mark Genzlinger is a service Jason Macken received his com- Laurel Ave, Apt W1012, Mpls associate at American Express. Jon mission as a naval officer after com- 55403; phone 612-338-4129. Gregg Holman teaches English at the Morgan Donohue, 910 Lawnview pleting officer candidate school in Poulin lives at 63 Summit Ridge, junior and senior high school levels Ave., Shoreview, MN 55126 Pensacola, Fla. Patrick Peschel is Burlington, VT 05401 and works at Mkwidzi Secondary School in Chris Fairchild, 1180 -124th Ln. NE, a sales rep for TSW International in for Vermont Information Process- Zimbabwe. He is putting together a Blaine, MN 55434 Atlanta. Patrick and Gina O'Rourke ing, a computer programming com- library for the school and would C. J Lyngen, 3150 Excelsior Blvd., '93 live at 306 Carryback Dr, pany that works with beer and welcome book or money donations. Apt. 101, Minneapolis, MN 55416 Marietta, GA 30068; phone 770-953- wine distributors across the coun- Jon can be reached at Mkwidzi Sec- Tim Cayler teaches vocal music to 6852. Anthony Pirrotta was try. He says, "If there are any old ondary School, P.o. Box 51, preschool through grade 12 in sworn in as a police officer in friends who want to move to Colo- Gwanda, Matebeleland South, Zim- Albert City-Truesdale School. His Valdez, Alaska. He took a 16-week rado with me, give me a call." His babwe, Africa. Stephen Jeske is a mailing address is PO Box 334, basic training course mandatory home phone number is 802-658- sales rep with West Publishing in St Albert City, IA 50510; phone 712- for all Alaska peace officers in 0311. Anthony Sandeen lives at Paul. Stephen and Lori moved to 843-5808. James Clarke is service March. Anthony attended the law 6045 11th Ave S, Mpls 55417 and 1045 Briar Glen Ln, Woodbury awards supervisor at Dayton enforcement academy in Sitka, works in sales at General Electric. 55125; phone 612-436-7721. Bill Hudson Corp. His new job is to finishing 2nd in his class. John Paul Slininger works at United Johnson is credit manager for implement Dayton's service awards Rubsichko is national account Hospital in St Paul and pursuing a Green Tree Financial in St Paul program at Target and Mervyn's manager with AmeriServe in Ply- nursing degree at the College of St while pursuing a master's degree in stores. Brian Espy is a youth mouth. He is pursuing an MA in Catherine. Michael Smith is an international management at St worker/case advocate with management at the U of St Tho- advisor for first-year students in Thomas. Bill is also platoon leader Lutheran Social Services in St Paul. mas. John and Christine live at the residential life office of Miami U for the Cottage Grove division of Marc Jaros is the instructor of 15556 Danbury Ave W, Rosemount of Ohio. His address is 227 Warfield the Armed Guard. Bill and Heather music history and choir director at 55068. Brian Sande is an associ- Hall, Miami U, Oxford, OH 45056. live at 1419 Palace Ave, St Paul Normandale Community College. ate attorney with Doar, Drill & Scott Wilts is in the physical 55105. James Kolander recently Sean Lawler is a senior financial Skow SC, specializing in civillitiga- therapy program at the U of M. finished his self-produced, full-analyst for Midwest Coca-Cola Bot- tion. Brian and his wife, Rachel length cn He is playing various tling Co in Eagan. Brian Baraibar '94, live at 847 Highview 1995 live shows in the Twin Cities under Lenzmeier and his wife, Betsy Dr, #B, New Richmond, WI 54017; the name "James Kole." For more Bialy '93, moved to 1500 W Plum phone 715-246-5698. Kevin information, you can contact James St, #6-0, Ft Collins, CO 80521; Schooler is a legal assistant with Patrick Melvin, 5511 Benton Ave. S, at 612-653-6259. BJ Krenner is phone 970-491-8945. Matt Lubiner & Karam in Bloomington. Edina, MN 55436 attending U of M for a chiropractic Lindstrom received a PhD from Paul Thoemke was hired by Nathan Reagen, 2628 W 44th St. degree. Patrick Larkin, a 2nd Northern Arizona U in Flagstaff Project Off Streets to be the gay, Apt. 3, Minneapolis, MN 55410 year student at William Mitchell and will be teaching political sci- lesbian, bisexual and transgender William Thom, 1759 Livingston Ave., College of Law, St Paul, received a ence at environmental studies at homeless youth case manager. This West St. Paul, MN 55118 Warren B "Pat" King Scholarship. Siena College. Matt will be moving position targets a population who Nick Arend works in the financial Kevin Mann works for Holiday to Albany, N.Y., with his wife, Amy tend to be alienated from family recovery services of Olympic Fi- Sales Industries. Kevin and Jen live Braig-Lindstrom, and children, and other common support net- nancial in the Twin Cities. Dan at 470 Mission Hill Way E, Isaac (2) and Anna (infant). works and provides them with re- Benson is volunteering his time Chanhassen 55317. Mark Rodney Link and his wife, sources and advocacy. and acting/stage managing talents McGeary is selling medical sup- Bridget Tighe '92, and son, Trevor at theaters in the Willmar area. plies while attending St Thomas a (infant), have a new address: Box 1994 Brad Brooksbank, Brian masters in international manage- 402, Dupree, SD 57623; phone 605- Delmont, Mike McGraw and ment. Mike McGraw works at 365-5593. Denis McDonough Shane Strack live at 1870 52nd St Quality Staffing. Patrick Melvin moved to 632 E Capitol St NE, #1, Joseph Cavanaugh, 3220 Niagara Ln., E, Apt 210, Inver Grove Heights works for the City of Edina while Washington, DC 20003; he is presi- Plymouth, MN 55447 55077. Brad works for ComDisco, a pursuing a double masters in urban dent of the nc. alumni chapter. Timothy Radaich, 1278 Spruce Point, computer network management studies and public administration. Dave Moonen founded Admartek Apt. 1., Eagan, MN 55123 company in Minnetonka. Ross He looks forward to touring Ireland which develops kiosks and internet Scott Wilts, 10417 Thomas Ave. S, Bullard, Bryan Clemen, Ryan and Europe this summer. Ryan software. He can be reached at PO Apt. 3, Bloomington, MN 55431 Milette and Nick Orsen live at Milette is a sales rep for Aspen Box 1340, 810 Pinion Dr, Basalt, CO Jon Arenson is a document clerk 719 9th Ave S, Hopkins 55343. Ross Equity. Eric Moen is an assistant 81621. Jeff Scherman recently at Interim Legal Professional. is a staff accountant for Mathew sales rep at Minnesota Supply Co. left the Army and is now with Timothy Arnold is attending Claey's CPA. John Canis works in Jon Notch is a sales rep for AR Ernst & Young in the Twin Cities. med school at U of M and lives at the pricing division of the market- North America. Nick Orsen is a Efrem Smith is urban director of 1185 S Main, Apt 313, Cambridge ing department for Best Buy Corpo- product improver with Prudential. the Fellowship of Christian Ath- 55008. Tom Dey has his first ai |
