Alumni News
40s-50s
The Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association honored Gerald Mueller '43, MD'46, PhD'50 with an emeritus faculty award for basic science in May. An oncologist, he's spent his entire career with the UW's McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, where his landmark discovery concerned the genetic obasis of steroid hormone action. Mueller lives in Middleton, Wisconsin.
We received a sneak peek at the 2008 Who's Who in America profile of Roger Zion '43 of Evansville, Indiana - president of Alpha Delta Phi's Wisconsin chapter while on campus, a former congressman from Indiana, and now a retired management consultant. He's also the author of several books, including The Amazing Adventures of Congressman Zion.
Up-to-date university records are always a goal, but sadly, the UW record on Martyn Sun '45 was so lacking that he was "missing" for almost twenty years. Recently, however, Sun was "found," and he's eager to tell his old friends from Chamberlin House and the economics and art history departments that he's "still around" in Marina Del Ray, California.
Richard Heinrich '46, MS'48 has sifted and blended the wisdom of thirty books on fitness and nutrition into his new book, Orthomolecular Diet: The Paleolithic Paradigm (Blue Dolphin Publishing), and concludes that Barry Sears's Zone Diet is both superior and proven by pre-history. Heinrich's longtime interest in healthful eating supplements his multi-faceted career in the bridge-crane industry. He lives on Amelia Island, Florida.
Short, but sweet was the message from Leo Molinaro '47, MA'48, principal at Philadelphia's Molinaro Associates: "Currently helping to plan an international, intergenerational, continuing-care retirement community in Belize, Central America, using the philosophy of Max Otto and Horace Fries and it still works."
We caught up on the achievements of Joyce Onarheim Boe '48 of Denver from her spouse, Larry Pavlinski. In 1970, Boe began her first enterprise as an importer of Scandinavian home wares and sweaters. Then in 1994, she realized her dream to support the work of American artists and weavers by creating her Legacy Collection (www.buffalocoat.com) - original fabric designs and clothing rooted in American traditions.
Dick Cockrell '49 of Anderson, South Carolina, wonders how many cast and orchestra members from the 1948 and 1949 Haresfoot Club productions will respond to his invitation, nearly sixty years later, to contact him at ricardocee@aol.com or (864) 225-8592. Cockrell was the music director of both the 1948 Haresfoot show, Big As Life, with music by Tony Award winner Jerry Bock x'49; and the 1949 show, Bloomer Girl, which included Bob Teague '50, who became an author and NBC News broadcast journalist.
Arthur Cash MS'50 is pleased to share that his book John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty (Yale University Press) was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in biography. Cash is a distinguished professor emeritus at the State University of New York at New Paltz and lives in New York City.
Think Kind Thoughts (Voyageur Publishing) is the collaboration of Eric Youngquist MA'51 and his late spouse, Rita. It chronicles the life of Rita and her ancestors; the couple's early years together at the UW, the University of Oslo, and Cornell University; and their departure for their first foreign-service assignment in Bangkok. Foreign Service Family, scheduled for release later this year, details their stay in Thailand. Eric Youngquist lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
If Franklin Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression and the New Deal era that followed seem worthy of study all over again, consider the latest work by (Richard) Alan Lawson MA'56, titled A Commonwealth of Hope: The New Deal Response to Crisis (Johns Hopkins University Press). The author is an emeritus professor of history and honors at Boston College.
Now retired from his post as research information director of the U.S. Forest Service's Intermountain Research Station, Dick Klade '57 has written Building a Research Legacy: The Intermountain Station 1911-1997 (USDA). He lives in Ogden, Utah.
Conversations with Carl: My Journey through Grief (Euphonia Publishing) is the second book by Ethel Erickson Radmer '57. It's the story of losing her spouse of thirty-nine years, Carl Radmer '57, to esophageal cancer; moving across the country two months later; and "reaching out to Carl's spirit to find solace" in adjusting to her new life without him. The author lives in Cary, North Carolina.
We received a sneak peek at the 2008 Who's Who in America profile of Roger Zion '43 of Evansville, Indiana - president of Alpha Delta Phi's Wisconsin chapter while on campus, a former congressman from Indiana, and now a retired management consultant. He's also the author of several books, including The Amazing Adventures of Congressman Zion.
Up-to-date university records are always a goal, but sadly, the UW record on Martyn Sun '45 was so lacking that he was "missing" for almost twenty years. Recently, however, Sun was "found," and he's eager to tell his old friends from Chamberlin House and the economics and art history departments that he's "still around" in Marina Del Ray, California.
Richard Heinrich '46, MS'48 has sifted and blended the wisdom of thirty books on fitness and nutrition into his new book, Orthomolecular Diet: The Paleolithic Paradigm (Blue Dolphin Publishing), and concludes that Barry Sears's Zone Diet is both superior and proven by pre-history. Heinrich's longtime interest in healthful eating supplements his multi-faceted career in the bridge-crane industry. He lives on Amelia Island, Florida.
Short, but sweet was the message from Leo Molinaro '47, MA'48, principal at Philadelphia's Molinaro Associates: "Currently helping to plan an international, intergenerational, continuing-care retirement community in Belize, Central America, using the philosophy of Max Otto and Horace Fries and it still works."
We caught up on the achievements of Joyce Onarheim Boe '48 of Denver from her spouse, Larry Pavlinski. In 1970, Boe began her first enterprise as an importer of Scandinavian home wares and sweaters. Then in 1994, she realized her dream to support the work of American artists and weavers by creating her Legacy Collection (www.buffalocoat.com) - original fabric designs and clothing rooted in American traditions.
Dick Cockrell '49 of Anderson, South Carolina, wonders how many cast and orchestra members from the 1948 and 1949 Haresfoot Club productions will respond to his invitation, nearly sixty years later, to contact him at ricardocee@aol.com or (864) 225-8592. Cockrell was the music director of both the 1948 Haresfoot show, Big As Life, with music by Tony Award winner Jerry Bock x'49; and the 1949 show, Bloomer Girl, which included Bob Teague '50, who became an author and NBC News broadcast journalist.
Arthur Cash MS'50 is pleased to share that his book John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty (Yale University Press) was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in biography. Cash is a distinguished professor emeritus at the State University of New York at New Paltz and lives in New York City.
Think Kind Thoughts (Voyageur Publishing) is the collaboration of Eric Youngquist MA'51 and his late spouse, Rita. It chronicles the life of Rita and her ancestors; the couple's early years together at the UW, the University of Oslo, and Cornell University; and their departure for their first foreign-service assignment in Bangkok. Foreign Service Family, scheduled for release later this year, details their stay in Thailand. Eric Youngquist lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
If Franklin Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression and the New Deal era that followed seem worthy of study all over again, consider the latest work by (Richard) Alan Lawson MA'56, titled A Commonwealth of Hope: The New Deal Response to Crisis (Johns Hopkins University Press). The author is an emeritus professor of history and honors at Boston College.
Now retired from his post as research information director of the U.S. Forest Service's Intermountain Research Station, Dick Klade '57 has written Building a Research Legacy: The Intermountain Station 1911-1997 (USDA). He lives in Ogden, Utah.
Conversations with Carl: My Journey through Grief (Euphonia Publishing) is the second book by Ethel Erickson Radmer '57. It's the story of losing her spouse of thirty-nine years, Carl Radmer '57, to esophageal cancer; moving across the country two months later; and "reaching out to Carl's spirit to find solace" in adjusting to her new life without him. The author lives in Cary, North Carolina.
60s
Congratulations to Madisonian Franklynn Peterson '60: The eight-book Study Smart series (University of Wisconsin Press) that he co-authored has been named the 2007 Best Homeschool Book of the Year by Homeschoolstuff.net.
There's a new chair and CEO at the St. Paul, Minnesota, investment advisory firm of Mairs and Power. He's William Frels '62, who joined the company in 1992 and has moved up from his previous role as president.
In recognition of his achievements as a senior executive at AT&T and Sprint, and his longtime service to the school, John Berndt '63 received a seldom-bestowed honorary doctor of international laws in May from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona. The northeast wing of its administration building was also recently named the John and Jean Berndt Wing. Now retired, Berndt lives in Plano, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and serves on boards for the UW Foundation and the UW's College of Engineering.
"After four decades as a scientist," writes Glenn Borchardt '64, MS'67, "I have finally figured out the universe.' He explains his conclusion that the big bang theory "rests on extremely shaky philosophical grounds" in The Scientific Worldview: Beyond Newton and Einstein (iUniverse), and notes that the book is "sure to be highly controversial." Borchardt is the director of the Progressive Science Institute in Berkeley, California.
After fourteen years as executive director of the Detroit area's Suburban Tennis League, Jean Gelner Blievernicht MS'65 has retired, but the Southfield, Michigan, resident remains active officiating high school and college sports.
David Schultz '65, MS'67, PhD'70 retired in 2006, following more than thirty-five years in UW-Milwaukee's mathematical sciences department, and notes that he served on an average of almost ten committees per year during that time! A specialist in numerical analysis, Schultz was instrumental in developing programs in industrial mathematics, applied math and computer science, and atmospheric science. He lives in Grafton, Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin High School Gymnastics Association has selected Helen Larson Culliney '66 of Grafton as its 2006 Judge of the Year and will induct her into its Hall of Fame. She's been a WIAA official for thirty-three years.
The April 20 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education carried an article titled "The Sage on the Stage" by Mike O'Connell MA'66. He describes it as "a defense of lecturing in the college classroom in the face of stigmatization by revisionists ("guides on the side") who favor interactive and group learning strategies." O'Connell teaches English at UWC-Baraboo/Sauk County and UWC-Richland.
Fund Directions, a publication of the mutual-fund industry, named Leonard Auerbach '67 the 2006 Small-Board Trustee of the Year in March. Now the independent chair of the board of trustees of RS Funds, he was the founding president and CEO of AID-Centre Capital Group, as well as a general partner at Tuttle & Company. Auerbach has also taught at UC-Berkeley and St. Mary's College of California, and lives in Orinda, California.
Harry Morgan MS'67, a professor at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, has authored Early Childhood Education: History, Theory, and Practice (Rowman & Littlefield Education).
When the UW's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) held a hearing in March about the safety of fresh U.S. produce, Michael Pariza '67 was there to weigh in. His opinion, as a CALS professor and director of the UW Food Research Institute, is that the nation's food-safety system is working well in some ways and not in others. (For Pariza's full testimony, visit www.cals.wisc.edu/downloads/Pariza_foodSafety.doc.) U.S. Senator Herb Kohl '56 convened the hearing as the chair of the agriculture subcommittee of the Senate appropriations committee.
Upper Iowa University bestowed its Dedicated Service Award on Paul Rux '67, MA'77, PhD'94 in March. The Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, resident has been teaching and designing MBA, higher-education administration, and online courses at the school's Madison campus since 1996. Rux is also the founder of Youth Care (www.youth-care.org), a nonprofit that provides business and funding help to other nonprofits.
The Port of Tacoma [Washington] has a new manager of real estate development in Jay Stewart '69. His objective is to locate and negotiate real-estate investment opportunities that create a return to the port - the sixth largest container port in North America - and to create jobs, which it already does for more than 113,000 state residents.
Fran Ulmer '69, JD'72 is the new interim chancellor at the University of Alaska in Anchorage - but this is hardly her first prestigious post. Ulmer was most recently the director of the university's Institute for Social and Economic Research, and she's also been the mayor of Juneau, a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, and the state's first female lieutenant governor.
There's a new chair and CEO at the St. Paul, Minnesota, investment advisory firm of Mairs and Power. He's William Frels '62, who joined the company in 1992 and has moved up from his previous role as president.
In recognition of his achievements as a senior executive at AT&T and Sprint, and his longtime service to the school, John Berndt '63 received a seldom-bestowed honorary doctor of international laws in May from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona. The northeast wing of its administration building was also recently named the John and Jean Berndt Wing. Now retired, Berndt lives in Plano, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and serves on boards for the UW Foundation and the UW's College of Engineering.
"After four decades as a scientist," writes Glenn Borchardt '64, MS'67, "I have finally figured out the universe.' He explains his conclusion that the big bang theory "rests on extremely shaky philosophical grounds" in The Scientific Worldview: Beyond Newton and Einstein (iUniverse), and notes that the book is "sure to be highly controversial." Borchardt is the director of the Progressive Science Institute in Berkeley, California.
After fourteen years as executive director of the Detroit area's Suburban Tennis League, Jean Gelner Blievernicht MS'65 has retired, but the Southfield, Michigan, resident remains active officiating high school and college sports.
David Schultz '65, MS'67, PhD'70 retired in 2006, following more than thirty-five years in UW-Milwaukee's mathematical sciences department, and notes that he served on an average of almost ten committees per year during that time! A specialist in numerical analysis, Schultz was instrumental in developing programs in industrial mathematics, applied math and computer science, and atmospheric science. He lives in Grafton, Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin High School Gymnastics Association has selected Helen Larson Culliney '66 of Grafton as its 2006 Judge of the Year and will induct her into its Hall of Fame. She's been a WIAA official for thirty-three years.
The April 20 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education carried an article titled "The Sage on the Stage" by Mike O'Connell MA'66. He describes it as "a defense of lecturing in the college classroom in the face of stigmatization by revisionists ("guides on the side") who favor interactive and group learning strategies." O'Connell teaches English at UWC-Baraboo/Sauk County and UWC-Richland.
Fund Directions, a publication of the mutual-fund industry, named Leonard Auerbach '67 the 2006 Small-Board Trustee of the Year in March. Now the independent chair of the board of trustees of RS Funds, he was the founding president and CEO of AID-Centre Capital Group, as well as a general partner at Tuttle & Company. Auerbach has also taught at UC-Berkeley and St. Mary's College of California, and lives in Orinda, California.
Harry Morgan MS'67, a professor at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, has authored Early Childhood Education: History, Theory, and Practice (Rowman & Littlefield Education).
When the UW's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) held a hearing in March about the safety of fresh U.S. produce, Michael Pariza '67 was there to weigh in. His opinion, as a CALS professor and director of the UW Food Research Institute, is that the nation's food-safety system is working well in some ways and not in others. (For Pariza's full testimony, visit www.cals.wisc.edu/downloads/Pariza_foodSafety.doc.) U.S. Senator Herb Kohl '56 convened the hearing as the chair of the agriculture subcommittee of the Senate appropriations committee.
Upper Iowa University bestowed its Dedicated Service Award on Paul Rux '67, MA'77, PhD'94 in March. The Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, resident has been teaching and designing MBA, higher-education administration, and online courses at the school's Madison campus since 1996. Rux is also the founder of Youth Care (www.youth-care.org), a nonprofit that provides business and funding help to other nonprofits.
The Port of Tacoma [Washington] has a new manager of real estate development in Jay Stewart '69. His objective is to locate and negotiate real-estate investment opportunities that create a return to the port - the sixth largest container port in North America - and to create jobs, which it already does for more than 113,000 state residents.
Fran Ulmer '69, JD'72 is the new interim chancellor at the University of Alaska in Anchorage - but this is hardly her first prestigious post. Ulmer was most recently the director of the university's Institute for Social and Economic Research, and she's also been the mayor of Juneau, a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, and the state's first female lieutenant governor.
70s
Horizon Chasers: The Lives and Adventures of Richard Halliburton and Paul Mooney (McFarland & Company) is a new work by Madison author Gerry Max MA'70, PhD'75, MA'91. Max says that Halliburton was the "quintessential world traveler" and travel writer of the early twentieth century, and his celebrity in 1930 equaled that of Charles Lindbergh x'24 and Amelia Earhart. Mooney was Halliburton's editor and ghostwriter. Both disappeared at sea in 1939 during a trans-Pacific voyage.
The School of Social Work Association of Arizona recognized the work of Tucson resident Timothy Musty MS'70 in March with its Lifetime Achievement Award. He pioneered the use of developmental playgroups with kindergartners in 1995 and began teaching the approach at workshops in 1998.
Amy Platka Yule '70 has just two words for you: Pecan Yummies (www.pecanyummies.com). She's been making her family's recipe for the crunchy, sweetly coated pecans for years, and in 2003 began selling the treats on a large scale in Easton, Maryland, and by mail order. More recently, Yule has added "little bits of love" called Yummy Crummies.
Anyone who's dealt with the UW's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) over the past few decades has probably crossed paths with Rick Daluge '71, MS'75, PhD'82. This fall, he's retiring after twenty-four years directing the ag short course and thirty-five years overseeing the college's alumni relations. CALS Dean Molly Jahn noted, "The strong, loyal support that we get from our alumni - both of our four-year and short-course programs - is due in large part to Rick's efforts."
Pearl Meyer & Partners, an executive-compensation consulting firm, has made David Swinford '71, JD'74, MS'74 number one: he's the new president and CEO. Swinford joined the firm in 1998 and most recently headed its New York office.
Three new deans came to our attention recently: Daniel Ehnbom '72, an associate professor of art history at the University of Virginia (UVa) in Charlottesville, will be the dean of the school's spring 2008 Semester at Sea study-abroad voyage and will spend 110 days sailing around the world on UVa's floating campus, the MV Explorer. Marguerite Barratt PhD'78 is the new dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences - the "intellectual cornerstone" - at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. An expert on developmental psychology, she was previously the deputy director of clinical research policy analysis and coordination at the National Institutes of Health. Lastly, Christopher McCord PhD'86 has left the University of Cincinnati to become the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
The National Weather Association has presented its 2006 Fujita Award to Gary Ellrod MS'72, a retired research meteorologist with the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ellrod, of Granby, Connecticut, was honored for his pioneering work with environmental satellites.
The 2007 Francis Alison Award - the highest faculty honor at the University of Delaware (UD) - has gone to Mark Miller '72, MA'73, PhD'78, who joined UD's Department of Political Science and International Relations in 1978. He’s focused his research on international migration issues, which he learned about firsthand while doing manual labor in the Maritime Alps - an experience that grew out of Miller's UW junior year abroad.
John Dussling '73 is the new senior VP of marketing and business development at the Nashville, Tennessee-based marketing firm of Frank/Best International, and works out of the company's Orlando, Florida, office.
Speranza has published two new books by David J. Marcou '73 of La Crosse, Wisconsin. He edited the American Writers and Photographers Alliance's Spirit of the World: A Group Photographic Portrayal of Nature, People, Stories, and Miracles, and wrote and photographed Pictures of Human Life: Documenting Personal Spirit in My Little Black-and-White Photobook. Marcou also wrote "Operatic Entrance" for the March 2007 issue of Smithsonian magazine.
Aaron Williams MBA'73 is new to the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, the official advisory group of the U.S. Agency for International Development and its partners. Williams is also vice president for international business development at RTI International, a research institute based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, that provides technical solutions to businesses and governments worldwide.
We heard good news from Leonardo Academy (www.leonardoacademy.org), a Madison-based nonprofit that's devoted to sustainability. Its founder, Michael Arny '74, '79, MS'82, shares that the academy has been chosen to help the Clinton Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, become greener by managing its LEED-EB (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings) certification process and greening of operations.
Richard Cleary '75, MA'77 writes about a facet of the nation's infrastructure that's perhaps underappreciated in Bridges: A Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebook (W.W. Norton). This well-illustrated account of American bridge design includes a CD-ROM with downloadable files of all images, plus a link to the Library of Congress's online, searchable resources. Cleary teaches architectural history at the University of Texas-Austin.
Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully: A Journey with Cancer and Beyond (Beaver's Pond Press) is a new work co-authored by Becky Bohan MA'77 of Minneapolis. Through journal entries, letters, photos, and personal memories, it chronicles the inspiring last five years of nurse educator Diane Manahan as she actively participated in her breast-cancer treatment, blending complementary therapies with traditional medicine.
Three Badger attorneys have joined new law firms: Leslie Levinson '77 has moved to Wolf, Block, Schorr, and Solis-Cohen's New York City office as a partner; Steven Glaser '90 is a new partner in the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady; and Boyle, Fredrickson, Newholm, Stein & Gratz in Milwaukee is the new professional home of Eric Lalor '00.
Lovers of French film, this one's for you. Richard Neupert '77, MA'80, PhD'86 has written A History of the French New Wave Cinema, Second Edition (University of Wisconsin Press): the first such history to be written in English, and 'refreshingly jargon free and full of interesting details and anecdotes,' says one review. Neupert is a professor of fine arts and film studies at the University of Georgia in Athens.
Three new Badger fellows - all professors - have been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology: Kathleen Postle Bertrand PhD'78, from Penn State in State College; Richard Brennan PhD'84, from the University of Texas's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; and Joseph Krzycki MS'81, PhD'85, from Ohio State in Columbus.
Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A. has promoted Ron Roensch '79 to the position of VP of legal, human resources, and dealer development from his previous post as national manager of legal and human resources. He lives in Glendora, California.
The School of Social Work Association of Arizona recognized the work of Tucson resident Timothy Musty MS'70 in March with its Lifetime Achievement Award. He pioneered the use of developmental playgroups with kindergartners in 1995 and began teaching the approach at workshops in 1998.
Amy Platka Yule '70 has just two words for you: Pecan Yummies (www.pecanyummies.com). She's been making her family's recipe for the crunchy, sweetly coated pecans for years, and in 2003 began selling the treats on a large scale in Easton, Maryland, and by mail order. More recently, Yule has added "little bits of love" called Yummy Crummies.
Anyone who's dealt with the UW's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) over the past few decades has probably crossed paths with Rick Daluge '71, MS'75, PhD'82. This fall, he's retiring after twenty-four years directing the ag short course and thirty-five years overseeing the college's alumni relations. CALS Dean Molly Jahn noted, "The strong, loyal support that we get from our alumni - both of our four-year and short-course programs - is due in large part to Rick's efforts."
Pearl Meyer & Partners, an executive-compensation consulting firm, has made David Swinford '71, JD'74, MS'74 number one: he's the new president and CEO. Swinford joined the firm in 1998 and most recently headed its New York office.
Three new deans came to our attention recently: Daniel Ehnbom '72, an associate professor of art history at the University of Virginia (UVa) in Charlottesville, will be the dean of the school's spring 2008 Semester at Sea study-abroad voyage and will spend 110 days sailing around the world on UVa's floating campus, the MV Explorer. Marguerite Barratt PhD'78 is the new dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences - the "intellectual cornerstone" - at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. An expert on developmental psychology, she was previously the deputy director of clinical research policy analysis and coordination at the National Institutes of Health. Lastly, Christopher McCord PhD'86 has left the University of Cincinnati to become the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
The National Weather Association has presented its 2006 Fujita Award to Gary Ellrod MS'72, a retired research meteorologist with the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ellrod, of Granby, Connecticut, was honored for his pioneering work with environmental satellites.
The 2007 Francis Alison Award - the highest faculty honor at the University of Delaware (UD) - has gone to Mark Miller '72, MA'73, PhD'78, who joined UD's Department of Political Science and International Relations in 1978. He’s focused his research on international migration issues, which he learned about firsthand while doing manual labor in the Maritime Alps - an experience that grew out of Miller's UW junior year abroad.
John Dussling '73 is the new senior VP of marketing and business development at the Nashville, Tennessee-based marketing firm of Frank/Best International, and works out of the company's Orlando, Florida, office.
Speranza has published two new books by David J. Marcou '73 of La Crosse, Wisconsin. He edited the American Writers and Photographers Alliance's Spirit of the World: A Group Photographic Portrayal of Nature, People, Stories, and Miracles, and wrote and photographed Pictures of Human Life: Documenting Personal Spirit in My Little Black-and-White Photobook. Marcou also wrote "Operatic Entrance" for the March 2007 issue of Smithsonian magazine.
Aaron Williams MBA'73 is new to the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, the official advisory group of the U.S. Agency for International Development and its partners. Williams is also vice president for international business development at RTI International, a research institute based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, that provides technical solutions to businesses and governments worldwide.
We heard good news from Leonardo Academy (www.leonardoacademy.org), a Madison-based nonprofit that's devoted to sustainability. Its founder, Michael Arny '74, '79, MS'82, shares that the academy has been chosen to help the Clinton Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, become greener by managing its LEED-EB (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings) certification process and greening of operations.
Richard Cleary '75, MA'77 writes about a facet of the nation's infrastructure that's perhaps underappreciated in Bridges: A Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebook (W.W. Norton). This well-illustrated account of American bridge design includes a CD-ROM with downloadable files of all images, plus a link to the Library of Congress's online, searchable resources. Cleary teaches architectural history at the University of Texas-Austin.
Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully: A Journey with Cancer and Beyond (Beaver's Pond Press) is a new work co-authored by Becky Bohan MA'77 of Minneapolis. Through journal entries, letters, photos, and personal memories, it chronicles the inspiring last five years of nurse educator Diane Manahan as she actively participated in her breast-cancer treatment, blending complementary therapies with traditional medicine.
Three Badger attorneys have joined new law firms: Leslie Levinson '77 has moved to Wolf, Block, Schorr, and Solis-Cohen's New York City office as a partner; Steven Glaser '90 is a new partner in the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady; and Boyle, Fredrickson, Newholm, Stein & Gratz in Milwaukee is the new professional home of Eric Lalor '00.
Lovers of French film, this one's for you. Richard Neupert '77, MA'80, PhD'86 has written A History of the French New Wave Cinema, Second Edition (University of Wisconsin Press): the first such history to be written in English, and 'refreshingly jargon free and full of interesting details and anecdotes,' says one review. Neupert is a professor of fine arts and film studies at the University of Georgia in Athens.
Three new Badger fellows - all professors - have been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology: Kathleen Postle Bertrand PhD'78, from Penn State in State College; Richard Brennan PhD'84, from the University of Texas's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; and Joseph Krzycki MS'81, PhD'85, from Ohio State in Columbus.
Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A. has promoted Ron Roensch '79 to the position of VP of legal, human resources, and dealer development from his previous post as national manager of legal and human resources. He lives in Glendora, California.
80s
The Environmental Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers has chosen David Goodrich '80, MS'82 to receive its 2007 Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award. Now a resident of San Antonio, Texas, Goodrich was particularly praised for his mentorship of young researchers at the University of Arizona and at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service.
Marsha Lindsay MA'80 founded the Madison ad agency of Lindsay, Stone & Briggs nearly thirty years ago while pursuing her PhD at the UW, with plans to become a college professor. The business kept her away from the classroom at first, but seventeen years ago, she created Brandworks University, a conference on brand marketing that draws hundreds of professionals from around the world. She also taught the first graduate-level course on branding at the UW's Center for Brand and Product Management and serves on its advisory board.
The details of our ancestors' lives are almost always destined to be a little sketchy, containing some secrets and surprises. In Yaya's Cloth (Iris Press), a full-length collection of poems, Madisonian Andrea Potos '81 searches and deepens the narrative of her Greek heritage as embodied by her beloved grandparents, Yaya and Papouli, and unfolds classic elements of "drama sacrifice, tragedy, endurance, renewal" all rendered somewhat exotic by the interplay of Greek culture.
How cool is this?! John Cato '83 of Manhattan Beach, California, was the voice of Dell computers' national commercials this spring, including the "Purely You" spots. He's also done many on-camera commercials and has appeared on General Hospital as the Quartermains' attorney. Check him out at www.jcato.com He'll probably seem very familiar to you.
It's football season again, and when Wisconsinites aren't cheering on the Badgers, they're cheering on the Packers and their quarterback the subject of the second book by Milwaukeean Tom Kertscher '84. Called Brett Favre: A Packer Fan's Tribute (Cumberland House), it captures all of the best games and plays by Green Bay's favored son, and includes behind-the-scenes photos by team photographer Jim Biever. The book's second edition came out this summer.
By the time you read this, John Radanovich '85 will have finished work on his new book about a legendary 1950s Cuban bandleader and singer, titled Wildman of Rhythm: the Life and Music of Benny Mor (University Press of Florida). This spring, the author made the short trip from his West Palm Beach, Florida, home to visit Mor's hometown in Cuba, and has interviewed many of his contemporaries and other musical luminaries.
Elizabeth Raetz '87, MD'92 made the Wall Street Journal in May. A pediatric oncologist at NYU Medical Center, she's been treating a four-year-old girl who suffers from a rare cancer, and advising her family as they navigate the ethical dilemma that has arisen. The Journal reports that the girl's father has lobbied the small biotech firm that developed an experimental drug that might help, but the company is withholding it because it may not be safe for a child.
Harmony for Life(www.HarmonyForLife.com) is a "worldwide wellness center for people and businesses that want to experience more harmony, satisfaction, and success,"Â and it's the latest endeavor of Mari Tankenoff '87 and Scott Berg. They offer in-person and telephone life coaching, holistic healing, bodywork, networking, and studio/classroom space in Minneapolis.
Dana Bedford Hilmer '88 wanted to read the first-person thoughts of some of today's popular writers on the subject of raising children, and the result was a book she edited - her first - called Blindsided by a Diaper: Over 30 Men and Women Reveal How Parenthood Changes a Relationship (Three Rivers Press). In it, thirty-two contributors such as Moon Unit Zappa and Madison-area author (and mother of seven) Jacquelyn Mitchard have, "quite literally, invited you inside their bedrooms, their minds, and their lives as parents." Hilmer lives, writes, and parents in another Madison - the one in Connecticut.
How does the prospect of running 1,079 miles - the equivalent of forty-one marathons, over a variety of terrains - sound to you? Madison engineer Jason Dorgan '89, MS'92 did it in April and May! Not only did he meet his goal of completing a through-run of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (IAT, www.iceagetrail1000.com) in fewer than twenty-three days, but he also accomplished the fastest through-run ever. The trail, which never leaves Wisconsin, is not yet complete, and Dorgan hoped to raise awareness of and funds for the IAT, one of just eight National Scenic Trails in the U.S.
Skin and beauty-care company Beiersdorf has a new vice president of sales in William Graham III '89, who will lead the sales organization for Beiersdorf North America. Graham, of Chappaqua, New York, arrives at the firm from prior vice presidencies at Novartis Consumer Healthcare and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Wisconsin golf fans, it's not too late to hit the links before snowfall, and (John) Jeff Mayers MS'89 has made it easy to find a great place to play through the book he's co-authored, Golf Wisconsin: The Official Guide to the State's Top 25 Public Courses and 50 More Fun Places to Play (Jones Books, www.jeffmayers.com). Mayers operates several online news services as the head of WisPolitics Publishing, and lives in Middleton.
Marsha Lindsay MA'80 founded the Madison ad agency of Lindsay, Stone & Briggs nearly thirty years ago while pursuing her PhD at the UW, with plans to become a college professor. The business kept her away from the classroom at first, but seventeen years ago, she created Brandworks University, a conference on brand marketing that draws hundreds of professionals from around the world. She also taught the first graduate-level course on branding at the UW's Center for Brand and Product Management and serves on its advisory board.
The details of our ancestors' lives are almost always destined to be a little sketchy, containing some secrets and surprises. In Yaya's Cloth (Iris Press), a full-length collection of poems, Madisonian Andrea Potos '81 searches and deepens the narrative of her Greek heritage as embodied by her beloved grandparents, Yaya and Papouli, and unfolds classic elements of "drama sacrifice, tragedy, endurance, renewal" all rendered somewhat exotic by the interplay of Greek culture.
How cool is this?! John Cato '83 of Manhattan Beach, California, was the voice of Dell computers' national commercials this spring, including the "Purely You" spots. He's also done many on-camera commercials and has appeared on General Hospital as the Quartermains' attorney. Check him out at www.jcato.com He'll probably seem very familiar to you.
It's football season again, and when Wisconsinites aren't cheering on the Badgers, they're cheering on the Packers and their quarterback the subject of the second book by Milwaukeean Tom Kertscher '84. Called Brett Favre: A Packer Fan's Tribute (Cumberland House), it captures all of the best games and plays by Green Bay's favored son, and includes behind-the-scenes photos by team photographer Jim Biever. The book's second edition came out this summer.
By the time you read this, John Radanovich '85 will have finished work on his new book about a legendary 1950s Cuban bandleader and singer, titled Wildman of Rhythm: the Life and Music of Benny Mor (University Press of Florida). This spring, the author made the short trip from his West Palm Beach, Florida, home to visit Mor's hometown in Cuba, and has interviewed many of his contemporaries and other musical luminaries.
Elizabeth Raetz '87, MD'92 made the Wall Street Journal in May. A pediatric oncologist at NYU Medical Center, she's been treating a four-year-old girl who suffers from a rare cancer, and advising her family as they navigate the ethical dilemma that has arisen. The Journal reports that the girl's father has lobbied the small biotech firm that developed an experimental drug that might help, but the company is withholding it because it may not be safe for a child.
Harmony for Life(www.HarmonyForLife.com) is a "worldwide wellness center for people and businesses that want to experience more harmony, satisfaction, and success,"Â and it's the latest endeavor of Mari Tankenoff '87 and Scott Berg. They offer in-person and telephone life coaching, holistic healing, bodywork, networking, and studio/classroom space in Minneapolis.
Dana Bedford Hilmer '88 wanted to read the first-person thoughts of some of today's popular writers on the subject of raising children, and the result was a book she edited - her first - called Blindsided by a Diaper: Over 30 Men and Women Reveal How Parenthood Changes a Relationship (Three Rivers Press). In it, thirty-two contributors such as Moon Unit Zappa and Madison-area author (and mother of seven) Jacquelyn Mitchard have, "quite literally, invited you inside their bedrooms, their minds, and their lives as parents." Hilmer lives, writes, and parents in another Madison - the one in Connecticut.
How does the prospect of running 1,079 miles - the equivalent of forty-one marathons, over a variety of terrains - sound to you? Madison engineer Jason Dorgan '89, MS'92 did it in April and May! Not only did he meet his goal of completing a through-run of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (IAT, www.iceagetrail1000.com) in fewer than twenty-three days, but he also accomplished the fastest through-run ever. The trail, which never leaves Wisconsin, is not yet complete, and Dorgan hoped to raise awareness of and funds for the IAT, one of just eight National Scenic Trails in the U.S.
Skin and beauty-care company Beiersdorf has a new vice president of sales in William Graham III '89, who will lead the sales organization for Beiersdorf North America. Graham, of Chappaqua, New York, arrives at the firm from prior vice presidencies at Novartis Consumer Healthcare and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Wisconsin golf fans, it's not too late to hit the links before snowfall, and (John) Jeff Mayers MS'89 has made it easy to find a great place to play through the book he's co-authored, Golf Wisconsin: The Official Guide to the State's Top 25 Public Courses and 50 More Fun Places to Play (Jones Books, www.jeffmayers.com). Mayers operates several online news services as the head of WisPolitics Publishing, and lives in Middleton.
90s
If you were you watching Jeopardy! on March 8, you saw Ted Kenniston '90, a logistics manager from Mason, Ohio, compete and win. On March 9, he shared the limelight with Bison, Kansas, grad student Rachel Campbell '03, who, he says, wore a UW pin. But, lucky pin or not, Kenniston bested Campbell on March 9 and earned a third try on March 12 when he lost by the narrowest of margins, but took home $30,600. He also won $32,000 in 2001 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Kenniston's secrets to TV trivia show success? Persistence and confidence.
Walt McKeown MS'90, PhD'93 writes that he was a satellite oceanographer at the Naval Research Laboratory, worked for the Atlantic Fleet to improve routing ships around storms, surveyed European meteorological organizations for the Office of Naval Research, and designed covert gliders to profile atmospheric variables for navy SEALS. McKeown now consults for the intelligence community in Washington, D.C.
New Yorker Ed Neppl '90 is a new vice president and chief financial officer for NBC Sports & Olympics. He most recently served as a VP of financial planning and analysis for NBC Universal, and has also been a VP and controller for Universal Parks and Resorts, as well as a VP and CFO of Universal Studios operations.
Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands (University of North Carolina Press) is a new work by Juliana Barr MA'91, PhD'99. She's an assistant professor of history at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Liza Bearman '92 knows what she loves, and it's the education field. She earned an MA in 1997 from the Teachers College of Columbia University, taught in New York City, worked in Los Angeles schools, and returned to Teachers College for an EdM in 2005 and an EdD in 2006. Bearman is now a lecturer, faculty adviser, university supervisor, and curriculum consultant there, as well as a consultant with Stanford University's School Redesign Network.
Byoung-wan Chang MA'92 is the minister of planning and budget for South Korea and resides in Seoul. A UW delegation met with him in November 2006 during a visit to Asia, and the UW's Division of International Studies held a reception for him when he visited the Madison campus in February.
A "humorous memoir about a naive, small-town Wisconsin girl who goes off to the big city to attend law school"? This sounds like fun, and it's a new book by Phoenix resident Martha Kimes '92 called Ivy Briefs: True Tales of a Neurotic Law Student (Atria Books). Reviewers praise her wit, candor, self-awareness, and humor, but also call the work "a must-read for anyone contemplating law school."
Don Meyer '92 has gone out on his own: he's left his position as senior VP and director of corporate practice with the public relations firm of Hill & Knowlton, and along with a partner, has formed the new public-affairs consulting firm of Rubin/Meyer in Washington, D.C.
Bob Paulsen '93 of Denver writes that he began his telecommunications career in Madison with AT&T and in 1998, pioneered a concept called Hosted PBX Service. In 2003, he parlayed it into Unity Business Networks, which has expanded into Portland, Oregon, and Minneapolis, where Peter Youngdahl '91 heads the office. Paulsen adds that he's "recently and ecstatically married," and the newlyweds have a "wonderful dog named Bucky."Â
Adopting a novel business model four years ago has put Ari Rosenthal '93 at the forefront of a growing trend in wedding photography. As president of Ari Rosenthal Photography and OzMoses Media in Shorewood, Wisconsin, he's seen tremendous business growth since he began transferring the ownership of all images ancopyrights to his clients "for free" so that they can do as they like with their wedding photos.
Chris Winkler '93 of St. Paul, Minnesota, reported that telecom firm IDT has bought the debt-buying company that he co-founded, Big Ten Capital Management, with plans to use it to enter the global debt-buying market. Winkler and his business partner also appeared recently in Maxed Out (www.maxedoutmovie.com), a documentary about the credit industry.
Best wishes to Emine Onhan Evered MA'94 of East Lansing, Michigan, who is among the National Academy of Education's 2007-08 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows and will receive $55,000 for her fellowship period. The chair of the selection committee is UW professor of educational policy studies and history William Reese PhD'80.
A five-year Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award - worth more than $400,000, and the most prestigious award given by the National Science Foundation for rising-star junior faculty - has gone to Dennis Hong '94. An assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, and the director of its Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory, he's been at work on his Whole Skin Locomotion mechanism, whose robotic movement is based on the locomotion of single-cell organisms. The mechanism will be used specifically for search-and-rescue missions, but Hong hopes that his research in general will help to promote the concept of bio-inspiration in robot design.
David (Stiewe) Stieve '94 is a "proud Badger currently living in Hermosa Beach, California,"who moved to the Hollywood area in 1999 to pursue a screenwriting career. Since then, he's created Terra Firma Filmworks, and his latest effort, a horror satire called Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, was released in theaters in March. Stieve was thrilled to plan a Wisconsin premiere of the film in July at the Orpheum Theatre, where he worked his way up as a student from popcorn vendor to assistant manager. Stieve expresses his gratitude "to Ron Kuka and the rest of the English-department staff who helped give me my start as a writer."
Four Badger educators have received promotions and tenure. Maria Jesena Schroeder PhD'95 has become a full professor of chemistry at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Beloit [Wisconsin] College has promoted Susan Swanson MS'96, PhD'01 of the geology department and Mark Klassen MFA'98 of the art and art history department to the rank of associate professor. And, Jayme Nelson MS'00 is a newly promoted associate professor of nursing at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
Jason Wied '95 is making his mark on the Green Bay Packers not on the field, but in the office. He joined the organization in 2000 as corporate counsel, and in April, was promoted to vice president of administration. Wied will work with CEO John Jones on league matters, oversee the team's corporate governance, and manage its administrative operations. His spouse is Melissa Parins Wied '94.
In Cold War at 30,000 Feet: The Anglo-American Fight for Aviation Supremacy (Harvard University Press), Jeffrey Engel MA'96, PhD'01 tells the darker and perhaps lesser-known side of mid-twentieth-century relations between the U.S. and Britain. Engel is an assistant professor of history and public policy at Texas A&M University in College Station.
Fair trade is a growing alternative market that's meant to increase social justice, but Daniel Jaffee MS'96, PhD'06 wonders whether it's working. In Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival (University of California Press), he studies coffee farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico; offers the first thorough examination of fair trade's benefits; and recommends ways to strengthen and protect its integrity. Jaffee is an assistant professor of sociology at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
Congratulations to Jeremy Graff '97 the choice of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities as their 2007 Big Brother of the Year. Graff has mentored his Little Brother, DeAndre, for six-plus years and says that he receives just as much enrichment as DeAndre does. Graff is a co-founder and principal of Allodium Investment Consultants in Minneapolis.
It's been a big year for Nathan Henry '97 at the Mellman Group, a Washington, D.C.-based Democratic polling firm, as he was promoted to vice president in February and opened a Madison office in June. Henry has developed expertise in tobacco-control issues, which he's used to advocate for stricter laws and policies on tobacco use.
The work of Madison artist Timothy Hughes '97 garnered attention this spring when a limited-edition color print titled In the Shower was acquired by the Kinsey Institute's permanent art collection at Indiana University, and four large-scale prints went on exhibit at the Infusion Gallery in L.A.
The experience that Kenneth Vogel '97 gained while covering state government and politics for newspapers in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Washington state earned him an American Political Science Association fellowship last year and the chance to work with the U.S. House of Representatives. Now Vogel is covering the confluence of money, influence, and politics for The Politico (www.politico.com), a Washington, D.C.-based multimedia news outlet.
Rick (Ricardo) Enrico '98, president and CEO of the San Diego-based media and software company Juice Media Worldwide, had some excitement in February: Petters Group Worldwide announced its investment in Juice as its latest portfolio company. Enrico was captain of the Badger hockey team during the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons.
The last five years have found Jeffrey Foucault '99 working as a songwriter and touring musician "from Anchorage to Amsterdam," but he spends his down time "exploring the local trout streams" near his Greenfield, Massachusetts, home. Foucault released his third full-length solo album, Ghost Repeater (Signature Sounds, www.jeffreyfoucault.com), in 2006, and played at the Big Top Chautauqua festival in Bayfield, Wisconsin, in June.
Walt McKeown MS'90, PhD'93 writes that he was a satellite oceanographer at the Naval Research Laboratory, worked for the Atlantic Fleet to improve routing ships around storms, surveyed European meteorological organizations for the Office of Naval Research, and designed covert gliders to profile atmospheric variables for navy SEALS. McKeown now consults for the intelligence community in Washington, D.C.
New Yorker Ed Neppl '90 is a new vice president and chief financial officer for NBC Sports & Olympics. He most recently served as a VP of financial planning and analysis for NBC Universal, and has also been a VP and controller for Universal Parks and Resorts, as well as a VP and CFO of Universal Studios operations.
Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands (University of North Carolina Press) is a new work by Juliana Barr MA'91, PhD'99. She's an assistant professor of history at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Liza Bearman '92 knows what she loves, and it's the education field. She earned an MA in 1997 from the Teachers College of Columbia University, taught in New York City, worked in Los Angeles schools, and returned to Teachers College for an EdM in 2005 and an EdD in 2006. Bearman is now a lecturer, faculty adviser, university supervisor, and curriculum consultant there, as well as a consultant with Stanford University's School Redesign Network.
Byoung-wan Chang MA'92 is the minister of planning and budget for South Korea and resides in Seoul. A UW delegation met with him in November 2006 during a visit to Asia, and the UW's Division of International Studies held a reception for him when he visited the Madison campus in February.
A "humorous memoir about a naive, small-town Wisconsin girl who goes off to the big city to attend law school"? This sounds like fun, and it's a new book by Phoenix resident Martha Kimes '92 called Ivy Briefs: True Tales of a Neurotic Law Student (Atria Books). Reviewers praise her wit, candor, self-awareness, and humor, but also call the work "a must-read for anyone contemplating law school."
Don Meyer '92 has gone out on his own: he's left his position as senior VP and director of corporate practice with the public relations firm of Hill & Knowlton, and along with a partner, has formed the new public-affairs consulting firm of Rubin/Meyer in Washington, D.C.
Bob Paulsen '93 of Denver writes that he began his telecommunications career in Madison with AT&T and in 1998, pioneered a concept called Hosted PBX Service. In 2003, he parlayed it into Unity Business Networks, which has expanded into Portland, Oregon, and Minneapolis, where Peter Youngdahl '91 heads the office. Paulsen adds that he's "recently and ecstatically married," and the newlyweds have a "wonderful dog named Bucky."Â
Adopting a novel business model four years ago has put Ari Rosenthal '93 at the forefront of a growing trend in wedding photography. As president of Ari Rosenthal Photography and OzMoses Media in Shorewood, Wisconsin, he's seen tremendous business growth since he began transferring the ownership of all images ancopyrights to his clients "for free" so that they can do as they like with their wedding photos.
Chris Winkler '93 of St. Paul, Minnesota, reported that telecom firm IDT has bought the debt-buying company that he co-founded, Big Ten Capital Management, with plans to use it to enter the global debt-buying market. Winkler and his business partner also appeared recently in Maxed Out (www.maxedoutmovie.com), a documentary about the credit industry.
Best wishes to Emine Onhan Evered MA'94 of East Lansing, Michigan, who is among the National Academy of Education's 2007-08 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows and will receive $55,000 for her fellowship period. The chair of the selection committee is UW professor of educational policy studies and history William Reese PhD'80.
A five-year Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award - worth more than $400,000, and the most prestigious award given by the National Science Foundation for rising-star junior faculty - has gone to Dennis Hong '94. An assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, and the director of its Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory, he's been at work on his Whole Skin Locomotion mechanism, whose robotic movement is based on the locomotion of single-cell organisms. The mechanism will be used specifically for search-and-rescue missions, but Hong hopes that his research in general will help to promote the concept of bio-inspiration in robot design.
David (Stiewe) Stieve '94 is a "proud Badger currently living in Hermosa Beach, California,"who moved to the Hollywood area in 1999 to pursue a screenwriting career. Since then, he's created Terra Firma Filmworks, and his latest effort, a horror satire called Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, was released in theaters in March. Stieve was thrilled to plan a Wisconsin premiere of the film in July at the Orpheum Theatre, where he worked his way up as a student from popcorn vendor to assistant manager. Stieve expresses his gratitude "to Ron Kuka and the rest of the English-department staff who helped give me my start as a writer."
Four Badger educators have received promotions and tenure. Maria Jesena Schroeder PhD'95 has become a full professor of chemistry at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Beloit [Wisconsin] College has promoted Susan Swanson MS'96, PhD'01 of the geology department and Mark Klassen MFA'98 of the art and art history department to the rank of associate professor. And, Jayme Nelson MS'00 is a newly promoted associate professor of nursing at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
Jason Wied '95 is making his mark on the Green Bay Packers not on the field, but in the office. He joined the organization in 2000 as corporate counsel, and in April, was promoted to vice president of administration. Wied will work with CEO John Jones on league matters, oversee the team's corporate governance, and manage its administrative operations. His spouse is Melissa Parins Wied '94.
In Cold War at 30,000 Feet: The Anglo-American Fight for Aviation Supremacy (Harvard University Press), Jeffrey Engel MA'96, PhD'01 tells the darker and perhaps lesser-known side of mid-twentieth-century relations between the U.S. and Britain. Engel is an assistant professor of history and public policy at Texas A&M University in College Station.
Fair trade is a growing alternative market that's meant to increase social justice, but Daniel Jaffee MS'96, PhD'06 wonders whether it's working. In Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival (University of California Press), he studies coffee farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico; offers the first thorough examination of fair trade's benefits; and recommends ways to strengthen and protect its integrity. Jaffee is an assistant professor of sociology at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
Congratulations to Jeremy Graff '97 the choice of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities as their 2007 Big Brother of the Year. Graff has mentored his Little Brother, DeAndre, for six-plus years and says that he receives just as much enrichment as DeAndre does. Graff is a co-founder and principal of Allodium Investment Consultants in Minneapolis.
It's been a big year for Nathan Henry '97 at the Mellman Group, a Washington, D.C.-based Democratic polling firm, as he was promoted to vice president in February and opened a Madison office in June. Henry has developed expertise in tobacco-control issues, which he's used to advocate for stricter laws and policies on tobacco use.
The work of Madison artist Timothy Hughes '97 garnered attention this spring when a limited-edition color print titled In the Shower was acquired by the Kinsey Institute's permanent art collection at Indiana University, and four large-scale prints went on exhibit at the Infusion Gallery in L.A.
The experience that Kenneth Vogel '97 gained while covering state government and politics for newspapers in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Washington state earned him an American Political Science Association fellowship last year and the chance to work with the U.S. House of Representatives. Now Vogel is covering the confluence of money, influence, and politics for The Politico (www.politico.com), a Washington, D.C.-based multimedia news outlet.
Rick (Ricardo) Enrico '98, president and CEO of the San Diego-based media and software company Juice Media Worldwide, had some excitement in February: Petters Group Worldwide announced its investment in Juice as its latest portfolio company. Enrico was captain of the Badger hockey team during the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons.
The last five years have found Jeffrey Foucault '99 working as a songwriter and touring musician "from Anchorage to Amsterdam," but he spends his down time "exploring the local trout streams" near his Greenfield, Massachusetts, home. Foucault released his third full-length solo album, Ghost Repeater (Signature Sounds, www.jeffreyfoucault.com), in 2006, and played at the Big Top Chautauqua festival in Bayfield, Wisconsin, in June.
2000s
Michael Murray '00 is a new - brand man - brand manager, that is at Madison's Planet Propaganda, a design, advertising, and interactive firm. He was most recently an account manager at Shine Advertising, also in Madison. In his spare time, Murray revels in indie rock and refurbishing his 1920s Sun Prairie home.
The UW's May commencement produced the third generation of lawyers in the Bachhuber family to throw the same cane over the Camp Randall goalpost during the traditional Law School cane toss. Rachel Bachhuber '03, JD'07 is the new grad. Her father, Bruce Bachhuber JD'83, is a trial attorney who recently served as president of the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers. And Rachel's grandfather, Raymond Alex Bachhuber '48, LLB'51, practiced law in Mayville, Wisconsin, where he was also a multi-term mayor and community activist. All three generations now live in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Mark Penshorn '03 has made a leap: from design engineer with IBC Engineering Services in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to oil- and gas-industry analyst in Denver with R.W. Beck - an energy, water, and waste resources consulting and engineering firm.
UW-Madison is the nation's second-largest producer of Peace Corps volunteers, and Mark Hansen '04 is continuing in that fine tradition. In April, he left his St. Paul, Minnesota, home for Botswana to work with orphans and other vulnerable children who have been affected by AIDS. Hansen previously worked for Senator Herb Kohl '56 of Wisconsin.
Live from M'rida, Yucatan, Mexico it's Claire Hellweg '05! She plays in the horn section of the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra, in the Puro Corno Horn Quartet, and in the Ka'na Yaan Brass Quintet, and she also coaches chamber music at one of the city's music schools.
John Pederson '05 is an English teaching assistant "and a pioneer" in Indonesia's South Sumatra province. Working with the Sampoerna Foundation (www.sampoernafoundation.org), a nonprofit dedicated to improving educational opportunities in Indonesia, he's helped a high school to launch a community radio station "the Voice of Smanda" that's the first in the nation to be run by students and teachers.
The Houston Aeros professional hockey team has a new account executive: Laura Bacon '06. She's also a recent grad of the Game Face Executive Academy, a training and placement program that helps people to launch a career in sports. While at the UW, Bacon worked with the UW Foundation, Fox Sports, and Southwestern Publishing Company.
Jamie Farnsworth '06 was a Badger cheerleader, worked part time, graduated in four years with a double major, and then put that same energy into landing her first job. Two weeks after graduation, she flew to New York, talked her way into the executive producer's office at CBS Evening News, and now works with Katie Couric as a production assistant at the national desk. "Pretty impressive for a girl from Deerfield, where she graduated in a class of forty-six," says Jamie's proud mom, Jill Elmer Farnsworth '81.
The UW student organization Toward an Africa without Borders (www.towardanafricawithoutborders.org) is a passion for PhD student Mukoma Wa Ngugi MA'06, who writes that the group held its third international conference at the Durban [South Africa] Institute of Technology in July. Ngugi is the author of Conversing with Africa: Politics of Change (Kimaathi Publishing House); a collection of poetry, Hurling Words at Consciousness (Africa World Press); and the forthcoming A Malignant History: Looking at America.
The UW's May commencement produced the third generation of lawyers in the Bachhuber family to throw the same cane over the Camp Randall goalpost during the traditional Law School cane toss. Rachel Bachhuber '03, JD'07 is the new grad. Her father, Bruce Bachhuber JD'83, is a trial attorney who recently served as president of the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers. And Rachel's grandfather, Raymond Alex Bachhuber '48, LLB'51, practiced law in Mayville, Wisconsin, where he was also a multi-term mayor and community activist. All three generations now live in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Mark Penshorn '03 has made a leap: from design engineer with IBC Engineering Services in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to oil- and gas-industry analyst in Denver with R.W. Beck - an energy, water, and waste resources consulting and engineering firm.
UW-Madison is the nation's second-largest producer of Peace Corps volunteers, and Mark Hansen '04 is continuing in that fine tradition. In April, he left his St. Paul, Minnesota, home for Botswana to work with orphans and other vulnerable children who have been affected by AIDS. Hansen previously worked for Senator Herb Kohl '56 of Wisconsin.
Live from M'rida, Yucatan, Mexico it's Claire Hellweg '05! She plays in the horn section of the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra, in the Puro Corno Horn Quartet, and in the Ka'na Yaan Brass Quintet, and she also coaches chamber music at one of the city's music schools.
John Pederson '05 is an English teaching assistant "and a pioneer" in Indonesia's South Sumatra province. Working with the Sampoerna Foundation (www.sampoernafoundation.org), a nonprofit dedicated to improving educational opportunities in Indonesia, he's helped a high school to launch a community radio station "the Voice of Smanda" that's the first in the nation to be run by students and teachers.
The Houston Aeros professional hockey team has a new account executive: Laura Bacon '06. She's also a recent grad of the Game Face Executive Academy, a training and placement program that helps people to launch a career in sports. While at the UW, Bacon worked with the UW Foundation, Fox Sports, and Southwestern Publishing Company.
Jamie Farnsworth '06 was a Badger cheerleader, worked part time, graduated in four years with a double major, and then put that same energy into landing her first job. Two weeks after graduation, she flew to New York, talked her way into the executive producer's office at CBS Evening News, and now works with Katie Couric as a production assistant at the national desk. "Pretty impressive for a girl from Deerfield, where she graduated in a class of forty-six," says Jamie's proud mom, Jill Elmer Farnsworth '81.
The UW student organization Toward an Africa without Borders (www.towardanafricawithoutborders.org) is a passion for PhD student Mukoma Wa Ngugi MA'06, who writes that the group held its third international conference at the Durban [South Africa] Institute of Technology in July. Ngugi is the author of Conversing with Africa: Politics of Change (Kimaathi Publishing House); a collection of poetry, Hurling Words at Consciousness (Africa World Press); and the forthcoming A Malignant History: Looking at America.
Obituaries
Philip Kaiser '35 a retired diplomat, U.S. Department of Labor official, and ambassador died in May in Washington, D.C. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Hungary and Austria during the Carter administration, and to Senegal and Mauritania simultaneously under President Kennedy. He was also a diplomat in England and an assistant secretary of labor for international affairs in the Truman administration. Born to Ukrainian immigrants as the ninth of ten children, Kaiser became a Rhodes scholar and married Hannah Greeley Kaiser '35 in 1939 as he ended his studies at Oxford University.
Compiled by Paula Wagner Apfelbach '83, who reminds you to remain seated, with your hands and arms completely inside the compartment at all times while the vehicle is in motion.
Compiled by Paula Wagner Apfelbach '83, who reminds you to remain seated, with your hands and arms completely inside the compartment at all times while the vehicle is in motion.
